Hotel Sorrento, under construction in 1909. The reading party takes place in its lobby.
Hotel Sorrento, under construction in 1909. The silent-reading party takes place in its lobby. Courtesy of Sorrento Hotel

There are a lot of things to do tonight. Eli Sanders is talking about his book While the City Slept (excerpt here)—which grew out of his Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting in The Stranger—at Town Hall at 7. Dan Savage is giving a talk stoned at King Street Station (it's very sold out). And Hillary and Bernie are having a Town Hall with the good people of New Hampshire (which Matt Baume will be liveslogging here).

But if none of that sounds quite right to you, if you want to relax and stare into the middle distance and think about nothing at all—or, hey, if you want to get some reading done—you could always come to the reading party. In case you don't know what the reading party is, here is some more detail. In case you want to know what the reading party sounds like, here is a radio segment about it KPLU produced.

Paul Matthew Moore will be on piano from 6 pm to 8 pm. It's all ages, it's free, and it's really fun in a Zen way. Bring a buck or two to tip your pianist.