CANCELED - BeWild Speaker Series | All Humans Outside with Tommy Corey

Join The Mountaineers in partnership with the North Cascades Institute and Third Place Books for an unforgettable evening with photographer and author Tommy Corey as he takes the BeWild stage to celebrate his debut Mountaineers Books title, All Humans Outside: Stories of Belonging in Nature.

Through stunning documentary-style photography and first-person and third-person stories, All Humans Outside explores how nature transforms us—highlighting 101 personal journeys rooted in outdoor recreation, conservation, sustainability, and community building. He’ll be joined by outdoor advocates featured in the book, offering deeper insight into the transformative power of representation and belonging in outdoor spaces.

Copies of All Humans Outside will be available for purchase thanks to  Third Place Books and for signing. The evening will also spotlight organizations working to make the outdoors more inclusive, welcoming, and accessible for all.

Don’t miss this powerful and inspiring event celebrating identity, community, and the shared human experience in nature.

Doors Open at 6:30PM | Program Starts at 7:00PM

Get your tickets now! Pre-event ticket sales will close at 12:00pm on September 30. Tickets can be purchased at the event for $20. 

For more information about the full 2025 BeWild line up please see  our website.

About North Cascades Institute: For nearly 40 years, North Cascades Institute has inspired environmental stewardship and empowered the next generation of conservation leaders through transformative learning experiences in nature. Since 1990, their place-based environmental education program -- Mountain School -- has served over 42,000 regional 5th graders, helping them connect with nature and learn about the natural and cultural history of our region. Beyond its school programs, the Institute offers dozens of ways to explore the North Cascades Ecosystem, with hands-on learning adventures from the Cascades Crest to the shores of the Salish Sea. To learn more about the Institute's work and offerings, please visit their website at ncascades.org.

About Third Place Books: Third Place Books was founded in 1998 in Lake Forest Park with the deliberate and intentional goal of creating community around books and the ideas they inspire. A second store opened in Seattle’s Ravenna neighborhood in 2002, followed by a third in Seward Park in 2016. Today, Third Place Books is a general interest bookstore offering more than 200,000 new, used, and bargain books at its Lake Forest Park location and over 40,000 titles at Ravenna. Each store provides a fun, comfortable, and welcoming space to browse, linger, lounge, relax, read, eat, laugh, play, talk, listen, and simply watch the world go by. Please visit their website at thirdplacebooks.com.