09/08/09

Greetings, Readers!

NEWS FROM BOOKPEOPLE:

The paperback edition of local writer Kim Barnes' second novel, A Country Called Home is due out October 1! Stop in to BookPeople to pick up your copy, or stock up for Christmas!

Coming to BookPeople in October: Tom King, whose very funny radio show, Dead Dog Café, is available on CD, and whose books include I'm Not the Indian You Had in Mind, Green Grass, Running Water, Medicine Tim, and The Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative.

Do you have any favorite mythology books for kids? Please let BookPeople know.

The little fat kid in Pat McManus' books says he's too old to use computers. Tell Pat McManus that his friends and fans want him to come to come to BookPeople to promote his newest book, The Double-Jack Murders.

Bill Bonney, a former English professor will be running discussion groups for famous works of literature from October through May at the Latah County Public Library. Come to the organizational meeting Monday, September 28, 7:00 p.m. at the Moscow Public Library, 110 S. Jefferson, or contact Chris at Chriss@latahlibrary.org for more information.

Spokane weekly paper the Inlander wrote up our friend and neighbor "Mikey's Gyros" as part of the college experience in Moscow. Congratulations to Mikey's!

The 2010 Name That Implement calendar is in at BookPeople! This popular calendar is full of funny and informative drawings about farming and gardening on the Palouse! Don't believe us? Come check out our display copy!

Independent filmmaker Deborah Koons Garcia, with the assistance of the Moscow Food Co-op, will be presenting her new film, The Future of Food, at the Kenworthy at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 23.

Saturday, September 12 is Human Rights Day at the Moscow Farmer's Market. This year's theme is "Human Rights in Hard Times: Get the Help you Need; Give the Help you Can."

The Tudor Choir will perform the opening concert of the Auditorium Chamber Music Series' 2009-2010 season on Tuesday September 15 at the University of Idaho Auditorium.

The University of Idaho will host Michael Dahlie, this year's winner of the Pen Hemingway Award for his book A Gentleman's Guide to Graceful Living on October 7 for their Hemingway Festival.

Merchant and Ivory is doing a film of Richard II based on the Folger edition. The film, starring Jude Law, is a different and longer version of the play than the BBC production.

The literary world is aflutter talking about Dave Egger's magnificent rendition of Where the Wild Things Are. Here are two links to items from the New Yorker that will hopefully give you a better sense of Dave Eggers' novelization of The Wild Things. The first link is an excerpt and the second is an interview with Dave: http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2009/08/ 24/090824fi_fiction_eggers
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2009/08/dave-eggers-on-wild-things.html

Art and Soul is back! American Masterpieces celebrates selected Idaho artists, writers and performers. Public radio stories sponsored by Idaho Commission on the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, Boise State Radio 91.5FM, Spokane Public Radio 91.1FM, KISU Pocatello 91.1FM and KBYI Rexburg 100.5FM. Dates and are every Wednesday at 6:20 a.m. and 8:20 a.m. during Morning Edition 4:50 p.m. during All Things Considered.for the following schedule: Margaret Aho, Jill Aldape, Mary Clearman Blew, Jim Cockey, Vince Crofts, Steve Derricott, Molly Hill, Jim Loney and Colleen McNutt, Ron McFarland, Aage Nielsen, Philomena Nomee, Amy O'Brien, Troy Passey, Randy Priest, Dennis and Margo Proksa, Diane Raptosh, Stehen Schultz, Cary Schwarz, Evelyn Sooter, and Robert Wrigley.

New books by Local Writers: Jess Walter, the 2006 National Book Award finalist from Spokane, releases his new novel, The Financial Lives of the Poets, on September 22. It's a comic novel about a man who goes to extreme and hysterical lengths to save his family from economic disaster. Jack Nisbet, the Spokane author of Sources of the River and Visible Bones, releases his new book, The Collector: David Douglas and the Natural History of the Northwest, on October 1. It's the story of the first botanical explorer of our region and the man who gave his name to the Douglas fir.

2010 Cavallini & Co. Calendars are in! These stunning calendars of vintage posters are oversized, diverse and keepsakes after the months have passed! Moleskine Planners are in as well! 18-month planners are July '09- December '10. We also have in 2010 planners in both black and red! Options abound with Daily Planners, Desk Calendars, Colour a Month Daily Planners in 12 Notebooks, Weekly Planners, Panoramic Planner and Project Planners! They always go quick, so come in to buy yours now!

Moscow Food Co-op's Good Food Book Club invites all to join in lively discussions about local, seasonal eating and creating a sustainable food system. The book club meets on the 4th Thursday of the month at One World Café's meeting room with free munchies provided. The schedule is as follows: September 24, Plenty: One Man, One Woman and a Raucous Year of Eating Locally by Alisa Smith and J.B. Mackinnon. BookPeople has all books in stock!

HISTORY IS HAPPENING:

Betsy's Recipe of the Week: This week Betsy brings you: Pan-seared Eggplant with Ginger and Honey from Modern Spice by Monica Bhide. Serves 4. 6 tablespoons vegetable oil (more if needed), 1 medium eggplant, sliced into ¾-inch-thick rounds, table salt, 3 tablespoons ginger and honey marinade, warmed (1 tablespoon grated peeled fresh ginger, ¼ cup warmed liquid honey, 1 teaspoon red chile flakes, 1 tablespoon pomegranate molasses, 1 tablespoon vegetable oil, ½ teaspoon grated lime or lemon zest-Combine all ingredients in a bowl and stir thoroughly to combine. Transfer to a covered, nonreactive container and refrigerate until needed). Heat the oil in a large lidded skillet over medium-low heat. When the oil begins to shimmer, add the eggplant and cook, covered, 12-14 minutes on each side, until soft and well browned. If all the eggplant slices don't fit into the skillet, do this using two skillets simultaneously. This way, the first batch won't get cold while you are making the second batch. Remove from the pan and drain on paper towels. Season with salt. Place on a serving platter and drizzle with the marinade. Serve immediately. Alternately, you can also roast the eggplant. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Spray a foil-lined baking sheet with nonstick cooking oil. Place the eggplant slices in a single layer on the sheet. Spray the slices with cooking spray and sprinkle with salt. Roast for about 25 minutes, until soft and brown

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 Sunday of the month. For more information, find them on the web at www.philosopher.org. Next café is September 6.

EVENTS IN MOSCOW AND THE PALOUSE

Latah County Fair coming soon!

Join 4-H and FFA for their Market Sale at the Latah County Fair on September 19 starting at 10am. Arrive early to register so you can Keep or Turn your animal (buy or buy and turn to sell again). For questions about the sale or bidding procedure, please contact the Latah Co. Extension Office at 208.883.2267 or mknott@latah.id.us.

Art, Theatre and Film:

ART WSU's Museum of Art presents Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition through September 26. The opening reception will be held on September 1 at 6pm. This biannual exhibition is an opportunity for students to see their mentors' skills and theories put to practice in a diverse array of styles and media. Also take this opportunity to register for the nearly sold-out Feast of the Arts program. Exhibition funding provided by Museum of Art Members. Gallery hours are Monday-Saturday, 10-4. 509.335.1910. Located on Wilson Road across from Martin Stadium in the Fine Arts Center.

The Prichard Gallery presents Mark Klett, Selected Landscapes & Peter Vincent, Bonneville & Beyond. The exhibition runs through October 11. Two photographers who have produced large bodies of work focusing on the American West. Klett traces the influences of human interaction with the environment, both personally and as a society. Vincent has a particular interest in car culture and its expression at the Bonneville Salt Flats. Gallery Hours are Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-8pm, Saturday, 10am-6pm. Sunday, 10am-4pm.

THEATER/THEATRE Purchase single tickets or six-packs online for A Christmas Story. www.pullmancivictheatre.org. Coming Fall and Winter 2009: A Christmas Story, September 18-19, 24-26 at 7:30 and September 20 at 2pm.

The Third Season of Shakespeare Sundays, presented by the Mirror Theater and Ronald Hufham, Artistic Director! The events are held at Saint Mark's Episcopal Church Parish Hall in Moscow, 111 S. Jefferson at First Street. Enter at the rear of the church. 1:30-3:30pm. The line-up is as follows:

The Taming of the Shrew-September 20 & 27
King Richard the Second-October 18 &25
As You Like It-November 15 & 22
King Lear-March 21, 28 & April 11
The Winter's Tale-April 18 & 25

Roles-Sign up at 1:15pm for the part you're dying to play, without reference to your gender, age, or race! Scripts will be provided. (You can just listen if you like.) Music-come all ye players, singers, composers & improvise like silent movie organists to set the mood! Costumes and Props-bring your own! For more info, email mirrortheater@roadrunner.com, on the web at www.mirrortheater.org or call 208.882.1394.

FOOD!

This Week's Recipe -- Meatballs with white wine, lemon, and bay leaves from the Silician cuisine guide and cookbook CucinaSiciliana.

Ingredients:

9oz Ground beef, veal, or pork, or a mix of one part pork to two parts veal
2/3 cup grated pecorino cheese
1/2 cup dried breadcrumbs
4 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
zest and juice of 1/2 lemon
salt
1 egg
1/4 cup flour
olive oil
1 glass white wine
hot water
4 bay leaves, torn
lemon slices and bay leaves, to garnish

Place the ground meat, grated cheese, breadcrumbs, parsley, lemon zest, and salt in a bowl. Mix together with the egg -- you can use a wooden spoon, but it's best to do it by hand, and more satisfying to feel the mixture squelching through your fingers.

Form the mixture into small, slightly squashed balls, each about the size of a plum (some Sicilian cooks dip their hands in white wine before they roll out the polpette). Gently roll in the flour until lightly coated all over.

Heat a thin layer of oil in a pan large enough to take all the meatballs without overcrowding. Fry the meatballs over a medium heat for about 10 minutes until nicely browned on both sides. Give them a gentle shake and prod now and then to make sure they're not sticking either to the pan or each other.

Add the wine, turn the heat up a bit, shake the pan so the wine distributes itself fairly evenly, and let the alcohol burn off for a few minutes.

Pour in enough hot water to just cover the meatballs. Add the bay leaves and let bubble over a low-to-medium heat until the sauce is well reduced and starting to become syrupy.

Add the lemon juice and cook a few minutes more.

Remove the meatballs with a slotted spoon and place in a serving dish. Spoon over some of the sticky pan juices if wished and decorate with whole bay leaves and wafer-thin slices of lemon.

The Bank Left Gallery in Palouse presents nationally celebrated artist Selene Santucci from Pullman, WA! Santucci is having a solo exhibition of her oil paintings on the 2nd floor of The Bank Left. The opening reception with the artist is Sept. 2nd from 1-5 with live music by Lauren Rosenkranz & Mike Edmondson. This exhibit will run from Sept. 12-30. The Bank Left Gallery is now serving Saturday dinners through September 26! September 12 will be a Traditional Honduran Dinner with Soup of Capirotadas (spicy soup with cheese-stuffed corn dumplings), Sautéed Plantains, Home-cooked Black Beans topped with sour cream, Feta, and avocado, and Home-made Corn Tortillas brought fresh to your table. To view menus for each Saturday, visit http://www.bankleftgallery.com/tearoom.html or for a direct link to the menu visit http://www.bankleftgallery.com/dinner-menu.pdf. The Bank Left Bistro/ Tearoom is located in The Old Bank Building at 100 South Bridge Street in Palouse, WA. For more info, contact Pamela Duran and Nelson Duran at 509.878.1800 or 509.878.8425. The Bank Left is open Wednesday - Friday, 12:00pm - 6:00pm, Saturday,12:00pm - 7:30pm and Sunday 12:00pm - 4:00pm.

Fitness!

Fitness and Recreation Expo in Moscow! On September 12 join in Wellness at the Hamilton Indoor Rec Center for: 8am-Palouse Sprint Triathon, 10:30am-Palouse Youth Triathlon, 10am-2pm-Paradise Path to Wellness Walk. For more info on events and to register, visit www.ci.moscow.id.us/.

Mindful-based Stress Reduction!

Join this course based on Jon Kabat-Zinn's work and a blend of meditation, body awareness and yoga-learning through practice and discussion how our body handles (and can resolve) stress neurologically. Through participation in this course, you will increase your ability to cope with stress, pain and the challenges of everyday life, deal with disturbing events in a way that doesn't derail you, and be fully present and alive in this moment. Intro/orientation is on Monday, September 21, 6:30pm. Course meetings will be held for 8 weeks on Mondays, 6:30pm-9:15pm, September 28-November 16, including one all-day Saturday retreat on November 7. All meetings are held at the 1912 Center, Fiske room. To register call Dave Potter at 208.883.0619 or email potter1009@gmail.com.

Dances and Music:

Artisans at the Dahmen Barn in Uniontown (www.artisanbarn.org, 509.229.3414. Open Thursday-Sunday from 10am-6pm) presents a plethora of exciting events in September! On September 12 join Mabel Vogt and the Potlatch Junior Jammers at 7:30pm. $6 at the door. This is award-winning fiddle music so come early for good seating. Mabel Vogt won the Moscow Food Co-op's Food Faves contest, choosing Tube-a-Tomato: Napoleon Tomato paste in a 3.15 ounce tube. Take a look at the Moscow Co-op Newsletter for her words on the Tube-a-Tomato!

Auditorium Chamber Music Series presents Tudor Choir on Tuesday, September 15 at 7:30pm at the UI Administration Auditorium. Tickets are available at BookPeople (Cash or Check only Please) for $20, Seniors $17, and Students $10 ($8 with UI ID).

The Washington Idaho Symphony's 2009/2010 Season has been announced! Jeremy Briggs Roberts, Music Director and Conductor, and Kierstin Ross, Executive Director invite you to join them for a night-or the entire season! September 26 (Pullman) & 27 (Clarkston), Mozart, Tchaikovski; November 7 (Pullman) & 8 (Lewiston), Dubussy, Mozart and Prokofiev; "The Holiday Concert" on December 12 (Pullman) & 13 (Lewiston), Handel, Haydn, Respighi, Tchaikovsky, and holiday favorites; "The Young Artists Series", January 30 (Pullman) & 31 (Lewiston), Barber and Elgar; April 10 (Pullman) & 11 (Lewiston), Rossini, Brahms, Shostakavich; "The Free Butterfield Family Concert", April 24, Pullman & Lewiston, Bukvich. For tickets call 509.332.3408. www.washingtonidahosymphony.org.

Folklore Society DANCE Schedule 2009: Sept 19: Contra Dance with music by Turning Tide and calling by a caller TBA, at the 1912 Center, 7:30 PM. Dec. 31: New Year's Eve Dance with music by John McInturff.

Meetings and Informational Events:

Coming this fall: Chris Hedges will give two lectures. Thursday, September 24 at 7pm in the WSU CUB auditorium, Hedges will discuss "Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle". The event will be followed by a book signing. On Friday, September 25 at 7pm, he will discuss "I Don't Believe in Atheists" at United Church of Christ in Pullman.

Dahr Jamail, author of Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan, will read this fall in Moscow! Jamail will read October 8 & 9. The UI Event at the SUB will be held on the 8th when he will be joined by Susan Galleymore (www.motherspeak.org) for a joint presentation tentatively entitled "Life in a Conflict Zone" (as both of them have been to Iraq and other sites in the Middle East). The second reading will be a community event at the 1912 Center at 7pm on October 9-a book reading and speech about resistance/tactics. The event is co-sponsored by KRFP.

The Common Ministry at WSU presents the 32nd Annual Roger Williams Symposium on Friday, October 16 at 7pm in the WSU CUB Senior Ballroom with Dr. Martin E. Marty: The Myth of Christian America: What is Trustworthy and What is Not. Come and hear one of the prominent interpreters of religion and culture! Dr. Martin Marty is Professor Emeritus from the University of Chicago, and author of more than 50 books. With questions, or to register for the symposium, including dinner Friday, and Presentations and Lectures (10am-3pm Saturday) contact The K House, 332.2611, or register at www.commonministry.com. Walk-ins welcome and FREE to students.

That's all for this time, Readers! Thank you for reading and take care!

-BookPeople of Moscow

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