Actors from Out of The Box Entertainment pose for a photo after the wrap up of their Old Time Radio Show at Create last Sunday. The troupe doesn’t have a fixed location and perform all around the Pend Oreille River Valley. Volunteers on and off the stage are always welcome. Go to www.outoftheboxentertainment.org for more information. COURTESY PHOTO|LORRAINE PATRIA
NEWPORT – Last weekend saw several events at the non-profit Create Arts Center in Newport, from art classes for adults, scientific demonstrations via canine and a radio show. Local artists Doris Oscarson led a creative art exploration for adults Saturday, March 14, followed later in the afternoon by Wildlife Biologist Collette Yee explaining how to find rare or elusive animals with a trained search dog. Out of The Box Entertainment, a local traveling theatre troupe, brought their radio show to Create for a matinee performance Sunday, March 15. To find out about more events coming up at Create, go to www.createarts.org and watch the Lifestyle section of the Miner.
Artist Doris Oscarson showed adult students how to experiment with four different styles of art using acrylics, pastels, spray paint and glitter. COURTESY PHOTO|JOYCE WEIRSponsored by Selkirk Alliance for Science, Yee and her dog, Jack, explained to the audience how dogs can be trained to assist in gathering environmental information and conservation. Yee is with Rogue Detection Team. For more information, go to www.roguedogs.org. COURTESY PHOTO|PHYLLIS KARDOSYee demonstrated the process to adopt, train and care for dogs that were abandoned to an animal shelter. RDT partnerships have traveled around the world to find animal scats, pellets, eggs or larvae, carcasses, nests and dens even when below-ground. COURTESY PHOTO|PHYLLIS KARDOSOscarson and her students show off their finished results after class. COURTESY PHOTO|JOYCE WEIR
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