Etc. 4/7/11

Arts and Crafts Fair

WSU Mom’s Spring Arts and Crafts Fair will be at Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum, Friday, April 8, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday, April 9, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free.

Tina Ochs to debut ‘Mermaids’ paintings

The third annual chocolate tasting at the Bank Left Bistro and art exhibit debut will be Friday, Saturday and Sunday, April 8-10. Featured artist Tina Ochs of Palouse, former WSU faculty member, will debut her collection of oil paintings “Mermaids of the Palouse,” a fantastical allegory interpreting the Palouse hills and their relationship to the sea. The artist reception will be April 9 from 1 to 5 p.m.

Bank Left Bistro will host a luncheon and its third annual chocolate-tasting event will feature a variety of exotic truffles and drinking chocolates. Musician James Hoar will play music from 1 to 3 p.m.

An Artist’s dinner will be April 9, 5:30 to 7:30 and include chocolate tasting.

For information call the Bank Left Gallery.

Meteorite man returns for three area programs

Presentations on meteorites have been scheduled at Colton Library/City Hall April 12, at 7 p.m., Tekoa Library April 13 at 7 p.m. and the Potlatch Library Thursday, April 14, at 7 p.m.

Dick Pugh, a field scientist from Portland State University, is touring the area under funding by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Last fall Pugh attracted large crowds with his interactive presentation and actual meteorite samples. He encourages people to pick up and handle items in his rare collection valued at more than $15,000.

Six meteors have been officially certified in Washington State. Of those, two were found in Whitman County, one near Albion and the other near Colton.

A meteorite is a natural object originating in outer space that survives impact with the Earth’s surface. When it enters the atmosphere, impact pressure causes the object to heat up and emit light, thus forming a fireball, also known as a meteor or shooting star. Meteorites can be big or small.

For more information, contact Kristie Kirkpatrick at Whitman County Library.

Dahmen demo day

Artisans at the Dahmen Barn will present their fifth annual art demonstration day Saturday, April 16, from 11 to 4.

Idaho Women in Timber will demonstrate making paper and 13 artists will show how they create art pieces with paper.

Brewery plans benefit for bears

Paradise Creek Brewery of Pullman has slated April 16 for Beers for Bears, a fundraising event to benefit the WSU Bear Research, Education and Conservation Center. The brewery will release their seasonal Grizzly Brown Ale at the fundraiser. For every pint of Grizzly Brown Ale sold, Paradise Creek will donate $1 to the WSU Bear Center.

The Beers for Bears fund raising party will start at 2 p.m. at the brewery, located at 245 SE Paradise St. with a parking lot barbecue and music.

WSU is raising funds to build a new arboretum and wildlife conservation center just east of the Bear Center’s current location. According to Charles T. Robbins, director of the Bear Center, $11 million is needed to complete a new facility.

Births

Campbell daughter born

A girl, Marissa Ellen, was born April 1, 2011, at Whitman Hospital and Medical Center in Colfax, to Brandi Lee Campbell and Michael Anthony Pipolo. Maternal grandparents are Charles Campbell, Colfax, and Shannon Peterson, Spokane. Paternal grandparents are Frank and Ellen Pipolo, Pearl River, N.Y. The baby weighed seven pounds, one ounce at birth.

Skinner son born

A boy, Holden Cole, was born March 29, 2011, at Whitman Hospital and Medical Center in Colfax, to Briana Leigh Demler and James K. Skinner. Paternal grandparents are Klee and Treva Skinner. Maternal grandparents are Patrick and Heather Steele. Weighing six pounds, three ounces at birth, the baby joins siblings, Damian, Hailey, Tristan and Leighton.

MUSIC

Latin jazz saxophonist Ed Calle will be the guest artist at a free concert at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 12, in WSU’s Bryan Hall. He will join the award-winning WSU ensembles Vojazz (vocal jazz) directed by Dean Luethi and Jazz Big Band directed by Greg Yasinitsky.

The recipient of two Grammy nominations, Calle can be heard on more than 500 CDs as a soloist and sideman. He regularly tours worldwide with trumpeter Arturo Sandoval.

Calle has a doctorate in education and is an associate professor senior of music business and production at Miami Dade College where he established the world’s first Latin Jazz Institute.

DRAMA

The WSU Department of Theatre and Dance will present “The Shape of Things” and “The Laramie Project” during Mom’s weekend and the following week.

“The Shape of Things” will be presented in Jones Theatre at 7:30 p.m. April 7-9 and April 14-16 with a matinee performance at 2 p.m. April 9. The show explores the painful questions of life. After a chance meeting in a museum, Evelyn, a sexy, aggressive artist, and Adam, a shy, insecure student, become embroiled in an intense affair.

“The Laramie Project” will be in Wadleigh Theatre at 7:30 p.m. April 7-10 and April 14-16 with a matinee performance at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 10. In October 1998, a 21-year-old University of Wyoming student was kidnapped, severely beaten, and left to die, tied to a fence in the middle of a prairie outside Laramie, Wyo. His body was not discovered until the next day and he died several days later in an area hospital. The student, Matthew Shepard, was the victim of this assault because he was gay.

Tickets for the two shows can be reserved or email at reservations@wsu.edu. Tickets can also be purchased at the Daggy Hall box office an hour before curtain time or Tuesday through Friday from 2:30-5:30 p.m. the week of the performance.

ART

WSU Museum of Art will feature the talents of graduate candidates in the Master of Fine Arts thesis exhibition, April 8 to May 7. An opening reception will be at 6 p.m. April 8 in the museum gallery. The exhibition is organized by museum curator Keith Wells.UI Prichard Art Gallery exhibit: “John Wood, On the Edge of Clear Meaning” Feb. 21-April 9, a visual studies workshop traveling exhibition.

Bookmark

Meet the Artist welcomes popular local musician, John Elwood to the Colfax Library on Thursday, April 7 at 7 p.m. Meet the Artist is free and open to the public, co-sponsored by The Colfax Arts Council and The Friends of Whitman County Library.

Art Wisdom Experience will begin offering art classes for ages 5 through adult each Tuesday in the Colfax Library starting April 12 from 1 to 6 p.m. For more information and cost fees, please contact Megan at http://www.artwisdomexperience.com.

Join us for “Cast Your Lines! Fishing in the Columbia River Basin” with Dennis Dauble on Saturday, April 16, at 2 p.m. in the Colfax Library. This presentation, sponsored by Humanities Washington and the Friends of the Library, provides background on the historical fishing practices of our area’s American Indian tribes, shows the influence of white settlement on fish populations, and discusses how modern-day water-use practices lead to conflicts between resource management policy and public values.

Come join Whitman County Library for free family fun at the Family Fair on Saturday, April 16, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Lincoln Middle School in Pullman. For more information, please call Sheri or Nichole at 397-4366.

The Colfax Library is sponsoring an Inland Northwest Blood Drive on Tuesday, April 19, from 2 to 6 p.m. Please call the library or go to http://www.inbcsaves.org if you want to make an appointment. Walk-ins are welcome.

Children’s Storytime happens each Thursday with Baby Time for ages 0-2 years from 10:10-10:30, Toddler Time for ages 2-3 from 10:30-11:00 and Preschool Time for ages 4 and up from 11 to 11:30.

Are you looking for a place that you and your child can meet new friends? Come to the library for Play and Learn each Friday from 10:00-11:30 a.m. This Child Care Resource and Referral free playgroup is open to infants, toddlers, young children and those who care for them. For additional youth program information contact Sheri or Nichole.

Whitman County Library Board of Trustees will meet Tuesday, April 19, at 4 p.m. in the Colfax Library. All branches of Whitman County Library will close Sunday, April 24 for Easter. Visit the library’s website at http://www.whitco.lib.wa.us for a complete listing of programs, events and closures for fourteen library locations.