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On sale

Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. Friday to see: • In This Moment with Devour The Day, Butcher Babies and All Hail The Yeti on Jan. 4 at the Knitting Factory. $20 through TicketWeb.
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Pianist riding career momentum

Jon Nakamatsu still remembers the first time he saw a piano: He was 4 years old, and it was love at first sight. “I immediately gravitated toward it,” Nakamatsu recalled, speaking by phone from his home in San Jose, Calif. “My parents are not musical, and they were a little perplexed by me being so enthusiastic about something like that.”
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10 under $10

1 Free Access Day at Washington state parks Saturday, Sunday and Monday, all Washington state parks. A Discover Pass will not be needed this weekend in honor of Veterans Day. (360) 902-8844. Admission: FREE 2 Harry Potter party 5-9 p.m. Saturday, Theater Arts for Children, 2114 N. Pines Road, Suite 3, Spokane Valley. Fundraising event hosted by Theater Arts for Children’s Youth Board. Activities include wand-making, house assigning, Potter-themed food and costume contest. For ages 7-18. (509) 995-6718. Admission: $8
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7 Nights Out

1 18th Annual Fall Folk  Festival Spokane Folklore Society presents eight stages and 85 performances of traditional and ethnic dance and music, workshops, crafts for children and jamming. Traditional crafts and meals for purchase.
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Book event benefits Honor Flight

When people attend book signings, they’re usually happy to get an author autograph on their book of choice. But on Veteran’s Day, military history buffs will have the rare opportunity to get some special signatures, in addition to an author autograph. The few remaining members of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Lilac City Chapter will be at Auntie’s Bookstore to sign copies of “Radioman: An Eyewitness Account of Pearl Harbor and WWII in the Pacific” by Carol Edgemon Hipperson.
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Comic touches lighten ‘Dark World’

Thor returns, with his long blond mane, his manly chest and his sense of humor intact in “Thor: The Dark World,” a sequel that hews close to the structure of the 2011 original. The design is brighter and sharper, the jokes are broader and the villainy utterly generic in this by-the-(comic)-book adaptation, directed by “Game of Thrones” vet Alan Taylor. He made sure not to screw up the formula and the tone that Kenneth Branagh set with the first film. He barely tampered with it at all.
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Company puts own stamp on classic ballet

Since its Russian premiere in 1892, the music and imagery of the ballet “The Nutcracker” has become iconic. Although it’s been reworked and reinterpreted throughout the years, the fairy tale story and P.I. Tchaikovsky’s score, which remains one of the most recognizable of the late 19th century, is rarely tampered with. Next week, the prestigious Moscow Ballet brings its lavish touring production of “The Nutcracker” to Spokane, a colorful and lively celebration of both the magic of the holidays and the majesty of Russian ballet.
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Culture comes in many forms

Some big doings this week – and a bit of a Russian flavor. We have Russian ballet dancers – members of the Moscow Ballet – hitting the Bing with “The Great Russian Nutcracker.” And when the Fall Folk Festival kicks off for its 18th edition, one of the many highlights will be Russian folk troupe Juliana and PAVA, which brings old Russian folk music to life.
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Down home feel, global flair

Don’t let this week’s snow flurry fool you: We’re still in the middle of fall. And if you needed a further reminder that winter is still more than a month away, indulge in the Fall Folk Festival, now in its 18th year, this weekend. The event, which is free and all-ages, features a diverse selection of music and dance on eight stages, as well as local arts and crafts vendors and kids’ activities.
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Face to face with lost liberty

We expect the lashings, the leg irons, the cruelty and injustice of it all. But what Steve McQueen’s brilliant “12 Years a Slave” adds to our understanding of that “peculiar” institution is the utter hopelessness of those enslaved. It lets a GPS/smartphone-addicted generation understand what it was like to not know where you are, to realize the helplessness of attempting to run away or steal paper to write a plea for help.
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For Turkey Day wine, the more the merrier

Thanksgiving is no time to sweat about what wines to open. Our strategy is simple: Open a lot of bottles, spread them around the table, then let your guests figure out what they want to drink. The food is the focus of this meal, particularly the turkey, so look for wines that are reasonably priced and flavorful to fill your Thanksgiving table.
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‘Grown Ups 2’ lacks laughs

A comedy that didn’t work and a drama that ended being comic are available on DVD this week. • “Grown Ups 2” D-minus: Sequel to the family comedy starring Adam Sandler.
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Guest conductor teases out the jazz

The Fox Theater and the Spokane Symphony will be swinging this weekend. Under the direction of guest conductor Matt Catingub, and with his longtime drummer Steve Moretti and guest vocalist Abbey Crawford, the symphony will trade in the works of Beethoven and Bach for big band-era jazz.
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Holiday album reflects Clarion’s top brass

This past summer, Clarion Brass decided to crowd-source its newest album. Not only were fans allowed to help pick the record’s name, but they could help decide which tracks to include. And on Nov. 17, Clarion fans will hear the end result of their voting during a CD release party in which the 13-piece brass ensemble will play the CD live.
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Juried auction supports local art, MAC programs

The annual MAC Art Auction, set for Saturday night at the Davenport Hotel, will look a little different this year. Sure, there will be plenty of works by locally and regionally known artists – Sister Paula Turnbull, the late George Flett, Harold Balazs, Kay O’Rourke, Ric Gendron, Mel McCuddin and Melissa Cole. But this year, there are fewer total works in the auction, and that’s by design, said Forrest Rodgers, executive director of the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.
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‘Mother’ a window into culture

A colorful multicultural tale, Andrew Dosunmu’s “Mother of George” is set in Brooklyn’s Yoruba community and tells the story of a marriage between Nigerian immigrants that’s threatened when the couple fails to conceive and the husband’s mother pressures him to take another wife. Featuring a fine turn by Danai Gurira of the AMC smash “The Walking Dead” as the film’s hard-pressed heroine Adenike and French film regular Isaach De Bankole as the groom Ayodele, a kind and hard-working restaurateur, the film offers a window into a thriving subculture in present-day America.
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On sale

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday through TicketWeb for the following shows: • The Expendables, on Jan. 28 at the Knitting Factory, $15
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Puppet theater puts Verne’s ideas in motion

These are no sock puppets taking the submarine stage Saturday at the Jacklin Arts & Cultural Center. Sculpted, jointed and outfitted versions Captain Nemo and Professor Aronnax will star alongside live actors in a touring adaptation of “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,” as the Portland-based Tears of Joy Theatre puts a new spin on the old book at the Post Falls venue.
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Redford lends tension to spare survival story

Robert Redford, alone on a wide, wide sea. It’s hard to imagine being farther off the grid than the weathered yachtsman played by Robert Redford in the majestic, melancholy “All Is Lost.” There he is, solo on a 39-foot sailboat in the middle of the Indian Ocean, taking on water after a freak accident: During the night, while he slept, his boat struck a drifting shipping container, and a corner of the giant corrugated metal box pierced its hull.
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Ten years of radio done differently

Hit the “seek” button on your car radio and you’re likely to come across the usual stuff – Top 40 hits, a selection of classic rock staples, perhaps some political or cultural discourse courtesy of NPR. But if it stops on either 92.3 or 88.1 FM, the dual frequencies of Spokane’s Thin Air Community Radio (KYRS), you’re going to hear something different.
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