Town Hall Seattle

1119 Eighth Ave
Seattle, WA 98101
United States

(206) 652-4255; infotownhallseattle.org

Web site: http://www.townhallseattle.org/

Events: http://www.townhallseattle.org/c… (updated February 14)

Description: Town Hall is Seattle's community culture center located in the historic First Hill neighborhood, on the edge of downtown. Town Hall showcases the community's cultural energy with diverse music, arts and humanities, civic discourse, and world culture programming. Housed in an historic Roman-revival-style building on the corner of 8th and Seneca, Town Hall opened in March 1999.

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Slavoj Zizek (September 8 at 7:30pm)

Slavoj Zizek discusses Violence: Six Sideways Reflections.

Autumn is not quite officially with us on the calendar, but the season is off to a proverbial bang this evening, with Slovenian cultural critic and philosopher Slavoj Zizek making this much-anticipated Town Hall visit. The author of numerous works—this year's In Defense of Lost Causes, The Sublime ... (more)Object of Ideology, The Ticklish Subject, and almost thirty more—he is here with Violence: Six Sideways Reflections, one of the first volumes in an intriguing new "BIG IDEAS / small books" series (Picador). This telling volume serves at least two purposes—a scintillating, wide-ranging, provocative exploration of the subject, and an intimate-sized introduction to the ways of Slavoj Zizek's thinking. He is presently senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana, and has taught at Princeton, Columbia, and The New School, among other institutions. He has made a film (The Pervert's Guide to the Cinema) and been the object of one (Zizek).

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Nena Baker (September 10 at 7:30pm)

Nena Baker discusses The Body Toxic: How the Hazardous Chemistry of Everyday Things Threatens Our Health and Well-being.

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David Servan-Schreiber (September 11 at 7:30pm)

David Servan-Schreiber discusses ANTIKANKER.

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Garrison Keillor (September 15 at 7:30pm)

Garrison Keillor on tour for Liberty: A Lake Wobegon Novel.

We are thoroughly delighted to welcome back one of this country's geniuses of language, and the central place of stories and the occasional joke in everyday life, Garrison Keillor. In addition to hosting A Prairie Home Companion on an almost-weekly basis for thirty years and more now, and writing seventeen ... (more)books, Garrison Keillor is also among the foremost author bookstore owners we have amongst us—joining Louise Erdrich and Larry McMurtry, to name a few others. Owning a bookstore (St. Paul's Common Good Books) is not the reason for this evening's visit; Garrison Keillor's new Lake Wobegon novel, Liberty (Viking) is the reason to be on hand for another entertaining evening, which may even have a moment of ribald humor and/or hinted-at political jesting in store for those attending. This tale has something to do with the Fourth of July parade, Lake Wobegon's famous 'Living Flag,' Clint Bunsen, and Miss Liberty. Last year's evening for Pontoon is a wonder; this evening should be no less.

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Dexter Filkins (September 22 at 7:30pm)

Dexter Filkins discusses The Forever War.

Distinguished, prize-winning New York Times journalist Dexter Filkins has written a searing, compelling, visceral book of witness to the war in Iraq, and some of its life and times, in The Forever War (Knopf).

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Tariq Ali (September 24 at 7:30pm)

Tariq Ali discusses The Duel: Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power .

Making this welcome Seattle return with a timely nonfiction work is Tariq Ali, one of the world's foremost journalists, historians, novelists, editors (New Left Review) and activists, and a totally engaging presence at evenings such as these. This British-Pakistani writer has been in the midst of things ... (more)for over forty years now, an observer and a player in many central happenings—and one with rare perspectives of depth, historical context, and literary care for language. He is here tonight with a new book on his country of origin and what is going on there now: The Duel: Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power (Scribner).

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Robert J. Shiller (September 25 at 7:30pm)

Robert J. Shiller discusses The Subprime Solution: How Today's Global Financial Crisis Happened, and What to Do about It.

Yale economics professor Robert J. Shiller rose to fame in 2000 with his best-selling Irrational Exuberance—a book in which he effectively predicted the tech and stock market crash of 2001. In his new book, The Subprime Solution: How Today's Global Financial Crisis Happened, and What to Do About It ... (more)(Princeton University Press), he looks at how we got into the subprime mess, and how we might get out.

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Christopher Paolini (October 6 at 7:30pm)

Christopher Paolini reads from Brisingr.

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Melissa Rossi (January 5 at 7:30pm)

Melissa Rossi discusses What Every American Should Know About the Middle East.

Vagabond travel writer and erstwhile resident of Seattle (where she wrote for the Seattle Weekly), Melissa Rossi brings the latest edition of her popular What Every American Should Know... series with a crash course on the Middle East. Rossi offers a clear analysis of the issues playing out in the region, ... (more)delving into the country's history, politics, economy, and religions. Having traveled through the area over the past year, she examines the U.S.'s geopolitical moves and how our presence has affected the region's economic and political development. Rossi is also the author of an unauthorized biography of Courtney Love, Queen of Noise. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life, with University Book Store.

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Future of Health: William Hanson: The Edge of Medicine (January 6 at 7:30pm)

William Hanson discusses The Edge of Medicine: The Technology That Will Change Our Lives.

What if cancer could be diagnosed by just smelling it? Dr. William Hanson, author of The Edge of Medicine, explains now an electronic nose can do just that. Hanson, Director of Surgical Intensive Care at University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, describes how medical technology has the potential to ... (more)change—and save—lives. He offers intimate true-life accounts illustrating the cutting edge of biotechnology—including computer health wizards which will advise and prescribe on home computers, wheelchairs operated by reading electrical brain waves, and the future of surgical robotics. Presented as part of the Future of Health Lectures with Kim Ricketts Book Events, Bastyr University, and PCC Natural Markets.

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Science: Steven Johnson: 'The Invention of Air' (January 12 at 7:30pm)

Steven Johnson discusses The Invention of Air: A Story of Science, Faith, Revolution, and the Birth of America.

Bestselling author Steven Johnson (The Ghost Map, Everything Bad Is Good for You, and Mind Wide Open) is back with The Invention of Air, a compelling narrative of world-changing ideas, genius, violence and friendship in the midst of sweeping historical change. It is the story of Joseph Priestly—scientist ... (more)and theologian, friend of Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson—an eighteenth-century radical thinker who played pivotal roles in the invention of ecosystem science, the discovery of oxygen, the founding of the Unitarian Church, and the intellectual development of the United States. Presented as part of the Seattle Science Lectures, with Pacific Science Center and University Book Store.

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Bishop Gene Robinson: 'In The Eye of the Storm' (January 12 at 7:30pm)

Gene Robinson discusses In the Eye of the Storm: Swept to the Center by God.

Gene Robinson, Episcopal Bishop of New Hampshire and the first openly gay bishop in the world wide Anglican Communion, talks about his personal story as told in his recent memoir, In The Eye of the Storm: Swept to the Center by God, and his message of full inclusion. Presented by the Diocese of Olympia, ... (more)Integrity Puget Sound, and St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church.

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Future of Health: Cherie Calbom: Juicing (January 13 at 7:30pm)

Cherie Calbom discusses Juicing, fasting, and detoxing for life.

Known as “The Juice Lady,” clinical nutritionist Cherie Calbom is author of sixteen books including the best-selling Juicing for Life. Her latest, Juicing, Fasting, and Detoxing for Life describes how juicing vegetables provides concentrated nutrition that is found in virtually no other source including ... (more)vitamins, minerals, enzymes, phytochemicals, and antioxidants. Calbom, who earned her MS in nutrition from Bastyr University, where she now serves on the Board of Regents, will speak about how juices, smoothies and soups made from vegetables can help promote alkaline balance and weight loss, strengthen the immune system, and cleanse the body and soul. Presented as part of the Future of Health Lectures with Bastyr University and PCC Natural Markets.

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Malcolm Gladwell: 'Outliers' (January 17 at 7:30pm)

Malcolm Gladwell discusses Outliers: The Story of Success.

With his beguiling blend of storytelling and academic social science, Malcolm Gladwell (Tipping Point, Blink) is back with Outliers, an examination of why some people are so accomplished, while so many more never reach their potential. Gladwell asserts that environmental factors such as the role of culture, ... (more)work ethic, and accidental opportunity are as important as intellect and talent in shaping the lives of extraordinary men and women. Presented with Elliott Bay Book Company.

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Ken Robinson (January 26 at 7:30pm)

Ken Robinson reads from The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything.

Ken Robinson is an internationally recognized leader in the development of creativity and innovation who works with Fortune 500 companies, governments, and educational systems on ways to create environments that enhance talent and learning. In The Element: A New View of Human Capacity Robinson identifies ... (more)the point where the activities individuals enjoy and are naturally good at come together. He illustrates the importance of nurturing talent and understanding how it expresses itself differently in every individual, emphasizing the importance of mentors and reforming education. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life, with University Book Store.

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Matt Miller: 'The Tyranny of Dead Ideas' (January 27 at 7:30pm)

Matt Miller discusses The Tyranny of Dead Ideas: Letting Go of the Old Ways of Thinking to Unleash a New Prosperity.

America is at a crossroads and our economy is about it face its most severe test in nearly a century. In The Tyranny of Dead Ideas, Matt Miller overturns orthodoxies of the right and the left—including free trade is always good, employers should be responsible for health coverage, taxes hurt the economy, ... (more)schools are a local matter, money follows merit—and offers fresh insights that can contribute to reinventing American capitalism and democracy for the twenty-first century. Miller is senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, a contributing editor at Fortune, and host of NPR’s Left, Right & Center. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life, with Elliott Bay Book Company.

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Paul Krugman (January 28 at 7:30pm)

Paul Krugman discusses The return of depression economics and the crisis of 2008.

2008 Nobel Laureate in economics and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman delivers a talk on the economic outlook for 2009 and beyond. In response to the current financial crisis, Krugman’s prescient 1999 book, The Return of Depression Economics, has been updated and re-released (The Return of Depression ... (more)Economics and the Crisis of 2008) and is included in the price of a ticket. The World Affairs Council will also honor the 2008 recipients of its World Citizen (Karen Kodama) and World Educator (Bob Mazelow) awards.

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Future of Health: Dalton Conley: Elsewhere Society (January 28 at 7:30pm)

Dalton Conley discusses Elsewhere, U.S.A.: How We Got from the Company Man, Family Dinners, and the Affluent Society to the Home Office, BlackBerry Moms, and Economic Anxiety.

Social scientist and writer Dalton Conley is best known for his contributions to understanding how socioeconomic status is transmitted across generations. His latest research focuses on the round-the-clock connectivity and multitasking that are reshaping the most basic patterns of work, family, and values. ... (more)In Elsewhere, U.S.A. he connects our new social realities with sociological changes and examines how technology has altered how we earn and spend money. Presented as part of the Future of Health Lectures, with Bastyr University and PCC Natural Markets.

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Science: Mario Livio: 'Is God a Mathematician?' (February 2 at 7:30pm)

Mario Livio discusses Is God a Mathematician?.

Author of the best selling The Golden Ratio, internationally known astrophysicist Mario Livio examines the power of mathematics to explain the both physical universe (cosmology) and human behavior (cognitive sciences) in his latest book Is God a Mathematician? Livio also takes on the question of whether ... (more)mathematics is a creation of the human mind or a virtual world awaiting discovery, just as astronomers discover previously unknown galaxies. Presented as part of the Seattle Science Lectures, with Pacific Science Center and University Book Store.

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Science: Jonah Lehrer: 'How We Decide' (February 9 at 7:30pm)

Jonah Lehrer discusses How we decide.

Jonah Lehrer discusses his new book, How We Decide. The acclaimed author of Proust Was a Neuroscientist, Lehrer examines the neuroscience of decision-making. Philosophers have long held that the process of deciding is either rational or emotional. Lehrer shows how our best decisions are a finely tuned ... (more)blend of both feeling and reason—and that the precise mix depends on the situation. Lehrer is an editor at large for Seed Magazine and a contributing editor at Scientific American Mind and NPR’s Radio Lab. Presented as part of the Seattle Science Lectures, with Pacific Science Center and University Book Store.

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Walter Williams, Bryan D. Jones (February 17 at 7:30pm)

Walter Williams discusses The Politics of Bad Ideas: The Great Tax Cut Delusion and the Decline of Good Government in America.; Bryan D. Jones discusses The Politics of Bad Ideas: The Great Tax Cut Delusion and the Decline of Good Government in America.

Walter Williams, emeritus professor at the UW’s Center for American Politics and Public Policy, and Bryan D. Jones, professor at the University of Texas, Austin Department of Government, give a talk entitled "Barack Obama and the Challenge of the Bush Legacy." While economists generally hold that market ... (more)forces (not a president’s policies and concept of governance) are the main influences on this country’s economy, Williams and Jones argue that, in fact, this economy crisis is the direct result of policies pursued by Bush (income tax cuts and deregulation) and a dysfunctional approach to governing. Williams and Jones are co-authors of the recent The Politics of Bad Ideas: The Great Tax Cut Delusion and the Decline of Good Government in America. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life, with University Book Store.

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Pratap Chatterjee (February 19 at 7:30pm)

Pratap Chatterjee discusses Halliburton’s Army: The Long, Strange Tale of a Private, Profitable, and Out-of-Control Texas Oil Company.

Investigative journalist and author Pratap Chatterjee (Corpwatch, Iraq Inc.) delves into the nebulous world of the Houston-based Halliburton Corporation, tracing its roots and path into the center of Washington power politics. Chatterjee’s new book, Halliburton’s Army: The Long, Strange Tale of a ... (more)Private, Profitable, and Out-of-Control Texas Oil Company, marshals extensive evidence pointing to a disturbing record of corruption, political manipulation, and human rights abuses. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life, with Elliott Bay Book Company.

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Science: Neil deGrasse Tyson: 'The Pluto Files' (February 23 at 7:30pm)

Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet.

In August 2006, when the International Astronomical Union voted Pluto out of planet hood a firestorm ensued. Astrophysicist and Hayden Planetarium director Neil deGrasse Tyson takes a lighthearted look at why Pluto is so entrenched in America’s cultural and patriotic view of the cosmos in The Pluto ... (more)Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet. Tyson is the bestselling author of Death by Black Hole and Other Cosmic Quandaries and has hosted several PBS 'NOVA' programs. Presented as part of the Seattle Science Lectures, with Pacific Science Center, and Elliott Bay Book Company.

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Science: Cliff Mass: Secrets of Northwest Weather Prediction (February 25 at 7:30pm)

Cliff Mass discusses The Weather of the Pacific Northwest.

Cliff Mass, professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Washington and weekly guest of KUOW radio, is the preeminent authority on Northwest weather. In his new book, The Weather of the Pacific Northwest, Mass brings together eyewitness accounts, historical records, and meteorological science ... (more)in the first comprehensive guide to Northwest weather directed to the general reader. His recent appearance at Kane Hall sold out and his book is already in its second printing. Presented as part of the Seattle Science Lectures, with Pacific Science Center, University Book Store, and University Press.

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Knute Berger, Timothy Egan (February 25 at 7:30pm)

Knute Berger discusses Pugetopolis: A Mossback Takes on Growth Addicts, Weather Wimps, and the Myth of Seattle Nice.; Timothy Egan.

Veteran journalist and third-generation Seattleite Knute Berger thinks Seattle is turning into the civic equivalent of a Starbucks’ Frappucino. Holding forth as “Mossback” over the years on the pages of Seattle Weekly, Seattle Magazine, and on Crosscut.com and KUOW, Berger’s contrarian and libertarian ... (more)view of life in Seattle have been compiled into a new book, Pugetopolis: A Mossback Takes on Growth Addicts, Weather Wimps, and the Myth of Seattle Nice. He appears with his friend, award-winning journalist and author Timothy Egan (The Worst Hard Time), to argue about the implications of our pretensions to “world class city” status. David Brewster moderates. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life, with Sasquatch Books, and Crosscut.com.

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Aaron Glantz: War Vets Come Home (February 26 at 7:30pm)

Aaron Glantz discusses The War Comes Home: Washington's Battle against America's Veterans.

Independent journalist and author of How America Lost Iraq, Aaron Glantz returns to Town Hall with his new book, The War Comes Home: Washington’s Battle Against America’s Veterans. Based on interviews with more than one hundred recent war veterans, Glantz documents how the U.S. government is neglecting ... (more)its soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life, with Elliott Bay Book Company and Iraq Veterans Against the War.

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United Way & Seattle Arts and Lectures: Steve Lopez (May 31 at 7:30pm)

Steve Lopez discusses The Soloist : A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music.

Tickets are $15 general/$30 for preferred seating plus pre-lecture reception at 6 p.m. at www.brownpapertickets.com or 800/838-3006. Visit www.uwkc.org for more information.

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Andrew Bacevich: Limits of American Power (June 3 at 7:30pm)

Andrew Bacevich discusses The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism.

Tickets are $5 and are available at www.brownpapertickets.com, 800/838-3006 and at the door beginning at 6:30. Town Hall members receive priority seating.

Event location: Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street.

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Eduardo Galeano: An Unofficial History of the World (June 4 at 7:30pm)

Eduardo Galeano discusses Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone.

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.

Event location: Great Hall, enter on 8th Avenue

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Science: Richard Wrangham: Cooking Made Us Human (June 8 at 7:30pm)

Richard Wrangham discusses Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human.

The habit of eating cooked rather than raw food, Wrangham asserts, permitted the digestive tract to shrink and the human brain to grow, helped structure human society, and created the male-female division of labor. Presented as part of Seattle Science Lectures, with Pacific Science Center and University ... (more)Book Store. Tickets are $5 and are available at www.brownpapertickets.com, 800/838-3006 and at the door beginning at 6:30. Town Hall members receive priority seating.

Event location: Downstairs at Town Hall, enter on Seneca Street.

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Jeff Rubin: An Optimistic Outlook for America (June 8 at 7:30pm)

Jeff Rubin discusses Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller: Oil and the End of Globalization.

Tickets are $5 available at www.brownpapertickets.com, 800/838-3006 and at the door beginning at 6:30 pm.

Event location: Great Hall, enter on 8th Avenue

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Science: James Lovelock: A Living Earth (June 15 at 7:30pm)

James Lovelock discusses The Vanishing of Gaia: A Final Warning.

For James Lovelock, global warming is cause for an urgent global warning: If we don't see and feel the Earth as a living organism and remedy the harm we have inflicted, our planet could very well act in its own best interests and heat up to sheds billions of its inhabitants. Tickets are $5 and are available ... (more)at www.brownpapertickets.com, 800/838-3006 and at the door beginning at 6:30. Town Hall members receive priority seating.

Event location: Downstairs at Town Hall, enter on Seneca Street.

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Bill Wasik: Online Culture (June 16 at 7:30pm)

Bill Wasik discusses And Then There's This: How Stories Live and Die in Viral Culture.

If you've ever found yourself caught up in a sudden, public pillow fight, you can thank Bill Wasik, creator of the worldwide celebration of spontaneity, the Flash Mob. Not only did Wasik think to gather people through technology for outrageous urban stunts, but he is also plugged into our burgeoning ... (more)online culture. 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.

Event location: Downstairs at Town Hall, enter on Seneca Street.

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Robert H. Frank: An Economic Guide for Troubled Times (June 22 at 7:30pm)

Robert H. Frank discusses The Economic Naturalists Field Guide: Common Sense Principles for Troubled Times.

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.

Event location: Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street.

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Science: David B. Williams: The Hidden Stories of Stone (June 24 at 7:30pm)

David B. Williams discusses Stories in Stone: Travels Through Urban Geology.

Tickets are $5 and are available at www.brownpapertickets.com, 800/838-3006, and at the door beginning at 6:30. Town Hall members receive priority seating.

Event location: Great Hall, enter on 8th Avenue

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Novella Carpenter: Urban Farming (June 24 at 7:30pm)

Novella Carpenter discusses Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer.

Tickets are $5 and are available at www.brownpapertickets.com, 800/838-3006 and at the door beginning at 6:30. Town Hall members receive priority seating.

Event location: Downstairs at Town Hall, enter on Seneca Street.

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Thomas Sieverts: Reimagining Urban Spaces (July 1 at 7:30pm)

Thomas Sieverts discusses Cities Without Cities: Between Place and World, Space and Time, Town and Country.

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.

Event location: Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street.

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Chris Hedges: Our Dying Culture (July 22 at 7:30pm)

Chris Hedges discusses Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street..

Tickets are $5 at www.brownpapertickets.com or 800/838-3006, and at the door beginning at 6:30 pm. Town Hall members receive priority seating.

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Thom Hartmann: Saving a Planet in Peril (July 30 at 7:30pm)

Thom Hartmann discusses Threshold: The Crisis of Western Culture.

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.

Event location: Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street.

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