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Art News:
This week: Cultural Mayoral Forum, Khaled Hosseini, Thalia and more!
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Dick Falkenbury, writer of the initiative approved by Seattle voters in 1996 to âbuild, operate, and maintainâ a 40-mile, citywide monorail and author of Rise Above It All, tells the story of the movement behind the failed monorail project.
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Monday, June 3, 2013 at 7:30pm.
Free, but reservations suggested.
KUOW Weekday host Steve Scher moderates an in-depth discussion among seven of Seattleâs 2013 mayoral candidates on Seattleâs cultural community, and how its health relates to our cityâs economic vitality.
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Internationally bestselling author Khaled Hosseini ( The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns) has worked for six years on his new novel, And the Mountains Echoedâand this time, the writer called âa storyteller of dizzying powerâ by Evening Standard adds a whole new dimension to his work.
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Gallup Senior Scientist Shane Lopez, a leading authority on the psychology of hope and author of Making Hope Happen, shows how to mobilize the power of hope to improve our livesâand our childrenâs, and our neighborsâ.
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In her wittily illustrated memoir of making a family, One Good Egg, Suzy Becker chronicles her travels through a maze of fertility treatments, considering and reconsidering how far she was willing to go to have a child.
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Historian Kate Brown, author of Plutopia, explores the segregated communities created by American and Soviet leaders to contain secrets in Richland, Wash., and Ozersk, Russia.
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Understanding how cancerous cells differ from normal cells is key to improving our ability to design smarter drugs, says UW researcher Ethan Ahler. One such difference is their diet, and by understanding such differences, Ahler says, we can potentially develop therapies to exploit them .
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Double feature!
Jessica Wapner, author of The Philadelphia Chromosome, tells the epic tale that arose from the first glimpse of a genetic mutation, dubbed the Philadelphia chromosome, in 1959; its role in causing chronic myeloid leukemia; and the development of Gleevec, a groundbreaking drug that made this once-fatal cancer treatable with a single daily pill.
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The orchestra closes its season at Town Hall with a program including Brahmsâ Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80; Berliozâs Nuits dâEte, Op. 7, featuring soprano Kimberly Giordano; and selections from Prokofievâs Romeo & Juliet.
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This celebration of the music of Franz Schubert features chamber music; songs; and the beloved Shepherd on the Rock for soprano, clarinet, and piano. Pianist Byron Schenkman is joined by soprano Clara Rottsolk, violinist Liza Zurlinden, and clarinetist Sean Osborn.
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Field biologist Christopher Wills, author of Green Equilibrium, explains the idea behind nature's delicate balancing acts with vignettes of ecological processes in action in many different ecosystems, from coral reefs to the high Himalayas.
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Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 7:30pm. $5.
Pharos Editions debuts in June with a carefully curated collection of out-of-print, lost, or rare books hand-picked and introduced by some of todayâs most exciting authors; three of them--Sherman Alexie, Jonathan Evison, and Jess Walter--discuss their choices with Paul Constant, books editor for The Stranger.
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Returning to Town Hall after an explosive May 2011 concert, JACK Quartet (called âviscerally excitingâ and âmind-blowingly goodâ) is dedicated to the commissioning and performance of new works, and this concert features a performance-specific commission by Jefferson Friedman.
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