A List Of Past Folio Programs
2020
12.23 AUTHORS: Jazz by Toni Morrison
12.17 NOTIS: Meet the Translator: Becky Crook
12.16 LITERATURE: Un-book Discussion Group
12.14 LITERATURE: Shared Inquiry for Book Discussion Groups
12.10 NOTIS: Meet the Translator: Jenni Salmi
12.07 LITERATURE: The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
12.04 POETRY: Motherhood Poetry Reading
12.03 AUTHORS: Reganland with Nick Perlstein
12.02 LITERATURE: Un-book Discussion Group
12.01 LITERATURE: Citizen by Claudia Rankine
11.28 WRITING: NanoWrimo Write-ins at Folio
11.25 AUTHORS: Beloved by Toni Morrison
11.21 WRITING: NanoWrimo Write-ins at Folio
11.18 ELECTIONS 2020: Conclusion
11.18 LITERATURE: Un-book Discussion Group
11.17 LITERATURE: Theorm Book Launch
11.14 WRITING: NanoWrimo Write-ins at Folio
11.11 LITERATURE: Antigone by Sophocles
11.07 WRITING: NanoWrimo Write-ins at Folio
11.04 LITERATURE: Un-book Discussion Group
10.28 AUTHORS: Tar Baby by Toni Morrison
10.26 ELECTIONS 2020: Who's Going To Win?
10.21 LITERATURE: Un-book Discussion Group
10.19 MINDFULNESS: Learning To Live With Clarity and Ease
10.15 NOTIS: Meet the Translator: Allison DeFreese
10.14 LITERATURE: A Lesson Before Dying by Earnest Gaines
10.13 LITERATURE: My Unforgotten Seattle by Ron Chew
10.07 LITERATURE: Un-book Discussion Group
10.06 LITERATURE: The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
10.01 AUTHORS: The Writer's Library: An Interview With Nancy Pearl
09.29 MUSIC: Literary Inspiration in Opera: Verdi & Wagner
09.23 AUTHORS: Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
09.21 AUTHORS: The Apocalypse Factory by Steve Olson
09.21 ELECTIONS 2020: The Economy As An Election Issue
09.21 Shared Inquiry for Book Discussion Groups
09.17 NOTIS: Meet the Translator: Lola Rogers
09.16 LITERATURE: Un-book Discussion Group
09.14 LITERATURE: Reading Walden In The Time of Covid with Barry Andrews
08.20 NOTIS: Meet the Translator Shelly Fairweather-Vega
08.26 AUTHORS: Sula by Toni Morrison
08.13 ELECTIONS 2020: Race, Protests and Politics
08.04 LITERATURE: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs
07.29 AUTHORS: The Mirror & The Light by Hilary Mantel
07.22 AUTHORS: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
07.20 AUTHORS: Quitter - A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse and Recovery with Erica Barnett
07.15 LITERATURE: Un-book Discussion Group
07.06 ELECTIONS 2020: Foreign Policy
06.25 ELECTIONS 2020: Donald Trump
06.17 LITERATURE: Un-book Discussion Group
06.10 LITERATURE: Elektra - Euripides Oxford World Classic
06.01 LITERATURE: Un-book Discussion Group
05.26 ELECTIONS 2020: Overview with David Domke
05.11 LITERATURE: Shared Inquiry for Book Discussion Groups
05.01 LITERATURE: Shared Inquiry for Book Discussion Groups
04.08 LITERATURE: House Made of Dawn by Scott Momaday
04.08 LITERATURE: Housekeeping by Marilyn Robinson
02.21 PANEL: Seattle Area Archivists: Leveraging Business Archives
02.20 NOTIS: The Untranslatable: A Talk with Allison deFreese
02.11 WRITING: The Romance of Travel Writing
02.04 MUSIC: Fulton St. Chamber Players
01.24 MUSIC: Seattle Modern Orchestra: Inside Out
01.23 AUTHORS: Knute Berger and Mary Ann Gwinn: "Seattle, Past to Present"
01.16 NOTIS: Literary Translation Feedback Forum
01.15 LITERATURE: The Art of Translation
2016
12.20 AUTHORS: Dead Feminists: Alive and Well
12.13 DANCE: SeattleDances' Dance CHAT
12.09 FORUM: We Told You So: Comics as Art
12.08 NOTIS: Literary Translator Meetup
11.17 FORUM: Egypt's First Capital at Hierakonpolis with Dr. Renée Friedman
11.15 FORUM: Coping with Trump: Civic Therapy Session
11.09 FORUM: Cleopatra's Pearls: Trade and Adornment in Roman Egypt
11.05 LECTURE: Reclaiming Conversation with Author Sherry Turkle
10.27 FORUM: Lit Crawl Seattle
10.25 FORUM: Kondracke and Merry: Shaking the Political Foundations
10.18 MUSIC: Fulton Street Chamber Players: Haydn and Beethoven
10.17 The Northwest Sublime: A Literary/Musical Salute to Moss, a New NW Journal
10.12 FORUM: Solving King Tut's Death
10.05 MUSIC: A Piano-Warming Concert with Judith Cohen
09.28 FORUM: Shaking Up Seattle Media
09.27 MUSIC: Diane Thome, Pioneer Composer
09.21 AUTHORS: Novelist, Amor Towles
09.14 LECTURE: Contesting Egypt's Antiquities
09.13 FORUM: Colombia's New Path
08.25 FORUM: Cyberwarfare, Russia, and the CIA
08.03 AUTHORS: Who Was Chief Seattle?
07.14 FORUM: Brexit, Trump, and Populism
07.07 MUSIC: Musical Preview of Seattle Chamber Music Festival
06.29 FORUM: Citizen Activism in the Age of Bernie
06.23 AUTHORS: The World of the Makahs
06.22 MUSIC: Beethoven & Dvorak with the Fulton Street Chamber Players
06.16 Transforming Oregon's Politics
06.14 AUTHORS: How Government Shapes Prosperity
05.24 AUTHORS: Gender Equity in the Workplace
05.12 AUTHORS: The American Style of Assassination
05.05 FORUM: Getting a Good Job after College
04.29 POETRY: Poets Three
04.20 AUTHORS: The Comma Queen
04.14 AUTHORS: Secular Faith and American Politics
04.13 AUTHORS: Memoir of a Sherpa
03.30 AUTHORS: FDR’s Conservation Legacy
03.15 MUSIC: Fulton Street Chamber Players: All Mozart
03.14 AUTHORS: Opus Next: Douglas Smith on his new biography of Rasputin
03.10 FORUM: Sizing up Scalia
02.18 AUTHORS: The Saga of Lewis G. Clarke, Born a ‘White’ Slave
01.30 MUSIC: Beethoven in China
2015
12.16 AUTHORS: Opus Next: Claire Dederer on her forthcoming memoir
11.18 AUTHORS: Knute Berger
10.28 AUTHORS: Lynda Mapes
10.27 AUTHORS: Book Launch Party: Christopher T. Bayley
10.22 FORUM: Lit Crawl Seattle
08.26 AUTHORS: Morton Kondrake
07.22 AUTHORS: Robert W. Merry
2019
12.19 NOTIS: Poetry Translation Workshop
11.22 AUTHORS: Elaine Sciolino THE SEINE: The River That Made Paris
11.21 NOTIS: True Crime - A True Translation Story
11.20 WRITING: Nonfiction Panel Discussion
11.19 MUSIC: Fulton Street Chamber Players
11.18 WRITING: Your Literary Archive: For Writers
11.14 AUTHORS: Roland De Wolk: American Disruptor. The Scandalous Life of Leland Stanford.
11.13 ART: 1845: Memento Mori - Paula Stokes
11.12 FORUM: Democracy in Danger. The United States
10.22 AUTHORS: Brian Eyler: Last Days of the Mighty Mekong
10.21 FORUM: Democracy in Danger. The Middle East.
10.17 NOTIS: Literary Translation Feedback Forum
10.17 LECTURE: Christine Hemp: From Homer to #hashtags: Our Changing Language
10.10 LECTURE: Mayumi Tsutakawa: Washington’s Undiscovered Feminists
10.03 LECTURE: Feliks Banel: Storm Warning
09.27 Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America
09.26 NOTIS: Mercedes Guhl
06.27 Chronicles of the Pike Place Market and Prohibition-era Seattle
06.20 NOTIS: Editing Literary Translations
06.18 FOLIO FORUM: Democracy in Danger. Europe and Russia
06.15 LITERATURE: Bloomsday at Folio: Joyce Rocks
06.12 AUTHORS: Tara Conklin - The Last Romantics. In conversation with Laurie Frankel
06.11 MUSIC: Fulton St. Chamber Players: Brahms and Schubert
05.21 AUTHORS: Thomas Bird, MD- Can You Help Me?: Inside the Turbulent World of Huntington Disease
05.14 FORUM: Democracy in Danger. The China Challenge
05.07 MUSIC: Schubert's "Die Winterreise"
04.30 MUSIC: Paul Taub: Landscape with Birds
04.25 FORUM: Democracy in Danger. How the International Order is Veering to Authoritarianism
04.18 NOTIS: Lyn Coffin Lecture
04.10 MUSIC: Fulton St. Chamber Players: Schubert and Beethoven
04.03 Tough Cases: When Judges Are On the Hot Seat
04.02 Kevin Ticen: The Forgotten Story of America's First Stanley Cup Champions
03.28 Fulbright Talks: Stories by Fulbrighters
03.26 Jean Godden: A Rich Seattle Life
03.25 Beyond the Borders: How Foreign Correspondents Navigate an Increasingly Hostile World
03.22 Working Without a Net - The Art of Improvisation. Alexander Weimann, Harpsichord
03.21 NOTIS: Spring Translation Slam
03.13 The International Women of Courage Awardee: Moumina Houssein Darar
02.27 AUTHORS: Karen Treiger - My Soul is Filled with Joy
02.21 NOTIS: Literary Translation Feedback Forum
01.30 AUTHORS: Murray Morgan, Master Storyteller of the Pacific Northwest
01.18 MUSIC: Seattle Modern Orchestra Songs of Echoes
01.17 NOTIS: Translation and its Publics
01.11 MUSIC: Musical Dialogues: Stories Without Words
2018
12.20 NOTIS: Translating Comics and Graphic Novels
11.15 NOTIS: Literary Translation Feedback Forum
11.14 FOLIO VOICES: Barry M. Andrews on Thoreau Lives!
11.07 FOLIO VOICES: Paul Dorpat and Jean Sherrard on Now and Then
10.29 AUTHORS: James Mustich in conversation with Mary Ann Gwinn
10.25 FOLIO VOICES: Lisa Herbold and Matthew Richter on Saving Cultural Spaces
10.23 FORUM: Allied Arts Beer and Culture: Lessons From the Showbox
10.22 MUSIC: Fulton Street Chamber Players
10.18 NOTIS: Conference Prep for Literary Translations
10.16 FOLIO VOICES: Bob Peterson and Tony Angell on Unforgettable Images
10.03 FOLIO VOICES: Bruce Chapman and Mort Kondracke on "Politicians"
10.02 FOLIO VOICES: Bruce Ramsey and David Brewster on "The Panic of 1893"
09.25 FORUM: The Perilous Quest for a new Relationship with Russia
09.18 AUTHORS: New Light on The Great Gatsby with Kendall Taylor
05.08 LECTURE: Protest on Trial: Kit Bakke
04.23 MUSIC: Fulton Street Chamber Players
04.19 NOTIS: Self Publishing
04.04 AUTHORS: Seattle on the Eve of the White Arrival
03.27 FORUM: How the Senate (Once) Worked for the Public Good
03.20 AUTHORS: Built to Last: How Companies Endure
03.15 NOTIS: Literary Translation Feedback Forum
03.13 LECTURE: Shakespeare's Shylock
02.28 FORUM: How to Handle Russia: Keep Calm and Carry On
02.21 Fulbright Talks: Stories by Fulbrighters
02.20 LECTURE: A Tribute to Ursula K. Le Guin
02.15 NOTIS: Translation for the Opera
02.15 FORUM: The Impossible Presidency and Foreign Policy: From Washington to Trump
02.01 AUTHORS: The Limits of Presidential Power
01.30 MUSIC: Fulton Street Chamber Players: Mozart and Ravel
01.26 AUTHORS: The Climate Case for Nuclear Power
01.18 NOTIS: Literary Translation Tools and Tech
2017
12.21 NOTIS: Literary Translation Feedback Forum
11.30 AUTHORS: Words of Wisdom and Warning from the Founders
11.16 AUTHORS: Tom Cronin on American's Leading Political Novelists
11.15 AUTHORS: Robert W. Merry: Why U.S. Presidents Succeed or Fail
11.14 LECTURE: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Impacts in Seattle: Think Globally, Act Locally
11.08 NOTIS: Roundtable on Education for Literary Translation
10.26 AUTHORS: Jim Compton: Broadcast Sagas and Modoc Wars
10.11 AUTHORS: Blaine Harden: Korea and the King of American Spies
10.02 MUSIC: Fulton St. Chamber Players: Sibelius and Haydn
10.01 WRITING: Iowa's International Writing Program on Tour
09.28 FORUM: The Seattle Budget: A Looming Crisis
09.27 LECTURE: Revelations from a Downtown Seattle Walk
09.21 NOTIS: Happy Hour and Reading Night
09.14 LECTURE: Steven Clifford on Outrageous Salaries for CEOs
09.13 AUTHORS: Revival of Seattle's Left: Rosenblum and Sawant
09.12 AUTHORS: Hubert Locke on the Detroit Riots
07.20 FORUM: Former Seattle Mayors Play Pundit
06.16 LITERATURE: Bloomsday Reading of James Joyce's Ulysses
06.15 NOTIS: Poetry, Translation, & Grants
06.15 FORUM: Folio & Co: Brady Walkinshaw and Bill Ruckelshaus: The Trump Challenge to Environmentalism
06.07 AUTHORS: A Japanese-American Artist Documents His Life in U.S. Detention Camps
06.01 LECTURE: Seattle Politics: The Tim Burgess Years
05.30 AUTHORS: Watergate: Vu and Deja Vu
05.25 AUTHORS: Folio & Co: Designing a Better Seattle
05.18 NOTIS: Literary Translation Publisher's Panel
05.08 AUTHORS: The Worldwide Costs of Childhood Hunger: Roger Thurow on "The First 1,000 Days"
04.26 FORUM: When Britannia Ruled the Northwest
04.25 FORUM: KNKX Community Meeting in Seattle
04.20 NOTIS: Spring Translation Slam
04.18 MUSIC: Fulton Street Chamber Players: Haydn and Dvorak
04.01 ART: Introduction to Bookbinding Workshop
03.31 FILM: 'A Fanatic Heart' Film Screening
03.30 LECTURE: Folio & Co. Making History: A Tale of Two Seattle Websites
03.29 FORUM: The State of Arts Criticism in Seattle
03.24 AUTHORS: Northwest Novelist Chevy Stevens on "Never Let You Go"
03.22 AUTHORS: Science Writer Steve Olson: The Risky Northwest
03.21 AUTHORS: Howard French on "How the Past Helps Shape China’s Push for Global Power"
03.09 AUTHORS: Geoffrey Cowan on Presidential Primaries
03.08 AUTHORS: Historian Coll Thrush: The Transformative Native Presence in Seattle and London
03.02 AUTHORS: John B. Judis on Populism
03.01 LECTURE: Folio & Co. with Seattle Rep
03.01 FORUM: World Affairs Council: Fulbright Talks
02.21 AUTHORS: Simon McCartney: The Bond
02.16 NOTIS: Literary Translation: Pitch Perfect
02.15 UW Stroum Center's 2017 Jewish Studies Community Learning Fellowship
01.26 FORUM: Our Waters, Our Home
01.19 AUTHORS: Bob Roseth: The Laugh's on U
01.19 NOTIS: Feedback Forum for Literary Translators
01.17 MUSIC: Fulton Street Chamber Players Serve Up a Trout
01.12 AUTHORS: Charles Johnson on the Art of Storytelling
01.11 FORUM: Irish Network Seattle: Discussion with Dara Murphy, T.D.
01.10 MUSIC: The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen