Wednesday, June 02, 2010

NORTHWEST SCIENCE WRITERS ASSOCIATION (NSWA) JUNE CALENDAR

 FEATURED EVENTS
 
  • Wednesday, June 2, 7:30 p.m. (and drinks with NSWA members afterward). Eli Kintisch & David Battisti: Geoengineering Possibilities and Dangers. After science reporter Eli Kintisch and University of Washington (UW) professor David Battisti discuss geoengineering’s possibilities and dangers in a time of planetary tipping points—and sign their new book Hack the Planet—they’ve graciously agreed to let NSWA host a post-talk discussion with us. Geoengineering includes direct and radical ways to cool the planet. Presented as part of Seattle Science Lectures, with Pacific Science Center and University Book Store. Series sponsored by Microsoft, media sponsorship by KPLU.
    Advance tickets are $5 at www.brownpapertickets.com or 800-838-3006, or at the door starting at 6:30 pm.
Venue: Town Hall Seattle, Downstairs, 1119 8th Avenue (Enter on Seneca)
Please RSVP for NSWA gathering over drinks to mbradbury@realscience.us as soon as you can, as space is limited.
 
  • Friday, June 4, 9:45 a.m.-3 p.m. (with intimate kickoff party on Thursday, June 3 at 5:30 p.m. at the Seattle Yacht Club outpost at Elliott Bay Marina with Dr. Gordon Orians, President of the Washington State Academy of Sciences and Professor Emeritus of Biology at UW; online registration) Salish Sea Expeditions' Student Science Symposium. Hosted by Salish Sea Expeditions, and sponsored by NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), the Puget Sound Partnership, the Woodland Park Zoo and the Washington State Academy of Sciences, it brings together student scientists, professional scientists, and science teachers to share, explore and discuss research on Puget Sound and its streams, tributaries and shorelines.
Venue: Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle
 
  • Wednesday, June 30, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Rapid Response: Revenue Models in the Changing Media Landscape. The traditional media revenue model of selling advertising can’t support most outlets. What seems to be working best: online only? Global, hyper-local, or topic specific? For profit with micro-pricing, or nonprofit with listener, reader, or grant support? How will paid news content affect readership and an informed citizenry? Is there one new model that all will eventually adopt? This event is chaired by Monica Guzman of SeattlePI.com and Jim Simon of the Seattle Times. Moderated by Hanson Hosein, Director, UW Digital Media, the discussion features Pat Balles, SeattlePI.com; Cory Bergman, Next Door Media; David Boardman, Seattle Times; David Brewster, Crosscut; Josh Feit, Publicola; Rita Hibbard, Investigate West; and Greg Huang, Xconomy.
Venue: Rainier Square, Third Floor Atrium, 1333 Fifth Avenue, Seattle 
Register online: $18/CityClub Members, guests, and co-presenters; $20/General public, including appetizers and drinks.
 
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
 
With our partner, the Seattle Public Library, NSWA is putting on three events this summer, under the heading of Science Friction. These events are for teens and adults—and questions from the audience are essential. Encourage your friends to pencil this on their calendars:
 
  • Saturday, July 18, 2 p.m. "The Science of Avatar" boasts former astronaut Bonnie Dunbar as the moderator. Researchers Chris Kenaley, of the UW, and Hilary Kemp of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, will join Bonnie to discuss the earthly creatures that share characteristics of the fictional "Pandoran" wildlife. (Kenaley studies deep-sea fishes, for example, that have luminescence. Kemp is ready to talk about neural connections. All events are at 2 p.m. in the Central Library auditorium.
 
  • Sunday, July 31, 2 p.m. Mark Roth of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center discusses his "zombie" rat experiments, and why suspended animation could save human lives some day.
 
  • Sunday, Aug. 29, 2 p.m. Alan Boyle, NSWA’s own former president, discusses Pluto and the controversies about its label as a planet. Alan is the author of the book, The Case for Pluto, and the popular science blog, Cosmic Log.
 
Venue: Central Library Auditorium, downtown Seattle
 
JOIN US
 
As an NSWA member, you get discounts on some of our events, inside information on job openings and other opportunities, and the satisfaction of knowing you're supporting the Pacific Northwest's community of science communicators. Annual dues for 2010 are just $25. For information on joining up, check out www.nwscience.org/join/join.html
 
JUNE NSWA BOARD MEETING
 
Monday June 14, 6:30 p.m.: NSWA Monthly Board Meeting. All members are welcome. Please contact Michael Bradbury for venue and other details: mbradbury@realscience.us
 
JUNE CALENDAR
 
Tuesday, June 1, 7:30 p.m. Science on Tap/Science Café: Unlocking the Secrets of Dark Chocolate. Andy McShea, Theo Chocolate’s Chief Operating Officer and Head Scientist. If you attended NSWA’s sold-out special event at Theo’s Chocolate in November 2008, you know what a delightful speaker he is.
Presented in association with the Pacific Science Center and KCTS Public Television
Venue: TS McHugh's Irish Pub & Restaurant, 21 Mercer St., Seattle
Admission free.
 
Wednesday, June 2, 9 a.m. - Thursday, June 3, 5 p.m. Seattle Green Drinks: Community Energy Roadmap. This two-day summit and workshop focuses on the policies, planning, and projects of community-based efficiency and energy solutions. Join policy makers, community leaders, developers, and planners working to harness interest and leverage technology in energy and efficiency. Hear the latest success stories of projects that are working, get practical answers as to how to design or move forward on your projects, and meet solution providers who have the technology to support innovative design that will form the infrastructure for future development of our communities and region.
Venue: Meydenbauer Center, 11100 NE 6th Street, Bellevue, WA
 
Wednesday, June 2, 7 p.m. Ann Linea - Keepers of the Trees at Third Place Books. Whidbey Island writer and activist Ann Linnea interviewed 14 tree keepers about their work in Keepers of the Trees: A Guide to Re-Greening North America.
Venue: Lake Forest Park Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park, WA
Admission free.
 
Thursday, June 3, 4-5 p.m. SLUG presents TAPAS: Mitochondrial Calcium and ROS Crosstalk Signaling in the Heart. Shey-Shing Sheu, PhD, University of Rochester Medical School, NY.
Venue: 815 Mercer St. Administration Building, Orin Smith Auditorium, South Lake Union campus, UW, Seattle
Admission free, including refreshments before the talk, which begins at 4 p.m.
Thursday, June 3, 6:30 p.m. UW Energy Future: Renewable Energy Landscapes. Daniel Schwartz (UW Chemical Engineering) discusses solar, wind, and biomass resources: the three leading options for renewable energy production at a scale that will make a difference in the U.S. energy economy. Because each is a diffuse resource whose implementations will affect landscapes on large scales, it is important to consider environmental and societal impacts along with the technological and economic considerations. This talk describes new work, with several Columbia River Basin Tribes, aimed at improving both renewable energy production and ecosystem services at the same time, with a special focus on bioenergy.
Venue: Kane Hall rm 130, on UW campus, Seattle
 
Thursday, June 3, 7 p.m. Christopher Chabris & Daniel Simons: The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us. At University Book Store.
Venue:  U District store, 4326 University Way NE, Seattle
 
Thursday, June 3, 7-10 p.m. Party with a Purpose. With Seattle CityClub, Washington Global Health Alliance is throwing this Party with a Purpose for young professionals that will be equal parts glam cocktail bash and global health awareness raiser.
Venue: Pan Pacific Hotel, 2125 Terry Avenue, Seattle
Admission: $25. Cocktail attire
Tickets available through Brown Paper Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/109879
Information: www.apartywithapurpose.org
Friday, June 4, 7:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., 8th Annual Health Care Conference. With Seattle CityClub, presented by Washington Policy Center, featuring Harvard Business School Professor Regina Herzlinger and Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna
Venue: SeaTac DoubleTree, 18740 International Blvd, Seattle
Admission: $65 Lunch & Conference ($60 WPC supporters); $35 Lunch Only
Information: contact Lindsay at 206-937-9691 or lleveque@washingtonpolicy.org
Saturday, June 5 (10 a.m.-7 p.m.) through Sunday, June 6 (11 a.m.-6 p.m.), Seattle Green Festival. More than 150 speakers, with how-to workshops, interactive kids' activities, and organic cuisine in the third annual festival devoted to environmental sustainability.
Venue: Washington State Convention & Trade Center, 7th & Pike in Downtown Seattle Information: Visit this page for a list a featured speakers, including Thom Hartmann and Amy Goodman. Visit this page for a schedule of events. To learn how to volunteer, visit this page.
Weekend Pass is $10 online or $15 in person, including entry to all activities/speakers on Saturday and Sunday, a subscription to Ode and Natural Solutions, and a one-year membership for one to Green America and Global Exchange.
 
Saturday, June 5, 7 p.m. Kurt Hoelting at Elliott Bay. The Whidbey Island fisherman, wilderness guide, and meditation teacher wrote The Circumference of Home: One Man's Yearlong Quest for a Radically Local Life. He stayed within 100 kilometers of home for a year.
Venue: Elliott Bay Book Company, 1521 Tenth Avenue, Seattle
Free admission.
 
Sunday, June 6, 6 a.m.-9 p.m. IslandWood: Wild Wings Bird Festival. Nationally acclaimed author and ornithologist David Allen Sibley joins IslandWood for a day of celebrating birds, their habitat, and those committed to protecting them. The first 50 registrants can also attend a private wine and hors d’oeuvres gathering with the author before his presentation.
Venue: IslandWood, 4450 Blakely Ave NE, Bainbridge Island, WA
Click here for a detailed event schedule
Register by phone at 206.855.4300 or online: https://community.islandwood.org/NetCommunity/SSLPage.aspx?pid=487
 
Monday, June 7, 9 a.m. - Friday, June 11, 5 p.m. Climate innovation trip to Vancouver. a unique opportunity to learn by meeting, discussing, and seeing. An interactive alternative to passive sustainability conferences. A small-group Study Tour by Foresight.
For registrations and complete information, see
www.foresightdesign.org/vancouver/
 
Monday, June 7, noon-1 p.m. Seattle BioMed: Monday Seminar Series: Breaking the mold -- Initiation of Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses to Aspergillus
Tobias Hohl, MD, PhD, of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute.
Venue: Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Discovery Conference Room (1st Fl) 307 Westlake Ave N, Seattle
Free admission.
 
Monday, June 7, 7 p.m. Temra Costa: Farmer Jane: Women Changing the Way We Eat. At University Book Store. Temra Costa searched the sustainable food industry for 26 stories of women at work to transform our diets. Farmer Jane chronicles these women, and asks them questions about how we can create community-supported agriculture, change policy, and help finance renewable energy.
Venue:  U District store, 4326 University Way NE, Seattle

Monday, June 7, 7:30 p.m. Linda Greenlaw at Town Hall Seattle. In Seaworthy: A Swordboat Captain Returns to the Sea, the author/sailor returns to the setting of her The Hungry Ocean. Co-presented by Elliott Bay Book Company with the Town Hall Center for Civic Life.
Venue: Town Hall Seattle, 1119 Eighth Avenue (at Seneca)
Admission: $5 tickets 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.
Information: Call Elliott Bay at (206) 624-6600, Town Hall at (206) 652-4255, or see www.townhallseattle.org.
 
Tuesday, June 8, 5:30 p.m. – 9 p.m. June Greendrinks, sponsored by Friends of the Cedar River Watershed & Synapse Product Development. Friends of the Cedar River Watershed is a local non-profit that inspires conservation and protection of a healthy Cedar River Watershed through restoration, education, and stewardship, and Synapse is a cutting-edge design firm focused on product design and technological innovation.
Venue: Synapse Product Development, 1511 6th Ave Suite 400, Seattle, WA
Admission: $5 suggested donation at the door be split between featured non-profit, Friends of the Cedar River Watershed, and Seattle Greendrinks.
 
Tuesday, June 8, 6:30 p.m. Elliott Bay Global Issues & Ethics Book Group. In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction is a compassionate look at drug addiction by author and physician Gabor Maté. It explores the scientific and psychological causes of addiction, as well as the impact on the addicts treated at the Downtown Eastside Vancouver clinic where Maté is a physician. He widens the lens to address the larger societal problem. He challenges the War on Drugs, proposing more holistic, constructive alternatives.
Venue: Elliott Bay Book Company, 1521 Tenth Avenue, Seattle.
Free admission.
 
Tuesday, June 8, 4-5 p.m. Group Health Research Seminar: The Cost Implications of Fall-related Injuries. Alex A. Bohl, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Health Services, University of Washington, is also on the falls prevention team at UW-HPRC.
Venue: Group Health Research Institute, 1730 Minor Ave., rm. 1509, Seattle.
Admission free
Tuesday, June 8, 7 p.m. Multidisciplinary Treatment for Spinal Cord Injury Pain: Improving pain, function, and psychological coping 
Spinal Cord Injury Forum: Kathleen Burgess, James Moore, and Randy Hermans, all from the UW Department of Rehabilitation Medicine.
Venue: Cafeteria Conf. Room B/C, UW Medical Center. 
 
Tuesday, June 8, 7 p.m. Kim Ricketts Presents Edible Conversations: An Evening with Ben Hewitt. Jill Lightner, the editor of Edible Seattle, will interview the author of The Town that Food Saved speaks in the first event in a series on food, sustainability, and community. The author and farmer banded together with other farmers and entrepreneurs to create a comprehensive food system and revive the dying economy of his hometown, Hardwick, Vermont.
Admission $25 including appetizers.
Venue: Tom Douglas' Palace Ballroom.
Information: www.kimricketts.com
 
Tuesday, June 8, 7:30 – 9 p.m. Science: Dan Ariely: Capitalizing on Our Irrationality. The behavioral economist says irrational behavior influences every aspect of our lives—but that’s not necessarily bad. The author of The Upside of Irrationality says our illogical instincts actually hold hidden power, with unexpected benefits awaiting those who defy logic at work and at home. Presented as part of Seattle Science Lectures, with Pacific Science Center and University Book Store. Series sponsored by Microsoft.
Venue: Downstairs at Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Ave; enter on Seneca Street.
Advance tickets are $5 at www.brownpapertickets.com or 800/838-3006, or at the door beginning at 6:30 pm. Town Hall members receive priority seating.
 
Wednesday, June 9, 5:30 p.m. wine reception, 6:30 p.m. seminar: Our Food and Eating. Mary Embleton, Executive Director of Cascade Harvest Coalition, and Britt Yamamoto, a member of the Core Faculty at the Center for Creative Change at Antioch University, discuss what a sustainable food system might look like. Supported by the Center for Creative Change at Antioch University, SVP Seattle, and Gourmondo Catering. Part of a series of conversations with local experts titled "Seeking Sustainable Systems" sponsored by Seeking Sustainable Systems at Town Hall Seattle in June and September and cosponsored by Seattle CityClub. Topics include conversations about green economy, food and eating, and sustainable design.
Venue: Town Hall Seattle, Downstairs, 1119 8th Avenue (Enter on Seneca)
Advance tickets are $10 at www.brownpapertickets.com or 800-838-3006, or $15 at the door starting at 6:30 pm.
 
Wednesday, June 9, 1 p.m. Alice G. Dewey with S. Ann Dunham's Surviving Against the Odds. S. Ann Dunham's anthropological study, Surviving Against the Odds: Village Industry in Indonesia, was published posthumously after her son, Barack Obama, became President. Alice G. Dewey, professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Hawai'i (and whose field is also Indonesia), will discuss the life and scholarly work of Ann Dunham.
Venue: Elliott Bay Book Company, 1521 Tenth Avenue, Seattle.
 
Wednesday, June 9. Summer Seattle Association for Women in Science (AWIS) social.
 
Saturday, June 12, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Solar Power 201, Back by Popular Demand
Learn the finer points of how a solar panel is built and works. Not all solar modules are created equally; so understand how to interpret the specifications of a solar module. Learn about online tools and the independent agency that evaluates solar equipment to calculate how a module and a system will perform in the real-world conditions of our climate.
Venue: Sunergy Systems Main Office, 4546 Leary Way NW, Seattle,
Admission free. Signups available at Solar-U.com
Read more. Questions: Call (206) 297-0086 or signups@solar-u.com
 
Monday, June 14, noon-1 p.m. Seattle BioMed: Monday Seminar Series: Mechanisms in Immunology and Parasitology Revealed by a High Content Imaging Flow Cytometer. Tad George, PhD, Amnis Corporation’s Director of Biology.
Venue: Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Discovery Conference Room (1st Fl) 307 Westlake Ave N, Seattle
Free admission.
 
Monday, June 14, 6-8 p.m. Amazon Web Service - Infrastructure as API: eScience Pub Night. Over the past few years, the ability to provision computing and storage resources, and scale them up and down with web services APIs has revolutionized IT. Elastic computing and storage can have a similar impact on life sciences computing. Deepak Singh, with Amazon Web Services, will talk about why this paradigm interests him and where it can/should be used.http://myuw.washington.edu/ucal/addEventRef.do?eventId=838456
Venue: College Inn Pub - Snug Room, Seattle
 
Monday, June 14, 7 p.m. Eastside Science Café: Autism, Social Cognition and the Brain. Dr. Raphael Bernier of the UW and Seattle Children's Hospital will describe autism spectrum disorders and what is known about how the inner workings of the brain lead to the outer symptoms of autism.
Venue: Wilde Rover, 111 Central Way, downtown Kirkland, WA
Admission free.
 
Monday, June 14, 7:30–9 p.m. Science: Spencer Wells: The Cost of Civilization. We live in an era of unprecedented material wealth and scientific advantage, so why are we still mired in disease, stress, depression, and societal chaos? The population geneticist and National Geographic Explorer in Residence, and author of Pandora’s Seed blames our shift 10,000 years ago from hunter-gatherers to farmers. Presented as part of Seattle Science Lectures, with Pacific Science Center and University Book Store. Series sponsored by Microsoft.
Venue: Town Hall Seattle, Great Hall, 1119 8th Ave; enter on 8th Avenue
Tickets are $5 at Brown Paper Tickets or 800/838-3006, and at the door beginning at 6:30 pm. Town Hall members receive priority seating.
 
Monday, June 14, 7:30–9 p.m. Soundings from Island Press: Peter Gleick on Water as a Commodity. The scientist and MacArthur fellow drinks water right from the tap. So why don’t the rest of us? Gleick, author of Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water, shows how life’s most basic necessity went from being a free natural resource to one of the most successful commercial products of the last 100 years—and why we all are poorer for it. Presented by Town Hall and Island Press through The Town Hall Center for Civic Life, in association with IslandWood and Elliott Bay Book Company.
Venue: Downstairs at Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Ave; enter on Seneca Street
Advance tickets are $5 at Brown Paper Tickets or 800/838-3006, or at the door beginning at 6:30 pm.
Visit www.islandpress.org for more information.
 
Wednesday, June 16, 7–8:30 p.m. Peter Ward: Our Flooding World. The UW professor will discuss how sea levels rise and fall through two main mechanisms: reduction of the ocean basins by increased heatflow, a very slow process; and melting or freezing of continental ice sheets—which is dramatically quicker. He will examine the consequences of varying sea-level rises on civilization—and sign copies of his The Flooded Earth: Our Future In a World Without Ice Caps. Presented by Foundation For the Future as part of the Walter P. Kistler Lecture Series, with Elliott Bay Book Company.
Admission is free; no tickets required. Call 425/451-1333 or visit www.futurefoundation.org for more information.
Venue: Town Hall Seattle, Great Hall, 1119 8th Ave, enter on 8th Avenue
 
Thursday, June 17, 7 p.m. David Helvarg at Elliott Bay. The journalist and activist has reported on everything from the Vietnam War to Hurricane Katrina, and is currently writing about the still-unfolding Deepwater Horizon oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. His Saved By the Sea: A Love Story with Fish tells of his five-decade love affair with the oceans, his many adventures in Antarctica, the Great Barrier Reef, the waters of Central America, and more.
Venue: Elliott Bay Book Company, 1521 Tenth Avenue, Seattle
Free admission.
 
Thursday, June 17, 7 p.m. Vanessa Woods: Bonobo Handshake: A Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congo. At University Book Store Native to a country that has seen some of the bloodiest human war in recent years, the primates called bonobos appealed to Vanessa Woods because of the lack of violence in their societies. Her new book is an examination of that matriarchal, highly sexed society, and a plea to the world to help the endangered cousin to human beings.
Venue:  U District store, 4326 University Way NE, Seattle
 
Thursday, June 17, 7:30–9 p.m. Science: Jen Molnar and Jon Hoekstra: Everything We Know About Nature. Two Seattle-based lead scientists for The Nature Conservancy, their Atlas of Global Conservation asked researchers and conservationists around the world to share what they know—ultimately collecting data from most every field of inquiry into nature on Earth. Presented as part of Seattle Science Lectures, with Pacific Science Center and University Book Store. Series sponsored by Microsoft.
Venue: Downstairs at Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Ave; enter on Seneca Street.
Tickets are $5 at www.brownpapertickets.com or 800/838-3006, and at the door beginning at 6:30 pm. Town Hall members receive priority seating.
 
Sunday, June 20, 2 p.m. Cecile Andrews & John de Graaf at Elliott Bay. The local activists, a writer and a filmmaker, are among the renowned researchers and practitioners who describe in State of the World: Transforming Cultures: From Consumerism to Sustainability: A Worldwatch Institute Report how we can harness the world's leading institutions -- education, the media, business, governments, traditions, and social movements -- to reorient cultures toward sustainability. They also speak about their work on the Gross National Happiness Project, an indicator of a country's prosperity.
Venue: Elliott Bay Book Company, 1521 Tenth Avenue, Seattle
Free admission.
 
Monday, June 21-Tuesday, June 22, 8 am-5 p.m. 2010 NIEHS-EPA Symposium on Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease. Sponsored by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, The Health Effects Institute. The fifth in a series of NIEHS-EPA "Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease" conferences held since 2001. Bringing together leading investigators in the area, this symposium will provide a forum for research dissemination and critical discussion related to the mechanisms by which air pollution affects the inception, progression and nature of cardiovascular diseases. Organized by the UW NIEHS DISCOVER Center on CardiovascularDisease and Traffic-Related Air Pollution in collaboration with the Northwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety.
Venue: UW Tower Auditorium, 4333 Brooklyn Avenue NE, Seattle
Registration required
For more information contact Meghann Seiler
 
Monday, June 21, 7:30–9 p.m. Science: Nicholas Carr: The Internet and Your Brain. The journalist asked, “Is Google making us stooped?” in his Atlantic story tapping into a well of Internet anxiety. His book, The Shallows, explores the Internet’s intellectual and societal consequences. He argues that it is rerouting our neural pathways, and replacing the contemplative mind of the book reader with the distracted mind of the screen watcher. Presented as part of Seattle Science Lectures, with Pacific Science Center and University Book Store. Series sponsored by Microsoft.
Venue: Downstairs at Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Ave; enter on Seneca Street.
Tickets are $5 at www.brownpapertickets.com or 800/838-3006, and at the door beginning at 6:30 pm. Town Hall members receive priority seating.
 
Wednesday, June 23, 7:30 a.m.-noon. Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Puget Sound Professional Development Conference: Managing media in an opt-in world. Social media is driving a new way of getting messages out and having them heard. Join PRSA for a hands-on session detailing the best of traditional and "new" media opportunities from some of the best. Plenty of case studies and discussion from "veterans" of social media. Features social media guru Peter Shankman, founder of the Geek Factory, a marketing and public relations firm in New York City, HARO (Help a Reporter Out); Vulcan’s David Postman; Lori Hunter of mGive; and panelists from Microsoft, Publicola, Starbucks, West Seattle Blog, PEMCO, and KEXP. Sponsored by Microsoft Corp.
Venue: Seattle University Student Union, Seattle
Admission: Early bird rate: $75 PRSA member, $85 non-member
Register today by calling 206-623-8632
Information:  suzanne.hartman@Seattle.gov or (206) 615-0050
Wednesday, June 23, 7:30–9 p.m. Gwynne Dyer: The Geopolitics of Climate Change. Climate change won’t just make your world a little warmer—it’s also going to make it a lot more dangerous, says the geopolitical analyst and journalist, and author of Climate Wars: The Fight for Survival as the World Overheats. In the decades ahead, he says, we can expect dwindling resources, massive population shifts, natural disasters, crashing economies, and political extremism—and any of them could tip the world toward conflict. Presented by The Town Hall Center for Civic Life with Elliott Bay Book Company. Series media sponsorship provided by Publicola. Series supported by The Boeing Company Charitable Trust and the RealNetworks Foundation.
Venue: Downstairs at Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Ave; enter on Seneca Street.
Tickets are $5 at Brown Paper Tickets or 800/838-3006, or at the door beginning at 6:30 pm. Town Hall members receive priority seating.
 
Thursday, June 24, 7:30 p.m. Clay Shirky at Town Hall Seattle. Co-presented with Elliott Bay Book Company and the Town Hall Center for Civic Life. The NYU professor of interactive telecommunications at NYU has a new book on the social impact of our relationship with technology: Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age. He argues that new technology is making it possible for people to collaborate in ways that have the potential to change society. 
Venue: Town Hall Seattle, 1119 Eighth Avenue (at Seneca).
$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.
Information: Call Elliott Bay at (206) 624-6600, Town Hall at (206) 652-4255, or see www.townhallseattle.org.
 
Friday, June 25, 6:30 p.m. Shawn Thompson - The Intimate Ape at Third Place Books. With color photos, this book draws on extensive research to reveal the intricate lives of these great apes, and the people who protect and care for them. Shawn Thompson is a coauthor of
Venue: Lake Forest Park Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park, WA
Admission free.
 
Monday, June 28, 7 p.m. James Tabor. Blind Descent: The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth. As more and more of the "ultimate discoveries" in this world had been made, the search for the world's deepest cave went unclaimed. And then, in 2004, American Bill Stone and Ukranian Alexander Klimochouk both found what they believed to be the deepest cave known—and Blind Descent is the story of those dangerous and decisive explorations.
Venue: The Mountaineers Program Center, 7700 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle
REMINDER
 
The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture at the UW hosts International Conservation Photography Awards from June 19 through September 6.  This summer, for the first time, the Burke Museum will present the winners of the 2010 International Conservation Photography Awards (ICP Awards) in an exhibit of more than 75 images representing the best of conservation photography from around the world. The ICP Awards competition was founded in 1997 by Art Wolfe, a Seattle native and nature photographer and author.
Venue: Burke Museum, on the UW campus at the corner of 17th Ave NE and NE 45th St
Information: Call: (206) 543-5590 or visit www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/
 
Additions? Corrections? Write calendar@nwscience.org. 
 
 
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