Three things we’ll be talking about this week

1. Return to Spokane’s “age of elegance” starting Wednesday as the Campbell House at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture reopens. The mansion, designed by architect Kirtland Cutter, had been closed since Jan. 2 due to state budget cuts. It will be open Wednesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. There are guided tours daily between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.

2. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and National Book Award winner Timothy Egan is back with a new book, “The Big Burn.” Egan will talk Thursday to the Idaho Humanities Council in Coeur d’Alene about his latest offering, which focuses on the 1910 fire that devastated forests in North Idaho and Montana, killing more than 80 people.

3. Crimson-clad Washington State University alumni from near and far return to Pullman for homecoming weekend Friday through Sunday. The campus will be bustling with events for alumni and students, and there are even a few things for non-Cougars to do. And of course, there’s Saturday’s football game, when the Cougs take on Arizona State University.