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Community Events

Milk Crate Readings

Various times and locations
Local volunteers will read, perform and enliven works from Get Lit! Festival authors in places you would least expect. Watch for readings popping up in a variety of locations around town: bookstores, coffee houses, street corners, and libraries.

Get Lit! Flicks Round One

Wednesday, April 14 - 6:30-9pm - The Magic Lantern Theatre - $10
Child of the Dead End is a documentary based on the life of Patrick MacGill, Irish author of Child of the Dead End and The Rat Pit, both vivid accounts of life for the itinerant Irish laborer of the early twentieth century. Event includes a talk with the acclaimed filmmaker Desmond Bell, Irish storytelling by Steven Schneider, and music by Ruby Devine.

Thursday, April 15 - 6:30-9pm - The Magic Lantern Theatre - $7each/$10 double feature
The Last Storyteller? follows the life of a folklore collector hired by the Irish government in the early 20th century to preserve the ancient Irish oral tradition of fairy stories. Before the film, Steven Schneider will give a talk on Irish folklore. The second film in this double-feature is Rebel Frontier, based on Dashiell Hammett’s Red Harvest. This film follows the labor unrest in the mines of Butte, Montana during World War I. Director Desmond Bell, Ireland’s first professor of media studies, noted for his innovative approach to documentaries, will introduce these films.

Art Exhibit – Visual Narratives

Presented by SFCC Photography Club

April 16-18 - Bing Crosby Theatre “The Year of the Father”

Month of April - Empyrean Coffee House “The Grid Project”

Pictures can tell as intriguing stories as words can. The SFCC Photography Club brings to life two different stories for the Get Lit! Festival. The exhibit at the Bing Crosby Theatre will focus on fatherhood in celebration of the centennial celebration of Father’s Day, which started in Spokane. The exhibit at the Empyrean Coffee House is a photographic documentation capturing Spokane’s Keystone neighborhood: the people, buildings, and random objects photographers found in their viewfinder. When seen together, they reveal a complex portrait of one section of our city.

Art Exhibit - Tim Ely: Secret Order

March 19 - July 31 - Jundt Art Museum
Tim Ely goes beyond your typical leather bound books to tell stories. Instead he uses sand, metals, wax, and many more materials to create lavishly painted and drawn visual narratives. His work usually features topics such as natural science, mathematics, and architecture. Come see what a book becomes when built by an artist.

Regional MFA Reading

Sunday, April 18 - 4 pm - The Post Street Ale House at Hotel Lusso - Free
MFA creative writing students from University of Idaho, University of Montana, and Eastern Washington University will come together to share their work. Representing a variety of genres and styles, this reading promises to be lively and thoughtful.

Come One, Come All Community Reading

Sunday, April 18 - 2 pm (registration at 1:30) - The Community Building - Free
Writers of all ages are welcome to share up to ten minutes of work with our enthusiastic audience, showcasing the creative talent in our community. Come participate, or just watch and be ready to be entertained! Hosted by Brooke Matson of RiVerSpeAK, a Spokane artists' collective.

Get Lit! Flicks Round Two

Tuesday, April 20 5pm and 7:15pm - The Magic Lantern Theatre - $7each/$10 double feature

Drama

White Oleander 5pm

Based on the best-selling novel by Janet Fitch, White Oleander tells the story of Astrid, a girl whose journey through a series of foster homes-each with its own hard lessons to be learned-becomes a redeeming journey of self-discovery. Starring Alison Lohman, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Renée Zellweger, among others.

Twilight 7:15pm

This crime/thriller, released in 1988, was co-written by Richard Russo and stars Paul Newman, Susan Sarandon, and Gene Hackman. It seems some people can buy their way out of anything, except the past. Newman plays a retired ex-cop who gets caught up in a 20-year-old murder case.

Documentary

Prayer in America 5pm

Inspired by James P. Moore's book, Prayer in America, this film examines the ways in which prayer has contributed to and continues to shape the American experience. This diverse documentary includes interviews with a wide-ranging group of scholars, writers, and experts-such as Dr. Reza Aslan-on the history of religion and prayer in America.

What's on Your Plate? 7:15pm

As they explore their place in the food chain, two inner-city eleven-year-olds explore questions regarding the origin, cultivation, transportation, preparation, and disposal of the food they eat. Anna Lappé contributes in this documentary on food politics. Screen this film, then consider bringing it to a local school as a guide for the next generation.