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• Theater review: Civic’s ‘Grease’ familiar but always entertaining

  May 19, 2013 in City, Features on Page B7 In 1978, film producer Alan Carr took “Grease,” a gritty, vulgar musical about a group of streetwise teenagers in the late 1950s, and sanitized it into a shiny, bouncy, PG-rated …

• Education Notebook: DECA honors student duo

  May 16, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S10 Ferris High School senior Jessica Pollock and junior Sheridan Delzer were recently named National DECA Chapter Award Project Winners at the ICDC Conference in Anaheim, Calif. The Ferris DECA duo …

• Civic Theatre brings popular musical to the stage

  May 16, 2013 in Features on Page C1 “Grease,” as they say, is the word. And the word will be heard starting this weekend at Spokane Civic Theatre. “Grease,” the 1971 musical that spawned a hit 1978 movie …

• Sisters discover world outside their soup kitchen in ‘Seeds of Change’

  May 9, 2013 in Features on Page C1 The Miller sisters are a little behind the times. Brought up in the evangelical Nazarene church, Joy, Faith and Chastity are starting to get on in their years but have …

• Education Notebook: Comedy on G-Prep stage

  May 9, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page V9 The drama students at Gonzaga Prep will perform “You Can’t Take it With You,” beginning Friday in Prep’s Kubiak Theatre at 7 p.m. Performances will continue Saturday and May 17 …

• ‘Once Upon a Mattress’ adds music to classic fairy tale

  May 9, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page V8 The classic tale of “The Princess and the Pea” receives a twist in the musical “Once Upon a Mattress,” presented by the drama department at West Valley High School. In …

• Review: ‘Dixie Swim Club’ sidesteps stereotype

  May 5, 2013 in City, Features on Page B7 Since they were in college together, the self-appointed members of the Dixie Swim Club have been inseparable. They’re five headstrong Southern women, all grappling with middle age in their own …

• Civic stages ‘Dixie Swim Club’

  May 3, 2013 in Features on Page W12 What: ‘The Dixie Swim Club’ chronicles five lifelong friends as they return to their favorite beach cottage on the Outer Banks of North Carolina to chat about their pasts, speculate …

• Students use drama to address bullying

  May 2, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S1 Sergey Grankin sat on a toilet on a small stage in Mary Cooper’s Ferris High School classroom last week. “I’m optimistic about vomiting,” he said. “If you knew every time … 2

• ‘The Outsiders’ opens at Central Valley High

  May 2, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page V2 The drama department at Central Valley High School is capping its 2012-13 season with “The Outsiders,” based on the classic novel by S.E. Hinton. The story follows Ponyboy, a member …

• Education Notebook: ‘Dining Room’ opens tonight at LC

  April 25, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S10 Lewis and Clark Tiger Drama will stage “The Dining Room,” beginning tonight. The show continues Friday and Saturday. All shows are at 7 p.m. in the LC auditorium, 521 W. … 1

• Without financial help, the curtain will fall on Interplayers

  April 18, 2013 in Features on Page C1 When I first walked into Interplayers 24 years ago, I did so with trepidation. I had just moved from Seattle, and I retained the typical Seattle attitude about Spokane’s cultural … 5

• Education Notes: ‘Music Man’ hits stage at St. George’s School

  April 18, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S5 The drama students at St. George’s School will perform “The Music Man” beginning Wednesday in the school’s Founders Theater at 7 p.m. Performances continue April 26 at 7 p.m. and … 1

• Spotlight: Symphony adds Tao to guest list

  April 14, 2013 in Features on Page D6 The Spokane Symphony has adjusted its concert schedule in early May after a hand injury sidelined one of the planned guest artists. Gil Garburg, of the renowned piano duo Silver-Garburg, …

• New downtown performing space a labor of love

  April 11, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page V4 There’s a new theater in town. Bob Nelson is opening Stage Left in a small storefront on West Third Avenue and he’s hoping people will stop by and see the … 14

• Education Notebook: Rogers students stage ‘Macbeth’

  April 11, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S8 Drama students at Rogers High School will perform William Shakespeare’s dark and powerful tragedy “Macbeth,” beginning Friday in the school’s auditorium. The production will continue Saturday and April 18-20. All …

• Interplayers faces financial crunch

  April 10, 2013 in City on Page A6 Interplayers Theatre announced its 2013-14 season Tuesday night, with a significant hitch: The nonprofit professional theater company must raise $150,000 by May 31 or else it will shut its doors. … 1

• Interplayers Theatre’s ‘Sirens’ play worth watching

  April 10, 2013 in City on Page A6 “Sirens,” by Deborah Zoe Laufer, is an amusing romantic comedy that makes a great date play and is fairly family friendly. Interplayers Theatre’s latest production features quirky characters and much … 2

• Spotlight: MAC to host Stravinsky’s ‘Rite of Spring’

  April 7, 2013 in Features on Page D7 The Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture will host a centennial celebration of Igor Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” at 3 p.m. Saturday. The multimedia celebration will he presented by …

• Review: Civic Theatre’s ’Treasure Island’ offers energetic family fun

  April 7, 2013 in City on Page B2 It’s safe to say that “Treasure Island” is one of the most influential pieces of genre literature ever produced. Since its publication in 1883, elements of Robert Louis Stevenson’s swashbuckling …

• U-Hi presents ‘Urinetown’

  April 4, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page V2 Following up its acclaimed run of “Les Misérables,” the drama department at University High School decided to stage a spoof of it. The next musical performance will be “Urinetown,” a …

• Spotlight: SFCC hosts Kelly display of abstracts

  March 31, 2013 in Features on Page D6 Brooklyn-based painter Todd Kelly will exhibit works at Spokane Falls Community College beginning Wednesday. Kelly produces his abstracts from oils, acrylics and spray paint on canvas. His works have been …

• Tracy Morgan showtime changed - it’s 7 p.m.

  March 29, 2013 in City The Tracy Morgan show at the Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox will start at 7 p.m., not 7:30 p.m. as listed in today’s paper. 4

• Education Notebook: Student artists earn regional honors

  March 28, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S10 Student artists at Cheney High School were recently honored at the 40th annual NorthEast Washington Educational Service District 101 high school art show at the downtown Spokane Public Library. Payton …

• Theater review: Strong cast finds ‘Pond’s’ essence

  March 24, 2013 in City, Features on Page B2 Norman and Ethel Thayer have been visiting their Maine vacation cottage on a lake called Golden Pond every summer for nearly 50 years. Their marriage remains steadfast, but Norman, now … 3

• Review: ‘West Side Story’ strong all around

  March 23, 2013 in City on Page A9 I freely admit it. Before Thursday night, I’d never seen “West Side Story.” Not the 1961 film. Never a stage production of the 1957 American musical classic. 1

• Education Notebook: NW Christian band craft sale Saturday

  March 21, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S4 The band department at Northwest Christian Schools will have its second annual craft fair on Saturday at the lower campus gym, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Shoppers will have …

• Spotlight: Ward repeats as winner at Washington poetry event

  March 17, 2013 in Features on Page D7 Langston Ward, a senior at Mead High School, has repeated his first-place win in a statewide poetry recitation competition. As Washington’s Poetry Out Loud champion, Ward won an expenses-paid trip …

• CVHS a local shop of ‘Horrors’

  March 14, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page V4 A plant that feeds on human blood, a sadistic dentist and a story of true love make up the plotline in Central Valley High School’s theater production of “Little Shop …

• Spotlight: Watershed set to return to the Gorge

  March 10, 2013 in Features on Page D7 Looks like Watershed is coming back for round two. The musical festival at the Gorge Amphitheatre – think Sasquatch! for country music fans – started last year with a lineup …

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