Community Calendar

Functional Art is the theme of September's First Friday Show, "HANDS - CELEBRATING THE MAKERS". This exhibit honors the rediscovery and appreciation of how art, in it's aesthetic & visually pleasing form, can be creative yet useful; can impart beauty and practicality, merging artistry with the function of our daily routines. Come meet the artists, bring a friend or two, and join us in this celebration of one of the oldest forms of art. 

FIRST FRIDAY - September 4th, 5 - 9PM   This show runs through Sept. 30th.  Regular Hours - Wednesday - Saturday, 11-5pm

1326 E Sprague Ave 

509-413-9101

newmoonartgallery@gmail.com

www.newmoonartgallery

Barbara Anderson & Patty Driscoll both work in soft pastels and often choose similar subject matter for their pieces. Friends for close to thirty years, creative souls and art lovers, they decided to embark on a creative journey after raising their families. Their very first pastel class was at a local art school, and they were the only adults in the class. But they were hooked! They traveled and learned together with many professional artists which put them on the right track. In 2024, they were thrilled to have been offered a sixth month residency at the Hive, where sharing a studio allowed the experimentation, collaboration and creation of this body of work.

Stop by Pottery Place Plus in the Historic Liberty Building this Sept to see their work ~ come by on First Friday Sept 4th from 5-8pm to meet them in person!

The work presented in this show consists of
primarily still life and constructed reality imagery. My hope is that these images evoke both an
emotional response and intellectual connection on some level, while leaving room for the viewer
to explore personal narrative and find their own individual meaning or interpretation. My
process generally consists of some style of light painting in capture and composite in post. I use
light as my paintbrush and the computer as a canvas to construct and manipulate what I
physically see into what I see in my mind’s eye; to explore without boundaries.

Saranac Art Projects presents members Dustin Regul and Olivia Evans for the month of September. Dustin’s exhibit, “square, sphere” features color experiments based on Josef Albers and Albert Munsell. For “Soulful Imprints: An Interbeing Love Letter” Olivia Evans partnered with Jáiz Boyd in a collaborative multimedia exhibition featuring video projection, beadwork, installation, fashion, and textiles featuring nostalgic symbols and memories. The exhibition examines how multigenerational knowledge and joy shape our survival.

First Friday opening for show, which runs through September 26.

This show is Elizabeth’s way of processing connections to her father and his family's immigration experience.

These images are inspired by stories told by her father, memories of he and his family, and their life as emigrants from Mexico.

The body of work is born from questions that surround her own story - what it means to hold ties to so much culture and history and yet only know her heritage through what is translated by her family.

Using watercolor, Elizabeth learned to weave in her own visual perspective, adding bold hues and patterns to juxtapose her father’s black and white stories of poverty, hardship, commitment to family, and faith.

This series of watercolors are both joyful and somber, colorful and achromatic. Just the way the images of his stories and her heritage play out in her head.

Join us for the inaugural NoLL Open House & Block Party, a free, family-friendly evening celebrating the NoLL Business District! Enjoy live music, food trucks, a beer and wine garden, games, a bounce house, and activities for all ages. Explore local businesses, participate in the NoLL Passport for a chance to win prizes, and discover everything this growing neighborhood has to offer.

Saturday, September 26 | 5–7 p.m.
East Indiana Street between Harvard and Wildrye Avenue, Liberty Lake

We will be discussing “Field Guide for the Formerly Villainous" by Autumn K. England at the September meeting.

This book club typically meets on the 4th Saturday of the month at Auntie’s Bookstore and is led by Ness. Please send any inquiries to vanessa@auntiesbooks.com

Alick is lost in the underground of an amusement park in 1963 where he meets a cast of strange characters including a washed-up old princess and a sarcastic donkey. He embarks on a journey through the dark underbelly and discovers who he is.

At Happy Happy Valley amusement park, Alick loses his way into the tunnels beneath the attractions and enters a decaying wonderland inhabited by a washed-up princess, a hapless cowboy, a sarcastic donkey, and other quirky characters. Darkly comic, surreal, and unexpectedly tender, MAD UNDERGROUND follows a child’s journey through illusion, confusion, and identity, and a mother’s struggle to see the child who has been beside her all along for who she is.

• When: Sept. 11-27
• Show Times: Thursday-Saturday, 7 p.m. & Sunday, 2 p.m.
• Where: Stage Left, 108 West Third Avenue, Spokane, WA
• Tickets: $30 general admission ($25, senior/military; $20, student; Thursdays, pay what you can). Purchase here.

A portion of ticket sales will benefit Odyssey Youth Movement, which has been promoting equity for LGBTQ+ youth in the Inland Northwest since 1992.

Content advisory: mild profanity, depictions of substance use, mature themes, use of prop weapons

Four beautiful, badass women lose their heads in this irreverent, girl-powered comedy set during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror.

The cast: Playwright Olympe de Gouges played by Megan Schmidt, assassin Charlotte Corday played by Magnolia Brown, former queen (and fan of ribbons) Marie Antoinette played by Lexi Lodwig-Mutter, and Haitian rebel Marianne Angelle played by Nimmi Chandwaney.

All four hang out, murder Marat and try to beat back the extremist insanity in 1793 Paris. What was a hopeful revolution for the people is now sinking into hyper violent hypocritical male rhetoric. Modern audiences will relate.

This grand and dream-tweaked comedy is about violence and legacy, art and activism, feminism and terrorism, compatriots and chosen sisters and how we actually go about changing the world. It’s a true story. Or total fiction. Or a play about a play. Or a raucous resurrection that ends in a song and a scaffold.

Heads will role. Language will fly. Revolutionaries will swear. You have been warned.