Come together when Humanities Washington and  Gesa Power House Theatre proudly presents Sequential: The Storytelling Power of Comic Books.

Josh Tuininga (he/him) is an author, artist, and designer. After studying fine art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, he founded an art and design agency, where he continues to work as creative director. His work has been published in the magazines Communication Arts and HOW Design. Tuininga is the author of the children’s books Why Blue? and Dream On. We Are Not Strangers is his first graphic novel.

Despite the graphic novel’s skyrocketing popularity, many still view the art form as unsophisticated or less credible than traditional forms of literature. In this talk, comic artist Josh Tuininga shows how comic books and graphic novels are not only powerful art forms, but have unique abilities to challenge young readers in surprising ways and can help prepare students for a rapidly changing future.  

Tuininga traces the origins of sequential art—exploring the evolution of the art form and its impact on readers and culture throughout history. He also shares an in-depth look at the sequential art process as he presents his graphic novel, We Are Not Strangers—a true family story which follows a Jewish immigrant’s efforts to help his Japanese-American neighbors while they are incarcerated during World War II. 

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We meet on the second Tuesday of every month at the Walla Walla Public Schools board room and newcomers are always welcome!

Register in advance to attend via Zoom

New Location: Across Rose Street from the Marcus Whitman Hotel. Gather each Tuesday as able and bring your signs. Sponsored by our friends at the Walla Walla Walla Activism Network.

Join Walla Walla downtown for the 5th annual Walla Walla Pride Festival! This free, family-friendly celebration will include live performances, speakers, music, local vendors, community booths, and activities for all ages.

Learn more about the Walla Walla Public Library’s upcoming renovation, ask questions, meet the architects, and share your feedback. Kids activities and refreshments provided; spread the word and join local Walla Wallans.

Learn more about the Walla Walla Public Library’s upcoming renovation, ask questions, meet the architects, and share your feedback. Kids activities and refreshments provided; spread the word and join local Walla Wallans.

Special Location: Poplar Street entrance, Walla Walla Walla V.A. Gather each Tuesday as able and bring your signs supporting services for veterans. Sponsored by our friends at the Walla Walla Walla Activism Network.

The Resistance Lab is a series of trainings that are developed specifically for this moment. In this first lab, we look at how non-violent movements around the world have responded to leaders who seize power in authoritarian ways and the most effective tools and tactics to utilize in these moments. We offer frameworks to understand this moment at home, and incorporate interactive conversation with others to help create community and build our resistance movement. This is a virtual event.

Residents can bring comments and questions to Senator Perry Dozier and Representatives Mark Klicker and Skyler Rude when they review the 2025 legislative session, including budgets, bills and other issues debated in Olympia.

Senator Dozier is the Republican leader on the Senate Business, Financial Service, and Trade Committee and assistant Republican leader for the capital budget on the Senate Ways and Means Committee. He also serves on the Senate Early Learning and K-12 Education Committee. Representative Klicker is the ranking Republican on the House Local Government Committee and the assistant ranking Republican on the House Environment and Energy Committee. He also serves on the House Rules and the House Transportation Committees. Representative Rude is the ranking Republican on the House Education Committee. He also serves on the House Appropriations and the House Postsecondary Education and Workforce Committees.

Join the Walla Walla Public Schools Foundation for a fun event to support educational outdoor programs for WWPS students. Due to drastic cuts in funding at the state level, a number of our most successful programs, including Into the Blue and Lincoln's Leadership Academy, are in peril. Please help us in our effort to raise $30,000 before the last day of school.

How to help? Join us at the event - or make a gift at wwpsfoundation.org.

FUNDERS FIELD TRIP, MAY 30, 11 - 1

Water & Environmental Center at WWCC

Explore hands-on learning stations, including:

•   fluvial geomorphology at the stream table

•   native plant scavenger hunt

•   Mill Creek fish management & fish camera

•   bird watching and binocular use plus a tasty boxed lunch, video, and message

TICKETS: $30/person

For tickets, click here.

Gesa Power House Theatre proudly presents Meanwhile on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, at 7PM.

A docu-poem in six verses, this film is a groundbreaking, immersive, nonlinear, and dynamic collaboration by Jacqueline Woodson (text), Meshell Ndegeocello (soundscape), Erika Dilday (support), M. Trevino (structure), and Catherine Gund (direction). A rare cinematic meditation on how race, racism, and resistance shape our shared breath, not just in moments of violence but in the enduring, pervasive legacy of that risk, it combines artists’ expressions with historical and observational footage to unveil the profound impact of white supremacy on our human connections.

Join Walla Walla Pride and allies where a proclamation will be read declaring June 2025 to be Pride Month in Walla Walla. 

Location Change: Across Rose Street from the Marcus Whitman Hotel. Gather each Tuesday as able and bring your signs. Sponsored by our friends at the Walla Walla Walla Activism Network.

One of two topics to be discussed at this work session. No formal action will be taken; council members have an opportunity to ask questions, and no public comments will be taken. The meeting will be streamed at the City’s website. Additional information is available from the Walla Walla Watershed, working to protect our water supply.

Gather each Tuesday as able and bring your signs. Sponsored by our friends at the Walla Walla Walla Activism Network.

This FREE family-friendly community event celebrates the return of salmon to the Walla Walla Basin each year. The annual event is coordinated jointly by the Water & Environmental Center and the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in order to provide a glimpse into our region’s rich cultural and natural resource driven history. Mark your calendars!

https://watereducationcenter.org/special-events/return-to-the-river/

Join us!

We meet on the second Tuesday of every month at the Walla Walla Public Schools board room and newcomers are always welcome!

Register in advance to attend via Zoom

Hope Street is hosting its annual Plant a Little Hope Fundraiser. Join Hope Street for a two-day event full of beauty, community, and fresh inspiration for your home and garden. They’ll have gorgeous potted plants, unique household goods, and an incredible selection of items to make your yard and home shine this spring and summer. It’s also the perfect place to find something special for Mom just in time for Mother’s Day! Whether you’re searching for the perfect flowers, décor, or a meaningful gift, you won’t want to miss it!

Hope Street is hosting its annual Plant a Little Hope Fundraiser. Join Hope Street for a two-day event full of beauty, community, and fresh inspiration for your home and garden. They’ll have gorgeous potted plants, unique household goods, and an incredible selection of items to make your yard and home shine this spring and summer. It’s also the perfect place to find something special for Mom just in time for Mother’s Day! Whether you’re searching for the perfect flowers, décor, or a meaningful gift, you won’t want to miss it!

US Rep. Michael Baumgartner is visiting Walla Walla today, stopping at the Union-Bulletin, Walla Walla High School, the Jonathan Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center, and the US Army Corps of Engineers. He is not attending any meetings to which the public is invited.

The Walla Walla Democrats invite their constituents and the public to gather at the US Army Corps of Engineers headquarters at 1:30 pm today to protest Baumgartner’s lock-step support of Trump’s undemocratic agenda and reckless policies.

Join the community for the National Awareness Day for Murdered and Missing Indigenous People featuring speaker Kola Shippentower, an advocate for missing and murdered Indigenous women and people.

Call to Meeting for May Stonewall Democrats Meeting.

For those attending virtually, we will also offer a hybrid option via Zoom:

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Meeting ID: 861 3845 1587
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