Can't Miss It: Tuesday
DON'T FORGET THE GROCERIES: Do you have enough marinara sauce for tonight's pasta? Did you remember to make a lunch? How's your milk looking? If you need any type of grocery item today then we strongly recommend that you head to your nearest Whole Foods. And it's not because we think that you need to be shopping exclusively organic (that gets expensive). It's because today 5 percent of sales from all five Puget Sound Whole Foods (Bellevue, Interbay, Redmond, Roosevelt Square, Westlake) will be donated to Lifelong AIDS Alliance to help them feed hungry people with their Chicken Soup Brigade. Lifelong AIDS Alliance's food program feeds hundreds each week with bags of groceries and individualized meals. The meals are an important part of maintaining the health of people living with HIV/AIDS and other life-challenging illnesses. Feed yourself, help feed others. Win-win.
All day // Whole Foods // That is up to you!
TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES: The economy is bad y'all. Not that you need to be told or anything. Since big business has no concern for us little guys, communities around the world are coming together to re-build and fortify their local economies in order to create stability. Director Helena Norberg-Hodge's The Economics of Happiness is a one-hour documentary about this worldwide movement for economic localization. "The film, featuring voices from six continents calling for systemic economic change, demonstrates how small-scale initiatives are uniting millions of people around rebuilding more democratic economies - the foundation of the 'economics of happiness.'" Town Hall Seattle is premiering the film tonight and following the screening, a panel including economist David Korten, Take Back Your Time national coordinator John de Graaf, and Yes! publisher Fran Korten join Norberg-Hodge for a Q&A session.
7:30 p.m. // Town Hall Seattle // $15 suggested donation
BICYCLE DIARIES: Willie Weir is what you would call an adventure cyclist. He and his wife Kat take their bikes with them around the world and explore foreign territory from atop their two-wheelers. Seattle public radio listeners will recognize Weir as a regular commentator on KUOW. Others will recognize Weir from his envy-inducing travel writings. Tonight Weir will share his stories and travel tips from his latest three-month bicycle journey in Spain and Portugal. And we hear that his presentations are more like stand-up comedy than the dull travel slide shows your aunt and uncle insist on bringing to all family functions.
7 p.m. // REI Flagship Store // $5 - $7
DON'T LET IT PASS YOU BY: You have less than a week to see Picasso at the Seattle Art Museum before it is packed up and sent to some other city. Do you really want to be the only person in Seattle that didn't see the Picasso exhibit? I mean, what if you're at a dinner party and everyone starts talking about Picasso - which is inevitable - how will you contribute to the conversation? Well, you won't be be able to and you'll just have to sit there is silence. Um, that's awkward. You really don't need to do that to yourself. Just be cool and go see some really good art. And SAM is making it really easy for you by extending their hours. The Picasso exhibit is closing January 17.
10 am - 9 p.m. // Seattle Art Museum // Free - $23
