Our weekly sampling of events from the Inland 360 calendar includes an artist talk, an art exhibit, a gem show, opera — and the unsealing of decades-old boxes associated with the founder of a defunct Moscow-based religion. Many more arts, culture and entertainment options are in the calendar at inland360.com.
A free virtual talk by Seattle-based visual artist May Kytonen set for 9 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 19, can be joined remotely via Zoom at bit.ly/KytonenTalk or viewed at Lewis-Clark State College’s Center for Arts & History, 415 Main St., Lewiston.
Kytonen, who has a degree in interdisciplinary visual arts from the University of Washington, describes her art as “an examination of my mixed Asian-American identity.”
She addresses “themes of ancestry, memory and identity,” using “alternative fiber materials.”
Her work is on display at the center through Dec. 8.
The Hells Canyon Gem Club’s annual Rock and Gem Show this weekend puts a variety of specimens on display at the Nez Perce County Fairgrounds, 1229 Burrell Ave., Lewiston.
The club works to “promote the rockhound hobby by providing opportunities for the collection, working and displaying of gems and minerals, as well as educational programs in the field of geology through field trips, training classes and our annual gem and mineral show.”
Attendees can peruse members’ finds and learn about participating in the group’s activities.
The event, $5 for adults for both days and free for children, runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 22.
Opera aficionados and newcomers alike can take in Metropolitan Opera performances on the big screen at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre, 508 S. Main St., Moscow, with MET Live in HD, starting this weekend.
The season gets underway at 9:55 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, with “Dead Man Walking,” American composer Jake Heggie’s retelling of Sister Helen Prejean’s memoir about her experiences ministering to a convicted murder awaiting the death penalty.
The show comes with a content advisory, as it includes depictions of rape and murder, other adult themes and strong language.
Tickets, $20 for adults and $15 for students, are at kenworthy.org. MET Live in HD passes, $100, are available for purchase as well.
Other performances in the series include “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X,” on Nov. 18; “Florencia en el Amazonas,” on Dec. 9; and “Nabucco,” on Jan. 6. Monthly productions continue through May 11 with the series finale, Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly.”
Works by more than a dozen artists, including Little Pink House Gallery owner Ellen Vieth, are on display this weekend at the Genesee gallery in a show titled “Imagination.”
The exhibit runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, and Sunday, Oct. 22, at 157 N. Elm St. Private appointments are available the week following the exhibit.
“Imagination” is the second and final show for the ninth season at the pop-up gallery, according to a gallery news release.
Vieth, who came to the Palouse region in 1978 after studying at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Kansas City Art Institute, earned her Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of Idaho. She will share several new paintings in the exhibit, including a series on Mann Lake Reservoir, “(inspired by her return) to the fields and hedgerows of the Clearwater Valley landscape that served as the foundation for discovery and healing for her 20 years ago,” according to the news release.
Others participating in the exhibition are multimedia artists Ray Esparsen, Blake Lillian Hellman, David Herbold, John Larkin, Lauren McCleary and Ludmilla Saskova; painters Jean Arnold and Jeanne Fulfs; woodworker Noah Schuerman; and ceramicists Jill Birshbach, Casey Doyle and Ann Christensen.
More information is at littlepinkhousegallery.com.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 23, at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre for an event marking two milestones in the history of the now-defunct Moscow-based religion, Psychiana.
The event, organized by the Latah County Historical Society and University of Idaho Library, coincides with the 75th anniversary of the death of Psychiana founder Frank Robinson and includes the unsealing of five boxes donated by Robinson’s son, Alf Robinson, in 1966. The boxes came with the directive not to open them until October 2023.
There also will be a screening of Idaho Public Television’s Psychiana episode, “Idaho’s Mail-Order Messiah,” a look at some of the Robinsons’ historical artifacts and a panel of local experts discussing and answering questions about the religion’s impact on Moscow.
Tickets, sold at the door, are $7 for historical society members and $10 for nonmembers. Refreshments will be available for purchase.
Virtual attendance also is offered, with registration at latahcountyhistoricalsociety.org/robinson-unoboxing-online-sales.
