Upcoming Events at the Washington State Library 

 Thursday, November 29, 2007.  12:10 pm Brownbag (Lunchtime) Event.  Author Sydney Stevens presenting on her book, “Dear Medora: Child of Oysterville’s Forgotten Years.”

2007-2008 Events

Thursday, November 8, 2007.  Evening Event at 6:30 pm.  Author Mary Matsuda Gruenewald presented on her book “Looking Like the Enemy: My Story of Imprisonment in Japanese-American Internment Camps.” 

Wednesday, October 3, 2007.  Evening Event at 6:30 pm.  Poet Lucia Perillo read from her recent works.

2006-2007 Events 

Wednesday, May 30, 2007.  Evening Event at 6:30 pm.  Bruce Bjornstad presented “Exploring the Ice Age Floods.” 

Wednesday, May 9, 2007.  Lunchtime Brownbag Event at 12:10 pm.  Joe Follansbee presents on his book, “Shipbuilders, Sea Captains, and Fishermen:  The Story of the Schooner Wawona.” 

Wednesday, April 25, 2007.  Lunchtime Brownbag Event at 12:10 pm.  Co-author of “Spanning Washington,” Rick Hobbs presents on his new book, “Catastrophe to Triumphs: Bridges of the Tacoma Narrows.“

Wednesday, March 14, 2007.  Susan Butrille presented “Tea, True Womanhood, and Uppity Women.”

Thursday, February 8, 2007.  Susan Noyes Platt presented “Four African American Artists Working in Washington State Since 1945: James W. Washington, Jr., Jacob Lawrence, Barbara Thomas, Marita Dingus.”

Wednesday, January 17, 2007.  Jack Hamann talked about his book, “On American Soil: How Justice Became a Casualty of World War II.“ 

Wednesday, November 29, 2006.  Randy Stilson talked about his book, “Ship to Golden Shore: A Chronicle of the Schooner Damariscove, Her Men and Her ‘Afterlife’:  1849-1854.“ 

Wednesday, November 2, 2006.  Mike Vouri presented “The Life and Times of General George E. Pickett.” 

Thursday, October 12, 2006.  Nancy Bell Anderson presented “The Columbia River’s ‘Ellis Island’–The Story of Knappton Cove.”

Recorded Washington State Library Events

If you missed an event at the Washington State Library, many are now available on DVD.  Some of our event speakers gave us permission to record their presentations so that people who couldn’t attend an event could enjoy it later. Post-production of the video recordings is now complete and they are available through Resource Sharing (Interlibrary Loan) or in-person check out at the Library. Click here to see a list of DVDs available through our online catalog.  Ready for viewing are such memorable programs as:

• Rex Ziak detailing the story of Lewis and Clark at the mouth of the Columbia River 

• Tom Laidlaw portraying Hudson’s Bay Company employee William Cannon

• Mary Randlett sharing her photos of Northwest poets, artists, writers, and landscapes

• Linda Hunt talking about her book “Bold Spirit”

• Pat Pringle recounting the eruptions of Mount St. Helens

• Linda Carlson describing company-owned towns in the Pacific Northwest

• Harvest Moon’s portrayal of basket weaver Mary Sam

• Karen Haas’ portrayal of four women in “Sisters in Time”

• Doug Allen discussing his book “Shoalwater Willapa”

• A.G. “Doc” Wesselius describing Lewis and Clark place names in the Pacific Northwest

• Fritz Wolff reminiscing about his time in Idaho mines in his book “A Room for the Summer”

• Craig Holstine talking about his book about bridges titled “Spanning Washington”

• Les Eldridge discussing the Pig War and his book “The Chesapeake Command” 

Enjoy some of the events you’ve missed or experience those you attended again!