The Seattle Public Library - Programs & Events
By The Seattle Public Library
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The Seattle Public Library celebrates the written word through literary and humanities programs, including readings and talks by local, national and international authors, Seattle Reads, and the annual Washington State Book Awards, American history lecture, and Living History or Living Literature series.
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Lucia Perillo, May 12 | Lucia Perillo reads from from new poetry and debut fiction, "On the Spectrum of Possible Deaths" and "Happiness Is a Chemical in the Brain: Stories" | 5/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Steve Coll, May 9 | Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Steve Coll goes deep inside the largest, most powerful private corporation in the U.S. Coll discusses 'Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power' at the Central Library. | 5/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Amy Waldman, May 5 | Amy Waldman's acclaimed debut novel asks hard questions about the American values of tolerance, diversity, and community. Amy discusses "The Submission" at the Ballard Branch as part of Seattle Reads. | 5/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Amy Waldman, May 4 | Amy Waldman's acclaimed debut novel asks hard questions about the American values of tolerance, diversity, and community. Amy discusses "The Submission" at the Central Library as part of Seattle Reads. | 5/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Julia Alvarez, April 20 | Julia Alvarez talks about her travel memoir "A Wedding in Haiti" that details trips to Haiti, to attend her friend's wedding and later to see if the family survived the earthquake. | 5/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sydney Dobson, April 25 | Sydney Dobson shows images and describes the process of developing the Oklahoma City Memorial. | 5/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sa'ad Ansari, April 12 | Join Sa'ad Ansari and Steve Scher, host of KUOW's "Weekday," for an onstage conversation about Park51 Community Center. In 2010, plans for this Islamic community center two blocks from ground zero exploded into controversy. | 4/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Judy D. Simon, April 4 | You don't have to spend your entire budget to eat healthy foods -- get tips on how to buy good-for-you foods on a tight budget. Judy D. Simon, a dietitian and nutritionist at the UW Medical Center, gives practical and nutritional tips that stretch your pocket book and expand your healthy food choices. | 4/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Douglas Adkins, March 28 | Douglas Adkins explores the history of Dorade, the most famous ocean racing yacht in the world. | 4/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Daniel Okrent, April 2 | The 2012 A. Scott Bullitt Lecture in American History. Historian and journalist Daniel Okrent discusses "Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition" onstage with KUOW Public Radio's Steve Scher. | 4/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Geoff Dyer, March 16 | Geoff Dyer explores the mysteries of a film that has haunted him ever since he saw it 30 years ago. | 3/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jodi Picoult, March 8 | New York Times bestselling novelist Jodi Picoult reads from her newest novel, "Lone Wolf" -- a taut, engrossing family drama exploring ethical dilemmas. | 3/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jay and Maureen Neitz, March 7 | Colorblindness can mean job loss for those in professions that require color vision, including police, firefighters, pilots and food inspectors. However: doctors Jay and Maureen Neitz, a husband-and-wife team of ophthalmologists at the UW Medicine Eye Institute, believe a cure for color blindness is on its way. | 3/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jim Yardley, February 21 | Author Jim Yardley discusses "Brave Dragons: A Chinese Basketball Team, an American Coach, and Two Cultures Clashing" with basketball coach Bob Weiss. | 3/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Thrilling Tales, March 2012 | Need a mid-day break? Every first and third Monday, you can laugh, gasp and shudder to live readings of captivating short stories from a wide range of popular and literary authors. This week's featured stories are: "The Queen of Spades" by Alexander Pushkin and "The Bet" by Anton Chekhov. | 3/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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J.A. Jance, February 15 | J.A. Jance talks about "Left for Dead," her 44th published mystery. | 3/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Eric Liu and Nick Hanauer, February 7 | Join co-authors Eric Liu and Nick Hanauer for a lively civic discussion of "The Gardens of Democracy: A New American Story of Citizenship, the Economy, and the Role of Government." | 2/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dermot Fitzgibbon, February 1 | Dermot Fitzgibbon, m.b.b.ch., will teach you what modalities are used to manage pain for surgery and cancer, as well as to improve your quality of life. | 2/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stewart O'Nan, January 30 | Stewart O'Nan reads from his new novel, "The Odds: A Love Story," a bittersweet look at a married couple struggling in uncertain times and trying to give their love a second chance. | 2/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Xi Chuan, January 9 | Xi Chuan reads selections from a new chapbook, "Yours Truly & Other Poems," "Notes on the Mosquito: Selected Poems" (forthcoming in 2012) and other works. | 1/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Richard White, December 9 | American historian and MacArthur fellow Richard White discusses "Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America" with KUOW Public Radio "Weekday" host Steve Scher. | 12/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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David Tirschwell, December 7 | David Tirschwell, M.D., will talk about prevention, symptoms, diagnosis and outcomes after a stroke. | 12/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clay Jenkinson, December 4 | Clay Jenkinson presents his portrayal of Meriwether Lewis, who with his friend William Clark, led the most successful exploration of American history -- one that made Lewis and Clark and Sacagawea principle figures in American mythology. | 12/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Peter Sis, November 22 | In his first book for adults, celebrated children's book author and illustrator Sis presents an illustrated adaptation of a 12th century Sufi epic poem, "The Conference of the Birds." | 12/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Fariba Nawa, November 20 | Afghan American journalist Fariba Nawa discusses "Opium Nation: Child Brides, Drug Lords, and One Woman's Journey Through Afghanistan." | 12/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Langston Hughes: Poems at Play, November 12 | In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Broadway debut of "Black Nativity," come preview this year's Seattle Theatre Group performance of "Black Nativity" and hear Langston Hughes' poetry. | 12/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Seattle Times 'Scoop' on Food, November 10 | Join The Seattle Times and luminaries of the local food scene for a lively conversation about what it's like to both create and write about cuisine in the Pacific Northwest. Karen Gaudette moderates a panel that features: Nancy Leson, Kathy Casey, Greg Atkinson, and Matthew Amster-Burton. | 11/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jack Straw Writers Program, November 5 | This event featured readings by: Nassim Assefi, Donald Fels, Debra Jarvis, Robert Lamirande, Anne McDuffie, Annette Spaulding-Convy, Harold Taw, Ann Teplick, Nora Wendl, and Maritess Zurbano. | 11/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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John Flanagan, November 4 | John Flanagan, author of "The Ranger's Apprentice" series reads from "The Outcasts," his new Brotherband Chronicles set in the world of Skandians and Araluens. | 11/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hakim Said, November 2 | Receive up-to-date and reliable advice on the latest plastic surgery and cosmetic procedures from Hakim Said, M.D., assistant professor at the University of Washington. | 11/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jeffrey Eugenides, October 17 | Jeffrey Eugenides reads from his new novel, "The Marriage Plot," one of the most highly anticipated novels of the fall, a story about college, literature and love. | 11/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Anne Enright, October 13 | Anne Enright reads from her new novel, "The Forgotten Waltz." This is a story about obsession, passion, love, family ties, marriage and middle age. | 10/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Estate Planning 101, October 12 | Guest speaker Kristi Mathisen, managing director of tax and financial planning at Laird Norton Tyee, provides up-to-date information for all your estate planning needs. | 10/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Peter Stekel, October 11 | In 2005, two mountaineers climbing above a glacier in the High Sierra found the mummified remains of a man in a WWII uniform. Author Peter Stekel talks about the events from his book "Final Flight: The Mystery of a WWII Plane Crash and the Frozen Airmen in the High Sierra." | 10/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Art Spiegelman, October 8 | Join Pulitzer Prize-winning Art Spiegelman for a conversation with Nancy Pearl about Spiegelman's "MetaMaus: A Look Inside a Modern Classic, Maus." | 10/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paula Becker, October 5 | Paula Becker from HistoryLink talks about how she used archives to research and write about the 50th Anniversary of Century 21 Seattle's Worlds Fair and the 1909 Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition. | 10/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Kim Allison, M.D., October 5 | Dr. Kim Allison, Director of Breast Pathology at the University of Washington Medical Center, uses her experience as a cancer survivor to inspire others. | 10/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Craig Thompson, October 5 | Craig Thompson discusses his work and shows illustrations from "Habibi." It tells the tale of Dodola and Zam, refugee child slaves bound to each other by chance, by circumstance and by the love that grows between them. | 10/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis, October 4 | Debut novelist, Colin Meloy and acclaimed artist, Carson Ellis discuss their new book "Wildwood," the first book in an epic middle-grade fantasy series full of magic, wonder and danger set in an alternate version of modern-day Portland, Oregon. | 10/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Russell Banks, October 3 | Russell Banks reads from his new novel, "Lost Memory of Skin." | 10/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Thrilling Tales, October 3 | Every first and third Monday, you can laugh, gasp and shudder to live readings of captivating short stories from a wide range of popular and literary authors. This week's featured story: "The Voice in the Night" by William Hope Hodgson. | 10/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Laurence Bergreen, September 28 | Laurence Bergreen discusses his new book "Columbus: The Four Voyages." The first major biography of the iconic explorer in more than sixty years shows the madness and genius that only those who traveled with him could have seen. | 10/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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David Wertheimer, September 25 | Longtime Seattle resident David Wertheimer will share his passion for antiquarian books as he explores the significance of early printed books from the 15th century in this program, "Movable Type that Moved the World." | 10/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Julie Otsuka, September 23 | Julie Otsuka reads from her new novel, "The Buddha in the Attic," which traces the lives of young Japanese mail order brides who travel to San Francisco in the early 1900s to meet their husbands and create new lives in America. | 10/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Adam Hochschild, September 20 | Adam Hochschild discusses his new book, "To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918." He tells the first history of World War I to showcase the war's critics as much as its heroes and victims. | 10/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ingrid Betancourt, September 27 | Ingrid Betancourt discusses her memoir, "Even Silence Has an End: My Six Years of Captivity in the Colombian Jungle." | 10/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Julie Salamon, September 19 | Julie Salamon discusses "Wendy and the Lost Boys: The Uncommon Life of Wendy Wasserstein." | 10/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Land that Rock Forgot, August 4 | Fast forward to 2012: The ultra high-tech Brian Waite Band is on its way to a gig when the plane crashes on a remote island. Their musical instruments now useless, the band members rediscover the beauty of nature and meet other castaways who teach them about their native music. | 9/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Esmeralda Santiago, August 2 | Esmeralda Santiago reads from her new novel, "Conquistadora," an epic of love, discovery and adventure. | 8/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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John Burnham Schwartz, August 1 | John Burnham Schwartz reads from his new novel, "Northwest Corner," reintroducing the unforgettable characters from his acclaimed 1999 novel, "Reservation Road." | 8/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Viaduct Referendum, August 4 | In the August 16 Primary, the citizens of Seattle will be asked to vote on an ordinance "relating to the replacement of the Alaskan Way Viaduct." Join this panel as we discuss the consequences of the vote procedurally and politically. | 8/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Seattle Geographies, June 1 | In "Seattle Geographies," Michael Brown and Richard Morrill look into Seattle's social, economic, political and cultural geographies, including economic restructuring, gay space, trade with China, skateboarding and P-patches, and homelessness. | 7/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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World Refugee Day, June 19 | In honor of World Refugee Day, former refugees from Burma, Bhutan, Iraq, Somalia and Congo will discuss issues raised by a film and answer questions from the audience. Former refugees and asylees, all of the panelists fled war and persecution in their native lands. Overcoming challenges and resettling here, they now help ease the transition of other newly resettled refugees and asylees. | 7/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lisa See, June 9 | Join Lisa See for the story behind "Dreams of Joy" and see the trailer of "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan," a film by Wayne Wang. "Dreams of Joy" continues the story of sisters Pearl and May from "Shanghai Girls," and Pearl's strong-willed 19-year-old daughter, Joy. | 6/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Brooke Gladstone and David Boardman, June 8 | NPR's Brooke Gladstone guides nearly one million weekly listeners through the distortions and complexities of the modern media. Now, in a new work of graphic nonfiction, Gladstone bursts onto the page as an illustrated character in vivid comics drawn by acclaimed artist Josh Neufeld. The cartoon of Gladstone conducts the reader through two millennia of media history, from the newspapers in Caesar's Rome to the penny press of the American Revolution and the manipulations of contemporary journalism. | 6/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Teresa Gowan, Hustlers and Backsliders, May 18 | Teresa Gowan presents an illustrated talk about her five years of field work with homeless men in the most liberal city in America. She vividly depicts the lives of homeless men in San Francisco in her book "Hobos, Hustlers, and Backsliders," where she analyzes the influence of the homelessness industry on the streets, in the shelters, and on public policy. | 6/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Erik Larson, May 31 | Erik Larson discusses "In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin." Set on the cusp of World War II, "In the Garden of Beasts" follows American ambassador William E. Dodd and his family to Nazi Germany as they settle in the heart of Hitler's Berlin in a grand old house on the city's central park, the Tiergarten -- in literal translation, the Garden of Beasts. Larson is the author of the three New York Times bestsellers "The Devil in the White City," "Thunderstruck," and "Isaac's Storm." | 6/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Seattle Reads: Book-It Repertory Theater, May 13 | Book-It Repertory Theatre presents staged readings from Chris Cleave's "Little Bee," adapted and directed by Annie Lareau. Cleave will join the adapter/director and cast for a discussion with the audience. | 6/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Chris Cleave, May 14 | Meet Chris Cleave and listen to a discussion between readers and writer at the Beacon Hill Branch. | 6/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mary Doria Russell Reading, May 17 | Mary Doria Russell, author of "Dreamers of the Day" and "A Thread of Grace," will read from her new historical novel, "Doc." Her latest novel, "Doc," is a character study about the famous Old West icon, Doc Holliday, set among his rowdy friends and enemies in 1878 Dodge City. In her reading, the author will give Seattle readers a peek into another time and place while interpreting the character of a conflicted man. A book signing will follow. | 5/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Thrilling Tales, May 2 | Love a good story? Sit back, relax and escape from the everyday as we bring you gripping short stories expertly read, and well-calculated to keep you in suspense. This podcast, enjoy "John Charrington's Wedding" by E. Nesbit: He always vowed he'd be married, dead or alive. | 5/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Seattle Reads 'Little Bee': An evening with Chris Cleave, May 13 | Join us for the main event of Seattle Reads "Little Bee": An Evening with Chris Cleave. Two narrators tell a story, both heartbreaking and heartwarming, about how their lives are forever changed and linked when they meet one fateful day on a beach in Nigeria: Little Bee, a young Nigerian refugee in the UK, and Sarah, posh British magazine editor and mother of four-year-old Charlie, who refuses to take off his Batman costume. | 5/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Meg Wolitzer: 'The Uncoupling' | Meg Wolitzer read from her latest novel, "The Uncoupling" on Apr. 11, 2011 at The Seattle Public Library. From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Ten-Year Nap" comes a provocative and witty new novel about female desire. When the new drama teacher at Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Stellar Plains, New Jersey chooses for the school play Lysistrata -- the Aristophanes comedy where women stop having sex with men in order to stop war -- a strange spell seems to be cast over the community. | 5/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Marc Freedman: 'The Big Shift' | Marc Freedman discussed "The Big Shift: Navigating the New Stage Between Midlife and Old Age" on Apr. 27, 2011 at The Seattle Public Library. Marc Freedman, social entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Civic Ventures, offers tips for how to transform America's coming midlife crisis into an opportunity for individuals and society. | 5/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Native Seattle, First Nations Vancouver, Indigenous London: A Historian's Itinerary May 1 | Discover the world of London through the eyes of a Native American who has been taken there as a "curiosity" by new owners. Coll Thrush will talk about his new research on the travels of indigenous Native Americans to London in the 18th century. This event is co-sponsored by the Book Club of Washington. | 5/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Seattle Reads 'Little Bee': Uchechi Kalu and E.C. Osondu | Nigerian-born authors Uchechi Kalu and E.C. Osondu read from their debut works on Apr. 20, 2011 at The Seattle Public Library. Uchechi Kalu read from "Flowers Blooming Against a Bruised Gray Sky," a debut collection of poems. E.C. Osondu read from "Voice of America," winner of the prestigious Caine Prize for African Writing. This event is part of Seattle Reads "Little Bee," a program of the Washington Center for the Book at The Seattle Public Library. Seattle Reads is designed to foster reading and discussion of works by authors of diverse cultures and ethnicities. | 5/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Seattle Reads 'Little Bee': 'Asylum-Seekers and Immigration Detention in Our Region' | Join the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP) for a discussion of the experiences of asylum-seekers in our community recorded on Apr. 13, 2011 at The Seattle Public Library. Jorge L. Barón, executive director of NWIRP, will lead a discussion on the experiences of asylum-seekers who are held at the Northwest Detention Center, an immigration detention facility in Tacoma, and on the challenges that those who flee persecution in their homelands face when they arrive in this country. This event is part of Seattle Reads "Little Bee," a program of the Washington Center for the Book at The Seattle Public Library. Seattle Reads is designed to foster reading and discussion of works by authors of diverse cultures and ethnicities. | 5/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Howard Jacobson: 'The Finkler Question' | Howard Jacobson read from "The Finkler Question," winner of the 2010 Man Booker Prize on Apr. 12, 2011 at The Seattle Public Library. Childhood friends Julian Treslove, a radio producer, and Samuel Finkler, a Jewish philosopher, enter middle age and reminisce over their struggles with self-identity, anti-Semitism, women, love and the past. | 5/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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'Seattle In Black and White' | Joan Singler, Maid Adams, Jean Durning and Bettylou Valentine gave first-hand accounts of local civil rights activism from members in the Seattle Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) on Apr. 3, 2011 at The Seattle Public Library. In 1960, Seattle was effectively a segregated town with no black bus drivers, sales clerks, or bank tellers. In the new book "Seattle in Black and White: The Congress of Racial Equality and the Fight for Equal Opportunity," the many challenges to this unfair system are documented. | 5/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Henning Mankell: 'The Troubled Man' | Internationally-bestselling Swedish author of the the Kurt Wallander mysteries, Henning Mankell, read from "The Troubled Man" on Apr. 8, 2011 at The Seattle Public Library. A retired high-ranking naval officer vanishes in a forest near Stockholm. The official investigation has nothing to do with Detective Kurt Wallander, but the man who disappeared is his daughter's future father-in-law. Soon Wallander finds himself caught up in elaborate Cold War espionage activities. | 4/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Medical Lecture Series V: 'It's a Team Effort to Help Those With ADHD' | Christopher K. Varley, M.D., professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, UW Medicine, defined attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and shared his ideas on managing symptoms and redirecting energy toward constructive and educational paths on Apr. 6, 2011 at The Seattle Public Library. This event series was co-sponsored with UW Medicine. | 4/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Charitable Gift Planning Workshop | Learn more about the types of gifts you can make and how changes in the 2011 tax laws will affect your philanthropic giving by listening to this charitable gift planning workshop held March 22, 2011 at The Seattle Public Library. | 4/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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'Design in Depth: Urban Agriculture' | "Urban Agriculture", the final program in the six-part "Design in Depth: Solving Problems with Design" series, featured a panel discussion of local organizations on March 22, 2011 at The Seattle Public Library. | 4/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Seattle Biblio Café | Episode 8 | A trio of librarians share what they've been reading, including "Revolver" by Marcus Sedgwick, "Ask Me Why I Hurt" by Randy Christensen, and "Occupied City" by David Peace. | 4/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Alexander McCall Smith: 'The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party' | Alexander McCall Smith read from "The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party" on April 1, 2011 at The Seattle Public Library. Alexander McCall Smith is the author of the international phenomenon, "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" series, the "Isabel Dalhousie Series," the "Portuguese Irregular Verbs" series, and the "44 Scotland Street" series. | 4/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ursula K. Le Guin and Roger Dorband: 'Out Here: Poems and Images from Steens Mountain Country' | Ursula K. Le Guin read poems and Roger Dorband showed photographs from "Out Here" on March 23, 2011 at The Seattle Public Library. Le Guin is an award-winning poet and author. Dorband is a Northwest photographer. | 4/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Thrilling Tales, the Story Time for Grownups | March 7, 2011 | "Jean-ah Poquelin" by George Washington Cable. Laissez les bon temps rouler! In this gothic tale set in New Orleans, raucous revelers throw a party fit to raise the dead. | 3/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Violin virtuoso Mark O'Connor | Seattle-native Mark O'Connor, a world-renowned jazz violinist/folk fiddler and Grammy-winning composer, played modern classical music and talked about his craft on Jan. 28, 2011 at The Seattle Public Library. Widely and well known as one of America's more inventive and innovative composers, Mark O'Connor discussed and demonstrated his American style of string playing, his improvisational abilities and the process of composition. | 3/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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T.C. Boyle: 'When the Killing's Done' | T.C. Boyle read from "When the Killing's Done" on March 1, 2011 at The Seattle Public Library. In Boyle's latest novel, California's Galapagos, the wild Northern Channel Islands off the coast of Santa Barbara, become the setting for a dramatic showdown between two factions of environmentalists, each utterly convinced of their beliefs in preserving the islands and the natural world. T.C. Boyle is the author of 12 novels including most recently, "The Women," a New York Times bestseller, and nine collections of short stories. | 3/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Seattle Biblio Café | Episode 7 | Librarians Misha and David are joined by author Jennifer Worick to discuss publishing, and "Publish Your Passion," an upcoming program at the Library, for everyone who has a book inside them longing to get out. They also share what they've been reading, including Josephine Tey's "The Daughter of Time," "A Discovery of Witches," by Deborah Harkness, and "The Chronology of Water," by Lidia Yuknavitch. | 3/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Graham Salisbury: 'Calvin Coconut: Trouble Magnet' | Graham Salisbury, Global Reading Challenge guest author, spoke to students from seven Global Reading Challenge schools about growing up in Hawaii and being a writer on Thursday, February 17, 2011 at The Seattle Public Library. His Calvin Coconut books (five in the series so far) are based on his childhood. He talks of all the "stupid" things he did and why he did them, "because I am a boy!" Graham has written many other books including "Night of the Howling Dogs" based on a true story of a 1974 earthquake and tsunami that strikes while 11 Boy Scouts and their leaders are camping at Halape, Hawaii. | 3/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Medical Lecture Series V: 'New Treatments in the Pipeline for Parkinson's Patients' | Hojoong (Mike) Kim, M.D., acting, assistant professor, department of Neurology, discussed new studies and treatments that involve pharmaceutics, gene therapy and stem cell transplantation. If you have Parkinson disease or are caring for someone who does, there are new treatments on the horizon that may provide real hope. This event series was co-sponsored with UW Medicine. | 3/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jamie Ford: 'Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet' | Jamie Ford read from his bestselling novel, "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet," on Feb. 6, 2011 at The Seattle Public Library. Alternating between the present and the past, "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet" tells a poignant story about fathers and sons, memory and regret, identity and racism, and how events in history affect the course of real people's lives. | 3/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jack Hamann: 'On American Soil' | Award-winning journalist Jack Hamann discussed "On American Soil: How Justice Became a Casualty of World War II" on Feb. 13, 2011 at The Seattle Public Library. On the night of Aug. 14, 1944, African-American soldiers from segregated units attacked Italian prisoners of war at Seattle's Fort Lawton. The riot resulted in the death of one of the Italian POWs, whose body was found hanging from a rope the morning after. Researching the story, Jack Hamann came to believe that the U.S. Army had bungled the investigation of the riot, destroyed and withheld key evidence from the defense during the trial, and covered it up by railroading the black soldiers. | 3/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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'Trailblazing Photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White' | Lynne Iglitzin gave an an illustrated talk about Margaret Bourke-White, one of the most famous women of the 20th century, on Feb. 5, 2011 at The Seattle Public Library. Iglitzin, former professor of Political Science at the University of Washington and a specialist in Women's Studies, tells how Margaret Bourke-White pioneered new techniques in photojournalism and opened the door for women in photography. | 3/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Russell Simmons: 'Super Rich' | Hip hop mogul Russell Simmons discussed "Super Rich: A Guide to Having It All," written with Chris Morrow, on Feb. 24, 2011 at The Seattle Public Library. Through personal stories, real-life examples, yogic principles, and proven philosophies, Simmons offers a guide to making the most out of life. His message: People who do what they love and don't expect anything in return are the ones who will get the most out of life; the affluence that follows is just icing on the cake. | 2/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Douglas Brinkley: 'The Quiet World' | Award-winning historian Douglas Brinkley discussed "The Quiet World: Saving Alaska's Wilderness Kingdom, 1879-1960" on Feb. 4, 2011 at The Seattle Public Library. Building on the environmental issues he discussed in "The Wilderness Warrior," Brinkley documents the fight to save wild Alaska -- Mount McKinley and Tongass and Chugach National Forests, among other treasured landscapes -- from despoilers. | 2/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Alice Hoffman: 'The Red Garden' | Bestselling novelist Alice Hoffman read from her latest novel "The Red Garden" on Feb. 3, 2011 at The Seattle Public Library. In a series of linked, consecutive stories, Hoffman traces the life of Blackwell, Massachusetts, a mythical town in the Berkshire Mountains, from its founding up to the present. | 2/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Medical Lecture Series V: 'Harnessing the Body's Own Healing Potential' | Learn more about how athletes are using their own blood to heal faster from sports-related injuries and how similar treatments can be used to heal chronic injuries in athletes and exercisers of all ages and ability levels. | 2/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Edmund Morris: 'Colonel Roosevelt' | Thirty years after Morris published his Pulitzer Prize-winning "The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt" and the bestseller "Theodore Rex," he has written the third and final volume of one of the most indelible and significant figures in American history. | 2/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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'Design in Depth: Sustainable Urban Lighting' | Denise Fong, a lighting designer and Principal with Candela, shared her passion for sustainable design and discussed current studies on sustainable community design and pilot projects. This program was co-sponsored with the Seattle Architectural Foundation. | 2/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Seattle Biblio Café | Episode 6 | A quick and easy way to hear about some good books to read. | 1/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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'Technology and Tweens: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly' | This program on Oct. 28, 2010 at The Seattle Public Library is for tween girls, their parents and anyone who works with them. Margit Crane, M.A., M.S., M.Ed., is The Gifted-Teen Coach and an acclaimed author and speaker on family relationships, child development and learning strategies. | 1/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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McLellan/O'Donnell Living History Series: Clay Jenkinson portrays J. Robert Oppenheimer | Clay Jenkinson is a celebrated scholar of humanities, a dedicated supporter and one of the founders of the Chautauqua movement. | 1/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Aífe Murray: 'Maid as Muse: How Servants Changed Emily Dickinson's Life and Language' | In "Maid as Muse," Murray looks at the poet's relationship with the maids and cooks who were her near-constant companions and finds evidence of their cultural and linguistic influence in Dickinson's writing. Aífe Murray has been in-residence at the Emily Dickinson Museum, where she conceived and led public walking tours of Amherst from the Dickinson servants' perspective. She was named the 2007 Scholar in Amherst by the Emily Dickinson International Society. | 12/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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'Open Secrets: An Open Conversation about Wikileaks and Information Transparency in America' | We'll engage the public in a conversation about the nature of Wikileaks and its impact on our understanding of the Internet. The panel discussion incluced Mike Fancher, Editor at Large of The Seattle Times, Brett Horvath, Director of The Leaders Network and Sarah van Gelder, Editor-in-Chief, Yes! Magazine. This event was hosted by Hanson Hosein, Director MCDM and Host of Media Space on UWTV, and directed by Scott Macklin, Associate Director MCDM. | 12/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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2010 Jack Straw Writers Program | This event on Nov. 13, 2010 at The Seattle Public Library featured readings by Roberto Ascalon, Brian Barr, Katherine Grace Bond, Bill Carty, Martha Clarkson, Amber Flame, Esther Altshul Helfgott, Marjorie Manwaring, Denise Calvetti Michaels, Tara Roth, Louise Spiegler, and Michael Dylan Welch. The purpose of the Jack Straw Writers Program is to introduce local writers to the medium of recorded audio, to encourage the creation of new literary work, and to provide new venues for the writer and their work. | 12/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Seattle Biblio Café | Episode 5 | A quick and easy way to hear about some good books to read. | 12/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Medical Lecture Series V: 'Baby Boomers Need to Get Smart When it Comes to the Heart' | A failing aortic valve is at the top of the list of aging problems. If you have symptoms, including shortness of breath, chest pain,dizziness or loss of consciousness, you may be at risk. | 12/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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'The Lakewood Slayings: A criminal odyssey through race, politics, madness and murder' | The Seattle Times' coverage of the ambush slaying of four Lakewood police officers won a 2010 Pulitzer Prize. In this new book, the newspaper's staff goes deeper, telling a story about our nation's racial divide, the political risks of mercy, and missed opportunities to stop a man going mad. | 12/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Margaret Willson: 'Dance Lest We All Fall Down' | An unexpected detour can change the course of our lives forever; for white American anthropologist Margaret Willson, a stopover in Brazil led to immersion in a kaleidoscopic world of street urchins, capoeiristas, drug dealers and wise teachers. | 12/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Peter Yarrow | In addition to his songwriting for Peter, Paul & Mary, Yarrow is the author of the best-selling picture book, "Puff, the Magic Dragon," "Day Is Done," and the popular "Peter Yarrow Songbook" series, an anthology of American folk music for children. | 11/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Randall C. Jimerson: 'Collective Memory and Archives' | Libraries, museums, and archives are often described as repositories for society's collective memory. What does this mean? In order to understand the role of archives as part of "the memory of society," we need to distinguish among personal memory, collective memory, and archival memory. Jimerson is the author of "Archives Power: Memory, Accountability, and Social Justice" (2009); Professor of History; and Director, Archives and Records Management MA Program, Western Washington University. | 11/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Andrew Lam: 'East Eats West' | From cuisine and martial arts to sex and self-esteem, "East Eats West" shines new light on the bridges and crossroads where two hemispheres meld into one worldwide "immigrant nation." Andrew Lam is a cofounder and editor of New America Media, an association of over two thousand ethnic media organizations. | 11/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Seattle Biblio Café | Episode 4 | Tune in and see what we think. | 11/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Conversation with Police Chief John Diaz | What challenges does the new chief see for the Seattle Police Department? What is his vision for the future? How does he incorporate community feedback in his overall approach to leadership? This event was sponsored in partnership with the Seattle City Club. | 11/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Medical Lecture Series V: 'The Gift of Giving: How One Living Donor Can Start a Chain of Transplants' | With the demand for transplants far surpassing the supply of donated organs, new and innovative ideas are essential to helping thousands of patients. This event series was co-sponsored with UW Medicine. | 11/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ian Frazier: 'Travels in Siberia' | "Travels in Siberia" is both an account of Asiatic Russia since the end of the Soviet Union and Ian Frazier's personal, humorous reflections on all things Russian. Ian Frazier is the author of the bestseller "Great Plains" and "On the Rez," among other works. He is a writer and humorist, a frequent contributor to The New Yorker. | 11/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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'Design in Depth: You+the Built Environment+Design' | Swift has influenced some of Seattle's most treasured landmarks: Discovery Park, Seattle Civic Center and Ballard Commons. This program is co-sponsored with the Seattle Architectural Foundation. | 11/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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David Wright: 'Thrilling Tales' | David Wright reads two classic ghost stories from 1906: "The Ghost Child," by Bernard Capes, and "The Furnished Room," by O Henry. | 11/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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'Hiking Washington's History' | "Hiking Washington's History" narrates forty historic trails, ranging from short day hikes to three- or four-day backpacking trips over mountain passes. Bentley teaches at South Seattle Community College. | 11/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paul Harding: 'Tinkers' | At once heartbreaking and life affirming, "Tinkers" is an elegiac meditation on love, loss, and the fierce beauty of nature. Paul Harding earned his M.F.A. from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. He has taught writing at Harvard and the University of Iowa. "Tinkers" is his first novel. | 10/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leslie Marmon Silko: 'The Turquoise Ledge: A Memoir' | Her first new book in ten years combines memoir with family history and reflections on the creatures and beings that command her attention and inform her vision of the world, taking readers along on her daily walks through the arroyos and ledges of the Sonoran desert in Arizona. Leslie Marmon Silko is the author of three novels, including "Ceremony," which has sold more than one million copies since its publication in 1978. | 10/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dinaw Mengestu: 'How to Read the Air' | "How to Read the Air" tells a powerful, unsettling story of family and identity in two generations of an Ethiopian American family. "How to Read the Air" follows Mengestu's acclaimed, multiple-award-winning debut, "The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears," featured in The Seattle Public Library's 2008 Seattle Reads series. | 10/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ron Chernow: 'Washington: A Life' | Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of George Washington in this first large-scale, single volume, cradle-to-grave narrative of the father of our nation. Ron Chernow is the prize-winning author of five previous books. | 10/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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¡Biblio Loco! Celebrate the Washington State Book Awards | This event featured remarks and readings by the award winners. | 10/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Seattle Biblio Café | Episode 3 | A quick and easy way to hear about some good books to read. | 10/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Medical Lecture Series V: 'Lessons in Lessening your Migraine Pain' | Of the approximately 45 million Americans who suffer from chronic headaches, 28 million endure migraines. This event series was co-sponsored with UW Medicine. | 10/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sara Gruen: 'Ape House' | "Ape House" tells the story of a special family of bonobo apes, who like others of their species, not only reason and form deep relationships but also communicate in American Sign Language. | 10/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Science Friction: 'Sparring scientists: Is Pluto a planet?' | Boyle is a nationally known science blogger at MSNBC and author of "The Case for Pluto." | 9/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Seattle Biblio Café | Episode 2 | A quick and easy way to hear about some good books to read. | 9/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The World of Jewish Music | Commentary is in English and Russian. | 9/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Seattle Biblio Café | Episode 1 | A quick and easy way to hear about some good books to read. | 8/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Heart and Soul of Mexico | Experience a fun, interactive show that covers many regions and aspects of Mexican culture. | 8/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Rafe Esquith: 'Lighting Their Fires' | In "Lighting Their Fires: How Parents and Teachers Can Raise Extraordinary Kids in a Mixed-Up, Muddled-Up, Shook-Up World," Esquith expands on the techniques presented in his New York Times bestseller, "Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire," to show that any child can become extraordinary. Rafe Esquith has taught at Hobart Elementary School in Los Angeles for 24 years. He is the only teacher to have been awarded the president's national Medal of the Arts. | 8/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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David Herlihy: 'The Lost Cyclist' | "The Lost Cyclist" is the story of adventurer Frank Lenz, a young man who pedaled off from his home in 1892 with the dream of cycling around the world on a new-fangled "safety" bicycle (the modern prototype). David V. Herlihy is a historian and freelance writer. For the past decade, he has researched extensively the invention and early development of the bicycle. His work has been featured on National Public Radio and Voice of America and in the New York Times, the Boston Globe, Boston Magazine, and Historic Preservation. | 8/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Science Friction: The Science of 'Avatar' | Ex-astronaut Bonnie Dunbar, president and chief executive of the Museum of Flight, moderated this 2010 Summer Reading Program event. | 7/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Brian Waite Band: '20,000 Volts Under the Sea' | As part of the 2010 Summer Reading Program, The Seattle Public Library offers more than 500 free programs all over the city for children, teens and adults. | 7/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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David Wright: 'Thrilling Tales' | A "Festival of Classic Short Short Stories" was presented by The Seattle Public Library Fiction Department: "The Open Window," by Saki; "The Romance of a Busy Broker," by O Henry; "John Mortonson's Funeral," by Ambrose Bierce; "The Story Teller," by Saki; and "Revolt of the Gods," by Ambrose Bierce. | 7/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bob Rosner: 'Boss Better' | Rosner is a bestselling author ("The Boss's Survival Guide" and "Working Wounded") and a regular contributor to the Today Show and CNBC. | 6/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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'The User Experience in the 21st Century Library' | Featured panelists included library consultants Joan Frye and George Needham, customer service expert Robert Spector and Starbucks' senior vice president of Global Design Tim Pfeiffer. Virginia Anderson moderated the panel discussion. | 6/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jonathan Alter: 'The Promise: President Obama, Year One' | With extraordinary behind-the-scenes access to the Obama administration, and exclusive interviews with the president himself, Alter explores the progress and setbacks experienced during President Obama's first year in office. Jonathan Alter is a senior editor at Newsweek, where since 1991 he has written an acclaimed column on politics, history, media, and society at large. He is also an analyst and contributing correspondent for NBC News. | 6/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bob Rosner: 'Work Smarter' | Rosner is a bestselling author ("The Boss's Survival Guide" and "Working Wounded") and a regular contributor to the Today Show and CNBC. | 6/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bob Rosner: 'Create A Career' | Rosner is a bestselling author ("The Boss's Survival Guide" and "Working Wounded") and a regular contributor to the Today Show and CNBC. | 6/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jack and Suzy Welch: '10-10-10' | "10-10-10" presents the decision-making process that has brought Suzy Welch success and formed the basis of her work-life advice column in O, The Oprah Magazine. Suzy Welch is the co-author, with her husband, former GE CEO Jack Welch, of the international bestseller "Winning." | 6/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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'Thrilling Tales' | Presented by The Seattle Public Library Fiction Department: "Man Overboard!" by Winston S. Churchill. In just one instant, a daydreaming sailor becomes a bit of terrified flotsam in the wide Red Sea. "The Magic Shop" by H.G. Wells. One might have expected to find it there amidst the tricks and trinkets: after all, it was advertised on the sign. | 5/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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'A Life Worth Living: A Doctor's Reflections on Illness in a High-Tech Era' | How can you be sure you are making the right choices for yourself and your loved ones in the final years of life? How can patients and families navigate a complex system, speak up and be sure their wishes are heard? These questions and more were answered by Robert Martensen, MD, PhD and director at the Office of History, National Institutes of Health. | 5/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Seattle Reads 'Secret Son': Facets of Islam | This event is part of Seattle Reads "Secret Son," a program of the Washington Center for the Book at The Seattle Public Library. Seattle Reads is designed to foster reading and discussion of works by authors of diverse cultures and ethnicities. | 5/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Seattle Reads 'Secret Son': Main Event with Author Laila Lalami | Set in modern Morocco, Lalami's powerful novel explores the struggle for identity, the need for family, and the desperation that overtakes ordinary lives in a country divided by class, politics, and religion. The Washington Center for the Book at The Seattle Public Library invites everyone to take part in Seattle Reads "Secret Son," a project designed to foster reading and discussion of works by authors of diverse cultures and ethnicities. | 5/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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'Technology and Its Impact on the Future of Libraries' | The discussion explored new ways to provide better and more accessible service and included brief presentations by the panelists and opportunities for audience questions. Liu is an author and a frequent commentator on CNN, MSNBC and CNBC. Panelist included Mike Crandall, University of Washington iSchool professor, Debbie Cook, Washington Assistive Technology Act Program director, Vanessa Fox, Ignition Partners' Entrepreneur-In-Residence, and Monica Guzman, newsgatherer at seattlepi.com and chief contributor to The Big Blog. | 5/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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History of Seattle Architecture, Part 2: 1945 to present | This is the second of two lectures. Part 2, Post-World War II (1945) to present, examine the various architectural styles of modern buildings, urban development and planning, and the works of notable architects and architectural firms in Seattle. | 5/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ben Huh: 'Lessons Learned from the World of LOLCats, FAILS and Other Blunders' | Ben Huh, chief executive of Cheezburger Network, shares his story about how he started with one LOLCat site and grew it into one of the largest blog networks in the world - a network that more than 13 million people a month depend on for their daily dose of laughter. | 5/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Yann Martel: 'Beatrice and Virgil' | With the spirit and originality that made "Life of Pi" so beloved, Martel's new novel takes the reader on a haunting odyssey. On the way Martel asks profound questions about life and art, truth and deception, responsibility and complicity. Martel won the 2002 Man Booker Prize for "Life of Pi," his story of a boy and a tiger adrift at sea. | 5/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Craig Welch: 'Shell Games' | "Shell Games" is a cops-and-robbers tale set in a double-crossing world where smugglers fight turf wars over some of the world's strangest marine creatures. Craig Welch is the chief environmental journalist for The Seattle Times. His work has been published in Smithsonian magazine, the Washington Post and Newsweek. | 5/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Price Of A Life Part III: 'Stopping the Traffic' | "Stopping the Traffic" is the third program in the three-part film and discussion series, "The Price of a Life: Modern-Day Slavery and Human Trafficking," which highlights local and international efforts to end trafficking and slavery. | 5/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Price Of A Life Part II: 'The Cost of Capture' | KUOW reporter Sara Lerner moderated the event. "The Cost of Capture" is the second program in the three-part film and discussion series, "The Price of a Life: Modern-Day Slavery and Human Trafficking," which highlights local and international efforts to end trafficking and slavery. | 4/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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David Laskin: 'The Long Way Home: An American Journey from Ellis Island to the Great War' | "The Long Way Home" tells the stories of 12 men who left Europe at the turn of the last century to start over in the New World. Sons of humble, struggling families, they left their ancestral homes in search of freedom and opportunity, and ended up in the trenches of France and Belgium fighting with the armed forces of a country not yet their own. David Laskin is the author of "The Children's Blizzard," winner of the 2005 Washington State Book Award and the Midwest Booksellers' Choice Award for Nonfiction. He has written books and articles on a wide range of subjects including history, weather, travel, gardens and the natural world. | 4/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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History of Seattle Architecture, Part I: 1880-1941 | Part 1, 1880-1941 explores the development of the downtown areas during the early growth of Seattle. Jeffrey Karl Ochsner, FAIA, has taught at the University of Washington for over 22 years. | 4/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Walter Mosley: 'Known to Evil' | Mosley's new hero, Leonid McGill, is back in the second book of his mystery series that began with "The Long Fall." Mosley is one of America's most celebrated and beloved writers. His books have won numerous awards and have been translated into more than 20 languages. | 4/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Frances McCue and Mary Randlett: 'The Car That Brought You Here Still Runs' | Part travelogue, part memoir, part literary scholarship, "The Car That Brought You Here Still Runs" traces the journey of McCue and Randlett to the towns that inspired many of Richard Hugo's poems. Frances McCue is a writer and poet in Seattle, where she is writer-in-residence at the University of Washington's Undergraduate Honors Program. She was the founding director of Richard Hugo House from 1996 to 2006. Mary Randlett is a Northwest photographer noted for her portraits of artists and writers. | 4/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Seattle Reads 'Secret Son': 'Unrolling the Grape Leaves' | Samar Abulhassan, Ghida Sinno and Maged Zaher questioned what it means to be bilingual or immigrant by unraveling usual constructs of culture and language. This event is part of Seattle Reads "Secret Son," a program of the Washington Center for the Book at The Seattle Public Library. Seattle Reads is designed to foster reading and discussion of works by authors of diverse cultures and ethnicities. | 4/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jodi Picoult: 'House Rules' | "House Rules" tells the story of Jacob Hunt, a teenage boy with Asperger's Syndrome, who suddenly finds himself accused of murder. "House Rules" examines what it means to be different in our society, how autism affects a family, and how our legal system works well for people who communicate a certain way -- but not for those who don't. | 4/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Chang-rae Lee: 'The Surrendered' | Chang-rae Lee tells a harrowing tale of the lasting effects of war that moves from Korea in the 1950s to China in the 1930s to New York City and Italy in the 1980s. Selected by The New Yorker as one of the twenty best writers under forty, Lee has been honored by a host of literary awards, including the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award and the Anisfield-Wolf Literary Award. He teaches in the Creative Writing Program at Princeton University. | 3/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Reporting from Afghanistan: A Conversation with Steve Scher and Hal Bernton | Bernton spent nine weeks in Afghanistan last fall reporting for The Seattle Times and for McClatchy News Service. His stories, blog posts and photographs reveal a myriad of challenges. | 3/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Price Of A Life Part I: 'Legislating to Liberate' | "Legislating to Liberate" is the first program in a three-part film and discussion series, "The Price of a Life: Modern-Day Slavery and Human Trafficking," which highlights local and international efforts to end trafficking and slavery. | 3/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Medical Lecture Series IV: 'Oh My Aching Back!' | Back pain affects an estimated eight in 10 people, according to the National Institutes of Health, and it also adds to rising health care costs. Stanley A. Herring, M.D., medical director of Spine Care at UW Medicine and a team physician for the Seattle Mariners and Seattle Seahawks, will discuss a rational approach to the understanding and management of this common and at times disabling problem. | 3/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Russian Wedding and Folk Songs | You will hear several genres of songs from different Russian regions with commentary in Russian and English. Many songs are accompanied by ancient Russian instruments such as the kolyosnaya lira (hurdy-gurdy), kalyuka (Southern Russian overtone flute), balalaika and others. | 3/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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George Clayton Johnson | Johnson was joined by this long-time friend William F. Nolan. This event was moderated by local science fiction and fantasy author Greg Bear. Johnson's credits include some of science fiction's most imaginative, historic and memorable scripts, including The Twilight Zone episodes "Nothing in the Dark," "Kick the Can," and "A Game of Pool" as well as the first Star Trek episode to air, "The Man Trap." He collaborated with Nolan on the novel Logan's Run, later made into an MGM movie. He also wrote the screenplay for the original "Ocean's Eleven." | 2/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Josh Sundquist: 'Just Don't Fall' | At the age of nine, Josh Sundquist was diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma, a virulent strain of cancer that ultimately claimed his left leg. In a funny, heartbreaking voice, "Just Don't Fall" tells the story of Josh's extraordinary journey, from a small town through an array of hospitals, on to high school, and then to the mountains, where Josh learns to ski. | 2/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lorraine McConaghy presents 'Warship Under Sail' | McConaghy presents the ship, its officers, and its crew in a vigorous, keenly rendered case study that illuminates the forces shaping America's antebellum navy and foreign policy in the Pacific, from Vancouver Island to Tierra del Fuego. In a period of five years, more than 300 men lived aboard ship, leaving a rich record of logbooks, medical and punishment records, correspondence, personal journals, and drawings. | 2/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Comixtravaganza 3: Meet Peter Bagge | Bagge's works include "Apocalypse Nerd," "Everybody is Stupid Except for Me and Other Astute Observations," and "Hate." Hailed as a fascinating and accurate chronicle of 1990's grunge culture, "Hate" follows the semi-autobiographical adventures of Buddy Bradley, a semi-slacker finding his way in Seattle and suburban New Jersey. | 2/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Allen Say: An illustrated talk about his work | Allen Say was born in Yokohama, Japan, in 1937. He dreamed of becoming a cartoonist and at age 12 apprenticed himself to Noro Shinpei, a cartoonist whom he greatly admired. Say has written and illustrated many books, including "The Boy of the Three Year Nap," a retelling of an old Japanese folk tale, which won the 1994 Caldecott Honor Award and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award and set him on his path. His latest work, "Erika-san," tells the story of an American girl whose hopes of reaching old Japan are finally realized. | 1/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Poet David Huerta: 'Before Saying Any of the Great Words' | Huerta is a poet, journalist, critic, essayist, translator, professor, and activist. He is one of the leading contemporary poets in Mexico. Mark Schafer is a Lecturer in Spanish and Translations and Co-coordinator of the Spanish-English Translation Certificate Program in the Hispanic Studies Department at the University of Massachusetts at Boston. | 1/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Greg Mortenson: 'Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan' | Mortenson showed images and discussed his new book, "Stones into Schools." Since the 2006 publication of "Three Cups of Tea," Mortenson has traveled across the U.S. and the world to share his vision with hundreds of thousands of people. "Stones into Schools" picks up where "Three Cups of Tea" left off in 2003. He recounts his relentless, ongoing efforts to establish schools for girls in Afghanistan; his extensive work in Azad Kashmir and Pakistan after a massive earthquake hit the region in 2005; and the unique ways he has built relationships with Islamic clerics, militia commanders, and tribal leaders even as he was dodging shootouts with feuding Afghan warlords and surviving an eight-day armed abduction by the Taliban. | 12/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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William H. Wilson: 'Shaper of Seattle' | Thomson led major projects such as street regrades, sewage systems, water supply systems, and electrical power plant. Wilson's new book about Reginald Heber Thomson, "Shaper of Seattle," has just been published by Washington State University Press and is a comprehensive, critical examination that explores key events and forces that shaped the man who shaped Seattle's infrastructure a century ago. | 12/18/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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'Fueling disaster: Alcohol, Anger and Aggressive Driving' | There has been an increased focus on aggressive driving and "road rage" in many areas of the country, including Seattle with its worsening traffic congestion problems. Dr. Donovan is the director of the UW Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute and professor of psychiatry & behavioral sciences. | 12/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ken Auletta and Brier Dudley: 'Googled: The End of the World as We Know It' | New Yorker columnist and bestselling author Ken Auletta tells the story of Google. With unprecedented access to Google's founders and executives, as well as to those in media who are struggling to keep their heads above water, he reveals how the industry is being disrupted and redefined. Ken Auletta has written the Annals of Communications column for The New Yorker since 1992. His books include four national bestsellers and he is a regular guest on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Charlie Rose, and Nightline. His articles have appeared in The New York Times, Vanity Fair, Esquire and The New Republic. | 12/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Part 1: McLellan/O'Donnell Living History Series: Clay Jenkinson as Thomas Jefferson | In Part 1, the scholar appeared in costume in the persona of his character. Clay Jenkinson, one of the founders of the modern Chautauqua movement and a former Rhodes Scholar, is one of the nation's most popular humanities scholars and the host of the syndicated radio program, "The Thomas Jefferson Hour." The 2009 McLellan/O'Donnell Living History Series is made possible by gifts from Mary McLellan Williams and the O'Donnell Foundation and through support of the National Endowment for the Humanities and The Seattle Public Library Foundation. | 12/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Part 2: McLellan/O'Donnell Living History Series: Clay Jenkinson as Thomas Jefferson | In Part 2, he opened the floor to questions from the audience to President Jefferson and broke from character and responded to further questions based on his research. Clay Jenkinson, one of the founders of the modern Chautauqua movement and a former Rhodes Scholar, is one of the nation's most popular humanities scholars and the host of the syndicated radio program, "The Thomas Jefferson Hour." The 2009 McLellan/O'Donnell Living History Series is made possible by gifts from Mary McLellan Williams and the O'Donnell Foundation and through support of the National Endowment for the Humanities and The Seattle Public Library Foundation. | 12/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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'Battling Blindness: New and Emerging Treatments' | Four of the leading causes of blindness are cataract, diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration and glaucoma. Van Gelder, the UW Boyd K. Bucey professor and chair of the Department of Ophthalmology, directs the new UW Medicine Eye Institute at Harborview Medical Center. | 11/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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'2009 Jack Straw Writers Program' | This event featured readings by Lana Hechtman Ayers, Anna Bálint, Rachel Dilworth, Alma García, Laura Hirschfield, Kim-An Lieberman, Priscilla Long, Michael Magee, Madeline Ostrander, and Storme Webber. The purpose of the Jack Straw Writers Program is to introduce local writers to the medium of recorded audio, to encourage the creation of new literary work, and to provide new venues for the writer and their work. | 11/23/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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'Stones & Bones: Discovering Secrets in King County's Oldest Cemeteries' | Do unique stones, quaint inscriptions and mysterious brotherhood symbols pique your curiosity? Do you secretly love wandering old cemeteries? Then indulge the inner history buff, genealogist, Eagle Scout candidate, writer or art preservationist as "Stones & Bones" explains some of the oldest links to King County's past. | 11/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Greil Marcus: 'A New Literary History of America' | In more than two hundred original essays, "A New Literary History of America" brings together the nation's many voices. Literature, music, film, art, history, science, philosophy, political rhetoric -- cultural creations of every kind appear in relation to each other, and to the time and place that give them shape. Greil Marcus is the author of "Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n Roll Music," "Lipstick Traces," and "The Dustbin of History," among other books. | 11/16/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Barbara Ehrenreich: 'Bright-Sided' | Ehrenreich exposes the downside of America's penchant for positive thinking: On a personal level, it leads to self-blame and a morbid preoccupation with stamping out "negative" thoughts. On a national level, it's brought us an era of irrational optimism resulting in disaster. | 11/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Halloween Concert with Captain Bogg & Salty | Captain Bogg & Salty began as a pirate-themed, children's concept CD by Kevin Hendrickson and Loren Hoskins in 1999. The band now includes five members with diverse backgrounds in musical theater, sketch comedy, and children's theater. | 11/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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2009 Washington State Book Awards ceremony | This event featured remarks and readings by award recipients in four adult categories: fiction, poetry, history/biography, general nonfiction. The Scandiuzzi Children's Book Award honored one picture book for children and one book targeted to 10- to 18-year-old readers. | 11/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nick Hornby: 'Juliet, Naked' | Nick Hornby once again mixes music, fandom and unforgettable characters in "Juliet, Naked," a novel about a man obsessed with a musician from the 1980s. | 11/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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William Kamkwamba and Brian Mealer: 'The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope' | This is the true account of an enterprising African teenager who constructed a windmill from scraps to create electricity for his entire community. | 10/30/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Medical Lecture Series IV: 'Does Caffeine Reduce the Risk of Skin Cancer?' | Dr. Nghiem, a UW associate professor of medicine-dermatology and adjunct professor of pathology, has found that when caffeine is added after DNA is damaged by sunlight, pre-cancerous skin cells died at about double the rate than when no caffeine was present. The next big question for Nghiem: should caffeine be in sunscreens? | 10/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Arthur Sze: 'The Ginkgo Light' | A temple near the hypocenter of the atomic blast at Hiroshima was disintegrated, but its ginkgo tree survived to bud and bloom. Arthur Sze extends this image of survival and flowering to transform the world's factual darkness into precarious splendor. Sze is the author of nine books of poetry, including "Quipu," "The Silk Dragon: Translations from the Chinese," "The Redshifting Web: Poems 1970-1998," and "Archipelago," all from Copper Canyon Press. Sze's poems have appeared internationally in numerous publications and have been translated into Albanian, Bosnian, Chinese, Dutch, Italian, Romanian, Spanish, and Turkish. He was poet laureate of Santa Fe from 2006 to 2008. | 10/26/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Kate DiCamillo: 'The Magician's Elephant' | When a fortuneteller's tent appears in the market square of the city of Baltese, orphan Peter Augustus Duchene knows the questions that he needs to ask: does his sister still live? And if so, how can he find her? Kate DiCamillo is the author of "Because of Winn-Dixie" (a Newbery Honor book), "The Tiger Rising" (a National Book Award finalist), and "The Tale of Despereaux" (winner of the 2003 Newbery Medal). | 10/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Seattle City Council Candidates Debate | Audience members asked questions of the candidates. This program was presented by CityClub and The Seattle Times and sponsored by KIRO Radio. | 10/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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SENSEable City Lab Trash Track exhibit | This event on Sept. 19, 2009 at the Central Library launched the exhibit and helped people find out where trash goes. | 10/16/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Seattle Mayoral Candidates Debate | Audience members were able to ask questions of the candidates. This event was presented by CityClub. | 10/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Curtis Ebbesmeyer: 'Flotsametrics and the Floating World' | Rubber ducks and a floating garbage patch the size of Texas are just some of the most famous items found and logged by a worldwide network of beachcombers and studied by the world-renowned oceanographer. | 10/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Red Pine (a.k.a. Bill Porter): 'In Such Hard Times: The Poetry of Wei Ying-wu' | Red Pine read poems by Wei Ying-wu (737-791), who is considered one of the great poets of the T'ang Dynasty, ranked alongside such poets as Tu Fu, Li Pai, and Wang Wei. Wei disdained the literary establishment of his day and fashioned a poetic style counter to the mainstream: one of profound simplicity centered in the natural world. Red Pine (a.k.a. Bill Porter) is one of the world's leading translators of Chinese literary and religious texts. His body of work includes "Poems of the Masters," "The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain," "The Heart Sutra," Lao-tzu's Taoteching, and many more. | 10/1/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Kidd Taylor: 'Traveling with Pomegranates' | From 1998 to 2000, Sue Monk Kidd traveled to Greece and France with her daughter, Ann Kidd Taylor. Sue, turning fifty, was just beginning to think about writing fiction. Ann, in her early twenties, was newly graduated from college, heartbroken and rejected by her graduate school of choice. Each was at a crossroads in her life; together they undertook a journey to redefine and rediscover themselves. | 9/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sandra Day O'Connor: 'Education: A Big Idea in Today's America' | O'Connor was elected and served as judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court until 1979, when she was appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals. President Reagan nominated her as an associate justice of the Supreme Court, and she took her seat Sept. 25, 1981. Justice O'Connor retired from the Supreme Court on Jan. 31, 2006. Sandra Day O'Connor is the author of a memoir, "Lazy B: Growing Up on a Cattle Ranch in the American Southwest" and "Finding Susie," a children's picture book based on her own childhood. | 9/16/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Cultural Collisions: Women Poets and Their Craft | JT Stewart, lead artist for La Jefa, writes poetry, fiction, and plays, and teaches writing at Richard Hugo House and The Seattle Public Library. Pesha Joyce Gertler, 2005 Seattle Poet Populist, teaches writing at North Seattle Community College, UW Women's Center, and other venues. Felicia Gonzalez, born and raised in Cuba, Jack Straw Writers Program alum, has received awards from Artist Trust, Washington State Arts Commission, 4Culture, and the Mayor's Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs. Jourdan Imani Keith, 2006 Seattle Poet Populist, and Seattle Public Library's first Naturalist-in-Residence, is a playwright, storyteller, and educator. | 8/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Douglas Brinkley: 'The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America' | Brinkley examines the pioneering environmental policies of President Theodore Roosevelt: an avid bird-watcher, naturalist, and the founding father of America's conservation movement. Douglas Brinkley is professor of history at Rice University and the author of the New York Times bestsellers, "The Great Deluge," "Tour of Duty," and "The Boys of Pointe du Hoc." | 8/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Rebecca Wells: 'The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder' | The bestselling author of "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" tells a tale of family and friendship, tragedy and triumph, loss and love. Wells is an actor, playwright, and award-winning author. | 8/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Colum McCann: 'Let the Great World Spin' | McCann's new novel opens in 1974 with a tightrope walker running, dancing, leaping between the World Trade Center towers, stunning thousands of watchers below. Using the true story of Philippe Petit as a metaphor, McCann crafts a portrait of a city and its people. Colum McCann is the author of two collections of short stories and four novels, including "This Side of Brightness," "Dancer," and "Zoli," all of which were international best-sellers. | 7/27/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Carlos Ruiz Zafón: 'The Angel's Game' | The bestselling author of "The Shadow of the Wind" returns to the gothic universe of the Cemetery of the Forgotten Books, the Sempere & Son bookshop, and the winding streets of Barcelona's old quarter, in a tale about the magic of books and the darkest corners of the human soul. Carlos Ruiz Zafón is the author of six novels, including "The Shadow of the Wind," the most successful novel in Spanish publishing history after "Don Quixote." | 7/15/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bill O'Daly and Kisha Xiomara Palmer: Translations of Pablo Neruda | "World's End" is a book-length poem, first published in 1968, a haunting work in which the poet can see the century behind him, imagine the years ahead - and sense a falling-apart. A resident of Sierra Nevada foothills of northern California, William O'Daly is a poet, translator, and fiction writer. His published works include nine books of the late and posthumous poetry of Chilean Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda ("The Sea and the Bells," "The Book of Questions," "The Hands of Day" among them), and a chapbook of his own poems, "The Whale in theWeb." | 7/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lisa See: 'Shanghai Girls' | The bestselling author of "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" and "Peony in Love" tells the story of two sisters who leave Shanghai to find new lives in Los Angeles. See explores tradition, the ravages of war and the importance of family in her latest novel. | 7/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Alan J. Stein and Paula Becker: Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition: Washington's First World's Fair | Held on the University of Washington campus in 1909 and currently celebrating its centennial, the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition brought exhibitors and visitors from all over the world and put Seattle and Washington into the national spotlight. Alan J. Stein is a HistoryLink.org staff historian and is the award-winning author of three previous HistoryLink books, "Safe Passage: The Birth of Washington State Ferries, 1951-2001"; "Bellevue Timeline: The Story of Washington's Leading Edge City from Homesteads to High Rises, 1863-2003"; and "The Olympic: The Story of Seattle's Landmark Hotel." Paula Becker is a staff historian for HistoryLink.org, where her essays document the dance marathon craze of the 1920s and 1930s, war-effort knitting on the home front during World Wars I and II, and the career of "The Egg and I" author Betty MacDonald, among numerous other subjects. | 7/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Alain de Botton: 'The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work' | Alain de Botton explores the joys and perils of the modern workplace, beautifully evoking what other people get up to all day - and night - to make the frenzied contemporary world function. Alain de Botton is a writer of essayistic books that have been described as a 'philosophy of everyday life.' He has written on love, travel, architecture, and literature. | 6/30/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lee Child: 'Gone Tomorrow' | In "Gone Tomorrow," Reacher witnesses a suicide on a Manhattan subway and knows there is more than meets the eye. Soon he's in deep, trying to detonate a shocking secret for which both the feds and Al-Qaeda are willing to kill to keep from being revealed. | 6/26/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Diane Wei Liang: 'Lake With No Name: A True Story of Love and Conflict in Modern China' | When the tanks rolled in to Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989, 22-year-old Diane Wei Liang was one of thousands of students from Beijing University involved in the peaceful demonstrations. Liang is a graduate of Peking University. She has a Ph.D. in business administration from Carnegie Mellon University and was a professor of business in the U.S. and the U.K. for more than ten years. | 6/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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'Seattle Noir' | From boom to bust, from rugged frontier justice along the original Skid Road to Jet City gumshoes and desperate dot.com deeds, take a walk on the wild side with this unique collection. Authors appearing included Bharti Kirchner, Brian Thornton, Thomas Hopp, Kathleen Alcala and Curt Colbert. | 6/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Poets Daniel Comiskey and Chris Putnam: 'Crawlspace' | "Crawlspace" is a collaboratively written book-length poem by Seattle writers Daniel Comiskey and C.E. Putnam. It was originally commissioned by Doug Nufer for presentation at the Leg to Stand On reading series in 2005. Daniel Comiskey was coeditor of Monkey Puzzle, a magazine of poetry and prose, and literary manager for The Poet's Theater. Chris Putnam maintains P.I.S.O.R., The Putnam Institute for Space Opera Research. | 6/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Seattle Reads 'My Jim': Main Event with Nancy Rawles | Washington Center for the Book at The Seattle Public Library invites everyone to take part in Seattle Reads "My Jim," a project designed to foster reading and discussion of works by authors of diverse cultures and ethnicities. Nancy Rawles' novel re-imagines Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" from the slave's perspective. In the voice of Jim's wife, Sadie, "My Jim" tells the story of the family left behind when Jim escapes down the river with Huck Finn. | 6/15/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lynda Mapes: 'Breaking Ground: The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and the Unearthing of Tse-whit-zen Village' | During the construction of a Port Angeles dry dock, this burial ground was discovered. In search of the story behind the story, Seattle Times reporter Lynda Mapes spent more than a year interviewing tribal members, archaeologists, historians, city and state officials, and local residents and business leaders. | 6/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Seattle Reads 'My Jim': Contemporary African-American Writing | Coates read from "The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood" and Locke read from "Black Water Rising." Coates, a former staff writer at The Village Voice and Time, has contributed to The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, and other publications. Locke has worked in film and television for more than ten years. She has written movie scripts for Paramount, Warner Bros., Disney, and Twentieth Century Fox, as well as television pilots for HBO and Dreamworks. This event is part of Seattle Reads "My Jim," a program of the Washington Center for the Book at The Seattle Public Library. | 6/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Joan Hockaday: 'Greenscapes: Olmsted's Pacific Northwest' | "Greenscapes" renders a regional portrayal of landscape architect John Charles Olmsted. In the early 1900's, the meticulous, visionary protege brought the pastoral aesthetic of his famous stepfather, Frederick Law Olmsted, to premier park systems throughout the Pacific Northwest--designing verdant havens that still refresh urban souls in Portand, Seattle, and Spokane. | 6/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Conversation with Mark Morris and Peter Boal | "A Conversation with Mark Morris and Peter Boal" precedes Seattle Theatre Group's presentation of the Mark Morris Dance Group in "Mozart Dances" at the Paramount Theatre with music performed by the Seattle Symphony. | 5/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mende Nazer: 'Slave: My True Story' | Nazer tells her modern-day story of being captured as a child and enslaved for seven years in Khartoum and nearly a year in London. With the aid of southern Sudanese and human rights groups, Nazer escaped but initially was denied asylum on the basis that "slavery is not persecution," before finally winning her case. This event is part of Seattle Reads "My Jim," a program of the Washington Center for the Book at The Seattle Public Library. | 5/18/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jonathan Alter: The Seattle Public Library's 2009 A. Scott Bullitt Lecture in American History | In his first interview after winning the 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama revealed to 60 Minutes' Steve Kroft that "The Defining Moment" held a permanent place on his bedside table and that it would have a great influence over how he governed the country. The 2006 book was a national bestseller. | 5/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Seattle Reads 'My Jim': Huck Finn: In or Out of School? | This event is part of Seattle Reads "My Jim," a program of the Washington Center for the Book at The Seattle Public Library. Nancy Rawles' novel re-imagines Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" from the slave's perspective. | 5/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Thomas Ricks: 'The Gamble: General Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008' | Ricks uses hundreds of hours of exclusive interviews with top officers in Iraq and on-the-ground reporting to document the inside story of the Iraq War since late 2005. Ricks is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, "Fiasco," and a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and senior Pentagon correspondent for the Washington Post. | 4/30/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Seattle Reads 'My Jim': The Hansberry Project staged readings | Nancy Rawles' novel re-imagines Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" from the slave's perspective. This event is part of Seattle Reads "My Jim," a program of the Washington Center for the Book at The Seattle Public Library designed to foster reading and discussion of works by authors of diverse cultures and ethnicities. | 3/27/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tavis Smiley: 'Accountable: Making America as Good as Its Promise' | Smiley visited the Central Library as part of "The Accountable Tour," a series of town-hall-style meetings, to discuss issues raised in his latest book. Tavis Smiley is a nationally known intellectual, activist, political commentator, entrepreneur, and radio and television personality. He founded the historic State of the Black Union series and authored several best-selling books, including "The Covenant of Black America" and "The Covenant in Action." | 3/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paul Bannick: 'The Owl and the Woodpecker' | North America plays host to 41 species of the owl and the woodpecker. The diversity of these two families of birds, and the ways in which they define and enrich the ecosystems they inhabit, are the subject of a new book by photographer and naturalist Paul Bannick. Paul Bannick is an award-winning photographer who specializes in natural history imagery. His work has appeared in numerous books and magazines, including The Seattle Times' Pacific Northwest Magazine and Sunset. | 3/20/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Samuel Green, Washington State Poet Laureate, and Kim Stafford: Poetry Reading | Sam Green read from "Vertebrae: Poems, 1978-1994" and "The Grace of Necessity" (winner of the 2008 Washington State Book Award in Poetry), as well as new poems. Kim Stafford read from "A Thousand Friends of Rain: New & Selected Poems," as well as recent poems. Green was named the first Poet Laureate for the State of Washington by Governor Chris Gregoire in December 2007. Stafford is the founding director of the Northwest Writing Institute at Lewis & Clark College in Oregon, where he has taught since 1979. | 3/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Val McDermid: 'A Darker Domain' | "A Darker Domain" is a psychological thriller that ties together a kidnapping, a botched payoff and a national miner's strike from 25 years ago. McDermid, author of 25 crime novels, grew up in a Scottish mining community, read English at Oxford and has worked as a journalist. She has won the Gold Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel and the LA Times Book of the Year Award. | 3/11/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bruce Barcott: 'The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw' | Caring for orphaned animals at her zoo in the tropical country of Belize, Sharon Matola became one of Central America's greatest wildlife defenders when powerful outside forces conspired with the local government to build a dam that would flood the nesting ground of the only scarlet macaws in Belize. Barcott chronicles Matola's crusade to stop a multinational corporation in its tracks. | 3/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Inauguration of new Poet Populist Mike Hickey Part 2 | On Nov. 4, community college instructor Mike Hickey was elected the new Seattle Poet Populist. Hickey was nominated by the It's About Time Writers Reading Series. This event featured special guest Jack Hirschman, Poet Laureate of San Francisco, former Seattle Poet Populist Cody Walker and several of this year's candidates, including Judith Roche and Ruth Yarrow. Program founder and Seattle City Councilmember Nick Licata gave an introduction. | 2/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Inauguration of new Poet Populist Mike Hickey Part 1 | On Nov. 4, community college instructor Mike Hickey was elected the new Seattle Poet Populist. Hickey was nominated by the It's About Time Writers Reading Series. This event featured special guest Jack Hirschman, Poet Laureate of San Francisco, former Seattle Poet Populist Cody Walker and several of this year's candidates, including Judith Roche and Ruth Yarrow. Program founder and Seattle City Councilmember Nick Licata gave an introduction. | 2/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Barry Unsworth: 'Land of Marvels' | In "Land of Marvels," a thriller set in 1914, Unsworth brings to life the schemes and double-dealings of Western nations grappling for a foothold in Mesopotamia (now Iraq) in the dying days of the Ottoman Empire. Barry Unsworth won the Booker Prize for "Sacred Hunger," was a Booker finalist for "Pascali's Island" and "Morality Play," and was long-listed for the Booker Prize for "The Ruby in Her Navel." | 2/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Azar Nafisi: 'Things I've Been Silent About: Memories' | In her new memoir, the author returns to Iran and her childhood and presents a moving portrait of a family's life, a life lived in thrall to Nafisi's powerful mother, and the mesmerizing fictions she created about herself, her past, and the family's life. Azar Nafisi is the author of the international bestseller, "Reading Lolita in Tehran," and a visiting professor at Johns Hopkins University. | 1/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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King County Elections Director Debate | A special election will be held on Feb. 3 to elect a new Elections Director. Candidates participating in this debate are Bill Anderson, Christopher Clifford, Sherril Huff, David Irons, Julie Kempf, and Pam Roach. The debate was moderated by Ross Reynolds, Senior Host and Program Director at KUOW, and co-presented by the CityClub. | 1/26/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mo Yan: The Re-emergence of Literary Voice in Contemporary China | Mo Yan's novels include "Red Sorghum" and "Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out" (which won the 2007 Man Asian Literary Prize). He is also the author of short stories and essays. | 1/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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College Admissions and Scholarships at the Central Library - Part 2 | Sam Lim, founder of Scholarship Junkies, discussed the vast resources available and how to use these tools to maximize scholarship potential. | 12/30/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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College Admissions and Scholarships at the Central Library - Part 1 | A representative from Kaplan discussed how to prepare for the SAT or ACT. | 12/30/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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John D. Anderson: Portrayal of Henry James | This event featured a presentation by the scholar, in character and in costume, and an opportunity for the audience to ask the writer any questions that come to mind. Finally, the scholar broke character and responded to further questions based on his research. John D. Anderson performs nationally in his one-person shows about Charles Dickens, Henry James, William Faulkner, and Washington Irving. | 12/22/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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2008 Jack Straw Writers Program | The event featured readings by Wendy Call, Kevin Craft, Sharon Cumberland, Janna Cawrse Esarey, Waverly Fitzgerald, Merna Hecht, Jennifer Munro, Ghida Sinno, Judith Skillman, and Michael Spence. Curator Judith Roche selected 12 writers/writing teams out of dozens of applicants based on artistic excellence, diversity of literary genres, and a cohesive grouping of writers. | 12/17/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Cliff Mass: 'The Weather of the Pacific Northwest' | In "The Weather of the Pacific Northwest," University of Washington atmospheric scientist and popular radio commentator Cliff Mass unravels the intricacies of the Northwest weather, from the mundane to the mystifying. | 12/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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William Least Heat-Moon: 'Roads to Quoz: An American Mosey' | "Roads to Quoz" (quoz: an 18th century word meaning "anything out of the ordinary") is a lyrical, funny, and touching account of a series of American journeys into small-town America. William Least Heat-Moon's "Blue Highways," published in 1982, was acclaimed as a classic, a travel book like no other. | 12/5/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Douglas Smith: 'The Pearl' | Reconstructed in part from archival documents that have lain untouched for centuries, Douglas Smith's "The Pearl" presents the most complete and accurate account ever written of the illicit love between Count Nicholas Sheremetev (1751-1809), Russia's richest aristocrat, and Praskovia Kovalyova (1768-1803), his serf and the greatest opera diva of her time. Douglas Smith is an awarding-winning historian and translator and a resident scholar at the UW's Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. | 12/2/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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M.T. Anderson: 'The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: Volume II' | M.T. Anderson is the acclaimed author of "Feed," "Thirsty," and the 2006 National Book Award winner "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: Volume I." | 11/26/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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John Green: 'Paper Towns' | Green is the author of "Looking for Alaska" and "An Abundance of Katherines." Both books won Michael L. Printz awards for excellence in young adult literature. | 11/24/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mary Woodward: 'In Defense of Our Neighbors' | Mary Woodward, who still lives on Bainbridge, combined her own insights with reflections from internment survivors and Bainbridge locals, to tell story of her late parents and that of a community that responded to the crisis in a way unlike any other in the country. | 11/20/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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2008 Washington State Book Awards | Six books written by local authors Matt Ruff, Samuel Green, Coll Thrush, David R. Montgomery, Sherman Alexie and George Shannon were winners of the award which recognizes six outstanding books published by Washington authors in 2007. | 11/18/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Julia Glass: 'I See You Everywhere' | Glass, who won the National Book Award for fiction in 2002 for "Three Junes," read from her newest novel, a story of the intertwined lives and complex bond of two sisters. | 11/12/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Alice Schroeder: 'The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life' | Schroeder's biography, "The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life" recounts the life and times of the legendary Omaha investor. Buffett, who has never written a memoir, allowed Schroeder unprecedented access to explore directly with him and with those closest to him his work, opinions, struggles, triumphs, follies, and wisdom. The result is this personally revealing and complete biography. | 11/5/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paul Theroux: 'Ghost Train to the Eastern Star' | In the three decades since recounting his grand tour by train through Asia, much has changed. The Soviet Union has collapsed, China and India have risen. Theroux captures the texture, sights, smells, and sounds of the changing landscape, traveling as the locals do - by stifling train, rattletrap bus, illicit taxi, and mud-caked foot. Paul Theroux's highly acclaimed travel books include "Riding the Iron Rooster," "The Old Patagonian Express," "Fresh Air Fiend," and "Dark Star." He is also the author of the novels, "The Mosquito Coast" and "Half Moon Street," among others. | 10/31/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Christopher Kimball: 'America's Test Kitchen Baking Book' and 'Cook's Country Cookbook' | Christopher Kimball is the founder, editor, and publisher of "Cook's Illustrated" and "Cook's Country Magazine." He is also the host of "America's Test Kitchen," a public television cooking show now in its seventh season. | 10/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Marilynne Robinson: 'Home' | Set in the same locale and at the same time as her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "Gilead," "Home" tells a moving story about families, family secrets, and the passing of the generations, about love and death and faith. Marilynne Robinson is the author of the novels "Gilead" and "Housekeeping," which won the PEN/Faulkner Award, and two books of nonfiction, "Mother Country" and "The Death of Adam." | 10/23/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Robert Fisk: 'Age of the Warrior: Selected Essays' | Best known for his insightful writing on the contemporary Middle East, his essays collected here, taken from his writings for the Saturday Independent, cover many topics: terrorism, but also the sinking of the Titanic; Iraq and Israel, but also Ireland and Fisk family history. Robert Fisk is one of the world's most experienced journalists covering the Middle East. He has reported from across the Arab world for the past 30 years. | 10/17/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Steven Roby: 'Black Gold: The Lost Archives of Jimi Hendrix' | Starting with Hendrix's birth in 1942, Roby traced the legend's life through rare photos, video, and audio. | 10/15/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paul Auster: 'Man in the Dark' | While recovering from a car accident, retired book critic August Brill is living with his daughter, recently left by her husband, and granddaughter, whose boyfriend has just died. Paul Auster is the bestselling author of "The Brooklyn Follies" and "Oracle Night." "I Thought My Father Was God," the NPR National Story Project anthology, which he edited, was also a national bestseller. | 10/9/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Christopher Buckley: 'Supreme Courtship' | The president of the United States, unhappy with the Senate for rejecting his nominees, decides to get even by nominating America's most popular TV judge to the Supreme Court. Buckley has been editor in chief of Forbes FYI since 1989, and has written for The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Atlantic Monthly, Vanity Fair, and Vogue, among others. | 10/3/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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'Neighborhood Blogs: What's All the Buzz About?' | The proliferation of neighborhood blogs around Seattle is changing not just the local media landscape but also how community conversations are taking place in an increasingly digital world. This panel discussion included bloggers from The B-Town Blog, The West Seattle Blog, Myballard, The Rainier Valley Post and the Seattle Public Library's Shelftalk. The conversation was moderated by Seattle P-I reporter and blogger Monica Guzman. | 9/30/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Eric Liu and Nick Hanauer: 'The True Patriot' | Seattle author and educator Eric Liu and entrepreneur/venture capitalist Nick Hanauer explore what patriotism means and how some Americans have managed to inspire the country to new levels of greatness. Their new book, "The True Patriot," offers a moral map for political life that can serve to guide us back to the principles of true patriotism - country above self, responsible stewardship, equality, shared sacrifice, and service. | 9/26/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Joshua Prince-Ramus: 'Learning from The Seattle Public Library' | Joshua Prince-Ramus, president and principal of REX, and Office for Metropolitan Architecture's (OMA) Rem Koolhaas were principal designers of the award-winning Central Library building, along with Seattle-based LMN Architects. The presentation was a key highlight of a daylong celebration of the successful conclusion of The Seattle Public Library's 10-year "Libraries for All" building program. | 9/19/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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David B.: 'Epileptic' | He was joined by Kim Thompson, translator of "Epileptic" and co-owner of Fantagraphics Books, influential publisher in comics history. "Epileptic," a 361-page classic, creates a unique, fantastic mythology out of a youth spent alongside an epileptic older brother. David B. co-founded the artist-run publisher L'Association, a group that revolutionized European comics and brought them market success in the English language. This program was part of "La Semaine de la Bande Dessinée" (a weeklong, multi-venue tribute to the French graphic novel). | 8/26/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Barbara Ehrenreich: 'This Land Is Their Land: Notes from a Divided Nation' | Through a compilation of essays and blog entries on myriad issues including health care, employment, stem cells, and finances, "This Land Is Their Land" presents cutting and provocative social commentary on the Bush years. A frequent contributor to Harper's and The Nation, Ehrenreich has been a columnist at The New York Times and Time magazine. | 8/6/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Deborah Faye Lawrence: 'Dee-Dee Does Utopia' | In her new book, Lawrence presents a series of collages that explore popular concepts of the sublime. For the project, she combined images and texts to illuminate the results of a survey she conducted in November of 2004. | 7/24/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stephen L. Carter: 'Palace Council' | When Philmont Castle, a man with wealth, respect, and connections, is found dead on the grounds of a Harlem mansion, a young writer and the woman he loves are pulled into a 20-year search for the truth. Stephen L. Carter is the bestselling author of the novels, "New England White" and "The Emperor of Ocean Park," in addition to several works of nonfiction. He is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale University, where he has taught since 1982. | 7/18/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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David Shields: 'The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead' | In his acclaimed new book, Shields begins with the facts of birth and childhood then expertly weaves in anecdotal information about himself and his father. Shields is the award-winning author of eight previous books, including "Black Planet: Facing Race During an NBA Season" and "Dead Languages: A Novel." His stories and essays have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Harper's, Salon, Slate, among others. | 7/9/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Robert Thurman: 'Why the Dalai Lama Matters: His Act of Truth as the Solution for China, Tibet, and the World' | Thurman, widely regarded as the leading American expert on Tibetan Buddhism, explores just why His Holiness the Dalai Lama has earned the world's love and respect, and how restoring Tibet's autonomy within China is not only possible, but highly reasonable, and necessary for us to have a peaceful future as a global community. Thurman teaches at Columbia University and holds the first endowed chair in Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies in America. | 7/2/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Russell Banks: 'Dreaming Up America' | Banks contemplates the questions of our American origins, values, heroes, conflicts and contradictions. Russell Banks is the author of 17 works of fiction. His work has been translated into 20 languages and has received numerous international prizes. | 6/25/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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David Guterson: 'The Other' | "The Other" tells a story of youth and idealism, adulthood and its compromises, and two powerfully different visions of what it means to live a good life. David Guterson is best known for "Snow Falling on Cedars," for which he won the PEN Faulkner Award in 1994. He is a longtime resident of Bainbridge Island, where he taught high school English for years. | 6/18/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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C.D. Wright: 'Rising, Falling, Hovering' | Deeply personal and politically ferocious, "Rising, Falling, Hovering" addresses, as Wright has said elsewhere, "the commonly felt crises of [our] times"-from illegal immigration and the specific consequences of empire to the challenges of parenting and the honesty required of human relationships. C.D. Wright is the author of more than a dozen collections of poetry and prose. Among many honors, she is a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship in 2004, and the Robert Creeley Prize in 2005. | 6/12/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Firoozeh Dumas: 'Laughing Without an Accent: Adventures of an Iranian American, at Home and Abroad' | Dumas tells her story of being a citizen of the world in her American, Iranian, Parisian family in "Laughing Without an Accent," a series of humorous autobiographical essays. Dumas is the author of the national bestseller, "Funny in Farsi," which was a finalist for the PEN/USA award in 2004 and an Audie Award in 2005 for best audio book. | 6/4/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tan Twan Eng: 'The Gift of Rain' | Tan's debut epic novel, nominated for the Man Booker Prize, tells the story of a young man's perilous journey through the betrayals of war and into manhood. Tan was born in Penang and lived in various regions of Malaysia as a child. He studied law at the University of London, and later worked as an advocate and solicitor in one of Kuala Lumpur's most respected law firms. | 5/28/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Alexandra Fuller: 'The Legend of Colton H. Bryant' | Fuller tells the tragic story of a young man who fell to his death on an oil rig because the oil company failed to spend $2,000 on safety rails. Alexandra Fuller is the author of the award-winning bestseller, "Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight" about a childhood growing up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). She is also the author of "Scribbling the Cat: Travels with an African Soldier." | 5/22/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Seattle Reads Main Event: An evening with Dinaw Mengestu | Set in a poor neighborhood in Washington, D.C., Dinaw Mengestu's award-winning novel tells a story of the African immigrant experience through three main characters: narrator Sepha Stephanos, an Ethiopian immigrant, who runs a small corner grocery store, and his friends, Joseph, from the Congo, and Kenneth, from Kenya. The Washington Center for the Book at The Seattle Public Library invites everyone to take part in Seattle Reads "The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears," a project designed to foster reading and discussion of works by authors of diverse cultures and ethnicities. | 5/20/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Alice Hoffman: 'The Third Angel' | Hoffman weaves a story that charts the lives of three women in love with the wrong men. At the heart of the novel is Lucy Green, who blames herself for a tragic accident she witnessed at the age of twelve, and who spends four decades searching for the Third Angel, the angel on earth who will renew her faith. Alice Hoffman is the author of 19 novels, including "Here on Earth" and "Practical Magic," two books of short stories, and eight books for children and young adults. Her work has been published in more than 20 translations and in more than 100 foreign editions. | 5/8/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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2007-2008 Seattle Poet Populist: Cody Walker | Cody Walker's poems appear in Best American Poetry, Parnassus, Slate, Shenandoah, and Subtropics. His first book, "Shuffle and Breakdown," will be published by Waywiser Press in the fall of 2008. Walker teaches English at the University of Washington and poetry through Seattle Arts and Lectures "Writers in the Schools" program. | 5/6/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pat Mora: Sharing Bookjoy | This program is part of a series commemorating Día de los niños/Día de los libros (Children's Day/Book Day), an annual celebration of children, families, and reading founded by Pat Mora in 1996 and now celebrated in libraries and schools throughout the country. Pat Mora is the author of more than 30 books, many of which are published in both English and Spanish. Mora is an enthusiastic advocate for reading and language. "Quien habla dos lenguas, vale por dos," she says. ("If you speak two languages, your value is doubled.") | 5/2/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jhumpa Lahiri: 'Unaccustomed Earth' | "Unaccustomed Earth" is eight stories that travel from Cambridge and Seattle to India and Thailand as they enter the lives of sisters and brothers, fathers and mothers, daughters and sons, friends and lovers. "Interpreter of Maladies," Lahiri's debut story collection, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the PEN/Hemingway Award, and The New Yorker Debut of the Year. Her novel "The Namesake" was a New York Times Notable Book, a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist, and was selected as one of the best books of the year by USA Today and Entertainment Weekly, among other publications. | 4/24/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jodi Picoult: 'Change of Heart' | "Change of Heart" is about a death row inmate who wants to donate his heart, post execution, to the sister of his victim. Picoult challenges readers to consider hard-to-answer questions about organized religion and the death penalty. | 4/18/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Africa 101 Panel Discussion: A Seattle Reads Program | Olúfémi Táíwò, director, and Saheed Adejumobi, assistant professor of history, Global African Studies Program, Seattle University, gave an overview of African history and culture, colonialism and its impacts on Thursday, Mar. 6 at the Central Library. This program is part of Seattle Reads "The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears." | 4/11/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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David Smith-Ferri reads from 'Battlefield Without Borders: Iraq Poems' | Two thirds of the poems in "Battlefield Without Borders" were written while in Iraq, after his encounters with Iraqi people, in a wide-range of settings - from hospitals to homes to bomb sites. The remaining poems have been written since. Smith-Ferri visited Iraq for the first time in July 1999, as part of an eight-member fact-finding delegation organized by the Chicago-based group, Voices in the Wilderness, whose purpose was to gather first hand information about the humanitarian crisis caused by international economic sanctions and the terror caused by the policy and practice of "no-fly zone" bombings. He returned to Iraq in September 2002, in the run-up to the invasion, to interview Iraqis, investigate the likely real life consequences of a United States military invasion on ordinary Iraqis, and to reconnect with Iraqi families he had met previously. | 4/7/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Richard Kenney: 'The One-Strand River: Poems, 1994-2007' | Kenney is the author of three previous books of poetry: "The Evolution of the Flightless Bird," "Orrery," and "The Invention of the Zero." In 1987 he received a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. He is currently professor of English at the University of Washington. | 4/2/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Daniel Schorr presents The Seattle Public Library's 2008 A. Scott Bullitt Lecture in American History | Schorr discusses topics from his new book, "Come to Think of It: Notes on the Turn of the Millennium" with Liu. The book is a compilation of Schorr's National Public Radio (NPR) commentaries. Schorr currently works as a senior news analyst for NPR. He has earned three Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award. He wrote for the Christian Science Monitor, the New York Times. He was also a reporter for CBS and he helped Ted Turner create CNN in 1979. He worked with Edward R. Murrow and is the last of Murrow's team to still be fully active in journalism. Liu is president of The Seattle Public Library board of trustees and wrote the books, "Guiding Lights: How to Mentor - and Find Life's Purpose" and "The Accidental Asian: Notes of a Native Speaker." He has been a frequent commentator on CNN, MSNBC and CNBC and served as speechwriter and deputy domestic policy adviser for President Bill Clinton. | 3/31/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Elias Khoury: 'Yalo' | Khoury is the author of 12 novels, including the award-winning "Gate of the Sun," four volumes of literary criticism, and three plays. He is the editor of the literary supplement of An-Nahar newspaper in Beirut. Khoury has taught at the American University of Beirut, Columbia University, and is a global distinguished professor at New York University. | 3/25/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Natalie Goldberg: 'Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir' | Goldberg offers compassionate, practical, and often humorous advice about how to find time to write, how to discover one's personal style, how to make sentences come alive, and how to overcome procrastination and writer's block. | 3/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Anne Enright: 'The Gathering' | Anne Enright has received the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature and has been a writer fellow at Trinity College. Her work has appeared in The Paris Review, Harper's, The New Yorker, and The Penguin Book of Irish Fiction. | 3/17/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Changing Face of Downtown Seattle | The Seattle Public Library presented a panel discussion about the evolution and future of downtown Seattle on Monday, Feb. 11 at the Central Library. Featured panelists included Seattle City Librarian Deborah L. Jacobs, Seattle Art Museum Director Mimi Gates, John Nesholm of LMN Architects and Greg Smith of Urban Visions. Moderated by The Seattle Channel's C.R. Douglas. | 3/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Geraldine Brooks: 'People of the Book' | Geraldine Brooks read from her new novel, "People of the Book," in which Hannah Heath, a rare books expert, uncovers the story of a mysterious codex, the Saravejo Haggadah, and its perilous journey from medieval Spain to the twentieth century sacking of Sarajevo. | 3/3/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jeffrey Karl Ochsner lectures on architect Lionel Pries | Professor Ochsner presented a lecture about architect and artist Lionel Pries Sunday, Jan. 27 at the Central Library. Pries' career spanned the 20th Century from arts and crafts to modern styles. | 2/25/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Comixtravaganza: 'Getting Into Comics' panel | Participants include:Bill Barnes & Gene Ambaum, Unshelved.com; Greg Hatcher, Comic Book Resources; Nicole & Danielle, NDP Comics; Eric Reynolds, Fantagraphics Books and Rosie Heffernan & Madeline Heffernan, TheColorM.com's "Serves You Right" | 2/19/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Comixtravaganza: Ellen Forney | Ellen Forney, acclaimed local cartoonist, illustrator and teacher, spoke about her work Jan. 26 at the Central Library. Ellen Forney is the author of several books, including "I Love Led Zeppelin" and MONKEY FOOD: The Complete "I Was Seven in '75" Collection. "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian," written by Sherman Alexie and illustrated by Forney, won the 2007 National Book Award. | 2/13/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Richard Rodriguez: 'The God of the Desert: Jerusalem and the Ecology of Monotheism' | The Seattle Public Library and Harper's Magazine presented essayist Richard Rodriguez on. Friday, Jan. 25 at Town Hall. Rodriguez read from "The God of the Desert: Jerusalem and the Ecology of Monotheism." | 2/6/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sue Miller: 'The Senator's Wife' | "The Senator's Wife" is a portrait of two marriages and two unconventional women at different stages of life: Meri, the young wife of a charismatic professor, and Delia, the long-suffering wife of a notoriously philandering retired senator. | 2/1/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Orhan Pamuk, the Nobel Prize, and the World of Turkish Literature: A Conversation with Walter G. Andrews | Walter G. Andrews is a professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization at the University of Washington. Andrews was interviewed by Dr. Selim S. Kuru, professor of Turkish and Ottoman Literature at the University of Washington. | 1/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Chris Crutcher: 'Deadline' | Chris Crutcher is the author of eight critically acclaimed novels, including "Whale Talk," which won the 2002 Washington State Book Award. He has also written an autobiography and a collection of short stories. He has won three lifetime achievement awards for the body of his work. | 1/8/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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'Mary Randlett Landscapes:' A Conversation | Photographer/actor Ted D'Arms, author of the introductory essay to "Mary Randlett Landscapes," in conversation with the acclaimed Northwest photographer. Randlett and D'Arms discuss and show images from the book. Randlett and D'Arms were joined by contributors to "Mary Randlett Landscapes," including Washington artist Barry Herem, who will read from his essay. Poet Tim McNulty and Mark Jenkins, UW School of Drama associate professor, read poems by the internationally renowned late poet Denise Levertov. Randlett has been photographing the Northwest for more than 55 years. Her works are held in numerous permanent collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Smithsonian Institution. | 12/31/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Amanda Diva: 'Young Skin, Wise Mind, Old Soul' | On November 29, poet, performer, and activist Amanda Diva read from her new book of poetry, "Young Skin, Wise Mind, Old Soul" at the Central Library. Several teen poets from the Young Queens group of teen poets also performed their own work. | 12/28/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ha Jin read from 'A Free Life' | Ha Jin's novel "Waiting" won the National Book Award for fiction as well as the PEN/Faulkner Award in 1999. His 2004 novel "War Trash" also won the PEN/Faulkner Award. He has published two collections of poetry and two award-winning collections of short fiction. | 12/26/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Daniel Walker Howe: 'What Hath God Wrought' | Historian Daniel Walker Howe discussed the newest installment in the acclaimed Oxford History of the United States series. "What Hath God Wrought?" was the message transmitted in 1844 by Samuel F.B. Morse to demonstrate his new electric telegraph. But it was also a commentary on the state of an era that meant so much to American history. Between 1815 and 1848, the United States expanded to the Pacific and achieved dominance over the richest part of the North American continent. Howe illuminates the transformation, starting with the battle of New Orleans and ending with the war against Mexico. | 12/19/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Joseph J. Ellis discusses 'American Creation' | Ellis discussed "American Creation," an account of the founding years of the United States, a time of both triumphs and tragedies, all of which contributed to the shaping of our nation. Ellis examines the period between the War of Independence and the Louisiana Purchase. He argues that part of what made the American Revolution so extraordinary was the gradual pace at which it occurred, and the fact that it was brought about by a group of now iconic leaders (Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton, et al.) rather than a single individual. | 12/17/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Living Literature Series featuring Robert Frost | Humanities scholar-Chautauquan John D. Anderson presented his portrayal of Robert Frost, four-time Pulitzer Prize winning poet, considered the bard of New England. A National Endowment for the Humanities fellow, Anderson focuses his research in the area of narrative theory and performance. | 12/13/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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'AfterShock' author Jessie Gruman | Jessie Gruman, a social psychologist and founder of the Center for the Advancement of Health, discussed lessons she learned as the survivor of four life-threatening illnesses over the past three decades. | 12/10/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Poets Laurie Lamon and Michele Glazer read | Laurie Lamon has lived in the Pacific Northwest and taught poetry workshops and literature seminars at Whitworth College, Spokane, since 1985 (where she is associate professor of English). Her poems have appeared in numerous journals and magazines, including The Atlantic Monthly, The New Republic, Ploughshares, Colorado Review, and Poetry Northwest. Michele Glazer is the author of two books of poetry: "It Is Hard to Look at What We Came to Think We'd Come to See," which received the Associated Writing Programs Award in Poetry and "Aggregate of Disturbances," which received the Iowa Poetry Prize. Her poems have been published widely in literary journals such as Harvard Review, Ploughshares, Poetry Northwest, and Colorado Review. She has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and Oregon's Literary Arts, Inc. Glazer teaches at Portland State University. | 12/5/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Alice Sebold: 'The Almost Moon' | Bestselling author Alice Sebold discussed her latest novel, "The Almost Moon," Friday, Oct. 26 at the Central Library. | 11/26/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Living Literature Series featuring Dorothy Parker | Dorothy Parker (1893-1967) wrote criticism for Vogue, Vanity Fair, and later The New Yorker, which also published her poems and stories. She was legendary in New York literary and theatrical circles as a member of the Algonquin Round Table. Reports on the group's discussions often quoted Parker's derisive Round Table remarks, such as "Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses." A champion for social justice, Parker became active in the fight for civil rights. She left her estate to Martin Luther King Jr.; on his death months later, it went to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. As a Chautauqua performer, Suzan King has created characterizations of Harriet Beecher Stowe, Margaret Bourke White, Eleanor Roosevelt, Abigail Adams, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Emily Dickinson, among others. She won the 2004 Pinnacle Award for Arts and Humanities from the Tulsa Mayor's Commission on the Status of Women and the Tulsa Women's Foundation. King received her B.A. in Humanities and her M.A. in English from Oklahoma State University. | 11/19/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Oliver Sacks: 'Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain' | Physician and bestselling author Oliver Sacks will read from his latest work, "Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain," Friday, Oct. 19 at the Central Library. | 11/15/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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2007 Washington State Book Awards | These authors were honored at a public ceremony at the Central Library on Wednesday, Oct. 17. | 11/12/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jeffrey Toobin: 'The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court' | Author Jeffrey Toobin discussed his newest book, "The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court," Friday, Oct. 5 at the Central Library. | 11/7/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nick Hornby: 'Slam' | Nick Hornby read from his first novel for teens, "Slam," Wednesday, Oct. 24 at the Central Library. His bestselling adult novels include "High Fidelity" and "About a Boy," both of which were made into movies. | 11/5/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ann Patchett: 'Run' | Award-winning author Ann Patchett read from her latest novel, "Run," Friday, Oct. 12 at the Central Library. "Run" is the story of the deep-running secrets and bonds of a politically-connected Boston family. | 10/31/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Walter Mosley: 'Blonde Faith' | Walter Mosley is the author of 28 critically acclaimed books, and his work has been translated into 21 languages. His popular mysteries featuring Easy Rawlins began with "Devil in a Blue Dress" (1990). He spoke at the Central Library on Wednesday, Oct. 10. | 10/26/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jonathan Kozol: 'Letters to a Young Teacher' | Award-winning author and educator Jonathan Kozol discussed his latest book, "Letters to a Young Teacher," Saturday, Oct. 6 at the Central Library. | 10/22/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ursula Hegi: 'The Worst Thing I've Done' | Award-winning author Ursula Hegi discussed her latest novel, "The Worst Thing I've Done," Tuesday, Oct. 2 at the Central Library. | 10/17/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Zakes Mda: 'Cion' | South African novelist, Zakes Mda read from "Cion," his sixth novel and the first to be set in the United States, Monday, Oct. 1 at the Central Library. Toloki, the professional mourner and hero of Mda's "Ways of Dying," settles down with a family in Middle America and uncovers the story of the runaway slaves who were their ancestors. | 10/15/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Christopher Finan: 'From the Palmer Raids to the Patriot Act' | Historian and activist Christopher Finan discussed his latest book, "From the Palmer Raids to the Patriot Act: A History of the Fight for Free Speech in America," on Thursday, Sept. 27 at the Central Library. | 10/8/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The September Project 2007 featuring Greg Mortenson | Mountain climber turned humanitarian Greg Mortenson discussed his work in remote Pakistan and Afghanistan at several Seattle Public Library programs Sept. 23 - 25 as part of the Library's 2007 September Project. Mortenson's book "Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time" was recently awarded the 2007 Kiriyama Prize for Nonfiction. Mortenson showed slides and discussed his work of the past decade, building more than 50 schools and bringing education to the children (especially girls) of remote Pakistan and Afghanistan. About The September Project: On Dec. 18, 2001, Congress designated Sept. 11 as Patriot Day, which citizens are urged to mark by attending "appropriate ceremonies and activities." The September Project, a global grassroots effort, is designed to inspire intelligent, creative, and public conversations about democracy, citizenship, activism, war, globalism, and media literacy. The Seattle Public Library believes that public libraries - the largest, most accessible, and most democratic institutions in the country - are a natural location to discuss these issues. | 10/1/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lucia Perillo: 'I've Heard the Vultures Singing' | Award-winning poet Lucia Perillo read from her memoir, "I've Heard the Vultures Singing: Field Notes on Poetry, Illness, and Nature," on Saturday, Sept. 15 at the Central Library. | 9/26/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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