Lindsey Treffry

Spokane Symphony season begins with Grammy Award-winning pianist, 'Masterworks 1: The Turning World'

Two Grammy Award-winning musicians reunite for ‘rare opportunity’ at Northwest BachFest

Stage review: Disney’s ‘Frozen’ at the FICA is enjoyable for all ages

A creative space for the sometimes noncreative, Spark Central's Heartistry offers mindful art practice

This is the story of the Carousel of Happiness in Nederland, Colorado. It is a fairly long story, over a century in length ... It starts in Utah, at an amusement park called Saltair, and then takes us south of Salt Lake City to a town called American Fork, where the carousel operated for a few decades. Then it moves to Colorado, to the town of Nederland. – Janette Keene Taylor in “Don’t Delay Joy: The Story of the Carousel of Happiness.”

Kids who are hungry for art might enjoy Spark Central’s Garbage Goat-themed event: Feed Me, Spokane.

Spokane author Jess Walter (“Beautiful Ruins,” “Cold Millions,” “Citizen Vince,” “Ruby Ridge” and more) has earned the O. Henry Prize, the oldest major prize for short fiction in America.

When the World’s Fair in Spokane shuttered in November 1974, archivists quickly packed up 246 boxes from the corporate Pavilion offices and archived them within what was then called the Cheney Cowles Museum.

The Spokane Symphony is taking on the musical score of John Williams’ “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back” on Saturday – May 4, of course – and Sunday.

Next season’s Spokane Symphony calendar includes classics like “Rhapsody in Blue,” Joseph Haydn’s “Creation,” Beethoven classics and new ventures, like a TikTok-famous conductor, a 2024 Grammy-award winning song and artificial intelligence experimentation.