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Town Hall Seattle is a vibrant gathering place located in the heart of the city. Our civic, arts, and educational programs reflect our region’s best impulses: creativity, empathy, and the belief that we all deserve a voice. Keep in touch and stay in the loop for all things THS!
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TBT! 20 yrs ago, @MaraWritesStuff starred as the mischievous Matilda. She discusses her journeys since then, 9/21: thsea.org/Wilson16
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THIS SATURDAY! bit.ly/3uFVsEk On July 16 at 7:30pm, Congressman Adam Schiff discusses the current and future threats to American democracy, along with the Jan. 6 attacks on the U.S. Capitol. @repadamschiff
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Outspoken former U.S. Attorney @PreetBharara joins us for a timely conversation on crime, punishment, and the rule of law in America. Join us Friday, February 7. Tickets: bit.ly/36RlaHW
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We're pleased to announce that the rescheduled date for the Aubrey Gordon (@yrfatfriend) and Lindy West (@Lindywest) event will be February 1st at 7:30PM!
Virtual tickets are still available. You can snag those tickets right here: bit.ly/3w0vjQC
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How should parents talk to their children about the #economy: how it operates, where it came from, how it benefits some while impoverishing others? @yanisvaroufakis has answers Tuesday, May 15. bit.ly/2HxLYjR
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Excited to announce @SophiaBush, actor and activist, will be joining Jammal Levy, Alex Wind, and David Hogg on stage as moderator this SUNDAY at @AMarch4OurLives #GlimmerOfHope Seattle.
Get your ticket while they last: bit.ly/2ybCvMe #LoveTownHall
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A journey through the visual evolution of Dungeons & Dragons. @MikeWitwer @kyle_newman @docetist @ChrisPerkinsDnD & @JeremyECrawford chat Tuesday, October 30th. $5 tickets: bit.ly/2PLHP0c @wizards_dnd
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.@ericswalwell invites us inside Congress to witness extraordinary events, and with unique knowledge, presents a look forward at how those events may impact the 2020 election. Join the convo 8/16 with @RepDennyHeck & @ElliottBayBooks bit.ly/2PIbjgN
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ALMOST SOLD OUT! April 25th, A Conversation with Janelle Monáe and Yohanca Delgado with Brandi Carlile >>> bit.ly/3qrlOI7 @JanelleMonae @BrandiCarlisle
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In this deeply personal discussion, @laurenthehough joins us to share from Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Thing, her new memoir of essays, in conversation with writer and educator @iSmashFizzle Tuesday, April 20 at 7:30PM pt. bit.ly/2NVkSLN @ThirdPlaceBooks @VintageAnchor
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In this deeply personal discussion, @laurenthehough joins us to share from Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Thing, her new memoir of essays, in conversation with writer and educator @iSmashFizzle Tuesday, April 20 at 7:30PM pt. bit.ly/2NVkSLN @ThirdPlaceBooks @VintageAnchor
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The Violence Inside Us: A Brief History of an Ongoing American Tragedy by @ChrisMurphyCT with @ericpliu is here via livestream Thursday, September 10, 2020, 6:00PM pst. Presented with @ElliottBayBooks & @seattleu College of Arts and Sciences. bit.ly/34EMbjs @randomhouse
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The Hidden History of American Healthcare: Why Sickness Bankrupts You and Makes Others Insanely Rich. Join us & @Thom_Hartmann for this virtual program Wednesday at 6 PM pt. bit.ly/3yEYZ4W @ElliottBayBooks @BKpub
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.@PlanetofFinks and @happierman of @NightValeRadio join us via livestream to chat with @adalrifai about their new book. Join us tonight at 6 PM (pst) @ubookstoresea
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.@ChrisLynnHedges brings new #book America: The Farewell Tour to #Seattle Monday, October 8 at @seattleu. $5 tickets: bit.ly/2O3EsQA
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June 23 - Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, How to Raise an Antiracist. Dr. Kendi presents a vital guide for parents, caregivers, and teachers raising the next generation of antiracist thinkers. In partnership with @Seattles_Child @DrIbram bit.ly/3vnkecW #howtoraiseanantiracist
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Due to illness, the event with @yrfatfriend and @Lindywest has been postponed. We are working to reschedule this event and will reach out once we have a confirmed date.
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The Hidden History of American Oligarchy: Reclaiming Our Democracy from the Ruling Class. @Thom_Hartmann is here via livestream Thursday, February 4 at 6:00PM pt. bit.ly/3ow0o8U @ElliottBayBooks @BKpub
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The most comprehensive collection of #dnd imagery ever assembled. Dungeons & Dragons Art and Arcana. October 30th. $5 tickets: bit.ly/2PLHP0c @MikeWitwer @kyle_newman @docetist @ChrisPerkinsDnD & @JeremyECrawford
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5/10 at 7:30 PM | Florida Man strikes again! @rayadverb has a new novel that blends crime and comedy set in the state known for many unbelievable occurrences. Tickets here: bit.ly/3mpWvHr
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June 23 - Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, How to Raise an Antiracist. Dr. Kendi presents a vital guide for parents, caregivers, and teachers raising the next generation of antiracist thinkers. In partnership with @Seattles_Child @DrIbram bit.ly/3vnkecW #howtoraiseanantiracist
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.@daniellesered & @NikkitaOliver: Violence, Incarceration, and a Road to Repair. Thursday, June 18 at 6:00PM (pst). This event is free! Stream on Crowdcast, Facebook, and YouTube: bit.ly/2YhWXaK
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.@IjeomaOluo with Charles Mudede - So You Want to Talk About Race. Wednesday, October 2. @IjeomaOluo
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Jeopardy! G.O.A.T. @KenJennings Victory Party (2/29) with @_MariaSemple & @johnroderick Roderick. Tickets start at $5: bit.ly/2Hl9eTx
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Join us for The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People’s Economy by @StephanieKelton livestream. Monday, June 15 at 6:00PM bit.ly/2zJg2tU @ElliottBayBooks @public_affairs
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Town Hall & @KBCS present The Hidden War on Voting with @Thom_Hartmann. Wednesday, February 19. $5 tickets: bit.ly/2vPT0Q5
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June 23 - Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, How to Raise an Antiracist. Dr. Kendi presents a vital guide for parents, caregivers, and teachers raising the next generation of antiracist thinkers. In partnership with @Seattles_Child @DrIbram bit.ly/3vnkecW #howtoraiseanantiracist
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In this deeply personal discussion, @laurenthehough joins us to share from Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Thing, her new memoir of essays, in conversation with writer and educator @iSmashFizzle Tuesday, April 20 at 7:30PM pt. bit.ly/2NVkSLN @ThirdPlaceBooks @VintageAnchor
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How do we keep ourselves from losing faith in our country? @ChrisLynnHedges takes the stage Monday, October 8 at @seattleu. $5 tickets: bit.ly/2O3EsQA
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Thurs, June 23 - Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, How to Raise an Antiracist. Dr. Kendi presents a vital guide for parents, caregivers, and teachers raising the next generation of antiracist thinkers. In partnership with @Seattles_Child @DrIbram bit.ly/3vnkecW #howtoraiseanantiracist
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Welcome to our summer soft launch; Town Hall Seattle is officially reopening.
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Superman’s Not Coming: Our National Water Crisis and What We the People Can Do About It the long-awaited book from @ErinBrockovich is here via livestream Thursday, September 10 at 7:30PM pst. bit.ly/34D6YUC @ElliottBayBooks @PantheonBooks
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Thurs, June 23 - Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, How to Raise an Antiracist. Dr. Kendi presents a vital guide for parents, caregivers, and teachers raising the next generation of antiracist thinkers. In partnership with @Seattles_Child @DrIbram bit.ly/3vnkecW #howtoraiseanantiracist
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Wed, June 8 at 7:30pm. M. Nolan Gray: How Zoning Broke the American City. bit.ly/3GrWCrJ. City planner M. Nolan Gray shares why zoning abolition is necessary in order to build more affordable, vibrant, equitable, and sustainable cities. @mnolangray
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City of Seattle presents MLK Jr. Unity Day featuring @IjeomaOluo. Thursday, January 16. More info: bit.ly/2Qpk3JT
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Can't Pay, Won't Pay: The Case for Economic Disobedience and Debt Abolition. @astradisastra in conversation with @etammykim. Monday, January 25 at 6:00PM pt. bit.ly/3ra4yFH @haymarketbooks
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June Diane Raphael - The Woman’s Guide to Running for Office and Changing the World. Sunday, September 15. $5 tickets: bit.ly/2KeExBW @MsJuneDiane
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Debunking the Deficit Myth with @StephanieKelton. Monday, June 15 at 6:00PM bit.ly/2zJg2tU @ElliottBayBooks @public_affairs
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A Conversation with Janelle Monáe and Yohanca Delgado moderated by Brandi Carlile // Monday, April 15th >> Virtual tickets still available! bit.ly/3qrlOI7 Check out our local bookstore partner @estelitaslib // @janellemonae @brandicarlile
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City of Seattle presents MLK Jr. Unity Day featuring @IjeomaOluo. Thursday, January 16. More info: bit.ly/2Qpk3JT
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BREAKING NEWS: A few extra tix released for tonight's event with @xkcd Randall Munroe, @hankgreen ow.ly/VilUF @ThirdPlaceBooks
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Rick Steves - Guatemala, Ethiopia, Hunger, and Hope. Sunday, September 8. $5 tickets: bit.ly/2MJGWpZ @RickSteves
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@HardballChris on RFK. See Matthews in Seattle Thursday, November 16th. ow.ly/NkVD30gtzjr
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June Diane Raphael - The Woman’s Guide to Running for Office and Changing the World. Sunday, September 15. $5 tickets: bit.ly/2KeExBW @MsJuneDiane
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.@petridishes (livestream) "Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why" tonight 7:30PM (pst). bit.ly/3e5Qarg @ThirdPlaceBooks @wwnorton
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Debunking the Deficit Myth with @StephanieKelton. Monday, June 15 at 6:00PM bit.ly/2zJg2tU @ElliottBayBooks @public_affairs
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City of Seattle presents MLK Jr. Unity Day featuring @IjeomaOluo. Friday, February 28. More info: bit.ly/31RR711
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Just Announced: Jeopardy! G.O.A.T. @KenJennings Victory Party (2/29) with @_MariaSemple & @johnroderick Roderick. Tickets start at $5: bit.ly/2Hl9eTx
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Debunking the Deficit Myth with @StephanieKelton. Monday, June 15 at 6:00PM bit.ly/2zJg2tU @ElliottBayBooks @public_affairs
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Didn't get tickets to see @mosesbread72? There is still a chance to get in! Check out our standby line policy -> bit.ly/2J3G3qy @haymarketbooks
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Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America by @MichaelEDyson is her via #livestream TONIGHT in conversation with Robin DiAngelo. @PhinneyBooks @StMartinsPress bit.ly/38Tf7GG
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Seen the new @frontlinepbs on @KCTS9? Did we mention one of the commentators, @MichaelEDyson is here tonight? thsea.org/2hLlz53
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Can't Pay, Won't Pay: The Case for Economic Disobedience and Debt Abolition. @astradisastra in conversation with @etammykim. Monday, January 25 at 6:00PM pt. bit.ly/3ra4yFH @haymarketbooks
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Now on YouTube: @IjeomaOluo with @mudede: So You Want to Talk About Race
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Ibram X. Kendi - How To Be An Antiracist. Saturday, September 14. Tickets: bit.ly/2XPTkq7 @DrIbram
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Join us on Monday 5/23 - Speculative in Seattle. bit.ly/3PuNh6w. @SarahSalcedo discusses speculative writing and the PNW with Seanan McGuire, Nisi Shawl, and Shiv Ramdas. Presented in partnership with @ClarionWest. @nameshiv @NisiShawl @seananmcguire #writerinresidence
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Looking to celebrate #Halloween? Dress up with us at Dungeons & Dragons Art and Arcana. October 30th. $5 tickets: bit.ly/2PLHP0c @MikeWitwer @kyle_newman @docetist @ChrisPerkinsDnD & @JeremyECrawford #Seattle #dnd #RPG
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Just Added! @Hannahgadsby & @morganapple join @jillsoloway! She Wants It: Desire, Power, and Toppling the Patriarchy Tuesday, October 23. Tickets -> bit.ly/2KZfcZN
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The Hardball host presents "A Raging Spirit" Thursday, November 16th. ow.ly/C6yO30gtmoV
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Rick Steves - Guatemala, Ethiopia, Hunger, and Hope. Tomorrow! $5 tickets : bit.ly/2MJGWpZ @RickSteves
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City of Seattle presents MLK Jr. Unity Day featuring @IjeomaOluo. Friday, February 28. More info: bit.ly/31RR711
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!! @davidduchovny with Jess Walter, The Reservoir: A Twisted Rom-Com for our Distanced Time bit.ly/3Nh3L0e. Duchovny discusses the surreal twists, turns, and reflections of our disorienting and distanced times in his latest novel #thereservoir #davidduchovny
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ON SALE NOW: Michael Bennett and Dave Zirin - Things That Make White People Uncomfortable. Monday, April 9th. $5 tickets: bit.ly/2oBGQCR
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.@joseiswriting presents his new #book Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen Friday, September 28. Joined on stage by @IjeomaOluo. $5 tickets: bit.ly/2v9rutA
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.@laurenthehough with @iSmashFizzle (livestream) Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Thing. Tuesday, April 20 at 7:30PM pt. bit.ly/2NVkSLN @ThirdPlaceBooks @VintageAnchor
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City of Seattle presents MLK Jr. Unity Day featuring @IjeomaOluo. Friday, February 28. More info: bit.ly/31RR711
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Tickets on sale now! June 23 - Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, How to Raise an Antiracist. Kendi presents a vital guide for parents, caregivers, and teachers raising the next generation of antiracist thinkers bit.ly/3vnkecW In partnership with @Seattles_Child @DrIbram
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Is waiting in the standby line to hear Bob Roth and David Lynch talk about meditation the best or worst Valentine's date idea?
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Getting super close to SOLD OUT! Act now if you want to catch @IjeomaOluo and @ahamefulejoluo in conversation: bit.ly/2s4AzDR
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Era of Ignition: Coming of Age in a Time of Rage and Revolution by @ambertamblyn comes to #Seattle Thursday, March 14 at @RainierArts. $5 tickets: bit.ly/2GhZOdg #EraofIgnition
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.@Thom_Hartmann joins us to examine the brutal role guns have played in American history, from the genocide of the Native Americans to the enforcement of slavery and the racist post-Civil War social order. 6/23 $5 tickets: bit.ly/31gFyjj
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.@standupmaths uncovers the bizarre ways numbers trip us up and what these blunders reveal about math’s essential place in our world. February 1 at 2PM. $5 tickets/ #FreeForYouth: bit.ly/36XzNt9
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City of Seattle presents MLK Jr. Unity Day featuring @IjeomaOluo. Thursday, January 16. More info: bit.ly/2Qpk3JT
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Don't miss @AnandWrites with @naomiishisaka The Persuaders: At the Front Lines of the Fight for Hearts, Minds, and Democracy 10/26 townhallseattle.org/event/an… @ElliottBayBooks @AAKnopf
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Overheated: How Capitalism Broke the Planet - And How We Fight Back. @KateAronoff joins us via #livestream tomorrow at 7:30PM pt. bit.ly/3teoecm @ElliottBayBooks @BoldTypeBooks
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.@joseiswriting takes the stage to share his explosive and deeply personal memoir Dear America: Notes of an #Undocumented Citizen Friday, September 28. $5 tickets: bit.ly/2v9rutA
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The truth is out there! Don't miss @davidduchovny here this Sun. (2/19) at 1pm with his novel, "Bucky F*cking Dent." ow.ly/JRVr3092hDx
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Penn Jillette of the duo Penn & Teller takes readers on a rollicking journey into a world where a roll of the dice determines one's destiny. Tue 11/1 at 7:30pm. Check out the event here: bit.ly/3MMfXXL. @pennjillette
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Unless we forge a universal understanding of human dignity, we will doom ourselves to continuing conflict. @FukuyamaFrancis brings Identity, Dignity, and the Politics of Resentment to @seattleu 11/14. $5 tickets: bit.ly/2OkiqgX
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Join us for The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People’s Economy by @StephanieKelton livestream. Monday, June 15 at 6:00PM bit.ly/2zJg2tU @ElliottBayBooks @public_affairs
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City of Seattle presents MLK Jr. Unity Day featuring @IjeomaOluo. Friday, February 28. More info: bit.ly/31RR711
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Announcing our Inside/Out Residents! Just like our programming, our Residencies are turning Inside/Out too. They'll be out in the neighborhoods exploring their host communities & co-curating hyper-local (& #free!) events this spring. More info & bios: bit.ly/2mn0xxh
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Hear Seattle based @thelindywest discuss e-trolls, being loud & #Shoutyourabortion on 5/25 @THSEA! eepurl.com/b0d3z5
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Our infamous Neanderthal ancestors may not have been the primitive beings portrayed by twentieth-century science. @SangHeeFLee bring new #book "Close Encounters with Humankind" to #Seattle 2/21. $5 tickets: bit.ly/2Gag8sZ
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How to Disappoint Your Absent Father in 20 Words or Less ow.ly/gdF630ctc4l @ahamefulejoluo will join his sister @IjeomaOluo at TH 6/29
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.@Thom_Hartmann (livestream) The Hidden History of the American Oligarchy. Thursday, February 4 at 6:00PM pt. bit.ly/3ow0o8U @ElliottBayBooks @BKpub
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Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto by @AlanStern & @DrFunkySpoon comes to @museumofflight Thursday, May 17th bit.ly/2JwKkzF
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The Hidden History of American Oligarchy: Reclaiming Our Democracy from the Ruling Class. @Thom_Hartmann is here via livestream Thursday, February 4 at 6:00PM pt. bit.ly/3ow0o8U @ElliottBayBooks @BKpub
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Do you have a banana signed by @hankgreen ? Because we do! Wonder what he'll leave next time he's here w/ @xkcd ow.ly/i/e6YA9
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.@Thom_Hartmann - Replacing America’s “Sickness for Profit” Healthcare System. Join us for this virtual program Wednesday, September 8 at 6 PM pt. bit.ly/3yEYZ4W @ElliottBayBooks @BKpub
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We all love Dinosaurs but what do we actually know of these ancient creatures? And what can we still learn? @TetZoo is here to help answer those questions and more Saturday, September 25 at 2:00PM pt. bit.ly/3z19Giq @ThirdPlaceBooks @TetZoo @PrincetonUPress
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.@sarahljaffe with Kathi Weeks (livestream) How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone. Wednesday, February 3 at 6:00PM pt. bit.ly/3qXEZa1 @BoldTypeBooks @HurstPublishers @redmayseattle @ElliottBayBooks
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Original songs inspired by Octavia Butler’s "Parable of the Sower" comes to Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute 2/16. Performers include @StasTHEEBoss, @NikkitaOliver, and more. Hosted by @rizrollins. Tickets: bit.ly/2rz8KEs
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