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ANDY McKEE
Andy McKee ranks among the world’s most talented acoustic guitar soloists, coming from humble beginnings as a YouTube sensation. The online community brought his clips to somewhere around 80 million views, OCT. 2 blasting him into stardom and inspiring guitar players around the world. If you can believe it, his real strengths lie in his compositional skills — even with his insanely adept picking and strumming ability, he sometimes finds it difficult to play his own compositions. On his website, Andy writes of his Spokane concert: “It will be rocking!” (BN) Bing Crosby Theater, $25, 8 pm
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2013 INDIVIDUAL WORLD POETRY SLAM FINALS
Models (left and top right) display the headwear of Olive + Boone Custom Millinery, designed by Erin Haskell (right). YOUNG KWAK PHOTO influence her designs. Haskell strives to always use high-quality materials to convey her creative philosophy that each piece is intentionally created and meant to last far beyond the special occasion it was first worn to. Olive + Boone (named after her two dogs) hats are constructed from material like Spanish and Chantilly lace, organza and merino wool, and embellished with bird feathers from a local taxidermist, spun horsehair netting and European crystal beads. Each piece is handmade by Haskell or one of three local seamstresses she’s hired to produce hats for the millinery. Because Olive + Boone’s pieces are handmade from high-end materials, each ranges, on average, between $150 and $300. As much as they’re a fashion accessory, Haskell’s creations are also works of art. A permanent downtown showroom for the millinery is currently in the works, in a space on West Sprague Avenue that
Haskell hopes to have open by October. Although she creates pieces to be worn, Haskell doesn’t consider herself a fashion designer, but a product designer. “This is architecture for your head. I strive to take into consideration the geometry of someone’s face and the angles of their face. It’s more about thoughtful design, and that less is more,” she says. Even though she continuously hears doubtful comments from local residents who say they’d never have an occasion fancy or special enough to wear an Olive + Boone hat, it doesn’t hamper her goal to shake up people’s perceptions of when and where hats can be an appropriate or even unexpected accessory. “You don’t have to live in fabulous New York City to wear something fabulous,” she says. “It’s about taking risks and believing in yourself, and that you are confident in that risk.”
Slam poets from across the U.S. and Canada are set to hit Spokane and hit it hard. There will be bouts between poets, workshops for the poetically inclined and enough thoughtOCT. 3-5 provoking verbiage to carry both the sensitive and the boorish through 72 hours of soul-searching. The event concludes at the Bing Crosby Theater, where the final 12 wordsmiths will sweat, pace, stomp, speak and cause your emotions to flit from laughter to sorrow to empathy and back with their clever phonemes and heartfelt intonations. (AF) Schedule of events at iwps.poetryslam.com
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HUMANITAS FESTIVAL
The African diaspora has left footprints throughout the Western world, and WSU’s Humanitas Festival is set to celebrate this influence with performances by Step Afrika!, Okaidja & Shokoto and Aché Brasil. Okaidja & Shokoto’s three musicians perform Afro-Cuban, Afro-Brazilian and Afro-Peruvian compositions alongside AmeriOCT. 3-5 can blues, jazz and tap. Aché Brasil, a musical, acrobatic and dance ensemble, celebrates Brazil’s diverse culture. Step Afrika! tours internationally, showcasing stepping, an African-influenced dance style that features footfalls, claps and spoken word. This form of dance first gained popularity in African-American sororities and fraternities, but has since gained a worldwide following, picking up influences from many cultures. On Saturday, the Cougar World Party and Outdoor Festival provides daylong entertainment. (AF) WSU Pullman Campus and other venues, free
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