Arts & Culture

Sightline@20 Series: Journey to Midway Island with Chris Jordan

Wednesday, June 19, 2013, 7:30 – 9:00pm

Great Hall; enter on Eighth Avenue. $5.

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As part of Sightline Institute’s 20th-anniversary speaker series, Seattle photographer Chris Jordan shares his photos documenting the environmental tragedy on Midway Island, where thousands of albatrosses starve after mistaking our floating plastic trash for food.

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SNAP: Michael D’Antonio: ‘Mortal Sins’

Sunday, June 30, 2013, 7:30 – 9:00pm

Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street. $5.

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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist D’Antonio discusses his new book, Mortal Sins: Sex, Crime, and the Era of Catholic Scandal, a sweeping account of the scandal that has set the Catholic Church on its heels—and of the brave few who fought for justice.

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Aisha Tyler: Heartwarming Tales of Epic Humiliation

Saturday, July 13, 2013, 7:30 – 9:00pm

Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street. $5.

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Tyler, the co-host of The Talk, recurring guest star on Friends, creator of the podcast Girl on Guy, and author of Self-Inflicted Wounds, serves up a spectacular collection of her own epic humiliations—and the personal insights and authentic wisdom she gathered along the way.

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Third Place Books: Nicholas Sparks with Warren Etheredge: ‘The Longest Ride’

Tuesday, October 1, 2013, 7:00 – 8:30pm

Great Hall; enter on Eighth Avenue.

Photo by Nina Subin.

In the tradition of his beloved first novel, The Notebook, bestselling author Sparks returns with The Longest Ride, about two couples whose parallel love stories intersect in profound and surprising ways.

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