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‘The Nutcracker,’ with Spokane Symphony and State Street Ballet, offers holiday magic and delight at the Fox
Fri, Dec 6, 2019 • Reviews • Spokesman ReviewThe ballet “The Nutcracker” has become an annual holiday tradition for families and friends alike across the country, and the beautiful production, performed by the Spokane Symphony and Santa Barbara, California-based State Street Ballet
Read ArticleHer last dance: Chewelah’s Jessica Cochran, 15, is performing in her final ‘Nutcracker’ at the Fox
Sat, Nov 30, 2019 • Features • Spokesman ReviewJessica Cochran fell in love with ballet when she was 2 years old after she saw a ballet performance at the Chataqua festival in her hometown of Chewelah. She immediately asked her mother if she could start ballet classes. “I told her s
Read ArticleRob Curley: What do Jack Skellington, the Salvation Army and the Spokane Symphony have in common?
Thu, Nov 21, 2019 • Features • Spokesman ReviewIf you’ve been anywhere near downtown over the last few days, you’ve probably seen them. Or, more accurately, heard them. That familiar sound. You know the one. The ring of the bell that Bing Crosby made legendary with the Christmas clas
Read ArticleSpokane Symphony takes students on out-of-this-world voyage that melds art and science
Thu, Nov 21, 2019 • Features • Spokesman ReviewBy Jim Allen They say sound doesn’t travel through space, but that theory didn’t fly Wednesday morning at the Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox. As hundreds of Spokane-area students sat tightly in their seats, the Spokane Symphony carr
Read ArticleLocal astronaut Anne McClain, filmmaker José Franciso Salgado give Spokane Symphony audience a view of the stars
Sun, Nov 17, 2019 • Features • Spokesman ReviewBy Jared Brown Astronaut Anne McClain fondly remembers peering out the expansive bay windows of the International Space Station’s Cupola and watching the Earth fly by below her while she played music from the iPod that had to be shuttled to he
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