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• ‘World’s Best Cajun band’ to play benefit for Spokane Public Radio

  May 10, 2012 in Features on Page C1 With two Grammy Awards and nearly a dozen nominations to its name, it’s no secret the BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet is one of the world’s greatest Cajun bands. With its …

• Spotlight: ‘Groom’ arrives to celebrate Bing’s 109th birthday

  April 29, 2012 in Features on Page D5 Thursday would have been Bing Crosby’s 109th birthday. To celebrate, the Advocates for the Bing Crosby Theater will hold a birthday gathering and show Crosby’s 1951 film “Here Comes the … 1

• New Bing owner promises to keep theater operating

  February 23, 2012 in City on Page A5 With his purchase of the Bing Crosby Theater in downtown Spokane, businessman Jerry Dicker has solidified his standing as one of the city’s leading historic preservationists. On Wednesday, Dicker met … 5

• Buyer plans to improve Bing Crosby Theater

  February 17, 2012 in Business on Page A8 Spokane’s historic Bing Crosby Theater, a downtown entertainment landmark, has been purchased by area business developer Gerald V. Dicker. Dicker’s GVD Commercial Properties Inc. paid $920,000 to the previous owner, … 1

• McKee, Murphey top shows at Bing

  February 17, 2012 in Features on Page C3 Old school or new school, the Bing Crosby Theater has a pair of acoustic guitar anomalies coming through town this weekend in fingerstyle virtuoso Andy McKee and country music hero …

• Guide idles rod for filmmaking

  January 29, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C11 The transformation of Simon Perkins is as startling as a stonefly nymph’s metamorphosis to a salmonfly. While guiding fly fishers on Montana’s Smith, Blackfoot and Missouri rivers for seven years, …

• SpIFF has grown into 11-day event filled with wide variety of genres

  January 22, 2012 in Features on Page D1 Over the years, the Spokane International Film Festival has been the premiere film showcase in Spokane, bringing a diverse selection of stories, styles and genres, as well as the filmmakers …

• Bing Crosby Holiday Film Festival

  December 8, 2011 in Features on Page C1 “White Christmas,” “Holiday Inn” and “Going My Way” will return to the big screen Saturday for the Sixth Annual Bing Crosby Holiday Film Festival at the Bing Crosby Theater, 901 …

• Crosby film festival Saturday

  December 8, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page S5 The sixth annual Bing Crosby Holiday Film Festival is Saturday at the Bing Crosby Theater in downtown Spokane. The nonprofit Advocates for the Bing Crosby Theater presents the daylong event …

• Spotlight: Locally filmed ‘Norman’ scoring big with critics

  September 25, 2011 in Features on Page D6 The soon-to-be- released “Norman” is a Spokane rarity – a locally filmed movie getting outstanding reviews and major film festival awards. “Norman” is a coming-of-age story about a high school …

• Spotlight: Familiar faces hit the lanes in ‘Thunderballs’

  June 12, 2011 in Features on Page D7 North by Northwest has just finished filming the Spike TV pilot “Thunderballs” in Spokane, and yes, it features a few faces you might recognize: • George Wendt (Norm of “Cheers”) …

• Fly Fishing Film Tour brings 10 cutting-edge flicks to The Bing

  February 13, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C12 The Fly Fishing Film Tour is making its fourth annual winter run through Spokane on Thursday, bringing the pulse of rivers, saltwater flats and heart-thumping music to the Bing Crosby …

• Bassoonist, ballet at Bing with Allegro

  February 3, 2011 in Features on Page C3 Allegro Baroque and Beyond returns to the Bing Crosby Theater stage Friday with a program of music and dance titled “Night at the Opera.” Jesse Read, a bassoonist from Vancouver, …

• Crosby festival to feature photos, crooner’s costume

  December 9, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V4 The fifth annual Bing Crosby Holiday Film Festival on Saturday will be the most elaborate festival presented by the Advocates for the Bing Crosby Theater since Kathryn Crosby, wife of … 1

• Annual Crosby film festival even includes rare clips and images

  December 9, 2010 in Features on Page C1 The fifth annual Bing Crosby Holiday Film Festival on Saturday will include two of the most famous Crosby movies, “White Christmas” and “Road to Morocco.” Yet of even more interest …

• Béla Fleck set to jingle all the way to The Bing

  December 2, 2010 in Features on Page C1 Here’s a Christmas promise: You’ll never hear a crazier “Jingle Bells” than the one Béla Fleck and the Flecktones will play Friday at the Bing. Imagine that jaunty song delivered … 1

• Funny Poundstone sure to cover pets, kids, book

  October 29, 2010 in Features on Page C1 Comedian, author and National Public Radio celebrity Paula Poundstone can add one more credit to her list of accomplishments: host of an online Cat Cam show. Cat Cam? 1

• Spotlight: Capitol Steps arrive on a timely note

  October 24, 2010 in Features on Page D6 The Capitol Steps are coming to town on Wednesday, so I thought I’d whet your appetite for their brand of musical political satire.

• Spotlight: First step toward Met Opera begins at the Fox

  October 10, 2010 in Features on Page D7 How do you get to the Metropolitan Opera? Practice, practice, practice.

• Book Notes: ‘Spokane is Reading’ revisits ‘Big Burn’

  October 3, 2010 in Features on Page D7 “Spokane is Reading” descends upon the region this week like a … well, like a firestorm. Timothy Egan’s “The Big Burn,” about the 1910 forest fires in Idaho and Montana, …

• Indian ballet coming to Bing

  September 30, 2010 in Features on Page C3 The South Asia Cultural Association will present “Shrishti (Creation),” an Indian dance drama about the River Ganges and its pollution problems, Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Bing Crosby Theater, …

• Spotlight: Touring Da Vinci exhibit will land at MAC in June

  September 19, 2010 in Features on Page D9 A traveling Leonardo Da Vinci exhibit is coming to the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture next June. “Leonardo Da Vinci: Man-Inventor-Genius” will fill every single gallery of the museum …

• Spotlight: Hotel Ruby set to unveil Gendron’s musician portraits

  September 5, 2010 in Features on Page D5 Look, up in the sky, it’s …. art, looming 30 feet high in downtown Spokane. It’s a large-scale reproduction of local artist Ric Gendron’s portrait of country legend Hank Williams, …

• Ash fallout cancels MacLean concert

  April 21, 2010 in City on Page A6 Tonight’s scheduled concert at the Bing Crosby Theater by Scottish performer Dougie MacLean has been canceled because of the ongoing fallout from the volcanic eruption in Iceland. With ash from …

• Filmmaker hopes bash raises cash

  December 11, 2009 in Features on Page C1 Cannes award-winning screenwriter Serena Belsby is taking an unconventional route to financing a local movie – she’s throwing a party at the Bing Crosby Theater. The fundraising party, called the …

• Area anglers catching show, films, national notoriety

  March 1, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C10 If screaming reels are music to your ears, you might be moved to dance when The Fly-Fishing Film Tour lands in Spokane Thursday at the Bing Crosby Theater. Don’t expect …

• Flutist Frieda Chan presents valentine concert

  February 12, 2009 in Features on Page C5 Flutist Frieda Chan will present “A Musical Valentine” on Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. Chan, who lives in Spokane, has studied under …

• Allegro series examines Bach, Couperin

  January 8, 2009 in Features on Page D5 Spokane’s Allegro Baroque and Beyond series will examine two of classical music’s most famous families – Germany’s Bachs and France’s Couperins – in “A Tale of Two Dynasties” on Friday. …

• American freedoms at forefront for Wolf

  April 19, 2008 in Features on Page E1 When you’ve written a book titled “The End of America,” you’re not likely to be seen automatically as a beacon of hope. Yet that’s exactly the tone that author Naomi …