FILM

VISUAL ARTS THE CUBE IS BACK

After being closed for in-person events for more than a year, WSU’s Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, aka the “Crimson Cube,” is open again. The galleries are filling up for spring, with two showcases from its collections open through midAugust, joined this week by two more exhibits. This year’s master of fine arts thesis show is a solo event, featuring the work of graduate student Stephanie Broussard. The artist uses paint to interpret and play with perceptions of space and contrasting themes. She’ll be on-site April 9 from 1-3:30 pm and afterwards hosting a livestreamed artist talk from 4-5 pm. A separate show opening alongside Broussard’s art is a collection of first-edition prints by iconic Spanish artist Francisco de Goya from his last major work, Los Disparates, originally published 36 years after his death. The series reflects the political and social turmoil Spain was experiencing during its creation between 1816 and 1824.

— CHEY SCOTT

World Without Reason: Goya’s Los Disparates / MFA Thesis Exhibition: Stephanie Broussard • April 6-Aug. 14 / April 6-May 9 • Gallery open Tue-Fri 1-4 pm, Sun 10 am-4 pm • Free • Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU • 1535 NE Wilson Rd. • museum.wsu.edu • 509-335-1910

WORDS LIVED EXPERIENCE

Spokane Community College’s Hagan Center for the Humanities has been delivering an impressive series of online speakers as part of its Diversity Dialogues: Conversations about Race and Equity. That continues this week with University of Washington history scholar Carlos Gil. He’s been teaching about the history of Latin America at the Seattle school for more than 30 years, and his SCC lecture focuses on his own family’s story as he explores Mexican immigration. He captured that story after he retired from full-time teaching when he published his 2012 book We Became Mexican American: How Our Family Survived to Pursue the American Dream. His expertise should make for a fascinating discussion of a population rarely in the spotlight in Spokane.

— DAN NAILEN

Diversity Dialogues: Carlos Gil • Wed, April 14 at 6:30 pm • free • Online; details at scc.spokane.edu/News-Events/Live-Events

TRIVIA DISNEY NIGHT

“When you wish upon a star…,” your wish for Disney movie trivia comes true! Disney fans may want to refresh their Disney movie knowledge and look for their Mickey ears before joining Spokane Comedy Club’s upcoming, in-person Disney-themed trivia night. Teams can have up to six Disney fans, however you can also request a single ticket if you plan on playing by yourself. To most efficiently register your team, select a team captain to be in charge of all team member tickets. In the meantime, warm up your trivia knowledge by making up a fun, Disney-themed name for your team and studying up on some of the following questions your team may come across at the event: What does the phrase “hakuna matata” mean? What is Rapunzel’s self-defense weapon of choice? What is Edna Mode’s profession? What year did Disneyland open? What is the oldest Disney movie?

— NATALIE RIETH

MUSIC MERLE JAM

In the years since Merle Haggard’s 2016 death, a group of Inland Northwest musicians has gathered to celebrate the life and legacy of the country music legend, bringing together like-minded music lovers for a honky-tonk singalong. This tribute event has been dubbed Hagfest Northwest, and it’s back again this weekend. Hosted by local musician Rusty Jackson, the concert features the likes of Steve Starkey, Chrissy Summering, Joey Anderson and more, and you’ll have two chances to check it out — at 3 pm and 7 pm. (Keep in mind that alcoholic beverages will only be served during the evening performance.) You’ll no doubt hear many of Haggard’s 38 country chart toppers, including “Mama Tried,” “Okie from Muskogee” and “Pancho & Lefty,” and will most certainly leave humming them all.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER

Hagfest Northwest • Sat, April 10 at 3 and 7 pm • $19.50-$29.50 • Lake City Center • 1916 N. Lakewood, Coeur d’Alene • hagfest.org

THEATER FORGOTTEN WRANGLERS

The University of Idaho Department of Theatre Arts, along with the Department of History and the LGBTQ Office, are presenting a one-night-only livestream reading of The Damn Horse: Stories of the Gay Rodeo. Directed by guest artist Gregory Hinton (pictured), this play is based on interviews archived in the Gay Rodeo Oral History Project, which aims to keep queer histories in the American West from being lost. The material was written by University of Idaho professors Rebecca Scofield and Rovert Caisley and master of fine arts candidates Court Fund and Kendra Phillips. The play was crafted by using the “documentary” theatre technique in which dialogue is obtained from interviews, archives and news articles. After the reading is a conversation between the creative team, as well as the members of the International Gay Rodeo Association.

— SPENCER BROWN