intimate space, big conversation
“A more just and compassionate society can be built through generous conversation in community over time.”
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At the Well, nationally and internationally respected leaders facilitate conversation, offer presentations, and lead those assembled in respectful, engaged, and deep discourse. Artists perform and dialogue with the audience. Scientists teach about new and exciting discoveries, and they disturb with challenging data. And still, the holy and sacred in our gatherings arise from those who show up with open ears, discerning hearts, probing minds, and compassionate tongues. Come, join the conversation!
The Well Happenings
SPRING FOCUS: FOOD, FAITH, AND PLANET
Beginning this spring, The Well will focus on food, faith, and planet for several months. All major faiths include care for creation, concern for the poor, and commitment to community. We will explore this theme in diverse ways, including workshop teach-ins on things like the farm bill, international aid, and public health as well as climate change, local ecological and political concerns, and creation care.
May 17, The Brilliance in concert, 7:00 PM, Tickets $12 through BPT and $15 at the door.
May 28, 2013 Political scientist Robert Paarlberg, 7 PM
Robert Paarlberg is professor of political science at Wellesley College, adjunct professor at the Harvard Kenney School, and associate at Harvard’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. His focus is on international development and international food policy with an emphasis on biotechnology and food policy. His ground breaking book “Food Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know” is about to be reissued.
June 18, 2013 Marion Nestle, 7 PM
Marion Nestle is the author of “Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health” and professor of public policy and nutrition at NYU. An expert on the Farm Bill, 85% of which goes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (what people used to know as Food Stamps), and on food deserts and nutrition, Marion Nestle understands the complexities of food policy, food politics, and how our most vulnerable populations are being fed (or not). For people in the faith communities, it is vital to understand these things.
On March 1, 2013, a new documentary called “A Place at the Table” opened nationwide. Narrated by Jeff Bridges, it turns to several experts, and Marion Nestle is one of them.Please go see the movie. Or come see it with us when we screen it later this spring. We hope you mark your calendars and join us for Marion Nestle on June 18.
June 26, 2013 Ron Finley, 7 PM
Guerilla gardener, activist, and TED presenter Ron Finley joins us on June 26 for a 7 PM presentation on food deserts, taking action, and how gardening can be an act of social change.
Fall 2013 – TBD Charles Montgomery
Can the shape of your city affect how happy you are? Yes, says Charles Montgomery, who explores the intersection of urban design and the new science of happiness. In psychology, neuroscience, and behavioral economics, and in cityscapes from Disneyland to Dubai, he finds the link between the ways we think about risk and reward and the ways we design our cities.
An award-winning author and urban experimentalist, Charles Montgomery is the author of Happy City, forthcoming from FSG in 2013. In his work, Montgomery has used insights in happiness science to drive high-profile experiments that help citizens transform their relationships with each other and their cities.
February 18, 2014 Brian McLaren More TBA
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Past presenters at The Well include:
(2013)
* Diana Butler Bass (February 21)
* Phyllis Tickle (March 16)
* Joel Salatin (March 23)
* John “Mike” Wallace (April 10)
* Bill McKibben (April 28)
(2012)
* Wes Howard-Brook and Sue Ferguson Johnson (Thursdays in March)
* Robert V Taylor (April 18)
* Tavis Smiley and Cornel West (April 24)
* Carrie Newcomer (May 12)
* John Dominic Crossan (May 26-27)
* Kathleen Norris (June 6)
* Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove (June 10)
* Jennifer Knapp (June 18-19)
* Luis Rodriguez (July 19)
* Forum on marriage equality (August 30)
* Philip Gulley (September 4)
* Macky Alston and his film “Love Free or Die” (October 10)
* Alexander McCall Smith (October 20)
* Bill Mallonee and Muriah Rose (November 1)
* Tony Jones (November 8 )
* Anne Lamott (November 13)
* Jennifer Knapp and Margaret Becker (November 29)
* Dickens Carolers (December 23)
Please add me to your email list.
Programs sound great!
Beth, send your email to thewellqueenanne@gmail.com and you will be on our mailing list!
We would love for you to join us and contribute to the conversation.
Your name and address have been added to our mailing list. RSVP to thewellqueenanne@gmail.com and join us on April 18 for the talk with Robert V Taylor!
The Well is inspiring. You have some terrific offerings and impressive speakers. I plan to make the trek up to Seattle to experience John Dominic Crossan’s talks.
Kathy Truman
Catholic Lay Leader
Mission of the Atonement Lutheran and Catholic Community
So glad to hear it. Just email us and we will get you a ticket for the Crossan event.
I am pleased to find “The Well” and intend to follow your postings regularly. I live in St. Paul, Minnesota, but my wife and I have two daughters, their husbands, and a grandson living in Ballard; we visit often.
We will plan to worship with you when we are next in your area.
I want to offer a recommendation for your upcoming Carrie Newcomer conversation and concert on May 12. Unfortunately, we won’t be in Seattle then to participate , but we follow Carrie’s work faithfully, and were able to participate in her workshop and concert in Iowa last month. She is special!
Blessings in your efforts, Pastor Katie, and we’ll look forward to meeting you when we are next in your area later this summer.
What a nice thing to say, Steve. When you make it out this way, be sure to drop by. We are a small church where one is always welcome to grab a cup of coffee, draw up a chair, and chat a while.
And, yes, Carrie Newcomer is quite special. We are very lucky to welcome her here on May 12.
Peace
Pastor Katie
looks like an excellent group of speakers, please send us information about events
Adding you to our mailing list. Thank you for the kind words. We think these are some excellent voices, and we are adding more all of the time.
Peace
Katie M Ladd
Pastor
Hi Katie,
I am the Family Advocate for your unit for HomeStep. I saw Dr. West and Tavis Smiley at the Neptune and was delighted to hear them say your name as the host for the luncheon. I would love to be on the e-mail list! What a wonderful offering to the community and world at large!
Best,
Karen Schneider
Karen, so glad to hear from you and that you had the opportunity to go see Tavis Smiley and Cornel West. I had no idea that we were mentioned at the evening event. Awesome! I am forwarding your name and address for addition to our list. Do you see anything here on our list that is of particular interest?
Peace
Katie
Hi, Katie.
Your offerings at The Well sound wonderful. The day with Carrie is very appealing, however kid events will likely prevent that from happening–so many good things in life! But I’d love to be added to the mailing list. I’m on Whidbey, so not too far to travel for an event.
Thanks.
Karl
Looks like great things you are doing…would love to partner with you at some point. Keep me posted!
Would be overjoyed to partner!
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Katie,
I would love to be on your mailing list. I stumbled across The Well thanks to a blurb in the PNW email newsletter. I’m the program director for the Alton L. Collins Retreat Center, a UM ministry setting for adult education & renewal just outside of Portland. I’m fascinated by your ministry with The Well, and I’d love to know more! –Laura
Laura
We will add you to our email list. Happy chat via phone anytime. I know the work you do and there is some cross over for sure. Give me a shout! I will be down that way later this week for the leadership retreat…
Peace
Katie M Ladd
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