Dates: February 3 - March 10, 2017
Opening Reception: Friday, February 3, 5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Location: Moses Lake Museum & Art Center, 401 S. Balsam St.
Cost: FREE

Historically, the ephemeral hardworking American political poster has been hiding in plain sight, attempting to catch our eye and capture our vote through the use of visual language. In a survey that spans the life of these ubiquitous messengers, Sign of the Times: The Great American Political Poster 1844-2012 explores a variety of styles, design trends, and printing technology that will delight your eye, engage your imagination, and lead you to ruminate over past political contests. Sign of the Times features the most exciting and rarely seen posters created in the last 170 years.

Date: Friday, February 3, 2017
Time: 7:00 p.m.                       
Location: Moses Lake Museum & Art Center, 401 S. Balsam St.
Cost: FREE

Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau presents:

\American politics has often been an arena for suspicious and angry minds. In recent years a growing number of Americans have supported candidates who rail against the establishment, joined populist movements like the Tea Party or OWS and embraced wild conspiracy theories (the Birthers, 9-11 was government conspiracy, FEMA runs concentration camps, etc.). What explains this turn in our politics?
 
This lecture reexamines recent developments in light of an argument first made by the historian Richard Hofstadter in 1964, that the “paranoid style” has always been an important influence in American politics. Placing today’s politics into historical context, the lecture will draw parallel to previous periods of paranoid politics and explain the forces and factors that produce a politics marked by populist rhetoric, anti-establishment politics, and suspicion of political elites and institutions. It will also explain how populism on the left and right today differ.

Ages: All Ages
Date: Saturday, February 4, 2017
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 p.m. (until supplies are exhausted)
Location: Moses Lake Museum & Art Center, 401 S. Balsam St.
Cost: FREE

Love will grow as you make these personalized trees. Perfect for your Valentine!