Sep 28 Monday
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The annual Used Book Sale is located at the corner of 8th and Commercial Street, in downtown Leavenworth. Books are sold "by donation" to fund vital local projects supporting our library and promoting literacy! Fridays and Saturdays 10 am to 5:30 pm. Sundays to Thursdays 10 am to 5 pm. Closes Sunday, Oct. 4th at Noon. Questions: 253-720-3003.
The Borah Symposium is one of University of Idaho’s longest-standing traditions, fostering dialogue and education on global peace and justice. Sponsored by the Borah Foundation, the symposium brings together thought leaders, activists and scholars to explore solutions to the root causes of war and conflict.
Through keynote lectures, panel discussions, student roundtables and community events, the Borah Symposium continues its legacy of inspiring action and cultivating global awareness. Topics range from nuclear disarmament and humanitarian aid to media literacy and environmental conflict.
Whether you're a student, educator, policymaker or concerned citizen, you’ll have the opportunity to engage with the most pressing issues of our time and consider bold strategies for a more peaceful future.
The 2026 Borah Symposium will take place Monday, Sept. 28 through Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026, at University of Idaho’s main campus in Moscow, Idaho. This event will focus on human resilience in the face of international conflict, featuring a keynote address by Nadia Murad, the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize recipient and an Iraqi human rights activist.
Over the course of three days, the symposium will highlight various aspects of this complex topic, in which we are inviting experts with diverse perspectives to engage with the symposium's theme. The events are free and open to the public.
Sep 29 Tuesday
Jim Hodges’ “Unearthed” exhibition is a monumental bronze cast of an uprooted tree stump. The truncated form resonates with majesty while also serving as a mournful reminder of humankind’s impact upon the natural world. The sculpture is suspended in stillness, suggesting what might have been above, stretching branches that had reached into the air towards the sun that once contained life in green and barky rough wildness. With this implication, and through our interaction with the sculpture, “Unearthed” opens generative thought toward relationships between environments and their communities. The work beckons us to consider fragility, ephemerality, as well as the sacredness of life.
This work-in-becoming had its first residency in San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral in 2019. Imagine that in the confines of that edifice the sculpture absorbed metaphysical power from everyday spiritual practice, from a celebration of life observed in rites of faith, musical performances, readings, by a community’s presence, participation, and social interaction. “Unearthed” has its second residency at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at Washington State University, providing the academic and regional community an occasion to approach the work through intentional participation.
In time, its roots will be reunited with the ground through burial, transferring its accumulated goodwill charged with incorporeal memories and energies into the Earth. Only its severed trunk will remain visible, indicating a new role in nature.
IMAGE | Jim Hodges, Unearthed, 2015 to present
LOCATION | The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU is located in the Crimson Cube (on Wilson Road across from Martin Stadium and the CUB) on the WSU Pullman campus. Museum hours are Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Closed Sundays, Mondays, and during University holidays and breaks.
Each year, the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art presents selections from its growing permanent collection in an exhibition, offering fresh perspectives through thematic exhibitions, recent acquisitions, and curated installations.
Open August 25, 2026 through March 13, 2027, “JSMA Collects” explores the many ways artists, curators, and visitors connect with nature, place, and one another. Works on view reflect the relationships between environments and communities, while spring installations expand the conversation to themes of home, family, and everyday life, inviting reflection on the natural world and our place within it.
From its founding collection of nineteenth- and twentieth-century American and European paintings, the museum's holdings have grown to more than 4,000 works of art. Today, the collection spans the eighteenth century to the present and features a diverse range of regional, national, and international artists whose works illuminate the breadth and evolution of visual culture.
IMAGE | Etsuko Ichikawa, Vitrified, 2020
Sep 30 Wednesday
