September 2026
Join the Foley Institute as we welcome Seth C. McKee professor of political science at Oklahoma State University. McKee will discuss how midterm elections have often acted as an approval barometer for presidential popularity.
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This recital features, among other works, a brand new work for horn called Sigh of the Horn by Quanzhong Deng. This ambitious work for solo horn draws from a traditional form of narrative singing. Other works include Shining Moment by Michael Kallstrom,…
Join the Foley Institute as we welcome Louis Jacobson chief correspondent of PolitiFact. Jacobson will discuss how the upcoming midterm elections will decide control of the Senate and U.S. House for the next two years, while voters will also be…
On Thursday, September 3, join us for a Curatorial Tour for The Mirror That Nature Holds: From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation
Opening Celebration & Arts First Thursdays 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
Celebrate our recently-opened exhibition The Mirror that Nature Holds from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation as well as additional exhibitions Jim Hodges: Unearthed and…
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Benjamin Coelho, Professor of Bassoon at the University of Iowa will present a program of works for the bassoon by Schreck, Okechukwu, Dutilleux, and others in collaboration with Dr. Fabio Menchetti and Dr. Jacqueline Wilson.
A docent will point out night sky highlights and upcoming astronomical events. This is followed by a fulldome video presentation.
The featured fulldome video tackles the most mindbending phenomenon known, and yet thought be to entirely real. When mass causes spacetime to bend so profoundly that even light cannot escape,…
A docent will point out night sky highlights and upcoming astronomical events. This is followed by a fulldome video presentation.
The featured fulldome video tackles the most mindbending phenomenon known, and yet thought be to entirely real. When mass causes spacetime to bend so profoundly that even light cannot escape,…
A docent will point out night sky highlights and upcoming astronomical events. This is followed by a fulldome video presentation.
From across the vast reaches of space, astronomers have long studied the light of distant stars and galaxies. Now, however, we can also study cosmic ray particles, neutrinos, and, the…
A docent will point out night sky highlights and upcoming astronomical events. This is followed by a fulldome video presentation.
From across the vast reaches of space, astronomers have long studied the light of distant stars and galaxies. Now, however, we can also study cosmic ray particles, neutrinos, and, the…
In the fourth annual Sherman and Mabel Smith Pettyjohn Memorial Lecture in history, Dr. Holly Miowak Guise (Iñupiaq) will give a lecture about her book entitled Alaska Native Resilience: Voices from World War II. Centering oral histories with over 90+ elders, this book talk covers Alaska history from the perspectives…
Thursday, September 17, 2026 The Art of Fire: Tribal Burning on the Northwest Landscape 4:00 – 5:00 pm Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
Join Spokane-based teacher and naturalist Jack Nisbet for a presentation…
Star Parties
Jewett Observatory is our direct window on the heavens. In spring, summer, and fall, we hold public star parties, where any interested person can come to view the cosmos through the historic 12-inch Clark refractor.
Most public evenings feature a crescent moon, star clusters, nebulae, double stars, and…
Originally from Jasper, Alabama, Matthew Meadows joined the United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own” in April of 2025. He remains in-demand as a soloist, chamber musician and clinician. In recent years, he has earned top prizes in numerous solo competitions. In 2019, he was awarded second-prize in the International Horn…