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• Inland Crafts, longtime show, shuts down

  January 10, 2012 in City on Page A6 Inland Crafts has folded after 29 years of hosting a juried fine-crafts exhibition and sale in Spokane. The nonprofit’s board decided hosting the annual show was “more than we felt …

• Inland Crafts show ends its 29-year run

  January 9, 2012 in City Inland Crafts has folded after 29 years of hosting a juried fine-crafts exhibition and sale in Spokane. The nonprofit’s board decided hosting the annual show was “more than we felt … 2

• Art class teaches creativity with community in mind

  January 5, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S1 On a gray December morning, splashes of color warmed and brightened the Lied Art Center at Whitworth University. The color came in the form of rugs crafted by students in …

• Audiences asked to be ‘the boys’ at ‘GI Holiday Jukebox’

  November 24, 2011 in Features on Page C1 At the “GI Holiday Jukebox,” four singers will play the roles of USO performers, doing one last big show for “the boys” before they head off to the European front. …

• ‘Christmas’ future

  November 18, 2011 in Features on Page C1 Everybody has seen “A Christmas Carol.” Yet you may not have seen one like the Spokane Civic Theatre’s version. It has:

• Spokane Symphony goes back to Dvorak

  November 17, 2011 in Features on Page C1 Eckart Preu has given himself a present: a fresh, new score of the Dvorak Cello Concerto. Of course, the Spokane Symphony already had a score of the piece. Preu himself …

• The Verve: Her memory is her muse

  November 17, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page S9 If you hear strange sounds coming from the garage attached to Stephanie Sammons’ Liberty Lake home, she’s in there using saws and drills, deconstructing found objects and reconstructing them. When …

• Her memory is her muse

  November 12, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V3 If you hear strange sounds coming from the garage attached to Stephanie Sammons’ Liberty Lake home, she’s in there using saws and drills, deconstructing found objects and reconstructing them. When … 1

• Hip harmonies

  November 11, 2011 in Features on Page C1 “Cool and Swingin’ ” is the title of Saturday’s Spokane Symphony SuperPops concert, which should be your first hint that this will not be a solemn evening of Baroque harpsichord. …

• Easily accessible Inland Crafts stays true to its roots

  November 10, 2011 in Features on Page C1 Good artists typically don’t make good business people. “That’s not how most of our brains work,” explains Spokane fiber artist Louise Kodis.

• Free, annual two-day party mixes music, dance, storytelling

  November 10, 2011 in Features on Page C1 Why will about 6,000 people show up at the Fall Folk Festival again this year? Maybe the names of the acts have something to do with it:

• Artist delivers 9 pound, 2 ounce exhibit at gallery

  October 27, 2011 in Features on Page C5 A performance artist who said giving birth is the “highest form of art” has delivered a baby boy – inside a New York City art gallery Marni Kotak gave birth …

• Dark and funny, Interplayers stages ‘The Receptionist’

  October 27, 2011 in Features on Page C1 ‘The Receptionist,” a 2007 play which opens tonight at Interplayers, sounds a little like the NBC sitcom “The Office.” It wrings wry laughs from life in the common cubicle. Yet …

• Civic puts tale of Eyre, Mr. Rochester to music

  October 27, 2011 in Features on Page C1 The story of the governess Jane Eyre and her stormy relationship with Mr. Rochester will be told entirely through song on the Spokane Civic Theatre’s Main Stage this weekend. Paul …

• Civic shows its scary side

  October 21, 2011 in Features on Page C1 Henry James’ 1898 novella, “The Turn of the Screw,” is one of literature’s most famous ghost stories – assuming that it actually has ghosts. Several questions have vexed readers for …

• Symphony mixes Pärt, Bach, Brahms

  October 20, 2011 in Features on Page C1 The Spokane Symphony Orchestra and Chorale will perform blessed music by Arvo Pärt, Johann Sebastian Bach and Johannes Brahms this weekend at the Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox. The …

• Junior does it Dad’s way

  October 14, 2011 in Features on Page C1 Frank Sinatra Jr. knows his father’s music by heart – and by chart. “I was Frank Sinatra’s conductor for the last seven years he toured,” said Frank Jr., 67, by …

• Return of ‘Millie’

  September 23, 2011 in Features on Page C1 Don’t let the word “modern” fool you in “Thoroughly Modern Millie.” This is an old-fashioned musical with lots of tap-dancing, elaborate production numbers and – in the Spokane Civic Theatre’s …

• ‘Boys Next Door’ at Interplayers mixes laughs, sentiment

  September 22, 2011 in Features on Page C1 The “boys” in “The Boys Next Door” are developmentally disabled adults, living in a group home. If it sounds like a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie special, you’re right. It …

• Interplayers stages ‘Boys Next Door,’ a show that mixes laughs, sentiment

  September 21, 2011 in Features The “boys” in “The Boys Next Door” are developmentally disabled adults, living in a group home. If it sounds like a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie special, you’re right. It …

• Symphony opener topped by Parker playing piano concerto

  September 15, 2011 in Features on Page C1 For the Spokane Symphony’s opening concerts this weekend, we have a harmonious match of man and music: Jon Kimura Parker playing the Grieg Piano Concerto. Among the connections:

• From ‘Frankenstein’ to ‘Millie,’ stage is packed with promise

  September 8, 2011 in Features on Page C1 Coming alive on a stage near you: Frankenstein, the Chairman of the Board, a Killer Rabbit and a certain pair of Gothic governesses. This fall’s theater scene will bring these …

• Explosions’ latest shows sky’s the limit

  September 2, 2011 in Features on Page C3 Explosions in the Sky’s new album opens with quiet acoustic guitar fingerpicking and soft hand claps. It’s a gentle cradle of sounds that could be used in the closing credits …

• Kathy Griffin coming Sunday

  August 26, 2011 in Features on Page C1 Want to know more about Kathy Griffin, who’s arriving at the INB Performing Arts Center for a stand-up comedy show on Sunday? Here’s a Kathy Griffin quiz in which every … 1

• ‘Miracle Worker’ returns to the stage

  August 25, 2011 in Features on Page C1 Can a “Miracle” strike twice? Interplayers Professional Theatre certainly hopes so. Interplayers is reviving its hit springtime production of William Gibson’s “The Miracle Worker” for 10 more performances beginning Friday. 2

• Dovekins set to land at Porch

  August 19, 2011 in Features on Page C3 After dropping out of music school, Griff Snyder wondered how to go about starting his own band. Turns out, the best way to launch his music career was by sporadically …

• Touring Keith puts America front, center

  August 18, 2011 in Features on Page C1 Toby Keith is truly an all-American boy. The country music superstar, who will release a new album Oct. 25, already had scored hits with his songs “American Ride,” “American Soldier” …

• Spotlight: NPR’s Cokie Roberts sets Bing appearance

  August 14, 2011 in Features on Page D6 Cokie Roberts , the veteran political reporter for National Public Radio, has just been booked into the Bing Crosby Theater for a talk Oct. 1. Spokane Public Radio is sponsoring …

• Northern Quest plays host to Willie’s return

  July 29, 2011 in Features on Page C1 Willie Nelson arrives Sunday for an outdoor show at one of the rare places in the Inland Northwest he hasn’t played – the Northern Quest Resort and Casino. Over nearly …

• CdA Summer Theatre stages Sondheim’s ‘Little Night Music’

  June 30, 2011 in Features on Page C1 ‘A Little Night Music” is a legendary musical by the legendary Stephen Sondheim – yet, as legends go, it doesn’t surface very often. The Inland Northwest gets a rare look …

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