Community Calendar

Local and traveling musicians jamming some Blues

Don Bailey, artist extraordinaire, is showing his work at Indaba Coffee on W Riverside through the months of March and April. Don't miss this. His work is unique and appealing to all.
Come for the art! Stay for the coffee!

All community members are invited to monthly open house events with district leaders. Ask questions, share feedback and learn about our schools while enjoying fresh, local coffee generously provided by Thomas Hammer Coffee Roasters. When you arrive, please check in at the school’s Main Office and follow the signs to the event.

Eastern Washington University Gallery of Art is pleased to present the exhibition Tidal Loop February 17 through April 2, 2026. This exhibition features woven textile works by Chicago-based visual artist Meagan Smith and Seattle, WA-based visual artist Allyce Wood. An opening reception and lecture by Meagan and Allyce will be held on Tuesday, February 17th at Noon.

Tidal Loop brings together the woven practices of Meagan Smith and Allyce Wood, two artists whose work explores rhythm, perception, and the fluid intelligence of craft. Through handwoven and digitally informed textiles, Smith translates sensory experience, movement, and vibration into shimmering fields of color and pattern that echo the unseen forces shaping our environment. Wood’s weavings draw on the feminist history of craft, using looping forms, watery imagery, and layered structures to reflect interconnection, inheritance, and collective knowledge. Together, their works evoke cycles of motion and continuity, positioning weaving as both an embodied practice and a lens for understanding perception, time, and flow.

Sponsored by River Ridge Association of Fine Arts, Pennie Woods will have her whimsical painting on display and for sale at the Garland Sandwich Shoppe located on Madison across from the Garland Theater. Pennie's art is colorful, captivating, and affordable. Stop in to see! And have a sandwich! The Garland Sandwich Shoppe is open Monday through Friday, 10 am to 4 pm.

My practice grows from the landscapes that raised me. Through fragmented, woven images, my work explores grief, reciprocity, and the impossibility of full repair. The Elements emerges from both personal and environmental upheavals, exploring the tension between us and the environment. We rely on natural forces, yet we continue to shape and strain them in return.

This collection of abstract photographs by Gay Waldman was captured during her beach visits along the coasts of CA, OR & WA, images of nature’s compositions of line, form, and shape that emerge everyday along the Pacific Ocean.

As Gay said, "My hope is that when you wander thru these beach abstracts, you can share my wonder for natural curiosities and you might also be reminded of salt air and the sound of the rolling waves."

Stop by the Liberty Gallery in the Historic Liberty Building this March to see Gay's photos ~ stop by First Friday on March 6th to meet Gay in person from 5-8pm.

Nicole Mowbray is a Spokane ceramicist dedicated to transforming the raw beauty of earth into functional art. Her work showcases textured clay bodies, earthy tones, and merges form & function in a way that celebrates our natural world.

Cynthia Smutny is a jeweler whose bold geometric lines and expressive qualities of organic shapes form the heart of her work. Working primarily in silver, copper, brass, enamel, and natural stones allows Cynthia to explore contrast in both structure and surface.

Stop by Pottery Place Plus in the Historic Liberty Building this March to see Nicole's pottery & Cynthia's jewelry ~ stop by First Friday on March 6th to meet them in person from 5-8pm.

An event in celebration of American Indian Heritage Week

JR Spencer is a Nez Perce Tribe storyteller and Native American flute player. He shares modern stories related to animals from a time known as Tit`wau`tit`yayat, which means Legend Days.

March 24
1 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.

Meyer Health and Sciences Building – Room 102
521 N. College Drive
Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814

NIC Exchange: A Speaker Series is sponsored by Social and Behavioral Sciences Division and the NIC Foundation.

FREE Admission
Open to the Public

Contact info:
Amy Bardwell
American Indian Student Advisor
amy.bardwell@nic.edu
(208) 769-3365

This meeting takes place on ZOOM and not at Auntie's Bookstore.

We will be discussing “Kindred” by Octavia Butler at the March meeting.

This book club typically meets at 2pm on the 4th Tuesday of the month via Zoom and is led by Linda. Please send any inquiries and requests for the Zoom link to auntiesbooks@gmail.com