Tonight:

The World Affairs Council presents a talk by Lisa Shannon, who wrote a book called A Thousand Sisters and created a program called Run for Congo Women. Women are particular targets of the armed groups that rove the Congolese jungles to gather conscripts for attacks on the Ugandan government.

The New York Times makes the Congo sound like the most anarchic, horrifying country in the world. Shannon calls the Congo "the worst place on Earth to be a woman."

Tonight at the Intiman Theatre (201 Mercer Street). Networking Reception from 6 to 7 pm, followed by a lecture from 7 to 8:30 pm. Tickets are $10 for members, $15 for non-members.

Tomorrow:

Every few months, the city displays the art they buy for their employee offices at a gallery in the Seattle Municipal Tower. The money the city uses to buy the art comes from the 1 Percent For Art Fund, which dedicates one percent of the budget for construction projects to art. The gallery features 20 local artists who are in the middle of their careers.

Some of the art is what you'd expect to see at a city office, like a watercolor of Mt. Rainier, or a melancholy Ballard Bridge. But a lot of it is adventurous—tentacled statues, quilts made of discarded license plates, and a tattered-looking statue of Billy the Kid's head are among the more far-out pieces.


"Nocturne" by Mark Calderon.

There's a reception tomorrow evening at Muni Tower for this round's featured artists.

Tomorrow from 4:30 to 6:30 pm, at Seattle Municipal Tower Level Three Concourse (700 5th Avenue).

Tomorrow's Full Calendar:

Robert Elias, who wrote a book called The Empire Strikes Out about how baseball furthered America's quest for world domination, reads tomorrow at Town Hall. Tuesday at 7 pm at Town Hall (1119 Eighth Avenue). Tickets are $5.

King Khan and the Shrines are a Nuggets-worthy, vocal-chord-shredding garage soul band—like the Thirteenth Floor Elevators, but with a full, dusty horn section. With the Fresh and Onlys and Unnatural Helpers. Tuesday at 8 pm at Neumos (925 E Pike Street). Tickets are $15.