PORT TOWNSEND — The author of the selection for the Port Townsend Community Read will meet with the audience virtually during a Skype interview Tuesday.
The live Skype presentation and question-and-answer period with Naomi Klein, the author of This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate, will be from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium at Port Townsend High School, 1500 Van Ness St.
Klein’s 466-page book, which examines the question of whether climate change can be reversed without a shift from capitalism, is this year’s selection for the monthlong Community Read program, sponsored by the Port Townsend Library.
In Community Read programs, everyone in Port Townsend and the rest of East Jefferson County is invited to read the book and participate in discussions and activities.
About the author
Klein, 45, is a journalist, syndicated columnist and author of New York Times and international best-seller The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism.
Her first book, No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies, was also an international best-seller.
Klein is a contributing editor for Harper’s magazine, a reporter for Rolling Stone and writes a syndicated column for The Nation and The Guardian.
She is a member of the board of directors of 350.org, a global climate change movement; a Puffin Foundation Writing Fellow at The Nation Institute; and a former Miliband Fellow at the London School of Economics.
Community Read activities began the first week of this month and will continue through March 31.
“Radical Change: A Juried Art Show” is on display at the Northwind Arts Center, 701 Water St., all month.
Discussions of the last part of the book will be from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday at the Quimper Grange or from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. March 22 at the Jefferson County Library, 620 Cedar Ave., Port Hadlock.
Family Action Day
From 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, the Port Townsend Science Center will host Ocean Commotion Family Action Day.
The free interactive event will be held in the Natural History Exhibit classroom at the marine science center, 532 Battery Way.
Participants will have the opportunity to clean up the beaches of Fort Worden and create toxic-free cleaning products.
Activities will include:
■ A short introduction of This Changes Everything and how it relates to the science center and collective action.
■ A reading corner for young readers.
■ A do-it-yourself toxic-free cleaning products workshop, which includes all-purpose cleaner, tub/tile cleaner and toothpaste.
Materials for creating the products will be provided, but participants are asked to bring empty spray bottles and storage containers.
■ Cleanup of Fort Worden beaches.
For protection, bring gardening gloves for collecting trash.
For more information, email zknorek@ptmsc.org or phone 360-385-5582.
Tribal treaty rights
At 7 p.m. next Thursday will be a discussion of tribal treaty rights and environmental protection with Scott Chitwood, natural resources director of the Jamestown S’Klallam tribe at the library learning center.
At 1:45 p.m. next Friday, March 25, will be a Port Townsend High School Salon, “Climate Solutions: The Path to a Clean Energy Future,” in the school’s auditorium.
At 7 p.m. March 31, Bob Bindschadler, retired NASA glaciologist, will discuss the Taming Bigfoot competition in the Carnegie Reading Room.
For more information on the Community Read program or to inquire about where to get a copy of This Changes Everything, phone the library at 360-385-3181 or see www.ptpubliclibrary.org.
