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This year’s Get Lit! Festival is April 22-28 at venues in downtown Spokane, Cheney and Coeur d’Alene. The full schedule of more than 40 events and panel discussions, along with a roster of some 50 festival authors, is available on www.getlitfestival.org. Most events are free; tickets to headlining events are available here (TicketsWest). Authors highlighting this premier literary festival…

Los Angeles artist Matt Lipps will be on campus at noon on Thursday, Apr. 18, 2019, in the Art Building Auditorium (room 116) to talk about his work. Matt Lipps has collected photographs from both high and low sources like Time and Life magazines, and art history books since childhood. With these images, Lipps builds three-dimensional collages…

The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival is a competition held each year to showcase the work of talented student performers in each region. Out of the thousands of student artists who perform in this competition, 125 are selected to continue on to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.…

The Eastern Washington University Gallery of Art proudly presents Field Research, an exhibition of work designed to investigate the physical world by local artist Roger Ralston. Beginning with an opening ceremony at noon, Wednesday, Mar. 13, in the EWU Gallery of Art, the exhibition will be open to the public Mar. 14- Apr. 25, 2019. Ralston, who attained…

The Winter 2019 “Contemporary Issues in Feminist Research” features faculty and staff presenting research in their disciplines from a feminist perspective. The events are hosted by the EWU Women’s & Gender Studies Program. Contemporary Language Policy and Practice on the Colville Indian Reservation SimHayKin Jack Lecturer of American Indian Studies Tuesday, Mar. 5 Noon to…

Join Eastern Washington University’s CAMP (College Assistance Migrant Program), the week of March 4-8, as it hosts The Migrant Experience. Monday, Mar. 4: The Legacies of Our Leaders Sea Mar Community Health Center is an organization that provides quality, comprehensive health, human housing, educational and cultural services to diverse communities, specializing in services to Latinos in…

George William Lotzenhiser, PhD, a long-time Eastern faculty member and administrator who played a key role in the academic restructuring of the institution, passed away Saturday, Jan. 26, in Spokane. He was 95. Professor Lotzenhiser was an EWU alumnus, a former dean of the university’s Division (College) of Fine Arts, and a veteran of World…

The EWU Africana Studies Program presents “Reclaiming Black Excellence: Black History Month 2019.” To make arrangements for access accommodations, call 509.359.2205. To make donations to our annual silent auction, please contact our secretary at bnicholson37@ewu.edu or 509.359.2205. Tuesday, Feb. 5 Perpetual Punishment of Cedric Bradley Okera Nsombi, PhD and Cedric Bradley Noon to 12:50 p.m. |…

The Disability Studies program at Eastern Washington University is pleased to host a two-day symposium focusing on the place of Disability Studies principles and disability rights practices within the everyday life of diverse communities and across academic curricula. While the symposium is open to all sorts of work, we especially invite those addressing how Disability…

Eastern Washington University is once again a proud presenting sponsor of The Spokane International Film Festival (SpIFF), which will return for its 21st year beginning Friday, Feb. 1, at multiple venues around Spokane! An opportunity for film lovers to reflect on some of the greatest films from the past year, SpIFF 2019 will begin with its annual Best of…