PubliCalendar
A Lineup of Sustainability Geniuses
Tonight:
Multi-award winning, super-prolific, mainly mystery-writing novelist Walter Mosley reads at the Seattle Public Library tomorrow from his new book, “Known to Evil,” the second in a series depicting Manhattan detective Leonid McGill, suspected of committing a crime he’s investigating. Mosley’s best known for his hard-boiled historical mysteries about Easy Rawlins, a black World War II veteran who does his detecting in Mosley’s childhood neighborhood: Watts.
Not only is Mosley a popular writer, he’s got a fascinating personal history: His white, Jewish mother and black father were prevented from marrying in the ’50s not by law, but by bigoted licensing offices, and he went on to a career that spanned from dropping out of a PhD program in political science to working in computers at Mobil Oil to writing the 33-plus novels he now has to his name.
Tonight, 7 to 8:30 pm, Seattle Public Library (1000 4th Ave). Free.
Tomorrow:
Tomorrow's Climate Neutral Seattle Unconference is full up, but one of the coolest things going on all year. It's like a open-source, ad hoc get together on climate efforts in Seattle, featuring a crew of sustainability genuises like Worldchanging's Alex Steffen and the Sightline Institute's Eric de Place. I think we've already made pretty clear how psyched we are about it.
On the agenda are a session on climate-related journalism featuring Dave Roberts from Grist, a session on living a car-free (not care-free) life moderated by PubliCola Editor Erica C. Barnett, and a session called "The Agricultural Transect: from Urban Lots to Regional Systems" featuring City Council President Richard Conlin.
Tomorrow from 9 am to 3 pm, at Mithun (Pier 56, 1201 Alaskan Way, #200).
Tomorrow's Full Calendar:
The grand opening of the city's first composting toilet is taking place tomorrow at Picardo Farm , "the original P-Patch community garden." Saturday at the Picardo Farm (8040 25th Avenue NE) from 12:30 to 1:30 pm. Free.
Christina Orbe, a local blues singer with a voice that could knock down a brick house, is playing at Conor Byrne (which is, I hear, a sweet place to hang out). Saturday at 9 pm at Conor Byrne Pub (5140 Ballard Ave NW). Tickets are $6.
Minneapolis choreographer Morgan Thorson choreographs a set of dances to the music of minimalist dronesters Low. Saturday at 8 pm at On the Boards (100 W Roy Street). Tickets are $24.
Multi-award winning, super-prolific, mainly mystery-writing novelist Walter Mosley reads at the Seattle Public Library tomorrow from his new book, “Known to Evil,” the second in a series depicting Manhattan detective Leonid McGill, suspected of committing a crime he’s investigating. Mosley’s best known for his hard-boiled historical mysteries about Easy Rawlins, a black World War II veteran who does his detecting in Mosley’s childhood neighborhood: Watts.
Not only is Mosley a popular writer, he’s got a fascinating personal history: His white, Jewish mother and black father were prevented from marrying in the ’50s not by law, but by bigoted licensing offices, and he went on to a career that spanned from dropping out of a PhD program in political science to working in computers at Mobil Oil to writing the 33-plus novels he now has to his name.
Tonight, 7 to 8:30 pm, Seattle Public Library (1000 4th Ave). Free.
Tomorrow:
Tomorrow's Climate Neutral Seattle Unconference is full up, but one of the coolest things going on all year. It's like a open-source, ad hoc get together on climate efforts in Seattle, featuring a crew of sustainability genuises like Worldchanging's Alex Steffen and the Sightline Institute's Eric de Place. I think we've already made pretty clear how psyched we are about it.
On the agenda are a session on climate-related journalism featuring Dave Roberts from Grist, a session on living a car-free (not care-free) life moderated by PubliCola Editor Erica C. Barnett, and a session called "The Agricultural Transect: from Urban Lots to Regional Systems" featuring City Council President Richard Conlin.
Tomorrow from 9 am to 3 pm, at Mithun (Pier 56, 1201 Alaskan Way, #200).
Tomorrow's Full Calendar:
The grand opening of the city's first composting toilet is taking place tomorrow at Picardo Farm , "the original P-Patch community garden." Saturday at the Picardo Farm (8040 25th Avenue NE) from 12:30 to 1:30 pm. Free.
Christina Orbe, a local blues singer with a voice that could knock down a brick house, is playing at Conor Byrne (which is, I hear, a sweet place to hang out). Saturday at 9 pm at Conor Byrne Pub (5140 Ballard Ave NW). Tickets are $6.
Minneapolis choreographer Morgan Thorson choreographs a set of dances to the music of minimalist dronesters Low. Saturday at 8 pm at On the Boards (100 W Roy Street). Tickets are $24.
