Lectures/Literary
2024 Robert Jonas Lecture in Biological Sciences
Todd Hall 230, WSU Todd Hall, 300 NE College Ave, Pullman, Washington, United StatesDr. Jacqueline Frair, a wildlife biology professor at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, will present a public lecture on, "Conservation of Large Mammals in Human-Dominated Landscapes" Tuesday April 23rd at 6:30PM in Todd Hall 230 on WSU's Pullman Campus. The event is free and open to everyone. For… Continue Reading 2024 Robert Jonas Lecture in Biological Sciences
Spring Speaker Series – Conversations about Astrophotography with Mike Brady
Moses Lake Museum and Art Center 401 S. Balsam Moses Lake WA, 98837 401 S. Balsam St., Moses Lake, WA, United StatesJoin local astrophotographer Mike Brady as he shares his astrophotography experiences and photo images. The presentation will include images of galaxies, nebulae, our moon, our sun, and comets. He will also be sharing his techniques and some of the equipment necessary for capturing these images. The presentation will be an open forum in which questions… Continue Reading Spring Speaker Series – Conversations about Astrophotography with Mike Brady
Suds With a Scholar
1912 Center 412 E Third St., Moscow, ID, United StatesJoin us next week on April 25th in the Lecompte Auditorium at the 1912 Center for Suds with a Scholar! Dr. Priscilla Wegars will talk about Moscow’s Red-Light District. Doors open at 6pm, and the program will start at 6:30pm. Tickets are available at the door: $8 for LCHS members and $10 for not-yet-members. Beer… Continue Reading Suds With a Scholar
Raymond Carver and Tess Gallagher Creative Writing Festival
Tickets are now on sale for the Raymond Carver & Tess Gallagher Creative Writing Festival: April 25, 26, and 27 2024 in Port Angeles, WA. Our keynote guests are Tess Gallagher, Billy Collins, TC Boyle, and Selected Shorts Radio. The festival includes keynote readings, a film screening, conference style presentations, pie and poetry at Carver’s… Continue Reading Raymond Carver and Tess Gallagher Creative Writing Festival
Topics @ The School-“Mary Roberts Rinehart (aka America’s “Agatha Christie” Crosses the Cascade Pass in 1916″
Skagit City School 17508 Moore Rd, Mount Vernon, United StatesThe popular mystery writer led an expedition crossing the Cascade Pass. Learn inspiring stories from this journey from historian Jesse G. Kennedy III, Ph.D.
2nd Annual UWT Poetry Festival: Between the Lines
University of Washington Tacoma Campus, William Philip Hall 1918 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, WA, United StatesAll are excitedly welcome to join the UW Creative Writing community to celebrate the end of National Poetry Month! This all-ages, FREE and open to the public event closes out the month in style with an interactive Poetry Fair featuring UWT student groups, Tacoma Literary Community partners such as Blue Cactus Press, King's Books, Creative… Continue Reading 2nd Annual UWT Poetry Festival: Between the Lines
Scarecrow Video Zeitgeist ’24! – Whodunit? And Why Now?
Online 1101 Virtual, Toronto, ON, CanadaA FREE lecture-discussion hosted by film critic Robert Horton Recently, the whodunit—especially the kind where the suspects gather in a drawing-room at the end and the sleuth reveals the culprit—has enjoyed an unexpected comeback. Directors Rian Johnson (the Knives Out movies) and Kenneth Branagh (who plays Agatha Christie's super-detective Hercule Poirot in Murder on the… Continue Reading Scarecrow Video Zeitgeist ’24! – Whodunit? And Why Now?
Mary Scott: An Amazing Woman of Stick Samish and English Heritage
Skagit City School 17508 Moore Rd, Mount Vernon, United StatesThe third and final installment of the Topics @ The School series: "Valley Girls: Legendary Women and their Adventures in Skagit County." Mary Scott always described herself as half English, half Indian, and one hundred percent American. Learn about her incredible life from longtime Samish Island resident, Jan Jones, who shares her first-person account of… Continue Reading Mary Scott: An Amazing Woman of Stick Samish and English Heritage
Scarecrow Academy Presents Election Year: Politics on Film
Year Six of Scarecrow Academy brings an in-depth look at movies that examine the world of politics in the cinema. In nine weeks of free online conversations, we explore the various approaches that great filmmakers take to the political process. From comedy to tragedy, from satire to fable, with directors ranging from Frank Capra to… Continue Reading Scarecrow Academy Presents Election Year: Politics on Film
Ellensburg Wind Storytellers
Hal Holmes Community Center 209 N Ruby ST, Ellensburg, WA, United StatesStories. We all have them; we all tell them, all the time. We may not think of them as stories, but who we are is our stories, whether they are true, fanciful, folkloric, or whatever. Come to listen or to tell as the Ellensburg Wind Storytellers continue this 3rd Wed., Oct. 18, from 6 to… Continue Reading Ellensburg Wind Storytellers
