Kids Night

With swords and stagecraft, a Renaissance ‘Kids Night’ launches 2018 with flair.

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Sun., Dec. 31, 2017

After crafting their own swords and shields at the craft tables, Payton Slick, 5, left, and Myles Neal, 6, right, square off while the Musha Marimba group plays in the background Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017, at the Spokane Convention Center ballrooms. It was the start of First Night’s Kids Night Out events in Spokane. The First Night events continued into the evening with both family and adults-only events.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
After crafting his own sword and shield at the craft tables, Myles Neal, 6, dances to the Musha Marimba and waits for a challenge from another “knight” Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017, at the Spokane Convention Center ballrooms. It was the start of First Night’s Kids Night Out events in Spokane. The First Night events continued into the evening with both family and adults-only events.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
Joseph Dellwo, right, a member of the Spokane Renaissance Faire portraying Henry VIII, has the attention of Payton Slick, 5, left, as he explains jousting to him at First Night Spokane’s Kids Night Out event at the Spokane Convention Center Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017. It was the first year for the Renaissance Faire players to participate in the First Night Kids Night Out. Kids who accepted a “quest” to learn about art and artists at the event were “knighted” by Dellwo in a ceremony afterward.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
Magician and stilt-walker Matthew Van Zee, as his character “Harley La Quinn”, gives a “bubble” to a child watching his wandering magic act at First Night Spokane Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017 at the Spokane Convention Center. Van Zee would blow a bubble, then appear to grab it out of mid-air, producing a clear marble using sleight of hand, and then hand it to a child.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
A group of children wait expectantly to be “knighted” by the king, played by a member of the Spokane Renaissance Faire group Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017 at the Spokane Convention Center. It was the first year for the Renaissance Faire group to participate in Kids Night Out, part of the First Night event in downtown Spokane.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
Skaters young and old crowd the recently opened ice ribbon Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017 in Spokane’s Riverfront Park. Sponsored paid for free skating for most of the day on New Year’s Eve.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
Skaters young and old crowd the recently opened ice ribbon Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017 in Spokane’s Riverfront Park. Sponsored paid for free skating for most of the day on New Year’s Eve.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review