Can't Miss It: Wednesday

BOOKS: Novelist Richard Powers reads tonight at Benaroya Hall for Seattle Arts and Lectures. The former computer programmer's latest book, The Echo Maker, is "a haunting novel about memory, identity, and the boundaries of neuroscience," (Booklist), and won the National Book Award and all sorts of "Best Book of the Year" awards in 2006. He's a novelist of "ideas"; David Foster Wallace is a big fan. Here's an interview in the P-I.

MUSIC: Ann Arbor's natty Tally Hall are at Nectar in Fremont with local supergroup "Awesome". We are told Tally Hall creates a pop patchwork, blending "vintage Beastie Boys with snarky new wave and Beatles-y psychedelia with uncommon ease." (Detroit Free Press) The band name, and name of their album, are explained thusly: Tally Hall used to be a mall in suburban Detroit in the (late) 70s and 80s, "recognized" for the diversity of its stores, kiosks, restaurants, and boutiques. Its arcade was called Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum.

8pm // Nectar Lounge, 412 N 36th St // Tickets: $10 advance

SCIENCE: We will be at the third evening of the 2008 Edwards Psychology Lecture Series at the UW, listening to Anthony Greenwald and Lisa A. Cooper talk about "The Psychology of Blink: Understanding How Our Minds Work Unconsciously." But you had to RSVP in advance for that. If you want a drop-in psychology talk, we suggest Dr. Bryan King and "What's Up with Autism?" at the Seattle Public Library. He'll discuss the increase in autism diagnoses, what causes autism, and treatment options. No, we're not implying anything.

6:30-8pm // Seattle Central Public Library, 1000 4th Ave // FREE

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