Inlander 05/11/2023

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EDITOR’S NOTE

Adecade ago, the Inland Northwest’s brewery landscape looked very, very different. Here’s some numbers to illustrate: In the Inlander’s 2013-14 Annual Manual, our yearly guide to living life to the fullest in the region, we covered a total of 18 breweries, from Sandpoint to Spokane, and down to Moscow. Only eight of those still exist today.

In the time since, however, that initial count has surpassed at least three times that, based on our rough estimate. Among the many newcomers to emerge in just the past year is Uprise Brewing Co., on the border of Kendall Yards and West Central. Because they’re our neighbors, make great beer, and were recently voted by Inlander readers as the region’s Best New Brewery, our DRINK LOCAL Editor Derek Harrison partnered with Uprise’s brewing team for the Inlander’s first-ever beer collaboration. Read more about the multiweek brewing process, and then go try the brew, the Mosaic Montage IPA, yourself. It’ll be on tap at Uprise starting this Friday, May 12.

We didn’t stop there, as we sent staff writer Madison Pearson to help craft a refreshing summer latte — dubbed The Inlander — with Indaba Coffee Roasters, and which you can also try as a menu special for the next week. And while I can’t take much credit for the results, I spent an afternoon at Radio Bar in northwest Spokane sampling a delightful selection of springtime cocktails that you can also try. After all, the sun’s out, it’s warm again, and we all want whatever we’re sipping to taste like a beautiful summer day.

— CHEY SCOTT, Inlander Arts & Culture Editor

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IF SPOKANE HAD AN OFFICIAL DRINK, WHAT WOULD IT BE?

CHUCK HARMON

Because of the proliferation of breweries, it would be some kind of beer. But I have no idea because I don’t drink beer. I drink wine, and Spokane has some mighty fine wineries.

What if you’re the mayor and you get to declare an official drink of Spokane?

If I’m the mayor and I drink wine, the best everyday wine here is Red Table by Townshend.

ALICE HARMON

Water. I’ve been all over, and we have really good tasting water. I’ve been where there’s brown water and yellow water and terrible tasting water. But we have great tasting water.

[Pointing to the river]

It’s so gorgeous right now. And the best looking water! Isn’t it beautiful?

ROB MORTENSEN

Just beer in general. I’m a beer drinker, so that’s what attracts me to places.

What if you could design a drink to be the official drink of Spokane? This doesn’t really make sense, but it has something to do with the river. To me, this river is so beautiful. When I think of Spokane, that’s what I think of.

JENNIFER MORTENSEN

An IPA, No-Li for sure. All the breweries here have a good IPA selection.

What if you could design a drink to be the official drink of Spokane?

I think it has to be some kind of super fancy drink, so when you pour it, dry ice comes out so it looks like the falls.

ALEX NINO

Huckleberry soda. If not that, coffee.

What if you could invent a drink?

Something that’s not already invented? I’d say another huckleberry soda.

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One-Party Peril

Despite their grip on power in Olympia, Washington Democrats are failing in law enforcement and transparency in government

BY BILL BRYANT

Extended one-party government, whether Republican or Democratic, is a petri dish for arrogance and contempt. Unfortunately, arrogance and contempt for local communities and the voting public were on full display during this recent legislative session in Olympia.

The Democrats’ opposition to letting local governments regulate the distribution of drug paraphernalia, such as needles, is but one example of the Legislature failing to criminalize drug possession.

In 2021, the Washington Supreme Court threw out a law that considered drug possession a felony. The Legislature enacted a temporary measure to ensure drugs remained illegal, but gave themselves a July 2023 deadline to pass a permanent solution. With the deadline looming,

this year’s Legislature needed to act, and it could have:

A deal was within reach. That deal would have considered drug possession a misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor, would have allowed local governments to restrict needle exchanges and the distribution of drug paraphernalia, would have required notifying neighborhoods before an opioid treatment facility was built in their community, and would have prohibited co-mingling in those facilities people seeking treatment with those continuing to use drugs.

But Democrats could not abide giving local

So far the Washington Legislature has failed to create clarity on illegal drug possession; it has until July to figure it out.

governments the authority to restrict the distribution of needles, nor abide giving neighborhoods a heads-up when a drug facility was planned for their backyards. Despite Democratic control of the Legislature and the governor’s office, no bill passed.

The governor has called a special legislative session later this month to address this issue, but if a bipartisan deal is to be struck, it needs to allow different communities to make different choices, rather than imposing an Olympia-issued, one-size-fits-all solution across the state.

Based on the governor’s approach to salmon recovery, it’s uncertain whether Democrats will allow local governments to make decisions based on local conditions. This past session, many Democrats seemed to believe that a Democratic Party-controlled state government knows what’s best.

That is not conjecture. It is essentially what the governor’s representative told a legislative committee.

This year, Washington state had a unique opportunity to pass a bill that would have restored salmon runs on privately owned farm, timber and ranch lands. The bill was largely drafted by agricultural and tribal interests working side by side, and it was passed out of committee with bipartisan support. Still, many Democrats and the governor opposed the bill because it gave local conservation districts, not agencies in Olympia, the authority to approve projects based on local conditions. The governor’s representative said state regulatory agencies were “the ones most familiar with what is needed.” Local conservation district officials working with the local farmers, ranchers and timber owners being the ones making decisions based on local conditions was not acceptable.

In the end, some funds were inserted in the budget to be used by local conservation districts for salmon habitat restoration, but funds were also included to protect centralized agency control.

It appears a Democratic Party tenet, even if unspoken and perhaps even denied, that decisions affecting local communities should not be entrusted to them, but should be made for them by a single-party controlled state government. Even worse, the people’s ability to see into how this one-party state government operates behind closed doors should be limited. That was evident in recent weeks.

Democratic legislative leaders continued insisting the voterapproved Public Records Act, a law that requires government officials to retain and make available their records, including emails and texts, doesn’t apply to them. The Democrats think they are above it. In 2019, the state Supreme Court ruled that the Legislature was not exempt and needed to comply with the law. Still, this past session, Democratic leaders and staff were blacking out records before publicly releasing them.

With Democrats in full control of the Legislature and the governor’s office, they could have adopted measures to bring the Legislature into compliance with the Public Records Act, but they refused. So the matter is back before the state Supreme Court.

Our democracy works best when it engages local communities and acknowledges the differences across our state — and when it operates in the open, so people know what their government is deciding and can get involved in that decision-making.

The arrogance and contempt for local communities shaping policy, and for the public’s right to know what their legislators are doing, is inconsistent with Washington’s tradition of populist, transparent government. Democrats in Olympia would be well served to remember that as we head into another election year, but they probably won’t. They’re counting on you not caring. n

Bill Bryant, who served on the Seattle Port Commission from 2008-16, ran against Jay Inslee as the Republican nominee in the 2016 governor’s race. He is chairman emeritus of the company BCI, is a founding board member of the Nisqually River Foundation and was appointed by Gov. Chris Gregoire to serve on the Puget Sound Partnership’s Eco-Systems Board. He lives in Winthrop, Washington.

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As street art and tags get painted over in Spokane, other people choose to embrace it

Adistinct rattle signals the strong paint scent wafting from a spray paint can darting across a public canvas, drawing a name or design that isn’t supposed to be there. The graffiti artist bolts from the location as quickly as they made their mark, possibly on the lookout for a new canvas.

Then, just as quickly as the graffiti was put down, a block of beige paint takes its place.

“When I paint something, I have the full expectation that it could be gone tomorrow,” says a Spokane graffiti artist who goes by Komos. “It’s one of the things that attracts me to the art form, almost more than anything else, that it’s constantly changing and that the walls are alive.”

To some, it’s not art at all, but vandalism. Luis Garcia, Spokane’s code enforcement director, says painting over graffiti as quickly as possible is key to keeping more vandalism at bay.

“The challenge with graffiti is [it] acts as an attractive nuisance,” Garcia says. “It usually attracts other graffiti and other illicit activities, so we try to get to them as soon

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as we can because as soon as we cover it up, it usually stays pretty clear for a duration.”

But what’s worse, a beautifully wrought piece of illegal art, or a dull square? And, how long before that beige paint is tagged over again, with bright colors and bold lines?

The word graffiti is often used to describe any form of painted vandalism as a whole, but the term often conjures up images of bold and brightly painted words with thick outlines and shadows, as well as street art and tagging. And it has a history stretching back more than 50 years.

According to Antar Fierce, a graffiti artist and the co-founder of Steel Wheels, an Atlanta-based organization dedicated to the documentation and preservation of graffiti, the art form originated in the 1960s and ’70s in New York City and Philadelphia.

“In the beginning, it was kids from marginalized communities who didn’t have access to arts programs,” Fierce says. “They came up with this art form as a way to have something for themselves in a community that they could

feel recognized and appreciated in, and it developed into an art form from that.”

While lots of the graffiti throughout Spokane consists of simple tags — quickly drawn words, symbols or messages used to mark a location — more stylized bubble-letter “throws” of an artist’s name create recognition among the graffiti community and in the city as a whole. Other artists prefer to use graffiti art, primarily in the form of throws or more detailed street art, as a way to improve an area that’s plain or to cover existing graffiti that’s offensive or ugly.

To Komos, graffiti brings life and excitement to dull and drab spots in the city.

“I often will be confronted with designs that I think are ugly, or a sign, or somebody puts up a billboard,” Komos says. “How is that different than someone else putting up their name in graffiti letters?”

The one and only difference, Komos says, is that one person has the money to create a design and display that message in the public eye, and the other person doesn’t.

Spokane Arts Program Director Shantell Jackson joined about 50 volunteers and artists to reclaim downtown murals from graffiti. ERICK DOXEY PHOTO

Parks After Dark

BY NATE SANFORD

Hanging out in Spokane parks after hours could soon come with the threat of handcuffs. Under city law, violating park hours is currently a civil infraction, which can carry a $261 fine. But the Spokane Police Department argues that groups of people causing trouble have become increasingly brazen, and that the threat of arrest is necessary in order to “take back the parks at night.”

A new ordinance — introduced during a City Council committee meeting last week, with support from police and the city’s Parks and Recreation Department — would make being in parks after hours a misdemeanor that could lead to arrest.

Police Capt. Thomas Hendren told council members that the change is necessary because people don’t take the current penalties seriously and will often ignore orders to leave the parks.

“Our officers have no authority when it comes to this noncompliance,” Hendren said.

If people knew the police had the power to arrest them, Hendren said, they’d be less likely to gather after hours in the first place. He added that actual arrests would rarely be necessary under the ordinance.

It’s against the law to be in city parks between 10 pm and 6 am, with the exception of Riverfront Park, which closes at midnight. During those late night hours, police say they’ve seen increased problems with groups of people drinking, fighting, doing drugs and, on several occasions, shooting each other.

In a letter to City Council, Hendren said 2022 was a “year of unprecedented violence within city parks,” with three after-hours shootings resulting in nine victims struck by gunfire.

Parks Director Garrett Jones, who worked with police on the ordinance, says vandalism in city parks has also increased in severity and frequency over the past two or so years. He says his department has spent $164,000 repairing van-

dalism in just the past six months and Parks and Rec needs help to address these problems.

But not everyone who hangs out in parks after dark is causing problems. What about the dog walkers, early morning joggers and people walking home from a late-night shift?

Council member Karren Stratton, who is sponsoring the ordinance along with Council members Jonathan Bingle and Michael Cathcart, says those people don’t have to worry. Police will use discretion, Stratton says, and “aren’t interested in messing with good people.”

But Council President Breean Beggs worries that letting police pick and choose who faces arrest could be unconstitutional and lead to biased enforcement and pretextual stops. Beggs is proposing an alternative ordinance that would require police to give people a warning first — meaning people could be arrested for refusing to leave, but not for being in the park after hours in the first place.

“It’s just way more defensible legally, and it’s less potential for mischief,” Beggs says.

In his letter to council members, Hendren said that Beggs’ proposal would eat up limited patrol resources and that people would continue to gather because they know they wouldn’t be arrested immediately. Beggs is skeptical of both those assertions.

The ordinance is still being workshopped. Stratton says meetings with groups like the equity subcommittee have been productive, and that she hopes to fine-tune the ordinance to address people’s questions and concerns.

Jones says the current goal is to bring the ordinance back to the City Council for a vote by mid-June — before warmer weather and the end of the school year bring even more people to city parks after dark. n

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“I like it whenever I see someone who’s generally powerless in our society, exercising power that people don’t like them to have.”

COVERING IT UP

In 2022, the Downtown Spokane Partnership removed 4,541 graffiti tags, which took about 3,000 hours of staff time. The DSP’s Clean Team works seven days a week in downtown’s Business Improvement District, which is composed of businesses and property owners.

“The city of Spokane recognizes that people on private property that do get tagged, they are victims,” says Garcia. “We want to work with those individuals to get it relieved without undoing their responsibility, because the taxpayers of Spokane shouldn’t subsidize the maintenance of individual private properties.”

Graffiti is listed as a gross misdemeanor in the City of Spokane Municipal Code.

Something similar happens in the city of Spokane Valley, which partners with Spokane Community Oriented Policing Services, known as SCOPE, to document graffiti, track it and work with property owners to remove graffiti so they can avoid being fined.

SCOPE connects with private property owners and creates a plan to remove the graffiti after it’s reported to crime check, says SCOPE director Chris Conway.

“We’ve kind of taken the mindset that we want to work with the property owner,” says Spokane Valley Police Chief David Ellis. “They’ve already had damage done to their property. We don’t want to have them be victimized again by getting a fine for something that they didn’t do.”

MURALS AS DETERRENT

Before the COVID pandemic, there was an unspoken rule that you wouldn’t see tags on murals or other public art.

“During the pandemic, everyone’s behavior changed so dramatically and there was such a lack of people out and about,” says Melissa Huggins, executive director of Spokane Arts. “There was just no activation, no eyes on those murals, and so a number of them got really heavily tagged during the lockdown.”

While she says that murals often act as a deterrent to graffiti, this greatly depends on a mural’s location. Some may get heavily tagged, while another mural only a couple blocks over remains virtually untouched.

Over the last couple weeks, Spokane Arts and DSP took on a difficult project: remove graffiti and tags from nine existing murals in the downtown core.

For the cleanup, Spokane Arts spent around $4,500 on supplies, and an additional $2,000 on anti-graffiti coating, which makes removing graffiti much easier while preserving the mural underneath for up to a decade or longer. And it took 40 volunteers and 10 artists to restore the artworks.

While Huggins notes how destructive graffiti can be, she recognizes the art form that it is and hopes to see a designated area in the city for graffiti art.

“Boise has this incredible [graffiti alley]. It’s become a tourist attraction where it’s like all of the graffiti artists kind of continually add to it,” Huggins says. “Everybody knows that your work is going to eventually get painted over by a different artist, and it’s just like this constantly evolving canvas.”

Huggins says there isn’t a designated space in Spokane for graffiti artists to have an outlet, other than Art Alley in the Garland District, which is generally more for artists who are looking to get into murals. But it’s something she and some other community members are interested in possibly exploring.

ADVOCATING FOR GRAFFITI

Graffiti, possibly due to its captivating nature, draws more attention and backlash to itself than the problems surrounding it.

“I just think it’s interesting, too, that the city will leave a place completely neglected. There’ll be needles, homeless people, boarded up windows, just a completely decrepit state of affairs,” says Komos. “And then the second somebody puts color on it, it’s like they clutch their pearls.”

Citing increased disorder, Spokane police push for the power to arrest people in city parks when they are closed overnight

Spokane Parks is calling 911 for help. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO

Not on Garland, says Julie Shepard-Hall, president of the Garland Business District. Graffiti is responsible for improving their community, she says, and with the creation of Garland’s Art Alley, unwanted graffiti occurring in the alley diminished.

“We still get some of it, but not as bad, because now we have the art back here,” she says. “It’s really cut down on that extra stuff, and I mean, you’re always going to get it, but we found that by having the Art Alley, it brings more people in the community here to enjoy the murals.”

Although Shepard-Hall advocates for creating spaces for graffiti and street art to exist, she believes vandalizing historical landmarks like the Monroe Street Bridge, as well as private property, crosses a line.

Garland’s Art Alley currently spans a few blocks in the alley south of Garland Avenue between Monroe and Post streets, and Shepard-Hall hopes to expand it to give more artists the opportunity to share their art.

“I think it brings a great, artistic vibe to the neighborhood. You’re not going to get people that will like every one of them, but there’s something for everybody here,” she says.

“IT’S HERE TO STAY”

Graffiti is intrinsically an ever evolving art form, and to Komos, the city painting over graffiti isn’t upsetting, it’s just part of the art.

“Most people do get covered by the city, they’re like, ‘Oh well, you know, it is what it is,’” Komos says. “But if you get covered by another graffiti artist, that can make people very upset, especially if they think that the other graffiti artist didn’t out style them.”

Komos notes that sometimes the city creating a blank slate is a blessing in disguise, as it allows another artist to paint without painting over someone else’s work and upsetting them.

“For me, graffiti is a purely selfish endeavor. It has nothing to do with what anybody else wants,” Komos says. “I just intrinsically enjoy the feeling and the sight of paint coming out of a can and going on a wall. Like it’s just addicting. It’s just really, really satisfying.”

To Komos, graffiti doesn’t hurt anyone, but it does provide an outlet for people to express themselves. Even with the cities of Spokane and Spokane Valley painting over it, new artists emerge just as frequently as graffiti is erased from the walls and makes its return.

“You will never, ever beat graffiti because there’s a constant influx of new people, always,” says Komos.

To Fierce, in Atlanta, graffiti is the only truly American art form, as it originated in the U.S. by kids using a household product. Now, it’s a global phenomenon.

Fierce believes it’s possible to get rid of graffiti to a certain extent. Twenty years after its origin in New York City, he says, the city cleaned it up from the subways and was successful in maintaining that for a short time. But it had already spread past New York and Philadelphia to become an unstoppable force.

“It would really take a catastrophic event of apocalyptic proportions to really end it,” he says. “As long as spray paint or some kind of paint is still around, I think people would still do it. I think it’s here to stay.” n summers@inlander.com

Erin Wert volunteered for the restoration project. ERICK DOXEY PHOTO

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Battle Over Bradford

Yakama Nation warns feds they’ll sue over long delayed cleanup of a Columbia River island connected to Bonneville Dam

BY SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL

Yakama Nation has put the federal government on notice that the tribe intends to sue over delayed cleanup plans for Bradford Island, part of the Bonneville Dam complex about 40 miles east of Portland on the Columbia River.

Yakama alleges the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ plans for the site violate federal cleanup rules, and that the Corps hasn’t adequately included the tribe as a participating government agency. The tribes and bands of Yakama Nation have treaty-protected rights to fish there.

Two decades ago, the Corps pulled up piles of electrical debris that had been dumped into the river near the dam, including electrical insulators, switches and capacitors. Other industrial waste was for decades disposed of on the island, including light bulbs, paint debris and parts of old transformers, which contained volatile chemicals and heavy metals.

The implications were bad: Some of the equipment contained oils made of PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), which regulate heat in electrical applications. The nowbanned chemicals can cause cancer and reproductive health issues. That’s particularly true for people whose diets consist largely of fresh fish, including members of the Yakama Nation, whose traditional fishing grounds include areas near the 1933-built dam.

The Corps later dredged out polluted sediments near the island in 2007; but in 2011, years after that cleanup, native fish like smallmouth bass showed PCB levels among the highest in the country. One of 38 fish tested had 183,148 parts per billion of PCBs, though another showed as little as 13 parts per billion. The mean was 11,608 parts per billion.

To put that in context, the highest PCB levels tested in the Lower Duwamish Waterway were closer to 640 parts per billion, and about 6,500 in Portland Harbor, says Rose Longoria, regional superfund projects manager for Yakama Nation Fisheries. The highly polluted Hudson River has shown tests of about 20,000.

“So when we consider Bradford Island and the 183,000 parts per billion, that’s an order of magnitude higher than any other superfund site that we’re aware of in the United States for PCBs in fish tissues,” Longoria says. “Right in that vicinity, we have tribal members who are catching fish and taking that fish home to their families. So we became very concerned about the information.”

The acceptable tissue levels for PCBs are only 0.57 parts per billion for subsistence tribal fishers who eat a significant amount of fish on a daily basis, and 4.7 parts per billion for recreational anglers, according to federal guidelines.

Since 2013, Oregon and Washington have advised that no one eat any of the native fish (excluding migratory fish such as salmon and steelhead) near Bonneville Dam, including carp, bluegill, sucker, small and largemouth bass, sturgeon, yellow perch, crappie, walleye and catfish.

After years of trying to work with the Corps to plan to address the pollution, the governments of Oregon, Washington and the Yakama sought help from the Environmental Protection Agency, which last March listed the island as a superfund site on the national priorities list. Those projects are considered the most important cleanup sites in the country.

Things appeared to be improving last April, when the Corps agreed to work with the tribe to have a federal facilities agreement in place within a year and expedite the cleanup. But a year later that plan hasn’t materialized, and the Corps has restricted communications with the tribe.

“For decades, many words have been shared regarding contamination concerns at Bradford Island,” Yakama Nation Tribal Councilman George Meninick stated at this year’s April meeting with the Corps. “No one is listening.”

So last week the tribe sent federal officials a 60day notice of intent, a precursor to a lawsuit.

The Corps is reviewing the notice now, says John Morgan, a spokesman for the Corps’ Portland District. He notes that a regional advisory board for the cleanup is meeting this week to gather more public input, and people can learn more on the Corps’ Bradford Island web page.

“We’re reading through that thoroughly and working through the Yakama Nation’s concerns,” Morgan says of the notice. “We’re working toward what everybody wants, which is the cleanup of this site.”

The tribe continues to ask that the Corps better study the area to find exactly where the contamination is coming from and where it ends up in the river. Yakama Nation also asks to be meaningfully included in government-to-government planning as the cleanup moves forward.

“For what we gave up, for what you developed that contaminated our world,” says Yakama Nation Tribal Councilwoman Terry Goudy-Rambler by email, “all we want is a seat at the table to see what can be contributed to fix the problem.” n samanthaw@inlander.com

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City Council members unhappily add modern conveniences to the Trent Shelter. Also, Spokane Riverkeeper and Coeur d’Alene Tribe team up to clean up, and check out our new Spokane City Hall widget.

More than six months after it opened, and almost a year after city officials signed the lease, Spokane’s largest city-operated homeless shelter is finally on track to get indoor bathrooms and showers. City Council members voted to approve the $1.45 million in upgrades to the Trent Resource and Assistance Center on Monday, but they weren’t happy about it. The decision, members said, was both morally necessary and financially irresponsible — a rock and a hard place. The city’s shelter system is in a financially precarious place, City Council member Michael Cathcart said, and spending limited money to improve a building the city doesn’t own and can’t afford to buy is not a good long-term strategy. Additionally, council members said their decision-making was hampered by a lack of transparent financial information from the city administration. “It’s a humanitarian need,” Council member Lori Kinnear said. “I will vote for this, but I’m going to plug my nose and do it because I don’t see any other way.” (NATE SANFORD)

A CLEANER CREEK

Spokane Riverkeeper has settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against CHS Inc., which operates a Rockford agricultural co-op that’s contributed to pollution in the Hangman Creek watershed. By consent decree, CHS agreed to update its stormwater plans to prevent runoff pollution into Rock Creek, which flows into Hangman Creek and ultimately the Spokane River. CHS will also pay $151,000 to the Coeur d’Alene Tribe for habitat restoration work. “Restoring conditions to support native fishes across the Hangman watershed is a huge undertaking, and the Coeur d’Alene Tribe is leading the way,” said Angelo Vitale, the tribe’s fisheries manager, in a joint news release with the Riverkeeper. “This can’t be done without many partners committed to a shared vision where fish, water, wildlife and working lands are given equitable consideration.”

(SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL)

STAFFER TRACKER

There’s been a lot of chaos inside Spokane City Hall over the last three to four years — so much that it can be hard to get a sense of the big picture. That’s why we launched the “Book of Employee Exodus” data explorer at Inlander.com/exodus, letting you dig into all the employee departures and vacancies from the last year of the David Condon administration to the third year of Nadine Woodward’s. And as a bonus, we run through all of our stories — from planning director hiring delays to the near-collapse of the homelessness system — that explain exactly what you’re seeing in our bar graphs.

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The Zine Scene

BY MADISON PEARSON

The phrase “small but mighty” has never been more pertinent than when talking about zines.

For the uninitiated, zines (pronounced “zeens”) are small, photocopied paper books filled with words or images. Meant to be circulated to a hyper-local group of people, zines often give representation to the voices of those on the fringes of mainstream culture.

For local author and Spokane Zine Fest co-founder Chelsea Martin, zines are a thing of her past, present and future.

“I started my publishing career doing zines,” Martin says. “I just self-published little booklets of my work to sell when I was first starting out.

“I was into it for finding writing and other people doing the whole zine thing,” she continues. “It was such a great way to meet people who are doing weird art stuff that you aren’t going to see at bookstores or galleries.”

Zines are typically associated with punk music and alternative scenes, often used to communicate insider information, gossip or social/political commentary within those tight-knit communities. Save for a few small local makers, Spokane lacked a space for zine creators to come together and share ideas.

When Martin and her partner Ian Amberson moved to the Inland Northwest from Northern California, they quickly realized they missed the community that they’d found at zine fests held in Los Angeles and the Bay Area and wanted the same for Spokane.

“Our first year, in 2017, really mirrored the idea of someone making a zine,” says Amberson, co-founder of the festival. “It was all about putting yourself out there and taking responsibility for the production. We had no idea if it was going to have any pull with anyone or if anyone was going to be interested, but it’s such an accessible medium so we figured we’d just try.”

With help from a $1,200 grant from Spokane Arts, the first festival was held at The Bartlett with about 20 zine vendors in attendance. Zine Fest was held the next year in 2018 and once more in 2019, but hasn’t happened since.

This year, the festival is back and is being held at the newly renovated Central Library on Saturday, May 13, with over 50 zine vendors from around the country, more than double the amount the fest had that first year.

“Zine culture sort of slowed down for a while because it’s so easy to have a blog and say what you want to say online,” Martin says. “There was no use for zines once blogs became popular. Now there’s this sort of revival happening because of the frustrations people have surrounding the internet in general. People crave a counterculture and zines provide that.”

For Spokane Zine Fest’s return after a three-year pause, Martin and Amberson have been working hard behind the scenes to make this year special for local zine lovers and makers alike.

SPOKANE ZINE FEST WORKSHOPS

Animal Character Design with Keika Yamaguchi: 11 am-12:30 pm

Stories Outside My Window: Zine Making for Kids with Spark Central: 11 am-12:30 pm

Fast & Dirty Process-Driven Zine Making with Eve Harms: 1-2:30 pm

Bake a Zine with Kate Lebo: 1:30-3 pm

Octavio Collage Zine Workshop with Spokane Print & Publishing Center: 2-3:30 pm

Weird Poems with Tim Greenup: 3-4 pm

Spokane Zine Fest fosters a niche counterculture for self-expression and storytelling at its one-day-only event

Spokane Zine Fest founders Chelsea Martin and Ian Amberson. YOUNG KWAK PHOTOS

The festival’s main draw is six workshops happening throughout the day taught by local, regional, and national zine makers and illustrators.

“All of the workshops are based around alternative topics that you wouldn’t normally find classes about,” Martin says. “We have an LA-based zine maker named Eve Harms hosting a processdriven workshop, a pet illustration class by Keika Yamaguchi, who has done illustrations for Looney Tunes, Kate Lebo doing a recipe zine workshop. So much.”

Spark Central, a creative education nonprofit located in Kendall Yards, is hosting a workshop for kids between the ages of 8 and 12 who are interested in trying their hand at zine-making.

“Zines have been this amazing form of expression and tool for marginalized communities to express themselves and to be able to share their voices with folks all over the place,” says Wilson Faust, Spark Central’s program director. “At Spark, for years, we’ve been using zines as a way to engage youth in sharing their voice with the community.”

During the workshop, titled “Stories Outside My Window,” kids are encouraged to create a mini zine sharing stories about home, real or imaginary. Mini zines are made out of one sheet of regular printer paper that, when folded, gives the creator a front page, a back page and six internal pages.

May Food Specials

Roasted Half Chicken

MOTHER’S DAY WEEKEND ONLY

CHINOOK | 4:30 PM – CLOSE | $27

Mom will love this half-chicken brined and slowroasted with garlic and fresh herbs. Served with smash fried red potatoes, chef’s choice of vegetables and a house salad to start. Reservations highly recommended for Mother’s Day Weekend.

Surf & Turf

MOTHER’S DAY WEEKEND ONLY

RED TAIL | 11:30 AM – CLOSE | $28.95

Dig in to this 6 oz. sirloin topped with Béarnaise sauce and grilled shrimp served with a baked potato and chef’s choice of vegetables. Served with a half salad and your choice of dressing.

Peaches & Cream French Toast

MONDAY – FRIDAY IN MAY

RED TAIL | 8 AM – 11 AM | $14.95

French toast topped with pastry cream and peaches served with your choice of eggs, hash browns or cottage cheese and bacon or sausage links.

Flash Back Chicken Sandwich

ALL MAY

HUCKLEBERRY DELI | 7 AM – CLOSE | $14.95

“Our focus for the workshop is to make sure the kids realize they can take stories, either from their real lives, or stories that they make up themselves, and put them on paper using this really cool format,” Faust says. “It’s exciting to have this opportunity, especially in the context of Zine Fest, of introducing kids to the power that a zine can have and being able to express yourself and use your voice.”

Spark Central is home to the Bird’s Nest Zine Library, a collection of zines that began as an anarchist zine library housed in the Community Building.

Today, the Bird’s Nest Zine Library serves as a catalog of local and regional zines that range in content and style. Anyone who creates a zine can add it to the library, and it’s always open to the public for browsing and reading.

“One thing I love about zines is that they can be about anything and everything,” says Nicki Sabalu, Spark Central’s resident zine specialist. “But they’re also for everyone. Unlike other forms of publication, you go through someone else to share your stories. With zines, you make it yourself and tell the story exactly how you want.”

Spark Central’s staff and volunteers will be in attendance in myriad ways at Saturday’s Zine Fest. Sabalu will be tabling in the vendor hall, showing off the Bird’s Nest Zine Library’s vast collection, and sharing some of her own zines with attendees.

“Zines are a lifeline,” she says. “A way of connecting with other people. It’s an honor to be able to share the world of zines with Spokane through Zine Fest.” n

Spokane Zine Fest • Sat, May 13 from 11 am-4pm • Free • Central Library • 906 W. Main Ave. • spokanezinefest.com

Spicy breaded chicken breast fried and topped with jalapeño Jack cheese, lettuce, tomato, onions and pickles on a toasted bun and served with french fries.

Bingo’s BBQ Pork

WEDNESDAY – SATURDAY IN MAY

LITTLE DRAGON EATERY| 11 AM – CLOSE

SMALL BOWL $10.50 | LARGE BOWL $14.50

Sticky rice topped with sliced barbecue pork drizzled with a delicious mixture of our house-made raspberry sweet & spicy sauce and topped with sesame seeds.

Zines may be small in size, but they can say a lot.

The Good Fight

Violinist Benjamin Beilman relishes the conflict and the harmony in Brahms’ Violin Concerto

BY E.J. IANNELLI

It’s been six years since the violinist Benjamin Beilman was last in Spokane, but he remembers that 2017 performance of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto all too well. Or at least a few fraught moments of it.

“That was one of the few times where I’ve actually broken a string on stage,” he says. “I was playing a Stradivarius [violin] on loan from a Japanese foundation, and I had to hand my Strad to Mateusz [Wolski], the concertmaster, and I could see his eyes go wide for many reasons. I played the rest of the movement on his violin.”

Oddly enough, that wasn’t his only mishap during a performance of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto. Beilman had a string break recently at a concert in Asia while playing the very same piece.

“Tchaikovsky seems to be the piece that causes me the most heartache,” he laughs. “Obviously, it adds to the excitement and the thrill. But in some ways it’s a little cursed for me.”

For better or worse, Tchaikovsky isn’t on the program when Beilman returns to the Fox Theater this weekend for the final Masterworks concert of the Spokane Symphony’s 2022-23 season. Amid the program of Béla Bartók’s Hungarian Sketches, György Ligeti’s Concert Românesc and the 1919 version of Igor Stravinsky’s Firebird suite, he’ll be performing Johannes Brahms’ Violin Concerto — which, like the famous concertos by Tchaikovsky and Jean Sibelius on which Beilman cut his teeth as a young virtuoso — is a foundational piece in nearly every solo violinist’s repertoire.

“For every violinist, if they haven’t already fallen in love with the violin yet, then that’s certainly a piece that really gets them going. It’s a piece that really draws the fullest possibility out of the instrument. Brahms envisioned this very much as an interwoven concerto where the violin is in dialogue — or oftentimes in battle — with the orchestral part,” Beilman says.

“If I recall, at the premiere, a critic said that the instrument ‘was beaten black and blue’ in order to try and compete with the orchestra. So that gives you some sense of the level of might you need to bring to the piece.”

That quote was actually Austrian music critic Eduard Hanslick’s snarky take on the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto. Hence Beilman’s repeated broken strings, perhaps. But the conflation is an easy one to make. The two concertos don’t just share a key (D major) and a year of composition (1878); they also push the limits of the instrument and any musician who plays it. Conductor Hans von Bülow purportedly preceded Hanslick’s quip by stating that Brahms’ concerto was written not for the violin but rather “against the violin.”

To Beilman, if Brahms was against anything, it was the idea of pandering to the soloist, even one as respected as the concerto’s dedicatee, the superstar violinist Joseph Joachim.

“For a long time, the solo part was meant to be a spotlight, a rose-tinted lens on the individual performer that was supposed to showcase them as a magician or whatever. I think Brahms really wanted to step away from that. He was capable of creating such great, complex art that was not focused on a single person,” he says.

But that doesn’t mean the concerto strips the soloist of their chance to shine. Joachim’s proposed first-movement cadenza made it into the final score, and a good number of other renowned violinists have since offered their own alternate interpretations.

The spirited third movement also calls for some frenetic finger play because it “harkens back to Brahms’ upbringing in brothels, playing gypsy music, going on tour with Hungarian violinists,” says Beilman.

And yet, for all the concerto’s tension and pyrotechnics, he’s of the opinion that “there’s no more heavenly music” than the middle adagio movement.

“It’s hard to pick a favorite, but certainly the movement I find myself gravitating towards most is the second. The second movement starts with a kind of wind serenade, a gentle melody, and then the violin comes in and elaborates on that.

The color palette that [Brahms] allows you to draw is just incredible. It’s serene, it’s beautiful, it’s divine, but there are some really touching moments of loneliness and loss in there,” he says.

“Brahms apparently was known for a really biting sense of humor. He could cut down even his closest friends with a joke or an insult. You get that sense of attack in the first and even the third movements, but the second movement is where he reveals his inner soul as someone who just wants to be loved.”

Even as Beilman himself commissions and performs contemporary compositions like sanguineum (2022) by the Seattle-based composer Gabriella Smith, he continues to find the canonical works like those by Sibelius, Tchaikovsky and Brahms to be emotionally rich and undeniably compelling.

“With this piece, I find the conflict between the solo violin part and the orchestra to be so interesting. There’s something to be said about conflict and having to find a way through. It’s still, in our ever-changing society, what we experience every single day.” n

Masterworks 9: Stravinsky’s Firebird • Sat, May 13 at 7:30 pm; Sun, May 14 at 3 pm • $19-$68 • The Fox Theater • 1001 W. Sprague Ave. • foxtheaterspokane.org • 509-624-1200

Violinist Benjamin Beilman helps the Spokane Symphony wrap its 2022-23 Masterworks series.

THE BUZZ BIN

DIMINUTIVE DRAMA

A new show at Coeur d’Alene’s 5th Dimension Studios delivers dollhouse-inspired artwork

BY CARRIE SCOZZARO

Some artworks can transport you to another place and time. Christina Villagomez has a different destination in mind: the fifth dimension. Through her illustrations and tattoos, the themed art exhibitions she organizes, Villagomez encourages people to reconsider reality, including in the upcoming “Dollhouse” art exhibition at her 5th Dimensions Studios in downtown Coeur d’Alene.

Inside the innocuous two-story office building where Villagomez runs her tattoo business, Starship Ink, each of five doors is painted a different rainbow color: purple, blue, orange, red, yellow. On each door is a cast of a human face, framed and painted to match the door.

“I wanted each room to be kind of a portal,” says Villagomez, whose tattoo business lies behind the purple door.

The modest second-story space is a repository for Villagomez’s unusual design aesthetic, which extends to the shows she curates. Her monochromatic ink drawings hang on the wall, combining Art Nouveau elements with pulp sci-fi, fantasy and horror motifs and the occasional mushroom. Other funky elements include a neon spaceman on the wall, chairs resembling a cupped palm, and an electric pink rug in the shape of parted lips.

Past exhibits at 5th Dimension include “Body of Horror: Anatomy Viewed Through a Female Gaze” and “Folklore,” which featured forest-like installations eerily illuminated under blacklight.

Next, “Dollhouse” features 11 artists, all female. Each was given an empty shoebox-like “room” ranging from 10 to 36 inches wide to transform.

Katelyn Burdette, for example, is filling her bathroom with miniature anthropomorphized ceramic animals while Villagomez’s bedroom is inspired by ’70s and ’80s Italian horror films like Mario Bava’s Blood and Black Lace and Dario Argento’s Inferno Dollhouses are traditionally keyed to female gender, as are some artmaking media, like textiles, Villagomez says.

“I feel like in art sometimes the things that are considered womanly are almost looked down on a little bit,” she says, adding that many artists in the “Dollhouse” show are instead bringing a “creepy” dimension to their rooms.

Artist Shannon Erwin, whose murals grace Coeur

d’Alene’s Honey Eatery & Social Club, designed the multistory dollhouse and built each empty room. Erwin is reassembling the artists’ diminutive dioramas into a roughly 4-foot-tall house, which will be displayed on the floor.

The completed house will be the only thing in the room where it’s installed and will be dark except for the dollhouse. An eerie soundtrack composed by artist Sarah Windisch — she’s creating a laundry room — will play in the background, Villagomez says.

“So we’re just hoping it’s really immersive when you walk in,” Villagomez says, adding that she’ll restrict traffic so each visitor can truly experience the artwork.

“We’re gonna have two cushions here so that people have to get on the ground and kind of kneel to look into the piece,” Villagomez says. “You have to get on the level of the art instead of it being up on a platform.”

“Dollhouse” was inspired by Villagomez’s postcollege days with friend and fellow artist Melaina Bell, who’s creating the installation’s kitchen.

“We used to have house parties right after we graduated college where we’d build these kind of sets” for people to experience, says Villagomez, who originally attended North Idaho College for journalism, got into graphic design, then segued to tattooing.

Villagomez opened 5th Dimension Studios in June 2022 and by fall of that year was hosting themed art shows geared toward a mix of artists, some established and some emerging.

“I really wanna include people in my age group or younger that maybe aren’t traditionally getting in shows or maybe don’t feel comfortable submitting work to shows ’cause they don’t feel like there’s a place for them,” she says.

Representative imagery from each artist is also included in a commemorative poster, something Villagomez does for each exhibition she organizes. That way, everyone can take something from their experience at 5th Dimension with them when they go. n

Dollhouse • Reception Fri, May 12 from 5-10 pm; on display through June 5, open Mon-Fri from 11 am6 pm or by appointment • 5th Dimension Studios • 421 E. Coeur d’Alene Ave. • 208-966-4442

DEFROSTING THE SEATTLE FREEZE

Netflix continues to ask viewers to buy the social experiment that asks if LOVE IS BLIND, with its new season featuring singles from both Seattle and Portland. Participants spend countless hours in “pods” dating one another without ever seeing the people they’re talking to. Some get engaged sight unseen before seeing if their relationship survives real-life stressors. As usual, this season offers plenty of cringe as the Seattleites face differences over their lifestyles while also participating in booze-fueled arguments and behavior we assume is for the camera’s benefit. Still, as in previous seasons, some singles ultimately marry someone they met just weeks before. Hosted by Nick and Vanessa Lachey (above), all episodes are streaming now, including a “live” reunion catching up with the couples after filming. (SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL)

A SKETCH AGREED UPON

Good news! You don’t need to have seen Mel Brooks’ History of the World: Part I to enjoy Hulu’s HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART II. It does help if you already know all of history, though. Like all great sketch shows, this one is uneven. But the great stuff — Anastasia Romanov as a TikToker influencer; Shakespeare as an egotistical showrunner — lifts up the deadweight. Maybe the funniest are all the different versions of the Gospel story, from a romantic comedy with Mary Magdalene to a Curb Your Enthusiasm riff with Judas in the Larry David role. The “Council of Nicea” finale, where a bunch of bishops act as executive producers, trying to make the Gospels more marketable with key demos, is the perfect conclusion. (DANIEL

WALTERS)

THIS WEEK’S PLAYLIST

Noteworthy new music arriving in stores and online on May 12.

THE JONAS BROTHERS,

THE ALBUM. The famed family trio returns with a new LP that taps into ’70s pop sounds like the Bee Gees.

DROPKICK MURPHYS, OKEMAH

RISING. The Celtic punks deliver a second album of working class anthems created from unpublished Woody Guthrie lyrics.

KAYTRAMINÉ, KAYTRAMINÉ. Portland rapper Aminé and Montreal producer Kaytranada decide to portmanteau it up for this buoyant and collaborative hip-hop project. (SETH SOMMERFELD)

Dollhouse rooms by Christina Villagomez, Audreana Camm and Angie Hanson

DRINK LOCAL

DO IT TOGETHER

We teamed up with locals Uprise Brewing Co. and LINC Malt to brew our first ever beer — Mosaic Montage hazy IPA

STORY AND PHOTOS BY DEREK HARRISON

When we decided to take a hands-on approach for this year’s Drink Local issue, I knew the Inlander needed to do a collaboration beer with a local brewery.

I pitched the idea to Uprise Brewing Co. co-owner Ryan Hare. He was enthusiastic about the idea. It made sense. They were recently voted best new brewery by our readers, and they’re our Kendall Yards neighbor.

The next week, I met with head brewer Riley Elmer. We discussed my idea further: I wanted to collaborate on a recipe, join them for the brew day and document the process — every step of the way. To top it off, I wanted to publish a homebrew-scaled recipe for interested readers.

Elmer was instantly on board.

“I think it’d be a ton of fun for people to gain perspective of what it’s like on the commercial brewing side of things,” Elmer says at our initial meeting. “Then reward them with the beer to drink, and then also the homebrew recipe if they want to replicate it themselves.”

The wheels are in motion. First, we need a style of beer. We talk about our love for lager beer, but there’s a time constraint. We decide to make an IPA — shorter fermentation time and more accessible for anyone who would want to brew it at home.

If I’m reaching for an IPA, I personally gravitate toward hazy, juicy versions of the style. So that’s the direction we head. I ask about hops. Elmer says they can get pretty much anything.

“Mosaic hops are my favorite by far,” I respond. It’s a versatile hop mostly used for aromatics. I dig the citrus and blueberry notes present in beers brewed with Mosaic.

We then start going over other details needed for a recipe. I mention using LINC Malt for the grain. The malthouse located in Spokane Valley would bring another local element to the beer. It would also be a first for Uprise — their typical malt comes from Germany’s Weyermann Malting Company. I leave it up to Elmer.

A few days later, we have a brew day locked in.

Elmer shares with me that he met with Brian Estes from LINC and decides to incorporate their grain into the recipe. Replacing nearly half their Pilsner malt base with LINC’s Francin Pilsner, Elmer also wants to use LINC’s Cashup Pale Wheat as an adjunct grain.

He lands on the idea of making a single-hopped hazy IPA, meaning Mosaic is the only hop used in the recipe. Another first for the brewery. To make it unique, he plans to use three different versions of the hop — T-90 pellets (the standard version of the hop), Cryo (double the potency of T-90 pellets) and Incognito (a newer, highly concentrated version of hops that’s liquified).

Elmer decides to try out a new strain of yeast, Barbarian. It’s also known as the Conan strain and was made popular for its use in New England IPAs, which is the model for our hazy IPAs on the West Coast.

The brew day hits and I arrive at Uprise at 7 am on a Thursday. I’m greeted by Elmer and assistant brewer Connor Kelly. The three of us — mostly them — get started. n

TRY IT YOURSELF

Mosaic Montage hazy IPA will be on tap starting Friday, May 12. Join us for the official release from 4-7 pm.

The Uprise Brewing Co. taproom is located at 617 N. Ash St. They’re open Sun-Thur from 11 am-10 pm; Fri-Sat from 11 am-11 pm.

MORE MOSAIC

Five of our favorite local beers featuring Mosaic hops that you can find on tap right now.

GARLAND BREW WERKS

Pavilion Pale, 5% ABV Brewed with Citra, Simcoe and Mosaic hops

HUMBLE ABODE BREWING

Dirty Sunshine New England IPA, 6.3% ABV Hopped with Simcoe, El Dorado, Citra and Mosaic

LUMBERBEARD BREWING

So Easy Hazy Pale Ale, 5.5% ABV Dry hopped with Mosaic, El Dorado, Simcoe and Citra hops

NO-LI BREWHOUSE

Cascade Fog Hazy IPA, 7.5% ABV

Hopped with Citra and Mosaic

YAYA BREWING COMPANY

Frugal Man Session IPA, 4.9% ABV

Packed with LINC Malt and exclusively hopped with Mosaic

CONNOR

TUN as hot water is added to the malt. We’re trying to hit the target mash temperature of 156.9 degrees Fahrenheit. It sits for 15 minutes uninterrupted.

BAG BY BAG, Riley Elmer dumps Pilsner, wheat and specialty malts into Uprise’s small, yet powerful grain mill. The container siphons grain through its rollers to crush it to a specified size. A pump takes it up through the wall into the mash tun.

KELLY MONITORS THE MASH

AT THIS STAGE, our liquid is now called wort. The hot water is saturated with the sugars from the malted grain. The next step is to Varlauf. This German technique recirculates the wort from the bottom back to the top of the grain bed, filtering out any unwanted grain residue. We do this until the wort is clear.

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WE MOVE ON TO THE BOIL. The 13 barrels (or about 400 gallons) of wort is transferred from the mash tun to the kettle. The Uprise guys like to kick the kettle once it hits about five barrels of wort, which gets it to about boiling by the time it’s filled. Once it’s filled and boiling, the 65-minute boil begins. A test is done to check the pH level of the wort. At the 55-minute mark, minerals are added to further adjust the pH. This affects the body and mouthfeel of the potential beer.

THE HEAT TURNS OFF when the timer runs up. Five minutes later, the whirlpool phase begins. This is when the first addition of hops is added. After much back and forth, we decide to use about a quarter of the super-

concentrated Incognito hops plus some of the classic T-90 hop pellets. The beer is transferred to a fermenter, its home for the next few weeks. Here, it’s met with propagated yeast. It’s now noon.

AN ORIGINAL GRAVITY (OG) READING is done using a hydrometer. This checks the sugars in the wort that will soon be transformed into alcohol thanks to the yeast. It’s

the first step of the calculation to determine the alcohol by volume (ABV) of the final beer. We successfully hit the target OG. We hit the target pH as well.

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OTIS ORCHARDSMOSES LAKE

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This product has intoxicating effects and may be habit forming. Cannabis can impair concentration, coordination, and judgment. Do not operate a vehicle or machinery under the influence of this drug. There may be health risks associated with consumption of this product. For use only by adults 21 and older. Keep out of the reach of children.

BREW IT

MOSAIC MONTAGE HAZY IPA

Uprise Brewing’s head brewer Riley Elmer developed a homebrewscale recipe using the same ingredients and techniques we used in our collaboration beer. You can try Mosaic Montage on tap at Uprise starting Friday, May 12, then brew it for yourself.

Batch Size: 5 gallons

Brewhouse efficiency: 72%

OG: 1.063

FG: 1.012

ABV: 6.8%

MALT/GRAIN BILL

7.5 lb Pilsner

3 lb Pale Wheat (ideally 2°L or lower)

1.5 lb Flaked Oats

HOPS SCHEDULE

1 oz Mosaic at whirlpool

6 g (6 ml) Mosaic Incognito (or 1 oz Mosaic pellets as substitute) at whirlpool

5 oz Mosaic at dry hop

2.5 oz Mosaic Cryo (or 5 oz Mosaic pellets as substitute) at dry hop

YEAST

Imperial Barbarian or Omega OYL-052 DIPA ALE

DIRECTIONS

Mill the grains and mash at 158 degrees Fahrenheit for 60 minutes. Recirculate until runnings are clear, then run off into kettle. Sparge and top up as necessary to get 6 gallons of wort. Boil wort for 65 minutes. After the boil, do a whirlpool step and add whirlpool hops. Let whirlpool rest for at least 30 minutes before cooling. Cool wort to 68 degrees, transfer to fermentation vessel and aerate wort. Pitch yeast and ferment at 68 degrees. Add dry hops at 1.020 and let ferment until fully attenuated. Once VDKs are not present, crash and rack off yeast. Optionally fine beer and allow to condition for 5 days. Carbonate to 2.7 volumes and package beer.

BREWER’S NOTES

If you can source rice hulls, it really helps the lauter when brewing with flaked oats. Use .5 to 1 pounds of hulls in the mash. If you are brewing with filtered tap water, preboil water for 20 minutes before brewing. This will soften the water and enhance a fuller mouthfeel. Additionally, we target a 3:2 chloride to sulfate ratio for our water profile. Make sure to test for vicinal diketones (VDK) and let your beer ferment fully. Longer conditioning times for this beer will really help. n

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MONDAY ROLLS AROUND and the beer is ready to be dry-hopped. Before the additional hops, we taste the beer off the fermenter — it has a strong aroma of juicy fruits on the nose. This is where the bulk of our hops are added. To

start the process, I climb a ladder and open the tri-clamp valve at the top of the 10-barrel fermenter. I dump in the first 11-pound bag of Cryo Hops. Elmer adds the remaining bags of T-90 pellets. He seals it up and we wait.

IT’S NOW DAY 14. I show up at the brewery once again, this time to join Elmer and Kelly for another gravity reading and forced diacetyl testing. Diacetyl is a chemical that creates off-flavors such as buttered popcorn or butterscotch in beer. To start the process, Elmer pours some beer off the fermenter, seals it in a mason jar and sets it in a bath of 140-degree water. We leave it there for

15 minutes because diacetyl is more prevalent at higher temps. He then puts it in an ice bath to bring it back down to room temperature — we need to drink it. He pours both of us a sample of the room temperature, flat beer. He also pours a fresh sample off the fermenter (this is our control). We taste them side-by-side to try to find any hints of buttered popcorn. We’re in the clear.

THE BEER STILL ISN’T FINISHED. It’s in a mostly dormant state, but is still fermenting. When it’s done, it will be transferred to a brite tank where it will be chilled to serving temperature and further carbonated with additional carbon dioxide. From there, it will be packaged into kegs and ready to drink at Uprise’s taproom. n

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ESPRESSO YOURSELF

Indaba let us explore the world of coffee with them — here’s what we came up with

BY MADISON PEARSON

When meeting someone for the first time or reconnecting with long-lost friends, coffee is often at the center of the encounter.

The phrase “we should grab a coffee” is a phrase I use, perhaps too much as a 20-something living in Spokane, but I just can’t help it. Spokane is home to so many incredible coffee shops that it’s almost impossible to be un-caffeinated.

“When I moved here I found out about Indaba through a friend,” says Delaney Rollins, who manages Indaba’s five locations. “I had experience from working at a specialty coffee shop on the west side, and I just fell in love with what Indaba does for the community.”

Her job is different every day. Some days, she’s behind the counter making drinks for regular customers; other days, she’s working closely with Indaba owner Bobby Enslow to create seasonal menus for the shops.

On a recent spring day, Rollins is helping me brainstorm ideas for a drink to feature on Indaba’s menu as a companion to this Drink Local story. We’ve never met before, but starting with coffee is, of course, the most ideal beginning.

“So, how do you go about creating a drink?” I ask.

Rollins tells me that she and Enslow put out a call for suggestions to their baristas first.

“We get a ton of suggestions that way,” she says. “Our baristas are always trying out new flavor combinations. They get really creative, so they submit those recipes to be considered.”

The team then narrows it down to the top six or eight drinks via feedback given by baristas while trying out the recipes for themselves.

“Then we make the drinks and start tasting,” Rollins says. “We consider our brand, what product we want to put out there, and what aligns with who we are as a company when we curate these menus.”

“Some people like iced drinks, some like hot,” she continues. “We always have one espresso-based drink, then we always have a sans-coffee option for our friends who don’t drink coffee, and then we always try to have a matcha or a tea available as well.”

As Rollins and I talk about the drink we’re creating today, we both agree that the drink should be reminiscent of summertime as we’re both hoping for warmer days after the long winter.

I’m a huge coffee drinker, and I tell Rollins

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THE INLANDER

Cardamom Orange

Oat Milk Latte

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Oat milk

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that I really want to create a latte of some sort as that’s my go-to — an iced drink with cream or milk added to get a silky texture.

“All of our milk-based drinks start with our High Drive blend,” Rollins says. “It’s our most neutral blend so it really compliments a lot of flavors.”

The High Drive blend, named after the scenic roadway in south Spokane, presents notes of chocolate and offers balance to the often-acidic taste associated with espresso.

I mention how I don’t want the drink to be too sweet. Even though I love a sickly sweet caramel iced coffee, I know that’s not everyone’s cup of tea…er…coffee. I also tell Rollins that I want the drink to be unique, but not so unique that it comes off as too odd of a combination, deterring customers from ordering it.

I see the wheels turning as she’s crafting the drink in her head.

“How about cardamom and orange?” Rollins says.

It’s a flavor combination that I’ve never tried before and, admittedly, I don’t think I’ve ever tried cardamom. The flavor profile Rollins offers up is on-brand for Indaba, with uniquely flavored drinks like the honey rose latte and the lemon vanilla latte on their current menu.

“We could use our cardamom syrup and some orange oil that we have on hand,” she says. “The orange will really make that cardamom pop, I think cardamom is really underrated in coffee drinks.”

I nod in agreement, and Rollins leads the way to the coffee bar — this is where the magic happens.

As we step behind the counter, the atmosphere is buzzing. Baristas are pulling shots, pouring syrups and making conversation with customers. Even with the chaos surrounding them, they keep unbelievably cool and focus on making the drinks that customers love.

Rollins grabs a 12-ounce glass and pours in all of the components of the drink we’ve brainstormed: cardamom syrup, one singular drop of orange oil (this stuff is powerful), a double shot of Indaba’s High Drive blend and oat milk. She garnishes with an orange slice and an exaggerated dusting of cardamom.

And just like that, voila. She hands me the drink to try for myself.

Upon the first sip, the orange is at the forefront. I can smell the slice of orange, and I can taste the drop of orange oil, but after some time the warmth from the cardamom hits, complementing the bright citrus flavor. The full-bodied coffee flavor comes after, giving the drink depth and balance.

“This is when we would change things if they weren’t working out,” Rollins says. “If the orange isn’t prominent enough, we could add another drop of the orange oil. If it’s not sweet enough, we could add some simple syrup.”

“If not, I think we have ourselves a winner.” n

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BEHIND THE BAR

Radio Bar’s owner gives us a preview of some springtime drinks during an afternoon of cocktail making

Ihave a pretty broad palate for alcohol. Beer, seltzer, wine, spirits, cider, sake — I imbibe it all, some more than others.

While beer tends to be my go-to, I gravitate toward craft cocktail menus when dining out. Specifically, something slightly sweet and a little sour with a light and balanced flavor profile. I usually pick something with gin as the base spirit.

Like fellow seekers of a relaxing, light buzz, the why is simple: It’s easy and exciting to order a carefully concocted cocktail when you don’t have to make it yourself, or stock a home bar beyond the essentials. Yes, I know, most cocktails don’t require a dozen special ingredients, but putting the time and effort into being my own bartender is just not something I’ve ever been interested in. Learning how bartending pros come up with the creative drinks I look for when I go out, however, is endlessly fascinating. Lucky for me, it’s also part of my job, and the focus of this very assignment.

At Radio Bar in Northwest Spokane, owner Jessica Hubacher happily invites me to stop by for a Friday afternoon of drink making and sampling. Before meeting, I tell her my preference for gin (and my avoidance of whiskey; it’s just too strong, flavorwise, for my taste) and when I arrive she’s drafted up three recipes to try.

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Before getting started behind the bar, I ask Hubacher to share her process when crafting new drinks. As someone who’s worked in the hospitality industry since she was a teenager, going on to bartend for establishments in Seattle and New York City, Hubacher has a couple decades of experience. She and her husband, Jimmy Doran, opened Radio Bar in Spokane’s Audubon-Downriver neighborhood at the start of 2022. The petite establishment, initially a live-in photo studio, looks small from the outside but boasts an expansive backyard patio shaded by stately trees.

As an ideal example of a riff, or a new take on a classic cocktail (drinks like an old fashioned, Moscow mule, Manhattan, Vesper, etc.), Hubacher wants me to try a gin old fashioned. It’s made with Dry Fly Distilling’s Washington Barrel Reserve Gin, which is aged in bourbon barrels for one year, giving it a not-sosubtle hint of whiskey. She knows I don’t like whiskey, but thinks gin aged in whiskey barrels will offer a more toned-down flavor profile I may enjoy.

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“I mean, we’re not trying to reinvent the wheel, but coming out with your own drink and making it your own is definitely a process,” Hubacher says. “It kind of starts with being out and having a drink sometimes, and just saying, ‘Oh, I can make this drink better,’ or ‘I think this would be good,’ or trying to do a riff on it, which is what we’re all doing at this point. You figure out your spirit and your angle and what’s seasonal and fresh, and then you go from there. It’s like a painting. You’re always kind of adding to it, and it’s probably never going to be perfect but you get it to the point that you’re happy with it.”

“When I made this, I had peaches and cinnamon in my mind, and I wanted to do it as a summer old fashioned,” Hubacher explains. “I wanted to bring Dry Fly back in, but I didn’t know I wanted that gin specifically, and I think it works. It’s perfect for summer.”

Since peaches aren’t in season yet, Hubacher uses peach bitters and a cinnamon-infused agave syrup. Poured into a rocks glass over a large cube, and garnished with a twist of orange peel, the drink is now on Radio Bar’s newly launched spring cocktail menu as the VERANO VIEJO, ($12) which roughly translates from Spanish to summer old fashioned.

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Radio Bar owner Jessica Hubacher adds garnishes to her new cocktail. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO

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After my first sip, I’m instantly surprised. Alone, the bourbon barrel-aged gin is still a bit too strong on the tongue, but with the peach and cinnamon, that bitterness is entirely smoothed out for an easy-sipping, patio-perfect treat.

“The process is a lot of trial and error, but it’s usually sticking with a basic 2-1-1 ratio” of the base spirit to other ingredients like

Summery gin cocktails (back to front): Verano Viejo, Jungleland, On the Stoop.

MORE GIN-BASED SPRINGTIME SIPS

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Corpse Reviver No. 2: Citadelle gin, Combier, Lillet blanc, lemon, absinthe

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Botanical Sour: Sage-infused gin, lavender, honey, lime, egg white

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Uptown Linen: Hendrick’s gin, muddled cucumber and lemon, elderflower, sugar, lemon juice

BON BON

Tell Tale Tart: Juniper 8 gin, Averna amaro, lemon juice, cranberry juice, Poema cava rose

PEACOCK ROOM

Lilac City: Empress gin, St. Germain, sour, La Marca prosecco

sweet, this shaken drink blends Hendrick’s gin, lemon juice, mint syrup, strawberry syrup and a dash of rhubarb bitters. For garnish, a cucumber slice and a frozen strawberry bobbing on top.

Hubacher ultimately decides to call this one On the Stoop, but its working title that day is Garden Party for its early summer combo of mint, strawberry and rhubarb. While ON THE STOOP ($12) isn’t on the current menu, she says it’ll probably return this summer, and can be ordered off-menu if Radio Bar has all the ingredients handy.

Lastly, she introduces me to a tiki-inspired drink that swaps gin in for the usual dark spirit like rum. JUNGLELAND ($13) is also currently off menu, but can be requested as those ingredients are always stocked. With coconut, pineapple and lime juices, tiki bitters, Rucolino amaro and gin, the drink has a milky appearance due to the coconut, and presents a warm, tropical flavor profile.

Bitters, like the tiki-spiced blend in this drink, are a common ingredient in many of Hubacher’s creations. Due to the highly concentrated ingredients from herbs to fruit, vegetables to spices and combinations of these, most drinks only need a drop or two to add another layer of flavor, she says. For home bartenders, bitters are an easy way to experiment even with something as simple as a vodka soda.

“There are so many flavors, they make everything these days,” she says. “Usually we make our own syrups, but it can take months to make bitters.”

When she once sought to make a drink with notes of rhubarb, for example, extracting the flavor into a syrup or cooking it down into a concentrated form wasn’t working. Then she discovered rhubarb bitters from a company called Fee Brothers.

“It was just the extra flavor I needed,” she says. “Sometimes [bitters] just offer a little depth or that extra” boost a drink needs. n

THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE

Learn the wine-making process with the help of Barrister Winery

BY SUMMER SANDSTROM

While the small, delicate grapes that evolve into a rich bottle of wine might seem like a minor part of the process, Greg Lipsker, a co-owner of Barrister, says they have the ability to make or break the final product.

“If you can buy decent grapes and do everything perfectly, all you can ever make is decent wine,” Lipsker says. “If you can buy great grapes, then you just try not to screw it up.”

Barrister Winery sources almost all its grapes from the Columbia Valley, which Lipsker says produces high quality grapes due to the ancient Missoula flood’s effects on the region’s soil composition and geography.

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Barrister Winery co-owner Greg Lipsker samples wine being aged. ERICK DOXEY PHOTO

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Every harvest, Barrister receives over one hundred tons of grapes. The fruit is lifted by a forklift to the top of the crusher destemmer, where it meets a series of paddles that knock the grapes off their stems, which get augered out of the machine. The grapes are then crushed between two corrugated rollers.

The box-like fermentation tank below fills up with 3,000 pounds of grapes and juice. Once yeast is mixed in, the fermentation begins.

Barrister Winery primarily produces red wines. The fermentation causes the liquid and the grape skins to rise to the surface, so four times a day the skins are pushed back down. This keeps them from drying out and turning the wine to vinegar, while also allowing the wine to absorb more color.

After 10 days, the wine has finished fermenting and goes into a barrel where it ages anywhere from one to five years.

Barrister also produces a white wine — which goes through the same process — but after being crushed, the juice is poured into towering cylindrical, dimpled fermentation tanks. The grape skins are also immediately discarded from the juice to prevent color from seeping into it.

The dimples of the tank encapsulate an outer wall separate from the wine where glycol is pumped through to chill it to 35 degrees. Once the yeast is added, the wine ferments for three and a half months in the chilled tank.

Rather than going into a barrel to age, it gets heat and cold stabilized in the tanks to keep the wine from becoming hazy and to prevent crystals forming when it gets bottled.

The winery’s basement is filled with 500 barrels for its red wines, each capable of producing 300 bottles of wine. Made from different varieties of oak, each barrel adds different flavor profiles and notes to the wines. Over half of Barrister’s barrels are French oak, a quarter are American oak, and a few are Hungarian and Bulgarian oak.

“American oak is going to have more vanillin in the chemical composition of the wood, so we’re going to get more vanilla notes off of it,” Lipsker says. “With the French, we’re gonna get more spice, more molasses.”

The Hungarian oak barrels are the same species of wood as the French oak, but grow in different soils and climates. The result: a richer, nuttier flavor.

“The Bulgarian oak, it’s kind of like coffee, chocolate, mocha and espresso on steroids,” he adds.

While Lipsker says Barrister’s cabernet sauvignon primarily is cured in French oak and their cabernet franc mainly ages in American oak, Barrister’s wines are often blended and use a combination of oak wood to achieve more complex layers of flavor.

Each barrel is toasted at different levels, ranging from untoasted to heavy. As the wine ages, it extracts flavor and aroma from the toasted oak and produces a more complexly flavored wine.

Lipsker says they add sulfur dioxide to the barrels and constantly top them off to prevent the wine from

Each year, Barrister turns more than 100 tons of grapes into wine. ERICK DOXEY PHOTO

interacting with the oxygen as it evaporates. If they don’t, it could turn to vinegar.

Generally, wine barrels are racked about every three months. To do this, wine is pumped out, sediment is rinsed out, and the barrel is refilled with the wine.

Barrister, however, only racks its wines once. About 25,000 train cars heading through downtown Spokane pass by the winery yearly, and the vibrations from the trains gently vibrate and settle the barrels — essentially accomplishing the same result as racking.

When the wines are done aging, Lipsker and coowner Michael White sit down with some of their staff. They begin blending wines from different barrels to create a multidimensional mixture that fits with Barrister’s gentle, rich and fruit-forward style.

After wine is ready to bottle, it’s pumped through a filter on the bottling machine, poured into bottles and then corked. Lipsker says Barrister’s team fills and corks 60 cases an hour, followed by five to six more hours spent labeling the bottles and sealing a capsule over the bottleneck.

Each spring to streamline its production process, Barrister rents a semi-truck with elaborate bottling equipment that produces 300 cases of wine an hour, five times the rate of their own equipment.

The 6,000 cases of red wines and 300 cases of white wines that Barrister Winery expects to produce annually are sold at its two Spokane tasting rooms and shipped to different retailers in Eastern Washington and North Idaho.

“I love the process, the winemaking process, the creative process,” Lipsker says. “We’ve been fortunate to get into some very good vineyards, so we’ve been able to make wine we’ve been proud of.” n

FLAVORS FROM HOME

A new grocery store brings Afghani food and household goods to North Spokane

Spokane boasts a diverse array of international cuisines and communities hungry for ingredients primarily found overseas and occasionally at stores hundreds of miles away in Seattle or Portland.

That’s what Sami Mushwani found after leaving Afghanistan in 2015 and moving to Spokane with his family. Foods and spices vital to many Afghan meals were impossible to find on local shelves, which is why Mushwani decided to open Afghani Grocery Store on North Monroe Street about two months ago.

“We had no Afghani grocery store, so that’s why I decided to open a grocery store to make it easy for our people, and show our food and grocery to the American people,” Mushwani says.

Entering the store, customers are greeted by shelves of housewares, such as dining sets with white, gold and

BY SUMMER SANDSTROM

black detail, teapots, ornamented serving trays, pots and pans, and everyday household necessities. To the left of the door are racks of brightly colored clothes, rugs adorned with intricate designs, and strands of shining beads. Like many of the foods and spices in the store, Mushwani says, these items common to Afghan culture are difficult to find in the Spokane area.

Afghani Grocery Store also sells other household items such as cleaning supplies, paper towels and soap.

After coming to Spokane, Mushwani says he often couldn’t find a variety of spices and ingredients central to many Middle Eastern dishes — and many other Afghan residents here told him they had the same complaint.

“We’d go to the store and couldn’t find what we need,” he says.

Afghani Grocery Store boasts a substantial collection

of spices. In fact, Mushwani says he stocks more than 100 spices, including those used in Middle Eastern dishes like shawarma, biryani and kabuli pulao, the national dish of Afghanistan made from steamed rice, raisins, carrots and beef or lamb.

The store also carries bulk items, from lentils to rice to chickpeas, as well as a variety of flours and baking ingredients. The walls are lined with fridges of fresh produce, Middle Eastern soft drinks and other imported beverages not sold elsewhere in the region.

Afghani Grocery Store stocks an array of Middle Eastern desserts, such as gulab jamun, a small fried, doughy dessert with a raisin-like spiced flavor that’s made with ghee, flour, milk and khoya, a common base ingredient in a variety of Indian sweets. It’s traditionally served with a sweet sauce or rose syrup.

Find fresh bread, bulk grains, spices and more at Afghani Grocery Store. ERICK DOXEY PHOTOS

There’s also different types of murabba, a sweet preserve of candied fruits and sometimes even vegetables like carrots. One aisle is filled with cookies and baked goods, such as cumin-flavored zeera biscuits, and sooji biscuits, which are soft, sweet and salty. Snacks and chips include pani puri, a popular Indian street food.

The Afghani Grocery Store imports many of its inventory from wholesalers in Seattle and California, as well directly from Afghanistan, India and Pakistan.

Call of the Wild

Plant walks build awareness of wildcrafting, foraging and our relationship with the planet

BY CARRIE SCOZZARO

“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food,” said Hippocrates … maybe (or maybe not). There’s no doubt, however, that medicine’s founding father from ancient Greece understood that what we eat and drink impacts our health.

Ginger tea to help mitigate a cold or tummy ache, or turmeric to keep harmful inflammation at bay? Yes. Even coffee to feel more awake. From herbs and spices in our foods to plant-based foods themselves, humans the world over have always employed the power of plants for specific effects.

And yet, plant knowledge and its usage has ebbed from our everyday experience, especially in industrialized societies, often reduced to ingesting a pill, whether a typical boost of vitamins or something with a questionable origin or efficacy. That doesn’t mean we can’t learn, however, including from reams of vetted print and online materials.

Plant expert Michael “Skeeter” Pilarski has another suggestion.

“He’s like a walking textbook,” says Spurr, who took Pilarski’s permaculture class in 2012, then interned with him for several seasons before eventually starting her own business, Earthly Apothecary.

For example, when Pilarski talks about elderberry, which is beloved for its medicinal and edible properties alike, he’ll talk about the folklore, when and how to harvest it, the difference between flowers, berries, and even the bark, Spurr says.

“Like, he could probably go on for 20 minutes, even longer, on one plant,” she says. “And so, I think people are very surprised that somebody can just do that from memory.”

Pilarski’s interest in plants was piqued at a young age growing up in northern Michigan.

“My mom wanted me to learn how to work, so she shipped me off to the strawberry fields in second grade,” Pilarski says, noting he worked eight hour days alongside adult pickers.

In his 20s, Pilarski embarked on a journey that would take him from “organic farming to permaculture and agroforestry and then into ethno-botany and then into forestry and then into wildcrafting,” Pilarski says. “So, I had quite a varied career.”

Among the many items not found at other grocery stores in the area, Afghani Grocery Store also sells halal meat. Halal means lawful or permitted in Arabic, and meat has to be raised and killed in a way that follows Islamic law laid out in the Quran.

According to Mushwani, there are stores in the region that sell Halal meat, but many of them only sell the whole animal rather than specific cuts of meat. He wanted to provide Spokane’s Afghani community with a way to buy halal meat without having to buy more than they needed.

Mushwani says that the store houses a kitchen in the back as well, allowing its staff to bake and sell fresh bread daily.

“Every Afghan family, they need fresh bread everyday, like in the morning for breakfast, lunch and dinner,” he says. “We have a secret recipe… Everybody can make it, the fresh bread, but the secret recipe is how the bread can be soft for about three, four, five days.”

Mushwani eventually plans to open a takeout restaurant where he’ll sell a variety of Afghan foods, such as different types of kebabs, dal, and karahi as well as kabuli pulao and kofta.

“My American friends are asking, ‘Do we have an Afghani restaurant here in Spokane?’” he says. “I said, ‘No, I’m going to open one soon though.’”

According to Mushwani, the grocery store has already received significant support from the community. For him, a favorite thing about the store is enhancing people’s shopping experience and bringing something new to Spokane.

“When the people buy something and they’re happy, that’s the best part,” Mushwani says. n

Afghani Grocery Store • 3004 N. Monroe St. • Open daily 10 am-7:30 pm • 509-325-2639

“You can learn things from books and look at guidebooks and stuff with pictures, but nothing is as good as going out in person,” Pilarski says. His more than five decades of relevant experience includes organic farming, permaculture, wildcrafting, foraging and more.

“People love to look at plants,” Pilarski says. “So, a plant walk is one of the most friendly, fun, easygoing, non-stressful ways to learn something.”

On May 14, Pilarski is guiding participants in a Spokane-area plant walk (originally scheduled to happen at Riverside State Park but since relocated; register to receive location details) focusing on wildcrafting and foraging.

The terms are somewhat interchangeable, Pilarski explains, “but in today’s terminology, foraging usually refers to food, [while] wildcrafting refers to medicine or craft material.”

Balsamroot, for example, relates to both.

“Native peoples ate the seeds,” Pilarski says, adding that “it’s a really good medicine for the immune system and for the lungs.”

Like balsamroot, dandelions are an underappreciated plant that grows in abundance, and Pilarski remembers eating his mother’s wilted dandelion green salad with bits of bacon as a kid.

Learning about beneficial plants also includes learning about harmful ones.

“One thing I would say is that anybody that’s going to learn about wild foraging edible plants should learn all the poisonous plants in their locality,” Pilarski cautions.

In addition to plant identification, harvesting and processing, plant walk participants also benefit from Pilarski’s vast stores of knowledge, says event organizer Jessica Spurr.

Throughout that career, Pilarski has been an advocate of building and maintaining awareness about the human impact on the earth. In 1978, he created Friends of the Trees Society, a nonprofit dedicated to “working for a greener earth” through workshops, podcasts, videos, and volumes of written material Pilarski has produced in print and online.

His most recent endeavor is the Global Earth Repair Foundation, which aligns with Pilarski’s interest in permaculture.

“Permaculture is the design of sustainable human settlements,” Pilarski explains, adding that it advocates an approach that builds, improves and restores ecosystems.

“You might call it a way of living that restores the environment instead of harms it,” he says.

To that end, even the plant walks Pilarski leads emphasize harvesting from nature, yet in a sustainable way, one that is also in keeping with another quote attributed to Hippocrates: “First, do no harm.”

Pilarski uses the term reciprocity.

“I would say that it’s not like we live on the earth,” he says. “We are the earth. I mean, if it doesn’t survive, neither do we.” n

Plant Walk & Workshop: Wildcrafting & Foraging • Sun, May 14 from 10 am-4 pm

$60

Spokane, location provided upon registration

Email earthlyapothecary@gmail.com

Michael Pilarski is a walking encylopedia on wild plants. COURTESY PHOTO

Sam Mushwani came to Spokane from Afghanistan in 2015.

SUNDAY, MAY 14TH

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HYPNOTIC

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Robert Rodriguez’s latest thriller finds an Austin detective (Ben Affleck) teaming up with a psychic to find his missing daughter and take down a criminal who employs the power of hypnotic suggestion. Rated R

KNIGHTS OF THE ZODIAC

Based on the manga Saint Seiya, this live-action fantasy action features a street-fighting orphan who gets recruited to become a magical knight to protect a girl who’s the reincarnated goddess of war, Athena. Rated PG-13

Documentary Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie combines cinematic wonder with serious introspection

It would be easy for a documentary about Michael J. Fox to turn into a maudlin weepie, but that’s not what Fox or director Davis Guggenheim are aiming for with Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie. The Apple TV+ original, which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, sets itself apart from the glut of streaming documentaries by taking a cinematic approach, rather than resembling a glorified newsmagazine episode. Fox may be best known these days for his health struggles, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t a movie star, and as the title indicates, he hasn’t given up on making movies.

That’s not to say that Still is some kind of action blockbuster, but it incorporates footage from Fox’s past film and TV work in an ingenious way that brings his story to life. The movie begins with Fox’s first experience of Parkinson’s disease symptoms in 1991, before shifting back to encompass most of his life and career. Fox is the only person directly interviewed, and Still clearly comes from his perspective, including chunks of narration from the audiobook of one his multiple memoirs.

Guggenheim includes the typical archival footage of news reports and talk-show segments, but he also weaves together a narrative by using Fox’s past on-screen appearances to represent events from his life. By recontextual-

BY JOSH BELL

izing Fox’s own performances into a reflection on his personal life, Guggenheim gives them a freshness that wouldn’t come across just by showing the same familiar scenes from Family Ties or Back to the Future or Teen Wolf when those subjects come up. Even with the use of reenactments as connective material, the result is something fresh and emotionally engaging, halfway between an experimental video collage and a biopic.

It helps that Fox is just as engaging in his interviews, and that Guggenheim gently calls him out when he seems to be deflecting or obfuscating. Guggenheim includes candid scenes of Fox working with doctors and physical therapists, as well as interactions with his family, giving as full a picture as possible of Fox’s condition within the constraints of a celebrity-approved documentary. There’s nothing in Still that’s as raw or intimate as a movie like Introducing, Selma Blair, in which actor Blair shared her multiple sclerosis treatment process, but Fox has also been living with Parkinson’s for more than 30 years, and has become an expert at coping with the illness. Still may be polished, but it never comes off as dishonest.

hasn’t already shared via his many previous interviews, books and other media platforms, but Guggenheim effectively distills those talking points into something direct and viscerally affecting. Parkinson’s is always a presence in Still, but that doesn’t mean that Guggenheim shortchanges Fox’s accomplishments as an actor or downplays the extent of his international fame in the 1980s. Fox’s talent as a performer has a direct impact on how he deals with his disease, and his sense of optimism is key to his continued ability to thrive.

STILL: A MICHAEL J. FOX MOVIE

Rated R

Directed by Davis Guggenheim

Streaming on Apple TV+ starting May 12

Guggenheim concisely conveys all of that without getting heavy-handed, bringing together his experience with documentaries about social issues (An Inconvenient Truth, He Named Me Malala) and entertainers (It Might Get Loud, From the Sky Down).

Still also doesn’t really offer any new insights that Fox

Viewers come away from Still with a better understanding of Fox as a person and as a celebrity, a balance that most documentaries about famous people fail to achieve. It’s impossible for anyone watching Still to truly know Fox, but through his artistic expression as much as through his actual words, the movie gets remarkably close to genuine connection. n

Michael J. Fox fully opens up in Still.

Not a Page Turner

The witless comedy Book Club:

The Next Chapter does a disservice to its legendary stars

BY JOSH BELL

Say what you will about 2018’s Book Club, but at least it centered on the effect that reading a particular book had on the main characters’ lives. There’s barely a nod to reading of any kind in Book Club: The Next Chapter, which opens with stale gags about its senior citizen protagonists trying to connect over Zoom during the pandemic lockdown and doesn’t get any fresher from there. The longtime friends played by Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Diane Keaton and Mary Steenburgen breeze through mentions of various notable recent bestsellers in a video-chat montage, before leaving books behind (along with any COVID precautions).

as people who’ve been friends since their college days. The conflicts are minor, but Holderman and co-writer Erin Simms attempt to provide some introspection for each member of the foursome.

Despite agreeing to marry her rekindled love Arthur (Johnson), Vivian is still reluctant to let go of her free-spirited ways. Diane (Keaton) is struggling with her own commitment issues, not sure about making things official with Mitchell (Garcia) while she’s still holding onto the ashes of her late husband. Carol (Steenburgen) is feeling skittish after a health scare for her husband, Bruce (Nelson), and the pandemic-induced closure of her restaurant. Retired judge Sharon (Bergen) seems the most at ease, and she gets to have a fling with a handsome philosophy professor (Hugh Quarshie) while engaged in a good-natured feud with a local cop (Giancarlo Giannini) who seems to follow the women across the entire country.

BOOK CLUB: THE NEXT CHAPTER

Rated PG-13

Directed by Bill Holderman

Starring Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Diane Keaton, Mary Steenburgen

Instead, they pivot to celebrating the engagement of lifelong singleton Vivian (Fonda) by taking a group trip to Italy, fulfilling a promise they made to one another decades earlier. There are a few vague references to Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist, but nothing like the fixation on Fifty Shades of Grey that defined the first movie. Even without Fifty Shades, these characters are still rather frisky, and director/co-writer Bill Holderman once again relies on lots of jokes about old people saying something mildly naughty.

The Next Chapter marginalizes the male characters who took up so much of the women’s attention in the first movie, and while Don Johnson, Andy Garcia and Craig T. Nelson look a bit lost without anything useful to do, the movie is better off focusing on the core female friendship. The stars are clearly having a good time on their Italian vacation, even if they still aren’t quite believable

These are all extremely low-stakes problems, and Holderman barely shrugs at their resolutions, while putting the characters through wan slapstick and filling the dialogue with weak double entendres. The pacing is choppy, haphazardly jumping from one subplot to another. Despite the lovely Italian sights, The Next Chapter has a flat, TV-travelogue look with about as much authenticity as the Italian-language covers of American pop songs on the soundtrack.

There’s no sense of adventure, even in a wine-mom-friendly Under the Tuscan Sun mode. The characters might as well have stayed home and read a book about Italy, for all the genuine culture they get to encounter. Rarely has a movie shot on location felt more like something produced on a soundstage.

The biggest travesty of the Book Club movies is that with such a paucity of substantial roles for actresses of a certain age, the best these incredibly talented performers can get is playing onedimensional characters in a warmed-over sitcom. Their charisma and skill shines through even with such subpar material, but the end result is more demoralizing than invigorating. It’s a movie that coasts on lowered expectations, and then scarcely even lives up to those. n

Book bans are bad. Book Club bans are not.

SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING CHANTS

The familial harmonizing trio Joseph explores therapeutic self-discovery on The Sun

BY SETH SOMMERFELD

Saying the past few years have been pretty taxing on our collective mental health is kind of like saying the Pacific Ocean is pretty wet — technically accurate, but a fairly wild understatement.

The Closner sisters are keenly aware of this truth.

Together, Natalie Closner and her siblings — twins Allison and Meegan — form the vocal-forward, Portland folk pop trio Joseph. After growing up in a very creative household — dad is a vocalist/drummer, and mom is a theater teacher — Natalie decided to pursue being a singer-songwriter on her own. Needing a creative jolt, she decided to recruit her sisters to sing alongside her, eventually settling on the name Joseph as a tribute to the small Oregon town and their grandfather. The familial sonic chemistry was immediately apparent in Joseph’s harmony-forward folk pop songs on the group’s self-released 2014 LP Native Dreamer Kin. The band’s sound only expanded further on 2016’s

The Closner sisters (left to right): Allison, Natalie and Meegan.

I’m Alone, No You’re Not and 2019’s Good Luck, Kid, with I’m Alone’s lead single, “White Flag,” topping Billboard’s Adult Alternative chart. The sisters soon found themselves performing on TV shows including The Tonight Show and Conan, opening for bands like the Shins, and being billed on major summer festival lineups like Coachella, Bonnaroo, and Sasquatch, where their ethereal sunny sound perfectly fit the open air vibes.

But in the lead-up to the creation of their new album The Sun, the sisters had a lot of work to do. Not in the musical sense, but on personal levels. At its core, The Sun is an album about therapy. The opening track, “Waves Crash,” delivers a tender meditation on moving past tying up one’s self-worth in accomplishments. That’s followed up by “The Sun,” which wrestles with the negative self-image that can fester in bad relationships. Heck, “Don’t Protect Me” starts with the lyric “Pain is a gift within reason, and when things end you know it feels like a little death.” But don’t take it the wrong way, the vulnerability inherent on The Sun isn’t a bummer — rather it’s a celebration of realizing these therapeutic breakthroughs and coming out jubilant on the other side.

“We each went on our own journeys,” Natalie says. “Ali really faced a lot of her experience with panic and anxiety through this really cool method called Panic Free TV. There are these different tactics that she’s used that have been tremendously helpful for her in that. And Megan did a lot of work around emerging out of a really tough, diminishing situation in a relationship, and she moved from that into realizing her own value and worth beyond that voice.

“And for me, it was a lot of kind of peeling off the layers of perfectionism, and ways in which the belief system that we grew up in sort of imposed this idea of you have to earn your own worth and value. It’s about what you do. It’s about how much you achieve. It’s about how you make other people feel,” she continues. “And for me, that messaging really got in me, and had led me to some really dark places of being like, ‘Well, if I do make mistakes, and if I can’t be all of that, then what is the point of me?’ And then being like, ‘OK, there’s still a point to you, even if you are imperfect and make mistakes.’ So it was a lot of like working through that and finding peace and my own personhood, regardless of what I’ve achieved or done.”

Not being primarily instrumentalists, the sisters lean on their co-writers and producers to help realize their music, which occurred largely over Zoom this time around due to the pandemic. The list of folks who helped make The Sun see the light of day includes Deep Sea Diver’s Jessica Dobson, songwriters Tayla Parx and Wynne Bennett (Janelle Monáe, Haim),

and producers Tucker Martine (My Morning Jacket, First Aid Kit) and Christian “Leggy” Langdon (Meg Myers, Amos Lee). That said, Natalie says she and her siblings were more willing to stand their ground and follow their “true north intuition” to make sure The Sun’s songs felt fully their own. And now that the finalized album is out to the world, it almost acts as another therapeutic round each time Joseph takes the stage.

“I’m really pleased and comforted by a lot of the lyrics that we were able to articulate on this project. It was really birthed from a lot of time to reflect being, you know, a worldwide pandemic, and the three of us being able to do therapy and working through some very, very major obstacles in each of our personal lives,” Natalie says. “It always amazes me, just getting to have these descriptions and monuments to those lessons that we learned in that time, and then to be able to sing them on tour every night. ‘I thought I was the light switch you turned on, but I am the sun.’ Just getting to sing that every night or like in ‘Waves Crash’: ‘What if I’m not made of sin? What if I’m lightning?’ These different lines, getting to sing them every single night and reminding ourselves of those things that we learned is just my favorite.”

Beyond their individual therapeutic needs, Joseph also faced an existential issue in the lead up to The Sun. Because of the nature of it being a family band and the hectic life it fosters, the sisters realized they’d never really thought about the group being something they choose rather than an assumed commitment. While most people grow when they remove themselves from their family roles as they become independent adults, Joseph had somewhat stunted that for the sisters. So, while chilling out in the parking lot at a burger joint in northern Oregon in 2021, they decided to give each other the option to opt out of the band. They all decided to stick with it, but having that be expressed as a choice has further freed each of them up to enjoy the experience. Natalie wants The Sun to be a beacon of light for folks struggling, but Joseph will remain a glowing light for her family no matter how the record is received.

“We hope the album can be a companion to people just trying to recognize their own moreness and move through obstacles towards taking care of yourself and recognizing your goodness in the world.”

“Regardless of what happens, we will hopefully be in our 80s someday, and just be able to look at each other and be like, ‘Remember that?’” Natalie says with a laugh. “It’s just amazing to get to do it together.” n

Joseph, Flyte • Tue, May 16 at 8 pm • $28-$128 • All ages

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INDIE ROCK WEDNESDAY

Karly Hartzman doesn’t sugarcoat her Southern indie rock poetry. This singer for the North Carolinian band Wednesday weaves tales of stress, grief, the perils of partying too hard and the other gritty dark scars of small-town life on the new album Rat Saw God. Her delivery varies from delicate tenderness boosted by Americana instrumental touches to ramshackle over woozy, Sonic Youth-esque off-kilter ’90s indie guitar noise. NME has already called Rat Saw God “one of the year’s defining rock albums,” and Pitchfork bestowed it with the coveted Best New Music designation, so don’t pass up the chance to see one of the buzziest indie bands of 2023.

— SETH SOMMERFELD

Wednesday, Cryogeyser • Thu, May 11 at 8 pm • $15-$18 • 21+ • Lucky You Lounge • 1801 W. Sunset Blvd. • luckyyoulounge.com

Thursday, 5/11

BOLO’S BAR & GRILL, Desert Highway Band

CHAN’S RED DRAGON ON THIRD, Thursday Night Jam

CHECKERBOARD TAPROOM, Weathered Shepherds

J D-MAC’S AT THE LAKE, Gil Rivas

J FIRST INTERSTATE CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Hairball

J HISTORIC DAVENPORT HOTEL, Tom Pletscher

J LUCKY YOU LOUNGE, Wednesday, Cryogeyser

THE MASON JAR, Joe Tanguay

J QQ SUSHI & KITCHEN, Just Plain Darin ZOLA, The Desperate Eights

Friday, 5/12

AK ASIAN RESTAURANT, Gil Rivas

BACKWOODS WHISKEY BAR, Rudy Kuebler

J THE BIG DIPPER, Apollo Suns, Evergreen Afrodub Orchestra

BIGFOOT PUB & EATERY, Karma’s Circle

J BING CROSBY THEATER, Evil Woman: The American ELO

BOLO’S BAR & GRILL, Pastiche

CHAN’S RED DRAGON ON THIRD, Bobby Patterson & the Two Tones

CHINOOK STEAK, PASTA & SPIRITS, Kicho

CURLEY’S, Chasing Eos

J J EVANS BROTHERS COFFEE, Dario Ré: Colorwise EP Release

Show & Art Exhibition

J HISTORIC DAVENPORT HOTEL, Brent Edstrom Trio

IRON HORSE (CDA), Heather King Band

LUCKY YOU LOUNGE, ONYX: BACDAFUCUP 30 Year

Anniversary Tour

LOCAL FOLK DARIO RÉ

Dario Ré is nothing if not eclectic. The multidisciplinary Spokane artist and frontman of the indie chamber folk band Heat Speak is always in search of his next fulfilling creative outlet. He combines visual and sonic art with the release of his new six-song EP, Colorwise. The album is paired with a series of corresponding oil paintings by Ré, creating a symbiotic bond between the physical and the ethereal. Evans Brothers Coffee in Sandpoint will have 20-plus paintings and mixed media pieces by Ré on display as he performs the new tunes for this very unique album release show.

— SETH SOMMERFELD

Dario Ré: Colorwise Album Release & Art Exhibition • Fri, May 12 at 7 pm • By donation • All ages • Evans Brothers Coffee • 524 Church St., Sandpoint • dariore.com

MONTVALE EVENT CENTER, Disco Castle

MOOSE LOUNGE, LakeTown Sound

NIGHTHAWK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), Dangerous Type

OSPREY RESTAURANT & BAR, Land of Voices

J PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Molly Starlight Duo

J REPUBLIC BREWING CO., The Pine Hearts

THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Just Plain Darin

Saturday, 5/13

BACKWOODS WHISKEY BAR, The Real McCoy

BIGFOOT PUB & EATERY, Karma’s Circle

BOLO’S BAR & GRILL, Pastiche

CHAN’S RED DRAGON ON THIRD, Dave Allen and the Blue Notes

CHINOOK STEAK, PASTA & SPIRITS, Kicho

J COUNTRY BARN BED & BREAK-

FAST, Gil Rivas

J COUNTRY BARN BED & BREAKFAST, OutWest

CURLEY’S, Chasing Eos

THE CUTTHROAT RESORT, JamShack

HIGHBALL, Royale

J HISTORIC DAVENPORT HOTEL, Sacha Boutros, Brent Edstrom Quartet

J HISTORIC DAVENPORT HOTEL, Dr. Don Goodwin Trio

J HUCKLEBERRY’S NATURAL MARKET, Echo

IRON HORSE (CDA), Heather King Band

KNITTING FACTORY, Alexandra Kay

LUCKY YOU LOUNGE, Mama Llama, Big Raffle, J.I. Gassen MOOSE LOUNGE, LakeTown Sound NIGHTHAWK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), Dangerous Type OSPREY RESTAURANT & BAR, Son of Brad

J PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Weibe Jammin

J PONDEROSA BAR AND GRILL, Pamela Jean Duo

J SIRINYA’S THAI RESTAURANT & LOUNGE, James Motley

ZOLA, Blake Braley

Sunday, 5/14

BIG BARN BREWING CO., The Walleye

J J EMERGE, Cicada Sessions: Seth Anderson

J HISTORIC DAVENPORT HOTEL, Dr. Paul Grove

HOGFISH, Open Mic

IRON HORSE (VALLEY), Echo Elysium

MASSELOW’S STEAKHOUSE, Tom Pletscher

J J NORTHERN QUEST RESORT & CASINO, Richard Marx

J SOUTH HILL GRILL, Just Plain Darin

Monday, 5/15

J EICHARDT’S PUB, Monday Night Blues Jam with John Firshi

RED ROOM LOUNGE, Open Mic Night

Tuesday, 5/16

J J KNITTING FACTORY, Joseph, Flyte

LITZ’S PUB & EATERY, Shuffle Dawgs

ZOLA, The Night Mayors

Wednesday, 5/17

CHAN’S RED DRAGON ON THIRD, Wednesday Night Jam

THE DRAFT ZONE, The Draft Zone Open Mic

J HISTORIC DAVENPORT HOTEL, Dr. Don Goodwin

LUCKY YOU LOUNGE, Tow’rs

J PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Bob Beadling

J PONDEROSA BAR AND GRILL, Dallas Kay

RED ROOM LOUNGE, The Roomates

J SOUTH PERRY LANTERN, Austin Carruthers

ZOLA, Runaway Lemonade

J = THE INLANDER RECOMMENDS THIS SHOW

J = ALL AGES SHOW

THEATER RAZZLE DAZZLE

Fame. Fortune. Jazz. Murder. The glamor and infamy of Chicago remains center stage since its debut in 1975. Based on a true story chronicled by reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins, show creators Bob Fosse and Fred Ebb brought to life the corruption in the criminal justice system and the idea of celebrity criminals in a satirical way that still rings true today. As the longestrunning American musical on Broadway, Chicago continues to make its mark each time it goes on tour. Prepare to travel back to 1920s Chicago and witness the flashbulb-lit journey two women embark upon after being accused of murder.

— SUMMER SANDSTROM

Chicago • Sat, May 13 at 2 and 7:30 pm, and Sun, May 14 at 1 pm • $45-$90 • First Interstate Center for the Arts • 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. • firstinterstatecenter.org

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COMMUNITY MOM’S THE WORD

On Mother’s Day, some moms want to be treated to brunch, some prefer to garden, and still others may want to go shopping. No matter what the amazing female figures in your life request this Mother’s Day weekend, the main goal is the same: spending time with their dear offspring, biological, adopted or otherwise. One option that guarantees many hours of quality mom time is the MAC’s annual historic homes tour, which this year features four stunning residences in Browne’s Addition, as well as its own Campbell House, which is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year. Besides getting a chance to see what these beautiful mansions look like inside during the self-guided tours, activities on the museum’s lawn include live music, free cake and living history actors. Purchase tickets in advance to reserve a spot for this lovely local tradition.

— CHEY SCOTT

MUSIC RIGHT BACH AT YA

On the west side of our glorious state lies the Salish Sea, an inlet that stretches from Olympia to Vancouver Island. This time of year, as the air warms and our spirits rise, a group of musicians travels to cities bordering the Salish Sea to perform period chamber music as part of the Salish Sea Early Music Festival. This year, the musicians will stray from their usual route of Vancouver, Olympia, Seattle and Bellingham to bring their talents to Spokane for one night only. Soprano Maike Albrecht, harpsichordist Hans-Jürgen Schnoor and baroque flutist Jeffrey Cohan perform Johann Sebastian Bach’s cantata Ich Habe Genug, which translates from German as “I am content.” In the composition, Bach projects a feeling of serene contentedness with life, beyond anything that words alone can convey.

— MADISON PEARSON

Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Bach’s cantata Ich Habe Genug

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• Sat, May 14 at 2:30 pm • $20-$25; ages 18 and under free • Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes • 1115 W. Riverside Ave. • salishseafestival.org/spokane

FILM CINEMATIC CRAM SESH

Artistic constraints can often breed creativity rather than restrict it. The extreme pressure of not having unlimited time and resources can sometimes make a diamond out of coal. That’s the hope for the local filmmakers competing in this year’s 50 Hour Slam short film festival. Teams have 50 hours to do all the steps in making a 3- to 6-minute short: writing the script, finding locations, wardrobe, shooting, editing, etc. Their hastily completed final projects, undertaken in March, then get a grand screening at the Bing Crosby Theater for all their friends, family and the public to enjoy. You never know what to expect from these films, and the unpredictability is part of the cinematic thrill.

— SETH SOMMERFELD

50 Hour Slam Screening • Sat, May 13 at 6:30 pm • $15 • Bing Crosby Theater • 901 W. Sprague Ave. • bingcrosbytheater.com

COMMUNITY THE JOY OF TOYS

We’ve all experienced the flood of nostalgia that comes from seeing a longforgotten relic of childhood at, say, a thrift store or antique shop. Memories long dormant are suddenly dredged up, maybe so psychologically powerful you’re compelled to make what the rational part of your brain knows is a pointless purchase. Once you see the price tag, you may also feel major remorse for not holding onto those old Polly Pockets, Tamagotchis, G.I. Joes, Matchbox cars, Cabbage Patch Kids dolls or whatever else the hot toys of your kid years were. In another ironic twist, many of the people collecting and selling these remnants of youth grew up with them firsthand, too, and are among the 75-plus vendors at this annual event celebrating the joy of toys, new and old. Whether you go to see if you can find that special piece that slipped away at your parent’s garage sale, or just to remember the blissfully carefree moments of childhood, this event is bound to be a fun-filled escape.

— CHEY SCOTT

I SAW YOU

RE: I SEE YOU EVERYDAY Hi gub! You’re the best gublet ever! Love you lots! You owe me a date to our favorite spot soon. Hehe Lllaaawwwhhhlll!

HOME DEPOT RETURN LINE CONVERSATION

Having not seen each other in several years, we visited in the return line at Home Depot (E Sprague) on 3/21. It was so good to see you! Your daughter, Lauren, and my son went to pre-K/kindergarten together. And you told me she has recently moved back. I would like to see you again, and continue our conversation someplace other than a home improvement retailer:) Scott

AMAZING PITA PIT MANAGER You are funny, smart, kind, and beautiful. You brighten my day every time I see you. Thanks for being wonderful!

CHEERS

LALA We missed you at the connection gate back, but we want to thank you for the upgrade, and the donation from your album release event!! Stellar record, and a shining example of a star, rising.... Silently over that ocean,...that river,...that stream. Find us in TX and Maui next time you play there. We will find you in “Spo-yes-you-can”!! From the bottom of our hearts, we are so blessed with your gift!! Yes, we’ll keep it country, if you keep it coming. Your music is wildly wonder-filled. Bless those, prayin’, playin’ hands, dear one!! Stay...the...course.

TERESA, THIS ONE’S ABOUT YOU There has always been this very strange energy between us; you once told me you felt like you knew when I was thinking of you and what intentions were behind the thoughts.

I’m wondering often if you “know” that I’ve gained a new perspective on you, one of understanding and I regret speaking about your priorities, your value as a person, and about your intentions being anything other than what they were. I fell into the same battleground; I get it now. I’ve now experienced what you tried to open up to me about, and I’m sorry. Truely. I hope that you can feel the intensely loving thoughts I’ve sent to you recently.

RECOGNITION Cheers to Inlander! Thanks for your journalistic professionalism which many publications and news media outlets lack today. This platform given to the common man/woman without censor is commendable. Everyone has a right to voice their opinion they hold dear to a public debate; this is how America was founded, not on canceling opinions even the ones you disagree with. And you have provided an easy way to do that. The main newspaper here in Spokane actually censored my letter to the editor/pubic peers that included the phrase “leave the damn dams alone.” It was a key phrase in the closing of my opinion. I was called and informed my choice of words was profane. I was told if my letter was to be printed I would need to change the wording and drop the word damn. I did agree. Yet in the next week’s Sunday paper a letter was printed from a TDS rant to letters to the editor containing the phrase “God damn Trump supporters.” On Sunday?.... anyway thanks for letting thoughts be seen from the common person without partisan-censured propaganda on hypocritical display and WGAF people say damn on TV SMH

SITLL HAVE MY STEPS! What do the homeless want? Evidently my porch furniture. Sigh.

THANK YOU, SPOKANE I am grateful to the city of Spokane for all you have given me during my time here. Thank you for the beautiful parks and green spaces! Thank you to the local artists for sharing your art with us. Thank you to the bus drivers and those on public transportation who have been so helpful to a fellow passenger. Thank you to the workers of Spokane for your humor, kindness and generosity. You are a lovely city! Thank you.

LOVE WINS Cheers to my amazing partner...

When confronted by a Dollar Tree customer, who felt compelled to call you the N word, you didn’t take the bait. I can’t imagine your mix of emotions when simply minding your

lights are up every day of the week. It has definitely taken the thrill out of it for me. So I thank you for having enough guts to put that letter in the Inlander, and I back

an asphalt grinder and fix the bumps where all the concrete meets asphalt at many major intersections, please? Also, please fix the divot just east of Mullen on Broadway

business and some horrible human verbally assaults you. Remember this person is an embarrassment to every non-POC, a threat to every POC, and represents privilege and racism in all its ugliness. You represent the good and promise in this world, supporting people without judgment. Hopefully in the end the world will learn a better way by having known you, and with any grace I will still have the privilege of being by your side.

THANK YOU, WASHINGTON LEGISLATURE

Thanks for keeping my problem-solving skills sharp. This week I have to figure out whether to eat or continue driving legally because it costs $145 to renew your drivers license! At $145, that’s nearly 10 hours of labor at minimum wage. Do you all think that little piece of plastic should cost 10 hours of labor? Y’all need to go to church. Damn thieves.

SAVE OUR CROSSING GUARD Here’s a shoutout to the morning crossing guard at the corner of Maple St. and Hayden Ave. helping keep our neighborhood kids and families safe. You’re there every day in all kinds of weather, and this grandmother appreciates you. I’ll bet your job will be the first to go if the school levy is defeated. I do hope it passes.

ORIGINAL FIRST CHRISTMAS LIGHTS LETTER

Sorry it has taken so long to respond to your first letter. Thank you, thank you, thank you for putting that letter in the Inlander. I too am sick and tired of seeing the Christmas lights up all year round. That used to be a great treat for me to wait until Christmas time and see all the beautiful lights up. We would wait all year because back in those days nobody was really putting up a lot of Halloween lights. So it was a thrill for my family to drive around Spokane and look at all the beautiful Christmas lights and decorations. That thrill is now gone because every day, every neighborhood,

you up 1,000%. I am so sick of seeing those lights all around the city. It’s taken away a great time of Christmas for me, and I’m sure many others who won’t speak up about it. Thank you again.

JEERS

MORE COMMUNISM Jeers to Liberty Lake City Council for EVEN CONSIDERING taking the power from librarians and libraries about what books are there. The books are funded by the PEOPLE and for the PEOPLE. This is how communism starts!!! Banning books is how communism starts.

THIS ISN’T THE GHETTO To the two unruly women leaving the Hillyard Safeway: It was an honest mistake. The woman in the minivan did not see you crossing in front of her for some reason. She did not hit you and was apologetic. Your abusive response — in front of your child no less — was unconscionable. If you want respect, you should give respect. You’re not entitled to anything. Had you chimped out on me, the story would’ve ended differently for you. Grow up.

RACIST TRASH Whoever was the guy at the North Side Nom Nom last week. You are a low piece of racist garbage! You got a poor innocent boy in trouble for an honest Mistake! Over simply mistaking your car for his! If it was a little white boy you wouldn’t of made such a fuss, but because it was a native you caused a big deal for nothing! You are trash with your white privilege! And great job Spokane Police Department! He was a native without criminal background, and you had him on the ground with a gun to his head! Like wtf! Do better Spokane!

VALLEY GOTS THE BUMPS Would the Spokane Valley road folks please rustle up

where the new development just trenched a gaper and didn’t fill it in properly. My kidneys are sick of being jostled around. Thanks, I appreciate.

TO DOG BREEDERS Can you please tell me why as a dog breeder of purebred dogs, you have to charge such exorbitant prices for the puppies that no one other than someone who is very wealthy can buy a purebred pup? I have raised puppies where my dog had 11 puppies, and there is no way in the world even after the shots that it would amount to the absorbent prices you people are asking for. Everything in this world is getting more expensive. Can’t you help your fellow man out and charge a reasonable price for the puppies so some of us who are not rich or wealthy can enjoy having a purebred pup?

To the three separate runners who blew snot rockets in front of me during Bloomsday: There were people all around you, your boogers could have landed on someone, and please pull off to the side next time. As a fellow runner I understand the need to keep your nasal passages clear, but you should never launch a snot rocket in a crowd and always look around you first. n

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SEND A FRIEND A GOAT This 18th annual fundraiser allows participants to send a live baby goat to the person of their choosing within the Spokane/Coeur d’Alene area. All proceeds benefit the Wishing Star Foundation, a nonprofit that grants wishes for children ages 3-21 who are terminal or battling a life-threatening illness. Through May 12, 8 am-3:30 pm. $75. wishingstar.org/events/goats

STAGE LIGHTS FOR OUR PLACE Our Place Spokane’s annual fundraiser to support the services they provide to the people of the West Central neighborhood and beyond. May 11, 6-8:30 pm. $35. Salem Lutheran Church, 1428 W. Broadway Ave. ourplacespokane.org

HUNTER WAGNER BENEFIT Live music with The Black Jack Band and John Pitcher. All proceeds benefit Hunter Wagner, a 16-year-old with stage 4 cancer, and his family. May 12, 5 am-noon. By donation. Hunters Bar & Grill, 4976 S. WA-25. (509-217-2587)

THE INNOVATION EXPERIENCE This benefit for Innovation High School features a plant sale, musical performances, student vendors, an art gallery and the fifth annual Innovation fashion show. May 12, 4:40-8 pm. By donation. PRIDE Prep & Innovation High School, 811 E. Sprague Ave. innovationspokane.org

SPOKANIMAL’S WOOFS & WHISKERS

This third annual event features an online auction that benefits SpokAnimal. Proceeds help provide care for animals in need. May 12-19, 5 pm-midnight. Online at spokanimal.org (509-995-6010)

FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY TEA PARTY & FUNDRAISER This first annual tea party and silent auction benefits all 14 library branches in the Whitman County Library District. Dress in your Sunday best or keep it simple. May 13, 2 pm. $30. The Center, 104 S. Main St. whitcolib.org

SPOKANIMAL FUR-BABY SHOWER See kittens and puppies of all ages, learn about their care, explore becoming a foster care provider for the shelter and/ or donate vital supplies. May 13, 4-6 pm. Free. SpokAnimal Event Center, 715 N. Crestline Ave. spokanimal.org

WINE, CHEESE & CHOCOLATE TASTING regionally available wines paired with chocolate and cheeses. Experts teach how to pair wines with cheeses and chocolates. Proceeds benefit Advocates for Africa’s Children and building classrooms for a poverty-stricken village in Tanzania. May 13, 5-8 pm. $25. Crossroads Event Center, 145 S. Main St. afachildren.org

SPOKANE LILAC FESTIVAL PRESIDENT’S GALA A gala hosted by 2023 Festival President Sam Snow, welcoming municipal leaders and leadership from across the Pacific Northwest, with entertainment, a silent auction dancing and a keynote from the 2023 Parade Grand Marshal. May 19, 6:30-10 pm. $110.

Historic Davenport Hotel, 10 S. Post St. spokanelilacfestival.org (800-899-1482)

COMEDY

HARLAND WILLIAMS Harland made his film debut in Dumb and Dumber before playing starring roles in sitcoms and Disney shows. May 11, 7:30 pm, May 12, 7:30 & 10:15 pm and May 13, 7 & 9:45 pm.

$25-$35. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com

YOUR MAMA! An improvised show celebrating all moms. Rated for ages 16+. Reservations suggested May 12 and 19, 7:30-8:45 pm. $9. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.com

SAFARI Blue Door’s version of “Whose Line,” a fast-paced improv show. Rated for mature audiences. Saturdays in May from 7:30-8:45 pm. $9. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.com (509-747-7045)

SASS SQUATCH OPEN MIC Open mic comedy with host Blade Frank. 7:30-9:30 pm. Free. Special K Tavern & Eatery, 3817 N. Market St. fb.me/e/3nMTo8aEI

IAN FIDANCE Ian has been featured on This American Life, the Comedy Cellar and more. May 16, 7:30 pm. $25. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com (509-318-9998)

BEN PALMER Ben is a stand-up comedian who bases his show around trolling people on Facebook. May 17, 7:30 pm.

$22-$30. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com

COMMUNITY

ANHPI HERITAGE DAY This celebration includes live cultural performances, 120+ vendors, historical exhibits, culture demonstrations, food trucks and a luau. May 12, 3-7 pm and May 13, 10 am-4 pm. Free. Riverfront Park, 507 N. Howard St. spokaneunitedwestand.org (509-928-9664)

CATHOLIC WOMEN’S LEAGUE SPRING

RUMMAGE SALE This annual rummage sale features dressers, tables, glassware, books, music, games, clothing, shoes, jewelry and more. All proceeds support yearly activities and donations. May 12, 4-7 pm and May 13, 8 am-noon. Free. St. Mary’s Parish Family Center, 618 E. 1st St.

fb.me/e/17PCW5PDK (208-882-4813)

MAYFEST This annual community celebration features vendor booths, a classic car show, a petting zoo, face painting and more. May 12, 6-10 pm and May 13, 10 am-4 pm. Free. Downtown Cheney. cheneymayfest.org (509-235-7320)

ROLE-PLAYING GAME DROP IN Improve your RPG skills by watching and participating in games. Fridays from 4-8 pm and Saturdays from 1-5 pm. Free. RPG Community Center, 101 N. Stone Street. rpgcenter.org (509-608-7630)

FUR TRADE FESTIVAL Take a step back in time to learn about the fur trade and what life looked like in the area more than 150 years ago. May 13, 8 am-3 pm. Free. Kettle Falls, Wash. nps.gov/laro

INLAND NORTHWEST TOY SHOW

CLASSIC Browse a large assortment of vintage toys, modern toys and various collectibles from over 75 exhibitors. May 13, 9 am-4 pm. $5-$10. Spokane County Fair & Expo Center, 404 N. Havana St. facebook.com/InlandNWToyShowClassic

ITCH TO STITCH Learn basic knitting, crochet and other stitch craft skills. Spark Central furnishes yarn, bring your own hooks and needles. Tuesdays from 5-7 pm and Saturdays from 12-2 pm. Free. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. spark-central.org (509-279-0299)

MOTHER’S DAY EVENT This in-store event features mocktails, locally-baked treats, discounts and a raffle. May 13, 1-5 pm. Bombay Boutique, 9656 N. Newport Hwy. fb.me/e/2NO4r7nia

MOTHER’S DAY HOME TOUR This tour features four unique early homes of Browne’s Addition plus the Campbell House with activities on the lawn and new features inside the house. See website for more. May 13 and May 14, 12-4 pm. $25-$30. Browne’s Addition, West Spokane. northwestmuseum.org

NORTH MONROE SHOP HOP Shop five stores with a collection of vintage and modern furniture, home décor, clothing, gifts, DIY products and plants. Take a postcard from any of the locations, get a stamp at each stop and enter to win. Participating stores: Paint In My Hair, 1889 Salvage Co., Tossed & Found, Chic & Shab and The Chop Shop. May 13, 10 am-5:30 pm. Free. facebook.com/paintinmyhair

RED NATIONS STUDENT ASSOCIATION

POW WOW Native American tribes from around the region gather for this annual Powwow featuring two grand entries, contest dancing and more. May 13, 12-6 pm. Free. Spokane Falls Community College, 3410 W. Whistalks Way. ccs.spo-

kane.edu (509-533-3500)

PALOUSE SECOND SATURDAYS An event featuring local culture, welcoming visitors to enjoy all that Palouse has to offer. Second Saturdays of the month from 10 am-4:30 pm through Sept. 10. Free. Palouse, Wash. visitpalouse.com

CDA FLEA MARKET A market featuring 40+ curated vendors dealing vintage finds, handmade crafts, small-batch eats and drinks, and more. Second Sunday of the month, from 10 am-3 pm, May through October. Free. Roosevelt Inn, 105 E. Wallace. artsandculturecda.org

MOTHER’S DAY AT RIVERFRONT Moms ride the Looff Carrousel and the Numerica SkyRide for free with paid admission from a guest. May 14, 10 am-8 pm. $3.25$8.95. Riverfront Park, 507 N. Howard St. riverfrontspokane.org (509-625-6600)

SPRING ON THE BLUFF Celebrate Mother’s Day on Green Bluff with U-Pick tulips, hanging baskets, mimosas, crepes and over 40 local vendors. May 14, 10 am-3 pm. Free. The Farmhouse on Green Bluff, 8515 E. Green Bluff Rd. thefarmhouseongreenbluff.com (509-342-8928)

SPOKANE FOLKLORE SOCIETY CON -

TRA DANCE Each dance features a local folk music band as well as a caller who teaches easy-to-learn folk-style dances called contras. Sessions begin with a newcomer hour followed by a two-hour general dance. Proof of COVID-19 vaccinations required. First and third Wednesdays from 7:15-9:30 pm. $7-$10. Woman’s Club of Spokane, 1428 W. Ninth. spokanefolklore.org (509-838-2160)

CAMPBELL HOUSE DARK HISTORY: SOCIETY SECRETS An after-hours tour that sheds light on strange details and unconventional stories from turn-of-thecentury Spokane. Third Thursday of every month, at 6 pm. $3.50-$6. Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org

SPOKANE VALLEY CONNECT 2023 This event offers an afternoon of shopping and services includuing haircuts, medical services, dental, showers, legal services, a hot lunch, housing assistance, food and clothing banks and more. May 18, 1-5 pm. Free. Opportunity Presbyterian Church, 202 N. Pines Rd. spokanevalleyconnect. org (509-924-9750)

FILM

KENWORTHY SILENT FILM FESTIVAL Showings of Blood of a Poet (May 11), The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (May 18) and Sherlock Jr. (May 25). All showings at 7 pm. $10-$50. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St.

kenworthy.org (208-882-4127)

VERTIGO: 65 YEAR ANNIVERSARY A former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed. May 11, 2:20 pm. $2.50. Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland Ave. garlandtheater.com (509-327-1050)

50-HOUR SLAM See the completed films entered as part of this year’s 50hour time-based competition, which took place in March. May 13 at 6:30 pm. $15. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. 50hourslam.com

LET THE RIGHT ONE IN Oskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl. May 16, 7-9 pm. $7. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org

OUTDOOR MOVIES AL FRESCO: LUCA

Watch Disney Pixar’s Luca outdoors while enjoying a menu of movie-related food prepared by Commellini Estate chefs. May 17, 6:30-10:30 pm. Free admission. Commellini Estate, 14715 N. Dartford Dr. commellini.com/outdoor-movies

FOOD & DRINK

BRING YOUR OWN VINYL NIGHT Bring your own vinyl to spin while sipping on craft cocktails. Thursdays from 3-10 pm. The Boneyard - Side Hustle Syrups, 17905 E. Appleway Ave. sidehustlesyrups.com

MOTHER’S DAY DINNER A dinner menu of Cornish game hens and other treats. RSVP via email by Saturday at 11 am. May 13, 5:30-11 pm. $20. German American Hall, 25 W. Third Ave. facebook.com/ GASSpokane (509-954-6964)

MOTHER’S DAY BRUNCH A brunch with youth reading their award-winning essays. May 13, 10:30 am-12:30 pm. Free. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center, 500 S. Stone St. facebook.com/mlkspokane (509-868-0856)

NORTH IDAHO WINE SOCIETY This four-course meal prepared by executive chef Deborah Ealantifex features wine from Basalt Cellars. RSVP before May 1. May 13, 6-9:30 pm. $120-$135. Hayden Lake Country Club, 2362 E. Bozanta Dr. northidahowinesociety.org

BOTTOMLESS(ISH) MIMOSA SUNDAY BRUNCH This buffet-style brunch includes a mimosa bar. Sundays from 10 am-2 pm. $25. Fête - A Nectar Co, 120 N. Stevens St. bit.ly/mimosa-brunch

Beverages on a Budget

Sip yourself stoned without spending yourself silly

BY WILL MAUPIN

Think about the idea of drinking. Unless you work in the industry, cannabis probably doesn’t come to mind. That said, if you’re reading this section of the Inlander, it probably should.

Cannabis-infused beverages have exploded on the market over the decade-plus since legalization. Their ubiquity has reached the point that you can now find CBD beverages for sale alongside specialty sodas at your local grocery or marketed as cure-alls and cure-anythings at convenience stores around the city, disreputable or otherwise.

That’s without even mentioning the legitimate products that can get you very high, as is their purpose, and that are available

at dispensaries wherever cannabis is now legal. Yep, we’re talking about THC-infused beverages.

This roundup focuses on these edibles you don’t have to chew. Whether it’s lemonade or cider, soda or a shot, drinkable cannabis is more available than ever. If you want to swallow your cannabis, you no longer have to worry about choking down a dry cannabis brownie. You can wash anything down with a THC-laced liquid.

Every dispensary in Spokane County carries these products, and almost every one also offers discounts on these products. You just need to know when and where in order to reap the savings. We’ve got you covered, with the following list of local dispensaries offering regular discounts on infused beverages. n

MONDAY

Spokane Green Leaf: 20% off The Top Shelf: 20% off Greenlight: 10-20% off Apex Cannabis: 15% off Cinder: 15% off Lovely Buds: 15% off Toker Friendly: 15% off

TUESDAY

Sativa Sisters: 25% off

THURSDAY

Piece of Mind: 20% off Primo Cannabis: 20% off Toker Friendly: 15% off

FRIDAY

Lucky Leaf: 20% off

SATURDAY

Nirvana Cannabis Company: 15% off

SUNDAY

The Green Nugget: 25% off Greenhand: 20% off Royals Cannabis: 20% off Smokane: 15% off Mary Jane’s: 10% off

NOTE TO READERS

Be aware of the differences in the law between Idaho and Washington. It is illegal to possess, sell or transport cannabis in the State of Idaho. Possessing up to an ounce is a misdemeanor and can get you a year in jail and up to a $1,000 fine; more than three ounces is a felony that can carry a five-year sentence and fine of up to $10,000. Transporting marijuana across state lines, like from Washington into Idaho, is a felony under federal law.

BE AWARE: Marijuana is legal for adults 21 and older under Washington State law (e.g., RCW 69.50, RCW 69.51A, HB0001 Initiative 502 and Senate Bill 5052). State law does not preempt federal law; possessing, using, distributing and selling marijuana remains illegal under federal law. In Washington state, consuming marijuana in public, driving while under the influence of marijuana and transporting marijuana across state lines are all illegal. Marijuana has intoxicating effects; there may be health risks associated with its consumption, and it may be habit-forming. It can also impair concentration, coordination and judgment. Do not operate a vehicle or machinery under the influence of this drug. Keep out of reach of children. For more information, consult the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board at www.liq.wa.gov.

DRAG BRUNCH The cast of Runway performs while enjoying a full breakfast menu and mimosas. Hosted by Savannah SoReal. Sundays from 10 am-2 pm. Globe Bar & Kitchen, 204 N. Division. globespokane.com (509-443-4014)

MOTHER’S DAY BRUNCH WITH BOARD & BRUSH This brunch includes a buffet as well as arts and crafts projects. May 14, 10 am-1 pm. $19-$35. Ruby River Hotel, 700 N. Division St. brunchboardbrushontheriver.eventbrite.com (509-456-4787)

MOTHER’S DAY CHAMPAGNE BRUNCH

An all-you-can-eat buffet, with carving stations, made-to-order omelets, dessert tables and a special gift for mom. Reservations recommended. May 14, 9 am-2 pm. $18-$40. Immaculate Heart Retreat Center, 6910 S. Ben Burr Rd. ihrc. net (509-448-1224)

BIKE TO WORK WEEK KICK-OFF

BREAKFAST Celebrate the beginning of National Bike to Work Week with a breakfast of blueberry pancakes and Roast House coffee. Meet at the North Bank Shelter. May 15, 7-9 am. Free. Riverfront Park, 507 N. Howard St. riverfrontspokane.org (509-625-6600)

This concert in the park features the Cardinal Chorale and the Wind Symphony performing selections for Mother’s Day. May 14, 2-4 pm. Free. Coeur d’Alene City Park, 415 W. Mullan Rd. facebook.com/ NorthIdahoCollegeMusic

SALISH SEA EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL

The concert features Maike Albrecht and harpsichordist Hans-Jürgen Schnoor, two guest musicians from Germany, along with baroque flutist Jeffrey Cohan in a performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s sacred cantata “Ich habe genug” and other works on period instruments. May 14, 2:30 pm. Suggested donation $20$25 (Under 18 free). Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes, 1115 W. Riverside Ave. salishseafestival.org/spokane

THE FESTIVAL AT SANDPOINT YOUTH

ORCHESTRA SPRING CONCERT An evening of classical, pop, and holiday favorites performed by the Festival at Sandpoint Youth Orchestra. May 15, 6-7:30 pm. Free. Heartwood Center, 615 S. Oak St. festivalatsandpoint.com

DAIMH A Scottish folk band playing traditional and modern Celtic music. May 15, noon. $20. 1912 Center, 412 E. Third St. 1912center.com (208-669-2249)

Park St. cuttertheatre.com

E-SPORTS CLUB Play video games (League of Legends) and hang out with other local teens. Fri from 4-5:30 pm. 4-5:30 pm through May 26. Free. Coeur d’Alene Public Library, 702 E. Front Ave. cdalibrary.org (208-769-2315)

INTRODUCTION TO DAHLIAS Learn how to grow these late-season flowers in your home garden. No experience necessary. May 13, 1:30-3 pm. Free. Coeur d’Alene Public Library, 702 E. Front Ave. cdalibrary.org (208-769-2315)

MAY OPEN HOUSE The West Valley Outdoor Learning Center hosts several escape room-style puzzles to solve. May 13, 10 am-1 pm. By donation. West Valley Outdoor Learning Center, 8706 E. Upriver Drive. olc.wvsd.org (509-340-1028)

SCC GREENHOUSE PLANT SALE This sale features plants grown by secondyear students. Proceeds support the SCC Greenhouse/Nursery Management program. May 13, 9 am-5 pm. Free. Spokane Community College, 1810 N. Greene St. scc.spokane.edu (509-533-8167)

for the Arts, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. firstinterstatecenter.org

STEEL MAGNOLIAS A staged reading of Herbert Ross’ classic comedy-drama set in a southern small-town beauty parlor. May 18-20, at 7:30 pm. $20. The Art Spirit Gallery, 415 Sherman Ave. theartspiritgallery.com (208-917-1197)

VISUAL ARTS

IN AND OUT OF THE GARDEN This exhibition features ceramic forms for interior home display or patio, garden bouguets, Ikebana forms, outdoor planter forms and bud vase. Wed-Fri from 11 am-5 pmthrough May 31. Free. Trackside Studio, 115 S. Adams St. tracksidestudio.net

EUGENE DIXON This second annual event honors Eugene Dixon, a Uniontown photographer whose work captures the beauty of the Palouse. Wed-Sun from 10 am-6 pm through June 25. Free. Dahmen Barn, 419 N. Park Way. artisanbarn.org

collaborative collage by Skubinna and Osebold. Fri-Sat from 12-8 pm through May 27. Free. Saranac Art Projects, 25 W. Main Ave. fb.me/e/FJ91OuEt

MIXED MEDIA & COLLAGE Artist Tracy Poindexter-Canton leads a session to spark new creative possibilities. May 13, 1-3 pm. $41-$44. Art Salvage Spokane, 1925 N. Ash St. artsalvagespokane.com

WORDS

FONDA LEE: UNTETHERED SKY World Fantasy Award-winning author Fonda Lee signs copies of her novel, an epic fantasy fable about the pursuit of obsession at all costs. May 12, 4:30 pm. Free. Auntie’s, 402 W. Main. auntiesbooks.com

LISA & MATT MCMANN The third installment of The Forgotten Five by Lisa and the first two in the Monsterious series by Matt come out this spring and summer. Check out their backlist and pre-order new releases. May 12, 6 pm. Free. Auntie’s, 402 W. Main. (509-838-0206)

RIVERFRONT EATS

A food truck series taking place on the Orange Howard St. Bridge featuring live music. See website for list of food trucks. May 2-Aug. 22, every Tues from 11 am-2 pm (except July 4). Riverfront Park, 507 N. Howard St. riverfrontspokane.com (509-625-6600)

WHOLE-WHEAT PIE CRUST WITH KATE

LEBO Learn how to make pie crust in this mini Pie School session with Kate Lebo. Prior experience making piecrust helps, but is not necessary. Registration required. Spectators welcome. May 18, 6-7:30 pm. Free. North Spokane Library, 44 E. Hawthorne Rd. scld.org

MUSIC

SOUTH OF THE BORDER The Coeur

d’Alene Symphony Orchestra performs Guitar Concerto by Hector Villa-Lobos and selections by Ginastera, Marquez and Moncayo. May 12, 7:30 pm and May 13, 2 pm. $10-$25. Schuler Performing Arts Center, 880 W. Garden Ave. cdasymphony.org (208-765-3833)

SPOKANE SYMPHONY MASTERWORKS

9: STRAVINSKY’S FIREBIRD To end their 77th season, the symphony journeys to Hungary and beyond with music and tales rooted in folk traditions. May 13, 7:30 pm and May 14, 3 pm. The Fox Theater, 1001 W. Sprague Ave. spokanesymphony.org (509-624-1200)

MOTHER’S DAY CONCERT IN THE PARK

SPIRIT OF SPOKANE CHORUS REHEARSAL Sit in on the rehearsals of the Spirit of Spokane chorus. Tuesdays from 6:30-9 pm. Free. Opportunity Presbyterian Church, 202 N. Pines Rd. spiritofspokanechorus.org/ (509-866-6354)

KPBX KIDS’ CONCERT Young musicians from MusicFest Northwest perform live on the radio. Broadcasts May 17-19 at 10 am on KPBX 91.1 FM. Free. spokanepublicradio.org

SONGWRITERS ROUND TABLE Learn the stories behind the songs of the region’s most popular songwriters. May 17, 7 pm. $17. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. bingcrosbytheater.com

SPORTS & OUTDOORS

SPOKANE INDIANS VS. HILLSBORO

HOPS Promos during the series include Jersey Off the Back Night (May 11), Armed Forces Appreciation and Fireworks Night (May 12), Family Feast Night (May 13) and Mother’s Day Game (May 14). May 11-12, 6:35 pm, May 13, 5:09 pm and May 14, 1:05 pm. $8-$22. Avista Stadium, 602 N. Havana. spokaneindians.com

CUTTER THEATRE SPRING PLANT SALE

A plant sale featuring hanging baskets, vegetables and flowering plants. May 12, 10 am-4 pm. Free. Cutter Theatre, 302

SPOKANE GARDEN EXPO This annual event includes over 250 garden-related vendors, plants for sale, door prizes, demos, seminars, live music and food trucks. May 13, 9 am-5 pm. Free. Spokane Community College, 1810 N. Greene St. tieg.org (509-535-8434)

WALKING TOUR: CHIEF SPOKANE

GARRY’S FINAL CAMP Dave Beine, a local historian, takes participants on a half-mile guided tour to the to the final camp of Garry. May 13, 9-11 am. $25. Indian Canyon Mystic Falls, 4812 W. Canyon Dr. my.spokanecity.org/parksrec

THEATER

CLUE: THE MUSICAL A musical that brings the world’s best-known suspects to life and invites the audience to help solve the mystery: who killed Mr. Boddy, in what room and with what weapon. May 12-28; Thu-Sat at 7 pm, Sat-Sun at 2. $13-$15. TAC at the Lake, 22910 E. Appleway Ave. tacatthelake.com

INTO THE WOODS A story of how we get to “happily ever after” and more importantly, what happens after we make our dreams come true. Performed by the Lake Pend Oreille Repertory Theatre. May 12-13 and May 19-20 at 7 pm. $25. Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave. panida.org

CHICAGO A tale of fame, fortune, and all that jazz, with show-stopping songs and dancing. May 13, 2 & 7:30 pm and May 14, 7:30 pm. $45-$90. First Interstate Center

FRANK S. MATSURA: NATIVE AMERICAN PORTRAITS FROM A NORTHWEST BORDERLAND Images from the studio archive of photographer Frank Sakae Matsura which explore Indigenous representation through an artistic lens. Tue-Sun from 10 am-5 pm through Nov. 26. $7-$12. The MAC, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org (509-456-3931)

MAKE FABRIC DOLLS FOR KIDS IN NEED Help the Kiwanis Clubs of Spokane to create comforting, handmade dolls for children in need. Bring your own sewing machines and supplies if possible. May 11, 5:30-6:45 pm. Free. Liberty Park Library, 402 S. Pittsburgh St. spokanelibrary.org

REUSE WORKSHOP Learn about creative reuse by getting hands-on and bring home your own craft. Free with admission to Mobius. Second Thursday of every month, 10-11 am. Free. Mobius Discovery Center, 331 N. Post St. artsalvagespokane.com (509-321-7137)

DOLLHOUSE Eleven local female artists collaborate to build a five-foot-tall dollhouse. May 12, 5-10 pm. Free. 5th Dimension Studios, 421 E. Coeur D’Alene Ave. facebook.com/5thDimensionStudios

MOSCOW: FASHION THROUGH THE DECADES An exhibit about how fashion in the Idaho Panhandle has transformed from the late 19th century to the 1970s. May 14-Sept. 2, Tue-Fri from 9 am-4 pm. Free. McConnell Mansion, 110 S. Adams St. latahcountyhistoricalsociety.org

KURT MADISON, BRADD SKUBINNA & SARA OSEBOLD This group exhibition features mixed media by Madison and

AN AFTERNOON WITH ELI FRANCOVICH The Spokesman-Review journalist discusses his new book, The Return of Wolves, which focuses on the lives of Washington’s wolf packs. May 13, 4-5 pm. Free. Wishing Tree Books, 1410 E. 11th Ave. wishingtreebookstore.com

FRIENDS OF THE CHENEY LIBRARY BOOK SALE Gently used books in all genres, plus DVDs. May 13, 10 am-3 pm. Prices vary (cash/check only). Cheney Library, 610 First St. scld.org

SPOKANE ZINE FEST A one-day event celebrating zines, small press books, comics, drawings, prints, cards and other small handmade paper goods. May 13, 11 am-4 pm. Free. Central Library, 906 W. Main Ave. spokanezinefest.com

LISTEN TO YOUR MOTHER An evening of storytelling by local writers on all aspects of motherhood. Proceeds benefit Embrace Washington. May 14, 7-9 pm. $27. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. bingcrosbytheater.com

ANNA KATHARINE GREEN: MOTHER OF THE DETECTIVE Historical mystery author Patricia Meredith unpacks the history behind this forgotten female author, the central figure in her newest mystery series. May 15, 6:30-7:30 pm. Free. spokanelibrary.org

FRANCESCA BELL: WHAT SMALL SOUND Celebrate Bell’s latest poetry collection with fellow writers Laura Read, Tiffany Midge, Douglas Manuel and Maya Jewell Zeller. May 15, 7 pm. Free. Auntie’s, 402 W. Main. auntiesbooks.com n

ACROSS THIS WEEK’S ANSWERS ON I SAW YOUS

1. With 69-Across, actress who’d have a fun time introducing herself on Talk Like a Pirate Day?

5. Some distance runners

11. Karaoke venue

14. Atop

15. Mark in the low 90s

16. Org. concerned with mental health

17. Red and Yellow, for two

18. First First Lady

19. Something to build on

20. Actress/inventor who’d have a fun time introducing herself on Talk Like a Pirate Day?

22. Qualified

23. Rejections

24. Put new film into 26. ‘80s-’90s entertainment combo

29. Actor who’d have a fun time introducing himself on Talk Like a Pirate Day?

32. “Yee-____!”

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33. Becomes slippery, in a way

35. “That’s wrong ____ many levels!”

37. How a pirouette is done

38. 1815 novel with the line “You must be the best judge of your own happiness”

42. The casino in “Casino”

45. PC key

46. Best-selling crime novelist who’d have a fun time introducing himself on Talk Like a Pirate Day?

49. Emerged from sleep

51. Ambrose who wrote the 1890 short story “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”

52. Ingredient in a Manhattan

53. Supreme Hindu goddess

54. Drummer who’d have a fun time introducing himself on Talk Like a Pirate Day?

61. Cheer for Real Madrid

62. Walking obediently, as a dog

63. DVR pioneer

64. In a bad way

65. Suspect

66. Think piece?

67. Grammy winners ____ Lonely Boys

68. It might produce a six-pointer, for short

69. See 1-Across

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1. Booty

2. Fencing blade

3. It’s found between the shoulders

4. Well-harmonized

5. Some fiercely protective “bears”

6. Quran authority

7. Pre-euro currency

8. ____’acte (intermission)

9. It flows into the Rhine

10. Org. created under FDR

11. Last name in 2015’s “Creed”

12. Electrically balanced, in chemistry

13. Like every Quentin Tarantino movie

21. Greiner of “Shark Tank”

22. Oscar nominee Woodard

25. Broad shoe spec

26. Nevertheless, briefly

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27. Touring band’s vehicle

28. Cars spotted in the game punch buggy, for short

29. Game with a lengthy buildup?

30. Up and about

31. Hungry cow, maybe

34. ____ effort

36. “Scary Movie” actress Cheri

39. Repeated Warhol subject

40. Time’s 1963 Man of the Year, for short

41. Had wings, say

43. “Abbott Elementary” network

44. Declares

46. An “effective anti-seizure medication,” per the Mayo Clinic

47. Danny of “Moonstruck”

48. Video game segments

50. Emmy winner Patricia of “Thirtysomething”

52. Caramel-filled candies

55. Maker of the Split Decision Breakfast

56. “99 Luftballons” singer

57. Understands

58. Verdi opera set in ancient Egypt

59. KOA visitor

60. Katy Perry hit with the lyric “Louder, louder than a lion”

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