The Fig Tree

Calendar of events for May, 2021

May 2 • Perry Street Thursday Market opens, 924 S. Perry St., 3 to 7 p.m., thursdaymarket.org

May 3 • "Trauma and Healing in Asian American Communities Today," with New York University psychology professor Sume Okazaki, hosted by Anthropology Department, Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, gender Women's and Sexuality Studies and WAGE Center, Eastern Washington University, bit.ly/aapiheal, noon to 1 p.m.

May 3 - • "Always On: How to Turn Up the Volume on Everyday Communication,"Monica Cortés Viharo, actor and consultant, online 7 p.m., humanities.org/events

May 5 • "Paint the Cracks Red," Missing Murdered Indigenous Women Day of Action, City hall, 5 p.m., painting handprints on sidewalks, MAC (Music, Art, Creative) Movement

• "No More Stolen Sisters: Discussion of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women," Commissioner Vicki Lowe, Representative Debra Lekanoff, Patricia Whitefoot, president of National Indian Education Association, and Abigail Echo-Hawk, director of Urban Indian Health Institute, 4 to 5 p.m., us02web.zoom.us, Washington State Women's Commission

May 5 - • Grand Opening – Office of Latinos en Spokane, 1502 N. Monroe Ave, 5 to 8 p.m.

•View the Pavilion in Honor of Missing & Murdered Indigenous, Riverfront Park Pavilion, 7 p.m., mask and distance

• "Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with History and Culture," Hispanic Business Professional Association, Spring Market at the Pavilion, 3 to 7 p.m., facebook.com/HBPASPOKANE

May 5, 12, 19, 26 • PBS Asian Americans Documentary Discussion Series, virtual event of EWU Libraries, plam@ewu.edu, noon

May 6, 13, 20, 27 • Taizé Prayer Service, Zoom, 4:15 to 5 p.m.,mailto

May 6 • Peace and Justice Action Committee, videoconference, 5:30 to 7 p.m., amurillo@pjals.org

May 8 • Spokane Farmers Market opens, 5th and Brown, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., spokanefarmersmarket.org

May 12 • Immaculate Heart Retreat Center Morning Prayer, "Easter Reflections on Bishop Daly's Pastoral Letter, The Most Holy Eucharist," Sister Mary Eucharista SMMC, Our Lady of Fatima, 3327 S. Perry St., 9 a.m. to noon, pre-register at 448-1224 ext. 100 or online www.ihrc.net

• Luis Rodriquez, poet, novelist, journalist, Spokane Community College Hagan Center program online, Facebook Live at 10.30 a.m., YouTube at 6:30 p.m., scc.spokane.edu/News-Events/Live-Events

May 12 - • 'The Complexity of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Identities,"Rowena Pineda, Tamika Williams, Sam Lee, Ryann Louie, Sarah Dixit and Kiana McKenna, online, 5 to 6 p.m., register bit.ly/aapicomplexity, Eastern Washington University AAPI Heritage Month

• Kendall Yards Night Market opens, 1335 W. Summit Pkwy., 5 to 8 p.m., kendallnightmarket.org

May 12, 19 • "What's Age Got to Do with It?" Dori Gillam, online, 11 a.m., humanities.org/events

May 13 • 25th Annual Hispanic Graduate and Young Scholar Recognition Virtual Ceremony, Facebook Live, 5:30 p.m., hbpaspokane.org

May 13, 27 • Showing Up for Racial Justice, videoconference, 5:30 to 7 p.m., slichty@pjals.org

May 14 • Appalatin, foot-stomping, hip-swinging sounds unite Appalachian folk and high energy Latin music, Zoom Webinar, 6 p.m., mwpac@gonzaga.edu

May 14-16 • World Relief virtual silent auction fund raiser to support accessible legal help for immigrants, 6 p.m. Friday to 6 p.m. Sunday, wrspokane@wr.org

• "Angels in America, Part 1: The Millennium Approaches," 7:30 p.m., Main State Production virtual livestream, kdawson@whitworth.edu, 777-3707

May 15 • Stage Left, Zoom Webinar on Stage Left Theater as a force for political, intellectual and social stimulation, noon, mwpac@gonzaga.edu

May 17 • NAACP Spokane General Meeting, 7 p.m., online on Zoom, facebook.com/Spokane.naacp/

May 18 • Cultural Conversation: Does Family Really Come First? Online, noon to 1:30 p.m., bit.ly/aapifamily, livestreamed on facebook @ewumcc,

• Fairwood Farmers Market opens, 319 W. Hastings, 3 to 7 p.m., fairwoodfarmersmarket.org

May 19 • "Breathing In Community: PJALS Virtual Benefit: Healing, Transformation, Joy," launching Spring Fund Drive, 6 p.m., http://pjals.org/2021-benefit

• "Sometimes Heroes: America's Changing Relationship with Its Veterans," online, noon or 1 p.m., humanities.org/events

May 21 • Virtual Screening: "Minari & Kapaemahu," 6 p.m., rsvp three days before, http://bit.ly/virtualminari

• "Molly in the Mineshaft," Zoom Webinar on the Newgrass group, bluegrass music with a new twist, 6 p.m., mwpac@gonzaga.edu

May 21, 22 • "From Mexican to Mexican-American: A Family Immigration Story," professor Carlos Gil, 6 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m., Saturday, online, humanities.org/events

May 22 • "Higher Power: The History of Evangelicals in American Politics," WSU professor Matthew Sutton, online, 7 p.m., humanities.org/events

May 23, June 6 • Faith Action Network Spring Summits 2 to 4 p.m., Zoom, schubring@fanwa.org

May 26 • Millwood Farmers Market opens, Millwood City Park, 3 to 7 p.m., farmersmarket.millwoodnow.org

• PJALS Campaigns Workshop, 7 to 8 p.m., pjals.org

• "Heating Up: The Ethics of Climate Change," Brian Henning of Gonzaga, online, 7 p.m., humanities.org/events

May 28 • Wolfelt Professional Training: "Sudden Death, Suicide Grief and Trauma Loss," Hospice of North Idaho, 2290 W. Prairie Ave., Coeur d'Alene, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., hospiceofnorthidaho.org

May 30-June 5 • "Lakes Leg Aches Virtual Challenge," lcsnw.org/8lakesride, 343-5020, cmckee@lcsnw.ord

June 1 • "Are Salmon Doomed? Hatching a Plan to Save the Northwest Icon," climatologist Nick Bond, 6 p.m., online, humanities.org/events

June 2 • Fig Tree mailing and distribution, 631 S. Richard Allen Ct., 10 a.m. on for pick up, 535-1813, kaye@thefigtree.org

June 3 • Fig Tree Annual Meeting, Zoom, 1 to 3 p.m., 535-1813 or mary@thefigtree.org

June 4 • Emerson-Garfield Farmers Market opens, 2310 N. Monroe, 3 to 7 p.m., market.emersongarfield.org