Atlantic, the “inland sea of Western civlization.”
Presented as part of Seattle Science Lectures, with
Pacific Science Center and University Book Store. Series
sponsored by Microsoft. Series media sponsorship
provided by KPLU. Tickets are $5 in advance at www.
brownpapertickets.com and available at the door.
essayist, short story writer, and scholar of black
American literature and Buddhism, Dr. Charles
Johnson, whose novel Middle Passage won the
National Book Award in 1990. Preregister at
uwlibs@uw.edu or call 206.616.8397.
Thursday • November 18 • 7pm
Tim Wu
Harold McGee
Keys to Good Cooking: A Guide to Making
the Best of Foods and Recipes (Penguin
Press)
Cooking is an art, but it’s also a science. Harold
McGee approaches kitchen work from that latter
perspective, and in his brand new book, Keys to
Good Cooking, he offers observations and advice
for those seeking to understand the science
behind the recipes. And he takes readers from
market to table, explaining not just how to cook
better, but how to pick better ingredients at the
outset.
Thursday • November 18
7:30pm
Nora Ephron
I Remember Nothing: and Other Reflections
(KNOPF)
Town Hall Seattle
1119 8th Avenue, Seattle
Beloved writer/director Nora Ephron, who
spoke to the soul of womanhood with her
witty and candid book I Feel Bad About My Neck,
connects again with her latest I Remember Nothing,
a cold, hard, hilarious book that bemoans the
vicissitudes of modern life and recalls everything
she hasn’t (yet) forgotten. In the essays, Ephron
recounts falling hard for a way of life; breaking
up even harder with the men in her life; and the
evolution, a decade after she wrote and directed
You’ve Got Mail, of her relationship with her inbox, all the while giving eloquent voice to the
issues, struggles, and discoveries of “women of
a certain age.” Presented by Seattle Arts & Lectures
and University Book Store. Tickets at www.lectures.org
or 206.621.2230.
Friday • November 19 • 7pm
Fantastic Fiction: Mary Robinette
Kowal
This reading is a part of the NW MediaArts
sponsored Fantastic Fiction Salon series. Kowal
is the author of Shades of Milk and Honey (Tor,
2010) and the 2008 recipient of the Campbell
Award for Best New Writer. Her short fiction
appears in Clarkesworld, Cosmos and Asimov’s. A
professional puppeteer, she lives in Portland,
OR. Visit her online at maryrobinettekowal.com.
Friday • November 19 • 7pm
Maxine Cushing Gray Lectures
presents Charles Johnson
Odegaard Undergraduate Library, Room 220
Enjoy an evening with philosopher, novelist,
Friday • November 19 • 7pm
The Master Switch: The Rise And Fall Of
Information Empires (KNOPF)
Town Hall Seattle
1119 8th Avenue, Seattle
Most people connect the Internet Age with
unprecedented freedom in communications
and culture. But Columbia Professor Tim Wu
says every once-free-and-open technology, from
telephone to cable TV, arrived on a similar wave
of idealistic optimism but in time was centralized
and closed, profoundly affecting how Americans
communicate. Against the current debate in
Washington over Net Neutrality, could history
repeat itself, with a giant entity taking control of
our access to information? Presented by the Town
Hall Center for Civic Life, with University Book Store.
Series media sponsorship provided by Publicola. Series
supported by The Boeing Company Charitable Trust
and the RealNetworks Foundation. Tickets are $5 in
advance at www.brownpapertickets.com and available
at the door.
Monday • November 22
7:30pm
Stephen L. Macknik &
Susana Martinez-Conde
Sleights of Mind: What the Nueroscience
of Magic Reveals about our Everyday
Deceptions (HOLT)
Town Hall Seattle, Downstairs
1119 8th Avenue, Seattle (Enter on
Seneca)
Magic tricks fool us because we have
hardwired—but hackable—attention and
awareness processes. A good magician uses
your mind’s intrinsic properties against you. By
studying magicians’ brain-tricking techniques,
Barrow Neurological Institute lab directors
Stephen Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde,
founders of the field of neuromagic illuminate
our everyday behavior, from the diagnosis of
autism to marketing techniques and education.
Presented as part of Seattle Science Lectures, with
Pacific Science Center and University Book Store. Series
sponsored by Microsoft. Series media sponsorship
provided by KPLU. Tickets are $5 in advance at www.
brownpapertickets.com and available at the door.
Monday • November 29
7:30pm
Antonio Damasio
Self Comes to Mind: Constructing The
Conscious Brain (PANTHEON)
Town Hall Seattle
1119 8th Avenue, Seattle
This question has confounded neurologists,
philosophers, cognitive scientists, and
psychologists for centuries: How is consciousness
created? Neuroscientist Antonio Damasio, says
consciousness (“self”) is not separate from the
body, but instead a biological process created
by the brain—a dynamic, unpredictable faculty
that is instrumental in defining and explaining
who we understand ourselves to be. Presented as
part of Seattle Science Lectures, with Pacific Science
Center and University Book Store. Series sponsored by
Microsoft. Series media sponsorship provided by KPLU.
Tickets are $5 in advance at www.brownpapertickets.
com and available at the door.
Tuesday • November 30 • 6:30pm
Eating Your Environment Presents
Wes Jackson
“The Need of a 50-Year Farm Bill and
What it Might Look Like”
UW Campus, Kane 120
Topsoil erosion, dependence on fossil fuels,
toxic soil and water, an explosion in nitrogen
fertilizers and downstream dead zones are all
consequences of agricultural industrialization.
Wes Jackson paints a vision of a “perennialized”
agricultural landscape where conservation
becomes the consequence of food production.
The food series is sponsored by the CoEnv in
collaboration with Danz Lecture Series, the Graduate
School, the School of Public Health, the Center for
Global Studies, the Jackson School of International
Studies, and the UW Alumni Association. Registration
through https://go.washington.edu/uwaa/
events/2010food_lecture/details.tcl.
Tuesday • November 30 • 7:30pm
Fen Montaigne
Fraser’s Penguins: A Journey to the Future
in Atarctica (HENRY HOLT)
Town Hall Seattle, Downstairs
1119 8th Avenue, Seattle (Enter on
Seneca)
For three decades, scientist Bill Fraser has
studied the Adélie penguins in the rugged
western Antarctic Peninsula. In that time, the
region has warmed faster than any place on
Earth, with profound consequences for the
tuxedoed Adélies. Montaigne spent five months
on Fraser’s field team, discovering how rising
temperatures are swiftly changing that part of
the world—and how those changes will soon
affect our lives. Presented as part of Seattle Science
Lectures, with Pacific Science Center and University
Book Store. Series sponsored by Microsoft. Series media
sponsorship provided by KPLU. Tickets are $5 in
advance at www.brownpapertickets.com and available
at the door.
NOVEMBER 2010 • VOLUME 8 : ISSUE 11
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November
events
Monday • November 1 • 4pm
Michael Edwards
“Small Change: Why Business Won’t
Save the World”
UW Parrington Hall Common
Michael Edwards has generated a
provocative conversation on the topic of
“philanthrocapitalism,” calling into question
its impact and ethics. In his recent book,
Edwards challenges the idea that the market
is capable of solving social inequities. Please
join us to hear an exciting panel of speakers—
including Zeke Spier of Social Justice Fund,
Adam Porsch of the Gates Foundation,
and Cynthia Renfro of the Marguerite
Casey Foundation—launch this important
conversation in our local philanthropic circle.
Presented by The Nancy Bell Evans Center on
Nonprofits and Philanthropy, the Seattle chapter
of Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy (EPIP),
the Henry M. Jackson Foundation, and Social
Justice Fund. This event is open to the public. To
register, please visit http://www.eventbrite.com/
event/906006891
Monday • November 1 • 7pm
Ch’ŏn Un-yŏng & Hailji
Azalea: Journal of Korean Literature and
Culture #2 and #3
We are pleased to host two Korean fiction
writers; two younger, emerging voices in the
literary world who look to be on the rise.
Azalea, a journal of Korean work in translation,
will host and help introduce us to a literary
culture we should keep our collective eyes on.
similarly respected among New Yorkers like
Theodore Stamos and Edmond Tolk.
Wednesday • November 3 • 7pm
SG Browne
Fated (NAL TRADE)
Fabio Delucci, protagonist of the latest novel
by SG Browne, is a lot like you and me. He’s
a little tired of his job and his boss thinks his
work has gotten sloppy. Unlike you and me,
Fabio is Fate and his boss Jerry often goes by
another name—Jehovah. When Fabio falls
for a mortal woman, the consequences are far
beyond the reasonable.
Saturday • November 6 • 1pm
Thursday • November 4 • 7pm
Miriam Pawel
The Union of Their Dreams
Bellevue store
Though Cesar Chávez remains the central
figure of the activist work of the United Farm
Workers, there were many other pivotal
individuals. The Union of Their Dreams is a new
look at the movement, the stories of those
figures—people like organizer Eliseo Medina,
activist minister Chris Hartmine, and intern
turned stalwart Ellen Egger—and some of
the internal conflicts that were buried under
Chávez’s trademark charisma.
Four romance writers appear in support of
their most recent work, books of love, lust,
bad behavior, betrayal, seduction, and good
old-fashioned bodice ripping. Don’t miss out.
Monday • November 8 • 7pm
William Dietrich
The Final Forest: The Battle for the Last
Great Trees of the Pacific Northwest (UW
PRESS)
Thursday • November 4
7:30pm
Thomas Seeley
The Art of Richard Bennett (UW PRESS)
Art historian, curator, and writer David Martin
will discuss the art and legacy of Irish-born,
Washington State raised artist and illustrator
Richard Bennett. Bennett was a part of the
inner circle of NW artists that included Morris
Graves and Kenneth Callahan, but he divided
his time between West and East, and was an
Honeybees make decisions collectively—and
democratically: Every year, their life-or-death
relocation process relies on collective factfinding, vigorous debate, and consensus
building. Cornell biology Professor (and
beekeeper) Thomas Seeley says that bees
could teach us a lot about collective wisdom
David Martin
A Fine Romance with Paty Jager,
Jessa Slade, Jenna Bayley-Burke
& Delilah Marvelle
(BLOOMSBURY)
Honeybee Democracy (Princeton)
Town Hall Seattle
Downstairs, 1119 8th Avenue,
Seattle (Enter on Seneca)
Tuesday • November 2 • 7pm
and effective decision-making, including
the importance of debate, seeking diverse
solutions, and minimizing a leader’s influence.
Presented as part of Seattle Science Lectures, with
Pacific Science Center and University Book
Store. Series sponsored by Microsoft. Series media
sponsorship provided by KPLU. Tickets are $5
in advance at www.brownpapertickets.com and
available at the door.
Our own Olympic Peninsula hosts the last
remaining ancient forest in the country.
Centered on the tiny town of Forks, this
book by Seattle Times science correspondent
William Dietrich looks at the debate about
logging that forest, allowing the figures on
both the pro and con side to present their
arguments in their own words. And then
he offers analysis, suggesting that national
natural resources policy is to blame for the
divisiveness of the issue.
EVENTS TAKE PLACE AT OUR U DISTRICT STORE, LOCATED AT 4326 UNIVERSITY WAY NE, EXCEPT AS NOTED.
Tuesday • November 9 • 4pm
Tuesday • November 9 • 7pm
Sick Lecture: Patricia Susan Hart
A Home For Every Child: The Washington
Children’s Home Society In The Progressive
Era (UW PRESS)
UW Suzzallo Library, Peterson Room
From the late 19th Century, The Washington
Children’s Home Society (now called the
Children’s Home Society of Washington) has
been placing children into foster and adoptive
homes. And they’ve kept exhaustive archives
of the work they’ve done with young people,
the families that adopt them, and the families
that are forced to give them up. Patricia Hart,
associate professor of Journalism and American
Studies at University of Idaho, went through the
archives and presents this survey of what she
found there.
Tuesday • November 9 • 6:30pm
Alaskan artist Ray Troll has been cranking out
fishy T-shirts for nearly three decades, gaining
him a widespread audience among fisher
folks, scientists, and fellow paleo-ichthyo-freaks
around the globe. His latest book gathers the
cream of the crop, along with a few outtakes,
preliminary sketches, and rarities. Ray will talk
about the twists and turns of his quirky career
and share background tidbits on many of his
best-known designs along with a few that never
got off the drawing board. For more information
visit washington.edu/burkemuseum.
Tuesday • November 9
7:30pm
Seattle Arts and Lectures presents
Daniel Handler
Eating Your Environment
Presents: Cary Fowler
“Feeling the Heat: Food & Famine in a
Finite World”
UW Campus, Kane 130
In a climate-changing world beset with
serious resource constraints, food security
depends on agriculture’s adaptation to new
environments—natural, political, and financial.
Food production systems face the challenge
of producing more food on less land, with less
water, energy and nutrients, and in the context
of a hotter and more variable climate. What
can be done now to overcome such formidable
obstacles to food security? The food series is
sponsored by the CoEnv in collaboration with Danz
Lecture Series, the Graduate School, the School of
Public Health, the Center for Global Studies, the
Jackson School of International Studies, and the UW
Alumni Association.
Benaroya Hall
In a talk entitled “Why Does Lemony Snicket
Keep Following Me,” author Daniel Handler
will discuss his history with beloved children’s
author Lemony Snicket in conversation with
Sherman Alexie. When Handler was working
on his first novel—a volume he wrote, rewrote,
and threw away—an editor suggested Handler
try writing for young people and, while he was
interested, he wasn’t sure he wanted to. Instead,
he continued to write experimental fiction, also
taking a job as representative for the children’s
book writer Lemony Snicket. As Snicket’s fame
ballooned, Handler had less time to dedicate to
his own writing. Series tickets available from Seattle
Arts & Lectures. lectures.org
Wednesday • November 10
6:30pm
Daniel Coyle
Tuesday • November 9 • 7pm
Debbie Stoller
Stitch ‘n Bitch Superstar Knitting: Go
Beyond the Basics (WORKMAN)
The youth knitting revolution has been around
long enough that it is now time for all those
who proudly wield the needles to step up their
games. Debbie Stoller presents a new book of
advanced techniques and funky patterns for her
Stitch ‘n Bitch pals, the contemporary knitters
who like to purl the night away at home, on the
bus, or at a dance party near you.
Admission cost. See
event listing for details.
Ray Troll
Something Fishy This Way Comes: The
Artwork of Ray Troll (Sasquatch)
Burke Museum
The Talent Code: Greatness Isn’t Born. It’s
Grown. Here’s How. (Bantam)
University Child Development School,
5062 9th Ave NE, Seattle
Daniel Coyle is the author of The Talent Code:
Greatness Isn’t Born. It’s Grown. Here’s How., a new
way to get really good at almost anything based
on how our brains work. The secret comes down
to the physiology of learning, or what happens
to the architecture of the brain during practice.
In his research for The Talent Code, Daniel visited
nine hotbeds of talent around the world in
different fields to find out how theconsis-tently
produce extraordinary performers. The key, he
found, is the right kinds of practice, coaching,
Event is free of charge
but requires a ticket.
and motivation, all of which work together to
improve the function of the brain. The Talent
Code is Daniel’s third book on performance.This
event is free and open to the public. To register please
contact Brooke Leinberger, brookel@ucds.org
Wednesday • November 10 • 7pm
Armistead Maupin
Mary Ann in Autumn: A Tales of the City
Novel (HARPERCOLLINS)
Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City books
have been engaging readers since the late
‘70s—introducing them to life in San Francisco
with a realism and an empathy few other Bay
area books have. Mary Ann Singleton still
resides at the center of the new novel—an older,
wiser woman now—and must confront some
uncomfortable moments of her history.
Thursday • November 11 • 7pm
Peter Stekel
Final Flight: The Mystery of a WW II
Plane Crash and the Frozen Airmen in the
High Sierra (WILDERNESS PRESS)
This story began in 2005, when mountaineers
discovered the mummified remains of a WW IIera airman frozen in ice in the High Sierra. The
mystery captivated many, among them author
Peter Stekel, who traveled to the glacier to
research the incident—and led to him helping
to uncover the mystery of four men and an illfated navigation training flight from 1942.
$20 at the door. Net proceeds benefit The Lens, a New
Orleans nonprofit doing investigative journalism in
the Gulf.
Jack Nisbet
Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project,
will discuss his new book, which chronicles the
history of direct action campaigns to open up
the construction industry to black workers in the
1960s and 1970s. Co-sponsored by the Bridges Center
for Labor Studies, the History Department, and the
Simpson Center for the Humanities.
(SASQUATCH)
Tuesday • November 16 • 6:30pm
Friday • November 12 • 7pm
The Collector: David Douglas and
the Natural History of the Northwest
The premier botanical explorer of the Pacific
Northwest in the 19th century, David Douglas
discovered hundreds of plants—the most
famous being the tree that bears his name, the
Douglas Fir. Jack Nisbet provides readers with a
definitive biography of the man, from his birth
in Scotland in 1799 to his education under the
famed William Jackson Hooker to his adventures
in our region.
Monday • November 15 • 7pm
Kim O’Donnel
The Meat Lover’s Meatless Cook Book:
Vegetarian Recipes Carnivores Will Devour
(DA CAPO)
When “Meatless Monday” rolls around, do you
find yourself scrambling for a recipe? The Meat
Lover’s Meatless Cook Book includes a dish for a
year’s worth of Mondays, 52 menus to help even
the finickiest eaters satisfy the dinner-time belly
growls, all the while doing the environment a
solid with one day dedicated to a greener diet.
Monday • November 15 • 7pm
Steven Simon
Friday • November 12
6:30pm & Saturday • November 13
6:30pm
BiLocal: Writers on Location
Town Hall Seattle, Downstairs
1119 8th Ave. Seattle (Enter on Seneca)
A new project from former Bumbershoot lit
programmer Bob Redmond, Bilocal links
Seattle and New Orleans artists to explore the
nature of community, and to take action to
help the Gulf. This evening of reading and
performance with an eye on social impact
features artists from both cities—Seattle writers
Molly Wizenberg, Alex Kuo, and Swil Kanim;
New Orleans writers James Nolan, Dedra
Johnson, and Jamar Travis; Seattle filmmaker
Ben Kasulke; legendary Cajun musician/poet/
activist Zachary Richard; and Seattle poet/host
Denise Jolly —all of whom have created new
work on the theme of “community/home/
location.” A pre-funk reception with food and
drinks begins at 6:30 pm. Presented by Essential
Arts. Advance tickets are $15 at www.bilocal.org;
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The Sixth Crisis: Iran, Israel, America, and
the Rumors of War (OXFORD)
UW Campus, Johnson Hall, Room 102
Does the Iranian pursuit of a nuclear program
make armed conflict inevitable? How is Iran
exploiting tensions in the Middle East between
Arab regimes and public frustrations with
American policies? Overall, how is the Obama
Administration navigating the Israel-Iran-U.S.
policy and international security challenge
and what are the prospective outcomes? The
World Affairs Council presents Steven Simon
and Dana Allin, authors of The Sixth Crisis: Iran,
Israel, America, and the Rumors of War. Exploring
the three aspects of Israel-Iran-U.S. crisis, The
Sixth Crisis provides the first full account of
the situation since President Barack Obama
took office, presenting a comprehensive look
at the complex diplomacy underway to temper
Iran’s nuclear program and its implications on
international security. Sponsored by The World
Affairs Council. Registration through world-affairs.org.
Tuesday • November 16 • 4pm
Trevor Griffey
STORYTIME in the U District,
Bellevue, & Mill Creek. Visit
our site for times.
For up-to-the-minute event information and schedule changes please visit ubookstore.com. For more information call 206.634.3400.
Black Power at Work
UW Communications Building, Room 226
Trevor Griffey, Project Coordinator for the
Eating Your Environment Presents:
Gary Nabhan
“Collaborative Conservation to Restore
America’s Wild Food Diversity”
UW Campus, Kane 120
Dr. Gary Nabhan is regarded by Eco-Salon
as one of the top ten voices in the world
with regard to food policy and conservation.
His twenty-some books include the earliest
manifesto of the local food movement, Coming
Home to Eat, and an award-winning survey of
food biodiversty in America, Renewing America’s
Food Traditions. He has been honored with
a Lifetime Acheivement Award from the
Society for Conservation Biology, and from
the Quivira Coalition. He farms heritage
fruit trees, heirloom chiles and other native
crops in Patagonia, Arizona. The food series is
sponsored by the CoEnv in collaboration with Danz
Lecture Series, the Graduate School, the School of
Public Health, the Center for Global Studies, the
Jackson School of International Studies, and the UW
Alumni Association. Registration through https://
go.washington.edu/uwaa/events/2010food_lecture/
details.tcl.
Tuesday • November 16 • 7pm
100 Years Later: Mark Twain Reading
The great American novelist, the chronicler of
our early history, the wag whose wit continues
to delight discerning readers young and old,
and the owner of one of the countries greatest
and most glorious mustaches died 100 years
ago. Would that we could, we would devote the
entire month of Mark Twain’s birth (November)
to celebrate him with a dramatic reading of his
work each night. Alas, we limit it to one. We will,
be assured, pull out all the stops, though, and
give you a taste of the best work by one of the
country’s—and the world’s—very best writers.
Tuesday • November 16
7:30pm
James Kakalios
The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics
(W.W. NORTON)
Town Hall Seattle
1119 8th Avenue, Seattle
In pulp magazines and comics of the 1950s,
the future looked positively utopian (flying
cars, jetpacks, robotic assistants). Things
didn’t exactly turn out that way, but our world
actually is even more fantastic now, says James
Kakalios. Kakalios uses examples from comics
and magazines to explain how breakthroughs
in quantum mechanics led to technologies such
as the World Wide Web and MRIs, and how
they underlie our day-to-day lives. Presented as
part of Seattle Science Lectures, with Pacific Science
Center and University Book Store. Series sponsored
by Microsoft. Tickets are $5 in advance at www.
brownpapertickets.com and available at the door.
Wednesday • November 17
6pm
Greg Graffin
Anarchy Evolution: Faith, Science, and
Bad Religion in a World Without God
(HARPERCOLLINS)
Town Hall Seattle, Downstairs
1119 8th Avenue, Seattle (Enter on
Seneca)
Greg Graffin is best known as lead singer of
the punk band Bad Religion; he is perhaps
less well known for his PhD from Cornell
and his course offerings in life sciences and
paleontology at UCLA. His new book, Anarchy
Evolution, describes his own artistic development
as inextricably intertwined with his study
and exploration of evolution. Seattle writer
Steve Olson, who is coauthor of the book, will
moderate the event. Presented as part of Seattle
Science Lectures, with Pacific Science Center and
University Book Store. Series sponsored by Microsoft.
Series media sponsorship provided by KPLU. Tickets
are $5 in advance at www.brownpapertickets.com and
available at the door.
Wednesday • November 17 • 7pm
Margaret Ashford-Trotter
Thunder in the Building #2 (Little
Chemistry)
University Book Store employee and graphic
novelist Margaret Ashford-Trotter was awarded
the Xeric Foundation grant this year for her
latest work, Thunder in the Building #2. Well, we
couldn’t be happier for her, so we’ve asked her
to favor us with a reading of the award-winner, a
story about a young woman who turns to a good
friend for consolation after a break-up, and a
terrible secret she has held on to for years.
Wednesday • November 17
7:30pm
Simon Winchester
Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic
Discoveries, Titanic Storms, And A Vast
Ocean Of A Million Stories (HAPRER)
Town Hall Seattle
1119 8th Avenue, Seattle
Simon Winchester knows his way around a
piece of popular, entertaining, and enlightening
non-fiction. He’s looked at maps, dictionaries,
islands—and now he’s written a biography of
an ocean. Geological history meets the history
of human habitation to tell readers about The
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