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Poetry to Music Music and poetry are deeply interconnected in so many ways. Lines flow melodically, words rhyme, and both art forms express emotions. So it’s no surprise that this annual event exists. Each year, music composition students from local universities try their hand at turning their favorite poems into stunning pieces of music at Poetry to Music, hosted by the Spokane Symphony Associates. The event promotes the work done by local music professors and students all while raising funds for the Spokane Symphony Orchestra. This year’s featured student artists hail from Gonzaga and Eastern Washington universities, studying under Michael Kropf and Jonathan Middleton, respectively. Also in attendance is Chris Cook, Spokane Poet Laureate from 2019-21, and Spokane Symphony’s current second trumpet player. ....
About 40 local runners and walkers were able to overcome the slumber of Thanksgiving to participate in the annual Too Much Turkey post Thanksgiving 5K, on Friday, Nov. 24.
The 10th Theater Olympics will close on Saturday with an evening of comprehensive art and a program for Midsummer Eve at the Margaret Island Theater. ....
Dozens of teen Quad Cities musicians will get the thrill of a lifetime this weekend, and then again many times over in a special tour of Europe in June. The Quad City Symphony Youth Ensembles (QCSYE) — to perform on Sunday, April 30 at 3 p.m. at Davenport’s Adler Theatre — consists of four school-year orchestras for […] ....