Gabriella Ball's "Tree at Lewis Clark Hotel" is an example of some of the art to be featured, starting Sunday, by the Palouse Watercolor Socius at Artisans at the Dahmen Barn in Uniontown.
Music and art events usher in November, with a watercolor show in Uniontown and concerts in Pullman and Moscow. A wealth of other activities can be found in the events calendar here the Inland 360 website. Readers also can sign up at inland360.com for a new email newsletter that highlights calendar events every Friday.
Members of the Palouse Watercolor Socius are displaying artwork at Artisans at the Dahmen Barn in Uniontown this month in celebration of the group’s 50th anniversary.
A free opening reception is set for 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 5, at the barn, 419 N. Park Way, and the exhibit continues through Nov. 26.
The socius was founded by students of University of Idaho art professor Alf Dunn who wanted to continue learning after his retirement, according to a socius news release. Founding members included Linda Wallace, Penny David, Kay Montgomery, Rene Helbling, Jo Thompson and Dorothy Shelton.
The group aims to encourage and promote watercolor artists, foster an awareness of water media on the Palouse and give back to the community by donating artwork and funding to organizations that have included Gritman Medical Center, Latah County Historical Society, Habitat for Humanity, Friends of the Clearwater and Humane Society of the Palouse.
Anyone with an interest in art is welcome to attend the group’s meetings at 10 a.m. the first Wednesday of each month at the 1912 Center in Moscow.
More information is at palousewatercolorsocius.com.
A concert to benefit the Terry Buffington Foundation, “Plenty Good Room: Spirituals, Civil Rights and Gospel Music,” is set for 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 5, at St. James Episcopal Church, 1410 NE Stadium Way, Pullman.
The Lewis-Clark State College Concert Choir will perform spirituals and civil rights music, with selected poetry by Langston Hughes and Lucille Clifton. The concert concludes with a set of gospel pieces.
Civil rights activist and anthropology professor Terry Buffington will emcee the event. She established the Terry Buffington Foundation, which works to “promote the study of anthropology and social activism, and bring light to southern and Black experiences during the Civil Rights Movement.”
Tickets, $18, are at gladishcommunity.org/tickets/plenty-good-room. More information about the foundation is at terrybuffingtonfoundation.org.
The Washington Idaho Symphony brings a violin-forward concert to Moscow at 3 p.m. Sunday in the University of Idaho’s Administration Auditorium, 851 Campus Drive.
Washington State University violin and viola professor Christiano Rodrigues is featured in “The British Are Coming! The British Are Coming!” at the The Washington Idaho Symphony event Sunday.
Washington State University violin and viola professor Christiano Rodrigues is featured in “The British Are Coming! The British Are Coming!” with pi eces by Ethyl Smyth, Edward Elgar and Tchaikovsky.
Rodrigues, a native of Brazil, first learned the violin from his aunt, Ana Elizabeth, and contined his education with violinists Leopoldo Nogueira and Hermes Cuzzuol Alvarenga, according to a symphony news release.
The concert also celebrates the release of University of Idaho violin and viola professor Diane Worthey’s book, “Rise Up With a Song,” about Smyth, a noted suffragist and composer.
More about Worthey’s book is at dianeworthey.blog.
Tickets, $8.50-$21.25 in advance, are at wa-idsymphony.org.
The University of Idaho’s Auditorium Chamber Music Series continues at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday with a concert by the Cavatina Duo, also in the Administration Auditorium.
The duo consists of Eugenia Moliner, of Spain, on the flute, and Denis Azabagic, of Bosnia, on guitar, who are known for “daring choices of varied and versatile repertoire” resulting in “new sounds, colors and musical phrasings,” according to the UI website.
They have released numerous recordings on a variety of European and North American record labels and hold artist-faculty positions at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University, are teaching associates at the University of Illinois at Chicago and are artist-teachers at Musical Arts Madrid, in Spain.
Tickets, $10-$25, are at uitickets.com. More information about the series is at uidaho.edu/class/acms.
