Events Roundup: Buzzing with possibilities

Here’s a slice of what’s happening on the Palouse in the coming days. See Lewiston-Clarkston Valley events happening this weekend here. And there’s more from around the region in the calendar.


University of Idaho East Asian cinema specialist Yasheng She will introduce the much-lauded film “Yi Yi” before a 6:30 p.m. screening Thursday, March 27, at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre, 508 S. Main St.

The movie, written and directed by the late Taiwanese filmmaker Edward Yang, follows a middle-class Taipei family over the course of a year. It won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for best foreign film of 2000.

The screening is presented by the University of Idaho’s Habib Institute for Asian Studies and the Moscow Film Society. Admission is $8, or free for UI students with ID, at kenworthypac.square.site.

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A Mississippi singer-songwriter comes to Moscow by way of Montana this weekend, with a fusion of traditional country and Southern rock.

Bozeman-based Cole Decker plays One World Cafe, 533 S. Main St., from 6-8 p.m. Saturday; there’s no cover charge.

Decker’s sound has been compared to Chris Stapleton, Whiskey Myers, and 49 Winchester, according to a One World Cafe news release.

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Fans can celebrate a Coen brothers classic during Moscow Lebowski Fest from 4-9:30 p.m. Saturday, presented by Palouse Cult Film Revival and Moscow Comedy.

Festivities start at 4 p.m. with bowling and pizza at Zeppoz, 780 SE Bishop Blvd. in Pullman, and continue with a 7:30 p.m. screening of “The Big Lebowski” at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre, 508 S. Main St. in Moscow, where there will also be a costume contest and trivia game.

The Dude-approved drinks — white Russians, of course — will be available for purchase.

Tickets, $40, are at bit.ly/lebowskimoscow.

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Garden Talk Tuesday: “Gardening for Pollinators in Eastern Washington” is set for 1-3 p.m. Tuesday at Neill Public Library, 210 N. Grand Ave. in Pullman.

The talk is part of a first-Tuesday-of-the-month series presented by Washington State University Whitman County Master Gardeners and local experts.

Ellen Miller and Mary Brodahl, hobbyist beekeepers and gardeners with an interest in native pollinators, will speak Tuesday. Brodahl is a WSU Whitman County Master Gardener volunteer.

Community members also can bring their gardening questions and plant problems to the WSU Whitman County Master Gardeners “Ask a Master Gardener” table during the event.

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The League of Women Voters of Moscow continues its free speaker series from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday with a presentation by Moscow High School government teacher Gerald Dalebout.

Dalebout, who recently began teaching an elective about media literacy, will discuss “Media Literacy, Democracy and the Classroom” in the 1912 Center’s LeCompte Auditorium, 412 E. Third St., Moscow.

His talk will cover “the recent push to limit cellphone access in schools, the impact of digital consumption on student engagement and the critical role of media literacy in sustaining a strong democracy,” according to a league news release.