Music doubleheader on tap
<p>Classical guitarist Leon Atkinson, from Sandpoint, will perform a concert on Friday in Post Falls</p>
<p>The Big Mumbo Blues Band from Spokane will perform at the Jacklin Arts and Cultural Center in Post Falls on Saturday. From left are Rick Smith, Mark Stephens (front), Pat Barclay (back), Chuck Swanson, Steve Carver and Jennifer Kemple.</p>
POST FALLS - The Jacklin Arts and Cultural Center is hosting a music doubleheader this weekend.
Classical guitarist Leon Atkinson, from Sandpoint, will perform on Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the Post Falls nonprofit at 405 North William St. near City Hall. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students.
The Big Mumbo Blues Band from Spokane will play from 8 p.m. to midnight Saturday for the JACC's second Late Night Blues concert. Tickets are $10. Tickets are $7 if you book a group of four more.
"We will turn our beautiful space into a blues club with tables, a bar and a dance floor for you to dance the night away," said Liisa Spink, JACC executive director.
Atkinson is host of National Public Radio's "The Guitar Hour."
The guitarist, who had a kidney transplant last year, has performed at the JACC for the past three years.
Atkinson has degrees from the Manhattan School of Music and the International Course of Music, Santiago de Campostela, Spain.
Atkinson has performed around the world with the likes of Ron Carter, Mary Lou Williams and the Alvin Ailey Ballet. In 1974 he debuted at Town Hall and the following year he played Carnegie Hall.
The Big Mumbo Blues Band has been together since 1994. They perform at a variety of festivals, community events, clubs and private engagements.
The band's members have won multiple regional music awards.
For tickets to either event at the JACC, call 457-8950 or visit www.thejacklincenter.org.
Grant allows for JACC history exhibit
POST FALLS - The Idaho Humanities Council recently awarded the nonprofit Jacklin Arts and Cultural Center a $3,483 grant for the facility's Visible History Project.
The project will be a permanent exhibit in the Fireside Room that presents the history of the building. It will open in August 2013.
The JACC, historians, archivists and cultural awareness officers will collaborate on the exhibit.
The JACC, on the National Register of Historic Places, is housed in the 1890 Methodist Episcopal Church and 1899 Presbyterian Church in Post Falls.