Category: Arts & Humanities
Scheherajazz Features Music Ensembles
May 3, 2018 by David Meany
Eastern Washington University’s Music Department will present an innovative concert collaboration between its distinguished…
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Get Lit! Festival celebrates 20 years
April 23, 2018 by easternmagazine
The Get Lit! Festival has been a driving force in Spokane’s growing literary community – fostering a love of reading and writing in the area while celebrating talented local, regional and national writers – and this April marks its 20th anniversary. The festival started small its first year, yet showed promise that Spokane was eager to…
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Q&A with ‘The Tempest’ director Jeff Sanders
March 29, 2018 by Christine Tully
EWU Theatre’s production of The Tempest is now showing. Filled with monsters, fairies, romance and shipwrecks, the production is Shakespeare’s final and most mature romance. How did you decide on The Tempest for the winter quarter play? I’m currently drawn to stories that seem to unify us as people as opposed to divide us. I think Shakespeare is a…
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VCD students receive advice from industry leaders
October 20, 2017 by eastern247
Visual communication design students and alumni gathered last Tuesday for a night of building community and making connections – industry leaders and EWU alumni spent the night critiquing up-and-coming graphic designer’s portfolios. For the past four years, VCD professor Travis Masingale has been expanding portfolio reviews to include industry leaders in a professional space, rather…
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EWU student receives opportunity to perform on 18th century violin
by eastern247
An EWU student was given the opportunity to perform on a rare 18th century violin at last week’s orchestra concert, thanks to an EWU alumnus. The violin, made by Joseph Guarnerius or “del Gesu” in 1736, is owned by EWU alumnus Lynn Nelson ’69, a violin restorer from Oregon who has been active in giving back…
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