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Spotlight: SpIFFys are in, topped by Wang’s ‘In the Family’

The results are in. The recently concluded Spokane International Film Festival has announced its juried awards, the SpIFFys. In the feature film category, “In the Family,” from writer-director-star Patrick Wang and featuring Spokane Valley actor Trevor St. John, won this year’s Gold SpIFFy. The Silver SpIFFy went to “Sandman,” from director Peter Luisi.
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WV grad St. John SpIFFs up resumé

“In the Family” is a drama that has garnered positive reviews since it was released last year. For Spokane audiences, however, a familiar actor may prove reason enough to draw them to a screening of the film during the final weekend of the Spokane International Film Festival.
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Local authors to sign at Hastings

Two regional authors will be signing books at Hastings on Saturday. • Coeur d’Alene author Cora Cole will be at the Veradale Hastings, 15312 E. Sprague Ave., from 2 to 6 p.m. to sign copies of her book “The Adventures of Angel Skylet and Clarence Cloudy.”
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Spotlight: Symphony extends Preu, Nakahara’s contracts

It looks like Eckart Preu and Morihiko Nakahara are sticking around. The Spokane Symphony on Wednesday announced it had reached contract agreements with Preu, the music director, and Nakahara, the resident conductor. Preu’s contract will keep him with the symphony through the 2015-’16 season; Nakahara’s contract extension is good through 2013-’14.
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‘Catfish Moon’ promises hilarity among friends

Three old buddies pack up their fishing gear, head to their favorite lake haunt, and in the course of the weekend deal head-on with adult issues and the meaning of friendship. That’s the premise of “Catfish Moon” from playwright Laddy Sartin, opening Friday at Spokane Civic Theatre’s Firth J. Chew Studio Theatre.
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Inland Northwest ready to become comedy central

Here in the Inland Northwest, we are a hardy folk. Still, we could use a dose of laughter to help get us through the gray, freezing chill that is winter and early spring. It seems the people booking comedy tours in the area have taken notice. There’s an explosion of nationally known comedians coming to Spokane and the surrounding area.
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Spotlight: Lake City Playhouse hires Prep director

Lake City Playhouse in Coeur d’Alene has hired a new Playhouse Prep director. Dustin Sorrell, who studied theater at Ball State University in Indiana and is a former children’s theater specialist with the Iowa City Community Theater, will be heading up Lake City Playhouse’s education program. The playhouse offers summer theater camps for kids and workshops and guest speakers for adult actors.