Arts Calendar

Thu., Aug. 19, 2010

Auditions

“How I Became a Pirate!” – Spokane Children’s Theatre, Sunday, 4 p.m., and Monday, 6 p.m., St. Aloysius School, 611 E. Mission Ave. Needed: four teen to adult men and one teen to adult woman to play pirates, and one 8- to 12-year-old boy or girl. Auditioners should bring sheet music for a one- minute song from any show and dress comfortably for movement auditions. www.spokanechildrenstheatre.org, (509) 328-4886

“Bell, Book and Candle” – Pend Oreille Players Association, Monday-Tuesday, 6 p.m. at the Playhouse, 240 N. Union Ave., Newport, Wash. (509) 671-3389, www.pendoreilleplayers.org

Open Improv Auditions – Wednesday, 7 p.m. at the Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. For those serious about improv comedy; no experience necessary, must be 18 or older. (509) 747-7045, www.bluedoortheatre.com

Northwest Sacred Music Chorale Auditions - Open audition for all vocal parts, Aug. 26, 6:30-8:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 521 E. Lakeside Ave., Coeur d’Alene. (208) 661-5496

“Sleepy Hollow” – Theater Arts for Children, Aug. 28-29, 6:30 p.m., 10814 E. Broadway Ave., Spokane Valley. (509) 892-5413, media@theaterartsforchildren.org, www.theaterartsforchildren.org

“The Cemetery Club” – Spokane Civic Theatre, Aug. 30-31, 6:30 p.m. at the Firth J. Chew Studio Theatre, 1020 N. Howard St. Needed: four women and one man, all appearing to be mid-50s to early 60s. Auditioners will be expected to read cold from the script. (509) 325-2507, www.spokanecivictheatre.com

Spokane Symphony Chorale – Auditions for the 2010-2011 season are Aug. 30. Positions are available in all vocal sections. To schedule an audition or for more information, visit www.spokanesymphonychorale.org, e-mail secretary@spokanesymphonychorale.org or call (509) 465-9323.

Soap Making with Aromatherapy – Participants learn how to customize their own soap and bath crystals from scratch using herbs, grains and exotic oils and take home 10 bars of soap and three bags of crystals. Today, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Corbin Art Center, 507 W. Seventh Ave. Cost is $39 (includes supplies). www.spokaneparks.org, (509) 625-6200

Art Coop Workshops – F used Glass Pendants and Earrings – Friday, 6-8 p.m., or Aug. 29, 1-3 p.m., $35. Wool Felting: Sunday, 1-3 p.m., $30. Microscope Slide Necklace: Aug. 26, 6-8 p.m., $25. All supplies provided. Classes are held at a private home studio, 4225 N. ‘G’ St. (509) 327-3726, www.theartcoop.net

Abstract Painting for Adults - With Christine Alexandre-Zeoli. Emphasis is on understanding free-flowing line quality, aspects of acrylic paint and how color creates emotion in a painting. Aug. 28, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Artisans at the Dahmen Barn, Uniontown, Wash. $50; registration deadline is Monday. See website for list of materials. www.artisanbarn.org, (509) 229-3414

Greencastle Soap Making Classes – Beginning Soap Making: Hands-on class teaches the basics of cold process. Participants design their own fragrance and take home more than 2 pounds of soap. Sept. 1-2, Sept. 22-23, Oct. 12-13, Nov. 10-11, and Dec. 1-7, 7-9 p.m.; and Nov. 12, 7-9 p.m., and Nov. 13, 9 a.m.-noon, $55 (includes equipment and supplies). Advanced Soap Making: Explore the world of soap and color, learn what works from the kitchen, how to make swirled bars, and how to calculate your own soap recipes as well as discuss goat’s milk soap and pigments versus dyes. Prerequisite: Beginning Soap Making. Oct. 26-27, 7-9 p.m., $55 (includes materials). Making Herbal Salves and Lip Balm: Learn to infuse oils and make healing salves and lip balms. Oct. 8, 7 p.m., $35 (includes supplies). Classes are held at Greencastle Soap, 203 N. Stone St. Classes fill quickly and must be prepaid. (509) 466-7223, www.greencastlesoap.com

Step in the Write Direction – Presented by the Inland Empire Region of The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). Includes speakers, a book sale, “The Nuts and Bolts of Publishing,” crafting your novel, an agent critique of first pages, “Illustrators’ Intensive” and more. Sept. 18, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, 2316 W. First Ave. Cost is $105 by Sunday, or $120 at the door. (509) 482-5288, www.scbwiwaid.org, cat09tales@hotmail.com

Heart Treasures: Old and New – Juried art exhibition is open to painters of oil, acrylic, watercolor and mixed media and potters. Sponsored by Studio B – Heartworks Gallery. Submission deadline is Friday; no age restrictions. E-mail Deb Blahuczyn at hrtwrksgal@webband.com for more information.

32nd Annual Washington State Quilters Show – Open to anyone who wishes to enter a quilt they made (no entry fees). Categories include handquilted or machine quilted, baby quilts, wall hangings and home décor items to large bed quilts, vintage antique quilts to modern fabric art quilts, and a youth division for quilters age 18 and younger. Show is Oct. 15-17, entry deadline is Monday. Visit www.wsqspokane.org for an entry form; call (509) 276-7707 for more information.

Spokane Police Department - $10,000 is available for the purchase of existing works of art for two buildings being remodeled by the SPD. Deadline for responses is Sept. 10. For more information, see www.spokanearts.org/hottopics.aspx.

Newport Music Festival – Art, craft and merchandise vendor booth space is available for the festival, Sept. 10-12. Contact Jim Crowley at buddytherdog@gmail.com or (509) 447-2701 for more information.

Call for actors

John Talent Agency – Looking for background actors for upcoming Hollywood films to be shot in Spokane. Call (509) 217-3598 or send 10 photographs and a resume to Donna Johnson, P.O. Box 1245, Spokane WA 99210.

Moscow Farmers Market – Seeking solo or duet musicians to perform on Saturdays, 11:45-1 p.m. at the market, downtown in Friendship Square next to the Moscow Hotel. Contact Adam Johnson at marketmusic@ci.moscow.id.us for more information.

Call for writers

The Amy Woodward Fisher World Day of Poetry – Contest for poets ages 18 years and older, sponsored by Poetry Scribes of Spokane. Entry deadline is Sept. 3; fee is $5 per poem. Send two copies (one with author’s name, address and phone number and one without identification) of original unpublished poems of 60 lines or less in two categories – rhymed or free verse (limit of two poems per category) – to Clararose Childs, 2912 W. Longfellow Ave., Spokane WA 99205. (509) 325-4393, (509) 327-6130

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