Idaho Calendar

Mon., March 20, 2006

The Spokesman-Review

Today

Insect Diagnostics Workshop – 1-3 p.m. at the University of Idaho Kootenai County Extension Office, 1000 W. Hubbard, Suite 142; $5 preregistration required; 446-1680.

NARFE Chapter 218 – meets at noon at Red Lion Templin’s Resort, 414 E. First Ave., Post Falls; 772-7643.

Useful Wild Plants in North Idaho Class – 7-9 p.m. at the University of Idaho Kootenai County Extension Office, 1000 W. Hubbard Ave., Suite 142; $5 preregistration; 446-1680.

Art on the Green Poster Contest Deadline – today is the last day to submit entries for posters for Art on the Green, which will be at North Idaho College in August; sponsored by the Citizens’ Council for the Arts; submit entries at Harding Family Center, 411 N. 15th St.; 667-9346.

Coeur d’Alene Audubon Chapter – meets 7 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 521 E. Lakeside Ave.; presentation will be “Vancouver Island Orcas”; 765-2603.

“The Molecules of Life,” lecture – first of two-part series, 7 p.m., at Sandpoint Library, 1407 W. Cedar St.; presented by Art Piltch; part two will be next Monday at 7 p.m. at the library; 263-6930, ext. 257.

Vacancy on the Kootenai County Historic Preservation Commission – Deadline for applications is today to be submitted to the county commissioners office at the Kootenai County Administration Building, 451 Government Way; interest/knowledge in historic preservation, architecture, history and related fields are helpful; 446-1600.

“Tropical Malady,” Thai film – today-Tuesday, 7 and 9:30 p.m. showings, University of Idaho’s Union Cinema, Moscow; $2 students, $3 general admission; 885-1020.

NIC Popcorn Forum Chautauqua Performances – today, 9 a.m. NIC history instructor, Sharla Chittick will portray U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor; Tuesday, 10:30 a.m., NIC instructor Mona Klinger will portray Mary Kay Ash, founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics; Wednesday, 10 a.m., national Chautauqua performer Charles Everett Pace will portray anti-slavery leader Frederick Douglass; Thursday, 9 a.m., George Frien as Moby Dick author Herman Melville; Friday, 11 a.m., Fred A. Krebs will portray modern physics pioneer, Galileo; all performances will be in Boswell Hall’s Schuler Auditorium, 1000 W. Garden Ave.; a response panel of performers will review each presentation at 1 p.m. on the day of event in the Lake Coeur d’Alene Room of the Edminster Student Union Building; 769-7819.

Upcoming

UI Interdisciplinary Colloquium – presentation Tuesday, 12:30 p.m. in the Idaho Commons Whitewater Room at University of Idaho, Moscow; Sharon Stoll presents “The Effects of Competition on Moral Reasoning: Why the Atlanta Braves are Concerned”; 885-7251.

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