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Spotlight: Uzcátegui added as assistant conductor

The Spokane Symphony has added an assistant conductor to further outreach efforts and fill in as needed. Jorgé Uzcátegui conducted the symphony this past October, when the company headed to Moses Lake for a performance at the Wallenstein Theater as part of the Columbia Basin Allied Arts Premier Series.
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Conquered by ‘King of America’

When I was a teen in Spokane in the 1980s, there weren’t many chances to hear Elvis Costello. My only exposure to his music was through MTV, which finally arrived in my North Side neighborhood in 1984. And while I enjoyed the videos for “(What’s so Funny Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding,” “Watching the Detectives” and “Everyday I Write the Book,” the singles themselves never sent me to the C section of my favorite record stores.
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Jan Brett brings book tour to Spokane for kids

Jan Brett creates some of the most intricately drawn children’s books around. Her stories, often populated by woodland critters of many varieties, have delighted young readers for years. Her books such as “The Mitten,” “The Hat” and “Mossy” have sold more than 36 million copies. Brett’s latest book, “Animals’ Santa,” was actually born during the heat of summer. Her husband, Joe Hearne, is a bassist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, which every summer does a series of performances at Tanglewood, in the Berkshire Mountains in western Massachusetts. While staying at their lake cabin at the hottest time of summer, the idea of a Santa for animals just popped into her head, she said.
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Spotlight: ‘All is Calm’ hits Bing on Dec. 24

“All is Calm” is transferring – for one night, at least – from Coeur d’Alene to Spokane. The dramatic musical, which focuses on the Christmas Eve truce of 1914, during World War I, will play on Christmas Eve at the Bing Crosby Theater – the 100th anniversary of the real-life event.
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‘Catch Me If You Can’ to kick off 2015 Civic season

Spokane Civic Theatre this past week announced its lineup of plays for the 2015-16 season, a lineup that includes a mix of newer works, classics and the bizarre. The season will open on Sept. 18 with “Catch Me If You Can, The Musical,” by playwright Terrence McNally and music by Marc Shaiman and Scott Whitman. As you might guess, it’s based on the 2002 Steven Spielberg film of the same name that starred Leonard DiCaprio as con man Frank Abagnale Jr., and Tom Hanks as the FBI agent on his trail.
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Parzybok to read at Auntie’s

Ben Parzybok, a Spokane-born writer who now lives in Portland, will return to the Inland Northwest this week for a reading at Auntie’s Bookstore. Parzybok will read from his novel “Sherwood Nation,” which was released in September by Small Beer Press. The story centers on drought-stricken Portland, where water is rationed. When a water activist (nicknamed Maid Marian) rises up to bring neighborhoods back together, she is thwarted by city government and the National Guard. As Booklist noted, “Parzybok is riffing on the Robin Hood story, to be sure, but he also layers on some astute social and political commentary, and he’s built a fully functioning and believable future world. Give this one to fans of Adam Sternbergh’s ‘Shovel Ready.’ ”
A&E >  Entertainment

Still going boldly

William Shatner is quick to crack wise. The legendary actor, who captained the USS Enterprise into pop culture icon status, showed his comedy chops in shows such as “Third Rock From the Sun,” with an occasional role as the Big Giant Head, and “Boston Legal,” for which he won two Emmy Awards as the lawyer Denny Crane.
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variety show, family feel

It’s tempting to think of this year’s holiday show at the Coeur d’Alene Resort as “A Travolta Family Christmas.” After all, the show is produced by Ellen Travolta, who appears along with her sister, Margaret, and her husband, Jack Bannon. Ellen Travolta would be quick to correct your assumption. “I Remember Christmas” is an ensemble show, she said.
A&E >  Entertainment

Still going boldly

William Shatner is quick to crack wise. The legendary actor, who captained the USS Enterprise into pop culture icon status, showed his comedy chops in shows such as “Third Rock From the Sun,” with an occasional role as the Big Giant Head, and “Boston Legal,” for which he won two Emmy Awards as the lawyer Denny Crane.
A&E >  Entertainment

variety show, family feel

It’s tempting to think of this year’s holiday show at the Coeur d’Alene Resort as “A Travolta Family Christmas.” After all, the show is produced by Ellen Travolta, who appears along with her sister, Margaret, and her husband, Jack Bannon. Ellen Travolta would be quick to correct your assumption. “I Remember Christmas” is an ensemble show, she said.
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Kirkus’ best of 2014 includes Holbert

The year is speeding to a close, and the best of 2014 lists are starting to come out. First up: Kirkus. The esteemed literay magazine selected Spokane author Bruce Holbert’s second novel, “The Hour of Lead,” as one of the 100 best works of fiction from 2014. His novel was included in the historical fiction category, along with Francise Prose’ “Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris” and Lily King’s “Euphoria,” which won the overall Kirkus Prize as the best work of fiction this year.
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Grinch brings out actor’s best in Seuss-based musical

For the seventh year, Stefan Karl is donning the green face paint and the fuzzy outfit, the shoes that are too tight, the head that isn’t screwed on right, and portraying Dr. Seuss’ famous Grinch for families around the country. The actor, also known as Robbie Rotten in the long-running kids show “Lazy Town,” is the star of “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical,” a Broadway adaptation of the beloved children’s book. He’s been drawn back into the Grinch costume year after year because of how relevant and wonderful the story is, he said in a recent telephone interview from his home in Los Angeles.
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Modern CdA stages tale of holiday truce

A century ago at Christmastime, German soldiers and their opponents on the other side of No Man’s Land – allied troops from the U.S., France and the United Kingdom – put down their guns, shook hands, sang songs and traded keepsakes. On stage at The Modern Theater Coeur d’Alene, 11 men will tell that story – through the words of the soldiers who were there, and through the music of the World War I era.
A&E >  Entertainment

Modern CdA stages tale of holiday truce

A century ago at Christmastime, German soldiers and their opponents on the other side of No Man’s Land – allied troops from the U.S., France and the United Kingdom – put down their guns, shook hands, sang songs and traded keepsakes. On stage at The Modern Theater Coeur d’Alene, 11 men will tell that story – through the words of the soldiers who were there, and through the music of the World War I era.
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Spokane Arts Commission seeks new panel members

The Spokane Arts Commission is looking for six new commissioners to begin work in January. Commissioners serve three-year terms, attend monthly meetings (on the fourth Tuesday), and have the opportunity to work on specific projects.