Back when Henry Miller’s sexy books were banned, Mary Randlett was a teenager with a camera, and her pictures of Miller and his toddler were completely unexpected. Randlett continued to make her own art while capturing other artists—and her portraits form a new book with short biographical essays by writer Frances McCue. What was it like taking the last known photographs of Theodore Roethke? Hear them talk and buy the book. It’s a reference volume on Northwest culture as well as a bound art exhibition in its own right. (Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave, townhallseattle.org, 7:30 pm, $5)