Archived TSO Calendar (2021)
January, 2021
Friday, January 8
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Politics Book Club Online: Blowout by Rachel Maddow. We will discuss chapters 16-29.
Friday, January 15
• 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Book Club Online: Member selection of books to read for 2021.
Thursday, January 28
• 9 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., Online Seminar: Welcome to Zoom: Learn to set up your own meetings and get tips and tricks presented by Paul Schmid.
Friday, January 29
• 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., American History Book Club Online: His Truth is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope by Jon Meacham, 2020.
February, 2021
Friday, February 5
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Politics Book Club Online: Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World by Fareed Zakaria.
Tuesday, February 9
• 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., TSO Marketing Committee online meeting
Friday, February 12
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
Friday, February 19
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
• 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Book Club Online: Jefferson’s Daughters by Catherine Kerrison.
Friday, February 26
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
• 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., American History Book Club Online: Stony the Road by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., 2020.
March, 2021
Friday, March 5
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Politics Book Club Online: Divided We Fall—American’s Secession Threat and How to Restore our Nation by David French.
Monday, March 8
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: Age Stronger presented by Autumn Needles.
Tuesday, March 9
• 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., TSO Marketing Committee online meeting
Thursday, March 11
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: Cryptocurrency presented by Ted Watts.
Friday, March 12
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
Tuesday, March 16
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: Hummingbirds presented by Connie Sidles.
Wednesday, March 17
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Course Preview – Instructor Open House
Thursday, March 18
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Course Preview – Instructor Open House
Friday, March 19
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
• 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Book Club Online: The Turner House by Angela Flourney. The selected books for 2021 are available here.
Monday, March 22
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: Opera and How 2020 Impacted It presented by Alejandra Valorino Boyer from the Seattle Opera.
Tuesday, March 23
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: Gardening Basics presented by Pat Roome
Wednesday, March 24
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Course Preview – Instructor Open House
• 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., TSO Council online meeting
Thursday, March 25
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Course Preview – Instructor Open House
• 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., TSO Curriculum Committee online meeting
Friday, March 26
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
• 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., American History Book Club Online: The Great Influenza by John M. Barry, 2004. New reading theme for current selections: Snapshots of America: 1915–1929.
April, 2021
Friday, April 2
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Politics Book Club Online: The End of Myth by Greg Grandin.
Friday, April 9
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
Friday, April 16
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
• 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Book Club Online: A Pilgrimage to Eternity by Timothy Egan. The selected books for 2021 are available here.
Friday, April 23
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
Friday, April 30
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
• 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., American History Book Club Online: Anything Goes: A Biography of the Roaring Twenties by Lucy Moore, 2009. New reading theme for current selections: Snapshots of America: 1915–1929.
May, 2021
Friday, May 7
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Politics Book Club Online: Caste: The Origins of our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson.
Friday, May 14
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
Friday, May 21
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
• 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Book Club Online: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi. The selected books for 2021 are available here.
Wednesday, May 26
• 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., TSO Council Meeting Online
Friday, May 28
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
• 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., American History Book Club Online: The World Remade: America in World War I by G. J. Meyer, 2018, Part I. New reading theme for current selections: Snapshots of America: 1915–1929.
June, 2021
Thursday, June 3
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: The History and Art of Bonsai by Bruce Williams.
Friday, June 4
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Politics Book Club Online: Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House by Rachel Maddow.
Tuesday, June 8
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: TSO Taste of Telos for Summer Quarter.
Wednesday, June 9
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: Virtual Tour of Jacob Lawrence Exhibit at SAM by Andrea Clarke-Smith.
Thursday, June 10
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: Cleaning Up Puget Sound: 6PPD: How Tires, Toxic Stormwater and Salmon Don’t Mix by Puget SoundKeepers Alliance.
Friday, June 11
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
Tuesday, June 15
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: TSO Taste of Telos for Summer Quarter
Wednesday, June 16
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: Restoration Ecology: Case Studies from Pacific Islands by Sheldon Plentovich.
Thursday, June 17
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: Entrepreneurship: Turning Your Hobby into a Successful Side Hustle by Greg Malkin. Seminar Canceled
• 3:30 p.m., TSO Curriculum Committee Meeting Online
Friday, June 18
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
• 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Book Club Online: American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins. The selected books for 2021 are available here.
Monday, June 21
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: Simply Stunning: iPhone Photography and Photo Editing by Paul Schmid.
Tuesday, June 22
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: Storm Warning: Historic Weather in the Evergreen State by Feliks Banel (sponsored by Humanities Washington).
Wednesday, June 23
• 3:30 p.m., TSO Council Meeting Online
Friday, June 25
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
• 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., American History Book Club Online: The World Remade: America in World War I by G. J. Meyer, 2018, Parts II and III. New reading theme for current selections: Snapshots of America: 1915–1929.
Monday, June 28
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: Ice Age Floodscapes of the Pacific Northwest by Bruce Bjornstad.
Tuesday, June 29
• 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., Online Seminar: Brain Power AT ANY AGE by Dr. Joyce Shaffer.
Wednesday, June 30
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: Tiny Houses by Sound Foundations NW.
July, 2021
Friday, July 2
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Politics Book Club Online: The Age of Illusions: How America Squandered Its Cold War Victory by Andrew Bacevich.
Friday, July 9
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
Thursday, July 15
• 3:30 p.m., TSO Curriculum Committee Meeting Online
Friday, July 16
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
• 11:00 a.m., TSO Events Committee Meeting Online
• 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Book Club Online: Plainsong by Kent Haruf. The selected books for 2021 are available here.
Friday, July 23
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
Wednesday, July 28
• 3:30 p.m., TSO Council Meeting Online
Friday, July 30
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
• 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., American History Book Club Online: The Woman’s Hour – The Great Fight to Win the Vote by Elaine Weiss, 2019.
August, 2021
Friday, August 13
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
Thursday, August 19
• 3:30 p.m., TSO Curriculum Committee Meeting Online
Friday, August 20
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
• 11:00 a.m., TSO Events Committee Meeting Online
• 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Book Club Online: The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead. The selected books for 2021 are available here.
Wednesday, August 25
• 3:30 p.m., TSO Council Meeting Online
Friday, August 27
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
• 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., American History Book Club Online: Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition by Daniel Okrent, 2010.
September, 2021
Friday, September 3
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Politics Book Club Online: After the Fall by Ben Rhodes.
Tuesday, September 7
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: TSO Taste of Telos.
Wednesday, September 8
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: The ABCs of an Effective Doctor Visit by Robin Shapiro.
Thursday, September 9
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: TSO Taste of Telos.
Friday, September 10
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
Monday, September 13
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: Advanced Care Planning by Kate Greenquist.
Tuesday, September 14
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: TSO Taste of Telos.
Wednesday, September 15
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: TSO Taste of Telos.
Thursday, September 16
• 3:30 p.m., TSO Curriculum Committee Meeting Online
Friday, September 17
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
• 11:00 a.m., TSO Events Committee Meeting Online
• 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Book Club Online: The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson. The selected books for 2021 are available here.
Tuesday, September 21
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: Hanford Site Overview by Coleen Drinkard.
Wednesday, September 22
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: Mindfulness in a Post Pandemic World by Kate Casey.
Thursday, September 23
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: How Negotiation Works in Timber Wars by Susan Jane Brown (Western Environmental Law Center – WELC) and others.
Friday, September 24
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
• 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., American History Book Club Online: Flapper: A Madcap of Sex, Style, Celebrity and the Women who Made America, Joshua Zeitz, 2007.
Tuesday, September 28
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: CO2 and Methane–It’s Worse than We Think by Ted Watts.
Wednesday, September 29
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: Cybersecurity by David Aucsmith.
• 3:30 p.m., TSO Council Meeting Online
Thursday, September 30
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: The Free Press Initiative by Brier Dudley.
October, 2021
Friday, October 1
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Politics Book Club Online: Critical Race Theory by Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic.
Friday, October 8
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
Friday, October 15
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
• 11:00 a.m., TSO Events Committee Meeting Online
• 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Book Club Online: Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan. The selected books for 2021 are available here.
Friday, October 22
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
Wednesday, October 27
• 3:30 p.m., TSO Council Meeting Online
Thursday, October 28
• 3:30 p.m., TSO Curriculum Committee Meeting Online
Friday, October 29
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
• 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., American History Book Club Online: Since Yesterday:The 1930s in America, September 3, 1929 to September 3, 1939, Frederick L. Allen, reprint ed. 1986.
November, 2021
Friday, November 5
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Politics Book Club Online: The Day the World Stopped Shopping by J.B MacKinnon.
Friday, November 12
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
Thursday, November 18
• 3:30 p.m., TSO Curriculum Committee Meeting Online
Friday, November 19
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
• 11:00 a.m., TSO Events Committee Meeting Online
• 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Book Club Online: Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson. The selected books for 2021 are available here.
Friday, November 26
• 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., American History Book Club Online: Playing With Fire: The 1968 Election And The Transformation Of American Politics by Lawrence O’Donnell (2017). The new Theme for book selections is The Year 1968.
December, 2021
Wednesday, December 1
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: A Discussion of Homewaters: A Human and Natural History of Puget Sound by David B. Williams.
Thursday, December 2
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: The Science of Giant Earthquakes and Tsunamis: What We Know and What We Don’t by Prof. Harold Tobin.
Friday, December 3
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Politics Book Club Online: American Schism: How the Two Enlightenments Hold the Secret to Healing our Nation by Seth David Radwell.
Monday, December 6
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: TSO Taste of Telos for Winter Quarter.
Tuesday, December 7
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: TSO Taste of Telos for Winter Quarter.
Wednesday, December 8
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: My Favorite Things at SAM — for Kids by David Turner.
• 3:30 p.m., TSO Council Meeting Online
Thursday, December 9
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: TSO Taste of Telos for Winter Quarter.
Friday, December 10
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (1st session), and 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. (2nd session), Online Invited Lecture: Contemporary Threats by Alessandro Regio. This talk is a Special Event and requires paid registration.
Tuesday, December 14
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar— Imogen: A Retrospective by Andrea Smith-Clarke.
Wednesday, December 15
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: Planning your Vegetable Garden by Pat Roome.
Thursday, December 16
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: Seagull Seminar with Connie Sidles,
Friday, December 17
• 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Constitution Club Online
• 11 a.m., TSO Events Committee Meeting Online
• 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Book Club Online: Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Ourselves Revealed by Lori Gottlieb. The selected books for 2021 are available here.
Monday, December 20
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: J Harlen Bretz and the Ice Age Floods by Dale Lehman.
Wednesday, December 22
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar: China in Africa — an example of China’s Belt and Road Policy by Carla Barnes.
Thursday, December 30
• 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Online Seminar— Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Taiwan’s Global (Re)Emergence Amidst US-China Tensions by Prof. James Lin.
Friday, December 31
• 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., American History Book Club Online: Woodstock: The 1969 Rock & Roll Revolution by Ernesto Assante (2018). The new Theme for book selections is The Year 1968.