From the Studio

Spokane Civic Theatre's Academy will present an evening of imrov at North Central High School Theater as a fundraiser for the Academy's scholarship program, and North Central Drama's first ever trip to the International Thespian Festival. Academy Director Kearney Jordan talks about the Academy's expanding programming for young actors, and Civic Theatre actors Nancy Gasper and Thomas Olson give us a preview of the evening's imrovisational entertainment. See the performance 7:30 PM, Friday, May

The Eastern Washington University Symphony Orchestra is offering two concerts this week. The first, Wednesday at 7:30 pm in Showalter Hall on the Cheney campus, will feature student winners of the concerto competition and the Cheney High School String Orchestra. The second, Thursday at 7:30 pm at the Fox in downtown Spokane, is a showcase of American music performed by EWU faculty and students.

"Blazing Fiddles," the Coeur d'Alene Symphony's upcoming fundraiser, will feature a "classics meets cowboys" theme, says Jan Pellant, Conductor. Joined in the studio by the fundraiser's guest host, Molly Allen, the two give us a preview of the evening's entertainment. Tickets are on sale now for the June 22nd event, which will include a BBQ supper with all the fixins, and live and silent auctions, at the Rockin' B Ranch. For more information, visit the website .

Spokane Symphony Concertmaster, Mateusz Wolski, creator of “The M Show: Music, Mayhem & Mystery,” talks about the upcoming “Percussion Edition” of the show. Joining him are his special guests for this show, heavyweight boxer Chauncy Welliver, “The Hillyard Hammer,” and Spokane Symphony Principal Timpani, Meagan Gillis. "The M Show" takes place this Thursday, May 23 and Friday, May 24 at 8 pm at the Washington Cracker Co. Building at 304 W. Pacific.

Stage Left Theater visits the studio with a preview of their current production, "BARE: A Pop Opera," the story of students at a Catholic boarding school who grapple with issues of sexuality, identity, and the future. Director Troy Nickerson and actors Scott Miller (Jason), Brady Magruder (Peter), and Abbey Crawford (Claire, Peter's mom), discuss their roles and gives us a sampling of the music, with the song, "Best Kept Secret." "BARE" opens Friday, May 24th at 7:30 PM, and continues through

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