Arts calendar

Auditions

Playwrights Forum Festival – Spokane Civic Theatre, Monday-Tuesday, 7 p.m. at the theater, 1020 N. Howard. Various roles available for men and women ages 18 and older. Auditioners will be expected to perform cold readings from various scripts. Performance dates: June 5-14. Visit www.SpokaneCivicTheatre.com or call (509) 325-1413.

Christians Night Out – Christian vocalists, dancers, mimes and comedians needed for upcoming performances in Spokane. For more information and to schedule auditions call (509) 342-6446 or e-mail cnospokane@yahoo.com.

Classes and workshops

Youth Art Classes – Sponsored by the Arts Alliance in Sandpoint. Classes meet April 28 through May 31 at the Alliance’s studio, 518 Oak St., Sandpoint. Beginning Drama – For ages 8-13, Mondays, 3:30-5 p.m., $35. Cartooning – For ages 8-13, Wednesdays, 3:30-5 p.m., $35. Wool Felt Handcrafting – For ages 6 to adult, Thursdays, 3:30-5 p.m., $35. Garden Arts Projects – For youths and adults, Saturdays, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m., $65/ youth, $95/adults. Call (208) 265-4303 or visit www.artsalliance.info.

CREATE Art Center – Watercolor with Shirley – Basics and more for beginners and advanced students, with Shirley Bird Wright, the third Friday of each month from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. beginning Friday, cost: $35 (brushes, paint and paper available for purchase; preregister or drop-in). At CREATE Art Center, 900 W. Fourth Ave., Newport, Wash. Call (509) 447-9277 or visit www.createarts.org.

Corbin Art Center – Presented by the Spokane Parks and Recreation Department. Kite Celebration – Saturday, 10:30 a.m.-noon, ages 3-11, $12. Matchbox Shrines – Saturday, 9 a.m.-noon, $14. Mom and Me: Children’s Day – For 3- to 5-year-olds, May 2-3, 9:30-11 a.m., $12. Youth Cooking – For kids 9-13, April 25 and May 9, 6-8:30 p.m., $22. Teen Savvy – For girls 13-17, May 4, 2:30-5:30 p.m., Davenport Hotel’s Palm Court Dining Room, $49.Cinco de Mayo – For home-school students ages 6–12, May 5, 9:30-11:30 a.m., $10. Unless listed otherwise, all classes meet at the Corbin Art Center, 507 W. Seventh. For complete listings and online registration visit www.spokaneparks.org or call (509) 625-6677.

Quilting Workshops – With Linda Ballard, “Peppermint ‘n’ Sassafras,” April 25, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; “Earth, Wind and Fire,” April 26, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $58 per class. Sessions meet at Hampton Inn, 2010 S. Assembly Road. Call (509) 435-3889.

Meetings

Spokane Chapter of Washington State Quilters – Guest quilter Linda Ballard will discuss strip quilting and introduce a game using fabric strips, April 24, 1 and 7 p.m., Mukogawa Fort Wright Commons Building, 4000 W. Randolph Road. Guests welcome. Admission: $7.

Call for artists

2008 Moscow Art Walk – Accepting applications for this year’s event, opening June 13. Applications available at the Arts Office, 206 E. Third St., Moscow, Idaho, and online at www.moscow-arts.org. The deadline is Tuesday. Call (208) 883-7036.

Artists Loose on the Palouse – Artists are invited to apply for a booth at a two-day art festival hosted by On Sacred Grounds in Valleyford on July 18-19. Art and handmade crafts can be in any media. Booths are 10 feet square and cost $55. Space is limited. Deadline extended to April 30. Call (509) 747-6294.

Artisans at the Dahmen Barn – Seeking visual and performing artists and musicians who are looking for studio space and/or are interested in teaching classes. Call (509) 229-3655, e-mail info@artisanbarn.org or visit www.artisanbarn.org.

Orient/Inchelium/Valley Arts Consortium – Visual artists, musicians, dancers, actors and others are needed to present programs to students in Northeastern Washington’s Orient, Inchelium and Valley school districts. Artists must live within 65 miles of the school districts listed. Call the Orient school at (509) 684-6873 for an application or for more information.

Call for musicians

Artists Loose on the Palouse – Acoustic folk and country musicians needed for jam session at Valleyford festival July 18 from 5-7 p.m. Barbecue dinner, $10, served to performers. Call (509) 747-6294.

Call for writers

Idaho Prize for Poetry – Lost Horse Press is seeking submissions for the annual contest, which offers a $1,000 prize plus publication of a book-length poetry manuscript. Applicants must submit a manuscript, self-addressed stamped envelope and $25 by May 15 to Lost Horse Press, 105 Lost Horse Lane, Sandpoint, ID 83864. Call (208) 255-4410 or visit www.losthorsepress.org.

Crime/Mystery Stories – Dark City Books is seeking crime and mystery stories set in Spokane for a 2009 publication. Stories should be 1,000 to 10,000 words. Submissions can be mailed to Dark City Books, 1314 S. Grand Blvd., Suite 2-120, Spokane, WA 99202, or e-mailed to darkcitybooks@darkcitybooks.com.

Call for volunteers

Musicfest Northwest – Volunteers needed for the 63rd annual festival for young artists and dancers, May 11-16, including check-in, transportation and errand running. Most events take place at Gonzaga University. Call Sally Dotson at (509) 448-8726 or the Musicfest Northwest office at (509) 327-3455.