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SUMMARY:2022 Legislative Preview
DESCRIPTION:Seattle CityClub’s annual Legislative Preview highlights top legislative leaders’ priorities for the upcoming legislative session. \nLearn from Leadership at Legislative Preview\nJoin us as the top leadership from both sides of the aisle of the Washington State Legislature take an in-depth look at the top priorities for the upcoming session and what impact they have on individuals and communities. \nRegistration Link\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/2022-legislative-preview-tickets-190716426967?aff=communitycalendars \nLegislators\nSen. Andy Billig\, 3rd Legislative District (D)\, Senate Majority Leader\nSen. John Braun\, 20th Legislative District (R)\, Senate Republican Leader\nRep. Laurie Jinkins\, 27th Legislative District (D)\, Speaker of the House\nRep. J.T. Wilcox\, 2nd Legislative District (R)\, House Republican Leader\nModerators\nMelissa Santos\, Politics Reporter\, Crosscut/KCTS 9\nHanna Scott\, Reporter\, KIRO Radio \nIn order to make sure we have diverse questions that cover multiple topics\, we ask that attendees submit their questions in advance for selection. Submitted questions will be reviewed\, selected\, and edited for brevity. Submit your question through the registration process for this event. \nThe panel will be recorded and made available to the public a week after the event. \nIn partnership with:\nPEMCO Insurance\nPuget Sound Energy \nTicket Pricing\n$0 – $75\nPay your own price\nFree tickets available for all\, no questions asked\nGeneral Admission starts at $20 \nRegistration Link\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/2022-legislative-preview-tickets-190716426967?aff=communitycalendars \nShare This
URL:https://wsb.blackfin.biz/event/2022-legislative-preview/
LOCATION:Online (see listing)
CATEGORIES:Civic Engagement,Discussion,Politics
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211228T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211228T103000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Kaleidoscope Play And Learn Group
DESCRIPTION:A virtual program for parents and caregivers of young children to learn and explore together. No registration required. \nDesigned to support the development of children’s school readiness skills through play and to provide education and support for parents and caregivers. Come sing\, read\, and craft with us!  \nClick here to join on Zoom. \nMeeting ID: 881 8899 3663\nPasscode: play&learn \nWe can provide accommodations for people with disabilities at Library events. Please contact leap@spl.org at least seven days before the event to request accommodations. Captions are available for all recorded story time programs. \nShare This
URL:https://wsb.blackfin.biz/event/virtual-kaleidoscope-play-and-learn-group/2021-12-28/
LOCATION:Online (see listing)
CATEGORIES:For Families,For Parents,Kid Stuff
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211221T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211221T103000
DTSTAMP:20211204T080000Z
CREATED:20211204T080000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211204T080000Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Kaleidoscope Play And Learn Group
DESCRIPTION:A virtual program for parents and caregivers of young children to learn and explore together. No registration required. \nDesigned to support the development of children’s school readiness skills through play and to provide education and support for parents and caregivers. Come sing\, read\, and craft with us!  \nClick here to join on Zoom. \nMeeting ID: 881 8899 3663\nPasscode: play&learn \nWe can provide accommodations for people with disabilities at Library events. Please contact leap@spl.org at least seven days before the event to request accommodations. Captions are available for all recorded story time programs. \nShare This
URL:https://wsb.blackfin.biz/event/virtual-kaleidoscope-play-and-learn-group/2021-12-21/
LOCATION:Online (see listing)
CATEGORIES:For Families,For Parents,Kid Stuff
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211220T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211220T143000
DTSTAMP:20211206T080000Z
CREATED:20211206T080000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211206T080000Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Arts For 50+ Popular Dances Through The Decades
DESCRIPTION:Popular Dances through the Decades  with Silver Kite. All ages welcome.  \nRegister on the Silver Kite website.  Please enter SPL2020 to enter the website. The password is case sensitive. Enter SPL in caps. \nLearn popular dances from the 1920s through the 2000s. Whatever your dance level\, have fun as you learn the Shag\, Stroll\, Hustle\, Cha Cha Slide\, Gangnam Style and Nae Nae. \nThis program is dementia-friendly. We welcome individuals living with memory loss and their care partners\, family members and friends. \nWe can provide accommodations for people with disabilities at Library events. Please contact leap@spl.org at least seven days before the event to request accommodations. Captions are available for all recorded Library programs. \nEvent Information: info@silverkite.us\n \nShare This
URL:https://wsb.blackfin.biz/event/virtual-arts-for-50-popular-dances-through-the-decades/
LOCATION:Online (see listing)
CATEGORIES:Dances,For Families,Kid Stuff,Seniors,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211218T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211218T143000
DTSTAMP:20211204T080000Z
CREATED:20211204T080000Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Arts For 50+ Sip And Paint Acrylics
DESCRIPTION:Sip and Paint Acrylics with Silver Kite. All ages welcome. Registration is required. \nRegister on the Silver Kite website.  Please enter SPL2020 to enter the website. The password is case sensitive. Enter SPL in caps. \nJoin us for a step-by-step painting workshop. Grab a beverage of your choice and spend an hour with us talking and making art together. \nSupplies needed: acrylic paints\, 1″ flat brush\, 1″ angled flat brush\, filbert brush\, pointed round brush\, fan brush\, mixed media paper if available\, painters or masking tape\, cotton swabs\, pallet knife or butter knife. \nWe can provide accommodations for people with disabilities at Library events. Please contact leap@spl.org at least seven days before the event to request accommodations. Captions are available for all recorded Library programs. \nEvent Information: info@silverkite.us\n \nShare This
URL:https://wsb.blackfin.biz/event/virtual-arts-for-50-sip-and-paint-acrylics/
LOCATION:Online (see listing)
CATEGORIES:Arts/Crafts Classes,For Families,Seniors,Teen Stuff,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211217T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211217T113000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Arts For 50+: Mindfulness
DESCRIPTION:Mindfulness with SilverKite. All ages welcome. Registration is required. \nRegister on the Silver Kite website. Please enter SPL2020 to enter the website. The password is case sensitive. Enter SPL in caps \nJoin us for an introduction to the art of mindfulness. The general principles of mindfulness are acceptance\, purpose\, and doing what needs to be done. Learn to let go of busyness and stress\, and explore a simple\, ongoing practice. \nWe can provide accommodations for people with disabilities at Library events. Please contact leap@spl.org at least seven days before the event to request accommodations. Captions are available for all recorded Library programs. \nShare This
URL:https://wsb.blackfin.biz/event/virtual-arts-for-50-mindfulness-2/
LOCATION:Online (see listing)
CATEGORIES:For Elders,For Families,Health/Wellness,Kid Stuff,Seniors,Teen Stuff,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211215T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211215T190000
DTSTAMP:20211206T080000Z
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SUMMARY:WA State Book Awards: Jennifer Longo And ‘What I Carry’
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss Jennifer Longo\, winner of the 2021 Washington State Book Award for Young Adult Literature\, in conversation with journalist Claudia Rowe. \nRegistration required. Click here to register. \n“What I Carry” is a powerful and heartwarming look at a teen girl about to age out of the foster care system. Growing up in foster care\, Muir has lived in many houses — and she’s learned to pack light. Carry only what fits in a suitcase\, and leave emotional attachments to friends and foster families behind. Muir has just one year left before she ages out of the system. One year before she’s free. One year to avoid anything — or anyone — that could get in her way. Then she meets Francine. And Kira. And Sean. And everything changes. \nLongo’s other books for young adults include “Up to This Pointe” and “Six Feet Over It\,” both of which were Washington State Book Award finalists. \nLongo will be in conversation with author Claudia Rowe\, who won the 2018 Washington State Book Award for Biography/Memoir for “The Spider and the Fly.” Rowe has researched and written about the foster care system\, and has a forthcoming book on the topic. \nAbout the book\n“What I Carry” was named an American Library Association/YALSA Top Ten Novel for 2021 and is the 2022 selection for Teen All Iowa Reads. \n“The power of relationship—both those experienced and those denied—is expertly explored throughout this novel with nuance and humanity.” – KIRKUS (Starred) Random House Books 2020 \n“Charming\, honest\, and hopeful. This is a story you’ll fall for.” – Deb Caletti\, author of “A Heart in a Body in the World” \nAbout the event\nThis event is presented by the Washington Center for the Book\, an affiliate of the National Center for the Book at the Library of Congress. The Washington Center for the Book is a partnership of The Seattle Public Library and the Washington State Library. \nView in Catalog: What I Carry by Jennifer Longo\nADA Accommodations	We can provide accommodations for people with disabilities at Library events. Please contact leap@spl.org at least seven days before the event to request accommodations. Captions are available for all recorded Library programs. \nADA Accommodations: We can provide accommodations for people with disabilities at Library events. Please contact leap@spl.org at least seven days before the event to request accommodations. Captions are available for all recorded Library programs. \nShare This
URL:https://wsb.blackfin.biz/event/wa-state-book-awards-jennifer-longo-and-what-i-carry/
LOCATION:Online (see listing)
CATEGORIES:Arts and Entertainment,Books,Discussion,Readings,Talks and Lectures,Teen Stuff
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211215T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211215T113000
DTSTAMP:20211204T080000Z
CREATED:20211204T080000Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Arts For 50+ Bollywood Dance
DESCRIPTION:Bollywood Dance with Silver Kite. All ages welcome. Registration is required. \nRegister on the Silver Kite website. Please enter SPL2020 to enter the website. The password is case sensitive. Enter SPL in caps. \nLearn dances featured in films from India – the largest moviemaking capital in the world. Bollywood is the Hindi-language sector of the Indian moviemaking industry. Traditional Bollywood dancing has been heavily influenced by Asian culture\, Hindu art\, music\, and culture. Today Bollywood music and dancing are also influenced by other cultures and forms of dance including salsa and hip-hop. Join us for a fun class where we’ll dance to Bollywood hit songs from different eras and learn about the inspiration behind the songs. \nWe can provide accommodations for people with disabilities at Library events. Please contact leap@spl.org at least seven days before the event to request accommodations. Captions are available for all recorded Library programs. \nEvent Information:  info@silverkite.us\n \nShare This
URL:https://wsb.blackfin.biz/event/virtual-arts-for-50-bollywood-dance/
LOCATION:Online (see listing)
CATEGORIES:Art/Craft Demonstration,Culture,Dances,For Families,Kid Stuff,Teen Stuff
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211214T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211214T180000
DTSTAMP:20211206T080000Z
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SUMMARY:Cultivating Health
DESCRIPTION:Join Dr. Salene Jones\, PhD\, MA\, LP\, a Seattle-based psychologist\, in a workshop that will help people identify steps they can take to live healthier. \nWe will also cover strategies for living a healthier life informed by the science of behavior change. \nRegistration required. Click here to register. \nAbout the classes\nThe job skills\, life skills\, & digital creativity classes are made possible by support from The Seattle Public Library Foundation\, and in partnership with South Seattle College. This workshop is free and everyone is welcome. Library events and programs are free and everyone is welcome. Registration is required. Each class has a limited capacity\, so please register as soon as possible. \nADA Accommodations: We can provide accommodations for people with disabilities at Library events. Please contact leap@spl.org at least seven days before the event to request accommodations. Captions are available for all recorded Library programs. \nShare This
URL:https://wsb.blackfin.biz/event/cultivating-health/
LOCATION:Online (see listing)
CATEGORIES:Advocacy,Health/Wellness,Seniors,Teen Stuff
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211214T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211214T103000
DTSTAMP:20211204T080000Z
CREATED:20211204T080000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211204T080000Z
UID:10020126-1639476000-1639477800@wsb.blackfin.biz
SUMMARY:Virtual Kaleidoscope Play And Learn Group
DESCRIPTION:A virtual program for parents and caregivers of young children to learn and explore together. No registration required. \nDesigned to support the development of children’s school readiness skills through play and to provide education and support for parents and caregivers. Come sing\, read\, and craft with us!  \nClick here to join on Zoom. \nMeeting ID: 881 8899 3663\nPasscode: play&learn \nWe can provide accommodations for people with disabilities at Library events. Please contact leap@spl.org at least seven days before the event to request accommodations. Captions are available for all recorded story time programs. \nShare This
URL:https://wsb.blackfin.biz/event/virtual-kaleidoscope-play-and-learn-group/2021-12-14/
LOCATION:Online (see listing)
CATEGORIES:For Families,For Parents,Kid Stuff
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211213T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211213T143000
DTSTAMP:20211206T080000Z
CREATED:20211206T080000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211206T080000Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Arts For 50+: Sing-Along Stories
DESCRIPTION:Sing-Along Stories with Silver Kite. All ages welcome. Registration is required. \nRegister on the Silver Kite website. Register on the SilverKite website. Please enter SPL2020 to enter the website. The password is case sensitive. Enter SPL in caps. \nJoin us for an hour of sharing our stories with a tuneful lilt. Some stories are so great that they have to be sung. These “story songs” may inspire us\, take us on adventures\, celebrate a moment or share something silly and unlikely. \nThis workshop has been designed and will be facilitated for individuals living with memory loss and their care partners. We welcome other family members and friends of all ages to join us. \nSupplies needed:  rhythm shakers\, maracas\, or a bag of beans to make noise. \nWe can provide accommodations for people with disabilities at Library events. Please contact leap@spl.org at least seven days before the event to request accommodations. Captions are available for all recorded Library programs.\n \nShare This
URL:https://wsb.blackfin.biz/event/virtual-arts-for-50-sing-along-stories/
LOCATION:Online (see listing)
CATEGORIES:For Families,Kid Stuff,Music,Seniors,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211212T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211212T160000
DTSTAMP:20211205T080000Z
CREATED:20211205T080000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211205T080000Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Writers Read
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a monthly reading series featuring an open mic and selected author readings from local writers. Registration is required. Click here to register on our partner’s website. \nLocal writers will read from their diverse repertoires of poetry\, short stories\, novels and essays. The event will end with a Q&A session\, followed by an open mic session. \nThis program is presented in partnership with African-American Writers’ Alliance on the second Sunday of the month. \nAbility to use Zoom on your own computer or phone is required for this program.\nRegistration is Required. \nWe can provide accommodations for people with disabilities at Library events. Please contact leap@spl.org at least seven days before the event to request accommodations. Captions are available for all recorded Library programs. \nShare This
URL:https://wsb.blackfin.biz/event/virtual-writers-read/
LOCATION:Online (see listing)
CATEGORIES:Books,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211211T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211211T143000
DTSTAMP:20211204T080000Z
CREATED:20211204T080000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211204T080000Z
UID:10020286-1639229400-1639233000@wsb.blackfin.biz
SUMMARY:Virtual Arts For 50+ Beginning Drawing
DESCRIPTION:Beginning Drawing with Silver Kite. All ages welcome. Registration is required. \nRegister on the Silver Kite website. Register on the SilverKite website. Please enter SPL2020 to enter the website. The password is case sensitive. Enter SPL in caps. \nJoin our beginning drawing workshop.  Learn basic shading techniques while you draw a still life. \nSupplies needed: paper\, pencil\, eraser. \nWe can provide accommodations for people with disabilities at Library events. Please contact leap@spl.org at least seven days before the event to request accommodations.\n \nShare This
URL:https://wsb.blackfin.biz/event/virtual-arts-for-50-beginning-drawing/
LOCATION:Online (see listing)
CATEGORIES:Arts/Crafts Classes,For Families,Kid Stuff,Teen Stuff,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211210T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211210T170000
DTSTAMP:20211205T080000Z
CREATED:20211205T080000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211205T080000Z
UID:10024139-1639148400-1639155600@wsb.blackfin.biz
SUMMARY:Road Trip Photography
DESCRIPTION:Do you love to travel? Learn how your travel photographs can better captured the the true sense of place and feelings you felt on the road. \nRegistration required. Click here to register. \nExplore how to make much better travel photographs as the pandemic winds down and ends – with practical tips on equipment and packing\, using your time en route wisely\, making your photographs compelling while on the road\, and on making the most of your results once home. \nAbout the classes\nJob skills\, life skills\, & digital creativity classes are made possible by support from The Seattle Public Library Foundation\, and in partnership with South Seattle College. This workshop is free and everyone is welcome. Library events and programs are free and everyone is welcome. Registration is required. Each class has a capacity limit\, so please register as soon as possible. \nWe can provide accommodations for people with disabilities at Library events. Please contact leap@spl.org at least seven days before the event to request accommodations. Captions are available for all recorded Library programs. \nShare This
URL:https://wsb.blackfin.biz/event/road-trip-photography/
LOCATION:Online (see listing)
CATEGORIES:Arts/Crafts Classes,Photography
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211210T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211210T113000
DTSTAMP:20211205T080000Z
CREATED:20211205T080000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211205T080000Z
UID:10024138-1639132200-1639135800@wsb.blackfin.biz
SUMMARY:Virtual Arts For 50+: Winter Landscape Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Winter Landscape Poetry with Silver Kite. All ages welcome. Registration is required. \nRegister on the Silver Kite website. Please enter SPL2020 to enter the website. The password is case sensitive. Enter SPL in caps. \nDuring this workshop\, we’ll explore settings that hold special meaning through reminiscence activities. We’ll share personal stories and\, together\, create a mural of landscape memories captured in visual images\, words and phrases. \nWe can provide accommodations for people with disabilities at Library events. Please contact leap@spl.org at least seven days before the event to request accommodations. Captions are available for all recorded Library programs. \nEvent Information: info@silverkite.us \nShare This
URL:https://wsb.blackfin.biz/event/virtual-arts-for-50-winter-landscape-poetry/
LOCATION:Online (see listing)
CATEGORIES:For Elders,For Families,Poetry,Teen Stuff,Workshops,Writing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211209T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211209T193000
DTSTAMP:20211204T080000Z
CREATED:20211204T080000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211204T080000Z
UID:10020031-1639072800-1639078200@wsb.blackfin.biz
SUMMARY:Virtual It's About Time Writers' Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:The Ballard Branch welcomes the 385th meeting of the It’s About Time Writers’ Reading Series\, featuring author readings and open mics. Registration required. \nThis month’s online presentation welcomes  Millicent Borges Accardi\, Pamela Hobart Carter\, and Eleanor DeVito Owen. \nPlease click here to register. Ability to use Zoom on your own computer or phone is required for this program.\nNEA fellow\, Millicent Borges Accardi\, a Portuguese-American writer\, is the author of four poetry collections\, including Only More So (Salmon Poetry\, Ireland) and Through a Grainy Landscape.  Among her awards are fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts\, Fulbright\, CantoMundo\, Creative Capacity\, the California Arts Council\, Foundation for Contemporary Arts (COVID grant). The Corporation of Yaddo\, Fundação Luso-Americana (Portugal)\, and the Barbara Deming Foundation\, “Money for Women.”  Millicent lives in Topanga\, CA. Through a Grainy Landscape has been nominated for a PEN award. \nPamela Hobart Carter is the author of Her Imaginary Museum (Kelsay Books\, 2020) and Held Together with Tape and Glue (Finishing Line Press\, 2021). Slapering Hol Press Chapbook Competition finalist and Pushcart Prize nominee\, Carter is co-author\, with Arleen Williams\, of twelve short books in easy English for adults. Her plays have been read and produced in Montreal (where she grew up)\, Seattle (where she lives)\, and Fort Worth (where she has only visited). For more than three decades Carter was a teacher.  \nEleanor DeVito Owen is a 2021 Pacific Northwest Writer’s Association finalist in Adult Special Topics for Hobo Soup which she’ll read from for this event. Born in 1921 she is an American journalist\, playwright\, university professor\, costume designer\, theatre actress\, and mental health professional. She has received statewide and national honors and awards for her advocacy work on behalf of families and individuals with mental illness having founded the Washington Advocated for the Mentally Ill. Owen served as the president and executive director of WAMI\, now known as NAMI Greater Seattle office from 1978 to 2002. She began working on her memoir at age 90. \nAbility to use Zoom on your own computer or phone is required for this program. \nThis reading will be recorded for podcast and will also be available for future viewing on the It’s About Time Writers’ Reading Series YouTube channel. \nShare This
URL:https://wsb.blackfin.biz/event/virtual-its-about-time-writers-reading-series/
LOCATION:Online (see listing)
CATEGORIES:Readings,Writing
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211209T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211209T190000
DTSTAMP:20211205T080000Z
CREATED:20211205T080000Z
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SUMMARY:Radical Self-Acceptance As Activism: The Sensual Self Presented By Ev'Yan Whitney
DESCRIPTION:Guest Curator Olaiya Land talks with Ev’Yan Whitney about the importance of reconnecting with pleasure\, and their book\, Sensual Self. Click here to register. \nThis series of online talks will examine the ways all of our lives have shifted since the beginning of the pandemic and how we can move towards equity\, justice and liberation through meaningful self-care. \nOlaiya Land\, founder of the online journal and community Lionesse\, will be in conversation with authors and activists of diverse backgrounds about their personal journey towards self-acceptance and how their work aims to help others lean into embracing themselves more fully. \nThese conversations will be centered around reclaiming the concepts of self-care and self-acceptance from the hands of capitalism and mass-marketing and enabling them to retain meaning. The series will especially highlight the experiences of marginalized groups–BIPOC\, queer and trans folks\, fat people\, women\, and neurodivergent individuals–as they push back against Western beauty standards\, patriarchy and White Supremacy and carve out spaces to feel accepted and whole. \nThis event is supported by The Seattle Public Library Foundation and the Gary and Connie Kunis Foundation. Thanks to media sponsor The Seattle Times. This event will be recorded\, captioned and then posted on SPL’s YouTube channel after the event. \nABOUT THE SPEAKERS: \nEv’Yan Whitney (they/she) is a Sexuality Doula®\, sex educator\, and a sensualist. For over a decade\, Ev’Yan has dedicated themselves to sex education and sexual activism\, helping folks reclaim their unique sexual expressions and reconnect to their sensual bodies. Ev’Yan’s work focuses on decolonizing\, unshaming\, and liberating sexuality at the intersection of identity\, pleasure\, and embodiment. They are the author of the book Sensual Self and host a podcast of the same name. \nOlaiya Land the founder and editor of Lionesse\, an online journal and community promoting connection\, confidence\, sisterhood & self-love. She is the host of the Lionesse podcast. Olaiya also leads retreats and workshops all over the world that help people feel empowered and connect to their creativity. You can learn more about her work at www.wearelionesse.com and @wearelionesse. \nAbout the Book: \nSensual Self is a self-paced journal offering guidance to those seeking reconnection with their pleasure\, featuring 150+ prompts to help readers define sensuality for themselves. \nPleasure transcends sexuality; Sensual Self is here to help you embrace it. This guided journal is a self-written manual for your unique sensuality. With interactive\, thought-provoking questions\, you’ll be guided to map and explore the inner landscape of your body—the textures\, shapes\, tempos\, and temperatures that bring you bliss. \nSensual Self allows ample room to record your process and express yourself\, giving you space for intimate conversations with yourself surrounding your pleasure and desires. 150+ prompts and exercises will help you focus on grounding yourself\, checking in with your mind and body\, self-acceptance\, self-care\, and body consciousness—from “In what ways do you keep your sensuality hidden?” to “What does an enthusiastic ‘yes!’ feel like in your body?” \nThis journal is the culmination of Sexuality Doula® and sex educator Ev’Yan Whitney’s body of work. Sensual Self fulfills their mission to liberate individuals by guiding them to rediscover their sensuality and explore their sexuality.\nADA Accommodations	We can provide accommodations for people with disabilities at Library events. Please contact leap@spl.org at least seven days before the event to request accommodations. Captions are available for all recorded Library programs. \nShare This
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LOCATION:Online (see listing)
CATEGORIES:Arts and Entertainment,Books,Discussion,Health/Wellness,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211208T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211208T193000
DTSTAMP:20211204T080000Z
CREATED:20211204T080000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211204T080000Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Write with Hugo House: Seattle Writes
DESCRIPTION:Attend free drop-in writing circles facilitated by established local writers from Hugo House! Bring something you’re working on\, or just come ready to write. Registration required.  \nTo receive the link for this event\, please click here and select the red date you want to attend. Phone registration also available at 206-322-7030. \n	In this group\, we’ll focus on generative writing through poetry prompts. The session will begin with introductions and a short warm-up\, after which we’ll read two separate poems and write in response to those. At times writers will be invited to create community through sharing words or ideas with other writers in small groups. Attendees will leave the class with 2-3 new drafts of poems. Designed for all writers\, this group supports poets as well those working in other genres\, as the skills practiced in poetry can be thought of as “cross-training” for memoir and fiction\, too. \nJeanine Walker was a 2015 Jack Straw Writer and has published poems in Cimarron Review\, Narrative\, Pleiades\, and Web Conjunctions. She holds a Ph.D. in Creative Writing from the University of Houston and teaches for Writers in the Schools. \nThe Seattle Writes series is made possible with the generous support of The Seattle Public Library Foundation. \nWe can provide accommodations for people with disabilities at Library events. Please contact leap@spl.org at least seven days before the event to request accommodations. Captions are available for all recorded Library programs. \nShare This
URL:https://wsb.blackfin.biz/event/virtual-write-with-hugo-house-seattle-writes/
LOCATION:Online (see listing)
CATEGORIES:Workshops,Writing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211207T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211207T103000
DTSTAMP:20211204T080000Z
CREATED:20211204T080000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211204T080000Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Kaleidoscope Play And Learn Group
DESCRIPTION:A virtual program for parents and caregivers of young children to learn and explore together. No registration required. \nDesigned to support the development of children’s school readiness skills through play and to provide education and support for parents and caregivers. Come sing\, read\, and craft with us!  \nClick here to join on Zoom. \nMeeting ID: 881 8899 3663\nPasscode: play&learn \nWe can provide accommodations for people with disabilities at Library events. Please contact leap@spl.org at least seven days before the event to request accommodations. Captions are available for all recorded story time programs. \nShare This
URL:https://wsb.blackfin.biz/event/virtual-kaleidoscope-play-and-learn-group/2021-12-07/
LOCATION:Online (see listing)
CATEGORIES:For Families,For Parents,Kid Stuff
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211206T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211206T190000
DTSTAMP:20211205T080000Z
CREATED:20211205T080000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211205T080000Z
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SUMMARY:WA State Book Awards: 'Take A Stand: Art Against Hate\, A Raven Chronicles Anthology'
DESCRIPTION:The Washington Center for the Book and the Washington Library Association present “Take A Stand: Art Against Hate\, A Raven Chronicles Anthology.” \nRegistration required. Click here to register. \nWinner of the 2021 Washington State Book Award for Poetry\, “Take A Stand: Art Against Hate\, A Raven Chronicles Anthology\,” edited by Seattle-based writers Anna Bálint\, Phoebe Bosché\, and Thomas Hubbard\, contains poems\, stories and images from 117 writers\, 53 artists\, with 69 illustrations\, divided into five fluid and intersecting sections: Legacies\, We Are Here\, Why?\, Evidence\, and Resistance. \nEditor Anna Bálint will moderate this event which will include readings from the following contributors: Ronda P. Broatch\, Risa Denenberg\, Patrick Dixon\, Thomas Hubbard\, Rob Jacques\, Priscilla Long\, Jed Myers\, Shankar Narayan\, Susan Rich\, Kathleen Stancik\, Mary Ellen Talley\, Angelina Villalobos\, and Carletta Carrington Wilson. \nAbout the book\n“‘Take a Stand\, Art Against Hate Anthology” comes at a critical time in our nation’s cultural discourse surrounding intersections of identity\, resistance\, and looking at the past to forge a path forward. This collection spans form\, tone\, and theme without feeling cluttered; you find yourself reading something new while experiencing the same emotions many of us have come to find all too familiar. Thought-provoking and heart-wrenching\, this collection — which boasts the words of Danez Smith and the art of Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun and Doug Johnson –flows seamlessly from poetry to visual art\, creating an anthology that is not only a commanding and introspective read\, but a necessary one.”\n—Larry Reid\, Curator\, Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery \nAbout the event\nThis event is presented by the Washington Center for the Book — a partnership of The Seattle Public Library and the Washington State Library — and the Washington Library Association. The event is free and will be presented on Zoom. Registration is required to receive the event link. The event will be recorded and can be accessed on SPL’s YouTube channel. \nView in Catalog: Take a Stand\, Art Against Hate Anthology edited by Anna Bálint\, Phoebe Bosche\, and Thomas Hubbard \nADA Accommodations: We can provide accommodations for people with disabilities at Library events. Please contact leap@spl.org at least seven days before the event to request accommodations. Captions are available for all recorded Library programs. \nShare This
URL:https://wsb.blackfin.biz/event/wa-state-book-awards-take-a-stand-art-against-hate-a-raven-chronicles-anthology/
LOCATION:Online (see listing)
CATEGORIES:Arts and Entertainment,Books,Discussion,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211206T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211206T190000
DTSTAMP:20211205T080000Z
CREATED:20211205T080000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211205T080000Z
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SUMMARY:Shayda Kafai With Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha Discuss "Crip Kinship"
DESCRIPTION:Join us to learn more about the essential art-activism of Sins Invalid\, a San Francisco Bay Area-based performance project. Registration required. Click here to register. \nAbout the Book\nIn recent years\, disability activism has come into its own as a vital and necessary means to acknowledge the power and resilience of the disabled community\, and to call out ableist culture wherever it appears. \nThe concept of “bodymind” is an approach to understanding the relationship between the human body and mind\, where they are seen as a single integrated unit. \n“Crip Kinship” explores the art-activism of Sins Invalid\, a San Francisco Bay Area-based performance project\, and its radical imaginings of what disabled\, queer\, trans and gender nonconforming bodyminds of color can do: how they can rewrite oppression\, and how they can gift us with transformational lessons for our collective survival. \nGrounded in their Disability Justice framework\, “Crip Kinship” investigates the revolutionary survival teachings that disabled\, queer of color community offers to all our bodyminds. From their focus on crip beauty and sexuality to manifesting digital kinship networks and crip-centric liberated zones\, Sins Invalid empowers and moves us toward generating our collective liberation from our bodyminds outward. \nAbout the speakers\nShayda Kafai (she/her) is an Assistant Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies in the Ethnic and Women’s Studies department at California State Polytechnic University\, Pomona. As a queer\, disabled\, Mad femme of color\, she commits to practicing the many ways we can reclaim our bodyminds from systems of oppression. To support this work as an educator-scholar\, Shayda applies disability justice and collective care practices in the spaces she cultivates. Her writing and speaking presentations focus on intersectional body politics\, particularly on how bodies are constructed and how they hold the capacity for rebellion. \nLeah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (she/they) is a disabled\, autistic nonbinary femme writer of Burgher/Tamil Sri Lankan and Irish/Roma ascent. The author or co-editor of nine books\, including (co-edited with Ejeris Dixon) Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement\, Tonguebreaker\, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice and Dirty River\, their work has won the Lambda and been shortlisted five times for the Publishing Triangle Awards. A lead artist with Sins Invalid since 2009\, they are the 2020 winner of the Jeanne Cordova Prize for Lesbian and Queer Nonfiction and a 2020 Disability Futures Fellow. \nAbout the event\nThe event is presented in partnership with Elliott Bay Book Company. This event is supported by The Seattle Public Library Foundation and the Gary and Connie Kunis Foundation. Thanks to media sponsor The Seattle Times. There will be ASL interpretation and CART transcription for the program. This event will be recorded\, captioned and then posted on SPL’s YouTube channel after the event. \nView in Catalog: Crip Kinship by Shayda Kafai \nADA Accommodations: We can provide accommodations for people with disabilities at Library events. Please contact leap@spl.org at least seven days before the event to request accommodations. Captions are available for all recorded Library programs. \nFor registration information and other questions\, Ask Us or 206-386-4636. \nShare This
URL:https://wsb.blackfin.biz/event/shayda-kafai-with-leah-lakshmi-piepzna-samarasinha-discuss-crip-kinship/
LOCATION:Online (see listing)
CATEGORIES:Arts and Entertainment,Books,Discussion,Health/Wellness
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211206T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211206T143000
DTSTAMP:20211205T080000Z
CREATED:20211205T080000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211205T080000Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Arts For 50+ Music And Memories: Holiday Movies
DESCRIPTION:Music And Memories: Holiday Movies with Silver Kite. All ages welcome. Registration is required. \nRegister on the Silver Kite website. Please enter SPL2020 to enter the website. The password is case sensitive. Enter SPL in caps. \nJoin us to watch clips of popular holiday movies from the 1940s – 1970s\, share personal holiday memories\, and sing along to musical favorites of the holiday season. \nThis workshop has been designed and will be facilitated for individuals living with memory loss and their care partners. We welcome other family members and friends of all ages to join us. \nWe can provide accommodations for people with disabilities at Library events. Please contact leap@spl.org at least seven days before the event to request accommodations. Captions are available for all recorded Library programs. \nEvent Information: info@silverkite.us \nShare This
URL:https://wsb.blackfin.biz/event/virtual-arts-for-50-music-and-memories-holiday-movies-2/
LOCATION:Online (see listing)
CATEGORIES:For Elders,For Families,History,Holidays,Teen Stuff
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211119T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211119T133000
DTSTAMP:20211022T070000Z
CREATED:20211022T070000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211022T070000Z
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SUMMARY:Online talk: “Will the 2020s Roar Like the 1920s?"
DESCRIPTION:The Woman’s Century Club’s November meeting will feature Bill Woodward\, PhD\, award-winning professor of American and Pacific Northwest history at Seattle Pacific University. \nProgram description: A pandemic\, protests\, and economic jolts ushered in the so-called “Roaring Twenties.” Americans adjusted in ways both innovative and counterproductive. What lessons from the 1920s can we apply to our own looming 20s? Professor Woodward will chart the eerily familiar developments of a century ago: shattered idealism\, social clashes\, domestic terrorism\, culture wars\, disorienting technologies\, and fearsome disease. How might stories from a particular moment in the past—one with remarkable parallels to the present—shed light on ways for us to move forward? As the 2020s unfold\, what conversations should we have? \nThanks to Humanities Washington and The Steamer Virginia V Foundation for their support of this program.    \nThis free online presentation is open to the public. Please pre-register to receive login details. \nFor more information and to register\, visit the Woman’s Century Club events page: http://www.womanscenturyclub.org/meetings-events \nShare This
URL:https://wsb.blackfin.biz/event/online-talk-will-the-2020s-roar-like-the-1920s/
LOCATION:Online (see listing)
CATEGORIES:Discussion,History,Talks and Lectures
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211102
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211107
DTSTAMP:20211022T070000Z
CREATED:20211022T070000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211022T070000Z
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SUMMARY:Southwest Seattle Historical Society’s 2021 Friendship Auction
DESCRIPTION:Save the Date for the Southwest Seattle Historical Society’s\n2021 Digital Friendship Auction \nThe Southwest Seattle Historical Society is pleased to announce that this year our annual fundraising auction will be held as a silent auction online from Tuesday\, November 2\, through Friday\, November 5. We will miss seeing you at Salty’s on Alki for the second straight year\, but hope that you’ll support the Historical Society’s efforts to be present and engaged as a friend to the community. \nWe’ve been through a lot together over the last year as friends and neighbors on the Duwamish Peninsula. And what we’ve learned as we’ve leaned on each other is how important it is to create and honor meaningful connections\, through our unique stories and our shared history. With that in mind\, your support will help us realize our goals of increasing our programming for youth and schools\, broadening the range of subjects explored in our exhibits and adult programs\, collecting more of your stories to preserve for posterity\, and so much more. \nPlease check the Historical Society’s website HERE for updates\, including instructions on how to register for bidding. Bidding opens on November 2! \nSpecial thanks to this year’s presenting sponsors\, Luna Park Cafe and Alki Beach Academy\, whose support makes this auction possible. \nShare This
URL:https://wsb.blackfin.biz/event/southwest-seattle-historical-societys-2021-friendship-auction/
LOCATION:Online (see listing)
CATEGORIES:Auctions,Fundraising,How to help,Local History
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211021T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211021T120000
DTSTAMP:20211005T070000Z
CREATED:20211005T070000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211005T070000Z
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SUMMARY:Age Friendly Seattle Virtual Civic Coffee Hour
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a live\, online conversation with the City of Seattle Human Resources. \nClick here to enter live stream.\nEnter as “Anonymous.” Or by phone: 206-207-1700; Conference ID: 146 123 2689# \nLanguage: English\, Español\, 中文\, Tiểng Việt\, Русский \nMeet Heather Weldon\, Supported Employment Program Manager\, and Steve Zwerin\, Director\, HR Investigations Unit.   \nWeldon will share the secret ingredients that make the City’s internationally recognized program to hire people with developmental disabilities so successful. Learn more about how the City is addressing equity and inclusion with this creative approach to inclusive hiring. \nZwerin will be speaking about the City’s diversity recruitment efforts and strategies to encourage applicants who might otherwise be overlooked or excluded from traditional hiring processes. Zwerin will also cover services provided by Seattle Human Services to applicants and existing employees with guidance on resumes\, interviewing\, and much more. \nCivic Coffee Hours bring community elders closer to local government officials to explore topics of interest. Learn how decisions are made\, how to get involved\, and how to take advantage of programs and services. Closed captioning is provided in Arabic\, Chinese\, English\, Russian\, Spanish and Vietnamese. \nPresented in partnership with Age Friendly Seattle – Seattle Human Services. \nWe can provide accommodations for people with disabilities at Library events. Please contact leap@spl.org at least seven days before the event to request accommodations. Captions are available for all recorded Library programs.\n \nShare This
URL:https://wsb.blackfin.biz/event/age-friendly-seattle-virtual-civic-coffee-hour/
LOCATION:Online (see listing)
CATEGORIES:Civic Engagement,Community Networking,Discussion,For Elders,FYI,Legal Matters,Seniors
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211020T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211020T190000
DTSTAMP:20211009T070000Z
CREATED:20211009T070000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211009T070000Z
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SUMMARY:Josephine Ensign Discusses 'Skid Road: On The Frontier Of Health And Homelessness In An American City'
DESCRIPTION:Informed by her own lived experience of homelessness\, and many years providing primary health care to homeless people\, Ensign will discuss this complicated issue. \nPatrons can register via Eventbrite here. Registration required. \nThe event is presented in partnership with Elliott Bay Book Company. This event is supported by The Seattle Public Library Foundation and the Gary and Connie Kunis Foundation. Thanks to media sponsor The Seattle Times. This event will be recorded\, captioned and then posted on SPL’s YouTube channel after the event. \nAbout the Book: \nA compelling look at the historical roots of poverty and homelessness\, the “worthy” and “unworthy” poor\, and the role of charity health care and public policy in the United States. \nHome to over 730\,000 people\, with close to four million people living in the metropolitan area\, Seattle has the third-highest homeless population in the United States. In 2018\, an estimated 8\,600 homeless people lived in the city\, a figure that does not include the significant number of “hidden” homeless people doubled up with friends or living in and out of cheap hotels. In Skid Road\, Josephine Ensign digs through layers of Seattle history—past its leaders and prominent citizens\, respectable or not—to reveal the stories of overlooked and long-silenced people who live on the margins of society. \nThe sometimes fragmentary tales of these people\, their lives and deaths\, are not included in official histories of a place. How\, Ensign asks\, has a large\, socially progressive city like Seattle responded to the health needs of people marginalized by poverty\, mental illness\, addiction\, racial/ethnic/sexual identities\, and homelessness? Drawing on interviews and extensive research\, Ensign shares a diversity of voices within contemporary health care and public policy debates. \nA timely story in light of the ongoing health care reform debate\, the affordable housing crisis\, and the COVID-19 pandemic\, the stories from Skid Road illuminate issues surrounding poverty and homelessness throughout America. \nAbout the Speaker: \nJosephine Ensign is a professor in the School of Nursing and an adjunct professor in the Department of Gender\, Women & Sexuality Studies at the University of Washington. She works as a Nurse Practitioner and Faculty Preceptor at UW’s Health Equity Circle/Tent City Collective Foot Care and Health Outreach Clinics\, University District Street Medicine project\, and the Teeth and Toes Clinic. She is the author of Catching Homelessness: A Nurse’s Story of Falling through the Safety Net and Soul Stories: Voices from the Margins. Her newest book\, Skid Road: On the Frontier of Health and Homelessness in an American City\, was published by Johns Hopkins University Press in August 2021. \nView in Catalog: Skid Road by Josephine Ensign \nADA Accommodations: We can provide accommodations for people with disabilities at Library events. Please contact leap@spl.org at least seven days before the event to request accommodations. Captions are available for all recorded Library programs. \nShare This
URL:https://wsb.blackfin.biz/event/josephine-ensign-discusses-skid-road-on-the-frontier-of-health-and-homelessness-in-an-american-city/
LOCATION:Online (see listing)
CATEGORIES:Books,Social Justice,Talks and Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211018T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211018T143000
DTSTAMP:20211007T070000Z
CREATED:20211007T070000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211007T070000Z
UID:10020499-1634563800-1634567400@wsb.blackfin.biz
SUMMARY:Virtual Arts For 50+ Beginning Storytelling
DESCRIPTION:Beginning Storytelling with SilverKite. All ages welcome. Registration is required. \nRegister on the Silver Kite website. Please enter SPL2020 to enter the website. The password is case sensitive. Enter SPL in caps \nJoin our workshop to explore how to generate\, structure\, and tell personal life stories to share with family and friends. \nWe can provide accommodations for people with disabilities at Library events. Please contact leap@spl.org at least seven days before the event to request accommodations. Captions are available for all recorded Library programs.\n \nShare This
URL:https://wsb.blackfin.biz/event/virtual-arts-for-50-storytelling/
LOCATION:Online (see listing)
CATEGORIES:For Families,Seniors,Storytelling,Teen Stuff,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211016T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211016T143000
DTSTAMP:20211007T070000Z
CREATED:20211007T070000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211007T070000Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Arts For 50+ Puppet Making
DESCRIPTION:Puppet Making with SilverKite. All ages welcome. Registration is required. Register on the Silver Kite website. Please enter SPL2020 to enter the website. The password is case sensitive. Enter SPL in caps. \nCreate characters from your recycling bin. Join our interactive workshop and build puppets out of paper towel rolls\, egg containers\, and other recyclables. We’ll then share our characters’ stories. \nSupplies needed: packing or duct tape\, clean recyclables (egg cartons\, milk or juice cartons\, cereal boxes)\, markers\, scissors\, glue and construction paper. \nADA Accommodations: We can provide accommodations for people with disabilities at Library events. Please contact leap@spl.org at least seven days before the event to request accommodations. Captions are available for all recorded Library programs. \n\nShare This
URL:https://wsb.blackfin.biz/event/virtual-arts-for-50-puppet-making/
LOCATION:Online (see listing)
CATEGORIES:Arts/Crafts Classes,For Families,Kid Stuff,Teen Stuff,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211014T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211014T201500
DTSTAMP:20211009T070000Z
CREATED:20211009T070000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211009T070000Z
UID:10023627-1634238000-1634242500@wsb.blackfin.biz
SUMMARY:Author Rex Ogle Discusses "Punching Bag"
DESCRIPTION:Join us to hear author Rex Ogle talk about his new teen memoir\, Punching Bag. Registration required. 	 \nClick here to register. Registration required. \nThe event is presented in partnership with Elliott Bay Book Company. This event will be recorded\, captioned and then posted on SPL’s new Teen YouTube channel after the event. \nAbout the Book: \nPunching Bag is the compelling true story of a high school career defined by poverty and punctuated by outbreaks of domestic abuse. Rex Ogle\, who brilliantly mapped his experience of hunger in middle school in Free Lunch\, here describes his struggle to survive; reflects on his complex\, often paradoxical relationship with his passionate\, fierce mother; and charts the trajectory of his stepdad’s anger. Hovering over Rex’s story is the talismanic presence of his unborn baby sister. \nThrough it all\, Rex threads moments of grace and humor that act as beacons of light in the darkness. Compulsively readable\, beautifully crafted\, and authentically told\, Punching Bag is a remarkable memoir about one teenager’s cycle of violence\, blame\, and attempts to forgive his parents—and himself. \nAbout the Author: \nREX OGLE was born and raised (mostly) in Texas.  He moved to New York City after college to pursue an editorial career\, interning at Marvel Comics before working at DC Comics\, and later at Scholastic and Little Brown Young Readers.  He championed over a dozen NY Times Bestsellers on major brands such as X-Men\, Justice League\, Star Wars\, LEGO\, Power Rangers\, Transformers\, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.  But writing for himself was always the ultimate goal. Now\, he lives in Los Angeles where he writes full-time—when he’s not outside hiking with his dog Toby\, playing MarioKart with friends (and losing terribly)\, or reading. \nView in Catalog: Punching Bag by Rex Ogle \nADA Accommodations: We can provide accommodations for people with disabilities at Library events. Please contact leap@spl.org at least seven days before the event to request accommodations. Captions are available for all recorded Library programs. \nPodcast: This event will be recorded for podcast. \nShare This
URL:https://wsb.blackfin.biz/event/author-rex-ogle-discusses-punching-bag/
LOCATION:Online (see listing)
CATEGORIES:Books,Talks and Lectures
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211014T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211014T181500
DTSTAMP:20211005T070000Z
CREATED:20211005T070000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211005T070000Z
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SUMMARY:Words\, Writers\, Southwest Stories: Barbara Johns presents on Kenjiro Nomura
DESCRIPTION:‘Words\, Writers & Southwest Stories\,’ a speaker series of the Southwest Seattle Historical Society\, is excited to announce that it is hosting Barbara Johns for a live Zoom presentation on Thursday\, October 14 at 6:00 PM. Johns will deliver a presentation on her book Kenjiro Nomura\, American Modernist: An Issei Artist’s Journey. Registration is required. Please register HERE.  \nBorn in Japan\, acclaimed Seattle artist Kenjiro Nomura (1896–1956) came to the United States as a child of ten\, received artistic recognition by age twenty\, and in the 1930s became the best-known artist of Japanese descent in the Northwest\, his artwork widely exhibited regionally and nationally. Along with more than one hundred thousand Japanese Americans from the West Coast\, Nomura was incarcerated during the war but continued to paint\, leaving a visual record grounded in place and circumstance. In postwar years he developed a new abstract style that brought him recognition once again. \nIn Kenjiro Nomura\, American Modernist\, Barbara Johns presents Nomura’s life and artistic achievement within their historical context. Her account depicts Seattle as a stronghold of prewar Issei artistic activity\, and Nomura’s work as providing a meaningful contribution to the history of American art. The book is generously illustrated with artwork tracing Nomura’s entire career. \nBarbara Johns is an art historian\, author\, and curator. She holds a doctorate in art history from the University of Washington. Her scholarship in recent years has focused on Issei\, or immigrant-generation Japanese American\, artists in Seattle. She was formerly the chief curator at the Tacoma Art Museum and previously held curatorial positions at the Seattle Art Museum. She is the author of several books on Issei artists: Paul Horiuchi: East and West (2008); Signs of Home: The Paintings and Wartime Diary of Kamekichi Tokita (2011); The Hope of Another Spring: Takuichi Fujii\, Artist and Wartime Witness (2017); and now\, Kenjiro Nomura\, American Modernist\, released this month in conjunction with an exhibition at the Cascadia Art Museum in Edmonds. Barbara is the curator of the exhibition Witness to Wartime: The Painted Diary of Takuichi Fujii\, which opened at the Washington State History Museum in 2017 and is touring nationally. It will conclude at the Wing Luke Museum in 2025. \nThe ‘Words\, Writers\, and Southwest Stories’ speaker series is a program of the Southwest Seattle Historical Society in partnership with Seattle Public Library.\n \nShare This
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