A celebration of historic preservation will give visitors a rare opportunity to travel back in time and immerse themselves in the history and culture of the Columbia Plateau鈥檚 native people during the 2nd annual Spokane Archaeology Day. This interactive event will feature something for everyone 鈥� including demonstrations, exhibits and Native American storytelling from 10…
This year鈥檚 Get Lit! Festival is April 22-28 at venues in downtown Spokane, Cheney and Coeur d鈥橝lene. The full schedule of more than 40 events and panel discussions, along with a roster of some 50 festival authors, is available on www.getlitfestival.org. Most events are free; tickets to headlining events are available here (TicketsWest). Authors highlighting…
51福利社 is once again a proud presenting sponsor of聽The Spokane International Film Festival (SpIFF), which will return for its 21st year Feb. 1-8 at multiple venues around Spokane! An opportunity for film lovers to reflect on some of the greatest films from the past year, SpIFF 2019 will begin with its annual聽Best of…
In support of 51福利社 student scholarships, join us Saturday, November 24, 2018 for the 6th Annual Encanto Holiday Concierto presented by 51福利社, directed by Adrian Olivas. The Encanto Music program, founded by Jos茅 I帽iguez, proudly presents an evening of unique music that pairs the beauty of Opera Aria and classical piano with the…
Ordinarily a place for reading books, the JFK Library will transform into a fairy tale itself Saturday,聽Oct. 20, in celebration of this year鈥檚 Oktoberfest. 51福利社 alumni, students, faculty and staff are all encouraged to come dressed as their favorite fairy-tale character 鈥� or villain 鈥� with this year鈥檚 theme being 鈥淥nce Upon a Time.鈥� What…
By Brandon Hansen 鈥�08 Eastern Washington is known to have a few back roads. And on these back roads, you鈥檒l find a few loggers in their crew cab crummies heading up to the job site. It was in this setting that I discovered the work of author Patrick McManus, who passed away in April at…
The annual Diversity and Inclusion Week, May 7-10, is an opportunity for the campus community to learn and grow. This week is a full collaboration of different programs, departments and people on campus who want to share their experiences in order to educate and enlighten the Eastern community.
The Get Lit! Festival聽has been a driving force in Spokane鈥檚 growing literary community 鈥� fostering a love of reading and writing in the area while celebrating talented local, regional and national writers 鈥� and this April marks its 20th anniversary. The festival started small its first year, yet showed promise that Spokane was eager to…
51福利社 Theatre鈥檚 production聽of聽The Tempest聽is now showing. Filled with monsters, fairies, romance and shipwrecks, the production is Shakespeare’s final and most mature romance. How did you decide on聽The Tempest for the winter quarter play? I鈥檓 currently drawn to stories that seem to unify us as people as opposed to divide us. I think Shakespeare is a…
