EVENTS ROUNDUP: Pick your flavor

We could probably always say this, but this week’s Events Roundup really feels like it includes something for everyone. Music, art, food and dogs feature at area events in the coming days. See the calendar at inland360.com for many more options.

Tastes from local restaurants and caterers, live music, shopping specials and prizes are on the menu from 4-7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29, at Flavors of Downtown Clarkston.

Nine musical acts, organized by Hogan’s, will perform along Sixth Street while businesses offer food samples, including Hogan’s famous lavender cheesecake at Tap Intuit Massage Therapy, 917 Sixth St.

“It’s a fun way to introduce the different businesses,” said organizer Brenda Barnes, owner of Business Connections by Brenda Barnes.

Also among the food and drink offerings will be samples from the Happy Day Event Center at 841 Sixth St., Wasem’s aromatic caramel corn at 800 Sixth St. and cocktails by Infuse & Booze at Vybrance Medaesthetics, 915 Sixth St.

The Tin Can Company custom candle shop at 901 Sixth St. will celebrate a grand reopening under new ownership, and the Sixth Street Senior Center, 832 Sixth St., will offer swing dance lessons.

The event, organized by volunteers from participating businesses, includes a raffle for attendees who get 10 signatures on a map available at all participating sites. Signatures can be turned in by 7 p.m. at Stauffer & Associates, 922 Sixth St., or Blondie’s Beauty Bar, 720 Sixth St. for a live drawing immediately afterward at Parejas Cellars Tasting Room, 903 Sixth St. Prizes include two baskets filled by the downtown businesses and a river trip.


Art appreciators have through Saturday to take in Moscow Contemporary’s “Timescape(s)” exhibition, including a free closing reception from 5-7 p.m. Friday at the gallery, 414 S. Main St.

The exhibition features works by 28 individuals and groups from several Northwest and Rocky Mountain states, including Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Wyoming.

Employing a variety of media, the artists “explore the interrelationships and associations between time and bodies, places, environments, things, feelings — in short, the many different ‘timescapes’ within the spatiotemporal fabric of everyday life,” according to a Moscow Contemporary news release.

The gallery’s hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. More information is at moscowcontemporary.org.


The Washington Idaho Symphony’s 52nd season gets underway at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30, with a return to Lewis-Clark State College’s Silverthorne Theatre, 500 Eighth Ave., Lewiston.

Martin King, horn; Fabio Menchetti, piano; Theodora Proud, oboe; and Angela Schauer, viola, will be among the principal players featured in the chamber concert, with music by Bach, Haydn and Mozart, as well as Shuying Li and Francis Poulenc.

“We are pleased to be able to bring these unique performances to our community as it allows the chance to highlight works that are not commonly performed by full orchestras,” the symphony’s executive director, Kristin Lincoln, said in a news release.

Advance tickets, $17 for adults, $6.80 for youths ages 12-18 and free for children 11 and younger, can be purchased at wa-idsymphony.org. Tickets at the door are $20 for adults and $8 for youths.

The symphony’s next performance, “Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Purple,” is at 3 p.m. Oct. 8 in the University of Idaho Administration Auditorium in Moscow.


Games, contests and animal-related vendors are slated for the family- and dog-friendly 14th annual Mutt Strutt from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Reaney Park, 690 NE Reaney Way, Pullman.

Event access is free; games and contests are $5 each or $20 for full access with a Paw Pass, available at whitmanpets.org/muttstrutt. Proceeds go toward enhancements to the Whitman County Humane Society’s Pooch Park at Pullman off-leash dog park.

Attendees can help their pups create a keepsake art piece with Nose Art, a new option this year in addition to the popular Paw Printing. Both are $5 each.


Mother Yeti, Solid Ghost and The Ice Cream Band are among the acts slated for Saturday’s Rocktoberfest! at the Burnt Ridge Bed and Breakfast, 1070 Burnt Ridge Road, Troy.

The Humane Society of the Palouse fundraiser gets underway at 4 p.m. with concessions by Battleground Food Truck and both Hunga Dunga and Moscow brewing companies.

Well-behaved, leashed dogs can join their humans, but owners must clean up after them.

Overnight camping is available, and those interested can contact the bed and breakfast at (208) 596-5674. Tickets are $20 at the gate; donations of supplies for the animal shelter are encouraged as well.


The commemorative poster for next year’s Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival promises to be a colorful celebration of the event and its music, and festival fans can be the first to see it next week.

The artwork, by University of Idaho graduate and graphic designer Shogo Ota, will be unveiled during a reception at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4, at the Third Street 

Gallery, 206 W. Third St., in Moscow City Hall.

Light refreshments will be provided, with live music by the Lionel Hampton School of Music Jazz Choir II and World Beat Ensemble.

Ota, owner and designer at Tireman Studio in Seattle, said he employed his signature “crazy patterns” and vibrant style to honor Hampton’s lively musical legacy and the beauty of his music and life.

“I wanted to include that energy,” he said.

He creates murals, logos and posters for clients that have included Starbucks, Facebook, Dragon Bicycle and several indie bands. Examples of his work can be viewed at tiremanstudio.com.