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See Award-Winning Hot Rods, Customs, and More at the Auto Boat Speed Show: March 30–April 1

Wednesday, March 28th, 2012

This weekend, gorgeous cars, boats, and motorcycles from near and far will be displayed at the Spokane Auto Boat Speed Show. This is a rare chance to see one-of-a-kind custom dream vehicles, perfectly restored classics, and race cars/boats gathered indoors in Washington. You can even meet the people who build the cars. Look for John D’Agostino, who built a custom on a new episode of Speed Channel’s Car Warriors that will air later this year, and pin-up model Amy Delacroux. The Spokannibals Roller Derby girls will be at the show, and the bands In-flux; Ricks Brothers; and Gorilla, Rabbit, and Chicken will play Friday and Saturday.

Be sure to check out the “Kardiac 500”1967 Shelby GT500 from Quesnel, BC, Canada, built by JF Kustoms, which made it in the GREAT 8 in Detroit, and the “TIMELESS” 1932 Ford all steel body roadster, both of which have been showcased on the ISCA circuit all over the U.S.

“Kardiac 500”1967 Shelby GT500 from Quesnel, BC, Canada, built by JF Kustoms, which made it in the GREAT 8 in Detroit

In addition to show awards, there are two fun contests for people attending the show: a 50s/60s glamour themed pin-up contest Friday at 7:00 p.m. (first place wins $300) and a model car contest (bring your model car, for more information email modelcarspokane@gmail.com or call 509-325-3545).

The show is located at the Spokane County Fair and Expo Center (click here for a map). Hours are Friday noon to 10:00 p.m., Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., and Sunday 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. The awards show starts at 6:00 p.m. Sunday night. Admission is $14.00 for adults (or get your $2.00 off coupon at NAPA stores), $10.00 for senior/military, $5.00 for kids 6–12, and free for kids 5 and under. Longhorn BBQ food will be for sale, and yes, there is a beer garden!

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Celebrate How Literature Captures Your World at the 14th Annual Get Lit! Festival

Wednesday, March 21st, 2012

The Get Lit! 2012 Literary Festival is April 10–15.

Next month, the Get Lit! Festival will serve up a great menu of local, new, and nationally recognized authors. Events include readings, youth events, poetry slams, expert panel discussions, and workshops to help aspiring writers. The festival runs April 10–15 at various venues around Spokane. This year’s theme is writers who “capture the world.”

Sherry Jones will open Get Lit! with a reading in character as the “White Queen.”

Spokane’s own Sherry Jones will kick start Get Lit! 2012 with a reading on Tuesday, April 10, 7:00 p.m. at St. George’s High School theater. Jones’ first two novels, The Jewel of Medina and The Sword of Medina, are international best sellers about the life of A’isha bint Abi Bakr, who married the Muslim prophet Muhammad at age 9 and went on to become the most famous and influential woman in Islam. Her new book, Four Sisters, All Queens, which chronicles the lives of four sisters in 13th century Provence who became queens of France, England, Germany, and Italy, comes out in May 2012. In the meantime, you can check out her novella White Heart, about the famous French “White Queen” Blanche of Castille, available as an e-book through Simon & Shuster April 3.

Most Get Lit! events are free and open to the public, including Sherry Jones’ reading, poetry slams, the Pie and Whiskey reading (21 and over), numerous readings at Riverpoint and other area venues, and panels and talks. Headliner shows are $15 and workshops are $30 or $20 for students. Click here for a full schedule.

Get Lit! 2012 Headliners

Susan Orlean (The Orchid Thief, which the film Adaptation was based on, and Rin Tin Tin: The Life and Legend) and Steve Almond (Candyfreak, Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life, and God Bless America), Thursday, April 12, 7:00 p.m., Bing Crosby Theater

Jess Walter (The Financial Lives of the Poets (currently being made into a movie), The Zero, and Citizen Vince) and Colson Whitehead (The Intuitionist, Sag Harbor, and Zone One), Friday, April 13, 7:00 p.m., Bing Crosby Theater

Lois Lowry (Number the Stars and The Giver) and The American Place Theatre’s Literature to Life Presentation of The Giver, Saturday, April 14, 7:00 p.m., Bing Crosby Theater, free for all youth

Ted Kooser (Pulitzer prize winner and former Poet Laureate, author of the American Life in Poetry newspaper column), Sunday, April 15, 11:30 a.m., Lincoln Center

Rick Bass (Nashville Chrome, Why I Came West, Where the Sea Used to Be) and Stellarondo (Montana all-strings band), Saturday, April 14, 7:00 p.m., Masonic Temple

Tickets to headliner events are available through TicketsWest, 1-800-325-SEAT. A festival pass is available for just $45 and gets you in to all headliner events. Students from any regional high school or college get in free with school ID at the door, space permitting, or they can pick up tickets at college book stores prior to the events. You can register for workshops at spokaneparks.org or call 509-625-6200.

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March, 2012

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See Award-Winning Hot Rods, Customs, and More at the Auto Boat Speed Show: March 30–April 1

Celebrate How Literature Captures Your World at the 14th Annual Get Lit! Festival