Donia Jarrar + Friends wsg Huda Asfour
2022-06-25 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | WA
Donia Jarrar + Friends wsg Huda Asfour
8 p.m. ET Saturday, June 25, 2022
In-person at The Annex @ AANM OR Virtual Livestream
$12 Museum Members | $10 Students | $15 General Public | $5 Livestream
Join artist-in-residence Donia Jarrar for the premiere of her new evening-length work, BUTCHER, produced during her residency, and featuring poet and writer Yasmine Rukia, and dancers Ava Ansari and Zaza. Huda Asfour will open the concert with her signature solo oud improvisations. There will also be a talkback with the artists after the show.
BUTCHER is a loosely autobiographical concept album based on Jarrar’s own experiences with domestic and intimate partner violence and sexual assault, in which she takes on the persona of a vigilante and antihero doling out punishments through the power wielded to her via a sonic cleaver. Jarrar is not interested in playing nice. Rather, she aims to explore what is possible when women, non-binary people and queers of all genders defy, disrupt and destroy the patriarchy through violent means and without mercy, drawing inspiration from horror, science-fiction and the erotic.
CONTENT WARNING: This performance includes sensitive content on domestic violence, sexual assault, physical violence, identity-based racial discrimination and harassment. There will also be the use of prop swords, knives and cleavers and other edged and bladed weapons. While this performance is meant to be a healing space for survivors, the artist acknowledges that this content may be difficult for some audience members.

Atif Aslam Live in Seattle by CNYDesi
2022-06-26 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium – Benaroya Hall, 200 University Street, Seattle, WA, 98101, United States
CNYDesi is proud to present one of the most talented singers to come out of South Asia. Atif Aslam returns to Seattle accompanied by a Symphonic Orchestra to mesmerize audiences with his exceptional charisma, charm, and soulful performance. His live performance will feature some of his top hits and anthems.
Atif Aslam is a South Asian singer, songwriter, composer, and actor. He predominantly sings in Urdu/Hindi, but has also sung in Punjabi, Bengali, Persian, Arabic and English. He has recorded numerous chart-topping songs and he is considered one of the best singers globally.

Online: Sulger-Gallery Exhibition Extension Alternative Museum of the Sudan
2022-06-28 - 2022-08-31 | WA
Following the success of Amado Alfadni’s ‘Alternative Museum of the Sudan’ the exhibition has been extended and will remain on display at Sulger-Buel Gallery until the 31st of August 2022 and viewing is available by appointment only.
This solo exhibition highlights Alfadni’s deep research-based investigations into the forgotten silenced histories of the Sudan. The artist utilizes oral archives, postcards, photographs, performances, and mixed-media costumes to reveal the complex relationship between colonialism and Black Africa, as well as the intermingled histories of Black Africa, Egypt, and North Africa.
About the artist:
Born in 1976 in Cairo, Amado Alfadni’s childhood was composed of two distinct environments: the Cairene Street and the Sudanese home. The relationship and the tension between these two cultures strongly influenced his views, making him question the subject of identity with its related rhetoric, as well as the variables of nation and ethnicity in his work. By working with forgotten historical events and referring to the current state of things, he challenges the power dynamics between the individual and authority on both the social and political levels. He gives a voice to the ethnic minority, with a focus on research and documentation of ignored happenings.
About the curator:
Najlaa El-Ageli, an architect (AA Dip) with over twenty years of experience in the profession, founded Noon Arts Projects in 2012. A small private arts foundation, with a mission to bring the best of contemporary art from the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region, from both emerging and established artists, and expose it to the world stage. Collaborating with art venues and foundations, she has curated over 20 exhibitions in the UK, Spain, Malta, Italy, and the US.

11.4 Dialogues on the Art of Arab Fashion: Tatreez & Tea
2022-06-28 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | WA
Event Description: Dr. Reem El Mutwalli and Wafa Ghnaim, Founder of Tatreez & Tea discuss her upcoming book to be published.
Wafa Ghnaim is a Palestinian-American artist, researcher, writer, educator, and businesswoman who began learning Palestinian embroidery from her mother, award-winning artist Feryal Abbasi-Ghnaim, when she was two years old. This legacy has deeply influenced her career, becoming a leading educator in the field, the first-ever Palestinian embroidery instructor at the Smithsonian Museum, and collections specialist at the Museum of the Palestinian People in Washington, D.C. Wafa continues her mother’s educational legacy through Tatreez & Tea, a global arts education initiative that she established in 2016. Tatreez & Tea’s mission is to educate and empower exiled Palestinians of their heritage as well as to cultivate and strengthen allyship with non-Palestinians around the world.
Embroidery, or tatreez, is a centuries-old practice preserved through intergenerational exchange over a cup of tea, or shay. Inspired by generations of fibre artists, The Tatreez Institute continues the rich traditions of embroidery, textile, and storytelling of Palestine, the Palestinian diaspora, and Greater Syria from the United States.Wafa coined the title “Tatreez & Tea” in 2015 when she set out to write a book that preserved the meanings, stories, and patterns of Palestinian embroidery designs that she and her sisters had learned throughout their lives.
Date: 28th June 2022
Time: 12 pm (NYC), 5 pm (London), 8 pm (Dubai)
Tickets: Donation
Students: If you are a student or member of academia please register here to receive your complimentary registration links.
Registering will not only give you access to the live session but also a recorded version to catch up on in your own time.
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P&P Live! & DCPL Present Zahra Marwan | WHERE BUTTERFLIES FILL THE SKY
2022-06-30 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | WA
Zahra Marwan discusses her picture book WHERE BUTTERFLIES FILL THE SKY, the true story of her and her family’s immigration from Kuwait.

About this event

Politics and Prose is delighted to partner with the DC Public Library and the DC Public Library Foundation for a Beyond the Book program with author Zahra Marwan who presents her picture book WHERE BUTTERFLIES FILL THE SKY.
Beyond the Book is a library literacy program that supports developing readers aged 5-8 to become successful and joyful readers. Beyond the Book is made possible by the generous support of the DC Public Library Foundation. More information about Beyond the Book can be found here.
The first 50 people to register for the event and select the “Free Event Admission + Free Book” option at registration will receive a complimentary copy of the book for their home library (one book per family, please). Recipients of the complimentary copy will pick their book up in the Children’s department at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW, Washington, DC, beginning Thursday, June 30. Please note that complimentary book copies must be picked up by Saturday, July 9. These books are generously donated by the District of Columbia Public Library Foundation.
About the book:
As a child, Zahra Marwan left the only home she’d ever known in Kuwait for a strange and unfamiliar land named New Mexico. Her father – and as such, her siblings and herself – were deemed stateless citizens of Kuwait, unable to obtain an education, healthcare or even get married. Leaving behind the familiar turquoise of the sea and the faded greens and yellows of the desert, Zahra is surprised to find similarities in the magical vistas of her new home. Although she misses the comfort of her aunties and the beauty of Kuwait’s butterfly-filled skies, New Mexico surprises with its own wondrous landscapes, and new friends who help Zahra feel like she belongs.
Zahra Marwan was born in Kuwait, and moved to Albuquerque with her family when she was a child. She studied visual arts in France and works primarily in Illustration. She currently lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and works in her studio at the Harwood Art Center. Her watercolor-and-ink illustrations incorporate Kuwaiti tendencies into her daily life.

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Community Write-In with Zain Shamoon
2022-06-30 17:30 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | WA
Join writers from across the country and around the world every Thursday evening and get your words flowing in community! Our best teachers rotate on a monthly basis to bring you a range of writing prompts and ideas. After a healthy dose of inspiration, you’ll get time to write and the opportunity to connect with other writers. Whether you want to journal, blog, start something new or get some fresh ideas for a work-in-progress, this hour will jumpstart your creativity.
RSVP at the “Tickets” link for as many sessions as you’d like to attend. You can sign up for them one by one each week, or all at once.

Dr. Zain Shamoon completed his PhD in human development and family studies in fall 2017 at Michigan State University. He also completed a master’s degree in couple and family therapy in 2011. He is dedicated to the creation of spaces where people can tell their personal stories on route to their own wellness. In his clinical work, he has served a range of clients, including those wrestling with high anxiety, relational conflict, and severe depression.

Arabic Chat Hour
2022-06-30 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-07-07 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-07-14 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-07-21 19:00 - 20:00 UTC | WA
Whether you’re a native speaker or learner, this is a great chance to practice listening and speaking in Arabic!
Zoom room number provided upon registeration.

Streaming Cinema: The Guardian of Memory, directed by Sawsan Qaoud
2022-07-02 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | WA
This Saturday’s Event: The documentary film “The Guardian of Memory,” directed by Sawsan Qaoud
Saturday July 2nd, 2022 – 12:00 Noon US EST; 7:00 PM Palestine Time.
Runtime 54 Minutes, English subtitles
Please click here to register for the film.

Arabs Kayaking at Lake Union: Meetup
2022-07-02 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | WA
Summer is here 🥳 it’s time for some water activities. We are going to kayak at lake Union.
This location have very stable kayaks and good instructors.
(Optional) after kayaking we are going to Tanoor to reward ourselves with an amazing meal 🤗

Somali Independence Day Anniversary Festival
2022-07-02 12:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | WA
July 2 Street festival organized by the Somali Community Services of Seattle celebrating the 62nd anniversary of Somalia’s Independence Day

About this event

Come down to 5300 S Henderson St in Renton on July 2nd for a fun family-friendly street festival celebrating the 62nd anniversay of Somalia’s Independence Day! There will be vendors selling traditional Somali handicrafts and food, a large bouncy obstacle course, facepainting and henna, soccer, and a multitude of performances from Somali dancing to singing, DJs, and poets. There will also be various non-profit organizations with booths such as the International Rescue Committee and King County elections board.
This is a free event and no ticket is required but donations would be highly appreciated to further our work with the wider Somali and Oromos community!
The Somali Community Services of Seattle is a non-profit philanthropic organization dedicated to improving the quality of life of the Somali and Oromos community by supporting the Refugees and Immigrants in King County. We provide a range of services such as resettlement, employment, and citizenry assistance, but also youth and senior programs.
If you are a vendor and think you would be a good fit for the festival reach out to us below. If you wish to volunteer at the festival or assist with any of our programs please contact us below:
Contact Info: somcss@yahoo.com/(206) 760-1181
Link to website and donations page: https://www.somcss.org

Whisk: Street Foods of the World
2022-07-02 17:30 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Whisk, 10385 Main St, Bellevue, WA, 98004, United States
Want to expand your culinary passport? Are you looking for a new dish to spice up your repertoire? Do you dream of tasty treats on foreign streets, but haven’t been able to get away? If the answer is yes, this class is for you! Join Chef Drew Flanders in this hands-on class where you will prepare simple but flavor-packed dishes inspired by foods sold in the markets, festivals, and by street vendors from around the world. From Morocco to Japan, Mexico to Senegal, in this class you will prepare and enjoy a variety of flavors and textures from the simple perfection of the taco, the warm comfort of “Japanese pizza”, to the glory of two different types of grilled-meat-on-a-stick!
Make, eat and enjoy street foods from
Morocco – Chermoula Chicken
Mexico – Alambres- Steak and Bacon Tacos with Salsa Verde
West Africa – Spicy Peanut-Dusted Beef Skewers
Japan – Okanomiyaki – Seafood Pancakes
Participants will have the option of enjoying wine or beer as street food is always best with a beverage!

LASS 4th of July on the 3rd
2022-07-03 13:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | East Sammamish Picnic Shelter, 21300 NE 16th Street, Sammamish, WA, 98074, United States
Event by Lebanese American Society of Seattle

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The Arab Bakery : Mana'eesh
2022-07-07 18:00 - 21:00, 2022-07-19 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | the Pantry, 1417 NW 70th Street, Seattle, WA, 98117
A popular street food across Arab countries, mana’eesh (or manakish) are flatbreads topped with spices, cheese, seasoned meats, or veggies, and enjoyed hot out of the oven. A man’oushe — the singular form — can be sliced like a pizza or folded, the traditional way, into a wrap, and can be served for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. In this class NADIA TOMMALIEH will teach you to roll and bake this childhood favorite in several preparations: one with za’atar and labaneh; another, lahmeh bi ajeen, featuring seasoned beef and pomegranate molasses; man’oushet jebneh hara, flavored with spicy akawai cheese; man’oushet el armaleh, topped with spiced onions, tomato, and sesame; and a sweet tahini man’oushe with date molasses and pistachio.

Free virtual screening of the documentary film "Lama Brothers - Pioneers of Arabic Cinema," directed by Raed Duzdar
2022-07-09 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | WA
To register for this event please click here.

To view the film trailer please click here.
The screening of the film will be followed by Q&A discussion with film Director Read Duzdar.
About the Film
59 Minutes, English Subtitles, 2013.
(Lama Brothers) film, is a documentary film produced by Palestine TV and directed by Raed Duzdar. The film talks about the life story of the two brothers, Badr and Ibrahim Lama and their role in establishing the beginnings of Arabic cinema, in which their film ( Kiss in the desert ) is considered the first narrative Arabic film which was screened in the city of Alexandria at the (Cosmograph Cinema) in 1927. In addition to their production of dozens of films, which many of them are considered from the early movies in Arabic cinema

Author: Salma El-Wardany (virtual)
2022-07-09 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | WA
This midday Saturday virtual reading sends us over the Atlantic to wherever Egyptian/Irish poet, novelist, spoken word performer and BBC broadcaster Salma El-Wardany may be. She is here with her much-anticipated, brilliant first novel, These Impossible Things (Grand Central).
“These Impossible Things is an addictive portrait of three Muslim friends moving through a pivotal time in womanhood, caught between expectation and possibility, hungry to earn wisdom of their own. Salma El-Wardany deftly reveals searing and poignant truths about the female experience, ones so rarely confronted in fiction. What a gift to be inside this author’s mind through the pages of her beautiful and memorable writing.”—Ashley Audrain.
“Salacious, incisive, and unapologetically Muslim, Salma El-Wardany’s bold and brilliant story doesn’t shy away from the taboo subjects of religion and sex. These Impossible Things shows that Muslim women are multifaceted and complex despite the dearth of representation we are allowed.”—Blair Imani.
Virtually hosted by Elliott Bay Book Company.

Virtual US Book Launch Event - "Oranges from Jaffa," by Nadine Sayegh
2022-07-10 09:15 - 10:15 (America/Los_Angeles) | WA
Oranges from Jaffa – A true story about the end of the golden age of Palestine
Please join us for a conversation with and a reading of book excerpts by the book author, Nadine Sayegh, who is an Austrian Palestinian with Jaffa roots.

Jaffa Oranges is a family history, a novel against oblivion. The book presents the coming of age story of Nicolas Sayegh, a Palestinian Tom-Sawyer-type, who, together with his friends, roams the sun-drenched neighborhood streets of Jaffa in 1947 – an ancient Arab city, the commercial capital of Palestine at the time, fragrant with the smell of orange blossoms. Nicolas is always up to childhood adventures and mischief, exploring his parents’ magical orange groves, parading through his neighborhood like a cowboy on a donkey’s back, or sneaking out with his best friend Suhail to the local Alhambra cinema. The story poetically portrays the daily life of a well-to-do Christian Palestinian family and the people of Jaffa as a whole, giving insights into the local Palestinian culture that was prevalent at the time. However, Nicolas’ carefree days and boyhood ended abruptly in the spring of 1948, when the state of Israel was created and most inhabitants of Jaffa were driven out by the Zionist forces.

Zeina Hashem Beck (virtual)
2022-07-13 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | WA
Much-praised Lebanese poet Zeina Hashem Beck makes this welcome visit by virtual means to read from her newly published third full-length collection, O (Penguin Poets). Writing in Arabic and English, she cuts to the quick here, in form, range, breadth – and breath.
“O is so full of life, of music and passion for life. In ghazals, odes, revolution songs and invocations of O the world comes vividly alive: ‘I carry a name & many cities,’ writes Hashem Beck, as her poems unfold the abundance of our world. Abundance, yes: so much tenderness, so much passion in these pages: just one language can’t contain it all, so the poet gives us ‘Duets,’ joining Arabic and English in the same stanza. The lyricism is a vehicle of emotional impact … Hashem Beck’s prayer isn’t shy of calling for revolution, of asking ‘to occupy the streets, bring the tires, the sofas, the drums, the blaring cars.’ Zeina Hashem Beck’s prayer isn’t afraid of stories, of new music on your balconies. Listen. Her O brims with the world.” —Ilya Kaminsky.
“Western readers often consume books by international authors like perverse anthropologists, scanning for a word or phrase that buttresses their ill-informed preconceptions, cudgeling a writer’s meticulously woven lyric into vapid social generality. Zeina Hashem Beck’s O rebukes this tendency explicitly in an early poem: “I’m tired of metaphors about peace. // I prefer dark chocolate in the morning, / & a good window.” And then throughout the collection, she rebukes it with her truly undeniable poems—rhymes braid across multiple languages, intricate forms fracture under the weight of their subjects. In one unforgettable piece, a subtle incantation ends on the name of a flower that looses itself across the page like so many petals. Unforgettable, undeniable—these are the words I keep coming back to with O. Anyone who reads it in earnest will emerge better made.” —Kaveh Akbar.
Zeina Hashem Beck’s other collections include Louder Than Hearts, To Live in Autumn, and the chapbooks 3arabi Song and There Was and How Much There Was.

Virtually hosted by Elliott Bay Book Company.

Free virtual screening of the documentary film "Stones of the Valley," directed by Ismail Habbash
2022-07-16 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | WA
About the Film
Stones of the Valley is an oral history-based documentary of the activities and struggle of members of the Palestinian Communist Party from 1948 through 1967. The film director interviewed six prominent members of the Palestinian Communist party in an 0ral history format. Each member talked about their involvement in the Party and the trouble they encountered as a result on the hands of the authorities in charge of the West Bank at the time, including arrest, torture and intimidation. This is a rare treatment of a subject that has not been publicly discussed.

ARCE DC: Excavating a Frontier Fortress: Uronarti, Sudan
2022-07-16 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | WA
The fortifications at Uronarti in Lower Nubia were among a string of massive monuments built by the kings of Egypt’s 12th dynasty when they established control over this gold-bearing region.

While the fortresses were imposing military monuments, they were also locations of interaction between the Egyptian garrison and local Nubian populations, as well as places of domestic and production activities. Since 2012, a joint mission of Brown University and Swansea University has been conducting an excavation and survey at Uronarti and the surrounding area to address questions of both colonialism and daily life at this outpost.

This talk will present recent finds from that project, including one of the best-preserved ancient Egyptian pottery kilns yet known, a settlement of stone huts outside the fortress, and construction layers from the earliest phase of the site that highlight the impressive engineering necessary to conquer this forbidding landscape.

Email us at arce.dc.news at gmail dot com for a link to register for
this event.

Registration is required
Presented by: Dr. Laurel Bestock

1:00 PM EDTWashington, DC

SWEET AND SAVORY TARTS OF THE WORLD: 5-DAY KIDS CAMP: PCC
2022-07-18 - 2022-07-22 | PCC- Burien, 15840 1st Ave S, Burien, WA, 98148, United States
Build-Your-Own Quiche and Fresh-Berry Tarts
Tourte de Blettes (French Swiss Chard and Rice Tart) and Classic New York Cheesecake
Spanakopita (Greek-Spinach Pie) and Tarte Tatin
Bisteeya (Moroccan Chicken or Vegetable Pie) and Banoffee Pie (Banana-Caramel Cream Pie)
Mixed-Greens Supper Tart and Lemon Tartlets

Instructor: Cam Zarcone
Price: $250
AGES 10 TO 15
HANDS-ON
IN-PERSON
KIDS ONLY

DESCRIPTION
Ages 10 to 15
Get your measuring cups, rolling pins and spatulas ready because we’re taking a baking trip around the world! Join Cam as you mix, whip and knead your way through some of her favorite tarts – perfect for both dinner and dessert! Future bakers will visit a new country each day, discovering a variety of cooking techniques at each destination.
With eggs, dairy and gluten; optional poultry.
About the instructor: Cam never planned to leave her career as an award-winning journalist, but a life spent cooking — and teaching others the joy of it — finally proved too irresistible. She received her professional culinary training from the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In addition to her work at PCC, she teaches several innovative multidisciplinary cooking classes at Edmonds Heights K-12, covering everything from world folklore and history to science and environmental policy. Her food writing has appeared in publications including The Boston Globe. Follow her on Instagram: @hummingbirdculinary.
CLASS NOTES

This is a hands-on format class for kids only.
Class information will be emailed 48 hours before class. Our emails can get caught in spam filters or blocked entirely, please contact us if you don’t receive the class information.
Cancellation Policy: Classes are nonrefundable. If you cannot attend, you can request a class credit or transfer to a different class up to 7 days prior to class or have someone attend in your place.

Movie (streaming): July: A Perfect Day + Ashes
2022-07-21 - 2022-07-24 | WA
In July, we present two of Hadjithomas and Joreige’s films which deal with absence. A Perfect Day tracks Malek, who has both sleep apnea and narcolepsy. He lives with his mother, Claudia, who has still not accepted his father’s disappearance 15 years earlier. She stays at home in case her husband returns. Malek drives around the city in search of Zeina, the woman he loves, but who no longer wants to see him. Each of them is trying to live with a void of lost love, but today may be the “perfect day” to lay their ghosts to rest.

Ramad (Ashes) follows Nabil as he returns to Beirut with the ashes of his father who died abroad. He tries to overcome his bereavement while his family insists on respecting rites and customs by burying a non-existent corpse.

Available virtually WORLDWIDE July 21–24, 2022. Tickets are pay what you can. TICKETS

Conner Habib at Powell Books (Portland)
2022-07-21 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Powell Books, 1005 W Burnside St., Portland, OR, 97209, United States
An English teacher is gaslit by his charismatic high school bully in a tense story of deception, manipulation, and murder from Conner Habib, host of the Against Everyone with Conner Habib podcast. Single father Todd is relaxing at the beach with his son, Anthony, when he catches sight of a man approaching from the water’s edge. As the man draws closer, Todd recognizes him as Jack, who bullied Todd relentlessly in their teenage years but now seems overjoyed to have “run into” his old friend. Jack suggests a meal to catch up. And can he spend the night? What follows is a fast-paced story of obsession and cunning. As Jack invades Todd’s life, pain and intimidation from the past unearth knife-edge suspense in the present. Set in a small town on the New England coast, Habib’s debut introduces characters trapped in isolation by the expansive woods and the encroaching ocean, their violence an expression of repressed desire and the damage it can inflict. Both gruesome and tender, Hawk Mountain (W. W. Norton) offers a compelling look at how love and hate are indissoluble, intertwined until the last breath.

Please note: Signed preordered books will be shipped to you and are not available for pick-up in the store the night of the event (but if you’re planning to attend, don’t worry! Signed editions are usually available at the events). Also, we are sorry but we can not accommodate personalized inscriptions, or guarantee the signed books are first editions. Thanks for your understanding.
See our full selection of signed editions from Powell’s

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Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments

Single father Todd is relaxing at the beach with his son, Anthony, when he catches sight of a man approaching from the water’s edge. As the man draws closer, Todd recognizes him as Jack, who bullied Todd relentlessly in their teenage years, but now seems overjoyed to have “run into” his old friend. Jack suggests a meal to catch up. And can he spend the night?
What follows is a fast-paced story of obsession and cunning. As Jack invades Todd’s life, pain and intimidation from the past unearth knife-edge suspense in the present. Set in a small town on the New England coast, Conner Habib’s debut introduces characters trapped in isolation by the expansive woods and the encroaching ocean, their violence an expression of repressed desire and the damage it can inflict. Both gruesome and tender, Hawk Mountain offers a compelling look at how love and hate are indissoluble, intertwined until the last breath.

Review
“The tension is palpable on every page, and Habib skillfully illustrates the complexity of relationships and the pain of unmet desires, both queer and otherwise. His prose is as brutal as it is profound and beautiful…. A brutal and gorgeous tale of manipulation, control, and desire.” Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)
Review
“Conner Habib’s debut novel is a bleak, dark adrenaline rush.” Clive Barker
Review
“A deeply disturbing yet, somehow, soaring novel I won’t soon forget. It plumbs the depths of traumatized characters trapped within our damaging culture. I couldn’t look away, even when I was looking from between my fingers.” Paul Tremblay, author of A Head Full of Ghosts and The Pallbearers Club
Review
“The opening lines of Hawk Mountain plummet you into an atmosphere of creeping dread and precarious restraint that won’t let up until the final, shocking moments.” Caitlin Doughty, bestselling author of Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
About the Author
Conner Habib hosts the podcast Against Everyone with Conner Habib, which features conversations with artists, intellectuals, and countercultural figures, and covers topics as wide-ranging as punk rock, philosophy, pornography, and occultism. His nonfiction writing has appeared in multiple online and print magazines. He lives in Ireland. Hawk Mountain is his first novel.

Sudan Archives at the Capitol Hill Block Party
2022-07-22 - 2022-07-24 | Neumos, 925 E Pike, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
CAPITOL HILL BLOCK PARTY IS AN ANNUAL 3-DAY FESTIVAL CELEBRATING MUSIC, ART AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ITSELF IN THE HEART OF SEATTLE…
Unlike your typical festival experience, Capitol Hill Block Party (CHBP) showcases some of the city’s best local bars, restaurants, and retail shops alongside international, national and local artists, art shows, community events, and political activism. A 6-stage music and arts festival comes alive as the Seattle’s best weekend of summer! One of our primary goals is to support and promote the local and regional talent of the Pacific Northwest. Collectively, the lineup is a uniquely curated glimpse into what’s happening here and now in the PNW and beyond. CHBP is one of the last independently-owned festivals of its’ size in the country.

Diplo / Charli XCX / Jai Wolf
Toro y Moi / 100 Gecs / Remi Wolf / Danny Brown / Flo Milli / TOKiMONSTA / Beach Bunny / Duckwrth / Chet Porter / EVAN GIIA / Cannons / Sudan Archives / Manila Killa / IDK / Tkay Maidza / Magdalena Bay / Kenny Mason / Ela Minus / Chloe Moriondo / Lizzy McAlpine / Enumclaw / Michelle / IAN SWEET / Boyish / Dempsey Hope / The Black Tones / Archie / Breaks & Swells / The Moss / The Grizzled Mighty / TeZATalks / Brent Amaker and the Rodeo / LIVt / All Star Opera / Rudy Willingham / La Fonda / Linda From Work / Jang / Claudine Magbag / Tinsley / Biblioteka / Ariana Deboo / Among Authors / Erik Walters / Juliette / Lovely Colours / Jusmoni / King Youngblood / Small Paul / Laureli / Joza / Jane Don’t & Friends / Sea Lemon / Motus / Dave Shanaé / Rell Be Free / hherb (live set) / Chinese American Bear / Halley Greg / Pink Boa / Alla / Seiichi / Good Job / Oh My Eyes / Todd Zack Jr / Meltt / PRADO / Vox Rea / Teon Gibbs

Conner Habib with Jarret Middleton — Hawk Mountain: A Novel
2022-07-22 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Third Place Books – Ravenna, 6504 20th Ave NE, Seattle, WA, 98115, United States
“Hawk Mountain is deft horror, made of precise strikes into our most vulnerable psychic terrain… Finally, a horror story that knows cisheteropatriarchy is the villain!” —Andrea Lawlor

Third Place Books welcomes Conner Habib—host of the popular podcast Against Everyone with Conner Habib—to our Ravenna store! Join Habib for a discussion of his debut novel Hawk Mountain, a fast-paced novel of deceit and suspense following the story of an English teacher re-encountering his high school bully seemingly by chance (but nothing is ever by chance). Habib will joined in conversation with Jarret Middleton, author of Darkansas. This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required in advance.
Copies of Hawk Mountain will be available for purchase at the store. This event will include a public signing and time for audience Q&A. Sustain our author series by purchasing a copy of the featured book!
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JULY 22 – Seattle, WA – Third Place Books (Ravenna) with Jarett Middleton – this is a TICKETED EVENT

DJ Mansaf Mama on Moon Glow Radio
2022-07-23 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | WA
dj mansaf mama
KAN YA MAKAN
Every fourth Sunday @ 7pm pst | 10pm est

DJ Mansaf Mama is a Seattle-raised, Oakland-based DJ of all sounds from SWANA, diaspora, and in the local zeitgeist. KanYaMakan will guide you through auditory space and time, where the carefully crafted music tells a different story each episode.

https://moonglowradio.net/djs/mansaf-mama/

SWEET AND SAVORY TARTS OF THE WORLD: 5-DAY KIDS CAMP: PCC
2022-07-25 - 2022-07-29 | PCC-Bellevue, 11615 NE 4th St, Bellevue, WA, Bellevue, WA, 98004, United States
