From the Studio

Stateline Quartet members made quite an impression when they visited Verne in the studio today to preview their singing valentines that include two lovesongs, a balloon, candy and a personalized card. It's the voices of the members -- Jim Peters, tenor; Lauren Rants, lead; Dave Kirkpatrick, baritone; and Chuck Harris, bass -- that are the true gift. Thanks for stopping by, guys!

We were proud to host in the studio today Stacey Connor and Elise Raimi, the co-producers of “Listen to Your Mother.” A live, staged event held every year on Mother’s Day, it features a group of locals telling their own original stories relating to motherhood. Auditions to participate in the performance will begin on February 16, and anyone may apply. For more information, visit listentoyourmotherspokane.com .

Connie Voisine is the author of three full-length collections of poetry, Cathedral of the North , which won the 1999 AWP Prize in Poetry, Rare High Meadow of Which I Might Dream , which was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award, and 2015’s Calle Florista . Her most recent chapbook, And God Created Women was published in 2018, and later this year, she will release a book-length poem set in Belfast, Northern Ireland titled The Bower . Voisine teaches in the creative writing program at

Conductor Tim Westerhaus came to our station today for a lovely interview in anticipation of the approaching Spokane Kantorei Choir Valentine’s Concert: “My Beloved’s Voice.” The performance will be at 3 PM on Sunday, February 10 in St. John’s Cathedral.

We were delighted to have in our studio today Director Kathy Bowers and actors Pat Marvel and Tom Sanderson, who came to present the particulars of Ignite! Community Theatre’s upcoming two-person play. “Life Support” follows Carol (Pat) and Alan (Tom), a pair of strangers who meet in the waiting room of a hospital as their spouses undergo treatment for life-threatening conditions. Performances will be at 7:30 PM on February 8 & 9, as well as 2 PM February 10, with more shows each weekend

Playwright and actor Molly Allen's new play "Closing It Up" will be staged at The Bing Saturday, February 2nd in advance of the AACT-American Association of Community Theatre Festival. She stopped by the SPR studio with director Thomas Heppler and actor Andrew Biviano to talk about the show with Verne Windham. Tickets to "Closing It Up" are available from Northwest Tickets .

This morning, local flutist Alicia Mielke and pianist Jonie Qiuning Huang from Shanghai, China chatted with us and gave a little preview of their upcoming “Barn Concert.” Performances will be at 7 PM on January 26 and 2 PM on January 27 in the Fairplay Arena & Concert Hall.

Gathered in our station this morning were Spokane Children’s Theatre Managing Director Doug Bestcha, Technical Director Galen Myers, actors Declan Sheehan and Kyrie Hertz, and Emily Buckmaster, director of “The Snow Queen,” the theatre’s latest production. Adapted from the acclaimed fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, this musical odyssey follows a young girl through a magical land on her quest to rescue her best friend from the titular villain. Performances will be at 7 PM on January 25 and

Director David Baker and actors Dallan Starks, Athena Lauzon and Audrey Overstreet of Spokane Civic Theatre took to the mic to give us the details on their production of the classic stage comedy “You Can’t Take It with You,” in which a young woman from a good-humored but eccentric family becomes engaged to a man from a family of Wall Street snobs— and upon meeting, the two households clash. Performances will be at 7:30 PM on January 25 & 26 as well as 2 PM on January 27, with more showtimes