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Granted, Moon Zappa didn’t show, but the rest of the “All Points Between” crew was in Spokane filming last weekend.

As it turns out, Zappa doesn’t appear in the Spokane scenes. But the other lead actors, Marisa Ryan (the eldest daughter in “Major Dad”) and Michael Reilly Burke (seen in “NYPD Blue” and “Earth 2”) were all over Riverfront Park and certain sections of Wall Street.

This independent film is a romantic comedy that the producers hope to release nationally in theaters. Later, it will almost certainly be seen on public television; it is underwritten in part by KPBS, the public television station in San Diego.

It also stars Beverly D’Angelo (“Coal Miner’s Daughter,” “National Lampoon’s Vacation”) and James Victor (“Beverly Hills, 90210”).

Writer-director Jude Eberhard calls it a “Kerouacian road-trip movie.” It’s about a woman (Ryan) who turns down a proposal of marriage in Spokane and returns home to San Diego. She reconsiders and decides to get back to Spokane by any means possible. Along the way she encounters all kinds of adventures and misadventures before making it back.

“The Spokane scenes are like the bookends of the movie,” said Eberhard.

Her screenplay is based on the novel “Finding Signs” by Sharlene Baker, which is also set partially in Spokane.

“It was great to shoot in Spokane,” said Eberhard. “Riverfront Park was the perfect location for the romantic sequences.”

The movie was also shot on locations in San Diego and Nevada, and filming is now finished. It should be in theaters later this year or early next year.

This is Eberhard’s first movie as a director, but she served as producer for “Break of Dawn,” directed by Isaac Artenstein, who is producing this movie.

“All Points Between” may end up following the same trajectory as that earlier movie, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, made the rounds of all of the international festivals and was eventually seen on PBS’ “American Playhouse.”

Julia gets a gig

Good news for Spokane’s Julia Sweeney, who certainly deserves some after what she has been through.

The former “Saturday Night Live” performer has been cast in a recurring role in the CBS sitcom, “If Not For You,” according to the New York Daily News.

The show stars Elizabeth McGovern and Hank Azaria as star-crossed co-workers who suspect they’re meant to be together even though they’re both engaged to different people. Sweeney plays Azaria’s fiance, Melanie.

Sweeney has just recovered from a serious bout with cervical cancer, which was diagnosed at the same time her brother Michael was dying of cancer.

Interplayers season

The Interplayers Ensemble, Spokane’s resident professional theater, has announced a season that lives up to its usual literate and thought-provoking standards.

Here it is:

Twelfth Night - Oct. 20-Nov. 11 - The magical and hilarious Shakespeare comedy.

Greetings - Nov. 24-Dec. 16 - Christmas-Hanukkah comedy by Tom Dudzick.

Intimate Exchanges - Jan. 5-27 - Another intricate British comedy by Alan Ayckbourn, a favorite of Spokane audiences.

The Old Boy - Feb. 9-March 2 - A compassionate drama-comedy by another Spokane favorite, A.R. Gurney.

Da - March 15-April 6 - An acclaimed comedy-drama about a man and his father’s ghost, by Hugh Leonard.

The Sisters Rosensweig - May 24-June 15 - Wendy Wasserstein’s critical and popular hit about a reunion of three sisters.

In addition, another play will be chosen later for an April 19 opening.

For season ticket information, call 455-PLAY. You’ll get lots of quality theater for your money, and I say that based on experience.

Scott Moulton tribute

Fans and friends of Scott Moulton, the Sandpoint acoustic guitarist, are mourning his death last week from cancer.

Moulton made three CDs that charted on the national instrumental-New Age charts, the most recent of which was “Light on the Mountain.”

Here’s a chance to pay tribute to him. Jesse Colin Young (of Youngbloods fame) and a number of other artists will perform a memorial concert on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Panida Theatre in Sandpoint.

Tickets are available for $8 in advance in Sandpoint at BJ’s Games and Books, Jumpin’ Joe’s Espresso and Bradley’s Restaurant, and in Coeur d’Alene at the Wine Cellar. Tickets at the door will be $10.

Proceeds will pay Moulton’s medical costs. Call (208) 263-2179.

Jesse Hall of Fame

Spokane’s Jesse Higman, as well as his artwork, will be at the opening ceremonies of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland on Sept. 2.

Two paintings, an illustration and a guitar decorated by Higman were chosen by curators for display at the museum.

Higman, who now lives in Seattle, is a quadriplegic who paints using a special arm brace.

Spokane jazz leader

Dan Keberle, Whitworth College’s wizard of the trumpet, has been named the new music director for the Spokane Jazz Orchestra.

Keberle has been the director of jazz studies at Whitworth for seven years. He just returned from five months at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, on a Fulbright Scholarship.

He replaces Paul Davis as Spokane Jazz Orchestra director.

The Microsoft Show

The Bill Gates Show, officially known as “Microsoft Presents: The Start of Something New,” an infomercial for Windows 95, will air Monday at 8 p.m. on KHQ-Channel 6.

The excitement builds.

, DataTimes