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Jan. 4, 2024: "Listening for an Echo," Banff Film Fest, Improv League

Visual artists Pam Deutschman & Karen Mobley, organizer Paul Fish, Blue Door Theatre's Jim Mohr & Alex Kwamina

This week's episode of the Thursday Arts (P)review — where the "p" is parenthetical because we look both forward and back — features the following:

  • Visual artists Karen Mobley and Pam Deutschman. Their new exhibition "Listening for an Echo: Something about Farming,” which also features Abbie Evans and Megan Perkins, runs at the Terrain Gallery this month. The First Friday reception is on January 5.
  • Paul Fish, who coordinates the local screenings of the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival. He discusses the variety of this year’s two selected film programs. The Spokane festival runs next weekend (Jan. 12 to 13) at the Fox Theater with an optional VIP package on Saturday.
  • The Blue Door Theatre’s Jim Mohr and Alex Kwamina. Their school-focused Improv League just received Spokane Arts Grant Award (SAGA) funding. They give some background on that initiative and their brand-new downtown location in the Benewah Milk Bottle. The first show in the new building is this Friday (Jan. 5).

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.

E.J. Iannelli is Spokane Public Radio's Arts and Music Director