From the Studio

Kathryn Smith's new chapbook, Chosen Companions of the Goblin , won the 2018 Open Country Chapbook Contest. It is inspired by the real-life story of the Fox Sisters, who claimed to be spiritual mediums and helped spark the spiritualist movment in 19th century America. She will be hosting a release party for the book, on Friday, October 25, 7 p.m. at the Woman's Club of Spokane, 1428 W 9th Ave.

Trigger Weddle, Artistic Director of Aspire Community Theatre, visits the studio with members of the cast of "The Addams Family," Callie Cabe (Director), Anden J. Leo (Gomez), and Jen Kleinkauf (Morticia). The musical, based on Charles Addams' macabre cartoon family, offers an original story in which a grown-up Wednesday invites her boyfriend and his parents to the Addams family home for dinner. "The Addams Family" has shows Thursday - Saturday, October 24 - 26, at 7:30 PM, with matinee

Spokane Civic Theatre's latest production taps local history to tell the story of the Hutton Settlement children's home in Spokane Valley. Writer/director Tim Rarick, actors Tom McArthur (Judge Leavy) and Michael Schmidt (Gus Paulson), and Hutton Settlement Director of Community Relations & Communications, Jessica Laughery, discuss the Settlement's history in the region and the inspiration and development of the play. "A Place to Call Home" opens on the Civic's Main Stage Friday, October 25,

Chorale Coeur d'Alene will present its fall concert, "A Singing Faith," at 7 pm Friday and 2 pm Saturday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Coeur d'Alene, and at 2 pm Saturday, November 2, at Opportunity Presbyterian Church in Spokane Valley. Director Stan McDaniel shares his impressions of the concert, which will feature Holst, "Short Festival Te Deum," and Walker, "Gospel Songs," with music by Forrest, Rutter, Clausen and Arneson.

Kevin Brown, producer of Front Porch Bluegrass, was interviewed by Verne on Tuesday about his new album, "Heroes and Sparrows". The album of songs written by Kevin features Ben Winship, Natalie Rae Padilla and Eric Thorin. Release parties for the album will be held at The Bartlett in Spokane on Friday, at Di Luna's in Sandpoint on Saturday, and on Sunday in Tacoma.

Spokane Symphony Resident Conductor Morihiko Nakahara, and guest cellist Joshua Roman visit the studio for a conversation about Masterworks 3: Soviet Transcendence, which includes pieces by Prokofiev and Shostakovich. Masterworks 3 will be performed Saturday, October 19th at 8 PM and Sunday, October 20th, at 3 PM. A pre-show talk will begin an hour before each performance. For tickets and more information, visit .

Ignite! Community Theatre's latest production is a one-weekend-only recreation of the 1944 Lux Radio Theatre Broadcast of "Casablanca," originally produced by Cecil B. DeMille. Director Pamela Kingsley visits the studio to discuss the staged recreation, with actors Alex Barclay (Rick), Julie Berghammer (Ilsa), Dan Griffith (Renault), and Dan Nailen (Lazlo), who perform a few scenes live on air. Ignite! performs "Casablanca" at 7:30 PM Friday, October 18th and Saturday, October 19th, and at 2 PM

Stage Left Theater's season continues with Bertolt Brecht's "The Threepenny Opera," the satire of the down-and-out in post-war London with music by Kurt Weill. Director Troy Nickerson visits the studio with actors Abbey Crawford (Jenny) and Robert Tombari (Macheath), to discuss the production and perform songs from the show. "The Threepenny Opera" opens Friday, October 18, at 7:30 PM, and runs through November 3rd. For tickets and more information, visit .

"Tales of the American" is a new exhibit and documentary film, now at the Spokane Falls Community College Fine Arts Gallery, about the lives of the artists and occupants of the historic American Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. The film's writer and editor, Pamela Wilson, and director, Stephen Seemayer, visit the studio to talk about the history of the hotel itself, and the genesis and creation of the film and the accompanying art exhibit, which features the works of some of the artists who lived