April 6, 2010 - 7:30 p.m. - TS McHugh's
"Mt. St. Helens: 30 Years After The Blast"
Dr. Brittany Brand from the UW Department of Earth and Space Sciences

After more than a 100-year slumber, Mount St. Helens awoke with fury on May 18, 1980. This was one of the best documented and studied explosive eruptions of our time, and we are still learning! Dr. Brand will talk about the volcanic activity leading up to the eruption and the sequence of events that day. Come join us at T.S. McHugh's and ask a volcanologist about volcanic monitoring techniques, predicting eruptions and assessing volcanic hazard and risk in the Cascade region and beyond.

May 4, 2010 - 7:30 p.m. - TS McHugh's
"Great Windstorms Of The Pacific Northwest"
Dr. Cliff Mass, from the UW Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Who says talking about the weather is boring? Dr. Mass will describe major storms that have pummeled the Pacific Northwest, some equivalent to category 2 or 3 hurricanes.

June 1, 2010 - 7:30 p.m. - TS McHugh's
Speaker/Topic to be determined.

→T.S. McHugh's is located at 21 Mercer Street, Seattle, WA 98109.

April 12, 2010 - 7 p.m. - Wilde Rover
"Mars - A Tour Of Familiar And Alien Landscapes On The Red Planet"
Dr. Joshua Bandfield - Research Assistant Professor, UW's Department of Earth and Space Sciences

May 10, 2010 - 7 p.m. - Wilde Rover
"Helicobacter pylori: Bacteria Cause Cancer?!"
Dr. Nina Salama, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

The discovery of a bacterium, Helicobacter pylori, that lives in the human stomach and causes chronic disease (peptic ulcer and gastric cancer) was radical on many levels. Dr. Salama will discuss what our complicated relationship with this bacterium can teach us about human health and disease.

June 14, 2010 - 7 p.m. - Wilde Rover
Speaker/Topic to be determined.

→Wilde Rover is located in downtown Kirkland at 111 Central Way.