A film about an outlaw hobo starring Hollywood actor Michael Pitt is filming in Tacoma through Thursday.

“You Can’t Win” features Pitt, one of the stars of HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire,” and Hannah Marks of this year’s “The Amazing Spider-Man.”

The film is an adaptation of a 1926 autobiography by hobo and burglar Jack Black. Filming with Pitt is taking place in and around Old City Hall now through May 3.

Black’s autobiography covers his life on the road in the western United States and Canada. He was born near Vancouver, B.C. in 1881. His writings influenced author William …

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Warren Etheredge has been hosting his digital watering hole, “The High Bar,” for three seasons now. The interview series covers filmmakers, authors and other cultural movers and shakers.

Beginning Monday “The High Bar” will be broadcast on KBTC public television (physically located right next door to The News Tribune, I might add.)

Etheredge is one of the best questioners/listeners I know and has an impressive tally of over 1,500 interviews with the likes of Jodie Foster, Gary Oldman, Susie Bright and Mike Daisey.

Etheredge promotes “slow culture.” His motto: Smarter …

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New York Times bestselling and Seattle-based romance-suspense author Jayne Ann Krentz will give a writing workshop and sign books at Lakewood Pierce County Library on Saturday.

Krentz’s newest book in the Dark Legacy series – “Copper Beach” – releases today and it will be available for sale at the event. Krentz’s books can be found at Lakewood Library and throughout Pierce County Library System.

The 2 p.m. event at 6300 Wildaire Road S.W. is free but you must register online at: www.piercecountylibrary.org/calendar. Friends of Lakewood Library are sponsoring the event.

Krentz will present her fiction writing workshop “Five Secrets to Getting Published.” There will be a Q and A followed by a book signing.
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2012 marks the half century anniversary of the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair. Prepare yourself for a lot of hoopla.

Getting ahead of the game is the publication of “The Future Remembered: The 1962 Seattle World’s Fair and Its Legacy.” Co-author Alan J. Stein will be giving a book talk on December 11 at 2 p.m. at the downtown Tacoma Public Library.

I’m post-fair myself but I remember riding in the bubbleator when I was kid in the 70s (before they sold it off to some guy who allegedly turned it into a backyard greenhouse.)

Get more info at www.tacomapubliclibrary.org or 253-591-5666.
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Last month I interviewed “Dynasty” star and Rainier resident Linda Evans about her life, career and just published autobiography, “Recipes For Life”. Read my story here.

Evans is going to have a book singing Saturday in Yelm. Spiritual channeller JZ Knight will also be there.

Linda Evans book signing
When: 3 p.m. Saturday
Where: JZ Rose store, 201 1st Street South, Yelm. 360-458-4618

Seattle-based wildlife photographer Art Wolfe has gone to the dogs, photographically speaking. The acclaimed shooter will present his latest book, “Dogs Make Us Human: A Global Family Album” (co-authored with writer Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson) Nov. 4 at the main Tacoma Public Library.

The 100 photo book explores the unique relationship that people have with canines. Wolfe will speak about his book in a free book talk, slide presentation and signing at 7 p.m. on Thursday at the downtown library (1102 Tacoma Avenue South). Books will be available for purchase and signing at the event.

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He’s a “Daily Show” correspondent, co-star on HBO’s “Bored to Death” and the former PC man from those Apple ads. But did you know John Hodgman is also an author?

The writer of “The Areas of My Expertise” and “More Information Than You Require” will be at Seattle’s Town Hall for his third and final installment in complete world knowledge: “That is All.” That book goes on sale Nov. 1.

Hodgman describes himself as a deranged millionaire and survival expert, which sets the tone for the book filled with completely falsified facts.

HBO’s “Bored to Death” is …

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