| Local BRIEFS 02-14-2006 |
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| Tuesday, 14 February 2006 | ||||||
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Honors society offers cupcakes The English honorary society Sigma Tau Delta is selling cupcakes decorated with literary love quotes in honor of Valentine’s Day. They will be available today in the front of the Idaho Commons. Profits will go to Sigma Tau Delta and the English Department. ‘Love Your Local Forests’ on Saturday Friends of the Clearwater will host “Love Your Local Forests,” a benefit concert featuring local bluegrass band Chubbs Toga, at 7 p.m. Saturday. The concert will be at the American Legion Cabin on S. Howard Street. Beverages will be served by Mikey’s Gyros. Admission is by donation, and all proceeds go to Friends of the Clearwater’s forest protection efforts. For more information, contact Noel Palmer of Chubbs Toga at 883-4998 or Friends of the Clearwater at 882-9755. Bade-McMurphy Quartet to play The Rachel Bade-McMurphy Quartet will be performing traditional and contemporary jazz music at 8 p.m. Friday at The Daily Grind Coffeehouse on Main Street in Pullman. All ages are welcome and there is no cover charge for the event. For more information visit www.rbmcjazz.com. Documentary at UI Women’s Center The documentary “Standing on My Sister’s Shoulders” will be at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Women’s Center in Memorial Gym. The award-winning documentary chronicles the civil rights movement in Mississippi from the point of view from the women who lived it. Music at John’s Alley this weekend The Downtown Apostles will play at 10 p.m. Friday at John’s Alley Tavern in Moscow. The band River will play at 10 p.m. Saturday. For more information, visit johnsalleytavern.com Art gallery shows new exhibition The Prichard Art Gallery’s annual auction is open until Friday. The exhibition will culminate with a live auction of the pieces on exhibit at 7:30 p.m. Friday. The auction is sponsored by the Friends of the Prichard Art Gallery. Proceeds from the auction will be used to help bring “Beyond Green: Toward a Sustainable Art” to the Prichard Art Gallery in the fall of 2006. Tickets for the live auction are $15, which includes one beverage. They can be purchased at the gallery and BookPeople. The invitational exhibition and auction will feature works donated by artists who have previously exhibited at the Prichard. Volunteers needed for Jazz Festival The 2006 Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival is Feb. 22-25, and volunteers are needed for a variety of tasks. Volunteers can earn free tickets and win prizes. Many volunteer options are available. For more information, visit www.jazz.uidaho.edu or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Wood and jazz at the Prichard gallery The Prichard Art Gallery in Moscow presents two new exhibits Wednesday through April 1. “Woodturning on the Edge” features 47 artists highlighting various techniques in woodwork. The exhibit is curated by Jim Christiansen and Gerritt Van Ness. In addition, Prichard presents drawings and lyrics from jazz composer, arranger and baritone sax player Gerry Mulligan. As part of the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, the Prichard gallery will host a public reception at 5 p.m. Feb. 24. The reception is sponsored by the Prichard, the International Jazz Collection, the UI Development Office and the President’s Office. Poet Frank X Walker to visit UI March 1 Kentucky-based poet and educator Frank X Walker will read at 7:30 p.m. March 1 in the College of Law Courtroom on the UI campus. He has written poems as well as “Buffalo Dance: The Journey of York,” which is a first-person account of William Clark’s slave, York, during the Lewis and Clark Expedition. “Buffalo Dance” won the Lillian Smith Book Award in 2004. The reading is sponsored by the UI creative writing program and the Idaho Governor’s Lewis and Clark Trail Committee. The event is free and open to the public. A book signing will follow. Foreign Film Series continues The Union Cinema Foreign Film Series continues this week with “Moolaade,” this evening. The film follows four young girls facing the still-common African practice of female circumcision. The film won the 2005 National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Foreign Language film and is in Jula and French with English subtitles. Showings are at 7 and 9:30 p.m. in the SUB Borah Theater. Tickets are $2 for students with ID and $3 for the general public and are available at the SUB Information Desk on the night of the event. Indie Film Series continues The ASUI Vandal Entertainment Indie Film Series continues this week with “Pride & Prejudice” at 7 and 9:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday in the Student Union Borah Theater. Tickets are $2 for students with ID and $3 for the general public and are available at the SUB Information Desk on the night of the event. Blockbuster Series continues The ASUI Vandal Entertainment Blockbuster series continues this week with the musical “Rent” at 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the Student Union Borah Theater. Tickets are $2 for students with ID and $3 for the general public and are available at the SUB Information Desk on the night of the event. Auditions for summer theater The Idaho Repertory Theatre will be holding regional auditions for the coming summer season. The auditions are by invitation only and will be on March 4. Actors interested in auditioning should send a resume and headshot via e-mail to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or Idaho Repertory Theatre, ATTN: Auditions, PO Box 443074, Moscow, ID 83844-3074. Audition materials must be received by 5 p.m. Monday. Actors will be notified via e-mail by Feb. 24 if invited to audition. If invited, actors will need two contrasting monologues. If actors want to be considered for musicals, they must be able to sing 16 bars of a piece of music. The plays in the Idaho Repertory 2006 season are: “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change,” “Lend Me A Tenor,” “Grace & Glorie” and “A Comedy of Errors.” For more information, contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Gaming tournament coming in April Spokane’s GameFest 2006 is coming to the Spokane Convention Center April 14 and 15. Compete against other gamers for prizes and learn from experts in the multiplayer online game community about game development and new technologies. Jason Robar of Secret Lair Studios will be the keynote speaker. Registration before March 1 is $30. Pre-registration is now available at gamefestspokane.net. Registration is $40 after March 1 and $45 at the event.  Add as favorites (38) | Views: 1182
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