Lectures/Literary
Gardening for Everyone
Centralia College Washington Hall 715 W Pear St., Centralia, WA, United StatesSpring is here and the time for garden planning is now! Learn from community experts and get your gardening questions answered. Join us on Saturday, April 20th, 2024 for free these gardening classes! For the first time we are excited to offer a class exclusively in Spanish. Pre-registration not required. We hope to see you… Continue Reading Gardening for Everyone
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
For the Beauty of the Earth: An Earth Day Event
Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver 690 Burrard St, Vancouver, BC, CanadaJoin us for a captivating celebration of Earth Day at Vancouver BC's Christ Church Cathedral on Sunday, April 21st, at 3:30 pm! Immerse yourself in a transcendent fusion of music, imagery, and dialogue, igniting passion for environmental stewardship. Internationally acclaimed soprano Joyce Parry-Moore and award-winning pianist Katherine Hume will enchant you with exquisite songs by Barber,… Continue Reading For the Beauty of the Earth: An Earth Day Event
Learning from the South: The Black Experience and Reform in Republican China
idaho student union building 875 South Line Street, moscow, ID, United StatesMelvin Barnes, Jr. (PhD, Ohio State) discusses the inspirational relationship between Black America and Modern China. For much of the 20th century, East Asian states occupied an important position within the African American imagination and political worldview. The Empire of Japan and, decades later, the People’s Republic of China served as foils to the government… Continue Reading Learning from the South: The Black Experience and Reform in Republican China
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
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
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
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?
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
Bird Fest Keynote with Rebecca Heisman
Wenatchee River Institute 347 Division Street, Leavenworth, WA, United StatesWild Stories from the History of Bird Migration Research. This event is hybrid! Attend in-person or via livestream. Register for either version at the event website! We've all heard amazing facts about bird migration—the long distances that birds travel, the ways that they navigate, etc. But did you ever wonder how we figured all of… Continue Reading Bird Fest Keynote with Rebecca Heisman
