Community Calendar

Join Vytal Movement Dance for Decade, an eclectic performance which simultaneously honors the past and anticipates the future.

This season marks the tenth season of Vytal Movement Dance. The evening will feature six special pieces from the past ten years highlighting past collaborations with local choreographers, composers, and musicians. The evening will also feature the premiere of two new works including a new piece choreographed by Jess Berto, Artistic Director of Andiamo Dance in Ketchikan, Alaska.

This concert will also be the directorial swan song for Artistic Director Lexie Powell. Since stepping into the role in 2023, Lexie has led the company through a time of great growth and change. With clarity of vision and a focus on collaboration, she has created new opportunities for company artists as well as welcoming guest artists from within Spokane’s growing dance community and beyond. Please join us as we thank Lexie for all she has given to the Vytal community and welcome incoming Interim Artistic Director Mandy Scheffler!

Photo by Marta Berk

Spokane Humane Society’s 23rd annual Parade of Paws, brought to you by VCA Animal Hospitals, is on May 30, 2026. A fun-packed 1-2 mile walk to raise funds in support of the SHS animals awaiting their forever homes. Bring your kiddos and fur babies, enjoy music, food & drinks, and vendor fair. Located at our main shelter 6607 N Havana, we would love for you to show up and join the fun!

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 10:30-Noon. Admission is free to the Helen South Alexander Gallery (annex) and it is a great "friends and family" activity.

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!

Saturday, May 30, 2026, from 12 to 2 p.m.
Balfour Park, Spokane Valley

Bring your picnic lunch and lawn chair or blanket and:
• Enjoy live music from the U.S. Navy Band Northwest.
• Learn about colonial America through a Living History Program with historical costumes, colonial games, artifacts and educational materials.
• Do you have a revolutionary patriot in your family tree? Bring the information you know to the DAR/SAR booth and see what more you can find.
• Find your ancestors with the Family Search Program.
• Flag display, food trucks, kids’ activities and more!

Don't miss this once in a lifetime opportunity to be part of history and join us for a community group drone photo at 1 p.m.!

Presented in collaboration with the City of Spokane Valley, Spokane Valley Library, Daughters of the American Revolution and Sons of the American Revolution.

Learn more at www.SpokaneValleyWA.gov/America250

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.

Join us for a hilarious adventure at the Blue Door Theatre! Expedition is a fast, family-friendly improv comedy show where audience ideas fuel wild games, bold characters, and unexpected twists. Every show is made up on the spot—and no two journeys are ever the same.

Join Vytal Movement Dance for Decade, an eclectic performance which simultaneously honors the past and anticipates the future.

This season marks the tenth season of Vytal Movement Dance. The evening will feature six special pieces from the past ten years highlighting past collaborations with local choreographers, composers, and musicians. The evening will also feature the premiere of two new works including a new piece choreographed by Jess Berto, Artistic Director of Andiamo Dance in Ketchikan, Alaska.

This concert will also be the directorial swan song for Artistic Director Lexie Powell. Since stepping into the role in 2023, Lexie has led the company through a time of great growth and change. With clarity of vision and a focus on collaboration, she has created new opportunities for company artists as well as welcoming guest artists from within Spokane’s growing dance community and beyond. Please join us as we thank Lexie for all she has given to the Vytal community and welcome incoming Interim Artistic Director Mandy Scheffler!

Photo by Marta Berk

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 10:30-Noon. Admission is free to the Helen South Alexander Gallery (annex) and it is a great "friends and family" activity.