Arboretum Foundation Presents: Lynda V. Mapes discussing "The Trees Are Speaking"
The Arboretum Foundation welcomes Seattle journalist and author Lynda V. Mapes to the Arboretum's Graham Visitors Center for a discussion and slide show about her new book The Trees Are Speaking: Dispatches from the Salmon Forests. The event will conclude with a book signing.
Presented by the Arboretum Foundation and the Elisabeth C. Miller Library.
Lynda V. Mapes specializes in coverage of the environment and Indigenous cultures and governments. Over the course of her 27-year career as a reporter at The Seattle Times, she earned numerous awards, including the Kavli Gold Science Journalism Award in 2012 and 2019 from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 2025, she and a team of journalists at The Seattle Times were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for local reporting. Lynda is the author of seven books, including most recently The Trees Are Speaking: Dispatches from the Salmon Forests (University of Washington Press, 2025). She is the winner of the 2021 National Outdoor Book Award and…
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Tuesday, June 2, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM.
Washington Park Arboretum.
For more info visit arboretumfoundation.org. Blaine Memorial UMC Presents: Tamiko Nimura discussing "A Place for What We Lose"
Join author Tamiko Nimura for a reading from her new book, A Place for What We Lose: A Daughter's Return to Tule Lake, followed by a conversation with Vince Schleitwiler.
"In this gut-wrenching work of intergenerational dialogue, Nimura braids passages from her late father's unpublished memoir of growing up in California's Tule Lake Japanese American concentration camp during WWII with her own reflections on the text" (Publishers Weekly).
This event is free and open to the public. Books will be for sale and signing from Madison Books. Cosponsored by Tsuru for Solidarity.
Tamiko Nimura is a creative nonfiction writer, VONA fellow, and public speaker. She is coauthor of We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration, which was a finalist for a 2022 Washington State Book Award.
Vince Schleitwiler, a fourth-generation Japanese American from Chicago, currently teaches ethnic studies at the University of Washington. He is the author of Strange Fruit of the Black Pacific: Imperialism’s…
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Saturday, June 6, 2026, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Blaine Memorial UMC.
For more info visit www.eventbrite.com. Washington State History Museum Presents: David F. Martin discussing "Shadows of a Fleeting World"
Join the Washington State History Museum on Third Thursday for an event featuring author David F. Martin. He will present his book Shadows of a Fleeting World: Pictorial Photography of the Seattle Camera Club.
The Seattle Camera Club, composed largely of Japanese immigrants, blended the pictorialist photography style with traditional Japanese aesthetics to create distinctive artistic images. At its peak, the club was among the most active and successful photography organizations in the United States.
Thanks to the extensive preservation of its work, we are able to explore and appreciate the depth, beauty, and cultural significance of this local artistic legacy.
David F. Martin is curator at the Cascadia Art Museum in Edmonds.
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Thursday, July 16, 2026, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM.
Washington State History Museum.
For more info visit www.washingtonhistory.org.