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EVENTS ROUNDUP: A medley of choices

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Music dominates this short list of events from the calendar. More curated events, spotlighting community theater and area quilt shows, are in other roundups this issue.

The Lewis Clark Bluegrass Organization’s annual Valley Bluegrass Stage is set for 7-10 p.m. April 6 at the Clarkston High School Auditorium, 401 Chestnut St., after numerous inquiries by concertgoers about returning to the venue.

“We are hoping this will enhance our mission of preserving and promoting Bluegrass music,” organizer Barbara Nedrow said of the move.

Doors open at 6 p.m. for the show with area bands Higher Ground, Factory Mullet and The Moscow Mules.

Bluegrass fans on the Camas Prairie will have a chance to partake in more music later this month, when the group presents its Grangeville Bluegrass Stage at 2 p.m. April 21 at the Blue Fox Theatre, 116 W. Main St.

Grangeville Taco Band, Higher Ground and Heartbreak Pass will play the show.

Tickets, $10 and free for 15 and younger with paying adult, are at lewisclarkbluegrass.com/stage for both events.

The Washington Idaho Symphony’s final Chamber Series concert of the season, “Musical Potpourri,” begins at 3 p.m. April 7 at the Silverthorne Theatre, 500 Eighth St., on the Lewis-Clark State College campus in Lewiston.

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Among the pieces set to be performed are Brazilian composer Hector Villa-Lobos’ “Bachianas Brasileiras No. 6,” with Anthony Kandilaroff on flute and Evan Short on bassoon, and Antonio Vivaldi’s cello sonata No. 6 in B-flat major, featuring Albert Miller on euphonium and Catherine Anderson on piano.

Tickets, $17 for adults and $6.80 for ages 12-18, are at wa-idsymphony.org/events/musical-potpourri.

A classic horror movie meets live, locally composed music at 7 p.m. April 7 when Moscow-Pullman band Plaid Raptor performs to a screening of 1962’s “Carnival of Souls” at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre, 508 S. Main St., Moscow.

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The original score, making its debut at the screening, was composed by local artist FULLER — aka Jess Fuller of Mountain Man Music Studio — known for his atmospheric and evocative soundscapes.
“It’s 50% rock band and 50% orchestra,” FULLER said, noting the orchestral portion s are prerecorded, with Plaid Raptor playing the rock elements of the score live.

“Carnival of Souls,” a psychological horror film directed by Herk Harvey, tells the story of a young woman who seemingly impossibly survives a drag-racing car crash.

“FULLER’s haunting score and Plaid Raptor’s electrifying performance promise to breathe new life into this iconic film, offering audiences a fresh perspective on a timeless classic,” Kenworthy Executive Director Colin Mannex said in a news release.

The score will be released on streaming services as “SaltAir” by Plaid Raptor, and a recording will be uploaded to Plaid Raptor’s YouTube channel after the screening.

Tickets, $10 general admission, are at kenworthypac.square.site.