Arts calendar

Auditions

Box ‘n’ Hat Players – Spokane Civic Theatre Academy, today, 4 p.m. at the theater, 1020 N. Howard. For ages 11-18. Auditioners should prepare a verse and chorus of a song and be prepared to move. Rehearsals will be held once a week during the school year. Call (509) 325-1413.

Pend Oreille Players Association – Auditions for the second annual Fall-A-Palooza are today from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Stratton Elementary School, Newport, Wash. Singers, dancers, actors and storytellers are invited to audition with a four- to five-minute act (should be suitable for all ages). Performance date: Sept. 30. Call (509) 447-2750 or (509) 447-2180.

“The Nutcracker!” – Spokane Children’s Theatre is holding auditions for this musical play (not a ballet) Sunday and Monday at 7 p.m. at St. Aloysius School, 610 E. Mission. Needed: 10-20 boys and girls ages 8-18; three to five men and four to eight women ages 18 and older. Performance dates: Nov. 24-Dec. 16. Call (509) 328-4886.

“Beauty Lou and the Country Beast” – Missoula Children’s Theatre, Monday, 4-6 p.m. at Beasley Coliseum in Pullman. For ages kindergarten through the 12th grade. Performance date: Sept. 22. Call (509) 335-2241.

“Mame” – Spokane Civic Theatre, Sept. 24 and 25, 6:30 p.m., 1020 N. Howard. Auditioners should prepare a verse and chorus of a song not from “Mame” and be prepared to move. Needed: men and women ages 16 and older and one boy who appears 10-14. Performance dates: Nov. 17-Dec. 17. Call (509) 325-1413.

Classes and workshops

Write On! A Creative Writing Miniconference – Friday-Sunday at Lost Horse Press, 105 Lost Horse Lane, Sandpoint, and Oden Hall, 143 Sunnyside Road, Sandpoint. Cost: $200. Call (208) 255-4410 or see www.losthorsepress.org.

Fiber Arts Demonstration – Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Create Place, 900 W. Fourth, Newport, Wash. Call (509) 447-9277.

PlayMakers – Playwriting workshop on “Great Beginnings,” Sunday, 2-3:30 p.m. at the Spokane Valley Barnes & Noble, 15310 E. Indiana. Call (509) 922-1684 or e-mail sandykayz@cs.com.

Spokane Civic Theatre Academy – Classes for kids through adults starting Sept. 25 in the Firth J. Chew Studio Theatre, 1020 N. Howard (lower level). Cost: $65-$150, depending on age and class. Call Toni Gilmartin at (509) 325-1413 or e-mail academy@spokanecivictheatre.com.

Play and Paint Creatively – with visiting water-media painter Betty Jo Fitzgerald, presented by Spokane Parks and Recreation, Sept. 26-29, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Corbin Art Center, 507 W. Seventh. Cost: $285. Registration required; call (509) 625-6200.

Call for artists

Pottery Place Plus – Applications for all media are being taken for two member openings at the gallery, 203 N. Washington St. Call (509) 220-5706 or e-mail janmoulder@gmail.com.

Seeking nominations

Coeur d’Alene Arts Commission – Nominations are being accepted through today for the Mayor’s Awards in the Arts. Categories are Excellence in the Arts, Support of the Arts and Arts in Education. For nomination forms and more information call (208) 676-0913.

Moscow Arts Commission – Nominations are being accepted for the 2006 Mayor’s Arts Awards. Categories are Individual Excellence in Arts, Outstanding Achievement in Arts Education, Outstanding Contributions as a Patron of the Arts and Outstanding Contributions as a Business Benefactor to the Arts. Nomination deadline is Sept. 29; forms available at Moscow City Hall, 206 E. Third St., or by contacting the commission at P.O. Box 9203, Moscow, ID 83843. Call (208) 883-7036.