Stage listings
Music
First Thursday - Interactive booths by Sandpoint community agencies, plus music on five stages including Generations, Main Street area; Monarch Mountain Band, First Avenue in front of Arlo’s; Sandpoint High School Steel Pan Band, First Avenue in front of the Inn at Sand Creek; Ron Kieper at Pend d’Oreille Winery; and more music at Trinity at City Beach. Today, 4-8 p.m., downtown Sandpoint. Free. Downtownsandpoint.com
EWU Percussion Ensemble and Solo Night - Today, 7:30 p.m., Eastern Washington University, Music Building Recital Hall, Cheney. Free. (509) 359-2241
ArtFest - Friday: 12:30 p.m., Prairie Flyer (folk/bluegrass); 2 p.m., Back Adit (folk/swing/bluegrass/blues); 3:30 p.m., Brent Edstrom Trio with vocalist Angela Hunt (jazz); 5 p.m., Hoodoo Udu (blues); 7:30 p.m., Milonga (Latin). Saturday: 11 a.m., Master Class Jazz Orchestra (big band swing); 12:30 p.m., Brad Keeler Trio (blues/traditional); 2 p.m., Nicole Lewis Band (contemporary jazz/pop); 3:30 p.m., Spare Parts (vocal classics); 5 p.m., Soul Proprietor (funk/urban soul); 7:30 p.m., Big Mumbo Blues. Sunday: 11 a.m., Philip Boulding (Celtic harp); noon, Riders of the Rockin’ B (cowboy classics); 1:30 p.m., Sammy Eubanks (blues); 3:30 p.m., EWU Jazz Orchestra. Coeur d’Alene Park, Browne’s Addition, Spokane. Free. (509) 456-3931
Post Falls Days - Friday, Torino Drive (classic rock/country), Bill Bozly (folk/pop/alternative country), 3 p.m.; the Jam Rock Band (funk/blues), 5:30 p.m.; Coeurimba (marimba), 6 p.m. Saturday, The Low Down (classic rock/funk), 11:30 a.m.; Homegrown (country), noon; Kathy Colton & The Reluctants (bluegrass/country), 2 p.m.; Lonesome Lyle (blues/folk), 3 p.m.; Simon Sez (classic rock/variety), the Luke Jaxon Band (country), 6 p.m. Sunday, Steve Livingston & Triple Shot (country), 11:30 a.m.; Bill Bozly (folk/pop/alternative country), noon; Ricochet (country), 2 p.m.; Paul Mata and Pat Coast (rhythm and blues), 3 p.m.; Q’emlin Park, 12201 W. Parkway Drive, Post Falls. Free. www.postfallsidaho.org
Manito Park Bench Summer Music Series - Free outdoor acoustic concerts every Friday starting this week. Just Plain Darin, Michael and Kelleren Millham, Trailer Park Girls, Friday, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Manito Park Bench, 1928 S. Tekoa St. Free. (509) 625-6632, http://spokaneriverfrontpark. com/index.php/RFP/page/710
EWU Jazz Bash and Music Department Barbecue - Featuring Eastern Washington University instrumental and vocal jazz ensembles. Friday, 2 p.m., Sutton Park, Cheney. Free. (509) 359-2241
Songs for Japan - Benefit concert for the Tohoku University Hospital in Sendai, Japan. Friday, 7-10 p.m., Spokane Falls Community College, Student Union Building, Lounge C, 3410 W. Fort George Wright Drive. Donation. (509) 533-3308
Park Place Summer Sounds - Classical and More, Saturday, 4-6 p.m., Park Place Stage, First Avenue and Cedar Street, Sandpoint. Free. (208) 263-6139
EWU Orchestra and Choirs - Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Eastern Washington University, Showalter Auditorium, Cheney. $5/adults, $3/seniors and students. (509) 359-2241
Inland Northwest Chamber Music Collective - Performing Schoenberg’s “Pierrot Lunaire” and Ravel’s Piano Trio. Sunday, 3 p.m, Eastern Washington University Music Building Recital Hall, Cheney. $15 ($10/students/seniors). (509) 270-7492
Too Slim Unplugged - Tim Langford of Too Slim and the Taildraggers, with special guest Sammy Eubanks. Presented by Spokane Public Radio. Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. $12. (509) 328-5729
Dance
Spring Showcase - Hosted by the Mt. Spokane High School dance team, featuring all of its routines from the 2010-’11 season plus guest performances from Spokane Elite dance studio and a talent show. Today, 7 p.m., 6015 E. Spokane Park Drive. $5. (509) 465-7200
Haran Irish Dance School Recital - Saturday, 2 p.m., Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. $5/person, $20/family. (509) 456-4899
Comedy
“Breaking It Down”- Special musical improv show to benefit a local preschool, suitable for a general audience. Friday, 8 p.m., Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. $9/adults, $7/children, seniors and students with ID. (509) 747-7045
“Expedition” - Family-friendly short-form improv comedy. Saturday, 7 p.m., Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. $7. (509) 747-7045
“Safari” - Short- and long-form improv comedy (not suitable for all ages). Saturday, 9 p.m., Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. $7. (509) 747-7045
Theater
“The Full Monty” - Musical comedy about a group of unemployed men who try their hand as male strippers. Partial nudity; for mature audiences. Through June 19, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard St. $28/adults, $26/seniors 65 and older, $20/students 24 and younger with ID, $10/student rush (as available 20 minutes before showtime). (509) 325-2507, (800) 325-SEAT
“Frost/Nixon” - Peter Morgan’s stage dramatization of David Frost’s 1977 television interviews with Richard Nixon. Today-Saturday, 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, 2 p.m., Spokane Civic Theatre, Firth Chew Studio Theatre, 1020 N. Howard St. (entrance off Dean Avenue). $18/general admission, $9/student rush (as available, 30 minutes before curtain). (509) 325-2507, (800) 325-SEAT
“Urinetown” - Musical comedy parody of both politics and social issues, and the Broadway musical itself. Through June 19, Thursdays-Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Lake City Playhouse, 1320 E. Garden Ave., Coeur d’Alene. $19/adults; $17/veterans and students age 13 and older with student ID; $15/seniors 60 and older; $9/children 12 and younger. (208) 667-1323
“The Complete History of America (abridged)” - A 90-minute roller-coaster ride through our nation’s past, from Washington to Watergate and beyond. Friday, 9 p.m. and Saturday, 4 p.m., Magic Lantern Theatre, 25 W. Main Ave. $10. (509) 209-2383