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Michele Harper is a female African American emergency room physician in an overwhelmingly male and white profession. Brought up in Washington, D.C., in a complicated family, she went to Harvard, where she met her husband. They stayed…
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Join us as we sit down in conversation with Liz Wiseman, New York Times Best Selling author, researcher, and executive adviser. Liz will talk about her latest book, Impact Players: How to Take the Lead, Play Bigger and Multiply Your…
Registration requiredRegister for event Bushido—the way of the warrior—is the code of ethics practiced by the samurai warriors of ancient Japan, a code which includes courage, integrity, benevolence, respect, honesty, honor, and loyalty.
Through her own story of using Bushido to…
Registration closes August 27 at 12:00pm (82 spots remaining)Register for event
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Join us in conversation with bestselling author and expert in child development, Dr. Michele Borba, as she discusses her book, Thrivers: Surprising Reasons Why Some Kids Struggle and Others Shine.
Dr. Michele Borba empowers educators…
Registration requiredRegister for event Have you heard that the real estate market on Whidbey Island is slowing? It is, sort of; but it isn't as simple as up versus down. Compare to five years ago, or ten. We will do that. Whidbey is changing as some leave and others arrive.…
Come see a therapy miniature horse from the Triple B Foundation! Hear stories about horses and learn about pet therapy, do a craft, and meet Streaker the miniature horse!
This event will be outside, weather allowing, or in the children's…
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Join us for a conversation with prolific British-American writer, journalist, and consummate adventurer Simon Winchester. This author talk will cover many aspects of his work across myriad fields of history, technology, and geology as well…
Registration requiredRegister for event A film can build tension through editing, just like a simmering stew builds flavor through a slow dance between ingredients. Putting food and film together, however, opens movie lovers up to a slew of wonderful experiences and shared…
Registration closes September 22 at 4:30pm (39 spots remaining)Register for event
A pandemic, protests, and economic jolts ushered in the so-called “Roaring Twenties.” Americans adjusted in ways both innovative and counterproductive. What lessons from the 1920s can we apply to our own looming 20s?Join historian William…
Registration closes September 24 at 12:00pm (98 spots remaining)Register for event
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Join us for an afternoon with Pulitzer Prize finalist and PEN/Faulkner Award winner Hernan Diaz, author of In the Distance and Trust. Diaz holds a Ph.D. from NYU and edits, the Spanish-language journal Revista Hispánica Moderna, at…
Registration requiredRegister for event In 2015, two sisters walked 500 miles across Spain on the Camino de Santiago. This year, one of the sisters returned, this time on the Portuguese route to Santiago. Why would she want to repeat this experience? Why do 350,000 people do this…
Registration required (55 spots remaining)Register for eventDo you have a tender heart for animals? Are you concerned with ending animal cruelty?
Join us for Sanctuary Stories with Pasado's Safe Haven, a storytelling-based animal experience that brings real issues to life in a way that inspires…
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Matika Wilbur was raised in the Swinomish Tribal community and is enrolled in the Tulalip Tribe, where she currently lives with her husband and baby. She integrates fine art and social justice as a long-form photo documentarian,…
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Come learn the Medicare basics – how it works and what it costs. Know when and how to sign up for Medicare and Social Security. Let Seniors' Insurance Services – a Guided Medicare Solution, help you with the complexities of Medicare.
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We invite you to join us for a talk with Dr. Aziz Gazipura, one of the world’s leading experts on social confidence as he discusses how to stop being too nice and worrying about what others might think.
Are you too nice? Do you find it…
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Join us in conversation with popular CNN Anchor, Zain E. Asher, as she discusses her moving and inspiring memoir Where the Children Take Us.
In Where the Children Take Us, Zain E. Asher, tells the story of her mother's harrowing fight to…
Registration requiredRegister for event Meet local author Terry Clayton as he discusses his book- Facing the Moment.With the critical eye of a historian, Clayton looks at the dynamic elements of social change that have influenced the course of humanity and their…
Laughter shapes the way we listen to each other, and can be a signal of who belongs—and who doesn’t.
While everyone finds different things funny, we all have experienced laughter. And what we find funny shapes how we interconnect. Through…
Registration closes October 22 at 12:00pm (97 spots remaining)Register for event- Online event
Join us for a captivating conversation with historical fiction writer Kate Quinn as she discusses her newest release, The Diamond Eye, and her other works. Quinn is the author of several New York Times bestsellers, including The Alice…
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