Get Your Fix Of Medieval Fun In Tumtum
It took about five centuries, but the
Renaissance is finally coming to our area.
Actually, it is coming to - can this be right? - Tumtum.
The Northwest Renaissance Festival will be held every weekend from June 24 through Aug. 6 at a 20-acre site near Tumtum, just off Nine Mile Falls Road.
The event will be similar to other renaissance festivals in cities around the country. About 35 actors in period costume will stage dramatic re-enactments and jousting contests. There will be period food and drink, and a beer garden at the Whitethorne Inn.
Visitors are encouraged to spend the entire day at the site.
There are about 60 renaissance festivals in the country, and this one will be the first at a permanent site in the Pacific Northwest, according to festival director Tienne Rogers.
Keep an eye out for more details as opening day approaches.
KIRO news on Cox
News broadcasts from Seattle’s KIRO-TV will run on Cox Cable in Spokane beginning July 1. Look for KIRO’s news on Channel 25 at 5:30 a.m., noon and 10 p.m.
KIRO took over the 10 p.m. news slot when KIRO lost its CBS franchise to KSTW. Since then, KIRO has been trying to establish a position as the Pacific Northwest’s regional news channel.
This is all part of the same deal announced last week which will bring KIRO’s package of Seattle Mariners games to Cox Cable.
Cox will run both the Mariners and the KIRO news broadcasts on Channel 25, which will remain a community access channel the rest of the time.
For Cox Cable, this will make up for the loss of KSTW-TV, which has been blacked out almost entirely in Spokane for months.
‘Casper’ connection
Lately I’ve been wondering if Spokane carried some kind of showbiz curse with it, after “Amazing Grace,” “Toys” and “It’s Pat” all flopped. Those shows were either filmed here or had important Spokane connections.
Then “Casper” came out. So much for that theory. This movie is already a monster hit, and it has a key Spokane connection.
“Casper” was co-written by Deanna Oliver, Rogers High School Class of ‘72, Washington State University Class of ‘76.
She went on to join the Groundlings, the L.A. improvisational comedy troupe, and to act in small parts in a number of TV shows and movies. Lately, she has been writing for TV.
She shares the writing credits with Sherri Stoner.
Disco! Disco! Disco!
Excuse me for a moment while I put on my boogie shoes. I want to shake my booty.
You, too, can do this on Friday from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m., when the Breakfast Boys present their Return to Disco party on KZZU-FM, 93.
Dave Sposito and Ken Hopkins will be wearing platforms and mood rings while they spin the greatest disco hits of the ‘70s.
Yes, it’s a veritable Disco Inferno. This Return to Disco party is a surprisingly popular feature on KZZU-FM. I have friends who live for this disco fix. Misguided friends, but friends nonetheless.
‘Frontline’ goes to Wenatchee
The PBS news show “Frontline” goes to Wenatchee on Tuesday at 8 p.m. to talk with Dr. Jim Goodwin, one of the leading advocates of the controversial drug Prozac.
Published play
Cheney playwright Jerry Kraft and composer Charles Kenfield have achieved a playwriting milestone: Their children’s musical “Ogre Here, Ogre There” has been chosen for publication by the Dramatic Publishing Co.
This show was originally written for the Spokane Children’s Theatre a number of years ago.
Sit and be on TV
The locally produced exercise program “Sit and Be Fit,” which is seen on dozens of PBS stations around the country, needs volunteers to appear on upcoming programs.
The show is aimed at seniors, but grandparents, parents and children can participate. If you are available between June 26 and July 26, call Loretta Bremer at 448-0731.
Environmental forum
KPBX-FM will present a free public forum, “Our Northwest Environment: Taking Responsibility,” on Wednesday from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Spokane City Council Chambers, 808 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. The public is invited to ask questions of the panelists.
The forum will be broadcast on June 12 at noon and June 15 at 6 p.m. on KPBX-FM, 91.1.
Theater school
A new theater school, the Spokane Theatre for Youth, is opening at the ACT Theatre in the Valley this summer.
The school is run by former Broadway actress Cheryl-Ann Rossi, and it is an offshoot of her successful theater school in Coeur d’Alene.
The school will offer week-long summer day camps in drama and musical theater, and a full schedule of classes in the fall. The first sessions begin in late July.
Call 921-1706 for information and registration.
More theater classes
The Valley Repertory Theatre also will be offering summer theater classes, beginning June 14. Call 927-6878.
Band battle
Attention, garage bands. Turn that music down and listen.
Audition tapes are now being accepted for the third annual “Battle of the Bands” on Aug. 12 at Riverfront Park.
Junior and senior high bands should get their tapes in by June 30. Call 625-6440 for details.
Festival Dance season
The Festival Dance and Performing Arts Association at the University of Idaho has announced its 1995-96 season.
All shows are at the Beasley Coliseum in Pullman. Here’s the lineup:
The St. Petersburg Ballet of Russia - Sept. 27.
“The Will Rogers Follies” - Oct. 11.
Ballet Folclorico de Brasil - Oct. 27.
“The Nutcracker,” by the Western Ballet Theatre - Dec. 4 at Lewiston High School and Dec. 5 at Beasley.
American Indian Dance Theatre - Feb. 12.
The Paul Taylor Dance Company - March 5.
Subscriptions are now available, priced from $97 to $48, available by calling (208) 883-DANS.
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