Carolyn Lamberson

A couple of big-name entertainers have recently booked shows in Spokane. First up is Calvin Broadus Jr., the rap star who has gone by the monikers Snoop Doggy Dogg, Snoop Dogg, Snoop Lion and even DJ Snoopadelic. Snoop, as we’ll call him, will be at the Knitting Factory on Dec. 19.

Just in time for a gray Thanksgiving, Spokane Civic Theatre is giving fans a “White Christmas.” The company has revived its sold-out production of the holiday chestnut from two years ago, with two key performers – Andrea Dawson and Kathy Doyle-Lipe – reprising their roles.

Rapunzel has taken up residence at the Spokane Arena this week. Tiana and Cinderella, too. Along for the ride with “Disney on Ice: Dare to Dream,” which opened in Spokane on Wednesday and is running through the weekend? Two figure-skating brothers from Western Washington.

Roger Welch returns to New York City for a couple of months each year. While there, he works – most recently directing Mark Cotter in a cabaret at the Metropolitan Room. He reconnects with friends. He keeps an eye open for plays that would be good for Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre. This time, he landed “Mary Poppins,” making Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre one of a handful of regional theaters that will stage the musical next year.

Next up in the Gonzaga University’s Visiting Writers Series: Robert Wrigley. Wrigley, an award-winning poet who teaches at the University of Idaho, will read from his works at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Cataldo Hall Globe Room. He’ll participate in a question-and-answer session earlier in the day from 1:10 to 2 p.m. in the Foley Teleconference Room. Both events will be free.

In 1937, John Steinbeck published a little book – a tragedy, really – about two friends scratching by in Depression-era California. Later that year, a stage version debuted on Broadway and went on to win the New York Drama Critics’ Circle best play award. Now, 75 years later, Spokane audiences will get a chance to see “Of Mice and Men” performed by members of New York’s acclaimed The Acting Company.

It’s been two years since Paula Poundstone was in Spokane. The stand-up comedian and frequent panelist on NPR’s quiz show “Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell Me” happened to be in town the same day as the Jon Stewart Rally to Restore Sanity sparked a local version here. It left her with a good impression. As she was walking through the rally in Riverfront Park, her cellphone dropped into the river. One guy fished it out, and another got her some rice to help dry it out. “It was such a series of kindnesses that I could tell I was in a really special place,” she said in a phone interview from her home in Santa Monica, Calif.

When you’re Willie Nelson’s kid, there are expectations. Chief among them might be that you sing country music, just like dear old dad. Lukas Nelson, then, is not one for meeting expectations. When Nelson and his band, the Promise of the Real, land at Sandpoint’s Panida Theater next week, fans will hear a guy who sounds a little like his dad play music that is rocking, bluesy and folky.

It’s 1250 in Priseaux, France. The local monastery has hit a rough patch. It seems the relics of its patron saint, St. Foy, aren’t bringing in the pilgrims they used to. The coffers are empty, and the monks find it hard to keep themselves fed, let alone help the villagers in need of assistance. It’s the opening of Michael Hollinger’s “Incorruptible: A Dark Comedy About the Dark Ages,” which will come to the Interplayers stage beginning tonight.

I got a little notice in my email inbox about an upcoming fundraiser at Lake City Playhouse. “An Evening of Poe,” it’s called, and it offers the works of Edgar Allan Poe told in various readings, live performances and dance. The release was a bit light on some specifics, so I shipped off a note to George Green, the playhouse’s director, asking for some details. Turns out, this is the third year they’ve done this. It features poetry put to music by Zachariah Baker and Doug Dawson, a live performance by Dawson of the immortal “The Tell-Tale Heart” and – wait for it – “an awesome interpretive dance to ‘Annabel Lee,’ ” choreographed by Ali Waid, Green wrote.

Ten bands. 104 artists. One old downtown building. Call it a recipe for Terrain. Terrain, now in its fifth year, is a one-night-only art and performance event that spotlights young and emerging artists in the Spokane region.