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NEWPORT — Bridges Home multi-instrumentalists Tami and Dave Gunter debut “A Celtic Journey” concert at Create Arts Center Saturday, Oct. 24, 2–4 p.m.
Music with a Celtic harp, fiddle, mandolin, accordion, banjo, guitar, Irish whistle, bodhran and more will bring songs from Ireland, Scotland and Wales to the stage. Guest musician Joanne Heinz will participate on mountain dulcimer.
Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door and online at createarts.org. Create Arts Center is at 900 W. Fourth St., Newport. For more information, call 509447-9277.
‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ at the Panida
SANDPOINT — There will be an audience participation screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29 hosted at the Panida Theater in Sandpoint. Sweethearts Brad (Barry Bostwick) and Janet (Susan Sarandon), stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-NFurter (Tim Curry), a transvestite scientist. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker (Meat Loaf) and a creepy butler (Richard O’Brien). Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular man named “Rocky.”
The event includes a costume contest and audience participation with props provided. The film is rated R for adult content.
Check out the Spirit Lake Community Coalition
SPIRIT LAKE — The Spirit Lake Community Coalition will hold their monthly meeting from 6:30–7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28 at the Spirit Lake Senior Community Center. The public is welcome to attend. The senior community center is located at 32564 N. Fourth Ave., Spirit Lake.
Trunk-or-treat at Oldtown Super 1
OLDTOWN — Super 1 Foods in Oldtown is hosting another Trunk-or-Treat, its sixth annual Halloween night out, and still seeking trunk hosts. The event is from 6–8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, set to provide some family-friendly Halloween fun. To host a trunk, sign up by asking for Tammera at Super 1 Foods. Trunk set-up begins at 3 p.m.
Conservationist group hosting data center talk
NEWPORT — Responsible Growth * NE Washington is hosting “LET’S TALK DATA CENTERS” from 6–7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29 at Create Arts Center, 900 W.
Fourth St., Newport.
Guest-speaking is retired Army officer Dr. Ben Richards, a Pend Oreille County resident regionally known for his reporting on the Merkle Standard data center in Usk, via his platform “Protect Pend Oreille County.” In a recent project, “Spokane and Pend Oreille Counties May Have Become a Battleground in the War Between Ukraine and Russia,” Richards explores allegations by Ukraine implicating a Merkle Standard CEO in ties with Russian intelligence.
Richards, a West Point graduate, earned a master’s degree from Georgetown University and doctorate from Kansas State University. Additionally, he is a decorated combat veteran and Purple Heart recipient. There will be time for Q-and-A at Richard’s presentation.
This event is open and free to the public, with donations accepted at the door. Refreshments will be served. Create is handicapped-friendly and accessible; if any special accommodations are required, contact RG * NEW chair Phyllis Kardos at 509-447-7958.
