Town Hall Seattle

Michael Tomlinson: Thanksgiving Concert

21 Nov 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Great Hall, enter on 8th Avenue
Friday, November 20, 2009, 8 – 10pm

In this season of gratitude, Seattle singer-songwriter Michael Tomlinson performs a concert in celebration of our local healing-arts community. Accompanied by the studio musicians who performed on his new release, The Way Out West, Tomlinson will perform acoustic-based songs from that CD, as well as earlier albums. Known for his friendly concerts, funny stories, and warm performances, Tomlinson writes and sings songs ranging from folk and pop to jazz and rock—all lyrically rich and uplifting. Wood & Steel has compared Tomlinson’s music to Bruce Cockburn, Danny O'Keefe, and David Wilcox, and longtime PI music critic Gene Stout calls his "clear, breezy tenor… strikingly beautiful.” A free preconcert reception begins at 7 pm.

Advance tickets are $25 at www.brownpapertickets.com or 800/838-3006, or at the door. For more information, visit www.michaeltomlinson.com/healers/index.htm.

LEARN MORE:
www.michaeltomlinson.com
On YouTube, singing “Seattle Skies”

Early Music Guild: Musica ad Rhenum

22 Nov 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Great Hall, enter on 8th Avenue
Saturday, November 21, 2009, 8 – 10pm

Acclaimed American baroque flutist Jed Wentz returns with his Netherlands-based quintet to present works by Francois Couperin and Georg Philipp Telemann. Formed in 1992, the group’s intensely personal and highly emotional style has earned it a special place in the early music scene. Director Wentz has performed and recorded with such groups as Musica Antiqua Koln, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Capriccio Stravagante Paris, and the Gabriele Consort. A pre-concert lecture begins at 7 pm.

Tickets are $38/$35/$20. Town Hall members receive a $5 discount. Visit www.earlymusicguild.org or 206/325-7066 for tickets and information.

LEARN MORE:
www.earlymusicguild.org
Musica ad Rhenum
www.jedwentz.com

Na'alehu Theatre: Hawaiian Slack Key Festival

22 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

Great Hall, enter on 8th Avenue
Sunday, November 22, 2009, 2 – 6pm

Slack-key guitar is a treasured musical tradition in Hawaii, where it is called ki ho`alu, (literally, "loosen the key"). With their unique, finger-picked style, slack-key pieces typically reflect Hawaiian themes of stories, feelings, aloha, and nature. The Na'alehu Theater, an organization dedicated to Hawaiian culture and history, presents its first Seattle Slack Key Festival, featuring Grammy-winning slack-key master Cyril Pahinui.

Tickets are $48-$125 at www.brownpapertickets.com or 800/838-3006.

LEARN MORE:
About Na'alehu Theatre
www.cyrilpahinui.com
For more on the slack-key guitar

Joel Waldfogel: Rethinking Holiday Gifts

24 Nov 2009 03:30:00 GMT

Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street.
Monday, November 23, 2009, 7:30 – 9pm

The holidays: seasonal cheer, family get-togethers, and presents—lots and lots of presents. But did you really love that sweater from Grandma, or the singing fish from your uncle? And how many gifts did you buy without knowing what the recipient really wanted, or needed? What if it’s time to rethink the whole idea of gift-giving? Economist Joel Waldfogel believes that could be a gift in itself. The author of Scroogenomics: Why You Shouldn’t Buy Presents for the Holidays, says it’s time to stop the madness; by spending $85 billion each winter, making poorly informed choices, maxing out our credit cards, and leaving recipients less than satisfied, we’re creating “deadweight loss.” Instead, Waldfogel proposes gift-giving alternatives that can reclaim the original spirit of the holidays. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life, with Elliott Bay Book Company.

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.

LEARN MORE:
About the book
About Waldfogel

Amy Goodman: Celebrating Community Journalism

28 Nov 2009 03:00:00 GMT

Great Hall, enter on 8th Avenue
Friday, November 27, 2009, 7 – 9pm

Award-winning broadcast journalist Amy Goodman, author of Breaking the Sound Barrier and host and executive producer of the radio program Democracy Now!, kicks off a week of events marking the 10th anniversary of the historic Seattle WTO meeting with a celebration of the expanding world of grassroots community journalism. Goodman's work has won the George Polk Award and the Robert F. Kennedy prize for international reporting, and her show can be heard in Seattle on KBCS 91.3FM at 8 am and 3 pm weekdays. Presented by KBCS, Reclaim the Media, and the Seattle Plus 10 organizing committee as a benefit for KBCS.

Tickets are $15-$25 at www.kbcs.fm and at the door. Call 425/564-4069 or visit www.kbcs.fm for more information.

LEARN MORE:
www.kbcs.fm
www.democracynow.org

Seattle Baroque Orchestra: Baroque Fire-The Promethean Violin

29 Nov 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Great Hall, enter on 8th Avenue
Saturday, November 28, 2009, 8 – 10pm

Venice was already electrified by the 17th century, as the first generation of Baroque violin icons brought the fire of the gods to the benighted musical world of the Renaissance, igniting a virtuoso tradition that altered the musical landscape forever. Music Director Ingrid Matthews will be joined on violin by perennial favorites Tekla Cunningham and Carrie Krause for brand-new instrumental transcriptions of Luigi Rossi’s lovely lyric works for three sopranos, along with fiery sonatas by Dario Castello; a dose of whimsy in Biagio Marini’s comical "Ecco" sonata; and a continuo team including Nathan Whittaker on cello and John Lenti on theorbo, led by Byron Schenkman. Seattle Baroque Orchestra, known and loved by Town Hall audiences for its shining Messiah performances with the Tudor Choir, captures the vitality of 17th- and 18th-century music for contemporary audiences with historically informed performances. A free pre-concert lecture begins at 7 pm.

Tickets are $38-$29 Adult/$33-$24 Senior/$13-$10 Student. Town Hall members receive a 10% discount off the applicable price. Visit www.seattlebaroque.org for tickets and information.

LEARN MORE:
www.seattlebaroque.org

Panel Discussion: Climate Change and Justice

30 Nov 2009 03:00:00 GMT

Great Hall, enter on 8th Avenue
Sunday, November 29, 2009, 7 – 8:30pm

In an event titled "The People’s Summit: Global Justice Forward," activists will join Northwest organizers to discuss ecological and environmental crises as well as how social movements are responding with solutions. Scheduled panelists include Leo Gerard of United Steelworkers, Patti Goldman of Earthjustice, Eric Holt-Gimenez of Food First, Thea Lee of the AFL-CIO, and Jim Sinclair of the BC Federation of Labour. Presented by the Seattle+10 Organizing Committee.

$5-$10 suggested donation at the door. Email info@seattleplus10.org, call 206/405-4600 or visit www.seattleglobaljustice.org for more information.

LEARN MORE:
www.seattleglobaljustice.org
www.seattleplus10.org

Science: Alan Boyle: Why Pluto is Planet-Worthy

02 Dec 2009 03:30:00 GMT

Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 7:30 – 9pm

To its fans, Pluto’s the cutest and most unfairly maligned planet of all—but possibly not even a planet at all, thanks to its still-disputed “demotion” by the Astronomical Union in 2006. But the cosmic underdog remains an American favorite, and with good reason, says MSNBC.com science editor Alan Boyle: Pluto may have contained the building blocks of life billions of years ago, and may well serve as life’s last redoubt billions of years from now. Boyle, the Seattle-based author of The Case for Pluto: How a Little Planet Made a Big Difference and the award-winning blogger behind Cosmic Log, argues in favor of Pluto’s planetary status, exploring its discovery and strange appeal, and explaining how it is still changing the way we see the universe. Presented as part of Seattle Science Lectures, with Pacific Science Center and University Book Store. Series sponsored by Microsoft.

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.

LEARN MORE:
Boyle’s Cosmic Log blog
Boyle on Splitweet

Soundings from Island Press: Elizabeth Grossman: A Green Chemistry Revolution

03 Dec 2009 03:30:00 GMT

Downstairs at Town Hall, enter on Seneca Street
Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 7:30 – 9pm

From baby bottles to kitchen cookware, Americans are more concerned than ever about chemicals and their effect on our health. The stories are unnerving: Our children play with toys that leach unsafe chemicals, our makeup and sunscreen carry toxins, and nearly every child born today carries hazardous chemicals in his or her blood. Even the air we breathe can alter our genes. Maybe we’ve had enough, on every level. Investigative journalist Elizabeth Grossman, author of Chasing Molecules: Poisonous Products, Human Health, and the Promise of Green Chemistry, thinks we have. A “benign by design” chemical revolution is brewing, she says, and its hope is the promise of green chemistry—a world where the pollutants stay out of products and out of people. Presented by Island Press through the Town Hall Center for Civic Life, in association with IslandWood and Elliott Bay Book Company.

Advance tickets are $5 at www.brownpapertickets.com or 800/838-3006, or at the door. Town Hall members receive priority seating.

LEARN MORE:
www.islandpress.org
www.chasingmolecules.org

Nomi Prins: The Ugly Truth Behind Our Financial Crisis

04 Dec 2009 03:30:00 GMT

Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street.
Thursday, December 3, 2009, 7:30 – 9pm

The federal government’s financial bailout was a scary and maddening wake-up call for America. But former Wall-Street-insider-turned-journalist Nomi Prins, author of It Takes a Pillage, says our eyes aren’t all the way open yet. Prins, former managing director at Goldman Sachs and current senior fellow at Demos, knows Big Finance and big money, and says that amid the bailout’s exposure of greed, irresponsible regulation, and selfish mind-sets, the scariest part is that for all the trillions we’re spending or committing, our economic system remains in disarray—and Washington has no real plan for fixing it. Prins does, though. Presented by Town Hall’s Center for Civic Life, with Demos and Elliott Bay Book Company. Series supported by the Otto Haas Charitable Trust.

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.

LEARN MORE:
www.nomiprins.com

Seattle Pro Musica: Music from Asia and the Pacific

05 Dec 2009 23:00:00 GMT

Great Hall, enter on 8th Avenue
Saturday, December 5, 2009, 3 – 5pm

This matinee performance includes the wonderful music of the evening Eastern Lights concert, just in a shorter, one-hour version especially for children and families—plus, it includes stories and a chance to conduct. The innovative winter program features traditional songs and new choral music from Japan, Korea, China, India, Southeast Asia, New Zealand, and Australia, performed by the critically acclaimed, nationally recognized choral ensemble led by award-winning conductor and artistic director Karen P. Thomas. Named “among America’s very best choirs” by American Record Guide, Seattle Pro Musica consists of 70 talented singers with diverse backgrounds and a shared passion for beautiful and precise expressions of classical music.

Advance tickets are at $22-$32 general/$17 seniors/$12 students/free-$10 children, at www.seattlepromusica.org or 206/781-2766.

LEARN MORE:
www.seattlepromusica.org

Seattle Pro Musica: Music from Asia and the Pacific

06 Dec 2009 03:30:00 GMT

Great Hall, enter on 8th Avenue
Saturday, December 5, 2009, 7:30 – 9:30pm

Seattle Pro Musica, a critically acclaimed, nationally recognized choral ensemble led by award-winning conductor and artistic director Karen P. Thomas, returns to Town Hall for its annual winter concert with a program titled "Eastern Lights." The innovative program features traditional song and new choral music from Japan, Korea, China, India, Southeast Asia, New Zealand, and Australia. Named “among America’s very best choirs” by American Record Guide, Seattle Pro Musica consists of 70 talented singers with diverse backgrounds and a shared passion for beautiful and precise expressions of classical music. A free preconcert talk by Thomas begins at 6:30 pm.

Advance tickets are at $22-$32 general/$17 seniors/$12 students, at www.seattlepromusica.org or 206/781-2766.

LEARN MORE:
www.seattlepromusica.org

Northwest Girlchoir: Winter Family Concert

06 Dec 2009 22:00:00 GMT

Great Hall, enter on 8th Avenue
Sunday, December 6, 2009, 2 – 4pm

This family-friendly, fun-filled holiday choral concert and sing-along features more than 200 young singers and special guests of Northwest Girlchoir, a critically-acclaimed choral group comprised of five auditioned choir levels for girls in grades 3 to 12, and two non-auditioned programs for girls ages 4 to kindergarten.

Advance tickets are $14/free ages 5 and under, and are available at www.northwestgirlchoir.org or by calling 206/985-3973. $16 at the door. For more information, call 206/985-3968 or visit www.northwestgirlchoir.org.

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northwestgirlchoir.org

Earshot Jazz: The Charles Lloyd New Quartet

07 Dec 2009 03:30:00 GMT

Great Hall, enter on 8th Avenue
Sunday, December 6, 2009, 7:30 – 9:30pm

Legendary saxophonist Charles Lloyd is a singular voice in jazz, and to experience him in person is equally rare, and special. Since his 1961 recording debut as a member of the Chico Hamilton Quintet, Lloyd has built an international reputation and following, and he says his New Quartet—featuring pianist Jason Moran, bass player Reuben Rogers, and drummer Eric Harland—inspires him to continue his “outward journey.” Presented by Earshot Jazz.

Advance tickets are $28-$35 general/$29-$34 Earshot members /$10-$33 student and seniors at www.brownpapertickets.com or 800/838-3006. Visit www.earshot.org or call 206/547-6763 for more information.

LEARN MORE:
www.earshot.org
www.charleslloyd.com
The Charles Lloyd blog YouTube

William Langewiesche: ‘Miracle on the Hudson’

08 Dec 2009 03:30:00 GMT
Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street.
Monday, December 7, 2009, 7:30 – 9pm

Last January 15, a US Airways jet had just taken off from New York’s LaGuardia Airport when it was struck by a flock of geese, destroying both engines. Over the next three minutes, the plane’s pilot, Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, managed to glide the jet to a safe landing in the Hudson River. It was an instant media sensation—the “Miracle on the Hudson”—and Captain Sully was a hero. But how much of the happy ending can actually be credited to the pilot? To what extent is the “miracle” the result of extraordinary—but not widely known, and in some cases quite controversial—advances in aviation and computer technology? In his latest book, Fly By Wire, <i?Vanity Fair foreign correspondent (and pilot) William Langewiesche explores the world of advanced aviation and assembles the untold stories necessary to truly understand the “miracle,” questioning our assumptions about the role of human decision-making in modern aviation. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life with University Book Store. Series supported by The Boeing Company and RealNetworks Foundation.

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.

LEARN MORE:
www.williamlangewiesche.com/
Read a USA Today article article about the book

Mary Gordon: ‘Changing the World Child by Child’

09 Dec 2009 03:00:00 GMT
Downstairs at Town Hall, enter on Seneca Street
Tuesday, December 8, 2009, 7 – 8:30pm

Mary Gordon believes the solution to bullying and other anti-social behavior lies within each child’s natural sense of caring and compassion, which means empathy could change the world—if we infuse our children with it. An educator, author, child advocate, and parenting expert, Gordon is the founder of "Roots of Empathy," an international classroom program that aims to reduce levels of aggression among schoolchildren by raising social/emotional competence and increasing empathy. Gordon, a member of the Order of Canada and an Ashoka Fellow, has chronicled the creation of her award-winning classroom program in her book Roots of Empathy: Changing the World Child by Child, which shares her vision of a society of compassionate and caring children, who in turn will pass on a legacy of empathy to their own children.
Admission is free.

LEARN MORE:
www.rootsofempathy.org

Science: Richard Ellis: The Changing World of the Polar Bear

10 Dec 2009 03:30:00 GMT
Downstairs at Town Hall, enter on Seneca Street
Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 7:30 – 9pm

At once fierce and adorable, the polar bear symbolizes the harsh beauty and muscular grace of the Arctic. In our age of global warming, polar bears have also come to symbolize the peril that faces all life on Earth. But while the population of polar bears has shrunk by half in 20 years, wildlife painter and acclaimed science writer Richard Ellis says the polar bears’ extinction—and the ice caps’ disappearance—is far from inevitable. Ellis, author of On Thin Ice, says that as the polar bears’ habitat disappears, their survival rests on our willingness to take critical steps, such as listing them as endangered, even though that would render their territory off-limits to oil drilling. Presented as part of the Seattle Science Lectures series, with Pacific Science Center and University Book Store. Sponsored by Microsoft.

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.

LEARN MORE: here
and here
Read a Q&A with Ellis

City of Seattle: Human Rights Day 2009: The Worldwide Struggle for Women’s Rights

11 Dec 2009 03:00:00 GMT
Downstairs at Town Hall, enter on Seneca Street
Thursday, December 10, 2009, 7 – 8:30pm

Each year, the Seattle Commission for Human Rights and the Seattle Office for Civil Rights, in conjunction with the United Nations Association of Seattle and other community partners, celebrate the signing of the U.N.’s Declaration of Human Rights on December 10, 1948. This is the third annual event at Town Hall, and will feature a talk titled titled "International Women’s Rights: Lessons in Struggle, Models of Success" by Prof. Adrien K.Wing, the Bessie Dutton Murray Professor of Law at the University of Iowa.

Free, no tickets required. Call 206/684-4500 or visit www.seattle.gov for more information.

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Seattle Radio Theatre: ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’

12 Dec 2009 04:00:00 GMT
Great Hall, enter on 8th Avenue
Friday, December 11, 2009, 8 – 9pm

In a spirited celebration of the holidays, Seattle Radio Theatre offers its 10th annual live radio production, featuring music, whiz-bang live sound effects, and a cast of beloved Northwest personalities. This year’s production brings back It’s a Wonderful Life, starring Emmy-winning Almost Live star Pat Cashman as George Bailey and Chris “J.P. Patches” Wedes as Old Man Potter. The performance will also be broadcast live on AM1090, so plan to be in your seats no later than 7:45pm for a little ‘studio audience warmup’—and to stick around afterwards for a post-show reception with members of the cast.

Advance tickets are $13 general/$10 Town Hall members, students & seniors/$5 kids 12 and under at www.brownpapertickets.com or 800/838-3006; $15 general/$13 Town Hall members, students & seniors/$5 kids 12 and under at the door.

LEARN MORE:
www.patcashman.com
www.jppatches.com

Seattle Children’s Chorus: ‘Once Upon a Christmas’

12 Dec 2009 21:00:00 GMT
Great Hall, enter on 8th Avenue
Saturday, December 12, 2009, 1 – 3pm

Seattle Children’s Chorus presents "Once Upon a Christmas: Stories of the Season," featuring the voices of 200 children and youth ages 7-18, under the direction of Artistic Director Kris Mason. All four levels of the choir will perform beloved carols and favorite songs of Christmas—with plenty of opportunities for audience sing-alongs— in the opening performance of the choir’s 21st season, A Season of Storytelling.

Tickets are $16 adults/$10 students and seniors, at www.seattlechildrenschorus.org, 206/542-5998, 888/561-7139, or at the door.

LEARN MORE:
www.seattlechildrenschorus.org

Tudor Choir & Seattle Baroque Orchestra: ‘Messiah’

13 Dec 2009 03:30:00 GMT
Great Hall, enter on 8th Avenue
Saturday, December 12, 2009, 7:30 – 10:30pm

The Tudor Choir, under the direction of Doug Fullington, and Seattle Baroque Orchestra, led by Ingrid Matthews, return to Town Hall for the first of two performances of George Frideric Handel’s Messiah. Their much-lauded period version of Handel’s most famous creation has filled Town Hall—a warm and intimate setting in which the rich complexity of the score can be heard perfectly.

Tickets are $40-$30 at www.brownpapertickets.com or 800/838-3006.

LEARN MORE:
www.seattlebaroque.org
www.tudorchoir.org

Tudor Choir & Seattle Baroque Orchestra: ‘Messiah’

13 Dec 2009 22:00:00 GMT
Great Hall, enter on 8th Avenue
Sunday, December 13, 2009, 2 – 5pm

Tudor Choir, under the direction of Doug Fullington, and Seattle Baroque Orchestra, led by Ingrid Matthews, the return to Town Hall for the first of two performances of George Frideric Handel’s Messiah. Their much-lauded period version of Handel’s most famous creation has filled Town Hall—a warm and intimate setting in which the rich complexity of the score can be heard perfectly.

Tickets are $40-$30 at www.brownpapertickets.com or 800/838-3006.

LEARN MORE:
www.seattlebaroque.org
www.tudorchoir.org

James Fetzer: Unanswered Questions Around 9/11

14 Dec 2009 03:00:00 GMT
Downstairs at Town Hall, enter on Seneca Street
Sunday, December 13, 2009, 7 – 8:30pm

Dr. James H. Fetzer, the founder of Scholars for 9/11 Truth & Justice, will deliver a talk looking into what 9-11 Truth Seattle calls “the many unanswered questions surrounding one of the greatest crimes of all time.” Fetzer is Distinguished McKnight University Professor Emeritus at the University of Minnesota-Duluth and author of The 911 Conspiracy: The Scamming of America. A question-and-answer session will follow Fetzer’s presentation. Presented by 9-11Truth Seattle.

Tickets are $10 at www.911truthseattle.org, or by calling 206/286-1421. For more information, visit www.911truthseattle.org.

LEARN MORE:
www.911truthseattle.org
and here

Iran-Israel-US: Resolving the Nuclear Impasse

17 Dec 2009 03:00:00 GMT
Great Hall, enter on 8th Avenue
Wednesday, December 16, 2009, 7 – 8:30pm

As Congress toughens its stance against Iran through sanctions and asset seizures, this community conference will explore ways of resolving the Iranian nuclear crisis through negotiation, rather than force, proposing a comprehensive approach that could open a new era in relations between three countries. Three Iran and Israel analysts—Dr. Trita Parsi, director and founder of the National Iranian American Council; Ian Lustick, University of Pennsylvania political science professor; and Dr. Keith Weissman, former director of AIPAC's Iran desk— will discuss U.S. and Israeli policy options, including sanctions and a possible military attack. Presented by a coalition of Seattle academic, religious, and peace groups, including the American Friends Service Committee Pacific Northwest.

Advance tickets are $10 at www.brownpapertickets.com or 800/838-3006.

LEARN MORE:
www.afsc.org/seattle

Jennifer Burns: Ayn Rand's Legacy to Conservatives

17 Dec 2009 03:30:00 GMT
Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009, 7:30 – 9pm

Worshipped by her fans, trivialized by her enemies, and forever shadowed by controversy and scandal, Ayn Rand was a powerful figure whose views on government and markets have helped shape the modern conservative movement. Drawing on Rand’s private papers and journals, Jennifer Burns, an assistant professor of history at the University of Virginia and author of Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right, examines the novelist’s life, ideas, and the political impact of ‘Objectivism’, the self-styled heroic philosophy articulated by Rand in novels like The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life with Elliott Bay Book Company.

Advance 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.

LEARN MORE:
www.jenniferburns.org

Michael Medved: ‘5 Big Lies About American Business’

18 Dec 2009 03:30:00 GMT
Great Hall, enter on 8th Avenue
Thursday, December 17, 2009, 7:30 – 9pm

Local conservative pundit Michael Medved returns to Town Hall with the follow-up to his best-seller The 10 Big Lies About America. Medved, host of the nationally syndicated radio program The Michael Medved Show, says contempt for free enterprise is fueled by lies, including the belief that pursuit of profit damages the public interest and undermines values. In challenging myths about our corporate system, Medved argues that free-market businesses are responsible for providing today’s food, medical care, and other necessities of life. Presented by Town Hall’s Center for Civic Life. Series supported by The Boeing Company, and RealNetworks Foundation.

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.

LEARN MORE:
www.michaelmedved.com

Seattle Girls’ Choir: Holiday Concert

19 Dec 2009 21:30:00 GMT
Great Hall, enter on 8th Avenue
Saturday, December 19, 2009, 1:30 – 3pm

The Seattle Girls’ Choir presents a holiday sing-along concert featuring all six of its choirs, with members ages 5 to 18. Founded in 1982 as a “junior conservatory” for talented young women, the choir, led by artistic director Jerome Wright, is a national leader in choral and music training. Its senior choir, Prime Voci, travels and performs internationally, most recently at the opening of the Salzburg Festival.

Tickets are $15 at www.seattlegirlschoir.org and at the door. Visit www.seattlegirlschoir.org or call 206/526-1900 for more information.

LEARN MORE:
www.seattlegirlschoir.org

Rosie Thomas Christmas Show

20 Dec 2009 04:00:00 GMT
Great Hall, enter on 8th Avenue
Saturday, December 19, 2009, 8 – 10:30pm

As an artist, Seattle songwriter/singer Rosie Thomas’ relationship with her songs has always been intensely personal: Her creations are “taken care of even like a friend,” as she puts it. From If Songs Could Be Held to A Very Rosie Christmas, Thomas approaches universal topics, holiday favorites, and playful originals with both bravery and a sense of fun. Featuring special guest Josh Ottum. Presented by Seattle Theatre Group.

Advance tickets are $15 at www.stgpresents.org or 877-STG-4TIX. For more information, see www.stgpresents.org.

LEARN MORE:
rosiethomas.wordpress.com
Thomas’ Kite Song on <a href-"www.youtube.com…

Short Stories Live: Christmas Classics

21 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Downstairs, enter on Seneca Street
Sunday, December 20, 2009, 4 – 6pm

In a holiday celebration of literature and theater, professional actors from A Contemporary Theatre will read excerpts from Christmas classics. Frank Corrado will reprise "Ryder Nails the Cleveland Street Kid" by Jean Shepherd, whose short stories inspired the classic holiday film "A Christmas Story"; Julie Briskman will read Nathan Englander's "Reb Kringle," a comic tale about a Jewish man who works as a department-store Santa; and Jean Sherrard will take on Truman Capote’s largely autobiographical "A Christmas Memory." The program is directed by Sherrard, and features a special appearance by Paul Dorpat reading Thurber’s "‘Twas The Night Before Christmas," cheekily rendered in the style of Hemingway. Presented by Town Hall with A Contemporary Theatre.

Advance tickets are $13/$10 Town Hall members, seniors & students at www.brownpapertickets.com. $15/$13 at the door.

LEARN MORE:
www.acttheatre.org

Earshot Jazz: Sacred Music by Duke Ellington

27 Dec 2009 03:30:00 GMT
Great Hall, enter on 8th Avenue
Saturday, December 26, 2009, 7:30 – 9:30pm

Inspired by the civil-rights movement of the 1960s, Ellington’s wonderful Sacred Music is both serious and swinging, a reverent and hip body of jazz composition for jazz big band, vocal and instrumental soloists, gospel choir, and tap dancers. For the past 20 years, Earshot Jazz has presented an annual concert of Ellington’s Sacred Music. Featuring the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra, co-directed by Michael Brockman and Clarence Acox, and many of Seattle’s favorite jazz artists and guest vocalists, this special concert honors Ellington and what he called “the most important music he’d ever written.”
Advance tickets are $24-$28 general/$12-$26 students/$22-$26 seniors and members at www.brownpapertickets.com or 800/838-3006. For more information, visit www.earshot.org.

LEARN MORE:
www.earshot.org

Seattle Baroque Orchestra: 'Out With the Old; In with Vivaldi!'

03 Jan 2010 04:00:00 GMT
Great Hall, enter on 8th Avenue
Saturday, January 2, 2010, 8 – 10pm

This festive New Year concert of brilliant overtures and concertos by Vivaldi includes virtuoso solo concertos, concertos for multiple violins, and a double concerto for viola d’amore and lute. The fiddles will be on display with Ingrid Matthews leading a concerto for four violins and new violinist James Garlick in his concerto solo debut with the orchestra. Tekla Cunningham will play the evocative viola d’amore in a rip-roaring double concerto with lutenist John Lenti, and flutes will join for a sampling of the Concertos Comiques, Michel Corrette’s rowdy, toe-tapping orchestrations of French folk tunes. Led by internationally acclaimed violinist Matthews, Seattle Baroque captures the vitality of 17th- and 18th-century music for contemporary audiences with historically informed performances. A free pre-concert lecture begins at 7 pm.

Tickets are $38-$29 Adult/$33-$24 Senior/$13-$10 Student. Town Hall members receive a 10% discount off the applicable price. Visit www.seattlebaroque.org for tickets and information.

LEARN MORE:
www.seattlebaroque.org

David Swanson: Forming a More Perfect Union

06 Jan 2010 03:30:00 GMT
Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010, 7:30 – 9pm

David Swanson is more than a vocal critic of George Bush and Dick Cheney: He’s a leading voice for prosecuting them for war crimes—and that’s just the legal part of his stance. Swanson, author of Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union, says a lot more went wrong under Bush’s tenure than meets the eye, and it will take more than a new president to create the kind of change we really need. By investigating how Bush and Cheney altered the way American government works and deteriorated the Constitution and Bill of Rights, Swanson lays out a responding plan for reclaiming democracy, declaring our rights, and setting out for a new America. Series supported by Boeing and RealNetworks.

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.

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About the book writings by Swanson

Wilkinson and Pickett: Income Inequality and Societal Health

09 Jan 2010 03:30:00 GMT
Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street.
Friday, January 8, 2010, 7:30 – 9pm

Gross income inequalities are understood to be divisive and corrosive; in generally wealthy societies, the poor have shorter lives and suffer more from almost every social problem, from ill health to long working hours. But in The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better, Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett offer compelling evidence that more unequal societies are bad for everyone within them—the well-off as well as the poor, and share how to shift the balance from self-interested consumerism to a friendlier and more collaborative society. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life, with University Book Store.

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.

LEARN MORE:
<a href=www.equalitytrust.org.uk…
Read a New Statesman <a href=:www.newstatesman.com… on the book.

Future of Health: Atul Gawande: The Power of the Checklist

11 Jan 2010 03:30:00 GMT
Great Hall, enter on 8th Avenue
Sunday, January 10, 2010, 7:30 – 9pm

In a world of increasing complexity, even accomplished professionals struggle to master the tasks they face. But acclaimed surgeon and bestselling writer Atul Gawande, author of The Checklist Manifesto, posits a remedy in the humblest and simplest of techniques: the checklist. Used by the US Air Force for decades, checklists have enabled pilots to fly aircraft of mind-boggling sophistication. Now innovative checklists are being adopted in hospitals around the world, improving responses to everything from flu epidemics to avalanches, and into fields beyond medicine, from homeland security to investment banking. Presented through Town Hall’s Future of Health Lecture Series with Kim Ricketts Book Events. Series sponsored by Bastyr University and PCC Natural Markets.

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.

LEARN MORE:
www.gawande.com
Read a New Yorker article by Gawande on the varying costs of health care

Daniel Pink: What Really Motivates Us

11 Jan 2010 23:00:00 GMT
Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street.
Monday, January 11, 2010, 3 – 4:30pm

There's probably something to that old carrot-on-a-stick motivational tool—if you're trying to motivate a horse. But for us bipeds, says bestselling author Daniel Pink, the true secret to high performance and satisfaction lies in deeply and uniquely human needs: to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our world. Pink, author of Free Agent Nation and A Whole New Mind, as well as his latest Drive, exposes the mismatch between what science knows and the innovative motivational approaches businesses use, and how that affects every aspect of our lives. Presented by Town Hall with University Book Store.

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.

LEARN MORE:
www.danpink.com

Soundings from Island Press: Paul Ehrlich: ‘The Dominant Animal’

12 Jan 2010 03:30:00 GMT
Downstairs at Town Hall, enter on Seneca Street
Monday, January 11, 2010, 7:30 – 9pm

In humanity’s 100,000-year-plus history, we have evolved from vulnerable creatures clawing sustenance from Earth to a sophisticated global society manipulating every inch of it; we have become the dominant animal. Why, then, are we creating a world that threatens our own species? What can we do to change the current trajectory toward more climate change, increased famine, and epidemic disease? In The Dominant Animal, renowned entomologist and population specialist Paul Ehrlich (author of 1968’s seminal The Population Bomb) believes that intelligently addressing those questions depends on a clear understanding of how we evolved, and how/why we’re changing the planet in ways that darken our descendants’ future. Tracing the interplay between environmental change and genetic and cultural evolution, Ehrlich says humanity can again adapt—if we learn from our evolutionary past. Presented through the Town Hall Center with Island Press through the Town Hall Center for Civic Life, in association with IslandWood and Elliott Bay Book Company.
Advance tickets are $5 at www.brownpapertickets.com or 800/838-3006, or at the door.
LEARN MORE:
www.islandpress.org
www.dominantanimal.org

The Media Revolution: Hanson R. Hosein

14 Jan 2010 03:30:00 GMT
Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010, 7:30 – 9pm

The second installment of the new Town Hall/University of Washington Communication Department series, The Revolution is Here: How Digital Media and Awakened Citizens Are Changing the World, will feature Hanson Hosein, director of UW’s Master of Communication in Digital Media program. Each evening in the four-part series zeroes in on a different “top story”; Hosein specializes in storytelling, social media strategies, and new models of communication.

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.

LEARN MORE:
Hosein’s <a href="hrhmedia.com… and bio

Future of Health: Gabor Maté: Understanding Addiction

15 Jan 2010 03:30:00 GMT
Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street.
Thursday, January 14, 2010, 7:30 – 9pm

Addictions fill celebrity tabloids and fuel “reality” TV shows, but the true reality is that even those of us who know an addict, or have experienced addiction, have a hard time fully understanding the void that addiction attempts to fill, or know how to address it. But bestselling writer and physician Gabor Maté (In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts), who has worked with the severely addicted on Vancouver’s Skid Row, explains the phenomenon by describing its root causes—a complex interplay of personal history, emotional and neurological development, brain chemistry, and Western culture. Presented as part of Town Hall’s Future of Health Lecture Series with Elliott Bay Book Company. Series sponsored by Bastyr University and PCC Natural Markets.

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.

LEARN MORE:
www.drgabormate.com
Watch Maté talk about addiction on the series Big Ideas
A podcast of a CBC Radio interview on Hungry Ghosts
A Vancouver Sun review of the book

Global Rhythms: Los Cenzontles–Seattle Debut

16 Jan 2010 04:00:00 GMT
Great Hall, enter on 8th Avenue
Friday, January 15, 2010, 8 – 10pm

Fronted by the dynamic vocals of Fabiola Trujillo, Lucina Rodriguez, and sonero Hugo Arroyo, Los Cenzontles (“The Mockingbirds”) makes its Seattle debut at Town Hall’s Global Rhythms series. This energetic and evocative band of eight young musicians is rapidly becoming a formidable presence in the Latin music scene. They mix electric bass and drums with traditional Mexican instruments— jarana, vihuela, requinto, pandero, and quijada (jawbone)—to create a powerful contemporary sound infused with the gutsy soul of Mexico’s rural roots music. Based in San Pablo, Calif., the group is closely associated with members of Los Lobos, with whom they have recently recorded a CD, Songs of Steel and Wood. Their current project is in collaboration with the legendary blues musician Taj Mahal. There is a free-pre-concert talk at 7:15 pm free to ticket holders.

Advance tickets are $24/$21 Town Hall members, students & seniors at www.brownpapertickets.com or 800/838-3006. $27/$24 at the door.

LEARN MORE:
www.loscenzontles.com
Hear the band’s music on MySpace

Saturday Family Concerts: Los Cenzontles

16 Jan 2010 19:00:00 GMT
Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street.
Saturday, January 16, 2010, 11am – 12pm

Hot off of Friday’s Global Rhythms appearance, Los Cenzontles (“The Mockingbirds”) alights Downstairs at Town Hall for a kids’ concert of powerful contemporary sounds infused with the gutsy soul of Mexico’s rural roots music. The Mockingbirds effortlessly mix electric bass and drums with traditional Mexican instruments—jarana, vihuela, requinto, pandero, and quijada (jawbone)— to create a fresh Chicano voice for a new generation. Fronted by the dynamic vocals of Fabiola Trujillo and Lucina Rodriguez, and sonero Hugo Arroyo, Los Cenzontles digs deeply into Latino traditions to promote dignity, pride, and cultural understanding. Series media sponsorship provided by ParentMap.

Tickets are free for kids 12 and under/$5 for adults. No children without adults, no adults without children. Tickets are required for children and adults and are available at www.brownpapertickets.com or 800/838-3006.

Saturday Family Concerts: Los Cenzontles

16 Jan 2010 21:00:00 GMT
Downstairs at Town Hall, enter on Seneca Street
Saturday, January 16, 2010, 1 – 2pm

Hot off of Friday’s Global Rhythms appearance, Los Cenzontles (“The Mockingbirds”) alights Downstairs at Town Hall for a kids’ concert of powerful contemporary sounds infused with the gutsy soul of Mexico’s rural roots music. The Mockingbirds effortlessly mix electric bass and drums with traditional Mexican instruments—jarana, vihuela, requinto, pandero, and quijada (jawbone)— to create a fresh Chicano voice for a new generation. Fronted by the dynamic vocals of Fabiola Trujillo and Lucina Rodriguez, and sonero Hugo Arroyo, Los Cenzontles digs deeply into Latino traditions to promote dignity, pride, and cultural understanding. Series media sponsorship provided by ParentMap.

Tickets are free for kids 12 and under/$5 for adults. No children without adults, no adults without children. Tickets are required for children and adults and are available at www.brownpapertickets.com or 800/838-3006.

Short Stories Live: The Catholic Imagination

18 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT
Downstairs at Town Hall, enter on Seneca Street
Sunday, January 17, 2010, 4 – 6pm

A Contemporary Theatre Artistic Director Kurt Beattie directs this program of excerpts from classic short stories examining faith—and the world—from the Catholic perspective. Included are "My First Confession" by the prolific Irish writer Frank O’Connor; Katherine Anne Porter’s "Flowering Judas," with a theme of lost faith; "I Spy" by Graham Greene, known for his exploration of morality and amorality in modern society; and "The Lord’s Day" by J.F. Powers, who carved out a literary niche with his tales of priests in Chicago and the Midwest. Presented by Town Hall with A Contemporary Theatre.

Advance tickets are $13/$10 Town Hall members, seniors & students, at www.brownpapertickets.com or 800/838-3006. $15/$13 at the door.

LEARN MORE:
www.acttheatre.org

Raj Patel: Looking Beyond Price Tags

19 Jan 2010 03:30:00 GMT
Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street.
Monday, January 18, 2010, 7:30 – 9pm

In an era when the gears of the economy have ground to a virtual halt, writer, activist, and academic Raj Patel (2008’s bestselling Stuffed and Starved) says we all need to start asking the fundamental but baffling question of why things cost what they do. His latest work, The Value of Nothing, uses some fundamental but forgotten economics and cutting-edge neuroeconomics to show how the price we pay for everything is systematically distorted. Patel clearly explains why the question “How much?” means far more than the price on the sticker. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life, with Elliott Bay Book Company.

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.

LEARN MOREWatch Patel on You Tube

Robert McChesney and John Nichols: Bail Out the Newspapers

20 Jan 2010 03:30:00 GMT
Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010, 7:30 – 9pm

We’ve lost the printed Post-Intelligencer; daily newspapers are closing in Denver, Cincinnati, and Albuquerque; and even the venerable Boston Globe is at risk. “Surviving” newspapers are shedding reporters, shuttering bureaus, and ignoring entire areas of coverage. Journalism, the counterbalance to corporate and political power and the lifeblood of an informed citizenry, is not just threatened; it is in meltdown. Robert McChesney and John Nichols, authors of The Death and Life of Great American Newspapers, believe the federal government should intervene to save newspapers, and journalism—and they have history on their side: The founders who wrote a free-press protection into the First Amendment provided subsidies to the burgeoning print press of our young nation. Presented by Town Hall’s Center for Civic Life. Series supported by the Otto Haas Charitable Trust.

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.

LEARN MORE:
Read the The Death and Life of Great American Newspapersin The Nation
Watch a Democracy Now! interview with McChesney

Lake Union Civic Orchestra: Scandinavian Music

23 Jan 2010 03:30:00 GMT
Great Hall, enter on 8th Avenue
Friday, January 22, 2010, 7:30 – 9:30pm

LUCO, led by charismatic music director Christophe Chagnard, presents a program called "SKAN3: Celebrating Scandinavian Symphonic Music." Included in the program: Helios Overture by Nielsen; Reineke’s Flute Concerto, with Erin McKibben, soloist; and Sibelius’ Symphony No. 2. Formed in 1995, the orchestra is dedicated to the energetic, passionate performance of symphonic and chamber music.

Tickets are $15/$10 students and seniors/free for children under 12 and are available at www.brownpapertickets.com, 800/838-3006, and at the door. Visit www.luco.org for more information.

LEARN MORE:
www.luco.org

Jeremy Rifkin: ‘The Empathic Civilization’

23 Jan 2010 03:30:00 GMT
Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street.
Friday, January 22, 2010, 7:30 – 9pm

“Empathy” became a political buzzword during the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor: As a “wise Latina woman,” was she too empathetic, selectively empathetic, or just-right empathetic? Perhaps time will tell, but in the meantime, says controversial social critic Jeremy Rifkin, empathy is our best—and possibly only—model for global survival in the early 21st century. Rifkin, founder and president of the Foundation on Economic Trends and author of The Empathic Civilization, believes we sit on the cusp of a great experiment to date—refashioning human consciousness so that humans can live and flourish in the new globalizing society—and that the development of empathy is central to a future in which we think and behave like the whole world matters. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life, with University Book Store. Series supported by the Otto Haas Charitable Trust.

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.

LEARN MORE:
About Rifkin and the Foundation on Economic Trends:
Read an article by Rifkin titled A Change of Heart About Animals
Read the Time article that called Rifkin “The Most Hated Man in Science”

Early Music Guild: Sequentia

24 Jan 2010 04:00:00 GMT
Great Hall, enter on 8th Avenue
Saturday, January 23, 2010, 8 – 10:30pm

Taken from the ancient Icelandic Edda legends, The Rheingold Curse is better known as the plot material for Wagner’s Ring operas. Benjamin Bagby, director of the medieval music ensemble Sequentia, presents this semi-staged saga of greed and revenge with Agnethe Christensen and Lena Susanne Norin, vocals; Elizabeth Gaver, medieval fiddle; and Norbert Rodenkirchen, flutes and lyre. The Rheingold Curse is sung in ancient Icelandic with English supertitles. A pre-concert lecture begins at 7 p.m.

Tickets are $42/$37/$25. Town Hall members receive a $5 discount. Visit www.earlymusicguild.org or 206/325-7066 for tickets and information.

LEARN MORE:
www.earlymusicguild.org
www.sequentia.org

Early Music Discovery: Nordic Ballads

24 Jan 2010 21:00:00 GMT
Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street.
Sunday, January 24, 2010, 1 – 2pm

The new trio Ulv, featuring singers Agnethe Christensen and Lena Susanne Norin and vielle artist Elizabeth Gaver, is devoted to performing Nordic ballads with both ancient and newly composed melodies. Ulv brings Nordic sagas and songs to life with a flair for the dramatic that communicates across cultures. This program is suitable for families with children over 10 years old.

Tickets are $10/$5 students and seniors. Visit www.earlymusicguild.org or 206/325-7066 for tickets and information.

LEARN MORE:
www.earlymusicguild.org
www.ulv.name

TownMusic: Brooklyn Rider

10 Feb 2010 03:30:00 GMT
Great Hall, enter on 8th Avenue
Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 7:30 – 9:30pm

Formed while working in Yo Yo Ma’s globetrotting ensemble the Silk Road Project, Brooklyn Rider was born out of a desire to use the rich medium of the string quartet as a vehicle for borderless communication. The group—featuring violinists Johnny Gandelsman and Colin Jacobsen, violist Nicholas Cords, and cellist Eric Jacobson—builds programs which careen from the romantic to the contemporary. With its wildly eclectic voice, Brooklyn Rider is recreating the 300-year-old form of string quartet as a vital and creative 21st-century ensemble.

Advance tickets are $20/$15 Town Hall members, students & seniors at www.brownpapertickets.com or 800/838-3006. $25/$20 at the door.

LEARN MORE:
www.brooklynrider.com
Brooklyn Rider on MySpace

Garry Wills: 'Bomb Power'

10 Feb 2010 03:30:00 GMT
Downstairs at Town Hall, enter on Seneca Street
Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 7:30 – 9pm

The power of the atomic bomb resonates far beyond megatons, says Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and historian Garry Wills: Its very existence has transformed our nation by dramatically increasing the power of the modern presidency and redefining the government as a national security state. Wills, author of Bomb Power, says the Manhattan Project was a triumph of official secrecy and military discipline—perhaps expected in wartime, but then growing into the covert operations and overt authority that have defined American government in the nuclear era. According to Wills, this signals a radical break from the division of powers established by our founding fathers, enfeebling Congress and the courts as it threatens our Constitution. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life, with University Bookstore. Series supported by the Otto Haas Charitable Trust.

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. Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street.

LEARN MORE: biography
Read Wills’ New York Times Review of Books article titled "Entangled Giant."

Saturday Family Concerts: The Not-Its!

13 Feb 2010 19:00:00 GMT
Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street.
Saturday, February 13, 2010, 11am – 12pm

On “a mission to make kids dance,” The Not-Its! are a five-piece Seattle band with indie-rock roots—featuring Sarah Shannon, lead singer of the ’90s Sub Pop sensation Velocity Girl. The band describes its unique sound as “crunchy guitars combined with smooth, four-part harmonies, all nestled within pop songs that just happen to be about everyday kid stuff.” Rounding out the group are guitarist/schoolteacher Tom Baisden, drummer Mike Bayer, rhythm guitarist and singer Danny Adamson, and bass player Nori Hoeft.

Tickets are free for kids 12 and under/$5 for adults. No children without adults, no adults without children. Tickets are required for children and adults and are available at www.brownpapertickets.com or 800/838-3006.

LEARN MORE:
www.wearethenot-its.com
The Not-Its on ,a href="www.myspace.com…

Saturday Family Concerts: The Not-Its!

13 Feb 2010 21:00:00 GMT
Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street.
Saturday, February 13, 2010, 1 – 2pm

On “a mission to make kids dance,” The Not-Its! are a five-piece Seattle band with indie-rock roots—featuring Sarah Shannon, lead singer of the ’90s Sub Pop sensation Velocity Girl. The band describes its unique sound as “crunchy guitars combined with smooth, four-part harmonies, all nestled within pop songs that just happen to be about everyday kid stuff.” Rounding out the group are guitarist/schoolteacher Tom Baisden, drummer Mike Bayer, rhythm guitarist and singer Danny Adamson, and bass player Nori Hoeft.
Tickets are free for kids 12 and under/$5 for adults. No children without adults, no adults without children. Tickets are required for children and adults and are available at www.brownpapertickets.com or 800/838-3006.

LEARN MORE:
www.wearethenot-its.com
The Not-Its on MySpace

Joel Kotkin: ‘America in 2050’

17 Feb 2010 03:30:00 GMT
Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010, 7:30 – 9pm

The United States is growing at a record rate, with our population poised to hit 400 million by 2050. That means 100,000,000 more of us, using our highways, breathing our air, and stuffing our schools. But Joel Kotkin, an internationally recognized authority on global, economic, political, and social trends and author of The Next Hundred Million, sees the looming population boom as the strongest indicator of our country’s long-term economic strength, making us more diverse and more competitive than any nation on Earth. Kotkin argues that this unprecedented growth will change the face of America, turning suburbs into melting pots; renewing the American heartland; and re-emphasizing family and community ties, the bedrock of our future. Series supported by the Otto Haas Charitable Trust.

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.

LEARN MORE:
www.joelkotkin.com

The Magnetic Fields in Concert

24 Feb 2010 04:00:00 GMT
Great Hall, enter on 8th Avenue
Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 8 – 10pm

From the electro-country meditations of The Charm of the Highway Strip through the epically comprehensive 69 Love Songs to the folk-fueled sounds of their soon-to-be-released Realism, The Magnetic Fields confound and delight their ever-expanding audience with each new aural experiment. Led by songwriter-producer-instrumentalist Stephin Merritt and known for its savvy synthesizers and witty lyrics, the band also includes cellist Sam Davol, banjo player/second guitarist John Woo, and percussionist/pianist Claudia Gonson. Presented by True West LLC.

Advance tickets are $27.50-$30 at www.ticketmaster.com and Sonic Boom Records locations.

LEARN MORE:
houseoftomorrow.com
<a href=www.myspace.com… YouTube

Joseph Stiglitz: Classic Economics

27 Feb 2010 03:30:00 GMT
Great Hall, enter on 8th Avenue
Friday, February 26, 2010, 7:30 – 9pm

Nobel Prize-winning economist and Columbia University professor Joseph Stiglitz is considered one of today’s most distinguished and controversial economists, known for his work on asymmetric information and as a pioneer in the field of modern information economics and microeconomics. The former chairman of President Clinton’s Council of Economic Advisors, Stiglitz is also a prolific author, and his latest book, Selected Works of Joseph E. Stiglitz: Volume I: Information and Economic Analysis, is the first of six volumes that will provide a definitive collection of his most important work. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life, with University Book Store.

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.

LEARN MORE: here and here