Community Calendar

The Spokane Watercolor Society's annual Juried National Show had entries from across the nation. Juried by National Award-Winning Artist, David R. Smith, over $1500 in cash and product awards will be presented at the Awards Reception on May 16 from 2:30-5:00 p.m. Admission is free to the Helen South Alexander Gallery (annex) and it is a great "friends and family" activity.

This show brings together a group of local artists working in clay, paper, glass, wood, metal and fiber to create pieces that sit between use & sculpture. Some can be held or worn, while others ask to be looked at slowly. All of them start with materials we recognize and then are transformed into something beautiful and unexpected. 

Madeline Eileen Goolie, known as MEG, is an Alaskan-born printmaking and multimedia artist. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Washington State University with a focus on relief printmaking. Her practice grows naturally out of her time spent in the wilderness of the Alaskan coast, where she has had many encounters with the numerous animal inhabitants of the region. Her recent work explores themes of memory, loss, and familial connections through symbolic animal imagery. Madeline actively showcases her work at galleries, fairs, and artist markets throughout the Inland / Pacific Northwest and Alaska.

There is a school of thought that artists must have only one recognizable style but Cherylee Duncan has too much artful energy to adhere to that 'rule'. If she has a distinct trademark, it would be 'eclectic' ~ Cherylee abhors waste and therefore get excited about reusing and upcycling as much as possible, to emulate nature's delight in each piece.

When she crochets rugs from all recycled fabrics Cherylee saves bits and pieces for use in mixed media paintings. This method, along with using only what is already on hand, is how she has created her new series, Threadscapes II ~ the options are excitingly endless.

Stop by Pottery Place Plus in the historic Liberty Building this May to see Cherylee's work ~ come by First Friday May 1st to meet Cherylee in person!

This show centers around the flow of life in the natural world, illuminated by the slanting light at the edges of dawn and dusk. The paintings celebrate life’s small wonders; the fleeting instance of a hummingbird, the rushing sound of a waterfall, the sweet smell of spring grass bending to the hooves of a new foal.

“Native Mother Nature” is a grand centerpiece of creatures engaging in a peaceful afternoon of spirits coming together, celebrating the simple joys of living as intended; and the painting “The Big Red Horse” honors the year of the fire horse, a year of building for a future of powerful beginnings.

Stop by the Liberty Gallery at 203 N. Washington St during May to see Janene's painting ~ stop by First Friday May 1st from 5-8pm to meet Janene in person!

Meet Adriana Janovich, author of "Secret Spokane," during a meet-and-greet at Seekers Bookshop in Colville. She'll be signing copies of her new guide to 84 interesting, whimsical and out-of-the way spots in the Lilac City.

Easygoing and eclectic Spokane is the second-largest city in Washington state, and it’s growing. The secret is starting to get out: The Lilac City—birthplace of Father’s Day, childhood home of crooner Bing Crosby, host of the longtime Lilac Bloomsday Run, and originator of Hoopfest, the world’s largest three-on-three outdoor basketball tournament—is a lot of fun. And a little bit haunted.

Its distinctive neighborhoods radiate from the Spokane River, complete with waterfalls, in the heart of the city. Half of its downtown buildings are historical, lending themselves to ghost signs and ghost stories. "Secret Spokane" explores some of these stories and many others, too.

Find out what life was like for a wealthy Spokane family in the early 1900s at the Campbell House. See where Charles Manson’s mother is buried. Sip a cocktail named for Veronica the—friendly?—ghost at The Bad Seed. Meet Spokane’s marmots and gang of wild South Hill turkeys. Visit the park that helped Spokane make history in 1974 as the smallest city to ever host a World’s Fair. And fall in love with the quirky and unpretentious arts, culture, and culinary capital of the Inland Northwest.

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Spokane Indivisible and SURJ (Showing Up for Racial Justice) are coming together to bring you the “Power to the People” CD5 Candidate Forum, featuring the Democratic and Independent candidates running against Michael Baumgartner.

This is not just another debate. We’re building something different something that puts the people of Eastern Washington at the center. This forum creates a space where candidates can genuinely listen to the communities they hope to represent.

Our goal is to elevate the lived experiences, concerns, and hopes of local residents so the conversation reflects what actually matters to the people, not what politicians assume matters.

We asked: “What do you want your government to do for you?”
Nearly a thousand of your responded and your answers have been collected, including our rural communities to ensure their voices are included.

From this, we identified 13 key issues that reflect the priorities of people across CD5. We’ve invited trusted community voices to ask the questions of Eastern WA residence directly. This approach keeps the focus on collective priorities and creates a more inclusive, grounded, and meaningful dialogue.

The objective is simple: To ensure that the Democrats and Independents seeking to represent Eastern Washington actually listen to the people they intend to serve.

Based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks film, Shrek The Musical is a hilarious, high-energy adventure that turns the fairy tale world upside down. When a grumpy but lovable ogre finds his swamp overrun by banished storybook characters, he sets out on a quest to reclaim his home. Along the way, he’s joined by a fast-talking Donkey and a fearless princess with a surprising secret of her own. Shrek The Musical runs May 22 to June 7 – Fridays at 7 pm / Saturdays and Sundays at 2:00 pm. The ASL Interpreted performance is May 24, at 2:00 pm. In partnership with the Isaac Foundation, there will be a “pay-what-you-can” Sensory-Friendly Performance on Wednesday, May 27 at 6:00 pm, with a welcoming and supportive environment for audience members who may find traditional theater settings overwhelming. A Family Value Night will be held on May 30, at 7:00 pm, when all tickets are just $12.

• Mild crude humor and potty jokes consistent with the Shrek film (references to bodily humor and silly gross-out moments).
• Cartoon-style peril and fantasy violence, including comedic fight scenes and a dragon.
• Some sarcastic humor and playful insults.

Please join Sravasti Abbey and 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha for an opportunity that will never come again. On Saka Dawa Duchen (Vesak) 2026, add your voice to a chorus of monastic and lay reciters in the first ever English reading of the newly translated "Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines Sutra."  For more than two millennia "The Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines" has been revered throughout the Buddhist world as the most concise, yet all-encompassing, expression of the Buddha’s teaching on Prajnaparamita, the “second turning of the wheel” of the perfection of wisdom. Monastics and lay reciters are welcomed. The sutra will be read aloud in unison in three 2-hour sessions daily. The entire resounding will also be live-streamed on YouTube with a scrolling text so you can recite along from anywhere in the world.

Join us at Terrain Gallery for ‘The Table Is Set’, a unique art show by Liv Hebert Watkins, honoring the everyday people, objects, and rituals in life. The central aspect of this concept is the dinner table– a space where individuals gather and interact as a whole; despite differences in background, culture, language or family ties. There is beauty in the simple act of gathering, sharing a warm drink, eating food, and sitting together. Combining iconographic halos with commonplace faces and objects, Liv explores the beauty and divinity of the ordinary.