Seniors Program Spring Session Starts

Sun., March 22, 1998

By Nina Culver nculver47@gmail.com

Spring session begins this week for the Seniors Program of Community Colleges of Spokane, designed for those 55 and older.

Classes at various sites around town are geared for all experience levels in art, computers, foreign languages, music, social sciences, history, genealogy, fitness, bridge and aroma therapy. Tuition ranges from $5 to $30 per class, not including supplies.

Early registration is advised.

Scholarships are available while funding lasts.

For registration information and a complete class schedule, call the Seniors Program at 533-3393.

The (table) art of dining

Owners of Harry O’s Bistro and Artistic Resources and Technology want to make dining a fine-art experience.

They’re looking for participants in the restaurant’s Artist Dining Room and Artist Lounge at Third and Sherman.

Art work can be displayed on various walls - and artists are needed to create masterpieces on the restaurant’s table tops.

Several artists, including Harold Balazs, Mel McCuddin, E.L. Stewart, Ildiko Kalapacs, Marta Valdes and Donna Kyle, have already created “table-top art” that’s being eaten upon by Harry O diners.

For more information, call Brandon Rudd at 747-4008, or Doug Olson at 458-2202.

Auditions

Spokane Civic Theatre will host auditions for Stephen Sondheim’s “Company” at 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday at Cavanaughs Inn at the Park. Six men and eight women are needed.

Auditioners must prepare a 90-second song, or less, that’s not from “Company.” An accompanist will be provided.

Troy Nickerson is the director; Carol Miyamoto is musical director.

“Company,” Civic’s season finale, will be staged May 17 through June 13.

Spokane Children’s Theatre will hold auditions for “Heidi” at St. Aloysius School, 611 E. Mission, Friday and Saturday.

Auditions for those age 13 through adult will be 6:30 p.m. Friday; ages 8 through adult will audition at 9:30 a.m. Saturday. Several adults are needed.

Auditioners must prepare a one-minute song and be prepared to dance.

The School of Music and Theatre Arts at Washington State University is auditioning for full-time company performers and technicians for Summer Palace 1998.

Auditions will be 7 to 9 p.m. March 30 and April 1 in WSU’s Wadleigh Little Theatre.

The season will include “The Sorcerer” and “The Mikado.”

Call 335-7447 for more details and to reserve an audition time.

A Kodak moment

The Inland Empire Chapter of the Photographic Society of America is sponsoring an all-day Kodak Photo Seminar from 8:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. March 28 at Cavanaughs Ridpath Hotel.

Featured speaker will be Paul Yarrows, a photographer and instructor from Eastman Kodak in Rochester, N.Y. Yarrows has received 325 best-of-show awards in international exhibitions and the Nature Photographer of the Year Award twice.

The seminar will focus on travel and people photography.

Participants will learn how to choose the best film for specific kinds of pictures, how to control picture sharpness, how to use available light and more.

Cost, including lunch, is $20 for society members, and $25 for non-members if registration is received by Monday. After that date, the price is increased by $5.

To register, or for more information, call John Dean at 926-8067.

EWU brings home the gold

Eastern Washington University received two awards for the writing and design of printed materials in the Council for Advancement and Support of Education District VIII Juried Awards Competition.

EWU received a gold award for the student handbooks and information category. Special recognition was given to Mary Sagal and Stefanie Pettit, writers; and designer John Paxson.

The school also received a bronze award in individual design for its fine arts recruitment poster, with special recognition going to Paxson.

WSU prof gets Fulbright Grant

Washington State University theater professor William Shephard has received a Fulbright Grant for Lecturing in India. He will teach acting classes and direct at the Indian Theatre Department at the University of Punjab in Chandigarh and the National School of Drama in New Dehli.

It’s done in four parts

Pages of Harmony, Spokane’s chapter of the Barbershop Harmony, took first place in the recent Division 5 competition at Whitworth College. The Boise Valley Chordsmen and the Lake City Harmonizers of Coeur d’Alene placed second and third, respectively.

In the quartet division, Way Out West of Boise took first place, with Pages of Harmony quartets Don’t Get Me Started and Ovation taking second and third.

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