Here are just a few of the events going on around our region in the coming week.
This work by Kay Montgomery of Moscow is called “Ooops” and will hang in the Palouse Watercolor Socius show.
June 19
LEWISTON — “Palouse Watercolor Socius: Celebrating 40 Years” is the name of the newest exhibit at the Lewis-Clark State College Center for Arts & History here. The show opens with a reception from 5 to 6:30 tonight in the main gallery.
The exhibit, which continues through July 26, will feature a variety of watercolors by the organization, which begin in 1974 with seven artists who were students of Alfred Dunn at the University of Idaho in Moscow.
Two of those original seven members, Kay Montgomery and Linda Wallace, remain active and will have paintings in the exhibit. Other members showing their work include:
From Moscow — Gabriella Ball, Betty Benson, Peggy Conrad, Bobbi Kelly, Flip Kleffner, Montgomery, Joyce Tamura and Wallace
From Pullman — Mary Reed, Barney Saneholtz and Ernie Weiss
From Lewiston — Nick Bode and Judy Mousseau
From Troy — Cheryll Root and Jan Vogtman of Troy
Other artists and their towns — John Kirkland (Asotin), David Ball (Potlatch), Shirley Erlandsen (Spokane), Cathy Gottschalk (Deary), Jill Hosmer (Clarkston) and Andy Sewell (Viola).
Regular gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is free, but donations are accepted.
June 20
PULLMAN — “Monsters University” will be shown outdoors Friday at Reaney Park here, 690 Reaney Way.
Friday night festivities, which include a bouncy house, begin at 6 p.m. and the movie will start at dusk. Free popcorn is provided.
The 2013 movie is an animated comedy and is G-rated.
June 21
LEWISTON — The Northwest Best Brewfest will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday outdoors at the Nez Perce County Fairgrounds here, 1229 Burrell Ave.
The event will feature 30 micro beers, domestic beer and wine, as well as live music by two bands, Peacemaker and Stoning Stephen. Food also will be available for purchase.
The first five tasting tokens cost $12, which also will include a pint glass. Additional tokens may be purchased.
June 21
LEWISTON — The fourth annual Wine Whiskers & Wags will begin at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Lewiston Elks, 3444 Country Club Drive.
The event is a fundraiser to benefit the Lewis-Clark Animal Shelter in Lewiston. The evening will feature local wine, beer, food, auctions and dancing to live music by the High Street Band’s Rock N’ Soul Piano Show.
Tickets are $45 for the 21-and-older event. They may be purchased at Wasem’s in Clarkston and online at www.lcshelter.org.
June 21
PULLMAN — A Community Band Festival Saturday at Reaney Park here will feature performances by the Community Band of the Palouse and the Lewis-Clark Community Band.
The concert will be from 1 to 3:30 p.m. at the park, 690 Reaney Way.
June 23-24
MOSCOW — A cellist and former Moscow resident will return here to play a solo recital of the complete “Bach Suites for Unaccompanied Cello” Monday and Tuesday at the 1912 Center Great Room.
The performances by Isaac Pastor-Chermak are part of the 10th anniversary season of the Plaza Concert Series, with music beginning each evening at 6:30. The doors to the plaza will be open for overflow audience use and the performances will be recorded.
Pastor-Chermak earned an undergraduate degree in music from the University of California at Berkeley and a master’s degree in cello performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. In addition to a variety of regular professional performances, this fall Pastor-Chermak will begin affiliate membership with both the New World Symphony in Miami and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago.
He also is active as a teacher with a private teaching studio in Davis, Calif., and summer stints as a faculty member at All Things Cello Camp in Boise and Chamber Music in the Mountains in Tucson. During the school year, Pastor-Chermak teaches cello at the Young Artists Conservatory of Music in Vacaville, Calif.
The performances are free but donations will be accepted.
The venue at 412 E. Third St. opens at 5:30 p.m. and attendees are free to bring a picnic meal. Beverages will be sold at the venue.