Oct. 15-24
LEWISTON The Lewiston High School Drama Department will stage the classic comedy You Cant Take It With You beginning Oct. 15 at 7 in the LHS auditorium. The fall production also will be staged at 7 p.m. Oct. 16-17 and Oct. 22-24.
Set in pre-World War II New York, the story focuses on Alice Sycamore (played by Madi Elzea) who falls in love with the boss son, Tony Kirby (Carl Snyder). Trouble occurs when Alice tries to get her relaxed family together with the Wall Street Kirbys.
The production is directed by Beth F. Atkinson, LHS drama teacher. Admission at the door is $5, $4 for seniors and students in grades seven through college and $1 for children and LHS activity card holders.
The play, written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, premiered on Broadway in 1937, and won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1937.
Oct. 16-Dec. 6
MOSCOW Works by Lynne Haagensen and Lance Luschnig will be featured in an exhibit opening Oct. 16 at the University of Idaho Prichard Art Gallery here.
The reception is from 5 to 8 p.m. in the gallery and the exhibit goes through Dec. 6.
The exhibit by Haagensen, a retired UI art professor, is titled Dances with History, and will feature works developed from drawings she made in small Palouse museums and during various trips to Spain.
Moscow resident Luschnigs exhibit of photography is titled Observations in Passing, and will feature photos he took while walking around Moscow.
A talk featuring the artists will be at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 5. The gallery is at 416 S. Main St., and hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.
Oct. 16
LEWISTON The Irish and Scottish folk music duo Men of Worth will play at 7 p.m. Oct. 16 in the Silverthorne Theater on the campus of Lewis-Clark State College here.
Men of Worth was formed in 1986 by James Keigher of County Mayo, Ireland, and Donnie Macdonald of the Isle of Lewis off the west coast of Scotland. They met through the Celtic music scene in Southern California, according to a news release. The duo have played concerts across the U.S., from Alaska to Texas, and played sold-out concerts at the Silverthorne in 2011 and 2012.
Tickets are available online at www.lcsc.edu/ce/silverthorne-artists-series/, at the LCSC Student Union Building information desk, and at the LCSC Center for Arts & History in downtown Lewiston, 415 Main St.
Cost is $15 regular price, and $10 for seniors and youths grades K-12. LCSC students with their Warrior ID can get one free ticket at the SUB information desk.
Oct. 17
LEWISTON A Banana Belt Old Time Fiddle Show, featuring traditional American fiddle music, will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Oct. 17 at the Lewiston Community Center, 1424 Main St. Cost is $5 with children ages 12 and younger admitted free.
Oct. 17-18
LEWISTON The 49th annual Gem & Mineral Show will be Oct. 17-18 in the Nez Perce County Fair pavilion here, 1229 Burrell Ave.
The event is put on by the Clarkston-based Hells Canyon Gem Club, and the number of childrens activities has been increased for this years event, according to the clubs website.
In addition to hands-on childrens activities, the show features more than 20 gem and jewelry dealers, exhibits, food vendors, displays and demonstrations. Door prizes also will be given away.
Admission is $3 for adults and free for children age 12 and younger. Show hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Oct. 20
PULLMAN Washington State University faculty musicians will perform Dreams and Nightmares: Contemporary Songs for Soprano, Cello and Piano at 8 p.m. Oct. 20 in Bryan Hall here.
Julie Anne Wieck (voice), Ruth Boden (cello) and Gerald Berthiaume (piano) will perform music by 20th and 21st century American composers, starting with a song from Peter Pan by Leonard Bernstein. Song cycles from A Book of Nightmares by Jake Heggie, Songs of the Night Wind by Gwyneth Walker and Early Snow by Lori Laitman also will be played.
WSU students with ID are admitted free and general admission is $10. Cost is $5 for ages 60 and older and non-WSU students. Ticket sales for the Faculty Artist Series benefit student scholarships.