A Seattle World’s Fair 50th anniversary slide show and book presentation is set for 7 p.m. Saturday at Baker Street Books in Black Diamond.

Share stories and talk on “The Future Remembered: The 1962 Seattle World’s Fair and Its Legacy” by co-authors Paula Becker and Alan J. Stein.

This is a free event.

Astronauts, Elvis, sky rides, royalty, the Kennedys, religion, topless showgirls, the Canadian tattoo, the Cold War and futurist speculation ‒ the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair had it all. The era and its people come to life in this coffee-table-style book filled with fascinating history, stories and pictures to celebrate the fair’s upcoming 50th anniversary.

Browse this 300-page, image-rich hardcover and learn how the space race lit the fire under Seattle’s movers, shakers and dreamers, and how they turned their little-known, geographically isolated city into the place that “invented the future” and gave the region the remarkable legacy of a fondly remembered six months of  learning and fun in 1962.

For information, go to www.kcls.org/events/author.cfm  or 360-886-2131.