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| Thursday 26 November 2009 | 0 confirmed events for today |        |
| Events from 08 November 2009 till 14 November 2009 (week number : 45)
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| Sunday 08 November 2009 |
| Monday 09 November 2009 |
| Tuesday 10 November 2009 |
| 6:30pm - 8:00pm Joann Byrd at Camalli Bookstore, Bend, OR Category : General Join Joann Byrd, author of CALAMITY, at Camalli Bookstore, OR, on November 10 at 6:30 p.m. June 14, 1903, was a typical, hot Sunday in Heppner, a small farm town in northeastern Oregon. People went to church, ate dinner, and relaxed with family and friends. But late that afternoon, calamity struck when a violent thunderstorm brought heavy rain and hail to the mountains and bare hills south of town. When the fierce downpour reached Heppner, people gathered their children and hurried inside. Most everyone closed their doors and windows against the racket. The thunder and pounding hail masked the sound of something ... |
| Wednesday 11 November 2009 |
| Thursday 12 November 2009 |
| 4:00pm - 6:00pm Lorraine McConaghy‘s Sick Lecture Category : General Join Lorraine McConaghy, author of WARSHIP UNDER SAIL, for the Emil and Kathleen Sick Lecture-Book Series in Western History and Biography “The U.S. Navy in the Antebellum West” A lecture based on WARSHIP UNDER SAIL: THE USS DECATUR IN THE PACIFIC WEST By Lorraine McConaghy Thursday, November 12, at 4 p.m. Petersen Room, Allen Library University of Washington The lecture will be followed by a reception and is free to the public. Books will be provided for sale by University Book Store. This lecture is the tenth in a series sp ... 6:30pm - 8:00pm Joann Byrd at Tea Party Bookshop, Salem, OR Category : General Join Joann Byrd, author of CALAMITY, at Tea Party Bookshop in Salem, OR, on November 12 at 6:30 p.m. June 14, 1903, was a typical, hot Sunday in Heppner, a small farm town in northeastern Oregon. People went to church, ate dinner, and relaxed with family and friends. But late that afternoon, calamity struck when a violent thunderstorm brought heavy rain and hail to the mountains and bare hills south of town. When the fierce downpour reached Heppner, people gathered their children and hurried inside. Most everyone closed their doors and windows against the racket. The thunder and pounding hail masked the sound of ... |
| Friday 13 November 2009 |
| 6:30pm - 8:00pm Lynda Mapes at Third Place Books Category : General Join Lynda Mapes, author of BREAKING GROUND, at Third Place Books on November 13 at 6:30 p.m. In 2003, a backhoe operator hired by the state of Washington to work on the Port Angeles waterfront discovered what a larger world would soon learn. The place chosen to dig a massive dry dock was atop one of the largest and oldest Indian village sites ever found in the region. Yet the state continued its project, disturbing hundreds of burials and unearthing more than 10,000 artifacts at Tse-whit-zen village, the heart of the long-buried homeland of the Klallam people. Excitement at the archaeological find of a generatio ... |
| Saturday 14 November 2009 |
| 7:00pm - 8:30pm Tony Angell at Village Books Category : General Join Tony Angell, author of PUGET SOUND THROUGH AN ARTIST'S EYE, at Village Books, Bellingham, on November 14 at 7 p.m. Puget Sound's rich abundance of life - from mammals to avian - can be attributed to the fact that the region is far more than just a body of water. Edged by an extraordinary range of habitats, this region is visited and occupied year-round by species that are finely tuned to exploit the resources here that are necessary for their survival. Birds are among the most obvious occupants of these communities, and witnessing their dynamic lives has been a source of inspiration for artist and naturalist Tony Angell.Read more |
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