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| Events for day: Sunday 01 November 2009 |
| 2:00pm - 4:00pm Tony Angell at Museum of Northwest Art Category : General Join Tony Angell, author of PUGET SOUND THROUGH AN ARTIST'S EYE, at the Museum of Northwest Art in La Conner, on November 1 at 2 p.m. Puget Sound's rich abundance of life - from mammals to avian - can be attributed to the fact that the region is far more than just a body of water. Edged by an extraordinary range of habitats, this region is visited and occupied year-round by species that are finely tuned to exploit the resources here that are necessary for their survival. Birds are among the most obvious occupants of these communities, and witnessing their dynamic lives has been a source of inspiration for artist and naturalist ... 4:00pm - 5:30pm Canyon Sam at Laurel Bookstore, Oakland Category : General Join Canyon Sam, author of SKY TRAIN, at Laurel Bookstore in Oakland, CA, on November 1 at 4 p.m. Through a lyrical narrative of her journey to Tibet in 2007, activist Canyon Sam contemplates modern history from the perspective of Tibetan women. Traveling on China's new "Sky Train," she celebrates Tibetan New Year with the Lhasa family whom she'd befriended decades earlier and concludes an oral-history project with women elders. As she uncovers stories of Tibetan women's courage, resourcefulness, and spiritual strength in the face of loss and hardship since the Chinese occupation of Tibet in 1950, and observes th ... |
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