Speaking Tour, January 15 - 21

Monday
AUTHOR, AUTHOR: Barbara Ehrenreich talks about her book Dancing in the Streets, in which she explores the desire for collective joy (see photo), historically expressed in ecstatic revels of feasting, costuming, and dancing.

7:30pm // Town Hall // Tickets $5

Tuesday
MANUSCRIPT READING: Frances McCue, former artistic director and co-founder of Richard Hugo House, reads from "Chasing Richard Hugo" and presents a short film shot in Montana with Charles D'Ambrosio, Bill Kittredge and Annick Smith.

7:30pm // Richard Hugo House // Tickets $10/$5 members

HISTORY LECTURE: UW professor Richard Johnson on the forces that shaped America. North American, European, and African societies and cultures collide as a flood of old world migrants cross the ocean.

7-9pm // UW Kane Hall Rm 130 // Tickets $15/$12 UWAA members/$5 students

Wednesday
COMEDY: The Laffhole Owen Straw's Birthday Jam line-up features Owen Straw (naturally), John Sanders, Jose Jackqeze, Black Daisy, and Matt Schmidt.

9pm // CHAC Downstairs // Tickets $5 (21+ only)

Thursday
AUTHOR, AUTHOR: Patricia Marx, Saturday Night Live writer, contributor to The New Yorker and The New York Times, visits for her very funny novel, Him Her Him Again The End of Him.

7:30pm // Elliott Bay // FREE

Friday
AUTHOR, AUTHOR: Mystery writer J.A. Jance follows up Edge of Evil, where she introduced Ali Reynolds, with Web of Evil: Ali is lead suspect in her ex-husband’s murder, and also heir to his estate.

6:30pm // Third Place Books // FREE

Saturday
NO NUKES!: John Burroughs, the executive director of the Lawyer’s Committee on Nuclear Policy in New York, talks about nuclear weapons in Puget Sound, the power of international law, and individual responsibility for abolishing nuclear weapons.

7pm // Town Hall // Tickets $10

TV HISTORY: "The Adventures of a Real-Life History Detective" with Wes Cowan, star of the PBS television series "History Detectives." Cowan will offer his unique perspective on the evolving role of archival institutions such as the Burke, and share his antiquing adventures.

7pm // UW Kane Hall Rm 120 // Tickets $15 in advance/$18 at the door/$12 Burke members

Sunday
INSIDE OPERA: Seattle Opera's education director Perry Lorenzo gives a pre-performance lecture on opera's most notorious womanizer, Don Giovanni.

12:30pm // McCaw Hall // $7 (opera ticketholders only)