CdA arts scene goes full spectrum
With the weather cooling off, the Coeur d’Alene arts season will be heating up over the next nine days.
The fifth annual Art From the Heart fall arts festival will kick off tonight with a reception at the new Chamber of Commerce building downtown, followed by the screening of two independent films at the Coeur d’Alene Resort.
The rest of the festival offers a little bit for all tastes – classical and jazz concerts, choral music, visual arts displays and demonstrations, theater, a dance workshop, an architecture walk, a battle of the bands and, for children, a scarecrow building project.
Presented by the Coeur d’Alene Arts & Culture Alliance, Art from the Heart is a celebration of the arts in Coeur d’Alene and a chance for artists to showcase their work and talents. Most events are free.
Here is the schedule:
Today – Kick-off reception, Chamber of Commerce building, 105 North First St., Suite 100, 5-7 p.m. The featured artwork this year, a bronze sculpture titled “The Coeur” by Gerard Tsutakawa and commissioned by the Coeur d’Alene Rotary Club, is on display outside the chamber building.
Coeur d’Alene Film Festival screens films at the Coeur d’Alene Resort, Bay 6. At 7 p.m., the short “Full Disclosure” and the documentary “Beyond the Call.” At 9 p.m., the animated short “The Fan and the Flower” and the documentary “10 Questions for the Dalai Lama.” Tickets are $9 per show, available at the door one hour before showtime.
Saturday – Choral Fest in Resort Plaza Shops, 210 Sherman Ave., 2 p.m.
Coeur d’Alene Youth Orchestra Select Ensemble, Lake City Playhouse, 5 p.m.
Final performance of “Man of La Mancha” at Lake City Playhouse, 7:30 p.m. Admission will be charged.
Sunday – Architecture walk at 2 p.m. downtown, led by architect Rann Haight.
Art on the Edge hosts a scarecrow project in Sherman Park for children, 3 p.m.
Coeur d’Alene Piano Jazz Giants featuring Pearl Harwood, Ray “Doc” Clemons and Mary Lou Dion, 3 p.m., Resort Plaza Shops.
Monday – Idaho writer-in-residence Anthony Doerr will read his fiction, 7 p.m., Coeur d’Alene Library.
Tuesday – Chamber of Commerce Upbeat Breakfast featuring Michael Faison, executive director of the Idaho Commission on the Arts, 7 a.m.
Music in the Making: North Idaho College Concert Choir Director Max Mendez hosts an open dress rehearsal, 7 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 521 E. Lakeside.
Wednesday – Battle of the Bands, 6 p.m., Sorensen Magnet School of the Arts and Humanities. Admission will be charged.
Dancetales Studio, 1124 Sherman Ave., hosts a dance workshop with a brief dance performance and free salsa and swing lessons, 7 p.m.
Thursday – Mayor’s Arts Awards, 6 p.m., Brix, 317 E. Sherman. Mayor Sandi Bloem will present Excellence in the Arts, Support of the Arts and Education in the Arts awards.
Oct. 12 – Weekend-long art display in Resort Plaza Shops starts at 1 p.m.
Monthly Art Walk downtown starts at 5 p.m.
Opera Plus! will host a free concert of klezmer music at 6 p.m. in the Resort Plaza Shops.
Oct. 13 – Art in the Making in Resort Plaza Shops: watch art being made as 14 regional artists draw, paint and sculpt from live models.
Coeur d’Alene Symphony will perform at NIC’s Schuler Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Admission will be charged.
Oct. 14 – NIC Concert Choir will perform Fall Chorale Preview, 3 p.m., First Presbyterian Church on Lakeside.
Information: Tami Wahl, (208) 292-1629.