12:05 PM – Thrilling Tales: Adult Story Time
SPL Central Library
Take your lunch to the library! Get away from your desk– the tyranny of the normal, the horror of the mundane– for scary stories for grown-ups.
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4:30 PM – Mike Gastineau, Art Thiel, & Steve Rudman: The Great Book of Seattle Sports Lists
FX McRory’s
Three local sports commentators have collected a series lists about Seattle sports with the help of some locals: Mike Holmgren, Ichiro Suzuki, Sir Mix-a-Lot, Kevin Calabro.
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6:30 PM – Daniel James Brown: The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride
SPL Ballard Branch
The story of the Donner party is one of those American stories that people think they know, but often understand only a little about. Local author Daniel James Brown studied the history exhaustively, and produced this book, an account from the perspective of a young bride who survived the tragic journey of a group of settlers bound for California. [source: SPL]
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7:00 PM – Hugo Works in Progress: Open Mic
Richard Hugo House Cabaret
A monthly open mic designed to give writers a chance to read in front of fellow writers and share what they have been working on.
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7:30 PM – Achy Obejas, Robert Arellano, & Maggie Estep: The Spring 2009 Akashic Allstars
Elliott Bay Book Co.
This evening’s program features a Cuban lesbian novelist currently serving as the Sor Juana Writer in Residence at DePaul University; a son of Cuban exiles who has profiled Castro-era Cuba in essays, stories, and song; and a spoken word artist and ‘former groom’ who has been described as a “bastard child of Raymond Chandler and Anais Nin.” [source: Elliott Bay Books]
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