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Sure, winters tend to suck a little and last way too long but the other 3 seasons make up for it all, in my opinion.

Sure, winters tend to suck a little and last way too long but the other 3 seasons make up for it all, in my opinion.

Festival Dance and Performance Arts is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and is bringing in some new staff in preparation.

Come From Away The story behind Come From Away is one that isn’t often brought up when recalling the events of Sept. 11. Audiences find themselves in Gander, Newfoundland, on the day of and days after 9/11. When U.S. airspace closes for precautionary reasons, 38 planes carrying about 7,000 people bound for the states are rerouted to Gander, almost doubling the town’s population. This musical touches on the compassion shown and friendships formed over the few days the passengers and townspeople spent with each other. This heartwarming story was long forgotten, due to the gravity of ...

Shakespeare in the Park: Romeo and Juliet “O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?” Why, in Riverfront Park of course! William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is the classic tale in which two members of the feuding Montague and Capulet families put their differences aside and become star-crossed lovers. The Spokane Shakespeare Society takes audiences to 1300s Italy where our story takes place, from the party where the titular characters meet to the tomb where their three-day relationship comes to an end via sleeping potion that’s given to a 13-year-old by an adult. (No...