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Survival of the Book in the Digital Age: This Thursday at History Cafe

September 14, 2010 by Leave a Comment

September 16th is the third Thursday of the month, which means it’s time for another History Cafe at The Pub at Third Place Books (6504 20th Ave NE).

This month the topic hits home for the folks upstairs at Ravenna Third Place Books. Here’s the description from the KCTS9 website:

Can the book survive the digital age? Michael Lieberman, co-owner of Wessel & Lieberman Booksellers in Pioneer Square and the creator of the blog Book Patrol, leads an informal discussion on the ever changing role of technology in the book world. Also, learn about the latest in print on demand technology as we look at Third Place Book’s amazing book-making machine, “Ginger.”

The talk starts at 7pm in the Authors Corner, but you encouraged to arrive early to partake of happy hour.

If you miss the event or previous History Cafe discussions, they are available for viewing on the KCTS9 History Cafe homepage. And that goes for the Science Cafes, too!

The History Cafe series is a partnership between KCTS9, MOHAI, HistoryLink.org, Seattle Public Libraries, WGBH, and The Pub at Ravenna Third Place.

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More links:

Wessel & Lieberman Booksellers homepage

Wessel & Leiberman blog

Book Patrol blog

Espresso Book Machine & Third Place Press FAQ

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Picardo P-Patch’s First Fundraiser Dinner – You’re Invited

September 14, 2010 by 2 Comments

You’ve heard about it, you’ve walked through it, perhaps you’ve even gardened in it. But until now, you’ve never had the chance to DINE in it.

The Picardo P-Patch (NE 80th St and 25th Ave NE) is holding their first fundraiser dinner this Saturday, September 17. The meal starts at 6pm and ends at dusk.

The menu includes appetizers, wine tastings (supplied by a Picardo gardener and Roosevelt’s own Eight Bells Winery), followed by a grand Paella dinner (also provided by a Picardo gardener), and finished with a dessert buffet (ALSO provided by Picardo gardeners).

Why a fundraiser dinner for the garden? Well, mostly because of this beauty:

interior, wide

Have a seat!

It’s the Picaloo, Seattle’s first composting toilet (read about its grand opening back on Saturday, April 3rd here). This fundraiser dinner is designed to help retire the last of the composting toilet debt, as well as provide funds for other Picardo projects (among them: new hose holders and more blueberry plants).

Tickets for the dinner are $30/individual or $50/couple, and there aren’t many left.  Contact Sandra Schaffer (sandras [at] nwlink.com, or 524-1320) to reserve your tickets and/or get additional information.

If tickets for the event are sold out or cost more than you like to contribute, I’m sure Sandra could give you information about other ways to help the garden out.

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