Time Travel 50 Years Back For Cheney Cowles Gala

A gala affair begins at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12, to herald the opening of two art exhibits at the Cheney Cowles Museum.

The museum will be abuzz that night when patrons, some dressed in clothing of 50 years ago, will dance to live, big-band music, eat food that might have been served at such a party five decades past, and listen to a message from President Harry S. Truman (in the form of a dramatic presentation).

It’s all for “Behind the Red, White and Blue: Posters, Propaganda and Pride” and “Yes, In My Back Yard,” exhibitions to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II.

Posters illustrating America’s homefront efforts during World War II comprise “Behind the Red, White and Blue …” as the main gallery exhibition. C.K. Anderson of Anderson Mraz Design, is the exhibition’s curator and designer.

“Yes, In My Back Yard” addresses the history, role and effects of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Eastern Washington. Helen Slade, project director, presents the perspectives of neighborhood farmers, Indian tribes and Hanford employees.

Gala tickets are limited and are available for $8 per person or $15 per couple from the museum, 456-3931.

On another Museum subject

The Cheney Cowles Museum begins another year of free Wednesday Night Programs on Oct. 28, when author Stan Cohen will discuss “V for Victory: America’s Home Front During World War II.”

On Oct. 25, Michael S. Gerber will discuss “On the Home Front: The Cold War Legacy of the Hanford Nuclear Site.”

Nov. 1 is when Bernard Perlin, graphic artist, will talk about “The Age of Anxiety: Washington and the Pacific Northwest Prepare for Nuclear War, 1945-1963.”

The 1947 movie, “The Beginning or the End,” starring Hume Cronyn and Brian Donlevy, will be shown Nov. 15.

The 1954 movie, “The Atomic Kid,” starring Michel Rooney, is scheduled for Nov. 29.

And, on Dec. 6, local historian Randall Johnson will discuss “The Big Deadly Balloons: The Japanese Balloon Bomb Attacks in 1944.”

Awards for the arts

A break in “business as usual” will happen during Monday’s City Council meeting for the Spokane Arts Commission’s fourth-annual Spokane Arts Awards. The presentation begins at 6 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers.

Awards will be presented in five categories: Individual artist, arts organization, individual benefactor, business benefactor and arts in education.

Have a heart - take a walk

Dedicated volunteers for the American Heart Association will rise early Saturday morning to walk five miles to help raise research funds.

The American Heart Walk begins at 9 a.m. at Spokane Falls Community College, which is also the finishing point after walkers complete their winding route along the Centennial Trail.

What to wear?

Nordstrom models will introduce the latest in holiday wear during a fashion show on Wednesday, Oct. 11, as a benefit for the Spokane Guilds’ School and Neuromuscular Center, The Morning Star Boys’ Ranch and St. Anne’s Children’s Home.

The event in the Big Band Room of the Ag-Trade Center begins with a social hour at 11, followed by a noon luncheon and the fashion show at 1:15.

Tickets ($20 to $30) are available at the Guilds’ School, 326-1651; Morning Star Boys Ranch, 448-1411; or St. Ann’s through Catholic Charities, 456-7125.

Music for Habitat

On Oct. 24, members of the Monday Musicale will participate in Concert Enchante at The Met, staged as a benefit for Habitat For Humanity.

A 6:30 p.m. reception will precede the program performed at 7:30 by area women artists.

Concert tickets are available at Habitat for Humanity, 732 N. Napa (534-2552), or by calling Sharon Daggett, 535-9988.

At Monday Musicale’s first fall meeting, Kolibri, a string quartet with Mary Mackay, Laurel Tanaka, Dave Smith and Pat Bassett, presented a program of Hayden music.

Lita Beardslee, the group’s new president hosted the event with her daughter, Karen Valandra, vice president.

Other new Musicale officers are Kaz Honda, secretary-treasurer, and committee members Mary Clark, Colleen Meighan, Irene Larson, Donna McMackin, Ruth Simpson, Barbara Ringrose, Mary Mackay and Carol Jean Lewis.

‘There she is, Miss …’

Victoria Nicacio, the current Miss Spokane, will crown the 1996 Miss Spokane in ceremonies at 7:30 p.m., Oct. 21, in the Spokane Falls Community College’s Music Building.

Amber Hamilton, the reigning Miss Washington, will perform during the program emceed for the fifth consecutive year by Ron Hardin and Laura Ashley.

Those vying to become the new Miss Spokane are: Krista Andrizzi, Katherine Copple, Sarah Etzler, Rhonda Ferns, Heidi Holmquist, Lenaya Krous, Lisa Meier, Nikki Naumowicz, Josephine Opong, Julie Rogers and Kathryn Walter.

Immediately following the program, an awards reception will be at the Holiday Inn-Indian Canyon.

Tickets for the crowning ceremony are $10 in advance, available at G&B Select-A-Seat, or $11 at the door. Reception tickets are $6, and will be available at the door.

DAR’s Jonas Babcock is 25

Past chapter regents and charter members will be honored at a noon luncheon Saturday at Cavanaugh’s River Inn to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Jonas Babcock Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Leann Gardner and Jane Drake are co-chairing the event, which will also recognize the 105th anniversary of the national organization.

The luncheon is open to the public. Tickets, $8.50, must be reserved by Tuesday; call 926-6488 or 924-0666.

Feast fit for a king

A Medieval Feast will be staged next month by the Coeur d’Alene Chapter of the American Association of University Women.

Nov. 4 will be an evening of pageantry, music and historically authentic dining and entertainment.

Dinner, to be served on trenchers, will include a whole roasted pig, chicken, meat pie, red cabbage with apples, autumn roots and herbs.

Dessert will be English plum pudding with hard sauce, fruit and cheese.

The 6 p.m. event will be at the Lake City Senior Center, 1916 Lakewood Drive.

Tickets, $25, are limited and sold only in advance; call (208) 667-3361 by Oct. 25. Proceeds will support scholarships.

KPBX Kids’ Concerts

Mark your calendars now for the final two Saturday concerts designed especially for children by Spokane Public Radio-KPBX FM 91.1 and Music for Youth.

On Nov. 11, the concert will feature the Gonzaga University Chamber Singers in The Met.

Diana and Her Dad will be Dec. 16 in the Spokane Transit Plaza.

The first concert on Saturday was at the NorthTown Mall.

Each performance is at 2 p.m.