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• Spotlight: Huey Lewis, Styx set to play Spokane fair

  May 27, 2012 in Features on Page D6 Huey Lewis and the News and Styx are among the rock acts heading to the Spokane County Interstate Fair this summer. Kicking off the fair’s Grandstand entertainment this year is …

• Spotlight: Impressive lineup set for Sandpoint

  May 20, 2012 in Features on Page D7 A swanky cocktail lounge. A dance with Mr. Jones. A trip into the danger zone. All this and more are on tap this summer as the Festival at Sandpoint celebrates …

• Spotlight: Whitworth grads top Mozart at Manito

  May 13, 2012 in Features on Page D7 Connoisseur Concerts’ Mozart on a Summer’s Eve performance in Manito Park is shaping up to be a must-see. The concerts, at 7 p.m. July 17 and 18, will feature three …

• Spotlight: Northern Quest lands Crosby, Stills and Nash

  May 6, 2012 in Features on Page D7 The events calendar for this summer is filling up quickly. Over at Northern Quest Casino, they’ve added another show to its entertainment lineup. Legendary rock group Crosby, Stills and Nash …

• 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

• Spotlight: Country songwriters will hit CdA Resort in May

  April 22, 2012 in Features on Page D5 Fans of great country songwriting should mark their calendars for Memorial Day weekend. That’s when a host of best-selling songwriters will gather at the Coeur d’Alene Resort for a weekend … 2

• Spotlight: ‘Jersey Boys’ makes it official – in person

  April 15, 2012 in Features on Page D5 The highlight of Monday’s Best of Broadway 2012-’13 season announcement event had to be seeing in person some of the actors from “Jersey Boys.” “Jersey Boys,” which tells the story … 1

• Spotlight: Percussionist Zivkovic to play with symphony

  April 8, 2012 in Features on Page D6 The upcoming Spokane Symphony concert will feature an appearance by a percussionist who will perform his own marimba concerto. Nebojsa Zivkovic, a native of Serbia now based in Germany, will …

• Spotlight: MAC extends chance to view ‘Seeing Impressionism’

  April 1, 2012 in Features on Page D6 Good news for all you procrastinators. You’ll have even more time to see the “Seeing Impressionism: Europe, America and the Northwest” exhibit at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture. …

• Spotlight: Behrens brings ‘Misery’ to CdA

  March 25, 2012 in Features on Page D6 Tim Behrens is taking his Patrick F. McManus gig to Coeur d’Alene. “A Fine and Pleasant Misery” will be staged at the Salvation Army Kroc Center’s Performing Arts Theater, 1765 …

• Spotlight: ‘Jersey Boys’ will hit Spokane this fall

  March 18, 2012 in Features on Page D5 WestCoast Entertainment has announced that “Jersey Boys,” the lauded Broadway musical, will play a three-week engagement in Spokane this fall. The play, which tells the story of Frankie Valli and …

• Spotlight: Spokane band wins EMP competition

  March 11, 2012 in Features on Page D6 The Experience Music Project’s Sound Off competition for young bands has a new champion, and that champion is from Spokane. Nude, a four-piece, was crowned March 7 after performing against …

• Spotlight: Whitworth to screen Kaplan documentary

  March 4, 2012 in Features on Page D6 John Kaplan, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer who worked at The Spokesman-Review in the early 1980s, will present a documentary about his battle with lymphoma at Whitworth University on March 15. …

• Spotlight: SpIFFys are in, topped by Wang’s ‘In the Family’

  February 12, 2012 in Features on Page D5 The results are in. The recently concluded Spokane International Film Festival has announced its juried awards, the SpIFFys. In the feature film category, “In the Family,” from writer-director-star Patrick Wang …

• Spotlight: Bing will host accordion-fest

  February 5, 2012 in Features on Page D6 Spokane this fall will play host to a prestigious accordion competition. Really.

• Spotlight: Symphony extends Preu, Nakahara’s contracts

  January 29, 2012 in Features on Page D5 It looks like Eckart Preu and Morihiko Nakahara are sticking around. The Spokane Symphony on Wednesday announced it had reached contract agreements with Preu, the music director, and Nakahara, the …

• Spotlight: ‘Hello, Dolly!’ starts CdA’s 45th season

  January 22, 2012 in Features on Page D6 It’s revival time at Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre. The company is kicking off its 45th season with a production of “Hello, Dolly!” starring Ellen Travolta and Jack Bannon.

• Spotlight: Lake City Playhouse hires Prep director

  January 8, 2012 in Features on Page D7 Lake City Playhouse in Coeur d’Alene has hired a new Playhouse Prep director. Dustin Sorrell, who studied theater at Ball State University in Indiana and is a former children’s theater …

• Spotlight: Interplayers extends ‘Sisters of Swing’

  December 11, 2011 in Features on Page D5 Those boogie-woogie sisters of World War II can still draw a crowd. “The Sisters of Swing: The Story of the Andrews Sisters,” has been extended for another week, through Dec. …

• Spotlight: Steves to share benefits of travel at GU lecture

  December 4, 2011 in Features on Page D6 The well-known (and unabashedly outspoken) PBS travel expert Rick Steves is on the way back to Gonzaga University for a lecture at 5 p.m. Wednesday. Steves’ lecture title is provocative …

• Spotlight: Good time to shop for holiday events

  November 27, 2011 in Features on Page D7 It’s time for Spotlight’s annual reminder that tickets make outstanding Christmas gifts (partly because they slip so easily into stockings). Here are a few post-Christmas events to choose from:

• Spotlight: Holiday season offers bevy of events

  November 20, 2011 in Features on Page D6 The holidays are nearly upon us, with dozens of related arts events on the way. When I say dozens, that’s no exaggeration. Yet I wanted to pick out a few …

• Spotlight: Davenport Arts District ends with a $17,000 bang

  November 13, 2011 in Features on Page D6 The Davenport Arts District has ended its 25-year legacy in Spokane with one final generous act: It has donated $17,000 to the Spokane Arts Fund, the nonprofit organization of the …

• Spotlight: ‘Mythbusters’ tour lands at INB

  November 6, 2011 in Features on Page D7 How can “Mythbusters,” the Discovery Channel science series, do a live, touring show? Find out for yourself when “Mythbusters: Behind the Myths Tour” arrives at the INB Performing Arts Center …

• Spotlight: ‘Norman’ a hit with critics

  October 30, 2011 in Features on Page D6 The positive reviews continue to pile up for the Spokane-filmed coming-of-age movie “Norman,” which extends its run this week at the River Park Square AMC. The film-review compilation site Rotten … 3

• Spotlight: Thin Air’s ‘Saranac surprise’

  October 16, 2011 in Features on Page D7 April Smith and the Great Picture Show, the popular indie-pop-swing band out of New Jersey, delivered a swinging concert in front of 500-plus fans at the Bing Crosby Theater on …

• Spotlight: Chewelah’s Stone hits No. 3 on national Soul charts

  October 9, 2011 in Features on Page D6 A 24-year-old singer from Chewelah found himself firmly in the Top Ten of the national R&B/Soul charts this week. Allen Stone released his self-titled sophomore album on Tuesday. By Thursday, …

• Spotlight: Local writer Spatz tops Spokane Arts Awards

  October 2, 2011 in Features on Page D4 The City of Spokane Arts Awards will be presented at the City Council meeting Monday, and here’s the list of winners:

• 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 …

• Traveling da Vinci exhibit proves big hit for MAC

  September 11, 2011 in Features on Page D7 The final numbers are in for “Leonardo da Vinci: Man – Inventor – Genius.” About 38,000 people attended this summer-long traveling exhibit at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture …

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