Monday, December 2, 2024

Mars: Our Future on the Red Planet at Museum of Flight

The Museum of Flight 9404 East Marginal Way South, Skyline Room, Seattle, WA, United States

Join us for an evening reception, lecture and book signing with award-winning journalist Leonard David, as he talks about his book, Mars: Our Future on the Red Planet. Backed by extensive research, David—who has covered space for 50 years—considers the imminent settlement of humans on Mars in this companion book to the National Geographic six-part […]

$20 – $25

Seattle Lit Crawl 2017

October 19, 2017: You’re booked. 35+ events. 15+ venues. 1 awesome night. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for updates. Lit Crawl Seattle is a series of uncommon literary events — readings, performances, panel discussions, and beyond — that  take place in pubs, museums, cafes, libraries, and a host of other spaces throughout the Capitol Hill and First Hill neighborhoods […]

BAHFest with Zach Weinersmith

Temple De Hirsch 1441 16th Ave, Seattle, WA, United States

BAHFest is a celebration of well-argued and thoroughly researched but completely incorrect scientific theory. Our brave speakers present their bad theories in front of a live audience and a panel of judges with real scientific credentials, who together determine who takes home the coveted BAHFest trophy. Before the show, join author and founder of BAHFest […]

$1 – $30

Sci-Fi at Seattle Lit Crawl

Saint John's Bar and Eatery 719 East Pike Street , Seattle

Robots, Ray Guns, and Self-Saving Princesses Science Fiction takes over St. John's as these three authors start off the night with a reading of speculative fiction that includes robots, ray guns, self saving princesses and more. Hosted by: Caren Gussoff Sumption This event includes readings by: Cat Rambo Cat Rambo lives, writes, and teaches atop […]

Fundamental for Startups: The Realities of Idea Through Profits.

Fluke Hall 4000 Mason Road, Seattle, WA, United States

Our Startup Fundamentals series aims to provide our CoMotion Labs Community and ELC Community with FREE access to leading experts that can close the GAP in startup knowledge. These startup sessions will give startups, teams, students and community a chance to learn practical knowledge, as well as provide hands-on training, and networking opportunities with professionals […]

Free

Sara Wachter-Boettcher – Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Toxic Tech

Impact Hub 220 2nd Avenue South , Seattle, WA, United States

We conduct a substantial portion of our daily lives online, but to what degree do our own biases spread through our technology? Sara Wachter-Boettcher takes an unflinching look at the values, processes, and assumptions that inform decisions in the modern tech industry with her new book Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats […]

$5

Startup Grind Seattle Hosts Hanson Hosein Award Winning Journalist/Storyteller

Hanson earned law and journalism degrees in Montreal, Paris and New York, and then produced stories for NBC News in regions of conflict, winning Emmy and Overseas Press Club awards. He pioneered “backpack” journalism for NBC and CBC News in the Middle East as a TV war correspondent. He now shares the story-centric methodology as […]

$14

Lean Startup Seattle – Validation – Problem Solution Fit

Surf Incubator 1100 Dexter Ave, Seattle, WA, United States

Lean Startup Seattle is for anyone interested in the application of Lean Startup Principles and the Customer Development process developed by Steve Blank and refined by Eric Ries. We are bringing the Seattle Lean Startup community together in a variety of formats to learn from each other. Agenda 6:00 – Registration 6:15 – talking starts

Media Representation of Women of Color: An Open Conversation w/ Ijeoma Oluo

The Riveter 1517 12th Ave, Seattle, WA, United States

Join us for an evening of open conversation on the representation of women of color in the media with author of New York Times Best-Seller, So You Want to Talk About Race, and Editor-At-Large of The Establishment, Ijeoma Oluo. Ijeoma Oluo is a Seattle-based writer, speaker, and Internet Yeller.  She’s the author of the New York Times Best-Seller So […]

$15

Creating Digital Spaces Everyone Can Access (PUGS x UX Night School)

SE Uplift 3534 SE Main St, Portland, United States

This workshop provides an introduction to digital accessibility standards and practices and gives participants hands-on experience with assessing, testing, and implementing accessibility practices in the physical and digital realm. We’ll start this workshop by talking about what accessibility entails: why it matters, and who is excluded when we don’t adapt our online and physical spaces […]

$89