4/22/08

Greetings, Readers!

Phew, last weekend was really busy. Of last week's newsletter, only 1/3rd of the events are still upcoming. So we replaced all the old stuff with a bunch of exciting new things to check out! Enjoy!

Buy Local Moscow is having an event, a Spring Thing if you will, Thursday, April 24th at the 1912 Center in Moscow. The event will run from 5:00pm to 8:00pm and will feature displays and giveaways from thirty-five Moscow businesses, as well as samples of food from local restaurants and live music. Admission is free, and raffle tickets for prizes from local businesses are only a dollar! Come check it out, Readers, because it's going to be awesome!

LGBT Day Of Silence 2008 - Join members and supporters of the LGBT community in the University of Idaho Commons for a silent protest this Friday, April 25th. The silent protest runs from 8:00am-1:00pm, and there will be a rally at 12:20pm.

The Village Bicycle Project will be holding its annual spring event this year on Saturday, April 26th at 3:00pm on the Tower Lawn at the University of Idaho. Events will include races, trick riding demonstrations, a bike show, and much more! The event will be held alongside the annual Earth Week celebrations, including a barbeque and a concert in the evening.

18th Annual Paradise Stream Clean-Up - Saturday, April 26, 2008: 9:00am - 1:00pm This Earth Day weekend, PCEI will host the 18th Annual Paradise Creek Stream Clean-up. The Stream Clean up will start at 9:00 am. We will meet at the PCEI Rodeo Campus 1040 Rodeo Drive. This is a great way to celebrate Earth Day with your family! PCEI will supply bags and gloves, but come prepared to get dirty. Wear sturdy shoes and several layers in case it is cold and rainy. We will have a free pizza lunch at PCEI after we clean up the creek. Please carpool or use alternative transportation to get to PCEI. We will then walk, bike or carpool out to the clean up sites!

Singles Mixer at BookPeople! We're raising funds for the homeless shelter, and throwing a party for all the swingin' singles in town! The event is Saturday, April 26th from 6:30pm - 9:30pm at BookPeople of Moscow. Refreshments are included, tickets are $5 at the door. Come on by and meet the love of your life!

Kusisqua Waqashayku - "From Grief and Joy We Sing" - A film of personal accounts of the song and musical rituals of the community of Q'eros in the Southern Andes of Peru. The event is at 7:30 PM on Monday, April 28th at the University of Idaho Music Recital Hall.

Come enjoy Victorian Tea at the McConnell Mansion! Saturday, May 3rd, the Latah County Historical Society will host a tea-service! The event kicks off at 1:30pm. Tickets are a mere $7.50 each, or $25 for a table of four. Call 882-1004 before April 30th to make your reservations. The McConnell Mansion is located at 110 S. Adams, in Moscow.

Kay Montgomery is having an art show, which will run from May 3rd to May 31st. There will be a reception on May 3rd. The show is at Bank Left Gallery fine art and design, in Palouse, WA.

The Mirror Theater presents Shakespeare Sundays! You, the audience, will do the acting for these performances. Come sign in at 1:15 for the part you're dying to play. No preference is given for race, gender, or age, and scripts are provided! If you're musically inclined, then come accompany the acts on your instrument of choice! The last remaining play is The Tempest which will be performed on May 4th and 18th.  A two-dollar contribution is required to participate. The plays will be based on the Oxford Shakespeare, second edition, but as noted above, scripts will be provided! For more information, visit www.MirrorTheater.org!

Come on down to the Socrates Cafe, an event at BookPeople! When was the last time you could discuss your thoughts openly and honestly with others? Have you ever questioned society and its assumptions, or your own? Do you like to have a good discussion without fear of being attacked for having an opinion that is different? Then Socrates Cafe is here for you! The time is 6:00pm, and the Cafe will meet every first and third Sunday of the month. Future meetings: May 4th, May 18th, June 1st, June 15th, July 6th, July 20th. For more information, find them on the web at www.philosopher.org.

Oldways - Traditional, Low-Tech, People-Power! Come learn how things were done in the good old days! You'll have so much fun, you'll finally come to understand why people always call them "the good old days". The events take place from May 9th through 11th in Santa, Idaho. Here are the available workshops:
Woodland Crafts - From forest to finished product using hand tools. Making quick sawhorse, axe use, peevee, bucksaw, crosscutting, and more!
Tool Sharpening - Techniques for sharpening all kinds of tools; bring some things of your own to work on!
Fiber Processing - From fiber to spun thread or cordage. Linen, hemp, and wool, using drop spinning and spinning wheels.
Systems - Learn more about 12-volt and solar electricity, grey- and rain water reclamation, compost, and convection hot water. Everything you need to know about everything you need to stay comfortable!
Field Trip! - Take a tour of a local oganic farm, learn about wood stove use, cooking skills, basket-making, mouse-catching, mole-trapping, treadle sewing machines, and much much more!
For more information, for dates and times, or to register, contact Jim Croft and Melody Eckroth at oldway@imbris.com, or call 208-245-3043, or visit www.geocities.com/oldways_id

PCEI Party at Patty's May 31st, 2008
PCEI will be celebrating 22 years of connecting people, place and community on the Palouse this spring and would love to celebrate with you! Join us at Patty's Mexican Kitchen from 5:30pm- 8:30pm on Saturday, May 31st, 2008 for great food, music and company as PCEI celebrates another year of stewardship. Tickets are $10 for PCEI Members, $12 for the public. For more information, contact Aly Lamar <aly@pcei.org>.

Do you like books? Ever wanted to make one the old-fashioned way? The way the professionals of yesteryear did? Then we have some great news for you! Jim Croft of Oldways is hosting some classes on bookmaking! And let us tell you, Jim Croft knows his bookmaking; he's one of the very best! The classes:
Wooden Boards and Clasps - June 6th through 16th - Wherein you make two books, 9 days total.
Tool Intensive - June 24th through 25th - Wherein you learn all about making tools, knives, bones, awls, scrapers and more.
Or, for those of you who want to know everything there is to know:
Oldways of Making Books from Raw Materials - June 26th through July 11th. This gets you everything: tool making and sharpening, lessons on fibers hempen and flaxen, traditional hand papermaking and loft-drying, gelatin sizing and burnishing, and making a book with wooden boards and clasps.
Space is limited, so inquire today! For more information, for dates and times, or to register, contact Jim Croft and Melody Eckroth at oldway@imbris.com, or call 208-245-3043, or visit www.geocities.com/oldways_id

There's a party coming up at Mikey's Gyros! Bloomsday, the 104th Recurrence! Featuring audience and rehearsed readings from James Joyce's Ulysses, as well as good deals on Mikey's food ($1.00 off an item of your choice). If you were born or married on June 16th, or if one of your names is James, Augustine, Joyce, Nora, Barnacle, Stephen, Dedalus, Leopold, Marian, Molly, Tweedy, or Bloom, then you get a free sandwich and drink! The event takes place Monday, June 16th from 6:30 - 10:30pm at Mikey's Gyros.

This Fall, the University of Idaho will be offering Nez Perce Language classes. Ever wanted to learn Nez Perce? Here's your chance! The class is open to all UI students, and both first- and second- year levels are offered. For information, contact Harold Crook at hcrook@lcsc.edu, Yolanda Bisbee at yobiz@sub.uidaho.edu, or Hil Priest at 885-6179.

For those of you who missed Michele F. Cooper's reading at BookPeople, Madame Lisa of KRFP 91.7 recorded the reading, and streamed it on her show "Madame Lisa Scenic Exploration". So, if you would like to hear the reading, we can get you a copy! Michele F. Cooper was the winner of Poetry Canada's Rhymed Poetry Competition.

Is it too early to think about that special graduate? Of course not! Give those departing graduates a gift that they will cherish forever - a book! Something, perhaps, that they would like, but not normally buy for themselves; a book of sonnets, perhaps, or a scathing critique of the modern global economy, or some classic detective stories. Or perhaps get them some music, or some movies to enjoy while they're out making their way in the real world. Some nice soothing Iron and Wine to listen to after a hard day's work, or some Belle & Sebastian to lift their spirits? Maybe the Pirates of the Caribbean box set, a perfect gift to break out on those lazy summer afternoons. There are a virtually infinite number of graduates, with a virtually infinite variety of tastes, but we're sure that you can think of something. And whatever it is, book, music, or movie, BookPeople can get it! And what's more, we can mail it directly to the recipient, gift-wrapped, for a mere $2.65 on top of the cost of the book.

As a personal aside, I am graduating at the end of this semester. If you wish to get me a gift, I suggest precious stones, large unmarked bills, and old rare books. Any combination of the three will do. Failing that, I will simply assume that you are all quietly wishing me the best of luck in my future endeavours, and that will be more than sufficient.

Finally, PCEI has some announcements that they wanted us to share; enjoy!

PCEI's Education Director receives Celebrating Natural Resources Award - Greg Fizzell, PCEI Education Director and McCall Outdoor Science School (MOSS) Program Director received the Celebrating Natural Resources 2008 Award. In his Keynote address to kick off Celebrating Natural Resources Week, Greg highlighted the success of the MOSS, noting:
o MOSS was founded in 2001; currently teaches over 3,000 students annually
o Kids aged 6-11 spend 30 hours a week watching television
o Kids in a national survey were able to identify 1,000 corporate logos, but
only 10 of their own backyard plants.
o 48% of MOSS participants increase their science knowledge
Watch the entire talk by visiting http://www.cnrhome.uidaho.edu/

PCEI Board of Directors now accepting applications
The PCEI Board of Directors are an integral part of PCEI and assist in helping us follow our mission of engaging citizens in decisions that affect the region's environment, as well as help move our organization forward. If you are interested in applying visit < http://www.pcei.org/board.htm>

PCEI Founder and Moscow organic pioneer MaryJane Butters received the 2008 Cecil D. Andrus Leadership Award for Sustainability and Conservation from Sustainable Northwest for being a "leading example of successful entrepreneurship in pursuit of sustainability with a demonstrated commitment to conservation of the environment, service to the community, adaptability and innovation, and leading others on a similar sustainable path".

That's all Readers, thank you for reading!

-BookPeople of Moscow

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