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Save on the regular Talks on the Rock ticket price by buying a Talks Pass! No need to choose which talks in advance. Pass is good for all!
Your Talk Pass will live at the VCA Box Office. Just check in there to be issued your ticket for any Talk.
Passes are valid for any Talk on the Rock event through July 2023. Cards expire July 31, 2023. No additional member discount is applicable for Talk Passes.
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Gray McKenna is a marine scientist, diver, artist, educator who fell in love with the Salish Sea while working aboard tallships in these waters. As the Kelp Program Specialist at […]
From Canada to Mexico: two months of wilderness cycling, plein-air painting, and an unexpected ending, Bruce Morser and Bob Horsley tell the tales of their across the Continental Divide bicycle ride.
A multimedia artist of Choctaw and Cherokee descent, Gibson combines traditional Native American artistic elements with abstraction and pop culture references to create unique works that are both witty and […]
Ever since Eve offered Adam the apple, the femme fatale has taken the Fall in a lot of art. This includes the shadowy Hollywood style we now call "film noir," […]
Knute “Skip” Berger is Editor-at-Large and an award-winning columnist for Crosscut.com and host of the Emmy-nominated KCTS9-TV series of Northwest history shorts, “Mossback’s Northwest.” He is the author of two […]
Speaker and acclaimed UW educator Dr. Anu Taranath explores the role of the hair in our cultures. Anu poses the question, “Why is one kind of hairstyle understood as “better” […]
Aristocrat, musician and artist, Rory McEwen (1932-1982) played a major role in the British folk revival movement in his 20s. Then he dedicated his efforts to becoming a preeminent botanical […]
Bushido—the way of the warrior—is the code of ethics practiced by the samurai warriors of ancient Japan, a code which includes courage, integrity, benevolence, respect, honesty, honor, and loyalty. Through […]
