May’s featured hackerspace is Jigsaw Renaissance and we are so excited to have Joshua Madara in the store to talk about the events and projects that have been happening at Jigsaw, what differentiates them from other hackerspaces and makerspaces in Seattle, and what resources they have to offer people. Joshua will be in the store on May 15th at 5pm!

*About this series: Seattle is the home of many amazing hackerspaces and each of them have really interesting projects that they are working on as well as events going on throughout the year. Here at Ada’s, we love hackerspaces and wanted to create an event series centered around these hackerspaces. At each monthly event, a member of a local hackerspace will come into the store and talk about what he or she is currently working on and how that particular space is helping with the project.

Mark your calendars! Our May author event is happening in April on April 30th at 6pm!

Our May featured author of the month is Gordon Hempton, co-author of“One Square Inch of Silence: One Man’s Quest to Preserve Quiet.” Join internationally acclaimed acoustic ecologist, Gordon Hempton, as we listen to sunrise circle the globe, hear snow melt, whales sing and discover that the Earth is music, clear enough to hum all day. And let’s re-examine our widely held belief that the human ear evolved to hear human speech. We will listen to nature sounds that fit neatly into our peak hearing sensitivity and speculate about the evolutionary consequences of detecting these sounds over great distances. During modern times with our global environmental crises is it enough to hear ourselves or must we, as a species still subject to the laws of survival, once again listen to what the Earth is telling us. This audio-visual presentation will change the way you look and listen to the world around you.

Come join us for a celebration of children’s books on May 12th from 3-5pm! We will have tasty kid friendly treats and a goodie bag for every child that comes! Also, each of Ada’s employees will read a favorite children’s book to the guests- one every half hour!

We are so excited to celebrate this long lasting, national celebration with you all!

Ada’s is super excited to welcome back Jim Larsen as author of the month. He will be in the store on April 28th at 6pm. Some of you may remember that we hosted him in February of 2011.

On April 13th at 6pm we will have Mike Tyka from ALTSpace at the store to tell us about: “a) Installing a 26ft, functional, LED-driven Rubik’s cube at the Pacific Science Center. We first presented it at Burning Man 2009 and we’ve had a lot of fun upgrading it and making it suit a museum environment. b) Exploring the art of copper work and making sculptures of proteins. Proteins are beautifully evolved molecules and have fascinating shapes and symmetries. Expressing these hidden aspects in artwork has been a fascinating journey. [and] c) Setting up ALTSpace, what we have learned in the one year of our existence and how we’ve evolved into a slightly different direction from the other spaces in Seattle.”
As you can see, the Rubik’s cube looks amazing! The protein structures too! I can’t wait for this talk. It should be really amazing. So far, our hackerspace events have been super interesting, and this one looks like it will not disappoint.

*About this series: Seattle is the home of many amazing hackerspaces and each of them have really interesting projects that they are working on as well as events going on throughout the year. Here at Ada’s, we love hackerspaces and wanted to create an event series centered around these hackerspaces. At each monthly event, a member of a local hackerspace will come into the store and talk about what he or she is currently working on and how that particular space is helping with the project.

March’s presentation is from Rusty Oliver, the “chief executive lunatic” at HazardFactory. The space is located in south Seattle and is perhaps the most flamboyant (as in fire… real fire) hackerspaces in the area. They are well know for their Power Tools Drag Races and SmashPutt. Rusty even had a show on the Discovery Channel for a bit. This will definitely be an amazing event that you won’t want to miss. Bring the whole family and all your friends too! Rusty will be in the store next Tuesday, March 13th at 6pm.

*About this series: Seattle is the home of many amazing hackerspaces and each of them have really interesting projects that they are working on as well as events going on throughout the year. Here at Ada’s, we love hackerspaces and wanted to create an event series centered around these hackerspaces. At each monthly event, a member of a local hackerspace will come into the store and talk about what he or she is currently working on and how that particular space is helping with the project.

We are SO excited to be hosting multiple award winner and genuinely nice person Richard Paul Russo this month as our featured author of the month. Richard Paul Russo was born and raised in San Jose, California. After publishing several stories in small literary magazines, he attended the Clarion East Writing Workshop in 1983. His first new story saw publication in Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine in 1986. Since that time he has published seven novels, several dozen short stories, and one story collection. In addition to U.S. publication, his books have been published in England, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, and Israel. His first novel, Inner Eclipse, was published in 1988. His second novel, Subterranean Gallery, won the Philip K. Dick Memorial Award for 1989, and was a finalist for the Arthur C. Clarke Award in England. His third novel, Destroying Angel, was also a finalist for the Clarke Award, and his two subsequent novels – Carlucci’s Edge and Carlucci’s Heart – were both finalists once again for the Philip K. Dick Award, with Carlucci’s Edge winning the Philip K. Dick Special Citation for 1995. The Carlucci novels were published as a 3-in-1 trade paperback omnibus edition in September 2003. His first story collection, Terminal Visions, was published by Golden Gryphon Press in 2000, and was a finalist for the 2001 Endeavour Award. Ship of Fools, published in 2001, was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and won the 2001 Philip K. Dick Memorial Award. His most recent novel is The Rosetta Codex.
He resides in Seattle, Washington, with his wife, Candace, four cats, and one dog. His event is on Saturday, March 31st at 6pm and you won’t want to miss it. Really.

We had such a great turnout for this month’s author event. Thank you to all who came! And we’d really like to thank “Captain” Robert for such a fantastic event! We had a great time.

Seattle is the home of many amazing hackerspaces and each of them have really interesting things going on throughout the year. Here at Ada’s, we are starting a new series of events centered around these hackerspaces. At each monthly event, a member of a local hackerspace will come into the store and talk about what he or she is currently working on and how that particular space is helping with the project.