Wednesday 3/28
The St. Lawrence String Quartet, acclaimed as one of the greatest of its kind, tears up the catgut tonight. If you haven't ever heard what a classical foursome can do with a little Shostakovich, this is well worth your time and money. It'll get your mind open for some serious thought-chewing. 8 p.m., Meany Hall, 15th Ave NE between 40th and 41st St. Info: (206) 543-4880.
Friday 3/30
If An Inconvenient Truth whetted your appetite for films confronting environmental issues, you will find your desires satiated most fully at the 9th Annual Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Festival. Featuring movies like Climate: A Crisis Averted, which takes the vantage point of Earth 2056 and looks back on how we humans banded together to fight the scourge of documentaries berating us for the rest of time. Through Sunday 4/1. Kane Hall, University of Washington. Info: www.hazelfilm.org.
Saturday 3/31
While the crash of Flight 232 in Sioux City, Iowa in 1989 tragically ended 111 lives, 185 survived. Those survivors may not have been so lucky without the calm under pressure shown by Captain Alfred Haynes. Haynes has been hailed as the hero in this story of fallen flight. Hear him speak. 2 p.m., Museum of Flight, 9404 East Marginal Way South.
Sunday 4/1
Rebecca Solnit is an accomplished journalist/activist, and recently the author of Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities. She will unfold her thoughts on public art and the slowing of time, in a political context, bien sur. 4 p.m., Henry Art Gallery, 15th Avenue NE and NE 41st St.
The Zine-O-Rama tour hits Seattle, with multiple zine celebrities who will be showing off their DIY aesthetic, plus reading to you. Good chance for some networking, zinesters. 7 p.m., Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave.
Monday 4/2
Meet Oleh Shamshur, the Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S., as he gives a talk on Ukrainian relations with the States. Sure to be of interest to the armchair Kissinger, or anyone concerned with how we’re perceived globally. 5:30 p.m., Parrington Commons, UW.
If you’re so inclined, you can skip out early on Oleh and go catch the first of six lectures on, you guessed it, climate change (it’s so hot right now), titled Global Health and the Environment. Learn how we’re messing it all up, and how to change that. 6 p.m., D2909, Turner Auditorium, UW.
Tuesday 4/3
Speaking of climate change, what is Kerry doing now that he’s officially a non-issue? He’s touring the country with Teresa, doing press for a book called This Moment on Earth, which is about, oh, take a wild guess. No, actually it’s about climate change and how we can go greener. It might seem like someone has been filching from Gore’s playbook, but I would never suggest such a thing. 7:30 p.m., Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Ave.
Thursday 4/5
Sister Spit was a San Francisco poetry collective that disbanded last year. Sister Spit: The Next Generation, sort of like Star Trek, brings together former Spitsters (Michelle Tea) as well as previously-uninvolved-but-still-down writers (famed poet Eileen Myles). All will be devastating minds with their plucky wit and queer critique. 7 p.m., Elliott Bay Book Store, 101 S. Main St.
This Week [Date Unknown]
Former L.A. gang member and acclaimed author Luis J. Rodriguez will be on hand to share his unique perspective on youth violence, the why and wherefore, in a talk entitled “Imagining Peace and Community in a Time of Violence and Chaos.” Rodriguez has been a community activist in Los Angeles, and also in Seattle, with the Mosaic Multicultural Foundation. 7 p.m., The South Park Community Center, 8319 Eighth Avenue S. Photo by Greg Bojorquez.
Calendar compiled by Paul Rice. Have a suggestion for an event? Email it to [email protected].
For copy of actual issue, go to https://www.realchangenews.org/2007/03/28/mar-28-2007-entire-issue