KUOW Summer Book Club Presents: Lynda V. Mapes discussing "The Trees are Speaking"
KUOW Book Club host Katie Campbell sits down with Seattle author and environmental journalist Lynda V. Mapes to discuss her latest book The Trees are Speaking: Dispatches from the Salmon Forests.
Join us for an evening of insight and inspiration. Just released in April, Mapes’ newest work is already being hailed as essential reading for anyone interested in environmental stewardship. The book explores the vital role of old-growth forests in our ecosystems and the deep, often overlooked connections between trees, salmon, and Indigenous knowledge. Together, Campbell and Mapes will delve into how these stories came to life—asking questions like: What can we learn from the forest? And how can Indigenous communities guide us in protecting these ancient ecosystems?
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Wednesday, August 27, 2025, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM.
Seattle Public Library.
For more info visit www.eventbrite.com. Wenatchee River Institute Presents: Lynda V. Mapes discussing "The Trees are Speaking"
Join author and journalist Lynda V. Mapes for a discussion about changing our relationship with forests. Long regarded as commodities primarily for growing wood products, today we know forests are essential to community wellbeing, climate stability, wildlife, and clean water and air. We need to shift our relationship with forests to emphasize caretaking, respect, and reciprocity. Lynda will share examples of sustainable forestry practices underway in our region and beyond that take care of people, forests, and wildlife, drawing from her new book, The Trees Are Speaking: Dispatches from the Salmon Forests.
Doors open at 6:30pm for a community social with beer and wine available for purchase. The presentation will start at 7:00pm.
About the Presenter:
Lynda V. Mapes covers environmental and Indigenous issues for the Seattle Times. She is author of six books, including most recently Orca: Shared Waters, Shared Home, winner of the 2021 National Outdoor Book Award and the 2021 Washington State Book Award for…
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Thursday, September 4, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Wenatchee River Institute.
For more info visit wenatcheeriverinstitute.org. Elliott Bay Book Company Presents: Aaron Goings discussing "Red Harbor" with James N. Gregory
Aaron Goings visits Elliott Bay Book Company to discuss his new book, Red Harbor: Radical Workers and Community Struggle in the Pacific Northwest. Vivid and revealing, Red Harbor shines a light on lumber workers and the pursuit of justice in the Pacific Northwest. Goings will be joined in conversation by James N. Gregory, professor of history at UW.
In the early decades of the twentieth century, Grays Harbor was the Lumber Capital of the World. While thousands of lumber and maritime workers fought for higher wages and decent conditions, employers unified to protect their interests, often through violent and corrupt means. They spied on unionists, expelled them from their own towns, vilified them in the press, and physically assaulted labor activists. But with deep roots in their communities, radical workers continued to meet in their halls and immigrant neighborhoods—and to influence the wider labor movement well into the 1930s.
In Red Harbor, Aaron Goings resurrects the forgotten history of lumber workers…
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Wednesday, September 10, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Elliott Bay Book Company.
For more info visit www.elliottbaybook.com. Washington State Historical Society Presents: Aaron Goings discussing "Red Harbor" | Henry R. Fenbert Challenging History Lecture
The fourth annual Henry R. Fenbert Challenging History Lecture welcomes presenter Aaron Goings, professor of history at South Puget Sound Community College. Goings will explore the rise of American labor movements during the Gilded Age. His presentation will focus on new research included in his book Red Harbor: Radical Workers and Community Struggle in the Pacific Northwest, which explores labor and class conflict in Grays Harbor.
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Saturday, September 13, 2025, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM.
Washington State History Museum.
For more info visit www.washingtonhistory.org. Third Place Books Presents: Zev Handel discussing "Chinese Characters across Asia"
Join author and linguist Zev Handel for a discussion of his new book, Chinese Characters across Asia, at Third Place Books Ravenna.
Because of its unique status in the modern world, myths and misunderstandings about Chinese characters abound. Where does this writing system, so different in form and function from alphabetic writing, come from? How does it really work? How did it come to be used to write non-Chinese languages? And why has it proven so resilient? By exploring the spread and adaptation of the script across two millennia and thousands of miles, Chinese Characters across Asia addresses these questions and provides insights into human cognition and culture. Written in an approachable style and meant for readers with no prior knowledge of Chinese script or Asian languages, it presents a fascinating story that challenges assumptions about speech and writing.
Zev Handel has been teaching in the Department of Asian Languages and Literature at the University of Washington for over 25 years, after…
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Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 7:00 PM.
Third Place Books Ravenna.
For more info visit www.thirdplacebooks.com. Washington State Historical Society Presents: Ramona Bennett Bill discussing "Fighting for the Puyallup Tribe"
Join us at the new Third Thursday series at the Washington State History Museum to explore Washingtonian identities.
The first event in this series will feature Ramona Bennett Bill, a longtime leader of the Puyallup Tribe. Bennett Bill will discuss her memoir Fighting for the Puyallup Tribe, which documents her relentless advocacy for Native American rights, in conversation with founder of Children of the Setting Sun Productions Darrell Hillaire and chief oral historian for the Office of the Secretary of State John C. Hughes.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: scott.near@wshs.wa.gov. Event Types: Special Events.
Thursday, September 18, 2025, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM.
Washington State History Museum.
For more info visit www.washingtonhistory.org. ONLINE: Humanities Washington Presents: Peter Blecha discussing "Stomp and Shout: R&B and the Origins of Northwest Rock and Roll"
Northwest Rock & Roll’s historical highpoints are well documented—in the late 20th century, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, and other grunge gods took the world by storm. Previously, Seattle’s Queensrÿche and Heart had ruled the heavy metal realm. And prior to that, The Wailers, The Kingsmen, Paul Revere and The Raiders, and The Sonics had all fueled local teen dances with garage-rock versions of the region’s signature song, “Louie Louie.”
Yet these iconic bands are only half the story. In this talk, join author Peter Blecha to discover the lesser-known but vitally important bands and scenes that laid the foundation for what was to come—finally connecting all the dots between the fabled Northwest era of Ray Charles, Quincy Jones, and Jimi Hendrix, and the R&B-spiked roots of a distinct regional art form: the “Original Northwest Sound.”
Peter Blecha (he/him) is the director of the Northwest Music Archives, an award-winning author, a founding curator at MoPop, and a longtime staff historian at…
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Wednesday, October 1, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Online.
For more info visit www.humanities.org.