Entertainment Notes Bickel’S Back And Talking With Afternoon Radio Show

Sun., Aug. 14, 1994

Jim Bickel, a radio talk show host, has returned from a two-year hiatus at KXLY-AM and Monday will be back on the air as the host of “Northwest Afternoon” at 3 p.m. weekdays.

In addition, Bickel, will host “TalkBack” from 3 to 5 p.m. and 5:30 to 6 p.m. weekdays.

Bickel left the area nearly two years ago; when he returned recently he opened a restaurant in the Flour Mill.

The restaurant will stay open and Bickel’s back on the AM dial at 920. Festival on the move

The final Festival at Sandpoint concert of the season - the Neville Brothers on Sept. 5 - has been moved to Memorial Field, the main concert venue.

The concert was scheduled at The Ranch, a site 15 miles south of Sandpoint on Highway 95. Festival organizers said after assessing possible fire hazards and the longrange weather forecasts, the decision was made to move the concert.

“Safety and the comfort of our audience are always our primary concerns. Although The Ranch is a good concert location, this summer’s unusually dry, hot weather convinced us that Memorial Field would be a more desirable site for the September concert,” said Connie Berghan, executive director of the festival.

Concert time is still 6 p.m. “Go Fish” benefit

The Spokane premiere screening of the art film “Go Fish” will be a benefit Friday at the Magic Lantern Theatre, S123 Wall.

The film is about three friends who happen to be lesbians.

Admission to Friday’s screening is a donation of $6-$10 and proceeds benefit the Spokane Coalition of Washington Citizens for Fairness, which sponsored the Hands Off Washington campaign to keep initiatives 608 and 610 off the November ballot.

The event begins at 7 p.m. For information call 458-2256.

An acoustic evening

The winner of the 1990 Columbia Music Festival Emerging Songwriter Competition, Alisa Fineman, will perform in a house concert with Kimball Hurd, Friday at 7:30 p.m.

Hurd is a member of the San Francisco acoustic group City Folk and will accompany Fineman on slide guitar, mandolin and dobro.

The concert starts at 7:30 p.m., tickets are $6. The tickets and directions to the concert location are available at Street Music, N117 Howard, 624-7722, or from Ric Conner, 448-6561.

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