Meet Kit Bakke, author of Protest on Trial: The Seattle 7 Conspiracy as part of Literary Voices.  Tickets (for entire event): $150 per person or $1,500 per table.

After a 1970 protest at Seattle’s downtown federal building turned violent, authorities arrested seven Seattle Liberation Front members–including a University of Washington professor and students. They faced federal conspiracy and intent to riot indictments, but the real issue was Americans’ freedom to organize and protest. Kit Bakke, author of Protest on Trial: The Seattle 7 Conspiracy, will discuss the chaotic trial, surprising tactics used by the FBI and judicial system, what it meant for the young activists, and why it still…

After a 1970 protest at Seattle’s downtown federal building turned violent, authorities arrested seven Seattle Liberation Front members–including a University of Washington professor and students. They faced federal conspiracy and intent to riot indictments, but the real issue was Americans’ freedom to organize and protest. Kit Bakke, author of Protest on Trial: The Seattle 7 Conspiracy, will discuss the chaotic trial, surprising tactics used by the FBI and judicial system, what it meant for the young activists, and why it still…

Come meet Lauren Danner, author of Crown Jewel Wilderness: Creating North Cascades National Park, and discover the story behind Washington’s spectacularly majestic third national park. She chronicles how concern over natural resource agency policies—one favoring tourism development and the other promoting logging in national forests—plus  conservationists’ activism and skillful political compromise, eventually led to its creation 50 years ago in 1968. Lauren Danner

Come meet Crimson Spoon: Plating Regional Cuisine on the Palouse author Jamie R. Callison! He became executive chef in the Washington State University School of Hospitality Business Management in 2006. Callison builds relationships with local farmers and the WSU organic program to ensure the ability of local, sustainable products for university guests. He is responsible for purchasing and receiving organized food and service production, and he establishes and maintains standards for quality control and sanitation in the J. Willard and Alice…

Beginning with a stolen Tlingit totem pole and stretching to a Ken Griffey Jr. sculpture, Seattle offers an impressive abundance of public monuments, statues, busts, and plaques. Explore the history of these works and the stories behind them,including funding, artists, sites, public opinion, and more, with Monumental Seattle author Robert Spalding.  

Come meet Candace Wellman, the award-winning author of "Peace Weavers: Uniting the Salish Coast through Cross-Cultural Marriages," and learn about the peace-weaving alliances that played a crucial role in Pacific Northwest settlement. The four intermarried women she profiles left a lasting legacy in their Puget Sound communities

Come meet Candace Wellman, the award-winning author of "Peace Weavers: Uniting the Salish Coast through Cross-Cultural Marriages," and learn about the peace-weaving alliances that played a crucial role in Pacific Northwest settlement. The four intermarried women she profiles left a lasting legacy in their Puget Sound communities.