Art Chowder January | February 2018, Issue 13 | Page 17

UPCOMING Events Vytal Movement Dance Company presents: Confluence: Dances Inspired by the Spokane River Where the Spokane River, the City, and dance come together Friday and Saturday April 20 & 21, 2018 at 7:30pm The Bing Crosby Theater Thursday, January 4 PAINT WITH A FRIEND:10am-1pm. at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church CDA free ongoing event. Guests welcome! Bring a sack lunch. Questions-Karen 208 664-0833 Friday, January 5 Wednesday January 24 Saturday, February 10 8pm, and Sunday, February River Ridge Assoc. Fine Arts - meets 10am - 4th Wed. of the month at Spokane Art Supply - 1303 N. Monroe, Spokane wednesday, January 24 7:00pm, the Peking Evergreen Art Association Monthly Mtg - 10am, 2nd Monday at Create Art Center, 900 W 4th St, Newport WA. Tuesday, January 9 Thursday, January 25 Monday, January 8 Scripts & Scribes Monthly Meeting 6-9pm 2nd Tuesday @ Spokane Art Supply 1303 N. Monroe, Spokane. contact [email protected] Wednesday, January 10 Spokane Watercolor Society Monthly Meeting 6:30pm 2nd Wed. - Spokane Art Supply, 1303 N. Monroe, Spokane. Questions beckyswatercolors@ gmail.com Thursday, January 11 PAINT WITH A FRIEND: 10am-1pm at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church CDA free ongoing event. Guests welcome! Bring a sack lunch. For information: Karen 208 664-0833 Thursday, January 18 CDA Art Association Mtg 3rd Thursday of each month - 10:30am - St. LukesChurch, 5th and Wallace CDA. Friday, January 19 8:00pm, and Saturday, January 20, 8pm, “The M Show: Music, Mayhem and Mystery” at the Washington Cracker Co. Building, 304 W. Pacific in downtown Spokane, is a witty and completely unorthodox new series led by the Spokane Symphony’s concertmaster Mateusz Wolski. Think classical music meets late night comedy. www.spokanesymphony.org, (509) 624- 1200 Sunday, January 21 4:00pm, Spokane Youth Symphony: Harmony That Inspires concert at Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox. Featuring the four orchestras of the Spokane Youth Symphony: Spokane Youth Symphony Orchestra, Spokane Youth Philharmonic, Spokane Youth Sinfonietta, and Spokane Youth Strings will perform. www. foxtheaterspokane.com, [phone] Thursday, February 8 www.vytalmovementdance.com Acrobats perform at Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox. For 30 years, the Peking Acrobats have performed daring maneuvers atop precarious pagodas of chairs, and are experts at trick-cycling, precision tumbling and gymnastics. Accompanied by live musicians skillfully performing on traditional Chinese instruments, this family event features all the festive pageantry of a Chinese carnival. www.foxtheaterspokane.com, [phone] Arts Buzz networking non-profit orgs, artists, and performers. Join & see what is happening in the Arts in our area! Chamber Commerce., 105 N 1st St, CDA 8pm, Singer- songwriter Judy Collins,, who has inspired audiences for five decades, sings her hits, traditional and contemporary folks standards, and her poignant original compositions at Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox. Her more than 50 albums have earned multiple Grammy nominations, from her stunning 1967 rendition of “Both Sides Now” to her 2017 nomination for “Silver Skies Blue.” Judy will be accompanied by the Spokane Symphony. For information and tickets, www.spokanesymphony.org, (509) 624- 1200 PAINT WITH A FRIEND: 10am-1pm at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church CDA free ongoing event. Guests welcome! Bring a sack lunch. Questions - Karen 208 664-0833 Tickets available through Tickets West Photo credit: Ira Gardner Saturday, February 3 PAINT WITH A FRIEND: 10am-1pm at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church CDA free ongoing event. Guests welcome! Bring a sack lunch. Questions - Karen 208 664-0833 FRIDAY, J anuary 26 3:00pm., Spokane Symphony Master Class by violinist Mira Wang at Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox. Free and open to the public. Before her performances with the Spokane Symphony on January 27 and 28, guest violinist Mira Wang will give technique and performance tips to local students who auditioned for the opportunity. www.spokanesymphony.org, [phone] Saturday, January 27 8:00pm, and Sunday, January 28, 3pm, Rimsky-Korsakov’s blockbuster, “Scheherazade” with tales from Arabian Nights, performed by the Spokane Symphony with conductor Eckart Preu, and guest artist Mira Wang on violin. At this concert at Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, Wang also performs the U.S. premiere of Rasch’s “Tropoi” Violin Concerto. Also in this concert is Bach’s “Komm Susser Tod.”  For more information and tickets, www. spokanesymphony.org, [phone] Thursday, February 1 PAINT WITH A FRIEND: 10am-1pm. at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church CDA free ongoing event. Guests welcome! Bring a sack lunch. Questions - Karen 208 664-0833 Friday, February 2 ART BUZZ - 9am every first Fri. networking non-profit orgs, artists, performers. Join & see what is happening in the Arts in our area! Chamber Commerce., 105 N 1st St, CDA 11, 3pm, “Bach, Beethoven & Shostakovich” with the Spokane Symphony and guest conductor Daniel Hege perform at Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox. This is a powerful program of works spanning the centuries, and featuring principal flutist Bruce Bodden. This concert includes Bach’s Suite No. 2, Shostakovich’s Chamber Symphony, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5. For information and tickets, www.spokanesymphony.org, [phone] Monday, February 13 Evergreen Art Association Monthly Mtg - 10am, 2nd Monday at Create Art Center, 900 W 4th St, Newport WA. Tuesday, February 13 Scripts & Scribes Monthly Meeting 6-9pm 2nd Tuesday @ Spokane Art Supply 1303 N. Monroe, Spokane. contact [email protected] Wednesday, February 14 Spokane Watercolor Society Monthly Meeting 6:30pm 2nd Wed. - Spokane Art Supply, 1303 N. Monroe, Spokane. Questions beckyswatercolors@ gmail.com Thursday, February 15 CDA Art Association Mtg 3rd Thursday of each month - 10:30 am - St. Luke’s Church, 5th and Wallace CDA. Thursday, February 22 PAINT WITH A FRIEND:10am-1pm at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church CDA free ongoing event. Guests welcome! Bring a sack lunch. Questions - Karen 208 664-0833 Saturday, February 24 8pm, and Sunday, February 25, 3pm, the Spokane Symphony presents “Vienna, City of Dreams” with conductor Eckart Preu and the internationally celebrated Ahn Trio with pianist Lucia Ahn, violinist Angella, and cellist Maria. The concert, at Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, includes selections from J.S. Bach, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Mark O’Connor, and Franz Schubert. Angella Ahn teaches a master class for violinists on Feb. 23 at 3:00 p.m. at Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox that is free and open to the public. www.spokanesymphony.org, [phone] Wednesday, February 28 River Ridge Assoc. Fine Arts - meets 10am - 4th Wed. of the month atSpokane Art Supply - 1303 N. Monroe, Spokane January | February 2018 17