TEDx talks at the Mercer Island Library

All are invited to join the conversation at the next TEDx event between 7 and 8:30 p.m., Monday Feb. 9, at the Mercer Island library. The theme is “Finding the Possible in the Impossible.”

Local author Lori A. May will speak about building sustainable literary communities. May has written for publications such as The Atlantic, Writer’s Digest, The Writer, and Passages North.

The evening will also feature two short video’ talks.’

Kitra Cahana shares how she documented her father’s experience after suffering a severe stroke that left him with locked-in syndrome — completely paralyzed except for his eyes.  Yet, he found peace and helped guide others who also were in a state of seeming helplessness.

And artists Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn will explain how they create community art by painting entire neighborhoods — from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro to the streets of North Philadelphia.

Refreshments and discussions to follow.

Contact Ben Elliott benjaminelliott@comcast.net.