July 23, 2009 in Washington Voices

Kids basketball camp is next week at EWU

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Boys and girls ages 5 to 12 can beef up their ball-handling skills during the Eaglet Kids basketball Camp on the campus of Eastern Washington University, Monday through July 31 from 8 a.m. to noon. EWU coaches and players will teach fundamentals of the game, with drills in shooting, passing, defense and competition. Participants will finish the week with a camp T-shirt, tickets to a 2009-10 Eagle Women’s basketball game and a chance to be the team’s ball girl or boy this season.

The camp costs $80 per child; family discounts are available. For more information, call Raelynn Chaffee at (509) 359-7382.

More movies coming

The 10-screen theater complex under construction just east of Airway Heights is set to open in mid- to late October, just ahead of schedule, developer Duane Brelsford said.

Meanwhile, movie fans not wishing to travel into Spokane have plenty of nearby options.

The Airway Heights Moonlight Movie Series continues Friday at dusk in the outfield of Martella Field with the 2003 film “Secondhand Lions,” a coming-of-age tale about a boy sent to spend a summer in Texas with his wealthy, eccentric uncles.

At sundown July 31, Cheney’s Sutton Park will host the 2007 drama “August Rush,” about an orphaned musical prodigy who uses his gifts to find his birth parents.

Both movie nights are free.

For those on base, the Fairchild Movie Theater on Tuesday offers “Up,” the animated hit about an old man and a young wilderness explorer who journey across the sky in a house buoyed by balloons. Those 5 and under are free; patrons 6 and up pay 99 cents. Call (509) 247-5600 for show times.

Thespians wanted

StageWest Community Theatre of the West Plains is holding auditions for playwright John Van Druten’s romantic comedy “Bell, Book and Candle.”

Auditions will be held July 31 from 6:30-8 p.m., Aug. 1 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Aug. 2 from 1-4 p.m. at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 639 Elm St., in Cheney. Actors needed include one woman age 20-35, one woman 50 or older, one man 35 or older and two men 20 to 40.

The play will be performed the first three weekends in October, a month that Director Kay Byron Pacheco said is perfect for a play about a good witch. This will kick off the theater’s eighth season, which will run until next June and will include four or five productions.

“We’re looking for actors, but we’re also in need of a lot of behind-the-scenes people,” said Byron Pacheco. She said carpenters, lighting technicians, makeup artists and stage hands are desired, as well as “all those who make sure patrons leave happy,” such as greeters and ticket-takers.

For more information, call Byron Pacheco at (509) 235-5742.

Bluegrass to draw crowd

Nearly 1,000 people are expected to attend the annual Blue Waters Bluegrass Festival, Aug. 7-9 on the shore of Medical Lake. According to music director Kevin Brown, many of these twang-ophiles will be campers from out of town, although the majority are typically local.

Campers would be wise to arrive early, said Brown, as spots start filling up Thursday and usually are full by Friday evening. In addition to a wide range of nationally-known acts, including Darrell Scott, Crooked Still and Steep Canyon Rangers, the weekend will include vendors and daily instructional workshops.

For a complete schedule, visit www.bluewatersbluegrass.org.

Airway Heights Festival

Competing for attention that same weekend is “Hot Cars and Cool Guitars,” Aug. 7-8 at Sunset Park. Vendors and live music featuring Too Slim and the Taildraggers and Hot Rod Deluxe will provide a backdrop for the 26th annual Ford classic car show.

J.C. Kennedy, the city’s parks and recreation director, said this year is expected to be bigger than ever, with thousands of cars and people “setting the park abuzz.” Kennedy said the event was able to expand this year due in large part to funding from the city’s local lodging tax.

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