TAG: Discussion
“Wild Heart of Spokane” beats a trail in the Dishman Hills
Posted in Explore and Discover, News on April 25, 2019 at 6:00 am
By Erin Dodge Nestled between Spokane and Spokane Valley south of the I-90 lays the “Wild Heart of Spokane.” Trailheads lead you to natural wonders where you can experience a high diversity of rock formations and geologic features, native trees, plants and flowers, birds and butterflies, and find evidence of large mammals such as moose, […]
Tags: animals, biodiversity, birds, butterflies, Camp Caro, conservation, Discussion, dishman hills, Dishman Hills Conservancy, education, fauna, flors, flowers, Glenrose, hikes, hiking, Iller Creek, lecture, library, native plants, nature, Ponderosa, recreation, Stevens Creek, trails, trees, walks
Discover World War I during its centennial at the library
Posted in Explore and Discover, News on October 18, 2018 at 6:00 am
By Gwendolyn Haley One hundred years ago, on the 11th day of the 11th month at 11am, the guns ceased and World War I, the “war to end all wars,” was over. During the four years of the war, an estimated 13 million people (combatants and civilians) died during one of the deadliest conflicts in […]
Tags: book list, books, British literature, digital library, digital resources, Discussion, eLibrary, exhibits, family museum passes, First World War, genealogy, historian, history, Humanities Washington, lecture, literature, live music, MAC passes, music, Novelist, proquest, readers' threater, SIRS Discoverer, Smithsonian Institute, songs, The Great War, the MAC, war, wartime, World Book, World War I, WWI
Watch, discuss: Documentary explores the history of race and the US criminal justice system
Posted in News on October 26, 2017 at 6:00 am
13TH DOCUMENTARY VIEWING & DISCUSSION The United States leads the world in incarceration. In this thought-provoking documentary, scholars, activists, and politicians analyze the criminalization of African Americans and the U.S. prison boom. This piercing documentary film, from Netflix and directed by Ava DuVernay, earned an Oscar nomination and […]
Tags: 13TH, Ava DuVernay, BAFTA Award winner, Breean Beggs, civil rights, criminalization, Discussion, documentary, incarceration, Kurtis Robinson, NAACP Image Award winner, Netflix, Oscar nominee, race, Rhosetta Rhodes, US prisons, viewing, Whitworth University
