Tomorrow is the last day of National Novel Writing Month. Seattle's team, the Hydrophobic Ducks, is still in first place with a total word count of 49,289,518. Los Angeles, Germany, London, and New York City fill out the rest of the top five. I'll have the full wrap on Wednesday, after my hands quit cramping.
In the meantime, and if you're not participating, maybe you could read a book or something.
11/29/10 3 p.m. Barnes & Noble U-Village
Carolyn Douglas
Storytime
Rescheduled due to snow. Children's stories with anchor Douglas.
11/29/10 6 p.m. Pilot Books
Writer's Group
"New exercises every week. Come prepared to write and discuss." Aye, Cap'n!
11/29/10 7 p.m. Elliott Bay Book Company
Jack Shoemaker
presenting the work of Gary Snyder
Counterpoint Press editor Shoemaker presents reissues of Snyder's work, with a screening of a documentary about the poet.
11/29/10 7:30 p.m. Town Hall Seattle
Antonio Damasio
Self Comes to Mind: Constructing The Conscious Brain
"...my head I'd be scratchin', while my thoughts were busy hatchin', if I only had a brain."
11/30/10 10 a.m. Barnes & Noble U-Village
Interagency Academy with Jordan Babineaux
Poetry Reading
The Seahawks player reads poetry with students from IA. Fabu.
11/30/10 6:30 p.m. UW Campus, Kane Hall, Room 120
Wes Jackson
Consulting the Genius of the Place
Jackson will be discussing "The Need of a 50-Year Farm Bill and What it Might Look Like".
11/30/10 7 p.m. Secret Garden Books
Molly Coxe
Benjamin and Bumper to the Rescue
Ultimate Tuesday reading with the author.
11/30/10 7 p.m. Elliott Bay Book Company
Nancy Medwell
Eternal Moments
The Seattle-based artist presents her new book of photos.
11/30/10 7:30 p.m. Town Hall Seattle
Fen Montaigne
Fraser's Penguins: A Journey to the Future in Antarctica
Our friends in feathered formal-wear are in grave danger! Send help.
12/01/10 6 p.m. Richard Hugo House
Write Time
Weekly
Weekly drop-in writing group for teens.
12/01/10 7 p.m. Elliott Bay Book Company
Brad Klausen
From a Basement in Seattle
"Brad's sensitivity to our planet and the corrupt ways in which it has been desecrated by those who have accepted greed into their hearts is a driving force behind his art and way of thinking ... for nearly ten years, most every piece of art connected to our group had his stamp on it .. . he is certainly one of my favorite artists." - Eddie Vedder [Oh, Eddie, you are so adorably earnest. Have a cookie.]
12/01/10 7 p.m. UW Bookstore
Kathy Gehrt
Discover Cooking with Lavender
Yum.
12/01/10 7 p.m. Secret Garden Books
Nancy Medwell
Eternal Moments
The Seattle-based artist presents her new book of photos. Again, in case you missed her earlier.
12/01/10 7 p.m. Richard Hugo House
Stage Fright
Weekly
Open mic for teens.
12/02/10 5:30 p.m. Barnes & Noble U-Village
Taiko
Drumming
Not a reading or a signing but traditional Japanese drummers! In a bookstore! Awesome on toast.
12/02/10 7 p.m. Central Cinema
Alonso Duralde
Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas
The film critic will screen trailers of movies featured in the book, followed by the movie Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.
12/02/10 7 p.m. UW Bookstore
Kate Morton
The Distant Hours
A letter is delivered 51 years late. Suspenseful hijinks ensue.
12/02/10 7 p.m. Elliott Bay Book Company
Li Miao Lovett
In the Lap of the Gods
"Li Miao has written an important book, a moving farewell to the old, more humane way of life as China and all the world become technologized and globalized. An invaluable book." - Maxine Hong Kingston
12/02/10 7 p.m. PIlot Books
Phil Polizatto
Hunga Dunga
Reading of a "massive classic hippie adventure story." I'll take their word for it.
12/02/10 7:30 p.m. Town Hall Seattle
Chris Hedges
Death of the Liberal Class / Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
"Liberals conceded too much to the power elite. The tragedy of the liberal class and the institutions it controls is that it succumbed to opportunism and finally to fear." -Chris Hedges
12/02/10 8 p.m. Elliott Bay Book Company
Apolo Anton Ohno
Zero Regrets: Be Greater Than Yesterday
Homegrown Olympian Ohno visits to promote his spankin' new book and rock the soul patch.
12/03/10 7 p.m. Elliott Bay Book Company
Thomas Larson
The Saddest Music Ever Written: The Story of Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings
"The Saddest Music Ever Written is about much more than a single piece of music. It is an exploration of a fascinating composer, a case study in the cultural appropriation of works of art, and an often very personal meditation on the power of music." - Kevin Bazzana
12/04/10 11:30 a.m. Elliott Bay Book Company
ReAct Theatre
Holiday Storytime
Actors will present classic holiday stories near the castle.
12/04/10 12 p.m. Seattle Mystery Bookshop
Boyd Morrison
Rogue Wave
The new director of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has one hour to save everyone in Honolulu. Oh, noes! What will he do?
12/04/10 6:30 p.m. Enza Cucina, Queen Anne
Jessica Theroux
Cooking with Italian Grandmothers: Recipes and Stories from Tuscany to Sicily
The $40 ticket price includes an authentic, four-course Sicilian dinner.
12/04/10 7 p.m. Elliott Bay Book Company
Hazel Rowley
Franklin and Eleanor: An Extraordinary Marriage
"Here is the most consequential love story of the twentieth century, told with verve, swift narrative drive, and clear-eyed fondness for the lovers. 'Clear-eyed' because Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt's marriage was as difficult as it was momentous ... Hazel Rowley tells a tale as full of betrayals as it is of a fundamental fidelity, while detailing a partnership so powerful that it has shaped the lives of all of us who read about it today." - Richard Snow [Highly recommended by yours truly!]
12/05/10 2 p.m. Elliott Bay Book Company
Kate Bornstein
Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation
The genderqueer artist, writer, and activist visits her old 'hood to discuss her new anthology, co-edited with Bear Berman.
12/05/10 4 p.m. Elliott Bay Book Company
Susan Vogel
Becoming Pablo O'Higgins: How an Anglo-American Artist from Utah Became a Mexican Muralist
The historian will discuss the strange and fascinating transformation of Paul into Pablo.
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