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MONSTER INSIDE BY WILSON CRISCIONE

Could Kassie Dewey’s brutal murder have been prevented by the hospital where she worked? PAGE 12

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he details of the MURDER are horrifying enough. Kassie Dewey, a mental health technician at Eastern State Hospital, was fatally stabbed 26 times. Her 5-year-old daughter was also stabbed repeatedly, but survived. Both were allegedly attacked by Kassie’s ex-boyfriend, Joshua Phillips, who has been charged in the grisly crime. Then there’s this detail: Kassie’s heartbroken co-workers tell the Inlander that she might be alive today if only the hospital had done more when it had the chance. Phillips — a nurse who also worked at Eastern State — had previously dated another colleague at the hospital whom he was charged with attacking. Yet, Eastern State employees say their concerns about Phillips potentially being dangerous were dismissed. “We were completely ignored,” one employee tells us. “We were witnesses to what he did. We tried to get him out. And we were shunned.” Don’t miss staff reporter Wilson Criscione’s special investigation beginning on page 12. — JACOB H. FRIES, editor

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WHAT DO YOU THINK OF SPOKANE’S NEW FLAG?

JOSEPHINE KEEFE: LOVE IT! There’s nothing “coastal” about it. Hello, Spokane is built around a raging river. The design has a flow and movement with modern lines that’s refreshing to see on a flag. It’s paying homage to the beautiful region, not another (*yawn) skyline silhouette.

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DONNA JEAN LEE-BYRD: I like the design, but see two things that should be addressed. This looks like a tsunami, not a river. Secondly, it also looks like the Palouse area. I would like to see something more inductive to “our area.” Aside from that, I love this flag. Kudos to the designer, it is beautiful. FELICIA DIAMOND: I had zero idea this was a thing that was happening, and I’m really sad I didn’t get to see the other options. But this is pretty. I like the sun and river. I think the green should be a lilac, but oh well. BARB LAIDLAW MURPHY: I can’t remember which one I voted for. But this is definitely better than what they had. Now let’s work on a new state flag. Ours is called “seal in a bedsheet “ by people who understand effective flag design.

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SHARMA SHIELDS: I dig it! Simple and lovely, symbolically puts the Spokane Tribe first and foremost (Children of the Sun), highlights the river, showcases our golds and greens and blues that I love so much about the Inland Northwest, its prairies and water and evergreens. I think it’s so strange that people think flags should be wildly complicated in their design (what flag has an intricate design? Also: Don’t they understand another human being made this? The malice is strange and off-putting to me.) Anyway, I voted for this one, thumbs up. n

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here was once a Bear who resided in a marvelous place. Every morning, the sweet, shaggy, robust, russet creature rose, stretching arms high toward the glorious and dawning sun. The earthy aroma of trees baking in warm rays raining down from bright cerulean skies was perhaps Bear’s favorite scent.

The bountiful trees drooping with limbs lumbering under the heft of lush fruits and flowers was perhaps Bear’s favorite sight. The bank alongside the gurgling, clear and cold, rambling river, was perhaps Bear’s favorite spot. In this place, among these scents, sights and spots, Bear felt supremely safe. Full and fierce. Serene and special. Here, it was easy for Bear to recall the refrain from Mother’s

melodious song: Lakay se lakay (Home is home) Here you will always find Solace in the bright sun Tranquility amidst teeming trees And rest along the river’s edge should the heart ever become too weary Peace abides within Bear was very happy. One day, while floating along the rambling river — feet up, arms splayed, downstream — Bear heard another creature calling and so stood, fixing a sturdy gaze along the bank to locate a ruddy Fox perched on hind legs. After sizing up Bear, Fox yelled across the water. “Alo my friend! Wooh, you have such a beautiful home here. Please tell me all about this land, but first, I must ask you about that fancy key, resting around your neck.”

Honestly, Bear had never given much thought to going out there because it seemed as if most of the necessary things were already in here. Bear stumbled in coming up with a satisfactory response, failing to recollect any time spent in contemplation of a key that had always been there and thus, naturally forgotten. Fox pushed, saying, “Well, no doubt it must open something special. All keys are made with a purpose in mind. I find it strange that you aren’t more curious, silly Bear. Just imagine the treasures that lie behind the door that key might open.” Honestly, Bear had never given much thought to going out there because it seemed as if most of the necessary things were already in here. But Bear did not want to appear silly or strange or, worst of all, un-curious. Additionally, since Fox had mentioned its potential, the key once so effortlessly forgotten took on an exceptionally heavy presence. Fox suggested an arrangement – “Friend, pa enkyetew (don’t worry), I will happily stay behind to care for this place, so that you can go search for what’s missing.” Both agreed and understood the journey would be long. There are, after all, endless amounts of doors, with infinite amounts of people behind them to consider. Some doors are left slightly ajar while others are kept wide open. Some doors are surrounded by barriers — gates and guards — daring folks to enter. Others are locked rather ceremonially or sanctimoniously. Bear even discovered certain places you feel like staying forever. Eventually, after so many attempts, Bear became something of an expert — able to quickly assess promise. Although growing more efficient, the exploration was thoroughly exhausting. Bear reminisced over sweet memories from the before, recalling this song: Lakay se lakay (Home is home) Here you will always find Solace in the bright sun Tranquility amidst teeming trees And rest along the river’s edge should the heart ever become too weary Peace abides within Bear tasted tears and knew it was time to return home. Standing in front of the door, it became quite obvious that this was the lock, the one the key had been meant for all along. Silly Bear, indeed. So much energy spent searching externally for beauty found inside. Fox clearly had long abandoned both promise and place, so it took some time making things right within, but this kind of work felt worthwhile and Bear was very happy. Today, our russet friend can be found frequently meandering, exploring old places and new — though now, Bear never forgets to carry a song close to the heart and a key tucked safely beside it. n Inga N. Laurent is a local legal educator and a Fulbright scholar. She is deeply curious about the world and its constructs and delights in uncovering common points of connection that unite our shared but unique human experiences.

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FROM LEFT: Spokane Resource Center Director Jen Morris, Spokane Workforce Council Chief Executive Officer Mark Mattke and Chief Operating Officer Dawn Karber at the Spokane Resource Center.

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REVISION CENTER Whatever happened to Spokane’s “one-stop shop” to fight homelessness? BY DANIEL WALTERS

o be at the margins — to be homeless or nearly homeless — is to constantly be navigating mazes of social services agencies, forests of phone trees and labyrinths of bureaucracy to get the help you need. But at the Spokane Resource Center, the idea was that all anyone had to do was walk through the door, and they’d have a personal guide to different services, whether that’s energy assistance, resume help, or a closet full of professional clothes they could borrow for a job interview. The Trump administration’s Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson declared in 2019 that Spokane’s facility, considered one of HUD’s first EnVision Centers, was “helping to forge a pathway for a lot of other places around the country.” Eighteen different social service providers, including Catholic Charities, SNAP and CHAS Health, had representatives stationed at the center above the WorkSource

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employment offices on Arthur Street. This month, the Spokane City Council is considering contributing $65,000 a year to the center, splitting a lease payment three ways with Spokane County and the Spokane Workforce Council, the agency that oversees the center. “To my knowledge it’s been super successful: They’ve served thousands of people,” City Council President Breean Beggs says. “They’ve attracted millions of dollars in grants.” But other council members weren’t quite as confident. “Yeah, I know the last year has been unprecedented, but I personally have not seen the data for the outcomes we were hoping for,” Councilwoman Betsy Wilkerson says. To hear the Spokane Workforce Council tell it, the Spokane Resource Center has been an incredible

achievement, one that managed to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic to serve thousands more than they had before. But some others on the City Council wondered why, if the center has worked so well, it’s received so little recent attention. “They seem to be invisible,” Councilman Michael Cathcart says.

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“We started with a vision and a shoestring budget,” says Dawn Karber, the chief operating officer of the Workforce Council. The string, at least, was visible: When the center first opened to the public in March 2019, the only sign — “Spokane Resource Center” — had been hung up with a string and two paper clips. ...continued on page 10

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“REVISION CENTER,” CONTINUED... They didn’t have a copy machine or anyone at the front desk. They relied on spotty Wi-Fi for their phone service. “The phones would cut out in the beginning,” says Jen Morris, director of the Spokane Resource Center. “We would have to call people back.” Meanwhile, local social service agencies had to decide whether it was worth sending one of their limited staffers to the center. “For most of the agencies, it was like, ‘We haven’t got someone really designed to be there,’” says Carol Weltz, director of community action at SNAP. At first, only a few agencies were represented and only for a limited number of hours a week, she says. But while Catholic Charities found the location to be an effective place to help families facing upheaval or housing instability, Weltz says SNAP found it didn’t work as well for another highprofile population: single, chronically homeless people. The setting, above an employment office, could be intimidating. “We’re dealing with a guy who’s coming to our office with a shopping cart full of stuff. Maybe hasn’t had a bath for a week,” Weltz says. “And we want them to walk into a fancydressed WorkSource [office] and take an elevator upstairs?” As Mayor David Condon’s term came to an end in late 2019, his city administrator, Theresa Sanders, wrote a memo describing the Spokane Resource Center as only a “marginal success.” While nonprofits were located together in the same building, she wrote, they were not “coordinating/integrating services as was envisioned,” and it wasn’t clear whether the Workforce Council was the “appropriate group to lead this effort.” But by March 2020, Weltz and Karber say momentum for the organization had been growing. They’d pulled in more grant money, the phones had been upgraded, and a director was hired as well as someone to staff the front desk. “We said, ‘This is actually working,’” Karber says. “The center was full of people. You could feel the motivation and the morale.” She remembers seeing a woman walking

down the hall beaming as she headed out for an interview in a suit she’d borrowed from the center’s Clothing Closet. But then the pandemic hit.

THE REWORK

In those early days of the COVID lockdown, Karber says, she hit her “dark night of the soul” moment. The premise of the center had been that anyone could just walk through the doors and get help. But the pandemic had literally closed those doors. “We’d transitioned from a full center to one or two of us handing out boxes of food in the parking lot,” Karber says. “The need in the community was so high, I wondered how we were going to help all of those that needed it.” It meant re-envisioning Spokane’s EnVision Center. “The thing that I saw that was amazing was the adaptability,” says Anthony Singleton, a Spokane Resource Center navigator. “We brought it to the people, instead of them having to bring it to us.” That’s meant personally driving to drop off hot meals or adult diapers for clients, he says, “or myself, being crazy, and going to people’s houses and filling out paperwork.” The center went virtual, offering clients help almost entirely over the phone and the internet instead of in-person. Since some low-income people didn’t have computers, of course, they let them check out Chromebooks. Last summer, the center even won a “SNAP Partner Appreciation Award,” highlighting their ability to adapt to clients needs. Despite their closed doors, the demand had soared. “Who we serve is changing,” Morris says. “We’re serving another demographic of folks that we never saw before.” They were still helping homeless people, she says, but a lot more people were calling who lost their jobs and were worried about losing their homes. The city of Spokane handed the center $2

million in rental assistance funds to distribute, and they used it to help 830 households struggling to pay rent. They were more successful during the pandemic, Karber says. According to the Spokane Workforce Council, the center has served more than 6,500 people since the pandemic started, many times more than the year before. Today, they’re preparing another shift: They’ve been taking in-person appointments at the center since April. But on June 7, Karber says, the Spokane Resource Center plans to officially reopen its doors to walk-in clients. Wilkerson, the city councilwoman, will be watching closely. “It’ll be interesting in how they knit this back together and get people to start showing up there again,” Wilkerson says.

THE RELAUNCH

Wilkerson still has a lot of questions. “Is the building as critical as it once was?” she asks. “Because we’ve all gone to different models of delivering services.” Also, is the location of the center, about a mile east of Catholic Charities downtown, in the right spot? “It’s down there, tucked away,” she says, “It’s not as accessible as people think.” Karber argues that it’s a big advantage that they’re in the same building where people show up for employment services. But Wilkerson, the sole Black woman on the City Council, notes that she hasn’t heard a groundswell of support in her circles for the agency. “How are they really accessing communities of color and their needs to make all these services available to them?” she asks. “Anecdotally, I know folks of color are just going to the resources they know, but I don’t believe it’s the EnVision Center.” Karber points to a chart detailing the racial breakdown of their clientele: Nearly a third of the people they’ve served are nonWhite, almost three times higher than the non-White population of Spokane County. In particular, Karber credits a CHAS Health employee for bringing in a large number of people from the local Marshallese community to the center. Still, even former City Council President Ben Stuckart says he’s heard little about the Spokane Resource Center while in his roles as the director of the Spokane Low-Income Housing Consortium and chair of Spokane’s Continuum of Care Board. LETTERS He says the conversations Send comments to he’s had have been more about editor@inlander.com. connecting people with social services inside the homeless shelters, instead of at the Resource Center. Karber says that the Workforce Council’s marketing and communication manager is actively working on a strategy to help promote the Spokane Resource Center as it reopens. “If community members are in need of additional information, we’d love to hear about it,” she says. “I think they focus on doing the work — they haven’t been publicizing it,” Weltz suggests. “The agencies know about it. If I can’t get you in, ‘What about the Spokane Resource Center — they can get you in today.’” That was the case with Nez Perce tribal member Raymond Allen, a former construction worker who was at the center last Thursday looking to switch his career to social work. He was referred to the Spokane Resource Center by Excelsior, a child welfare program that’s helped his 6-year-old son. While the center has some skeptics, it also has its champions. Where the Spokane County commissioners in the past have seemed wary of leaping into social services partnerships, here they readily agreed to help pay for the lease. “Every indication from my standpoint is that it’s working,” says County Commissioner Al French. “This is a successful program, and we want it to continue.” For her part, Wilkerson says she does support helping the Spokane Resource Center pay its lease for at least another year, to see if the benefits become clearer. “It’s a great space,” Wilkerson says. “Maybe I’m not giving it a fair chance because I didn’t see it when it was in operation.” n

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An Eastern State Hospital nurse abused one co-worker he dated. Now he’s accused of murdering another BY WILSON CRISCIONE

Jennifer doesn’t know why she showed up for work that morning, hours after she was almost killed. In a daze, her neck covered in bruises, her false eyelashes torn off, she checked in for her early morning shift as a psychiatric security attendant at Eastern State Hospital, as if everything were normal. The night before, her boyfriend Joshua Phillips, a nurse at Eastern State, pinned Jennifer down and began strangling her when she tried to break up with him, she told police. He only let go when she bit his arm and screamed for her son, who rushed in and called 911, records state. She thought Phillips was going to kill her. “That look — I will never forget that,” Jennifer tells the Inlander today. “He said he won’t let me go, and no one else can have me. Those were the words.” Phillips was arrested and charged with second-degree assault. At work that day Employees at Eastern State in July 2019, a co-worker found Jennifer, hospital tell the Inlander that who asked the Inlander to use only her management was dismissive first name in this story, huddled alone in the break room. With encouragement when a nurse now accused from her co-worker, Jennifer went to the of murder was previously administration at Eastern State and told accused of domestic violence. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO them what had happened. That could have been the last time Phillips harmed an employee at Eastern State Hospital, one of Washington’s two state-run psychiatric facilities, a place that cares for vulnerable adults with serious or long-term mental illness. Based on state policies, the hospital could have kept Phillips away from the patients. They could have kept him away from Jennifer. And maybe, they could have kept him away from Kassie Dewey, the Eastern State mental health technician Phillips is now accused of murdering. “He could have never even targeted another female, at least at that hospital,” one employee at Eastern State tells the Inlander, speaking on the condition of anonymity out of fear of losing their job. ...continued on next page

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“DEADLY OVERSIGHT,” CONTINUED... Instead, with no internal investigation, Eastern State welcomed Phillips back to work while his felony assault charge was still pending, according to Jennifer and Inlander interviews with six current employees. They put him in a position of authority over Jennifer despite her having a court-approved restraining order against him. After hearing what had happened, staffers at Eastern State warned upper-level management that Phillips was dangerous and shouldn’t be working there, employees say, but the concerns were dismissed. Phillips, who later pleaded guilty to lesser charges, faced few consequences while Jennifer, feeling terrorized by him, quit and left town to escape him. Now, those who worked with Dewey say she could still be alive if their warnings had been taken seriously. Phillips was charged last month with stabbing Dewey to death and critically injuring her 5-year-old daughter, Lilly. “We were completely ignored,” an employee says. “We were witnesses to what he did. We tried to get him out. And we were shunned.”

ike Western State Hospital, its counterpart on the other side of Washington, Eastern State Hospital has had problems in recent years with turnover, staff shortages and a lack of funding. Both hospitals have been plagued by assaults on health care workers, and both have seen dangerous patients escape into the community. But comparatively, those problems at Eastern State, located about 20 miles west of Spokane, haven’t received as much attention from lawmakers. In 2018, Western State lost nearly $53 million in federal funds for failing to meet basic health and safety standards. State Rep. Eileeen Cody, D-West Seattle, and chair of the House Health Care and Wellness Committee, says Western “has been a thorn in my side for years.” Eastern State, by contrast, has a much better record of keeping employees, she says. Kassie Dewey, 35, was one of those employees. She worked at Eastern State for more than a decade, and co-workers say she was a big part of the hospital. Kim Domitrovich, a former Eastern State employee who was close to Kassie, says she was free-spirited, kind-hearted, the type of person who was happy to show new workers the ropes. And she wasn’t afraid of anyone, Domitrovich says. “From the time that girl started walking, she was a strong soul,” Domitrovich says. “She was a strong woman.” Phillips, 41, had also worked there as a nurse for more than a decade, but in a separate part of the hospital from Dewey. He was known as quiet but someone who worked well with patients. In a hospital newsletter from 2017, he received “kudos” from two different staffers praising him for his positive energy and ability to facilitate a “safe environment.” “He is skilled at diffusing conflict and managing even the most volatile patients on the ward,” the newsletter says. But in his personal life, he had a history of relationships that turned violent, court records indicate. His then-wife filed for a protection order in February 2001, when, weeks after learning he was using meth, she tried to move her and her daughter away from Phillips. But Phillips found them and took their daughter out of her mother’s arms, threatening to keep her unless his wife agreed to stay with him, she alleged in court records. He argued in court that his wife was the aggressor, not him, and later the protection order was dismissed. In 2007, she found out he had gambled away their money and started hitting him with a broom. He called the police, and she was charged with fourth-degree assault. Years later, in 2015, she filed for divorce. That same year Phillips started seeing Jennifer, and almost im-

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mediately problems arose in their relationship. In October 2015, Phillips’ ex-wife got a call from her kids asking to be picked up because Phillips and Jennifer were arguing and “dad was getting physical” with her, court documents say. Police showed up, but Jennifer told them Phillips “never put his hands on me,” court records say. Jennifer says Phillips was manipulative toward both her and law enforcement, faking injuries so that police would believe she was the aggressor. A witness of one of their arguments said in a court declaration that he saw Phillips and Jennifer arguing outside, and Phillips began banging his head against a tree and the fence while yelling that she was the one causing the injuries. Once, Jennifer says, he convinced police that she needed to be committed to Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center for a psychiatric evaluation, only for her to be released the next day. So when Dewey and Phillips started dating in June 2020, Jennifer says she and others tried to warn her about him. Domitrovich also says people close to Dewey expressed concerns to her about Phillips, but Dewey wasn’t sure Phillips was as bad as people said. She wasn’t the only one. Domitrovich says Phillips, back at work, started a campaign to persuade co-workers that Jennifer lied about the abuse. It mostly worked. “This guy had half the hospital convinced Jennifer was crazy,” one employee tells the Inlander. “And the other half didn’t know what to think.” Before long, Phillips moved in with Dewey. But things were volatile. They regularly got into screaming matches when they drank alcohol, according to multiple co-workers. In a court declaration filed in October 2020, Dewey’s ex-husband said he had concerns about Phillips’ previous domestic violence charges, adding, “I do not feel safe with my kids being in Kassie’s home when he is there.” But in February 2021, it was Dewey, not Phillips, arrested for domestic violence. Phillips told Spokane police that Dewey had strangled him with his hood during an altercation. Dewey told police she only had grabbed his hood and taken him to the ground when he pushed her first. She was charged with second-degree assault, the same charge

Kassie Dewey, 35, was found dead in her garage on April 11. Her 5-year-old daughter, Lilly, survived the attack.

TINA’S LAW

Kim Domitrovich, a former Eastern State employee who knew Kassie Dewey, urges people concerned about domestic violence to support a national push for Congress to enact legislation — referred to as Tina’s Law — making domestic violence offenders register in a national database, similar to sex offenders. It’s named after Tina Stewart, a Spokane woman beaten to death by her boyfriend in 2017.

Phillips faced in 2019 for strangling Jennifer. An employee who knew Dewey tells the Inlander that Dewey said she had no recollection whatsoever of choking Phillips. Dewey said she was confused because when the police knocked on the door that night, she had been asleep. Eastern State Hospital officials reassigned Dewey to the kitchen when they learned of the charge in early March. The case was dismissed on April 6, and she was put back on her regular assignment, an Eastern State spokesperson says. Jonathan Schwab, Dewey’s attorney in that criminal case, tells the Inlander that police “picked the wrong person that night.” Dewey, he says, was innocent. “The system failed her,” Schwab says. “The police got it wrong. The court got it wrong. The state got it wrong. We all got it wrong.” On April 9, Dewey ended things with Phillips. She kicked him out of the house and changed the locks on the doors. Two days later, according to court documents, he parked a block away from Dewey’s home, sneaked into her detached garage, and waited. He attacked when she walked in, stabbing her at least 26 times, court documents say. Dewey’s 5-year-old daughter, Lilly, was there, and Phillips stabbed her numerous times as well, authorities say. Phillips was found at the crime scene laying down by a running car, in an apparent attempt to take his own life, as he’d later tell a nurse at the hospital, police say. Dewey was found dead. Lilly survived. The 5-year-old managed to utter a few words to medics on the way to the hospital. “The man stabbed me.”

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Dewey’s family declined to comment for this story. Lilly was treated for life-threatening injuries and was released from the hospital last week. Phillips was charged last month by Spokane County prosecutors with first-degree murder and attempted murder. His public defender did not return an Inlander message seeking comment. A judge has ordered Phillips be evaluated for his competency to stand trial, and he’s currently being held in Spokane County Jail on $1.5 million bond awaiting his next court date June 4.

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hen Jennifer was told that Dewey was killed, allegedly by Phillips, she was struck with devastation, anger and, perhaps most of all, guilt. She knew that could have been her. “That night when he hurt me,” Jennifer texted a friend when she found out, “he meant to finish it.” The way Eastern State handled Phillips’ assault of her, she says, directly put her and other employees like Dewey in further danger. If things had been different, Jennifer says Dewey may still be alive. In 2019, after he was charged with strangling Jennifer, Phillips was put on medical leave while he went to rehab at an in-patient drug and alcohol treatment facility, court records say. He returned to work in early 2020. But nobody told her he was back, she says. ...continued on next page

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“DEADLY OVERSIGHT,” CONTINUED... They didn’t work near each other, but Phillips was put in the central nursing office, where he gave Jennifer her shift assignments. That meant she had to communicate regularly with Phillips over the phone — in violation of the no-contact order. Eventually, Eastern State moved Phillips out of that position and into her ward, but immediately moved her out of that ward so they wouldn’t have contact, Jennifer says. At the time, she says her supervisor didn’t tell her why she was transferred out of the forensic services unit. For Jennifer, that wasn’t even close to the worst of what he did to harass her. She says throughout 2020, he stalked her, both at work and outside of it. He knew where she lived and where she went. Her daughter once went out of the house and saw Phillips watching her. When Jennifer would call the police and tell them, they did nothing, she says. (Spokane Police Department says there were six police reports involving Phillips from July 2019 until August 2020, but they refused to say what they were regarding.) “He was there,” she says. “He was always there.” She felt like she couldn’t escape. She believed he was intimidating her into dropping the assault charge against him, and she knew he wouldn’t stop. In June 2020, Phillips agreed to a plea deal convicting him of domestic violence malicious mischief and disorderly conduct — both misdemeanors. Larry Haskell, Spokane County prosecutor, says his office agreed to the deal in part due to Jennifer’s “stated desire to minimize Mr. Phillips’ punishment in the matter.” Later that summer, Jennifer quit her job at Eastern State and moved out of town. Her supervisors never asked why she was leaving, she says. Through a spokesperson, Eastern State declined to grant the Inlander interviews with administration officials and refused to answer basic questions about Phillips’ employment. But Domitrovich, who knows Jennifer, and several other current Eastern State employees back up Jennifer’s account of where Phillips was assigned when Phillips came back to work and how Jennifer was treated. “The management knew the situation Eastern State Hospital CEO Mark Kettner and — shame on them — they decided to wash their hands of it,” Jennifer says. At no point before Jennifer quit did Eastern State conduct an internal investigation of what Phillips did to her. At no point before she left did they report either the charges against Phillips or his conviction to the state Department of Health, which could have investigated whether Phillips should keep his nursing license.

wo days after Dewey’s death, Eastern State Hospital CEO Mark Kettner sent an email to staff. “We are all grieving over the tragic death of our valued team member Kassie Dewey. I ask that we respect Kassie’s dignity and privacy by not reaching out or releasing information to the media,” the email begins. He then said that they recognize domestic violence is an “ongoing issue in our community,” adding that the hospital will “explore system or policy changes that may need to be adopted to assure that future tragedies can be avoided.”

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The email was infuriating to several employees who spoke with the Inlander. They say Eastern State knows how the tragedy could have been avoided. They saw the request to not speak to the media as an attempted coverup of how Phillips was protected after his domestic abuse of Jennifer. “They could have stopped it, and they know they could have stopped it,” one employee says. “It’s a scare tactic.” Adolfo Capestany, a spokesperson for DSHS, says the state agency is now conducting an “internal review” of Phillips’ employment history and actions, including a “policy and process review.” Two weeks ago, with Phillips in jail on murder charges, Eastern State finally fired him. DSHS policy, however, would have allowed Eastern State to fire Phillips long ago, due to the second-degree assault domestic violence charge in 2019. The policy on workplace and domestic violence says that an employee who has been “arrested, charged, convicted or has a court order issued because of workplace or domestic violence may be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including dismissal.” But Eastern State didn’t conduct any internal investigation of Phillips, despite being aware of the conflict with Jennifer. Capestany says that’s because “the charges” — presumably the felony assault charge — were dismissed, so it “did not require an internal investigation.” Eastern State is required to report criminal convictions of staff members to the Department of Health, Capestany says. He refused to say, however, if Eastern State ever did so following Phillips’ June 2020 domestic violence conviction on the lesser charges. But the Department of Health tells the Inlander that it did not receive any complaints about Phillips from July 2019 through 2020. It did receive two complaints about Phillips this year — one four days after Dewey’s death, and the other in February — but those were long after Jennifer had already left Eastern State because of Phillips. Regardless of what Eastern State was required to do, Mary Schultz, a Spokane attorney specializing in employment law, says there’s plenty Eastern State could have done to prevent Phillips from endangering employees and patients at the hospital. For one, the hospital could have simply fired Phillips before he came back to work, based on the seriousness of the assault charge and the nature of his job. “That’s a serious potential problem, potential threat, and potential instability placing that individual around other employees. And you have very vulnerable people in that facility,” Schultz says. Employers still must be careful before taking disciplinary action against someone who may be falsely accused, she says. That means employers should generally assess the seriousness of the allegation, put the employee on leave and, crucially, protect the victim. “Obviously, what you can’t do is if you’ve got a restraining order, you can’t make them a supervisor [of the victim],” Schultz says. Cody, the state representative and chair of the House Health Care and Wellness Committee, says nurses are part of a union that would guarantee Phillips couldn’t have been fired without due process, but

she says that’s why an internal investigation would be important. She would have expected Eastern State to do an investigation and have grounds for termination. She also would have expected the hospital to make a report to the Department of Health, not only for the assault charge, but because he was in treatment for alcohol abuse. “It’s a little shocking hearing this about Eastern,” she says.

“They could have stopped it, and they know they could have stopped it,” one employee says. “It’s a scare tactic.”

s the sun set on April 14, hundreds of people who knew Dewey gathered at Franklin Park in Spokane. They waved candles to music and read poems in her honor. Surrounded by flowers, in front of news cameras, those who knew Dewey stepped up to the podium and remembered their co-worker, their friend, the mother of three children. “We are all broken to the core here. We all loved Kassie dearly,” Domitrovich said then. “We need to get the word out about domestic violence. It seems like this is happening all too often.” Speakers stressed the importance of making sure domestic violence victims feel safe coming forward. They said if you see someone behaving unusually, reach out to them and listen. “We need to hold each other accountable,” says Mike Yestramski, a social worker at Western State Hospital and president of the Washington Federation of State Employees, which represented Dewey. “Out of this tragedy, make sure something good comes out of it and we all stand together and say, ‘no more.’” Jennifer is more specific. She tells the Inlander that she wants department heads at Eastern State to take accountability, not just share flyers and posters about domestic violence. She wants apologies from the people who could have made a difference. And she wants Eastern State to provide annual education and assign counselors for domestic violence. Most of all, she wishes they listened to her earlier, before it ended in tragedy. “I don’t want pity from anyone. I just wanted, at least, compassion,” Jennifer says. “I mean, we work in this industry to help others. At least try to help your own people.” n

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Wilson Criscione has been a staff writer at the Inlander for more than five years, covering youth, education, social services and other issues impacting the community. Recently, he exposed how an Airway Heights police officer accused of abusing women was still honored as a leader combating domestic violence. You can reach Wilson at 509-325-0634 ext. 282 or wilsonc@inlander.com.

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rom his high school days all the way through to his post-NBA career, Adam Morrison’s journey’s had plenty of unexpected twists and turns. Its most recent meander, though, is one even Morrison himself didn’t see coming: He’s now a “podcasting dude.” What shouldn’t be surprising is that, like most things he’s done, he’s pretty darn good at it. Produced by Spokane’s Speak Studios, his podcast, The Perimeter with Adam Morrison, debuted in April. The name is fitting for a basketball player who was lethal shooting from outside in his playing days. But Morrison wasn’t a one trick pony on the court, and he isn’t in the podcast studio, either. In his first three episodes, two featured former Gonzaga basketball players as guests, while another featured Minnesota radio personality DJ Skee and a deep dive into entrepreneurship. In the episode with Gonzaga player Joel Ayayi, Morrison’s prowess as an interviewer is on full display as the two talk about the transition from college to professional basketball. Morrison is able to relate well with his guests like the soon-to-be-professional Ayayi by connecting through common experiences. ...continued on page 20

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Host Adam Morrison interviews Ultimate Fighting Championship competitor Julianna Peña for an episode of The Perimeter.

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“NOT JUST JOCK TALK,” CONTINUED... After taking the basketball world by storm at Gonzaga, Morrison was the third overall draft pick in the 2006 NBA Draft. Before his breakout college season in which he led the country in scoring at 28 points per game, Morrison was largely unknown. His rise from obscurity to stardom was followed by an equally rapid fall. After earning all-rookie team honors in his first professional season, a torn ACL hampered his NBA career. He won two championships as part of the Los Angeles Lakers, but only played in 161 games over four seasons. In the years since, Morrison returned to Spokane, completed a graduate degree at Gonzaga and now does commentary for the Gonzaga men’s basketball radio broadcasts. His work in radio prepared him for the podcast world, and his experiences on the hardwood allow him to easily connect with his guests. What makes the show special is that it’s not just about sports, even when two athletes are talking. Much of the episode with Ayayi is a conversation about Ayayi’s high school experience at France’s National Institute of Sport. The two contrast the rigid structure of the French system with the relative looseness of the American system Morrison and most listeners are familiar with. The episodes clock in at just over an hour, with the time dedicated entirely to that episode’s guest. They’re real conversations that easily swing back and forth between host and guest. Morrison sat down for a Zoom interview to talk about the show. His responses have been edited for clarity and length. INLANDER: How would you describe The Perimeter with Adam Morrison to someone who hasn’t listened? Morrison: It’s a mixture of my experiences with Gonzaga, people connected around the program, and then the people I’ve met outside of basketball and being a professional athlete. It’s kind of like a semi-variety show I’d imagine. There’s always a connection with Gonzaga or with me. My range of guests is far different than a simple ex-Gonzaga player and things of that nature. So, it’s not just a Gonzaga podcast, but it is Gonzagarelated, and you think Gonzaga fans will be able to connect regardless of who you have on as a guest?

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When I say it’s not a Gonzaga podcast, I’m not trying to disassociate myself from that fanbase, but I’m not going to go on there and break down Gonzaga’s upcoming recruiting class or schedule or anything like that. I try to have a little more variety. It’s basically a show about things I’m interested in and people who have interesting stories. We’re going to try to have it with a hint of variety, but also I’ll get some former Zags on, and some pros. That stuff I think is interesting because of how the story changes once they get into the professional ranks. It’s hard to say it’s not a Gonzaga podcast because the first three episodes are going to be Gonzaga people, but it’s not just Gonzaga basketball-related. I’m talking about their life experiences, their experiences at Gonzaga, the experiences that are going to happen after Gonzaga and how those shaped them as an individual and a human being. When did the idea of having your own show come about, and what was the process like to make it happen? The head of [Speak Studios] texted me one day and asked if I wanted a show, and we just went from there. I didn’t have any intention to start my own show. I didn’t think there would be a following or enough variety for people to enjoy, but they convinced me otherwise. So far it’s been OK, and we’ll see where it takes it. I never thought I’d be the podcasting dude or whatever. Hopefully, it turns into something with a following, for people to enjoy. But if it doesn’t, I’m still enjoying it and having fun, and Speak’s done an excellent job of helping me produce the show. As the radio color commentator for Gonzaga in recent seasons, you’ve worked alongside the longtime voice of the Zags, Tom Hudson. How has that experience prepared you for hosting your own show? It’s helped out a lot. He’s really good at interviews; he’s an absolute pro. He’s made my life easy as a color commentator as somebody that had zero experience walking into that job. I’ve learned a lot from him on show flow, on conversation. He always keeps his interviews as non-cliche as possible, and that’s what I try to do as well with the podcast. There are certain questions you’re going to have to

ask, but when you sit down to talk with former athletes and coaches… they do a million media things, so if you come into it with the mindset of the local TV media or something, they’re going to put up a wall automatically and give you cliche answers. That’s what I’ve learned from Tom, he’s always done a good job, even in the short interviews after games, he gets the guys to really explain what their thought process was instead of the cliche stuff. And just being on radio, in general, has helped with the confidence of what to say, how to say it, and what you think would sound good. You’ve had a couple of players on the first few episodes who have had experience with media from their time at Gonzaga, and who have given great interviews over the years, but you’ve managed to get them to really open up on your show. How does being a former player help you create that chemistry? When they come on the show I explain to them: Look, I’m obviously not a media guy per se even though I’m on the radio. I’m not here to “gotcha” anybody. And then, to be real, I played... so they know that some of the things that I’m asking, there’s a context behind it — just being a former player and somebody that they can respect a little bit. And beforehand I’ve had interactions with them, so that always helps people relax and open up. Because when you’re doing media during the year you get asked a lot of the same questions. You always have to go risk-reward, and I know it’s not everybody’s favorite on the media side to hear that, but you always have to ask, “What good is going to come out of this if I open myself up to this individual or to this entity?” Then you put up a wall because the answer is “none” or “very little.” In my case, I don’t really have an angle; I just want to hear guys’ stories. I know the fans and people that are interested in college basketball are interested in those things as well. I go in with the mindset that I’m not trying to “gotcha” a guy to make my show explode. I just want to have good interviews, and if it takes off, it takes off. If it doesn’t, I’m still having a blast. n New episodes of The Perimeter with Adam Morrison drop on Wednesdays, available wherever you listen to podcasts.

CULTURE | DIGEST

Audrey Style REAL BOREDOM HBO Max documentary Fake Famous had the opportunity to educate its viewers on social media influencers and poke fun at those influencers, too. Unfortunately, filmmaker and tech writer Nick Bilton decided to focus on the mockery, and while I can certainly enjoy a laugh or 10 at people obsessed with their Instagram-focused lives trying to turn their feeds into businesses, the gags get old pretty fast. After a surface-level introduction to a slew of wannabe-famous young Los Angelenos, Bilton picks three out of a casting call and decides he’s going to make them internet-famous by buying them followers and staging a lot of glammy-looking photos. There’s no in-depth reporting, no expert talking heads, no social scientists interviewed. I was bored before the halfway mark, and I’m guessing you will be, too. (DAN NAILEN)

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s someone who had a Paris-themed bedroom the majority of my childhood — Audrey Hepburn prints, Eiffel Towers everywhere in sight, and a “Paris is always a good idea” pillow centered on my bed if anyone dare question my interest — the second I heard about the new Netflix documentary Audrey: More Than An Icon I immediately set aside time to watch. I adored the documentary and realized that I knew nearly nothing about the icon adorning my wall. Here are three things about Hepburn everyone should know: A CAREER UNFULFILLED Hepburn dreamt of being a professional ballet dancer. After World War II, Hepburn got a scholarship to attend the Rambert Ballet School in London, where she had several months of training. Hepburn was noticeably weaker than other dancers, as she hadn’t experienced the same intensity of training that other dancers had at a young age. When she was told by her instructor that her chances of becoming a professional dancer were

THE BUZZ BIN unlikely, she began working in show business in London and was eventually cast in small movie roles before she was “discovered.”

THIS WEEK’S PLAYLIST There’s noteworthy new music arriving in stores and online May 21. To wit: CHRISSIE HYNDE, Standing in the Doorway: Chrissie Hynde Sings Bob Dylan. I’m game for anything the Pretenders leader wants to do. JOHN HIATT WITH THE JERRY DOUGLAS BAND, Leftover Feelings. Hiatt is a killer songwriter, and his new tunes get a bluegrassy treatment from Douglas and Co. MICKY DOLENZ, Dolenz Sings Nesmith. One surviving Monkee covering the other survivor’s songs. Oh, and they’ll be in Spokane together Sept. 10. (DAN NAILEN)

FASHIONABLE FRIENDS Hepburn made a significantly larger impact on the fashion world than most realize, which stemmed from the connection that she had with designer Hubert de Givenchy. Hepburn and Givenchy first started collaborating when Hepburn requested his designs for the film Sabrina, in which she wore her first Givenchy-designed couture dress: a white strapless gown with a stunning black flower design. Their friendship was strengthened by their sharing a similar sensitivity, as Hepburn explains in the documentary. Givenchy knew how to master a design that complemented the lines and shape of her petite frame, just as Audrey knew how to perfectly hold herself in the clothes with grace. Together, both artists invented a look known as “Audrey’s style.” WORK WITH UNICEF “For the children I go to the moon,” says Hepburn in an interview included in the documentary. After her acting career came to an end, Hepburn worked as a full-time ambassador for UNICEF, a United Nations program that gives worldwide humanitarian aid to children. As a longtime UNICEF supporter, Hepburn aimed to bring her fame to a good cause, sharing her love and connecting with children around the world. Hepburn was clearly far more than just the star who wore the long, classic black dress in Breakfast at Tiffany’s. When you have time on your hands to watch Audrey: More Than An Icon, I highly recommend expanding your knowledge of the legend. n

FRAUD AT POLLS? You no doubt remember Serial, the addictively paced whodunit that introduced countless people to the very medium of podcasts. Its latest spinoff podcast is called The Improvement Society, and it’s a rigorous investigation about a timely subject — election fraud, specifically in a single North Carolina county that has a long history with voting fraud claims. Reporter Zoe Chace digs into the complicated rivalry between the county’s Republican status quo and the Democratic PAC dedicated to unifying Black voters, and tells a compelling story of political gamesmanship, rural hearsay, whataboutism and racial disparities. All five episodes are now available for download. (NATHAN WEINBENDER)

TWEETIN’ TED The next person I hear say a bad thing about AppleTV hit Ted Lasso will be the first, and while we all wait for a second season of the aw-shucks charm of the American football coach who finds himself coaching soccer in England, let me recommend following the @TedLasso Twitter account for little jolts of positivity just when you need them. From cornball dad jokes to inspiring bouts of “hopescrolling,” it’s a nice change from dark side of social media. (DAN NAILEN)

YOU WON’T BELIEVE Amber Ruffin is hilarious. The host of The Amber Ruffin Show on Peacock and writer for Late Night with Seth Meyers is capable of making poignant points about race one second and making you LOL the next. In You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey, a new book co-written with her sister Lacey Lamar, the siblings explore an incredible array of racist incidents — from uninvited hands in afros to direct violent threats — they’ve both suffered in their hometown of Omaha, Nebraska, a predominantly White city known for being “nice.” Sound like any place you know? There’s plenty here to make you giggle, but pretty soon you realize how unfair it is to expect a smiling face through constant racism. The book is a breezy 215-page read, but it’s anything but light. (DAN NAILEN)

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CULTURE | TV

Gone Fishin’ My first time… watching MTV’s hit show Catfish BY SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL

here’s probably no better year to illustrate the power of online human connections than the one we all just lived through. People have been meeting each other online for decades now. But after living through the stay-at-home orders of the pandemic, it’s more acceptable than ever to hope a digital introduction might blossom into a real-life love connection. Sadly, though, no matter the year, there are always going to be some sinister people who leverage the anonymity afforded by the internet to lie about who they are and take advantage of unwitting victims. These are the “catfish.” Typically, a catfish poses as someone else, often using a more attractive stranger’s photos to carry on conversations and even full-blown, years-long relationships. Sometimes all they do is emotionally manipulate some-

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Nev Schulman (left) and his former Catfish co-host Max Joseph. one. Other times they ask for money or favors. Often, they refuse to video chat or even talk on the phone, and sometimes they come up with wild last-minute excuses for why they couldn’t meet in person. These are the red flags that anyone who’s watched MTV’s Catfish knows to look for. I’m not exactly sure how I missed out on the phenomenon of this show, now in its eighth season, until this year. But somehow it wasn’t until I was sick and cooped up at home for weeks that I found and binged through almost every season on Hulu. The show was started after Nev Schulman captured his own catfishing experience in a documentary. He traveled to force an introduction with the woman he’d fallen for online, who turned out to be a totally different person than he had expected. Interestingly, they still left the confrontation as friends. So, he decided to help other people confront their own fishy situations. It’s thrilling to watch Nev and Max (now Nev and newer co-host Kamie) travel around the country to meet with people who hope beyond reason that their online relationship is real, but suspect their partner is hiding something. The show often serves as the final wakeup call needed for people who’ve spent years of their lives wanting to believe even the most ludicrous tales in order to

safeguard the idea that they’re really dating a model, a celebrity or even just someone attractive that they seem to share a special connection with. It’s crazy how many people cling to the hope that the person they’ve been talking to is truly who they claim to be, even after they’re presented with clear evidence that person is lying. In fact, Nev often finds the real person whose photos were stolen and has them record a video message to the victim confirming that they haven’t been talking, because only then do some people let reality sink in.

The show often serves as the final wakeup call needed for people who’ve spent years of their lives wanting to believe even the most ludicrous tales. What I think makes the show most unique, however, is that the hosts often try to make the people who are catfishing address the deep-seated issues with their selfesteem or personal skills that led them to lie in the first place. After showing them the real human impact their actions had, and ideally eliciting an honest apology for

the victim, the catfish often get the chance to think about why they strung someone along like that. Inevitably, there are some episodes that are absolutely cringey and uncomfortable — think a woman who for years maliciously catfished another woman as her online “boyfriend,” all because the catfish’s real-life boyfriend had slept with both of them and she wanted revenge. Or recall the instances where the online partner supposedly “died” only to mysteriously show up online again days, weeks or years later, and the victim — or “hopeful” as the show calls them — still wanted to keep the relationship alive. One thing you can appreciate most about the show is how the team evolved over time with handling sensitive topics.

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To the Table Seattle restaurateur Ethan Stowell debuts his popular pasta-centric eatery Tavolàta in the heart of downtown Spokane BY CHEY SCOTT

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avolàta’s centerpiece namesake — a long communal table — has yet to grace its airy, bright dining room. In the meantime, staff at the eatery opened during hopefully the tail end of the coronavirus pandemic are eager to welcome diners to enjoy its Italian-inspired food and drink, for now at tables spaced six feet apart. Tavolàta, a Seattle-based eatery owned and operated by the sizable Ethan Stowell Restaurants group, quietly opened in early May in a prime spot directly across from Riverfront Park, one that last housed an Olive Garden. While breadsticks aren’t free and unlimited at Tavolàta, the quality of ingredients and attention to detail — all pasta is made fresh in house daily — are leagues above chain quality when it comes to Italian-inspired eats with a Northwest flair. “We’re definitely more of a progressive, lighter Italian food spot,” says chef and owner Ethan Stowell, who’s been traveling back and forth from Seattle to Spokane to oversee the opening. “So, for example, you know how classic Italian sauce, they cook it down for hours? We don’t do that,” he continues. “We have a fresh sauce, where basically we take all those ingredients in grandma’s tomato sauce she cooks for 25 hours, and we use it like a stock and cook things with that. It looks the same but doesn’t have that heavy feeling.” For diners who’ve eaten at any of Stowell’s three Seattle-area branches of Tavolàta, the Spokane menu will be familiar, and is nearly identical. One signature dish is the bestselling rigatoni ($24) with spicy sausage and topped with fresh Parmesan. Other pasta on Tavolàta menu, each dish with different sauces, proteins and seasonings, are spaghetti, linguine, pappardelle, paccheri, ravioli, pici and two versions of gnocchi (semolina and potato). Starters range from salads and bruschetta ($16) to burrata ($16) and fried oysters ($15). Tavolàta’s menu is designed to encourage family-style eating with generous portions. Three hearty, non-pasta entrees are a double-cut pork chop ($32), skirt steak ($26) and halibut ($32). Happy hour, daily from 4 to 6 pm, offers the best deals of the day, with pasta dishes for $12 each, about half off dinner menu prices. A selection of house cocktails are $8-$9 each, with $6 glasses of house wine and $5 draft beer pints.

Happy hour is served in Tavolàta’s spacious lounge and on a sidewalk patio, which will eventually be covered for year-round use. “We have a few key things to Tavolàta,” Stowell says. “We want to have a cool, good bar with the best happy hour in town. We are consistently rated the best happy hour in Seattle, and we want that. It gets people there early and gets the party — the vibe of a restaurant — going early on. “The other thing is that we’re great for groups and sharing,” he continues. “You come here, and the portions are a decent size, and it never breaks the bank. We want people to feel like it’s a great value for handcrafted food.”

FROM LEFT: Executive Chef Scott Siff, General Manager Tania Siff and owner Ethan Stowell.

than Stowell Restaurants has exponentially expanded since Tavolàta first opened in 2007 in Seattle’s Belltown. In addition to now four locations of Tavolàta, the restaurant group’s roster includes How to Cook a Wolf, Staple & Fancy Mercantile, Ballard Pizza Co., Rione XIII, Mkt., Red Cow, Frelard Pizza Co., Cortina, Cortina Cafe, The San Juan Seltzery and Goldfinch Tavern. Outside the Northwest, it also operates Wolf inside the Nordstrom flagship store in New York City. Stowell and his restaurants have received numerous accolades from the beginning, including multiple James Beard nominations. The self-taught chef honed his craft on the job. “I started my first day cooking in 1995 and started off like everyone, as a prep cook, and worked my way up and kept on working and opened my first restaurant, Union, in Seattle in 2003,” Stowell says. “We opened up Tavolàta and How to Cook a Wolf in 2007, and we just kept opening restaurants,” he continues. “We started getting some notoriety and realized we were good at opening restaurants and running them, so I started on a journey of being a chef-restaurateur.” Stowell says he and his team had long looked at expanding beyond Seattle, and also considered Portland and Boise. “Tavolàta has always been a really busy place for us. It’s approachable, and people have fun when they come here, so we really wanted to bring it somewhere else,” he says. Spokane was the winner when Stowell discovered the space Tavolàta now calls home, in the historic Old City Hall building on Spokane Falls Boulevard. The Olive Garden closed in 2015, and the space was completely gutted and remodeled. To run the restaurant, Stowell tapped two employees who’ve been with his company for about five years, general manager Tania Siff and her husband, chef Scott Siff, who was last running Wolf in NYC. The couple moved here sight unseen, and are loving the Lilac City so far. “We want to show Spokane what we do, and provide good service and food to the community,” Tania Siff says. n Tavolàta • 221 N. Wall St. • Open Sun-Thu 4-9 pm; Fri-Sat 4-10 pm • ethanstowellrestaurants.com • 509-606-5600

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Zona’s New Zone Chef Chad White’s coastal Mexican eatery Zona Blanca reopens in a larger space with an expanded menu BY CHEY SCOTT

pandemic was as good a time as ever for the temporary closure and relocation of chef Chad White’s downtown ceviche bar, Zona Blanca. Operating for four years inside the Steel Barrel taproom on downtown’s west end, Zona Blanca was the first Spokane restaurant White, a former Top Chef contestant, launched after moving from San Diego back to his hometown. With it, he quickly began making waves in the regional food scene. Since then, the Chad White Hospitality Group has added two locations of High Tide Lobster Bar and TT’s Brewery & Barbecue to its repertoire; White’s also crafted menus for Arbor Crest Wine Cellars. Zona Blanca reopened in mid-April inside its new digs, a former Rocket Bakery cafe on the main floor of the historic Holley-Mason Building at 157 S. Howard St. With plenty more space to move around in the kitchen, bar and dining room, White and his team were also able to expand the menu from ceviche — fresh, raw fish cured in citrus juices — to an all-encompassing array of coastalinspired Mexican cuisine. “The original concept for Zona was a closet concept in the back of a dive bar with only eight menu items, and now we have 30 menu items,” White says. “I brought in a very talented chef, Jeana Pecha, and she’s just an absolute powerhouse. Her technique and flavors aligned very well with myself.” Zona’s new bar program centers on agave spirits: tequila, mezcal and sotol. To head the bar White brought

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on Adam Vizzo, formerly of Durkin’s Liquor Bar. “It’s been incredible to see [Pecha and Vizzo] work together to create a menu in unison that pairs very well, and just to see their passion,” White says. The new restaurant space, with branding and art by local studio Maker and Made, is vivid and colorful, with Latin music always blasting in homage to the equally bright and flavorful Mexican cuisine served there. “We wanted it to be very energetic and cultural, as much as we could with a gringo running it,” White says. “Granted, I have a lot of ties to the culture. My kids are Mexican, and I have a lot of roots there.” While Zona’s new menu is exponentially larger than it was in its previous home, it’s still contained to one page with a handful of items per category: appetizers, ceviche, oysters, entrees, tostadas, tacos and dessert. “A lot of people looked at Zona and said it wasn’t Mexican food, just ceviche,” White says. “But now it’s Mexican, but not traditional. It’s eclectic and flavorful — flavors people may not have had so far. A lot of the Mexican food you find in Spokane is coming from Jalisco and Oaxaca, and very few from coastal areas in and around Baja.” For the appetizer section, there’s queso fundido ($9), housemade guacamole ($10), frijoles Jalisco, (aka refried beans; $8) and Dorilocos ($8), a Mexican street food combining Doritos, gummy bears and spices that White introduced on Zona’s previous menus. Four ceviche dishes ($10-$17) include options ranging

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from tuna to shrimp to octopus, or a combo of all three in the Mixto. Fresh oysters are served as shooters ($8) and raw or roasted on the shell. “There are three oyster options with five species available nightly, so you can get a half or full dozen, raw or roasted,” White says. “The zarandeado oysters — ‘shaken’ in Spanish — have an egg-based marinade like mayo with chilies and achiote and lime and oregano, and we roast them until it’s caramelized.” There are also four choices each in the taco and tostada sections, offering a variety of flavor and ingredient combos, from the bacon-and-shrimp Gobernador ($13 for two) taco to the vegetarian Hongos ENTRÉE Get the scoop on local (mushroom; $9) food news with our weekly tostada. Rounding out Entrée newsletter. Sign up the menu are three at Inlander.com/newsletter. entrees: a butternut squash tamale ($17), charred Spanish octopus ($25) and roasted lamb with beans ($25). In the bar, Vizzo’s lineup of 10 agave cocktails include a refreshing frozen margarita, perfect for hot summer days and nights. Perhaps one of the most eyecatching choices in the bar, though, is the agua azul cielo ($12), or “blue sky water,” a vivid, blue-hued concoction of mezcal, rum, coconut milk, blue curacao, cardamom simple syrup and chocolate bitters. White hopes to soon add lunch hours at Zona Blanca, but says he’s held back now by an industrywide hiring challenge. “The people who I’ve found so far are so amazing, and I feel so blessed to have them,” he says, “but we need 10 more employees, and it’s all levels of employees, not just line level or front of house, even for salaried managers we’re struggling.” n Zona Blanca • 157 S. Howard St. • Open Tue-Sat 4-10 pm (lunch hours TBA) • limefishsalt.com • 509-241-3385

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The ludicrous potboiler The Woman in the Window is mostly a waste of a paranoid Amy Adams BY NATHAN WEINBENDER

.J. Finn’s bestseller The Woman in the Window spends a lot of time name-dropping classic film noir, its aggrieved narrator escaping into latenight marathons of old thrillers and noting out loud how similar her plight is to those of her favorite black-andwhite antiheroes. In fact, the book’s central mystery is noticeably reminiscent of Rear Window: As in that Alfred Hitchcock classic, a protagonist stuck in an apartment spends a lot of time peering through neighbors’ windows and becomes convinced that she has witnessed a murder in the building across the way. It’s one of those post-Gone Girl potboilers that wantonly manipulates perspective and piles one preposterous twist atop another, the sort of paperback that seems specifically engineered to be picked up in airport bookstores during long layovers. It’s also pretty silly, all told, but I still managed to breeze through it in only a couple of days. I also forgot nearly everything that happened within its pages, a benefit when watching director Joe Wright’s film adaptation of The Woman in the Window, which is just as breathlessly paced and just as disposable as its source material. It’s about a child psychologist named Anna Fox (Amy Adams), who is suffering from agoraphobia and never leaves her brownstone walk-up, spending all her time popping pills and washing them down with goblets of red wine. Beyond her layabout downstairs tenant

enough that the audience doesn’t wish they were watching those other films instead. But The Woman in the Window is no Hitchcock. It’s not enough that the third act reveal is laughably implausible, it also has to trot out the reliable thriller cliche of two characters fighting near a rickety skylight on a dark, stormy night. It must be said that Amy Adams gives it her all, but, (Wyatt Russell) and her psychiatrist (Tracy Letts, who like poor Anna Fox, she’s boxed in by this laborious also improbably wrote the screenplay), she hardly sees plot. She gets to shine in all of the actor-y moments — anyone at all. Even her husband (Anthony Mackie), livtear-streaked confessions, drug-induced spells, bug-eyed ing elsewhere because they’re separated, has to call her screeds of accusation — that we’ve come to expect from on the phone to check in. her, but there’s no real humanity behind them. Part of A new family, the Russells, moves in across the street, the problem is that once we get to the apparent murder, and Anna befriends both the wife, Jane (Julianne Moore), the movie devolves into one scene after another of Anna and the teenage son, Ethan (Fred Hechinger), in a matter creeping down dark corridors, peering around doorways of days. One night over even more wine, Jane drops and whispering into her cellphone (which, at one point, some hints that she and her business executive husband, emits a landline dial tone). There’s Alistair (Gary Oldman), don’t have the happiest no ebb and flow to the suspense, or of marriages, and that he’s particularly aggresTHE WOMAN any real sense of inescapable voyeursive toward young, impressionable Ethan. IN THE WINDOW ism. Now that all those plot breadcrumbs have Rated R If anything, The Woman in the been judiciously dropped, it’s time for the Directed by Joe Wright thriller elements to kick in, as Anna witnesses Starring Amy Adams, Gary Oldman, Window is way too dignified for its Alistair stab Jane to death. Though maybe not. Julianne Moore, Jennifer Jason Leigh own good. Wright pulls out a few operatic stylistic flourishes — splashPerhaps she hallucinated the whole thing (antiStreaming on Netflix es of bright red digital blood used as depressants don’t mix well with wine, after all), a scene transition, for instance, and because not only can the cops find no evidence an image of an overturned car materializing in Anna’s of a murder, but another woman (Jennifer Jason Leigh) apartment — but this material needed to be amped up a shows up saying that she’s actually Jane, and that she’s whole lot more. Imagine what a maximalist like Brian very much alive. DePalma or a sensationalist like Paul Verhoeven could So, yes, the plot of The Woman in the Window is blahave done with it. Or even David Fincher, whose adaptatantly reminiscent of Hitchcock. That’s both its selling tion of Gone Girl struck exactly the right note between point and, ultimately, its biggest stumbling block, because horror and hilarity. Is it too much to ask for a trashy if you’re going to evoke the memory of some of the thriller that’s actually trashy? n greatest films of all time, you better tell a story engrossing

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DREAM HORSE

The heartwarming true story of a Welsh bartender (Toni Collette) who breeds a championship racehorse. (NW) Rated PG

THE DRY

Upon returning to his hometown for a friend’s funeral, an Australian federal agent uncovers similarities between a cold case and a recent murder. At the Magic Lantern. (NW) Rated R

FINAL ACCOUNT

The few remaining Germans who were once children of the Nazi party open up about their pasts in this harrowing documentary. (NW) Rated PG-13

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A wealthy Jewish family flees 1930s Berlin as the Nazis rise to power, but they remain outsiders in their new home. At the Magic Lantern. (NW)

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Based on a series of YA sci-fi novels, two teenage misfits (Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley) find each other on a telepathic, mostly male planet on the brink of civil war. (NW) Rated PG-13

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MORTAL KOMBAT

The popular video game returns to the big screen, in properly gory fashion this time, with all your favorite characters delivering one fatality after another. Also streaming on HBO Max. (NW) Rated R

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A new riff on the Death Wish formula, starring Bob Odenkirk as a meek suburban father who goes into full-on revenge mode after his family is attacked. (NW) Rated R

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The latest Disney animated feature, a multicultural fable that follows a teenage warrior’s hunt for the titular creature. Also streaming on Disney+. (NW) Rated PG

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The new chapter in the Saw franchise stars Chris Rock as a cop investigating a series of murders that follow the same M.O. as the crafty serial killer Jigsaw. (NW) Rated R

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From director Taylor Sheridan, a ticking-clock thriller about a teenage murder witness running from men who want him dead, if a raging forest fire doesn’t get them all first. (NW) Rated R

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Wanna head back to the danger zone? 1986’s highest grossing film zooms back onto Dolby screens in anticipation of November’s long-awaited sequel. (NW) Rated PG

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Get Amped! Looking (and listening) ahead: A rundown of the Inland Northwest’s biggest upcoming live shows BY NATHAN WEINBENDER

t really does seem like there’s a light at the end of the tunnel, after all. Mask mandates are being lifted, the weather is getting warmer, and live music is slowly but surely returning to the Inland Northwest. We’ve been overwhelmed in the last couple of weeks by a barrage of concert announcements, so we’re running down some of the most anticipated upcoming shows that have either been rescheduled from 2020 or were recently announced. Rock, punk, blues, country, classic R&B — there’s a little something for everybody. Get your pencils out and start marking your calendars, folks!

COEUR D’ALENE CASINO

Coeur d’Alene’s summer music lineup kicks off July 1 with Lee Greenwood, best known for the patriotic staple “God Bless the U.S.A.” So close to Independence Day, too. The co-headlining tour of country legends Lorrie

Morgan and Pam Tillis has been rescheduled for Aug. 19, and the Neil Diamond tribute act Super Diamond will hit the casino stage on Sept. 2. Chilli and T-Boz of the ’90s girl group TLC are also rescheduled for an Oct. 28 gig, when you can finally sing along to every word of “No Scrubs” at top volume. cdacasino.com

FESTIVAL AT SANDPOINT

The annual Festival at Sandpoint, which has been taking over War Memorial Field every summer since the 1980s, took a break in 2020. But it’s back this year in full force, and with a star-studded lineup. The retro soul act St. Paul and the Broken Bones opens the festival on July 29, and they’ll be followed by country star Jake Owen (July 30), blues-rock artist Shakey Graves (July 31) and ’80s hitmakers REO Speedwagon (Aug. 7). But the festival organizers really threw a gauntlet with their most recent announcement — living legend Gladys Knight will

perform Aug. 5. Keep an eye on the festival’s website and social media feeds for more potential announcements. festivalatsandpoint.com

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By the time Wilco and Sleater-Kinney kick off their co-headlining tour in Spokane on Aug. 5, it will have been more than a year since they rescheduled. But it will also have been worth the wait, as the indie rock heroes team up for an evening of undeniably great music. The farewell tour of ’60s pop gods The Monkees will roll through the Inland Northwest on Sept. 10, with surviving members Mickey Dolenz and Michael Nesmith in tow. The concert promises both hits and deep cuts from their five-decade career, as well as tributes to former Monkees Davy Jones, who died in 2012, and Peter Tork, who died in 2019. firstinterstatecenter.org ...continued on next page

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The Fox Theater, home of the Spokane Symphony, has been broadcasting virtual concerts throughout the spring, but they’ve finally got some honest-to-god, in-person events back on their calendar. On Sept. 11, the Allman Betts Band, whose members’ fathers founded the Allman Brothers Band, will take over the Fox, and rising country star Ashley McBryde is set for a Sept. 23 gig. Tony winner and Oscar nominee Leslie Odom Jr. of Hamilton fame will be performing with the Spokane Symphony on Oct. 15 as part of Whitworth University’s fall Leadership Forum Concert. Although Odom’s tickets have already sold out through official channels, you never know — fan tickets may be available closer to the event. foxtheaterspokane.org

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Of last year’s summer lineup at Northern Quest, one performer has effectively rescheduled: hip-hop legend Ice Cube, who will take the stage on July 22. The rest of the summer will offer a bunch of new dates, and a whole lot of different sounds and genres. You won’t want to miss Motown icon Smokey Robinson on July 24, followed by country hitmaker Dierks Bentley on July 30, punk pioneer Billy Idol on Aug. 12, and more country from Brantley Gilbert on Aug. 13. Get your ’90s alt-rock fix on Aug. 20 with the trifecta of Collective Soul, Better Than Ezra and Tonic, and then get a dose of ’80s rock riffage on Aug. 22 with Sammy Hagar and the Circle. On Sept. 1, Roger Daltrey, legendary frontman of The Who, will wail his way to Airway Heights. Classic rockers Foreigner will perform Sept. 16, followed by the reggae-rock sounds of Sublime with Rome on Sept. 19. The currently announced shows wrap up with back-to-back country showcases from Darius Rucker on Sept. 24 and Old Dominion on Sept. 25. northernquest. com

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Another reason to get hyped for this summer: The Pavilion at Riverfront Park will finally be open for big outdoor concerts. First up is Slightly Stoopid on July 22, with Primus scheduled for Aug. 13. The rest of the summer is filled out by reggae fusion courtesy of Iration (Aug. 21) and Rebelution (Aug. 25), and electronic soundscapes of Louis the Child (Sept. 15) and Porter Robinson (Sept. 26). Two more big gets just announced: Death Cab for Cutie on Sept. 8, and My Morning Jacket on Sept. 29. Then Machine Gun Kelly brings his tour to the Pavilion on Oct. 12, boasting a new sound that leans more toward pop-punk than hip-hop. spokanepavilion.com n

VISUAL ARTS MAKE IT A DOUBLE SCOOP The challenges of the arts world during the pandemic have been well-documented, but we haven’t focused much on the art students who over the past year lost many opportunities to have public, in-person showings of their work. Hopefully that will change soon, but in the meantime, surf your browser over Eastern Washington University’s Gallery of Art starting today to take in the works of 10 rising artists, all about to graduate. The BFA Senior Exhibition features pieces by Aimee Croteau, Benjamin Giachetti, Crystal Hagar, Jaiden Haley, Maggie Harty, Ilene Hayatsu, Travis Knickerbocker, Juno Oh, Alyssa Preston and Elyse Sawyer, and this year has taken on the title “Ice Cream Social.” So grab yourself a spoon and a pint of your favorite Ben & Jerry’s, and give yourself some time to enjoy the 20 works in this show. — DAN NAILEN Ice Cream Social: 2021 BFA Senior Exhibition • Thu, May 20June 4 • Free • Online at ewu.edu/cale/art/gallery

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Barrister Winery Live Music • Wednesdays and Fridays from 7-9 pm • Free • 21+ • Barrister Winery • 1213 W. Railroad Ave. • barristerwinery.com/events • 509-465-3591

Songs for a New World • Continues Thu, May 20 at 5 pm; Fri-Sat, May 21-22 at 7:30 pm • Free; donations accepted • Details at ewu. edu/theatre

Even at 50 percent capacity, venues with live music happening are a godsend after a year of uncomfortable silence. Add Barrister Winery to the growing list of places where you can spend some time and hear our local artists come back to musical life, thanks to the downtown Spokane mainstay’s series of Wednesday and Friday evening concerts. Coming up in the next week are shows by Grand Avenue (May 21) and Spare Parts (May 26), and music’s scheduled into June already; spy the list on Barrister’s website and be sure to go support your favorites. Naturally you’ll want to sip on one of Barrister’s excellent wines while you listen, and in May you can also see artwork displayed from the River Ridge Association of Fine Arts. Due to that 50 percent capacity, be sure to make a reservation before you go. — DAN NAILEN

Eastern Washington University’s theater department is closing its season with a musical called Songs for a New World, and its final performances will be livestreaming this weekend. The first major work by Tony-winning composer Jason Robert Brown, New World is a staged song cycle that’s structured almost like a series of blackout musical sketches, moving back and forth in time and focusing on a revolving cast of characters — two poor men vying for the same woman, the wife of a Revolutionary War hero, a prospective basketball star, a conquistador heading to new land — all on the precipice of making a life-altering decision. Online access to the shows is free, you will be able to include a donation along with your e-ticket. — NATHAN WEINBENDER

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Start Your Claim With Us! ARE YOU or SOMEONE YOU KNOW A current or former worker employed at a Department of Energy facility, a beryllium vendor, or in the uranium mining industry?

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If you answered yes to both questions above, you may be entitled to compensation. The EEOICPA provides lump sum compensation and medical benefits to current and former nuclear weapons workers whose illness is a result of working in the nuclear weapons industry. Survivors of qualified workers may also be entitled to benefits. Covered illnesses include but are not limited to radiation-induced cancer, chronic beryllium disease, beryllium sensitivity, chronic silicosis, or any illness due to exposure to toxic substances.

COMMUNITY PARK IT

One of the final new amenities of Riverfront Park’s big renovation is ready for its big reveal. The North Bank area’s grand opening this weekend offers the first look at several new attractions: an Ice Age floods-themed playground, skate and wheels park, colorful Hooptown USA basketball courts, and the Roskelley Performance Climbing Boulder. Construction on these features began last February; there’s also new parking, public restrooms, picnic shelters and grass turf. Local history — recent and ancient — abounds in this corner of the park. The Ice Age floods playground explores the region’s geological history with a three-story “Columbian slide tower,” and the skate park includes a flat bar salvaged from the defunct Under the Freeway skatepark. The new climbing boulder is named after late Spokane mountaineer Jess Roskelley, and was funded by the foundation started in his name. — CHEY SCOTT North Bank Grand Opening • Fri, May 21 from 12-4 pm • Free • All ages • Riverfront Park • 507 N. Howard St. • riverfrontspokane.com • 509-625-6600

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FILM BIG SCREEN IDAHO

As far as Hollywood movie locales go, Idaho hasn’t graced the big screen all that often. But when it has, the natural splendor and geographic diversity of the region has stolen the spotlight from many a megawatt star and even inspired quite a few A-listers to call the Gem State home — at least part time. The Museum of North Idaho’s ongoing exhibit Hollywood of the North: North Idaho and the Film Industry is about the area’s long-running (and oftentimes unexpected) relationship with the entertainment industry, featuring cameos from the likes of Lana Turner, Patty Duke and Bing Crosby. The collection of memorabilia also goes beyond some of the more obvious Idaho-set films (the cult classics Smoke Signals and Napoleon Dynamite, for instance). It also focuses on the history of Coeur d’Alene’s long-shuttered and demolished movie palaces, which included the Dream Theatre and the Wilma. — NATHAN WEINBENDER Hollywood of the North: North Idaho and the Film Industry • Continues through Oct. 30 • Museum of North Idaho • $5 adults, $1.50 children • museumni.org • 208-664-3448

MUSIC | SOUND ADVICE

COMEDY

JOSH WOLF Wolf is a comedian, actor and NYT bestselling author known for his work as a roundtable guest and writer on E!’s “Chelsea Lately” and “After Lately.” May 20, 7:30 pm, May 21, 7 & 9:30 pm and May 22, 7 & 9:30 pm. $15-$30. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com BRIDESMAIDS TRIVIA “It’s called civil rights! This is the 90s!” May 25, 7 pm. Free. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com COMEDY NIGHT FT. JEREMIAH COUGHLAN With his candid, conversational brand of self-deprecating humor, Jeremiah has become a regular performer at clubs all over the Northwest, including Helium Comedy Club. May 27, 7:30-9 pm. $10. Ruby River Hotel, 700 N. Division St. fb.me/e/13kqtsveV (562-544-4612)

COMMUNITY

CONVERSATIONS ON NATURE The Master Gardener Foundation of Spokane County is offering this educational series. Attendees can register for all three session at a discount. May 20 topic: Garden design tips and how to add “zing” with annuals and herbs. $25/each; $65/all 3 sessions. Online at mgfsc.org NORTH BANK GRAND OPENING Riverfront’s five year redevelopment work is nearly complete. The Ice Age Floods playground and additional amenities open to the public on Friday, May 21 at noon. There’s also a virtual ribbon cutting at 11 am. Free. Riverfront Park, 507 N. Howard. (509-625-6600) CLIMATE SCIENCE SATURDAYS Learn about global warming and its local impacts and initiatives from community partners with activities and information on composting, the carbon cycle, food cycles and food waste, creek and river water testing. At the Spokane Tribal Gathering Place. May 22, 11 am-3 pm and June 19, 11 am-3 pm. Free. Riverfront Park, 507 N. Howard St. my.spokanecity. org (509-625-6600) DANCE INTO SUMMER This community dance begins with a waltz lesson from 7-8 pm, taught by professional instructors. Following is general dancing, refreshments, door prizes, etc. until 10 pm. Singles, couples, and all levels of dancers are welcome. May 22, 7-10 pm. $5-$9. Ponderay Events Center, 401 Bonner Mall Way. (208-699-0421) HIGH TEA FOR HUMAN RIGHTS Enjoy classic high tea with three courses and champagne. The event includes inspiring speakers and performances, as well as auction items and prizes. All proceeds benefit programming at the Human Rights Education Institute. May 22, noon. $20-$60/person; tables and sponsorships available. Coeur d’Alene Resort, 115 S. Second. cdaresort.com ON ASIAN AMERICA: AAPI EXPERIENCES AND IDENTITIES A virtual discussion hosted by Humanities Washington that explores the modern experience of being Asian in America – how we got to where we are today, and how to reverse these troubling trends in tandem with other communities of color. May 24, 6 pm. Free. Online at humanities.org

FILM

OLDER THAN THE CROWN A screening and discussion with director Derrick LaMere and producer Shelly Boyd in discus-

sion with EWU Professor Margo Hill. The 30-minute documentary is about Sinixt tribal member Rick Desuatel and efforts to restore tribal recognition in Canada. Registration required. May 20, 7 pm. Online at bit.ly/olderthancrown. SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE A tale about a fictional relationship between William Shakespeare and a young woman who poses as a man in order to star in one of the writer’s plays. May 22, 7:30 pm and May 23, 2:30 pm. $5. Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave. panida.org

FOOD

MONTGOMERY DISTILLERY COCKTAIL DINNER A special six-course dinner with cocktail pairings, featuring Montana’s Montgomery Distillery. Social hour at 5 pm. Reservations required. May 20, 6 pm. $120. Gander & Ryegrass, 404 W. Main. ganderandryegrass.com (509-315-4613) TAPHOUSE BEER DINNER FT. POST FALLS BREWING CO. Featuring five craft beer tastings and four chef-curated, paired courses in partnership with Post Falls Brewing Company. May 20, 5:30 pm. $37. Coeur d’Alene Taphouse Unchained, 210 E. Sherman Ave. cdataphouse.com VIRTUAL WINE CLASS Rocket Market hosts weekly virtual wine classes; sign up in advance for the week’s selections to bring home and enjoy during a virtual tasting session. Fridays at 7 pm. Price varies. Rocket Market, 726 E. 43rd Ave. rocketmarket.com (509-343-2253) BOTTOMLESS(ISH) MIMOSA SUNDAY BRUNCH Join Nectar Catering for an assortment of weekly brunch menus with a mimosa bar. Sundays 9:30 am-1 pm through May 23. $25. Nectar Catering & Events, 120 N. Stevens St. bit.ly/3qIJju9 HELLO BREW CO. BEER DINNER A fourcourse dinner paired with the beers of local Hello Brew Co. 21+. Tickets previously purchased for this rescheduled event will be honored. May 23, 4 pm. $50. Laguna Café, 2013 E. 29th Ave. (509-448-0887)

MUSIC

GREEN ROOM SERIES: MOLLY IN THE MINESHAFT The Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center hosts this live Q&A with members of Molly in the Mineshaft, a band that finds a perfect balance between celebrating the diverse musical heritage of bluegrass music and presenting it with a new twist. May 21, 6-6:30 pm. Free. bit.ly/MWPACGreenRoom LITEFEET DANCE COMPETITION Grab your partner, squad or come down by yourself to compete for trophies and cash prizes at the Nashville North. Includes competitions for swing, team line and individual line. May 22, noon. $0-$50. Nashville North, 6361 W Seltice Way. thenashvillenorth.com ((208-777-8312) SPOKANE SYMPHONY @ HOME Five concerts each explore a different theme through music and other disciplines. James chats with orchestra musicians, brings in guest artists and has conversations with some of the most engaging experts in the Inland Northwest. May 28, noon. $100 for full series; $25 per show. spokanesymphony.org

SPORTS & OUTDOORS

CARDBOARD BOAT REGATTA The inaugural Spirit Lake Cardboard Boat Regatta also includes a kayak bass fishing tourna-

ment, chili contest, craft fair and other events. May 20-23. Spirit Lake, Idaho. spiritlakechamber.com/events RIVERFRONT MOVES: BARRE AT THE PAVILION Pulse and shake in the Barre Code’s 50-minute signature class that combines barre work and isometric movements to fatigue your muscles while remaining gentle on your joints. Registration available six days prior to each session. Thu from 6-7 pm through June 10. Free. Riverfront Park, 507 N. Howard St. (509-625-6600) SPOKANE INDIANS VS. EVERETT AQUASOX Seating for May’s Spokane Indians games are being sold via POD seating sets in groupings of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 seats. Through May 22, 6:30 pm and May 23, 5:09 pm. $5-$14. Avista Stadium, 602 N. Havana. SpokaneIndians.com

THEATER

SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD The first musical from Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown (Parade, Bridges of Madison County), this moving collection of powerful songs examines life, love and the and the choices that we make. May 20, 5-7 pm, May 21, 7:30-9:30 pm and May 22, 7:30-9:30 pm. By donation. ewu. edu/theatre (509-359-2459) STAGE LEFT THEATER’S MASTERPIECE MONOLOGUES: SHAKESPEARE EDITION Another installment featuring locally well-known actors and directors and produced by Robert Tombari. This feature is available to stream through June 1 Free. facebook.com/StageLeftTheater

VISUAL ARTS

AMERICAN ORIGINAL: THE LIFE AND WORK OF JOHN JAMES AUDUBON: An exclusive selection of original prints, paintings, manuscripts and personal possessions of an American icon. The exhibition tells the incredible story of a man who overcame so many obstacles to attain international recognition through his creativity and initiative on projects such as the ubiquitous “The Birds of America.” Tue-Sun from 10 am-5 pm through Sep. 19. $5-$12. Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 2316 W. First. (509-456-3931) FOUR SEASONS May’s exhibit features the multimedia work of Spanish-born artist Felisa Carranza and watercolors by Betty Bradley. Open Thu-Sat from 12-5 pm through May 29. New Moon Art Gallery, 1326 E. Sprague. newmoonartgallery.com (509-413-9101) GRACEFUL RENEWAL The Art Spirit Gallery is thrilled to reopen with the new exhibit after the past 15 months, during which its staff was challenged by a pandemic and then a flood. This show features works by artists Susan Mattson, Kathy Gale, Del Gish, Louise Lamontagne and Shannon Troxler. May 14-June 5, open daily 11 am-6 pm. Through June 5, 11 am-6 pm. Art Spirit Gallery, 415 Sherman Ave. theartspiritgallery.com ICE CREAM SOCIAL: 2021 BFA SENIOR EXHIBITION Eastern Washington University’s annual BFA Senior Exhibition features the work of 10 BFA candidates working in a variety of media and styles. Participating artists: Aimee Croteau, Benjamin Giachetti, Crystal Hagar, Jaiden Haley, Maggie Harty, Ilene Hayatsu, Travis Knickerbocker, Juno Oh, Alyssa Preston and Elyse Sawyer The show is on display in an online format. May 20-June 4. Free. Online at ewu.edu/cale/art/gallery/

Lee Greenwood plays the Coeur d’Alene Casino on July 1.

Wednesday, 05/26 EICHARDT’S PUB, John Firshi

Thursday, 05/27

A&P’S BAR AND GRILL, Open Mic Night ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS, Justin James BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB, Open Jazz Jam MOOSE LOUNGE, Country Night with Last Chance Band POST FALLS BREWING COMPANY, Christy Lee

Friday, 05/28

BRIDGE PRESS CELLARS, Bobby Patterson Band PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Brian Jacobs & Chris Lynch RUBY RIVER HOTEL, Ron Greene

Saturday, 05/29

PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, John Firshi POST FALLS BREWING COMPANY, Rhys Gerwin RUBY RIVER HOTEL, Pamela Benton

Sunday, 05/30

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LORD OF THE GARAGE SALES Cheers to the folks who referenced Tolkien on their garage sale sign! NA/AA ZOOM MEETINGS To these great meetings that are happening around the world 24/7 — Thank you! I need this recovery more than anything, but these people are so welcoming, humble and down to earth. Thank you for opening your door along with your hearts to build a unified community during these hard times. I will continue to show up and put in the work and do what it takes to change my life.

I SAW YOU WHY ARE YOU HONKING AT ME? Nearly everyday for the past four years now, you drive by my job site and honk at me. You drive a maroon Honda (Accord?) with lots of bumper stickers on the back. Today I was telling my co-worker about it when speak of the devil, you look right at me and honk as you drive by. I didn’t recognize you. Do I know you? Have we met? Do you want to? Who are you? Why do you honk? What is your name? Do you have a crush on me or something? I am single, and so far your level of commitment to let me know you’re thinking about me every single day for the past four years is better than my ex-wife’s! LMAO. Regardless please stop honking at me and just stop by and say hello. Seriously though please stop the HONKING! It startles me, and on more than a few occasions nearly caused me to fall off my ladder or drop something. MASKED FIREMAN AT NW BLVD. Safeway You: tall, fit, fireman in uniform, checking out before me. Me: seemingly shy (not accurate) brunette buying (not enough) beer. I feel like I missed my opportunity to invite you over to shovel dirt; I would’ve bought more beer. ;) Meet for a beer to discuss future opportunities?

CHEERS

DOWNRIVER DISK GOLF A few weeks ago I wrote a “jeers” about the Downriver Disk Golf Course on how filthy it has become. Somebody took notice and cleaned this place up 100%. It been two weeks now and still looks spotless!!! Good job and thank you for taking the time — place looks fantastic!!!! YOU MADE MY DAY I believe it was the morning of Tuesday, May 4. I was behind you in line at the North Wild coffee stand in Suncrest. I pulled up to the window and was surprised to find out you bought my coffee! You were driving a white SUV and you made my day! I sincerely appreciate your kindness, especially in the challenging year we have all had. Thank you so much!! THANK YOU! I lost my car keys off my back bumper a few weeks ago somewhere between the Hays Park area and the dump off Sullivan, THANK YOU!! very much to whoever turned them into Planet Fitness. Jim & Lisa

JEERS RE: BLOOMSDAY BONEHEADS I read with amusement the comment about “Bloomsday Boneheads” in the last Inlander. It was interesting that the “jeer” was completed with “this is an example of how White people are the worst.” My observation was that a large number of people ran Bloomsday, and they seemed to be of all ethnicities. I find it hard to believe that only “White people” didn’t run on the “wide enough sidewalk.”

Come to think of it, the writer of the “jeer” sounds kind of like a “bonehead.” STOP BEING SO LAZY So what is up with laziness of the people in this town who can’t return a shopping cart to the store?

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WALK ON THE RIGHT SIDE I am beyond tired of asking people to walk on the righthand side of the halls, the sidewalks, the aisles, the anything. It might be slightly inconveniencing for you, but I’m autistic, and I have severe anxiety about walking in public. And since people don’t come with me to shop to help me calm down, it just sits there and festers silently while I bite my tongue. Well no longer. You walk on the right, not in the middle, not on the left — on the right. You walk quickly, you walk in a line, not in a group, and you don’t turn around abruptly if you missed a turn. You wait until you know the aisle is clear before moving forward. Don’t just start walking and expect another person to not be there. Walk on the right. It really isn’t that damn hard. You all think I’m kidding, but I ain’t. I’ve made Jeers posts about this before, and the next time I have to tell somebody this, I will do so with a megaphone and no filter. SHAME ON YOU Shame on the two older women who mocked and jeered the woman who looked like she had wet her pants at Columbia Surgical on Monday, May 3rd. RICH HOUSE SNATCHERS People wonder why we here in the Inland Northwest

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

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that being said... damn near every apartment or rental company is only open 9-5 Monday thru Friday, and they never check their emails. It’s hard to work full time-plus and to search for places during the week. The places I have applied for, I

You’re in Washington now, the Evergreen State, and we Washingtonians love our beautiful state...

How hard is it to push the cart a few extra feet instead of just dumping it anywhere in the parking lot?

SOUND OFF

don’t like rich moneymongers. Here’s one reason. A co-worker of my wife is trying to buy a house, but every time he put an honest bid on one, some rich A-hole comes along and bids $50,000 above asking price. This has happened

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10 times so far. To all you rich A-holes who keep doing this, go somewhere else and take away their dreams of owning a home. We have worked for years to try and get a house and don’t need you coming in and swiping it out from under us.

keep getting denied because of my credit score. Literally the only thing affecting my credit is my student loans. I don’t have anybody to cosign for me. And I have to move by the middle of June. So for anybody in the same situation as me, I wish you good luck. I know I need it!

UN-AMERICANS Get over it, he lost. Not only did he lose, but he started an insurrection. Get a grip of yourselves. The only difference between you and a box is, at least the box has worth. Stock market is at record highs; America is and always will be a land of opportunity. If some idiot with rape lawsuits, multiple bankruptcies, and calling his own supporters stupid wins, then lord knows what you’re capable of. I’m glad you finally feel wanted. Even if it’s by racist, un-American insurrectionists.

SHOULD HAVE STAYED IN CALIFORNIA Jeers to your fake palm trees popping up in Spokane. Maybe you should have stayed in California, or wherever it is that you came from. You’re in Washington now, the Evergreen State, and we Washingtonians love our beautiful state and all that is native here. What we don’t like is, people like you who move here and bring all of your bad habits with you. Please, stop building big ugly houses with palm trees, and driving like maniacs. Respect our ways or go home! n

THANKS FOR NOTHING, ADVICE GODDESS The so-called Advice Goddess offers truly terrible and one-dimensional advice. Woe to thee that follows her. I’ve read this column religiously for three years, always trying to abide by the goddess’ advice. Four divorces later here I am. Thanks for nothing. IT’S HARD OUT HERE Hello Spokane. I am writing to just simply say how hard it is to find a place to rent! I am in my mid-20s and work full time from 9-5. My department is short on people, so I normally work six days a week. With

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Relax to the Max Three cannabis products to help you maximize the season BY WILL MAUPIN

e’ve reached the peak time of year for outdoor relaxation. These days the sun’s out for as long as it will be in July and August, but evening temperatures aren’t yet oppressively hot. Which means it’s time to hang up that hammock, pull up a patio chair and kick back for a few hours in the evening sun. Of course, that sounds good enough on its own, but why not kick it up a bit with some cannabis? Here are three products to help you relax to the max.

A NEW FLOWER

Spokane Valley’s Phat Panda, one of the largest producers in the state, recently added to its expansive collection with a new strain: Apple Mac. Clocking in at 23 percent THC, this indica-dominant hybrid packs a bit of a punch. A cross between MAC 1 and Trophy Wife, two hybrids known for their mildly energizing effects, Apple Mac is noticeably

more of a calming strain than those two. An $8 preroll from The Vault proved to be the perfect accent to the 80-degree weather I sat in Saturday evening on my porch.

ICE-COLD LEMONADE

Ray’s Lemonade, from local producer Dogtown Pioneers, is a seasonal favorite of mine. The infused beverages come in a variety of flavors, but I normally stick with the plain old lemonade for its versatility, or go with huckleberry if I want to feel super summery. The convenient measuring cup that comes with each bottle makes it simple to measure out the right dose before tossing it into a mocktail for leisurely sipping. Like all edibles, effects come on gradually over time and tend to stick around a while, making them perfect for these long, lazy evenings.

SOOTHING RELIEF

Mr. Moxey’s is known throughout the Northwest for their classically designed infused mints, which come in metal containers that hark back to old school Altoids tins, but they’re a lot more than just those candies. Mr. Moxey’s makes topicals as well, and their muscle relief salve with 100 milligrams of THC and CBD is one of the best. It can ease achy muscles after a long day of work or take painless muscles and help them melt into a hammock the moment you get in. And because it’s a topical you won’t need to worry about your brain melting along with your body. There’s more to cannabis than just the high, after all. n

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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.

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AMY ALKON

I’m a guy in my senior year of college. I cannot figure out how my roommate gets all the women he does. He’s a huge jerk to everyone, including women — the typical “bad boy.” He breaks any rule or law he can, doesn’t care who he hurts, and makes very little effort with women, yet all my female friends go for him. A good friend (sleeping over, as it got really late) even left my bed in the middle of the night to get into his! Why?!! —Nice Guy

Women — especially in their 20s — will blather on about how they want a nice, reliable guy. Then they find one and immediately despise him for how nice and reliable he is: like how he always calls when he says he will — usually to the minute! — and there’s never that recorded voice on the line first, “Will you accept a collect call from prison?” Reading between the lines of your email, you seem to have the same question cognitive scientist Scott Barry Kaufman asked: Basically, do you have to be a jerk to get the girl? To answer that, Kaufman explored bad boys’ appeal. He observes that bad boys tend to have big helpings of “dark triad” personality traits. Dark triad sounds like the name for three ne’er-do-well superheroes, but it’s actually the term for three malevolent personality traits with some ugly similarities: Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and narcissism. Machiavellianism, named for 16th-century Italian political adviser (aka tyrant whisperer) Niccolo Machiavelli, plays out in ruthless scheming, callousness, and selfinterest. Psychopathy shows itself in callous detachment, poor impulse control, and a lack of empathy and remorse. Narcissism is reflected in egotism, an extra-large sense of entitlement, a lack of empathy, and “grandiosity”: an inflated sense of one’s greatness in contrast with all the rest of the human worms. This is quite the personality poison pack, yet — in research mirroring your experience — evolutionary psychologist Peter K. Jonason found that dark triad traits were correlated with having more sex partners (as well as more of a desire for hookups). Obviously, the dark triad traits themselves — essentially heartless, exploitative user-ishness — make exactly no one in their right mind go, “Wow, where do I sign up for somebody with all that?!” However, Kaufman observes that dark triad “bad boys tend to have lots of positive traits that come along for the ride (with) the badness,” such as confidence, assertiveness, and fearlessness, along with creativity, humor, charisma, and high energy — “all things women find attractive.” I think two types of women are particularly drawn to bad boys: hookuperellas — women who just want casual sex — and “sensation-seeking” excitement junkies. Sensation seeking is a personality trait that psychologist Marvin Zuckerman finds plays out in a craving for novel, varied, intense sensations and experiences and a willingness to take risks to get them. There’s a clue in all of this for the dismayed nice guy who can’t understand why women seem to fall out of the trees into bed with the jerk. Even women who aren’t danger-and-excitement junkies are drawn to men who are a consistent source of “novel” experiences: that is, who never stop surprising them (though playfully rather than evilly!). Also, consider that what drives away women isn’t so much being a nice guy but an overly nice guy: a guy who comes off needy, tentative, and desperate to be wanted. Now, maybe you feel needy, tentative, and desperate — at least to some degree. (Who doesn’t?!) The thing is there’s no mandate for you to act the way you feel. That said, I explain in “Unf*ckology” that “fake it till you make it” is actually a bust, because you typically succumb to “cognitive overload”: you have so many things to remember (to come off confident, surprising, fun, etc.) that you end up getting overwhelmed and falling apart. I instead advise that you “impersonate your way” into the new confident you: basically, borrow a confident, easygoing, fun guy’s persona — meaning, secretly “be” him (like an actor playing a role) when, say, talking to a new woman in a coffee shop. Do this repeatedly, and you should see that women treat you very differently. There are sure to be some hiccups, but you should eventually feel ready to do this confident, easygoing thing as you: a nice guy who’s trained himself into having the good parts of bad-boy mojo. By the way, you should have an easier time with the ladies as you approach your 30s because many women will have been jerk-burned at least once and learned their lesson. They want a guy who can hold their attention for hours with his wit and good nature — as opposed to the dude who seems destined to hold off the cops for hours by shouting demands from inside the 7-Eleven. n ©2021, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. • Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405 or email AdviceAmy@aol.com (www.advicegoddess.com)

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