Readings/Lectures/Showings
July 2006
NSWA Events Calendar
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Some events may require advance registration or admission fee. Check with the Sponsoring organizations for further details. Please send additions or corrections to deafrost atsign gmail dot com – and feel free to submit events for future calendars. Please put “NSWA-to be posted” in the subject line.
Tuesday, July 4, 7:30 p.m.:
Author Ian R. MacLeod juxtaposes beauty and strangeness, love and terror, in his internationally acclaimed fiction. One of Britain's most exciting new SF writers, MacLeod has won two World Fantasy Awards and the Sidewise Award for Alternate History. This event is part of the Six Summer Evenings of Science Fiction, 2006 Clarion West Reading Series, June 20 - July 25, and takes place at the Science Fiction Museum, JBL Theater, 325 5th Avenue N, Seattle. Tickets are available for purchase at University Book Store in the U District or at the event. Tickets for this reading are $4 each, $3 for students, seniors or Clarion members.
Wednesday, July 5, 3:00 p.m.:
Dr. Simon Haberle, Australian National University, is the speaker for the Chemical Oceanography Seminar. The presentation is titled “Terrestrial ecosystem response to millennial scale climate variability in the Western Pacific Warm Pool region.” UW Ocean Science Building, Room 425.
Wednesday, July 5, 7:30 p.m.:
Bob Seidensticker, veteran of IBM and Microsoft, reads from and signs his new book Future Hype: The Myths of Technology and Change.
http://www.elliottbaybook.com/events/jul06/seidensticker.jsp
Thursday, July 6, 1:00 – 4:30 p.m.:
The FREE First Thursday at the Burke Museum explores “The Power of Magnification.” Join a museum educator in the Biodiversity lab for a rare opportunity to see skulls, fur, leaves, shells, insects, and more up close. UW Burke Museum.
http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/events/index.php
Friday, July 7, 12:30 p.m.:
Dr. Mark Thiemens, UCSD, presents “Mass independent isotope effects in nature: South Pole to Mars,” at the Atmospheric Sciences Seminar. Co-sponsored by Program on Climate Change. UW Ocean Science Building, Room 425.
http://depts.washington.edu/oceanweb/currents/currents.shtml
Saturday & Sunday, July 8 & 9:
Crawl, slither or hop on down to the annual Reptile & Amphibian Show. See
over 100 species of snakes, lizards, frogs, turtles and more. Spend time with
the animals in the handling area and discover everything you need to know about
having a reptile or amphibian pet of your own. Produced cooperatively by with the
Pacific Northwest Herpetological Society. Pacific Science Center, 200 Second Ave. N., Seattle.
Tuesday, July 11, 6:30 p.m.:
The Elliott Bay Global Issues & Ethics Book Group is devoted to discussing books that cover the most relevant topics of our everyday lives. Their selection this month is Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights and the New War on the Poor by Paul Farmer. http://www.elliottbaybook.com/events/jul06/cibookclub.jsp
Tuesday, July 11, 7:00 p.m.:
Tom Preston, author and patient advocate, reads from and signs Patient-Directed Dying: A Call for Legalized Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill. University Book Store.
http://www.bookstore.washington.edu
Tuesday, July 11, 7:30 p.m.:
Nalo Hopkinson writes her powerful, provocative science fiction from the
multiple perspectives of her Caribbean-Canadian background, using Island
speech-patterns and folk-archetypes to infuse non-white culture into our visions of the
future and our versions of history. Hopkinson won the 2004 Gaylactic Spectrum Award for her novel The Salt Roads, and the 2002 World Fantasy Award for her short story collection, Skin Folk. This event is part of the Six Summer Evenings of Science Fiction, 2006 Clarion West Reading Series, June 20 - July 25, and takes place at the Science Fiction Museum, JBL Theater , 325 5th Avenue N, Seattle. Tickets are available for purchase at University Book Store in the U District or at the event. Tickets for this reading are $4 each, $3 for students, seniors or Clarion members.
Friday, July 14, 8:00 a.m.:
Seattle Children’s Hospital is sponsoring the Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics Second Annual Pediatric Bioethics Conference at the Bell Harbor Conference Center in Seattle, “Current Controversies: Ethical Issues Related to the Vaccination of Children.” Leaders in the field have been invited to address some of the most controversial ethical topics surrounding the vaccination of children, vaccine development, vaccine policy and the balance between public health and individual preference regarding vaccination. Contact Angel Latterell for more information.
angel.latterell@seattlechildrens.org
Tuesday, July 18, 7:30 p.m.:
Ellen Datlow’s impressive credentials include her pioneering stint with OMNI Magazine and her six years at the helm of Scifi.com’s web-based magazine SCI FICTION. She has a multitude of anthologies under her belt, and is co-editor of 19 volumes and counting of The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror, with Terri Windling, then with Kelly Link and Gavin Grant. This evening’s event is part of the Six Summer Evenings of Science Fiction, 2006 Clarion West Reading Series, June 20 - July 25, and takes place at the Science Fiction Museum, JBL Theater , 325 5th Avenue N, Seattle. Tickets are available for purchase at University Book Store in the U District or at the event. Tickets for this reading are $4 each, $3 for students, seniors or Clarion members.
Thursday, July 20, 7:00 p.m.:
The Washington Biomedical and Biotechnology Association is holding their Summer Social at Vulcan's South Lake Union Discovery Center, Seattle.
For information contact Pam Love, 206-624-1967 or wbba@washbio.org
Saturday, July 22, 10:30 a.m.:
THE LIVING WILD with Photographer Art Wolfe
This slide-illustrated talk is a celebration of wildlife worldwide at the start of the new millennium. Through lavish photographs it looks at the present and future status of the Earth’s wildlife and wildlife habitats. Tickets may be purchased in advance through the Burke's Education office at burked@u.washington.edu. Seating is limited. Ticket price, $12 general and $10 Burke Museum member, includes Museum admission. If seating is still available the day of event (7-22-06), tickets may be purchased at the front desk of the Burke Museum, 10–10:30 am.
http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/events/index.php
Monday, July 24, 7:00 p.m.:
Science on Tap brings Minas Tanielian of Boeing Phantom Works to Ravenna’s Third Place Bookstore. The topic: “Metamaterials & Cloaking Devices: Bringing Star Trek Technology to Life.Æ Free.
http://www.scienceontap.org/upcoming.htm
Monday, July 24, 1:00 p.m.:
The 3rd Annual Micro Nano Breakthrough Conference will focus on “Building a Micro/Nano Tech Economy.” The event is organized by the Washington Technology Center & Oregon Nanoscience & Microtechnologies Institute and is being held at the Hilton Hotel, Vancouver, WA.
Tuesday, July 25, 7:30 p.m.:
Vernor Vinge's vastly entertaining science fiction leaps from current technological innovations to startling yet sound conclusions. A professor of mathematics and computer science, he created the concept of “The Singularity.” Defined as the point at which the future becomes incomprehensible to humans, the Singularity is triggered in most stories by super-intelligent computers learning to self-program. This event is part of the Six Summer Evenings of Science Fiction, 2006 Clarion West Reading Series, June 20 - July 25, and takes place at the Science Fiction Museum, JBL Theater , 325 5th Avenue N, Seattle. Tickets are available for purchase at University Book Store in the U District or at the event. Tickets for this reading are $4 each, $3 for students, seniors or Clarion members.
Saturday, July 29, 2:00 p.m.:
Handle Institute Clinical and Educational Director Judith Bluestone has received a Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Award for Public Service and a Jefferson Award for her extraordinary work with autistic children. Her book, The Fabric of Autism: Weaving the Threads into a Cogent Theory, now in its second printing, and based on over four decades of practice, describes her approach to increasing tolerance for stimuli, improving ability to regulate and self-organize, and release stress that affects learning and daily activity.
http://www.elliottbaybook.com/events/jul06/bluestone.jsp
Saturday, July 29, 4:30 p.m.:
The mighty Columbia River, once even mightier, has its past beautifully summoned in William Layman’s striking book, River of Memory: The Everlasting Columbia. This is a book of text, maps, and all manner of archival and historical photos, chronicling aspects of the Columbia before and after so much of it was dammed.
http://www.elliottbaybook.com/events/jul06/layman.jsp
Other Summer Opportunities:
Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Remember to check out this traveling exhibition from BBC Wildlife Magazine and The Natural History Museum, London, presenting the award-winning wildlife photographs from the world’s largest wildlife photography contest.
http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/exhibits/index.php
UW Fish Collection
Tours of one of North America’s largest repositories of fish specimens, including the Elementary Outreach program, featuring a hands-on look at diverse and fascinating fishes.
More info: http://uwfishcollection.org/Visit/tours.html
The NatureMapping Program
For people 8 to 80, join a team that studies and maps fish and wildlife.
More info: http://fish.washington.edu/naturemapping/
Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST)
COASST is a citizen science project that recruits volunteers to survey coastal beaches in Washington and Oregon to provide long-term baseline data on seabird beaching, and become an active voice in coastal marine conservation.
More info: http://coasst.org
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