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King/Snohomish Regional Spelling Bee
Sunday, March 25, 2012, 1:00 – 3:00pm
Great Hall; enter on 8th Avenue. Free, no tickets required.
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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 …
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).
Seattle Poetry Slam: The 2012 Grand Slam
Friday, April 27, 2012, 7:30 – 9:00pm
Great Hall; enter on 8th Avenue. $10-$15.
The Grand Slam, an all-ages show featuring 2009 Women of the World Poetry Slam Finalist Dee Matthews, determines who will join the 2012 Seattle National Poetry Slam Team in Charlotte, N.C., in August for a five-day festival/competition to select a champion team.
Seattle Public Library & Elliott Bay Book Company: John Irving
Thursday, May 17, 2012, 7:00 – 8:30pm
Great Hall; enter on 8th Avenue. Tickets TBD
Celebrated author John Irving reads from his new book, In One Person, which has evoked eager “firsts” and “mosts” even before its publication. The novel-which is narrated by Billy, a bisexual man-marks Irving’s first first-person work since 1989’s A Prayer for Owen Meany and has been called his “most political” work since 1985’s The Cider House Rules.
Short Stories Live: Cat Tales
Sunday, March 4, 2012, 4:00 – 6:00pm
Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street. $10-$15.
oin us for “Cat Tales,” in which three great Seattle actors read stories about the remarkable, unusual, and sometimes unsettling relationships between human beings and their feline friends.