Oct 19 Monday
Lacy is a public health leader with two decades of experience in Washington DC and Washington State shaping policy, transforming systems, and improving population health. Her conviction that health is a fundamental human right has informed her commitment to equity, systems change, and better outcomes for communities.
Lacy’s early career work spanned infectious and chronic disease prevention, child and family health, and health care policy. From 2020–2022 she led Washington’s COVID-19 Response as Deputy Secretary of Health.
Lacy earned her BS in Molecular & Cell Biology at Texas A&M University, her MPH at the George Washington University, and is certified in public health.
Oct 25 Sunday
Fort Walla Walla Museum's Living Historians bring history to life, portraying real people from Walla Walla's past. The troupe’s goal is to bring museum exhibits to life by telling visitors dramatic stories about the lives of Walla Wallans and the issues of their day, and letting guests question the characters about their lives and times.
William Tye is an assistant conductor working for Dorsey Baker's Walla Walla & Columbia River Railroad. Tye will discuss his work on the locomotives and clear up myths and legends surrounding Dr. Baker's famous enterprise.
The marvelous Gary Lentz will be portraying William Tye.
Nov 11 Wednesday
Free In Person Financial Course! Want to learn more about money? How to make your dollar stretch? How to create a budget? Well this free course is for you! Come join us on Wednesdays at the WECU Education Center on 511 E. Holly Street, Downtown Bellingham, starting February 4th-March 25th from 3:00pm-5:00pm. Scan the QR code or visit www.oppco.org/flare-registration/ to register. Hope to see you there!!!
Nov 18 Wednesday
Nov 25 Wednesday
Nov 28 Saturday
Rachael Lundin signs, Music of the Mermaids, a middle school story of thirteen-year-old Dakota Geske who has until sunrise to return a kidnapped merchild and stop a war between two worlds.
Dec 02 Wednesday
Jan 08 Friday
Guidebook author and TV host Rick Steves believes there’s more to travel than good food and fun in the sun. By venturing out of their comfort zone, travelers can gain an empathy for the other 96 percent of humanity and a better understanding of the interconnectedness of today’s world. In this provocative slideshow lecture, Rick draws from lessons learned while exploring Europe, Central America, Asia, and the Middle East to illustrate how, when Americans “travel as a political act,” they come home with the greatest of all souvenirs: a broader perspective. Afterward, Rick will do a brief Q & A with the audience.
Jan 20 Wednesday
Jan 24 Sunday
For more than three decades, wildlife filmmaker and National Geographic explorer Casey Anderson has walked toward what most people run from: grizzlies, mountain lions, tigers, and other dangerous predators. In Among Wild Predators, Casey takes us on a powerful visual and emotional journey into the hearts of these animals, and into our own hearts as well. Through breathtaking encounters and deeply personal stories, he dismantles the myths that have fueled humanity’s fear of predators and reveals what they truly are: mirrors of our own courage, empathy, and survival.
Casey Anderson is an Emmy nominated filmmaker, an adventurer, and a National Geographic explorer. He has spent the last three decades traveling the world, capturing nature and wildlife through the camera lens. Born and raised in Montana, Anderson spent his childhood exploring the vast wilderness that was his backyard and by the age of eighteen, Casey was guiding wildlife filmmakers into remote locations to track and film the most elusive wild animals.
At twenty-six, Casey adopted an orphaned baby grizzly bear which led him to co-found the Montana Grizzly Encounter, a sanctuary for grizzly bears saved from inhumane situations. As a television personality, Casey has been seen on Nat Geo WILD, BBC, PBS, Travel Channel, Discovery Channel, and has been a regular contributor to Conan & Oprah. He has made it his mission to bring his love of the wild to the hearts of the world, instilling a drive to conserve untamed and untouched wild places.
