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LIKE CHILD SOLDIERS: Everyone knows about the genocidal atrocities committed in Rwanda and Darfur, but folks seem to have forgotten about the ongoing (twenty-plus years now) war in northern Uganda. Peter Eichstaedt, Africa editor at the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, comes to Elliott Bay tonight to talk about the conflict, child soldiers, and the repeated efforts by the Ugandan people to stop the violence or at least survive it. It's all there in his new book, First Kill Your Family: Child Soldiers of Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army. Spoiler alert: There will not be a happy ending.

Seattlest's wine guy, Ronald, kicks off the weekend by hosting a $75, 5-course, 5-wine wine dinner Friday at Portfolio, the dining room of the Art Institute's culinary academy. (Note: 20 percent discount to Seattlest readers; call 206-239-2363 for reservations.) Saturday night will find him, Barolo in hand, at Mitchelli's for a farewell toast to the venerable "Trat," closing later this month after 32 years in Pioneer Square.