Ink Artspace and the Spark Center, after a year of shacking up, are getting hitched. The two nonprofits – one that aims to create a vibrant arts culture, the other that adds health, tech and education components to the mix – have officially joined forces and will reveal a new name on Friday at a Golden Spike ceremony.
Harold Hill is a con man, and his game is selling instruments, music, and uniforms to small-town rubes. His plan: to get out of town long before anyone figures out that his plans for a boys’ marching band was all a ruse. But as he works his con, he finds himself being manipulated in a way, as Marian the librarian opens his eyes to the possibilities of not running away.
Renowned cellist Zuill Bailey spends the early part of his summer in Alaska, where he is artistic director of the Sitka Music Festival and where he teaches the Sitka Cello Seminar, a workshop for rising stars of the cello world. Then, as he’s done for the past several years, he pops down to Spokane for Mozart on a Summer’s Eve, the annual two-night concert series held in Manito Park as part of Northwest Bach Festival.
Goo Goo Dolls – singer-songwriter-guitarist John Rzeznik and vocalist-bassist Robby Takac – in May released their 11th album, “Boxes,” and are out on tour with fellow ’90s rock band Collective Soul and newcomers Tribe Society. The tour comes to Northern Quest on Wednesday.
“Peter and the Starcatcher,” making its regional debut at Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre, is a prequel to “Peter Pan,” telling the story of how a nameless orphan became the boy who never grew up, how he found his perfect nemesis in Captain Hook, and how he came to live in Neverland.
When it comes to frothy and fun musical comedies, “Anything Goes” is among the best. This 1934 Broadway chestnut, set aboard a ship sailing for England, features classic songs by Cole Porter: the title track, “You’d Be So Easy to Love,” “I Get a Kick Out of You,” “It’s De-Lovely,” the list goes on.
Reading on Tuesday at the Spark Center in Kendall Yards will celebrate completion of first series of workshops in Spokane poet laureate Laura Read’s poetry project to celebrate the places in Spokane we love.
The English pop band Tears for Fears has postponed its summer tour dates in the U.S., presumably including a June stop at the INB Performing Arts Center in Spokane.
The first Art for the Park event, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, is part of the 125th anniversary celebration of Coeur d’Alene Park. During the day, four teams headed by professional artists will create custom large-scale murals on four intersections around the Browne’s Addition landmark.
Geared for ages 3 to 6, “Thunder Boy Jr.” tells the story of a boy named after his father, Thunder Boy Smith Sr., and how he longs to for a name all his own. Illustrated by Yuyi Morales, the vivid and entertaining story delves into 5-year-old’s imaginations and dreams, his love of family and desire to he his own person.