Third Place Books - Events Feed

Playtime!

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:22:05 -0500

Start: Feb 8 2012 - 10:00am

End: Feb 8 2012 - 11:30am

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.

Defending Jacob by William Landay

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:39:01 -0500

Start: Feb 8 2012 - 7:00pm

End: Feb 8 2012 - 8:00pm

Award-winning author William Landay has written the consummate novel of an embattled family in crisis—a suspenseful, character-driven mystery that is also a spellbinding tale of guilt, betrayal, and the terrifying speed at which our lives can spin out of control

Friends of the Community Breakfast Fundraiser: The Commons and Farmers Market

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 01:40:43 -0500

Start: Feb 9 2012 - 7:00am

End: Feb 9 2012 - 8:29am

Join us for the annual Friends of Third Place Commons Breakfast on Thursday, February 9, from 7 to 8:29 am. Tickets cost $40 per person, or you can buy a table for 8 friends for $300.

Available online at www.thirdplacecommons.org, or from the Bookstore cashiers. It’s the perfect way to start the day and support your Commons. Questions? Call 206-366-3302.

Writers' Workshop

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:56:28 -0500

Start: Feb 9 2012 - 10:00am

End: Feb 9 2012 - 12:00pm

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

Spanish Conversation Group

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:08:32 -0500

Start: Feb 9 2012 - 5:30pm

End: Feb 9 2012 - 7:00pm

Get ready for that trip to Barcelona! Join advanced-to-beginning Spanish speakers for casual conversation.

The Silence of Our Friends - CANCELLED!!

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:26:38 -0500

Start: Feb 9 2012 - 7:00pm

End: Feb 9 2012 - 8:00pm

Outside the Lines by Amy Hatvany

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:43:12 -0500

Start: Feb 10 2012 - 7:00pm

End: Feb 10 2012 - 8:00pm

“Like a gorgeous dark jewel, Hatvany’s exquisitely rendered novel explores the tragedy of a mind gone awry, a tangled bond of father and daughter, and the way hope and love sustain us. This novel does what the best fiction does: it makes us see and experience the world differently.” —Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Pictures of You

Howdy Boys "Bluegrass"

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:41:22 -0500

Start: Feb 10 2012 - 7:30pm

End: Feb 10 2012 - 9:30pm

Listen Here!

T'ai Chi

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:17:11 -0500

Start: Feb 11 2012 - 8:45am

End: Feb 11 2012 - 9:45am

Practitioners of all ability levels, ages 13 and above, are welcome on a weekly or drop-in basis.

Twilight of the Blondes by Karoline Morrison

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:55:37 -0500

Start: Feb 11 2012 - 6:30pm

End: Feb 11 2012 - 7:30pm

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Ocho Pies "Afro-Cuban"

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:42:32 -0500

Start: Feb 11 2012 - 7:30pm

End: Feb 11 2012 - 9:30pm

Listen H ere!

Third Place Gamers

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:47:09 -0500

Start: Feb 12 2012 - 1:00pm

End: Feb 12 2012 - 8:00pm

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

Project Anime

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:37:34 -0500

Start: Feb 12 2012 - 2:00pm

End: Feb 12 2012 - 4:00pm

Are you into Anime? How about fashion? The two combine into a colorful fashion show on the Commons stage. This senior project, produced by Shorecrest student Sonja Hazelton, also raises awareness for the Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance: www.tsalliance.org/

Mah Jongg

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:23:07 -0500

Start: Feb 13 2012 - 9:00am

End: Feb 13 2012 - 4:30pm

Every Monday, the Shoreline-LFP Senior Center welcomes players of all skill levels to a day of Mah Jongg.

Good Knits Book Club - The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:29:54 -0500

Start: Feb 13 2012 - 7:00pm

End: Feb 13 2012 - 8:00pm

Join us to knit or crochet while we discuss The Housekeeper and the Professor, an enchanting story about what it means to live in the present, and about the curious equations that can create a family.

New to knitting? Come at 6:30 and get a free lesson.

LFP Garden Club Meeting

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:39:22 -0500

Start: Feb 14 2012 - 9:15am

End: Feb 14 2012 - 11:30am

The Lake Forest Park Garden Club holds its monthly business meeting at 9:15, and a public program at 10:30.

This month, EagleSong Evans presents "For the Love of Herbs."

French Conversation

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:29:53 -0500

Start: Feb 14 2012 - 5:30pm

End: Feb 14 2012 - 7:00pm

Practice your French with Madame Genevieve Bodner.

League of Women Voters at LFP Library

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:42:54 -0500

Start: Feb 15 2012 - 9:30am

End: Feb 15 2012 - 11:30am

Study, discuss and act on governmental issues. *Note: this event has moved to the Lake Forest Park Library.

Playtime!

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:23:31 -0500

Start: Feb 15 2012 - 10:00am

End: Feb 15 2012 - 11:30am

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.

Nourished by Judy Barnes Baker - RESCHEDULED

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:53:21 -0500

Start: Feb 15 2012 - 7:00pm

End: Feb 15 2012 - 8:00pm

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Writers' Workshop

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:54:53 -0500

Start: Feb 16 2012 - 10:00am

End: Feb 16 2012 - 12:00pm

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

Left for Dead by J.A. Jance

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:49:51 -0500

Start: Feb 16 2012 - 1:00pm

End: Feb 16 2012 - 2:30pm

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Luncheon with Nathan Englander @ RAVENNA THIRD PLACE BOOKS

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:48:04 -0500

Start: Feb 16 2012 - 1:00pm

End: Feb 16 2012 - 2:00pm

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Spanish Conversation Group

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:10:04 -0500

Start: Feb 16 2012 - 5:30pm

End: Feb 16 2012 - 7:00pm

Get ready for that trip to Madrid! Join advanced-to-beginning Spanish speakers for casual conversation.

Great Books Discussion Group

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:13:45 -0500

Start: Feb 16 2012 - 7:00pm

End: Feb 16 2012 - 9:00pm

Are you ready to revisit the classics, or maybe read them for the first time? Enjoy discussing them with other literary enthusiasts.

Mirage by Matt Ruff

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:03:33 -0500

Start: Feb 17 2012 - 7:00pm

End: Feb 17 2012 - 8:00pm

A mind-bending novel in which an alternate history of 9/11 and its aftermath uncovers startling truths about America and the Middle East. Acclaimed novelist Matt Ruff has created a shadow world that is eerily recognizable but, at the same time, almost unimaginable. Gripping, subversive, and unexpectedly moving, The Mirage probes our deepest convictions and most arresting fears.

Los Flacos "Latin Folk"

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:47:12 -0500

Start: Feb 17 2012 - 7:30pm

End: Feb 17 2012 - 9:30pm

Listen Here!

T'ai Chi

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:18:19 -0500

Start: Feb 18 2012 - 8:45am

End: Feb 18 2012 - 9:45am

Practitioners of all ability levels, ages 13 and above, are welcome on a weekly or drop-in basis.

Seattle Pen Club

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:17:53 -0500

Start: Feb 18 2012 - 11:00am

End: Feb 18 2012 - 1:00pm

Fountain pen fans welcome all who share their hobby. More information at www.seattlepenclub.com.

Heroscape Game Day

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:44:16 -0500

Start: Feb 18 2012 - 1:00pm

End: Feb 18 2012 - 10:00pm

Already play? Just learning? Come to Heroscape game day at the Commons, third Saturday every month!

Total Experience Gospel Choir

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:44:33 -0500

Start: Feb 18 2012 - 2:00pm

End: Feb 18 2012 - 3:00pm

Celebrate African American History month with this internationally acclaimed gospel singing choir. This is part of the Music of the Americas series made possible by a grant from 4Culture.

Don't miss this event – the Total Experience Gospel Choir always rocks the Commons!

Rescheduled: This event was "snowed out" last month.

Red Goddess Rising by Halle Eavelyn

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:05:12 -0500

Start: Feb 18 2012 - 7:00pm

End: Feb 18 2012 - 8:00pm

Halle Eavelyn’s first trip to Egypt was beyond her wildest expectations, triggering a deeper understanding of self she didn’t know could exist, and putting her on the path to lead spiritual journeys. Humorous and deeply moving, Red Goddess Rising follows her transformation from reluctant spiritual tourist, through the staggering revelation of the truth of her soul, to her new life guiding other travelers though the mysteries of ancient spirituality.

85th Street Swing Band "Swing"

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:51:58 -0500

Start: Feb 18 2012 - 7:30pm

End: Feb 18 2012 - 9:30pm

Listen Here!

Milner Family Fiddles

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:46:22 -0500

Start: Feb 19 2012 - 11:00am

End: Feb 19 2012 - 12:30pm

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

Third Place Gamers

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:48:11 -0500

Start: Feb 19 2012 - 1:00pm

End: Feb 19 2012 - 8:00pm

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

Mah Jongg

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:24:15 -0500

Start: Feb 20 2012 - 9:00am

End: Feb 20 2012 - 4:30pm

Every Monday, the Shoreline-LFP Senior Center welcomes players of all skill levels to a day of Mah Jongg.

Teen Writing Group at LFP Library

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:44:05 -0500

Start: Feb 21 2012 - 4:00pm

End: Feb 21 2012 - 5:00pm

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

*Note: this event has moved to the newly renovated Lake Forest Park Library.

French Conversation

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:30:55 -0500

Start: Feb 21 2012 - 5:30pm

End: Feb 21 2012 - 7:00pm

Practice your French with Madame Genevieve Bodner.

History of a Pleasure Seeker by Richard Mason

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:08:32 -0500

Start: Feb 21 2012 - 7:00pm

End: Feb 21 2012 - 8:00pm

Richard Mason has produced an opulent, romantic coming-of-age drama set at the height of Europe’s belle époque. History of a Pleasure Seeker is a brilliantly rendered portrait of the senses, a novel about pleasure and those seeking it; those who embrace it, luxuriate in it, need it; and those who deprive themselves of it as they do those they love.

Playtime!

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:25:03 -0500

Start: Feb 22 2012 - 10:00am

End: Feb 22 2012 - 11:30am

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.

Getting Around Puget Sound

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:49:20 -0500

Start: Feb 22 2012 - 11:00am

End: Feb 22 2012 - 1:00pm

Do you need to find ways to get around the area? Meet with Hopelink volunteers to talk about all the options: bus, taxis, volunteer drivers, ride sharing, and community transportation. Look for the table with the Hopelink tablecloth.

Writers' Workshop

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:57:42 -0500

Start: Feb 23 2012 - 10:00am

End: Feb 23 2012 - 12:00pm

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

Spanish Conversation Group

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:11:53 -0500

Start: Feb 23 2012 - 5:30pm

End: Feb 23 2012 - 5:30pm

Get ready for that trip to Mexico City! Join advanced-to-beginning Spanish speakers for casual conversation.

Breaking the Code : A Father's Secret, a Daughter's Journey, and the Question That Changed Everything by Karen Fisher-Alaniz

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:13:36 -0500

Start: Feb 23 2012 - 7:00pm

End: Feb 23 2012 - 8:00pm

Whether close or distant to us our parents are our most unexplored mystery. On his 81st birthday Karen’s father placed two weathered notebooks on her lap, with more than four hundred pages of letters he’d written to his parents during World War II. Thus began an unintended journey, one taken by a father and daughter who thought they knew each other, a journey of healing and discovery that started with a leap of faith.

Mourad : New Moroccan by Mourad Lahlou - RESCHEDULED!

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:15:20 -0500

Start: Feb 24 2012 - 6:30pm

End: Feb 24 2012 - 7:30pm

This book is anything but a dutifully authentic documentation of Moroccan home cooking. The great classics are all here--the basteeya, the couscous, the preserved lemons, and much more. But Lahlou adapts them in stunningly creative ways that take a Moroccan idea to a whole new place.

JOIN US FOR AN EVENING OF FOOD AND CONVERSATION!

Gothard Sisters "Irish Fiddles & Step Dancing"

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:53:27 -0500

Start: Feb 24 2012 - 7:30pm

End: Feb 24 2012 - 7:30pm

Listen Here!

T'ai Chi

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:19:23 -0500

Start: Feb 25 2012 - 8:45am

End: Feb 25 2012 - 9:45am

Practitioners of all ability levels, ages 13 and above, are welcome on a weekly or drop-in basis.

Pineapple Grenade by Tim Dorsey

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:16:56 -0500

Start: Feb 25 2012 - 7:00pm

End: Feb 25 2012 - 8:00pm

Gloriously unrepentant Florida serial killer Serge Storms is back in another outrageous crime comedy. In Pineapple Grenade, the incomparable Serge takes up spying for the president of a banana republic, and now Homeland Security wants to bring him down. It’s always a wild ride when Dorsey’s at the wheel, and with Pineapple Grenade he delivers his most explosively hilarious road trip to date.

Stickshift Annie "Blues"

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:00:22 -0500

Start: Feb 25 2012 - 7:30pm

End: Feb 25 2012 - 9:30pm

Listen Here!

Third Place Gamers

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:49:19 -0500

Start: Feb 26 2012 - 1:00pm

End: Feb 26 2012 - 8:00pm

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

Girl Scout Songfest

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:51:40 -0500

Start: Feb 26 2012 - 1:30pm

End: Feb 26 2012 - 3:30pm

For their 100th year Anniversary, Girl Scouts of all ages will gather in the Commons to celebrate with song, historical bingo, and crafts.

For more information, contact Sara Gómez at(425) 614-1126, or email SGomez @ GirlScoutsWW.org

Computer Q & A

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:53:14 -0500

Start: Feb 26 2012 - 2:30pm

End: Feb 26 2012 - 4:00pm

Come share your computer questions and concerns during this free monthly Q& A session. This month’s topic is: Laptops, Desktops, Tablets or Smart Phones - What and why to buy?

Mah Jongg

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:25:33 -0500

Start: Feb 27 2012 - 9:00am

End: Feb 27 2012 - 4:30pm

Every Monday, the Shoreline-LFP Senior Center welcomes players of all skill levels to a day of Mah Jongg.

German Conversation

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:51:09 -0500

Start: Feb 27 2012 - 5:30pm

End: Feb 27 2012 - 7:00pm

This is a chance for speakers of all levels to practice in a supportive atmosphere.

Third Place Book Club - The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:31:52 -0500

Start: Feb 27 2012 - 7:00pm

End: Feb 27 2012 - 7:00pm

Thoughtful, provocative, poignant, unforgettable, The Speed of Dark is a gripping exploration into the mind of an autistic person as he struggles with profound questions of humanity and matters of the heart.

Join Jane for a lively discussion!

French Conversation

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:31:56 -0500

Start: Feb 28 2012 - 5:30pm

End: Feb 28 2012 - 7:00pm

Practice your French with Madame Genevieve Bodner.

Everyday Heaven by Cheryl Dalsanders - RESCHEDULED

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:17:40 -0500

Start: Feb 28 2012 - 7:00pm

End: Feb 28 2012 - 8:00pm

Everyday
Heaven is

Playtime!

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:29:44 -0500

Start: Feb 29 2012 - 10:00am

End: Feb 29 2012 - 11:30am

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.

Peter Lewis, Dead in the Dregs

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:26:07 -0500

Start: Feb 29 2012 - 10:00am

End: Feb 29 2012 - 11:30am

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.

Cinnamon Roll Murder by Joanne Fluke

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:22:17 -0500

Start: Feb 29 2012 - 7:00pm

End: Feb 29 2012 - 8:00pm

Readers keep coming back for another helping of bestselling author Joanne Fluke’s cozy mysteries, featuring Minnesota bake shop owner Hannah Swensen and her delicious original recipes.