Events

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

Join in spirited conversationon a variety of subjects. First and third Sundays.

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

A Western Washington favorite, William Dietrich returns with his dashing hero, Ethan Gage.  The swashbuckling American explorer takes on Muslim outlaws from North Africa over
an ancient death ray superweapon.

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.

The Used Book Buy Counter will be closed from Noon-2pm for a special afternoon author event.

Martha Grimes, the bestselling author of 21 Richard Jury novels as well as Dakota and Foul Matter, brings back her hero in a  tale of mystery, madness, and mistaken identity, a follow-up to 2007’s Dust.

Martha Grimes talks about her work.

http://www.marthagrimes.com/hp/

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

Practice your French with Madame Genevieve Bodner.

Award-winning journalist Gayle Forman walks the fragile line between life and death in this emotionally arresting story of 17-year-old Mia in the 24 hours after a catastrophic car accident.

Receive an original Broadside, designed and created by local artist Amy Redmond with your purchase of Kissing Mask.

Prolific fiction and non-fiction author William T. Vollmann has received the National Book Award, the PEN Center USA West Award for Fiction, a Shiva Naipaul Memorial Prize, and a Whiting Writers' Award.  Kissing the Mask is illustrated with his sketches and photographs. 

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

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

From the Oregon author of Hannah’s Dream comes a new novel of hope, dreams, love, and ambition—set this time in Hollywood, where every child wants to be a star and every grownup wants a piece of the action.

What’s new in romance? From cowboys to vampires, secret
agents to warriors – this crew of authors provides thrills, chills and even some
steam! Discover some of the newest books on the shelves and learn what’s coming
up from the gals who know all about romance.

Alexis Morgan – Defeat the Darkness

Lauren Dane – Coming Undone

Amanda Forester – Highlanders Sword

Kimberly Fisk – Lake Magic

Old style Blues.

No T'ai Chi today.

Exhibits, presentations, vegetable seeds, biodegradable compost bags, and other great gifts while supplies last.  Bring your household alkaline batteries for recycling (no rechargeable, camera or laptop batteries), and test your recycling knowledge bysorting on a mini conveyer belt!

In her ninth novel, acclaimed author Sue Miller again brings unforgettable characters to life in a love story and a tale of entanglements, connections, and losses.  Life and art intersect as a playwright draws on her emotions to create a work that touches lives.

Mexican Folk Music

Join us in the Commons every Sunday 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.

Talk about this bitterly funny novel of an autistic boy’s search for a dog’s killer, and knit more HATS for the homeless.  We’ll read The Loud Silence of Francine Green for the May 10 meeting.

arly tourists to Seattle enjoyed lovely lodging, and Robin Shannon’s collection of photos and memorabilia recall the grand old hotels.  Seattle’s dramatic history includes its rich Native lore, the 1889 fire, and the Gold Rush.  Mark Sundquist’s overview tells the story.

The Lake Forest Park Garden Club holds its monthly business meeting at 9:15am, and a public program at 10:00am.  Arborist Paul Witberger discusses practical pruning methods.

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 month, Playtime! heads down the escalator (or the elevator) to the downstairs lobby area outside the Library.

Practice yourFrench with Madame Genevieve Bodner.

For those who met Maisie Dobbs in the original book, this seventh installment will kindle memories of Maisie’s wartime experiences, as she investigates a soldier’s murder 20 years after the crime.

IN THE BOOKSTORE DEN

Teens who modeled for Magic Kingdom hologram guides get a surprise – some nights they wake up in a Disney park as holograms, in Ridley Pearson’s third Kingdom Keepers book.

In his eleventh book, Washington author Gregg Olson outlines the case of Nick Hacheney, a philandering minister convicted of killing his wife and burning down their home near Bainbridge Island the day after Christmas, 1997.

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

This presentation provides an inside look at linguistic, behavior and cultural differences among the many immigrant groups in the area, so that service providers can be more effective in their work.

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

3rd Thursday of each 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 about the Reading with Rover program:

 www.readingwithrover.org

Teachers, this event is full.  For more information please email cmckeon@thirdplacebooks.com

 
This first novel in the six-part Benjamin Pratt and the Keepers of the School series centers on Ben and his pals’ efforts to save his historic elementary school from amusement-park developers.

Glenn Rockowitz is a writer, comedian, and four-time cancer survivor. This coming -of -death memoir is heartbreaking, funny, misanthropic, loving and ultimately heroic.

Surf Blues

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!

Ree Drummond Signing Info.

Signing line tickets are required for this event.  We are giving out signing line tickets to anyone with a copy of The Pioneer Woman Cooks. 

You can purchase a copy at our store, or bring in the copy that you already own and you will get a signing line ticket.

We plan on this event being large, and the tickets are a way for us to organize the signing line.  Each ticket has a letter on it, and that will be your signing line group. 

To ensure that our event goes smoothly we will only be lining up one group at a time.

Swing

The Milner Family Fiddles bring their Texas-style music to the Third Place stage every other month.

Join us in the Commons every Sunday 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. First and third Sundays.

The author of the 2002 Man Booker Prize–winning novel Life of Pi, on the New York Times bestseller list for 57 weeks, presents another fable with deep complexity, the story of an elderly taxidermist and his journey with a donkey and a howler monkey.

Local artist Amy Redmond has created an original Broadside to honor Yann Martel's visit.  Receive your Broadside with your purchase of Beatrice & Virgil.

Each limited edition Broadside will be signed and dated by the author.

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

Sample tastings prepared by Erica and chat about food writing! 

All are welcome, but please confirm your place at the table : ecooper@thirdplacebooks.com

This month's meeting will be held a day earlier than usual at at LFP City Hall. The Unit is meeting with Mayor Hutchinson, please contact Rejean Idzerda, idzerda@comcast.net if you have questions. The League regularly meets at 9:30 on the third Wednesday of each month in the Friends Meeting Room.

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 and sponsored by Friends of LFP Library.

Practice your French with Madame Genevieve Bodner.

At the peak of WWI, nearly one in five American soldiers was foreign-born. Seattle author David Laskin (The Children’s Blizzard) follows a dozen men from their roots in Europe to the battles of Argonne, demonstrating how the War impacted US immigrants.

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

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

The Used Buy Counter will be closing at 3:30pm today for an author event.

Join acclaimed pop-up book-artist Matthew Reinhart in a paper-craft demo.  He’s the paper artist behind Strega Nona, Star Wars, Castle and more!

FUN with poetry for kids – really!!

An interactive Poetry night for kids!

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

We are pleased to welcome Puget Sound writer Elizabeth George for another novel of psychological suspense, this time featuring Scotland Yard Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley.

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In this second novel of the Dreamlight Trilogy from bestselling author Amanda Quick, psychic power and passion collide as a legendary curse comes to fruition

Bluegrass

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

Good grief!  It's the Peanuts gang onstage as Shorewood High School students preview their upcoming musical.

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

Perfect for book clubs is this paperback of Patrick Somerville’s acclaimed debut novel – a spare work exploring the meaning of family and the power to heal.

Bossa Nova

Join us in the Commons every Sunday 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.

Marvel at the improvisational talents of director Dennis Ashcroft and his 6th grade beginning jazz players, representing all of the 9 elementary schools in the Shoreline District.

Set in the slums of Casablanca, Laila Lalami's debut novel looks at the struggle for identity, the need for love and family, and the desperation that grips ordinary lives in a world divided by class, politics, and religion. Lalami’s first novel, following her story collection Hope and other Dangerous Pursuits, is the Seattle Public Library ’s 2010 Read.

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.

This event has been cancelled.

Friends of Third Place Commons invites you to celebrate our 10th anniversary, with music by the Whiskey Swillers (favorites at the Farmers Market), an art show and sampling of everything that happens in the Commons. Of course,there will be delectable Honey Bear cake for all!

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

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

THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED.  SHE WILL BE TAPING AN OPRAH SPECIAL THIS DAY, LOOK FOR HER IN OCTOBER!!

Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council presents winners of the annual poetry contest in student and adult categories, juried by poets Belle Randall and Janee J.Baugher. Published poets Jared Leising and Kelli Russell Agodon will read and discuss their work. Sponsored in part by Humanities Washington.

After Nam-a-Rama and Goodbye, Mexico, Phil  Jennings offers a clear eye to the truth about the
 Vietnam war in this The Politically Incorrect Guide™, somehow assuring laughs in the process.

Jazz

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

Shop our first Warehouse Sale.  Follow the signs to our 'warehouse' and save!

All books under $5...and some under $1!!

Get smart money advice from the Washington Society of CPAs. First workshop covers credit card basics, the second focuses on retirement planning. Look for a resource table in the Commons throughout the day.

Start the month with a blast of energy as members of Gansango perform traditional and modern dance and music from West Africa and the African diaspora. Sponsored by a generous grant from the Shoreline/Lake Forest Park Arts Council.

Get smart money advice from the Washington Society of CPAs. First workshop covers credit card basics, the second focuses on retirement planning. Look for a resource table in the Commons throughout the day.

In the 17th Hank Zipzer book Hank graduates from 5th grade. Fans of “The Fonz” the actor as well as Henry Winkler’s middle-reader books will be delighted to welcome him back to Third Place!

Receive a signing line ticket with your purchase of A Brand New Me!

Susannah Charleson and Puzzle, the Golden Retriever, work for an elite volunteer canine Search and Rescue team unit in Dallas that responds to local, state, and national cases.

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Shop our first Warehouse Sale.  Follow the signs to our 'warehouse' and save!

All books under $5...and some under $1!!

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

Celebrate Mother’s Day early with Friends and Village Yarn and Tea. Bring your wool (and your mother?) for an afternoon of creative stitching and music.

Join in spirited conversation on a variety of subjects.

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

Hear two outstanding groups perform traditional jazz band music on their annual spring tour.

Stone Barrington returns in the 18th Stuart Woods novel featuring the New York City attorney and his colorful sidekicks.

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 LFP Library gathering.

Practice your French with Madame Genevieve Bodner.

Meet Lisi Harrison –here with her second Alpha novel and the twelfth in her popular Clique series for young adults. 

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