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inalists in the 2018 Northwest Entrepreneur Competition (NEC) will face a panel of judges at Whitworth University later this month. Winners will share $42,000 of prize money, along with $20,000 in professional resources. Since inception nearly 18 years ago, the competition has contributed $800,000 to emerging businesses in our region. The NEC is the region’s largest collaborative business plan competition, providing young entrepreneurs with the necessary tools to turn a business plan into a life plan. “This is one of the best ways to prepare to launch your business, get exposure to regional business leaders and investors and potentially win some money to make your business idea a reality,” says Dan Wadkins, a partner at the Lee & Hayes law firm. Sixty-five student-led teams from eight local colleges, universities and high schools submitted plans for this year’s competition. Teams selfidentified within the following categories: undergraduate technology, undergraduate traditional and open (student and community partnerships). Each team was required to submit an executive summary and professional pitch for their venture. Through a systematic process, the NEC challenges applicants to evaluate the quality of their idea, the scalability, the competitive advantage, the strength of their team and then helps them to hone their communication through a condensed series of pitches. Community leaders and professionals from the region convene and lend their expertise to evaluate, judge, coach and provide feedback. Through a series of intensive evaluations and revisions of their business models, finalist teams will present their full business plan on April 17. “I really enjoy the chance to see how some of the new student ideas have developed as well as to provide feedback to budding entrepreneurs moving forward into small businesses,” says Michael Ebinger, director of the WSU Center for Innovation. “It’s great to see the quality of the plans and the projects improving steadily over the five years that I have judged, too.” Historically, one out of nine competitors have gone on to start their business. etailz, founded by Gonzaga University student Josh Neblett, was a winner of the 2008 competition and currently employs over 210. Other examples include:

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COMMENT | VIOLENCE National Mall. Half a century later, the kids are in the streets again, driven there by outrage over the hundreds of deaths that have occurred with numbing frequency in school shootings over the past decade. Resurrection City was about King but it was also about the rights of poor people. It was about the escalating Vietnam War, pollution, political corruption and corporate greed. Likewise, the March for Our Lives is about more than guns. According to a Feb. 24 report from NPR, polling shows 58 percent of Americans age 18-29 favor stricter gun laws. That figure is only 1 percentage point higher than the national average.

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or the better part of two years, I’ve been engaged in a good-natured argument with the 60-something father of a friend over whether it’s right to trust anyone over 30. My friend’s dad is a whip-smart fiery Irishman who spent decades as a math teacher in rural North Idaho and now spends his retirement years fishing, reading, sailing and fuming about the news from his home at the south end of Lake Pend Oreille. He caucused for the Democrats in 2016 and remains a diehard Bernie Sanders supporter. His resigned view of the under-30 crowd is as apathetic, screen-addicted dullards. My end of the argu-

ment — carried out over Facebook, which I’m told only old people use now — has been to defend the youngsters against his jabs, which are frequently delivered with the fervor of his days as ’60s-era rabble-rouser. I have to admit, as I’ve slouched ever-nearer to 40, those defenses have become increasingly anemic. Following the recent March for Our Lives and March for Our Rights coverage, I have the nebulous sense that our interminable culture wars are at or nearing an inflection point. Fitting — and I wonder if my friend’s dad would agree with me — that this should happen 50 years after the annus horribilis of 1968. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4 that year, touching off the Resurrection City protest that brought thousands to the

That so-called millennials are pretty much in line with their elders on gun control is inconvenient for the gun lobby, which very much wants to turn March for Our Lives into an assault on the Second Amendment. (The irony of assertions that the March for Our Lives protesters are taking orders from a shady cabal of left-wing organizers is palpable when one considers the March for Our Rights folks are in the streets parroting the talking points of the National Rifle Association. Then again, I suppose irony is the preserve of snowflakes.) A March 22 op-ed in the Washington Post puts a fine point on the wider significance of the March for Our Lives movement. While young people might hold similar views to their parents and grandparents on gun rights, they lean significantly further left on just about every other socioeconomic and environmental issue. Guns and gun violence may be the entree to a wider social and political reordering. “Millennials have the potential to move the United States beyond the angry stalemate that has seen an aging political class drive policy to the right while a youthcentric popular and commercial culture pushes the rest of society to the left,” writes Paul Taylor in the Post. “If millennials start voting at the same rate as older generations, they’ll align policy with zeitgeist.” Of course, the idea that if young people vote they can change the nation is nothing new. However, by making guns the third rail of American politics, the NRA and its legion of pocketed politicians may well have planted the seeds of their own demise. That is, if we can trust anyone under 30. n Zach Hagadone is a former co-publisher/owner of the Sandpoint Reader, former editor of Boise Weekly and current grad student at Washington State University.

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‘CULTURE OF FEAR’ Rumors of Darren Pitcher’s inappropriate relationships swirled for years at Spokane Falls Community College. He was named acting president anyway BY WILSON CRISCIONE

y the time Darren Pitcher was named acting president of Spokane Falls Community College last year, his reputation was well-established among many women who worked around him. Pitcher, who started as SFCC’s vice president of student services in 2012, was a “ladies man” to some, always complimenting women on their looks as word of alleged affairs circulated through the office, according to investigative reports on Pitcher’s behavior. He was seen as a “predator” to others, focusing sexual advances on vulnerable women, the records state. The rumors in 2015 reached SFCC President Janet Gullickson, who was told then that Pitcher was having an affair with a subordinate. More hints of his alleged behavior were relayed in 2016 to human resources, which was alerted that multiple women alleged sexual harassment from Pitcher. Whispers spread among faculty members in 2017, who questioned whether a promotion in the college’s administration was related to an alleged affair involving

Pitcher, says Carla Naccarato-Sinclair, faculty president of Community Colleges of Spokane (CCS). But no employee made what the college considered a formal complaint. Nobody fully investigated the rumors. And Pitcher’s power and influence within the college grew. “I cannot think of a better person to serve in this important role,” CCS Chancellor Christine Johnson said in spring 2017 when she named Pitcher SFCC’s acting president, based in part on Gullickson’s favorable assessment of his performance. CCS is the governing district in charge of SFCC and Spokane Community College. It ate away at one woman who worked in SFCC student services under Pitcher, and who says Pitcher sexually harassed her, groped her, exposed himself to her

and coerced her into having sex before he went on to victimize multiple other women. “I watched him get the president’s job, and I’m like, ‘This is not right,’” says the woman, speaking to the Inlander on the condition of anonymity. “This is not right at all.” It took her and five other women to anonymously sign on to a complaint, which an attorney then sent to CCS officials, before the college district formally began looking into the allegations against Pitcher. Pitcher, who denies most allegations, abruptly resigned just over a month into a formal investigation. (Efforts to reach him for comment were unsuccessful.) In the fallout of his resignation, however, CCS and SFCC officials face questions regarding why the rumors about Pitcher went without an investigation ...continued on next page

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The earliest allegation of Pitcher “crossing the line” with the woman speaking with the Inlander occurred in 2013. While attending a conference, Pitcher texted the woman that he was looking at her “nice butt,” she recalls. She deleted and ignored the text, she says, but according to investigative reports gathered by CCS, it’s similar to the kind of text Pitcher would later send other employees in the same student services department. Over ensuing months and years, she says, the behavior progressed. The woman, referred to as “Jane Doe 1” in CCS records, says he put his hand on her breast in February 2014 after she became emotional discussing a student suicide. She says she saw him at conferences massaging one employee’s shoulders, and joking about sleeping with another woman, who soon after transferred from Spokane Community College to SFCC for a promotion. She says he grabbed her and exposed his penis to her in October 2014 right after discussing an administrator at another college who was accused of rape. And then, weeks later while traveling for a sexual assault prevention conference in Seattle, she says they had sex twice. Though it was consensual, she says she felt like she had to do it for her job. Pitcher, according to her complaint, mentioned not long before that he had thought of firing her. “He was in a position of power,” she tells the Inlander. Cynthia Vigil, the woman’s direct supervisor at the time and currently the interim dean of Student Support Services, told the CCS investigator that she was confused why Pitcher went outside the “chain of command” and invited the woman to the conference in the first place. The woman told one co-worker what happened at the conference but didn’t report it, she tells the Inlander. After the conference, the woman says Pitcher turned his attention elsewhere — specifically, toward the woman who had just transferred from SCC for the promotion. Records of instant messages between Pitcher and that woman, identified by CCS records as “Jane Doe 9,” give a peak into their relationship: Pitcher called her “sweet cheeks,” commented on her breast implants and asked if she needed “anything rubbed.” Both deny any physical relationship. Meanwhile, in 2015, Gullickson was provided with cell phone records showing the frequency of texts between Pitcher and another colleague. The records show the two texted each other nearly 4,000 times in the course of just over a month, up to 559 times in a day. They denied any sexual relationship. Gullickson says she “did verbally reprimand both of them” in 2015, but they continued to communicate frequently, witnesses say in CCS records. Gullickson declined to comment for this article. Naccarato-Sinclair, the faculty president, says when the faculty found out the woman was pro-

Darren Pitcher denies allegations of sexual harrassment, records show. moted and asked Gullickson about it last spring, Gullickson told them she had taken care of any concerns raised by the relationship, though no formal investigation ever occurred. Gullickson shredded documents related to the matter when she left SFCC last year to take a job in Virginia, CCS investigative records show, though her assistant kept a file of the cell phone records. Meanwhile, another woman hired to work closely with Pitcher in 2016, identified in records as “Jane Doe 2,” began keeping a log of his behaviors. In his role, Pitcher also served as the SFCC Title IX coordinator, meaning he handled student sexual harassment, discrimination and sexual assault cases, and he brought Jane Doe 2 into his office to discuss one case. She noted that “the question of consent was the crux of the issue” and that she felt like “he was really enjoying discussing sexually explicit details with me.” She changed her routine so she would never have to be alone with him. She timed her trips to the bathroom to avoid him looking at her, investigative records state. Jane Doe 1, the woman speaking with the Inlander who says she was harassed starting in 2013, finally revealed to other co-workers in summer 2016 what allegedly happened. She says she wanted to warn them about Pitcher’s behavior. One of the co-workers, Jane Doe 8, notified HR, naming the woman specifically and saying she “lives in fear of her job.” Greg Stevens, CCS chief administration officer and the person who led the investigation into Pitcher starting this January, says someone in HR followed up with the co-worker. No investigation was launched. Stevens says he “does not recall” anyone giving that information to Gullickson. Then in December 2017, the woman and five female colleagues wrote an anonymous letter detailing allegations against Pitcher. Still, Stevens says, the college couldn’t investigate because of a policy of not investigating anonymous complaints. In January, an investigation was finally triggered when the women hired an attorney, Nick Kovarik, to put his name on the letter. No longer an anonymous complaint, an investigation was launched, though Pitcher continued in his job

before he resigned at the end of February. The investigation, finished in March, found that Pitcher violated policies on relationships with co-workers and acceptable use of state resources. But with no physical evidence to support the allegations made by the women who accused Pitcher of sexual harassment or sexual misconduct, Stevens concluded Jane Doe 1’s claims could not be substantiated. It’s why the woman says she didn’t report what happened immediately after the incidents in 2013 and 2014 in the first place. “I knew they wouldn’t believe me,” she tells the Inlander. She says she eventually reported her experience because of the #MeToo movement and because she saw how other women around her were similarly being affected by Pitcher’s behavior. “The district knew the whole time and didn’t do a damn thing, and then they blamed the victim,” she says.

BREAKING THE SILENCE

Johnson, the chancellor who oversees both SFCC and SCC, says she didn’t hear about any allegations until December 2017. Gullickson, Johnson says, had autonomy as president of SFCC to make personnel decisions. The policy, at least as far back as two decades, has always been not to investigate anonymous complaints. When asked why the information containing women’s names in 2015 and in 2016 did not trigger investigations even though it contained names, Stevens says it’s because they were not “complaints,” but rather “inquiries.”

“We want to make sure the complainants are free to come forward and not afraid or intimidated.” When Johnson did see the anonymous complaint, however, she sent a letter to all employees reminding them of the policies and encouraging them to report. “And we feel like that was successful,” Johnson says, noting a formal complaint was filed a month later. Two witnesses of Pitcher’s alleged harassment tell the Inlander they didn’t speak out because they feared retaliation and public embarrassment. “We don’t want what happened to us or to our friends to be publicized. And the reason people wait for years and years and years is because it’s so stressful and it’s so devastating,” one witness tells the Inlander. Johnson says it can be difficult to strike a balance between encouraging victims of harassment to report and protecting them from public embarrassment. “We want to make sure the complainants are free to come forward and not afraid or intimidated or shamed by the public,” Johnson says. The women hired an attorney, Kovarik, who filed an injunction request that a Spokane judge granted last week barring the names and identifiers of 10 of his clients from being disclosed to the Inlander, Spokesman-Review or KXLY. He argued, and Judge Annette Plese agreed, that it would create a “chilling effect” for other victims who want to speak out. (Typically, none of the media outlets name victims of sexual harassment or sexual assault without permission.) But it’s unusual for such information to be blocked from the public. The day the news broke that Pitcher resigned from the college, for instance, the Inlander received records regarding a separate situation regarding alleged sexual harassment against a CCS employee in 2016 — with names included. The alleged victims in Pitcher’s case still say they fear retaliation and public shame for speaking out. Jane Doe 2, the woman who kept a log of Pitcher’s behavior, wrote that a “culture of fear” was developed at SFCC, and she hopes it can be repaired. “Imagine an SFCC where women could focus on our jobs rather than trying to keep one another safe from harassment,” she wrote. “We demand better.” n

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FLU: PART II A second wave of the flu is hitting Spokane, health officials warn. Though hospitalizations dipped after a peak in January, which is usual, they spiked again in March, with 63 people going in for influenza B, compared to just six in March last year. The Spokane Regional Health District still recommends people get the FLU SHOT — nearly half of the county’s 37 flu deaths this season were due to influenza B and 67 percent of those who died didn’t get the flu shot. The vaccine is particularly helpful against influenza B, and even if you do get sick, it can help reduce symptoms of the flu. (SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL)

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YEAR IN REVIEW OF POLICE OVERSIGHT The man tasked with overseeing the Spokane Police Department has a few suggestions. Police Ombudsman Bart Logue recently released his 2017 annual report, 20 pages of statistics on police behavior, complaints and his recommendations to improve the department. Among the most notable, Logue recommends that the department allow supervisors to review all BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE, not just video that pertains to questionable behavior or critical incidents such as uses of force. Giving supervisors and the ombudsman greater access would “improve transparency between SPD and supervising officers, improve training and increase early intervention of potential problems,” Logue writes. He also recommends updates to the SPD’s policy manual regarding transgender individuals and, separately, use of force. (MITCH RYALS)

ROLLER BLADES OF GLORY Imagine a technology that allows the user to skate, as if on ice, on solid concrete! Wow! These devices, known as “roller skates,” will turn Riverfront Park’s ICE RIBBON into a roller-skating ribbon during the warmer months. Starting this week, the city of Spokane opens up the ice ribbon to roller skates, roller blades, toddler push bikes, non-motorized scooters and even — for your more radical and “extreme” Riverfront Park visitors — skateboards. Traditional bicycles are not allowed and helmets are required. The parks department will not only rent you roller skates, but starting on Sunday, April 8, the Lilac City Roller Derby will be offering free roller-skating lessons. (DANIEL WALTERS)

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Trade War How the tariff fight could hurt Washington state; plus, Idaho sets new rules on civil forfeiture FOOD FIGHT

It appears the United States and China could be headed into a trade war and Washington cherries, apples and other products could be caught in the crossfire if the two don’t work things out soon. After President Trump announced NEW TARIFFS in March on steel and aluminum imports, which China argues violates World Trade Organization rules, China announced $3 billion in tariffs on a range of U.S. products, including cherries, alcohol, steel and more than 100 others. And things could escalate: Trump has also announced bigger plans for tariffs on up to $60 billion of Chinese products, saying they are needed to ensure trade between the countries is more equally taxed. Last year, China was the largest importer of Washington cherries and the fifth largest destination for Washington apples, according to the Northwest Horticultural Council. The new tariffs include a 15 percent tax on most of the Washington agricultural products impacted, from cherries to wine. “We hope they figure it out before our season starts,” says Mark Powers, president of the horticultural council.

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“For cherries we need an answer sooner than later.” The apple shipping season is wrapping up, Powers says, so it’s not clear if many shipments already on the water will be affected by the new fees, which took effect April 2, but 15 percent could make a significant impact with cherries if the tariffs are still in place this summer. “We don’t want to lose any market,” Powers says. “And we don’t want a 15 percent cost increase. That will impact either prices to consumers or returns to growers.” (SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL)

SEIZE IT

The rules just got a little clearer for what property Idaho police can and cannot take in connection to suspected crime. However, the new civil asset forfeiture rules, recently signed into law by Gov. BUTCH OTTER, do not address what critics argue is the most controversial part of this practice: That the government can take and keep citizens’ property and cash without any criminal conviction. “One thing we did not do is say there has to be criminal conviction in order for assets to be seized,” says Idaho Sen. Grant Burgoyne, D-Boise. “But there does have to be some connection to criminal activity, even short of a conviction.” Burgoyne, who co-sponsored the bill, does not believe a criminal conviction should be necessary for the government to take a citizen’s property, but acknowledges that some involved in crafting the bill disagree. The new Idaho law specifies that vehicles cannot be forfeited in connection to a simple drug possession charge. Rather, the suspected crime must be related to trafficking. Additionally, the law says, the mere presence of money, without evidence of another crime, is

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not enough for police to seize it. The law also requires law enforcement agencies to track and report seized and forfeited property. One important portion of the new law that Burgoyne highlighted, though, was giving people the right to challenge the seizure of assets or property in court before the criminal case is completed. The goal, Burgoyne says, giving an example, is to protect the parents whose child is caught doing something illegal. Previously, if a kid was caught with drugs in his or her parents’ vehicle, police would take the vehicle. The new law “helps to minimize the disruption to innocent people’s lives,” he says. Otter vetoed a similar civil forfeiture bill last year, erroneously citing no evidence of abuse of the practice by police in Idaho, as has been documented in other parts of the country. This time around, law enforcement was more involved in crafting the legislation, Otter’s spokesman Jon Hanian says via email. (MITCH RYALS)

UPPING THE ANDY

Once upon a time, Spokane had a third-district Democrat, Lisa Brown, as Washington state Senate majority leader. Come November, Spokane may once again have one of its Senators at the helm of one of the most powerful statewide legislative offices. Majority Leader Sen. Sharon Nelson is retiring from the state Senate, placing Deputy Sen. Majority Leader ANDY BILLIG, D-Spokane, as a likely contender for the top spot. And, yes, Billig would like to have the role. “I am interested in serving in that position if I can earn the support of the caucus,” he says. “There are number of people interested, and they’re all qualified and would all do a terrific job.” The Senate majority leader not only leads their party caucus, he or she has a crucial role in setting the agenda for each legislative session and trying to solve problems with potential legislation. “With seniority and leadership positions, there’s an ability to provide an even stronger voice on behalf of Spokane,” Billig says. “Lisa Brown did a terrific job of balancing the role of the state leader while also delivering for Spokane.” During the last legislative session, Billig won a number of long-sought-after victories. He passed his package of campaignfinance and transparency reforms. He’s particularly proud of a package of voter rights bills that included same-day voter registration. “Voting is fundamental to everything else we do,” Billig says. But there were also a number of disappointments. While the Legislature did a pass a number of gun-control bills, including a ban on bump stocks, the Legislature failed to pass a bill that would have improved school safety and raised the age to buy a semi-automatic rifle to 21. (Even pro-gun Florida was able to pass such a bill.) Similarly, an omnibus bill intended to address the opioid crisis failed to make it out of the Senate. (DANIEL WALTERS)

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UGLY 47 ideas to reduce gun violence and save lives INLANDER SPECIAL REPORT BY MITCH RYALS, DANIEL WALTERS, SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL, WILSON CRISCIONE AND QUINN WELSCH

ere’s the good news: America, overall, is a much less violent place than it used to be. Our reported violent-crime rate is almost half what it was in 1991. But here’s the bad: Mass shootings haven’t decreased. In fact, they’ve become even deadlier. In 2010, the World Health Organization found that the United States’ gun-homicide rates were more than 25 times higher than in any other high-income country. And that was before Las Vegas. And before Parkland, Florida. We’ve witnessed 19 of the 30 deadliest mass shootings in modern U.S. history during the past decade. It isn’t just about murders. The suicide rate has been skyrocketing as well, reaching a 30-year high in 2016. More than half of those suicides were with firearms.

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Today, high school and middle school students have risen up in protests and marches after the Parkland shooting, demanding that something must be done. But what? We looked at 47 ideas to reduce gun violence, weighing the results of academic research and the analysis of experts. Some ideas are good. They have a decent shot at saving lives. Some are messy, with the potential benefits weighed down by potential costs. Some are ineffective, doing little to nothing to combat gun violence. And some are just plain ugly, more likely to result in more death and injury, rather than less. See the whole list, beginning on page 22. — DANIEL WALTERS AND MITCH RYALS, section editors

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PLUG HOLES IN THE BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM

Gaps in the federal background check system (the National Instant Criminal Background Check System) allow domestic abusers, convicted felons and people with mental illness to purchase guns. Roughly 20 percent of Americans purchase guns without a background check. A 2013 survey of prisoners locked up for gun violence found that more than 96 percent of offenders, who were legally prohibited from owning guns, purchased them without a background check. Experts point to three major holes: 1. In most states, gun buyers are able to purchase guns from unlicensed dealers who aren’t required to run a background check at all. Some states, including Washington, have closed this gap. After Missouri stopped requiring background checks for all firearm purchases, researchers found a 25 percent increase in firearm homicides. 2. If the FBI doesn’t complete a background check in three business days, licensed dealers are free to sell the gun anyway. This is how the man who killed nine parishioners inside a black church in Charleston, South Carolina, bought a gun. FBI data indicates that authorities failed to meet the three-day deadline 1.1 million times between 2014 and 2017. However, it’s unclear how many firearms were actually sold because dealers have discretion to wait until the check is completed. 3. The federal definition of “domestic abuser” doesn’t include unmarried or childless couples. Many states, including Oregon this year, have closed the so-called “Boyfriend Loophole.” Strengthening the federal background check system is one of the most feasible and most effective measures to reduce gun violence, surveys and research show. Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that states that require universal background checks have lower gun-death rates. Surveys show overwhelming public support. (MITCH RYALS)

LET AMERICANS SUE GUN MANUFACTURERS AGAIN

It’s the American way: If a product is killing an unbelievable number of people, the proper remedy is to sue the hell out of them. This, after all, was the plot of the 2003 John Grisham movie adaptation Runaway Jury. But since 2005, the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act made gun manufacturers and dealers essentially legally bulletproof. A victim can still sue if a gun, for example, malfunctions and explodes — but not if a teenager uses it to kill 14 of his classmates. Guns are meant to kill, the Republican argument went, so why should people be able to sue when the gun has done what it was built to do? Remove the shield, a recent op-ed in the New York Times pointed out, and that means gun manufacturers suddenly would have a financial incentive, like every other industry, to make their products safer — likely preventing more accidental shootings. While Democrats have repeatedly tried to push legislation to disarm the gun industry’s special shield, it doesn’t have a chance while Republicans are in control. (DANIEL WALTERS)

LIFT THE BAN ON GUN-CONTROL RESEARCH

From 2004 to 2014, gun violence killed about as many people as life-threatening infections known as sepsis, but funding for gun violence research was only about 0.7 percent of the amount spent to study sepsis, according to a 2017 research letter in the Journal of the American Medical Association. In fact, the researchers found that gun violence was the least researched cause of death, in relation to mortality rate, and only research into deaths by falling are funded less. The nonpartisan RAND Corporation looked at thousands of

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Last year, a mass shooter in Las Vegas used a slew of semi-automatic weapons equipped with bump stocks to pull off the largest mass shooting in the United States, leaving 58 people dead and 851 injured. HÅKAN DAHLSTRÖM PHOTO U.S. gun-control studies and found that, in many areas, there just wasn’t enough research to definitively show effects one way or another. The lack of research in certain areas muddles debates over policies, like some listed in this story. Part of what has stymied gun research in the U.S. is the 1996 “Dickey Amendment,” which prevents the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from spending money on activities that “advocate or promote gun control.” Former Arkansas Republican Rep. Jay Dickey, the amendment’s namesake, told NPR he never intended for the amendment to cut off federal gun research altogether, only gun-control advocacy, and regrets that the effect was to essentially halt research in the area. This March, President Donald Trump signed a spending bill that left the Dickey Amendment in place but clarifies that the CDC can research the causes of gun violence. It’s not clear yet if federal research will increase, though, as no funding for gun-violence research was included. (SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL)

COPY THE AUSSIES

It’s considered perhaps one of the most successful guncontrol programs in history. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have both pointed to Australia as a model of how dramatic gun control can make a nation safer. It’s also about as close to “taking your guns” as the mainstream gun-control movement gets. Here are the simple facts: There were 13 mass shootings in 18 years before Australia’s sweeping National Firearms Agreement in 1997. In the 20 years after, there’s been just one. While skeptics quibble with whether the law can be entirely credited, the country’s already-low firearm homicide rate fell further — and suicides absolutely plunged. The flashiest piece of the program featured a mandatory buyback program that gathered around 650,000 firearms — a full fifth of the country’s arsenal. However, today Australia has about as many guns as before the buyback. Instead, the key, as the Science Vs. podcast explains, seemed to be the thicket of other laws that came with it, including a ban on semi-automatic and pump-action rifles and shotguns. You have to show a good reason to own a gun — and self-defense doesn’t count. You can only sell through a licensed dealer. You have to register your gun and report it if it’s stolen. Much of the Australia program would also almost certainly be struck down by the Supreme Court — and the cultural and physical geography of the United States would create serious regulatory challenges. But even some pieces of Australia’s gun-control program, when combined, could seriously reduce deaths. (DANIEL WALTERS)

TRACK GUNS — AND MANDATE REPORTING IF THEY’RE STOLEN

One of the most effective parts of Australia’s gun-control

strategy was simply creating a gun registry — and then enforcing it. In the United States, gun-rights activists fear registries are only the first step to confiscation — and research on their effectiveness in the U.S. is limited. Yet, the potential benefits are clear, particularly when combined with a requirement that lost or stolen guns are reported: It’s a way to close the loophole of “straw purchasers” — where a person illegally buys a gun for somebody else ineligible to purchase one. It hands law enforcement officers the ability to actually identify which guns are stolen — cracking down on both illicit arms traders and allowing cops to get convictions for thieves. And it encourages gun owners to do a better job of safely securing their weapons. A 2002 report from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms concluded that about 85 percent of criminal gun owners weren’t the original purchaser of their gun. So if you’re worried about stopping a bad guy with a gun — make sure he doesn’t get that gun in the first place. (DANIEL WALTERS)

INSTITUTE BACKGROUND CHECKS AND TRACKING FOR AMMUNITION

Only a handful of states currently have laws regulating the purchase of ammunition. Federal law does not currently require ammo purchasers to submit to a background check. This year, congressional Democrats introduced a bill that would establish a federal background check system for ammo. U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Florida), one of the sponsors of the bill, has said it would plug an “absurd loophole” that allows people to “amass hundreds of rounds of ammunition without so much as sharing their first name with a gun store clerk.” Starting in 2019, California will require ammo vendors to report bullet sales to the state’s Department of Justice and conduct background checks on ammunition sales. New York and New Jersey have similar laws. While the NRA has opposed such proposals, a 2013 Fox News poll found 80 percent of respondents were in favor of ammunition background checks. And a study in the journal Injury Prevention analyzing school shootings between 2013 and 2015 found that states with ammunition background checks (along with other factors) have lower rates of school shooting incidents. (MITCH RYALS)

BAN HIGH-CAPACITY MAGAZINES

To trained hands, reloading a weapon is second nature, like wiping your brow or cracking your knuckles. The rounds run out, the bolt slams forward, the magazine drops with a simple push of a finger and a new magazine is inserted. It only takes a few seconds. But in a mass shooting, those seconds can buy people time to get to safety — or disarm the shooter. At Seattle Pacific University

in 2014, an unarmed student used pepper spray to subdue a shooter while he was reloading. And as advocates of high-capacity magazine bans point out, you wouldn’t need more than 10 rounds before reloading to kill a deer. High-capacity magazines and the weapons capable of bearing them, including handguns, were disproportionately recovered by police in connection with violent crimes in Baltimore, Minneapolis and Richmond. These same types of magazines were used in the 2017 Las Vegas shooting. Ultimately, reducing the number of rounds that can be shot from any weapon will reduce its lethality. (QUINN WELSCH)

MAKE FIREARM OWNERS LOCK ’EM UP

An eighth-grade school shooter in Townville, South Carolina, the Washington Post reported, thought he’d be able to kill at least 50 of his classmates — 150 if he got lucky. But he couldn’t get into the gun safe where he thought his dad kept the powerful Ruger Mini-14 semi-automatic rifle. Instead, he settled for a pistol he found in his dad’s dresser — a pistol that jammed after he shot several elementary school students. He didn’t notice that the rifle hadn’t actually been locked up either. More than two-thirds of school shooters got their guns from their own homes or homes of relatives. Massachusetts legally requires guns to be either kept in locked containers or protected with a trigger lock that prevents them from being fired. Gunrights advocates strenuously objected, arguing that locking up their firearms made it nearly impossible to ward off a home invader. But a 2015 Harvard University analysis found that victims using guns to ward off criminals were more likely to be injured than people who just tried to run away. By contrast, other studies have found that safe storage practices significantly reduce the risk of suicide and accidental gun deaths. Not only that, it makes it harder for thieves to steal them during a burglary. If you don’t want the outlaws to get guns, in other words, outlaw leaving guns out where outlaws can get them. (DANIEL WALTERS)

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PUSH DOCTORS TO TALK TO PATIENTS ABOUT GUNS

Before the Parkland shooting, Florida was such a pro-gun state that it actually passed a law restricting doctors’ abilities to ask their patients about gun ownership. (The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals struck it down last year.) That flies in the face of recommendations from the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics, both of which recommend doctors discuss guns with their patients to prevent accidental shootings and suicides. So far, the research on the effectiveness of doctors talking with patients about guns is limited and mixed, but it does seem to improve patients’ use of safe storage devices, especially when doctors actually give out the devices. Not only that, but one 2000 American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry study found that after counseling from a psychiatrist, a third of the parents of suicidal teens removed firearms from their homes. With suicide, by far, the leading cause of deaths from firearms — that’s a big deal. (DANIEL WALTERS)

BAN BUMP STOCKS

When a mass shooter fires into a crowd with a semi-automatic rifle, how fast he can pull the trigger becomes a life-or-death question. In the Las Vegas shooting last October, the gunman in the Mandalay Bay Hotel room was able to fire nine rounds per second. That’s all thanks to a rifle modification called a bump stock, which harnesses the recoil of a weapon to allow a shooter to fire at speeds comparable to already-illegal automatic weapons. After Las Vegas, banning bump stocks has become a rare gun-control measure even Republicans in Congress say they support — though not, so far, enough to actually pass federal legislation to ban them. But the impact would likely be small. While fewer people may have died in Las Vegas if bump stocks were banned, the devices have rarely, if ever, been used in prior shootings. (DANIEL WALTERS)

RAISE THE FIREARM-PURCHASING AGE

Check out this absurdity: You can’t buy a handgun from a licensed dealer if you’re under 21. But if you’re 18, you can still buy an AR-15. While Republicans like Washington state’s Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers argue that those old enough to join the Army should be able to privately own semi-automatic rifles, after the Parkland shooting, even gun-rights-loving ...continued on next page

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G U N CO N T R O L THE GOOD CONTINUED... Florida passed a bill that hiked the age to 21. The reform is unlikely to have a dramatic impact on mass shootings, however: Out of the 156 mass shootings since 2009, a Vox piece explained, only one was committed by a gunman under age of 21 with a legally purchased semi-automatic rifle. So guncontrol advocates suggest going further: Raise the legal age for unlicensed dealers as well, barring informal gun-sellers — dealers at gun shows, for instance — and online stores from selling handguns and rifles. Heck, raise it to 25. Treat guns as seriously as rental cars. FBI data shows that more than half of firearm-homicide offenders from 2005 to 2015 were under 25. (DANIEL WALTERS)

GIVE COPS THE POWER TO RESPOND TO RED FLAGS

The horror of the Parkland shooting was compounded by the fact that so many people knew that the shooter was a danger. Why didn’t anyone take away his weapons? They legally couldn’t. All the red flags in the world can’t do much if the cops don’t have a legal right to act on them. It’s caused a number of states to enact “red flag” laws, giving cops the power to ask a court for a warrant to temporarily remove a person’s access to firearms if they’re an imminent danger to themselves or others. In the 14 years after Connecticut implemented such a law in 1999, police temporarily removed an average of seven firearms from each at-risk gun owner across 762 firearm-removal cases, one study found. Often, those gun owners were connected with mental health treatment they wouldn’t have received otherwise. Ultimately, more than 100 suicides may have been prevented, the study estimated. (DANIEL WALTERS)

LET FAMILY MEMBERS PETITION FOR GUN REMOVALS

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Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) has supported improving the federal background check system, but continues to oppose measures like raising the age required to buy a semi-automatic rifle. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO things keep popping up: They’re almost always men. And they very often have a history of domestic violence. In fact, more than half of the shootings from 2009 to 2016 tallied by Everytown For Gun Safety involved domestic or family violence. It’s scary as hell to be a woman trapped in a violent relationship — it’s even scarier if he can kill you with the click of a trigger. It’s why some states have adopted the use of Gun Violence Restraining Orders. Red-flag laws in states like California and Washington let family members, friends and employers — not just a police officer — ask a court to temporarily take away a person’s firearm access. (DANIEL WALTERS)

ALERT THE COPS WHEN SOMEONE FAILS A GUN BACKGROUND CHECK

Here’s a policy both Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio and his counterpart Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson support: It

requires federal officials to notify local authorities within 24 hours whenever someone tries to buy a gun, but fails the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. Last year, Washington state passed a similar bill — requiring gun dealers to report a failed background check. A KING 5 report found that there were almost 4,000 instances of failed backgrounds checks per year in Washington state, but police were doing little to follow up to find out why ineligible buyers were trying to purchase weapons. It’s a minor fix, but since authorities often miss multiple red flags before mass shootings, this would at least make the red flags shine a little brighter. (DANIEL WALTERS)

REQUIRE STATES TO SHARE MENTAL HEALTH RECORDS WITH THE FEDS

Technically, federal law already prohibits people with a history of some mental health conditions from possessing guns. But the FBI’s federal background check system relies on states

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voluntarily reporting that information, and participation is spotty. A New York Times report in 2016 found that Pennsylvania had entered over 718,000 mental records into the federal background check system, for example, while Montana had entered in a grand total of four. There are legitimate debates about which mental health conditions should exclude a person from gun ownership; the vast majority of people with mental health conditions, after all, are not violent. But as it stands, some states failing to share their information or properly enforce the law has allowed dangerous individuals like the Virginia Tech shooter to gain access to guns. Recent bipartisan legislation has directed grant money to help states better share that information. (DANIEL WALTERS)

LET GUN OWNERS IN CRISIS TEMPORARILY SURRENDER THEIR WEAPONS

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REQUIRE A POLICE INTERVIEW TO GET A GUN

In 1911, New York passed the Sullivan Act. Richard Aborn, president of the Citizens Crime Commission of New York City, calls the act “possibly the most effective gun control law in the history of the country,” in an interview on Slate’s podcast, The Gist. In New York, it generally takes about six months to get a gun after the applications, background check, safety training and an interview with a uniformed NYPD officer, Aborn says. New York also requires safe storage and reporting if a gun is lost or stolen and bans large-capacity magazines and assault-style weapons. “The goal is not to prevent law-abiding citizens from getting guns,” Aborn says on the podcast. “But rather to make sure criminals didn’t get a gun. And guess what? It works!” Firearm death rates in New York are consistently among the lowest in the entire country. In 2016, CDC data shows a rate of 4.2 firearm deaths per 100,000 people, compared to say, Alaska’s 23.3 or Idaho’s 14.6. (MITCH RYALS)

REQUIRE FIREARM OWNERS TAKE GUN SAFETY CLASSES

In some countries, the checklist of what people need in order to buy a gun includes a requirement to take a gun-safety course and pass a test, demonstrate gun knowledge or get a membership at a shooting club or range. In the United States, about 61 percent of gun owners have gotten some type of training, which typically included information about safe handling, storage and preventing accidents, according to a 2015 University of Washington study. But the study identified gaps in training: Only 15 percent of owners said they were trained about suicide prevention, and only 14 percent of those who lived with gun owners had received any safety training. In countries that require some type of safety course (often coupled with other strict rules around gun ownership) such as Japan, the U.K. and India, the rate of gun deaths are significantly lower than those in the U.S. And according to a new Johns Hopkins study, those who said a gun-safety course influenced their storage practices were more than twice as likely to store all their weapons in a locked manner as the general population. (SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL)

LET COPS DESTROY SEIZED GUNS

More than a dozen weapons confiscated by Washington state law enforcement since 2010 later ended up as evidence in new crimes, according to an extensive Associated Press investigation. Research shows that as gun ownership increases, so do gun homicides. With that in mind, the state law requiring the Washington State Patrol to sell or trade back to the public most of the guns it confiscates seems counterproductive. In fact, this legislative session WSP supported a bill that would have given them the option to destroy confiscated firearms. It didn’t pass. While some police chiefs wince at the idea of recirculating

guns back to the public, others, such as Spokane Police Chief Craig Meidl, contend that the firearms sales are an essential source of income. (MITCH RYALS)

HELP GUNSHOT VICTIMS PREVENT BEING SHOT AGAIN

Start with the premise that violence begets violence. Research shows that people who have been shot and survived have a much higher chance of being shot again, but also of committing more crime. Hospital intervention, then, aims to meet victims of violent, often gun-related injuries before they’re released. Case workers offer services before victims walk out of the hospital (housing, education, transportation, treatment) and continue to follow up for months afterward. These programs have been successful at reducing crime recidivism and some peer-reviewed research indicates the effects could be long-lasting, though more data is needed. The Seattle City Council is trying to fill that gap. With funds from the city’s gun sales tax, University of Washington researchers are evaluating a hospital intervention program that targets gunshot victims in Harborview Medical Center. (MITCH RYALS)

CONNECT SHOOTERS WITH THE COMMUNITY

Perhaps the most popular example of this is Boston’s “Operation Ceasefire” in the 1990s, which is credited with a 63 percent reduction in youth homicide. The program that brings together community members, social service workers and police with victims and perpetrators of gun violence has shown success, particularly in cities with a small group of readily identifiable offenders. The idea is for community members (clergy, victims, reformed offenders) to invite those responsible for gun violence to a face-to-face meeting. There, they send a clear message that the violence must stop and offer services (education, housing support, substance abuse and mental health treatment, tattoo removal). Several cities plagued by gun violence have shown reductions in gun-related homicides and gang-related violence. (MITCH RYALS)

MANUFACTURE AND SELL SMART GUNS

A 2-year-old shot and killed his mother inside a Hayden, Idaho, Walmart in 2014. From the shopping cart, the toddler had reached inside the 29-year-old mother’s purse, where she kept a concealed pistol. When we talk about smart guns, advocates often point to this example for support. Smart guns are designed to restrict who can fire them. Some require an authorized fingerprint, others use a radio-controlled watch or other device that must be within a certain distance of the gun in order to fire. There are also trigger guards that require a fingerprint to unlock. A small 2003 study of 117 unintentional and undetermined firearm-related deaths found that personalized firearms technology was among the most effective at reducing accidental deaths.

Spokane Police Chief Craig Meidl argues that money made selling seized firearms back to the public is an essential source of revenue. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO While the National Institute of Justice issued baseline requirements for smart guns at Obama’s direction, so far, a relative lack of funding along with backlash from gun-rights proponents, including the NRA, has stifled smart guns’ popularity. An NRA-led boycott of Smith & Wesson almost put the gunmaker out of business after it pledged to research smart guns among other reforms. (MITCH RYALS)

REQUIRE GUNS WITH MAGAZINE SAFETIES OR CHAMBER INDICATORS

It’s easy to forget there could be one in the chamber. The same 2003 study (see No. 22 above) found that two gunsafety features designed to address the forgotten round in the chamber are also effective at reducing accidental deaths. The first is known as a loaded chamber indicator, which on some guns is a small pin that sticks up from the top. The second is a magazine safety, which disables the gun if the magazine is removed. Still, accidental or unintentional firearm deaths only account for a fraction of the total gun-related deaths in the U.S and have declined to 489 in 2015 from 824 in 1999, according to CDC data. (MITCH RYALS)

ALLOW LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THE POWER TO REGULATE GUNS

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governments from regulating guns. Since the 1980s, prompted by the NRA and other gun-rights groups, at least 43 states have passed “preemption” laws, which advocates argue prevent a burdensome patchwork of local rules. Associations that represent the rights of cities say preemption laws have prevented them from tailoring legislation to prevent gun violence in ways that are specific to large urban cities — say, by preventing guns from being allowed in certain parks or requiring permits to buy a gun. In states without preemption, like California, cities have the flexibility to impose local gun-control policies: San Francisco requires safe storage in a locked container when the owner isn’t carrying his gun, which studies show can prevent accidental shootings, a leading cause of death for children. Still, local rules come with inherent limitations: High-crime cities like Chicago show that even strict local laws can’t stop guns from crossing state and local borders. (SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL)

BAN “ASSAULT-STYLE” WEAPONS

In 1994, the United States banned the manufacture and sale of certain semi-automatic weapons with military-style features and large-capacity magazines. The idea was to limit the number of crimes committed using weapons that could fire a large number of bullets rapidly. In several of the highest-casualty mass shootings in modern U.S. history, the shooters used semi-automatic weapons. The ban was lifted in 2004. A 2018 Quinnipiac poll found that 67 percent of Americans support the ban returning. A federally funded study found the effect on overall violence to be minimal, in part because assault weapons are used in so few incidents (though high-capacity magazines were more common), and in part because the ban’s narrow definition of “assault weapon” hinges on military-style features such as a pistol grip or a folding stock. “We cannot clearly credit the ban with any of the nation’s recent drop in gun violence,” the authors wrote in the federal study. “Should it be renewed, the ban’s effects on gun violence are likely to be small at best and perhaps too small for reliable

REPEAL RIGHT-TO-CARRY LAWS

In 1996, University of Chicago researchers studied the link between a citizen’s right to carry a concealed handgun and the violent crime rate. John Lott and David Mustard concluded that “allowing citizens to carry concealed weapons deters violent crimes and it appears to produce no increase in accidental deaths.” Further, they predicted that states without concealed carry laws could have avoided a total of 1,570 murders, 4,177 rapes and more than 60,000 assaults. At the time, the research was used to support right-to-carry laws, which allow people to carry concealed firearms. All states now allow concealed carry in some form. The NRA has pushed for permitless concealed carry laws, which already exist in some states. In the two decades since Lott and Mustard’s study, academics have debunked their research, concluding that right-to-carry laws actually lead to higher rates of violent crime. Consider the case of Edward Bushnell, the Spokane man who shot and killed another man in the back after a scuffle. Bushnell was legally carrying a handgun and was later acquitted of murder by a jury. Efforts to eliminate or restrict concealed carry are sure to be (and have been) met with legal challenges. Appeals courts are mixed, and the U.S. Supreme Court has recently declined to weigh in on the issue. (MITCH RYALS)

MAKE GUN BUYERS WAIT

The idea is to require a gun buyer to wait some period of time between the purchase and when he or she actually takes possession of the gun. Waiting periods would give authorities more time to complete background checks, advocates say. Research strongly suggests waiting periods can create a “cooling off” period and reduce impulsive violence and suicides. The American Medical Association has voiced support of waiting periods, and a Quinnipiac University poll found 79 percent of voters support such a mandate. At least nine states and the District of Columbia have some sort of waiting period (typically between two and seven days), according to the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. There is no federally mandated waiting period to purchase firearms.

ADD MORE MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING TO SCHOOLS

Mental health counselors in schools can play a critical role in identifying at-risk students and referring them to appropriate treatment. That can prevent students, including would-be school shooters, from harming themselves or others. Nearly 87 percent of shooters leave behind evidence that they were victims of severe bullying that resulted in thoughts of suicide or revenge, studies have shown. Though most bullied children do not decide to open fire on fellow students as revenge, providing resources to these students could prevent harm. While schools typically lack the number of school psychologists recommended by the National Association of School Psychologists, school leadership has in recent years been more open to adding mental health resources and threat assessment teams in schools. The drawbacks to this are minimal. Even if the increased mental health counselors don’t prevent any school shootings, they’re sure to provide easy access to much-needed support for troubled students. (WILSON CRISCIONE)

NAME SCHOOL SHOOTERS LESS

After each mass shooting, experts call for the media not to name the shooter, arguing that glorifying and obsessing over shooters only gives them infamy and creates copycats. And after each shooting, while some members of the media comply, most news organizations publish the shooter’s name and details. Many school shooters say they studied those before them to learn how to make their shooting more memorable. And research shows there is some contagion effect — a 2015 study by an Arizona State University researcher found that mass shootings are often inspired by other shootings weeks earlier. The problem with never naming a shooter is the public will find out anyway. Plus, naming a shooter can prevent misinformation, like the wrong person being blamed for a shooting, says Kelly McBride, vice president of the Poynter Institute for Media Studies. Details of a shooter — their motivation, access to weapons, clues that were missed — can give information that may help prevent future tragedies. Journalists shouldn’t vow not to name a shooter, she says, but instead name shooters only when pertinent. And they should always tell victims’ stories completely. (WILSON CRISCIONE)

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THE INEFFECTIVE Proposals unlikely to reduce gun violence

ELIMINATE GUN-FREE ZONES

The argument against gun-free zones is that they are attractive targets for active shooters and leave their potential victims defenseless. Donald Trump even told voters he would end gun-free zones during the 2016 campaign. But the evidence, championed by gun-rights activists, is thin. Active shooters don’t necessarily target gun-free zones. Rather, shooters target places they know, many of which happen to have that designation. Additionally, research shows that armed citizens rarely are able to stop a mass shootings or reduce the number of casualties. (QUINN WELSCH)

HARDEN SCHOOLS

Since the Columbine shooting in 1999, schools have worked to limit access points to buildings in order to prevent those who would do harm from entering. There are no good studies on the effect these measures have had on preventing mass shootings. Studies have suggested, however, it has little effect on preventing other violent or serious crimes in schools. And most school shooters are students or staff who would already have access to those schools — or else they find other ways in. A few schools have used metal detectors to prevent guns from entering schools. This is costly, but they have been proven to keep guns out of schools in neighborhoods with high crime. Experts, however, say metal detectors are unlikely to stop a gunman who wants to commit a mass shooting. And metal detectors are likely to increase students’ perception of fear and disorder within a school. Some of the low-cost measures like limiting access points, or locking classroom doors from the inside, may be worth it. And metal detectors may prove useful in some schools. But none of it is likely to be a major deterrent for a potential shooter, and it could increase student fear instead of easing it. (WILSON CRISCIONE)

TEACH GUN SAFETY IN SCHOOLS

The Idaho Legislature recently passed a bill to allow gun-safety classes to be taught in schools, but it’s unclear whether or not that will do anything to prevent even accidental shootings. Last year, the U.S. Government Accountability Office released a report saying gun-safety programs like the NRA’s are ineffective in teaching children basic rules about what to do if they come across a gun. A 2004 study by the American Academy of Pediatrics found that gun-safety programs taught children to verbally repeat gun-safety messages, but did not make a difference in real-life situations. It’s possible that this is an issue with the content, not the concept, but so far there’s nothing to prove it prevents shootings. (WILSON CRISCIONE)

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TAX GUNS AND AMMO, SEATTLE-STYLE

Sin taxes have long been used as effective ways to discourage negative behavior. Want fewer people to smoke? Tax the hell out of cigarettes. Local governments such as those in Seattle and Cook County, Illinois, have levied fees on the purchase of guns and ammunition, with the intent on using the money raised to combat gun violence. But does it work as a method of gun control? So far, it’s doubtful. Gun violence actually went up in Seattle the next year after the tax was implemented. The tax did generate about $200,000 for gun research. But that was less than anticipated — and a pittance compared with Seattle’s $6 billion operating budget. And if the dealer that sells 80 percent of guns in Seattle leaves the city, as it has threatened to, Seattle’s tax will raise even less than that. The trouble is, guns aren’t like cigarettes, the Los Angeles Times editorial board points out: “A criminal who needs a gun as a primary tool of his trade would hardly be put off by a slightly higher price.” (DANIEL WALTERS)

REDUCE VIDEO GAME VIOLENCE

President Donald Trump summoned video game developers to the White House in March for a meeting that opened with a video of grisly kill shots from games like Fallout 4 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. It was almost a throwback to the let’s-blame-Columbine-on-Marilyn-Manson days — condemning games for, in the words of a 2012 Trump tweet, “creating monsters.” Both the law and the science are stacked against Trump: In 2011, the Supreme Court struck down violent video game restrictions on First Amendment grounds, noting that there wasn’t any clear link between violent games and violent kids. Yes, some kids play more aggressively after playing violent games, a New York Times review of the research concluded, but actual violent offenders typically have consumed less media than average. Juvenile violence overall has plummeted even as the number of kids playing video games has soared. And as the New York Times pointed out, Japan, a country by any measure more obsessed with games than the United States, had a grand total of six gun deaths in 2014. The United States? Over 33,000. Yes, something’s different between those two countries — and it isn’t violent video games. (DANIEL WALTERS)

HOLD VOLUNTARY GUN BUYBACKS

It’s a simple enough idea: If guns on the streets are dangerous, why not pay people to turn in their guns, no questions asked? It’s been tried by plenty of police departments across the country. But most studies have suggested the impact on homicide rates has been insignificant. In 2013, three researchers at State University of New York College at Buffalo looked at five years of gun buyback programs in Buffalo, New York. The conclusion was scathing. “Gun buyback programs appear to satisfy a local administra-

INSTALL GUNSHOT TRACKING TECHNOLOGY IN CITIES

A series of microphones placed throughout about 90 major metropolitan cities detect gunshots in real time and immediately alert police. The technology, known as ShotSpotter, lets officers respond quickly and accurately to gunfire, which could lead to more cases of gun violence getting solved. Yet, some reports indicate the expensive technology plays only a minor role in reducing gun violence. The Center for Investigative Reporting found that over a two-year period in San Francisco, only two arrests were made out of the 3,000 ShotSpotter alerts. (MITCH RYALS)

THE MESSY

Proposals where the potential benefits come coupled with downsides and risks

TRY TO REPEAL THE SECOND AMENDMENT

So why not simply ban all guns? Or why not require all guns be kept at an armory, instead of the home? Why not imitate Britain or Australia or Japan? Because the Constitution, that’s why: An Antonin Scaliapenned Supreme Court decision in 2008 left plenty of room for gun regulation, but invalidated sweeping gun-control measures like an outright ban on handguns. That’s led an increasing number of commentators — including former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens — to note there’s a simple way to fix that: Repeal the Second Amendment. The road to an amendment is ridiculously steep, requiring either the vote of two-thirds of both houses of Congress or twothirds of the state legislatures. But even if it can’t be done, it could at least shift the terms of the debate, supporters argue. “Why can’t the NRA’s extremism be countered with equal extremism?” writes Vox’s German Lopez. “That seems like a potential way to get to the middle that the great majority of Americans agree with.” Go for it, far-right conservatives say: Embed repealing one of the bedrock principles of the country into the Democratic Party platform. Watch what happens to your swing states and rural elected representatives. Watch as the donations to the NRA skyrocket and gun purchases soar as the fear that the government’s coming for your guns seems more real than ever. Ultimately, it may be far easier to put more liberal-leaning Stevens-style justices on the court, to sweep away Scalia’s precedent, than taking on the Constitution directly. (DANIEL WALTERS)

PUT ARMED POLICE OFFICERS IN SCHOOLS

In a vacuum, the idea of having more armed police officers in schools to prevent school shootings seems like a no-brainer. It avoids the complications of arming teachers — officers have more training for high-intensity situations — and there have been, in fact, several instances where armed guards stopped an active shooter from inflicting more damage. However, there have also been instances like the Parkland, Florida, shooting, when the armed deputy failed to act. But it’s more complicated than that. Mass school shootings remain relatively rare in the everyday life of students, and other than a few high-profile cases there is little research on whether the presence of armed officers prevents them. Meanwhile, on a day-to-day basis, the increase in recent years of resource officers in schools, according to a 2013 Congressional Research Service study, can also increase student arrests for nonviolent offenses — often on vague charges like “disorderly conduct” — and it disproportionately sends students of color into the criminal justice system. Student advocacy groups have pushed to instead focus on providing more counselors ...continued on page 30

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REQUIRE A DOCTOR’S NOTE TO PURCHASE A GUN

A person who has been deemed mentally “defective” or who has been involuntarily committed to a mental hospital cannot own or purchase a gun. Background checks are supposed to alert sellers to those marks on people’s records, but they don’t always show up due to the unreliable nature of sharing those records with state and federal databases. So rather than wait for proof of a potentially disqualifying mental health issue, some countries (such as India, Germany, Japan, Brazil and Russia) require some sort of doctor’s note before a person can own a gun. But physicians may be reluctant to be the final arbiters of a person’s right to purchase, own or carry a gun. A 2013 article by a group of physicians lays out a few reasons why: A lack of standards and training, concern over divulging private medical information and differing opinions over what should disqualify a person. (MITCH RYALS)

GIVE COPS THE CHOICE TO REFUSE TO ISSUE A CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT

The distinction between “may issue” states and “shall issue” states typically comes up in the debate about concealed carry permits. Some states, such as Washington, must issue permits to those who qualify. Others give law enforcement the discretion to issue a permit. Appeals court judges have come to conflicting conclusions about states’ authority to issue permits on a discretionary basis, though the Supreme Court recently declined to review a case out of California. In doing so, it let stand a ruling that says law enforcement can refuse to issue concealed carry permits. Some gun-safety advocates have taken the idea of discretionary licensure even further. They argue that law enforcement should have discretion over not only who can carry a gun in public, but who can purchase one. Those advocates point the fact that the Parkland shooter’s struggle with depression, violent tendencies and prior contact with police did not disqualify him from buying a gun. Given the Supreme Court’s previous Second Amendment ruling, and its reluctance to define the law further, it’s unclear whether “may issue” laws for gun purchases would pass constitutional muster. (MITCH RYALS)

BAN THOSE ON THE TERRORIST WATCH-LIST FROM BUYING GUNS

It’s a proposal that combines the GOP’s hatred of terrorists with Democrats’ hatred of guns. After the 2016 Pulse shooting in Orlando, congressional leaders floated legislation to prevent suspected terrorists from buying guns. Denying potential terrorists guns seems like a no-brainer — why would you ban a person from jumping on a plane but let them purchase a gun? But whether you’re using the broader terrorist watch-list or the smaller no-fly list, there are thousands of innocent people who would be impacted, raising serious constitutional and due-process concerns. As the American Civil Liberties Union pointed out, the proposal would further entrench a watch-list system that was “error-prone and unreliable,” relying on “vague and overbroad criteria and secret evidence” to put people on the list without a path to clearing their names. (DANIEL WALTERS)

CHALLENGE PRO-GUN DEMOCRATS IN PRIMARIES

There’s a reason why gun-control legislation is so hard to pass, despite polling that says the majority of voters support many measures. Gun-rights voters care more. Cross the NRA as a Republican legislator, and the possibility of being a defeated by someone even more conservative in the next primary

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Originally, the 2016 Pulse shooter intended to target Disney World, before killing 49 people in the Orlando nightclub. is very real. Oppose gun control as a Democrat — like 16 Democratic Senators did with a 2013 assault-weapons-ban bill, and, well, nothing happens. If gun-control advocates want new laws, they could change that incentive structure by running candidates to defeat pro-gun Democrats in the primary. The Tea Party example shows the benefits and the risks of such an approach: Tea Party conservatives were able to successfully push the GOP to the right by demanding purity from their legislators. But, at times, they also elevated candidates who had no chance of winning in the general election, costing Republicans in crucial elections. (DANIEL WALTERS)

THE UGLY

Proposals likely to result in more injuries or deaths

ARM TEACHERS

While this is an idea supported by 45 percent of adults, according to the Pew Research Center, it’s widely panned by experts, teachers and school resource officers. There is little research on the effect arming teachers would have on preventing mass school shootings, but study after study is clear on one thing: More guns leads to more gun violence. And in the context of a school, that could put children in danger. Setting aside the question of what an armed teacher would do with a split-second decision in the face of a shooter carrying an AR15, there are other questions to consider: Where would the teacher store a gun in a way that’s accessible in a tragic event but safe from students? Who would pay for the gun and the training? Would the presence of a gun escalate everyday interactions with students? Right now, there’s simply no evidence that arming teachers would prevent mass school shootings. There’s little chance it will happen, since schools and teachers across the country have thus far strongly resisted the idea. And the potential for accidental gun violence further traumatizing kids is too high. (WILSON CRISCIONE)

ENACT THE CONCEALED CARRY RECIPROCITY ACT

The first major gun-related piece of legislation acted on by Congress following two of the most deadly shootings in U.S. history (in Las Vegas and Sutherland Springs, Texas) would essentially allow any gun owner permitted to carry a concealed weapon in one state to do so in any other state. The Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 is one of the biggest priorities of the National Rifle Association, which proclaimed the vote a “watershed moment for Second Amendment rights,” and has long espoused the idea that the answer to gun violence is

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to arm more citizens. Opponents argue that reciprocity undermines states’ rights to regulate who can and cannot carry a concealed gun and essentially makes the least restrictive concealed-carry laws the law of the land. Some states, such as Idaho, generally do not require a permit to carry a concealed weapon. Empirical evidence has shown that armed citizens rarely stop gun violence. An FBI study of 160 active shooters from 2000 to 2013 found only five incidents that were ended after an armed, non-police officer intervened. Since 2007, people permitted to carry concealed guns have been responsible for nearly 1,200 deaths that did not qualify as self defense, according to the Violence Policy Center, a gun-safety group. Those deaths include 31 from mass shootings and 21 of law enforcement officers. (MITCH RYALS)

PASS “STAND YOUR GROUND” LAWS

A “Stand Your Ground Law” just recently passed in Idaho. Nearly half of the United States has enacted some form of this law, which provides some immunity from prosecution “in the use of deadly force” when that person has a right to be there. The debate over stand-your-ground laws intensified after the 2012 death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin, whose killer was acquitted by a jury. Florida state Republican Sen. Dennis Baxley has attributed the overall decline in the state’s violent crime rate to its stand-your-ground law. However, research suggests the opposite: Violent crime fell across the nation — and states with stand-your-ground laws generally have higher firearm homicide rates than those that do not. While violent crime rates have steadily declined since the early ’90s, there is no research indicating the reduction is related to stand-your-ground laws. (QUINN WELSCH)

ENCOURAGE MORE GUN OWNERSHIP

An armed population is a more polite population. It’s the “good guy with a gun” argument, a favorite of Second Amendment supporters. Essentially, more guns, more safety. But that argument has been widely debunked. An October 2017 article in the Scientific American says that in about “30 careful studies,” more guns lead to more crimes, including murder and rape. Fewer studies show the opposite. For instance, a 2015 study based on information from the FBI and CDC found that “firearm assaults were 6.8 times more common in the states with the most guns versus those with the least.” “When all but a few studies point in the same direction,” Scientific American wrote, “we can feel confident that the arrow is aiming at the truth — which is, in this case, that guns do not inhibit crime and violence but instead make it worse.” (QUINN WELSCH) n

A Cat’s Tale

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The 30-lb. wildcat, an African serval, has an unusual bond with his owner.

Meet “Boomer,” an African serval living on Washington’s Palouse prairie BY CHEY SCOTT

oomer is pacing. With the carcass of a small, quail-sized bird clamped in his jaw, the lanky, black-spotted African serval is highly alert to the movements and sounds all around him: dead grass rustling in a spring breeze, the faint mews of a house cat in the distance. His short tail twitches and bristles. Once he senses it’s safe, and that nothing is going to snatch away his meal, the big-eared cat stops in a corner of his enclosure. With the feathered carcass still in his teeth, Boomer vigorously shakes his head and flings the bird into the air, not unlike his domestic counterparts do when playing with a toy, or a small dead animal. After tossing it around a few more times, the 1-yearold serval crouches down and begins gnawing the small chicken apart. Tiny bones snap and grind against Boomer’s teeth, audible over the Palouse wind. The 30-pound cat devours the entire bird in a few minutes as his owner, Anya Spielberg, looks on. “Boomer, you even ate the head!” Spielberg says to him in surprise. It’s not unusual, she adds, to come out to the cat’s 1,200-square-foot enclosure and find leftover, “undesirable” bits (intestines, heads and other entrails) of his twice-daily, raw meals scattered across the dirt. Boomer is, like all members of the felidae family, an obligate carnivore. Spielberg orders his food (whole, frozen small animals) online, and estimates it costs about $20 a day to feed him. His favorites are guinea pigs and small chickens. Spielberg doesn’t let the cat slaughter his own dinner as a measure to prevent unwanted carnage. Although she hand-raised Boomer, starting with bottle

feeding when he was five weeks old, she understands he’s still a wildcat that’s very much in touch with its natural instincts. “That time period is really important for bonding with their human. They are very single-human-focused,” Spielberg explains. Though Boomer was more impressionable and physically manageable as a kitten, Spielberg remains the only human the serval generally tolerates. Their bond, and the trust he has in her, is deep. “[Food] was the thing that drove him forever,” she says. “Now he prefers my companionship over food, and the way he can communicate with me, in his language, is really incredible to me. He is so happy to see me, and his purr is so loud and intense.” Still, he won’t allow anyone else — not even Spielberg’s husband — to handle him. Sometimes he even hisses at his “mom,” too, when displeased or annoyed. “He wouldn’t hurt my husband, but he would hiss like he doesn’t prefer [interaction]. It’s like a threat but without action for people he knows,” she says. “It’s like ‘I want you to know that I am not cool with this, but I’m not gonna hurt you.’” When given enough time and space, Spielberg says Boomer usually relaxes around new people and environments. He likes to ride in the car with her, and to go on leashed walks around the rural Palouse countryside on nice days. She’s even taken him camping. Whenever she and Boomer go places they may encounter other people or animals, like on walks, he always wears a “do not pet” sign on his harness. “Servals are not thought to be aggressive, and my

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experience with him is that he is not aggressive, but he is fearful in situations with new animals,” she explains. “If he felt threatened, he might defend himself with his claws, and because of that he never has access to any other animals other than those that we have control over.” Recently, Spielberg was invited by the Whitman County Library District to bring Boomer to its rural branches for a series of all-ages educational sessions to share the story of their unusual relationship, facts about the serval species and what’s required to keep one as an exotic pet. “I show them how it’s possible for a serval to interact with a human, because he will show me affection even though they don’t get to touch him,” she says. “I also try to teach kids about getting in touch with what your passion is, and I use this as an example. My passion is these cats, but I tell them to find the thing that you just love, even if it’s unusual.”

pielberg didn’t always dream of owning a wild African serval, which are widespread in the continent’s sub-Saharan region. There, they live mostly solitary lives, using their ultra-sensitive ears to locate prey — small rodents, reptiles, insects and birds — before launching into a fatal pounce as high as 6 feet using their long, powerful legs. “I kind of respect their wildness, and I’m not a fan of zoos. I just didn’t really believe in domesticating them until I met a breeder who had one,” she explains. “I got to know what the quality of life was like for that cat, and I decided to take the plunge.” Knowing the medium-sized wildcat would require ample space, Spielberg and her husband moved from Pullman to the sleepy Palouse town of Oakesdale, about halfway between Spokane and Pullman. ...continued on page 34

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engine displays you will see. If you have a Small Block 350 you are working on, you have probably visited The General Store for your parts. Five years ago when you walked into The General Store automotive department, you were greeted with Small Block Chevy and Ford engines and aisles upon aisles of domestic automotive performance parts. Enter 2018, The General Store still has the coolest displays and parts for domestic auto but there is a growing import auto section. There is a 59” carbon fiber wing, an exhaust system for a Subaru WRX, turbochargers, and a full line of JDM parts. Lead counter-man Tony Evans said “The old school small block guys still make up the bulk of our customers, but everyday there is a new customer coming in asking for performance parts for his Nissan, Honda, or Subaru. So we are now stocking the best selection of Import Performance parts in Spokane.” If you haven’t visited The General Store lately I strongly suggest you do. Not only do they have the coolest automotive section. They have a YETI cave and a store full of treasures. The General Store is open 7 days a week and is located at 2424 N division. ~ John Snowshovel

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“A CAT’S TALE,” CONTINUED... Bringing Boomer into the family was also no bargain. Beyond the cat’s initial price tag of around $6,000, the couple invested about $15,000 into his outdoor enclosure, which has a double-door entrance for security and an attached, climate-controlled unit that’s heated and air conditioned when needed. “You absolutely cannot care for a serval if you don’t give them the proper habitat. They won’t thrive, and they won’t live,” she says. In Washington state, keeping a serval is allowed by state law, and doing so does not require a special permit. Boomer slips under the state’s definition of a “potentially dangerous wild animal,” which in the felidae family is defined as “only lions, tigers, captive-bred cougars, jaguars, cheetahs, leopards, snow leopards and clouded leopards.” In Idaho, private citizen ownership of servals is illegal without a special permit.

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n addition to caring for Boomer, Spielberg works part time as a hospital chaplain and breeds Savannahs out of her home. Savannahs are a hybrid domestic cat first created in the late 1980s when an African serval was crossbred with a Siamese cat. Spielberg fell in love with the breed’s lively personality seven years ago and founded her cattery, Savannah Exotics, a few years later. She currently has six females and four males in her breeding program. Two of the queens are bunking with Boomer. Spielberg hopes he’ll choose one of these “wives” to mate with and successfully produce what’s called an F1 Savannah, a cat that’s half serval and half domestic cat. (Most Savannahs that become household pets are four or five generations removed from their serval ancestry.) Firstgeneration Savannahs are rare because they’re incredibly difficult to produce, which means the prospect with Boomer could be entirely unsuccessful, Spielberg notes. Bringing Boomer into her life wasn’t made with an initial intent to breed him, even though her work with Savannahs directly influenced her choice to purchase the serval. After some thought on the idea, she figured it was at least worth a try. The serval has at least taken well to his two little companions, Barbie and Paisley, growing quite protective of both, she says. Critics of deliberate companion-animal breeding or keeping wild animals as exotic pets may harness some contempt when they learn of

Boomer allows only Spielberg to touch or hold him.

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Boomer. Spielberg realizes these are legitimate sentiments, and a fair consequence of her choice. She admits that her relationship with the cat even conflicts with some of her own beliefs. “I think that life is full of contradictions, and that it’s possible to hold two beliefs at the same time,” she says. But the joy she sees from the bonds formed between her Savannah kittens and their purchasers, she believes, outweighs concerns over the creation of more cats in the world despite pet overpopulation. “In terms of servals, I do think that it’s selfish. I’ll be really honest — it’s a selfish relationship. Someone else produced the kitten, and I wanted to be a part of the experience of relating to a wildcat because it’s in me to make that kind of a commitment, and to bring joy to my serval’s life by taking care of him appropriately and giving him a quality life, and using him as a way to educate the public on how to respect animals and appreciate nature.” n cheys@inlander.com Cat Science with Anya and Boomer • Wed, April 11, at 3:30 pm • Free • Endicott Library • 324 E St., Endicott • 657-3429 • Also Wed, May 16, at 12:30 pm • Rosalia Library • 402 S. Whitman Ave., Rosalia • whitco.lib.wa.us

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HADER PLAYERS On TV and in movies, hitmen have been done to death. So have actors. But how about when you combine the two? A typical comedic pitch might turn a failed actor into a hitman. But HBO’s Barry does the opposite: A very good hitman decides he wants to become an actor, despite his total lack of skill. It’s a funny show, but more impressive is the nuance and genuine pathos on display. Bill Hader, who directs, writes and plays the hitman Barry, strikes some of the same brilliant notes as he does in Hader’s Documentary Now! spoofs. He takes a ludicrous premise and approaches it with almost religious sincerity. (DANIEL WALTERS)

Deep, dark dive down the pre-9/11 rabbit hole

BY QUINN WELSCH

ulu isn’t really my go-to when it comes to original streaming TV series. But I’ve been especially drawn to the service’s latest original, The Looming Tower, an ongoing miniseries based on a book by the same title about U.S. counterintelligence operations in the late ’90s that ultimately led up to 9/11. I typically avoid reading or watching crime stories because they usually bore the hell out of me. But The Looming Tower makes it exciting, tense and purposeful, especially today. While there is enough spy-versus-spy action to satisfy my inner Tom Clancy nerd, the series

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ON THIS WEEK’S PLAYLIST Some noteworthy new music arrives online and in stores April 6. To wit:  DR. OCTAGON, Moosebumps: An Exploration Into Modern Day Horripilation. Yes, Kool Keith’s timetraveling alien gynecologist alter ego is back! It rarely gets more freaky.  EELS, The Deconstruction. Main man E’s first new set since 2014 is Eels’ 12th album overall.  HINDS, I Don’t Run. Spanish indie-rock ladies are back with more tasty ear candy.  HOP ALONG, Bark Your Head Off, Dog. This Philadelphia folk-rock crew is remarkably imaginative.  WYE OAK, The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs. First single “It Was Not Natural” features this Baltimore duo in an expansive mood. (DAN NAILEN)

also delves into the political drama between the FBI and CIA in their efforts to stop al-Qaida and Osama bin Laden. The story begins in 1998, as we follow a handful of characters, including government officials, terrorists, agents — notably, FBI agent John O’Neill (Jeff Daniels), who would later die in the World Trade Center — and others, as they embark on a collision course that results in the inevitable world-changing events. The show can be somewhat surreal at times when it uses real-world news footage to show interviews with bin Laden. Moments like these remind me that The Looming Tower and the world it portrays is real, and that the consequences of U.S. intelligence failures are grave. Outside of my dad’s garage on the night of September 11, I remember listening to the sound of fighter jets encircling the airspace in nearby Seatac. All other aircraft had been grounded. It was haunting in retrospect. Things have improved since then (somewhat), but there is no going back. Watching The Looming Tower, I can’t help but reminisce over the years of my early childhood; the sunshiney days of the late ’90s, when people still smoked in bars, TV screens were still large and boxy and the biggest scandal in the White House was a blowjob. The future never looked brighter. The Looming Tower blows this memory out of the water. As the show depicts, the events of 9/11 were many years in the making. Coinciding with the current Russia investigation and pervasive “Deep State” conspiracy theorists, The Looming Tower comes at an unusual and remarkable time in modern politics. For that reason alone, I highly recommend it. Find it on Hulu. n

COEUR D’CON After more than a decade, Spokane’s Lilac City Comicon is welcoming a baby sibling to the family. Starting this fall, the inaugural Lake City Comicon in Coeur d’Alene becomes the newest offering from the same folks behind Spokane’s con, founded and organized by Nathan O’Brien. Coeur d’Alene’s event is set for Oct. 20 at the Kootenai County Fairgrounds, and booths ($75) for artists, exhibitors and vendors of all things pop-culture/nerd fandom are now available for reservation. Admission for guests is $5 at the door, and kids ages 12 and under are free. Check back for more details as the date approaches at lakecitycon.com. (CHEY SCOTT)

SOMETHING WILD Did you know the largest bioterror attack in U.S. history happened in Central Oregon in the 1980s? What about the fact that it was tied to a cult? Netflix’s six-part docu-series Wild Wild Country explores the jaw-dropping drama that ensued after followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh moved from India to Wasco County to build their commune. Through new interviews and old footage, key cult leaders expound on the freedom of religion, neighbors describe tensions as the group took over local government, and journalists and elected officials talk about their massive investigation into a series of increasingly unbelievable events. (SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL)

CALLING ALL COUG-ROOTING WINE LOVERS When it comes to WSU football heroes, they don’t come much bigger than Drew Bledsoe. After his lengthy NFL career, the former Coug quarterback hit Walla Walla and established Doubleback Winery in 2007. On Friday, Bledsoe will swing by Nectar Catering & Events (120 N. Stevens) to debut the latest in his wine line. Attendance is free, and you can enjoy a sip and meet Bledsoe from 2:30-5 pm, but if you want an autographed bottle to take home, sign up through the link at facebook.com/nectarcateringandevents for either a $120 bottle of 2015 Doubleback Cabernet or $60 Bledsoe Family Flying B Cabernet. (DAN NAILEN)

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pokane’s monthly arts showcase features events, including gallery receptions, live music and a chance to meet local artists, across the downtown core and beyond. Receptions for this month’s event happen on Friday, April 6, from 5-8 pm, unless otherwise noted below, where events are listed alphabetically by venue. These listings were compiled from information provided by First Friday’s organizer, Downtown Spokane Partnership, as well as host venues and artists. Red stars denote Inlander staff picks; for additional information, visit firstfridayspokane.org. (CHEY SCOTT)

ART SEED SPOKANE, 1115 W. First “Pow!!! An Art Exhibition” features works by local artists in various media. Reception 5-10 pm. J AUNTIE’S BOOKSTORE, 402 W. Main 3 Minute Mic celebrates its fifth anniversary with poet and musician Margaret Wilds. Open mic readers can read up to three minutes’ worth of poetry. Starts at 8 pm. AVENUE WEST, 907 W. Boone The gallery features Sagle, Idaho, artist T Kurtz’s “The Power of Spring.” BARILI CELLARS, 608 W. Second Featuring pastels by Vicky Cavin and mixed-media pieces by Linda Malcom. Reception 4-9 pm. J BARRISTER WINERY, 1213 W. Railroad Ave. Watercolor and egg tempera painter Stan Miller presents “Portraits and Landscapes.” Reception from 5-10 pm, with live music by Maxie Ray Mills, food by Beacon Hill Catering and Barrister’s wines. BON BON, 926 W. Garland Featuring art by Emma Noyes, and a tap takeover with Olympia’s Fish Brewing. BRIDGE PRESS CELLARS, 39 W. Pacific Art by Hara Allison, with live music by Nashville musician Christy Lee. Reception 4-11 pm. J CHASE GALLERY, 808 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. “Flourish” features naturethemed photography by Seattle-based artists Melinda

Hurst Frye, Tara McDermott and Meggan Joy. CRAFTSMAN CELLARS, 1194 W. Summit Pkwy. Mixed media on copper by Irene Dahl. Reception from 2-9 pm, with music by Nick Grow at 7 pm. J COMMUNITY BUILDING, 25 W. Main The Inland Northwest Land Conservancy hosts “Nature,” the Spokane Watercolor Society’s annual membership show. COMMUNITY PINT, 120 E. Sprague Art by Annecia Paulson, of Sage+Moss, including handmade macrame wall hangings. Also featuring live music by Deb, from 6-10 pm. J DODSON’S JEWELERS, 516 W. Riverside Pastel and oil paintings by artist Bonnie Griffith in “Montana on My Mind,” alongside a trunk show for Montana Sapphires (10 am-8 pm). J EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS, 331 W. Main A collection of black-and-white photography by Bill and Kathy Kostelec. J FELLOW COWORKING, 304 W. Pacific “Suspended Before Your Very Eyes” features textile artwork by Spokane’s Louis Kodis. HILLS’ RESTAURANT & LOUNGE, 401 W. Main Music by the Front Porch Trio: Steve Simmons, Alan Fischer and Ron Greene. J IRON GOAT BREWING CO., 1302 W. Second Paintings by Travis Chapman,

“Turris Concrescere” and “Turris” by Rob McKirdie in “Metamaquette” at Trackside Studio. who skewers memes and reimagines popular paintings. JOSEFINE’S SALON CONCEPTS, 312 W. First “Fitting Together.Art” features art by school-aged children living with autism. Proceeds benefit autism-related efforts. J KOLVA-SULLIVAN GALLERY, 115 S. Adams “Excavate: Land, Space, Ocean, Body” by Helen Parsons features fabric and mixed-media art Reception from 5-9 pm; also open April 7 from noon-4 pm; artist talk at 1 pm. J KRESS GALLERY AT RIVER PARK SQUARE, 808 W. Main (third floor) “No Tan: Beauty of Darks and Lights” features sumi-e and calligraphy by Keiko Von Holt and other local artists celebrating the Year of the Dog. LEFTBANK WINE BAR, 108 N. Washington Acrylics on wood panels by local artist Joel Stehr are displayed. Reception from 4-11 pm with music by Mary Chavez (7-10 pm). THE LIVING ROOM VINTAGE, 1816 E. Sprague A trunk show of festival wear from Spokane-area vintage clothing vendors, and original paintings by Travis Michael Boersma. LIBERTY CIDERWORKS, 164 S. Washington Pop culture-themed art by L.A.-based artist Byron Black is displayed through the month. Reception 4-9 pm. J LUTHERAN COMMUNITY SERVICES NORTHWEST, 210 W. Sprague The nonprofit kicks off Sexual Assault Awareness Month with a window and chalk walk celebrating the power of individual and collective voices in ending sexual violence, along with the silhouette display “What is Your Name?”

“March Color in the Bitterroot Range” by Bonnie Griffith is at Dodson’s Jewelers. MARMOT ART SPACE, 1202 W. Summit Pkwy. “Confluence: Painting & Dance” previews the upcoming performance by Vytal Movement Dance Company, with art by Grace Barnes and other regular gallery artists. MARYHILL WINERY SPOKANE, 1303 W. Summit Pkwy. The winery displays art by Robin Pickering, with live music by Pamela Benton. NEW MOON ART GALLERY, 1326 E. Sprague The gallery features paintings by Clancie Pleasants, clayworks by Collista Bejjani and fine jewelry by Carole Landt. Reception from noon-5 pm. OBJECT SPACE, 1818 ½ E. Sprague La Resistance presents “Revive Regenerate Renew,” featuring work by two dozen Spokanearea artists. Includes a closing reception on April 28, from 5-8 pm. OVERBLUFF CELLARS, 304 W. Pacific The winery displays paintings and small sculptures made from grapevines by artist Felisa Carranza. Open noon-7 pm. POTTERY PLACE PLUS, 203 N. Washington April’s guest artist is Katie Frey, who showcases her mixed media landscape and still life paintings. Reception 5-9 pm. J RESURRECTION RECORDS, 1927 W. Northwest Blvd. “Cats and Weiners” is a group show of art inspired by its title subjects, with a portion of sales benefiting cancer funds of Susan Webber and Kelly Fay Vaughn. Reception 6-9 pm. RIVER CITY BREWING CO., 121 S. Cedar The brewery’s monthly garage party includes beer, local food trucks and live music by Fat Lady, from 4-9:30 pm. ROBERT KARL CELLARS, 115 W. Pacific

Photography by Christopher Lamb, and the release of the winery’s 2014 merlot. J SARANAC ART PROJECTS, 25 W. Main Featuring member artists Roger Ralton’s installation “Research II” and Jenny Hydes’s video piece “Old Tricks.” SOULFUL SOUPS & SPIRITS, 117 N. Howard Artist Dave Johnson displays his latest installation for the “Brass Knuckle Project,” with live music by Ian Miles and the Meat Sweats. Reception 7-9 pm. J SPOKANE PUBLIC LIBRARY, 906 W. Main “Spokane Women Together: Portraits and Stories” by Rick Singer and Hilary Hart is a photography collection exploring Spokane’s diverse population of women. The library also hosts a dramatic musical performance of Caleb Mannan’s “Bust it Like a Mule” at 6:30 pm. STA PLAZA, 701 W. Riverside Music by STA coach operator and musician Ken Davis, from 4:30-6 pm. J TERRAIN GALLERY, 304 W. Pacific Featuring Michael Dinning’s mixed-media collection “Neighborhood.” J TRACKSIDE STUDIO CERAMIC ART GALLERY, 115 S. Adams “Metamaquette” features works by SFCC Art Dept. faculty Rob McKirdie and Tybre Newcomer. VINO! A WINE SHOW, 222 S. Washington Art by Dan Harris, and a tasting of wines from Vino!’s Wine of the Month Club, from 3-7:30 pm. WILLIAM GRANT GALLERY & FRAMING, 1188 W. Summit Pkwy. Featuring mixed media pieces by Vicky Cavin and glass art by Chantelle Flint. n

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ennis Miller used to be funny. Actually, Dennis Miller used to be one of the funniest people on the planet. His assured delivery and wide-ranging skewering of hypocrisy among the powerful and silliness among the rest of us made him the ideal anchor for Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update segment in the mid-’80s. Vulture.com ranked him as the best ever in that role, over the likes of Tiny Fey, Amy Poehler, Chevy Chase and Bill Murray. Later, Miller’s topical rants full of popculture ephemera and historical references made his long-running Dennis Miller Live show on HBO a massive critical and popular hit. It ran for 10 seasons — 215 episodes — and won five Emmys between 1994 and 2002 while blazing a trail for comedians like Bill Maher, Jon Stewart and Jon Oliver to turn politics into comedy gold. The reason you don’t hear about Miller in the same reverential tones as you might about his former SNL peers doesn’t really have anything to do with him losing his sense of humor, and pretty much everything to do with his embracing some conservative views that are anathema to much of Hollywood or any fans who lean left. He’s skeptical of the #MeToo movement that lets Bill Clinton “skate,” thinks Barack Obama was a “nice guy” but a “crappy president” and actually finds some things to appreciate in Donald Trump. And while that might be painful for fans from the old days — myself included — one thing comes clear after talking to Miller for a half-hour on the phone. Dennis Miller is still funny. And Dennis Miller doesn’t really care what you think. Miller didn’t do much overtly political material in his early stand-up days, but that changed when Lorne Michaels hired him for Saturday Night Live and immediately put him behind the desk on Weekend Update. “You’re a topical humorist at that point, and I’m thankful I had that hook,” Miller says from a tour stop in Florida, part of a trip that brings him to Spokane Friday night. “It took me to a different way of writing. I’ve always written about current events, and that includes some politics. It’s just that my politics aged with me.” Learning to scour the news for hooks and headlines that would serve new jokes became a talent Miller was able to use well beyond SNL. And it’s one he still uses as he prepares to film a new stand-up show in May, although the 64-yearold acknowledges it takes a little more work these days. “It’s harder just because you’re not as driven,” Miller says of creating a new special. “Now I find the observations during the day have to stop at some cranky Ellis Island, where I have to reassign them into joke material. There’s a midstep. I’m cranky now. I assume that’s part of being old.” Miller says his relative conservatism came through a natural evolution, some combination

Dennis Miller on aging: “I’m cranky now.” of aging, financial success, the shock of 9/11 and increased hypocrisy among America’s liberals. Even back when he was a more mainstream comedy darling, Miller had a libertarian streak that’s not uncommon among comedians; as long as a joke was funny, it didn’t really matter if a target was Democrat or Republican. “I was a ballbuster then about everybody,” Miller says. Miller says as he looks at the country, it’s “Hatfields and McCoys,” but he sees the left as more closed-minded than conservatives. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen [America] this uptight, nasty and judgmental, and it’s from one side,” Miller says. “People can talk all they want, but the left is trying to shut down some discussion, and I don’t get that.” Still, Miller also has apolitical, entertaining stories of how he handled getting fired from his genuinely odd Monday Night Football announcing gig (“I knew I was going to get whacked”) or dealing with “two days of showbiz depression” when his first late-night talk show was canceled. Whether or not one would enjoy Miller’s stand up in 2018 depends a lot on how you feel about Miller’s present politics. But, clearly, Miller’s main goal on stage remains being funny. “This whole thing about trying to get other people to agree with you, or think the way you do, I could care less,” Miller says. “These are my thoughts. I’m trying to get some laughs.” n Dennis Miller with Philip Kopczynski • Fri, April 6, at 8 pm • $45/$60/$68/$75/$90 • Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox • 1001 W. Sprague • foxtheaterspokane.org • 624-1200

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n front of a bright green wall, three servers are mixing and mashing small piles of semi-liquid ice cream with flat metal scrapers while customers eagerly wait. This is a typical scene at Yummy Ice Cream Rolls. The newly opened treat shop offers a fun, visual experience that lets customers see the process behind its chilly offerings, which are all made to order on round, steel ice plates that are continuously chilled at around 10 degrees below zero. Though Yummy Ice Cream Rolls essentially only serves one item — rolled ice cream — there are plenty of options to choose from. Customers can create a personalized flavor with their choice of toppings and sauces over a base ice cream like huckleberry, honeydew, matcha, latte, mango, strawberry, chocolate and many others. Or they can try one of the shop’s specialty bowls, like the best-selling “Oreo’s Secret” that consists of — you

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guessed it — Oreos and whipped cream, or “Monkey Business” with banana, swirled Nutella, caramel and a biscuit stick. There are also seasonal flavors with fresh fruit, like watermelon. All bowls are sold for a flat price of $6.95, with two free toppings for custom orders (extra goodies are 50 cents each). “There’s nothing to hide. Everything is fresh made just for you — ice cream is made right in front of your eye,” says co-owner Leo Zheng. “That’s one of the things that brings people in, they want to see how we make it.” The process of achieving the thin, almost crepe-like rolls of ice cream, also known as stir fry ice cream, originates in Thailand, where it’s available as a common street food. The texture of the ice cream is contingent on controlling the ice plates’ temperatures. If the plates aren’t cold enough, the ice cream won’t roll, but if they’re too cold, the ice cream will be too hard to form into rolls. This new family business run by co-owners and distant cousins Zheng and Evan Ke has already been attracting buzz in Spokane. Zheng notes that the most surprising thing about opening the business is how many customers they’ve served already. They’ve received rush after rush, especially on weekends and times when most people are free from school and work.

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Bears and Beans Arctos Coffee & Roasting Co. in east Spokane focuses on its own house blends and a cozy cafe experience BY QUINN WELSCH

oft red tones and warm alderwood furniture, complemented by the smell of freshly roasted beans, gives the newly opened Arctos Coffee & Roasting Co. an inviting atmosphere. Located in the site of a former auto shop, the cafe in the heart of Spokane’s Logan Neighborhood feels unfamiliar, but nonetheless charming. “I want people to walk in and feel like they’re having an out-of-town experience,” says Arctos owner and roaster Jason Everman. “I like that feeling.” Everman, a local science teacher, officially opened Arctos’ doors on March 19, a full year after purchasing the building and putting everything in place for both the retail portion and the on-site roasting facility. The cafe’s espresso offerings revolve around Everman’s signature Arctos Espresso Blend, a mild roast of Central American, Brazilian and African coffee beans. “All my time and energy is spent on mastering this one blend of coffee,” he says. Arctos Coffee also offers a white coffee roast, dubbed the Ghost Bear Blend —“just a real nice, nutty white coffee,” Everman notes, and one that’s also higher in caffeine — as well as a decaf blend. Arctos’ drink menu includes all the classics: mochas, lattes, Americanos, macchiatos, espresso

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con panna and nine flavors of tea, among other drinks. The cafe also sells baked goods from Common Crumb, as well as its signature sandwich, “the Hammy,” a bagel filled with layers of ham and melted cheddar cheese ($4). Everman sells his Arctos Espresso Blend exclusively at the cafe in 12-ounce bags for $12, although larger purchases can be arranged online, he says. The coffee purveyor got his start roasting beans in a small backyard garden shed a few years ago, using a home coffee roaster. He’s been a coffee lover all of his life, and has owned Grind Central Espresso on Trent Avenue for the past five years. When the commercial space on Hamilton became available last year, Everman knew that an Arctos storefront was his next step. He purchased the site and a commercial coffee roaster from Diedrich Roasters in Ponderay, Idaho, and got to work. Perhaps the most difficult part of visiting Arctos is deciding whether or not you want to spend the rest of your day within its cozy confines, and which of its many nooks to settle into. A bright red vintage couch offers a full view of the meticulously decorated cafe. Cacti are centered on each table. Burlap coffee sacks cover the ceiling. A countertop is made of repurposed plywood. Natural light pours in from the former auto shop’s garage doors, which will open when the weather warms up, Everman says. Beautifully finished wood trim decorates almost every wall. Everman credits his father, Jim, a master woodworker, for much of the help. His daughter Courtnee Everman also helps manage the shop. Everman, an avid outdoorsman, named the cafe after the scientific name for grizzly bear, Ursus arctos, or just arctos for short. He hasn’t spent much time marketing the cafe yet, but says his customer base is likely largely comprised of students from Gonzaga, as well as neighborhood locals. “My hope is that Arctos coffee is successful enough where I can start giving back to my community,” Everman says. n Arctos Coffee & Roasting Co. • 1923 N. Hamilton • Open Mon-Fri from 6 am-7 pm, Sat from 6 am-6 pm and Sun 7 am-6 pm • arctoscoffee.com • 863-5908

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Noise is death in A Quiet Place.

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A Quiet Place is an unbearably tense, nerve-shredding horror movie, and it barely makes any noise BY MARYANN JOHANSON

elcome to a whole new apocalypse. Humanity has been contemplating its own end since before we could even pull it off ourselves (like with nuclear weapons or genetically engineered viruses, or whatever), but we have never before conceived of anything like A Quiet Place. This is ironic, because it seems at first as if the movie has tossed out one of the things that, since the late 1920s, we have come to consider essential to cinema: sound. What’s happening here is that humanity is being hunted by hideous monsters who are blind but have incredibly sensitive hearing. (The movie keeps the creatures hidden for a very long time, which is far more tantalizingly horrible than if it kept showing them off.) As we meet the family of survivors A Quiet Place is centered around, they are scavenging a shop in a small upstate New York town that appears entirely depopulated. Mom (Emily Blunt) and Dad (John Krasinski) and kids — a girl around 12 (Millicent Simmonds), a boy maybe 8 or 9 (Noah Jupe) and a tyke barely out of toddlerhood (Cade Woodward) — are all barefoot, the better to muffle their footfalls. They communicate only through sign language. They have to be careful not to drop anything that might clatter and bang. Later, we see that their farmstead house and surroundings have been soundproofed as much as possible: painted markings on the wooden floors to show where it’s safe to step without

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creaking; paths through the fields and between house and barn marked out in sand to prevent crunching of leaves and twigs; a Monopoly board with felt playing pieces; dinner served on cloth, not on dishes that might clank. It’s impossible to overstate what an audacious choice this is for Krasinski, who directed the film, to have made. (He also wrote the screenplay with Bryan Woods and Scott Beck.) What is a horror movie without screaming? What, they can’t use guns to fight the monsters? And then comes an unexpected noise, and it is bone-chilling startling, a horror in itself. Will it draw the monsters? Any sound outside surely means that A QUIET PLACE it has. Instead of sound Rated PG-13 having to be amplified Directed by John Krasinski Starring Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, to be scary, any sound here has the power to cut Noah Jupe, Millicent Simmonds right through you. The stillness and calmness of the life of this family only magnifies their terror. Instead of eschewing cinematic sound, A Quiet Place utilizes it in a way entirely unlike any movie I’ve ever seen (or heard) before. There isn’t a single aspect of this movie that isn’t brilliant. It opens on “Day 89” of the end of the world, skipping past the part of the story that we will have seen too many times before to have been surprised by it yet

again. And then it jumps to “Day 472,” truly in the thick of what will be unique and fresh extrapolations of its already inventive scenario. Not only is the how and why of this apocalypse unlike anything we’ve cinematically experienced before, so is the gentleness and even hominess with which it plays out. It’s hardly a “nice” end of the world, obviously, but humanity has been literally unable to descend into a Mad Max–style every-man-for-himself dystopia. That would be too noisy. This is a movie about the absolute essentialness of working together to survive, of the bonds of family as life-giving. But there are hints of other survivors: signal bonfires light up the landscape around this family’s farm in the evenings, a silent “hello, we’re still here” from afar. All hope has not yet been lost. On the other hand, Krasinski finds unexpected dread in that hope, too: By Day 472, Mom is quite heavily pregnant. How is she going to give birth without making any noise? How are they going to stop a newborn from wailing out loud constantly? How many new challenges does survival demand? A Quiet Place is often an almost unbearably tense film. It is frequently excruciating in its terror. I am only very rarely able to say that about movies that are meant to frighten us. This one scared the hell out of me. That is so wonderfully refreshing. n

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A trio of helicopter parents discover their teenage daughters have made a pact to lose their virginity on prom night, and they’re determined to thwart it. Don’t let the premise fool you: This is a sweet, if oddly structured, comedy, buoyed by a delightful and diverse cast. (MJ) Rated R

CHAPPAQUIDDICK

A dramatization of the circumstances surrounding the 1969 death of Mary Jo Kopechne, a young political campaign strategist who was left to drown in a car that had been driven into Martha’s Vineyard by then-Sen. Ted Kennedy. (NW) Rated PG-13

THE LEISURE SEEKER

Helen Mirren nabbed a Golden Globe nomination for this wistful comedy, playing a woman who takes her Alzheimer’s-afflicted husband (Donald Sutherland) on an RV trip to Ernest Hemingway’s Key West. (NW) Rated R

THE MIRACLE SEASON

Based on a true story, an Iowa high school girls volleyball team decides to go forward with their upcoming season after their star captain dies in a moped crash. (NW) Rated PG

OH, LUCY!

Shinobu Terajima stars as a bored Japanese office worker who has a sudden revelation: She has a brazen, blonde, American alter ego named Lucy trapped inside her, and she travels to California in pursuit of the English instructor (Josh Hartnett) she’s obsessed with. At the Magic Lantern. Not Rated

A QUIET PLACE

In this brilliant post-apocalyptic thriller, a mother and father (real-life couple Emily Blunt and John Krasinski, who also directed) must protect their children from monsters that are attracted only to sound. A smart reinvention of a genre we thought had been exhausted, and a truly audacious major studio horror film. (MJ) Rated PG-13

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We should all know by now that you don’t mess with Taraji P. Henson. Here she plays a woman scorned, driven to revenge when she discovers her husband is cheating. Tyler Perry writes and directs. (NW) Rated R

BLACK PANTHER

Marvel’s latest is set in the nation of Wakanda, where its new king T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) must face warring factions who want to usurp the throne. As directed by Ryan Coogler (Creed), it’s more serious-minded than typical superhero fare, full of nobility and purpose without sacrificing fun and charm. (ES) Rated PG-13

BOMBSHELL: THE HEDY LAMARR STORY

A documentary about the life and loves of the 1940s actress, who was more than just a pretty face: She also co-invented a radio guidance system that would later be utilized in Wi-Fi

technology. At the Magic Lantern. (NW) Not Rated

THE DEATH OF STALIN

From Veep creator Armando Iannucci comes this wicked, pitch-black comedy (seriously — it’s really dark) detailing the power struggles that develop amongst Joseph Stalin’s lackeys following the dictator’s 1953 death. Expect caustic wit and barbed, expletive-filled dialogue, deftly juxtaposed with legitimately disturbing moments. (NW) Rated R

GAME NIGHT

An evening of board games and merlot amongst friends is interrupted by violent thugs and kidnappers. The only problem is everyone thinks it’s all a gag. The comedy gets dark, but it’s never nihilistic or mean-spirited, and the actors, particularly stars Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams, play to their strengths. (ES) Rated R ...continued on next page

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God’s still not dead, but some raging atheists want you to think otherwise. In this third entry in the Evangelical film series, a secular university tries ousting a Christian congregation from its campus after the church burns down. (NW) Rated PG

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A faith-based drama about Bart Millard, the frontman of Christian rock group MercyMe, who escaped his abusive childhood through music. The title is lifted from the band’s signature song. (NW) Rated PG

LIVES WELL LIVED

This documentary chronicles the extraordinary lives of 40 everyday people, ranging from 75 to 100 years old, and asks them about their secrets to longevity. At the Magic Lantern. (NW) Not Rated

LOVE, SIMON

Popular teenager Simon (Nick Robinson) begins anonymous email correspondence with another boy, only to discover they’re both in the closet and they’re falling for each other. Overlooking a few unnecessary subplots, this is a funny, sweet and uplifting coming-out and coming-of-age comedy. (ES) Rated PG-13

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ing cartoon on a blockbuster budget. In the future, a teen orphan searches for a hidden fortune in a virtual reality world with a corrupt tech CEO on his tail. (NW) Rated PG-13

RED SPARROW

Jennifer Lawrence is a Russian ballerina-turned-assassin, hired to take down a CIA agent (Joel Edgerton) in possession of incriminating information on her government. A well-made but disappointingly rote grab bag of spy movie tropes; your average episode of The Americans has more intrigue and suspense. (NW) Rated R

SHERLOCK GNOMES

I’m sure they thought of the title first, then worked backward. An animated follow-up to 2011’s Gnomeo & Juliet, in which some sentient garden gnomes

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hire a detective to track down missing lawn ornaments. (NW) Rated PG

TOMB RAIDER

Videogame heroine Lara Croft returns to the big screen, this time played by Oscar-winner Alicia Vikander, in a soso origin story detailing the famed treasure hunter’s first adventure on a fabled Japanese island. Indiana Jones lite. (NW) Rated PG-13

A WRINKLE IN TIME

Ava DuVernay translates Madeleine L’Engle’s beloved children’s book to the big screen, and the results are charmingly idealistic yet dramatically adrift. Storm Reid plays a curious young girl who embarks on an interdimensional quest to find her missing scientist father, her every move guided by mystical beings. (NW) Rated PG n

MIDNIGHT SUN

Romance blossoms between a teenage girl (Bella Thorne) who’s allergic to sunlight and her hunky but sensitive next door neighbor (Patrick Schwarzenegger). A remake of a 2006 Japanese feature. (NW) Rated PG-13

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Bigger robots fight nastier monsters in this sequel to the 2013 Guillermo del Toro film, with a scrap merchant suiting up to fend off some Kaiju-Jaeger hybrids. A dull facsimile of its predecessor, which wasn’t all that original to begin with. (NW) Rated PG-13

PAUL, APOSTLE OF CHRIST

The biblical story of Paul, who went from persecuting Jesus’ followers to becoming his most trusted apostle. Jim Caviezel turns up in this but, sadly, not as Jesus. (NW) Rated PG-13

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Beatrix Potter’s beloved children’s character gets the anthropomorphic, wise-cracking CGI treatment, voiced by James Corden and perpetually pestering Domhnall Gleeson’s bumbling Mr. McGregor. Sounds a bit unbearable, but, hey — it worked for the Paddington movies. (NW) Rated PG

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A solid women-behaving-badly comedy, starring Regina Hall, Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith and Tiffany Haddish as friends who take a gleefully R-rated vacation to New Orleans. Raunchy and sincere in equal measure, with Haddish stealing every scene she’s in. (NW) Rated R

THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER (AMAZON PRIME)

Yorgos Lanthimos’ parable of guilt and revenge stars Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman as upper-middle class parents whose children suffer from undiagnosable paralysis after an odd teenage boy enters their lives. Cold, disturbing, off-putting and yet strangely compelling. (NW) Rated R

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John Cena, Leslie Mann and Ike Barinholtz are the world’s nosiest parents in Blockers.

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Blockers is a much sweeter R-rated comedy than its seemingly retrograde premise would suggest BY MARYANN JOHANSON

ere’s the premise for Blockers. Perfect creator and screenwriter making her Three parents discover that their directorial debut — has assembled a thoroughly daughters, fast friends since kindergardelightful cast to enact this confused but wellten, have vowed to each lose their virginity on meaning scenario, and they make it just about the night of their senior high school prom. And, worthwhile. by god, those parents are going to stop them. Lisa (Leslie Mann) is single mom to Julie I thought: Ugh. No way. (Kathryn Newton). Hunter (Ike Barinholtz) is the We do not need more of this anti-sex junk. absent dad to — but trying to be more involved We need movies about teenage girls acknowlwith — Sam (Gideon Adlon). But the very best edging their sexual desires and pursuing sex pairing is John Cena’s overly sentimental, overlike we’ve seen teenage boys do on-screen since protective dad Mitchell and Geraldine Viswanaforever. We need movies about parents who than’s Kayla. Cena has become an unexpectedly trust their daughters with their own bodies. We sweet screen presence, and he has a real knack need movies about happy, pleasurfor both projecting vulnerability and BLOCKERS pulling off physical comedy. Viswaable, mutual, relaxed, comfortable Rated R sex between enthusiastic consenting nathan is an absolute find: She just partners who might be madly in love Directed by Kay Cannon about steals the movie with Kayla’s Starring John Cena, Leslie or maybe just looking for some fun. breezy charm and rock-solid assertiveMann, Ike Barinholtz And, wonder of wonders, that’s ness. what Blockers actually is. Color me The girls all have great chemistry astonished. with one another, too, as the parents do among Not that this is a perfect movie. Far from it. themselves; it’s particularly gratifying to see an The way it’s structured is definitely odd: The adult friendship between a man and a woman parents at first appear to be the protagonists who that is not in the least bit about romance, as have our sympathy, and then develop into the Mitchell and Lisa’s relationship is. It all makes villains of the tale. I suppose the concept could for a far more genial ensemble than you might theoretically work, but that swing never gels expect, given the raunchiness on display, which here. is often (in these sorts of movies) a substitute for But more worrying is that I don’t think honest emotion. screenwriters Brian and Jim Kehoe (this is their But there’s plenty of genuine sentiment second script together after 2005’s Overachievers) happening here. I also love the casual way in know whom their story is for. Who is the audiwhich interracial relationships are handled, just ence for Blockers? Is it adults who need a wake-up completely without commentary, because it’s not call in their relationships with their teens? Is it needed. Mitchell’s wife, Marcie (the awesome teens who wish Mom and Dad would have faith Sarayu Blue) is Southeast Asian, and Sam has a in their decisions? Is it meant to be fun for the black stepdad (the awesome Hannibal Buress). whole family (leaving the real little kiddies at I wish the film hadn’t felt the need to resort home, of course)? I think that last one is wildly to the occasional bit of gross-out humor: It adds optimistic, given how we’re all just starting as a nothing and detracts from the larger humanity culture to get comfortable with the whole sexof the story it wants to tell, about finding more positive thing. pleasure and confidence in our bodies, not being That said, director Kay Cannon — the Pitch squicked out by them. Still, baby steps. n

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AMERICANA

LOCAL SUPPORT Midwest-raised singer-songwriter Brian Stai has found support and collaboration in the Spokane music scene BY NATHAN WEINBENDER

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t never hurts to ask. That’s what floated through Spokanebased singer-songwriter Brian Stai’s mind when he was ready to record his sophomore album, Your Dreams. He’d been told that the best way to flourish as a musician is to study the methods of your own artistic influences, so Stai reached out to Doug Williams, a producer most notable for his work with altfolk quartet the Avett Brothers. “I called him up and asked what his hourly rates were, and it was pretty similar to Spokane,” Stai says, knowing that airfare and hotel accommodations would inflate the price tag. “I thought to be able to work with someone like that, with his experience, would be really cool.” A few months later, Stai was in rural Winston-Salem, North Carolina, surrounded by vintage recording equipment in the old wood frame house that Williams has converted into a studio. Stai’s dad, himself a lifelong musician, drove down from their home state of Iowa to play bass and supply some backing vocals, and they spent three days in the very building where some of the artists that influenced Stai had also worked. “It was cool to know that some of my favorite songs were recorded right there in the same place,” Stai says. “It was really inspiring.” Stai, 26, grew up in Iowa, where his dad was a musician who played in cover bands and at church functions. He got his first guitar when he was 12, but it wasn’t until he was a student at South Dakota State University that he actually began writing his own material. “I started to get into it more, and developed my own kind of style,” he says. “I didn’t actually start singing until end of my junior year of college, [and] I didn’t start writing songs until the summer after I graduated.” He says he likely gravitated toward artists like Johnny Cash, Townes Van Zandt, John Prine and Bob Dylan out of convenience as much as anything else: Their songs were easy to learn, and their vocal lines didn’t exactly require honeyed vocal chords. “You start off imitating influences, and then you make it your own,” Stai says. He and his wife were married just days before moving to the Inland Northwest in 2015, when the Catholic ministry they worked for placed them at Eastern Washington University. “We originally thought we’d come out here for a year or two and then move back,” Stai says, “but it kind of grew on us.” And now he’s an active part of the Spokane music scene, performing regularly around town and and hitting places like Seattle, Portland and Sandpoint on weekends. He’s mostly been playing solo, with the occasional accompaniment on fiddle or cello, and plans to slowly build a full band. Stai enlisted some renowned local musicians — Marshall McLean, Jenny Anne Mannan, Caroline Bickford — to flesh out some tracks on Your Dreams, so it still feels like a Spokane album even though it was mostly recorded 2,500 miles from here. Released in December, it’s a collection of stylistically spare songs, often just Stai and his guitar, and his lyrics inspire mental images of dusty country roads, of clear night skies, of twisted old trees like the one on the album cover. It’s also, in certain moments, a meditation on getting older and growing into yourself, and about gaining the confidence to just go ahead and ask for what you’re looking for. “Pick yourself up by the boots,” Stai says on the album’s second track, possibly to himself. “You are a man.” Stai says that the attitude of his music has subtly changed since he became a dad last year, and as he enters the back half of his 20s, his art, he says, is getting more reflective. “It’s this very sobering time. You start to slow down. It’s not just ‘I can do whatever I want’ anymore,” he says. “These awesome things are happening, but there’s uncertainty, too, amidst that. It’s not just, ‘This happened and everything is perfect.’ The album definitely has some of that soul searching.” n Brian Stai with Traveler of Home and Quinnell • Sat, April 7, at 7:30 pm • $5 advance, $7 at the door • All ages • The Big Dipper • 171 S. Washington • bigdipperevents.com • 863-8098

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MUSIC | SOUND ADVICE

INDIE POP CAR SEAT HEADREST

ill Toledo was a prolific songwriter before he reached his 20s, unceremoniously uploading dozens of lo-fi bedroom recordings to Bandcamp under the name Car Seat Headrest. As he’s gone from cult curiosity to critical darling, Toledo has exhumed artifacts from his own deep back catalog, perhaps to prove to himself that his earliest songs still pack a punch. In February, Toledo released Twin Fantasy, a remake of a 2011 LP he first recorded when he was 19, applying a full-band salve to its sonically fuzzy, emotionally raw wounds. What was in 2011 an aching, tightly-wound portrait of angst, heartbreak and sexual awakening now plays like the wistful retelling of an adolescent memory, or like a public reading of an old diary entry. Toledo might be a somewhat enigmatic public figure — he recently had a Car Seat Headrest fan subreddit shuttered when it started dredging up too much personal information about him — but his songs are so vulnerable and so nakedly earnest that you almost want to turn away from them. — NATHAN WEINBENDER Car Seat Headrest with Naked Giants • Wed, April 11, at 8 pm • $15 • All ages • Knitting Factory • 919 W. Sprague • sp.knittingfactory.com • 244-3279

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ROCK JOE JACK TALCUM

Thursday, 04/5

J J THE BARTLETT, The Grizzled Mighty, Indian Goat, Wayward West J BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn J BOOTS BAKERY, The Song Project J BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB, Open Jazz Jam with Erik Bowen J COEUR D’ALENE CASINO, Felix Cavaliere’s Rascals CORBY’S BAR, Open Mic and Karaoke CRAVE, DJ Stoney Hawk CRUISERS, Open Jam Night THE HIVE, Big Something, The Hawthorne Roots HOGFISH, Karaoke & Ladies Night HOUSE OF SOUL, Funky Unkle Jam Night THE JACKSON ST., Songsmith Series feat. Zaq Flanary JOHN’S ALLEY, Ces CRU & G-Mo Skee LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Dirk Swartz MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL, Open Mic with Kevin Dorin J MONARCH MOUNTAIN COFFEE, Open Mic Hosted by Scott Reid MOON TIME, Kori Ailene NIGHTHAWK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), PJ Destiny POST FALLS BREWING COMPANY, Kicho THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos feat. Christan Raxter & Steve Ridler THE ROADHOUSE, Karaoke THE ROCK BAR & LOUNGE, B Radicals with Japanese Jimi

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ou probably don’t recognize the name Joe Jack Talcum immediately — if at all — considering it’s the alias of a guy better known (albeit slightly) as Joe Genaro. And he’s better known as the nasally voice of the Dead Milkmen. Punk and alt-rock fans of a certain age have fond memories of the “are they serious?” vibe Dead Milkmen brought to songs like “Punk Rock Girl” and “Bitchin’ Camaro.” In the ’80s, Genaro and his band became college-radio favorites and landed a major-label deal with songs poking fun at rock clichés and the wannabes we’d now refer to as hipsters (I’m particularly fond of “The Thing That Only Eats Hippies”). While the Milkmen broke up for nearly 10 years, they reunited in 2008, with Genaro continuing his solo career with a slew of recordings as Joe Jack Talcum (among other monikers) that will definitely please Dead Milkmen fans. — DAN NAILEN Joe Jack Talcum with Coolzey and Ricky Deschamp • Thu, April 12, at 7:30 pm • $8 advance, $10 at the door • All ages • The Big Dipper • 171 S. Washington • bigdipperevents.com • 863-8098

SLICE & BISCUIT, Bluegrass Jam ZOLA, Blake Braley

Friday, 04/6

219 LOUNGE, Casey Ryan J J THE BARTLETT, Ruthie Henrickson, N. Sherman J BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn BLACK DIAMOND, DJ Sterling BOLO’S, Gladhammer THE BULL HEAD, Martini Brothers CEDAR COFFEE, Dario Ré CEDAR STREET BRIDGE, Bright Moments COEUR D’ALENE RESORT, KOSH CORBY’S BAR, Karaoke CRAVE, DJ Stoney Hawk

CRUISERS, Invasive, Rusted Hand, Cobrajet, Serf Kings CURLEY’S, Whiskey Rebellion FARMHOUSE KITCHEN AND SILO BAR, Tom D’Orazi and Friends J FORZA COFFEE CO. (VALLEY), Brandon Humphreys THE HIVE, Big Something, The Hawthorne Roots HOLLYWOOD REVOLVER BAR, The Price of Being, ION, Desolate, Carved in Bone J HOTEL RL AT THE PARK, 5j Barrow IRON HORSE (CDA), Royale JOHN’S ALLEY, DJ Miles J KNITTING FACTORY, Nightwish LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Mary Chavez

MARYHILL WINERY SPOKANE, Pamela Benton MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL, Devon Wade MOOSE LOUNGE, Usual Suspects MULLIGAN’S BAR & GRILLE, Gabriel Greene NASHVILLE NORTH, Ladies Night with Luke Jaxon and DJ Tom NORTHERN QUEST RESORT & CASINO, DJ Patrick O’SHAYS IRISH PUB & EATERY, Arvid Lundin & Deep Roots PALOUSE BAR AND GRILL, Tommy G PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Tom Catmull PEND OREILLE PLAYHOUSE, Open Mic

J THE PIN!, Squar3, Bass Knock, Radikill, Alterum, Havik J RED ROOM LOUNGE, Von the Baptist, Nat Park and the Tunnels of Love, Fat Lady THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Joshua Belliardo, Dueling Pianos SEASONS OF COEUR D’ALENE, Son of Brad SOULFUL SOUPS & SPIRITS, Ian Miles and the Meat Sweats SPOKANE VALLEY EAGLES, Stagecoach West THE THIRSTY DOG, DJ WesOne & DJ Big Mike UP NORTH DISTILLERY, Fair 2 Middlin’ ZOLA, Dangerous Type

Saturday, 04/7

ARBOR CREST, Jan Harrison J BABY BAR, The Monties, Marina Obscura BARLOWS, Pat Coast J J THE BARTLETT, Yamantaka // Sonic Titan BAXTERS ON CEDAR, Monarch Mountain Band J BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn J J THE BIG DIPPER, Traveler of Home, Quinell, Brian Stai (see page 48) BLACK DIAMOND, DJ Kevin BOLO’S, Gladhammer THE BULL HEAD, DJ Hood CEDAR STREET BRIDGE, Oak Street Connection COEUR D’ALENE EAGLES, Black Jack Band COMMUNITY PINT, The South Hill CURLEY’S, Whiskey Rebellion FLAME & CORK, Pamela Jean GARLAND PUB, Working Spliffs HOLLYWOOD REVOLVER BAR, The Dead Channels, The Lucitones, Burning Clean HOUSE OF SOUL, Nu Jack City J HUCKLEBERRY’S, Into the Drift

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IDAHO POUR AUTHORITY, Justin Lantrip IRON HORSE (CDA), Royale THE JACKSON ST., Karaoke JOHN’S ALLEY, Far Out West J J KNITTING FACTORY, The Maine, The Wrecks, The Technicolors LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Kori Ailene MARYHILL WINERY, Spare Parts Duo MICKDUFF’S, Dodgy Mountain Men MIDTOWN PUB, NW Skyes MOOSE LOUNGE, Usual Suspects MULLIGAN’S, The Cole Show NASHVILLE NORTH, Ladies Night with Luke Jaxon and DJ Tom NORTHERN QUEST, DJ Patrick J THE OBSERVATORY, Vinyl Dance Party with DJ Case J ONE WORLD CAFE, Brittany Jean PALOUSE BAR AND GRILL, Tommy G J THE PIN!, Wanderers, Young Smoke, DatBoyRob, Jiggy Jared, Jonathan James, The Sunchild POST FALLS BREWING, Son of Brad PROHIBITION GASTROPUB, Joshua Belliardo RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos THE ROXIE, Quaggadog VALLEY EAGLES, Stagecoach West WESTWOOD BREWING, Ron Greene ZOLA, Dangerous Type

Sunday, 04/8

219 LOUNGE, Far Out West DALEY’S CHEAP SHOTS, Jam Night J EVANS BROTHERS COFFEE, Bart Budwig, Josh Hedlund, David Robert King GARLAND PUB & GRILL, Karaoke

J HOTEL RL AT THE PARK, Sutherlin IRON HORSE (VALLEY), Steve Livingston LINGER LONGER LOUNGE, Open Jam MARYHILL WINERY, Sundae + Mr. Goessl O’DOHERTY’S, Live Irish Music J ONE WORLD CAFE, Dan Blakeslee J THE PIN!, Ces CRU, G-Mo Skee, Chez THE ROCK BAR & LOUNGE, Pinebreaker, Detour, Nogunaso ZOLA, Lazy Love

Monday, 04/9

THE BULL HEAD, Songsmith Series feat. Shaiden Hutchman J CALYPSOS COFFEE, Open Mic EICHARDT’S, Jam with Truck Mills J HOTEL RL AT THE PARK, Sutherlin RED ROOM LOUNGE, Open Mic ZOLA, Perfect Mess

Tuesday, 04/10

219 LOUNGE, Karaoke with DJ Pat J J THE BARTLETT, NW of New Orleans feat. Hot Club of Spokane, Sarah Berentson, Max Daniels, Shadle Park High Jazz Combo J J BING CROSBY THEATER, Jonny Lang (see page 53) GARLAND PUB & GRILL, Karaoke J KNITTING FACTORY, Jonathan Davis, Palisades LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Turntable Tues. RAZZLE’S, Open Mic Jam RED ROOM LOUNGE, Storme RIDLER PIANO BAR, Open Mic/Jam THE ROADHOUSE, Karaoke

J UNION GOSPEL MISSION, Ministry of Angels ZOLA, Dueling Cronkites

Wednesday, 04/11 BLACK DIAMOND, Songsmith Series feat. Rusted Hand EICHARDT’S, John Firshi GENO’S, Open Mic w/Travis Goulding IRON HORSE (VALLEY), Gil Rivas THE JACKSON ST., Karaoke J J KNITTING FACTORY, Car Seat Headrest (see facing page), Naked Giants LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Carey Brazil LUCKY’S IRISH PUB, DJ D3VIN3 J J NORTHERN QUEST RESORT & CASINO, Blue Öyster Cult J THE PIN!, Extortionist, Falsifier, Born a New POOLE’S PUBLIC HOUSE, Cronkites RED ROOM LOUNGE, Jam Session RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos THE ROADHOUSE, Open Mic SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN RESORT, Bum Jungle SEASONS OF COEUR D’ALENE, KOSH SOULFUL SOUPS & SPIRITS, Open Mic THE THIRSTY DOG, Karaoke ZOLA, Whsk&Keys

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J J THE BIG DIPPER, Joe Jack Talcum, Coolzey, Ricky Deschamp, April 12 J THE BARTLETT, Sisters, Summer in Siberia, April 13 BABY BAR, Bandit Train, Muscle Dungeon, The Fvr Coats, April 14

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THIS SATURDAY 9 AM - 3 PM

MUSIC | VENUES 219 LOUNGE • 219 N. First, Sandpoint • 208-2639934 315 MARTINIS & TAPAS • 315 E. Wallace, CdA • 208-667-9660 ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS • 4705 N. Fruit Hill Rd. • 927-9463 BABY BAR • 827 W. First Ave. • 847-1234 BARLOWS • 1428 N. Liberty Lake Rd. • 924-1446 THE BARTLETT • 228 W. Sprague Ave. • 747-2174 BEEROCRACY • 911 W. Garland Ave. THE BIG DIPPER • 171 S. Washington • 863-8098 BIGFOOT PUB • 9115 N. Division St. • 467-9638 BING CROSBY THEATER • 901 W. Sprague Ave. • 227-7638 BLACK DIAMOND • 9614 E. Sprague • 891-8357 BOLO’S • 116 S. Best Rd. • 891-8995 BOOMERS • 18219 E. Appleway Ave. • 755-7486 BOOTS BAKERY & LOUNGE • 24 W. Main Ave. • 703-7223 BRAVO CONCERT HOUSE • 25 E. Lincoln Rd. • 703-7474 BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB • 201 S. Main, Moscow • 208-882-5216 BUZZ COFFEEHOUSE • 501 S. Thor • 340-3099 CALYPSOS COFFEE & CREAMERY • 116 E. Lakeside Ave., CdA • 208-665-0591 CHATEAU RIVE • 621 W. Mallon Ave. • 795-2030 CHECKERBOARD BAR • 1716 E. Sprague Ave. • 535-4007 COEUR D’ALENE CASINO • 37914 S. Nukwalqw Rd., Worley, Idaho • 800-523-2464 COEUR D’ALENE CELLARS • 3890 N. Schreiber Way, CdA • 208-664-2336 CRAFTED TAP HOUSE • 523 Sherman Ave., CdA • 208-292-4813 CRAVE• 401 W. Riverside • 321-7480 CRUISERS • 6105 W Seltice Way, Post Falls • 208773-4706 CURLEY’S • 26433 W. Hwy. 53 • 208-773-5816 DALEY’S CHEAP SHOTS • 6412 E. Trent • 535-9309 EICHARDT’S PUB • 212 Cedar St., Sandpoint • 208-263-4005 THE FEDORA • 1726 W. Kathleen, CdA • 208-7658888 FIZZIE MULLIGANS • 331 W. Hastings • 466-5354 FOX THEATER • 1001 W. Sprague • 624-1200 THE HIVE • 207 N. First, Sandpoint • 208-457-2392 HOGFISH • 1920 E. Sherman, CdA • 208-667-1896 HOTEL RL BY RED LION AT THE PARK • 303 W. North River Dr. • 326-8000 HOUSE OF SOUL • 120 N. Wall • 217-1961 IRON HORSE BAR • 407 E. Sherman Ave., CdA • 208-667-7314 IRON HORSE BAR & GRILL • 11105 E. Sprague Ave., CdA • 509-926-8411 JACKSON ST. BAR & GRILL • 2436 N. Astor St. • 315-8497 JOHN’S ALLEY • 114 E. Sixth St., Moscow • 208883-7662 KNITTING FACTORY • 911 W. Sprague Ave. • 244-3279 LAGUNA CAFÉ • 2013 E. 29th Ave. • 448-0887 THE LANTERN TAP HOUSE • 1004 S. Perry St. • 315-9531 LA ROSA CLUB • 105 S. First Ave., Sandpoint • 208-255-2100 LEFTBANK WINE BAR • 108 N. Washington • 315-8623 LUCKY’S IRISH PUB • 408 W. Sprague • 747-2605 MAX AT MIRABEAU • 1100 N. Sullivan • 924-9000 MICKDUFF’S • 312 N. First Ave., Sandpoint • 208)255-4351 MONARCH MOUNTAIN COFFEE • 208 N 4th Ave, Sandpoint • 208-265-9382 MOOSE LOUNGE • 401 E. Sherman • 208-664-7901 MOOTSY’S • 406 W. Sprague • 838-1570 MULLIGAN’S • 506 Appleway Ave., CdA • 208- 7653200 ext. 310 NASHVILLE NORTH • 6361 W. Seltice Way, Post Falls • 208-457-9128 NECTAR CATERING & EVENTS • 120 N. Stevens St. • 869-1572 NORTHERN QUEST RESORT • 100 N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights • 242-7000 NYNE • 232 W. Sprague Ave. • 474-1621 THE OBSERVATORY • 15 S. Howard • 598-8933 O’SHAY’S • 313 E. CdA Lake Dr. • 208-667-4666 PEND D’OREILLE WINERY • 301 Cedar St., Sandpoint • 208-265-8545 THE PIN! • 412 W. Sprague • 368-4077 RED LION RIVER INN • 700 N. Division • 326-5577 RED ROOM LOUNGE • 521 W. Sprague • 838-7613 REPUBLIC BREWING • 26 Clark Ave. • 775-2700 THE RIDLER PIANO BAR • 718 W. Riverside • 822-7938 RIVELLE’S • 2360 N Old Mill Loop, CdA • 208-9300381 THE ROADHOUSE • 20 N. Raymond • 413-1894 SEASONS OF COEUR D’ALENE • 209 E. Lakeside Ave. • 208-664-8008 THE SHOP • 924 S. Perry St. • 534-1647 SOULFUL SOUPS & SPIRITS • 117 N. Howard St. • 459-1190 SPOKANE ARENA • 720 W. Mallon • 279-7000 THE THIRSTY DOG • 3027 E. Liberty Ave. • 487-3000 TIMBER GASTRO PUB •1610 E Schneidmiller, Post Falls • 208-262-9593 ZOLA • 22 W. Main Ave. • 624-2416

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ARTS THE CRIMSON CUBE

After catching the eyes and reflections of passersby since construction was completed late last year on Washington State University’s new crimson red, glass-covered Museum of Art (pictured), visitors now have their first chance to visit the long-awaited space this weekend. Nicknamed the “Crimson Cube” for its geometric shape, the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art opens to the public after a dedication ceremony Friday, followed by guided tours of its six galleries that total more than 14,000 square feet. Exhibits on display for the museum’s debut include an interactive sound sculpture by Seattle artist Trimpin, Jeffrey Mitchell’s “The Death of Buddha” sculpture installation and a canine-inspired fiber art collection by Marie Watt. Find the complete gallery lineup, museum hours, parking information and more online. — CHEY SCOTT Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU Grand Opening • Fri, April 6, from noon-4 pm • Free • 1535 NE Wilson Rd., WSU Pullman campus • museum.wsu.edu • 335-1910

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OUTDOORS/WORDS HIKING TIME!

FOOD LAKESIDE FEAST

Seabury Blair: Day Hike! Spokane, Coeur d’Alene & Sandpoint • Thu, April 12, at 7 pm • Free • Auntie’s Bookstore • 402 W. Main • auntiesbooks.com • 838-0206

Coeur d’Alene Food & Wine Festival • Fri, April 6, and Sat, April 7; times vary • $35-$175/event • The Coeur d’Alene Resort • 115 S. Second St. • cdaresort.com • 208-765-4000

Seabury Blair spent 30 years as the outdoors editor of the Kitsap Sun newspaper in Bremerton, but the Spokane native never forgot his roots. The author of nine guidebooks, he spent the summer of 2016, when he was 75, hiking the trails of Spokane and North Idaho to compile his new book Day Hike! Spokane, Coeur d’Alene & Sandpoint. Or, as he put it in an email, “dragging my fat, sorry butt around the Inland Northwest in the cause of telling hikers where to go — in a good way.” Blair’s folksy charm infuses his guidebook, and will surely come through when he discusses his books at Auntie’s. — DAN NAILEN

With multicourse chef dinners, cooking demonstrations, wine tastings, lake cruise dinners and more, the Coeur d’Alene Food & Wine Festival this weekend is the newest regional food festival to join the lineup of annual celebrations beckoning the palates of all foodies. While many of the events offered are already sold out, tickets still remain (as of this writing) for a three-course wine tasting lunch at the Cedars Floating Restaurant, a champagne brunch with Treveri Cellars, and a twilight wine tasting and opening reception on Friday evening. Head to the resort’s website for details and to purchase tickets, but don’t wait too long. — CHEY SCOTT

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BENEFIT

APRIL SHOWERS The Lands Council’s 23rd annual auction and dinner, featuring live/silent auction items, food and an opportunity to support the nonprofit’s work to protect the region’s forests, water and wildlife. April 7, 5-9 pm. $75. Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. landscouncil.org SPARKLE & SPEND Spokane Preservation Advocates’ annual fundraising auction. April 7, 5 pm. $50. Barrister Winery, 1213 W. Railroad Ave. spokanepreservation.org (509-465-3591) SPRING FLING The annual springthemed champagne brunch and auction benefiting local programs and services at YWCA Spokane. Guests enjoy a catered brunch, endless mimosas, and a view of the falls. April 7, 10 am-12:30 pm. $60. Anthony’s at Spokane Falls, 510 N. Lincoln. ywcaspokane.org

COMEDY COMMUNITY NORML-IZE YOURSELF

When it comes to antidrug hysteria, it doesn’t get much better/worse than Reefer Madness, the 1936 anti-marijuana film. Easily one of the worst movies you’ll ever see — and not just because it treats marijuana use as a gateway to rape, insanity and manslaughter — the so-bad-it’s-good production became a cult classic in the ’70s thanks to its camp factor and the actors’ remarkable ability to giggle nonsensically for what seems like forever. NORML Washington is screening Reefer Madness followed by a panel discussion on “Marijuana Propaganda, Law Reform and Legal Issues” as a fundraiser for the organization’s advocacy work. — DAN NAILEN A NORML Evening: Reefer Madness • Sat, April 7, at 7 pm • $10 • Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox • 1001 W. Sprague • foxtheaterspokane.org • 624-1200

MUSIC YOUNG BLUES

Before he could legally drive a car, guitarist Jonny Lang had scored a record deal with A&M and released two albums (one of which, 1997’s Lie to Me, cracked the Billboard charts). He’s since shared stages and recording studios with the best in the biz, including Buddy Guy, Santana, Eric Johnson and the (Belushi-less) Blues Brothers. Lang put out his seventh studio album, Signs, last year, and it’s a reliably vibrant collection that features shuffling blues stomps, gospel-inflected vocal harmonies and guitar licks combustible enough to start a fire. He may only be 37 now, but Lang has already had the career of a veteran, and he doesn’t appear to be slowing down anytime soon. — NATHAN WEINBENDER Jonny Lang with Zane Carney • Tue, April 10, at 7:30 pm • $38-$67 • All ages • Bing Crosby Theater • 901 W. Sprague • bingcrosbytheater.com • 227-7638

2.0PEN MIC Local comedy night hosted by Ken McComb. Thursdays, from 8-10 pm. Free. The District Bar, 916 W. First Ave. facebook.com/districtbarspokane/ BRO DADS STANDUP COMEDY Harry J Riley and Phil Kopczynski return for a night of stand up. April 5, 7:30-9:30 pm. $12. Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave. panida.org (208-255-7801) GUFFAW YOURSELF! Open mic comedy night hosted by Casey Strain; Thursdays at 10 pm. Free. Neato Burrito, 827 W. First Ave. (509-847-1234) DENNIS MILLER The two-time Emmy winner for his comedy specials made it big on SNL. After six seasons on Weekend Update, Miller launched his own talk show, became a NYT bestselling author, and has hosted a variety of TV and radio talk shows. April 6, 8 pm. $45-$90. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. (624-122) LATE LAUGHS An improv show featuring a mix of experiments with duos, teams, sketches and special guests. Events on the first and last Friday of the month at 10 pm. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. bluedoortheatre.com AFTER DARK A mature-rated version of the Blue Door’s monthly, Friday show; on the first and last Saturday of the month, at 10 pm. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. (747-7045) FIRE BRIGADE Ignite’s in-house, family-friendly improv troupe. Shows on the first Saturday of the month, at 7 pm. $5. Ignite! Community Theatre, 10814 E. Broadway Ave. igniteonbroadway.org SAFARI The BDT’s fast-paced, shortform improv show in a game-based format relies on audience suggestions to fuel each scene. Ages 16+. Saturdays from 8-9:30 pm. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. bluedoortheatre.com

COMMUNITY

TITANIC: THE ARTIFACT EXHIBITION This blockbuster exhibit takes visitors on a journey back in time to experience the legend of Titanic through more than 120 real artifacts. The objects, along with room re-creations and personal stories, offer haunting, emotional connections to lives abruptly ended or forever altered. Through May 20; Tue-Sun 10 am-5 pm (Thu until 8 pm). $10-$18. The MAC, 2316 W. First. northwestmuseum.org

EMBRACE YOUR VOICE: OPEN HOUSE + CHALK ART Lutheran Community Services’ kickoff to Sexual Assault Awareness Month includes a window and chalk walk celebrating the power of individual and collective voices in ending sexual violence. April 6, 5-7 pm. Free. Lutheran Community Services, 210 W. Sprague. (747-8224) NATIONAL TARTAN DAY CELEBRATION Featuring guest speakers along with Highland dance performances, examples of Scottish tartans, clan genealogy, and weaponry. Hosted by St. Andrews Society of the Inland Northwest. April 6, 3-5:30 pm. Free. Shadle Library, 2111 W. Wellesley. Inlandnwscots.org MOVING & GROOVING HEALTH FAIR The annual event draws 70+ vendors from the senior service industry to provide vital information to Spokane’s senior community. April 7, 9 am-2 pm. Free. Corbin Senior Center, 827 W. Cleveland. corbinseniorcenter.org DOWNTOWN WALKING GHOST TOUR Enjoy a spooky, 2-hour stroll through downtown Spokane with storyteller and Spokane historian Chet Caskey. Offered April 7 and 21; May 5 and 19; June 2, from 7:30-9:30 pm. $15. Montvale Hotel, 1005 W. First. spokaneparks.org INLAND EMPIRE COIN & STAMP SHOW Featuring 29 dealers offering U.S. coins, world coins, tokens, stamps, currency and more. April 7, 10 am-5 pm and April 8, 10 am-4 pm. $2; ages 12 and under free. CenterPlace Event Center, 2426 N. Discovery Place Dr. (595-0435) INPG SEED SWAP REDUX Inland Northwest Permaculture Guild’s Annual Seed Swap was hampered by snow last time, so it’s back for another round. Trade your seeds and purchase some for sale. April 7, 10 am-2 pm. Free. Community Building, 35 W. Main Ave. inlandnorthwestpermaculture.com POP UP SHOP 1-YEAR ANNIVERSARY Terrain’s retail space for local artists and makers celebrates its first anniversary, with music, treats, art and more. April 7, 5-8 pm. Pop Up Shop, 159 S. Lincoln. terrainspokane.com SPOKANE ORCHID SHOW & SALE The annual show features orchid displays and vendors of orchids and insectivorous plants. April 7 from 12-6 pm and April 8 from 10 am-3 pm. $2. Spokane Community College, 1810 N. Greene St. spokaneorchidsociety.org CONSENT: IT’S AS SIMPLE AS TEA In this program designed for counselors, teachers, parents, and other adults who work with youth, we’ll show “Tea and Consent” and the short film on bystander accountability, “Who Are You?” Learn helpful, real world tips in small group and panel discussions facilitated by representatives from EWU, Lutheran Community Services NW, Spokane County Library District, Whitworth, YWCA, and other community and teen organizations. April 9, 6-7:30 pm. Free. Moran Prairie Library, 6004 S. Regal St. scld.org (893-8340) WHAT WERE YOU WEARING? For Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Gonzaga and EWU collaborate to present a survivor art installation consisting of recreated outfits and descriptions from survivors of sexual assault, intended to address the issues of sexual violence and victim-blaming. April 9-13. Gonzaga University Hemmingson Center, 702 E. Desmet Ave. (313-6942) 350 SPOKANE GENERAL MEETING The local group shares updates on its

four activity areas: clean power, a fossil free climate action plan for Spokane, transportation, and divestment. In the third floor lounge. April 10, 6:30-8 pm. Free. Saranac Commons, 19 W. Main. 350Spokane@gmail.com SPOKANE CONTRA DANCE Spokane Folklore Society’s weekly dance, with the band Red Herring playing and caller Nora Scott. No experience necessary, beginner workshop at 7:15. April 11, 7:30-9:30 pm. $5/$7. Woman’s Club of Spokane, 1428 W. Ninth. (598-9111)

FILM

BOMBSHELL: THE HEDY LAMARR STORY The Austrian actress fled an oppressive marriage to create a name for herself as one of Hollywood’s leading ladies in the 40s. Behind her glamour was a talented inventor who created a radio system that helped combat Nazi U-Boats in WWII. April 5 and 7 at 7:30 pm, APril 6 at 5:30 pm. $5-$8. Panida Theater, 300 N. First. panida.org A DECADE-BY-DECADE LOOK AT MOTION PICTURES This once-monthly film series follows the history of film for the last 100 years, which correlates to the museum’s founding in 1916. April 5 and May 3, 6:30-8 pm. $5. The MAC, 2316 W. First. northwestmuseum.org MOVIE NIGHT: VIRUNGA The Oscarnominated documentary tells the true story of a group risking their lives to save mountain gorillas in Africa’s oldest national park. April 5, 6 pm. Free. Downtown Spokane Library, 906 W. Main Ave. spokanelibrary.org MET LIVE IN HD: COSI FAN TUTTE A winning cast comes together for Phelim McDermott’s clever vision of Mozart’s comedy about the sexes. April 9 at 6:30 pm. $15-$20. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org (208-882-4127) FOOD CHAINS The Moscow Human Rights Commission presents a screening of the film about a group of Florida farmworkers who battle to defeat the $4 trillion global supermarket industry. Includes a post-film presentation. April 10, 7 pm. Free. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org (208-882-4127) KYRS PRESENTS: THE HEMINGWAY SERIES Monthly screenings of classic films based on Ernest Hemingway’s writings. Second Tuesday at 6:30 pm: April 10 (A Farewell to Arms), May 8 (For Whom the Bell Tolls). $5/show. Magic Lantern, 25 W. Main. magiclanternonmain.com

FOOD

HERB GARDENING Master Gardener Mia Marcum-McCoy shares how to grow herbs that will attract pollinators to your garden, add flavor to your cooking, and save money. April 5, 6:30-7:30 pm. Free. Moran Prairie Library, 6004 S. Regal St. scld.org LEONETTI CELLAR WINE TASTING Enjoy four, 2 oz samples of Leonetti’s varietals with artisan cheeses and house-made bread. April 5, 4-7 pm. $30. Masselow’s Steakhouse, 100 N. Hayford Rd. northernquest.com COEUR D’ALENE FOOD & WINE FEST The two-day event offers hands-on cooking demonstrations, wine sampling seminars, intimate luncheons, and dinners with views of the lake. April 5 and 6; see site for schedule and tickets. $35+. Coeur d’Alene Resort, 115 S. Second. cdafoodandwinefest.com

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I SAW YOU VERNO THE INFERNO We were talking for a while online...I changed my profile name and have seem to have lost all contact with you. I’ve been looking for you online ever since with no success. If you read this my new name is greeneyedone. Please contact me, I don’t know where else to look HEY HANDSOME I remember when I saw you in riverfront park on my lunch hour you were waiting for me and we had coffee and lemon water about 4 years ago and we have been through quite the journey. Ups and downs but develop a great best friend and thank you for being here for me through this tough time in my life...you’re the best!!! You’re sexy GARLIC FRIES AND SMILES I saw you ordering garlic fries at Safeco during opening weekend. You’re from Spokane too! Loved your smile and EWU shades. How about that Ichiro catch? Maybe we can CATCH a game together soon? Garlic fries on me. THE FIRST TIME I saw you in the front seat of our friend’s car the first time I

was going to Mt. Spokane without a parent at 16 years old. I had no idea that I’d end up falling in love with you, raising a child together, and planning a wedding. Interesting what a mutual love of snowboarding can do for people, eh? Xoxo

CHEERS FRIENDLIEST GAMERS IN TOWN Thank you to GameStop at West Wellesley! You are my favorite store that I don’t even personally shop at. I buy games for my husband every now and then. I have NO CLUE what I’m even looking at or asking for, yet every trip is pleasant, efficient and I leave with a smile on my face. Every employee is helpful and doesn’t make me feel stupid for not knowing anything about videogames. He loves the games I get him, and I get to impress him with my newfound game knowledge. THANK YOU Cheers to SUNSET GROCERY. You are the heart of your neighborhood. I want to thank and give recognition to all of you. As a customer..I’ve seen patience, loyalty and understanding... As well as direction, love and stearness. Thank you.. Heidi TO: EMBRACING DEATH OF MIDDLE CLASS I must commend you for articulating the way things are now in this country. When Reagan took away the only tax break I had as an outside salesperson, I silently knew that this was the end of fair economic measures for the working class. You laid “it” all out, thanks. MIKE’S OLD FASHIONED DONUTS Just discovered this hidden donut gem in the Spokane Valley. While all of their donuts are mouth watering, the Apple fritters are the best I’ve ever had.

Thank you for giving me something to look forward to for my occasional trips to the Spokane Valley. VALUE VILLAGE! Cheers to Value Village for being awesome and caring about the environment! Thank you for taking away free plastic bags. Maybe

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I know anything about the company only that “I wouldn’t do business with them”. To restaurant owners, please know this. I won’t eat at your restaurant again after I have to witness the silliness. Perhaps you should hang up a sign in your restaurant that indicates

to Life perspective also please support all sorts of restrictive gun laws to maximize the Right to Life of children, students, and adults across this otherwise great nation? Keep your hunting gear, but for God’s sake, let’s start clamping down on this rolling calamity

How about that Ichiro catch? Maybe we can CATCH a game together soon? Garlic fries on me.

Huckleberry’s our hippy dippy health food store will take a hint and do the same.

JEERS CELL PHONE BUSINESS For those of you who enjoy doing business on your “smart phone” while dining amidst adjacent people, why don’t you just hang up and eat? For many of us, we enjoy going to eat a quiet meal. Amazingly, you don’t have any trouble representing your company (private or otherwise) while using loud, coarse, and even vile language. You don’t mind at all when your phone sounds an annoying ring and you loudly answer “This is Bob”. It’s impossible to avoid hearing your ridiculous conversations. To business owners, please know this. When your employee offends me by interrupting my meal with his/her “business” and/ or by using crude language, I won’t consider your business for anything. I’ll also remember the rudeness of your employee and when given the opportunity will tell anyone who asks me if

SOUND OFF 1. Visit Inlander.com/isawyou by 3 pm Monday. 2. Pick a category (I Saw You, You Saw Me, Cheers or Jeers). 3. Provide basic info: your name and email (so we know you’re real). 4. To connect via I Saw You, provide a non-identifying email to be included with your submission — like “petals327@yahoo.com,” not “j.smith@comcast.net.”

phone conversations are banned or you could just use a message that perhaps some would understand better. Maybe “Just hang up and eat, idiot!” Millennials are often cited as being tied to their electronic devices and not knowing how to have real conversations. Listening to you fools, who needs one of those? Texting works more effectively and it’s quieter. SPOKANE COMMUNITY COLLEGE The Inlander, Spokesman Review, KHQ, Fox, and KXLY have had multiple stories about Spokane Community College. They have been about computer problems, financial aid problems and president problems. Does that college ever do anything right? If not, maybe it is time for students to look for other options. There are some wonderful colleges close by. They have names like Whitworth, Gonzaga, Washington State University and Eastern Washington University. Maybe go to one of those schools instead. RIGHT TO LIFE Could I just quietly suggest that those folks who favor passing all sorts of restrictive laws across the country in order to support the Right

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CAR DESTROYER I saw you. You saw me seeing you. As a mental health therapist I can guess fairly accurately what would motivate someone to be so violent and destroy personal property as you did. I’m heart broken at mans inhumanity to man (woman). I am out time, precious energy and money so you could wreak havoc on my vehicle. You have no idea and I am guessing too damaged yourself to understand the damage you caused. May you be at peace. n

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EVENTS | CALENDAR RIVER CITY APRIL GARAGE PARTY Come by the brewery for beer, music by Fat Lady, and food for purchase from Crate Food Truck. April 6, 4-9:30 pm. Free. River City Brewing, 121 S. Cedar St. rivercityred.blogspot.com (263-7983) CIDER & FRIED CHICKEN DINNER Chef Adam Hegsted presents a fried chicken dinner served with three different Twilight Ciderworks ciders. Reservations required. April 11, 6:30 pm. $35. The Yards Bruncheon, 1248 W. Summit Pkwy. bit.ly/2q4HU3C (509-290-5952) NATIONAL GRILLED CHEESE DAY A celebration with food, prizes and giveaways, and (while supplies last), Meltz Mob Membership Cards. April 12, 11 am-8 pm. Meltz Extreme Grilled Cheese, 1735 W. Kathleen. bit.ly/2DMEgj5

MUSIC

NORTHWEST GUITAR FESTIVAL The 27th annual festival highlights the region’s best young players in collegiate and youth classical competitions, and includes classes, lectures, and recitals by regional and international artists. April 6-8. $135/festival pass; $55/ day; $25/single event. Gonzaga, 502 E. Boone. northwestguitarfestival.org THE MERLE HAGGARD STORY A performance by Rusty Jackson, John Gray and the Spokane River Band. April 6, 7-10 pm. $10. Spokane Eagles Lodge, 6410 N. Lidgerwood. MerleTribute.com TODRICK HALL AMERICAN: THE FORBIDDEN TOUR Rapper, singer, actor, choreographer and American Idol semi-finalist Todrick Hall performs. April 6, 8 pm. $30.50-$52.50. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. bingcrosbytheater.com KPBX KIDS’ CONCERT: MOKO JUMBIE Moko Jumbie presents music of the tropics, playing calypso, reggae, and soca styles, along with a few rhythms from Brazil, including samba and bossa nova. April 7, 1 pm. Free. Kroc Center, 1765 W. Golf Course Rd. kroccda.org NINE PINT COGGIES & FRIENDS A celebration of National Tartan Day featuring the Scottish fiddle band, which performs ancient to contemporary music of Scotland and beyond. April 7, 7-9 pm. $10. Jacklin Arts & Cultural Center, 405 N. William St. thejacklincenter.org REQUIEM! Chorale Coeur d’Alene’s 70member chorale presents a concert of two masterworks accompanied by piano, organ and chamber orchestra. April 8, 3-4:30 pm. $10-$20. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. ChoraleCdA.com (208-446-2333) THE JOURNEY OF THE LIGHT The Bel Canto Opera returns to the historic Panida to perform a continuation of its 2016 show “From Dark to Light.” Proceeds benefit the theater. April 8, 7 pm. $10-$15. Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave. panida.org (208-255-7801)

SPORTS & OUTDOORS

BEGINNING BIRD WATCHING Learn the basics of bird watching and then take a walk at Turnbull to see and identify regional species. April 7, May 5 and June 2, from 8:45-11 am. Free. Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge, 26010 S. Smith Rd. fotnwr.org BLOOMSDAY TRAINING CLINICS Get ready for Bloomsday 2018 at free train-

ing clinics, Saturday mornings from March 17 to April 28. Free. Spokane Community College, 1810 N. Greene. providence.org/bloomsday (474-2397) THE HUNGER RUN The timed, familyfriendly run/walk offers 5K and 10K courses. Each registration provides 70+ meals to Union Gospel Mission and Second Harvest. April 7, 9 am-noon. $30$40. Plantes Ferry Sports Complex, 12308 E. Upriver Dr. thehungerrun.org SEMPER LIBERI BOULDER FEST Whitworth’s annual bouldering festival for all levels. April 7, 10 am-3 pm. $10/ students; $18/public. Whitworth University, 300 W. Hawthorne. whitworthoutdoors.com SEABURY BLAIR: DAY HIKE! Learn more about the newest addition to the Sasquatch Books’ Day Hike! series, covering Eastern Washington and North Idaho. April 12, 7 pm. Free. Auntie’s, 402 W. Main. auntiesbooks.com

THEATER

BIZET’S CARMEN Presented in English by the U of I’s Opera Workshop, a student ensemble in the Lionel Hampton School of Music. April 5 and 7 at 7:30 pm. $5-$8. University of Idaho Admin. Building, 851 Campus Dr. uidaho.edu DIAL M FOR MURDER This search for truth results in a scene of nearly unbearable suspense that will have everyone on the edge of their seats. Through April 8; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $14-$29. Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard. (325-2507) NEXT TO NORMAL Gonzaga’s senior capstone musical performance of the Pulitzer-winning musical that confronts the complex realities of mental health, suicide, and grief. April 5, 7 pm. Free. Gonzaga Magnuson Theatre, 502 E. Boone Ave. bit.ly/2Gs1jSA (313-6553) QUILTERS Quilters celebrates the lives of American pioneer women and the harsh challenges of frontier life. March 23-April 8; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $23-$25. Lake City Playhouse, 1320 E. Garden Ave. lakecityplayhouse.org TRUE WEST Sibling rivalry takes center stage in this examination of family conflict that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1983. Through April 8; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $1015 public admission. Forge Theater, 404 Sweet Ave. uidaho.edu/class/theatre THE MURDER MYSTERY AT THE MURDER MYSTER At the final dress rehearsal, the lights go out and a character dies onstage, only this murder wasn’t in the script. April 6-7 and April 12-14 at 7 pm, April 7 and 14 at 2 pm. $8. Liberty Lake Community Theatre, 22910 E. Appleway Ave.. (342-2055) SILENT SKY Based on the true story of astronomer Henrietta Leavitt, “Silent Sky” explores a woman’s place in society during a time of immense scientific discoveries when women’s ideas were routinely dismissed until men claimed credit for them. April 6-7 at 7:30 pm and April 7 at 2 pm. $8-$10. Jones Theatre at Daggy Hall, WSU Pullman. performingarts.wsu.edu (335-8522) TWELFTH NIGHT A performance of the Shakespeare play by Moscow Community Theatre. April 6-7 and 13-14 at 7:30 pm; April 8 and 15 at 2 pm. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main. kenworthy.org TWELFTH NIGHT; OR, WHAT YOU WILL Shakespeare’s popular comedy gets an action-packed 1940s redux in

Unknown Locals’ newest production. April 6-14; Fri-Sat at 7 pm, Sun at 8 pm. $12-$14. Heartwood Center, 615 S. Oak. heartwoodsandpoint.com PAW PATROL LIVE! The pups from the popular animated children’s series share lessons for all ages about citizenship, social skills and problem-solving. April 7-8 at 10 am and 2 pm. $21-$112. INB Performing Arts Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. inbpac.com LET HIM SLEEP ‘TIL IT’S TIME FOR HIS FUNERAL St. Joseph’s Catholic Church presents a readers’ theatre production of the play by Peg Kahret. April 8, 3 pm. $10. Hamilton Studio, 1427 W. Dean Ave. (328-0786)

ARTS

FIRST FRIDAY Art galleries and businesses across downtown Spokane and beyond host monthly receptions to showcase new displays of art. Receptions held the first Friday of the month, from 5-8 pm. Additional details at firstfridayspokane.org. JORDAN SCHNITZER MUSEUM OF ART WSU GRAND OPENING WSU President Kirk Schulz, architect Jim Olson and patron Jordan Schnitzer share their thoughts on the university’s new stateof-the-art museum. Refreshments are served in the Pavilion gallery, with tours offered. April 6, 12-2 pm. Free and open to the public. Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, 1535 NE Wilson Rd. museum.wsu.edu (509-335-1910) ANTEARMY: WHEN FASHION GETS HACKED A local fashion show featuring Gianna Reynolds of Kuriio, who debuts her ready to wear street style fashion line, NOOSKOOL. Also includes a cinema piece by Antelabel, dance performance by Mackenzie Fagras and accessories by Sam Moore of Dope Kawaii. April 8, shows at 7 and 9 pm. House of POp, 227 W. Riverside. kuriio. com (509-443-5353) LEONARDO DA VINCI: PAINTER OF MYSTERIES Charles M. Rosenberg, Ph.D., professor emeritus of art history at the University of Notre Dame, presents a lecture on the legendary Renaissance artist. April 10, 7 pm. Free. Jundt Art Museum, 200 E. Desmet Ave. (509-313-6843) SENIOR ART EXHIBITION: BECOMING An eclectic and engaging selection of works from Whitworth art and graphic design majors. Reception April 10 from 5-7 pm; open Mon-Fri 10 am-6 pm, Sat 10 am-2 pm. Free. Whitworth University, 300 W. Hawthorne Rd. (777-3258)

WORDS

SELLING YOUR WORK Join literary agent Kathleen Ortiz of New Leaf Literary to learn how to sell your writing to publishers. April 7, 9:30 am-2:30 pm. $55/$70. WSU Spokane, 412 E. Spokane Falls Blvd. inlandnw.scbwi.org WORKSHOP WITH POET LAUREATE MARK ANDERSON Bring 12 copies of a poem to edit in a round table workshop. April 7, noon. Free. Downtown Spokane Library, 906 W. Main. (444-5336) THIRD ANNUAL NORTHERN SLAM Listen to and cheer on high school students from multiple local school districts who are competing in onstage recitations of their original poetry. April 12, 6:30-8:30 pm. Free. Deer Park High School, 800 S. Weber Rd. scld.org (464-5900)

Advice Goddess HIPSTER REPLACEMENT

I’m a 57-year-old lesbian, and I’m only attracted to much younger women (very early 20s). We’re obviously in very different places in our lives, and these “relationships” don’t last very long. I also get a lot of grief from my friends. I can’t change whom I’m attracted to, but I would like a long-term relationship. —Seeking Your previous girlfriend probably remembers prom like it was yesterday — because, for her, it kinda was. Making matters worse, millennials and post-millennials (generally speaking) are the most overprotected, overparented generations ever — to the point where university administrators probably have stern talks with at least a few parents: “Your son is a freshman in college. You can’t be sneaking into the dining hall to cut his food for him.” Sure, there are probably some precociously mature 20-somethings out there. However, it usually takes a chunk of life experience — and relationship experience — for a person to grow into who they are and figure out what they want in a partner. So, as a 57-year-old woman, you’re probably as well-paired with the average 22-year-old as you are with the average head of lettuce or desk lamp. But say -- one day while you’re cruising the aisles at Forever 21 — you find the 20-something lady Socrates. There’s still a problem, and it’s the way society sneers at a big age gap between partners. The thumbs-downing comes both from a couple’s “own social networks” and from “society at large,” finds social psychologist Justin Lehmiller. However, “perceived marginalization by one’s social network” appears to be most damaging — “significantly” predicting breakups. Granted, it’s possible that you have some rigid age cutoff in the regions of your brain that do the “hot or not?” calculations. If that’s the case, simply finding a woman who’s young-ooking is a no-go. (When she starts to get those little laugh lines around the eyes, will you put her out on the curb with that aging TV from the guest room?) But ask yourself whether you simply prefer the springier chickens and are actually just afraid of the emotional risks (as well as the emotional adulthood) required in being with somebody closer to your age. That’s something you can work to correct. Ultimately, if you want a relationship, the answer to your “Hey, babe…where have you been all my life?” shouldn’t be “Um…waiting for my parents to meet so I could do the fun stuff fetuses do, like kickboxing in the womb and giving my mom gestational diabetes.”

AMY ALKON

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I’m a 36-year-old single woman. I’ve noticed that the more I like a guy the more nervous I get and the louder, more irreverent, and more inappropriate I become. I’m actually a really sweet girl. How can I stop doing this? —Unintentionally Brash Your cocktail party conversation shouldn’t translate to “I mean, come on…do I really seem like a danger to myself and society?!” To calm down so you can talk like a person instead of a scary person, it helps to understand — as I explain in my new “science-help” book, “Unf*ckology” — that “emotions aren’t just thinky things.” They have a basis in the body. For example, in the case of fear, your heart pounds, you breathe faster, and adrenaline surges -whether what you’re afraid of is physical death or just, say, dying onstage while giving a talk — as you watch 43 people simultaneously yawn and pull out their phone. The human brain is a marvel, but we can take advantage of how it’s also about as easily tricked as my dog. Take that bodily reaction of fear — pounding heart and all — which also happens to be the bodily reaction of being excited. Research by Harvard Business School’s Alison Wood Brooks finds that you can “reappraise” your fear as excitement — by repeatedly saying aloud to yourself, “I am excited” (to talk with some guy, for example) — and actually shift yourself from a “‘threat’ mind-set” to an “‘opportunity’ mind-set.” Also, assuming the current weather isn’t “nuclear holocaust with a chance of rain,” some dude you’re flirting with probably isn’t the last man on the continent. Keeping that in mind, reframe your interaction as a mere opportunity for something to happen with him — and an opportunity to figure out whether it’s a good idea. You do that not by selling yourself like it’s 4:56 p.m. on Sunday at a yard sale but by asking him about himself. Counterintuitively, you’ll probably be at your most attractive by leaving a man guessing about you — as opposed to leaping to conclusions, like that you were the little girl who beheaded all the other little girls’ Barbies. n ©2018, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. • Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405 or email AdviceAmy@aol.com (www.advicegoddess.com)

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BAKED BACON BANANA MUFFINS

hat this recipe has going for it — bacon, banana, Blueberry Blast — could and probably should be emphasized with all the intensity of Jim from The Office pretending to be Dwight Schrute, coining the phrase, “Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.” Not only is there bacon atop these mighty mini muffins, but that bacon is candied. And instead of melted butter or vegetable oil, this recipe subs in coconut oil infused with weed. You can make your own by heating ground-up bud and coconut oil in a slow cooker for 5-plus hours on low, then straining and saving it in the fridge or freezer for later. If all goes well, the marriage of tropical fruits helps dampen the grassy flavor of the weed, while the saltysweet combo of the candied bacon delights the taste buds. This recipe should net you about 24 to 30 mini muffins, which you can freeze in an airtight container and reheat later as wanted. As always, until you know how strong your oil or edibles turn out, start with a very small portion and wait up to a few hours for the full effects to hit you before trying more. Better to go under-board than over.

1 cup all-purpose flour ½ tsp baking powder ½ tsp baking soda ½ tsp salt ½ cup weed-infused coconut oil ½ cup sugar ¼ cup sour cream 2 tsp vanilla extract 2 large eggs 2 large, ripe bananas, mashed

FOR THE CANDIED BACON

½ lb bacon, baked until crispy and cut into generous bits 3 tbsp of butter 1/3 cup of brown sugar

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, stir together weed-infused coconut oil with sugar, then add the vanilla extract and sour cream, stirring until smooth and uniform. Add the eggs and combine.

Sprinkle baking powder, baking soda and salt over mixture, and stir to combine. Then add half a cup of flour at a time, stirring until just combined. Add in the bananas until mixed, and set aside for a moment. For the candied bacon, put 3 tbsp of butter in a large nonstick skillet on medium low, and just after the butter is melted and starting to bubble, add in the brown sugar. Turn the heat up to medium and stir the mixture constantly with a heat-proof spatula or wooden spoon until it starts to bubble up and change color. Add the bacon bits, turn off the heat, and stir quickly to coat the pieces of bacon in the mixture before it starts to cool, then spread pieces on a baking sheet so they’re separated. Pour the muffin mix into a well-greased mini-muffin tin and top each with a piece or two of the candied bacon, then pop the tray into the oven for about 10 to 14 minutes, until golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean. n A version of this story first appeared in the Inlander’s quarterly magazine, GZQ.

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ith U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions putting out a variety of messages related to drugs, the ever-growing cannabis industry and the banks that agree to conduct business with them find themselves in murky waters. The newly legalized market in California finds itself unable to secure banking services, an early obstacle in its developing marketplace. Banks fear that holding money from cannabis sales opens themselves up for legal action by the federal government. In a letter sent on March 29, state treasurers from California, Illinois, Oregon and Pennsylvania told the attorney general that both banks and businesses need further explanations on federal law enforcement’s response to the cannabis industry. The joint letter explained that said murkiness on federal standing “leaves the industry and financial institutions in the dark.” The letter follows other state governmental entities trying to solidify the ground they’re walking on with the Department of Justice. The massive spending bill passed by Congress and signed by the president on March 23 includes language that prevents the Department of Justice from using federal funds to prosecute medical marijuana programs in legalized states. It is a virtual renewal of the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer amendment, which bars the Department of Justice from using congressional money to prevent states from “implementing their own state laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession or cultivation of medical marijuana.” The amendment is something that Sessions implored lawmakers not to renew. The House GOP blocked an amendment that would have extended similar protections to state-legal recreational programs. “While I’m glad that our medical marijuana protections are included,” Democratic Rep. Earl Blumenauer of Oregon said in a statement, “there is nothing to celebrate since Congress only maintained the status quo. ... This matter should be settled once and for all.” All of this follows Sessions’ March 20 memo, urging federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty in cases involving large-scale drug trafficking, using a rare federal provision. The memo highlights opioids, but the cited federal law contains no drug-specific limitation for prosecutorial power. The provision allows capital punishment even in the absence of a related violent crime. It is a provision never tried in a case and would most likely sent to the Supreme Court for appeal. The amount of cannabis necessary for the provision to be used is an absurd 60,000 kilograms. By comparison, the capital punishment threshold for methamphetamine is 3 kilograms and for crack cocaine is 16.8 kilograms. The provision does become a concern when considering the quantity of plants harvested by state-legal businesses, where many licensed businesses cultivate far more than 60,000 plants. n

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Coeur d’Alene Resort’s First Annual Food and Wine Festival Unites Award-Winning Cuisine with Fine Wine

n what it hopes will become an annual tradition, the Coeur d’Alene Resort is excited for the launch of its first annual FOOD & WINE FESTIVAL. A dozen regional wines will be featured during the April 6-7 festival, which takes place at the resort or its corresponding restaurants. Wineries include: Barrister Winery, Castaway Cellars, Cinder Winery, Coeur d’Alene Cellars, Colter’s Creek, Doubleback, Forgeron Cellars, Huston Vineyards, Latah Creek Winery, Maryhill Winery Spokane and Townshend Cellar. Also featured are local brewers, Daft Badger and Post Falls Brewing, as well as Tito’s Vodka, out of Texas. The weekend is packed full, starting with a Friday reception on the resort’s Lakeview Terrace rooftop ($49). Saturday starts with a champagne brunch ($55), followed by six entertaining and educational options ranging from making ceviche with celebrity chef and C O E U R

Zona Blanca owner Chad White to resort executive chef Rod Jessick’s culinary tour ($35). Enjoy a leisurely lunch and wine tasting at the Cedar’s Floating Restaurant ($65) or rest up for dinner. Your evening starts with a boat ride — hors d’oeuvres and wine tasting included, of course — to the Event Center for a sumptuous meal with more local wines, then back on the boat for a rousing after-party ($125). Can’t decide? Purchase an all-access pass ($249) but don’t wait; a few events, including dinner with Doubleback Winery owner and former WSU and NFL player Drew Bledsoe, have already sold out. An even better way to enjoy the weekend is to stay local, avoiding driving and luxuriating in all the amenities the resort has to offer (room rates start at $159). Call 800-688-5253 or visit cdaresort.com/discover/activities/food_ wine_festival for details.

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The sixth annual Sweetheart’s Ball takes on a masquerade theme this year. This event, promising “decadence and magic” features dinner, a live and silent auction and dancing, all to assist children impacted by cancer attending Camp Journey. Tickets are $75 at sweetheartsball.com, 5 pm, the Coeur d’Alene Resort.

Spring gives way to silliness at Schweitzer during the Schpring Finale. On Saturday, it’s pond skimming and duck hunting (rubber duckies, that is) to win prizes like season passes, along with live music. Sunday brings a kids’ scavenger hunt, a yellow snow eating contest and a duct tape cardboard sledding derby. Visit schweitzer.com/event for the schedule and preregister.

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