READINGS
*JOANNA SCOTT
See Stranger Suggests, page 44. University Book Store, 4326 University Way NE, 634-3400, 8 pm, free.
KATHLEEN THOMPSON
Thompson, author of the feminist classic Against Rape, and co-editor of landmark references such as A Shining Thread of Hope: The History of Black Women in America and Encyclopedia of Black Women, visits Elliott Bay as co-editor of a book of historic photographs: The Face of Our Past: Images of Black Women from Colonial America to the Present. She will present a slide show. Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S Main St, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
*IAN FRAZIER
Frazier's received a lot of critical praise, not only for tackling a little-understood subject, but for his humane and profound portraiture in On the Rez, a chronicle of life among the Oglala Sioux. Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S Main St, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
*ANN POWERS
New York Times pop music critic Ann Powers spent part of her career here in Seattle. Her new book, Weird Like Us, attempts to chronicle the "bohemian" hike to fame she took and to define what selling out means via intimate scenes, quotidian philosophizing, and irreverence. Come see what it adds up to. Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S Main St, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
GRIOT GROOVE
The list of writers participating in Seattle Center's Festival Sundiata's line-up includes Derek Sparks, Dexter Clay, Dobbie Norris, Brenda Givens, Nu Black Arts West Theater, Georgia McDade, Joe Calhoun, Percy Allen, Deborah Horne, Charles Mudede, Charles Jeffreys, Bill Wassmuth, Wayne French, Robin Dawn Kelly, Mona Lake Jones, and many others too numerous to list. Panels and presentations continue through Mon Feb 21. See www.nwblackent.com/festivalsundiata
JEAN SHINODA BOLEN, MD
Jungian analyst and feminist activist scholar Bolen discusses her new book, The Millionth Circle: How to Change Ourselves and the World: The Essential Guide to Women's Circles. Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S Main St, 624-6600, 3 pm, free.
SHERI HOLMAN
19th-century England is full of pox and pestilence in Holman's novel The Dress Lodger, in which 15-year-old Gustine must pull a Moll Flanders to survive pitfalls. Described as "dazzlingly researched." Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S Main St, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
SHERI HOLMAN
See Tuesday listing. Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, 366-3300, 7 pm, free.
CRAIG LESLEY
Storm Riders is Lesley's latest deep-delving novel, a remotely set rural story of a relationship between a father and his mildly retarded son, described as "heartbreaking" and "redemptive." Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S Main St, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
Note to regularly programmed open mics: The Stranger will list events only if we receive an announcement-regular listings will be dropped unless we are notified that the events are in fact ongoing.
665
Count the days no more-665 is back, reconfigured by Salon Productions. This open mic is hosted by Sarah Sharp, with featured readers adding to the equation. Four Angels Cafe, 1400 14th Ave at Union, 264-5139, 7:30 sign-up, free.
SPOKEN WORD
Each and every Thursday, this venerable Pioneer Square venue spotlights music, poetry, and comedy. Pioneer Square Saloon, 73 Yesler Way, 624-6444, 8:30 pm, free.
RED SKY POETRY THEATER
Seattle's longest-running reading series livens up the tiny Globe Cafe. This week features Noel Franklin. See bio box. Globe Cafe, 1531 14th & Pine, 633-5647, 7:30 pm, free (donation).
HOMELAND
Hosted by Circus and friends, "Seattle's own Little Bohemia" emerges from a hiatus transformed. The Globe Cafe, 1531 14th Ave at Pike, 264-5139, 7:30 sign-up, free.
SEATTLE POETRY SLAM
Tonight, Seattle's highest-powered slam celebrates seven years of existence. Dutch Ned's, 206 First Ave S, 340-8859, www.seattlepoetryslam.org, 9 pm, $3.
