Timothy Showalter is on tour with his musical project Strands of Oak, after releasing the album “Hard Love” last month. The tour lands at the Bartlett in Spokane on Thursday.
After starting Windoe as a solo act, Ingersoll has expanded it into a band. Now, Windoe is having a Very Big Week. First, on Friday, there’s a new EP, “Shake It Out,” a six-song collection that highlights Ingersoll’s ethereal voice and carefully crafted lyrics.
Memorial plans are pending for Feeney, 58, a member of the Eastern Washington University music faculty, a frequent performer with the Spokane Symphony, and creator of the former Zephyer music series.
The closing scenes of last week’s Oscars ceremony was almost like a movie: The scrappy upstart (“Moonlight”) snatching victory from the jaws of defeat and beating the predicted winner (“La La Land”). So it makes sense to revisit some favorite movies about the movies.
Blanca Blanco may have been wearing a nude-colored bodysuit under her gown, but when that hip-high slit appeared to reveal too much of the actress with Eastern Washington ties, it was only an illusion on the Oscars red carpet.
In the 88 years that the Academy Awards have been presented, there have been some head-scratchers in terms of winners and losers. How, for instance, did Jennifer Connelly beat both Helen Mirren and Maggie Smith in 2002 for best supporting actress? How did “The Lego Movie” not even get nominated for best animated feature in 2014? How can it be that Charlie Chaplin’s only Oscar is for co-writing the score for “Limelight”?
Portland singer, songwriter and bassist Esperanza Spalding has performed at the White House for the Obamas, paid tribute to Prince alongside Alicia Keys and Janelle Monae, and beat out Justin Bieber and Mumford & Sons for the best new artist trophy at the 2011 Grammy Awards. She began her music career at age 5, as a violinist with the Chamber Music Society of Oregon, playing classical music. As a teen, she sang with an indie pop rock group.
For 14 years, the Bard of Sherman Avenue would send little rhymes to Dave Oliveria, who hosts The Spokesman-Review’s Huckleberries Online blog. Now, after his death, 200 of Tom Wobker’s poems have been collected in a chapbook.
It’s President’s Day weekend. We thought we’d celebrate with a film festival of sorts, featuring memorable performances on the big and little screens of American presidents – real and fictional. As we started brainstorming, it occurred to us that this is a more difficult task than it initially seemed. The list of notable screen presidents is long. Here are 7 of our favorites.
The Lionel Hampton Festival of Jazz turns 50 this year. To celebrate the festival is bringing in four-time Grammy winner Esperanza Spalding to headline the Feb. 25 finale concert.
Posting under the Spotify handle tobillo24601, Lin-Manuel Miranda created “Happy Galentine’s Day 2017,” a 15-song playlist featuring music by women or female-led bands, including Queen Latifah, Destiny’s Child, Ingrid Michaelson, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Florence + the Machine, Regina Spektor and Celia Cruz.