Can't Miss It: Tuesday

URGENT ASSESSMENT: Tonight at Town Hall, author and Canadian David Suzuki will offer what his blurb calls "an urgent assessment" of environmental issues. We're picturing him lecturing in double-time; after all, the environment might collapse before he finishes with even one of the topics he's planning on urgently assessing. No time to lose. Anyway, the lecture sounds promising, if you can bear to leave the park tonight.

7 p.m. // Town Hall // $5-10

ASSORTED PARKS: Speaking of parks, you should go to one tonight, because we're at the height of fleeting beautiful weather; it's going to rain again, and soon. If you haven't already barbequed, for example, you should do that today. Leave work early, buy hamburger or hot dogs, toss the meat on the grill with peppers and onions, open up a can of baked beans, and kick back with some beer or bourbon-spike sweet iced tea. You won't regret it.

All Day // Assorted Parks, Backyards // Cost of hot dogs and charcoal

GHOST STORIES: If urgent assessments and the park can't keep you occupied tonight, another good option is to attend California author Shilpa Agarwal's reading from her novel Haunting Bombay at the Elliott Bay Book Company. The book has a trailer--yes, a video trailer--which you can view here.

7:30 p.m. // Elliott Bay Book Co. // Free