Etc. Column

Colfax grad

luncheon

Next Colfax alumni luncheon will be Monday, Feb. 3, at noon at the Timber Creek Buffet, 9211 East Montgomery off Millwood, Spokane. For more informaton call 509-995-7192 or email:

sconti56@gmail.com.

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern

auditions call open to residents

WSU Performing Arts invites area residents to audition for a part in “Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead,” by Tom Stoppard. Performances are scheduled for April 4, 5, 11 and 12 at WSU’s Jones Theatre.

This tragi-comedy is Stoppard’s tale of Hamlet told from the worm’s-eye view of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two minor characters in Shakespeare’s play.

Auditions will be at the Wadleigh Theatre in Daggy Hall Jan. 27-29 with callbacks Jan. 30.

Monday auditions, for the primary roles of Rosencrantz, Guildenstern and “The Player,” are by appointment beginning at 7 p.m. Director by Benjamin Gonzales requests two short, prepared monologues - one classical and one contemporary. Email him at bgonzales@wsu.edu no later than 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 26, to schedule an appointment.

Two-hour open auditions for all other roles, including consideration for primary roles, will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday and 5 p.m. Wednesday. No preparation is required and it is only necessary to attend one of the sessions. Callback auditions will take place at 6 p.m.

More information and directions to Daggy Hall are available at http://www.performingarts.wsu.edu.

CLUBS & YOUTH GROUPS

League of Women Voters

February meeting of the League of Women Voters of Pullman will be Feb. 3, from 6:30 to 9 p.m., at the Neill Public Library Hecht room. There will be a 30-minute social time followed by a panel discussion of the Citizens United Ruling and its current and future effects.

The panel will include Professors Michael Salamone and Travis Ridout of the WSU School of Politics, Philosophy and Public Affairs. All members of the public all welcome.

Hospital Auxiliary

The Whitman Hospital Auxiliary met Jan. 6 in the meeting room at the Ad-Annex of the hospital with 11 members and one guest in attendance.

Debbie Glass, hospital administrator, told them she would be leaving and a search for her replacement is underway. She thanked the members for all they do for the hospital.

Anne Lowe stated she would be unable to serve as chairman of the flowers for Spring Fest.

Next meeting will be Feb. 3 at the annex at 1:30 p.m.

Athenaeum

Members met Friday at the home of Lynn Bruya with 22 in attendance. Joan Hubbard presented the program, “On the Road Again.” She described her experiences traveling around America in a 56-foot Bekins moving van. Perched high in the air, she saw the country in a whole new way, arriving for a visit to Disneyland on the one day of the year that the park is closed for cleaning. She also checked out Billy Bob’s in Dallas and viewed hot air balloons in New Mexico. It was a new twist on this year’s theme of visiting American cities.

The next meeting will be hosted by Janice McKay at the library Feb. 7 with Sharon Helmick presenting the program.

BIRTHS

Whitman County Gazette, Jan 23, 2014

AT WHITMAN HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER

Haas, Charles, born Jan. 13, at seven pounds, seven ounces, to Lisa and Gordon Haas of St. Maries, Idaho. Maternal grandparent is Marlene Brown of Oakesdale. Paternal grandparent is Ruth Haas of Spokane.

Mackey, Macie Elizabeth, born Jan. 13 at seven pounds, nine ounces, to Stephanie and Jeffrey Mackey, Sr., of Colfax. Maternal grandparents are Dave and Jackie Burnett of Colfax. The baby joins brother Jeffrey Jr., and sisters Aubree and Raylee.

AT PULLMAN REGIONAL

HOSPITAL

Brewer, Jimmy Thomas, born Jan 13 at eight pounds, 14 ounces, to John and Jane Ann Brewer of Lewiston, Idaho. Paternal grandparents are Jim Brewer and Carol Valliant both of Lewiston. Maternal grandparents are Tom and Sarah Nagle of Uniontown.

Girma, Wongel Ashenafi, born Jan. 14, at eight pounds, six ounces, to Ashenafi G. Zena and Woiatye B. Gessamo of Pullman.

Hardman, Bryson Cole, was born Jan. 14 at seven pounds, 11 ounces, to Bryon and Danerica Hardman of Pullman. Paternal grandparents are Linda and Alvin McNealy of Jacksonville, Fla. Maternal grandparents are Doretha Picke and Robert Wright of Jacksonville, Fla.

Wolf, Eliana Faith, born Jan. 15 at seven pounds, 10 ounces, to Riley and Melissa Wolf of Pullman. Paternal grandparents are Ed and Phyllis Wolf of Pomeroy. Maternal grandparents are Larry and Rhonda Wride of Colfax and Cathy Curry of Helena, Mont. The baby joins brothers Tanner, 11, Cody, 9, Nathan, 6, and Joshua, 2.

Prewitt, Trent Andrew, born Jan. 17, at seven pounds, five ounces, to Kyle and Rayia Prewitt of Pullman. Grandparents are Brad and Sherial Hudgins, Clayton and Dena Irwin, Jeff and Nancy Prewitt and Fidel Menoza.

ON CAMPUS

MUSIC

A free, public jazz concert will start at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 27, at Kimbrough Hall at Washington State University. Ten high school and middle school groups from the region will perform. So will WSU VoJazz, directed by Dean Luethi, and the WSU Big Band, directed by Greg Yasinitsky.

ART

A nationally traveling exhibition of works by artists with developmental disabilities will be presented free to the public Jan. 23-April 5 at the WSU Museum of Art. The exhibit is a selection of the most important works created over the past 20 years by artists involved with three pioneering nonprofit organizations: Creativity Explored, Creative Growth Art Center and the National Institute for Art and Disabilities Art Center.

The artists featured in this exhibition, all of whom have some form of developmental disability, possess the talent, independence and depth of feeling that make powerful art, according to Lawrence Rinder, University of California Berkeley Art Museum, show curator.

Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Saturday, They are open until 7 p.m. Thursday.

A free public reception for “CREATE: Art by Artists Outside the Mainstream,” will be 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30, in the museum gallery.

DRAMA

“Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl,” by Harriet Jacobs will be performed at 7:30 p..m. Wednesday, Feb. 5, in WSU’s Daggy Hall’s Jones Theatre. The celebrated narrative, first published in 1861, chronicles the author’s account of her life as a slave and the decisions and choices she made to gain freedom for herself and her children. It reveals, in shocking fashion, the traumas of slavery, particularly for women and children.

Seating is reserved and tickets cost $14 for adults, $11 for seniors (60+) and $7 for students and youth. The performance is recommended for audiences age 13 and older.

Tickets may be purchased in advance at the Beasley Coliseum box office, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday-Friday, or at TicketsWest outlets, including online: at http://www.ticketswest.com. Same-day tickets may be purchased at the Daggy Hall ticket office beginning two hours before the performance.