# Event Details - **Event Name**: David Neiwert- Strawberry Days - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 04 Nov, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Wed, 04 Nov, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-08:00) - **Event Description**: Explore Bellevue’s Japanese American farming community, its thriving strawberry farms, and what led to its destruction during WWII.About this EventStrawberry Days is the compelling and sometimes shocking true story of the founding of Bellevue, Washington, as a Japanese American farming community, and its destruction at the hands of hysterical bigots and wealthy white supremacists. Before World War II, Bellevue, the now-booming "edge city" on the outskirts of Seattle, was a prosperous farm town renowned for its strawberries. Many of its farmers were recent Japanese immigrants who, despite being rejected by white society, were able to make a living cultivating the rich soil. Yet the lives they created for themselves through years of hard work vanished almost instantly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. David Neiwert combines compelling story-telling with first-hand interviews and newly uncovered documents to weave together the history of this community and the racist schemes that prevented the immigrants from reclaiming their land after the war. Ultimately, Strawberry Days represents more than one community's story, reminding us that bigotry's roots are deeply entwined in the very fiber of American society--and continue to thrive today.David Neiwert is a veteran Pacific Northwest journalist and the author of 10 books, including the International Latino Book Award-winning And Hell Followed With Her: Crossing the Dark Side of the American Border, and more recently, The Age of Insurrection: The Radical Right's Assault on American Democracy. Neiwert is a fifth-generation Northwesterner who grew up in Idaho. At one time the news editor of the local Bellevue newspaper, the Journal-American, Neiwert was a finalist for the 2006 Washington State Book Award for nonfiction for Strawberry Days. Neiwert was a longtime investigative contributor for the Southern Poverty Law Center and is now retired and living on San Juan Island.Feel free to reach out to Village Books and Paper Dreams for further assistance at 360-671-2626! - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/bellingham/david-neiwert-strawberry-days/100002001958186828 - **Event Categories**: fitness, Art, literary-art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 1 hour - Location: Village Books and Paper Dreams - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 6.81, max: 24.01, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Bellingham - **state**: WA - **country**: United States - **location**: Village Books and Paper Dreams - **lat**: 48.7207472 - **long**: -122.5036413 - **full address**: Village Books and Paper Dreams, 1200 11th St, Bellingham, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: David Neiwert- Strawberry Days - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/e1cd7a721477581c9571e4b9b0dc3b7bb2b9488fb8277ac2584bb5b7b2b877e4-rimg-w1200-h600-dcf8f8f8-gmir.jpg?v=1790106913 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is David Neiwert- Strawberry Days being held? - **A:** David Neiwert- Strawberry Days takes place on Wed, 04 Nov, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Wed, 04 Nov, 2026 at 07:00 pm at Village Books and Paper Dreams, 1200 11th St, Bellingham, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing David Neiwert- Strawberry Days? - **A:** David Neiwert- Strawberry Days is organized by Village Books. - **Q**: What has been the experience of attendees at Village Books's events? - **A:** Attendees have given Village Books a rating of 5/5 based on reviews from early attendees on AllEvents. 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