Can't Miss It: Tuesday
ON THE ART OF FALLING DOWN: Joe "Metal Cowboy" Kurmaskie has most definitely mastered the art of falling down. In his latest book A Guide to Falling Down in Public, Kurmaskie celebrates his many beautiful wrecks, the extraordinary people met along the way, and all the sweat-soaked miles ridden in between. "This collection, a kaleidoscope of bicycle touring adventures told through exuberant stories spanning four decades and thirty countries, with many illustrations, embraces the absurdity of living at any speed, the fragility in each of us the world over, and simple wonders waiting just up the road."
7 pm // REI // $7
YOUR NEXT FAVORITE AUTHOR: Castalia Reading Series at Hugo House is a monthly reading series featuring graduate students in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Washington. The theme this month is Lights. The lineup features first year prose writer Fonda Fan; first year poets Thomas Grout and Emily Sketch Haines; second year fiction writer Nicholas VandenBos; alum and poet Megan Snyder-Camp; and UW professor Shawn Wong is this month's featured faculty writer. And, as always, the Richard Hugo House bar will be serving up fabulous drinks for the occasion.
8 pm // Hugo House // FREE
'TIS THE SEASON: So, Seattle will very likely have a gray and wet Christmas which means that we will be robbed of yet another idyllic white Christmas a la Bing Crosby (which, actually, may be for the best, all things considered). Either way, you can certainly pretend it's a snowy December while you are nice and dry inside the Seattle Center's Winterfest. The Center House has the enchanting Winter Train and Village while the Fischer Pavilion houses the skating rink. Running through the end of the month, Winterfest also has music, comedy, jazz, dance, cultural celebrations, ice sculpting, fireside singing, and student showcases.
All day, all month // Seattle Center // Most stuff is free - Ice skating is $5-$7
