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Practitioners of all abilities, age 13 and above are welcome on a weekly or drop-in basis.

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Jazz

Practitioners of all ages and abilities are welcome on a weekly or drop-in basis.

Cajun

Listen to them!

http://www.myspace.com/filegumbo

Join us in the Commons to play a variety of board, card and party games.  For information: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/thirdplacespielers/

Join in spirited conversation on a variety of subjects.

The Shoreline-LFP Senior Center welcomes players of all skill levels toa day of Mah Jongg.

Honduras Beyond  the Headlines: A Look at the Country’s Cultural and Natural Attractions illustrates the appeal of this Central American vacation spot, with a powerpoint presentation.

Join other parents, grandparents, and caregivers with children ages birth to 5 in front of the stage for art, games, and conversation, sponsored and led by the Shoreline Family Support Center.

Young teen readers are invited to share pizza and books in this Friends of the  LFP Library sponsored gathering.

Practice your French with Madame Genevieve Bodner.

Northwest author Megan Chance returns with her latest historic fiction with a mysterious twist, a paperback original set in nineteenth century New York’s glittering opera world, and on Seattle’s waterfront.

Fans love the Douglas Preston/Lincoln Child Pendergast series, and here Preston writes solo, in a scientific thriller combining real science with finely crafted fiction in another Wyman Ford action-packed adventure.

Veterans support, referrals, emergency assistance.  Call ahead to schedule an appointment: (206) 296-7656.

Writers get feedback and positive critique in this Friends of LFP Library sponsored free workshop, led by author Frances Dayee.

Join advanced-to-beginning Spanish speakers for casual conversation.

Weekly storytelling is presented by Third Place Books. Meet in the Children's Books area.

From the author of the Thursday Next and the Nursery Crimes series comes another Imaginative, funny, tightly plotted, sly novel.  In this new world, social order and destiny are dictated by the colors one can see.  Shades of Gray is part social satire, part romance, part revolutionary thriller, and all, uniquely, Jasper Fforde.

Signing Line Tickets will be given with the purchase of Shades of Grey.

Singer/Songwriter

Hear Eric's music :

http://www.myspace.com/ericmillersongs

Practitioners of all ages and abilitiesare welcome on a weekly or drop-in basis.

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Blues

Here their music : 

http://www.blue4trio.com/

Join us in the Commons to play a variety of board, card and party games.  For information: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/thirdplacespielers/

The Shoreline-LFP Senior Center welcomes players of all skill levels to a day of Mah Jongg.

January selection: Birds of a Feather, A Maisie Dobbs Novel by Jacqueline Winspear

We’re launching our third year of knitting and crocheting Hats for the Homeless. In our 12 months of knitting in 2009 we reached our goal – 200 hats by Dec. 1.  We’ll knit and talk about another Maisie Dobbs mystery. 

The Lake Forest Park Garden Club holds its monthly business meeting at 9:15, and a public program at 10. This month, enjoy a potpourri of topics, with Victoria Gilleland talking about plants with winter appeal, and a preview of plans for the Brookside garden. 

Join other parents, grandparents, and caregivers with children ages birth to 5 in front of the stage for art, games, and conversation, sponsored and led by the Shoreline Family Support Center. This week, Playtime happens downstairs on the lower level of LFP Towne Centre.

Practice your French with Madame  Genevieve Bodner.

Members of Seattle Opera’s education staff will lead an informal opera talk designed to give you a great orientation to their upcoming production of Il Trovatore.

Based on a true story from the author's family history, Jarrettsville begins in 1869, amid chaos and confusion in the moments following Martha Jane Cairnes's murder of her fiance in front of 50 witnesses.   The novel’s unique structure and character studies make this a must-read for book clubs.

Writers get feedback and positive critique in this Friends of LFP Library sponsored free workshop, led by author Frances Dayee.

In Seattle author Brenda Peterson's spiritual memoir, fundamentalism – from her Southern Baptist relatives --  meets deep ecology – in her childhood in the High Sierras with  her forest ranger father.

Join advanced-to-beginning Spanish speakers for casual conversation.

“Winter Stories to Warm the Heart”
Pajama Party

Storyteller Debbie Deutsch will
share stories to chase the chills – wear your furry slippers, bring a blankie, and cuddle up for a heart-warming storytime!

Weekly storytelling is presented by Third Place Books. Meet in the Children's Books area.

Vintage Jazz

Listen to their music : 

http://www.missroserhythm.com/recordings.php

Practitioners of all ages and abilities are welcome on a weekly or drop-in basis.

Fountain pen fans welcome all who share their hobby.

Already play? Just learning? Come to Heroscape game day!

Portland author Matthew Flaming’s original, intelligent debut novel is a love story  that begins in modern LA, then leaps backwards to 1901  New York City and the dawn of the mechanical age, featuring Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, and J. P. Morgan.

Toe-Tapping Country, Blues & More!

Listen to their music :

http://www.purpleskymusic.com/media.shtml

Join us in the Commons to play a variety of board, card and party games.  For information: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/thirdplacespielers/

Join in spirited conversation on a variety ofsubjects.

The Shoreline-LFP Senior Center welcomes players of all skill levels to a day of Mah Jongg.

Practice your French with Madame Genevieve Bodner.

Join other parents, grandparents, and caregivers with children ages birth to 5 in front of the stage for art, games, and conversation, sponsored and led by the Shoreline Family Support Center.

Teen writers share their work at this meeting, open to all teens, and sponsored by the Friends of LFP Library.

Shoreline Schools Superintendent Sue Walker will present information for the community about three Bond and Levy measures on the ballot in February. The Bond measure would provide funds for the modernization/replacement of Shorecrest and Shorewood High Schools.

Study, discuss and act on governmental issues. Nonpartisan. 

The creator of Chowder, our favorite bulldog, and The Curious Garden returns to Third Place to introduce his newest imaginative escapade – featuring a purple kangaroo!

Teachers – Call to reserve space for your classes!

Carroll Boone of Edward Jones in Lake Forest Park discusses current issues in investment planning.

Writers get feedback and positive critique in this Friends of LFP Library sponsored free workshop, led by author Frances Dayee.

Join advanced-to-beginning Spanish speakers for casual conversation.

Every 3rd Thursday of the Month!

Listening dogs wait patiently in our kids’ section for young readers to read to them.
Drop in and pick a dog.  Many return each month and get to know “their” children.

Learn More :

http://www.readingwithrover.org/

Weekly storytelling is presented by Third Place Books. Meet in the Children's Books area.

Jazz Guitarist

Listen to his music :

http://www.michaelpowersmusic.com/audiosamples.htm/WhenIseeyouagain56KBs...

Practitioners of all ages and abilities are welcome on a weekly or drop-in basis.

Blues

Listen to them : 

http://www.fabulousroofshakers.com/

Join us in the Commons to play a variety of board, card and party games.  For information: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/thirdplacespielers/

The Shoreline-LFP Senior Center welcomes players of all skill levels to a day of Mah Jongg.

Join readers in "The Den" at Third Place Books for a discussion of Gourmet Rhapsody by Muriel Barbury

In this prequel to The Elegance of the Hedgehog, we follow food critic Pierre Athens from childhood to maturity across a celebration of all manner of culinary delights.

In February we’ll read the debut collection : Best European Fiction 2010.

Come to Third Place Books Cookbook Club, this month's selections are:

From the Quick & Easy series: Chinese, Korean and Thai

plus: Trail of Breadcrumbs  by Kim Sunee 

All are welcome for tastings and food conversation.  

Please register at :
ecooper@thirdplacebooks.com

Join other parents, grandparents, and caregivers with children ages birth to 5 in front of the stage for art, games, and conversation, sponsored and led by the Shoreline Family Support Center.

Practice your French with Madame Genevieve Bodner.

University of Puget Sound instructor Anne Lenore Putnam looks at the passage of time and life with fresh eyes as she shares the loss of her father and his twin brother in the memoir that author Charles Johnson calls ”... a literary gift of beauty and redemption.”

The Opposite Field is a father-son story and a baseball story, framed by the four darkly comical years the California writer, son of former Portland mayor Vera Katz, spent reviving a broken-down Little League in the immigrant suburb of Monterey Park, California.

Writers get feedback and positive critique in this Friends of LFP Library sponsored free workshop, led by author Frances Dayee.

The Alliance of People with Disabilities invites anyone who shares their concerns to this meeting. For info contact the Alliance at (206) 545-7055.

Joinadvanced-to-beginning Spanish speakers for casual conversation.

Weekly storytelling is presented by Third Place Books. Meet in the Children's Books area.

Old Timey

Listen Here : 

http://www.myspace.com/mostlyneighbors

Practitioners of all ages and abilities are welcome on a weekly or drop-in basis.

Cheer for local Cub Scouts as they race their cars in this annual competition.

Swing Music!

Join us in the Commons to play a variety of board, card and party games.  For information: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/thirdplacespielers/