So the internet is fucked for a few people at the office, and has been all day. At first, this was delightful: I cleaned my desk and rearranged some of my books. But I went out for lunch and come back and it's still fucked and so here I am at the stately Constant home (a.k.a. Casa del Fuck), doing Reading Tonight extremely late for the first time in the year I've had this job. Apologies.

First and foremost, there is the kickoff event of Comixstravaganza at the Ballard branch of the Seattle Public Library. It's at 6:30 pm. David Lasky, who I love, will give a slide show presentation of comics artists who are here in the Pacific Northwest. Comixstravaganza is a monthlong celebration of comic books by the SPL, and you should take a look at the whole schedule here. There are lots of make-your-own-comic workshops featuring artists like Lasky and Greg Stump, who you may be familiar with. There are events for adults and kids. You should go to at least one.

However, there is also a very interesting-looking poetry reading up in Wallingford: Some of the Subtext folk are presenting something called The Ur Sonata, in which an actress and a visual artist come together to present "Kurt Schwitters' epic Dada sound poem, the Ur Sonata." There is much, much more information about the Ur Sonata here, and it's fascinating, challenging stuff.

Lastly (and, I hate to say, leastly) Thomas Aslin and Laurie Blauner read at Elliott Bay Book Company tonight, reading from their new books. A Moon Over Wings is a collection of poems about family. Wrong is a collection of poems about heartbreak. Together, that just about does it.

For more information and upcoming readings, please consult the readings calendar.