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Humanities Washington opens minds and bridges divides by creating spaces to explore different perspectives.
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FEATURED EVENT
March 31, 2026 @7pm Online
ONLINE: The Last Orca Captures: A 50-Year Legacy
They were chased with speedboats, corralled by explosives, and separated from their families by nets. For over a decade, orcas were captured in Washington’s waters and transported to marine parks to be put on display for entertainment. The capture era ended fifty years ago this month, when public outrage over a shocking roundup of six orcas in Budd Inlet near Olympia led to a federal court settlement that permanently banned orca captures in Washington waters. But the Southern Resident orcas still bear the scars, and the environmental and cultural effects continue to ripple outward…
Event
In Person | March 21, 2026 @3:30pm | Sumner
IN PERSON: Pavement and Plucky Girls: 1920s Tales from Washington’s First Highway
What is Humanities Washington?
Humanities Washington and its partners hold events where people come together to explore and consider what it means to be human, and to reflect on our shared past, present, and future.
Event
In Person | March 29, 2026 @2pm | Shelton
IN PERSON: How America Talks (Differently) About Slavery
By The Numbers – HW in 2024
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