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Mike McGinn, Mayor
6/29/2012 10:30:00 AM
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Art at Seattle’s World’s Fair, sportswriter Frank Deford, global conservation and a nation of immigrants on Seattle Channel
Get in on a conversation with the City Council
We're prepping for the July episode of City Inside/Out: Council Edition and there's lots to talk about – from the South Lake Union rezone to the upcoming plastic bag ban and library levy. Get us your questions by noon, Friday, July 6. You can submit online here, via e-mail, or connect via Facebook or Twitter. Councilmembers Tim Burgess, Jean Godden and Bruce Harrell will join host Brian Callanan in our studios to answer your questions. Tune in Tuesday, July 10, 7:30 p.m. to hear what they have to say. Watch past episodes of City Inside/Out: Council Edition.
History in Motion: World of Tomorrow
Tour art exhibits at the 1962 Seattle World's Fair
Premieres Mon., July 2, 6 p.m.
Originally broadcast on June 25, 1962 during the Seattle World's Fair, Seattle's KING TV took viewers on a tour of the fair's art exhibits, a collection of works unprecedented for display on the West Coast 50 years ago. During the fair's six-month run, a half-dozen distinct art exhibits were housed in The Fine Arts Pavilion at Seattle Center including contemporary artworks by American and international artists, celebrated masterpieces, and exhibits of ancient Egyptian art and Northwest Coast Indian Art.
Seattle Voices with Eric Liu
Peter Seligmann, Conservation International CEO
Premieres Tues., July 3, 7 p.m.
Conservation is the topic of conversation on the latest episode of Seattle Voices. Peter Seligmann, chairman and CEO of Conservation International, talks with host Eric Liu about his work creating conservation solutions for more than 30 years. Seligmann co-founded Conservation International in 1987 on the belief that science, economics and local communities all play vital roles in international conservation. The organization works in more than 30 countries worldwide with more than 1,000 partners in the public, private and independent sectors. Watch past episodes of Seattle Voices.
American Podium
Frank Deford, sportswriter and novelist
Premieres Tues., July 3, 8 p.m.
The author of 18 books, a senior contributing editor at Sports Illustrated and a regular contributor to NPR's Morning Edition, Frank Deford has been a working journalist for 50 years, having joined Sports Illustrated out of Princeton in 1962. In a recent talk at the Seattle Central Library, Deford discusses his latest book Over Time: My Life as a Sportswriter – an unconventional tale as wide-ranging as Deford's remarkable career, in which he has chronicled the heroes and the characters of just about every sport in nearly every medium from the 1960s until today. Watch past episodes of American Podium.
Celebrating a Nation of Immigrants
Wed., July 4, 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.
To celebrate the 4th of July, we've reached into our archives and put together an inspiring block of back-to-back programming featuring Seattle's immigrant communities. Tune in to learn about the contributions of immigrants to American society – from Seattle's growing Somali community and survivors of the Cambodian Killing Fields to the city's grandmother of Mexican food, a Russian folk music composer and a group of Japanese immigrants who started the Seattle Camera Club in the 1920s.
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