Talks & readings in Seattle

Upcoming talks & readings events in Seattle — author talks, readings & lectures.

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Tuesday, November 10

Private to Public: A Salon with Omar Gandhi

6:00 PM PSTThe Shop - LMN Architects

Beyond Treaties: Native Stories of Survival and Strength

6:00 PM PSTTukwila Library

Rebecca Wells & the Ya-Ya Sisterhood 30th Anniversary

6:00 PM PSTBainbridge Island Museum of Art — Frank Buxton Auditorium

Form Over Function: Held Together, Artist Panel

6:00 PM PSTSeattle Art Source

Grit City Think and Drink | Harmful Algae in Puget Sound

6:30 PM PST7 Seas Brewing

Denizens of Highline Forest: Salmon in Our Local Forest with the Environmental Science Center

6:30 PM PSTWhite Center Library

Brian Cullman w/ Michael Shrieve

7:00 PM PSTElliott Bay Book Company

J.A. Jance presents 'The Taken Ones: A J. P. Beaumont Novel'

7:00 PM PSTTown Center at Lake Forest Park

Caleb True and Rivka Clifton — 'RAÑA' and 'Wrong Feast'

7:00 PM PSTThird Place Books Ravenna

Nicole M. Brewer with Valerie Curtis-Newton — 'The Antiracist Theatre: Crafting Theatrical Collaboration'

7:00 PM PSTThird Place Books — Seward Park

Thursday, November 12

Being Jewish in the Media

11:00 AM PSTStroum Jewish Community Center

Art History Lecture Series | Jeffrey Gibson (Choctaw/Cherokee, b. 1972)

11:30 AM PSTFrye Art Museum

Salon-Inspired Storytelling

1:00 PM PSTFrye Art Museum

Cocoon House’s Quarterly Forum

5:00 PM PSTLynnwood Neighborhood Center

David B Williams

6:00 PM PSTIsland Books

Amanda Uhle with Sara Billups

7:00 PM PSTElliott Bay Book Company

Andrew Joseph White presents 'You're No Better'

7:00 PM PSTTown Center at Lake Forest Park

Stephanie Wrobel presents 'Revenge Plot'

7:00 PM PSTThird Place Books Ravenna

Psychedelic Salon: End-of-Life Psychedelic Care

7:30 PM PSTTown Hall Seattle — The Wyncote NW Forum

SoundBio Spotlight #4

Time TBARita Koontz Community Space

Friday, November 13

Bird Talk: Birds of Prey of Vashon Island

2:00 PM PSTVashon Library

Where Raptors Roam with Craig Moran

4:30 PM PSTLynnwood Library - Sno-Isle Libraries

Doomscrolling Detox: Finding Your Balance in the Digital Age

6:30 PM PSTNichols Community Center FICRA

Rae Armantrout in conversation with Prageeta Sharma — 'Safe Rooms'

7:00 PM PSTThird Place Books Ravenna

From Awe to Action: In Right and Respectful Relations

7:30 PM PSTTown Hall Seattle — The Wyncote NW Forum

Saturday, November 14

Queen Anne: Evolution of an Urban Neighborhood

10:00 AM PSTWest Queen Anne School

Washington’s Oil and Gas Reserves

1:00 PM PSTBlack Diamond History Museum

The History and Legacy of the Hillcrest Bakery

1:00 PM PSTBothell Library

Saturday University: Lecture

2:00 PM PSTSeattle Asian Art Museum

Art, Creativity, and Immigrant Youth

2:00 PM PSTDouglass-Truth Branch - The Seattle Public Library — Art, Creativity, and Immigrant Youth

J.A. Jance Author Event: The Taken Ones

2:00 PM PSTRedmond Library

Travis Deverell with Drew Hayes: 'He Who Fights with Monsters' and 'Roverpowered'

2:00 PM PSTSeattle Public Library - Central Library

Book talk with Tamiko Nimura - A Place For What We Lose: A Daughter's Return to Tule Lake

7:00 PM PSTWomen Hold the Key

The Bushwick Book Club Seattle: DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL

7:30 PM PSTThe Royal Room Seattle

Spotlight Luncheon

Time TBAMarion Oliver McCaw Hall

KCNA Fall Summit – Universal Healthcare in WA: Where We Are Now

All dayThe Mountaineers Seattle Program Center

Sunday, November 15

Engayging in Sapphistry: A Book Club

2:00 PM PSTRedmond Library

The Strange Link Between Shark Attacks and Voting Behavior

2:00 PM PSTVashon Library

All Over The Map: Stories Behind the Names of Washington Places and Things

2:00 PM PSTBainbridge Public Library

An Evening with David Sedaris

7:00 PM PSTBenaroya Hall — S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium

Inheritors of Memory with Jordan Newman Weiner

All dayHolocaust Center for Humanity

Monday, November 16

Author Talk: Maria Geyman, With Tea

6:30 PM PSTBook Larder

Christine Reed presents 'Blood Sweat Tears' and 'Alone in Wonderland'

7:00 PM PSTThird Place Books — Seward Park

Holly Black and Solenne Songer — 'A Conspiracy of Charming Monsters'

7:00 PM PSTTown Center at Lake Forest Park

Matthew Aldrich: 'The Natural Order'

7:00 PM PSTThird Place Books Ravenna

Seattle Arts & Lectures presents LeVar Burton

7:30 PM PSTBenaroya Hall — S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium

Post Midterms: Across Social Justice Movements, What Comes Next?

7:30 PM PSTTown Hall Seattle — The Wyncote NW Forum

Wednesday, November 18

Known Wishes: Financial Planning for Life’s Final Chapter

6:00 PM PSTTown Hall Seattle — The Wyncote NW Forum

History Café: Across Time on Skis in the PNW

6:30 PM PSTMuseum of History & Industry (MOHAI) — Faye G. Allen Grand Atrium

Garden Hotline Presents: Climate Change and Changing Gardens

6:30 PM PSTSkyway Library

On Spiritual Darkness

6:45 PM PSTSaint Mark's Episcopal Cathedral — Bloedel Hall

Tacoma’s Chinese Expulsion of 1885

7:00 PM PSTSpanish Ballroom at Elks Temple

An Evening with Standing Together

7:00 PM PSTRainier Arts Center — Auditorium

Grace Krilanovich and Jim Ruland: 'Acid Green Velvet' and 'Mightier Than the Sword'

7:00 PM PSTThird Place Books Ravenna

THE NEXT CHAPTER: Mother-authors on ambition, leadership, and reinvention

All dayArmoir

Thursday, November 19

Fireside Chat with Dr. Tia Noelle Pratt

4:00 PM PSTCenter for Science and Innovation, Seattle University

5:30 PM PSTWashington State History Museum

Up Close with Conservators: Beneath the Surface, Conserving Schubert Sonata

6:00 PM PSTSeattle Asian Art Museum

Tiger's Mouth: Lucy Tan in Conversation with Kim Fu

6:00 PM PSTFolio: The Seattle Athenaeum

Re-Visiting Jackson Street After Hours

6:00 PM PSTMuseum of History & Industry (MOHAI) — Faye G. Allen Grand Atrium

Christine Suggs: 'Luck of the Draw'

6:00 PM PSTThird Place Books — Seward Park

Bikes & Brews: Bikepacking the Great Allegheny Passage & C&O Canal with Susan Fleenor and Lyssa Smith

6:30 PM PSTThe Mountaineers — Seattle Program Center

Burke Book Club | Rising from the Plains

6:30 PM PSTBurke Museum of Natural History and Culture

Author Talk + Demo: Yenvy & Quynh-Vy Pham, Phonomenal Nights

6:30 PM PSTBook Larder

Author Voices: Mikki Kendall

6:30 PM PSTFederal Way Library

Transformations: Wood, Metal, Stone, Sundry Reading

6:30 PM PSTHugo House — Lapis Theater

Debbie Macomber in conversation with Sheila Roberts

7:00 PM PSTJewel Box Theatre

7:30 PM PSTTown Hall Seattle — The Great Hall

Friday, November 20

Heart of Glass: Art and Innovation at 2100 Degrees

11:00 AM PSTTacoma Public Library Swasey Branch

Raptor: What's in a Name?

3:00 PM PSTEdmonds Library - Sno-Isle Libraries

Transportation and the Shape of Cities

7:00 PM PSTTown Hall Seattle — The Wyncote NW Forum

Marie Darrieussecq with Anne de Marcken: 'Our Life in the Forest' and 'How to Make a Woman'

7:00 PM PSTThird Place Books Ravenna

What’s Going On: Open Music/NY in the 80s.

7:30 PM PSTThe Royal Room Seattle

The Moth StorySlam

8:00 PM PSTFremont Abbey Arts Center

Saturday, November 21

Forged in Fire: Dale Chihuly

1:30 PM PSTMuseum of Glass

SAM Talks | Christine Mehring

2:00 PM PSTSeattle Asian Art Museum

Holiday Bookfest

2:00 PM PSTPNA Phinney Center Campus

An Evening with Winona & Betty LaDuke

7:00 PM PSTOpen Space for Arts and Community

Sunday, November 22

Poetry in Conversation, feat. Rick Barot

12:30 PM PSTOpen Books A Poem Emporium

Author Event - Sophia Kouidou-Giles / Ariadne

2:00 PM PSTIsland Books

Monday, November 23

Author Talk: Becky Selengut, Lettuce Riot

6:30 PM PSTBook Larder

Bonnie Garmus with Jeff Martin: Peck & Peck

7:00 PM PSTTown Center at Lake Forest Park

7:30 PM PSTTown Hall Seattle — The Wyncote NW Forum

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