Lose yourself in history at the Click Classic Photographs from Washington exhibit. There are more than 40 images from the Historical Society’s vast photographic holdings that tell the story of how Washington was represented, packaged, and sold to outsiders. Make a trip to the Washington State History Museum, 1911 Pacific Ave., Tacoma to check it out. Hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m., admission is $7-$9. 253-272-3500, WashingtonHistory.org.
Lose yourself in history at the Click Classic Photographs from Washington exhibit. There are more than 40 images from the Historical Society’s vast photographic holdings that tell the story of how Washington was represented, packaged, and sold to outsiders. Make a trip to the Washington State History Museum, 1911 Pacific Ave., Tacoma to check it out. Hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m., admission is $7-$9. 253-272-3500, WashingtonHistory.org.
Thursday
William Woodward, a history professor at Seattle University, will present a free lecture on the parallel histories of baseball and the United States called “Coming Home: Baseball’s America.”
Particles on the Wall, a multidisciplinary art exhibit that examines how nuclear technology has affected humanity, opens Tuesday with a reception starting at 6 p.m. at Washington State University Tri-Cities.
The exhibit blends visual art, poems and science with history and memorabilia to address issues of radioactive contamination, nuclear weapons and technology in Washington, and the role of nuclear technology in southeastern Washington.
The exhibit continues through April 4 in the Consolidated Information Center, 2770 Crimson Way, Richland.
Knowledge Bowl teams from both high schools in Richland have qualified for the Washington State Knowledge Bowl.
Hanford High School's team took first at the Southeastern Washington competition. Team members are Jonah Bartrand, Sriram Katipamula, Sathvik Ramanan, Konrad Krogstad, Xie Xi and Chenchen Li.
Richland High School's team qualified at the Eastern Washington Super Regional by taking second. Team members include Drew Saunders, Scott Yoshida, Antony Chen, Argo Datta and Jesse Liston.
Arizona Cardinals linebacker Daryl Washington was named to his first career Pro Bowl on Sunday.
Sarah St. Hilaire, a Washington State University Tri-Cities intern, grew up steeped in Hanford history.
Her grandfather worked on the Manhattan Project and her mother was born in 1945 in Richland, then newly taken over by the federal government.
But she wondered why there was not more publicly available history on the early years of the nuclear reservation -- when settlers were forced off their land to make way for a secret World War II project and a construction camp for 50,000 people sprang up in the desert.
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