For Wednesday

Discussing Syria

Want to discuss and learn more about the conflict in Syria? Hear from some of the experts at World Affairs Council and Mercy Corps' panel discussion this Wednesday.

The panel includes: Resat Kasaba, Director at UW's Jackson School of International Studies; Cassandra Nelson, Mercy Corps Director of Syria Response and Communications; and Cengiz Çandar, an influential Turkish journalist who writes for Al-Monitor's Turkey Pulse and Radikal in Istanbul.

Syria: Close-up of a Crisis, Wed, October 16, 6:30–8pm, Town Hall Seattle (Great Hall), $10–$15.

For Tuesday

One Stop Ballot Shop

Hear from all the candidates on November's ballot at CityClub's mayoral debate/candidate forum (submit your mayoral questions for the debate here). Q13's C.R. Douglas and the Seattle Times and Geek Wire writer Mónica Guzmán will moderate the event.

One Stop Ballot Shop, Tues, October 15, 5:30–8pm, Seattle Center Armory, free. 

For Monday

Transportation Feedback

State Senators Curtis King (R-Yakima) and Tracey Eide (D-Federal Way) of the Senate Transportation Committee are making their rounds in Washington to hear out the people's transportation concerns.

Their next stop is in Seattle tonight for a three-hour forum.

Seattle Transportation Feedback Forum, Mon, October 14, 6–9pm, Seattle First Presbyterian Church, 1013 8th Ave, free.

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