Community Calendar

The work combines photography, embroidery, and slight collage tendencies to explore the intersections of infrastructure, memory, and identity - particularly the idea of connection in both physical and conceptual terms. Rooted in images of power lines and rural landscapes across the American West, my practice transforms photographic documentation through processes of layering, stitching, and erasure. These gestures act as forms of disruption and repair, reconfiguring the image as a tactile site where fragility and resilience coexist.
This exhibition envisions the power grid and hinterland as both literal and metaphorical systems of connection. These structures sustain communities while reflecting the invisible social and emotional frameworks that bind people to place. Through them, I consider how memory, perception, and belonging are mediated by the systems, both human and nonhuman, that surround us.
Informed by systems theory and object-oriented ontology, my practice examines how nonhuman networks - like power lines and rural spaces - reveal unseen forces of connection and dependency. Each work becomes both an image and an infrastructure: a conduit for exploring how power moves through us, how we maintain and repair what connects us, and how photography can serve as a space for reflection, disruption, and renewal.

Join pianist/composer Hsia-Jung Chang as she explores the many moods of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Mozart Moods, Piano Lunch’s second concert of the season featuring the dark, brooding Fantasy in C Minor K. 475 and the joyful, effervescent Piano Sonata in C Major K.330.
Piano Lunch is a new series designed for music lovers who want to take a musical break during the day. The concerts feature 40 minutes of music and short commentary by host Hsia-Jung Chang. Tickets at the door are $20 for General Admission, $15 for Musicians, Seniors, and Students.

Spokane music lovers may have seen Hsia-Jung’s one-woman show “Keys to Happiness” on KSPS-PBS, an innovative program which uses Classical music to convey simple philosophical ideas. A graduate of Spokane’s Shadle Park High School, Hsia-Jung’s musical career has taken her all around the world, playing solo piano concerts in the USA, Scandivia, Asia, France, and UK. She hosted several seasons of Piano Lunch Series in New York City, and co-hosted several seasons of Piano Passions, another New York artist-run series. Gramophone Magazine calls Hsia-Jung’s recording of the Chopin Etudes Op. 10 & Op. 25 “Good, honest Chopin!” Most of Hsia-Jung’s recordings are available on CDs, Bandcamp, iTunes, Spotify, and other streaming services. To hear Hsia-Jung’s compositions and performance please visit https://hsia-jungchang.bandcamp.com/

Local and traveling musicians jamming some Blues

Our 8-week Intro to Improv course is more than just comedy; it’s an adventure in creativity, connection, and confidence. Whether you are brand-new or brushing up on the basics, you will learn to think on your feet, embrace the unexpected, and turn mistakes into gifts.

Through games, scenes, and plenty of laughter, you will discover how improv can sharpen your listening, unlock your imagination, and help you let go of the inner critic holding you back. No scripts, no pressure. We just offer a welcoming space to play, learn, and surprise yourself.

Dates: January 12 - March 2 (every Monday)
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Location: Blue Door Theatre 319 S Cedar St.

A collection of new literary-based mixed media works and collages by local artist Tracy Poindexter-Canton, inspired by various books.

Some pieces draw directly from written sources, while others are created intuitively as visual vignettes that suggest their own narratives. Through layering, fragmentation, and assembly, the work explores how stories can be built, altered, and experienced through image and material.

Library Hours: Mon–Thurs & Sat: 9–6 Fri: 9–4 Sun: 12–4

Artist Reception: Sunday, January 18, 2–4 PM

The Thanksgiving Address, also called "Greetings and Thanks to the Natural World", is an ancient indigenous statement of gratitude for the gifts of the natural world that sustain us all, as passed down for centuries by the people of the Haudenosaunee Confederation of northeast North America. The Liberty Gallery is pleased to exhibit art inspired by this statement of gratitude, created by nine local artists.

The show opens Dec 28th and continues to Jan 24th ~ stop by the Liberty Gallery on First Friday Jan 2 to Meet the Artists from 5-8:30 pm.

Juaquetta hand spins unique yarn using local wool and alpaca. After washing she dyes and prepares these fibers to spin rustic yarns. She also knits, crochets and weaves garments to keep you warm. This is her 20th January as the guest artist at Pottery Place Plus ~ stop by First Friday Jan 2 from 5-8:30 to meet Juaquetta in person!

The work combines photography, embroidery, and slight collage tendencies to explore the intersections of infrastructure, memory, and identity - particularly the idea of connection in both physical and conceptual terms. Rooted in images of power lines and rural landscapes across the American West, my practice transforms photographic documentation through processes of layering, stitching, and erasure. These gestures act as forms of disruption and repair, reconfiguring the image as a tactile site where fragility and resilience coexist.
This exhibition envisions the power grid and hinterland as both literal and metaphorical systems of connection. These structures sustain communities while reflecting the invisible social and emotional frameworks that bind people to place. Through them, I consider how memory, perception, and belonging are mediated by the systems, both human and nonhuman, that surround us.
Informed by systems theory and object-oriented ontology, my practice examines how nonhuman networks - like power lines and rural spaces - reveal unseen forces of connection and dependency. Each work becomes both an image and an infrastructure: a conduit for exploring how power moves through us, how we maintain and repair what connects us, and how photography can serve as a space for reflection, disruption, and renewal.

This course is a six-week foundational playwriting workshop designed to guide participants through the essential elements of dramatic writing. Meeting once a week for 2 hours in the evening, this hands-on course is ideal for beginning writers as well as artists from other disciplines looking to explore playwriting for the first time. Some writing will be expected outside of the workshop time.

This workshop is open to adults and teens (16+) at all levels of writing experience. No prior playwriting experience is necessary.

A collection of new literary-based mixed media works and collages by local artist Tracy Poindexter-Canton, inspired by various books.

Some pieces draw directly from written sources, while others are created intuitively as visual vignettes that suggest their own narratives. Through layering, fragmentation, and assembly, the work explores how stories can be built, altered, and experienced through image and material.

Library Hours: Mon–Thurs & Sat: 9–6 Fri: 9–4 Sun: 12–4

Artist Reception: Sunday, January 18, 2–4 PM