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The Woman Card With two women squaring off, how will gender dynamics play out in the 5th District race? BY ROBERT HEROLD
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n the most recent poll conducted by the Spokesman-Review, Trump supporter and Republican Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers clings to a slimmer-than-comfortable lead over Trump critic and Democrat candidate Lisa Brown. Her lead is now only six points, with 16 percent still undecided; Rodgers is tracking 17 points lower than her average election day result from the past seven elections. Still, the McMorris Rodgers money continues to roll in if for no other reason than the Congressional Republican Party has a serious stake in this election. Should Brown win, the 5th District would have pulled off the most important upset since George Nethercutt edged out Tom Foley in 1994. Moreover, losing a symbolic fixture in the GOP leadership would be national news. Foley had been attacked because he supported the ban on assault weapons and supported the League of Women Voters, who opposed term limits. More importantly, though, I suggest he lost because he didn’t get his usual turnout. Turnout for Brown will be critical. The numbers that confound me are on women’s preferences. I’m not surprised by the male numbers — McMorris Rodgers leads by a whopping 23 points amongst male voters. But the female numbers? Brown leads by only eight points. Why not 40? Nationally, millennial women favor Democrats over Republicans by — get this — 47 points. So what’s up in our 5th District? Is Brown, for some strange reason, not yet connecting with the younger set? My goodness, McMorris Rodgers has, and is, supporting the most openly sexist and misogynist president in U.S. history!
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ow about those men: America is and has always been a sexist country, often downright misogynist. Say what you will about how Hillary Clinton ran her campaign, but Donald Trump appealed to both sexism and misogyny. He won the male vote by 12 points in an election where he lost the popular vote by almost three million. But here’s maybe the most telling telling statistic: Beginning in 1940, until today, worldwide we have seen about 140 women chosen or elected to be president or prime minister somewhere. In America, the number of women to reach national elective office is zero. Not all of this history should be attributed to sexism and misogyny; the fact is that our form of government also influences outcomes. The parliamentary system, where the prime minister is chosen from the majority party, is a system that places more emphasis on female strengths: personal relationships, working together, what we might call “retail politics.” Parliamentary systems emphasize these skills and talents. Working in the U.S. Senate is akin to serving in a parliamentary system. You have to personal-
ly earn the trust and respect of your colleagues. Clinton had done so well in the Senate that she was confirmed as Secretary of State by a bipartisan vote of 94-2! Lots of men, Republican men included, voted for her. “Presidential elections,” writes Clinton, “…reward different talents: speaking to large crowds, looking commanding on camera, dominating in debates, galvanizing mass movements and, in America, raising a billion dollars.” Not that the U.S. Senate over the years hasn’t had its share of demagogues, and no doubt sexists and misogynists. Let’s not forget Joe McCarthy. And let’s also not forget that he was brought down with the help of a woman Republican senator from Maine. Sen. Margaret Chase Smith stood not 10 feet away from McCarthy in the Senate Chamber and denounced him “for his shameful reliance on the Four Horsemen of Calumny — Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry, and Smear.” Could it be also that women, more than men, deal with what they are socially programmed to believe about behavioral expectations? Case in point, the second presidential debate in 2016. There was Trump doing his best “keeping women in their place” routine. Stalking back and forth behind Clinton. And what did Hillary do? Nothing! In her memoir she does write that she wanted to turn and call him a “creep.” But instead, she did nothing. She decided to “keep her cool.” (She might have added, “and act ladylike.”) She leaves the reader with a question: “Well, what would you do?”
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’m no expert, and certainly don’t pretend to speak for women, many of whom confront versions of Donald Trump every day. However, since you asked, Ms. Clinton, here’s my take: You should have channeled your inner Germaine Greer, the feminist icon. Greer wouldn’t have worried about acting ladylike. With a rapier-like verbal reaction, she would have put Trump in his place and perhaps created a devastating moment. Recall that some years back, in a more civilized debate setting, Greer, the author of Female Eunuch, destroyed conservative icon William F. Buckley not once but twice. Buckley had the grace to acknowledge his defeats. Of course Trump would have done no such thing — but, with the point made and the bully made to look ridiculous, who would have cared? These are all lessons with broader implications as, this time, we have two women to choose from to represent us in Congress. n
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arly voting has begun in the Idaho Republican primary, which will likely determine the state’s next governor. After 12 years of Gov. Butch Otter’s largely absentee leadership, there’s an opportunity for a more hands-on approach that could drive Idaho into the future or end in disaster. Setting aside the fringe candidates, the race is between three conservative men who, while professing similar goals, offer dramatically different leadership styles and records. The contest is between Raul Labrador, Tommy Ahlquist and Brad Little. Let’s consider the background of each, how they might win and ultimately who would best serve Idaho.
Former immigration lawyer, TV talking head and occasional congressman Raul Labrador is perhaps Idaho’s most talented politician. He knows how to look good on television, throw out the red meat to the base and consistently come out on top even as he fails to do much of anything for the people who elected him. As a state representative, Labrador’s biggest accomplishment was blocking a law that would have saved lives by stopping teens and others from texting while driving. (It later passed in his absence.) As a congressman, it’s not clear he’s had any real successes beyond tallying a surprising number of appearances on Meet the Press. He’s managed, though, to remain popular with a core set of activists, even as he promotes policies to reduce recreational access to public lands and cut benefits for seniors — both deeply unpopular goals in Idaho. Any chance of victory is tied to Labrador’s silver tongue and
low voter turnout. Alternatively, Boise businessman and real estate developer Tommy Ahlquist is trying to sell himself as the anti-Labrador, the political outsider. Ahlquist has claimed he is going to clean up shop, slash Idaho’s budget by $100 million and block marriage equality in Idaho. He’s also previously claimed almost exactly the opposite. For example, he championed early efforts to bring Obamacare to Idaho by expanding Medicare, a position, now that he’s running for governor, that he repeatedly recanted. For all his claims of being the solution to craven politicians, Ahlqusit sure is acting like one. If Ahlqusit pulls out a win, he’ll owe it to his campaign manager, David Johnston, a surprisingly rare, up-and-coming conservative talent in deep-red Idaho. Johnston has leveraged his Rolodex and inside-game savvy to provide Ahlquist with the conservative credentials his frequently flip-flopping positions fail to offer. Finally, there is third-generation rancher and Lt. Gov. Brad Little. Compared to the other two contenders, Little is a lousy politician, by which I mean he is a good and decent man. But perhaps the contrast is deepest between Little and current Gov. Butch Otter. While Otter loves to ride horses at rodeos, he’s largely a big businessman and slick politico masquerading as a cowboy for the cameras. Meanwhile, Little returns to his ranch regularly to lend his family a hand during calving season and branding, but, frustratingly to his political allies, never bothers to invite the media for what would be an ideal photo op. While Otter has sat back and let the state Legislature largely call the shots, Little is constantly pulling together stakeholders behind the scenes to find solutions to Idaho’s problems. I don’t always agree with the solutions this process creates — for example, his recent success with helping rollback Obamacare requirements for insurance plans — but it’s clear he gets results, often with broad buy-in. Applying this same old school, conservative, collaborative approach to education, jobs and public lands could be the key to building Idaho’s future. But how does someone like Brad Little actually win? Many people and communities around the state have actually already seen the results of his work in partnership with them: job growth, improved schools and safer transportation. If Little is going to be Idaho’s next governor, it’s going to come down to neighbors spreading the word about the real-world impacts they’ve seen. Will it happen? That’s for Idaho to decide — which I suspect, is just how Brad Little thinks it should be. n John T. Reuter, a former Sandpoint City Councilman, has been active in protecting the environment, expanding LGBT rights and Idaho’s GOP politics.
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SEAN PATRICK: People need to learn to be more open minded and accepting. Less judgmental. Let kids express themselves and be weird. MACKENZIE DRISCOLL: Too many AP classes, sports, band, and homework on top of underlying depression (which I didn’t even recognize at the time) lead me to years of self doubt and eventually suicidal behavior. I feel like I lost my adolescence to the pressure of school and untreated mental health problems. I will never get those years back. For some kids it may be bullying. For some it may be something else. Every kid who dies by suicide is an individual with his own issues, but we cannot use that as an excuse to ignore the growing mental health problems in kids that aren’t being addressed. The answer to suicide prevention is much more complex than people think. STEPHANIE R FERGUSON-FRENCH: With multiple kids in middle and high school, and actually listening to them, here is a real list of indicators: Social pressure, family problems, major body issues and being shamed for it, pressure to succeed (not from the parents, but from the schools) and a hopelessness born of being too aware of world events and politics. n
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STEVE FAUST: Young Democrats should really start understanding that what’s good for the goose is good for the gander. City could just as well charge the annual LGBT parade, or March for Science, or Women’s March. Not a good idea. SUSAN PETERSON: Absolutely it should be at the speakers expense! Why wouldn’t it be? Duh? ROBERT FAIRFAX: How about letting speakers talk without causing riots? You do remember the first amendment right? JIM ALMY: A normal police contingent should be on the taxpayers just like it is for any other event; anything beyond that should be paid by the event or person. CHRIS DUTTON: There has to be some cost shared by whoever is making money by bringing them to town. Worked into the appearance contract and the permits for the venue and such. n
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ith the decade-long quest to resurrect the downtown Ridpath Hotel into a residential complex almost complete, developer Ron Wells’ ambitions have turned skyward. He has a vision of a new downtown tower, one that would rise far above every current building in Spokane. He pictures a thin 40-story residential skyscraper rising up from a Diamond parking lot in downtown Spokane. There would be 25 floors of apartments topped with 15 condominiums. He’s talked to financers, to Diamond Parking and already got some preliminary design work completed. Still, it’s a long way off, with plenty of hurdles in the way. “I’ve developed and sold more condos downtown than anybody,” Wells says. So he knows the lay of the land as well as anybody. In Washington state in particular, building condominium units from scratch can be a nightmare of regulatory, financing and legal challenges. By contrast, if this were Florida? “I could put this out there, and I could start selling condos… for a prayer and a promise to sell air in the
sky,” Wells says. “I’d be off and running. It would cut off five years of what it will take me to do it.” And because creating condominium units would be so much simpler outside of Washington, he could build a lot more of them. “It would be easier to collect the money,” Wells says. “I think the demand is there.” Lately, the city of Spokane has been seeking to create more density, attempting to address the region’s housing shortage by creating more housing in a smaller space. In most states, condominiums — defined as units in multifamily complexes that are owned by residents instead of rented — are a crucial way of doing that. But developers have struggled to get condo projects off the ground in Washington. Between 2011 and 2016, there were permits filed to create 110 condominium units in Spokane County. That’s a number dwarfed by the more than 5,700 permits filed in total for multifamily complexes during the same period, not to mention the more than 7,000 permits filed to build single-family homes. As observers look to the future — and to the housing crisis playing out to the western half of the state — many are worried. “I’m looking at the next 30 years of growth, there’s certain trends that really concern me,” says Spokane University District director Lars Gilberts. “If it’s not addressed soon, you get too far behind and you can almost never catch up.”
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ments, there are a lot of tensions at play. But a big one is between renters and buyers. “It’s more likely for somebody who owns the property they live in to take care of their property,” says Rick Biggerstaff, president of the Browne’s Addition Neighborhood Council. But condos, Gilberts says, bring the benefits of both density and home ownership. “Condos inherently help build density,” Gilberts says. “People care about their community. They’re investing in their community.” Spokane has relatively low-cost apartments. And Spokane has pricier single-family homes. But today, developers like Wells and Greenstone’s Jim Frank lament the city’s “missing middle.” There are very few options for retirees who want to downsize and don’t want to keep dealing with lawn care. And there are very few options for the 26-year-old who wants to live in the city — but doesn’t want to keep renting. “It seems ridiculous when rents keep going up,” Gilberts says. “You’re giving away that money every month. You’re not building anything. It gets frustrating at a certain point.” Without condos available, young buyers have to pay higher prices for single-family homes — and get pushed to the suburbs. Gail Luxemburg, CEO for Habitat for Humanity in King County, speaking before the Legislature this year, stressed the importance of being able to to have a mix of incomes in the middle of a city. “We know that having low-income homeowners in a city creates diversity,” Luxemburg says. “To have a ...continued on next page
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Inherently, condo development can be complicated. Wells, who spent years untangling a mess created by a scam artist’s condo divisions in the Ridpath, knows that well. “Here’s the problem,” Wells says. “Washington state has the most socially progressive consumer protection legislation in the country for condo buyers.” A paper for the Washington Center for Real Estate Research identifies the major culprit: the 1989 Washington Condominium Act. The act, crucially established, gave new condo units an automatic warranty — allowing condo associations boards to sue over “significant defects” in the construction. But starting in the late ’90s, aggressive lawyers began taking advantage of that law, finding frustrated condo boards willing to sue over expensive construction problems, like water damage. “It was trying to protect consumers,” Rep. Tana Senn, a Mercer Island Democrat, says about the state’s condo law. “But it just went overboard in terms of really stopping the whole market.” Legal bills skyrocketed. The number of firms selling insurance to protect condo developers from litigation plummeted, while the cost of that litigation soared. Today, even the architects struggle to find insurance to design condominiums because of the legal risks. “Condo prices have begun to rise and would climb sharply if no solution is found,” the Seattle Times prophesied in 2003. A few minor legislative changes in the early 2000s did little to address the underlying issue. Instead, as the housing bubble inflated, the wildly
loose lending standards temporarily obscured the problem. “You could fog a mirror and get a mortgage,” says Seattle-based condo developer Dean Jones. “You had cabbies that were getting condo tips from hairdressers — there was too much false demand.” But after the recession, Wells says, banks just flat-out didn’t want to give loans to people who wanted to buy a condo. Too risky. Part of the trouble, he says, was that in Washington state, condo associations have incredible power: If you fail to pay your monthly dues for six straight months, the condo association can actually foreclose on your property. And if it does, the condo association has priority — they get paid back before many of the property’s other creditors. “The East Coast banks lost a bunch of condos that way in Washington state,” Wells says. “Their first reaction was kneejerk. If there was a problem that might be systemic, they apply it to the whole universe.”
“It was trying to protect consumers. But it just went overboard in terms of really stopping the whole market.” Banks wouldn’t lend to would-be-condo owners, and so they certainly didn’t want to give loans to would-be-condo developers. Wells says that financiers are gradually coming around to condo units. But it hasn’t been able to keep up with demand. In Seattle, where some one-bedroom condos list above $500,000, demand is so high that would-be-buyers literally camp out — like it’s an iPhone or a Star Wars movie — to have a chance to put in a bid. Condos are being built in Seattle, yes, but not the sort accessible to the average person. “If you’re going to build them, you’re going to build really expensive ones, or it doesn’t pencil out,” Senn says. “You’re cutting off a stream of affordable housing.”
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The number of HOMELESS STUDENTS in Spokane decreased last year, even as student homelessness statewide has increased, according to data from the state Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI). Spokane Public Schools reported 1,387 homeless students for the 2016-17 school year. That’s a 25 percent decrease from the year before. The data count students living in shelters, hotels or with friends or relatives as homeless. “I think that’s really encouraging,” says Ryan Oelrich, executive director of Priority Spokane, an organization currently working to end youth homelessness. Brett Dodd, Spokane Public Schools coordinator of special programs, says the 2015-16 school year seemed to be the “peak” of student homelessness in Spokane. The numbers for the 2016-17 school year were similar to 2014-15. And so far in 2017-18, the numbers are relatively close to where they were at this time last April.
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In the first two City Council meetings of 2018, newly minted Councilmember Kate Burke stood during the PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE and put her hand over her heart like every other councilmember. But starting at the Jan. 29 meeting, Burke made a subtle change: No hand on her heart. Some observers noticed. In a statement to KHQ last week, Burke stressed that she loved her country and her community, but also that she believed in and respected the “Constitution which calls for the separation of church and state.” “And I do not believe it is appropriate to do the pledge from the dais of an official government meeting,” she added. Indeed, while Burke recited “so help me God” while being sworn into office in December, she did so on a bound copy of the U.S. Constitution. But in a country where even the Seahawks, according to ESPN reporting, won’t let Colin Kaepernick work out with them without assurances he won’t kneel during the national anthem, expressions of patriotism remain a cultural flashpoint. Three citizens during Monday’s City Council public forum on Monday spoke about the Pledge of Allegiance, with one person praising Burke’s decision and two lamenting it. Ultimately, it’s an illustration of the sharp ideological divide in Spokane City Council District 1: While City Councilwoman Kate Burke chooses not to say the Pledge of Allegiance, her deeply conservative seatmate, Councilman Mike Fagan, does. In fact, last year, Fagan angrily called out a member of the Human Rights Commission out from the dais for not standing during the Pledge of Allegiance. “I respect First Amendment rights. But at the same time, respect my First Amendment rights for calling it out,” Fagan, a military veteran, told the Inlander last year. Burke, however, declined requests for interviews on the subject from the Inlander, arguing that the controversy wasn’t newsworthy. (DANIEL WALTERS)
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THE MOMS HAVE HAD IT In the span of about a month, two local moms have channeled their outrage and anger over incessant GUN VIOLENCE into a new nonprofit organization, Art 4 Reform. The massacre inside a Parkland, Florida, high school that left 17 students and staff dead and injured more than a dozen others, was their “enough moment.” The moms, local artist Carolina Johnson and attorney Janelle Carney, aim to use creative expression to advocate for gun control and gun safety. They’ve already scheduled the inaugural event for Thursday, April 19, at the McGinnity Room downtown. Attendees will see portraits of each of the 17 Parkland victims, as well as of Sam Strahan, who was shot and killed by a student inside Freeman High School in 2017. Sam’s mother, Ami Strahan (pictured), will speak at the event. Proceeds will be donated to Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action, groups that promote gun safety and control. (MITCH RYALS)
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IN THE NAME OF SCIENCE Hundreds gathered in Spokane’s Riverfront Park on Saturday, part of a nationwide MARCH FOR SCIENCE taking place for the second year in a row. The first March for Science last year brought more than a million people to what became the largest science advocacy event in history. This year’s rally adopted the tagline “Vote for Science,” aimed at prompting people to vote for environmentally friendly legislation and persuade politicians to increase funding for science education. The event included stations to register to vote. The crowd marched through the streets of Spokane at 1 pm after guest speakers discussed a variety of environmental and science related issues. (ERIC SCHUCHT)
IN AND OUT AND IN AGAIN Even before his most recent announcement, following Spokane City Council President BEN STUCKART’S mayoral aspirations has been a roller coaster. He considered running in 2015, but ultimately decided against it. Then, in 2016, he announced he was running for the 2019 mayoral race. But later that year, he dropped out to gun for U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers seat, explaining that his real strength was as a legislator, and noting his relative lack of administrative experience. But last year, he abandoned his congressional race due to health crises with family members. “I am going to run for mayor,” Stuckart said Friday, in the lobby of an under-construction building on the east side of Spokane. “There is nothing that is going to make me back out.” Stuckart is a liberal council member, but in his campaign announcement, Stuckart stressed another part of his political identity more intentionally: as an urbanist, the sort of leader enthusiastically supportive of dense, walkable developments. (DANIEL WALTERS)
FEE SPEECH Ultimately, U.S. Senate candidate Joey Gibson (pictured) did not show up in Spokane for his planned campaign event in Riverfront Park on Sunday after all. But before his event was canceled, Spokane County Young Democrats sent out a press release, arguing that because Gibson’s events have lapsed into violence in the past, he should be charged for the additional police security costs. To many that’s an appealing option, but on Inlander.com we lay out the evidence that shows that charging controversial figures for additional security fees because of the reaction they might spark in their audiences is almost certainly UNCONSTITUTIONAL. (DANIEL WALTERS)
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NEWS | HEALTH “THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC” David Tauben, a renowned pain expert and UW School of Medicine clinical professor, will discuss “The Opioid Epidemic” at 6:30 pm, Thursday, April 19, at the Historic Davenport Hotel in downtown Spokane. The event is free and open to the public. Registration is requested at uwalum.com/nextgenmedicine.
Research suggests patients may be better off with acetaminophen to treat chronic pain instead of opioids.
Painful Reality For patients with chronic pain, opioids may not work at all, researchers find BY WILSON CRISCIONE
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pain. But Washington State University associate professor Sterling McPherson says that may not be doing patients any good. A new study co-authored by McPherson found that patients who used opioids for non-cancer chronic pain feel no difference when they stop using opioids. Sterling McPherson As the medical community faces questions of when to prescribe opioids, McPherson thinks the research could shed new light on the conversation. “Let’s take a step back and say, ‘What evidence is there that opioids are an effective tool for chronic pain?’” McPherson says. “There isn’t any evidence that it’s effective.” McPherson conducted the research with Oregon Health and Science University assistant professor Travis Lovejoy, who presented the findings at a meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine last week. Their findings add weight to a separate study published March 6 in the Journal of the American Medical Association that found opioids did not provide better pain relief than acetaminophen in treating chronic pain.
“The conclusion we came to is that on average, over a long period of time, people’s pain won’t change on opioids,” Lovejoy says. They studied the medical records of 600 veterans who had long been on opioids to manage non-cancer chronic pain — things like headaches, lower-back, neck or hip pain — and then stopped using opioids for at least 12 months. In those 12 months, the pain levels the patients self-reported to their doctor did not change, on average, compared to the pain levels while they were on opioids. The patients were predominantly white males. Half had been diagnosed with a substance use disorder. If anything, McPherson says, adverse effects appeared to go down among patients who stopped using opioids. The results weren’t all that surprising to the authors or attendees of the conference where Lovejoy presented the findings, Lovejoy says. The two researchers hypothesized that pain would remain unchanged when patients stopped using opioids. Physicians are already beginning to reduce the use of opioids, and this provides empirical data to measure the long-term effect of opioids in pain management. None of this is to say that opioids don’t provide quick relief for acute pain. Opioids will provide pain relief initially to patients during the first few months of pain management. After that, it seems they lose their effectiveness to the point that after a year they’re not effective at all, while putting patients at risk of addiction and overdose, Lovejoy says. The adverse effects of taking patients off opioids still needs to be understood, however. Cutting a patient off could simply push patients to another provider, or lead to suicidal ideation or heroin use. McPherson and Lovejoy are working on follow-up studies on the implications for patients who discontinued opioids. In the meantime, prescribers and patients should be discussing alternatives, they say. But McPherson cautioned that more research is needed before any policy changes are made. “We want to curb the addiction to opioids that we find ourselves in in this country,” McPherson says. “But the follow-up is then what do we do to replace it? The alternative is not to say, ‘Stop prescribing opioids,’ because what are we gonna do to help with pain?” n
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Hangman’s Reprieve Hangman Creek is still a muddy, environmental disaster, but a new legal settlement gives the Spokane Riverkeeper hope A 2017 drone photo, from Cutboard Studio, shows Hangman Creek choked with dirt and pollution, shortly before spawning season for redband trout. CUTBOARD STUDIO PHOTO
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t’s one of those days where the rain mixes with snow and the wind sends it sideways. The downpour makes the mud bubble like a black bean soup. But as Jerry White, the Spokane Riverkeeper, steps out of his truck, boots squishing in the muddy soil near the banks of Hangman Creek, it’s perfect. “You couldn’t have asked for a better day,” White says. He smiles. “When you get into this business, it’s a little morbid. We’re always, like, ‘Oh man, look at that pollution!’” Really look at it, he says. Look at the way that the rain turns Hangman and the north fork of Spangle Creek gray and chocolatey brown. The creek has been sick for a long time. Think of it like a patient suffering from fever, a bacterial infection, and losing chunks of their hair. Hangman Creek, also known as Latah Creek, is choked with bacteria and record levels of dirt. The temperature’s too high. There isn’t enough vegetation. The water is running too fast, eroding away the banks, sending even more soil sloshing into the river. But there’s good news, White says. For years, the Spokane Riverkeeper had been locked into a legal battle with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Washington State Department of Ecology over the fate of Hangman Creek. Way back in 2009, Ecology had come up with a clean-up plan detailing all the ecological standards that Hangman Creek had to hit. The problem wasn’t the standards, White says. It was that they were toothless — with little guidance on how Ecology was going to enforce its plan. So in 2015, they sued the EPA for approving Ecology’s plan. Last month, the lawsuit was finally settled. Going forward, Ecology will be required to undertake a massive methodical analysis of Hangman Creek, and landowners are tasked to fix the biggest problems. “The public very often doesn’t realize we’re entitled to clean water under the law,” White says. “That’s our birthright as Americans.”
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he problem with pollution in Hangman Creek isn’t necessarily as simple as, say, a malevolent factory pumping waste into the stream. Instead, it’s largely the result of a thousand decisions by individual property owners. “Our culture seems to feel like a river ends right where the water ends,” White says. It isn’t just the farms. It’s the golf courses and the housing complexes — anything that is built right up to the river’s edge. “For 120 years, landowners, farmers and developers have all been taught and known, you clear creeks out, and you clean them up,” White says. You imposed order on the chaos of nature. You took messy banks and made them straight and clean. It was exactly the wrong thing to do. By ripping out the natural plants and trees on a river’s edge, you take away the source of shade that keeps the river cool. You tear away the roots that stop the dirt on the banks from being swept into the creek. “We found documents clear back into the ’70s where they ...continued on next page
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“HANGMAN’S REPRIEVE,” CONTINUED... talked about the terrible soil erosion happening here,” White says. He cringes at the long bald swatches of soil, laid bare by traditional tilling practices. He watches rainfall slough the dirt into the water. Traditionally, this stretch of land flooded in the spring and then slowly drained. But farming practices changed that: He points out the big black pipes serpentining through some Hangman Creek properties like giant earthworms. Their job is to drain the soil as fast as possible in the spring. Trenches and ditches do the same thing.
“This is like a wrecking ball when it gets down here.” As a result, in the summer months, the river is low and slow — sending temperatures skyrocketing. But in the spring? It’s a torrent. Think of what a garden hose does when you stick your thumb in front of it. It cuts like a water jet, slicing away at the shore — especially areas without vegetation. White drives past a creek bank that has been carved into sheer cliffs. “This is like a wrecking ball when it gets down here,” White says. “There’s so much water in the river here at this point, that every corner is being torn out. Unbelievable.” White pulls up to the shoulder of the road, peering
Spokane Riverkeeper Jerry White stands in front of a Hangman Creek property where horses have been allowed to illegally graze. through the sleet at the two Black Angus cattle grazing at the riverbank. That’s illegal. Cattle can trample soil, gobble up vegetation and poop directly into the river. Cow and horse poop can make for a toxic stew — the fecal nutrients fertilizes algae growth, sucking up the oxygen and suffocating the fish.
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At another property, the violation is even worse. “Oh my god. This guy? See these hay bales? This guy is feeding hay bales right on top of the creek,” White says. “You can actually see the horse shit right there.” He yanks the emergency brake, steps out to take a picture. He considers reporting it to Ecology — though he’s sure Ecology already knows about it.
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Easy steps you can take to reduce, reuse, recycle and rethink your impact on the planet BY CHEY SCOTT
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K, it’s true that no one person can slow global warming — even by becoming a zerowaste, thrift-shopping vegan who doesn’t own a car and has a composting toilet and a rain barrel. But there are plenty of little things you can ditch, use and buy that all add up, all of which are better alternatives for both our local communities and the planet. Here’s a small sampling of some measures you can (and should) take.
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Plastic straws: Straws are the new plastic grocery bag, sort of. Though they’re a relatively small item in the overall waste stream, straws have lately caught the brunt of environmental hatred and fury for their prolific usage. One argument is that they’re generally unnecessary for consuming liquid or semi-liquid beverages. Straws, due to their size and weight, are also much less likely to be recycled, according to a report by National Geographic. But the worst thing
about straws comes back to size: When plastic straws end up in the ocean, they can entangle and get stuck in/on marine animals, or be eaten. And if you really can’t handle a strawless lifestyle, there are lots of reusable metal and plastic options to be found. Take-out utensils, napkins and packaging: Packaging is the largest chunk of all municipal waste in the U.S., and single-use items make up 10 percent of that, according to the University of California’s Climate Lab. When you order food to-go, if you can, tell employees you don’t need or want utensils, napkins, sauce packets or other extras that otherwise go straight into the trash. Instead, keep some metal silverware at your desk and use your own utensils (which you probably do anyway) or staple condiments like ketchup and hot sauce at home. Free two-day shipping: We’ve all become slaves to the convenience of online shopping, but what is the cost to the planet? Though
shopping online does have a lesser carbon footprint than driving your car to the store, it’s only better than this if you don’t get two-day or rush shipping, says UC’s Climate Lab. Faster shipping turnaround equates in more trucks on the road because companies are trying to get things to customers as fast as possible, and also means trucks are sometimes half full. Multipleitem orders are often shipped in separate boxes (creating more packaging waste!) to get things to your door quickly. So next time you click “buy,” if you don’t need it ASAP, consider opting in to “no-rush shipping” or clicking a box to tell the seller to group your items into fewer packages. Meat: Whether you buy into the ethical tenets of vegetarian and veganism, eating less meat is a proven way to be a better environmental steward — especially red meat, which can have up to 100 times the impact as plant-based food due to production requirements. You don’t have to go full vegan (scientifically, however, it is the best diet for the planet), but you can make a small sacrifice by going meatless once a week. Meatless Monday is a global movement encouraging both people to skip meat once a week in order to reduce global meat consumption by 15 percent. Learn all about the initiative at meatlessmonday. com.
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Sustainable fashion: The trend is so hot right now. There’s always been thrifting, and capsule wardrobes — a pared-down collection of quality, timeless, staple pieces — are making new waves. Another recent innovation in the fickle fashion industry benefits both shoppers and the environment. Lots of brands are now using postconsumer plastics to make shoes, yoga pants, T-shirts, bags and other items. Based in San Francisco, Rothy’s (rothys. com) is a sustainable fashion startup using a 3D knitting technology — with fiber made from recycled plastic water bottles — to make its women’s shoes. Though the shoes are a slight up-front investment ($125-$165), they’re machine washable, breathable, stylish, comfortable and recyclable at the end of their lifespan if you contact the company to send back worn and loved pairs. Another fashion innovator is using a similar process to make women’s yoga pants from discarded water bottles. Girlfriend Collective (girlfriend.com), based in Seattle, sells a variety of legging ($58-$60) styles and colors, along with yoga shorts, sports bras, tanks and tees. We also give Girlfriend Collective points for their body-positive models and for using 100 percent recyclable packaging. Billboards become trendy bags in the hands of Shark Tank alum Rareform (rareform. com).The California-based company takes massive sheets of vinyl formerly used for billboard displays and repurposes the sturdy, waterproof material into one-of-a-kind backpacks ($72-$118), duffels ($64), laptop sleeves ($38), totes ($44) and more. Because cuts made to manufacture each piece are unique, no two items are the same.
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Programmable thermostat: The New York Times’ “Year of Living Better” guide lists lots of things that can be done to reduce your home’s carbon footprint: turning off lights and applianc-
es, using LED bulbs, turning down your water heater to 120 degrees, insulating your home and more. Another option is installing a programmable thermostat, which is not only better for the Earth, but will save you money and can improve comfort. In winter, keep temperatures lower during the day when you’re at work or school and at night when cozy in bed. In the Inland Northwest, Avista even offers rebates for customers who can document they’ve installed a smart thermostat, many of which can be connected to Wi-Fi and accessible via smartphone apps. Reusable food storage: While the waste of food itself is one of the biggest contributors to global warming (collectively, Americans waste 40 percent of the food they buy, resulting in 3.3 billion tons of carbon emissions), there are also better ways to package and store goods in your pantry and fridge with reusable products. Buy dried grains, beans and spices in bulk using your own containers. (Glass canning jars work great!) Also ditch plastic cling wrap and sandwich bags for cotton waxed with beeswax, which can be washed, reused and composted at the end of its life. There are also all kinds of reusable, dishwasher-safe snack and sandwich storage bags made from silicone and other food-safe materials. While all of these products cost more up front (depending on brand, material and quantity) than your standard plastic baggies, they’re definitely friendlier to the planet. Reusable water bottles and coffee cups: One million disposable bottles of water are purchased around the world each minute, according to UC’s Climate Lab. This staggering rate, predicted to only increase, means that by the year 2050, there could be more plastic (by weight) in the ocean than fish. Let that sink in for a minute, and then run out and get yourself a reusable water bottle. Whether you want something insulated, with a reusable straw, made from stainless steel or glass, the options are endless. Some tried-and-true brands to consider investing in include S’well, CamelBak, Klean Kanteen, Contigo, Hydro Flask and Platypus. Don’t overlook a reusable receptacle for your morning coffee, either. Unlike plastic, many to-go coffee cups made from styrofoam or paper are not recyclable. Instead, get yourself a KeepCup, ($9-$28). Menstrual cups and reusable feminine hygiene products: Over her lifetime, it’s estimated a woman will use anywhere between 5,000 and 14,000 tampons. Notwithstanding the cost, that’s a lot of nonbiodegradable waste that is ending up in landfills or clogging up wastewater treatment plants, not to mention all the packaging in wrappers and applicators and the resources used to produce these single-use products. Yet it’s a topic that’s often not talked about (menstrual bleeding may be uncomfortable for some; but seriously, this is 2018 — get over it) in terms of environmental impact. Luckily, there’s a product for that — several, actually. Menstrual cups may sound icky to the uninitiated, but they’re actually more hygienic and safer than tampons. Made from soft silicone, the cups are often more comfortable, too. Try the DivaCup ($25-$30 on Amazon). If that’s not your style, there are also Thinx brand “period panties” ($24-$39) and washable liners and pads sold by several companies. n
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major solution to help slow climate change may be just below our feet. Specifically, says Marc Kramer, an assistant professor of environmental chemistry at Washington State University Vancouver, it’s in the soil, which holds more than three times the carbon found in the atmosphere. And for years, Kramer has been studying how farming practices can trap carbon dioxide and offset greenhouse gas emissions contributing to global warming. It’s called carbon sequestration. And Kramer thinks it could be a win-win for farmers and the environment. “It could put a significant dent in the fate of the Earth’s climate over the next 100 years,” he says. It’s part of how Kramer and other researchers want to “rethink agriculture.” As the world population continues to grow, agricultural lands will be repurposed, forests will be cleared and demand for food will grow. That creates an opportunity for innovation, a chance to not only make farming practices more sustainable, but also to absorb and trap carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, Kramer says. The trick, potentially, is increasing the minerals in soil. In a paper he helped write in Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, Kramer found that more than half of the global soil carbon pool is more than a foot below the surface. And most of that is chemically bound to minerals. So Kramer, along with researchers elsewhere in the region, thinks it may be possible to accelerate the process of storing carbon in the soil by radically changing how farming is done. “The way we approach it is we want to throw all that out the window and rethink everything,” Kramer says.
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or centuries, the only way people knew how to farm the prairies of the Palouse was to plow and cultivate the soil, says Ty
Meyer, executive director of the Pacific Northwest Direct Seed Association. “It was a tried and proven method,” Meyer says. It was profitable, but it came at the cost of high soil erosion rates and depletion of organic matter. But some farmers in the Pacific Northwest are already adjusting how they farm in a way that’s more climate friendly. The Pacific Northwest Direct Seed Association advocates for “conservation tilling” farming systems. Essentially, the idea is to till the soil less. That can save on fuel costs, for one, Meyer says. And it helps prevent soil erosion. Yet tilling can also release greenhouse gases from the soil into the air, says William Pan, a WSU professor who recently helped author a paper on climate-friendly farming practices. “When you stir soil up, you lose oxidation and a lot of organic matter,” Pan says. “So all of that has gone into the atmosphere as a greenhouse gas emission.” There are several ways to help restore that organic matter, like having different crop rotations and better soil management. It requires a higher level of management of weeds and disease control, Meyer says, but there’s technology to work around that. And the yields don’t suffer with conservation tilling systems like they did decades ago, Meyer says. “The equipment is so much better today than it was in the past, and the programs have never been better to help [farmers],” Meyer says. There’s some incentive for farmers to adopt these strategies, Pan says. Farmers will see a long-term benefit with their soil health, for example. But the short-term benefit isn’t always there. That’s why, he says, there should be “some government incentive to get the ball rolling.” The effect on the climate is that it could both prevent future greenhouse gases from being released to the atmosphere and absorb them from the atmo-
sphere. “There are farmers out there that are motivated to seek these solutions,” Kramer says. However, the process of soil absorbing carbon can take hundreds or thousands of years when it occurs naturally. That’s why Kramer and other researchers are looking for ways to speed up the process. And if they can? The results could be radical, Kramer says.
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rior research by Kramer, as part of a team of researchers from the University of Georgia and the University of Florida, gives a taste of what kind of change he thinks could be possible. The study, published in 2015, documented how farms that transitioned from cropland to pasture land replenished carbon at a rate faster than anyone previously thought. Essentially, it’s a rotational grazing system for cows. It increased the soil organic matter, improved soil quality and it resulted in “very rapid” carbon accumulation of 75 percent in six years, Kramer says. “That’s a good example of what’s achievable when we start rethinking things,” Kramer says.
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reverend, a nurse and career activist walk onto the railroad tracks in east Spokane. They know it’s illegal. There are “No Trespassing” signs posted all over the place, but they don’t care. The cops show up and tell them to leave. But they don’t. Rev. George Taylor and the other climate rebels were arrested, as were a gaggle of elderly women, known as the Raging Grannies, about a month before in 2016. All were charged with misdemeanor trespassing, and that’s exactly what they wanted. The six lawbreakers, all over 70 years old, stood on the railroad tracks to protest the coal and oil carried by train through Spokane and their contribution to global climate change. They’d tried everything they could think of to combat global climate change, voting for “green” legislation, meeting with lawmakers and delivering petitions to Republican Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers’ office, for example. The judicial system was a last resort. All but one have taken a plea deal. Taylor, the only hold out, has been fighting for the ability to tell a jury that his crime was necessary in order to prevent greater harm, an uncommon legal strategy with mixed results. Recently, Spokane District Court Judge Debra Hayes issued her written ruling allowing Taylor to use the so-called “necessity defense.” In her ruling, Hayes cites other courts that have allowed the legal tactic.
“It’s frustrating for everybody because this case has gone on for a long time.” Taylor’s trial was set to begin April 23, but Spokane prosecutors appealed Hayes’ decision to allow the necessity defense, prolonging the 2-year-old misdemeanor trespassing case even further, and catching one of Taylor’s defense attorneys by surprise. “It’s frustrating for everybody because this case has gone on for a long time,” says attorney Rachael Osborn, who is known for her environmental work. “Prosecutors do things like this to try to prevent getting to the merits of the case.” (Prosecutors did not respond to a message for comment. In their appeal, they argue that there is no evidence to support the judge’s decision.)
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aylor is now waiting for the appeal in his case to be resolved. Osborn, his attorney, believes it could be months before the case goes to trial. But it will go to trial, and when it does, she says, a jury will likely decide whether Taylor’s crime is greater than the harm caused by carbon emissions from coal and oil. Part of the testimony, she says, will come from Dr. Steven Running, a co-author of a chapter of the 2014 National Climate Assessment, NASA scientist and University of Montana ecology professor. Running also worked on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which shares the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with former Vice President Al Gore. Running has already testified in Spokane in support of Taylor’s necessity defense. He would do so again at trial, Osborn says. For Western states specifically, Running says in court, impacts can be seen in earlier snowpack melting and “four and five times as many large wildfires as we [saw] 40-50 years ago.” “Humans have chosen to use fossil fuels for our fuel source in the past,” he says. “And we could choose to continue to use these same fuel sources or we could change to other ones that aren’t carbon emissions. So this is a choice humanity has.” n
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PICK AND CHOOSE Get Lit! celebrates its 20th birthday with a massive lineup of authors, poets and events in 2018 BY DAN NAILEN
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n her first full year as director of the Get Lit! literary festival, Kate Peterson thought it might be wise to cut back some. Then came the realization that 2018 marks the Eastern Washington University-led festival’s 20th year. “Originally I said the to the dean, ‘This festival is amazing, but sometimes we have so many things going on that it’s hard for people to choose what to go to,’” Peterson recalls. “So I was actually hoping to make it a little smaller this year, but it’s the anniversary. Everyone kept asking, ‘What’s new? What’s happening?’ So this year we have 50 events. I don’t know all the history, but I’m sure this is the most we’ve ever done.” Among the slew of opportunities are plenty of the panel discussions and readings you’ve come to expect from Get Lit! Peterson is particularly excited about essayist and novelist Anne Lamott’s discussion, To see the complete schedule for as well as poet Maggie Get Lit! 2018, visit getlistfestival. Smith and novelist Britt org. The festival runs Monday, Bennett sharing a stage at April 23, through Sunday, April 29, the Poetry & Prose night. throughout the Inland Northwest. She also moved many events into the Montvale Event Center, where Get Lit! is taking over on Saturday, April 28, for classes, readings, a book bazaar and place to sip on some River City beer or DOMA coffee crafted for the festival. “One of my missions for the festival was to have more diversity and more inclusion, and we tried really hard to have our lineup … include as many voices as we could,” Peterson says. “We have an award-winning queer women writers reading. We have a Writing Beyond the Binary panel with a younger generation of queer and nonbinary writers. We have an indigenous women writers panel.” In the following pages, you’ll see what Inlander writers consider some of the must-go events this year, as well as our interview with Lamott, vivid memories from former fest director Melissa Huggins, and some of our favorite writers reflecting on what Get Lit! means to them and to the Inland Northwest. Enjoy! n
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CULTURE | GET LIT! self over-write and babble on. That’s how I find out what I am trying to say, or who the characters are. I’m afraid there is no lean, clean technique that works for me. I sit down quite early, give myself short assignments … and reward myself when I’ve finished a tough paragraph or passage — MSNBC and some M&M’s. No music or noise. Your discipline in writing is remarkable — where do you think that drive and devotion to your talent comes from? My dad was a writer, and showed me that a writer sits down at the same time every day. That waiting for “inspiration” is BS, and doomed. You just do it. If I get some work done in the morning, I know I’ll have a different feeling all day, of having lived up to something. What’s a perfect day for Anne Lamott look like? Whether a writing day, a traveling/speaking day or day “off,” if you have such things? I love not writing, and spend a lot of time just reading. If I’ve written something decent or a bad first draft that might actually turn into something, that’s a good day. I hike for an hour most days (I have a large dog) and, in general, spend as much time as possible in nature. You tackle highly personal subjects with humor and grace — are there still areas of your personal life or beliefs that you’re fearful or reticent to address in words meant for public consumption? Not fearful, but am very protective of my family’s and my own privacy. By the time I put something out there to the public, I am almost positive it is universal. I share my deeply personal life with my partner, my son, a few friends.
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nne Lamott has spent her professional life establishing an utterly unique writing voice, one capable of juggling complex issues from alcoholism to new motherhood to renewed religious faith in a series of exceedingly popular novels, nonfiction books and essays. Virtually all of her writing is infused with remarkable humor she mines in unexpected places, and her skill at addressing issues most of us often would rather not think about has earned her critical praise, commercial success and a devoted fanbase. We traded emails with Lamott ahead of her visit to Spokane to headline an event for Get Lit! and talked about what’s off-limits in her writing, her upcoming book and keeping the faith in dark times. INLANDER: Your last book, Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy [released April 2017], offered many readers hope in a confusing, difficult time for our country. How do you keep the faith? LAMOTT: I pay attention to all that is beautiful and
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amazing and heroic marbled into our lives, and I try to help others with the dark and scary stuff. Being of service always lifts my heart and spirits. You’ve written everything from novels to essays to personal memoirs. Do you have a favorite? I love essays, about 1,500 words, based on real experience but with a spiritual or philosophical angle. I used to tell my students to write what they’d love to come upon, so I try to write pieces that are illuminating and, I hope, funny. Can you describe a little of your writing process, and perhaps how it’s changed over the course of your life. Do you listen to music as you write? Do you keep regular “writing hours”? Can you write on the road when you’re talking to groups? I’ve always written really terrible first drafts, whether for a novel, of 300 pages, or an essay, of six. I kind of clean up and cut a little as I go along, but I really let my-
Are there any regrets about any of your writing? As in, do you reflect much on past works and think about aspects you’d write differently now? Well, as for any writer, when you go back and read something already published, you can’t believe all the lazy or mealy-mouthed or show-off parts. I think, “Where were my editors????” What role does social media play in your life? It’s obviously become an undeniable part of so many of our existences — do you find it useful? Frustrating? Fun? Love it. Live for Twitter — I follow incredibly brilliant political and spiritual thinkers, and really like the links to articles and interviews and think pieces they’ve produced. Plus the humor is extraordinary — it helps me stay buoyant on bad days. What is your life as a reader like? Are you as voracious as you were growing up? Do you love any particular genres, or avoid any? And where do you hear about new books or authors? Yes, I have always read like I do now — endlessly and everything. I read a lot of nonfiction, biographies. Also, psychological thrillers. More books by women, and lots of poetry. People thrust books at me, or I read about them in The New York Times Book Review (or People). Anything you can share about your new book coming this fall, Almost Everything, in terms of themes you’re addressing? The subtitle is, Notes on Hope. It’s almost everything helpful or provocative I can think of about human life during these scary days, that somehow supports my belief that we will come through, transformed. n An Evening with Anne Lamott • Sat, April 28 at 7 pm • $32 • Bing Crosby Theater • 901 W. Sprague • bingcrosbytheater.com • 227-7638
FROM LEFT: Chelsea Martin, Bryant Terry, Hanif Abdurraqib and Maggie Smith all read at this year’s festival.
SOMETHING TO DO EVERY DAY OF THIS YEAR’S FESTIVAL EMBRACE THE PAST
Kick off the festival by joining the opening birthday party. “Too Legit to Quit: Celebrating 20 Years of Get Lit!” will bring together a slew of authors delivering ’90s-themed pieces, a nice combination of local and visiting voices including Jess Walter, Hanif Abdurraqib, Chelsea Martin, Leah Sottile, Nance Van Winckel and Juan Carlos Reyes. Era-appropriate attire is encouraged, so break out the grungey flannels and baby-doll dresses, I suppose, and pick up the new Get Lit! Anniversary anthology while you sip a ’90s-themed cocktail (I’m guessing a cosmo) — as long as you’re 21. The event is open to all ages, of course. (DAN NAILEN) Too Legit to Quit • Mon, April 23 at 7 pm • Free • All ages • Downtown Spokane Library • 906 W. Main
TASTY WORDS
It’s not often Get Lit! includes among its visitors a chef and cookbook author like Bryant Terry. If the James Beard Award-winning Bryant just wanted to talk about his books, like Vegan Soul Kitchen and Grub, that would be great. But Terry is far more than a chef; he’s a food activist who’s focused much of his writing and media appearances on sustainability and food justice. He’s currently the chef-in-residence at the Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco where he focuses on the intersection of food, farming, health, activism, art and culture. (DAN NAILEN) An Evening with Bryant Terry • Tue, April 21 at 7 pm • Free • Spokane Community College Lair Auditorium • 810 N. Greene St.
Bakeshopw staff, and a glass of Dry Fly whiskey. (CHEY SCOTT) Pie & Whiskey • Thu, April 26 from 9-11:30 pm • $5 • 21+ • Washington Cracker Co. Building • 304 W. Pacific
ONE STOP, TWO MEMORABLE SHOWCASES
There’s something exciting about being read to in the unique cadence and sound of another’s voice. Novelist Brit Bennett and poet Maggie Smith will read for Poetry & Prose and discuss their respective work before lingering after for a book signing. For some ephemeral time travel, stay for the Poetry Salon, or just show up for that free part of the night for the gathering inspired by the 18thcentury intellectual rendezvous in Paris. Bring your beret and pipe to experience readings performed by six different writers, with former Washington State Poet Laureate Tod Marshall guiding the talk. (ALLA DROKINA) Poetry & Prose • Friday, April 27, 7 p.m. • $12 • Poetry Salon • Friday, April 27, 9 p.m. • Free • Bing Crosby Theater • 901 W Sprague Ave
NATURAL PERSPECTIVES
A powerful collective of women who’ve built their literary careers on the foundations of their indigenous heritage, and their deep-rooted ties to the Pacific Northwest, will read and discuss their latest works. Dawn Pichon Barron reads from her chapbook Escape Girl Blues, while comedian Jamie Boyd, a Choctaw Nation member, shares stories unique to her experiences as a Native woman. Also reading is CMarie Fuhrman from the University of Idaho, where she co-edits the school’s poetry journal, Fugue. Rounding out the Calling all local word wizards, it’s time to shine at Broken Mic, the program is Ruby Hansen Murray, a Montana Prize in Nonfiction dinosaur of Spokane’s Poetry Slam scene. The magic of this series winner for 2017, and Moscow Poet Laureate Tiffany Midge, an For a complete is the inclusivity and camaraderie it breeds among artists and enrolled citizen of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. Attendees can schedule of all Get audiences. This year’s Get Lit! Broken Mic features poet, essayist expect a thoughtful session that’s also timely, considering recent Lit! events, visit and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib. With artful delivery and attention to indigenous literary voices, both positive and negative. getlitfestival.org. poignant words, Abdurraqib writes about themes ranging from (CHEY SCOTT) Indigenous Writers Mapping the Inland Northwest pop culture and music to contemporary issues. His work has been • Sat, April 28 from 3-4:15 pm • Free • Ella’s Theater at the Montpublished in myriad outlets, and his request for after the show? Let him know vale Event Center • 1017 W. First where he can get the best milkshake in town. (ALLA DROKINA) Broken Mic • Wed, April 25, sign up is at 6 p.m., event at 6:30 p.m. • Free • Neato Burrito • 827 W. First Ave One of the last events of this year’s Get Lit! will break from the confines of bookstores and university classrooms, channeling the pleasures of reading a good book outside on a perfect spring day. You can join writers Nathaniel Enjoy a slice of sweetness with a glass of goodness as words inspired by Tarn and Josh MacIvor-Andersen in Manito Park on the final afternoon of the both wash over you. Pie & Whiskey, spearheaded by Sam Ligon and Kate festival, and they’ll read from their works exploring the mysteries and grandeur Lebo, features 13 authors reading works inspired by its titular topics. Now in of nature and the importance of ecology. Seating will be limited to just 50 its seventh year, readers in 2018 include Jess Walter, Chelsea Martin, Travis people, but you are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and blankets. (NATHAN Naught, Tiffany Midge, Dan Chaon and more. A limited number of chapbooks WEINBENDER) A Reading in the Park with Nathaniel Tarn and Josh MacIvorwith works by this year’s readers will be for sale, along with copies of the Pie & Andersen • Sun, April 29 at noon • Free • North Pavilion in Manito Park • 1702 Whiskey anthology. Admission includes a slice of pie made by Lebo and Batch S Grand n
BUST A RHYME
OUTSIDE THE BOX
Featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author
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APRIL 23–29 CELEBRATING 20 YEARS!
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EWU’S VISITING WRITERS SERIES:
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AN AFTERNOON WITH
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FESTIVAL HUB SCHEDULE The Monvale Event Center
9–5:30 p.m.
9:30–11:30 a.m.
Desire: A Craft Class with Brit Bennett
9:30–11:30 a.m.
The Poetic Line: Making It & Breaking It: a Craft Class with Maggie Smith
9-11 a.m. and 2–4 p.m.
WITC Soapbox Readings
10–11 a.m.
Killer Crime Stories: A Reading
11:30a.m.–12:30 p.m. Spokane Poetry Slam Showcase Noon–1:15 p.m.
Writing Funny: A Panel Discussion
Noon–1:15 p.m.
Visiting Writers Series: Dan Chaon and Nance Van Winckel
1–1:30 p.m.
Power 2 The Poetry Reading
1:30–2:45 p.m.
Comics in the Inland Northwest
1:30 –2:45 p.m.
A Reading and Q&A with Lilliam Rivera
2–3 p.m.
Queer Women Writers: A Reading
3–4:15 p.m.
Indigenous Writers Mapping the Northwest
3–5 p.m.
Creating Nuanced Characters in Nonfiction: A Craft Class with Chelsea Martin
3–5 p.m.
Writing Place, Writing Wild: A Craft Class with Josh MacIvor-Andersen
4:30–5:30 p.m.
Small Press Selections: A Reading
All events are free except craft classes; tickets were pre-sold and space is limited. Tickets will be sold at the festival hub if space is available.
People needing accommodation should contact Get Lit! Programs at 509.828.1498 by April 20.
CULTURE | GET LIT!
20 YEARS OF WORDS AND WISDOM Some of our favorite writers reflect on what Get Lit! has meant to them and the Inland Northwest DAN NAILEN
NANCE VAN WINCKEL
JESS WALTER
AILEEN KEOWN VAUX
Author of Our Foreigner So many amazing writers whose work I admire I’ve been able to hear read and gotten to know a bit, especially Northwest writers such as Kim Barnes, Rick Bass, Denis Johnson, but also writers from farther off: Joyce Carol Oates, Colson Whitehead, Anthony Doerr, Jane Smiley, Major Jackson — even Kurt Vonnegut! I remember being with him at a pre-function at the Catacombs and a huge crowd of fans stood cued up for autographs. Vonnegut sat at his table, happily sipping scotch and signing books and napkins, seemingly content to greet everyone with that wide winsome smile of his.
Author of Beautiful Ruins Get Lit! gave Spokane its literary center. Spokane had great authors, great events, great college writing programs and a great indie bookstore, but from the moment Chris Howell, Christina Holbert and Scott Poole conceived of Get Lit!, they created that one week in April in which everything came together. … For me, it was a chance to hear great authors and see old friends. I’ve been involved in most of them, so there are a lot of highlights: sitting on stage with Kate Lebo and Sam Ligon after the first Pie & Whiskey and looking at each other and thinking, “That was cooler than any of us deserved.” Bringing my friend Richard Russo to town and seeing him double over in laughter on stage as I read a story about a wayward basketball team. Going out for drinks with ... well, everyone.
Author of Consolation Prize There is the scene in Apollo 13 where the astronauts must use the moon’s gravity as a slingshot to save themselves, to fly their broken ship back to Earth. Short on fuel, original plans gone awry, the moon was their only hope for survival. Writing can be a lonely activity, often performed with the hope that your little ideas will survive, but never with a guarantee. Get Lit! acts as this gravitational slingshot that brings authors together from across the country to celebrate their art. For me, the festival boosts my creative reserves, then launches me back home with more energy to write, grateful to have seen my town from a brand new vantage point.
THOM CARAWAY
LEYNA KROW
STEPHANIE OAKES
Former Spokane poet laureate My involvement with Get Lit! started in grad school, when the whole thing was a weeklong party. There was all the work leading up to it, but it was fun, and the payoff was huge. Getting to meet Kurt Vonnegut, Lynda Barry and other greats during my first years of involvement were just irreplaceable experiences. Get Lit! was one of the things that convinced me Spokane could be a great art town, and as it has continued to grow this belief has been confirmed.
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Author of I’m Fine, But You Appear to be Sinking My first instinct is to say it’s such a great festival because it brings writers from around the country to Spokane to talk about writing and share their work — authors who most of us wouldn’t get the opportunity to hear from and meet otherwise. So, that’s cool. But then, I remembered that it’s been like four years since the last time I attended a Get Lit! headliner event, meaning I don’t even actually go see the people who come from out of town. Instead, my Get Lit! experience is about going to readings and panels by my friends and favorite local writers. There are just so many people in Spokane doing great and fun and insightful literary work and Get Lit! jams them all together.
Author of The Arsonist This year, I had the opportunity to serve as a teacher in three classrooms at Orchard Center Elementary as part of Get Lit!’s Writer in Residence program. Before being asked to participate, I hadn’t been aware that, every year, Get Lit! places professional writers in classrooms across the area, allowing local students the opportunity to learn writing craft from someone who makes their living from writing. Needless to say, this is an incredibly cool program that benefits not just students and schools, but the writers themselves.
TALES FROM THE TRENCHES Tokers, smokers and night prowlers: A former Get Lit! director recalls some of the strange times from festivals past SHANN RAY
Author of American Masculine What I love about it is how it echoes the river, the mountains, the lakes, the sky, storms and fires of Spokane and the surrounding region: Get Lit! sings diversity, beauty, transcendence, friendship, fury, wilderness, our painfully fractured history and the hope for a less divided future, atomic and subatomic bodies in motion creating fusion, pie and whiskey and, ultimately, love. People, art, mystery and beauty are irreducible. I hope we hear that song, forever.
MAYA JEWELL ZELLER
Author of Alchemy for Cells & Other Beasts It’s been like a microcosm of our PNW literary community — which, of course, goes beyond the PNW, but the strength of our Spokane literary family’s relationships really show when we see folks coming in from across the mountains and scablands in all directions … It was one of the first festivals in which I participated as an author, so it has a sort of hometown feel to it for me; it’s when everyone in town has a sort of literary reunion of sorts — we’re all busy, but it seems we all make time for Get Lit!, because we value the way it feeds our Spokane literary culture.
TOD MARSHALL
Former Washington state poet laureate Get Lit! has given me a chance to hear many writers whose works I admired … Those encounters are important — and we’re talking internationally famed voices like (Salman) Rushdie and (Kurt) Vonnegut, (Rita) Dove and (Joyce Carol) Oates. Further, the festival has brought in many emerging authors, those voices that are about to get well-deserved attention; this sort of support is also important — we get to chew on the delicious sentence that begins, “I knew so-and-so’s work back when she read at an open mic at the Bartlett for Get Lit!” … I’ve been continually impressed at how Get Lit! evolves and tries new things, new venues, new ways to bring literature to our city. And heck, there’s even Pie & Whiskey … We have a strong literary community in the Inland Northwest and Get Lit! helps remind us that Spokane should be proud of that energy, should support that energy, should celebrate that energy as much as Zags’ basketball, Bloomsday or, ahem, even Pig Out in the Park. n Some responses have been edited for length and clarity.
BY MELISSA HUGGINS
D
uring the seven years I spent with the Get Lit! festival, I worked with hundreds of writers, an ensemble best suited for a Wes Anderson film. The charismatic young poet published in The New Yorker, whom everyone, regardless of gender, fell a little in love with. The National Book Award winner formerly under FBI surveillance, who asked if I wanted to “catch out” (meaning bail town) and ride the rails. The novelist who brought a six-pack of beer onstage for Melissa Huggins a Q&A session. The Pulitzer Prize winner who allegedly asked if someone had a tissue, blew her nose, then handed it back. There are many incredible Get Lit! stories from its 20 years, and considering how many local authors, interns and volunteers have sustained the festival, everyone likely has a favorite author anecdote. Here are a few of mine.
THE LITERARY LEGEND
Both of these statements are equally true: Joyce Carol Oates was a lovely guest, and I spent the duration of her visit in abject fear. Onstage or in front of a classroom, Oates is brilliant, charming and incisive. She answered student questions thoughtfully, signed books for countless fans and remained patient with a festival director whose desperation for things to go well must have been palpable. But as that director — an aspiring writer who’d first read “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” in high school, along with many of Oates’ books — all I could do was imagine everything that could go wrong. Luckily, the worst that befell us involved a faulty heater in her hotel room; the venue’s lack of a proper green room for her to review notes prior to her lecture; and my attempt — while driving her around Spokane — to let fresh air into the car by cracking the windows, which was met with a quick rebuke from the bird-like, 75-year-old author. Later, she showed our staff photos of her cats and we discussed our mutual love of Twitter. I’m pretty confident we’re best friends.
THE HOTEL ROOM BREAK-IN
Benjamin Percy’s live readings are known for “the voice.” It’s deep — bass deep — and he claims a friend once told him he sounds like drunk Darth Vader. Whether it appeals to you or not is irrelevant, as Percy wields it well — audiences are mesmerized. I’ve always assumed the voice would be terrifying in a certain context, and to his misfortune, a clerk at the Montvale Hotel experienced it when he entered Percy’s hotel room at 1:30 am, presumably thinking he’d take a nap in an empty room. Percy thought he was about to be murdered and leapt out of bed, grab-
bing the nearest object as a weapon, which turned out to be a television remote. The employee fled, and the hotel (under prior management) offered Percy a paltry $50 gift card as compensation for his neardeath experience. Thankfully, he was wild enough to brave a return to Spokane, where we made sure to book him at a different hotel. Soon after check-in, he posted a photo of a cheetah-print chaise lounge in his hotel room, speculating as to how many previous hotel guests likely had sex on it. It remains to be seen whether he’ll dare visit again; if he does, I’m confident Spokane will find a way to add to the litany of weird.
THE BOSTON SMOKER
When my predecessor as festival director Danielle Ward booked Tim O’Brien, we were elated. It gave the festival an opportunity to engage multiple communities, particularly veterans, and working with O’Brien was a breeze; he even skipped the formality of a speakers’ agent to communicate with us directly. But he had one important request: a hotel where he could smoke in the room or on a balcony, rather than being forced to descend in an elevator multiple times per day. In 2011, Ward and I thought that was crazy — did he not understand that we were in Washington state, where smoking indoors had been outlawed years prior? I emailed to promise we’d look into it, cautioning that it was unlikely. When I called two prominent hotels, the responses were similar: a horrified “no” along with “I don’t think that’s even legal anymore.” I delivered the news to O’Brien as gently as a clueless graduate student could. Things were quiet for a couple of days, and then I received a phone call. “This is Tim,” he said, pleasant as always. “I found a hotel that will let me smoke. If I book it will you reimburse me?” I was embarrassed, but O’Brien didn’t seem perturbed in the least and acted sheepish for what he viewed as both an indulgence and a practical necessity. For the duration of his visit, he couldn’t have been more gracious.
WELCOME TO WASHINGTON
Each year, a few authors agree to be interviewed about the craft of writing for a local publication. One particular year, the interviewers — all graduate students, well over 21 — decided the only way to ensure the recording didn’t get ruined by background noise was to host the interview at someone’s apartment. With the author’s encouragement, the students poured a few drinks, passed around a joint, then dove into the interview. They didn’t realize until the next day that they’d been so stoned they never started the recording. To his credit, the author — who I’m told could barely formulate the words to tell the designated driver which hotel to drop him at — offered to redo the entire interview. It turned out great. n Melissa Huggins spent five years as Get Lit! director. She is currently executive director of Spokane Arts.
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CULTURE | DANCE
Ripple Effect Fledgling contemporary dance company Vytal Movement hopes to be a catalyst for professional adult dance in Spokane BY CHEY SCOTT
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FRIDAY
APRIL
27 8 p.m.
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ADMISSION IS FREE FOR VETERANS AND ACTIVE DUTY
SUNDAY
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29 3 p.m.
ST. MARK’S LUTHERAN CHURCH 24TH AVENUE AND GRAND BOULEVARD ADMISSION IS FREE
BLESS YE THE LORD : PRAISE HIM, AND MAGNIFY HIM FOR EVER. O
BE NE DI CI TE
MAGNIFY HIM FOR EVER. O YE SERVANTS OF THE LORD, CHILDREN OF MEN, BLESS YE THE LORD : O LET ISRAEL BLESS THE LORD : O YE PRIESTS OF THE LORD, BLESS YE THE LORD : PRAISE HIM, AND
O ALL YE GREEN THINGS UPON THE EARTH, BLESS YE THE LORD : PRAISE HIM, AND MAGNIFY HIM FOR EVER. O YE MOUNTAINS, O YE HILLS, O YE WELLS,
OF GOD, FIRE AND HEAT, BLESS YE THE LORD : O YE WINTER AND SUMMER, O YE DEWS AND FROSTS, BLESS YE THE LORD : O YE FROST AND COLD, O YE ICE AND
LIGHT
O ALL YE WORKS OF THE LORD, BLESS YE THE LORD : PRAISE HIM, AND MAGNIFY HIM FOR EVER. O YE ANGELS OF THE LORD, BLESS YE THE LORD : PRAISE HIM, AND MAGNIFY
and
SNOW, BLESS YE THE LORD : NIGHTS AND DAYS, LIGHT AND DARKNESS,
FRIDAY
MAY
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MARTIN WOLDSON THEATER AT THE FOX
MARTIN WOLDSON THEATER ADMISSION: $7 REGULAR, $5 SENIORS (62-PLUS), ALL STUDENTS FREE WITH SCHOOL I.D. TICKETS: foxtheaterspokane.org or 509.624.1200
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THE WHITWORTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Philip Baldwin, conductor
CON THE FRENCH NEC TION FEATURING VIOLINIST JAMES BUSWELL
BLESS YE THE LORD : O YE SHOWERS AND DEW, BLESS YE THE LORD : O YE WINDS
of the United States Air Force Band of the Golden West
HIM FOR EVER. O YE HEAVENS, BLESS YE THE LORD : O YE WATERS, BLESS YE THE
BLESS YE THE LORD : O YE SPIRITS AND SOULS OF THE RIGHTEOUS, O YE HOLY AND HUMBLE MEN OF HEART, O LET THE EARTH BLESS THE LORD :
with guest artists
TRAVIS BRASS
Marc A. Hafsø, director
YE SEAS, O YE FLOODS, AND ALL THAT MOVE IN THE WATERS, BLESS YE THE LORD : O ALL YE FOWLS OF THE AIR, O ALL YE BEASTS AND CATTLE, BLESS
All Shall Be Well
THE WHITWORTH CHOIR LIGHTNINGS AND CLOUDS, BLESS YE THE LORD : O ALL YE WORKS OF THE LORD, BLESS YE THE LORD : PRAISE HIM, AND MAGNIFY HIM FOR EVER. O LET THE EARTH
Debbie Hansen, director Geoff Rich, piano
Confluence: Dances Influenced by the Spokane River • Fri, April 20 and Sat, April 21 at 7:30 pm • $22/$25 • Bing Crosby Theater • 901 W. Sprague • bingcrosbytheater.com
YEA, LET IT PRAISE HIM, AND MAGNIFY HIM FOR EVER.
THE WHITWORTH WOMEN’S CHOIR
HECTOR AIZON PHOTO
Spokane has not been home to a professional dance company for more than two decades, though Greene acknowledges the city offers many quality studios for youth. “We have these incredible literary artists in our town, and we’re developing visual artists really well. We have a long history of having a great music scene here,” Greene says. “As all of these things develop, dance is part of that. Performing arts are a major part of something that can bring a city together and help it have an identity. That is what I’m interested in — bringing dance in as part of the culture and community here.” n
LORD : O ALL YE POWERS OF THE LORD, BLESS YE THE LORD : PRAISE HIM, AND MAGNIFY HIM FOR EVER. O YE SUN AND MOON, BLESS YE THE LORD : O YE STARS OF HEAVEN,
Richard Strauch, conductor
its choreography and original music inspired by the Spokane River’s natural form and cultural significance. One section came to Greene while walking along the river in High Bridge Park. “Small Pools,” he says, was inspired by shallow pools of water during summer’s lowest flow. Performing these and other movements are Vytal Movement’s eight principal dancers, ranging in age from 22 to 30, along with guest artist Angelie Melzer. Confluence’s original score was composed by Spokane musicians Margaret Francik and Sy Hovik. Greene, a Cheney native who first dreamt of becoming a dancer watching a performance at Expo ’74, founded Vytal Movement in 2016. The company presented its first concert in August of that year and has since collaborated with several other arts organizations. The director’s goal for the company is to become a full-time professional dance troupe for adult dancers.
YE THE LORD : PRAISE HIM, AND MAGNIFY HIM FOR EVER. O YE
THE WHITWORTH WIND SYMPHONY
Check out dance inspired by the Spokane River this weekend.
BLESS THE LORD : YEA, LET IT PRAISE HIM, AND MAGNIFY HIM FOR EVER.
lmost imperceptibly, the four dancers begin to stiffly sway their bodies forward and backward, side to side. Like reeds pushed by a soft breeze, they pitch forward and then suddenly back, but — just as in nature — never in perfect synchronicity. The movement of water — all its rippling, pooling and tumbling over stones — is the inspiration for this contemporary choreography, an interpretation of the Spokane River. Just in time for Earth Day, the members of Vytal Movement Dance Company are performing Confluence: Dances Inspired by the Spokane River. “We did our first major concert last year in May, and after that I thought, ‘OK, one of my goals for Spokane is to feel like this is their dance company,’” explains founder and artistic director Vincas Greene. “I think people are scared of dance — it’s an art form they think they won’t understand, or it’s only for people who are raised in it. So the idea that the river is one thing that all of Spokane comes together on… I use that as the subject matter everyone can relate to.” Confluence is a dance concert performed in three acts,
SUNDAY
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CULTURE | DIGEST
BEST OF BROADWAY NEW SEASON ANNOUNCEMENT WestCoast Entertainment announced its 2018-19 season Monday for its Best of Broadway shows and the mix of familiar faves and exciting Spokane premieres should please Inland Northwest theater lovers. Visit wcebroadway.com for ticket information. Here’s the schedule: BROADWAY TOURING SHOWS Finding Neverland, Nov. 15-18 Waitress, Dec. 12-16 Disney’s The Lion King, Jan. 23-Feb. 3, 2019 School of Rock, May 8-12, 2019 Les Miserables, Aug. 6-11, 2019 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS A Magical Cirque Christmas, Nov. 20 Legally Blonde The Musical, March 21, 2019 Stomp, April 2-3, 2019
Silver Linings
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BY SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL
k, look. It’s already a pain in the butt to go to the gym after work. I’m usually tired, there’s traffic and my apartment is so much closer. Plus, the parking lot is always full, so you have to race other aisle prowlers the second a space opens up. And then, once in a while, after I get through that gauntlet just to walk in the door, there’s goddamn pizza in there! Lord, it’s lead me “not into temptation,” not to “delivery and refills.” Still, one day recently, I naively thought I’d finally gotten the hang of this routine. I packed my workout bag the night before and put it in my car so I couldn’t make excuses. When I arrived, I parked two blocks away to avoid the race-car ruckus. Everything was looking up. But when I got to the locker room I realized I forgot to pack workout pants. Pants! I may have started exercising again, but I’m not even to “work-out-inshorts-without-your-thighs-chafing” fit yet, let alone “work-out-in-your-underwear” fit. And there’s a rule
THE BUZZ BIN
FULL METAL FUN It’s been a while since a video game got so meta its puzzles started spilling out of the screen into physical notes, diagrams and drawings in my attempt to solve its mysteries. Such is the fantastic new game Full Metal Furies by Cellar Door Games. Where to begin in singing its praises? The playable characters (tank, fighter, engineer and sniper) are all female — a rarity even in indie games. It’s also sincerely sassy, snarky and comedic in its character dialogue. Best of all, Full Metal Furies is cooperative for up to four players (you can also play solo) and has scaleable difficulty with both normal and story modes, the latter to appease filthy casuals like me. Available on Xbox and PC via Steam ($20). (CHEY SCOTT)
against wearing jeans (mostly ‘cause no one needs to see your bedazzling, Karen). That stupid little voice started to pipe up in my head, “Welp, you did your best, better call it quits.” But wait! There’s a second-hand store next door! I can’t just quit with a $3 solution right there! So I rush over, quickly scan the racks of slightly used yoga pants for a pair my size and head to the checkout. Of course, both ladies in front of me would be trying to return things. (Do returned thrift store items become “third hand?” I didn’t even know you could do this… or that it took so long.) Maybe noticing the slow ember of my line-fueled fury, a woman who’s just been standing next to the only open cashier says out loud to no one in particular, “I should get what’s-her-name.” “What’s-her-name?” she continues, walking off. “That new girl? You know uh… what’s-her-name?” About the time I’m starting to lose it, What’s-HerName takes up her post and rings me up with all the passion and speed of someone whose boss doesn’t know their name and I’m off to change as quickly as I can. “Victory is mine! Take that, internal doubting voice.” Sweet, sweet victory, that is, until I actually get on the elliptical and realize the waist on pre-used pants is pre-stretched out: The pants start falling down every few strides. You have got to be kidding me. Having long ago abandoned my hopes of someday being cool, I decide to embrace looking like a buffoon and keep hiking my pants up every few steps. Beyond my belief, it turns out people at the gym just assume you’ve lost a ton of weight when that happens, and my pants-less cloud suddenly had its silver lining, at least on this day. n
CAN TV SOLVE AMERICA’S POLICING PROBLEM? A new show hosted by The Daily Show alumnus Wyatt Cenac is trying to break the mold. No studio audience. No laugh track. No blaming President Donald Trump for all of the county’s injustices. Instead, Cenac’s Problem Areas, which premiered April 12 on HBO, will spend 10 installments using on-the-ground reporting from places from Birmingham to Oakland — as well as experts like cops, journalists, activists and politicians — to dive deep into the problems with policing in America. Cenac aims to break free of the satirical newscast mold and play it straight in order to understand the problem, and maybe find some solutions. (MITCH RYALS)
SEXY OR SCARY? Haus of Voodoo’s horror-themed drag show Something Wicked This Way Comes at the Pin! on Friday the 13th was a grotesque experience to say the least. Now, I’ve had a great time at many drag shows in the past, so I thought I knew what to expect. But was I prepared for drag queen Monikkie Shame to start stapling dollar bills to her face? No, I was not. Was I prepared for another performer to explode fake pimples all over their body, landing goo on members of the crowd? HELL NO. It was hard to watch, but I just couldn’t look away. Horror achieved. (ERIC SCHUCHT)
ON THIS WEEK’S PLAYLIST Some noteworthy new music arrives online and in stores April 20. To wit: A PERFECT CIRCLE, Eat The Elephant. A nation of TOOL fans scream, “Why, Maynard, why? Finish the TOOL album already!” BISHOP BRIGGS, Church of Scars. She did the cover of INXS’s “Never Tear Us Apart” for 50 Shades Freed, so she’s got that going for her. OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW, Volunteer. A great live band, OCMS marks their 20th birthday with a new set. (DAN NAILEN)
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ONE’S COMPANY Dining out alone offers rare and delicious pleasures to those who dare BY CARA STRICKLAND
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still remember the first time I intentionally went to dinner alone. It was spontaneous. I was craving Clover’s cucumber mint lemonade. I was on my way home to no one, so I called ahead and claimed a seat at the bar. Once there, I was hungry. Encouraged by the warm reception of my bartender, I peeked at the dinner menu,
choosing the stuffed chicken breast I loved. When dinner was over and my drink was drained, I ordered a freshly made raspberry sorbet for dessert. Since that night, I have eaten many meals in restaurants on my own, near home and when traveling. For me, dining out is some combination of theater and self care — a luxury and a form of entertainment. It’s a gift
to experience the kind of care that comes in the form of food, when someone else is taking care of your needs, and even your wants. I began to realize that I was not alone in these feelings when I came across fabled food writer M.F.K. Fisher’s work on dining alone. In her book An Alphabet ...continued on next page
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For Gourmets, she writes: “I came to believe that since nobody else dared feed me as I wished to be fed, I must do it myself, and with as much aplomb as I could muster… I resolved to establish myself as a well-behaved female at one or two good restaurants, where I could dine alone at a pleasant table.” In 1949, when Fisher’s book was published, it was still very unusual to see a woman dining alone. She worried that they’d think she wouldn’t tip well, or that she’d get drunk and haunt the bar, trying to get picked up. Stereotypically, it made sense for men to dine alone, especially if they didn’t have spouses to prepare meals for them. Even now, it’s easy to assume that people dining alone are on a business trip or in other ways at loose ends. For many people, it’s hard to imagine that someone might choose to keep their own company. But is that really what’s going on? Dining out is inherently a social act. Though I’ll sit at a table from time to time, I prefer to perch on a barstool, chatting with my bartender, but also with anyone else who might be enjoying a solitary drink, or meal.
care of you. It’s as much their treat as it is yours.” Ben Poffenroth, co-owner of Casper Fry, Madeleine’s Cafe & Patisserie and Durkin’s Liquor Bar, recommends setting the tone for your dining alone experience up front. “When you sit down, if you just pull out your phone and that’s all you do, then I know you don’t really want to talk to somebody — you’re just here to get a meal and get out,” he says. “If you want to sit down and have a conversation with the bartender or server, keep your phone in your pocket. If you’re here for an experience, let’s do it.”
“Don’t overthink it. The people on the other end will be gracious and they will take care of you,” Zirotti says. “It’s as much their treat as it is yours.”
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atricia Zirotti, owner with her husband of both Fleur de Sel in Post Falls and its sister creperie in Spokane, frequently serves guests dining alone, and she’s noticed a trend. A new patron might request a table and bring a book, but often, as they become comfortable with the restaurant atmosphere, they request a seat at the bar. “They choose to be at the bar because they know eventually they’re going to be surrounded by people who are like minded,” she says. “There is that camaraderie and it almost develops into a friendship. Even though you don’t know them very well, there is something very dear — for us to see them and for them to be seen and to be recognized.” Though some fellow patrons might find it strange to see someone dining alone, gone are the days when those in the hospitality profession see anything strange about it. “It’s even more special if someone is alone,” says Zirotti. “Don’t overthink it. The people on the other end will be gracious and they will take
Zirotti’s first personal experiences dining out alone came in her early 20s, as a young Frenchwoman in San Francisco, where she’d moved with her boyfriend and now husband, Laurent, the James Beard Award-nominated head chef of Fleur de Sel. The first few months were difficult, with Laurent working long hours. Zirotti met a woman in her 40s who gave her some advice she’s carried since: “She said, ‘Happiness does not come from the other person, it comes from within. The moment you realize that you can bring happiness to yourself, you’re just going to be able to do so much more.’” That was enough catalyst for Zirotti. “I always thought: You have more fun if you are with someone and sharing it with that other person. It works at times when you are really well in sync and you have the same interests, but it doesn’t always. The day you can do something by yourself and you enjoy it, it’s just quite an amazing experience.” For many people, including myself, it’s easy to think that splurging on dinner out alone is overly self-indulgent. “I’m totally the opposite,” says Zirotti. “I have no problem having a nice glass of wine. I don’t know what tomorrow is going to be.” n N food@inlander.com
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Abiding by the Dude Revisiting The Big Lebowski — and the cult surrounding its slacker hero — 20 years after its release BY NATHAN WEINBENDER “... sometimes there’s a man — I won’t say ‘hero,’ ‘cause what’s a hero?...”
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t’s one of the opening lines of Joel and Ethan Coen’s 1998 comedy The Big Lebowski, uttered in drawling voiceover by Sam Elliott’s omniscient, nameless cowboy narrator. He’s referring, of course, to Jeff “the Dude” Lebowski (the great Jeff Bridges), the bathrobed L.A. slacker at the heart of the movie, but it’s the kind of pseudo-philosophical aside that could belong in any of the Coens’ other films. You could even think of it as the rhetorical prompt that drives their work, considering they almost never structure stories around main characters who’d fit your standard definition of a hero: Your standard Coen protagonist is typically a self-centered asshole (Llewyn Davis), a meek pushover (Barton Fink) or a well-meaning moron (anyone in Raising Arizona and Burn After Reading). Sometimes they’re all three.
And yet the Dude, in his own sloppy, self-mythologizing way, floats above those narrow categorizations in a haze of pot smoke and patchouli. If he is a hero, it’s surely not because he wants to be. He really doesn’t care, man. He’s a guy of simple pleasures. He drinks White Russians like they’re water and smokes roaches in the bathtub. His love for Creedence Clearwater Revival is matched only by his distaste for the Eagles. The only real human interaction he seems to have is with his bowling teammates: the short-fused, flat-topped Walter (John Goodman) and the perpetually confused Donny (Steve Buscemi). It makes sense, I guess, that the Dude would be dragged into a complicated criminal scheme because of a stupid misunderstanding. It involves — and I might be missing some things — a millionaire who’s also named Jeff Lebowski (David Huddleston), his kidnapped trophy wife (Tara Reid), a stolen briefcase full of money, a severed toe, an elderly man in an iron lung, a porn impresario and some thuggish nihilists with a pet ferret on a leash. Oh, and a urine-stained rug. Inspired by cantankerous Hollywood publicist Jeff Dowd, a friend of the Coens, the Dude has become one of contemporary cinema’s most beatified burnouts. It’s difficult to remember, then, that he was initially paid little attention outside circles of the most devout Dudeists.
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he Big Lebowski was released 20 years ago last month, the Coens’ follow-up to their acclaimed, Oscar-winning arthouse smash Fargo. But Lebowski wasn’t the hit Fargo was, earning less money despite playing on more screens during its short theatrical run. Reviews were more muted, too; even the critics who liked it conceded it was lowertier Coen brothers. But if you squint at them, Fargo and Lebowski have quite a bit in common. They’re both off-kilter riffs on noir tropes, unorthodox comedies punctuated by queasy violence, and they both feature characters whose general incompetence further ensnares them in a complex web of double crosses and mistaken identities. And like Fargo, the broad details of
Lebowski’s crime plot turn out to be mostly inconsequential: It’s basically a series of MacGuffins allowing the Coens to amble about in the weird world they’ve created. It’s more a film about behavior than story. Much of its humor stems from the specific quirks and weird habits of its characters, and there are a lot of them: The creepy rival bowler Jesus (John Turturro), the feminist outsider artist (Julianne Moore), the snivelling assistant to the millionaire (the late Philip Seymour Hoffman). The better you know these people, the funnier they become, which explains why the movie seems to improve upon repeated viewings. We’ve even developed a weird affection for the Dude, Walter and Donny on our second or third go-around, a surprise considering they initially appear to be doodles as opposed to flesh-and-blood human beings. That’s surely why The Big Lebowski didn’t immediately connect with mainstream audiences in 1998, who had recently discovered the immediate, raunchy pleasures of Austin Powers and the Farrelly brothers. But Lebowski has since become one of the biggest cult films since The Rocky Horror Picture Show. It’s a staple on cable TV (the editing of its frequent obscenities requires some serious creativity) and much of its dialogue has entered the popular lexicon (“That’s just, like, your opinion, man” is now the stuff of memes). And let’s not forget Lebowski Fest, a two-day, traveling celebration of the movie that’s been going on since 2002 and which most of the film’s cast has attended. Since Lebowski was released, the Coen brothers have written and directed 10 more features, including Best Picture Oscar winner No Country for Old Men. But this shaggy, loose-limbed and deeply strange comedy about two men named Lebowski remains, arguably, their most generally beloved contribution to pop culture. Perhaps that’s because, like its unorthodox hero, it really doesn’t care if you like it, which makes it all the more weirdly likeable. n Suds and Cinema Presents The Big Lebowski • Wed, April 25, at 7 pm • $6.50 • Bing Crosby Theater • 901 W. Sprague • bingcrosbytheater.com • 227-7638
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A documentary about the life and loves of the 1940s actress, who was more than just a pretty face: She also coinvented a radio guidance system that would later be utilized in Wi-Fi technology. At the Magic Lantern. (NW) Not Rated
BORG VS. MCENROE
The rivalry between tennis stars Björn Borg and John McEnroe, which came to a head at 1980 Wimbledon, is explored in this bombastic sports biopic about the pathology of competition. Featuring solid performances from Sverrir Gudnason and Shia LaBeouf as the central figures. At the Magic Lantern. (NW) Rated R
I FEEL PRETTY
Amy Schumer plays an insecure woman who suffers a serious head injury in an exercise class, only to wake up with the poise and confidence of a supermodel. (NW) Rated PG-13
SUPER TROOPERS 2
The long-awaited, long-delayed sequel to the 2001 cult comedy reunites those mischievous, trigger-happy Vermont state troopers, this time having to deal with some uptight, too-polite mounties on the U.S.-Canada border. (NW) Rated R
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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 Sen. Ted Kennedy. Well cast, if a bit dry. (QW) Rated PG-13
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
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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
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Wes Anderson’s second stop-motion feature is set in a world where all canines have been exiled to an island of garbage and centers on a young pilot searching for his own lost dog. Far from a traditional kids’ movie, it’s a treat for both film geeks and animal lovers, and as visually inventive as you’d expect from Anderson. (JS) Rated PG-13
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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. At the Magic Lantern. (NW) Rated R
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 Robin-
son) 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
THE MIRACLE SEASON
An Iowa high school girls volleyball team decides to go forward with their season after their captain dies. William Hurt has some nice moments as the grieving father, but fellow Oscar winner Helen Hunt is wasted in this predictable, fact-based tear jerker. (DN) Rated PG
PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING
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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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
RAMPAGE
That old arcade game about buildingsmashing monsters is now a movie, starring Dwayne Johnson as a scientist who must stop a trio of geneticallyaltered super-creatures from leveling all the world’s cityscapes. Barring a few fun action moments near the end, it’s not nearly deranged enough to be memorable. (NW) Rated PG-13
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The week’s other animated dog movie is about a real stray terrier that served in the Army on the Western Front during World War I. Helena Bonham Carter, Gérard Depardieu and Logan Lerman provide voices. (NW) Rated PG
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A round of the classic schoolyard game turns sour when the college kids playing realize that anyone who doesn’t follow the rules meets a grisly end. Idiotic and amateurish. (NW) Rated PG-13
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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
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lt-J rocketed to international fame on the back of their debut album, 2012’s An Awesome Wave. With its avante-garde mix of ethereal instrumentals, poppy hooks and monk chanting, the album garnered Britain’s prestigious Mercury Prize and instantly turned them into an in-demand festival act. Keyboardist and backup vocalist Gus Unger-Hamilton says he’s come to consider the band’s quick and uncanny rise like a lottery ticket. “At the time, we knew it was special, but we didn’t realize the degree to which it was a one-in-a-million type of thing,” he says. “We didn’t take it for granted, but
BY HOWARD HARDEE thought we were on a fairly average trajectory for a band. Looking back on it now, that was a very, very crazy few years that very few people get to experience. We’re so much more grateful for it now.” Now that the honeymoon phase is over, though, they’ve experienced some pushback. Maybe it was to be expected. As an art-rock group out of Leeds, England, they’re often cast as a group of stuffy and privileged British dudes. They’re also sometimes criticized as a supposedly experimental band that doesn’t actually get all that weird outside of frontman Joe Newman’s mushymouthed, consonant-free and often unintelligible vocal
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MUSIC | INDIE ROCK “ODDLY ENOUGH,” CONTINUED... “It’s not just a matter of playing something and recording it. It’s more like playing it and then transposing it to strings, or getting a bassoon to play it. That’s more of what we’ve been doing with our current work, and it certainly is a nice sort of sandbox to play in.” Speaking from his home in London ahead of alt-J’s April 25 Knitting Factory show — as part of a tour supporting their latest album, Relaxer — Unger-Hamilton says the band has been performing as a trio (rounded out by drummer Thom Sonny Green) since the departure of guitarist/ bassist and founding member Gwil Sainsbury early in 2014. But not much has changed in terms of the band’s live setup: Unger-Hamilton has always held down the low end with heavy synthesizers. Far from a music gearhead, he takes a layman’s approach to playing keyboards and doesn’t venture far from preset noises. “One of the keyboards we started the band with was a very cheap, basic Yamaha keyboard,” he says. “It had loads of wicked pre-programmed sounds on it like organs and strings and pianos. The alt-J sound was really based on that keyboard and another one I bought on eBay for literally £1.” Unger-Hamilton’s contributions are integral to alt-J’s sonic signature. In the studio, he takes up space by layering several different keyboard elements on top of each other. For example, on the band’s hit song “Fitzpleasure,” he used a preset called “hot organ” and combined it with a dirty bass synthesizer for an aggressive tone that
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cuts through the mix like a buzzsaw. As indecipherable as Newman’s vocal stylings can sometimes be, alt-J’s concerts are praised for their dazzling sound and light displays. And they’re set to become even more immersive. In June, the band is planning to roll out a cuttingedge, 360-degree sound system for a show in New York that will make the performance sound optimized for each listener in the audience, no matter where they’re sitting WEEKEND or standing in C O U N T D OW N the venue. Get the scoop on this “It’s quite weekend’s events with exciting,” our newsletter. Sign up at Unger-HamilInlander.com/newsletter. ton says. “We want to do with the sounds what we’re already doing with the lights and the video. We’ll gather at least two of the senses, but I guess not smell. Although, you never know; I’m sure there’s the potential for pumping in the smell of freshly cut grass for ‘How Green Was My Valley [Pleader].’” And why not? alt-J always comes out of left field, Unger-Hamilton says: “Our fanbase is pretty open-minded, musically, and willing to try new things. They don’t expect us to be one kind of band.” n alt-J with Twin Shadow • Wed, April 25 at 7 pm • $64 • All ages • Knitting Factory • 919 W. Sprague • sp.knittingfactory.com • 244-3279
MUSIC | COUNTRY
When Travolta Went Country The continuing impact of Urban Cowboy, the movie that brought country and pop music together, for good or ill BY DAN NAILEN
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980 was a confusing time for America. A Southern Christian farmer was president — and a Democrat! — but he was about to be supplanted by a California politician tight with Hollywood — and a Republican! Somewhere in the same Hollywood that spawned Ronald Reagan, film biz execs decided the next natural move for actor John Travolta, following the monster hits Saturday Night Fever (in which he played a disco-crazed Brooklyn hunk) and Grease (playing a car-crazed high school hunk), was to put him on a mechanical bull, slap on a cowboy hat and have him dance at a honkytonk to a then-new amalgam of pop and country music. Remarkably, that film, Urban Cowboy, worked much like they thought it would. While the movie didn’t gross nearly as much as Travolta’s previous hits, it was the 13th highest-grossing flick of 1980, coming in ahead of movies now considered classics by many: The Shining, Caddyshack, Raging Bull. And Travolta’s star remained ascendant for the time being; that wouldn’t end until his unfortunate Saturday Night Fever sequel, the Sylvester Stallone-directed Staying Alive, a couple years later. That movie was so bad it couldn’t even sniff “so-bad-it’s-good” levels. Urban Cowboy’s plot revolves around Travolta’s Bud, who moves in with some Houston relatives to work on an oil rig and spends his nights at Gilley’s, a football field-sized bar where mechanical bull competitions are the only thing to compete with two-stepping on the dancefloor, where Wrangler butts drive nearly everyone nuts. Bud meets the sassy Sissy (Debra Winger) at Gilley’s, they marry quickly and immediately start fighting and cheating on each other, their romantic travails ultimately sorted out through a combination of mechanical bull-riding, armed robbery and dismaying domestic abuse. I told you 1980 was a confusing time! Urban Cowboy did more than establish Tra-
COLORFUL CHARACTERS Mickey Gilley in Urban Cowboy volta’s box-office drawing power, Debra Winger’s reputation as a relatable leading lady or the fact that Scott Glenn could rock an all-mesh shirt. It also helped launch the era when country music and pop music blended into sounds pleasing to fans of both genres — an evolution that led to massive success a decade later for folks like Garth Brooks and the Dixie Chicks and is still being felt in the crossover appeal of artists like Taylor Swift and Kacey Musgraves. The Urban Cowboy soundtrack aimed to do for country what Saturday Night Fever did for disco, and I’d argue it actually did it better. While people were actively revolted by the sounds of the Bee Gees a few years after disco’s zenith, pop-country has never really gone away since the Urban Cowboy days. Mickey Gilley was the piano-playing smoothie who owned the real-life Gilley’s featured in the movie, and his mix of covers (“Stand by Me,” “Orange Blossom Special”) dotted the doublealbum and renewed his standing as a country headliner. Soundtrack organizers blended rock artists like Bob Seger and the Eagles (doing country-leaning tunes) with straight-up country cats like Kenny Rogers and Charlie Daniels Band and pop balladeers like Anne Murray and Boz Scaggs. Between May and August 1980, no less than five singles from Urban Cowboy landed on the pop singles chart, glutting Casey Kasem’s American Top 40 with more twang than it had ever seen. The soundtrack sold more than 2 million copies just that summer. That kind of instant success has consequences, of course. Mechanical bulls became common in bars across the country for a while and a whole lot of city folk started buying cowboy hats. While both those trends receded, pop-country remains a massive part of the music business. And some people still have fond memories of the Urban Cowboy music, too, as a show partnering Mickey Gilley with fellow soundtrack charttopper Johnny Lee (“Lookin’ for Love”) sold out weeks in advance for Coeur d’Alene Casino — a mere 38 years after the fact. n
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or most record collectors, no amount of vinyl is too much vinyl. So take note, wax junkies: The 10th annual Record Store Day is this Saturday, which is a totally legitimate excuse to add even more titles to your already overcrowded library and support indie record stores. You can get your hands on special reissues and remasters of classic albums and rare B-sides — looking for a repressing of Prince’s 1999, or a 12-inch picture disc featuring U2’s last single? — as well as special box sets and exclusive releases that instantly become limited edition collector’s items. Most shops have discounts on their regular inventory, too, as well as the occasional in-store performance — for instance, local singer-songwriter Marshall McLean will play at 4000 Holes (1610 N. Monroe) at 3 pm. Other Spokane stores celebrating RSD: Groove Merchants, Resurrection Records and Recorded Memories. And in Idaho: the Long Ear in Coeur d’Alene and Deadbeat Records in Moscow. — NATHAN WEINBENDER For a full list of participating locations and this year’s batch of special releases, visit recordstoreday.com.
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Thursday, 04/19
J J THE BARTLETT, Huntertones, Swatkins and the Positive Agenda, Blake Braley J BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn BOOMERS, High Note J BOOTS BAKERY, The Song Project J BUCER’S, Open Jazz Jam THE CHECKERBOARD, Hanna Rebecca CORBY’S BAR, Open Mic and Karaoke THE CORK & TAP, Truck Mills CRAVE, DJ Stoney Hawk CRUISERS, Open Jam Night HOGFISH, Karaoke & Ladies Night HOUSE OF SOUL, Brent Edstrom & Brian Ploeger J J HUMBLE BURGER, Rainbow Girls, Bart Budwig THE JACKSON ST., Songsmith Series JOHN’S ALLEY, Diego’s Umbrella J LAGUNA CAFÉ, Just Plain Darin J THE LANTERN TAP HOUSE, Dodgy Mountain Men LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Roger Dines MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL, Wyatt Wood J MONARCH MOUNTAIN COFFEE, Open Mic NIGHTHAWK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), PJ Destiny POST FALLS BREWING, Pamela Jean RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos THE ROADHOUSE, Karaoke SLICE & BISCUIT, Bluegrass Jam ZOLA, Island Soul
Friday, 04/20
219 LOUNGE, Right Front Burner J BABY BAR, Nat Park and the Tunnels of Love, Runaway Octopus
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udging by some of their lyrics, WEEP WAVE is fascinated by alien invasions and paranormal phenomena, and they sometimes seem like they’re from another planet themselves. Frontman Dylan Fuentes often dons a cape like he’s a garage-rock Elvis and sings through an old telephone that’s been converted into a microphone as synths that sound like woozy sci-fi theremins swirl around him. The quartet actually hails from Seattle, and on their latest album, Amassing a Mess, you can hear the disparate influences they’ve name-checked in interviews — the in-yourface riffs of Queens of the Stone Age, the technicolor spaciness of the Flaming Lips, the airy ambience of Slint’s seven-minute sprawls. For a shift in orbit, check out the record’s companion piece, a collection of all-instrumental B-sides. — NATHAN WEINBENDER WEEP WAVE with Bar Talk, the Colourflies and Bad Motivator • Thu, April 26 at 9 pm • $5 • 21+ • Mootsy’s • 406 W. Sprague • 838-1570
J J THE BARTLETT, Trego, The Holy Broke J BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn THE BIG DIPPER, Children of the Sun, Dimestore Cowboys and more BIGFOOT PUB, NightShift BLACK DIAMOND, DJ Sterling BOLO’S, My Own Worst Enemy CEDAR STREET BRIDGE, Brian Jacobs CORBY’S BAR, Karaoke CRAVE, DJ Stoney Hawk CRUISERS, Twelve Gauge Saints, Incoming Days, ISH CURLEY’S, Rewind
EICHARDT’S, Bum Jungle FARMHOUSE KITCHEN, Tom D’Orazi J FORZA COFFEE CO. (VALLEY), Jenna Johansen J THE HIVE, Who’s Bad?: The Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute Band HOGFISH, Mos Generator, Sower, Wayward West HOLLYWOOD REVOLVER BAR, Rusty Jackson and Guests HOUSE OF SOUL, Brian Ward, Chris Parkin and The Imagine Collective IDAHO POUR AUTHORITY, Muffy and the Riff Hangers
IRON GOAT BREWING CO., Brian Stai with Ashley Dryer THE JACKSON ST., Three Way Street JOHN’S ALLEY, Diego’s Umbrella J KNITTING FACTORY, Kelsea Ballerini, Walker Hayes [SOLD OUT] LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Nick Grow J THE LOCAL DELI, Ally Burke MARYHILL WINERY, Saximus MICKDUFF’S, The Groove Black MULLIGAN’S BAR & GRILLE, Bill Bozly NASHVILLE NORTH, Ladies Night with Luke Jaxon and DJ Tom NORTHERN QUEST, DJ Patrick
NYNE, StepBrothers O’SHAYS, Arvid Lundin & Deep Roots J THE OBSERVATORY, American Heretics, Dustfuzz, Dead Channels PALOUSE BAR & GRILL, Wyatt Wood PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Mike Wagoner J THE PIN!, Dead Poet POST FALLS BREWING COMPANY, Devon Wade Band RED ROOM LOUNGE, Jus Wright, DJ Real Life Sound REPUBLIC BREWING CO., Dodgy Mountain Men
RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos ROADHOUSE, Dr. Crue, Itt’s Cuzzen THE ROXIE, Tommy G, Sovereign Citizen and the Non Prophets, Anthony Hall SLATE CREEK BREWING CO., Robby French SOULFUL SOUPS, Kaylee Goins THE THIRSTY DOG, DJ WesOne & DJ Big Mike ZOLA, The Cronkites
Saturday, 04/21
12 TRIBES RESORT, Iron Dragon 219 LOUNGE, Devon Wade ARBOR CREST, Ron Greene BARLOWS, Son of Brad J THE BARTLETT, The Brevet, The Talbott Brothers, Chris Molitor J BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn J THE BIG DIPPER, Free the Jester, Unconfined and more BIGFOOT PUB, NightShift BLACK DIAMOND, DJ Kevin BOLO’S, My Own Worst Enemy J CALYPSOS COFFEE & CREAMERY, Post Falls Music Academy CEDAR STREET BRIDGE, Denis Zwang & Mike Johnson COMMUNITY PINT, Ruth Henrickson
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CRUISERS, Die Like Gentlemen, Children of Atom, Over Sea Under Stone CURLEY’S, Rewind FLAME & CORK, Pat Coast GARLAND PUB & GRILL, Slow Cookin’ J HOTEL RL, Kevin Dorin HOUSE OF SOUL, Orlando Sanchez & The Larsen Group IDAHO POUR AUTHORITY, Brian Jacobs and Chris Lynch IRON GOAT BREWING CO., Brook Gannon Trio THE JACKSON ST., Karaoke JOHN’S ALLEY, Innasci J KNITTING FACTORY, Luke Combs [SOLD OUT] LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Chuck Dunlop MARYHILL WINERY, Jessica Haffner MICKDUFF’S, Holly McGarry MIDTOWN PUB, Autumn Everland MULLIGAN’S BAR & GRILLE, Brian Stai NASHVILLE NORTH, Ladies Night with Luke Jaxon and DJ Tom J J NORTHERN QUEST RESORT & CASINO, Dee Snider and Quiet Riot THE OBSERVATORY, Rising Enemy, Fallen Kings, Rusted Hand THE OBSERVATORY, Back2Basics J ONE WORLD CAFE, Shiloh PALOUSE BAR & GRILL, Wyatt Wood J THE PIN!, DJ Americo and DJ Khali POST FALLS BREWING COMPANY, The Powers, Justin James PROHIBITION GASTROPUB, Joshua Belliardo J RED ROOM LOUNGE, High Pulp, Shakewell RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos
THE ROADHOUSE, The Hankers SPIKE’S PHILLYS, Sammy Eubanks WESTWOOD BREWING CO., Andy Rumsey ZOLA, The Cronkites
Sunday, 04/22
J J THE BARTLETT, Walking Papers, Dead Serious Lovers, Bar Talk DALEY’S CHEAP SHOTS, Jam Night GARLAND PUB & GRILL, Karaoke J HOTEL RL, Dan Martin HOUSE OF SOUL, Kristina Ploeger, Rachel Bade-McMurphy, Brent Edstrom IRON HORSE (VALLEY), The Ronaldos LINGER LONGER LOUNGE, Open Jam MARYHILL WINERY, Lyle Morse O’DOHERTY’S, Live Irish Music ZOLA, Lazy Love
Monday, 04/23
J CALYPSOS COFFEE, Open Mic EICHARDT’S, Monday Night Jam GARLAND PUB, J.W. Scattergun THE OBSERVATORY, Sumac, Dirtface, Caustic Touch RED ROOM LOUNGE, Open Mic ZOLA, Perfect Mess
Tuesday, 04/24
219 LOUNGE, Karaoke with DJ Pat J J THE BARTLETT, Northwest of Nashville GARLAND PUB & GRILL, Karaoke J KNITTING FACTORY, PVRIS, Slenderbodies, The Broken Thumbs LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Turntable Tue. J THE PIN!, Zaytoven, Young Neves,
Lou Era and more RAZZLE’S, Open Mic Jam RED ROOM LOUNGE, Storme RIDLER PIANO BAR, Open Mic/Jam THE ROADHOUSE, Karaoke SPIKE’S PHILLYS, Wyatt Wood ZOLA, Dueling Cronkites
Wednesday, 04/25 219 LOUNGE, Truck Mills J J THE BIG DIPPER, Peelander Z, Itchy Kitty THE CHECKERBOARD, Underground Sounds feat. Nathan Chartrey GENO’S, Open Mic HOUSE OF SOUL, Willie Jones III Quintet IRON HORSE (VALLEY), Ray Vasquez THE JACKSON ST., Karaoke J J KNITTING FACTORY, alt-J (see page 49), Twin Shadow LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Carey Brazil LUCKY’S IRISH PUB, DJ D3VIN3 POOLE’S, The Cronkites POOLE’S (SOUTH HILL), Justin James RED ROOM LOUNGE, Jam Session RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos THE ROADHOUSE, Open Mic SEASONS OF COEUR D’ALENE, KOSH SOULFUL SOUPS & SPIRITS, Open Mic THE THIRSTY DOG, Karaoke ZOLA, Whsk&Keys
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J MOOTSY’S, Weep Wave (see facing page), April 26 BABY BAR, Body Academics, April 28 J NORTHERN QUEST, Charlie Daniels Band, April 29
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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 HOLLYWOOD REVOLVER BAR • 4720 Ferrel, CdA • 208-274-0486 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 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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Catch a special performance of the Spokane String Quartet on Sunday.
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CLASSICAL IN MEMORIAM
The Spokane String Quartet is paying tribute to late Spokane pianist Kendall Feeney at its spring concert. Feeney, who died last year of cancer, performed with the Spokane String Quartet on many occasions. She also taught at Eastern Washington University and was well known for performances in the 10-year concert series she founded and directed, Zephyr - Chamber Music With an Attitude. When not performing as principal keyboard player with the Spokane Symphony, Feeney performed with many other classical music series in the Spokane area, such as the Northwest Bach Festival. For this performance, the quartet’s tribute features Erwin Schulhoff’s “String Quartet No. 1,” Mozart’s “String Quartet in E-flat Major” and Mohammed Fairouz’s “The Named Angels.” — ERIC SCHUCHT Spokane String Quartet: A Tribute to Kendall Feeney, 19582017 • Sun, April 22 at 3 pm • $13.50-$24 • Bing Crosby Theater • 901 W. Sprague • spokanestringquartet.org • 227-7638
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THEATER JETS VS. SHARKS
WORDS MEGA CARNIVORE
A Shakespeare classic, reimagined for the modern day, is returning to Spokane with seasoned cast members from the highly acclaimed Broadway revival of West Side Story. This Romeo and Julietinspired musical set in 1950s New York City is the story of two teenage lovers torn between newly found passion for each other and their loyalty to their feuding gangs: the American Jets and the Puerto Rican Sharks. This Spokane Civic Theatre co-production features a live score performed by the Spokane Symphony under the baton of resident conductor Morihiko Nakahara. Actors include four Broadway veterans — Matthew Hydzik as Tony, Cody Green as Riff, Eden Espinosa as Anita and Mikaela Bennett as Maria — along with 10 local actors filling out the cast. — ERIC SCHUCHT
Step aside, T. rex. Turns out you’re not the biggest, baddest dino of pre-history after all. At the next installment of National Geographic’s touring educational lecture series, guests get to learn all about the most massive carnivore of them all: spinosaurus. The crocodilelike beast measured in at up to 50 feet long, weighing as much as 23 tons and is thought to have prowled the lakes and rivers of North Africa 97 million years ago. Scientists lost the first discovered fossils of the massive, water-bound predator during WWII, but new fossil specimens, old data and drawings and contemporary science have allowed for Spinosaurus’ recent resurrection. At this talk, paleontologist Nizar Ibrahim tells the fascinating story of how the dino was discovered, lost and discovered again. — CHEY SCOTT
The Spokane Symphony and Spokane Civic Theatre: West Side Story • Fri, April 20 and Sat, April 21 at 8 pm • $28-$107 • Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox • 1001 W. Sprague • spokanesymphony.org • 624-1200
Nat Geo Live! Spinosaurus: Lost Giant of the Cretaceous • Wed, April 25 at 7 pm • $21.50-$30 • INB Performing Arts Center • 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. • inbpac.com • 279-7000
WORDS #METOO
Though new national reports of sexual misconduct and abuse have slowed down some in recent weeks, the #MeToo movement is not fading. Rather, its focus has arguably left a lasting impact on America’s social, cultural and political discourse. Now, residents of the Inland Northwest can hear directly from two of the groundbreaking movement’s leading voices: social justice activist and #MeToo movement founder Tarana Burke (pictured), alongside journalist Ronan Farrow, who broke last fall’s bombshell Harvey Weinstein abuse expose in The New Yorker, and won a Pulitzer Prize this week for his work. The two present “The Power of Social Discourse and the Complexity of the #MeToo Movement” as part of Gonzaga University’s seventh installment of the Presidential Speaker Series. — CHEY SCOTT Presidential Speaker Series: Tarana Burke & Ronan Farrow • Fri, April 20 at 7 pm • $10-$14 • McCarthey Athletic Center • 801 N. Cincinnati St. • goo.gl/ rciMsy
JUNE 28 MARTIN WOLDSON THEATER AT THE FOX
THEATER BACK IN TIME
Howard Zinn’s Marx in Soho was the play that started it all. For Stage Left, at least. It was the boutique theater’s first-ever production upon officially opening its doors almost five years ago to the day. Now, venue founder Bob Nelson is reprising the title role for a special limited-run fundraising event. “It tries to present Marx as a human being instead of the cartoons that most people use — Marx the boogeyman or Marx the demigod,” Nelson says of the one-man play. “After all, he was just a guy who wrote a book about economics.” To that end, Marx in Soho is less “a diatribe about communism or a political lecture” and more of a fourth-wall-breaking intro to Marx’s personality, philosophy and background. This time around, Tia Wooley is directing. — E.J. IANNELLI
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Marx in Soho • April 20-29: Fri-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm • $25 • Stage Left Theater • 108 W. Third • spokanestageleft.org • 838-9727
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I SAW YOU GAME STOP This is insane but desperate times call for desperate measures. 4-11-18 about 1pm. I saw you walking into Game Stop on the south hill wearing all black, possibly walking in with another guy friend? We’ve been just outside each other’s social circle for ages. Looking for a way to meet you!
CHEERS LOVE IS THICKER THAN BLOOD Cheers to my first grandchild! Your entry into this world gave me a new title: Gramma, and at 45, such a welcome new role for me. I met you at 7 minutes old, held you as you crashed into my heart, where you have remained for 10 years. I love you and I miss you everyday. You are my first thought when I wake and I whisper I love you before I go to sleep. Every “crazy arrow” makes me think of you. When I see the moon, find the shapes in the clouds, drive by our pond, I send you love from my heart to yours. When I dream we are flying, I hope you’re dreaming we’re together, too. I made a promise to you before you were born and I always keep my promises, always. Happy birthday, love. Ten years on the 28th! I’ll always be here, waiting with open arms for your return. Love, Gramma. PS: I loved Bearbear and Lion, too.
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CLEAN UP CREW Cheers to the gorgeous brunette cleaning up the Logan neighborhood by Illinois and Perry. It is my understanding the neighborhood clean up had not arrived yet but you are taking it upon yourself to make your neighborhood a clean place to be. We all could learn from you in that it doesn’t take much to pick up a little litter in our neighborhood from time to time to keep it looking good. I hope others are inspired by your hard work and will follow in your footsteps. Thank you for all you have done and keep up the good work!
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TRIVIA QUESTION FOR A CIGARETTE Cheers to Skyler and his friend at the Holiday on Division and Westview. I was politely loitering sitting at Holiday. Taking a break to chill, but be chilled by the much tempered winds. My intentions were not to be scoured through the judgmental eyes of the Saturday not so happy legitimate customers. Who before seeing me sitting there were already disgusted at the price per gallon they’d have to pay with the change they had to scrounge and dig for out of the many hidden places change seems to find itself. Now relunctanly they see me, whispering to themsves, “oh gosh, not another vagrant panhandler, asking for change.” While their grimmacing frowns and fake smiles, the practice in their rearviews at the sight of the needy men and women who ask for change, I simply sit with a true smile quietly as I whisper to myself “oh gosh, look at the fake smile, disgusted selfish judgemental, sterotypocal hyporcrits who put on that face to find I am not asking for nothing...” Suddenly after a few mins, I see a gentleman and his accompanying smoker friend. I decide i will ask this gentleman if he were to ask me a trivia question and I answer correctly if he would so kindly award my knowledge with one of his cigarettes. He obliged. And I unfortunately didn’t know that a potato has hair, no legs and is not a fruit... We laughed, I honored my failure. After conversating and laughing at my awkward request for a smoke. Skylar kindly offered to purchase me a pack of smokes. I kindly declined and insisted
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smokes and that good people do exist and extend a gift to a stranger without prejudice or stereotypical assimptions of another person. So thank you Skyler and Mr. Potato guy. I will pay it forward. The Humble and loitering man THANK YOU For turning in my Credit Card to the folks at Total Wine in the Valley. I didn’t realize that it was missing for over a day. When I did notice it missing my heart stopped momentarily thinking of the unwanted bill I would have until I could notify the Bank. I did a quick back track of places I had been and found that some kind person had found it in the parking lot at Total Wine and turned it into those folks. Again THANK YOU so much for the good person you are. MONROE STREET CONSTRUCTION Cheers to all who continue to patronize Monroe Street merchants during the construction! Let’s show these businesses that we appreciate them and want them to be around to benefit from Monroe’s new look. WWII AND VIETNAM SOLDIERS I’ve seen steel eyes with a quiet-calm nature, of soldiers... so today, it’s you I thank. You gave up a small part of yourself, with every life that you took. Marriages were lost, pain endured... and limbs, even lives, reduced to a mere commodity. Your dreams were put on a shelf as our nation fought mighty fights that Congress chose
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JEERS RE: RESTAURANT CELL PHONE TALKERS What a brilliant jeer in the last week’s Inlander! I became so tired of listing to idiots yell their conversations into the cell phone that I quit eating out entirely. My diet has become much healthier as a result and I don’t have to tolerate listening to fools. My recommendation to anyone who doesn’t like it is stop going to restaurants that allow the rude behavior to continue. Maybe Spokane restaurants will adapt what other larger cities have done and prohibit obnoxious callers in their places of business, but I doubt it. Lucky for all, we have a choice. Keep talking as much as you want. WE LIVE HERE YA KNOW To the person who called parking enforcement to ticket my husbands truck for being a “suspicious broken down vehicle”. Shame on you. He was T-boned by an elderly woman who ran a red light. Since the car was in the intersection, the police made the decision to tow it in front of our home. The tow truck driver couldn’t maneuver it into our driveway. The insurance adjuster was there two days later to check out the damage and set a tow to a mechanic. It was sitting in
SPOKANE SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE Please get off your butts and help me. My SS appeal has been stuck in your office for 7 months and I am with food or money. WAKE up Spokane.
HOLY DOG POOP Is it just me or is there a lot of piles of dog mess that is not getting picked up. It is my understanding that it is a law that you are suppose to pick up after you animals when out and about for a walk. Who is enforcing this law and writing tickets for lazy pet owners? Carry bags, not a bag, and pick up after your pet, FFS. I see stations with little poop bags all over the place, use them. Let me tell you it is so frustrating when you are out at the park or on the trail trying to enjoy the day with your children and there is dog crap everywhere, frustration times 10 if the crap is stepped in by myself or one of my kids ahhhh which happens too often. I do not own a dog but you can be sure if I did you would not see me turning a blind eye when my pet is crapping in the middle of the sidewalk, on or near the trail, or on someone’s property. Pick it up. You know you are suppose to and any witnesses to this should hold the pet owner accountable as I don’t feel this issue is being enforced by authorities. n
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FREE REIN AUCTION & BBQ Free Rein Therapeutic Riding’s annual benefit helps provide life-changing adaptive horsemanship programs to local children, adults and veterans with disabilities. April 20, 5:30-8:30 pm. $50/person; $1,000/table. SCC, 1810 N. Greene. bit.ly/FRAuction18 12TH ANNUAL SPRING TEA The Women & Children’s Free Restaurant & Community Kitchen hosts a fourcourse tea experience, silent auction, raffle and more. April 21, 11 am-2 pm. $50/person; $400/table. Davenport Grand, 333 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. springtea.org (324-1995) KITTEN SHOWER An event to accept donations of kitten formula, food, bottles and heating pads, as well as other items used to care for new kittens. Also learn about becoming a foster parent or volunteer. April 21, 5:30-7:30 pm. Spokane Humane Society, 6607 N. Havana St. bit.ly/2GLHDsP KRFP ALL AUDIO SALE A fundraiser to support Moscow-Pullman community radio KRFP FM 90.3, offering records, CDs, audio and stereo gear and more. April 21 10 am-7 pm and April 22 10 am-3 pm. Prichard Art Gallery, 414 S. Main St. (208-885-3586) PRSA GAME ON TRIVIA NIGHT The Greater Spokane Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America hosts a trivia night to raise scholarship funds for area communications, PR or marketing students. Tickets includes heavy hors d’oeuvres, a drink ticket. April 24, 5:30-7 pm. $35/person; $150/team of 5. Iron Goat Brewing Co., 1302 W. Second. prsaspokane.org
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STEVE RANNAZZISI Currently, Rannazzisi stars and writes on the critically-acclaimed FX Network series “The League.” April 19-20 at 8 pm, April 21 at 7 and 9:30 pm. $20-$35. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com THE ISLAND An all-improvised “Survivor” parody for general audiences. Fridays in April at 8 pm. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. (747-7045) IS RYAN GOSLING IN THIS? The Improv Co-op brings their comedy stylings to CdA for an all-ages evening April 21, 7 pm. Lake City Playhouse, 1320 E. Garden Ave. bit.ly/2pTIQrF
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LAST COMIC STANDING FINALIST TOMMY RYMAN Ryman’s act can be described as absurdist and clever, masked behind a very likable and innocent demeanor. April 21, 8-10 pm. $20 (2 item min.). Bridge Press Cellars, 39 W. Pacific. (209-1346) DRINK N’ DEBATE A politically incorrect comedy competition in which four teams are given pitchers of beer before debating topics from the hilarious to the historical. April 22, 8-9:30 pm. $5. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. (318-9998)
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THE HONEY BOO-BOO (FOR RECYCLING)
Chances are you’ve seen the honey bear in grocery store aisles and brought them home to grace your cupboards. Emptying the bear of its honey gives the perfect chamber as you can use its spout hat as a mouthpiece to boot. It worked for Brad Pitt’s character Floyd in True Romance. Plus there’s such a satisfying feeling to load a bowl that nestles perfectly into the sweet bear’s plastic gut.
THE GAS MASK (FOR REVAMPING)
An idea pushed further into the limelight on Workaholics, the modified gas mask is surely the agro tool to show that you’re not here for simple games. Granted, you’re going to want to use a traditional bong in pairing with the mask, but it’s hardly a traditional hit. Breathing in one of those puppies isn’t necessarily easy and gives a new notion to “here for a good time, not for a long time” in that mask. All you need is a trip to the army surplus store, some tape and a bong you don’t mind getting a new look.
THE FRUIT BONG (FOR REPURPOSING)
Seemingly as a right of passage, every novice has had to dip their toes with the temporary apple pipe. It’s the easiest quick fix for when you’re out of papers or without a conventional pipe. The idea gets extrapolated, using a bigger array of produce than most fruit salads. Most iterations I’ve seen in person or online consist of a few different shaped fruits or veggies, with a hollowed out pineapple or watermelon serving as the main chamber. You can have a couple apples serve as both your mouthpiece and bowl, with something like a carrot serving as the stem into your previously mentioned chamber. A great throwaway hitter and definitely an unforgettable party centerpiece to boot. n
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he merits of cannabidiol (CBD) have been repeatedly shown in the short amount of time research has been available, potentially offering help for physical ailments such as arthritis, epilepsy and nausea to mental issues like anxiety and addiction. And a growing number of CBD recipients in cannabis-legal states are turning out to be man’s best friend. The American Pet Products Association reported that Americans spent $69.51 billion on their furry friends last year, and $17 billion in veterinary care. With that sort of financial investment, it’s hardly surprising to see pet owners committed to finding alternative medicines for their family members. Perhaps it could help your pet whose breed is prone to hip dysplasia or arthritis. Or it might help your dog who still gets separation anxiety whenever they’re left alone. But a major impediment to mainstreaming CBD for pets are the risks for pet doctors. Veterinarians register with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) once they become licensed. If a vet suggests cannabis as an alternative, their registration is in jeopardy. Even in cannabis-pioneering Colorado, vets are unable to recommend the product due to Schedule I status and lack of peer-reviewed research. Denver’s Westword chronicled a local clinic where veterinarian Casara Andre is bold enough to have her advice be seen as “harm reduction.” The phrasing allows for clients to independently decide on options based off of anecdotal information rather than medical advice. “Our clients ask us about this all the time, regardless of what ...continued on page 64
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assault, intended to address the issues of sexual violence and victim-blaming titled. April 23-27. (In the JFK Memorial Library) EWU Cheney. ewu.edu PRESIDENT’S LEADERSHIP FORUM: AUTHOR KATHERINE BOO Whitworth welcomes the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist, who wrote the NYT bestseller “Behind the Beautiful Forevers.” April 24, 7:30-9 am. $35. Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. (777-3449) THE JENSEN-BYRD: EXPLORING POSSIBLE FUTURES WSU Master of Architecture students present design ideas for rehabilitation of the JensenByrd, followed by community charrette-style discussion. April 25, 6-8 pm. Free. WSU Spokane, Bookie Building, 412 E. Spokane Falls Blvd. spokane. wsu.edu (358-7500) SEXUAL ASSAULT BASICS Join State Certified Sexual Assault Advocate Debbie DuPey to learn the facts about sexual assault, available services and how to support survivors. April 25, 12-1 pm. Free. Lutheran Community Services, 210 W. Sprague. (747-8224)
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MOSCOW HEMP FEST The 22nd annual event advocating for acceptance and legalization of cannabis and hemp in Idaho offers a full day of speakers, regional and local music, arts and crafts and food. April 21, 10 am-7 pm. Free. East City Park, 900 E. 3rd St. moscowhempfest.com (208-883-4779) GET LIT! 2018 The local literary event organized by EWU celebrates its 20th anniversary with a week of writing workshops, readings, panels and other events including art shows, Pie & Whiskey, and more. April 23-29; see complete schedule at getlitfestival.org.
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NEWPORT EARTH DAY FILM FEST Responsible Growth*NE Washington hosts a screening of two locally-filmed documentaries: “Last Stand: The Vanishing Caribou Rainforest” and “United by Water.” April 22, 5:30-9 pm. $5.50$8.50. Roxy Theater, 120 S. Washington Ave. thenewportroxy.com SFCC INTERNATIONAL FILM FEST Lineup: April 17, “The Women on the 6th Floor” (French); April 24, “Sweet Bean” (Japan); May 1, “The Danish Girl” (UK/ US/Germany/Denmark/Belgium); May 8, “Youth” (China); May 15, “Esteban” (Cuba). $5. Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland. garlandtheater.com SUDS & CINEMA: THE BIG LEBOWSKI The Inlander’s series hosts a screening of the film to commemorate its 20th anniversary, with beer from Iron Goat, free popcorn, and a costume contest. Doors/beer at 6 pm, movie at 7. April 25, 6 pm. $6.50. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. bit.ly/2H8Pp3A
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KENYAN NIGHT Inland Curry’s monthly pop-up series features international cuisines with guest chefs from Spokane’s refugee and immigrant communities. “Kenyan Night,” with guest chef Maureen, features food from three of Kenya’s tribal regions. Email to RVSP. April 21, 6-8 pm. $25. Westminster Congregational UCC, 411 S. Washington. inlandcurry.com
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Advice Goddess A BRIEF HISTORY OF TAME
I’m a 45-year-old single guy seeking a long-term relationship. My problem is that when I’m interacting with a woman I’m attracted to, my ability to read whether she’s interested in me goes out the window. I suspect I’ve missed out on some great women because I couldn’t read their signals quickly enough. —Disappointed Where you go wrong is in taking the hesitant approach to asking a woman out — waiting for her to give you some unambiguous indication of interest (ideally, in large red letters on a lighted billboard pulled by a pair of rented elephants). That said, you shouldn’t be too hard on yourself. The psychological operating system now driving you (and all of us) evolved to solve ancestral mating and survival problems, and what was adaptive back then can be maladaptive today. Take how we evolved to be deeply concerned about safeguarding our reputation. Reputation is essentially our social report card — others’ evaluation of the sort of person we are. It matters today, of course, but not in the life-or-death way it often did in an ancestral environment, where — per anthropologist Irven DeVore’s estimate -- many people were with the same band of about 25 others for much of their life. Back then, if a guy got snubbed by a girl, it would be front-cave news; everybody would know and be laughing behind his back in short order. Flash-forward to today. You’re in a bar. Some woman you hit on spurns you. Well, that blows — and more so if there are witnesses. But there are countless other bars — which means you can erase the embarrassing stain on your social rap sheet simply by trotting down the block to the next happy hour. Ultimately, recognizing the mismatch between our evolved emotions and modern life helps you understand when the emotions driving you are counterproductively outdated — and basically stupid. In short, assuming that a woman you’re chatting up isn’t giving you a hate glare, ask her out. If she isn’t interested, she’ll let you know — either right then, with some brushoff like “Actually, I have a boyfriend…” or later, when you phone her and hear: “Home Depot, lumber department. How may I direct your call?”
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I just accompanied my best friend on this extremely stressful trip to put her mom into assisted living. My friend vapes, and I started vaping, too, after being off nicotine for years. I bought a vape, but I’m hiding it from my wife because she’s so judgmental about it. I’m not ready to stop yet, but I feel awful hiding it. —Hooked What’s worse than the crime? The cover-up — when your wife asks “How was your day, honey?” and you just nod as vape smoke leaks out of your nostrils. Your hiding your vaping is an “instrumental lie.” This kind of deceit, explains deception researcher Bella DePaulo, is a self-serving lie used as an “instrument” to unfairly influence other people’s behavior — allowing the liar to get what they want, do what they want, or avoid punishment. Chances are, the “punishment” you’re avoiding is the rotten feelings you’d have in the wake of your wife’s dismay that your old BFF, nicotine, is back. However, DePaulo’s research on people duped by those close to them suggests that covering up the truth is ultimately more costly — leading to far more and far longer-lasting feelbad. It makes sense that the betrayal is the bigger deal because it socks the duped person right in the ego, telling them they were a sucker for being so trusting. In romantic situations, a duped person’s notion of the relationship as a safe space — a place where they can let their guard down — gets shaken or shattered when reality turns out to be “reality” in a fake nose and glasses. Telling the truth, on the other hand — leaving your wife feeling disappointed, but not deceived — sets the stage for a discussion instead of a prosecution. This allows your wife the emotional space to see the real you — the you who broke down and started vaping while doing this emotionally grueling very kind deed. (What?! You aren’t made of titanium?!) Compassion from your wife should mean more leeway for you to set the behavioral agenda — to tell her that you want to stop but ask that she let you do it on your own timetable. This isn’t to say you should always be perfectly or immediately honest. For example, if you prefer your wife with longer hair, that’s something she needs to know — eventually. But at that moment when she walks in with an “edgy” new haircut, “Helloo, beautiful!” is actually the best policy — as opposed to the more honest “Whoa! Stevie Wonder attack you with a pair of garden shears?” 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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EVENTS | CALENDAR SUKIYAKI DINNER Highland Park Church’s annual dinner and sale of baked goods and handmade crafts. Take out available. April 21, 12-6 pm. $15. Highland Park United Methodist, 611 S. Garfield St. hp-Spokane.org URBAN EDEN FARM POP-UP FARMSTAND Shop for the first locally-grown greens of the year, including lettuce, mizuna, arugula, and mustard greens. April 21, 10 am-2 pm. The Scoop, 1001 W. 25th Ave. urbanedenfarm.com BEER & DONUTS Tickets include four donuts, paired with four, 5-oz pours of beer. April 22, 3-5 pm. $16. Big Barn Brewing Co., 16004 N. Applewood Ln. bit.ly/2qhv3ex (509-238-2489) TERIYAKI FEST The 28th annual Japanese spring food festival serves traditional recipes for chicken teriyaki and vegetarian tofu teriyaki dinners ($15/ each), various sushi and Japanese desserts ($5-$8). Dine in/take out. April 22, 11 am-3 pm. $5-$15/food. Spokane Buddhist Temple, 927 S. Perry. (534-7954) CHEF BRYANT TERRY The James Beard Foundation Leadership Awardwinning chef, educator and author presents a lecture on his life as an ecochef, food activist and author of several vegan friendly cook books. April 24, 7 pm. Free. Spokane Community College, 1810 N. Greene. getlitfestival.org NORTHWEST DIM SUM Northwestinspired small plates, served dim sum style. Reservations required. April 26, 6:30-8:30 pm. $35. The Yards Bruncheon, 1248 W. Summit Pkwy. theyardsbruncheon.com (509-290-5952)
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THE IMAGINE JAZZ FESTIVAL The festival features local and regional artists along with New York’s Willie Jones III Quintet feat. Ralph Moore, Jeremy Pelt, Eric Reed & Gerald Cannon. April 19-25; see schedule online. $10-$25. House of Soul, 120 N. Wall St. imaginejazz.org THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE The beloved animated French film is screened as composer Benoit Charest leads Le Terrible Orchestre de Belleville in a live performance of his original score. April 19, 7:30-9:30 pm. $10-$20. Jones Theatre at Daggy Hall, WSU Pullman. performingarts.wsu.edu (335-8522) TUNING INTO NATURE’S MUSIC A program to enhance understanding and appreciation of the music in nature, presented by wildlife biologist George Halekas. April 19, 6:30-8 pm. $9 suggested donation. The MAC, 2316 W.
First. northwestmuseum.org SPOKANE SYMPHONY SPECIAL: WEST SIDE STORY Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is transported to 1960s NYC. Presented in collaboration with the Spokane Civic Theatre and featuring cast members from the Broadway revival. April 20 and 21 at 8 pm. $28$107. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. (624-1200) SPOKANE STRING QUARTET A Tribute to Kendall Feeney, 1958-2017, featuring Erwin Schulhoff’s String Quartet No. 1, Mozart’s String Quartet No. 16 in E Flat Major, K. 428 and Mohammed Fairouz’s The Named Angels. April 22, 3 pm. $10-$20. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. bingcrosbytheater.com SPOKANE YOUTH SYMPHONY A concert of works by Rimsky-Korsakov, Nicolai, and Tchaikovsky. April 22, 4 pm. $12-$16. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. (624-1200) SPOKANE SYMPHONY CHAMBER SOIREE A mix of baroque, classical and contemporary music is and performed by various ensembles from the Spokane Symphony. April 24 and 25 at 7:30 pm. $20-$58. Davenport Hotel, 10 S. Post St. spokanesymphony.org
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NATURAL SHOCKS A staged reading as part of a national campaign of theater activism against gun violence. April 19, 5-6 pm. Free. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main. uidaho.edu/class/theatre THEORY OF RELATIVITY A moving musical examining the interconnectedness of people. April 19-20 at 7 pm. $8$10. Lewis and Clark High School, 521 W. Fourth. tigerdrama.com WOUNDS TO THE FACE A confrontational play examining the connection between appearance and identity. April 19-21 and April 26-28 at 7:30 pm. Free. Schuler Performing Arts Center, 1000 W. Garden Ave. (208-769-3220) ARGONAUTIKA A swashbuckling adventure through mythical Greece. April 20-21 at 7:30 pm. $15. Whitworth University, 300 W. Hawthorne. (777-3707) CHILDREN OF EDEN A joyous musical about parents, children and faith. April 20-29; Wed-Sat at 7:30 pm; Sat-Sun at 2 pm. $12-$21. Kroc Center, 1765 W. Golf Course Rd. aspirecda.com THE CHILDREN’S HOUR An American drama set in an all-girls boarding school run by two women. April 20-21 and 26-28 at 7:30 pm, April 21 and 28
at 2 pm. $5-$15. Hartung Theater, 875 Perimeter Dr. uidaho.edu/class/theatre SEEDS OF CHANGE Three Nazarene spinsters live with the blessings and burdens of their parent’s strict religious upbringing. April 20-May 6; Fri-Sat at 7 pm, Sun at 3 pm (dinner theater May 5, 6 pm; $30). $10-$12. StageWest Community Theatre, 639 Elm St. (768-4792) A SHAYNA MAIDEL A Polish family separated by WWII finally reunites 16 years later. Through April 29; Fri-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $12-$15. Ignite! Community Theatre, 10814 E. Broadway Ave. igniteonbroadway.org (795-0004) DIRTY DANCING The classic film comes to life on stage. April 26-28 at 7:30 pm, April 28 at 2 pm and April 29 at 1 and 6:30 pm. $39.50-$79.50. INB Performing Arts Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. wcebroadway.com
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CONFLUENCE: DANCES INSPIRED BY THE SPOKANE RIVER Presented by Vytal Movement Dance Company and featuring dancers and composers from the Spokane area. April 20-21 at 7:30 pm. $22-$25. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. vytalmovementdance.com INTERPUNCT-PRESS GRAND OPENING The West Central letterpress and design studio celebrates its opening with studio tours and demos of the craft. April 21, 4-7 pm. Free. Interpunct Press, 2618 W. Sinto. (615-481-4950) READING: SPOKANE WRITES Local authors share work from the anthology created to support programs and services of the Spokane County Library District. April 20, 7-8 pm. Free. Auntie’s, 402 W. Main. auntiesbooks.com STARSTRUCK A reading and book release of Starstruck, a community book project led by Laura Read and Mark Anderson. April 24, 7-8:30 pm. Free. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. sparkcentral.org (279-0299) NAT GEO LIVE! - SPINOSAURUS Learn how this mega dinosaur’s remains were lost during WWII, but more recently rediscovered through new fossils, data and more. April 25, 7-9 pm. $30. INB Performing Arts Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. wcebroadway.com POET STEPHEN PITTERS Celebrate National Poetry Month and the launching of the renowned local poet’s new book “Prerecorded.” April 26, 6:15-8 pm. $5 suggested donation. The MAC, 2316 W. First. northwestmuseum.org n
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