Oct 21 Wednesday
Thousands of books, records, CDs and DVDs to choose from, and a great selection of subjects, genres, and authors.All sales Benefit Richland Public Library programs. The sale is on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday October 21-24 2026.Wednesday, October 21st 5-7”00 pm is for Friends members you can join at the door.Thursday is open to Public 10:00am—6:00pmFriday is open to Public 10:00am—5:00pmSaturday is open to the Public 10:00am—4:00pm $5.00 Bag Sale$5.00 Bag sale all day Saturday. Bring your own grocery size bags.$1.00 Hard Backs and trade paperbacks$.50 Children’s Books$.25 PaperbacksSome specially priced item
Nocturnal
Sept 25 - Nov 15, 2026
Inspired by the world that emerges after the light fades, Childhood’s End Gallery presents “Nocturnal” featuring new paintings by Liza Brenner and Jonathan Happ, alongside mixed media sculpture by Loralin Toney.
Arts Walk Reception: Oct 2nd 5-9pmArts Walk continues Oct 3rd 12-6pm
FREE
Childhood’s End Gallery222 4th Ave WOlympia WA 98501
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360-943-3724
This November Idahoans will vote on a constitutional amendment that would limit direct democracy in Idaho.
In 2025 lawmakers voted to put HJR4 on the 2026 General Election Ballot. If passed, HJR4 would remove the power of citizens to use ballot initiatives to “legalize marijuana, narcotics, or other psychoactive substances.” The amendment's language is broad enough to block citizens from voting on even modest reforms like allowing medical cannabis for Idahoans with severe epilepsy.
Some experts argue that HJR 4 is not just about drug policy. The amendment would impact Idaho’s ballot-initiative process and open the door for lawmakers to continue to limit what topics citizens can vote on via ballot initiative in the future.
Luke Mayville is the co-founder and executive director of Reclaim Idaho, a grassroots organization working to build an Idaho where government works for all Idahoans. Luke received his Ph.D. in political science from Yale University and taught at Columbia University before returning to Idaho to spearhead Reclaim Idaho's first ballot initiative campaign to expand Medicaid. That initiative passed with 61% of the vote in 2018. Luke is the author of "John Adams and the Fear of American Oligarchy," and lives in Boise with his wife and son.
Join us for a fun evening of pizza and civics trivia hosted by Michael Bowman, Rural Civic Engagement Specialist from the Office of the Secretary of State, League of Women Voters of Skagit County and the Mount Vernon Library. Prizes, fun for all - youth and adults. Bring a team of up to 5 or come and join a team! Free!
Jazz Wednesdays 6-8pm!
Grab your horn, axe, sticks or voice and sit in!
Or sit and enjoy the best in local jazz talent.
All Ages. No Cover. Dinner show. Reservations Recommended.
Oct 22 Thursday
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
