Get Feral Tonight: Novella Carpenter reads from her new book Gone Feral: Tracking My Dad Through the Wild at Town Hall tonight. Carpenter, who is a former inhabitant of this city and a generally excellent person in person (she always looks at you when she talks), made some waves in the urbanist world a few years ago with the book Farm City and The Essential Urban Farmer. If the city of the future hopes to be sustainable, it will have to see the return of farm animals.

Sit Your Ass Down at the Olympic Sculpture Park: The sculpture park is owned by Seattle Art Museum, but really it’s largely the legacy of two backers, Jon and Mary Shirley. Mary, who died last year, was a salty and passionate person. The board of trustees got together and pooled some money, and now there’s a silvery bench in her honor near the pavilion at the park. It looks a little like a curvy sliver of cloud, the silver lining, maybe, or maybe a curl off of one of the cigarettes she was always smoking. The artist is one of Shirley’s favorites, Ginny Ruffner, herself a gem.

Paul Mazursky: The director of films like Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice and Down and Out in Beverly Hills has died. Lena Dunham is paying tribute to his comic genius on Twitter.

Minimalism Is the New Maximalism: The new issue of Spartan, the local literary magazine with that bills itself as a home for "minimalist prose," is available for free online.

The George Lucas Museum! WTF.

Robin Thicke Is Just Asking for It: Read all about how Robin Thicke's Twitter interview turned into a PR nightmare:


Twice as Thicke: In other Thicke news, The Vulture published a survey of some of the worst moments on Thicke's new album, which is an uncomfortable ode to his wife Paula Patton, who recently dumped his ass.

Their Silly Walks Will Be Stiffer: Monty Python is reuniting one last time. (Thanks for the tip, @boygobong!)

The Pause That Refreshes: It's hot out there. Why don't you let this guy pour you a nice cool glass of Thai iced tea?