Speaking Tour: 1/22 - 1/28
Monday
AUTHOR, AUTHOR: Dr. Neal Barnard has his self-promotional finger on America's pulse with his book: Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes: The Scientifically Proven System for Reversing Diabetes Without Drugs. Is a low-fat vegetarian diet in your future?
7pm // University Bookstore, Bellevue // FREE
Tuesday
SOUND ECOLOGY: John Lombard, senior policy analyst for Steward and Associates, an environmental consulting firm, presents a proposal detailing the legal and political realities necessary for "Saving the Puget Sound."
7:30pm // Town Hall // $5
FEMI-NOMICS: University of Massachusetts professor Nancy Folbre applies feminist theory to political economy in her talk titled "Greed, Lust, and Gender: A History of Economic Ideas."
6:30pm // UW Kane Hall Rm 120 // FREE
AMERICAN HISTORY: UW professor Richard Johnson on the forces that shaped America. Part 2: The Chesapeake and New England: the English Take Root -- the English, late upon the scene, struggle through hardship and exploitation to establish Virginia. To the north, Puritans settle New England.
7-9pm // UW Kane Hall Rm 130 // $15/$12 UWAA members/$5 students
Wednesday
GREEN CHEMISTRY: A professor of chemistry at Carnegie Mellon University, Terry Collins discusses his research on the design of nontoxic catalysts as well as public policy opportunities to encourage the development of products using green chemistry.
6:30pm // Town Hall // $10 advance/$15 at the door
ZEN:The Platform Sutra, with The Heart Sutra and The Diamond Sutra, is one of the three texts central to Zen Buddhist teachings. The Platform Sutra presents the teachings of Hui-neng, the controversial Sixth Patriarch of Zen.
7pm // Third Place Books // FREE
Thursday
GENOCIDE: Book-It Theatre presents Darfur Stories, a staged reading, created from written accounts and original interviews with Darfurians, activists, journalists, and aide workers
7pm // Roosevelt High School Theatre // $5 suggested donation
Friday
AUTHOR, AUTHOR: Martin Amis's latest book, House of Meetings, joins a novella with two short stories, delving into "Russian history and character, political intolerance, anti-Semitism, the psychology of incarcerated life, the problems of freedom, and the weight of crime on the conscience."
7:30pm // Town Hall // $5
SCIENCE BY THE NUMBERS: Oxford mathematician Roger Penrose takes on modern physics with his book, The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Rules of the Universe.
7:30pm // Town Hall // $5
Saturday
EATING HAPPY: Seattle-based nutritionist Susan Kleiner is the inventor of The Good Mood Diet. Last year, the Seattle P-I followed dieters in Kleiner’s program for six weeks. All lost weight by the end of the program, and experienced upswings in mood and energy levels.
6:30pm // Third Place Books // FREE
Sunday
BALLET: Meet the Odets and Odilles of PNB's current production of Swan Lake, in a program moderated by PNB Education Programs manager Doug Fullington. (Photo: Karel Cruz in Swan Lake, © Angela Sterling)
2pm // Elliott Bay // FREE
