Can't Miss It: Tuesday
STEAMPUNK THRILLER: Seattle sci-fi author Cherie Priest will be reading from her latest novel Dreadnought tonight at the University Book Store. Dreadnought, the second novel in Priest's The Clockwork Century series, follows nurse and heroine Mercy Lynch through a steampunk Civil War thriller as she attempts to make her way to Seattle to see her ailing father, aboard the union-operated steam engine the Dreadnought.
7 p.m. // University Book Store // FREE
HEALTH CARE FOR ALL: Bestselling author, reporter and NPR commentator T.R. Reid will be speaking tonight as a part of Seattle Arts & Lectures on health care and his latest book, The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care. Reid will be discussing the current state of health care in the U.S. as compared with other countries such as Japan, which offers universal and excellent care for less than half of what the U.S. spends per capita. If you're yet to have heard Reid on NPR or to have read any of his work, definitely consider making it down to Benaroya tonight--do it. His thoughts on socialized medicine will leave you speechless. Single tickets still available!
7:30 p.m. // Benaroya // Tickets: $15-70
OH, WESTLEY: Central Cinema will be showing the cult classic children's film The Princess Bride tonight for all of you that can't get enough of Princess Buttercup, Prince Humperdinck, Miracle Max and the rest of this all-star 80s cast. Assuming that everyone has seen this film as much as we have, we'll skip the plot details and instead remind you of the six-fingered man and overall how totally awesome this movie is. Keep in mind that if you're planning on bringing the kids, the later showing is only for those who are 21+.
7, 9:30 p.m. // Central Cinema // Tickets: $5-7
