Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
Dancers, jazz
set at Empire
A busy month is in store at the Empire Theatre, with several shows in the offing. On Saturday, April 11, Spokane's Silver Spurs Youth Folk Dancers will perform a full show starting at 7 p.m. Founded in 1947, their current repertoire represents more than 40 cultures, including Mexican, Japanese, English, Ukrainian, Norwegian and Haitian; as well as traditional American dances and popular styles from past to present, including Charleston, Lindy Hop, swing, disco, and others. In each tradition, authentic costumes are worn. Directed by Susan Dankovich, the ensemble appears in many regional festivals and events and has on several occasions traveled internationally.
On April 25, also a Saturday 7 p.m. show, the Master Class Jazz Orchestra returns to the Empire. This 18-member group specializes in Big Band selections, but has a diverse repertoire. They often team up with singer Abbey Crawford, who can croon cabaret songs as well as belt out show tunes and much in between.
New to the Empire Theatre will be the Working Poor band, a five-member group that specializes in good music originally performed by little-known groups. Their concert will be Saturday, May 2, beginning at 7 p.m. In addition to their lead and harmony vocals, they play a variety of instruments, including drums, bass, guitar, pedal steel, fiddle and mandolin.
Admission for each of the shows will be adults $12, students $5, and ages 5 and under free.
Other upcoming events at the Empire include Oakesdale's student ArtFest April 22; Pirouette Dance Recital April 25 at 1 p.m., and the Tekoa Variety Show May 8.
Poppins opens
for RTOP run
Regional Theater of the Palouse opens its run of Mary Poppins April 16. Tickets are now on sale.
The production will run April 16, 17, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26. Saturdays will feature matinee performance at 1:30 and evening performance at 7:30. Sunday performances will be 1:30 matinees.
Auditions for fall season will be April 27, 28 and 29 on the theater stage. Productions will be the Wizard of Oz and Sweeney Todd. The Wizard of Oz will be in August and Sweeney Todd will be presented in November.
The box RTOP office is open Monday to Friday from noon to 5 p.m.
Albion pie social
Guy-Albion Historical Society's pie social will be next Saturday, April 18, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Albion Community Building Hall. Admission is free and mouth-watering pies will be sold by the piece. Volunteers are welcome to help cut and serve the pies. The museums will be open during the pie social.
Memberships for the society can be purchased and GAHS shirts will be on sale, according to Danielle Nelson.
Wild Women
series continues
The Wild Women Sunday workshops at the Dahmen Barn are being continued through June 7 with instructors from Palouse Women Artist’s group. Eight topics are being offered beginning April 12 and will be every Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with the exception of Memorial Day weekend. Topics being offered again, based on popular demand during the winter series, are unleashing creativity, quilling (creating with paper), linocut block printing, watercolor, silk painting, assemblage, locker hooking and knitting miniature socks.
Zentangle session
slated at Dahmen
Sandpoint artist Susan E. J. White will teach "Getting Started with Zentangle" at Artisans at the Dahmen Barn in Uniontown Saturday, April 18, from 1 to 4 p.m. Zentangle is a method for creating images by drawing structured patterns.
The class fee of $40 includes all materials. Students are asked to register by April 11.
Business expert
to speak at C of C
Josh Wade, proprietor of Spokane Wine Magazine and Nectar Tasting Room, will be guest speaker at the Colfax Chamber luncheon at the Best Western at noon Tuesday, April 21. In addition, he will provide social media and relationship marketing training from 1 to 2 p.m. on these and other business topics. Lunch will be catered by Fonk’s Coffee for $11, but a lunch purchase is not necessary to attend. To reserve lunch by April 13 or for more information, contact the chamber office.
Both presentations are brought to the community by Whitman County Library through to a Washington State Library grant funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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