Our Region Reads Calendar of Events

Minidoka Camp Exhibit Touring Regional Libraries: Through March

Historian Robert Sims: Idaho Humanities Speakers Bureau, “Minidoka Internment Camp.” Feb. 24, 3 p.m., Golden Spike Community Center; Feb. 25, 3 p.m., Spirit Lake Library, 6 p.m. Athol Library; Feb. 26, 2 p.m.,  Hayden Library.

Priscilla Wegars: Idaho Humanities Speakers Bureau, "Imprisoned in Paradise:

Jamie Ford discussion with area book group members: (by invitation only), March 15, 2 p.m., Post Falls Library.

Jamie Ford Q&A with local high school students: March 16, 9 a.m., Lake City High School.

3Cs Book Club Discussion: March 16, 10 a.m., Coeur d’Alene Resort.

Jamie Ford Discussion and Q&A: March 16, 7 p.m., Coeur d’Alene Library Community Room.

Bitter Sweet Memories: Music of the Second World War with vocals by Rut Pratt, March 18, 7:00 p.m., Jacklin Cultural Center, Post Falls, tickets $20.

Pageturners Library Book Club: Discussion (open to any adult reader), March 23, 10:15 a.m., Coeur d’Alene Library Community Room.

 Living Voices – “Within the Silence:” A one-woman show characterizing the forced relocation of Japanese-American to internment camps. Sponsored by the Human Rights Education Institute, March 23, 11 a.m., Dalton Elementary School; 1 p.m. Sorenson Magnet School; 7 p.m., public program Coeur d’Alene Library Community Room. March 24, 1:30 p.m., Twin Lakes School, 7 p.m., public program Post Falls Library.

Our Region Reads is supported in part by a grant from the Idaho Humanities Council as part of the "We the People Initiative" of the National Endowment for the Humanities with additional support from the Friends of the Library at Post Falls, Hayden and Coeur d’Alene libraries. Community Partners include the Jacklin Cultural Center and the Human Rights Education Institute. Additional information about Our Region Reads is available at www.ourregionreads.blogspot.com.

Japanese Road

Workers at the Kooskia Internment Camp." March 8, 7 p.m., Hayden Library; March 9, 6 p.m., Spirit Lake Library; March 10, 7 p.m., Post Falls Library; March 11, 6 p.m., Athol Library; March 12, 2 p.m., Coeur d’Alene Library, 5 p.m., Pinehurst Library.