In this series, Eastern Washington University history professor Dr. Michael Conlin will present different aspects of the Civil War and lead subsequent stimulating discussion. In this final discussion of the series, Dr. Conlin will discuss how Americans in the North and South have been fighting over the Civil War – its importance, causes, significance, etc. – since its end in 1865 to the present day.

Today we'll read about man's best friend, then we'll decorate puppy masks to wear home!

Young musicians and dancers on the verge of promising careers will perform movements of popular concerti, operatic arias or a ballet variation. The concert features Ballet, Brass, Flute, Guitar, Piano, Reed, String and Voice Division winners of the Young Artist Section of Musicfest Northwest held at Gonzaga University earlier in the week.

California Baptist University's NEW SONG 90-voice ladies' choir will perform. Auditions will also be held for CBU scholarship opportunities following the concert for any High School Juniors or Seniors interested in pursuing music at a 4-year university.

From the permanent collection of Tacoma Art Museum come works by Degas, Glackens, Pissarro, Renoir, Cassatt, Sargent, Hassam and others, as well as artwork from MAC and local collections. French Impressionism is characterized by loosely brushed, sometimes dissolving, forms; unblended colors; and scenes of contemporary life, particularly leisure activities, in the city and countryside. There is often the desire to capture on canvas a fleeting personal experience of a particular moment.

Artist Ric Gendron's show "Nowhere Man" is the last local showing of his work for the next two years. This show includes new pieces on paper as well as paintings on canvas. Beginning this fall, the collection will spend two years touring Western and tribal museums around the country, including the Missoula Museum of Art, the Tamástalikt Cultural Institute of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation in Pendleton, OR and the Museum of Northwest Art in La Conner, WA.

In an antic game of “Who’s on first,” six people run amok through a three-story Victorian country house during one long and comically chaotic night and morning. As the property owner meets his prospective buyer and a lawyer to complete the sale of the house, the buyer’s loopy maybe-ex-wife, her brother and his fiancée make the transaction unimaginably complicated. The highly ingenious and original set has all the rooms, passages and stairs of all three floors are on a single level.

Betty Hageman, Bobbie Halperin, Ellen Picken, Jesse Rasche and Kathleen Secrest display their many and varied works. These five artists create using a variety of media including oils, pastels and paper-making. Several emphasize representations of nature and create en plein air. There will be an artists' reception May 4 5-8pm as a part of First Friday.

A new Spokane Valley Heritage Museum exhibit highlighting the construction, sailing & sinking of the Titanic. Along with the rescue of the passengers & discovery of the wreck site, see what connections the Spokane area has to the ship. Also, a new exhibit, Electrifying the Modern Woman, allows us to step back into a time when all possibilities seemed limitless.

There are more living creatures in a shovel-full of soil than human beings on the planet, yet more is known about the dark side of the moon than about soil! Dig It! The Secrets of Soil, is an amazing interactive exhibit created by the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History. The 4,000 square foot display reveals the complex world of soil and how this hidden ecosystem supports nearly every form of life on earth. Soil---so much more than dirt!

Lasting Heritage uses personal stories and human-made objects to articulate the spiritual and visceral links between ancient people, modern tribal people and the land. Curator Miles Miller (Yakama Tribe) explores how the unique environment of the Plateau and Great Basin regions shaped the lives and cultural traditions of American Indian people. Hundreds of historic cultural objects, modern works by American Indian artists and historic photographs fill two galleries in this long-term exhibit.

Under One Sky: Spokane Valley 1800-1890. This exhibit tells the story of the Valley in the 19th century and includes Antoine Plante, Chief Seltice, the Horse Slaughter Story and more. Additional exhibits include "On a Wing and a Prayer" (aviation history in the Spokane region), "Fill 'er Up Please" (a vintage Texaco gas station exhibit) and "Irrigation Brings Life to the Valley."

Artists respond to the human experience by creating poems, paintings and love songs. Viewers respond to artworks using their own senses, emotions and intellect. This selection of visual art from the permanent collection spans four centuries of a unique human endeavor that involves both creation and appreciation. For artists and viewers, the arts offer ways for people to become more aware—to sense and feel and to think about living.

Offering a regional complement to the Dig It! exhibit, this ancillary exhibit features multiple voices of the Palouse. Lou, a Giant Palouse Earthworm leads visitors to explore landscape views, historic and contemporary farming practices and soil samples. Thank you to Soil & Land Resources Division, College of Agricultural and LIfe Sciences and Univ. of Idaho for lending the monoliths of Palouse soil.

Interesting in knowing what happens to the items you toss in Spokane? Free public tours are given four times weekly. Walk-in groups are welcome Wed. & Thurs., 10am & 1pm; to schedule a tour for 10 or more people or for individuals with special needs, please make advance arrangements. The tour includes a video presentation and a walk-through of the facility. Participants need to dress for the weather and wear closed-toed shoes. Bring the kids!