BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20081024T213000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/120782-lake-union-civic-orchestra-wa-seatt le-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20081024T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:13_720873427@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044013 DESCRIPTION:The Lake Union Civic Orchestra opens its 13th season with the w orld premiere of Cortege for Father Marquette by Patrick Stoyanovich\, comm issioned by the orchestra. SUMMARY:Lake Union Civic Orchestra END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20080903T220000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/139698-frequently-asked-questions-mike-dai sey-and-reggie-watts-explain-the-meaning-of-life-wa-seattle-first-hill-9810 1-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20080903T200000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:13_589988519@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044013 DESCRIPTION:Richard Hugo House presents\, in association with Town Hall Sea ttle and Western Arts Alliance\, "Frequently Asked Questions: Mike Daisey a nd Reggie Watts Explain the Meaning of Life" on Wednesday\, September 3 at 8 p.m.\n\n\nOur online world offers banks of cheerful answers to a customer 's standard questions: "How do I change my password?" "How do I sync my pho ne with my thing?" "My computer has frozen. What do I do?" But what of the questions that come after work hours\, or at 3am? Questions like\, "Why is my pleasure so fleeting?" "Am I here for a reason?" "Why didn't I live up t o my potential?" \n\nTwo of our freshest and funniest performers erstwhile Seattleites Mike Daisey (21 Dog Years\, How Theater Failed America) and Reg gie Watts (Maktub\, Disinformation) will answer the other frequently asked questions in a show that combines improvisation and philosophy\, performanc e and storytelling.\n\nTickets are $18/$15 for Richard Hugo House and Town Hall Seattle members\, seniors and students. \n\nFor more information: www. hugohouse.org SUMMARY:Frequently Asked Questions: Mike Daisey and Reggie Watts Explain th e Meaning of Life END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20081013T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/158647-sarah-vowell-at-town-hall-seattle-w a-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20081013T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:13_307918606@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044013 DESCRIPTION:SARAH VOWELL Monday\, October 13 at 7:30 p.m . at Town Hall Seattle Presented by the Elliott Bay Book CompanyTickets for Sarah Vowell are free with the prepaid reservation of Wordy Shipmates (1 t icket per book purchased) at the Elliott Bay Book Company. You may also pur chase individual tickets for $5.00 each through brownpapertickets.com or th e Elliott Bay Book Company at 206.624.6600 or 101 S. Main St. in Seattle.Fo r more information please call (206)624-6600. A most welcome Seattle retu rn is made this evening by the one and only Sarah Vowell. The years have b rought forth her popular pieces on NPRs This American Life\, publication in numerous major magazines (from GQ to McSweeneys)\, and a number of acclaim ed books: Assassination Vacation\, Partly Cloudy Patriot\, Take the Cannoli \, and Radio On. Tonight\, it's her worthy newest\, The Wordy Shipmates (Ri verhead). Essayist and public radio regular Vowell revisits America's Purit an roots in this witty exploration of the ways in which our country's prese nt predicaments are inextricably tied to its past Vowell traces the 1630 j ourney of several key English colonists and members of the Massachusetts Ba y Colony Gracefully interspersing her history lesson with personal anecdot es\, Vowell offers reflections that are both amusing (colonial history less ons via The Brady Bunch) and tender (watching New Yorkers patiently waiting in line to donate blood after 9/11). - Publishers Weekly. Town Hall Seattl e is located at 1119 Eighth Avenue (at Seneca). For more information on thi s evening\, please call 206.624.6600 and/or see www.elliottbaybook.com. SUMMARY:Sarah Vowell at Town Hall Seattle END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20080915T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5591975-elliott-bay-book-company-presents- garrison-keillor-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20080915T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:13_178388165@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044013 DESCRIPTION:GARRISON KEILLOR Monday\, September 15 at 7:30 p.m. at To wn Hall Seattle We are thoroughly delighted to welcome back one of this c ountrys geniuses of language\, and the central place of stories and the occ asional joke in everyday life\, Garrison Keillor. In addition to hosting A Prairie Home Companion on an almost-weekly basis for thirty years and more now\, and writing seventeen books\, Garrison Keillor is also among the fore most author bookstore owners we have amongst us joining Louise Erdrich and Larry McMurtry\, to name a few others. Owning a bookstore (St. Pauls Commo n Good Books) is not the reason for this evenings visit\; Garrison Keillors new Lake Wobegon novel\, Liberty (Viking) is the reason to be on hand for another entertaining evening\, which may even have a moment of ribald humor and/or hinted-at political jesting in store for those attending. This tale has something to do with the Fourth of July parade\, Lake Wobegons famous Living Flag\, Clint Bunsen\, and Miss Liberty. Last years evening for Ponto on is a wonder\; this evening should be no less. Please join us. Tickets ar e $5 and available at Elliott Bay or via Brown Paper Tickets (www.brownpape rtickets.com). Town Hall Seattle is located at 1119 Eighth Avenue (at Senec a). For more information on this evening\, please call Elliott Bay at 206.6 24.6600 or see www.elliottbaybook.com. SUMMARY:Elliott Bay Book Company presents: Garrison Keillor END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20080907T143000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5593408-family-science-brian-greene-wa-sea ttle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20080907T130000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:13_667845881@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044013 DESCRIPTION:Columbia physics professor and bestselling author of The Elegan t Universe and The Fabric of the Cosmos\, Brian Greene is internationally a cknowledged for his groundbreaking discoveries in superstring theory and is a popular lecturer for general and technical audiences. Greene returns to Town Hall to talk about his new book for all ages\, Icarus at the Edge of T ime\, a fable about fathers and sons\, curiosity and wisdom\, and the compl exity of the universe. Presented as part of the Seattle Science Lectures\, with University Book Store. SUMMARY:Family Science: Brian Greene END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20080908T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5593409-slavoj-zizek-violence-wa-seattle-f irst-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20080908T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:13_173463751@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044013 DESCRIPTION:Philosopher\, cultural critic\, and agent provocateur Slavoj Zi zek constructs a new framework for looking at the forces of violence in the world. Using history\, philosophy\, books\, movies\, psychiatry\, and joke s\, iek examines the ways we perceive and misperceive violence. For Zizek\, violence takes three formssubjective (crime\, terror)\, objective (racism\ , hate-speech\, discrimination)\, and systemic (the catastrophic effects of economic and political systems). Discussing the inherent violence of globa lization\, capitalism\, fundamentalism\, and language\, iek calls for a for ceful confrontation with the vacuity of today's democracies. Presented by t he Town Hall Center for Civic Life\, with Elliott Bay Book Company. SUMMARY:Slavoj Zizek: 'Violence' END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20080918T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5593416-global-rhythms-the-griots-song-wa- seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20080918T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:13_580892666@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044013 DESCRIPTION:This one-time only event brings together three of Mali's most o utstanding Griots\, or traditional praise singers: Abdoulaye Diabate\, Mama dou Diabate\, and Yacouba Sissoko. Griots trace their lineage to the 13th c entury Mandinke king\, Sundiata\, and have historically had the role of sin ging the praises of royalty and as the oral historians of their exploits. G riots continue their role today as performers with important social and rit ual responsibilities in both West Africa and the African diaspora. Abdoulay e Diabate is a noted singer\, as is Mamadou Diabate\, who like Sissoko\, is also a master of the 21-string kora\, the harp-like instrument that accomp anies the Griots' song. There is a pre-concert talk on the Griot tradition at 7 pm\, free to ticket holders There is a pre-concert talk at 7 pm by Sea ttle musician Kane Mathis\, an expert on the kora and the griot tradition. Sankofa Theatre is a community partner for this concert. SUMMARY:Global Rhythms: The Griot's Song END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20080922T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5593417-dexter-filkins-the-forever-war-wa- seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20080922T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:13_299353128@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044013 DESCRIPTION:New York Times foreign correspondent Dexter Filkins gives his p ersonal account of the rise of the Taliban\, 9/11\, and the war in Iraq. In The Forever War\, he tells stories of face-to-face meetings with insurgent s\, dinners in Iraqi homes\, interviews from the front lines in Afghanistan and Iraq. Filkins provides a visceral understanding of the "War on Terror" and the people who fight it\, report on it\, and live among it. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life\, with Elliott Bay Book Company. SUMMARY:Dexter Filkins: 'The Forever War' END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20081009T220000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5593428-townmusic-20th-century-masters-wa- seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20081009T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:13_832659130@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044013 DESCRIPTION:Joshua Roman returns to Seattle for his second season as music director of Town Hall's chamber music series with a program featuring works from the pantheon of American composers. Roman performs George Crumb's Cel lo Sonata. Clarinetist Bill Kalinkos\, who wowed the Town Hall audience las t season with his performance in Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time\, p erforms Gra for solo clarinet by Elliott Carter. Members of the musically a dventurous band\, New York-based Alarm Will Sound (and others) perform Chin a Gates and Gnarly Buttons by John Adams\, Soliloquy and a movement from th e Cello Sonata by John Corigliano\, and a String Quartet by Philip Glass. A lso on the program is Clapping Music by Steven Reich performed by Roman and Kalinkos. SUMMARY:TownMusic: 20th Century Masters END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20081112T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5593437-ivan-doig-the-eleventh-man-wa-seat tle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20081112T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:13_397204925@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044013 DESCRIPTION:Ivan Doig grew up along the rugged rims of the Rocky Mountains in Montana where much of his writing takes place. His first book\, the high ly acclaimed memoir This House of Sky\, was a finalist for the National Boo k Award. He is also acclaimed for his bestselling fiction including English Creek and The Whistling Season. He comes to Town Hall to read from his lat est novel\, The Eleventh Man\, the story of a close-knit Montana college ch ampionship football team\, all of whose members enlist as the U.S. hits the thick of WWII. Presented by Town Hall\, with University Book Store. SUMMARY:Ivan Doig: 'The Eleventh Man' END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20081114T220000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5593438-global-rhythms-chirgilchin-wa-seat tle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20081114T200000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:13_757754125@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044013 DESCRIPTION:This outstanding ensemble from Tuva\, a region in the Asian par t of Russia\, performs the otherworldly vocal form known as throat singing\ , in which the singers appear to be disembodied from their voices. The grou p of three men and one woman also perform on traditional instruments\, and members include two national song champions and the conductor of the Tuvan national traditional orchestra. SUMMARY:Global Rhythms: Chirgilchin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20081119T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5593441-townmusic-the-biava-quartet-wa-sea ttle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20081119T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:13_93837386@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044013 DESCRIPTION:The Biava Quartet\, founded in 1998 at the Cleveland Institute of Music\, is recognized as one today's most exciting young American quarte ts. In residence at the Juilliard School\, the quartet has performed to acc laim in major concert halls throughout America\, Europe and Asia. Works on the program are Mozarts Quartet in B Flat Minor\, Quartet No. 1 by Leos Jan acek\, Quartet in G minor by Claude Debussy\, and Love Bleeds Radiant by Da n Visconti. SUMMARY:TownMusic: The Biava Quartet END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20081206T200000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5593442-seattle-radio-theatre-live-holiday -radio-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20081206T190000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:13_428062352@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044013 DESCRIPTION:Town Hall and Seattle Radio Theatre present a live one-hour rad io production of The Bishop's Wife\, complete with live music and sound eff ects\, and a cast featuring Northwest favorites. This performance (suitable for the whole family) celebrating the golden age of radio will be broadcas t live on a local radio station. The script is from the Lux Radio Theatre v ersion of the popular 1947 film The Bishop's Wife\, which starred Cary Gran t as an angel\, with David Niven and Loretta Young as a big city bishop and his wife who receive heavenly assistance with their plans to build a big n ew cathedral. Performers include Jim Dever (EVENING Magazine) as the The Bi shop\, Tracey Conway (Almost LIVE!) as his wife\, and Pat Cashman (Almost L IVE!\, The Pat Cashman Show) as Dudley The Angel (portrayed in the film by Cary Grant). SUMMARY:Seattle Radio Theatre: Live Holiday Radio END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20081220T213000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5593443-seattle-baroque-tudor-choir-messia h-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20081220T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:13_517671435@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044013 DESCRIPTION:Seattle Baroque Orchestra led by Ingrid Matthews and the Tudor Choir under the direction of Doug Fullington return for two performances of George Frideric Handels Messiah. Named one of last years ten most memorabl e musical moments by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer\, R.M.Campbell describe d it as "a night of energy and joyous spirit." Soloists are Amanda Jane Kel ley\, soprano\; Jennifer Lane\, mezzo soprano\; Ross Hauck\, tenor\; and Je ffrey Strauss\, baritone. SUMMARY:Seattle Baroque & Tudor Choir: 'Messiah' END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20081221T170000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5593443-seattle-baroque-tudor-choir-messia h-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20081221T150000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:13_441288550@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044013 DESCRIPTION:Seattle Baroque Orchestra led by Ingrid Matthews and the Tudor Choir under the direction of Doug Fullington return for two performances of George Frideric Handels Messiah. Named one of last years ten most memorabl e musical moments by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer\, R.M.Campbell describe d it as "a night of energy and joyous spirit." Soloists are Amanda Jane Kel ley\, soprano\; Jennifer Lane\, mezzo soprano\; Ross Hauck\, tenor\; and Je ffrey Strauss\, baritone. SUMMARY:Seattle Baroque & Tudor Choir: 'Messiah' END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090125T220000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5593444-townmusic-seattle-chamber-players- from-moscow-to-the-silk-road-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle? s=ical DTSTART:20090125T190000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:13_212774052@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044013 DESCRIPTION:The second day of the festival features works by Ramin Heydarbe igy and Alireza Mashayekhi (Iran)\, Artur Avanesov Armenia)\, Elmir Mirzoev (Azerbaijan) and Mahir Cetiz Turkey)\, as well as the Seattle premiere of a new composition by Giya Kancheli (Georgia). SUMMARY:TownMusic: Seattle Chamber Players' 'From Moscow to the Silk Road' END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090131T223000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5593445-global-rhythms-jewish-in-america-w a-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090131T200000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:13_728135729@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044013 DESCRIPTION:Celebrating the Jewish American experience through performance\ , Town Hall presents some of the major voices in contemporary Jewish song a nd music. Featured artists include The Zmiros Project\, with Frank London a nd Lauren Sklamberg\, co-founders of The Klezmatics (the premier Klezmer re vival group in the United States)\, and virtuoso keyboard player and therem in master Rob Schwimmer. They are joined by Joshua Nelson\, an African Amer ican Jew who brings his two traditions together by giving a gospel twist to traditional Jewish melodies\, and a special collaboration of three outstan ding local artists performing a suite of Sephardic songs\; Marcos and Rubin a Carmona (Carmona Flamenco) and Madeleine Sosin\, the evocative singer and violinist of Correo Aereo. SUMMARY:Global Rhythms: Jewish in America END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20081027T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5612233--i-live-here-the-book-with-mia-kir shner-at-town-hall-seattle-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s= ical DTSTART:20081027T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:13_736673473@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044013 DESCRIPTION:Mia Kirshner speaks about her book "I Live Here: the Book" at T own Hall Seattle.Monday\, October 27 at 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall Seattle(Pres ented by the Elliott Bay Book Company.)I Live Here: the Book is a project o f the I Live Here Foundation\, which is dedicated to telling the stories of silenced and marginalized people through a series of books and other media projects. I Live Here: the Book (published by Pantheon) includes stories w ritten in collaboration with displaced women and children in Chechnya\, Bur ma\, Malawi and Mexico. Mia Kirshner's journals guide readers through this unique paper documentary brought vividly to life in collaboration with J.B. MacKinnon\, Paul Shoebridge and Michael Simons\, with featured work by Joe Sacco\, Ann-Marie MacDonald\, Phoebe Gloechner\, Chris Abani and others.Fe atured speaker is actor Mia Kirshner (The L-Word\, The Black Dahlia)$5 tick ets are available at Elliott Bay Book Company or via www.brownpapertickets. com (and 800.838.3006) starting September 20. Town Hall Seattle is located at 1119 Eighth Avenue (at Seneca). For more information on this evening\, p lease call 206.624.6600 and/or see www.elliottbaybook.com. SUMMARY:"I Live Here: The Book" with Mia Kirshner at Town Hall Seattle END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090625T220000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5612408-townmusic-all-premieres-wa-seattle -first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090625T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:13_819397612@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044013 DESCRIPTION:The final concert of the season is built around all new work\, commissioned by Roman and Town Hall for a handpicked ensemble which will fe ature Roman himself on cello\; Bill Kalinkos (Alarm Will Sound\, Citymusic Cleveland\, and Ensemble de Sade) returning on clarinet\; Vancouver-born Yu ki Numata\, a violinist with Miamis acclaimed New World Symphony\; and perc ussionist Jason Treuting\, of SoPercussion\, neitherMusic\, QQQ\, and Alarm Will Sound. SUMMARY:TownMusic: All Premieres END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090625T220000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5612411-townmusic-town-hall-member-season- subscription-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20081009T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:13_602863026@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044013 DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, October 9 at 7:30 pm20th Century American Masters Jo shua Roman returns to Seattle for his second season as music director of To wn Halls chamber music series with a program featuring works from the panth eon of American composers. Roman performs George Crumbs Cello Sonata. Roman and clarinetist Bill Kalinkos\, who wowed the Town Hall audience last seas on with his performance in Messiaens Quartet for the End of Time\, are join ed by an ensemble of adventurous New York-based artists performing works by John Adams\, Elliott Carter\, John Corigliano\, Philip Glass\, and Steve R eich. Wednesday\, November 19 at 7:30 pmThe Biava Quartet Founded in 1998 at the Cleveland Institute of Music\, Biava is recognized as one todays mos t exciting young American quartets. In residence at the Juilliard School\, the quartet has performed to acclaim in major concert halls throughout Amer ica\, Europe and Asia. Works on the program include Mozarts Quartet in B Fl at Major Hunt\, Quartet No. 1 by Leos Janacek\, and Griegs Quartet in G Min or Op. 27.CHOOSE ONE OF THE TWO SEATTLE CHAMBER PLAYERS CONCERTS Saturday\, January 24 at 8 pmSeattle Chamber Players From Moscow to the Silk Road Con cert 1Seattles leading contemporary chamber ensemble returns to Town Hall f or a two-day festival of folk-inspired music by leading contemporary compos ers\, principally of Russia and the Caucasus. The performance includes newl y commissioned works by Ramin Heydarbeigy and Alireza Mashayekhi (Iran)\, A rtur Avanesov (Armenia)\, Elmir Mirzoev (Azerbaijan) and Mahir Cetiz (Turke y)\, as well as the Seattle premiere of a new composition by Giya Kancheli (Georgia). Sunday\, January 25 at 7 pmSeattle Chamber Players From Moscow to the Silk Road Concert 2Dedicated to Russia\, the second day of the festi val includes SCP in performance with two leading Russian ensembles\, the Dm itri Pokrovsky Russian Folk Music Ensemble and the Opus Posth string orches tra\, led by the world-renowned violinist Tatiana Grindenko. The program fe atures works by Vladimir Martynov\, Alexander Raskatov\, and Yevgeniy Sharl at. Thursday\, April 23 at 7:30 pmJoshua Roman in RecitalOver the past two years\, Roman has regularly toured (and recorded) in Japan\, and Town Hall is proud to present him to Seattle audiences with his extraordinary partner s Eri Hayashi\, considered among the countrys finest accompanists\, and His aya Dogin\, a cellist with the prestigious NHK Orchestra. This program of r arely heard works includes Handel's Trio Sonata for two Cellos and Continuo Op 2 No. 8 in G Minor\, Gian Carlo Menotti's Suite for Two Cellos and Pian o\, and others.Thursday\, June 25 at 7:30 pmAll PremieresThe final concert of the season is built around all new work\, commissioned by Roman and Town Hall for a handpicked ensemble which will feature Roman himself on cello\; Bill Kalinkos (Alarm Will Sound\, Citymusic Cleveland\, and Ensemble de Sa de) returning on clarinet\; Vancouver-born Yuki Numata\, a violinist with M iamis acclaimed New World Symphony\; and percussionist Jason Treuting\, of SoPercussion\, neitherMusic\, QQQ\, and Alarm Will Sound. SUMMARY:TownMusic: Town Hall Member Season Subscription END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20081106T213000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5634192-john-hodgman-jonathan-coulton-wa-s eattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20081106T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:13_983865953@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044013 DESCRIPTION:"First he goes on the *Daily Show* and spins it into a successf ul career as America's favorite bespectacled round-face. Then he makes\, li ke\, five hundred commercials for a company most nerds love more than their own boorish\, illiterate parents. Then he starts acting in movies with rea l Hollywood people? Then he finds time to write an *entirely new book?* All this while I'm sitting at home in my underwear hitting "refresh" on politi cal blogs all day? And *I'm* the one who's supposed to blurb *him?* Isn't t hat kind of like a Kia blurbing a Ferrari? But you know what? Ferrari makes a nice car. HODGEMAN WINS AGAIN." **-- David Rees** \n \nTHAT IS ALL. \n \ nBeloved "expertise expert\," the humorist John Hodgman speaks about his ne w book\, More Information Than You Require (Dutton)\, a comprehensive alman ac of madeup "facts" about the past\, the future\, gambling and about elect ions (among other things). He appears regularly on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart as the show's resident expert and also as the PC in the Apple comp uter ads. John Hodgman will be joined by singer/songwriter Jonathan Coulton \, whose projects include "Thing a Week\," in which he released a song a we ek via his Internet podcast. Coulton wrote the theme song for Johns last book tour\, for The Areas of My Expertise. \n \nFor more information on thi s evening\, please call 206.624.6600 and/or visit [The Areas of My Expertis e](http://www.areasofmyexpertise.com/). SUMMARY:John Hodgman & Jonathan Coulton END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20081104T220000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5634216-election-night-special-wa-seattle- first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20081104T173000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:13_841392258@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044013 DESCRIPTION:Why spend election night alone when you can spend it with frien ds and fellow political junkies at Town Hall? Our first free Election Night Special begins at 5:30 pm\, when CR Douglas moderates a left/right/center panel featuring Democratic political consultant Cathy Allen\, KVI host John Carlson and Seattle Times political reporter Joni Balter\, here to analyze the national and local races. At 6:30 pm\, we'll cut to a returns viewing party emceed by Fred Northup\, sprinkled with political trivia and prizes. You can also step into the Seattle Channel's "Election Confessional" to tal k about the issues that motivated your vote this election season. Presented by Town Hall Center for Civic Life and Seattle Channel. SUMMARY:Election Night Special END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20081120T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5634281-michael-medved-10-big-lies-about-a merica-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20081120T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:13_985304949@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044013 DESCRIPTION:Local conservative pundit Michael Medved takes aim at what he i dentifies as "widely believed disinformation" in The 10 Big Lies About Amer ica. Appearing in conversation Enrique Cerna of KCTS 9 Connects\, Medved co nsiders the veracity of the following statements: the founders intended a s ecular\, not Christian\, nation\; America was founded on genocide against N ative Americans\; America is an imperialist nation and a constant threat to world peace\; and that the rise of big business hurts the country and oppr esses the people. Medved is the host of a popular\, nationally syndicated t alk-radio show\, film reviewer\, and best-selling author. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life\, with 770 KTTH and Elliott Bay Book Compan y. SUMMARY:Michael Medved: '10 Big Lies About America' END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20081124T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5634282-financial-crisis-perspectives-from -the-uw-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20081124T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:13_579779926@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044013 DESCRIPTION:Most of us are still having trouble understanding what has gone wrong with the worlds economic system\, even as we face difficult and pers onal decisions about how to navigate the crisis\, and evaluate the proposed solutions. The University of Washington has organized an interdisciplinary panel of experts to discuss the fast changing economic landscape\, includi ng Professors Lew Mandell\, David Domke\, Jonathan Karpoff\, and Mark Smith . From the perspectives of finance and politics\, the panelists discuss ho w and why it occurred\, how it might be influenced by the presidential elec tions\, and steps we should take to protect our own pocketbooks and get the economy back on track. KUOWs Steve Scher moderates. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life and the University of Washington. SUMMARY:Financial Crisis: Perspectives from the UW END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090320T213000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5641931--my-avatar-wa-seattle-first-hill-9 8101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090320T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:13_938016890@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044013 DESCRIPTION:Thanks to virtual worlds\, identity is more mutable than ever. Technology allows us to create simulacra of ourselves\, but then our new se lves take on a life of their own. So a 10th-grade math nerd transplants her brain into the body of a seductive super-assassin in heels. Or an FBI agen t with male-pattern baldness appears online as a 13-year-old school girl\, luring the pedophile who is posing as a teen-age boy. Stories converge in t he virtual world now where newly minted identities are fuzzed\, dolled-up\, altered\, masked\, dangerously and comically mobile.The Hugo Literary Seri es concludes with **"My Avatar"** on **Friday\, March 20\, 7:30 p.m. at Tow n Hall Seattle**\, featuring new writing from performance artist **Christa Bell**\, memoirist **Jennifer Finney Boylan** and novelist **Vikram Chandra ** with new songs by country rockers **The Maldives**.Individual tickets fo r "My Avatar" include admission to the Saturday programming\, a panel curat ed by Christa Bell. Classes with Jennifer Finney Boylan and Vikram Chandra are not included with the cost of the ticket\; a separate registration and fee are required. To register\, call (206) 322-7030For more information abo ut the Hugo Literary Series\, complete line-ups and artist bios\, visit www .hugohouse.org. SUMMARY:"My Avatar" END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090327T220000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5656113-global-rhythms-lo-cor-de-la-plana- wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090327T200000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:13_887215889@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044013 DESCRIPTION:Making their West Coast debut\, Lo Cor de la Plana is one of th e hottest new groups in world performance touring. This six-man vocal ensem ble from France sings their tight\, high-energy vocals in the disappearing language of Occitan\, the language of Medieval troubadours\, accompanied on ly by the performer's stomping feet\, clapping hands\, tambourines and hand drums. Lo Cor de la Plana is based in the city of Marseille and its polyph onic sound reflects that port city's eclectic culture with hints of Eastern European\, Arab and African music\, as well as Gregorian chant. Rich overl apping harmonies\, unexpected sonorities and an unfettered approach to perf ormance make for transcendent vocalizing with appeal across all cultural bo undaries. SUMMARY:Global Rhythms: Lo Cor De La Plana END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20081123T163000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5661967-islam-and-world-peace-wa-seattle-f irst-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20081123T143000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:13_839615403@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044013 DESCRIPTION:The root cause of many of the Geopolitical and social problems we face today are a result of a lack of leadership within the religious com munities. Many believe\, that this lack of leadership is more prevalent in Islam today\, than it ever has been in it's rich 1400 plus year history. Co me and learn about how through strong leadership we can achieve World Peace that we all desperately and seek and pray for!RSVP:425-778-1861 | info@ami seattle.org SUMMARY:Islam and World Peace END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090319T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5663018-dr-john-gottman-making-marriage-wo rk-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090319T190000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:13_174978793@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044013 DESCRIPTION:Is your marriage sizzling or fizzling? Dr. John Gottman\, found er of the Gottman Institute for Marriage Research\, knows what makes marria ges succeed or fail. His lively\, entertaining talks offer tools for taking your marriage to the next level and may provide at least one aha moment! A sure-fire sell-out\; get your tickets without delay.Dr. John Gottman's 30 years of breakthrough research on marriage and parenting has earned him num erous major awards. He is the author or co-author of 40 books\, including t he New York Times bestseller "The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work " and "Why Marriages Succeed or Fail and How You Can Make Yours Last". SUMMARY:Dr. John Gottman\, "Making Marriage Work" END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090506T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5663038-dr-wendy-mogel-the-blessing-of-a-s kinned-knee-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090506T190000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:13_910256595@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044013 DESCRIPTION:Are you an over-protective parent? You might be surprised\, on ce you've heard the wisdom of this nationally known psychologist and bestse lling author. Find out how to strike the balance between hovering and helpi ng to build self-reliance.Dr. Wendy Mogel is a clinical psychologist\, pare nt educator\, school consultant and author. Her New York Times bestseller " The Blessing of a Skinned Knee" is in its twelfth printing. SUMMARY:Dr. Wendy Mogel\, "The Blessing of a Skinned Knee" END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090215T160000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5671804-global-rhythms-accordi-o-rama-ii-w a-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090215T140000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:13_9112099@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044013 DESCRIPTION:Accordi-O-Rama II: Another Squeezebox Spectacular\, the sequel to last year's smash success\, features accordionists from several cultural perspectives. Featured artists include: Andy Gonzalez and Conjunto with Te x-Mex polka music\; Milen Slavov and Zhivka Papencheva with rollicking Bulg arian wedding music and song\; a new work from contemporary musician Rob Wi tmer of the band Awesome!\; Argentine bandoneon virtuoso Daniel Diaz\; Finn ish accordionists Pekka Pentikainen and Perttu Paapanen\; and the sound of the Indian harmonium played by Mausum who accompanies the North Indian sing er Srivani Jade. Presented with Northwest Folklife.Advance tickets are $12/ $10 Town Hall members\, seniors and students at www.brownpapertickets.com o r 800/838-3006. $15/$13 at the door. SUMMARY:Global Rhythms: Accordi-O-Rama II END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090117T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5676937-malcolm-gladwell-outliers-wa-seatt le-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090117T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:13_620141312@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044013 DESCRIPTION:With his beguiling blend of storytelling and academic social sc ience\, Malcolm Gladwell (Tipping Point\, Blink) is back with Outliers\, an examination of why some people are so accomplished\, while so many more ne ver reach their potential. Gladwell asserts that environmental factors such as the role of culture\, work ethic\, and accidental opportunity are as im portant as intellect and talent in shaping the lives of extraordinary men a nd women. Presented with Elliott Bay Book Company. SUMMARY:Malcolm Gladwell: 'Outliers' END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090202T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5682463-science-mario-livio-is-god-a-mathe matician-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090202T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:13_351244961@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044013 DESCRIPTION:Author of the best selling The Golden Ratio\, internationally k nown astrophysicist Mario Livio examines the power of mathematics to explai n the both physical universe (cosmology) and human behavior (cognitive scie nces) in his latest book Is God a Mathematician? Livio also takes on the qu estion of whether mathematics is a creation of the human mind or a virtual world awaiting discovery\, just as astronomers discover previously unknown galaxies. Presented as part of the Seattle Science Lectures\, with Pacific Science Center and Elliott Bay Book Company. SUMMARY:Science: Mario Livio: 'Is God a Mathematician?' END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090120T120000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5687617-inauguration-day-viewing-party-wa- seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090120T090000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:13_762959140@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044013 DESCRIPTION:The historic nature of Barack Obama's presidency and his orator ical ability all but guarantee his inauguration will be one for the ages. I f you weren't among the lucky 250\,000 Americans to score a ticket\, join u s at Town Hall and watch the historic event on a big screen in the company of friends\, neighbors\, and the community. We'll open the doors at 8:30 am (coffee\, tea and pastries available for purchase)\, and just like our Ele ction Night event\, its free! Presented by Town Hall Center for Civic Life. SUMMARY:Inauguration Day Viewing Party END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090110T213000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5696599-kbcs-presents-robin-and-linda-will iams-their-fine-group-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090110T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:13_73212074@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044013 DESCRIPTION:Performing a blend of bluegrass\, folk\, old-time\, and acousti c country music\, instrumentalist and singer-songwriters Robin and Linda Wi lliams appear with Their Fine Group. They debuted on A Prairie Home Compani on in 1975\, and as half of The Hopeful Gospel Quartet\, they have collabor ated on several CDs with Garrison Keillor and were featured in the 2006 Rob ert Altman film A Prairie Home Companion. SUMMARY:KBCS Presents: Robin and Linda Williams & Their Fine Group END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090120T220000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5700682-from-odetta-to-obama-celebrating-a -changing-america-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090120T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:13_691421400@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044013 DESCRIPTION:On the historic occasion of the inauguration day of Barack Obam a\, and as a tribute to the life and career of Odetta\, the famed American folk singer whose passionate performances reflected the yearning for a new American dream\, Town Hall presents a special gala concert featuring the ex traordinary voice of jazz legend Ernestine Anderson. Hosting the evening is performer/disc jockey\, KEXPs Riz Rollins (DJ Riz). Joining them are blues singer Chic Street Man\, performers from Seattle Operas Young Artist Progr am (Odetta was a trained opera singer)\, traditional Negro Spirituals from Sound of the Northwest\, and the joyful gospel vocals of the Imani Fellowsh ip Choir. The evening will begin with a big screen rebroadcast of Obamas i nauguration speech at 6:30 pm. Doors open at 6 pm. SUMMARY:From Odetta to Obama: Celebrating a Changing America END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090217T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5701884-walter-williams-byron-jones-obama- and-the-bush-legacy-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090217T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:13_37188588@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044013 DESCRIPTION:Walter Williams\, professor\, and Byron Jones\, professor emeri tus at the UW's Center for American Politics and Public Policy\, give a tal k entitled "Barack Obama and the Challenge of the Bush Legacy." Economists generally hold that market forces\, not a president's policies and concept of governance\, are the main influences of this countrys economy. Williams and Jones argue that the factors that have brought down the economy this ti me are the direct result of policies vigorously pursued by Bush (income tax cuts and deregulation) and a dysfunctional approach to governing. Presente d by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life\, with University Book Store. SUMMARY:Walter Williams/Byron Jones: Obama and the Bush Legacy END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090205T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5701991-film-screening-access-denied-wa-se attle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090205T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:13_32030543@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044013 DESCRIPTION:Produced by Emmy-winning producers/directors Jon Alpert and Mat t O'Neill\, Access Denied? The Fight for Corporate Accountability is a new documentary from the nonprofit group Alliance for Justice. The film tells t he story of Diana Levine\, a Vermont musician who lost her arm due to impro per drug labeling\, and the bigger story of the legal issues of federal pre -emptionthe presumption that if a medical drug or device has FDA oversight and approval\, it precludes a personal from filing in state court for damag es. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life and Alliance for Justi ce. SUMMARY:Film Screening: 'Access Denied?' END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090219T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5703114-pratap-chatterjee-halliburtons-war -wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090219T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:13_911334432@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044013 DESCRIPTION:Investigative journalist and author Pratap Chatterjee (Corpwatc h\, Iraq Inc.) delves into the nebulous world of the Houston-based Hallibur ton Corporation\, tracing its roots and path into the center of Washington power politics. Chatterjee's new book\, Halliburton's Army: The Long\, Stra nge Tale of a Private\, Profitable\, and Out-of-Control Texas Oil Company\, marshals extensive evidence pointing to a disturbing record of corruption\ , political manipulation\, and human rights abuses. Presented by the Town H all Center for Civic Life\, with Elliott Bay Book Company. SUMMARY:Pratap Chatterjee: 'Halliburton's War' END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090225T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5703116-knute-berger-timothy-egan-pugetopo lis-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090225T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:13_178445896@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044013 DESCRIPTION:Veteran journalist and third-generation Seattleite Knute Berger thinks Seattle is turning into the civic equivalent of a Starbucks' Frappu cino. Holding forth as "Mossback" over the years on the pages of Seattle We ekly\, Seattle Magazine\, and on Crosscut.com and KUOW\, Berger's contraria n and libertarian view of life in Seattle have been compiled into a new boo k\, Pugetopolis: A Mossback Takes on Growth Addicts\, Weather Wimps\, and t he Myth of Seattle Nice. He appears with his friend\, award-winning journal ist and author Timothy Egan (The Worst Hard Time)\, to argue about whether the results of our pretensions of being a "world class city" end up leaving things worse than we found them. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civ ic Life\, with Sasquatch Books\, and Crosscut.com. Downstairs at Town Hall\ , enter on Seneca Street. SUMMARY:Knute Berger & Timothy Egan: 'Pugetopolis' END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090305T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5703117-peter-singer-the-life-you-can-save -wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090305T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:13_939707497@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044013 DESCRIPTION:What is an ordinary American's obligation to the worlds poor? P eter Singer\, philosopher Princeton University bioethics professor\, argues that for the first time in history\, we're in a position to end extreme po verty throughout the world. In The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End Wor ld Poverty. Singer famous for compelling people to re-consider and even cha nge long-held beliefs (Animal Liberation)\, offers unconventional thoughts about what an individual can do to end global povertyexplaining how much to give\, how to give it\, and to which organizations. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life\, with University Book Store. SUMMARY:Peter Singer: 'The Life You Can Save' END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090510T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5703118-ian-bremmer-the-fat-tail-wa-seattl e-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090310T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:13_172582142@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044013 DESCRIPTION:In recent years\, investors have learned that in the internatio nal economy\, politics often matter at least as much as economic fundamenta ls. Ian Bemmer (with co-author Preston Keat) provides a striking analysis o f risk management in the turbulent world of global economics in The Fat Tai l: The Power of Political Knowledge For Strategic Investing. While the worl d remains extremely risky for businesses\, Bremmer shows how political risk s can be identified and managed. Bremmer is the president of the worlds lar gest risk consultancy and author of the best-selling The J-Curve. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life\, with University Book Store. SUMMARY:Ian Bremmer: 'The Fat Tail' END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090323T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5703123-george-akerlof-animal-spirits-wa-s eattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090323T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:13_675330008@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044013 DESCRIPTION:The term "animal spirits" was coined by John Maynard Keynes in describing the gloom and despondence leading to the Great Depression. Accla imed economist George Akerlof (with Robert Shiller) details the pervasive o f confidence\, fear\, bad faith\, corruption\, a concern for fairness\, and the stories we tell ourselves out our economic fortunes on the performance of the macro economy. In Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the E conomy\, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism\, Akerlof shows how Reago nomics\, Thatcherism\, and the rational expectations revolution failed to a ccount for human psychology\, and asserts the necessity of an active govern ment role in economics. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life\, with Elliott Bay Book Company. SUMMARY:George Akerlof: Animal Spirits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090223T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5703126-science-neil-degrasse-tyson-the-pl uto-files-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090223T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_758335429@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:In August 2006\, when the International Astronomical Union vote d Pluto out of planet hood a firestorm ensued. Astrophysicist and Hayden Pl anetarium director Neil deGrasse Tyson takes a lighthearted look at why Plu to is so entrenched in Americas cultural and patriotic view of the cosmos i n _The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet_. Tyson is the bestselling author of _Death by Black Hole and Other Cosmic Quandari es_ and has hosted several PBS 'NOVA' programs. Presented as part of the Se attle Science Lectures\, with Pacific Science Center\, and Elliott Bay Book Company.Tickets are $5 at www.brownpapertickets.com or 800/838-3006\, and at the door beginning at 6:30 pm. Town Hall members receive priority seatin g. SUMMARY:Science: Neil deGrasse Tyson: 'The Pluto Files' END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090302T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5705691-science-dave-montgomery-dirt-the-e rosion-of-civilizations-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ica l DTSTART:20090302T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_160032860@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:David Montgomery is a MacArthur "Genius Award Winner and Univer sity of Washington professor of geomorphology whose research has made funda mental contributions to the understanding of how soils and rivers have shap ed civilizations\, past and present. His new book\, Dirt: The Erosion of Ci vilizations\, a compelling mix of history\, archaeology\, and geology\, mak es a persuasive argument that soil is humanity's most essential natural res ource. Presented as part of the Seattle Science Lectures\, with Pacific Sci ence Center and University Book Store. SUMMARY:Science: Dave Montgomery: 'Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations' END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090321T213000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5720271-norooz-2009-celebration-of-the-per sian-new-year-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090321T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_256125@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Seattle-based Iranian music ensemble\, Kamand\, joins guest art ist from Vancouver B.C. to celebrate Norooz\, the Iranian New Year and firs t day of Spring. In Iran\, Norooz is celebrated by cleaning the home\, gath ering with family and friends\, making peace in relationships\, and startin g fresh with music and dancing.Please join us for this special evening in h onor of our human connections and the joy of spring renewal.ABOUT THE ARTIS TSKamand is Seattle's only traditional Iranian music ensemble. Their reper toire ranges from regional folk music to classical compositions. Since 2003 \, Kamand has been invited to contribute their music to diverse community e vents\, including the Northwest Folklife Festival\, the Portland Iranian Fe stival\, numerous benefits\, educational programs in School K-12. Kamand de dicates every performance to increasing multicultural awareness and buildin g relationships of respect and appreciation within the community.Special gu ests Hosts will include:David McGrath\, ZornaDavid has been studying Arabic nay and zurna for about 9 yrs\, playing w/ many other Middle Eastern music ians and groups. His primary ensemble is House of Tarab\, performing tradit ional Arabic music. houseoftarab.com David performs regularly in the NW.Mus ician from Vancouver B.C.Karavans Dance Troupe\, Directed by Mish Mish\, ww w.karavansdancetroupe.comDelshodeh Dance Ensemble\, Directed by Heather Ras tovac and Sonja Hinz www.delshodeh.com SUMMARY:NOROOZ! 2009 -- Celebration of the Persian New Year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090319T203000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5720381-the-spirit-of-john-muir-wa-seattle -first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090319T180000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_354731329@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:This show is a fun romp through some of the very best of Muir's grand\, thrilling adventures in his beloved western wilderness. "The Peril ous Night on Mount Shasta"\, - with Muir freezing in the midst of a howling blizzard while simultaneously being boiled and blistered in hot springs -h is astonishing ride down a Yosemite Valley canyon wall on a snow avalanche\ , and climbing the 500' wall of the winter ice cone beneath the Yosemite Fa ll are only a few of the amazing - and true - adventures. They also include Muir's encounters with a mighty Yosemite earthquake\, his climb up Mount R ainier\, dangerous Alaskan ice crevasses\, snow blindness\, and much more - all liberally salted with Muir's wilderness philosophy. This show's theme revolves around the health and invigoration one acquires when one fully and joyfully engages wildness. SUMMARY:The Spirit of John Muir END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090222T180000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5743026-short-stories-live-damon-runyon-wa -seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090222T160000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_525755422@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Damon Runyon's humorous and distinctive voice celebrates the wo rld of Broadway in New York City during the Prohibition era. His characters gamblers\, hustlers\, actors\, and gangsterswere the inspiration for the Br oadway classic\, Guys and Dolls. Larry Paulson\, Todd Licea\, Peter Dylan O 'Conner\, and Patti Cohenour read "This Is the Way Old "Casey" Ran\," "The Life of Babe Ruth\," "The Brain Goes Home\," "Bloodhounds of Broadway\," an d "Earthquake." Presented with ACT Theatre\, Larry Paulsen directs and host s. SUMMARY:Short Stories Live: Damon Runyon END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090226T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5743027-aaron-glantz-war-vets-comes-home-w a-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090226T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_249426738@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Independent journalist and author of How America Lost Iraq\, Aa ron Glantz returns to Town Hall with his new book\, The War Comes Home: Was hington's Battle Against America's Veterans. Based on interviews with more than one hundred recent war veterans\, Glantz documents how the U.S. govern ment is neglecting its soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Presen ted by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life\, with Elliott Bay Book Company and Iraq Veterans Against the War. Downstairs at Town Hall\, enter on Senec a Street. SUMMARY:Aaron Glantz: War Vets Comes Home END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090505T120000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5745977-northwest-leadership-summit-econom ic-success-in-times-of-change-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle ?s=ical DTSTART:20090505T080000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_456437573@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:THE 2009 NORTHWEST LEADERSHIP SUMMIT:Economic Success in Times of ChangeTuesday\, May 5\, 8:00 am - 12:00 pmTown Hall SeattlePeter Senge\, recently named by the Wall Street Journal as one of the Top 20 most influe ntial business thinkers and author of The Fifth Discipline\, and a panel of Pacific Northwest executives will discuss how companies around the world a re boldly leading the change from business as usual tactics toward transfor mative strategies that areessential for creating a flourishing economy and sustainable world. Panelists include: Jim Sinegal\, Co-founder and CEO\,Cos tco WholesaleDean Allen\, President and CEO\, McKinstry CompanyJulie Larson -Green\, Corporate Vice President\, Microsoft CorporationFrank Blethen\, Pr esident and CEO\, The Seattle TimesPat Shanahan\, Vice President and GM\, B CA\, The Boeing CompanyPresented by Seattle Universitys Albers School of Bu siness and Economics Center for Leadership Formation. Sponsored by Washingt on Dental Service\, with additional support from The Boeing Company\, Costc o Wholesale\, McKinstry Company\, Physio-Control\, Safeco\,Weyerhaeuser Com pany and ZymoGenetics SUMMARY:Northwest Leadership Summit: Economic Success in Times of Change END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090311T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5747900-vince-warren-100-days-campaign-wa- seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090311T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_250885220@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:The Center for Constitutional Rights\, a non-profit legal advoc acy organization born out of the Civil Rights movement in 1966\, has provid ed legal assistance to the people imprisoned in the Guantanamo Bay detainme nt camp. Its Executive Director\, Vince Warren\, describes the organization 's "100 Days Campaign\," which calls for ending torture\, rendition\, and i llegal detention\; limiting state secrets privilege\, reining in presidenti al power\, stopping warrentless wiretapping. He will lay out the steps cont ained in the Campaign and evaluate the actions taken so far by the new Obam a administration. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life.Tickets are $5 at www.brownpapertickets.com or 800/838-3006\, and at the door begin ning at 6:30 pm. Town Hall members receive priority seating. Downstairs at Town Hall\, enter on Seneca. SUMMARY:Vince Warren: '100 Days Campaign' END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090316T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5747901-science-alan-boss-the-crowded-univ erse-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090316T190000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_698820502@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:One of the world's leading authorities on the formation of star s and planets\, renowned astronomer Alan Boss argues that life is not only possible elsewhere in the universe\, it is common. In The Crowded Universe: The Search for Living Planets\, Boss describes radical new ideas about pla netary formation that make earth-like planets not only likely\, but common. In fact\, he contends that America must stay in the space race or risk bei ng left out of one of the most profoundly important discovers of all time: the first confirmed finding of alien life. Presented as part of the Seattle Science Lectures\, with Pacific Science Center and University Book Store. SUMMARY:Science: Alan Boss: 'The Crowded Universe' END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090317T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5747902-stanley-greenberg-dispatches-from- the-war-room-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090317T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_253278361@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Political pollster Stanley Green recounts his experiences worki ng for five world leaders during their campaigns and governance. In Dispatc hes from the War Room\, he recounts his experiences beginning with a candid look at his first major campaignBill Clinton's 1992 successful run for the presidency. Greenberg went on to work for Nelson Mandela's presidential ru n\, for Tony Blain as he unveiled "New Labour\," and Ehud Barak's attempts at peacemaking. His experiences have resulted in an astute assessment of wh y some politicians succeed\, while other fail to bring their governing visi on to fruition. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life\, with Ell iott Bay Book Company. SUMMARY:Stanley Greenberg: 'Dispatches from the War Room' END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090330T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5747904-science-andrew-nikiforuk-tar-sands -wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090330T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_227367103@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Canada is the largest single exporter of oil to the United Stat es thanks to its recent development of Northern Alberta's vast stores of bi tumena.k.a "tar sands." Andrew Nikiforuk\, a well-known Canadian journalist \, believes that the Alberta tar-sands development may well be one of the w orst environmental tragedies the world has never heard of. In Tar Sands: Di rty Oil and the Futures of a Continent\, Nikiforuk describes the environmen tal degradation and social ills resulting from the pursuit of bitumen and e xamines the effect of petrodollars on democracy. Presented as part of the S eattle Science Lectures\, with Pacific Science Center and University Book S tore. SUMMARY:Science: Andrew Nikiforuk: 'Tar Sands' END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090411T120000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5747907-saturday-family-concerts-queen-har ish-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090411T110000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_127170159@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Queen Harish is the alter ego created by Rajasthani Indian danc er Harish Kumar. As a man performing as an Indian woman\, he can to do ever ything an Indian woman cannot do in her dance\, such as looking the public directly in the eye. He made his first major public performance at the age of twelve as Lord Krishna. When Queen Harish performs he creates a whirling stir of emotion and audience participation. He has toured as a guest dance r with Musafir and Maharaja and was featured in the award-winning documenta ry\, Gypsy Caravan. SUMMARY:Saturday Family Concerts: Queen Harish END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090411T140000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5747907-saturday-family-concerts-queen-har ish-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090411T130000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_566108545@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Queen Harish is the alter ego created by Rajasthani Indian danc er Harish Kumar. As a man performing as an Indian woman\, he can to do ever ything an Indian woman cannot do in her dance\, such as looking the public directly in the eye. He made his first major public performance at the age of twelve as Lord Krishna. When Queen Harish performs he creates a whirling stir of emotion and audience participation. He has toured as a guest dance r with Musafir and Maharaja and was featured in the award-winning documenta ry\, Gypsy Caravan. SUMMARY:Saturday Family Concerts: Queen Harish END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090528T193000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5769657-the-concert-for-point-hope-with-fi ve-for-fightings-john-ondrasik-and-india-arie-hosted-by-delilah-presented-b y-warm-106-9-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090528T183000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_407619788@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Delilah\, America's most popular female radio personality\, wil l host an extraordinary evening of music and entertainment featuring Grammy award-winning and multi-platinum recording artists John Ondrasik of Five F or Fighting and neo-soul sensation India.Arie for a benefit concert at Seat tle's Town Hall on Thursday\, May 28. The evening is presented by Warm 106. 9.Tickets are on sale now through brownpapertickets.com or by calling 1-800 -838-3006. General admission tickets for the concert are $30. There are a l imited number of VIP tickets for preferred seating and a special pre-concer t reception held from 6:30 to 7:30. VIP tickets are $100 which includes the private reception catered by Seattle's acclaimed Gourmondo\, and a meet an d mingle with artists and Delilah. All VIP guests will receive gift bags in cluding an autographed copy of Delilah's best-selling book\, Love Matters\, Five For Fighting's newest CD and India.Arie's Testimony: Vol. 2\, Love & Politics. Appetizers\, beer and wine will be served. For general admission\ , concert doors open at 7:15 at Seneca Street and 8th Avenue. Concert begin s at 8PM. During the show a brief Point Hope video will be presented along with an opportunity to make a donation.The Concert to Benefit Point Hope wi ll raise funds for Delilah's Point Hope Foundation (pointhope.org)\, a char ity endeavoring to be the voice of forgotten children around the world. The event's musical theme will highlight Point Hope's four-year effort of comp assionate relief and development in the refugee camp of Buduburam in Ghana\ , West Africa\, where thousands of displaced orphans from neighboring Liber ia struggle to survive amidst the squalor of poverty\, disease and malnutri tion. Donations raised from the concert will help underwrite programs for t housands of orphans to receive nourishing food and clean drinking water\, l ife-changing surgeries\, general medical and dental care\, primary educatio n and occupational training."It's a privilege to lend my support to Delilah 's work with children\," Ondrasik said of the upcoming concert. "She practi ces what she preaches on the radio\, which inspires how many million listen ers every night? I believe in what shes doing\; what she stands for. What b etter way to join with her than through the celebration of music."As the ch art-topping singer-songwriter behind Five For Fighting\, John Ondrasik is n o stranger to star-studded charity events. John joined superstar musicians for the now legendary post 9/11 fundraiser The Concert For New York\, which paid tribute to all the firefighters\, police officers and paramedics affe cted by the events of September 11th. He later recorded the Platinum-certif ied album\, The Battle For Everything\, which yielded the retrospective hit \, 100 Years\, a song that has become a part of classic American songbook. With the 2006 release of Two Lights\, featuring World\," the hit song The R iddle\," and "Freedom Never Cries\," John continues to craft songs with mat erial drawn from his personal experience in regards to love\, war\, culture \, family\, humanity and mortality. In the fall of 2007\, Ondrasik released the critically acclaimed Five For Fighting CD titled "Live"\, and the DVD\ , "Back Country Live." He is currently working on the next Five For Fightin g album\, due out this summer.Joining John and Delilah for this extraordina ry event\, India.Arie has often stood with her peers in the top echelon of entertainment as an activist for global health and human dignity. As a U.S. Ambassador for UNICEF\, she traveled to Africa several times to address th e AIDS crisis\, and filmed the VH1 documentary Tracking the Monster: Ashley Judd & India.Arie Confront Aids in Africa. I Am Not My Hair was central to Lifetime Television's recent Stop Breast Cancer for Life public awareness campaign\; Beautiful Flower was used for fundraising for the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa\; She Is was created for the d ocumentary on Ellen Johnson Sirleaf entitled Iron Ladies of Liberia\; and W hat About the Child has been used in conjunction with various UNICEF events .India first made waves in 2001 with her debut release on Motown Records\, Acoustic Soul. The album produced several blockbuster singles including "Vi deo" and "Brown Skin." India also garnered several Grammy nominations from the album. More importantly\, she has become the new face of the neo-soul g enre\, garnering comparisons to artists like Jill Scott and Macy Gray for h er conscious lyrics and vibrant\, organic sound."My mission statement and p urpose in life is to spread love\, healing\, and peace through the power of words and music. That is my prayer"\, said Arie of the concert. "As I res earched Delilah's project\, I am so honored to be a part of something that will touch the lives of others. Thank you for inviting me to be a part of this special evening." SUMMARY:The Concert For Point Hope--with Five For Fighting's John Ondrasik and India.Arie\, hosted by Delilah. Presented by Warm 106.9 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090528T223000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5769657-the-concert-for-point-hope-with-fi ve-for-fightings-john-ondrasik-and-india-arie-hosted-by-delilah-presented-b y-warm-106-9-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090528T200000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_579573125@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Delilah\, America's most popular female radio personality\, wil l host an extraordinary evening of music and entertainment featuring Grammy award-winning and multi-platinum recording artists John Ondrasik of Five F or Fighting and neo-soul sensation India.Arie for a benefit concert at Seat tle's Town Hall on Thursday\, May 28. The evening is presented by Warm 106. 9.Tickets are on sale now through brownpapertickets.com or by calling 1-800 -838-3006. General admission tickets for the concert are $30. There are a l imited number of VIP tickets for preferred seating and a special pre-concer t reception held from 6:30 to 7:30. VIP tickets are $100 which includes the private reception catered by Seattle's acclaimed Gourmondo\, and a meet an d mingle with artists and Delilah. All VIP guests will receive gift bags in cluding an autographed copy of Delilah's best-selling book\, Love Matters\, Five For Fighting's newest CD and India.Arie's Testimony: Vol. 2\, Love & Politics. Appetizers\, beer and wine will be served. For general admission\ , concert doors open at 7:15 at Seneca Street and 8th Avenue. Concert begin s at 8PM. During the show a brief Point Hope video will be presented along with an opportunity to make a donation.The Concert to Benefit Point Hope wi ll raise funds for Delilah's Point Hope Foundation (pointhope.org)\, a char ity endeavoring to be the voice of forgotten children around the world. The event's musical theme will highlight Point Hope's four-year effort of comp assionate relief and development in the refugee camp of Buduburam in Ghana\ , West Africa\, where thousands of displaced orphans from neighboring Liber ia struggle to survive amidst the squalor of poverty\, disease and malnutri tion. Donations raised from the concert will help underwrite programs for t housands of orphans to receive nourishing food and clean drinking water\, l ife-changing surgeries\, general medical and dental care\, primary educatio n and occupational training."It's a privilege to lend my support to Delilah 's work with children\," Ondrasik said of the upcoming concert. "She practi ces what she preaches on the radio\, which inspires how many million listen ers every night? I believe in what shes doing\; what she stands for. What b etter way to join with her than through the celebration of music."As the ch art-topping singer-songwriter behind Five For Fighting\, John Ondrasik is n o stranger to star-studded charity events. John joined superstar musicians for the now legendary post 9/11 fundraiser The Concert For New York\, which paid tribute to all the firefighters\, police officers and paramedics affe cted by the events of September 11th. He later recorded the Platinum-certif ied album\, The Battle For Everything\, which yielded the retrospective hit \, 100 Years\, a song that has become a part of classic American songbook. With the 2006 release of Two Lights\, featuring World\," the hit song The R iddle\," and "Freedom Never Cries\," John continues to craft songs with mat erial drawn from his personal experience in regards to love\, war\, culture \, family\, humanity and mortality. In the fall of 2007\, Ondrasik released the critically acclaimed Five For Fighting CD titled "Live"\, and the DVD\ , "Back Country Live." He is currently working on the next Five For Fightin g album\, due out this summer.Joining John and Delilah for this extraordina ry event\, India.Arie has often stood with her peers in the top echelon of entertainment as an activist for global health and human dignity. As a U.S. Ambassador for UNICEF\, she traveled to Africa several times to address th e AIDS crisis\, and filmed the VH1 documentary Tracking the Monster: Ashley Judd & India.Arie Confront Aids in Africa. I Am Not My Hair was central to Lifetime Television's recent Stop Breast Cancer for Life public awareness campaign\; Beautiful Flower was used for fundraising for the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa\; She Is was created for the d ocumentary on Ellen Johnson Sirleaf entitled Iron Ladies of Liberia\; and W hat About the Child has been used in conjunction with various UNICEF events .India first made waves in 2001 with her debut release on Motown Records\, Acoustic Soul. The album produced several blockbuster singles including "Vi deo" and "Brown Skin." India also garnered several Grammy nominations from the album. More importantly\, she has become the new face of the neo-soul g enre\, garnering comparisons to artists like Jill Scott and Macy Gray for h er conscious lyrics and vibrant\, organic sound."My mission statement and p urpose in life is to spread love\, healing\, and peace through the power of words and music. That is my prayer"\, said Arie of the concert. "As I res earched Delilah's project\, I am so honored to be a part of something that will touch the lives of others. Thank you for inviting me to be a part of this special evening." SUMMARY:The Concert For Point Hope--with Five For Fighting's John Ondrasik and India.Arie\, hosted by Delilah. Presented by Warm 106.9 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090402T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5769673-future-of-health-jeffrey-masson-th e-truth-about-food-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090402T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_148463111@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Our eating choices used to be so simple: cafeteria fare\, or a lunch from home? But now\, with organic\, vegan\, free-range\, and locally grown options everywhere we shop and dine\, there are more decisions than e ver. And Jeffrey Masson\, author of The Face on Your Plate and the earlier best-seller When Elephants Weep\, says we need to be conscious of every bit e we take\, because our eating choices affect not only our moral selves and our health\, but our planet as well. After 20 years of research and consid eration of the emotional lives of animals\, Masson has determined that a pl ant-based vegetarian\, or vegan\, diet is the most ethical and mindful. Pre sented as part of the Future of Health Lectures\, with Bastyr University\, PCC Natural Food Market\, and University Book Store. SUMMARY:Future of Health: Jeffrey Masson: The Truth About Food END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090406T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5769739-science-alva-noe-biology-of-consci ousness-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090406T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_998710422@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:In his provocative new book\, philosophy professor Alva Noe cha llenges longheld scientific assumptions as well as Descartes famous stateme nt: Rather than I think\, therefore I am\, No prefers I am\, therefore I th ink. In Out of Our Heads: Why You Are Not Your Brain\, and Other Lessons fr om the Biology of Consciousness\, Noe rejects popular theories that assume our experience of the world stems from the firings of neurons in our brains \, arguing instead that consciousness arises from interactions with our sur roundings. Presented as part of Seattle Science Lectures\, with Pacific Sci ence Center and University Book Store. SUMMARY:Science: Alva Noe: Biology of Consciousness END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090409T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5769740-doug-fine-petroleum-free-in-one-ye ar-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090409T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_754768778@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Doug Fine is living green while still plugged inproof that you don't have to abandon high-tech comforts to reduce your dependency on oil a nd move toward sustainability. After just a year\, the author (Farewell\, M y Subaru) and NPR environmental correspondent has eliminated more than 90 p ercent of his fossil-fuel use while giving up none of his appliances\, incl uding a washing machine\, a laptop and some booming stereo sub-woofers. He did hit a couple of potholes on the road to sustainability (coyote attacks on his chickens\, and a shocking encounter with solar panels)\, but the mes sage in Fine's inspiring and entertaining slide show is that anyone can ada pt seamlessly to a petroleum-free life\, through solar power\, vegetable-oi l-powered cars and a sustainable diet. See Fine's story\, and solar-powered ranch\, at www.youtube.com/watch?v=evjICqDFXgI. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life\, with University Book Store. SUMMARY:Doug Fine: Petroleum-Free in One Year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090412T180000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5769744-short-stories-live-bloomsbury-grou p-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090412T160000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_201121672@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:The influence of the Bloomsbury Group\, an early 20th-century c ollective of English writers\, artists\, and intellectuals\, reached into a esthetics\, criticism\, economics\, and\, of course\, literature. Influence d themselves by Principia Mathematica and motivated by a rejection of Victo rianism\, Bloomsberries searched for definitions of the good\, the true\, a nd the beautiful and questioned accepted ideas. Chris Sumption directs this program\; professional actors read the selected works of noted Bloomsbury writers\, who included E.M. Forster\, Virginia Woolf\, and Lytton Strachey. Presented by Town Hall with A Contemporary Theatre. SUMMARY:Short Stories Live: Bloomsbury Group END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090414T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5769746-science-gordon-hempton-one-square- inch-of-silence-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090414T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_250917879@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:In 2005\, Gordon Hemptons search for the quietest place in the United States led him to a peaceful site in the Hoh Rain Forest in Olympic National Park. This year\, he's hoping it will lead to congressional action with the designation of a 20-mile no-flight zone over the park\, helping t o federally declare the worlds first quiet sanctuary. In his impassioned bo ok One Square Inch of Silence\, the Washington acoustic ecologist recounts his cross-country journey to capture the sounds of American landscapes and the reflections of Americans on the importance of quiet in their lives. It' s an eloquent call to arms against the agents of manmade noise\, and a defe nse of natural quiet. Presented as part of Seattle Science Lectures with Pa cific Science Center\, KUOW-FM and University Book Store. SUMMARY:Science: Gordon Hempton: One Square Inch of Silence END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090422T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5769748-science-alan-aderem-influenza-and- immunology-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090422T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_584982015@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Co-founder and director of Seattle's Institute for Systems Biol ogy\, Alan Aderem\, PhD\, is a global leader in immunology and cell biology research. An inaugural member of the Science Committee of the Global HIV V accine Enterprise\, Dr. Aderem studies how our body's innate immune system responds to infectious disease\, particularly global threats such as AIDS a nd the bird flu. His goal is new vaccines or improved treatments through un derstanding how our body's first line of defense detects and destroys (or f ails to destroy) infectious threats. Join Dr. Aderem for a look inside the lab\, as he discusses the latest discoveries about our immune system\, huma n genetics and preparations against pandemic infectious diseases. Presented as part of the Seattle Science Lectures\, with Pacific Science Center and University Book Store. SUMMARY:Science: Alan Aderem: Influenza and Immunology END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090429T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5769749-future-of-health-christine-gleason -tales-from-the-nicu-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090429T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_491039543@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:As debate rages over the birth and the fate of the California o ctuplets\, the babies and the professionals caring for them are focused ins tead on mere survival. Christine Gleason\, chief of neonatology at Seattle Children's Hospital and UW professor of pediatrics\, has seen firsthand the difficulties that premature babies face. In her moving memoir Almost Home: Stories of Hope and the Human Spirit in the Neonatal ICU\, Gleason recount s remarkable stories of triumph and heartache. Taken together\, the stories celebrate the miracles of modern medicine while also acknowledging its fai lings and marveling at the strength and resilience of the human body and sp irit. Thomas Hansen\, CEO of Seattle Childrens Hospital\, will interview Gl eason. Presented as part of Seattle Science Lectures\, with Pacific Science Center and University Book Store. SUMMARY:Future of Health: Christine Gleason: Tales from the NICU END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090511T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5769750-tony-horwitz-rediscovering-a-lost- century-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090511T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_415346898@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Everyone knows Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492\, and Jam estown's 1607 founding is an American history staple\, but what about the t ime in between? Best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist T ony Horwitz set out on an epic expedition of his own to rediscover the New World of that "lost century." Following in the footsteps of the Europeans w ho preceded the pilgrims\, Horwitz blends history\, myth\, and misadventure in A Voyage Long and Strange\, an accessible\, enjoyable travelogue. Journ eying from Floridas Fountain of Youth to Plymouth's sacred Rock\, Horwitz c aptures the wonder and drama of first contact as Vikings\, conquistadors\, and French voyagers roamed an unknown continent in quest of grapes\, gold\, converts\, and even a cure for syphilis. SUMMARY:Tony Horwitz: Rediscovering a Lost Century END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090514T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5769751-tamim-ansary-u-s-middle-east-relat ions-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090514T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_38976190@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:In the days after Sept. 11\, Afghanistan native Tamim Ansary be came a media celebrity\, serving as a cultural interpreter with a unique pe rspective on U.S.-Middle East relations. His sweeping new narrative\, Desti ny Disrupted\, allows Ansary to interpret even broader swaths of culture\, telling the story of world history as the Islamic world sees it\, from the time of Mohammed to the fall of the Ottoman Empire and beyond. Through his uniquely qualified analyses of history\, education\, and modern-day conflic ts\, Ansary clarifies why Western and Islamic civilizations grew up oblivio us to each other\, what happened when they intersected\, and how the Islami c world was affected by its slow recognition that Europe had somehow "hijac ked" destiny. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life\, with Unive rsity Book Store. SUMMARY:Tamim Ansary: U.S.-Middle East Relations END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090407T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5772682-the-big-picture-an-evening-with-da vid-suzuki-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090407T184500 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_53181182@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:David Suzuki and Dave Robert Taylor look beyond our environment al problems to examine the forces that are preventing real change. Whether theyre discussing how to reconcile economy with ecology or why we may need to start eating jellyfish for dinner\, they point in the direction we must go if we hope to meet the environmental challenges we face in the twenty-fi rst century.Covering suburban sprawl\, sustainable transportation\, food sh ortages\, biodiversity\, technology\, public policy\, and more\, The Big Pi cture identifies the problems facing our world and proposes solid\, science -based solutions. SUMMARY:The Big Picture: An Evening With David Suzuki END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090526T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5796171-india-and-pakistan-today-the-eleph ant-in-the-subcontinent-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ica l DTSTART:20090526T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_801149054@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Although they were "born" within a day of each other in 1947\, things have never been too familial between India and Pakistan\, where tens ions rose dramatically after the November terrorist attacks in Mumbai. Rece ntly returned from six weeks in India and Pakistan\, Seattle author Ethan C asey (Alive and Well in Pakistan)\, Seattle photographer Peter Sabo and pub lisher Fawad Butt report on relations and attitudes in the two countries th at have been intimate adversaries for more than 60 years. As part of their Speaking of Pakistan initiative\, the threesome will present a slideshow\, grassroots reporting and discussion. Presented by Town Hall Center for Civi c Life. SUMMARY:India and Pakistan Today: The Elephant in the Subcontinent END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090603T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5796173-andrew-bacevich-limits-of-american -power-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090603T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_867245474@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Boston University professor Andrew Bacevich says our country is not just facing a crisis\; it is facing three: an economy in remarkable di sarray\, a government veering from democracy\, and an infatuation with mili tary power. We all are threatened by these problems\, Bacevich says\, and w e all must help solve them by reviving the neglected American tradition of realism. Bacevich\, a retired Army colonel and author of the new critique T he Limits of Power\, suggests a return to pragmatic principles\, including a respect for power and its limits\, skepticism of easy solutions\, and a c onviction that the books will have to balance. Only a return to such princi ples\, Bacevich argues\, can provide common ground for fixing America's urg ent problems before the damage becomes irreparable. Presented by the Town H all Center for Civic Life\, with Elliott Bay Book Company. SUMMARY:Andrew Bacevich: Limits of American Power END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090608T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5796174-jeff-rubin-an-optimistic-outlook-f or-america-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090608T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_971909599@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Back in 2000\, Canadian energy expert Jeff Rubin was one of the first economists to predict that crude oil prices would soar to over $100 a barrel. Now\, with the worlds oil reserves disappearing\, he has another prediction\, and its not as dire as you might think. Rubin says future oil shortages will lead to the end of globalization\, changing the way we trave l\, the way we shop\, and the way we eat. But hes hopeful we can all benefi t from this new global economy\, personally\, politically\, and economicall y. Rubin says American industries such as steel and agriculture will be rev italized\, carbon tariffs will increase competition and productivity\, and green alliances between labor and management will benefit businesses as wel l as the air we breathe. Rubin\, author of Why Your World is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller and former chief economist at CIBC World Markets\, has b een named Canadas top economist ten times. Presented by the Town Hall Cente r for Civic Life\, with Elliott Bay Book Company. SUMMARY:Jeff Rubin: An Optimistic Outlook for America END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090615T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5796176-science-james-lovelock-a-living-ea rth-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090615T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_287238097@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:For James Lovelock\, global warming is cause for an urgent glob al warning: If we don't see and feel the Earth as a living organism and rem edy the harm we have inflicted\, our planet could very well act in its own best interests and heat up to sheds billions of its inhabitants. Still\, th e prolific British science writer\, who turns 90 in July\, isn't yet giving up yet on Earth\, or on us but he does suggest we act quickly. Lovelock i s best known for formulating the Gaia hypothesis\, which suggests that life sustains habitable conditions on Earth\, with organisms interacting with a nd regulating Earths surface and atmosphere. The problem now\, though\, is that there are just too many organisms. Presented as part of Seattle Scienc e Lectures\, with Pacific Science Center and University Book Store. SUMMARY:Science: James Lovelock: A Living Earth END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090419T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5796385-wangari-maathai-the-challenge-for- africa-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090419T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_280581785@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:In 2004\, Wangari Maathai became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize\, but her impact on Africa's environmental and polit ical landscape began years earlier and continues today. Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement in 1977\, which since has planted more than 30 million trees in Kenya through networks of rural women. She was elected to Kenya's Parliament in 2002 and appointed Deputy Minister for the Environment and N atural Resources in 2003. Now living in Nairobi\, Maathai is the author of The Challenge for Africa\, which examines the complex and dynamic nature of her continent\, offering "hard-headed hope" and realistic options for impr ovement that stress responsibility and accountability. Presented by the Tow n Hall Center for Civic Life\, with Elliott Bay Book Company. SUMMARY:Wangari Maathai: 'The Challenge for Africa' END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090531T203000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5813948-a-conversation-with-steve-lopez-wa -seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090531T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_314680717@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Co-presented by United Way of King County and Seattle Arts and Lectures.Please join us for this special conversation with Steve Lopez\, au thor of "The Soloist: A Lost Dream\, an Unlikely Friendship and the Redempt ive Power of Music". This moving story of a gifted musician's struggle with homelessness is now a feature film starring Robert Downey\, Jr. and Jamie Foxx.This exclusive evening is presented as part of United Way of King Coun ty's efforts to raise awareness around the issue of homelessness in our com munity. SUMMARY:A Conversation with Steve Lopez END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090614T180000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5830905-short-stories-live-a-tribute-to-jo hn-updike-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090614T160000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_857331555@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:John Updike found much of his literary inspiration in lifes eve ryday\, middle-class dramas\, but in the literary world\, Updike\, who died in January\, is royalty. Updike is most famous for his award-winning Rabbi t series\, but he also wrote poetry\, short stories\, and criticism. In thi s session of Short Stories Live\, directed by A Contemporary Theatre artist ic director Kurt Beattie\, ACT actors will read selections from Updikes Tru st Me (read by Kimberly King and Beattie) and A&P (read by Jonah von Spreec ken and Emily Cedergreen)\, along with The Light of the World (read by von Spreecken\, Cedergreen\, and King) by Ernest Hemingway\, an oft-cited influ ence on Updikes work. Presented by Town Hall\, with A Contemporary Theatre. SUMMARY:Short Stories Live: A Tribute to John Updike END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090508T220000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5831356-hilario-duran-and-friends-at-town- hall-seattle-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090508T200000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_196948938@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:A rare opportunity to see Cuban virtuoso pianist/composer Hilar io Duran in concert with the Duran/Schloss/Mitri Trio and Seattle's own Cub an music ensemble Charanga Danzon at Town Hall Seattle.Special guest Hilari o Duran\, pianist\, composer\, bandleader and arranger\, is one of Cuba's g reatest virtuoso pianists. Once the pianist\, composer and arranger with Ar turo Sandoval's band in Cuba (1981-1990)\, Duran is now one of Canada's big gest jazz names\, and was named SOCAN composer of the year and Latin jazz a rtist of the year (2008). In addition\, his group\, Hilario Duran's Latin J azz Big Band\, was named big band of the year (2008).Duran's latest release s are New Danzon (2005 JUNO Award Winner)\, which has taken danzon to new h eights (New Danzon melds the traditional with sophisticated Be-Bop and tech nical musical mastery)\, and From the Heart (Alma Records\, 2006): "This al bum is dedicated to all the great Cuban conductors that I have had the oppo rtunity to work with: Rafael Somavilla\, Armando Romeu\, Adolfo Guzman\, To ny Tano\, Rembert Egues\, and German Pifferrer among others. Dedicated as w ell to Ernesto Lecuona\, Lili Martinez\, Antonio Maria Romeu\, Peruchin\, R ichard Eges\, Chucho Valdes and all the other great composers\, arrangers a nd musicians of the first order who inspired and pushed me to grow in my ca reer. This recording is a tribute to you."The Duran/Schloss/Mitri Trio: Thi s highly unusual\, dynamic ensemble was formed in 2001. Their debut perform ance was broadcast live on CBC RadioTwo from Centennial Concert Hall in Win nipeg\, during the Winnipeg New Music Festival. Following that resounding s uccess\, the trio was invited to New York\, as featured performers at the I nteractive Arts Performance Series at New York University. Most recently\, the trio performed at the University of Victoria\, where Hilario Duran was invited as part of the University Of Victoria's Orion Series in Fine Arts\, at Earshot's "Jazz: The Second Century" Festival in Seattle\, and on tour in Cuba in March 2008.Their music is an adventurous musical journey into Af rocuban jazz with live electronics and interactive computer music. While Du ran is a world-class jazz pianist and composer from Cuba\, Schloss is known as an experimenter in high-tech interactive computer music in concerts aro und the world\, and Mitri is a lyrical violinist who has crossed over into Latin Jazz. This musical experiment\, putting together contemporary Afrocub an jazz and traditional Cuban music with the newest computer music techniqu es\, has fascinated audiences in Canada\, the United States\, and Cuba.Char anga Danzon is a fluid ensemble of superb Seattle-based musicians led by vi olinist Irene Mitri\, with a repertoire of Cuban music including traditiona l charanga\, son/danzon\, cha-cha-cha\, classical\, and jazz. The group fea tures: Irene Mitri (violin)\, Michael Nicolella (guitar)\, Jim O'Halloran ( flutes)\, Fred Hoadley (piano\, tres)\, Andy Schloss (radiodrum\, percussio n)\, Ben Verdier (bass)\, Pedro Vargas (percussion)\, and Francisco Medina\ , Jr. (percussion).Tickets: $28/general\, $20/students and seniors\, $10/a ge 12 and under. (Groups of 20 or more get a 15% discount if purchased in a dvance). Day of show tickets available for an additional $5 per ticket at the door. SUMMARY:Hilario Duran and Friends at Town Hall Seattle END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090413T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5831375-sherman-alexie-at-town-hall-seattl e-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090413T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_504804846@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:SHERMAN ALEXIE Monday\, April 13 at 7:30 p.m. at Town H all Seattle. The Elliott Bay Book Company is delighted to present this mu ch-anticipated evening with Sherman Alexie. Two amazing books occasion the occasion: the paperback of his 2007 National Book Award-winning novel\, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Little\, Brown) and the publi cation of Face (Hanging Loose)\, his first book of poems in nine years. Fac e is rich and loaded the poems\, laced with prose passages\, it will surpr ise. Many\, if not most of the sequences\, are written in forms from compl ex syllable schemes to rhymes. They read well on the page and should be te rrific given voice from the stage. Maybe this will be a candidate for one o f those national book awards. One of those is already in the house: with Th e Absolutely True Diary. That is the book that keeps on being given\, read by readers of all ages\, the heartbreaking\, heart-making story of Juniors coming of age\, leaving his Spokane reservation to attend the white high sc hool in the bigger town next door. As Neil Gaiman presciently noted before this winning book was published\, Excellent in every way\, poignant and rea lly funny and heartwarming and honest and wise and smart We have no doubt that in a year or so it will both be winning awards and being banned. Amen . $5 tickets are available at Elliott Bay or via www.brownpapertickets.com (also 1.800.838.3006). Town Hall Seattle is located at 1119 Eighth Avenue ( at Seneca). For more information on tonight\, please call Elliott Bay at 20 6.624.6600 or see www.elliottbaybook.com SUMMARY:Sherman Alexie at Town Hall Seattle END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090624T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5831382-novella-carpenter-urban-farming-wa -seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090624T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_946355693@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:As the daughter of back-to-the-land hippies\, Novella Carpenter grew up in rural Washington and Idaho loving nature and homegrown vegetabl es. But she also loved the energy\, culture\, and convenience of the city. So when she moved next to an abandoned lot in inner-city Oakland\, Californ ia\, Carpenter envisioned a small plot of urban self-sufficiency: heirloom tomatoes\, a beehive\, a chicken coop. Ten years later\, that vision has bl oomed into the full-blown Ghost Town Farm: The egg-laying hens led to turke ys\, geese\, and ducks\, then to rabbits\, goats\, and even a couple of pig s. Carpenter\, who attended the University of Washington\, is a free-lance journalist and author of the memoir Farm City: The Education of an Urban Fa rmer. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life\, with Elliott Bay B ook Company. SUMMARY:Novella Carpenter: Urban Farming END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090501T223000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5837782-carmina-burana-wa-seattle-first-hi ll-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090501T200000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_779778713@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:The text of Carmina Burana\, which is taken from 12th century w ritings of the Goliards\, is often dismissed as having no relevance or mess age other than bawdy songs of drinking and revelry. Upon closer examination \, we find that the Goliards were the activists of that day\, speaking out against the awesome and omniscient power of the medieval papacy. These scho lars were often clerics who did not have the funds to buy their way into th e offices of the church and wrote thinly disguised satire against the selli ng of indulgences\, a blatant corruption that was fully vented in Martin Lu thers Reformation three centuries later. In addition to performing this end uring choral masterpiece\, we sing songs from early medieval times that tra ce the futility and cultural ignorance of the Crusades and illuminate the e erie 2\,000 year-old folly of war. SUMMARY:Carmina Burana END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090519T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5844144-science-geoffrey-miller-consumer-b ehavior-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090519T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_325184025@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Evolutionary psychologythe compelling science of our human natu rehas influenced fields from economics to personal relationships. Now evolu tionary psychologist Geoffrey Miller\, author of Spent: Sex\, Evolution\, a nd Consumer Behavior\, takes these scientific principles to a new domain: t he sensual wonderland of marketing and status-seeking that we call consumer culture. Starting with the basic notion that the things we buy unconscious ly advertise our biological potential as mates and friends\, Miller examine s the hidden factors that dictate our choices in everything from lipstick t o cars\, and from magazines to music. Presented as part of Seattle Science Lectures\, with Pacific Science Center and University Book Store. SUMMARY:Science: Geoffrey Miller: Consumer Behavior END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090703T230000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5844566-jason-webley-11-year-elevanniversa ry-celebration-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090703T200000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_877546665@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:On July 3rd\, 1998\, Jason Webley invited a few friends over to his Wallingford home to perform the songs he had recorded for a self-relea sed CD. Little did he know\, this night was going to be the modest beginni ng of a music career. Eleven years later\, Webley has played over 1000 sho ws all over the world. He has fans everywhere from Mexico City to Russia.T o celebrate the 11 year anniversary of his life as a professional vagabond\ , Webley is holding a big home-town concert at his favorite venue - Town Ha ll. The night will be an extravaganza featuring most of the artists and mu sicians Webley has worked with in these past eleven years.Bring your friend s. Bring your smiles\, your fingers\, your heart. Bring eleven hugs for e leven strangers. And bring a jacket. You never know where the night is go ing to take you...For seating section information\, please see this chart:h ttp://www.townhallseattle.org/images/seatinggh2_792.jpg SUMMARY:Jason Webley - 11-Year Elevanniversary Celebration! END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090506T200000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5860157-dr-wendy-mogel-blessing-of-a-skinn ed-knee-how-to-stop-overindulging-overscheduling-and-overprotecting-wa-seat tle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090506T180000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_672008482@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Tickets are $25 in advance/$30 at the door.Are you an over-prot ective parent? You might be surprised\, once you’ve heard the wisdom of this nationally known psychologist and bestselling author. Find out how to strike the balance between hovering and helping to build self-reliance.Dr. Wendy Mogel is a clinical psychologist\, parent educator\, school consultan t and author. Her New York Times bestseller The Blessing of a Skinned Knee is in its twelfth printing.Co-sponsored by the Seattle Jewish Community Sch ool. SUMMARY:Dr. Wendy Mogel\, "Blessing of a Skinned Knee - How to stop overind ulging\, overscheduling and overprotecting" END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090517T140000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5888943-free-for-all-celebrating-ten-years -of-town-hall-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090517T130000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_570843386@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Imagine an entire Town Hall season rolled into one rich\, rauco us day\, and you're at our tenth anniversary Free for All. Every hour (more or less) on the hour\, our two stages will host local musicians\, writers\ , thinkers\, and civic leaders in programs drawn from across the wide expan se of the Town Hall calendar. The day includes a debate between King County Executive candidates\; a family concert by Caspar Babypants (Chris Ballew\ , of The Presidents of the United States of America)\; acclaimed violinist Quinton Morris and Friends\, playing Mozart and William Grant Still\; short stories of and by emigrants\, read by Lesley Hazleton and Lyall Bush\; sci ence historian George Dyson\, with his acclaimed consideration of the kayak \; and a Global Rhythms concert featuring the thundering drums of Seattle K okon Taiko. Light food and drinks will be available for purchase throughout the day in our new cafe space. Come for a taste\, or stay the whole aftern oonand celebrate ten years of programs that reflect and inspire Seattle's h ighest aspirations: toward creativity\, empathy\, expansive thinking\, and an ever-stronger community.**_All events are free\, but advance registratio n for each event is requested at www.brownpapertickets.com. Late seating no t guaranteed._*****EVENT SCHEDULE***========================Select the even t you'd like to attend from the drop-down menu above. Each time in the menu corresponds to the events listed below.**1 pm**: Family Concert featuring Caspar Babypants (Chris Ballew\, of The Presidents of the United States of America). Downstairs at Town Hall\; enter on Seneca Street.**1:30 pm**: Cen ter for Civic Life: King County Executive Debate. Dow Constantine\, Ross Hu nter\, Fred Jarrett\, and Larry Phillips confirmed\; Susan Hutchison invite d.Great Hall\; enter on 8th Avenue. **3 pm**: Short Stories Live: Emeigrant Stories\, featuring Lesley Hazleton and Lyall Bush. Downstairs\; enter on Seneca Street.**4 pm**: TownMusic Concert: Quinton Morris and Friends. Grea t Hall\; enter on 8th Avenue. **5 pm**: Seattle Science Lecture: George Dys on on Kayaks. Downstairs\; enter on Seneca Street.**6 pm**: Global Rhythms: Seattle Kokon Taiko. Great Hall\; enter on 8th Avenue SUMMARY:Free for All: Celebrating Ten Years of Town Hall END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090517T150000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5888943-free-for-all-celebrating-ten-years -of-town-hall-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090517T133000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_575647779@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Imagine an entire Town Hall season rolled into one rich\, rauco us day\, and you're at our tenth anniversary Free for All. Every hour (more or less) on the hour\, our two stages will host local musicians\, writers\ , thinkers\, and civic leaders in programs drawn from across the wide expan se of the Town Hall calendar. The day includes a debate between King County Executive candidates\; a family concert by Caspar Babypants (Chris Ballew\ , of The Presidents of the United States of America)\; acclaimed violinist Quinton Morris and Friends\, playing Mozart and William Grant Still\; short stories of and by emigrants\, read by Lesley Hazleton and Lyall Bush\; sci ence historian George Dyson\, with his acclaimed consideration of the kayak \; and a Global Rhythms concert featuring the thundering drums of Seattle K okon Taiko. Light food and drinks will be available for purchase throughout the day in our new cafe space. Come for a taste\, or stay the whole aftern oonand celebrate ten years of programs that reflect and inspire Seattle's h ighest aspirations: toward creativity\, empathy\, expansive thinking\, and an ever-stronger community.**_All events are free\, but advance registratio n for each event is requested at www.brownpapertickets.com. Late seating no t guaranteed._*****EVENT SCHEDULE***========================Select the even t you'd like to attend from the drop-down menu above. Each time in the menu corresponds to the events listed below.**1 pm**: Family Concert featuring Caspar Babypants (Chris Ballew\, of The Presidents of the United States of America). Downstairs at Town Hall\; enter on Seneca Street.**1:30 pm**: Cen ter for Civic Life: King County Executive Debate. Dow Constantine\, Ross Hu nter\, Fred Jarrett\, and Larry Phillips confirmed\; Susan Hutchison invite d.Great Hall\; enter on 8th Avenue. **3 pm**: Short Stories Live: Emeigrant Stories\, featuring Lesley Hazleton and Lyall Bush. Downstairs\; enter on Seneca Street.**4 pm**: TownMusic Concert: Quinton Morris and Friends. Grea t Hall\; enter on 8th Avenue. **5 pm**: Seattle Science Lecture: George Dys on on Kayaks. Downstairs\; enter on Seneca Street.**6 pm**: Global Rhythms: Seattle Kokon Taiko. Great Hall\; enter on 8th Avenue SUMMARY:Free for All: Celebrating Ten Years of Town Hall END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090517T160000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5888943-free-for-all-celebrating-ten-years -of-town-hall-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090517T150000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_904589048@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Imagine an entire Town Hall season rolled into one rich\, rauco us day\, and you're at our tenth anniversary Free for All. Every hour (more or less) on the hour\, our two stages will host local musicians\, writers\ , thinkers\, and civic leaders in programs drawn from across the wide expan se of the Town Hall calendar. The day includes a debate between King County Executive candidates\; a family concert by Caspar Babypants (Chris Ballew\ , of The Presidents of the United States of America)\; acclaimed violinist Quinton Morris and Friends\, playing Mozart and William Grant Still\; short stories of and by emigrants\, read by Lesley Hazleton and Lyall Bush\; sci ence historian George Dyson\, with his acclaimed consideration of the kayak \; and a Global Rhythms concert featuring the thundering drums of Seattle K okon Taiko. Light food and drinks will be available for purchase throughout the day in our new cafe space. Come for a taste\, or stay the whole aftern oonand celebrate ten years of programs that reflect and inspire Seattle's h ighest aspirations: toward creativity\, empathy\, expansive thinking\, and an ever-stronger community.**_All events are free\, but advance registratio n for each event is requested at www.brownpapertickets.com. Late seating no t guaranteed._*****EVENT SCHEDULE***========================Select the even t you'd like to attend from the drop-down menu above. Each time in the menu corresponds to the events listed below.**1 pm**: Family Concert featuring Caspar Babypants (Chris Ballew\, of The Presidents of the United States of America). Downstairs at Town Hall\; enter on Seneca Street.**1:30 pm**: Cen ter for Civic Life: King County Executive Debate. Dow Constantine\, Ross Hu nter\, Fred Jarrett\, and Larry Phillips confirmed\; Susan Hutchison invite d.Great Hall\; enter on 8th Avenue. **3 pm**: Short Stories Live: Emeigrant Stories\, featuring Lesley Hazleton and Lyall Bush. Downstairs\; enter on Seneca Street.**4 pm**: TownMusic Concert: Quinton Morris and Friends. Grea t Hall\; enter on 8th Avenue. **5 pm**: Seattle Science Lecture: George Dys on on Kayaks. Downstairs\; enter on Seneca Street.**6 pm**: Global Rhythms: Seattle Kokon Taiko. Great Hall\; enter on 8th Avenue SUMMARY:Free for All: Celebrating Ten Years of Town Hall END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090517T170000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5888943-free-for-all-celebrating-ten-years -of-town-hall-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090517T160000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_780592654@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Imagine an entire Town Hall season rolled into one rich\, rauco us day\, and you're at our tenth anniversary Free for All. Every hour (more or less) on the hour\, our two stages will host local musicians\, writers\ , thinkers\, and civic leaders in programs drawn from across the wide expan se of the Town Hall calendar. The day includes a debate between King County Executive candidates\; a family concert by Caspar Babypants (Chris Ballew\ , of The Presidents of the United States of America)\; acclaimed violinist Quinton Morris and Friends\, playing Mozart and William Grant Still\; short stories of and by emigrants\, read by Lesley Hazleton and Lyall Bush\; sci ence historian George Dyson\, with his acclaimed consideration of the kayak \; and a Global Rhythms concert featuring the thundering drums of Seattle K okon Taiko. Light food and drinks will be available for purchase throughout the day in our new cafe space. Come for a taste\, or stay the whole aftern oonand celebrate ten years of programs that reflect and inspire Seattle's h ighest aspirations: toward creativity\, empathy\, expansive thinking\, and an ever-stronger community.**_All events are free\, but advance registratio n for each event is requested at www.brownpapertickets.com. Late seating no t guaranteed._*****EVENT SCHEDULE***========================Select the even t you'd like to attend from the drop-down menu above. Each time in the menu corresponds to the events listed below.**1 pm**: Family Concert featuring Caspar Babypants (Chris Ballew\, of The Presidents of the United States of America). Downstairs at Town Hall\; enter on Seneca Street.**1:30 pm**: Cen ter for Civic Life: King County Executive Debate. Dow Constantine\, Ross Hu nter\, Fred Jarrett\, and Larry Phillips confirmed\; Susan Hutchison invite d.Great Hall\; enter on 8th Avenue. **3 pm**: Short Stories Live: Emeigrant Stories\, featuring Lesley Hazleton and Lyall Bush. Downstairs\; enter on Seneca Street.**4 pm**: TownMusic Concert: Quinton Morris and Friends. Grea t Hall\; enter on 8th Avenue. **5 pm**: Seattle Science Lecture: George Dys on on Kayaks. Downstairs\; enter on Seneca Street.**6 pm**: Global Rhythms: Seattle Kokon Taiko. Great Hall\; enter on 8th Avenue SUMMARY:Free for All: Celebrating Ten Years of Town Hall END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090517T180000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5888943-free-for-all-celebrating-ten-years -of-town-hall-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090517T170000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_461814785@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Imagine an entire Town Hall season rolled into one rich\, rauco us day\, and you're at our tenth anniversary Free for All. Every hour (more or less) on the hour\, our two stages will host local musicians\, writers\ , thinkers\, and civic leaders in programs drawn from across the wide expan se of the Town Hall calendar. The day includes a debate between King County Executive candidates\; a family concert by Caspar Babypants (Chris Ballew\ , of The Presidents of the United States of America)\; acclaimed violinist Quinton Morris and Friends\, playing Mozart and William Grant Still\; short stories of and by emigrants\, read by Lesley Hazleton and Lyall Bush\; sci ence historian George Dyson\, with his acclaimed consideration of the kayak \; and a Global Rhythms concert featuring the thundering drums of Seattle K okon Taiko. Light food and drinks will be available for purchase throughout the day in our new cafe space. Come for a taste\, or stay the whole aftern oonand celebrate ten years of programs that reflect and inspire Seattle's h ighest aspirations: toward creativity\, empathy\, expansive thinking\, and an ever-stronger community.**_All events are free\, but advance registratio n for each event is requested at www.brownpapertickets.com. Late seating no t guaranteed._*****EVENT SCHEDULE***========================Select the even t you'd like to attend from the drop-down menu above. Each time in the menu corresponds to the events listed below.**1 pm**: Family Concert featuring Caspar Babypants (Chris Ballew\, of The Presidents of the United States of America). Downstairs at Town Hall\; enter on Seneca Street.**1:30 pm**: Cen ter for Civic Life: King County Executive Debate. Dow Constantine\, Ross Hu nter\, Fred Jarrett\, and Larry Phillips confirmed\; Susan Hutchison invite d.Great Hall\; enter on 8th Avenue. **3 pm**: Short Stories Live: Emeigrant Stories\, featuring Lesley Hazleton and Lyall Bush. Downstairs\; enter on Seneca Street.**4 pm**: TownMusic Concert: Quinton Morris and Friends. Grea t Hall\; enter on 8th Avenue. **5 pm**: Seattle Science Lecture: George Dys on on Kayaks. Downstairs\; enter on Seneca Street.**6 pm**: Global Rhythms: Seattle Kokon Taiko. Great Hall\; enter on 8th Avenue SUMMARY:Free for All: Celebrating Ten Years of Town Hall END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090517T190000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5888943-free-for-all-celebrating-ten-years -of-town-hall-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090517T180000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_36082841@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Imagine an entire Town Hall season rolled into one rich\, rauco us day\, and you're at our tenth anniversary Free for All. Every hour (more or less) on the hour\, our two stages will host local musicians\, writers\ , thinkers\, and civic leaders in programs drawn from across the wide expan se of the Town Hall calendar. The day includes a debate between King County Executive candidates\; a family concert by Caspar Babypants (Chris Ballew\ , of The Presidents of the United States of America)\; acclaimed violinist Quinton Morris and Friends\, playing Mozart and William Grant Still\; short stories of and by emigrants\, read by Lesley Hazleton and Lyall Bush\; sci ence historian George Dyson\, with his acclaimed consideration of the kayak \; and a Global Rhythms concert featuring the thundering drums of Seattle K okon Taiko. Light food and drinks will be available for purchase throughout the day in our new cafe space. Come for a taste\, or stay the whole aftern oonand celebrate ten years of programs that reflect and inspire Seattle's h ighest aspirations: toward creativity\, empathy\, expansive thinking\, and an ever-stronger community.**_All events are free\, but advance registratio n for each event is requested at www.brownpapertickets.com. Late seating no t guaranteed._*****EVENT SCHEDULE***========================Select the even t you'd like to attend from the drop-down menu above. Each time in the menu corresponds to the events listed below.**1 pm**: Family Concert featuring Caspar Babypants (Chris Ballew\, of The Presidents of the United States of America). Downstairs at Town Hall\; enter on Seneca Street.**1:30 pm**: Cen ter for Civic Life: King County Executive Debate. Dow Constantine\, Ross Hu nter\, Fred Jarrett\, and Larry Phillips confirmed\; Susan Hutchison invite d.Great Hall\; enter on 8th Avenue. **3 pm**: Short Stories Live: Emeigrant Stories\, featuring Lesley Hazleton and Lyall Bush. Downstairs\; enter on Seneca Street.**4 pm**: TownMusic Concert: Quinton Morris and Friends. Grea t Hall\; enter on 8th Avenue. **5 pm**: Seattle Science Lecture: George Dys on on Kayaks. Downstairs\; enter on Seneca Street.**6 pm**: Global Rhythms: Seattle Kokon Taiko. Great Hall\; enter on 8th Avenue SUMMARY:Free for All: Celebrating Ten Years of Town Hall END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090704T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5893343-eduardo-galeano-an-unofficial-hist ory-of-the-world-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090604T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_716866993@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano has a unique way of looking at the world\, and at writing. His groundbreaking\, widely translated worksfr om the Memory of Fire trilogy to the classic Open Veins of Latin Americamel d first hand accounts\, fiction\, journalism\, and political analysis into an entirely new proposition of history\, and reality. Galeanos new book\, M irrors: Stories of Almost Everyone assembles hundreds of kaleidoscopic vign ettes into a new history told by its unseen\, unheard\, and forgotten parti cipants. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life\, with Elliott Ba y Book Company. SUMMARY:Eduardo Galeano: An Unofficial History of the World END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090617T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5897337-alaska-yukon-pacific-exposition-ce ntennial-celebration-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090617T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_529760042@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Born of the Gold Rush Boom\, the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Expo sition was Seattles first world fair\, drawing nearly 4 million visitors in five months. Held at what is now the University of Washington campus\, the fair celebrated the culture\, industry\, and innovation of the Pacific Nor thwest\, and launched Seattle into the 20th century as a leading city. One hundred years later\, the yearlong A-Y-P Centennial Celebration includes co ntributions from across the region\, celebrating anew our diverse range of people\, groups\, and institutions. Events include performances\, demonstra tions\, exhibits\, lectures\, showcases\, parades\, and a Town Hall present ation by Michael Herschensohn\, the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture's mana ger of the Centennial Celebration. Just as the A-Y-P served as a window for the future\, exploring the industrialization of salmon canning\, trade wit h Pacific nations\, a womans right to vote\, and the look of Seattle\, the centennial offers a chance to identify modern issues\, and to envision the city's future. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life. SUMMARY:Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Centennial Celebration END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090622T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5897338-robert-h-frank-an-economic-guide-f or-troubled-times-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090622T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_743980237@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Should you buy a Pontiac while you can? Is it better to rent yo ur house or to sell it? How should the government manage regulation\, tax p olicy\, and health care? These might sound like typical economic choices fo r our times\, but New York Times columnist and Cornell Professor Robert H. Frank says almost every choice we make is economic\, limited by resources a nd loaded with tradeoffs. Frank\, a leading proponent of the emerging field of behavioral economics and author of The Economic Naturalists Guide to Wa shington: Common Sense Principles for Troubled Times\, explains how the dec isions we make\, down to food\, gasoline\, and even how we choose to love\, affect our pocketbooks\, our policies and our personal happiness. Presente d by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life\, with Elliott Bay Book Company. SUMMARY:Robert H. Frank: An Economic Guide for Troubled Times END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090623T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5897339-science-kerry-kriger-the-amphibian -extinction-crisis-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090623T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_555401501@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Frog populations are declining at unprecedented rates\, with ne arly one-third of the world's 6\,000+ amphibian species threatened with ext inction. Struggling against pollution\, infectious diseases\, habitat loss\ , invasive species\, climate change\, and overharvesting for the pet and fo od trades\, amphibians are fighting to survive\, and Kerry Kriger\, founder and executive director of the conservation organization Save the Frogs\, b elieves we should help. Kriger describes frogs role as bioindicators\; as a n integral part of the food web\, themselves eating ticks\, mosquitoes and other disease carriers. Some of the preservation methods Kriger suggests ar e unquestionably frog-specificdon't eat frog legsbut others\, such as refus ing to use pesticides and conserving resources\, have even broader ecologic al implications. Presented as part of Seattle Science Lectures\, with Pacif ic Science Center. SUMMARY:Science: Kerry Kriger: The Amphibian Extinction Crisis END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090701T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5897340-thomas-sieverts-reimagining-urban- spaces-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090701T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_530261198@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Some might call Tukwila\, Des Moines\, and Burien "suburbs" or\ , more derisively\, "sprawl\," but German architect and urban planner Thoma s Sieverts has a bigger name (and vision) for these "in-between" areas: Zwi schenstadt. In Sieverts' view\, the transformation and reimagination of the se places is the key to urban planning\, and maybe more\; with the growth o f spaces between city centers and the countryside\, he believes "The fate o f the in-between landscape is the fate of humanity." To resensitize ourselv es to this landscape\, and to counter that "sprawl" stigma\, Sieverts chall enges people and architects to view these places without old prejudices\, r evisiting "the unloved areas of the periphery" and discovering things to ch ange their attitudes. Sieverts' engagement with the Northwest began last ye ar in Portland with the debut of Suddenly\, a multifaceted project examinin g the new shape of cities. Sieverts\, author of Where We Live Now\, returns to the area (again through Suddenly) for a four-day Seattle itinerary that also includes a tour of Burien\; talks with local leaders and planners\; a series of films presented at NW Film Forum\; and a Corridor Project dinner \, produced by one pot. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life. SUMMARY:Thomas Sieverts: Reimagining Urban Spaces END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090722T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5897341-chris-hedges-the-end-of-literacy-w a-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090722T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_3075874@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Newspapers are folding across the country\, but we can't get en ough 140-character Twitter Tweets. Presidential debates and political rheto ric are delivered at a sixth-grade reading level. Serious film\, theater\, and books are pushed to the margins of society. It's as if we live in two A mericas\, says Pulitzer Prize-winner Chris Hedges: One\, now the minority\, functions in a print-based\, literate world that can cope with complexity and separate illusion from truth. The other\, the majority\, is retreating from the scary reality-based world into one of false certainty and squalid celebrity pseudo-events. Hedges\, author of Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle\, visited professional wrestling bout s\, the Adult Video News Awards\, and Ivy League graduation ceremonies to e xpose the mechanisms used to divert us from confronting the economic\, poli tical\, and moral collapse around us\, and to chronicle the terrifying spir al of a dying culture. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life\, w ith Elliott Bay Book Company. SUMMARY:Chris Hedges: The End of Literacy END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090616T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5897342-bill-wasik-online-culture-wa-seatt le-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090616T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_142134363@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:If you've ever found yourself caught up in a sudden\, public pi llow fight\, you can thank Bill Wasik\, creator of the worldwide celebratio n of spontaneity\, the Flash Mob. Not only did Wasik think to gather people through technology for outrageous urban stunts\, but he is also plugged in to our burgeoning online culture. Wasik\, a senior editor at Harper's magaz ine and author of And Then There's This: How Stories Live and Die in Viral Culture\, says the Internet isn't about making the media more like everyday people\, but making everyday people more like the media: obsessed with fad s\, fame\, breaking the story\, and novelty for its own sake. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life\, with Elliott Bay Book Company. SUMMARY:Bill Wasik: Online Culture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090613T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5900162-master-s-music-concert-series-wa-s eattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090613T190000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_968157418@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:The Master`s Music Concerts SeriesCONCERT TO BE HELD AT THE TOW N HALL FEATURING MASTERS OF EASTERN EUROPEAN FOLK MUSIC AND TWO TIME GRAMMY CONTENDING WORLD MUSIC ARTIST ON JUNE 13 2009.Musical Connections is pleas ed to presents a concert of traditional Russian\, Ukrainian\, Romanian and Bulgarian folk music. This concert has been organized to help promote and p reserve Eastern European folk music and culture. Alexander Eppler\, cimbal om\, is an eclectic musician of many talents. Trained in his native Bulgar ia on the kaval\, a type of wooden flute\, Mr. Eppler is also a conductor\, composer\, and instrument maker. He was trained by the late Romanian cimb alom virtuoso\, Toni Iordache. Mr. Eppler has made numerous symphony perfo rmances. His recordings are on the Rounder label. Miamon Miller\, violin\, has almost forty years of experience as a professional musician and has ma de numerous film and commercial sound tracks. Mr. Miller has degrees in co mposition and ethnomusicology from UCLA and earned a Fulbright scholarship to study folk music in Romania. Mr. Miller is associated with several ense mbles in California and is both a soloist and composer. Vladimir Ivanov \, bayan\, is a recent emigre from Russia and an accomplished bayan player. He was the musical director of several companies in his native Siberia. H e has been featured on numerous radio and television recordings in Russia a nd has participated in musical concerts in Spain and the Goodwill Games in Seattle. Anatoliy Yegorov\, bayan\, a native of Russia\, is an educator and soloist. He has lead national concert tours throughout Russia \, and has been the featured soloist in performances throughout Texas. Sergey Vashchenko\, balalaika\, is a two time American Grammy Award conte nding musician with his group Kalinka. A native of the Ukraine\, Mr. Vashc henko has made a name for himself in his current home of Austin\, Texas\, a nd has been dubbed\, "The Jimmy Hendriks of the balalaika". This projec t is funded and supported in part by Musical Connections\, 4Culture of City of Seattle\, King County Logging tax\, through the Cultural Affair and a n award from the National Endowment for the Arts\, which believes that a gr eat nation deserves great art.Concert time and location: Town Hall Seattle\ ,1119 8-th Ave.\, Seattle WA 98101\; Date: Saturday\, June 13\; Time: 7PM t o 9 PM Admission: Adults - $20\; Seniors and Students - $15Children age 12 to 17 - $10\; Children under 12 are FREETicket information: 1-800-838-3006 or www.usamusicalconnections.com For more information\, please see the w ebsite: www.townhallseattle.org SUMMARY:Master`s Music Concert Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090711T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5905120-science-pablos-hacking-and-innovat ion-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090611T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_262951284@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Chances are one or more of your credit cards is embedded with a radio frequency ID tag\, listing your name\, credit-card number and expira tion date\, and more\, for your security. But with $8 worth of gear from eB ay\, hacker/futurist Paul Pablos Holman can scan your card from a distance\ , retrieve all that data\, and start shopping. Luckily for us\, Pablos is m ore concerned with demonstrating the frontiers of what hackers do\, and how tenuous our sense of security really is. And even hackers have day jobsat former Microsoft CTO Nathan Myhrvold's Bellevue-based Intellectual Ventures Laboratory\, Pablos is part of a team at work on a wide variety of futuris tic projects\, including a fission reactor powered by nuclear waste\, a mac hine to stop hurricanes (by harnessing the oceans own energy to lower its s urface temperature)\, and a laser-based mosquito-eradication system to elim inate malaria. Presented as part of Seattle Science Lectures\, with Univers ity Bookstore and Pacific Science Center. SUMMARY:Science: Pablos: Hacking and Innovation END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090629T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5905121-roger-thurow-and-scott-kilman-a-cr isis-of-famine-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090629T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_727858357@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:In spite of the reeling economy\, the 21st Century is still a c omparative age of plenty. But decades after the Green Revolution\, there is still not enough food. Staggeringly\, 25\,000 people a dayand nearly 6 mil lion children a yeardie of hunger\, malnutrition\, and related diseases. Ma ny think of famine as a natural disaster\, or as the legacy of war and corr upt leaders\, but Roger Thurow and Scott Kilman\, award-winning writers on Africa\, development\, and agriculture\, blame bad policies across the poli tical spectrum. The veteran Wall Street Journal reporters new book\, Enough : Why the Worlds Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty\, serves as an indictme nt of the economic\, political\, and social forces that perpetuate hunger a nd famineand the inspiring stories of the people fighting to change them. P resented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life\, with University Book Stor e. SUMMARY:Roger Thurow and Scott Kilman: A Crisis of Famine END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090708T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5905122-science-dean-kuipers-radical-envir onmentalism-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090708T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_603332976@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Environmentalism is all the rage these days\, gaining followers \, momentum\, and exposure. But outside the mainstreams gentle green moveme nt lies a different kind of rage: radical environmentalists who take eco-de fense into their own hands. Rod Coronado\, an animal-rights activist and ar sonist who was recently released from prison and has claimed to denounce di rect action\, spearheaded a movement that has led to more than 1\,200 acts of sabotage\, a billion dollars in damages\, and a legal showdown that will define Americas relationship with environmentalism\, raising tough questio ns\, such as: What is the definition of nonviolence? Should environmentalis ts be tried for terrorism? Los Angeles Times editor Dean Kuipers\, author o f Burning Rainbow Farm and Operation Bite Back: Rod Coronados War to Save A merican Wilderness\, looks into the radical Animal Liberation and Earth Lib eration fronts through Coronados story. Presented as part of Seattle Scienc e Lectures\, with University Book Store and Pacific Science Center. SUMMARY:Science: Dean Kuipers: Radical Environmentalism END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090730T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5905123-thom-hartmann-saving-a-planet-in-p eril-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090730T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_36274025@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Witnessing a planet seemingly bound for the breaking pointsocia lly\, economically\, and environmentally the provocative radio commentator Thom Hartmann sees plenty of looming crises\, as well as reasons for hope. Hartmann\, author of Threshold: The Crisis of Western Culture\, says religi ous fundamentalism\, capitalism run amok\, and militarism are draining Eart h of its natural and human resources\, endangering millions for the benefit of a few. But by examining cultures that have thrived\, and by targeting p olicy for specific reform\, Hartmann offers solutions\, and motivation for anyone hoping to build a better\, more sustainable world. His nationally-sy ndicated radio show airs in Seattle from 9 a.m. to noon\, on AM 1090. Pres ented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life\, with KTPK-AM 1090 and Elliot t Bay Book Company. SUMMARY:Thom Hartmann: Saving a Planet in Peril END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090724T203000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5934488-howard-dean-prescription-for-real- healthcare-reform-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090724T190000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_887099893@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Americans have pondered how to reform healthcare since the days of Harry Truman. But little has changed except that healthcare costs have soared\, health-insurance companies have grown\, and millions of Americans lack health insurance\, or pay for coverage that doesnt protect them from s erious illness. In his new book\, Howard Dean's Prescription for Real Healt hcare Reform\, the physician (and former Democratic National Committee Chai rman\, presidential candidate\, and six-term governor) argues that all Amer icans need the option to participate in a public health-insurance program\, much like Medicare. The book\, co-written with Faiz Shakir and Igor Volsky \, also explains President Obama's healthcare plan\; how other countries ha ndle healthcare\; which special interests are standing in the way of progre ss\, and why\; and how healthcare reform will help American businesses pros per. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life and the Future of Hea lth Lecture Series\, with Elliott Bay Book Company. SUMMARY:Howard Dean: 'Prescription for Real Healthcare Reform' END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090915T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5949619-science-carol-yoon-naming-nature-w a-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090915T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_304967734@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Bellingham biologist and journalist Carol Yoon calls her new bo ok\, Naming Nature\, "the story of the rise of a science\, the science of t axonomy or the classification of all life\," even as it illuminates our ur gent need to stay connected to the natural world by using familiar\, rather than scientific\, names. From Linnaeus\, whose system turned classificatio n from a hobby to a science\, and Darwin\, who ended the idea of rigid spec ies definitions\, to today's dream of naming all of Earth's species and lis ting them online\, Yoon investigates the poetic and deeply human need to la bel the natural world\, and what such a drive means to us today. Presented as part of Seattle Science Lectures\, with Pacific Science Center and Unive rsity Book Store. SUMMARY:Science: Carol Yoon: Naming Nature END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090923T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5949620-robert-spector-celebrating-mom-pop -stores-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090923T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_873428796@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Business journalist Robert Spector grew up working in his famil y's butcher shop in New Jersey\, where he learned invaluable lessons about the independent retail business and about life. Mom & Pop stores like Spec tor's Meat Market have always brought people together\, fostering a sense o f neighborhood identity and camaraderie\, connecting people in big cities a nd small towns alike. Spector\, who lives in Seattle and wrote The Nordstro m Way and The Mom & Pop Store\, visited independent retailers across the co untry to discover the state of independent retailing\, finding that small s tores still thrive on attentive customer service and renewed community supp ort for local businesses. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life\ , with University Book Store. SUMMARY:Robert Spector: Celebrating Mom & Pop Stores END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090928T213000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5949621-science-glen-chilton-the-curse-of- the-labrador-duck-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090928T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_147867170@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Like the passenger pigeon\, the dodo\, and the great auk\, the Labrador Duck holds a revered status among extinct birds. Asked to write an article on the long-dead duck for the Birds of North America series\, orni thologist Glen Chilton\, Professor Emeritus at St. Mary's University Colleg e in Calgary\, Alberta\, set out to chronicle every stuffed specimen of the bird in the world. Beset by challenges ranging from fabricated claims to M iddle Eastern intrigue and insane millionaires\, Chilton's book documents a n engaging and obsessive journey to the edge of extinction\, yielding more than three trips around the globe\, and 55 stuffed ducks. The title\, by th e way\, refers to a particular duck that has changed hands many times and b rought misfortune or an untimely death to each of its owners\; its current owner is in prison. Presented as part of Seattle Science Lectures\, with Pa cific Science Center and University Book Store. SUMMARY:Science: Glen Chilton: 'The Curse of the Labrador Duck' END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091001T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5949622-michael-j-sandel-justice-for-all-o f-us-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091001T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_576067562@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Professor Michael J. Sandel and his jam-packed "Justice" course s are legendary at Harvard: The course is one of the most highly attended i n the university's history\, with swarms of students packing the campus the ater to hear Sandel connect the big questions of political philosophy to th e most vexing issues of modern life. What are our obligations to others as people in a free society? Should government tax the rich to help the poor? Is it ever wrong to tell the truth? Questions such as these are at the core of our public life\, and at the heart of Sandel's belief that a firm grasp of philosophy can help us make sense of politics\, morality\, and our own convictions. Sandel is the author of many books\, including Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life\, with University Book Store. SUMMARY:Michael J. Sandel: Justice for All of Us END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091012T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5949623-tracy-kidder-strength-in-what-rema ins-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091012T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_769583331@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Tracy Kidder is the author of Mountains Beyond Mountains\, a no nfiction narrative of doctor-to-the-poor Paul Farmer\, which was chosen as the UW's inaugural Common Book. That distinction means that since fall quar ter 2006\, all incoming freshmen and transfer students have had to read Mou ntains\; it's required reading at schools across the country\, too. Called a "master of the non-fiction narrative\," Kidder won the Pulitzer Prize for his book The Soul of a New Machine\, about the development of a minicomput er. His new book\, Strength in What Remains\, is the story of a Burundian g enocide survivor who escapes to the United States during the war but return s to his native country to build a medical clinic. Presented by the Town Ha ll Center for Civic Life\, with University Book Store. SUMMARY:Tracy Kidder: 'Strength in What Remains' END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091019T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5949624-taylor-branch-the-clinton-tapes-wa -seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091019T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_763412295@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Usually when someone "makes it big\," old friends come crawling out of the woodwork like termites\, scrambling for a nibble of fame. It wo rked a little differently for Taylor Branch and Bill Clinton. The two were friends but had lost touch after college\, until Clinton was elected presid ent when Clinton called Branch. Clinton wanted to build a vivid archive of records so future historians could fully capture the reality of his adminis tration. As a result\, Pulitzer-Prize winning author Branch conducted 78 in formal but confidential White House "diary sessions" with Clinton between 1 993 and 2001. Clinton spoke spontaneously and candidly on contemporary even ts\, and afterward\, Branch recorded his own take on the sessions. The resu lt is The Clinton Tapes\, a rare look at a young president and the pressure s of his job. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life\, with Unive rsity Book Store. SUMMARY:Taylor Branch: 'The Clinton Tapes' END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091029T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5949625-eric-schlosser-our-nuclear-near-mi sses-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091029T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_705138528@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:First he turned stomachs with the best-selling expose Fast Food Nation\, then he opened eyes with Reefer Madness\, a look at the undergrou nd industries of marijuana\, migrant labor\, and pornography. Investigative journalist Eric Schlossers next investigation delves into nuclear-weapons laboratories\, missile silos\, and the cockpits of B-52 bombers to show how perilously close we have come to nuclear disaster over the past 60 years. Building off a Cold War incident that threatened to set off a powerful nucl ear weapon in America's heartland\, Schlosser's new book\, Command and Cont rol\, is the tale of technological ingenuity and blind faith in science\, o f personal heroism and bureaucratic incompetence\, and of a desperate need for control and the ultimate illusion of control. In the end\, Schlosser fo und that the system designed to control our nuclear weapons has come to end anger and control all of us. Presented by Town Hall Center for Civic Life\, with Elliott Bay Book Company. SUMMARY:Eric Schlosser: Our Nuclear Near-Misses END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090908T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5949653-future-of-health-t-r-reid-a-quest- for-better-health-care-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090908T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_946520692@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:According to the World Health Organization\, the United States\ , the richest country in the world\, ranks 37th overall on healthcare costs \, quality\, and coverage. As politicians\, providers and just plain folks debate how to reform America's healthcare system\, NPR commentator and auth or T.R. Reid took a more global view: He visited successful healthcare syst ems around the world\, examining why other countries have better\, fairer\, and cheaper healthcare than we do and looking for ideas we could use. In his new book\, The Healing of America\, Reid concludes that one key lesson is that most foreign countries do not use socialized medicine. Japan has 99 percent private hospitals and 5\,000 health-insurance companies\, for exam ple\, but provides universal coverage and excellent care for less than half what we spend per capita. Presented as part of the Future of Health Lectur e Series with University Book Store. SUMMARY:Future of Health: T.R. Reid: A Quest for Better Health Care END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090919T120000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5970736-saturday-family-concerts-caspar-ba bypants-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090919T110000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_116730867@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Mom and Dad might recognize Chris Ballew as lead singer of Seat tle rockers The Presidents of the United States of America\, but now hes go t a gig for the kids\, too: Caspar Babypants. Ballew realizes that parents of very young children might need a tiny bit of help every now and then\, s o his goal as Caspar is to offer "real organic musical relief" with "simple sing-along music for baby brains and parent ears." With titles like "Littl e Broken Truck" and "Bug in the Cuff\," Caspar's songs are just as clever a s The Presidents'and just as catchy\, no matter how old you are. SUMMARY:Saturday Family Concerts: Caspar Babypants END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090919T140000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5970736-saturday-family-concerts-caspar-ba bypants-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090919T130000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_95213409@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Mom and Dad might recognize Chris Ballew as lead singer of Seat tle rockers The Presidents of the United States of America\, but now hes go t a gig for the kids\, too: Caspar Babypants. Ballew realizes that parents of very young children might need a tiny bit of help every now and then\, s o his goal as Caspar is to offer "real organic musical relief" with "simple sing-along music for baby brains and parent ears." With titles like "Littl e Broken Truck" and "Bug in the Cuff\," Caspar's songs are just as clever a s The Presidents'and just as catchy\, no matter how old you are. SUMMARY:Saturday Family Concerts: Caspar Babypants END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091009T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5970740-science-christos-papadimitriou-log icomix-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091009T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_591916768@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Logicomix is an eagerly-anticipated graphic novel featuring a r ather atypical superhero: the eloquent and spirited mathematician/philosoph er Bertrand Russell. Logicomix isn't your typical graphic novel: covering a span of 60 years\, it is inspired by the epic story of the quest for the F oundations of Mathematics\, a heroic intellectual adventure that led many o f its protagonists to personal suffering and even insanity. With concept an d story by Berkeley Computer Science professor Christos Papadimitriou (alon g with Athens-based Apostolos Doxiadis\, a writer long obsessed with the re lationship between mathematics and narrative)\, Logicomix sees through Russ ell's eyes the plights of great thinkers like Frege\, Hilbert\, Poincar\, W ittgenstein and Gdel\, and through Russell's own passionate involvement in the quest\, the various narrative strands come together. Presented as part of the Seattle Science Lectures\, with Pacific Science Center and Universit y Book Store. SUMMARY:Science: Christos Papadimitriou: 'Logicomix' END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091025T213000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5970741-global-rhythms-khoomei-taiko-ensem ble-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091025T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_721052006@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Town Hall's world-performance series Global Rhythms opens its 2 009-10 season with the West Coast debut of the ground-breaking Khoomei-Taik o Ensemble\, a unique collaboration featuring internationally-renowned Japa nese and Mongolian artists together exploring the rich traditions and conte mporary sounds of their musical cultures. Performers in this extraordinary six-member ensemble include fue/flute player\, taiko drummer and former KOD O member Kaoru Watanabe\; noted Japanese koto player Miki Maruta\; Khongorz ul Ganbaatar\, master of the Mongolian Long Song and a member of Yo Yo Ma's Silk Road Project\; horsehead fiddle player Tserendorj Tseyen\; and throat (Khoomei) singer Shinetsog Dorjnyam. The ensemble is presented in collabor ation with the 2009 Earshot Jazz Festival. SUMMARY:Global Rhythms: Khoomei-Taiko Ensemble END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091026T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5970743-ed-viesturs-speaks-at-town-hall-se attle-on-monday-october-26-at-7-30-p-m-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hal l-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091026T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_417940395@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:ED VIESTURS Monday\, October 26 at 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall Seattle Presented by ELLIOTT BAY BOOK COMPANY. Almost three years to the date since we last presented him to a large Town Hall audienc e\, renowned Bainbridge Island mountain climber and author Ed Viesturs is h ere again with a much-anticipated new chronicle\, K2: Life and Death on the Worlds Most Dangerous Mountain (Broadway). K2 is the worlds second highest mountain. Considered much deadlier than Everest\, it has claimed the lives of 77 climbers since 1954 including eleven who died in a single thirty-si x-hour period in 2008. K2 features in-depth portrayals of seven ascents ra nging from Ed Viesturs own 1992 climb\, which almost got him and Scott Fisc her killed on up through 2008s tragedy. This should be a thoroughly engagi ng evening\, definitely a peak experience as these evenings go. $5 tickets are available at Elliot Bay or via www.brownpapertickets.com starting Septe mber 26. SUMMARY:Ed Viesturs speaks at Town Hall Seattle on Monday\, October 26 at 7 :30 p.m. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091106T213000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5970746-townmusic-marion-verbruggen-trio-w a-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091106T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_261718727@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Internationally-acclaimed recorder virtuoso Marion Verbruggen i s joined by 2005 Grammy nominee and Seattleite Margriet Tindemans\, viola d a gamba\, and harpsichordist Jillon Stoppels Dupree\, founding director of Seattles Gallery Concerts for a program featuring works by Telemann\, Bach \, Handel\, and others. SUMMARY:TownMusic: Marion Verbruggen Trio END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20100610T213000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5970748-townmusic-joshua-roman-helen-huang -wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20100610T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_798352051@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Cellist (and TownMusic Artistic Director) Joshua Roman is joine d by internationally-renowned pianist\, Helen Huang\, in a program drawn fr om the giants from the cello sonata repertoire\, plus a newly-commissioned work for cello and piano by the award-winning young composer\, Dan Visconti . SUMMARY:TownMusic: Joshua Roman & Helen Huang END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20100226T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5970749-joseph-stiglitz-classic-economics- wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20100226T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_57297751@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Nobel Prize-winning economist and Columbia University professor Joseph Stiglitz is considered one of today's most distinguished and contro versial economists\, known for his work on asymmetric information and as a pioneer in the field of modern information economics and microeconomics. Th e former chairman of President Clinton's Council of Economic Advisors\, Sti glitz is also a prolific author\, and his latest book\, Selected Works of J oseph E. Stiglitz: Volume I: Information and Economic Analysis\, is the fir st of six volumes that will provide a definitive collection of his most imp ortant work. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life\, with Univer sity Book Store. SUMMARY:Joseph Stiglitz: Classic Economics END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20100209T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5970750-garry-wills-bomb-power-wa-seattle- first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20100209T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_415047857@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:The power of the atomic bomb resonates far beyond megatons\, sa ys Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and historian Garry Wills: Its very ex istence has transformed our nation by dramatically increasing the power of the modern presidency and redefining the government as a national security state. Wills\, author of Bomb Power\, says the Manhattan Project was a triu mph of official secrecy and military disciplineperhaps expected in wartime\ , but then growing into the covert operations and overt authority that have defined American government in the nuclear era. According to Wills\, this signals a radical break from the division of powers established by our foun ding fathers\, enfeebling Congress and the courts as it threatens our Const itution. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life\, with University Bookstore. Series supported by the Otto Haas Charitable Trust. SUMMARY:Garry Wills: 'Bomb Power' END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090910T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5977896-thomas-frank-conservatives-messy-l egacy-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090910T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_607916412@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Conservatives no longer hold the reins of power in Washington\, D.C.\, but best-selling author Thomas Frank (the landmark What's the Matte r with Kansas?) sees their fingerprints all over the capitala messy legacy of blundering and corruption. In The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule\ , Frank asserts that a coalition dedicated to dismantling big government in stead delivered a big sell-off\, turning public policy into a private-secto r bidding war. Frank will offer an analysis of what conservatism has wrough t\, from the earliest days of the Republican revolution to the final months of the Bush administration\, and the resulting challenges facing the natio n. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life\, with Elliott Bay Book Company. SUMMARY:Thomas Frank: Conservatives' Messy Legacy END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090923T203000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5977897-rachel-simmons-the-curse-of-the-go od-girl-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090923T190000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_568088573@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:"Good girls" don't act up\, speak out\, or question authorityan d that\, says best-selling author Rachel Simmons\, is definitely not good f or girls\, or for women. Simmons\, author of The Curse of the Good Girl: Ra ising Authentic Girls with Courage & Confidence\, believes that by exposing the myth of the Good Girla paradigm so narrowly defined that it's unachiev able and often leads to debilitating self-criticismwe can free girls from i ts impossible standards and empower them to embrace their real selves. Pres ented by Town Hall\, with Elliott Bay Book Company. SUMMARY:Rachel Simmons: 'The Curse of the Good Girl' END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090924T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5977898-max-blumenthal-crises-among-the-ra dical-right-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090924T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:14_450078881@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044014 DESCRIPTION:Investigative journalist Max Blumenthal is famous for his left- leaning articles and videos\, and lately he's leaning even furtherright int o the personal lives of the Republican Party's extreme right-wing forces. B lumenthal\, author of Republican Gomorrah\, says the GOP's leading figures have more in common than just their power in conservative ranks: personal l ives stained by crisis\, ranging from mental illness to murder. Inspired by the work of psychoanalyst Erich Fromm\, who asserted that the fear of free dom leads anxiety-ridden people to embrace authoritarianism\, Blumenthal ma intains that a culture of personal crisis has defined the radical right\, t ransforming the nature of the Republican Party for the next generation and setting the stage for the future of American politics. Presented by the Tow n Hall Center for Civic Life\, with University Book Store. SUMMARY:Max Blumenthal: Crises Among the Radical Right END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090929T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5977899-ray-anderson-earth-and-profit-frie ndly-business-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090929T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_538310471@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:In 1994\, Ray Andersonfounder and chairman of Interface\, the w orlds largest manufacturer of modular carpetset an audacious goal for his c ompany: to completely eliminate its negative environmental impact by 2020. Carpet-making has long been a toxic\, petroleum-based process\, but since u ndertaking this 'ascent to sustainability' Interface has cut greenhouse gas emissions by 82 percent\; cut fossil-fuel consumption by 60 percent\; inve nted and patented new machines\, materials\, and manufacturing processesand increased sales by 66 percent\, doubling earnings and raising profit margi ns. Anderson\, named one of Time magazine's Heroes of the Environment in 20 07\, and author of Confessions of a Radical Industrialist: Profits\, People PurposeDoing Business by Respecting the Earth (with Robin White)\, is lead ing again by challenging all of industry to share this original goal\, and by proving that profit and sustainability are not mutually exclusive. Prese nted by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life\, with Elliott Bay Book Company . SUMMARY:Ray Anderson: Earth-and Profit-Friendly Business END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091008T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5977900-james-ellroy-at-town-hall-seattle- on-thurs-october-8-at-7-30-p-m-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattl e?s=ical DTSTART:20091008T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_897022848@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:JAMES ELLROY Thursday\, October 8 at 7:30 p .m. at Town Hall Seattle Presented by THE ELLIOTT BAY BOOK COMPANY. Brin ging this compelling three-night Town Hall run to a close on a high note is one of the most distinct voices out there today\, James Ellroy. He makes a welcome Seattle return with his largest novel yet in more ways than one w ith the 1968-set Blood's a Rover (Knopf) "Ellroy concludes the scorching tr ilogy begun with 1995s American Tabloid with a crushing\, bravura performan ce As ever\, his sentences are gems of concision\, and his characters many of whom readers will remember from The Cold Six Thousand and from American history classes 'are a motley crew of grotesques often marked by an off-ki lter sense of honor: stone bad-asses\, in other words .. It's impossible no t to read it with a sense of awe. The violence is as frequent as it is extr eme\, the treachery is tremendous\, and the blending of cold ambition and c older political maneuvering is brazen\, all of it filtered through diamond- cut prose. It's a stunning and crazy book that could only have been written by the premier lunatic of American letters. Publishers Weekly. $5 tickets are available at Elliott Bay\, via www.brownpapertickets.com\, or 1.800.83 8.3006 starting September 5. Town Hall Seattle is at 1119 Eighth Avenue (at Seneca). For more information on this evening\, please call Elliott Bay at 206.624.6600. SUMMARY:James Ellroy at Town Hall Seattle on Thurs. October 8 at 7:30 p.m. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091014T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5977901-science-peter-maass-totalling-the- cost-of-oil-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091014T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_550503414@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:When gas prices topped $4 a gallon a while back\, we were all v ividly reminded of the volatility of oil prices. But Peter Maass\, a writer for New York Times Magazine and author of Crude World: The Violent Twiligh t of Oil\, says there's a lot more to the cost of oil than dollar signs\, f rom an environmental\, humanitarian\, and political point of view. Maass sa ys that with every oil-producing nation is touched by a "resource curse"the power of oil to exacerbate existing problems and create new ones. From the pipeline to the boardroom\, from rebels to activists to CEOs\, Maass docum ents a complex and troubled world\, the unnatural consequence of our addict ion to oil. Presented as part of the Seattle Science Lectures series\, with Pacific Science Center and University Book Store. SUMMARY:Science: Peter Maass: Totalling the Cost of Oil END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091017T120000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5977902-saturday-family-concerts-savannah- fuentes-flamenco-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091017T110000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_859466789@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:As a child\, Savannah Fuentes was bored by school\, aimless\, a nd undisciplineduntil she took a flamenco dance class. Inspired by the pass ion and complexity of the dance and music and intrigued by its exotic histo ry\, Savannah immersed herself in intense study that eventually took her to Spain\, and the birthplace of flamenco\, Seville. Now\, after years of stu dy\, she pours her talent\, knowledge\, and passion into Spain's signature dance. Presented as part of Town Halls Saturday Family Concerts Series\, wi th Giant Magnet (formerly Seattle International Children's Festival). SUMMARY:Saturday Family Concerts: Savannah Fuentes Flamenco END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091017T140000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5977902-saturday-family-concerts-savannah- fuentes-flamenco-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091017T130000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_840052900@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:As a child\, Savannah Fuentes was bored by school\, aimless\, a nd undisciplineduntil she took a flamenco dance class. Inspired by the pass ion and complexity of the dance and music and intrigued by its exotic histo ry\, Savannah immersed herself in intense study that eventually took her to Spain\, and the birthplace of flamenco\, Seville. Now\, after years of stu dy\, she pours her talent\, knowledge\, and passion into Spain's signature dance. Presented as part of Town Halls Saturday Family Concerts Series\, wi th Giant Magnet (formerly Seattle International Children's Festival). SUMMARY:Saturday Family Concerts: Savannah Fuentes Flamenco END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091021T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5977905-daniel-goldhagen-genocides-assault -on-humanity-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091021T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_531552397@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:With his international bestseller Hitler's Willing Executioners \, Daniel Goldhagen stirred passionate public debate by compelling people t o reexamine a profound and stubborn moral dilemma. Now he's turned to the p henomenon of genocide\, which he calls the greatest scourge of humankind\, having caused more deaths in the modern world than military conflict. Goldh agen says we can't begin to eradicate genocide until we challenge fundament al assumptions about human nature\, society\, and politics. Toward that end \, his latest book Worse Than War explains why genocides begin\, are sustai ned\, and end\; why societies support them\; why they happen so frequently\ ; and how the international community should and can successfully stop them . Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life\, with University Book S tore. SUMMARY:Daniel Goldhagen: Genocide's Assault on Humanity END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091022T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5977906-science-tim-flannery-solving-our-c limate-crisis-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091022T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_961932184@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:Australian scientist Tim Flannery appeared at Town Hall in 2006 to speak on his last book The Weather Makers (within days of an appearance by Elizabeth Kolbert\, author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe). Together \, their works contributed enormously to popular understanding of the reali ty of climate change. Flannerys latest book\, Now or Never\, describes prag matic steps being explored and taken towards remediation of the crisis\, f rom storing the carbon released by dead plants to carbon-trading strategies in South America to collaboration between a Danish wind-energy company and an automobile manufacturer on a viable electric car. Leavening the doomsda y scenarios of much current reporting on climate change\, Flannery's work l ooks forward in the belief that "a sense of hopelessness is just as great a danger to our future as the bankrupt philosophies of the recent past." Pre sented as part of Town Halls Seattle Science Lectures series\, with Pacific Science Center and University Book Store. SUMMARY:Science: Tim Flannery: Solving Our Climate Crisis END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091028T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5977907-science-fulvio-melia-cracking-the- einstein-code-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091028T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_110669321@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:For more than four decades after its publication\, Albert Einst ein's theory of general relativity remained largely a curiosity for scienti sts\; it seemed accurate\, but the code of six interlocking equations was d ifficult to crack. But 29-year-old Cambridge graduate Roy Kerr solved the g reat riddle in 1963\, the same year as the discovery of black holes\, final ly providing fertile testing ground for general relativity. Few know how Ke rr did it\, but Fulvio Melia\, professor of physics and astronomy at the Un iversity of Arizona and author of Cracking the Einstein Code\, unmasks the history behind the search for a real-world solution to Einsteins field equa tions\, ultimately showcasing how pathfinding theoretical science gets done . Presented as part of Town Halls Seattle Science Lectures series\, with Pa cific Science Center and University Book Store. SUMMARY:Science: Fulvio Melia: 'Cracking the Einstein Code' END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091102T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5977908-science-eva-hoffman-perceptions-of -time-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091102T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_729524780@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:Time is generally considered a great given\, an impartial and o bjective force that cannot be circumvented\, deconstructed\, or wished away \, no matter how much Botox or collagen we inject. But what is the nature o f time in our time? And why do we feel we have less time\, even as we live longer than ever? What effects do computers\, video games\, and instant com munications have on our perceptions\, and our bodies? The acclaimed novelis t\, memoirist\, historian and critic Eva Hoffman is the author of a small b ut provocative work called Time\, which asserts that we are tampering with time in ways that affect how we live\, the textures of our experience\, and our very sense of what it is to be human. Presented as part of the Seattle Science Lectures series\, with Pacific Science Center and University Book Store. SUMMARY:Science: Eva Hoffman: Perceptions of Time END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091105T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5977909-james-mcmanus-the-story-of-poker-w a-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091105T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_244878445@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:You may think you know when to hold 'em\, when to fold 'em\, an d even when Neil Patrick Harris should go "all in" on Celebrity Poker Showd ownbut what about the real story of poker? Author\, memoirist and inveterat e poker player James McManus knows it all\, from the game's roots in China to its status as a globaland yet quintessentially Americanphenomenon. Best known for writing on the game in his bestselling Positively Fifth Street (2 001)\, McManus has long-explored the ways poker reverberates with our battl efield and business tactics: cheating and thwarting cheaters\, leveraging u ncertainty\, bluffing and sussing out bluffers\, and managing risk and rewa rd. In his latest book\, Cowboys Full\, McManus says poker goes hand in han d with our national experience\, reflecting who we are and how we operate t hrough its pervasive cultural influence. Presented by Town Hall\, with Univ ersity Book Store. SUMMARY:James McManus: The Story of Poker END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091123T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5977910-joel-waldfogel-rethinking-holiday- gifts-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091123T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_662952662@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:The holidays: seasonal cheer\, family get-togethers\, and prese ntslots and lots of presents. But did you really love that sweater from Gra ndma\, or the singing fish from your uncle? And how many gifts did you buy without knowing what the recipient really wanted\, or needed? What if its time to rethink the whole idea of gift-giving? Economist Joel Waldfogel bel ieves that could be a gift in itself. The author of Scroogenomics: Why You Shouldnt Buy Presents for the Holidays\, says its time to stop the madness\ ; by spending $85 billion each winter\, making poorly informed choices\, ma xing out our credit cards\, and leaving recipients less than satisfied\, we re creating deadweight loss. Instead\, Waldfogel proposes gift-giving alter natives that can reclaim the original spirit of the holidays. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life\, with Elliott Bay Book Company. SUMMARY:Joel Waldfogel: Rethinking Holiday Gifts END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20100413T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5978194-townmusic-biava-quartet-with-joshu a-roman-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20100413T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_806940569@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:The Biava Quartet returns to Town Hall on the heels of a Novemb er 2008 performance that left one Seattle Times reviewer "thrilled to be wi tnessing such glory." The quartetviolinists Austin Hartman and Hyunsu Ko\, violist Mary Persin\, and cellist Jason Callowaytakes its name from Maestro Luis Biava\, a mentor and inspiration for the quartet since its inception. Included on the program is a performance of Schubert's String Quintet in C Major\, with Joshua Roman. SUMMARY:TownMusic: Biava Quartet with Joshua Roman END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091102T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5987267-an-evening-with-steven-d-levitt-an d-stephen-j-dubner-authors-of-superfreaknomics-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101- town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091102T190000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_275133854@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner will be at Town Hall Sea ttle on November 2nd to discuss their new book\, 'SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling\, Patriotic Prostitutes and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life In surance'. In 2005\, 'Freakonomics' was published and forever changed our u nderstanding of how the world works\, how we really make decisions\, and ev en how we name our children. This revolutionary book spent two years on Th e New York Times bestseller list and spawned a new genre of books on behavi oral economics. 'Superfreakonomics' is based on all-new research and origi nal studies by Steven D. Levitt\, who was recently awarded the American Eco nomic Association John Bates Clark Medal\, given to the economist under age 40 who has made the greatest contribution to this discipline. Levitt has a lso been named one of Time Magazine's "100 People Who Shape Our World". Ste phen J. Dubner is the co-author of both books and is an award-winning journ alist.Join us for an evening with the men who took the 'dismal' out of the economic sciences. The ticket price includes a copy of 'SuperFreakonomics' \, which each attendee will receive upon check-in.Doors open at 6:15pm and the talk begins at 7pm SUMMARY:An evening with Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner\, authors of 'SuperFreaknomics' END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20100610T140000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5989408-townmusic-season-subscription-wa-s eattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090917T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_775253684@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:**SPECIAL SEASON SUBSCRIPTION PRICE ** \n \n_Thursday\, Septe mber 17 at 7:30 pm_ **Jun Iwasaki & Grace Fong**Town Hall's chamber-music series opens its season with a performance by violinist Jun Iwasaki\, conce rtmaster of the Oregon Symphony\, and critically-acclaimed pianist Grace Fo ng\, performing virtuosic works from the Romantic recital repertoire includ ing violin sonatas by Mozart and Saint Sans. Former concertmaster of the Ca nton Symphony Orchestra and member of the conductor-less chamber ensemble S ejong\, Iwasaki is a recent graduate of Cleveland Institute of Musics prest igious Concertmaster Academy\, where he also earned his bachelors and maste rs of music degrees. Prize-winning pianist Grace Fong has gained critical a cclaim in the United States\, Canada\, Europe\, and Asia\, making appearanc es at major venues around the world. \n \n _Friday\, November 6 at 7:30 p m_**Marion Verbruggen Trio** Internationally-acclaimed recorder virtuoso Ma rion Verbruggen is joined by 2005 Grammy nominee and Seattleite Margriet Ti ndemans\, viola da gamba\, and harpsichordist Jillon Stoppels Dupree\, foun ding director of Seattles Gallery Concerts for a program featuring works b y Telemann\, Bach\, Handel\, and others. \n \n_Tuesday\, February 9 at 7 :30 pm_**Brooklyn Rider** Formed while working in Yo Yo Mas globetrotting e nsemble the Silk Road Project\, Brooklyn Rider was born out of a desire to use the rich medium of the string quartet as a vehicle for borderless commu nication. The groupfeaturing violinists Johnny Gandelsman and Colin Jacobse n\, violist Nicholas Cords\, and cellist Eric Jacobsonbuilds programs which careen from the romantic to the contemporary. With its wildly eclectic voi ce\, Brooklyn Rider is recreating the 300-year-old form of string quartet a s a vital and creative 21st-century ensemble. \n \n_Tuesday\, April 13 a t 7:30 pm_**Biava Quartet with Joshua Roman** The Biava Quartet returns to Town Hall on the heels of a November 2008 performance that left one Seattle Times reviewer thrilled to be witnessing such glory. The quartetviolinists Austin Hartman and Hyunsu Ko\, violist Mary Persin\, and cellist Jason Cal lowaytakes its name from Maestro Luis Biava\, a mentor and inspiration for the quartet since its inception. Included on the program is a performance o f Schuberts String Quintet in C Major\, with Joshua Roman. \n \n_Thursda y\, June 10 at 7:30 pm_**Joshua Roman & Helen Huang** Cellist (and TownMus ic Artistic Director) Joshua Roman is joined by internationally-renowned pi anist\, Helen Huang\, in a program drawn from the giants from the cello son ata repertoire\, plus a newly-commissioned work for cello and piano by the award-winning young composer\, Dan Visconti. SUMMARY:TownMusic Season Subscription END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090922T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5989409-intiman-lincoln-douglas-debates-wa -seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090922T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_254744002@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:Town Hall Seattle and Intiman Theatre present a dramatic readin g of selections from the Lincoln-Douglas Debates convened during the 1858 I llinois senatorial campaign. Lincoln\, the Republican challenger\, was a li ttle-known upstart taking on a political giant. His oratorical brilliance a nd passionate support of racial equality helped make him an American hero. In this year of the Lincoln Bicentennial\, and in conjunction with Intiman' s production of Abe Lincoln in Illinois\, professional actors will recreate this seminal moment in political history. The 45-minute reading will be fo llowed by a discussion with the audience. SUMMARY:Intiman: Lincoln/Douglas Debates END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091108T220000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5999590-evan-flory-barnes-acknowledgement- of-a-celebration-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091108T200000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_826227378@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:The Seattle bassist and composer presents his large-ensemble fu sion of jazz\, hip hop and classical music\, complete with modern dancers a nd freestyle breakdancers. Commissioned as part of a national series of wor ks from Meet the Composers Commissioning Music/USA program. SUMMARY:Evan Flory-Barnes: Acknowledgement of a Celebration END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091206T213000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5999600-charles-lloyd-quartet-wa-seattle-f irst-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091206T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_132938589@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:Charles LloydJason MoranReuben RogersEric Harland SUMMARY:Charles Lloyd Quartet END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091006T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6000030-sherman-alexie-speaks-at-town-hall -seattle-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091006T190300 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_455347924@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:SHERMAN ALEXIE Tuesday\, October 6 at 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall Seattle Presented by THE ELLIOTT BAY BOOK COMPANY. Six mon ths after rocking the house with Face\, a new book of poems\, Sherman Alexi e is back onstage and on the page with an eagerly awaited new book of sto ries\, War Dances (Grove Press). This first book of prose after his Nationa l Book Award-winning young-adult novel\, The Absolutely True Diary of a Par t-Time Indian\, is as wonderfully all over the place as any night with She rman Alexie can be with some heart truth shining through at the core. From National Book Award-winner Alexie comes a new collection of stories\, poem s\, question and answer sequences\, and hybrids of all three and beyond. In a penetrating voice that mixes humor with anger\, Alexie pointedly asks\, If it is true that children pay for the sins of their fathers\, then is I a lso true that fathers pay for the sins of their children? Many of the stori es revolve around the complexities of fatherhood Alexie unfurls highly exp ressive language this is a spiritedly provocative array of tragic comedies . Publishers Weekly. $5 tickets are available at Elliott Bay\, via www.bro wnpapertickets\, and 1.800.838.3006 starting September 5. Town Hall Seattle is at 1119 Eighth Avenue (at Seneca). For more information on this evening \, please call Elliott Bay at 206.624.6600. SUMMARY:Sherman Alexie speaks at Town Hall Seattle END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091007T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6000033-science-reinhard-stettler-lessons- from-the-cottonwood-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091007T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_471171707@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:The story of the cottonwood\, whose life cycle is so closely at tuned to the rivers natural dynamics and fluctuating floodplains\, is one o f perpetual change. But then\, in a broader sense\, so is the story of all trees\, and all kinds of life\, says Reinhard Stettler\, professor emeritus of forestry at the University of Washington and author of Cottonwood and t he River of Time. By examining how trees adapt and persist\, as well as how science can help us understand it\, Stettler asserts we just might learn h ow to preserve and manage our forests for an uncertain future. Presented as part of Seattle Science Lectures\, with Pacific Science Center and Univers ity Book Store. Sponsored by Microsoft. SUMMARY:Science: Reinhard Stettler: Lessons from the Cottonwood END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091226T213000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6024496-concert-of-duke-ellingtons-sacred- music-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091226T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_395605771@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:Ellington's wonderful "Sacred Music" is both serious and swingi ng. It is a reverent and hip body of jazz composition\, written late in his career\, for jazz big band\, vocal and instrumental soloists\, gospel choi r\, and tap dancers.For the past 20 years Earshot Jazz has presented an ann ual concert of Ellington's Sacred Music. The concert features the Seattle R epertory Jazz Orchestra\, co-directed by Michael Brockman and Clarence Acox . Many of Seattle's favorite jazz artists are featured on this special conc ert as well as guest vocalists. SUMMARY:Concert of Duke Ellington's Sacred Music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091021T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6024555-good-clean-fair-food-can-we-have-i t-all-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091021T190000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_127108429@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:Our nation's current healthcare debate and growing interest in media including Fast Food Nation\, In Defense of Food\, Animal\, Vegetable\ , Miracle\, and Food\, Inc. are shining a light on our food system like nev er before. Erika Lesser\, executive director of Slow Food USA\, will lead a lively discussion\, Good\, Clean\, Fair Food Can We Have It All? on Wedne sday\, October 21\, 2009 from 7-9pm at Town Hall Seattle. The true costs of our current food system and its consequences to our health\, the environme nt\, food and farm workers and our communities will be examined\, and the i ntricate balance of interests involved in creating a food system that is go od\, clean\, affordable and fairly produced will be explored by Erika\, org anic orchardist Adolfo Alvarez\, PCC nutrition educator Goldie Caughlan\, f arm labor activist Rosalinda Guillen\, and community activist Teresa Mares\ , co-coordinator of the Food Justice Project. Proceeds benefit the Laurel Rubin Farm Worker Justice Project (www.c4ej.org/ow_laurel.html). SUMMARY:Good\, Clean\, Fair Food--Can We Have It All? END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091005T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6024691-jesse-sheidlower-the-f-word-wa-sea ttle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091005T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_61715136@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:Dick Cheney snarled it on the Senate floor. Bono let it slip at the Grammys. We cant say it here\, but lexicographer and language expert J esse Sheidlower probably will. In the new edition of his historical diction ary The F-Word\, the Oxford English Dictionary editor-at-large has catalogu ed hundreds of citations of the least-printable word in the English languag e\, from the colorful dialogue of Gore Vidal to the military's creative use of "intensifiers" to boost morale. Since the 15th century\, no other word has been adapted\, interpreted\, euphemized\, censored\, and shouted with a s much ardor or force\, and while it is now largely accepted as an integral part of language\, "the F-word" still manages to confound\, provoke\, and scandalize. Presented by Town Hall\, with University Book Store. SUMMARY:Jesse Sheidlower: 'The F-Word' END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091027T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6024693-science-theodore-gray-the-elements -wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091027T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_873441881@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:Anyone whos walked into a basic chemistry classroom has seen th e periodic tablethat blocky catalog of the elements that everything is made of. But few have seen it as Theodore Gray hasas art. Gray\, author of the "Gray Matter" column for Popular Science and the new book The Elements: A V isual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe\, spent five years re searching and photographing the table's 118 elements in their purest\, unco mbined form. Gray is a serious scientist with a silly side: He co-founded W olfram Research\, which makes the groundbreaking software Mathematica\; won the tongue-in-cheek 2002 Ig Nobel Prize in Chemistry for creating the Peri odic Table Table\, a wooden table with compartments for each of the element s\; and posted a bouncy musical trailer for his new book on YouTube (link b elow). Presented as part of Seattle Science Lectures\, with Pacific Science Center and University Book Store. Sponsored by Microsoft. SUMMARY:Science: Theodore Gray: 'The Elements' END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091104T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6024695-science-brad-matsen-the-life-of-co usteau-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091104T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_210077765@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:Under water and on land\, the legendary Jacques Cousteau explor ed and explained the magnificent world of the oceans unlike anyone else. An d\, just like the seas he loved\, his life held depth well beneath the surf ace of his global reputation as a celebrated oceanographer and environmenta list. With the cooperation of Cousteau's collaborators\, friends\, and fami ly\, Vashon Island writer Brad Matsen's biography Jacques Cousteau: The Sea King examines the people\, the adventures\, the science\, and the lure of the sea that shaped Cousteaus life. From his work for the French resistance during World War II to television's Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau\, M atsen has captured the essence of a man who profoundly changed the way we v iew\, and treat\, our planet. Presented as part of Seattle Science Lectures \, with Pacific Science Center and University Book Store. SUMMARY:Science: Brad Matsen: The Life of Cousteau END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091109T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6024696-nan-aron-bringing-justice-to-tortu rers-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091109T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_71675704@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:Attorney General Eric Holder\, writes Alliance for Justice pres ident and founder Nan Aron\, is a man on a hot seat that' getting hotter. H older reportedly is considering authorizing a criminal investigation into t he mistreatment of detainees by CIA interrogators\, but President Obama has said he does not support a special commission for exploring the Bush admin istration. And some big\, powerful names are sure to come up in any kind of investigationDick Cheney\, Donald Rumsfeld\, Alberto Gonzales\, George Te net\, John Ashcroft\, and Condoleeza Rice. But Aron thinks Holder needs to go even further: While a full-scale investigation of the use of torture by the United States government will stir up passions on both sides\, she writ es\, "t is our only hope for reaching some national consensus on the tortur e issue."Aron has been a leading voice in public-interest law for more than 30 years\, and helped defeat Robert Bork' nomination to the Supreme Court in 1987. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life. SUMMARY:Nan Aron: Bringing Justice to Torturers END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091118T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6024698-island-press-tony-barnosky-nature- in-an-age-of-global-warming-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s =ical DTSTART:20091118T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_235457153@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:In 2006\, one of the hottest years on record\, a "pizzly" was d iscovered near the top of the world. Half polar bear\, half grizzly\, this never-before-seen animal might have been dismissed as a fluke of nature\, b ut Berkeley professor and paleoecologist Anthony Barnosky\, author of Heats troke: Nature in an Age of Global Warming\, instead sees it as a harbinger of things to come. Everywhere on Earth\, global warming is fundamentally c hanging the natural world and its creatures and\, Barnosky says\, climate c hange is more likely to wipe out species than to create them. Barnosky draw s connections between the coming centuries and the end of the last Ice Age\ , when mass extinctions swept the planet\, but says climate change is faste r and hotter now and\, for the first time\, humanity is driving itwhich mea ns this time\, we can work to stop it. Presented the Town Hall Center for C ivic Life and Island Press\, in association with IslandWood and Elliott Bay Book Company. SUMMARY:Island Press: Tony Barnosky: 'Nature in an Age of Global Warming' END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091201T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6024701-science-alan-boyle-why-pluto-is-pl anet-worthy-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091201T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_711413475@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:To its fans\, Plutos the cutest and most unfairly maligned plan et of allbut possibly not even a planet at all\, thanks to its still-disput ed demotion by the Astronomical Union in 2006. But the cosmic underdog rema ins an American favorite\, and with good reason\, says MSNBC.com science ed itor Alan Boyle: Pluto may have contained the building blocks of life billi ons of years ago\, and may well serve as life's last redoubt billions of ye ars from now. Boyle\, the Seattle-based author of The Case for Pluto: How a Little Planet Made a Big Difference and the award-winning blogger behind C osmic Log\, argues in favor of Pluto's planetary status\, exploring its dis covery and strange appeal\, and explaining how it is still changing the wa y we see the universe. Presented as part of Seattle Science Lectures\, with Pacific Science Center and University Book Store. Series sponsored by Micr osoft. SUMMARY:Science: Alan Boyle: Why Pluto is Planet-Worthy END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091202T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6024715-island-press-elizabeth-grossman-a- green-chemistry-revolution-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s= ical DTSTART:20091202T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_808921152@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:From baby bottles to kitchen cookware\, Americans are more conc erned than ever about chemicals and their effect on our health. The stories are unnerving: Our children play with toys that leach unsafe chemicals\, o ur makeup and sunscreen carry toxins\, and nearly every child born today ca rries hazardous chemicals in his or her blood. Even the air we breathe can alter our genes. Maybe weve had enough\, on every level. Investigative jour nalist Elizabeth Grossman\, author of Chasing Molecules: Poisonous Products \, Human Health\, and the Promise of Green Chemistry\, thinks we have. A "b enign by design" chemical revolution is brewing\, she says\, and its hope i s the promise of green chemistrya world where the pollutants stay out of pr oducts and out of people. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life and Island Press\, in association with IslandWood and Elliott Bay Book Comp any. SUMMARY:Island Press: Elizabeth Grossman: A Green Chemistry Revolution END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20100118T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6024716-raj-patel-looking-beyond-price-tag s-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20100118T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_247649628@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:In an era when the gears of the economy have ground to a virtua l halt\, writer\, activist\, and academic Raj Patel (2008's bestselling Stu ffed and Starved) says we all need to start asking the fundamental but baff ling question of why things cost what they do. His latest work\, The Value of Nothing\, uses some fundamental but forgotten economics and cutting-edge neuroeconomics to show how the price we pay for everything is systematical ly distorted. Patel clearly explains why the question "How much?" means far more than the price on the sticker. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life\, with Elliott Bay Book Company. SUMMARY:Raj Patel: Looking Beyond Price Tags END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20100119T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6024717-robert-mcchesney-john-nichols-bail -out-the-newspapers-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20100119T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_731420069@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:We've lost the printed Post-Intelligencer\; daily newspapers ar e closing in Denver\, Cincinnati\, and Albuquerque\; and even the venerable Boston Globe is at risk. "Surviving" newspapers are shedding reporters\, s huttering bureaus\, and ignoring entire areas of coverage. Journalism\, the counterbalance to corporate and political power\, the lifeblood of an info rmed citizenry\, and the essential underpinning of American democracy\, is not just threatened\; it is in meltdown. Robert McChesney and John Nichols\ , authors of The Death and Life of Great American Newspapers\, believe the federal government should intervene to save newspapersand journalismand the y have history on their side: The same people who wrote a free-press protec tion into the First Amendment provided subsidies to the burgeoning print pr ess of the young nation. Presented by Town Hall's Center for Civic Life. Se ries supported by RealNetworks Foundation\, the Brown Foundation\, and the Otto Haas Charitable Trust. SUMMARY:Robert McChesney & John Nichols: Bail Out the Newspapers END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091203T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6024722-nomi-prins-the-ugly-truth-behind-o ur-financial-crisis-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091203T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_813673337@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:The federal government's financial bailout was a scary and madd ening wake-up call for America. But former Wall-Street-insider-turned-journ alist Nomi Prins\, author of It Takes a Pillage\, says our eyes arent all t he way open yet. Prins\, former managing director at Goldman Sachs and curr ent senior fellow at Demos\, knows Big Finance and big money\, and says tha t amid the bailout's exposure of greed\, irresponsible regulation\, and sel fish mind-sets\, the scariest part is that for all the trillions we're spen ding or committing\, our economic system remains in disarrayand Washington has no real plan for fixing it. Prins does\, though. Presented by Town Hall 's Center for Civic Life\, with Demos and Elliott Bay Book Company. Series supported by RealNetworks Foundation\, the Brown Foundation\, and the Otto Haas Charitable Trust. SUMMARY:Nomi Prins: The Ugly Truth Behind Our Financial Crisis END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091018T180000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6024783-short-stories-live-way-west-wa-sea ttle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091018T160000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_249246532@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:"I may not know who I am\, but I know where I am from\," wrote Wallace Stegner. "I am a product of the American earth." The quest for iden tity and permanence in an America that is both fragmented and rootless is a persistent theme in stories of the American Weststories peopled by charact ers whose flinty independence is eternally at odds with a deep longing for connection. In Stegners Chip Off the Old Block\, the flu epidemic of 1918 f orces a boy to figure out what it takes to be a man. In Tess Gallagher's I Got a Guy Once\, a laid-off logger reckons with the man who screwed him ove r. And in Gallagher's The Red Ensign\, a woman struggles with the intrusion of men into what was once an all-female sanctuary. Christine Sumption dire cts this program featuring professional actors reading excerpts from these classics. Presented by Town Hall with A Contemporary Theatre. SUMMARY:Short Stories Live: Way West END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091103T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6024857-rich-benjamin-the-implications-of- white-flight-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091103T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_880024333@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:As immigrant populationslargely people of colorincrease their s take in cities and suburbs\, more and more white people are moving to smal l towns and exurban areas. Journalist Rich Benjamin\, a senior fellow at th e nonpartisan public-policy research and advocacy organization Demos\, call s these enclaves "Whitopias\," and from 2007 to 2009\, he embarked on a 26\ ,909-mile journey to some of the fastest-growing and whitest locales in our nation. Benjamin\, author of Searching for Whitopia\, explores the social and political implications of this phenomenon\, concluding that Obama's his torical presidency has actually raised the stakes in a battle between two v ersions of America: one that is broadly comfortable with diversity yet resi dentially segregated (ObamaNation)\, and one that does not mind a little et hnic foodas long as it does not overwhelm a white dominant culture (Whitopi a). Presented by Town Halls Center for Civic Life\, with Demos and Elliott Bay Book Company. SUMMARY:Rich Benjamin: The Implications of White Flight END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20100116T120000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6024859-saturday-family-concerts-los-cenzo ntles-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20100116T110000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_885892096@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:Hot off of Fridays Global Rhythms appearance\, Los Cenzontles ( The Mockingbirds) alights Downstairs at Town Hall for a kids concert of pow erful contemporary sounds infused with the gutsy soul of Mexicos rural root s music. The Mockingbirds effortlessly mix electric bass and drums with tra ditional Mexican instrumentsjarana\, vihuela\, requinto\, pandero\, and qui jada (jawbone) to create a fresh Chicano voice for a new generation. Fronte d by the dynamic vocals of Fabiola Trujillo and Lucina Rodriguez\, and sone ro Hugo Arroyo\, Los Cenzontles digs deeply into Latino traditions to promo te dignity\, pride\, and cultural understanding. Series media sponsorship p rovided by ParentMap. SUMMARY:Saturday Family Concerts: Los Cenzontles END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20100116T140000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6024859-saturday-family-concerts-los-cenzo ntles-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20100116T130000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_416733061@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:Hot off of Fridays Global Rhythms appearance\, Los Cenzontles ( The Mockingbirds) alights Downstairs at Town Hall for a kids concert of pow erful contemporary sounds infused with the gutsy soul of Mexicos rural root s music. The Mockingbirds effortlessly mix electric bass and drums with tra ditional Mexican instrumentsjarana\, vihuela\, requinto\, pandero\, and qui jada (jawbone) to create a fresh Chicano voice for a new generation. Fronte d by the dynamic vocals of Fabiola Trujillo and Lucina Rodriguez\, and sone ro Hugo Arroyo\, Los Cenzontles digs deeply into Latino traditions to promo te dignity\, pride\, and cultural understanding. Series media sponsorship p rovided by ParentMap. SUMMARY:Saturday Family Concerts: Los Cenzontles END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20100115T220000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6024860-global-rhythms-los-cenzontlesseatt le-debut-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20100115T200000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_95514988@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:Fronted by the dynamic vocals of Fabiola Trujillo\, Lucina Rodr iguez\, and sonero Hugo Arroyo\, Los Cenzontles ("The Mockingbirds") makes its Seattle debut at Town Halls Global Rhythms series. This energetic and e vocative band of eight young musicians is rapidly becoming a formidable pre sence in the Latin music scene. They mix electric bass and drums with tradi tional Mexican instruments jarana\, vihuela\, requinto\, pandero\, and quij ada (jawbone)to create a powerful contemporary sound infused with the gutsy soul of Mexico's rural roots music. Based in San Pablo\, Calif.\, the grou p is closely associated with members of Los Lobos\, with whom they have rec ently recorded a CD\, Songs of Steel and Wood. Their current project is in collaboration with the legendary blues musician Taj Mahal. There is a free- pre-concert talk at 7:15 pm free to ticket holders. SUMMARY:Global Rhythms: Los CenzontlesSeattle Debut END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091114T120000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6025079-saturday-family-concerts-tahqua-wa -seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091114T110000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_333291684@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:Native American ensemble Tahqua celebrates tradition and cultur e through performances described as "a delight and inspiration to the human spirit." With creative and captivating performances of contemporary and tr aditional music\, song\, story\, and dance\, Tahqua's vocal versatility and highly charged physical performance enrapture audiences of all ages. Serie s sponsored by ParentMap. SUMMARY:Saturday Family Concerts: Tahqua END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091114T140000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6025079-saturday-family-concerts-tahqua-wa -seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091114T130000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_492704649@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:Native American ensemble Tahqua celebrates tradition and cultur e through performances described as "a delight and inspiration to the human spirit." With creative and captivating performances of contemporary and tr aditional music\, song\, story\, and dance\, Tahqua's vocal versatility and highly charged physical performance enrapture audiences of all ages. Serie s sponsored by ParentMap. SUMMARY:Saturday Family Concerts: Tahqua END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090927T180000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6030071-liz-caroll-and-trian-wa-seattle-fi rst-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090927T160000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_953729242@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:A powerful trio of traditional Irish musicians: Liz Carroll on fiddle\, Billy McComiskey on button accordion\, and Dáithí Sproule on gui tar and vocals.Local band Irish Blessing opens: showcasing the finest and p urest forms of traditional music and dance.$18 General Admission $14 SFMS M embers $10 Students (ages 3 to 22) The York St. Patrick's Day Parade Commit tee\, which is co-sponsoring this concert\, will raffle off several Irish-t hemed items before the concert and during intermission. SUMMARY:Liz Caroll and Trian END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20090920T160000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6030742-steel-magnolias-wa-seattle-first-h ill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20090920T140000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_354453575@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:Comedy/drama that examines the friendships and tragedies shared by six Southern women. 8pm Fridays and Saturdays\, 2pm Sundays Sept. 11-27 . $15\, $12 seniors\, students and military. SUMMARY:Steel Magnolias END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20100111T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6032723-daniel-pink-what-really-motivates- us-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20100111T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_714916777@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:There's probably something to that old carrot-on-a-stick motiva tional toolif you're trying to motivate a horse. But for us bipeds\, says b estselling author Daniel Pink\, the true secret to high performance and sat isfaction lies in deeply and uniquely human needs: to direct our own lives\ , to learn and create new things\, and to do better by ourselves and our wo rld. Pink\, author of Free Agent Nation and A Whole New Mind\, as well as h is latest Drive\, exposes the mismatch between what science knows and the i nnovative motivational approaches businesses use\, and how that affects eve ry aspect of our lives. Presented by Town Hall with University Book Store. SUMMARY:Daniel Pink: What Really Motivates Us END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091020T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6032724-island-press-orrin-pilkey-rob-youn g-the-rising-sea-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091020T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_4998152@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:By 2100the time it will take a child born today to grow oldthe seas could rise as much as seven feet. That might not sound alarming\, say professors Orrin Pilkey and Rob Young\, authors of The Rising Sea\, but the consequences are daunting: All along America's coast\, the tide will rise and fall on massive seawalls or ruined roads\, homes\, businesses\, and pub lic buildings. Coastal cities such as Miami\, New York\, and New Orleans wi ll be forced to enact a policy of retreat. Rising seas are inevitable\, the authors say\, but despair is not: We can save lives and communities\, but only by facing hard and controversial choices\, including abandoning storm- damaged property\, changing where and how we build\, and developing a natio nal exit strategy from our coasts. SUMMARY:Island Press: Orrin Pilkey & Rob Young: 'The Rising Sea' END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091120T223000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6032784-michael-tomlinson-concert-in-celeb ration-of-our-healing-arts-community-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall- seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091120T200000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_185114297@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:Following the release of Michael's long awaited CD\, The Way Ou t West\, he brings together a group of studio musicians to perform songs fr om throughout his 10 CD career. The focus of the event is to celebrate our Healilng Arts Community\, bringing together healers and the general public for an evening of goodwill and music. There will be a pre-show reception op en to all ticket holders. Reception is at 7pm. More info available at www.m ichaeltomlinson.com/healers SUMMARY:Michael Tomlinson Concert In Celebration of Our Healing Arts Commun ity END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091116T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6032805-ellie-krieger-so-easy-ten-foods-th at-can-change-your-life-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ica l DTSTART:20091116T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_490386969@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:Whether you're anticipating or dreading the season of holiday ( over)eating\, Ellie Krieger has an encouraging message for you: You can eat delicious food and maintain your health even when life is really hectic. A dietitian\, host of Food Network's acclaimed Healthy Appetite\, and New Yo rk Times-bestselling author of The Food You Crave\, Krieger specializes in offering real advice about food and healthy habits\, without gimmicks or cr ash diets. In a manner at once easygoing and direct\, she says that with th e right tools and knowledge\, anyone can have a healthy\, conscious approac h to nutrition without sacrificing a pure love of food. SUMMARY:Ellie Krieger: So Easy: Ten Foods That Can Change Your Life END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091206T153000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6039235-merry-and-bright-wa-seattle-first- hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091206T140000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_194400650@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:Experience joyous holiday repertoire\, and sing along with the entire Northwest Girlchoir. Choirs include: Music Makers\, Prep Choir\, F resca\, Amabile\, Vivace\, Amore\, and Ensemble. SUMMARY:Merry and Bright END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20100306T153000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6039238-something-to-say-wa-seattle-first- hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20100306T140000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_649102778@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:You'll enjoy the charming variety of music in this concert abou t communication. Choirs include: Music Makers\, Prep Choir\, Fresca\, Ama bile\, and Vivace. SUMMARY:Something to Say END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20100105T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6039414-david-swanson-forming-a-more-perfe ct-union-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20100105T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_799914432@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:David Swanson is more than a vocal critic of George Bush and Di ck Cheney: He's a leading voice for prosecuting them for war crimesand that s just the legal part of his stance. Swanson\, author of Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union\, says a lot more went wrong under Bushs tenure than meets the eye\, and it will take more th an a new president to create the kind of change we really need. By investig ating how Bush and Cheney altered the way American government works and det eriorated the Constitution and Bill of Rights\, Swanson lays out a respondi ng plan for reclaiming democracy\, declaring our rights\, and setting out f or a new America. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life with Ell iott Bay Book Company. Series supported by RealNetworks Foundation\, The Br own Foundation\, and Otto Haas Charitable Trust. SUMMARY:David Swanson: Forming a More Perfect Union END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20100107T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6039415-the-media-revolution-hanson-r-hose in-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20100107T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_702641395@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:The second installment of the new Town Hall/University of Washi ngton Communication Department series\, The Revolution is Here: How Digital Media and Awakened Citizens Are Changing the World\, will feature Hanson H osein\, director of UW's Master of Communication in Digital Media program. Each evening in the four-part series zeroes in on a different "top story"\; Hosein specializes in storytelling\, social media strategies\, and new mod els of communication. SUMMARY:The Media Revolution: Hanson R. Hosein END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20100113T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6039415-the-media-revolution-hanson-r-hose in-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20100113T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_562993635@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:The second installment of the new Town Hall/University of Washi ngton Communication Department series\, The Revolution is Here: How Digital Media and Awakened Citizens Are Changing the World\, will feature Hanson H osein\, director of UW's Master of Communication in Digital Media program. Each evening in the four-part series zeroes in on a different "top story"\; Hosein specializes in storytelling\, social media strategies\, and new mod els of communication. SUMMARY:The Media Revolution: Hanson R. Hosein END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091111T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6039671-alex-steffen-building-a-planet-wit h-a-future-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091111T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_573942012@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:At the Copenhagen climate summit in December\, the world's lead ers will try to reach agreement on a path to a climate-safe future. As deba te rages about how to lift the developing world out of poverty while redefi ning affluence on dramatically more sustainable lines\, Alex Steffen's answ ers are increasingly influential. Steffen\, the Seattle-based editor of the instrumental sustainability site Worldchanging.com\, has become one of the world's leading thinkers on the planetary future\, and his ideas on "brigh t green" environmentalismsustainable\, dynamic\, prosperous\, and fairhave a wide following in Northern Europe. Steffen will be keynote speaker at thr ee of the major events during the Copenhagen summit\, but first he'll deliv er a special two-night talk at Town Hall exploring what a bright-green futu re means for the planetand the perils and opportunities that future will br ing for Seattle. Tonight's talk will focus on global issues and big trends. Presented by Town Hall's Center for Civic Life. SUMMARY:Alex Steffen: Building a Planet with a Future END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091112T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6039677-alex-steffen-seattles-bright-green -moment-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091112T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_21397958@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:At the Copenhagen climate summit in December\, the world's lead ers will try to reach agreement on a path to a climate-safe future. As deba te rages about how to lift the developing world out of poverty while redefi ning affluence on dramatically more sustainable lines\, Alex Steffen's answ ers are increasingly influential. Steffen\, the Seattle-based editor of the instrumental sustainability site Worldchanging.com\, has become one of the world's leading thinkers on the planetary future\, and his ideas on "brigh t green" environmentalismsustainable\, dynamic\, prosperous\, and fairhave a wide following in Northern Europe. Steffen will be keynote speaker at thr ee of the major events during the Copenhagen summit\, but first he'll deliv er a special two-night talk at Town Hall exploring what a bright-green futu re means for the planetand the perils and opportunities that future will br ing for Seattle. Tonight's talk will focus on the local picture and what we can do right now. Presented by Town Halls Center for Civic Life. SUMMARY:Alex Steffen: Seattle's Bright Green Moment END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091220T180000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6039794-short-stories-live-christmas-class ics-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091220T160000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_716982648@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:In a holiday celebration of literature and theater\, profession al actors from A Contemporary Theatre will read excerpts from Christmas cla ssics. Frank Corrado will reprise "Ryder Nails the Cleveland Street Kid" by Jean Shepherd\, whose short stories inspired the classic holiday film A Ch ristmas Story\; Julie Briskman will read Nathan Englander's "Reb Kringle\," a comic tale about a Jewish man who works as a department-store Santa\; an d Jean Sherrard will take on Truman Capotes largely autobiographical "A Chr istmas Memory." The program is directed by Sherrard\, and features a specia l appearance by Paul Dorpat reading Thurbers "'Twas The Night Before Christ mas\,' cheekily rendered in the style of Hemingway. Presented by Town Hall with A Contemporary Theatre. SUMMARY:Short Stories Live: Christmas Classics END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20100213T120000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6039795-saturday-family-concerts-the-not-i ts-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20100213T110000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_344748620@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:On "a mission to make kids dance\," The Not-Its! are a five-pie ce Seattle band with indie-rock rootsfeaturing Sarah Shannon\, lead singer of the '90s Sub Pop sensation Velocity Girl. The band describes its unique sound as "crunchy guitars combined with smooth\, four-part harmonies\, all nestled within pop songs that just happen to be about everyday kid stuff." Rounding out the group are guitarist/schoolteacher Tom Baisden\, drummer Mi ke Bayer\, rhythm guitarist and singer Danny Adamson\, and bass player Nori Hoeft. SUMMARY:Saturday Family Concerts: The Not-Its! END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20100213T140000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6039795-saturday-family-concerts-the-not-i ts-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20100213T130000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_448703977@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:On "a mission to make kids dance\," The Not-Its! are a five-pie ce Seattle band with indie-rock rootsfeaturing Sarah Shannon\, lead singer of the '90s Sub Pop sensation Velocity Girl. The band describes its unique sound as "crunchy guitars combined with smooth\, four-part harmonies\, all nestled within pop songs that just happen to be about everyday kid stuff." Rounding out the group are guitarist/schoolteacher Tom Baisden\, drummer Mi ke Bayer\, rhythm guitarist and singer Danny Adamson\, and bass player Nori Hoeft. SUMMARY:Saturday Family Concerts: The Not-Its! END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20100117T180000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6047304-short-stories-live-the-catholic-im agination-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20100117T160000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_521993327@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:A Contemporary Theatre Artistic Director Kurt Beattie directs t his program of excerpts from classic short stories examining faithand the w orldfrom the Catholic perspective. Included are "My First Confession" by th e prolific Irish writer Frank O'Connor\; Katherine Anne Porter's "Flowering Judas\," with a theme of lost faith\; "I Spy" by Graham Greene\, known for his exploration of morality and amorality in modern society\; and "The Lor d's Day" by J.F. Powers\, who carved out a literary niche with his tales of priests in Chicago and the Midwest. Presented by Town Hall with ACT Theatr e. SUMMARY:Short Stories Live: The Catholic Imagination END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20100122T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6047305-jeremy-rifkin-the-age-of-empathy-w a-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20100122T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_679011734@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:"Empathy" became a political buzzword during the confirmation h earings of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor: As a "wise Latina woman\ ," was she too empathetic\, selectively empathetic\, or just-right empathet ic? Perhaps time will tell\, but in the meantime\, says controversial socia l critic Jeremy Rifkin\, empathy is our bestand possibly onlymodel for glob al survival in the early 21st century. Rifkin\, founder and president of t he Foundation on Economic Trends and author of The Age of Empathy\, believe s we sit on the cusp of a great experiment to daterefashioning human consci ousness so that humans can live and flourish in the new globalizing society and that the development of empathy is central to a future in which we thin k and behave like the whole world matters. Presented by the Town Hall Cente r for Civic Life\, with University Book Store. Series supported by the Otto Haas Charitable Trust. SUMMARY:Jeremy Rifkin: 'The Age of Empathy' END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091110T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6048003-seattle-speaks-preventing-youth-vi olence-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091110T190000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_368274814@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:Youth violence is on the rise in Seattle. The city is respondin g with a community-based\, multi-agency Youth Violence Prevention Initiativ e\, the front lines of a fight that could mean life or death for kids aged 12-17. Over the next two years\, the city will spend about $8 million to tr y to reduce youth violence\, focusing on the youths who are at highest risk of perpetuating or being victimized by violence. But is it working? Is it realistic? And is it the best approach\, and the best use of the money? Sch eduled participants include Mariko Lockhart\, director of the city initiati ve\; a representative of the Seattle City Council\; a representative of the Seattle Police Departments gang unit\; a former gang member\; and youth wh o have experienced violence firsthand. Broadcast live and online at the Sea ttle Channel\, this 90 minute interactive forum will lay out the extent of Seattles youth-violence problem\, offer updates on and analysis of the init iative\, explore innovative anti-violence strategies\, and share experience from other cities. How do you feel about this issue? CR Douglas will moder ate the conversation "in the round" to offer you a chance to share your opi nions and suggestions\, and electronic polling during the event will gauge responses from both the live and online audiences. Presented by Town Hall\, with City Club and the Seattle Channel. SUMMARY:Seattle Speaks: Preventing Youth Violence END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20100328T180000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6049756-short-stories-live-folk-and-litera ry-fairy-tales-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20100328T160000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_720076650@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:Performers from A Contemporary Theatre lead us into the world o f folk and literary fairy tales for adults\, through classics of the genre. Included in the program: the happy-ending-defying Brothers Grimm ("The Str aw\, The Coal\, and the Bean"\; "Clever Elsie"\; and "The Three Spinners") and\, on the literary side\, "The Happy Prince" by Oscar Wilde and "The Tin der Box" by Hans Christian Andersen. ACT Artistic Director Kurt Beattie dir ects. Presented by Town Hall with A Contemporary Theatre. SUMMARY:Short Stories Live: Folk and Literary Fairy Tales END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20100523T180000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6049757-short-stories-live-a-mothers-tale- wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20100523T160000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_628620619@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:Your mom deserves more than a daylet's make May Mother's month and celebrate with this rich afternoon of classic short stories. On the pro gram: "Eleanor's Music" by Mary Gordon\, a 2007 Best American Short Stories selection\; the remarkable allegory "A Mother's Tale" by James Agee\; and Cynthia Ozick's chilling\, compact Holocaust story "The Shawl." Program dir ected by Kurt Beattie. Presented by Town Hall with A Contemporary Theatre. SUMMARY:Short Stories Live: A Mother's Tale END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20100417T120000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6049758-saturday-family-concerts-gansango- music-dance-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20100417T110000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_460266931@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:Gansango presents traditional and contemporary dance and music from West Africa. Directed by Seattle choreographer Etienne Cakpo\, origina lly from Benin\, Gansango features traditional dance from that Western Afri can country\, including Vodoun ritualistic dances\; regional social ceremon y dances\, such as the Chenkoum dance from Savalou\; and royal historical d ances\, such as the Zehli dance from the late 1800s. With accompanying live kora (21-string harp)\, djembe (drum)\, and percussion\; modern dance arra ngements based on traditional movement and rhythms\; and colorful\, cultura lly contextual costumes from West Africa\, Gansango is at once engaging and mesmerizing. Series sponsored by ParentMap. SUMMARY:Saturday Family Concerts: Gansango Music & Dance END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20100417T140000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6049758-saturday-family-concerts-gansango- music-dance-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20100417T130000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_341807639@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:Gansango presents traditional and contemporary dance and music from West Africa. Directed by Seattle choreographer Etienne Cakpo\, origina lly from Benin\, Gansango features traditional dance from that Western Afri can country\, including Vodoun ritualistic dances\; regional social ceremon y dances\, such as the Chenkoum dance from Savalou\; and royal historical d ances\, such as the Zehli dance from the late 1800s. With accompanying live kora (21-string harp)\, djembe (drum)\, and percussion\; modern dance arra ngements based on traditional movement and rhythms\; and colorful\, cultura lly contextual costumes from West Africa\, Gansango is at once engaging and mesmerizing. Series sponsored by ParentMap. SUMMARY:Saturday Family Concerts: Gansango Music & Dance END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091211T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6052738-seattle-radio-theatre-its-a-wonder ful-life-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091211T200000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_919708364@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:In a spirited celebration of the holidays\, Seattle Radio Theat re offers its 10th annual live radio production\, featuring music\, whiz-ba ng live sound effects\, and a cast of beloved Northwest personalities. This year's production brings back It's a Wonderful Life\, starring Emmy-winnin g Almost Live star Pat Cashman as George Bailey and Chris "J.P. Patches" We des as Old Man Potter. The performance will also be broadcast live on AM109 0\, so plan to be in your seats no later than 7:45pm for a little 'studio a udience warmup'and to stick around afterwards for a post-show reception wit h members of the cast. SUMMARY:Seattle Radio Theatre: 'Its a Wonderful Life' END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20100320T160000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6052800-global-rhythms-accordi-o-rama-iii- wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20100320T140000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_540374174@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:It's an entirely new squeezebox spectacular! The third installm ent of our popular accordion extravaganza features musicians from four cult ural perspectives: rollicking Crotian dance music with local favorite John Morovich backed by the fabulous Janovich Brothers band and guest dancers\; the rarely heard sounds of Cambodian accordion music from Daran Kravanh and his ensemble\; Jo Miller & Her Burly Roughnecks with squeezebox virtuoso N ova Devonie playing Western Swing and Rockabilly tunes for your dancing an d listening enjoyment\; and guest artists from San Francisco\, the noted ac cordionist Elias Lammam joined by his brothers Georges and Antoine performi ng music of the Arab World. Presented with Northwest Folklife. SUMMARY:Global Rhythms: Accordi-O-Rama III END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091026T223000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6056931-rent-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-t own-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091026T200000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_405151603@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:The Triad premiere of the Broadway hit! SUMMARY:RENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091028T223000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6056931-rent-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-t own-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091028T200000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_813053432@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:The Triad premiere of the Broadway hit! SUMMARY:RENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091029T223000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6056931-rent-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-t own-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091029T200000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_589860040@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:The Triad premiere of the Broadway hit! SUMMARY:RENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091207T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6059387-william-langewiesche-miracle-on-th e-hudson-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091207T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_590632818@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:Last January 15\, a US Airways jet had just taken off from New Yorks LaGuardia Airport when it was struck by a flock of geese\, destroying both engines. Over the next three minutes\, the planes pilot\, Chesley "Su lly" Sullenberger\, managed to glide the jet to a safe landing in the Hudso n River. It was an instant media sensation. The "Miracle on the Hudson"and Captain Sully was a hero. But how much of the happy ending can actually be credited to the pilot? To what extent is the "miracle" the result of extrao rdinary but not widely known\, and in some cases quite controversial advanc es in aviation and computer technology? In his latest book\, Fly By Wire\, Vanity Fair foreign correspondent (and pilot) William Langewiesche explores the world of advanced aviation and assembles the untold stories necessary to truly understand the "miracle\," questioning our assumptions about the r ole of human decision-making in modern aviation. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life with University Book Store. Series supported by The Boeing Company and RealNetworks Foundation. SUMMARY:William Langewiesche: 'Miracle on the Hudson' END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091209T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6059388-science-richard-ellis-the-changing -world-of-the-polar-bear-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ic al DTSTART:20091209T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_492993403@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:At once fierce and adorable\, the polar bear symbolizes the har sh beauty and muscular grace of the Arctic. In our age of global warming\, polar bears have also come to symbolize the peril that faces all life on Ea rth. But while the population of polar bears has shrunk by half in 20 years \, wildlife painter and acclaimed science writer Richard Ellis says the pol ar bears' extinction and the ice caps' disappearance is far from inevitable . Ellis\, author of On Thin Ice\, says that as the polar bears' habitat dis appears\, their survival rests on our willingness to take critical steps\, such as listing them as endangered\, even though that would render their te rritory off-limits to oil drilling. Presented as part of the Seattle Scienc e Lectures series\, with Pacific Science Center and University Book Store. Sponsored by Microsoft. SUMMARY:Science: Richard Ellis: The Changing World of the Polar Bear END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091217T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6060621-michael-medved-5-big-lies-about-am erican-business-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091217T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_128647543@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:Local conservative pundit Michael Medved returns to Town Hall w ith the follow-up to his best-seller The 10 Big Lies About America. Medved\ , host of the nationally syndicated radio program The Michael Medved Show\, says contempt for free enterprise is fueled by lies\, including the belief that pursuit of profit damages the public interest and undermines values. In challenging myths about our corporate system\, Medved argues that free-m arket businesses are responsible for providing today's food\, medical care\ , and other necessities of life. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civi c Life. Series supported by The Boeing Company\, and RealNetworks Foundatio n. SUMMARY:Michael Medved: '5 Big Lies About American Business' END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091212T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6069134-jennifer-burns-ayn-rands-legacy-to -conservatives-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091212T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_355881312@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:Worshipped by her fans\, trivialized by her enemies\, and forev er shadowed by controversy and scandal\, Ayn Rand was a powerful figure who se views on government and markets have helped shape the modern conservativ e movement. Drawing on Rand's private papers and journals\, Jennifer Burns\ , an assistant professor of history at the University of Virginia and autho r of Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right\, examines the novelist's life\, ideas\, and the political impact of 'Objectivism'\, the s elf-styled heroic philosophy articulated by Rand in novels like The Fountai nhead and Atlas Shrugged. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life with Elliott Bay Book Company. SUMMARY:Jennifer Burns: Ayn Rand's Legacy to Conservatives END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091216T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6069134-jennifer-burns-ayn-rands-legacy-to -conservatives-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20091216T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_685452422@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:Worshipped by her fans\, trivialized by her enemies\, and forev er shadowed by controversy and scandal\, Ayn Rand was a powerful figure who se views on government and markets have helped shape the modern conservativ e movement. Drawing on Rand's private papers and journals\, Jennifer Burns\ , an assistant professor of history at the University of Virginia and autho r of Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right\, examines the novelist's life\, ideas\, and the political impact of 'Objectivism'\, the s elf-styled heroic philosophy articulated by Rand in novels like The Fountai nhead and Atlas Shrugged. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life with Elliott Bay Book Company. SUMMARY:Jennifer Burns: Ayn Rand's Legacy to Conservatives END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20100108T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6069137-wilkinson-and-pickett-income-inequ ality-and-societal-health-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=i cal DTSTART:20100108T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_361738372@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:Gross income inequalities are understood to be divisive and cor rosive\; in generally wealthy societies\, the poor have shorter lives and s uffer more from almost every social problem\, from ill health to long worki ng hours. But in The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always D o Better\, Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett offer compelling evidence tha t more unequal societies are bad for everyone within themthe well-off as we ll as the poor\, and share how to shift the balance from self-interested co nsumerism to a friendlier and more collaborative society. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life\, with University Book Store. SUMMARY:Wilkinson and Pickett: Income Inequality and Societal Health END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20100110T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6069138-future-of-health-atul-gawande-the- power-of-the-checklist-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20100110T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_838549575@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:In a world of increasing complexity\, even accomplished profess ionals struggle to master the tasks they face. But acclaimed surgeon and be stselling writer Atul Gawande\, author of The Checklist Manifesto\, posits a remedy in the humblest and simplest of techniques: the checklist. Used by the US Air Force for decades\, checklists have enabled pilots to fly aircr aft of mind-boggling sophistication. Now innovative checklists are being ad opted in hospitals around the world\, improving responses to everything fro m flu epidemics to avalanches\, and into fields beyond medicine\, from home land security to investment banking. Presented through Town Hall's Future o f Health Lecture Series with Kim Ricketts Book Events. Series sponsored by Bastyr University and PCC Natural Markets. SUMMARY:Future of Health: Atul Gawande: The Power of the Checklist END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20100114T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6069139-future-of-health-gabor-mate-unders tanding-addiction-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20100114T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_949923814@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:Addictions fill celebrity tabloids and fuel reality TV shows\, but the true reality is that even those of us who know an addict\, or have experienced addiction\, have a hard time fully understanding the void that addiction attempts to fill\, or know how to address it. But bestselling wri ter and physician Gabor Mate(In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts)\, who has worke d with the severely addicted on Vancouver' Skid Row\, explains the phenomen on by describing its root causesa complex interplay of personal history\, e motional and neurological development\, brain chemistry\, and Western cultu re. Presented as part of Town Hall' Future of Health Lecture Series with El liott Bay Book Company. Series sponsored by Bastyr University and PCC Natur al Markets. SUMMARY:Future of Health: Gabor Mate: Understanding Addiction END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\n1119 8th Avenue\n\nSeattle\, WA 98101 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20100202T210000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6069140-paul-rogat-loeb-conviction-over-cy nicism-wa-seattle-first-hill-98101-town-hall-seattle?s=ical DTSTART:20100202T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 04:40:15_413202185@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T044015 DESCRIPTION:From the Balloon Boy hoax to President Obama's Nobel Peace Priz e\, nearly every action\, reaction\, motive\, and method these days is met with cynicism\; even in basic social interactions\, it has become our first response. But Paul Rogat Loeb challenges that pervasive perspective with a vision of hope and courage gleaned from 30 years of studying social involv ement and the ordinary citizens who make their voices heard and their actio ns count\, even as they're told neither matters. Loeb\, author of Soul Of a Citizen: Living With Conviction In a Cynical Time\, believes community inv olvement and citizen activism can give us back a sense of connection and pu rpose. Presented by Friends Health Connection. SUMMARY:Paul Rogat Loeb: Conviction over Cynicism END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR