Museum: Artifact Identification, Jan 10th, free, limited to two items. Don't be confused - this isn't an Antiques Roadshow event, but artifact identification. The museum's experts identify your cultural objects and specimens. If you have some old fossilized teeth or pottery you've always been curious about, they'll help you out. * As long as you're thinking about the Burke Museum, on Jan 8th is Lucy Talks, $5, discussing what our earliest hominid skeleton tells us today.
Information Security: 2009 Seattle Tech Security Conference, January 15th, Bell Harbor International Conference Center, 8:15am to 4 PM. For Seattle Spin Readers - Click here for a FREE ticket ($100 value, includes breakfast, lunch, conference materials and entrance into speaker sessions and exhibit area). Eight Tech Security Speaker Sessions and over 30 vendor exhibits! Prizes and give a ways including iPods, $25, $50 and $100 gift cards, gas cards, cash and lots more!
Opera: The Pearl Fishers, starting Jan 10th, $25+. The new year starts with the best of French opera. Set on the island of Sri Lanka, this is the love story about an exotic priestess pursued by a fisherman and his friend. There are plenty of free preview lectures to give you a head start, and a special LGBT package for Jan 23rd, $100.
Women's Interest: Girl Power Hour, Jan 15th, $10, a women's monthly social event, $10, networking for savvy gals. Connect with entrepreneurial and like-minded women in varying industries and social circles. Molly Hoyne of Stratejoy explains Happiness and How to Get it. Enjoy cocktails, socializing and swag.
Bereavement: A Broken Heart Still Beats, Jan 12th, free, a monthly support group for parents experiencing the loss of a child. For those who hold this pain, you're not alone in the world.
Family: Mom and Me Art Class, starting Jan 7th, $170. Kids team up with parents to start their art career with the Bellevue Art Museum. Start drawing together as a team and do homework together. Of course, the real pay off is time and activity with your kid.
Dance: Urban Bombshells, Jan 10th, $10, one more brick in the wall of evidence of what a burlesque town Seattle actually is. The ladies strip down to tease and titillate along with a lineup of guest stars.
Lecture: Civil Rights in the 21st Century: Why Religion Matters, Jan 12th, $15. Rt. Rev Gene Robinson comes into town, the Episcopal bishop of New Hampshire and the first openly gay bishop in the Anglican Community. Winner of numerous awards for helping to make our world a better place, the bishop explains religion's relevance to promoting human rights.
Organization: Bellevue Entrepreneurship Center, helping make your million dollar idea become a reality. This organization helps small businesses get off the ground with classes, workshops, and assistance with reaching funding sources. BEC also has a special focus assisting women- and minority- owned businesses.
