Fourth of July celebrations around the region

Cherry, Berry & Blues Bash Orofino Farmers Market party...

Find more in Inland 360’s free community events calendar at inland360.com/events. “Red, White & Timeless: Celebrating Americana at the Artisan Barn” opens with a reception from 1-3 p.m...

Terry Buffington Foundation Lunch & Learn events celebrate legacy of civil rights leader Ella Baker

Cultural anthropologist and social activist Terry Buffington said she believes a healthy community is a well-educated one. It’s partly why the sixth-generation Mississippian put down roots in the Northwest: to connect the Civil Rights Movement, which is history exclusive to the American South, to another part of the nation...

Kesha enjoying her freedom on her first new album since she left her old label and Ryan Coogler’s guts-spilling vampire film “Sinners,” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming offerings worth your time, as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists: Charlize Theron in “The Old Guard 2” on Netflix, National Geographic’s 25-hour “SharkFest” and John Cena playing a U.S. president opposite Idris Elba as the UK’s prime minister in the comedy “Heads of State.”

The new Pixar animated film “Elio” takes up a question famously posed by astrophysicist Carl Sagan: “are we alone?” It’s in reference to the search for extraterrestrial life, but the idea, according to Sagan, is “the deepest of human concerns.” It’s a question both existential and intimate; galactic and earthbound. It dictates our day-to-day experience and our wildest dreams, motivating our every action and reaction...

Seasonal recipes to try

Editors note: This is Part 2 of a roundup of seasonal recipes to try this summer. Part 1 with recipes 1-5 can be found here...