Finding Thea - Puget Sound
January 8 at 7:30pm & January 13 at 11:30pm
on KBTC (Tacoma -Seattle PBS affiliate)
from the KBTC website - FINDING THEA is the story of Thea Foss, a 19th century Norwegian immigrant to the Pacific Northwest, who became the inspiration for the fictional heroine Tugboat Annie and creator of one of the Pacific's largest tugboat companies. A classic American immigrant success story!
Finding Thea Website  |  KBTC Finding Thea Page  |  View Trailer (1MB Quicktime Movie)

Spirit of Mexico: Mexican Political Prints and Folk Retablos - Seattle
January 16 - Feburary 16 at the University of Washington Jacob Lawrence Gallery
An exhibit of 50 to 60 prints and 35 retablos - small votive paintings on tin - by several artists including Jose Gudalupe Posada, Leopoldo Mendez, Francisco Toledo and students of the Mexican Art course. The Jacob Lawrence Gallery at the University of Washington wil host the exhibit.
Jacob Lawrence Gallery at the University of Washington

Community Study of the Classics - Walla Walla
January 31 -  “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, moderated by Marleen Ramsey, PhD
February 28 - "Ceremony" by Leslie Marmon Silko, moderated by Jennifer Boyden
April 3 - "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck, moderated by Brad La Fran
April 24 - "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, moderated by Jon Stratton , PhD
The Walla Walla Public Library hosts a series of presentations on classic literature. Four instructors from Walla Walla Community College will each design and present a public program around one of their favorite books. Copies of the text will be available through the library to encourage community study and audience participation. Programs will be at the Walla Walla Public Library 238 E. Alder St starting at 7pm and lasting til 8:30.
All events are free and open to the public.  Call 509 524 4433 for details.
Walla Walla Public Library

Bharati Mukherjee
Gonzaga University Visiting Writers Series - Spokane
February 6 - 7:30pm in the Cataldo Globe Room Free
From the Gonzaga Event webpage - Mukherjee, who teaches at the University of California at Berkeley, earned her doctorate at the University of Iowa. The author calls herself "an American of Bengali-Indian origin," having grown up in India, Europe, Canada and the United States. She has written several novels, including "The Tiger's Daughter," "Jasmine," and "The Tree Bride," and a memoir, "Days and Nights in Calcutta." She often writes about immigration and the experience of female Asian immigrants in the United States and Canada. To learn more about Mukherjee, visit her Web site at www.english.emory.edu/Bahri/Mukherjee.html
    Upcoming readings - Gonzaga University's Event Page
February 25 - Robert Hass (Winner of the 2007 National Book Award for Poetry)
March 26 - Dan Butterworth

John James Audubon: American Artist and Naturalist
- Seattle
Exhibit open through 1/6/08 at the Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI)
MOHAI presents a selection of extremely rare and valuable Audubon works of art and artifacts selected from the collection and archives of the John James Audubon Museum in Henderson, Kentucky. The exhibit includes original Audubon letters, rare books, photographs, personal items, and 60 of the original large hand colored "Double Elephant Folio"; engravings from The Birds of America. John James Audubon: American Artist and Naturalist is open through Sunday, January 6, 2008.
MOHAI Website