Carolyn Lamberson

When it comes to jazz, there are few – if any – families as famous as the Marsalises. There’s the family patriarch Ellis, the highly regarded pianist and music teacher. There’s second-born son Wynton, the trumpeter, teacher, band leader, jazz ambassador and winner of nine Grammy Awards and a Pulitzer Prize. There are the younger sons Delfeayo, a trombonist, and Jason, a drummer.

‘Roman Myth and Mythmaking’ at the Jundt demonstrates how Romans constructed and spread their cultural and religious beliefs through the small objects they used every day.

John Cleese and Eric Idle are two of the men responsible for some of the funniest bits in comedy. They’ll be in Spokane on Friday night.

Some read “The Tsar of Love and Techno” and see it as a novel. Others take it as a collection of linked short stories, as is described on the book jacket. Anthony Marra’s acclaimed story collection is the subject of this year’s Spokane is Reading project. He will be in town on Thursday for presentations in Spokane and Spokane Valley.

It’s become a fall tradition: A talented bunch of ice skaters head to Spokane, transform themselves into princesses and princes, toys and genies, snowmen and mermaids, and entertain crowds of all ages. This year will be no different.

Ex-Beatle and His All Starr Band burn through 25 tracks in a fun two-hour show.

After 27 years of putting together assorted musicians to play with on the road, Ringo Starr has found a group of guys that clicks. This latest – and longest tenured – incarnation of Ringo Starr and His All Star Band lands at the INB Performing Arts Center in Spokane on Sunday night.

The show originally was inspired by a visit to the Sonoran Desert of Arizona. Lithe and limber dancers take the stage, transforming themselves into lizards and fire dancers and cacti – artistic illusions that stem from the mind of choreographer Moses Pendleton, founder and artistic director of MOMIX.

Author’s debut novel, “The Sasquatch Hunter’s Almanac,” traffics in the weird and wonderful world of lake monsters, bird women, and a pungent sasquatch named Mr. Krantz.

Whitney Terrell’s latest novel, his third, is “The Good Lieutenant,” which tells the story of Emma Fowler, an Army lieutenant in Iraq. Terrell, an assistant English professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, will be in Spokane next week for two talks.

From the blond wigs and the fake nails, to the painted-on face and more rhinestones than should be legal, Parton could easily be a caricature. Because what’s real about Dolly Parton, and what really matters about Dolly Parton, is that she is an unbelievable talent. Not only is she one of the greatest songwriters of our time, she has a voice that sounds as gorgeous and pure as it did when she was recording some of her earliest hits in the 1960s.

Annie, a 2,300 year old mummy, is taking up temporary residence at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, where she and her sarcophagus are the highlights of “Lost Egypt: Ancient Stories, Modern Science.” The exhibit features ancient Egyptian funerary objects, animal mummies, cultural objects and science demonstrations.

Taylor Stocker, was raised in Liberty Lake and is now a resident of Post Falls, grew up watching “Survivor.” Now he’s among the millennial contestants in the series’ “millennials vs. Gen X” season, starting Wednesday. The show’s 33rd edition was filmed in earlier this year in Fiji.

Country star brings his “Somewhere on a Beach” tour to Northern Quest Resort & Casino on Wednesday night.

When disaster strikes, and the audiences watches how these two sets of people must learn to talk again, in Molly Allen’s new play “On Shaky Ground.”

Shann Ray, Sharma Shields and S.M. Hulse are three of five nominees in the fiction category 2016 statewide book prize. Also getting a nod? Spokane’s Jack Nisbet.

Dr. Elizabeth Welty, who died last week, is remembered fondly for her generosity and for her zeal for life.

1980s icons continue to make new music while paying tribute to the hits of their early career.

No, 5 Seconds of Summer hasn't been banned

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis wanted to eliminate the lights and the screens and instead get “face to face” with the fans. It’s a decision that paid off as they launched their eight-city Camping Trip tour with a high-energy set incorporating old fan favorites such as “And We Danced” with the hits from “The Heist” and tracks from their latest album, “This Unruly Mess I’ve Made.”

Grammy-winning, platinum-selling hip-hop duo from Seattle returns to Ryan Lewis’ former stomping grounds to kick of the Camping Trip, a tour of smaller venues around Washington.

Author of “Fight Club” will sign copies of its sequel – in graphic novel form – at Auntie’s.