From the final concert of the summer season to auditions for fall productions, it looks like summer is on its way out. Take a look, and make your picks. As always, more events can be found in the calendar.
Sept. 1COLFAX — An exhibit of grain elevator photos opens Sept. 1 at the Center at the Whitman County Library here.
Dennis Witmer, a photographer who lives in Spokane, visited grain bins, elevators and grain storage piles that deal with the harvest of Whitman County’s rich grain fields. He photographed more than 60 sites and nearly every elevator across Whitman County and those comprise Witmer’s exhibit, “The Grain Elevators of Whitman County.”
A photo of the Madson Elevator between Pullman and Palouse is part of Dennis Witmer’s exhibit in Colfax.
One of the larger facilities featured in the exhibit is the new McCoy Grain Terminal. During Witmer’s visit in mid-August, McCoy was handling approximately 400 trucks each day and loading delivery trains at night, according to a news release. The facility was accepting about 300,000 bushels of wheat each day while the outgoing trains carried about 400,000 bushels per train.
Dennis Witmer grew up on a small farm in Lancaster County, Pa. He began making photographs in 1977 and moved to Spokane in 2012.
The center will be open for the exhibit’s first day Sept. 1, but will be closed Labor Day weekend. The exhibit continues through Oct. 31, and regular hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Wednesdays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, and 1 to 5 p.m. weekends.
The Center is at 102 S. Main St.
Sept. 2
UNIONTOWN — Jessica Lynne, a country music artist from Seattle by way of Haslev, Denmark, will play Sept. 2 at Artisans at the Dahmen Barn here beginning at 7 p.m.
Lynne has recorded and released her original music since 2011, and in 2013 she was named the Washington state winner of the Texaco Country Showdown. In 2014, she traveled to Nashville to audition for “The Voice.” Her first single, “Calling Me Home,” was released in early 2014.
Ticket are $15 and will be sold only at the door beginning at 6:15 p.m. Food, beer and wine will be available for sale for those 21 and older.
The barn is at 419 N. Park Way.
Sept. 6
LEWISTON — The Lewis-Clark State College theater program will hold auditions for two fall productions at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 6 in the Silverthorne Theater on campus.
Auditions are open to the community as well as students but anyone cast may only perform in one of the two shows, “Hands on a Hardbody” and “The Odd Couple,” according to a news release.
Producers also are in need of musicians, production teams and assistant stage managers for both plays.
Those interested in auditioning are asked to prepare a one-minute monologue that will serve as an audition for both plays. In addition, for the musical “Hands on a Hardbody,” auditioners should prepare a one-minute unaccompanied song excerpt, one chorus and one verse. “Odd Couple” auditions are open only to those 18 or older.
“Hands on a Hardbody” will run Oct. 18-22 and 25-29 while “The Odd Couple” will run Nov. 9-12 and 16-19.
