Ali & Callie Artcast

What a treat to wrap up our first season with the amazing actress Ellen Travolta, her daughter of many talents Molly Allen, and the beautiful Cabaret singer Abbey Crawford, as they prepare to open their annual Christmas show at the Coeur d'Alene Resort, "Saving Christmas." As we talked, we had a perfect view of Lake Coeur d'Alene from the 7th floor of the resort on this perfect crisp day hearing s...

The CDA Casino's Dee Dee McGowan, Cultural Tourism Manager, is a never ending flow of ideas for cultural tours, exposing people to th lands, the tribal traditions, culture, and arts. Dee Dee's enthusiasm has brought great accolades to the casino in recent years, and her programs continue to grow. From tours of the bald eagle aviary, kayaking, and biking, to painting with native artist Sydney Black...

Kelsey Grafton is a multi-disciplinary artist working in diverse mediums, from ceramic, oils, acrylic, watercolor, found objects, metals, enamels, song, and sound. She recently expanded upon her artistic research with the project, “Homestead to Hometown”, sponsored in part by a grant from the Idaho Commission on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. During this project, she camped on h...

Meet Max Mendez, currently serving as Professor of Music and Director of Choirs at North Idaho College in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. He has been an active part of the Inland Northwest music community for the last 18 years, and divides his time between conducting, teaching and performing. You'll enjoy this high energy, talented musician!

Looking for tips on not only finding a talent agent, but what they can do for actors? This is a great insight into one of our loved talent agents, Dawn Taylor Reinhardt. Working for Big Fish NW Talent, one of the most trusted agencies in the Seattle/Spokane area, Dawn really understands actors' needs and brings her years of experience in both the theater and on-camera worlds, becoming the Spokane...

Jessica Bryant is making a name for herself nationally, having just won an award from the American Watercolor Society, and is featured in their 2021-2022 traveling exhibit. She didn't start out loving watercolor, but came back to it while raising her children. Her work is absolutely stunning, and her process is amazingly detailed. Visit her website and see her work at jessicabryant.com

Suzanne Knutson is a volunteer board member for the Out of the Shadows Theater, a performing arts organization that brings actors with intellectual, developmental and physical disabilities out of the shadows and into the spotlight. Their 2021 production Bye Bye Birdie opens October 29 at the Kroc Center Theater and runs through November 5. Don't miss this great opportunity to see an amazing show a...

What a delight getting to know Maya and her many adventures in glass blowing, yoga, meditation and ceramics. Her work is fresh and fun.  For more on Maya, visit her website and melissamayapottery.com . Watch her delightful videos on instagram @melissamayapottery, and see samples of her work on Etsy .

Meet Matt Goodrich, an accomplished pianist whose played musical theater to the Shakespeare Festival, and teaches piano at the Music Conservatory of CDA and Sandpoint. Such high energy from this amazing talent. Enjoy a little sample of his Beethoven, Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 81a. For more information on the conservatories, visit  cdaconservatory.org or sandpointconservatory.org . You can find t...

As part of our back to school series, we had Halle Hatfield co-host with us. Halle is 9 years old and has been taking classes and doing camps with CYT since she was 5. What fun we had when Halle took the reins and interviewed us! For information about CYT, visit cytnorthidaho.org

Ali, Callie and producer, Kristin, give a summer recap and get excited about what is coming up for the rest of this year, and 2022.

It is back to school month, and this is a great conversation for young people about our local young talent, and some of the amazing resources we have to hone those talents in this community. Meet this lovely young lady who hopes to one day be on broadway, and is surely set to make it there. For more information on how to see Ruby and the next generation of characters, visit aspirecda.com .

An honest and frank conversation with Chelsea about her art, her passion, and the transitions that we all find ourselves making.  We explore the business of being an artist and learn about some great resources that are available to our communities working artists.   For more information about programs through the Idaho Commission on the Arts, visit arts.idaho.gov .

Being in the riverboat cruise business for 23 years, Bill and Laura talk about their adventures, and their unique response to not being able to travel during the COVID shut down. Enjoy stories, quotes from Mark Twain, and some singing. It'll make you want to book your cruise on the Columbia River! For books and virtual tours visit their website at historyhighlights.com

An enjoyable conversation with Buddy Le, owner of the western art gallery in downtown Coeur d'Alene. Art is not only a passion, but a business, and Buddy talks about the various fascinating events the gallery does annually, including the "Annual Miniatures by the Lake" in September and the "March in Montana" huge auction held in Great Falls. For more information about these events, visit cdagaller...

Ali and Callie are treated to an intimate concert with Pamela Benton, a master of stringed instruments. Her love of the electric violin makes magic happen. Don't miss this treat to several of Pam's songs, and find out how she got started. It's inspiring.

Find out how and why Melinda Cadwallader started The Hive CDA, and how you can become a member of this great interactive space.

Join us for a conversation with Tanden Launder, a young local artist and visionary of the collective studio space for artists and creatives at the Rockford Building.

Gary Edwards has had an amazing career, publishing numerous books, cds and compositions. He is funny and interesting, and has a wealth of experience.

Ali & Callie sit down with Carrie Scozzaro and chat about how art, teaching, and writing has formed her outlook on life!  She continues to write, teach, and make art, and is expanding her writing to include several large, long-term projects of her own design. She is also developing a long-range plan to turn her Spokane-area home into a place for artists-in-residences who might partake of the massi...

Jeni Hegsted has championed emerging artists for going on ten years through the non-profit Emerge. Find out the exciting things they have planned this year!

Ali & Callie sit down with concert promoter Tyler Davis and learn about the ups and downs of producing live weekly concerts in the summer!  He tells a great story about when Stephen Marley was in town and his travels to Turkey to visit his wife's family.  Enjoy!!  

Ali & Callie talk to Britt about the new show at the Museum Hollywood of the North.  She tells stories about all the great big budget and small movies that were filmed in North Idaho.  Getting to hold Patty Dukes Oscar, where locals can see some of the films, like Smoke Signals, Sherman Alexie's epic story about two friends who live on the Coeur d'Alene Reservation.   We hear about her journey to...

Ali & Callie chat with Jeanette Laster of HREI and hear about how you can get involved with the organization and more.  We hear stories of their wild women weekends and what Coeur d'Alene is doing to stay above the line in human rights.  

Ali and Callie taste wine with Wine Sommelier, Krista Spencer-French and her husband Robby French, who sings part of an original song that he wrote for Krista, and we hear about their amazing trip to fourteen countries in Europe just ahead of the COVID pandemic.