Senior events calendar for August 2023
Baking judge Terri Holben unwraps an entry in the baking contest at the Grant County Fair last year. This year's fair includes many traditional contests like baking, but it also includes a healthy music lineup.
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Below are just a few events that older residents of the Columbia Basin may enjoy. If you have an event you would like listed in the paper, please submit it through the events page at columbiabasinherald.com.
Aug. 3
Moses Lake Museum & Art Center
Lecture: “Umoja (Unity): Sustaining African Cultural Arts”
6 p.m. Moses Lake Civic Center 401 S. Balsam St.
Afua Kouyate, speaker
Kouyate, co-founder of Kouyate Arts, will talk about African folkloric traditions and culture, and perform selections from her repertoire. Admission is free. Sponsored by the museum and NCW Libraries. Part of the museum’s Summer Speaker Series.
Aug. 5
Fire on Main Art Gallery
Opening reception, Charles W. Palmer exhibit
6 p.m., 410 Main Ave. E., Soap Lake
The artist will be available to discuss his works during the 90-minute reception.
Aug. 10
Moses Lake Museum & Art Center
Lecture: “This is the End: How Movies Prepared Us for the Pandemic”
6 p.m. Moses Lake Civic Center 401 S. Balsam St.
Robert Horton, speaker
Horton, a longtime movie reviewer, will discuss his thesis that disaster movies foreshadowed the reaction of people to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Admission is free. Part of the museum’s Summer Speaker Series, it’s cosponsored by the museum and NCW Libraries.
Aug. 11
Hometown Showcase Summer Concert Series
7 p.m. Centennial Amphitheater, McCosh Park
Lake City Blues and Dimestore Prophets
The bands will perform in a free concert. Sponsored by the Moses Lake Creative District.
Aug. 15-19
Grant County Fair
Gates open at 10 a.m. each day, 3953 Airway Dr. NE
The annual Grant County Fair runs five days, with free admission Tuesday. Admission is free before 3 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday. Admission for seniors is $5 Friday and Saturday.
The fair features exhibits ranging from animals to businesses, a carnival and Midway, entertainment and fair food.
Aug. 24
Moses Lake Museum & Art Center
Lecture: “What Laughter Tells Us: Asian-Americans, Comedy and Belonging”
6 p.m. Moses Lake Civic Center 401 S. Balsam St.
Michelle Liu, speaker
Liu, associate director of writing programs at the University of Washington, will talk about humor and how Asian-American comics have used it. Admission is free. Part of the museum’s Summer Speaker Series, it’s cosponsored by the museum and NCW Libraries.