Curator Ben Mitchell is putting together an ambitious traveling retrospective exhibit of the works of Spokane artist Ric Gendron. Click here for a previous column detailing how this exhibit died during the MAC's financial crisis and was then miraculously revived. Yet neither Mitchell nor Gendron…
Looking for something fun to do with the family during Christmas week? Dress 'em up in lederhosen and start rehearsing "My Favorite Things." The "Sound of Music Sing-a-Long" has been booked into the INB Performing Arts Center, Dec. 30, 7 p.m. This is the 1965…
Broadway star Cheyenne Jackson, product of Newport and Spokane, will get in touch with his inner Rat-Packer for a concert with the New York Pops on Thursday. He's headlining a show called "Cheyenne Jackson's Cocktail Hour: Music of the 'Mad Men' Era. Read all about…
High drama, involving green feathers, took place at intermission on the street outside of the Popovich Comedy Pet Theater performance last week at the Bing Crosby Theater. Michael Smith, who manages the Bing, said his first inkling came when he looked out the window of…
The second show (Nov. 13) of "Michael Jackson: The IMMORTAL' at the Spokane Arena has been canceled because of unforeseen travel and logistical problems, according to Cirque du Soleil. The Nov. 12 show will proceed as scheduled. The official reason for the cancellation was given…
Some big literary names have been booked into Eastern Washington University's Get Lit! Festival April 11-15: Susan Orlean, author of "The Orchid Thief" and the just-released "Rin Tin Tin: Life and Legend," the biography of the famous movie dog. The latter is poised to be…
Sarah Vowell, the well-known author and radio voice, will speak at Spokane Community College's Presidential Speaker Series, Nov. 7, 7 p.m. Vowell is the author of the bestselling books, "The Wordy Shipmates," "Assassination Vacation,' and "Unfamiliar Fishes." She was also a regular contributor to public…
The Garland Theatre, 924 W. Garland, is hosting a showing on Saturday at 10 a.m. of the 1985 coming-of-age movie "Vision Quest" as a benefit for two restaurants just down the street, Ferguson's Cafe and the Milk Bottle. Both restaurants were badly damaged in a…
The soon-to-be-released “Norman” is a Spokane rarity – a locally filmed movie getting outstanding reviews and major film festival awards. “Norman” is a coming-of-age story about a high school loner who pretends to be dying – although his father is actually the one with cancer.…
The fall film series at the Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague, has been set: Sept. 27, "Some Like It Hot," the great 1959 Billy Wilder classic with Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis. Oct. 11, "Giant," the 1956 James Dean-Elizabeth Taylor epic. Oct.…
Henry Wolfe, an LA singer-songwriter, has been added as the opening act for April Smith & The Great Picture Show at the Panida Theatre in Sandpoint on Oct. 6 and at the Bing Crosby Theater in Spokane on Oct. 7. Wolfe has a well-received album…
WestCoast Entertainment has three comic extravaganzas coming to town, and they're offering deals if you order tickets to more than one. Order two and save 10 percent on your ticket order. Order all three and get 20 percent off. The shows are all at the…
New seats have been released for "Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour," at the Spokane Arena on Nov. 12, 8 p.m. and Nov. 13, 4 p.m. These are apparently tickets that have been held back up until now. This is a Cirque du Soleil tribute…
The Oct. 6 lecture at Gonzaga University by Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Muta Maathai has been canceled because of travel complications from Kenya. Refunds for tickets purchased at the McCarthey Athletic Center Box Office will be available there, Monday through Friday, from 10 a.m.-5…
Artist Ric Gendron will soon begin work on the final touch to the new American Indian Activity Center at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture (MAC): a 200-square-foot wraparound mural. Gendron, a member of the Colville and Umatilla tribes, has been commissioned to create…
“The River Murders” opens Friday at the Magic Lantern Theatre, 25 W. Main Ave., but you may remember it under a different name: “The River Sorrow.” This Ray Liotta-Christian Slater-Ving Rhames thriller was filmed as “The River Sorrow” in Spokane last fall. It still carried…
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Muta Maathai of Kenya, founder of the Green Belt Movement, author and advocate for African democracy, will be the speaker at Gonzaga University’s Presidential Speaker Series event on Oct. 6, 6 p.m., at the McCarthey Athletic Center. Her presentation will…
I just finished interviewing and writing a story for Thursday's paper about Jon Kimura Parker, who will play the Grieg Piano Concerto at the Spokane Symphony's opening concert on Saturday and Sunday. For tickets and info go here. He's a great speaker, with a fine…
The Spokane Symphony has announced a new concert concept: Kick Back Classics. These are concerts away from the usual concert hall and without a conductor. Annie Matlow of the symphony said the musicians “will be ‘kicking back,’ and playing without a conductor – much like…
The Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture's annual ArtFest event will stay put in Browne’s Addition in 2012. Museum officials had pondered moving the art, food and music festival from Coeur d’Alene Park in Browne’s Addition to the larger Riverfront Park downtown. The Browne’s Addition…
The final numbers are in for “Leonardo da Vinci: Man – Inventor – Genius.” About 38,000 people attended this summer-long traveling exhibit at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture (MAC). It came close to the museum’s attendance goals and more than met its financial…
Spokane Symphony music director Eckart Preu stood at the podium at Comstock Park Monday and wondered aloud if this was an even bigger crowd than usual. From this photo, you can see, it was a huge. Thousands showed up for the Spokane Symphony's Labor Day…
I left a crucial bit of info out of a Spotlight item in print on Sunday: The location of the Simone Dinnerstein concert. It will be at the Martin Woldson Theatre at the Fox., 1001 W. Sprague. Here's the rest of the info, as printed…
Here's a just-booked act that sounds like a furry riot: the Popovich Comedy Pet Theatre. This is an animal act from Vegas featuring cats, dogs and clowns, coming Nov. 9, 7 p.m. to the Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. Tickets are $17 for kids…
I have some excellent news to report: Meredith Oatman-Thompson raised enough money with her Sunday fundraising concert (see post from a few days ago) to pay for tuition and books for her entire sophomore year at Interlochen Arts Academy. Her father said lots of people…
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