TotR: Knute “Skip” Berger
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Sunday May 14 2023
Approximate running time: 1 hour and 30 minutes
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Knute will share some highlights of a few of the stranger stories of our maritime past; speak to the importance of regional history; and share how the intersection of history, heritage, and politics can be of use in the present. There will be a chance to ask questions about any aspect of Northwest history, including histories we need to uncover, and why some histories have been forgotten.
Talks on the Rock: Knute “Skip” Berger - The Mystery of the Pickled Orca and Other Tales of the Salish Sea
$20 General $18 Member Youth (18-) FREE (must reserve ticket) 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 books: “Pugetopolis” and “Space Needle, Spirit of Seattle”, and was previously Editor-in-Chief of Seattle Weekly.Knute will share some highlights of a few of the stranger stories of our maritime past; speak to the importance of regional history; and share how the intersection of history, heritage, and politics can be of use in the present. There will be a chance to ask questions about any aspect of Northwest history, including histories we need to uncover, and why some histories have been forgotten.