Events

« January 2012 »
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1 VILLAGE BOOKS & PAPER DREAMS ANNUAL NEW YEAR SALE Start: 11:00 am End: 7:00 pm SOCRATES CAFE Start: 11:30 am End: 1:00 pm	2 VB READS...GENERAL LITERATURE, A HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 6 GLASSES Start: 7:00 pm End: 8:00 pm	3	4 NATURAL HEALTHCARE SERIES: ACUPUNCTURE & HERBAL MEDICINE WITH ACUPUNCTURIST NANCY MOORE Start: 12:00 pm End: 1:00 pm VINCENT STANDLEY, A MORTAL AFFECT--FICTION Start: 7:00 pm	5 JULIE MARIE WADE, SMALL FIRES Start: 7:00 pm	6 CHRIS LINDER, SCIENCE ON ICE: FOUR POLAR EXPEDITIONS--INCLUDES SLIDESHOW! Start: 7:00 pm	7 PRESCHOOL STORYTIME & CRAFT WITH CLAIRE Start: 10:30 am End: 11:00 am RESOLUTIONS: MINI-WORKSHOPS TO JUMPSTART YOUR NEW YEAR Start: 11:00 am End: 4:00 pm
8 VB READS...MOTHERHOOD BY THE BOOK, THE PARTICULAR SADNESS OF LEMON CAKE Start: 2:00 pm End: 3:00 pm READING PROMISE AWARD CELEBRATION--FAMILY EVENT! Start: 4:00 pm	9 VB READS...ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION BOOK GROUP, GOLDEN SPRUCE Start: 5:00 pm End: 6:00 pm	10 WESTERN CONNECTIONS: ROB LOPRESTI, HOW OVERDUE LIBRARY BOOKS CAUSED THE CIVIL WAR Start: 12:00 pm End: 1:00 pm CHUCKANUT RADIO HOUR 5TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW Start: 6:30 pm	11 VB READS...AFTERNOON BOOK CHAT, MAJOR PETTIGREW'S LAST STAND Start: 1:00 pm SANDRA CHAIT, SEEKING SALAAM: ETHIOPIANS, ERITREANS & SOMALIS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Start: 7:00 pm	12 SARAH VAN GELDER, THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING: OCCUPY WALL STREET AND THE 99% MOVEMENT Start: 7:00 pm	13 LOCAL AUTHOR SHOWCASE WITH PAM BEASON, ENDANGERED Start: 7:00 pm	14 BRIAN HERBERT, SISTERHOOD OF DUNE--SCIENCE FICTION Start: 2:00 pm KENDALL WHITNEY, PICK UP DOGS: HOW TWO RESCUE DOGS SAVE THE WEST FROM BEING WON--LOCAL AUTHOR! CO-SPONSORED BY THE WHATCOM HUMANE SOCIETY Start: 7:00 pm
15 SOCRATES CAFE Start: 11:30 am End: 1:00 pm MEDIA LITERACY FOR TEENS WORKSHOP WITH LAURA HECK Start: 2:00 pm End: 4:00 pm	16 READ-IN CELEBRATION FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR DAY--FOR KIDS AGES 3-8 YEARS OLD! Start: 10:30 am End: 2:00 pm	17 CANCELED! RESCHEDULED FOR TUES., JAN. 24, 5:30PM: BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NW WASHINGTON INFORMATIONAL TALK Start: 5:30 pm CANCELED! RESCHEDULED FOR SUN., JAN 22 AT 2PM: WILLIAM STAFFORD TRIBUTE EVENT: AN EVENING OF POETRY Start: 7:00 pm	18 CANCELED! - VB READS...ENGAGED CITIZENS BOOK GROUP, LEADERSHIP AND THE NEW SCIENCE: DISCOVERING ORDER IN A CHAOTIC WORLD Start: 12:00 pm CANCELED! RESCHEDULED FOR FRI., JAN. 27, 5PM / EXCELLENCE NORTHWEST'S INTRODUCTION TO RESET: "POWER OF FOCUS" WORKSHOP WITH JANET OTT Start: 5:00 pm CANCELED! RESCHEDULED FOR WED., JAN 25, 5:30PM: CONSTRUCTING A WRITING CAREER WITH WILLIAM DIETRICH--A WHATCOM WRITER'S AND PUBLISHERS EVENT Start: 5:30 pm	19 CANCELED! EVENT RESCHEDULED FOR TUES., FEB. 14, 7PM: S.R. "RUDY" MARTIN, JR., SEASIDE STORIES Start: 7:00 pm	20 ELIZABETH GEORGE, BELIEVING THE LIE--LEOPOLD AUTHOR LECTURE SERIES Start: 6:30 pm	21 LOIS HARRIS, MAXFIELD PARRISH: PAINTER OF MAGICAL MAKE-BELIEVE--KIDS' EVENT Start: 2:00 pm NAOMI BENARON, RUNNING THE RIFT--FICTION Start: 4:00 pm CANCELED! RESCHEDULED FOR FEB. 25th: MOURAD LAHLOU, MOURAD: NEW MOROCCAN--TICKETED EVENT AT BOOK FARE CAFÉ Start: 6:00 pm End: 8:30 pm RYAN BOUDINOT, BLUEPRINTS OF THE AFTERLIFE--FICTION Start: 7:00 pm
22 WILLIAM STAFFORD TRIBUTE EVENT: AN EVENING OF POETRY Start: 2:00 pm ERIC HOLT-GIMÉNEZ, FOOD MOVEMENTS UNITE! STRATEGIES TO TRANSFORM OUR FOOD SYSTEMS, WITH ROSALINDA GUILLÉN--CO-SPONSORED BY C2C AND THE COMMUNITY FOOD CO-OP Start: 4:00 pm	23	24 BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NW WASHINGTON INFORMATIONAL MEETING Start: 5:30 pm NANCY WELCH, MEDICINE & MEDITATION: CONVERSATIONS ON MINDFULNESS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC PAIN & ILLNESS--LOCAL AUTHOR! Start: 7:00 pm	25 CONSTRUCTING A WRITING CAREER WITH WILLIAM DIETRICH--A WHATCOM WRITER'S AND PUBLISHERS EVENT Start: 5:30 pm CANCELED! RESCHEDULED FOR THURS., MARCH 8: INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING AND DISTRIBUTION TODAY, WORKSHOP WITH ERIK KORHEL Start: 6:30 pm End: 8:30 pm	26 EVAN P. SCHNEIDER, A SIMPLE MACHINE, LIKE A LEVER--FICTION Start: 7:00 pm	27 EXCELLENCE NORTHWEST'S INTRODUCTION TO RESET: "POWER OF FOCUS" WITH JANET OTT Start: 5:00 pm COLLEEN MONDOR, THE MAP OF MY DEAD PILOTS: THE DANGEROUS GAME OF FLYING IN ALASKA Start: 7:00 pm	28 CHERYL MOORE-GOUGH, THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO SAVING SEEDS--CO-SPONSORED BY TRANSITION WHATCOM AND THE ANNUAL COMMUNITY SEED DAY & SWAP Start: 12:00 pm HELEN LANDALF, FLYAWAY--YOUNG ADULT EVENT! Start: 2:00 pm PAMELA STEELE, GREASEWOOD CREEK--FICTION Start: 4:00 pm LARRY KARP, A PERILOUS CONCEPTION--MYSTERY Start: 7:00 pm
29 CLAIRE DEDERER, POSER: MY LIFE IN TWENTY-THREE YOGA POSES, A HEDGEBROOK NORTH: WOMEN AUTHORING CHANGE SERIES Start: 2:00 pm SANDRA BOWENS, SPICED RIGHT: FLAVORFUL COOKING WITH HERBS AND SPICES--LOCAL AUTHOR! Start: 4:00 pm	30 RICK STEVES, EUROPE THROUGH THE BACKDOOR--INCLUDES SLIDESHOW--OFFSITE AT BELLINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL Start: 7:00 pm OPEN MIC WITH LAUREL LEIGH Start: 7:00 pm	31 GARY GEDDES, DRINK THE BITTER ROOT: A WRITER'S SEARCH FOR JUSTICE AND REDEMPTION IN AFRICA Start: 7:00 pm