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Photography & Historical Headstones ⬥ NEW!
Fee: $49.00
Dates: 5/17/2025 - 5/17/2025
Times: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Days: Sa
Sessions: 1
Location: Main Campus
Room: Off Campus
Instructor: Kathy McConnell, Joanna Lanning
Seats Available: 10 out of 12

Experience Walla Walla Valley history through a photographer's eye! Join Joanna Lanning (Cemetery historian) and Kathy McConnell (photographer) for an enjoyable outing at the beloved Mountain View Cemetery. Joanna will guide the group to her favorite unique and artistic headstones, where you will learn fascinating stories about the people who helped shape our valley. Along the way, Kathy will give tips for taking and editing photos - helping you make the most of your opportunity to capture splendid snapshots of these gorgeous grave markers.

Class will meet at the Mountain View Cemetery on 2120 S 2nd Ave, Walla Walla.

Smartphone Photography ⬥
Fee: $59.00
Dates: 5/30/2025 - 6/6/2025
Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Days: F
Sessions: 2
Location: Main Campus
Room: MAIN BLDG (D) Classroom 214
Instructor: Kathy McConnell
Seats Available: 3 out of 12

Smartphone photo quality is well beyond the capacity of your childhood Brownie film camera. Join this class to learn how to use your iPhone or Android smartphone to “see” interesting photo opportunities and discover your phone’s simple but marvelous editing tools. The class will include PowerPoint presentations, shared work, and collaborative discovery.

Bring your smartphone of any model and brand.

Quest Speaker Series ⬥ NEW!
ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. Please call us at 509-527-4331 to see if registration is still available.
Fee: $59.00
Dates: 4/9/2025 - 6/18/2025
Times: 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Days: W
Sessions: 11
Location: Main Campus
Room: MAIN BLDG (D) Classroom 243
Instructor:
Discover fresh ideas and inspiring perspectives with the Quest Speaker Series! Each weekly session will feature a dynamic presentation by experts, community leaders, and organizations sharing impactful work and thought-provoking insights.

This Spring’s lineup is as follows:
- 4/9: Chinese Pioneers on the Western Frontier with Dale Hom
- 4/16: Pillow Talk: A Community's Path to Better Sleep with Richard Simon
- 4/23: No Bones About It: Freshwater Mussels and Pacific Lamprey Research and Restoration with Alexa Maine
- 4/30: Using Modern Technologies to Understand and Conserve Blue Mountains Birds with Ben Vernasco
- 5/7: Whitehouse Crawford Lumber Company: Its History and Its Family with Peggy Willcuts
- 5/14: What's Going On in Mill Creek? Salmon Recovery in Our Watershed with Brian Burns
- 5/21: Speak the Speech, I Pray You: A Guide to the Pleasure and Practice of Reading Aloud with Sundry Examples from Shakespeare with Nancy Simon
- 5/28: Do You Still Want This? Decluttering as a Family Communication Project with Michelle Janning
- 6/4: Pioneers with Cameras: Walla Walla's First Photographers with Donna Cummins
- 6/11: Sea Cucumbers: Rotting and Regenerating Zombies of the Sea with Jim Nestler
- 6/18: What's In A Story? with Rebecca Hom

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