Events
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Start: 12:00 pm
Forecast! Special midday at Elliott Bay talk and signing. University of Washington atmospheric sciences professor Cliff Mass, whose popular Weather Blog and Friday Forecasts on KUOW 94.9-FM keep us up to date on the latest forecasts (as well as forecasting in general), makes this special lunchtime visit today to help us unravel the complexities of our weather. His bestselling book, The Weather of the Pacific Northwest (University of Washington Press), out a year and going as strong as ever, deserves a spot on the bookshelf of every Northwest resident and weather watcher. Please join us. Bring those weather questions, too. Cliff Mass' weather blog is at cliffmass.blogspot.com. Please check with Elliott Bay Café (phone (206) 682-6664, www.elliottbaycafe.com) for special lunch options available for this event today.
Start: 7:00 pm
Steven Winn's daughter's pleas for canine companionship led his family to adopt a "scraggly, man-hating, terrier mix" who wasn't so sure about his new home—and especially Steven Winn. He's here to share his charming tale of perseverance, as told in his book, Come Back, Como: Winning the Heart of a Reluctant Dog (HarperCollins). Steve Winn, one of the founding staff members of The Seattle Weekly, was a longtime staff writer and arts and culture critic at The San Francisco Chronicle, where parts of Come Back, Como initially appeared. "Even people who don't much care for dogs, and I am one, will be moved and entertained by Steven Winn's story of pursuit and rejection and renewed pursuit between man and pooch. Its real subject, transcending species, is the struggle for understanding between minds and hearts." - Adam Gopnik.
Start: 7:30 pm
Presented by ISLAND PRESS and TOWN HALL CENTER FOR CIVIC LIFE, in association with ISLANDWOOD. Noted environmental investigative journalist Elizabeth Grossman makes a welcome return from her Portland base to discuss her timely new book, Chasing Molecules: Poisonous Products, Human Health, and the Promise of Green Chemistry (Island Press). "There are enough environmental problems that seem insoluble ... Elizabeth Grossman has given us this chronicle of a field with a bright future, the green chemistry that will replace the crude methods of the 19th century with the smart ones of the 21st. She tells us how it could happen—we should listen carefully!" - Bill McKibben. $5 tickets are available at the door starting at 6:30 p.m., or in advance via www.brownpapertickets.com (or 1-800-838-3006). Preferred seating for Town Hall members. Town Hall Seattle is at 1119 Eighth Avenue (at Seneca). For more information on this evening, please call (206) 652-4255 or see www.townhallseattle.org.
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