Community Corner
Patch Picks: Inside Job
Every Thursday, Mercer Island Patch will run a feature called Patch Picks, highlighting editor and reader picks of great local businesses, destinations, services, organizations, ways to spend a day off, and more.
There's a lot of talk out there about the , banks taking advantage of their customers with new fees and the extreme (and growing) disparity of wealth and poverty our country.
See how we got here thanks to the 's free film series, presenting Inside Job (Charles Ferguson, 2010). This winner of the 2011 Oscar for Best Feature Length Documentary is a penetrating investigation into the reasons for the collapse of global financial markets in 2008. The film will be shown at the Theater at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 14, and admission is free.
If that's not your cup of tea, then perhaps these events happening on and around Mercer Island might be of interest:
Find out what's happening in Mercer Islandfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
- is hosting three events this week, a Community Shabbat and Sukkot Dinner on Friday, Oct. 14 from 5:30-7 p.m., the Kesher Community Garden Harvest on Sunday, Oct. 16 from 10 a.m. to noon, and a J Explorers Sleepover in the Sukkah from Friday through Saturday, Oct. 14-15 from 7 p.m. to 10 a.m.
- will welcome two publisher's sales reps to the store for Reading Group Book Night on October 18 at 7 p.m. All the PSR's picks for favorite books will be discounted to $10 each for the night.
- is hosting, with IslandVision, a local Jazz duo with Patrick Daugherty on Saturday, Oct. 15 from 6 to 9 p.m.
- Spend A Night With Bats at Mercer Slough in Bellevue. Learn more about bats and the environment by walking through the trails at Mercer Slough on Friday, Oct. 14 at 7 p.m. Cost is $5 per person, preregistration required.