Joe Ehrbar

Eric Tingstad and Nancy Rumbel will perform Friday.

Laura Love performs Saturday.

Ever wondered how people of yesteryear prepared butter, ground coffee beans or made rugs? Just in time for spring break - Wednesday through Saturday - the Cheney Cowles Museum, 2316 W. First, is offering four days packed with demonstrations and historical activities. Demonstrations will include printing, quilting, coffee grinding, wheat weaving, butter churning and much more. There'll be 15 demonstrations and activities each day, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. - for the price of regular admission ($2 for children and $3 for adults). No advance registration is required.

Tab Benoit plays Bolo's on Sunday.

The Seattle Men's Chorus returns to Spokane for a fifth-straight spring concert on Saturday at 8 p.m. at The Met. The title of this year's concert is "Hand in Hand: Songs from Our Lives."

It's been 26 years since "The Dating Game" host Jim Lange would end each show with the trademark "Dating Game kiss." Historically, TV dating shows have been popular staples of American entertainment.

Thanks in part to the efforts of Angie Schmidt (spiked hair), Spokane teens enjoy punk concerts in the basement of the Westminster Congregational United Church of Christ. Photo by Liz Kishimoto/The Spokesman-Review

Fans of the local punk unit the Fumes have been impatiently waiting for a new full-length album for well over a year. Sure, the raucous four-song, 7-inch, "Spine Tingling Excitement" and an unreleased song on the "Lie Lack City" compilation provided enough thrilling moments to hold people over for a while. But we want a new record and we want it now, darn it! Tonight, the wait will finally be over.

Michael W. Smith's "I'll Lead You There" won a Grammy for best gospel album.

Singer/songwriter Eric Engerbretson.

Members of High Lonesome

If you've ever listened to conventional parental wisdom, you'd know that sweets are no good. But on Friday at the 12th annual Chocolate and Champagne Gala at Cavanaugh's Inn at the Park, you can indulge in rich, sugary desserts like truffles, fudge, mints and more and do a lot of good. Every year the event, which also features two silent auctions and one out-loud auction, raises thousands of dollars for the Spokane Sexual Assault Center. Last year, the gala took in over $42,000.

Bob Gallagher stands with a few of the items from his Beatles collection at 4,000 Holes record store. Photo by Shawn Jacobson/The Spokesman-Review,

The Kansas City Symphony chose a piece composed by Washington State University faculty member Charles Argersinger to include in its recent annual American Composer's Day celebration performance. Argersinger's "Concerto for Piano and Chamber Orchestra" was selected from 150 works submitted to the juried competition. Conducting the symphony was William McGlaughlin, host of the nationally syndicated radio show, "St. Paul Sunday Morning."

In the midst of the celebrations, John Powers was crowned courtesy of his friends at O'Doherty's Irish Grille last year. O'Doherty's is right on the parade route and has a full weekend schedule so plan for a spirited St. Patrick's crowd. Photo by Sandra Bancroft-Billings/The Spokesman-Review

Does Mumbo Jumbo mean anything to you? Mumbo Jumbo stands out as one of the most popular blues and R&B; acts in town. Sure, Spokane has a number of excellent blues talents. There's Too Slim and the Taildraggers, Charlie Butts and the Filter Tips, Chip and the Bushwhackers and many others. But Mumbo Jumbo is different. The band isn't as straightforward and is more grounded in the Chicago style of the blues. It even has an infectious three-piece horn section.

James Harman

Even with three rings filled with human cannonballs and trapeze artists, the elephants are still expected to steal the show.

As a way to kick off the opening of the Mars Hotel's new nightclub Ugly Rumors in January, the hotel brought in the Classic Rock All-Stars, a band that doesn't normally play clubs. The result: a packed house and a three-hour trip into classic rock nostalgia. The Classic Rock All-Stars returns to Ugly Rumors on Thursday. The band features Rare Earth drummer-singer Peter Rivera, Sugarloaf keyboardist-singer Jerry Corbetta, Iron Butterfly guitarist Mike Pinera and Cannibal and the Headhunters bassist Dennis Noda.

Steel Wool has several releases through eMpTy Records.

Why is it that the producers behind Ferris High School's annual fund-raiser play are continually obsessed with ham, pork and pigs? The benefit, now in its 33rd year, has been traditionally known as Ham on Regal. And this year's comical play is entitled "Under the Pig Top," playing on a circus theme.

When the 560th Air National Guard Band marches into the Music Building at Spokane Falls Community College for a free concert tonight, it will have a little help from some new friends. The 35-piece Air Force band will be joined by 36 high school students from Eastern Washington and North Idaho.

Shadle Park High School will be the sight for another contemporary Christian music concert on Sunday. This time, one of the genre's brightest talents, Rich Mullins, will be on stage. Reunion Recording artist Mullins isn't your conventional contemporary Christian artist. He doesn't package his religious lyrics around sugar-coated pop songs like many artists of today. Music is Mullins avenue for making sense out of his thoughts and his life, as evidenced on his latest album, "Brother's Keeper." Concern for national airplay or commercial success doesn't factor into his music.

Head Popping Through plays Outback Jack's on Sunday.