Stevens Underpass Next To Receive Mural

Sun., July 16, 2000

Compiled By Kandis Carper.

The third in a series of downtown Spokane murals will be painted at the Stevens Street railroad underpass Monday through Friday between noon and 6 p.m.

Shannon Noel, a local artist and production designer, will work with a team of youth volunteers from the East Central Community Center.

This is the third of three murals painted at downtown underpasses this spring and summer. The project, funded by a grant from the Bank of America, is designed to provide professional artists an opportunity to work with youth and to discourage graffiti in public areas and create clean, bright, pleasant, secure walkways.

Call for music director

The Pullman Community Theatre is looking for a music director for its fall production of “Meet Me in St. Louis.”

Interested parties should be able to direct all show vocals, must know or be a rehearsal and performance accompanist, and have basic conducting skills. Prior musical director experience is not required, although a musical theater background would be helpful. This is a volunteer position. Call John Rich at (509) 334-7033 for more information by July 24.

Auditions

Spokane Civic Theatre will hold auditions for the musical “Tintypes” on July 31 and Aug. 1 at 7 p.m. on the main stage.

Two men and three women are needed, all 20 or older. Auditioners are asked to prepare a song from the period 1870-1917, not to exceed 1-1/2 minutes. Bring sheet music (an accompanist will be provided) and a change of clothes for the dance auditions.

The production, featuring 50 songs including “You’re a Grand Old Flag,” “Bill Bailey” and “I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy,” will be presented Sept. 29-Oct. 28. For more information call 325-1413.

Express Theatre for Youth, a new Spokane children’s theater company, is holding auditions for its season opener, “Eat Like a Child (And Other Lessons In Not Being A Grown-Up)” by Delia Ephron, July 24-25 at 7 p.m. at the Spokane Falls Community College Spartan Theatre. Callback will be July 26 at 7 p.m.

Thirty to 50 boys and girls ages 5-17 are needed. Auditioners must prepare a 1- to 2-minute song and bring sheet music. This is a professional training lab with a $40 fee per child. The production will be presented Sept. 15-17 and 22-24. For more information, call 624-8073 or visit www.expresstheatrenw.org.

Classes and workshops

Spokane Art School is offering a precious metal clay workshop, led by jeweler Deb Ritchey, July 29 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuition is $35, plus $29 per package of precious metal clay, a $25 tool kit and $5 registration fee for people who are not members of the Spokane Art School. Call 328-0900 for more information or to register.

Corbin Art Center is offering the following classes:

July 24-28, workshops for ages 3-5: Paint Potpourri, 9:30-10:30 a.m.; Paper Magic, 10:30-11:30 a.m.; Color Magic, 12:30-1:30 p.m.; Craft Time, 1:30-2:30 p.m. Cost is $19 each. Workshops for ages 6-11: Creative Crafts, 9:30-10:30 a.m.; Hemp Jewelry or Sculpture II, 10:30-11:30 a.m.; Nature’s Art, 12:30-1:30 p.m.; Tie Dyeing, 1:30-2:30 p.m., $19 each.

July 31-Aug. 4, workshops for ages 3-5: Creative Drawing, 9:30-10:30 a.m.; Clay and Construction, 10:30-11:30 a.m.; Cut, Paste and Color, 12:30-1:30 p.m.; Birds of a Feather, 1:30-2:30 p.m., $19 each. Workshops for ages 6-11: Science and Art, 9:30-11:30 a.m., and Papier-Mache, 12:30-2:30 p.m., each $38.

Classes are sponsored by the city of Spokane Parks and Recreation Department and are held at the Corbin Art Center daily, 507 W. Seventh. Preregistration is required. Call 625-6200.

Kudos

Former Spokane resident Emily Grizzell recently participated in the New York International Ballet Competition. She and her partner, Joel Prouty, performed a Tchaikovsky pas de deux in the gala performance at Lincoln Center.

Forty-eight dancers from 18 countries qualified for the competition, which is held every three years. Grizzell and Prouty are members of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet.

Spokane resident JoAnn Nixon’s transparent watercolor painting, “Well Polished,” was accepted into the Red River Watercolor Society’s National Art Juried Exhibition in Moorhead, Minn. The exhibit ran June 12-July 13.

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