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X-WR-CALNAME:Seattle · literary · today · CalDiscovery BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Storywalk at Alderwood Park: César's Cerulean Surprise DTSTART:20260917T150000Z DTEND:20260918T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T003045Z UID:10060288-1789632000-1789666200@www.parentmap.com CATEGORIES:literary,outdoors DESCRIPTION:Walk along and read the Storywalk at Alderwood Park during the park’s open hours. The September/October title is César’s Cerulean S urprise by Jenny Lacika. \nCésar asks to borrow his sister Gabi’s cerul ean crayon\, but Gabi does not know what cerulean is and decides to identi fy the color by asking yes-no questions. It’s a window into an all-too-f amiliar sibling dynamic\, a slice of life many readers can identify with. Along with the subtle math hints\, both Gabi and César sprinkle in Spanis h words. Further explanation can be found in an author’s note\, along wi th interactive tips for adults\, showing how to encourage the math connect ions during reading. LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T003045Z LOCATION:Alderwood Park – Tacoma\, 208 Browns Point Blvd\, Tacoma\, WA\, 98422\, United States URL:https://www.parentmap.com/calendar/storywalk-at-alderwood-park-cesars- cerulean-surprise/2026-09-17/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_c ampaign=seattle-wa X-SOURCE-NAME:ParentMap X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.parentmap.com/calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Monthly Sip & Book Swap @ Paperboat Booksellers DTSTART:20260917T173000Z DTEND:20260917T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260911T025256Z UID:319@darbywinery.com CATEGORIES:drink,literary DESCRIPTION:Join us for our monthly Sip & Swap at Paperboat Booksellers on Thursday\, September 17 @ 5:30-7PM.\n\nBring a book(s) to swap and enjoy perusing and swapping with a $10 glass of Darby Wine in your hand!\n\nPape rboat Booksellers (4522 California Avenue SW\, Seattle\, WA\, 98116) LAST-MODIFIED:20260911T025256Z URL:https://darbywinery.com/events/monthly-sip-book-swap-paperboat-booksel lers/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=seattle-wa X-SOURCE-NAME:Darby Winery X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.darbywinery.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Great Minds 2026 DTSTART:20260918T010000Z DTEND:20260918T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260911T001702Z UID:1667259-1789668000-1789678800@hugohouse.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Great Minds 2026 \nJoin us on Thursday\, September 17 for our annual Great Minds event exploring Optimism\, Speculative Futures\, and t he Worlds We Dream Into Being. This is an evening about the futures we can still choose: worlds where communities thrive through cooperation\, wher e technology supports rather than replaces a deeper human connection\, an d where hope is treated as a serious creative act. Expect a conversation  \nthat moves from reckoning to hope while celebrating the diverse voices of women writers\, whose perspectives keep expanding our shared vision fo r the future. Readers and writers alike are invited to imagine together t he future we still have the power to write.  \n \nThis unforgettable even ing of conversation and performance features:  \nKira Jane Buxton\, Hedge brook alumna and author of Tartufo (2025)\, about a dying Tuscan village w hose residents discover a massive\, highly valuable white truffle that bri ngs both hope and chaotic upheaval. Buxton first called herself a writer i nside a Hedgebrook farmhouse. \n \nKathleen Alcalá\, Hedgebrook alumna an d author of Spirits of the Ordinary (1998)\, a novel that threads magical realism through nineteenth-century Mexico. She's a contributing writer to New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color (2020) and a Cla rion West graduate. \n \nRashida J. Smith\, author of the Grace Bloods ser ies and the Tooth & Spell books\, written under the pen name Jasmine Silve ra. She's Clarion West's Program Director\, a Clarion West graduate hersel f\, and will moderate the conversation. \n \nSirjana Kaur\, the 2026/2027 SAL Youth Poet Laureate\, who is using language to explore memory\, girlho od\, identity\, and faith. Bushwick Book Club Seattle singer-songwriters t o entertain us with original works inspired by our author’s works. \n \n We'll close with an audience Q&A and wrap with a reception featuring light -bites and apple cider from our retreat center on Whidbey Island. Attende es will leave with a curated reading list to keep the conversation going long after the night ends. A huge thanks to our partners at Clarion West\, the celebrated speculative fiction organization\, as well as Seattle Art s and Lectures\, Bushwick Book Club\, and Hugo House. \n \nGet tickets he re! LAST-MODIFIED:20260911T001702Z URL:https://hugohouse.org/event/great-minds-2026_2026-09-17/?utm_source=ca ldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=seattle-wa X-SOURCE-NAME:Hugo House X-SOURCE-URL:https://hugohouse.org/community-programs/open-mic-works-in-pr ogress END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR