SpokaneFāVS
Art and arists will be celebrated Sept. 21-28 at Salem Lutheran Church for the Festival of Arts in West Central.
An opening night celebration begins Sept. 21 at 6 p.m. for $5 and will include hors d'oeuvres, wine and a live auction. All proceeds will benefit The Book Parlor. Tickets are available at the door or in advance at The Book Parlor.
The festival will be open for public viewing for free from 12 to 8 p.m. Sept. 22 and 23 and 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sept. 24-26. On Sept. 27 it will be open 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 to 9 p.m., with poetry readings from 7 to 9 p.m. On Sept. 28 hours will be 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 to 9 p.m. and will conclude with a concert from 7 to 9 p.m.
Artists who would like to be involved should contact The Book Parlor by Sept. 7.
For information call (509)328-6527.
Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of SpokaneFāVS.com, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Assistant Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.
