Community Events
Central
Committee
Meetings
We meet on the second Tuesday of every month and newcomers are always welcome!
Next Meetings:
Walla Walla Restaurant Month
Offered each February, Walla Walla Restaurant Month spotlights the valley’s culinary stars with nine fine dining restaurants offering 3-courses for $42.
We invite locals and visitors to come savor the flavors from some of their favorite places – or discover a new one! And with hotels offering up to 20% discounts for overnight stays, there’s never been a better time to sample all that Walla Walla has to offer!
The month kicks off with a food and short-film-filled event at the Gesa Power House Theatre. Join the February Film Feast on Saturday, February 1, at 5:30 PM for mingling and locally sourced hearty appetizers and wines and nibble before enjoying a 7 PM short film festival (food-themed, of course) curated by the theatre’s Director of Film Programming Warren Etheredge. Tickets are $55 and include the pre-screening food and drink, as well as the films!
https://wallawalla.org
Dragtastica
Whitman's annual drag show: Dragtastica! Open to the community! All ages welcome! No tickets required. All bags will be checked at the door. Learn more at whitman.presence.io/event/dragtastica-2024
Together25 Exhibit
Interested in an artistic showcase? Together25 is an annual community exhibit that celebrates creativity, resilience, and recovery, providing a platform for artists to share their experiences with addiction, trauma, and healing through art.
Participants are encouraged to use all forms of creative expression, which may include poetry, spoken word, visual arts, sculpture, or other media forms.
Egg Drive
Please bring a dozen store-bought eggs to the office. No farm-fresh eggs. They will be donated to the BMAC food distribution center. BMAC has storage capacity and is grateful for all we can contribute.
Any questions? Call Martha Anderson at 509 386 3326.
First Foods Station
Native American First Foods will be served at one station in the dining hall.
Lunch: 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Dinner: 5:00 pm -7:00 pm
Epistemic Criminals
A workshop on poetry as form of philosophical communication.
Sofia Ortiz Hinojosa
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Vassar College
Colonizer Colonized
Did the indigenous groups influence the colonizers? We often acknowledge the devastating impact of settler-colonialism on the indigenous groups of the Americas. However, as anthropologists have been arguing for several decades, culture contact is at least bi-directional. So how did indigenous peoples influence their colonizers?
This talk by Sofia Ortiz-Hinojosa, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Vassar College, will focus on the interaction between Spanish missionaries and the Nahua ethnic group (a subset of whom are often called "Aztec"), and argue that, instead of annihilating Nahua culture, the missionaries themselves, and by extension, the Spanish empire, were heavily influenced by Nahua beliefs and practices. We will consider whether this influence may have actually been far more significant and impactful to the development of Early Modern philosophy than is usually acknowledged.
Sofia Ortiz Hinojosa
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Vassar College
2025 Day of Celebration Legacy Walk and Community Service
Whitman College
Reid Campus Center
12 p.m. Open Words and Poster Making
1:30 p.m. Legacy Walk from Whitman College to Gesa Power House Theatre