Editing Lewiston, Idaho (section)

==Arts and culture==

In springtime, Lewiston hosts the Dogwood Festival. This celebration is named for the abundant [[dogwood|dogwood trees]] that are in fragrant bloom during the festival. During and shortly after the festival these pink blossoms blow through yards and streets like drifts of snow. The festival also hosts the "Show and Shine" classic car show alongside the other attractions.<ref>{{cite web|last=Jones |first=Lisa |title=Dogwood Festival |url=http://www.lcsc.edu/dogwood/contact.html |publisher=Lewis Clark State College |access-date=31 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329100358/http://www.lcsc.edu/dogwood/contact.html |archive-date=29 March 2012 }}</ref>

During late summer, "Hot August Nights" takes place. This celebration includes concerts by popular 1950s to 1980s musicians, such as [[38 Special (band)|.38&nbsp;Special]], [[Eddie Money]], and [[Loverboy]]. There's also a show and shine for collectible cars, followed by a night parade along Main Street. During the [[autumn|fall]], a number of [[Populus trichocarpa|cottonwood]] trees release cotton-like clouds of seeds that blow through the air and streets, blanketing them with a snow-like cover.

The town has a large [[Christmas]] festival that includes a number of lighted displays in the downtown area. At the site of what was originally the Johann D.&nbsp;C. Thiessen mansion and ranch, now Locomotive Park, so named because of the retired [[locomotive]] Steam Engine&nbsp;92 and [[Camas Prairie Railroad|Camas Prairie&nbsp;RR]] [[Caboose]] on display in the middle, large trees and pathways are decorated with lights from [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving]] to [[New Year's Day|New Year's]]. These events are sponsored by the [[Chamber of Commerce]], and the displays involved are typically quite impressive and often attract many visitors.

During the Christmas and [[Easter]] seasons, the Lewiston Jaycees have two large lighted displays on the Lewiston Hill (technically, the Washington side, and specifically, in Whitman County, above Clarkston in Washington state), visible from nearly everywhere in the valley. The display consists of long strings of ordinary light bulbs, arranged in the shape of a star (Christmas) and a cross (Easter). The same strings of lights are used in both displays, which, when lit, are left burning 24&nbsp;hours a day through each season.

Every year, with cooperation from the city, Lewis-Clark State College hosts the Avista NAIA&nbsp;World Series for [[college baseball]] in May, and the Lewiston Round Up [[rodeo]] in September. The Lewiston Round Up is a member of the Big&nbsp;4 or Big Money&nbsp;4 (along with [[Pendleton Round-Up]], [[Walla Walla, Washington|Walla Walla]] Fair and Rodeo, and [[Ellensburg Rodeo]]) and a top&nbsp;50 [[Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association|PRCA]] rodeo.

Lewiston had a popular [[Northwest League]] professional [[baseball]] franchise from 1952 through 1974. The [[Lewiston Broncos|Lewis-Clark Broncs]] were affiliated with various [[Major League Baseball|major league]] parent clubs, including the [[Philadelphia Phillies]], [[Kansas City Athletics]], [[St. Louis Cardinals]], [[Baltimore Orioles]], and [[Oakland Athletics]] (or A's). A roster check in [[1967 Kansas City Athletics season|1967]] showed that 40% of the players and coaches of the Kansas City Athletics had been in Lewiston at one time or another. [[Reggie Jackson]] was perhaps the most famous Lewiston Bronc of all-time; ''Mr.&nbsp;October'' played twelve games for Lewiston at age 20 in 1966. The Broncs' rosters included [[Rick Monday]],<ref name=monhol>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VK1fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yjIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4693%2C1185993 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |agency=Associated Press |title=Rick Monday, Jackson end holdouts, sign contracts |date=March 7, 1969 |page=23 |access-date=November 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123065144/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VK1fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yjIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4693%2C1185993 |archive-date=November 23, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> manager [[John McNamara (baseball)|John McNamara]], Vearl ("Snag") Moore, Thorton ("Kip") Kipper, Antonio Perez, Ron Koepper, Delmer Owen, [[Dick Green]], Bud Swan, [[Bert Campaneris]], John Israel, [[Dave Duncan (baseball)|Dave Duncan]], Al Heist, and as a player, later coach-manager Robert ("Gabby") Williams. After years of financial losses, the team was shut down in Lewiston in January 1975,<ref name=dirvot>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Pa5fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2jIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3925%2C2445097 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |last=Barrows |first=Bob |title=Directors' vote kills Bronc baseball |date=January 10, 1975 |page=B1 |access-date=November 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123065959/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Pa5fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2jIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3925%2C2445097 |archive-date=November 23, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=bdemnos>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Pq5fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2jIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5370%2C2666240 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |last=Barrow |first=Bob |title=Broncs' demise no sudden thing |date=January 11, 1975 |page=B1 |access-date=November 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123053704/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Pq5fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2jIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5370%2C2666240 |archive-date=November 23, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> and resurfaced in June in [[southwestern Idaho]] as the [[Boise&nbsp;A's]] for {{nowrap|two seasons.<ref name=pbret11>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=y8ReAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1zEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3737%2C4758136 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |title=Pro ball returns to Boise after absence of 11 years |date=June 18, 1975 |page=B1 |access-date=November 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123042432/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=y8ReAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1zEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3737%2C4758136 |archive-date=November 23, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}