June 2

CLARKSTON — The first Alive After Five of the summer will be from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. June 2 on Sixth Street downtown here. The free outdoor street fair will feature live music by American Bonfire as well as a variety of vendors and children’s activities.

June 4

CULDESAC — The 23rd annual Culdesac Citywide Yard Sale will be from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. here June 4.

Maps will be available at Culdesac City Hall, 100 Sixth St., or at 414 Main St.

June 4

CLARKSTON — Steven Branting of Lewiston will give a talk and lead a discussion about the common traits of beloved books from 2 to 3 p.m. June 4 at And Books Too here, 918 Sixth St.

“Deeply-Freighted Ships of Thought” is the title of the forum. Branting is a historian and retired educator and author of several books about Lewiston’s history.

June 4

MOSCOW — A work party aimed at maintaining trails and habitat at Idler’s Rest Nature Preserve will begin at 9 a.m. June 4 here.

The Palouse Land Trust plans the work party and recommends attendees dress for the weather and bring work gloves. Tools, materials, beverages and a light lunch will be provided, according to a news release.

Organizers recommend carpooling, and will meet at 8:30 a.m. at the Moscow Unitarian Universalist Church of the Palouse, 420 E. Second St. The preserve is at 1187 Idler’s Rest Road here.

June 4

WHITMAN COUNTY — Dave Dolezilek of Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories in Pullman will give a presentation on “The Power of the Palouse” beginning at 6:30 p.m. June 4 at the Kamiak Butte County Park Amphitheater between Pullman and Palouse.

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The free presentation is part of the Whitman County Evening Campfire Program.

If the weather is bad, the program will move to the Larch Shelter at the park.

June 5

UNIONTOWN —“Annual Palouse Photography Exhibit,” featuring photos of the Palouse taken in the past year, opens with a reception from 1 to 3 p.m. June 5 at Artisans at the Dahmen Barn here.

Regular hours for the exhibit are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday through Sunday, and it will continue through June 26.

The barn is at 419 N. Park Way.