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Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons (Tony Morey)

1. “Witness for the Prosecution” 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Ignite! Community Theatre, 10814 E. Broadway Ave., Spokane Valley. A reader’s theater production of Agatha Christie’s fascinating courtroom drama. The story centers on the trial of Edward Vole, who stands accused of killing an elderly woman for her fortune. His innocence depends on his alibi, which may not be as sure as he thinks. (509) 795-0004. Admission: $5

2. Washington State Book Awards Party 7-8:30 p.m. Saturday, Auntie’s Bookstore, 402 W. Main Ave. Recognizing the achievements of Spokane’s writing community winners and finalists. Sharma Shields, winner of the Washington State Book Award for fiction, will be reading along with past and present winners and finalists such as Tod Marshall, Mary Cronk Farrell, Gregory Spatz, Nance Van Winckle, Shann Ray Ferch, Paul Lindholdt and Bill Youngs. (509) 838-0206. Admission: FREE

3. Heather Hart: Range Visiting Artist Series Tuesday-Feb. 24, various locations. Hart, a Seattle native now based in Brooklyn, will participate in a number of workshops and talks in the area next week. Wikipedia Edit-a-thons will be Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the JFK Library at Eastern Washington University and 6 p.m. at Terrain, 304 W. Pacific Ave. She will give artists talks at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in Building 24, Room 110, at Spokane Falls Community College and noon Thursday at EWU’s Art Auditorium. At 6 p.m. Wednesday, she’ll host a Black Lunch Table at Terrain. Black Lunch Tables involve “radical archiving” and center on issues of race, archiving, and the under representation of minority artists. From 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 24, there’s an artist reception at Terrain. Hart, an interdisciplinary artist, will showcase her work combining art and social practice. (509) 533-3746. Admission: FREE

4. Bach’s Lunch Noon Thursday, Kress Gallery, River Park Square, 808 W. Main Ave. (third floor, behind the food court). Duo-Cello selections by Grammy-winning cellist Zuill Bailey and John Marshall, cellist with the Spokane Symphony. The program, about one hour in length, will be announced at the concert. Listeners are invited to bring their lunch to the concert or choose something at the nearby food court. For all ages. Part of the 2017 Northwest Bach Festival Classics Festival. (509) 326-4942. Admission: FREE

5. Leyna Krow and Aileen Keown Vaux 7 p.m. Friday, Auntie’s Bookstore, 402 W. Main Ave. Local writer Leyna Krow will be reading from her new story collection, “I’m Fine But You Appear to be Sinking.” Krow’s stories have appeared in Hayden’s Ferry Review, Prairie Schooner, Ninth Letter, The Spokesman-Review and elsewhere. Aileen Keown Vaux earned her MFA in creative writing from the Inland Northwest Center for Writers at Eastern Washington University. She teaches English composition and literature at Spokane Falls Community College. (509) 838-0206. Admission: FREE

6. Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, the Bartlett, 228 W. Sprague Ave. Legendary Portland musician, a 2015 inductee into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame, brings the latest incarnation of his band the Jackmormons to Spokane, behind their 2016 EP “Craters of the Moon” and the solo Joseph record, “By the Time Your Rocket Gets to Mars.” Joseph, who has toured with and written for Widespread Panic, shared stages with Vic Chestnutt and released more than 30 records in 30 years as a solo artist and with his bands the Jackmormons, Little Women, the Denmark Veseys and Stockholm Syndrome, is well known as a riveting live performer. He doesn’t play here often, so this is one to see. Featuring The South Hill. (509) 747-2174. Admission: $10 advance

7. Dave McRae and the Olde Soulz at the Shop 7 p.m. Saturday, The Shop, 924 S. Perry St. Dave, Drea and Jonny back together for a night of sweet, soulful and mostly up tempo tunes, originals by the band and selected covers. (509) 328-4811. Admission: FREE (donations appreciated)

8. “Campus Pioneers: The First 25 Years of Women at Gonzaga, 1948-1973” Continuing through May, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Mondays-Fridays and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturdays-Sundays, Gonzaga University, Foley Center Library, Cowles Reading Room, third floor. Exhibit shows the impact that female students had on Gonzaga University’s campus when they were first admitted in 1948 and in two decades following. (509) 313-3847. Admission: FREE

9. Violet Catastrophe 8 p.m. Friday, The Bartlett, 228 W. Sprague Ave. Spokane folk-metal female pop-rock. Joined by the Smokes, Funeral Homies and Video Destroyer. (509) 747-2174. Admission: FREE

10. Young Neves 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, the Pin, 412 W. Sprague Ave. Spokane based hip-hop performer and songwriter headlines the Pin’s Blessed UP all-ages Black and White Party. (509) 368-4077. Admission: $7