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More activities are in the calendar starting on Page 15 and at inland360.com/events. Harry Slickpoo Jr. will present Nez Perce Stories and Legends from 5:30-6:30 p.m. today at the Lewiston City Library, 411 D. St., for Idaho Family Reading Week. The theme for this week’s reading week is “Stories Under the Stars,” celebrating reading as a family after dark. Free books and other goodies to encourage reading will be available at the event. _____ Moscow Community Theatre’s production of William Shapkespeare’s tragedy “Macbeth” opens Friday at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre, 508 S. Main St., Moscow. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and Nov. 14-15 with 2 p.m. matinees Sunday and Nov. 16. In the play, Gen. Macbeth, in a prophecy from three witches, is told he will become king of Scotland. “Tyrannical and paranoid, Macbeth commits one atrocity after another to protect his power, ultimately leading to civil war and bloody destruction,” according to a Moscow Community Theatre news release. Tickets, $10-$15, are at moscowcommunitytheatre.org/tickets, at Safari Pearl in Moscow and the box office. The show includes violent themes and imagery, so viewer discretion is advised. _____ A Champagne Benefit for Festival Dance is set for 5:30-8 p.m. Friday at the 1912 Center, 412 E. Third St., Moscow. The organization will celebrate 53 years of providing dance performance and dance education on the Palouse at the fundraiser, which includes dinner by Patty’s Mexican Kitchen, beer and wine for purchase, raffles, entertainment by students and faculty and a champagne toast. Tickets to the event, $50, include five $1 raffle tickets and one $5 raffle ticket and are at givebutter.com/CB25. _____ Portland band Toyboat Toyboat Toyboat returns Friday to Hogan’s, 906 Sixth St. in Clarkston, with local opener The Maple Bars. Lewiston High School graduate Travis Henderson plays electric trumpet and sings in the four-piece band that specializes in a blend of rock, jazz and funk. Music starts at 8 p.m. _____ Vandal Science Day, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, offers free, hands-on activities for middle and high school students and community members at the University of Idaho’s Integrated Research and Innovation Center, 685 Line St., on the Moscow campus. Professors, students and researchers will lead lab tours and demonstrations, including of the video game design studio. Attendees can purchase lunch at The Eatery on-campus restaurant. Students are invited to attend individually or with their class or family. More information and sign-up is at go.uidaho.edu/vandal-science-day, or those interested can email Amy Kingston at amykingston@uidaho.edu with any questions. _____ A bronze statue of University of Idaho mascot Joe Vandal will be unveiled at 2:30 p.m. Saturday during tailgating festivities for the 4 p.m. football game against UC Davis. The 9-foot-tall, 2,000-pound statue stands between the ICCU Arena and P1FCU Kibbie Dome on the west side of the Moscow campus. The university commissioned the work to recognize the Associated Students of University of Idaho for the group’s support for the dome and other campus resources and facilities, according to a UI news release. The ASUI voted in 1974 to allocate student fees to add a roof to the dome. University president Scott Green, ASUI President Seyi Arogundade and sculptor Gareth Curtiss will speak at the dedication. _____ The experience of a Navajo Code Talker during World War II is highlighted in Living Voices’ “Native Vision” at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 1912 Center’s Lecompte Auditorium, 412 E. Third St., Moscow. The free presentation, organized by the Latah County Human Rights Task Force, also tells the story of Native American boarding schools through the eyes of a Navajo woman during World War II, according to a commission news release. The nonprofit organization Living Voices creates presentations that combine live performance — in this case by Navajo artist Lori Tapahonso — with archival media to explore social justice issues through the lens of history. More information is at livingvoices.org. — Inland 360
