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Registration Still Open for Community Building Soccer Camp
Spaces are filling up fast, but we’re still accepting registration for Community Building Soccer Camp, an annual volunteer-driven and FREE soccer day camp for kids ages 6-10. This year, camp will take place July 8-12th from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Once again, we’ll be taking over the field (and the splash pad) at Grant Park in Spokane’s South Perry district, …
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Annual Spokane River Float
We hear from Kendel Huff, Development Director at the Center for Justice, that spots are still available for tomorrow’s Spokane River Float (Tuesday, June 18). Brought to you by the Spokane Riverkeeper and ROW Adventures, the annual four-hour float starts at 4:30 p.m. and takes you through some of Spokane’s most awe-inspiring natural terrain: Riverside State Park, Bowl and Pitcher, …
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A Parade of Instruments
This past week, the Community Building neighborhood was plastered with amazing parade posters created by the children at the Community Building Children’s Center. Preschool Teacher at Blue Prints for Learning, Dan-vi Hoang, says the kids started with research, and took notice of advertisements in the breezeway and at Merlyn’s Comic Shop. “We asked the children to make sense of these …
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Register for Bike To Work Week
Spokane community invited to participate in an activity-filled week of bike-centric events May 13-19th Registration is now open for Spokane Bike to Work Week, which includes a week-long team and individual Commute Challenge and activity-filled week. Bike to Work Week, a nationwide event encouraging bike commuting, occurs every year in mid-May. The event challenges participants to take trips they would usually …
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Spokane YWCA Stands Against Racism
Taming the Elephant in the Room Last Friday, Gonzaga Professor Dr. Bob Bartlett spoke to a full house at the Central Spokane YWCA about engaging in a frank dialogue about race – an issue he likens to taming the elephant in the room. With relentless anthropomorphism and good humor to illustrate his points, Dr. Bartlett gave the audience tips and …
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Students Take Spokane Off-Grid With Hillyard Village Project
This Wednesday, May 1st, at 2 p.m., On Track Academy and WSU students will present their research on the Hillyard Village Project in the Saranac 3rd floor conference room. Students Kelsey Pravitz and MaKenzie Fair, juniors at On Track Academy, wrote to tell us about their work. This 2013 school year, we joined several other students from On Track Academy (OTA), and brought …
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Gonzaga’s Transformation Cafe Series
The season finale of Gonzaga’s salon-style gatherings about town. If you were paying attention over the last two months, you may have noticed your neighborhood coffee shop transform briefly into a classroom–or, more accurately, an Enlightenment-era French salon, buzzing on intellectual conversation and caffeine. In honor of the university’s 125th anniversary, Gonzaga has sponsored a number of neighborhood gatherings called the Transformation Café Series, designed to …
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Eat, Drink, Be Artsy
Great Spokane Art Party this Saturday, April 27th! If you have never been to the Great Spokane Art Party, you have really missed out on a spectacular event. But, never fear, you can still make it! And, when you buy your ticket, you’ll know you are contributing to two of the worthiest organizations in our community – Blueprints for Learning and the …
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Earth Day Weekend Events
Rain or shine, we’ve got a terrific lineup for Earth Day weekend! April 20, 2013: Earth Day Spokane Party right here on the block with Sun People Dry Goods, Malidoma! Dance Studio, WSU Master Gardeners, Urban Eden Farm, Veraci Pizza, The Scoop ice cream, and plenty of other super cool and sustainably-minded organizations. When: Saturday, April 20, 2013, 9AM – 4PM Where: …
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Spokane Bike Swap April 13 & 14th
From the folks at the Spokane Bike Swap: Get ready to start biking this spring and summer! Join us April 13 & 14 at the Spokane County Fair & Expo Center from 9am – 3pm for the 2nd annual Spokane Bike Swap. This swap and expo event is a perfect place to sell and buy a bike. Peruse through the used bikes …
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