Jan. 13-25: Hope in Hard Times Exhibit Opens in Walla Walla
The traveling exhibit on the Great Depression opens at The Kirkman House Museum Friday (Jan. 17). Also around the state, Speakers Bureau presentations and grant-funded Whatcom Reads events abound. [Read]
View ArticleFeb. 10-22: The Artifacts Museums Keep in Their Back Rooms
Speakers Bureau's Harriet Baskas presents Hidden Treasures in Washington's Museums in Seattle. Plus: other Speakers Bureau events and the first reading with the 2014-16 Washington State Poet Laureate....
View ArticleFeb. 17 to March 1: How Technology is Changing Our Culture
Join Speakers Bureau's Alex Alben for Analog Days: How Technology Changed our Culture in Seattle and Richland. [Read]
View ArticleFeb. 24 to March 8: Join Whatcom Reads for a Conversation with Cheryl Strayed
The community read program presents the author of Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail. Also upcoming; Speakers Bureau presentations and grant-funded events around the state. [Read]
View ArticleMarch 10-22: Singing the Folk Songs of the Oregon Trail in Spokane
Join Speakers Bureau's Hank Cramer for One Trail, Many Voices: Songs of the Oregon Trail in Spokane Tuesday. Also upcoming: grant-funded events and Speakers Bureau presentations all around the state....
View ArticleMarch 17-29: Port Townsend Community Read’s Turn Here Sweet Corn
The Port Townsend Public Library presents discussions and events as part of its month-long community read. Also upcoming: Speakers Bureau and grant-funded events around the state and Seattle's first...
View ArticleMarch 24 to April 5: Think & Drink to Explore Civil Rights in Seattle
Join us for our next Think & Drink, A History of Protest: Civil Rights Movements in Seattle from the 1960s to 1980s, this Wednesday in Seattle. [Read]
View ArticleApril 7-19: Timothy Egan Talks The Worst Hard Time in Spokane
Join The Spokane County Library and Whitworth University for a talk by National Book Award winner Timothy Egan on the Great Depression. Also upcoming: Speakers Bureau presentations and readings with...
View ArticleApril 14-26: The History and Impact of Hanford Nuclear Site
Join engineer-turned-poet Kathleen Flenniken as she shares her personal history growing up in Richland and working at Hanford Thursday (April 17) in Kennewick. Also coming up: Speakers Bureau...
View ArticleClemente Course Brought Humanities Classes to those in Economic Distress
In this installment of 40 Years of Washington Stories, we look at The Clemente Course, which brought college-level humanities classes to lower-income students. [Read]
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