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Poetry MomentMery Smith reads "Genesis 2:4 God Rested from all the work He had done"Mery Smith reads an original poem2025-07-2501 minPoetry MomentMery Smith reads "Gaps" by Taneum BambrickMery Smith reads a poem by Taneum Bambrick2025-07-2401 minPoetry MomentMery Smith reads "Letters to your Late Brother"Mery Smith reads an original poem2025-07-2301 minPoetry MomentMery Smith reads "Too Lush, I hate these flowers" by Mika MaloneyMery Smith reads a poem by Mika Maloney2025-07-2201 minPoetry MomentMery Smith reads her original poem "Women Budding"Mery Smith reads an original poem2025-07-2102 minPoetry MomentMike Aleman reads "Miss Dayton's combined 4th, 5th and 6th Grade Class Photo, Rochester, Minnesota, May, 1927”Mike Aleman reads an original poem2025-07-1803 minPoetry MomentMike Aleman reads "Safe at Home"Mike Aleman reads an original poem2025-07-1701 minPoetry MomentMike Aleman reads "The Music" by Suzanne ClearyMike Aleman reads a poem by Suzanne Cleary2025-07-1603 minPoetry MomentMike Aleman reads "Fortune" by Lawrence FerlinghettiMike Aleman reads a poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti2025-07-1501 minPoetry MomentMike Aleman reads "Reflections on a gift of watermelon pickle received from a friend called Felicity" by John TobiasMike Aleman reads a poem by John Tobias2025-07-1402 minPoetry MomentSarah Rooney reads "The Feeling of:"Sarah Rooney reads an original poem2025-07-1103 minPoetry MomentSarah Rooney reads "Ode to an Onion" by Pablo NerudaSarah Rooney reads a poem by Pablo Neruda2025-07-1001 minPoetry MomentSarah Rooney reads "Loss of Green"Sarah Rooney reads an original poem2025-07-0902 minPoetry MomentSarah Rooney reads "Sonnet 17, I do not love you" by Pablo NerudaSarah Rooney reads a poem by Pablo Neruda2025-07-0801 minPoetry MomentSarah Rooney reads "Prayer to Psyche"Sarah Rooney reads an original poem2025-07-0702 minPoetry MomentAimee Brooks reads "Ravenous Creature"Aimee Brooks reads an original poem from "Spokane Campfire Stories"2025-07-0403 minPoetry Moment5 Writers read their works from the anthology " Spokane Campfire Stories"With the help of a generous grant from Spokane Arts, the new independent press Banana Slug Books is publishing “Spokane Campfire Stories,” a literary anthology. Through a mix of traditional and modern myth, this collection highlights the parts of the Inland Northwest that are beautiful and mysterious. Each work in this anthology is gives a fresh perspective on the greater Spokane area and is perfect for reading around a campfire. Find Spokane Campfire Stories at local retailers in Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho beginning on August 22nd. For more information about upcoming events, visit @banana.slug.books on Instagram.2025-07-0403 min
From The StudioFrom the Studio: Spokane Valley Summer Theatre's "It's a Grand Night for Singing"Conversation and music samples around SVST's second production of the season.2025-07-0326 minPoetry MomentEva Murphy reads "Home"Eva Murphy reads an original poem from "Spokane Campfire Stories"2025-07-0302 minPoetry Moment5 Writers read their works from the anthology " Spokane Campfire Stories"With the help of a generous grant from Spokane Arts, the new independent press Banana Slug Books is publishing “Spokane Campfire Stories,” a literary anthology. Through a mix of traditional and modern myth, this collection highlights the parts of the Inland Northwest that are beautiful and mysterious. Each work in this anthology is gives a fresh perspective on the greater Spokane area and is perfect for reading around a campfire. Find Spokane Campfire Stories at local retailers in Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho beginning on August 22nd. For more information about upcoming events, visit @banana.slug.books on Instagram.2025-07-0302 minPoetry MomentCatherine Davenport reads "What Happens when you aren't looking"Catherine Davenport reads an original poem from "Spokane Campfire Stories"2025-07-0203 minFrom The StudioFrom the Studio: Spokane Valley Summer Theatre season opens with "The Pirates of Penzance"Music and conversation around the opening production of Spokane Valley Summer Theatre's new season.2025-06-1130 minFrom The StudioFrom the Studio: Zuill BaileyZuill Bailey and Jim Tevenan in conversation about many things, particularly Zuill's upcoming NW BachFest concerts.2025-05-3028 minFrom The StudioFrom the Studio: Spokane String Quartet Season-Closing ConcertMusic and conversation around the last SSQ concert of the season, featuring hornist Clinton Webb.2025-05-1523 minFrom The StudioFrom the Studio: MusicFest Northwest '25 – Thursday, Hour 2Hour 2 of Thursday's MusicFest Northwest '25 live broadcast.2025-05-1549 minFrom The StudioFrom the Studio: MusicFest Northwest '25 – Thursday, Hour 1Hour 1 of Thursday's MusicFest Northwest live broadcast.2025-05-151h 07From The StudioFrom the Studio: MusicFest Northwest '25 – Wednesday, Hour 2Hour 2 of Wednesday's MusicFest Northwest '25 live broadcast.2025-05-1449 minFrom The StudioFrom the Studio: MusicFest Northwest '25 – Wednesday, Hour 1Hour 1 of Wednesday's MusicFest Northwest '25 live broadcast.2025-05-1458 minFrom The StudioFrom the Studio: Spokane Symphony Masterworks 9Jim Tevenan's conversation with SSO Music Director James Lowe and cellist Zuill Bailey.2025-05-0923 minFrom The StudioFrom the Studio: EWU Student MusiciansA musical celebration featuring members of Dr. Jody Graves' piano studio at EWU, also student string players from the University.2025-04-2958 minFrom The StudioFrom the Studio: Pianist Yoon-Wha RohPianist Yoon-Wha Roh and host Jim Tevenan talk about the piano, its music, and Ms. Roh's performance with the Gonzaga Symphony Orchestra.2025-04-2832 minFrom The StudioFrom the Studio: Ferris High School's "The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940"Cast members of Ferris High School's "The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940" join host Henry McNulty in the studio to discuss their production.2025-04-2211 minFrom The StudioFrom the Studio: The Balourdet String QuartetMembers of the Balourdet String Quartet in conversation with Jim Tevenan.2025-04-1837 minFrom The StudioFrom the Studio: Lake City HS's "The Unsinkable Molly Brown"Cast members from Lake City High School's "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" join host Henry McNulty in the studio to discuss their upcoming production.2025-04-1712 minFrom The StudioFrom the Studio: Pergolesi's "Stabat Mater" at the Music Conservatory of SandpointMusic and conversation around an upcoming concert in Sandpoint, ID2025-04-0926 minFrom The StudioFrom the Studio: Actors from the London StageMembers of touring group Actors from the London Stage, Esmonde Cole and Sadie Pepperrell, join host Henry McNulty in the studio to discuss their upcoming performances of Hamlet at Gonzaga University.2025-04-0222 minFrom The StudioFrom the Studio: James Lowe and Mateusz Wolski—Spokane Symphony Masterworks 7Spokane Symphony Music Director James Lowe and Concertmaster Mateusz Wolski in conversation with SPR's Jim Tevenan.2025-03-2830 minFrom The StudioFrom the Studio: Gonzaga University's "Stupid F**king Bird"Director Blake Anthony Edwards and actors Abi Renner and John Murphy joined host Henry McNulty in the studio to discuss Gonzaga University's upcoming production of "Stupid F**king Bird," a "(post-) modern re-telling of Russian playwright Anton Chekhov's 1895 masterpiece 'The Seagull.'"2025-03-2218 minFrom The StudioFrom the Studio: DualityDuality members Vanessa Silert and Catherine Anderson perform and chat with Jim Tevenan.2025-03-2137 minFrom The StudioFrom the Studio: Spokane String Quartet March ConcertHelen Byrne and Jeanette Wee-Yang talk with Jim Tevenan about the SSQ's upcoming concert.2025-03-1420 minFrom The StudioThe Guitar Hour: Foster GuitarsHost Michael Millham and friends discuss Spokane luthier Pat Foster and his guitars, and play music illustrating their own Foster instruments.2025-03-1359 min
Northwest Arts ReviewNorthwest Arts Review: 1 July, 2021Northwest Arts Review is just about done packing in preparation for its first vacation in three years, but we're not going anywhere until we welcome Cheryl Coughlin of the Wallowa Valley’s Josephy Center with truly exciting news about that great cultural resource. Plus, a Nathan Weinbender review and a few musical and music-related gems from our first season, including a nugget of wisdom from pianist Stephen Hough and a return visit to a unique Inland Northwest performance space courtesy of flutist Alicia Mielke.2021-07-0128 minNorthwest Arts ReviewNorthwest Arts Review: 24 June, 2021We’re all about music on this week’s Northwest Arts Review. The Spokane Symphony’s Mateusz Wolski drops by to share insights learned during the pandemic year, Andrea Olsen fills us in on the Spokane Valley Summer Theatre’s upcoming in-person events, and we’ll meet Bozeman Symphony Orchestra composer-in-residence Scott Lee. We’ve also got music from our studio, one of the student performances recently recorded, and Classical era sounds from the Spokane Symphony’s online spring series, beginning with this Mozart.2021-06-2428 minNorthwest Arts ReviewNorthwest Arts Review: 17 June, 2021This week on Northwest Arts Review we take a trip south to investigate the Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival, back this summer after a COVID-enforced hiatus in 2020. Artistic Director Timothy Christie fills us in on the festival’s offerings and we’ll hear a bit of music from an earlier season that is part of this year’s festivities as well. Also, Dan Webster is by to offer his take on a new pandemic-inspired film, and we’ll have music in and out from our studio, courtesy of pianists Archie Chen and Rhona Gouldson-Chen.2021-06-1728 minNorthwest Arts ReviewNorthwest Arts Review: 10 June, 2021On this edition of Northwest Arts Review , we dip into our archives for segments from two interviews with author Timothy Egan, whose fascinating true life crime story Breaking Blue is currently featured on The Bookshelf . Also up are Nathan Weinbender and Dan Webster’s takes on the new sci-fi thriller A Quiet Place, Part II and the final installment of music from our recent Sibling Revelry Kids’ Concert, featuring the Treis family of St. John, Washington.2021-06-1028 minNorthwest Arts ReviewNorthwest Arts Review: 3 June, 2021Today, Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture history curator Freya Liggett drops by to tell about the range of exhibits available at the MAC this summer. The Spokane Symphony’s James Lowe checks in with his thoughts surrounding the orchestra’s now completely available virtual spring concert series. Doug Nadvornik shares a story of artistic achievement by two of our region’s students and, from our most recent Kids’ Concert, we’ll hear from the Morizov family, trumpeter Sam, and violinist Jessie.2021-06-0328 minNorthwest Arts ReviewNorthwest Arts Review: 17 May, 2021This week on Northwest Arts Review, Chris Maccini welcomes Pulitzer Prize-winning author and next Hagan Series speaker, Hilton Als. We’ll also meet Gatie Nicario-Geelan, artist and recent immigrant to Spokane from the Philippines. Music is from another of the families who contributed to our latest Kids’ Concert.2021-05-2728 minNorthwest Arts ReviewNorthwest Arts Review: 20 May, 2021Today, Chris Maccini welcomes Trent Reedy and Jawad Arash, two writers from opposite sides of the globe who are collaborators on a new young adult novel, Enduring Freedom . Dan Webster reviews Without Remorse, the latest Tom Clancy screen adaptation, and we have music from the Girges family, performers in our latest Kids’ Concert.2021-05-2028 minNorthwest Arts ReviewNorthwest Arts Review: 13 May, 2021This week on Northwest Arts Review, Chris Maccini welcomes Marnie Rohrholm from SAGA grant awardee, Spokane Valley Summer Theatre, Verne Windham chats with Lieutenant Chris Cornette, leader of the Navy Band Northwest in honor of Navy Week in Spokane. Also, Nathan Weinbender offers a movie review, and Navy Band Northwest has music for us.2021-05-1328 minNorthwest Arts ReviewNorthwest Arts Review: 6 May, 2021Today, Chris Maccini welcomes the next SCC Hagen Center “Diversity Dialogues” speaker, Luis Rodrigues. Two of Verne Windham’s recent From the Studio guests, Sandpoint Conservatory director Karin Wedemeyer and the Spokane Symphony Music Director James Lowe offer their observations and strategies for dealing with the current state of pandemic affairs through engagement with music. A particularly sublime moment from a young pianist and some Spokane Symphony sounds complete the aural picture on this edition of NWAR2021-05-0728 minNorthwest Arts ReviewNorthwest Arts Review: 29 April, 2021Today, we continue to celebrate winners of the most recent SpokaneArts grants as Chris Maccini talks with Garfield Elementary School teacher, Samuel Rasmussen. Verne Windham presents reflections by Spokane Poet Laureate Chris Cook on his Poetry in the Neighborhood project. I’ll talk with Gonzaga University’s Matt McCormick about this Friday’s Student Film Festival, and we’ll have music from out studio, courtesy of pianist Melody Puller.2021-04-2928 minNorthwest Arts ReviewNorthwest Arts Review: 22 April 2021This week on Northwest Arts Review, we continue to celebrate winners of the most recent SpokaneArts grants as Chris Maccini talks with Charity Doyle and Sam Song of Northwest Winterfest. We’ll also welcome comedian Aries Spears, who performs in Spokane this weekend, and Soundspace host Zan Agzigian with excerpts from her interview with US Poet Laureate and musician Joy Harjo. Plus music from our studio played by Whitworth University senior Mikah Turpin.2021-04-2228 minNorthwest Arts ReviewNorthwest Arts Review: 15 April, 2021This week on Northwest Arts Review, we celebrate winners of the most recent SpokaneArts grants as Chris Maccini talks with Ponies in the Park team Mary Carpenter and, Mary Pat Kanaley, and Verne Windham’s guests are Jennifer O’Bannon and Phillip Baldwin from the SYS. Nathan Weinbender offers his insights on an Oscar-nominated film, and we have music from EWU students recorded in our studio.2021-04-1628 minNorthwest Arts ReviewNorthwest Arts Review: 1 April, 2021Today, Chris Maccini has a conversation with author Kate Lebo who, among her many other accomplishments, co-hosts the popular regional Pie and Whisky events. Gonzaga university music student Henry Mauser plays some delightfully gentle music by Domenico Scarlatti for us, and Dan Webster assesses a now-streaming 2019 film he managed to miss the first time around. And, Jim Tevenan investigates a traditional Scandinavian musical meditation called “Looflirpa,” with one of its most enthusiastic proponents, Bjorn Yeshterdeh.2021-04-0128 minNorthwest Arts ReviewNorthwest Arts Review: 25 March, 2021This week on Northwest Arts Review, we welcome Karen Mobley, whose paintings are part of a new three-woman show opening soon at Spokane’s Terrain Gallery We’ll also get an update from Art Spirit Gallery owner Blair Williams on repairs to that flood-damaged space. Dan Webster has a review and we’ve got some music from pianist Melody Puller2021-03-2528 minNorthwest Arts ReviewNorthwest Arts Review: 18 March, 2021This week on Northwest Arts Review, Chris Maccini reports on the Washington State Poetry out Loud finals, Jim Tevenan checks in with Bozeman Symphony music director Norman Huynh on his first year in the job, and Nathan Weinbender critiques a movie sequel. The Bozeman Symphony provides the music.2021-03-1828 minNorthwest Arts ReviewNorthwest Arts Review: 11March, 2021This week on Northwest Arts Review, we celebrate the notorious (and fun) poetic form, the limerick, as well as meet artist Ryker Murdock. Music is from EWU students and their latest Second Tuesday Piano Bench program.2021-03-1128 minNorthwest Arts ReviewNorthwest Arts Review: 4 March, 2021This week on Northwest Arts Review, Chris Maccini’s guest is muralist Daniel Lopez. Jim Tevenan talks again with music therapist Kim McMillin, and Dan Webster is Stayin’ Alive with his review of a new Bee Gees documentary. Music is from Floating Crowbar, the band for our upcoming KPBX Kids’ Concert.2021-03-0428 minNorthwest Arts ReviewNorthwest Arts Review: 25 February, 2021This week on Northwest Arts Review, Chris Maccini talks with professor and author Dr. Anu Taranath , latest in the series of Hagan Center for the Humanities presenters at SCC. We’ll also welcome Neal Schlindler, co-chair of the Spokane Jewish Cultural Film Festival that begins next week. Dan Webster is by with a movie review and we have a bit of turn-of-the-(twentieth) century music from EWU.2021-02-2628 minNorthwest Arts ReviewNorthwest Arts Review: 18 FebruaryThis week on Northwest Arts Review, Chris Maccini welcomes Spokane author, Sharma Shields, I introduce emerging artist Robin Milligan, and Dan Webster has a review a recent HBO offering, The Little Things . In honor of the just past Presidents Day, our music if from the Air National Guard Band of the Northwest.2021-02-1928 minNorthwest Arts ReviewNorthwest Arts Review: 11 February, 2021This week on Northwest Arts Review, poet and New Yorker poetry editor Kevin Young chats with Chris Maccini, the Spokane Symphony’s Mateusz Wolski shares insights on performing during a pandemic, Rich Wandschneider of the Wallowa Valley’s Josephy Center and the Art Spirit Gallery’s Blair Williams are on hand, too, plus there’s music from our studio courtesy of EWU students.2021-02-1128 min