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Taste and imagination, the two key ingredients for a first-rate revue, abound in this fresh take on the Rodgers & Hammerstein canon, conceived by Tony Award winner Walter Bobbie. Over three decades after the duo’s final collaboration, The Sound of Music, took Broadway by storm, this new R&H musical opened the 1994 Broadway season with flair and distinction, garnering wildly enthusiastic notices and earning two Tony nominations, including Best Musical.

Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein may never have imagined “Shall We Dance?” as a comic pas de deux for a towering beauty and her diminutive admirer, nor might they have suspected that one day a lovelorn young lad might pose the musical question, “How do you solve a problem like Maria?” But that’s precisely the kind of invention lavished upon this new revue, with innovative musical arrangements, including a sultry Andrews Sisters-esque “I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair,” a swingin’ “Honeybun” worthy of the Modernaires, and a jazzy “Kansas City,” proving how terrifically up-to-date the remarkable songs of R&H remain.

Show Dates:
Thu. Feb 19th 2026, 7:30 pm
Fri. Feb 20th 2026, 7:30 pm
Sat. Feb 21st 2026, 1:30 pm
Sat. Feb 21st 2026, 7:30 pm
Sun. Feb 22nd 2026, 1:30 pm
Wed. Feb 25th 2026, 7:30 pm
Thu. Feb 26th 2026, 7:30 pm
Fri. Feb 27th 2026, 7:30 pm
Sat. Feb 28th 2026, 1:30 pm
Sat. Feb 28th 2026, 7:30 pm
Sun. Mar 1st 2026, 1:30 pm

"I am woman, hear me roar — with laughter." — Variety

It’s just another day at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave until a White House PR nightmare threatens to spins out of control. It will take seven brilliant and beleaguered women risking life, liberty, and the pursuit of sanity to keep the commander-in-chief out of serious trouble. "POTUS, or Behind Every Great Dumb*** are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive", is a bawdy and irreverent look at sex, politics and the women in charge of the man who’s (not quite) in charge of the free world.

FEBRUARY 13 - MARCH 8
Firth J Chew Studio Theatre

Written by Selina Fillinger

Directed by Chelsea DuVall
With Lani Call, Melody Deatherage, Nicole Hicks-Wedge, Delaney Kahler, Sarah Plumb, Jamie Sciarrio, and Rachae Thomas

PLEASE NOTE: Recommended for ages 12+; this production contains profanity, sexual references, comedic depiction of drug use, and presence of prop firearms. Children under the age of five years will not be admitted.

BOX OFFICE
Tuesday - Friday, 12 - 5:30PM
509-325-2507

Karen Goldberg, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, is the 39th Annual Timothy J. O'Leary, S.J., Distinguished Scientist.

Lecture Abstract: It is widely accepted that decarbonization of our energy systems will have the largest impact on mitigation of climate change. With a move away from oil as a primary energy source, we will need to develop other sustainable sources for our liquid fuels, and we will also need to reinvent our chemical industry and economy. While gasoline and other liquid fuels are the major products that are made from oil, oil is also the source of most of the chemicals that are used to make all the consumer goods that we have come to rely on. Our medicines, body-care products, detergents, paints, plastics, fibers, fabrics, and essentially everything we use every day, are currently derived from petroleum. The carbon-based building blocks used to make all these consumer goods have been available in sufficient supply and at low cost due to the economy of scale of our enormous oil refining industry. Fundamentally new pathways, from new sources, to the chemicals and liquid fuels that we depend on must be developed to successfully transition to a sustainable future. In this presentation, Dr. Goldberg will describe how we arrived at our current energy landscape, projections on where we are going, and present some of the exciting strategies that scientists are pursuing to allow us to use natural gas, carbon dioxide and even waste plastic, to prepare our chemicals and fuels in the future.

Elaine Cline's art exhibit at Indaba continues through February. Come for the art. Stay for the Coffee!

Eastern Washington University Gallery of Art is pleased to present the exhibition Tidal Loop February 17 through April 2, 2026. This exhibition features woven textile works by Chicago-based visual artist Meagan Smith and Seattle, WA-based visual artist Allyce Wood. An opening reception and lecture by Meagan and Allyce will be held on Tuesday, February 17th at Noon.

Tidal Loop brings together the woven practices of Meagan Smith and Allyce Wood, two artists whose work explores rhythm, perception, and the fluid intelligence of craft. Through handwoven and digitally informed textiles, Smith translates sensory experience, movement, and vibration into shimmering fields of color and pattern that echo the unseen forces shaping our environment. Wood’s weavings draw on the feminist history of craft, using looping forms, watery imagery, and layered structures to reflect interconnection, inheritance, and collective knowledge. Together, their works evoke cycles of motion and continuity, positioning weaving as both an embodied practice and a lens for understanding perception, time, and flow.

Reception: Tuesday, Feb. 17, 4:30-5:30 p.m., Lied Center for the Visual Arts
Artist’s lecture: Tuesday, Feb. 17, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Lied Center for the Visual Arts, Room 102

The Whitworth University Art & Design Department and the university’s Bryan Oliver Gallery are proud to present an installation of works by painter by Kelly Packer. Please visit the exhibit between Feb. 3, and March 22, 2026.

"Here Living Again Living Here" is a collection of color-imbued cityscape paintings and drawings inspired by Butte, America. The work leans into the recognizable but is as imperfect as a memory. Like the changing landscape of Butte itself, this selection represents an evolution of paintings spanning the 11 years the artist has lived there. The work is paired with poetry by her husband, Adrian Kien.

Joni Michel of River Ridge Association of Fine Arts continues to display art at the Garland Sandwich Shoppe through February. Come for the art, stay for a sandwich!

Kelsea Rothaus is a self-taught artist based in Spokane. Her work explores themes of the human condition and the interconnectedness of the universe. Using primarily ink and water to embrace both unpredictability and permanence, each creation is shaped into a moment in time, with quiet tension between light and dark.

Kelsea's latest body of work looks outward to the stars and universe while reflecting on what it means to be human. Using her own style of ink wash, she embraces a process that is fluid yet permanent. Each mark is final, and echoes the irreversible nature of lived experience. These dreamscapes are subtly embellished with detail, inviting you to slow down and look closer at the art or into yourself.

Stop by the Liberty Gallery located in the Historic Liberty Building from Jan 25th to Feb 28th... stop by First Friday on Feb 6th to meet Kelsea in person!

Sheri Medford's creative process shifts between portrait & figurative painting, and designing "soft sculpture" animals. Primarily a mixed-media artist she is fascinated by the human form and tries to capture moments in the lives of the people she paints.

Sheri also enjoys designing and creating soft sculpture animals, and recently has begun turning 2D images into 3D soft sculptures. More than "stuffed animals" for toys, they are one-of-a-kind designs sewn by hand.

Stop by Pottery Place Plus in the Historic Liberty Building this Feb to see Sheri's original work ~ come by First Friday on Feb 6th to meet Sheri in person!

Prints are a budget-friendly way to collect art, and today’s printing techniques ensure their quality. We have invited community artists to submit one to four ready-to-hang prints for wall display, with additional prints in paper sleeves. Stop in for our artist reception and check out what is new in our collection. The show opens on First Friday and runs through February 28th