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Learn to Square Dance with the Model Ts At this square dance workshop, no experience is necessary. Learn to dance in a non-competitive environment with, or without, a partner.

According to Coyote Coyote is a central character in many Native American mythologies, and its legacy lives on through the one-person play According to Coyote. Created by John Kauffman and first performed in 1987, the play is an anthology of stories from the Plateau tribes that aims to reintroduce the audience to the stories of Coyote’s mischievous adventures while also telling stories about geological and historical events occurring throughout the region. These stories have a long history...

Bruce & Derek Hough: Taking The Lead Award-winning choreographer and dancer Derek Hough demonstrates, alongside Gonzaga dance students, the applications of leadership to your life, family and career through dance.

Asian Pacific American Heritage Celebration Beginning just hours after Bloomsday, a multicultural celebration happening as part of May’s national designation as American Pacific Islander Heritage month is set to take place. Organized by the Filipino American Northwest Association, the Spokane Chinese Association, the Indian Youth Club of Spokane and the Marshallese Full Gospel Group, the Asian Pacific American Heritage Day features a number of food vendors, plus a potluck with a variety of...

MOMIX: Alice Most of us know the timeless tale of Alice, the girl who tumbles down the rabbit hole into the wondrous and weird world of dreams. But when this familiar tale centered on the power of imagination is told with physical emphasis by the dancers of MOMIX, Alice’s adventures become even stranger and more delightful. MOMIX, a Connecticut-based contemporary dance company helmed by artistic director Moses Pendleton, strives to showcase the beauty of the human form in movement with a m...

30th Anniversary Powwow Spring is almost here, which means the arrival of new life and new possibilities for everyone. At this powwow commemorating the Coeur d’Alene Resort’s 30th anniversary, families are invited to celebrate name givings, rejoining and the lives of family members that have passed on. With two grand entries, the first at 1 pm and the second at 7 pm, each dancer who comes dressed in regalia and ready to dance receives a $30 gift in recognition of the casino’s 3...

Quiero Flamenco: Poeta An evening of contemporary Flamenco music, dance, and art inspired by the great flamenco guitarist Vicente Amigo and San Fransisco-based dancer and choreographer Fanny Ara.

Lunar New Year Celebration Western tradition has the new year starting Jan. 1, but for more than 1.5 billion humans, another date is equally important (if not more): the first new moon. This “lunar” new year is marked by celebrations connected to a range of cultural heritages, including Chinese, Indonesian, Korean and Vietnamese. Locally, the Spokane Chinese Association welcomes 2023 — the year of the rabbit, according to Chinese astrological tradition — with a two-part e...

Photograph 51 Though men got the bulk of the credit for discovering DNA’s double-helix structure, one woman was quietly working behind the scenes. In high school biology or chemistry, many of us learned that James Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins made this groundbreaking discovery. Yet their work was made possible by that of Rosalind Franklin and her student Raymond Gosling, who produced a crucial piece of photographic evidence of DNA, dubbed “Photo 51.” In the Civic&r...

The Illusionists: Magic of the Holidays Are you the type that wishes the holidays were still going even after Dec. 25? Well here’s a trick… they can be if you attend the Illusionist’s show at First Interstate the day after Christmas. The acclaimed touring production gathers top international magicians — British mentalist Chris Cox, Korean sleight-of-hand ace Hyunjoon Kim, U.K. illusionist James More, Spanish prodigy Pablo Cánovas and London comedy magician Paul Da...