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Humanities Washington Calendar
Events listed are either coordinated by Humanities Washington
or funded through our Project Grant or Quick Grant programs.
Barnably Island
s-k-ya-mix stemelik (early fall gathering) - Inchelium
September 15 & 16, the encampment area ”south of the Inchelium-Gifford Ferry
The presentation, Language of The Upper Columbia River Landscape: Meaning and Significance of Aboriginal Place Names, will be a reconstruction of the historical landscape of parts of the Upper Columbia River. Presenters, Aboriginal Peoples, through storytelling, will impart local knowledge of geography and history incorporating oral traditions using the aboriginal Salish language, encouraging exchanges with our young ones. The focus of the proposed cultural heritage event will be on the story of people and places told through the interpretation of cultural landscape; there are more than four hundred documented ethnographic sites.
St’al-sqil-xw - a.k.a. Inchelium Wellness Center Website
Herman Asarnow
Gonzaga University Visiting Writers Series: Poet Herman Asarnow - Spokane
Tuesday, September 18, 7:30 in the Foley Teleconference Room
Gonzaga University's English department, Gonzaga's office of intercultural relations and Humanities Washington will sponsor a reading by poet Herman Asarnow at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 18, in the Globe Room of Cataldo Hall. The reading is free and open to the public. Asarnow is a professor at the University of Portland and the author of "Glass Bottom Boat," a collection of poetry.
Gonzaga University's Event Page
Ellensberg Film Festival - Ellensberg
October 4 & 5
The 3rd annual Ellensburg Film Festival will feature a diverse range of films made regionally, nationally and internationally, celebrating the quest for intellectual insight, cultural understanding, imaginative expression and human connectedness in a variety of formats, with a program designed to highlight the interdisciplinary endeavors involved in film making.
Festival Website
James W. Washington, Jr. in Context - Seattle
An Art Exhibition at Douglas-Truth Library
July 25 – September 25
The exhibit, titled "James W. Washington Jr. In Context," will include five sculptures and four paintings and prints by Washington, as well as photographs of him throughout his life. The exhibit will be on display on the branch's lower level.
Douglas-Truth Library Website | Exhibit Homepage
Statewide Touring Exhibits
Washington Stories info
| April 20 – May 20 | Kittitas County Historical Museum | Ellensberg |
| May 25 – 28 | Northwest Folklife Festival | Seattle |
| June 4 – 26 | Norm Dicks Government Center | Bremerton |
| July 3 – Aug. 26 | Yakima Valley Museum | Yakima |
| Sept. 4 – 21 | NW Museum of Arts & Culture | Spokane |
New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music info
| July 20 - Sept 2 | Moses Lake Museum & Art Center | Moses Lake |
| Sept 7 - Oct 21 | The Cutter Theatre | Metaline Falls |
| Nov 2 - Dec 9 | Museum and Arts Center | Sequim |
| Dec. 14 - Feb 2, '08 | Ilwaco Heritage Museum | Ilwaco |
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