This week's episode of the Thursday Arts (P)review — where the "p" is parenthetical because we look both forward and back — includes the following:
- A fresh interview with Mary Louise Carpenter and Mary Pat Kanaley, the author and illustrator of a new children's book titled Ponies in the Park. The book was funded by a Spokane Arts Grant Award (SAGA) in 2021 and is a tale of a little girl's adventure through Riverfront Park one magical night. The Ponies in the Parkwebsite has more info.
- An excerpt from a previously aired interview with Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist Tierney Sutton. SPR's Friday Afternoon Jazz host Rachel Bade-McMurphy talked to Sutton in the studio while the singer was in town recently to perform a 9-song cycle inspired by Willa Cather’s novel The Song of the Lark at Whitworth University.
- Another fresh interview with percussionist Taylor Belote. He's playing holiday tunes on the steel drum at the Southside Center's Breakfast with Santa on Dec. 17. Belote is also performing in Spokane Valley Summer Theatre's "Big Band Christmas" this weekend and will be back in the SPR studio for a holiday mini concert on Wednesday, Dec. 21.
Curious about the intro music? It's "Horses" by Lang Lang and his father Lang Guo-ren.
The Thursday Arts (P)review airs every Thursday at 12pm on KPBX with a roundup of arts-related news and information from across the Inland Northwest.