Seattle’s coolest orchestra and the city’s most beloved poets join forces for an epic evening of collaborative mayhem: First, poets Roberto Ascalon, Derrick Brown, Elaina M. Ellis, Karen Finneyfrock, Tara Hardy, Soulchilde/Okanomode, and Buddy Wakefield explore the heartaches and hopes of an uncertain world with an uncertain future, backed by an original orchestral score.
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Seattle Arts & Lectures: Etgar Keret
Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 7:30 – 9:00pm
Great Hall; enter on 8th Avenue. $5-$30.
Born in Tel Aviv in 1967, Etgar Keret is a favorite author of Israel’s younger generation, as well as an international success for his short stories (Suddenly a Knock on the Door), short movies (Camera d’Or-winner Jellyfish), children’s stories (Dad Runs Away with the Circus), and graphic novels (Pizzeria Kamikaze).
Early Music Guild: Boston Camerata: Alexander the Great
Saturday, April 21, 2012, 8:00 – 10:00pm
Great Hall; enter on 8th Avenue. $15-$40.
Alexander’s deeds, both real and legendary, inspired bardic poetry and song both East and West. Boston Camerata’s second collaboration with the Turkish music ensemble Dünya brings together these diverse traditions, with sources ranging from ancient times to the Middle Ages and Mediterranean oral traditions.
Puget Sound Symphony Orchestra: Winter Concert
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Great Hall; enter on 8th Avenue. $4-$10.
Under the direction of Alan Shen, the group’s winter concert features its student soloist winner in a program including Dvorak’s Carnival Overture, Respighi’s Fountains of Rome, and Brahms’ Symphony No. 2.
Jamal Joseph: Coming of Age in the Black Panther Movement
Monday, February 13, 2012, 7:30 – 9:00pm
Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street. $5.
Jamal Joseph, author of Panther Baby, chronicles his personal odyssey, from high-school honor student Eddie Joseph to his introduction to (and eventual leadership of) the Black Panther Party, to sentences at Riker’s Island and Leavenworth, and to the halls of Columbia, illuminating the life of a soldier inside the militant movement…
Six Presidents: An Unprecedented Conversation on Higher Education Funding in Washington
Wednesday, February 1, 2012, 7:00 – 9:00pm
Great Hall; enter on 8th Avenue. $5.
If you are unable to join us in person tonight, you may watch a livestream at www.tvw.org
Join us for an unprecedented conversation with all six of Washington state’s public university presidents on the risks of continued cuts to higher education. The conversation, which will also include key business leaders, will be moderated by Seattle Times Editorial Page Editor Kate Riley and Times business columnist Jon Talton.
UW Science Now: Shawn Walker: Not Your Parents’ Protest: New Forms of Political Participation in Social Media
Wednesday, February 8, 2012, 9:00 – 10:00pm
The Pub at Town Hall; enter on 8th Avenue. $5.
Social-media sites are no longer just where we connect with friends, says Shawn Walker—but are they a valid form of political participation? This companion piece to the Wael Ghonim lecture earlier this evening addresses the use of these powerful forms of communication in the United States …
Science: Michio Kaku: ‘Physics of the Future’
Friday, February 24, 2012, 7:30 – 9:00pm
Great Hall; enter on 8th Avenue. $5.
From his bestselling books (Physics of the Impossible; Hyperspace; and Physics of the Future, now in paperback) to his frequent morning-show appearances and his own series on the Science Channel, Kaku analyzes the revolutionary developments in medicine, computers, and quantum physics that will change our way of life, our view of “impossible”— and civilization itself.
Seattle Arts & Lectures: Delia Ephron: ‘The Lion Is In’
Wednesday, April 18, 2012, 7:30 – 9:00pm
Screenwriter (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants) and author (How to Eat Like a Child) Delia Ephron debuts her new novel, The Lion Is In. You might also know Ephron from her other wide-ranging work: screenplays for Hanging Up and Michael; articles for The New York Times, Vogue, and The Huffington Post; the bestsellers Funny Sauce and Frannie in Pieces; and You’ve Got Mail and Love, Loss, and What I Wore, both collaborations with her sister, Nora Ephron …