Manhattan Transfer heads to Fox in May
The legendary vocal group Manhattan Transfer is coming to the Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox in May, and tickets go on sale Tuesday.
The group, which has been on the scene for four decades, has won 10 Grammys – of 17 nominations – and scored a big pop hit, “The Boy From New York City,” in 1981. Other hits include “Route 66,” “Spice of Life” and a cover of Weather Report’s “Birdland.”
The concert, brought to town by Fox Presents, will be May 28. Tickets will be $39, $44 and $55, and will be available at the Fox box office, 1001 W. Sprague Ave., by calling (509) 624-1200 or through any TicketsWest outlets.
Cho on the radio
The Spokane-produced radio program “OUTSpoken,” which airs on KYRS (88.1/92.3 FM), today will feature a converstaion with comedian/actress Margaret Cho and Seattle comic writer and publisher Charles “Zan” Christiansen of Northwest Press.
Listen on the radio from noon to 2 p.m. today, or stream the show live at www.hotmesssunday.com. The show is hosted by Jonathan Shuffield and Sergey Grankin.
Call of the wild
George Halekas spent his career as a wildlife biologlist, and since retiring from the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, he has continued to work on conservation issues, including wolf management.
He also enjoys the sounds to be found in nature. So he records them and uses them in collaboration with composers and visual artists.
It’s this work he’ll be discussing next month at Eastern Washington University in a lecture co-sponsored by the EWU Honors Program and Humanities Washington.
In “The Roots of Music – Exploring Earth’s Soundscapes to Spark Community Conversation,” Halekas will talk about the origins of music among hunter-gatherer cultures and about his belief in the planet as a sonic jewel. He’ll bring sounds ranging from whale calls and birdsongs to music found in rainforests and African forests.
The free talk will be at noon April 15 in Showalter Hall Room 109 on the Eastern campus in Cheney. For more information, visit www.humanities.org/ calendar-events.