Community Calendar

Edminster Student Union Building
495 N. College Drive
Driftwood Bay Room, First Floor

FREE
Open to the Public

It is easy to focus on our differences with others, but how often do we recognize what we have in common? Join two Buddhist nuns, Buddhist nun Venerable Thubten Dekyi and Venerable Thubten Puntsok, in discovering our shared values and learn meaningful ways to connect with people with different views.

Contact:
laura.templeman@nic.edu

Managing everything that affects your heart can be stressful, but small steps can lead to big health benefits! In this 4-week class series, you'll learn how to monitor and manage your blood pressure effectively for a healthier heart. We'll provide you with the tools you need to make positive changes and lower your blood pressure.

Topics include:
- DASH diet
- How to reduce sodium in your diet
- Physical activity
- How and when to take your own blood pressure

Participants who attend all four weeks will receive a free digital blood pressure monitor after the final class.

This course typically costs $40 but is currently free thanks to the generosity of the Providence Inland Northwest Foundation.

If you have questions, need assistance, or want to be added to a waitlist if this class is full, please call 509-473-6007 or email wellness.WA@providence.org

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.

Managing everything that affects your heart can be stressful, but small steps can lead to big health benefits! In this 4-week class series, you'll learn how to monitor and manage your blood pressure effectively for a healthier heart. We'll provide you with the tools you need to make positive changes and lower your blood pressure.

Topics include:
- DASH diet
- How to reduce sodium in your diet
- Physical activity
- How and when to take your own blood pressure

Participants who attend all four weeks will receive a free digital blood pressure monitor after the final class.

This course typically costs $40 but is currently free thanks to the generosity of the Providence Inland Northwest Foundation.

If you have questions, need assistance, or want to be added to a waitlist if this class is full, please call 509-473-6007 or email wellness.WA@providence.org

Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson is bringing The Cosmic Perspective to the First Interstate Center for the Arts on Thursday, May 7, 2026.

Dr. Tyson has written and continues to write for the public. Among Tyson’s fifteen books is Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution; the companion book to the PBS NOVA four-part mini-series Origins, in which Tyson served as on-camera host. The program premiered in September 2004 cementing Dr. Tyson as a household name.

For five seasons, Tyson appeared as the on-camera host of PBS NOVA’s spinoff program NOVA ScienceNOW, which is an accessible look at the frontier of all the science that shapes the understanding of our place in the universe.

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.