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EDITOR’S NOTE

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e claim it so routinely — “Our biggest issue ever!” — that it might be easy to forget this: What’s common at the Inlander is not common everywhere. It’s not common everywhere for a newspaper to be growing its print publication, and yet in your hands, you hold the largest issue we’ve ever published in our 25-year history. I’m not sure there’s another American paper that can say the same in 2019. Nor is it common for a newspaper to have such loyal, consistent readers, and yet this annual SUMMER GUIDE issue is one of our most popular every year.

People often ask me what makes the Inlander so special — why are we succeeding where others have failed? I usually answer in a long monologue about being family-owned and community-focused, but I think it really boils down to this: We work harder. That’s it. That common routine, trying to earn our readers every day, has led to uncommon success, and to this: our biggest issue ever!

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The internet audaciously promised to unite our world, creating new ways to communicate and share information across the globe. It held hope of revealing that Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon wasn’t merely a parlor game, but a reality.

We were all much closer than it might initially appear.

And the internet has dramatically, in some ways, lived up to those promises. It’s certainly changed how we understand our relationships to

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each other. But rather than unite us into one, singular world, we’ve found ourselves more deeply connected into many worlds — each walled off from the others.

This has allowed us to find new globe-stretching connections and communities. We can read articles written across the world — even if they aren’t in a language we’re fluent in with the help of Google Translate. We can purchase goods, spread a message and have conversations with anyone.

Ironically, these new digital globe-trotting superpowers, though, haven’t pulled us together, but segmented us apart. The media landscape is more fragmented than ever. We live in the era of niche news — where access to all the information has overwhelmed us, so we’ve increasingly curated it down to what most satisfies us.

The nation as a melting pot is a helpful myth — but never one we’ve been able to completely realize.

We live in bubbles of our own creation. And look, this can be a lot of fun. I love diving down the rabbit holes of my hobbies and passions online. It’s amazing just how much you can learn and who you can connect with. The ability to find people like ourselves is such a relief. We’re really not alone.

But this redefinition of community to those like-minded connections is also deeply dangerous. It’s not that living in separate worlds is totally new, either. America has always been a fractured country. The nation as a melting pot is a hopeful and helpful myth — but never one we’ve been able to completely realize.

Our nation’s original sin of slavery, baked into the Constitution, openly reveals the heartbreaking contradiction in the claim that the United States would be built on the principle that “all men are created equal” (not to mention the patriarchy purposefully baked into that particular choice of phrase). This original sin has stayed with us and continued to drive our disconnection.

Prior to the internet, this sin and other longstanding, related divisions were primarily exploited by internal forces. But the internet has now made it possible for global adversaries to enter the fray.

Russian interference in our elections was based not on building new divides, but taking advantage of those that already existed. Our bubbles make us vulnerable. Our disconnection with each other has become a national security issue — our ever-rising partisanship our Achilles’ heel.

And for liberals reading this, it’s not just conservatives who fell victim to manipulation. What limited access we have to Facebook’s data from the Russian “hack” of our democracy reveals plenty of ads successfully targeting the left as well.

If we want to continue as a nation, we must start to tear down our walls and truly become a nation. We must pop our bubbles and build the kind of community promised in the potential of not only the internet, but also in our flawed founding documents.

For in the words of Benjamin Franklin: “We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.” n

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Q&A ANTHONY GILL What the founder of the local urbanist blog Spokane Rising thinks the city is doing right — and where it’s faltering

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or the past five years, Anthony Gill has produced incisive commentary on all things urban in Spokane through his blog, Spokane Rising, ranging from criticisms of the amount of downtown land dedicated to parking to profiles of vibrant up-and-coming neighborhoods. The 25-year-old former Spokane resident is currently an economic development analyst for the city of Bellevue.

We recently spoke with the forwardthinking Gill about what he thinks the Lilac City is doing right and what more it could do to build a better city in the Inland Northwest.

This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity.

INLANDER: Why did you start Spokane Rising?

GILL: Some of it was just taking ideas that I was seeing going on in different cities and saying, ‘Hey, think this is something that cities like Spokane could pull off?’ Things like green bike lanes and remodeling the first floor of a parking garage so there’s retail space there and it’s more interesting for pedestrians.

What projects in Spokane are you really excited about? What are we doing right?

Riverfront Park is an example that I talk about all the time here in the Seattle area.

I think it’s amazing what we’re doing to Riverfront Park. Not just the investments in new public space but all of the planning and events organization in Riverfront Park.

I think you’ve seen that space really grow up as a place that people see as a gathering place for people. The city does a really, really good job programming that space.

I look at things like the activated alleyway project — that seems really fascinating

and will be a creative use of public space.

And the Catalyst project: To say that we’re going to have the first cross-laminated timber office building in Washington state, that’s pretty cool. I think once we see [the University District] become a real live-work neighborhood, that’s going to be really exciting.

Where do you think we could be doing better?

We don’t see a ton of apartments, town houses, condos, residential development in general that goes on in the [urban] core.

Places like the South Landing and the University District, North Monroe now, some of those districts where you have the commercial density but you don’t necessarily have the residential density. I think that’s not happening because of market dynamics.

How do we do that? We concentrate the development [with] certain types of incentives to really encourage that type of development there. I’d like to see the city do more of that, whether it’s getting rid of parking requirements [or] requiring that type of construction on those corridors so you don’t have drive-thrus and strip malls going up. We need to think about how we can concentrate development along these corridors that people will walk along without getting in a car.

We need to be thinking about things like community land trusts: How can we bank land for the future for maybe a nonprofit housing developer or even the city to come in to develop housing that is going to be more affordable? How can we be using our public space that may be underutilized — old warehouses that the city is not using to its full potential, empty lots that are owned by the city — how can we use those spaces to have affordable workforce housing? n

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Readers respond to an opinion column lamenting the loss of Spokane Public Schools’ librarians (“Closing the Book,” 6/6/19):

ANGELA LALONDE: School librarians are so much more than just people checking in and out books and reshelving them. Our librarians are introducing coding, how to use the internet properly for resources, and a whole host of other things and fostering a love of reading.

ALICE EVANGELISTA: Hmm… at the beginning of the school year, as parents buy their kids the required supplies, they are also asked to provide extra supplies for the classroom because of limited or zero funding for supplies. Now our school libraries are on the chopping board too?!

Our children get screwed… again!

CAROL BRYAN: “The district” can promise kids will have the same access to library materials (not to mention support and instruction) but adding to the classroom teacher’s already challenging load of meeting so many children’s diverse unmet home and learning needs doesn’t help teachers or children or our country in the long run.

REED FRIESE: The movie Idiocracy used to seem far out there. No handwriting, no librarian. I guess next would be no books. The cuts will keep coming as demand for services like school library dwindles. n

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MAPPING THE MISSING In accounting for missing and murdered Native Americans, a new report says Washington state has more work to do

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or 18-year-old Rosalie Fish, a member of the Cowlitz and Muckleshoot tribes, becoming a state track champion didn’t come with the feeling of glory and excitement she’d once dreamed it might.

Instead, when the Muckleshoot Tribal School senior ran in the 1B state championships at Eastern Washington University in late May, winning the 800, 1,600 and 3,200-meter races, and coming in second in the 400, she carried the weight of the stories of four women she was running for.

With a red handprint painted across her face, and a red “MMIW” on her leg, standing for “missing and murdered indigenous women,” Fish ran to bring awareness to the many Native American women who go missing and are murdered at disproportionate rates around the United States and Canada.

“I had a lot of people when I got done with my race asking me, ‘How does it feel to be state champion?’” Fish recalls by phone this week, just a few days after graduating from high school. “I wasn’t really happy with being a state champion as much as I was thinking all the while how insignificant my tiny race was compared to these issues and the things that my relatives are experiencing.”

She ran to honor the mysterious or questionable deaths of Misty Anne Upham, Alice Looney and Jacqueline Salyers, all Native women in Washington who were killed between 2004 and 2016. She also ran for Renee Davis, a member of the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe who was pregnant when she was shot and killed by King County Sheriff’s deputies conducting a welfare check in 2016. ...continued on next page

For Rosalie Fish, becoming a state track champion was second to calling attention to missing and murdered indigenous women.

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“My 3,200 for Renee Davis was really, really emotional, just because her story was so close and so traumatic,” Fish says. “It was eight laps to dedicate and just think about her and her experiences.”

Fish says she was inspired by the activism of Jordan Marie Daniel, a Lakota woman who ran the Boston Marathon earlier this year, praying at each of the 26 miles for different missing and murdered indigenous women.

While taking a break from the take-home finals that she’s working on this week as she also works toward an associate’s degree from Green River College in Auburn, Fish says it’s been a personal issue for her and her family.

“I was first made aware of the issue just by being a Native woman, a woman living on the Muckleshoot Reservation, it’s just something you become aware of living in this community,” Fish says.

It’s also an issue that’s making more headlines, especially as Washington and Canada both released reports this month detailing their investigations into missing and murdered Native women.

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he Department of Justice reports that Native American women living on some reservations in the U.S. are murdered at rates more than 10 times the national average.

Native American men and women living in urban areas are also impacted by violence at disproportionate rates, and in general there is a lack of comprehensive data on how many are missing or have been murdered.

“There shouldn’t just be people who go missing off the face of the Earth.”

In recent years, activists in the U.S. and Canada have called on their governments at the national, state and local levels to account for the missing and look into cases that have gone cold, particularly those involving women.

This month, Canada released its multiyear inquiry into the issue, calling the death and disappearance of indigenous women and girls in the country over decades a “Canadian genocide.” It details “the truths of more than 2,380 family members, survivors of violence, experts and Knowledge Keepers shared over two years of cross-country public hearings and evidence gathering,” according to a news release.

Meanwhile, Washington released the “Missing and Murdered Native American Women Report,” to the Washington State Legislature on June 1.

Recognizing there was a lack of good data and that what does exist isn’t always shared between agencies, lawmakers commissioned the report in 2018, asking the Washington State Patrol to quantify the issue and come back with recommendations.

The report states that as of May 2019, 56 Native American women from Washington were recorded as missing in the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), a database used by law enforcement agencies around the country.

While Native Americans make up 2 percent of the state population, American Indian/Alaska Native women made up 7 percent of the total 784 missing Washington women of all ethnicities, and American Indian/Alaska Native men made up 5 percent of the total 1,019 missing Washington men.

Despite clearly showing the numbers aren’t proportional, some have already questioned the report’s figures as too low. A separate report published in November 2018 by the Seattle-based Urban Indian Health Institute found 71 urban cases of missing or murdered indigenous women and girls in Washington state.

That report focused solely on public information requested from

three major cities — Seattle, Tacoma, and Spokane — and includes murder cases, on top of missing-persons cases.

But it’s worth noting the recently released state report specifically focuses only on missing-persons cases.

Washington State Patrol Capt. Monica Alexander, who met with tribes and law enforcement agencies around the state over the last year before authoring the report, says she in no way is offended if people question the number reported as too low.

Because the report is only based on the number of missingperson reports officially entered in NCIC, some dating back to the 1970s, Alexander asks that anyone who thinks their relative or loved one isn’t accounted for in the data make sure that there is an official police report on file for that person. To be entered into that law enforcement database or the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs), which can be accessed by the public, a police report has to be filed, Alexander says.

“If my family member was missing and I went on a website representing those who went missing, I would want to see my family member’s picture, and their name, to make sure people LETTERS are looking for her or him,” Send comments to Alexander says. “Our focus is editor@inlander.com. missing and murdered Native American women, but this will stretch to men as well. There shouldn’t just be people who go missing off the face of the Earth.”

The report notes many factors contribute to underreporting of missing-person cases and the less-than-ideal data.

In addition to trust issues with various levels of law enforcement and the government, sometimes Native American people have been misclassified in databases by ethnicity.

“Native Americans are often mistaken for Hispanic, Asian or Pacific Islander,” the June report states, citing particular concerns voiced during an October 2018 meeting with the NATIVE Project in Spokane. “Also, ‘N’ was used for data collection purposes for Negro and Native. The concern is there is data out there that will never be correct.”

Others who attended meetings with the State Patrol reported that law enforcement didn’t take them seriously or told them they had to wait 24 to 72 hours before reporting someone missing, even though that’s largely not the case.

Alexander says she sees the report simply as a starting point as state and tribal agencies continue to work together to better address reporting.

“While there are multiple databases, there currently is no centralized database that is all encompassing of the information necessary to effectively meet the needs of this growing problem,” the report’s conclusion states.

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n the meantime, state lawmakers this year approved two liaison positions for the State Patrol. Both noncommissioned employees will be tasked with building relationships between the state government and Native communities, as well as developing best practices for law enforcement response to reports of missing indigenous people. “[Someone] can say, ‘Hey, I got turned away at this police agency,’ and that liaison can work with them and be somewhat of an advocate,” Alexander says. “Sometimes the law enforcement process can be intimidating, and we want to take that away. We’re here to serve our public.”

One liaison will be stationed in Western Washington, and the other will be in Eastern Washington.

In addition to emphasizing the need for better communication between law enforcement agencies at every level, Alexander again emphasizes that she wants to know if there are other missing people out there who need to be reported.

“I believe what people are telling me, that there are more people out there we don’t have the names and information on,” Alexander says. “I want to get that so I know the numbers we have are accurate.” n samanthaw@inlander.com

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Since then, a regional pro-choice group page was started on Facebook to discuss which other businesses might not be supportive of a woman’s right to choose. Meanwhile, others have rallied around the Slice and Biscuit owner, saying they also feel abortion is wrong.

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That’s because state regulators have already spent more than two years implementing the stricter rules it was told it had to follow. In Spokane, if the rollback takes effect, polluters would be allowed to dump more PCBs into the river, something environmental groups and tribes worry will only prolong cleanup that’s already taken decades. (SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL)

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hen it comes to the appointees for the highest positions within the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Secretary Ben Carson has a type.

Of the 10 HUD regional administrators, each charged with overseeing HUD in multiple states, several have ties to Secretary Carson or President Donald Trump. And as a Washington Post analysis last year revealed, Carson’s HUD has a habit of giving raises and promotions based on loyalty instead of expertise or housing policy experience.

There’s David Tille, HUD’s New England regional administrator, who served for Carson’s presidential campaign in New Hampshire.

There’s Denise Cleveland-Leggett, leading HUD’s southeast operation, who was a corporate lawyer and who has long known Carson.

And there’s Lynne Patton, a longtime Trump family employee with no experience in housing, now overseeing New York and New Jersey. (Patton recently said “I honestly don’t care” if she violated a federal law.)

But then there’s Christopher Patterson.

Until several weeks ago, Patterson, 50, was in charge of 10 group homes for foster kids in the Inland Northwest. Now, Patterson is overseeing all of HUD’s work in California, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii and U.S. Pacific territories as a regional administrator.

It has some local social service workers whispering: Where did he come from?

He didn’t get the job because he has any particular expertise in housing policy. At Breakthrough, the group-home agency he founded, Patterson never dealt with HUD. And it’s not because of any connection with Carson.

“I’ve never met the man,” Patterson tells the Inlander.

If you ask Patterson, it’s because of what he learned from what he calls his “past life”: growing up in foster care, and breaking out to operate his own business in social services. It’s why, despite the questions, Patterson says he’s not surprised he got the job at all.

“Why should I be?” Patterson says. “I mean, bottom line is if you want something in life you gotta go get it.”

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s a foster kid who frequented the streets of Spokane, Patterson could have headed down the wrong path. When he was a teenager being delivered to a new foster home, he heard his social worker say Patterson “isn’t going to live to see 18.”

Patterson, of course, would prove his social worker wrong. He graduated from Riverside High School in Spokane, and after a stint in the Job Corps forestry program, founded Breakthrough in 2006. He felt a calling to help provide a stable environment for kids in foster care. Later,

Patterson graduated from Eastern Washington University with a bachelor’s in interdisciplinary studies.

And it was through Patterson’s work at Breakthrough that Patterson started working with people on both sides of the political aisle.

He frequently would travel to Olympia and advocate on behalf of kids and businesses, he says.

“I had the opportunity to where I just made good impressions,” Patterson says.

His work in politics also brought him face to face with U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, who Patterson says he’s known “for a long time.”

McMorris Rodgers actually recommended Patterson for a position with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, her communications director Jared Powell confirms.

“She has always enjoyed working with him and she’s seen his positive impact on the community,” Powell says.

The HUD position wasn’t something that Patterson really had his eye on. Rather, it was “something that was brought to my attention,” and Patterson believed in HUD and its goal of helping vulnerable people. He calls doing what he does now the “truest form of servant leadership.”

“I’m not a political junkie. I’ve never been an elected official. I just simply did it on my own merits,” Patterson says.

Patterson says he voted for Trump because “you can only kick the can down the road so long.” People on both sides wanted change, Patterson argues, and Trump would bring that. And even though Patterson has never met Carson, he’s admired him from afar.

“I believe in who he is, what he represents, and what he stands for,” Patterson says. “Here’s a man who came from nothing, and he became one of the best neurosurgeons in the world.”

When asked if Patterson had concerns that Carson didn’t have experience with housing policy before being chosen to run HUD, Patterson scoffs and says “no.” In Patterson’s view, the policy background isn’t the kind of experience you need.

“I think you have to have the biggest heart in the world,” Patterson says. “And the ability to learn very fast, and learn to be a people person and work with a lot of personalities.”

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hough he comes back to his home in Colbert on weekends, Patterson’s office is based in San Francisco, among the slate of Western cities drowning in rising housing prices and a growing homelessness crisis.

He says helping folks get out of homelessness is his No. 1 objective. And to do that, he wants to help them become more self-sufficient.

“People do want to be able to change their own lives and they do want to take pride in their

Christopher Patterson founded Breakthrough in 2006.

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own work,” Patterson says. “They want to be able to look at their kids in the face, they want to look in the mirror and be proud of what they get.”

His plan, he says, is to strengthen public-private partnerships.

“That’s key, to make sure there’s successful structure between agencies. Whether you’re for-profit or nonprofit, you have to be able to design an affordable way of living for people of all backgrounds,” Patterson says.

Patterson says he supports a “housing first” approach that HUD has encouraged across the country. The model aims to connect homeless individuals with housing, without preconditions such as sobriety or treatment requirements. It’s the approach pursued locally in Spokane by Catholic Charities.

“You’ve gotta have people in safe environments to live off the streets to recuperate and heal,” Patterson says. “It’s a good thing.

You just have to be careful how much density you put in one area.”

Rob McCann, executive director of Catholic Charities of Eastern Washington, says the regional administrator has a huge impact on an organization like Catholic Charities. Ben Carson, McCann says, hasn’t affected Catholic Charities “one bit.” But Jeffrey McMorris, the regional administrator in charge of Washington state, has been “very helpful” to the organization and a great partner to work on providing assistance to serve people in need.

McCann says he’s gotten calls from Catholic Charities organizations in California asking about Patterson. But McCann doesn’t know him. What McCann would hope for anyone in that position, however, is that they have “a profoundly deep understanding of housing issues,” understand political systems and understand the region.

Patterson, who still monitors Breakthrough after hours, says a month into the job at HUD, there’s been a lot to take in already.

Every day he is being humbled.

“I’m drinking from the fire hydrant,” he says. “Not the fire hose.”

His goal is to become the best regional administrator he can be. He wants to bring change by having the same heart, passion and drive that he brought to Breakthrough. He credits the hundreds of people working in his region for the work they do — whether it’s providing community block grants or public housing assistance. None of them, he says, want to see a kid go hungry, or go on the street like he once was.

But he says his experience on the streets taught him one thing.

“The one thing I can say is there’s only one you. And you have to find people that have a like-minded mentality, ideology, moral compass, work ethic and standards,” Patterson says. “You surround yourself with people you know and like and you trust.” n

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PREVIOUSLY…

In need of a distraction, Miller Cane and 8-year-old Carleen visit Laura Ingalls Wilder’s house in Missouri (of “Little House on the Prairie” fame) and, by chance, they latch onto a group of school kids on a field trip, led by parents and a teacher named Miss Judy or Julie.

Suddenly, cops are swarming the house. The jig is up, Miller figures. He and Carleen have been on the run in his motorhome for months, ever since Carleen’s mother, Lizzie, was arrested for shooting (and wounding) Carleen’s dad, Connor. Connor had come back after learning that Carleen will inherit a family fortune. Before all this, Miller had made his living traveling from mass shooting to mass shooting, comforting (and conning) the survivors. It’s a past he can’t seem to leave behind.

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ut the cops weren’t there for him. The door burst open and a line of children erupted out, led by one of the moms, Tammy, checking her phone as she ran, but there was no connectivity. Through the open door Miller could see the teacher, Judy Julie, on the landline at the cashier’s counter, pale, blotchy, her eyes bright and dead.

“Get them to the bus,” Jeanine yelled, pushing kids out the door. “Go, go, go,” she shouted. But where was the shooter? Miller made his way around the kids coming out, looking for Carleen, who was back by the bonnet rack. He ran to her. Two state cops burst in from the museum side, everything stopping for a second, Miller

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nearly falling down with relief that they weren’t shooters. “Clear,” one of them shouted, falling back to the museum.

“Who’s the teacher?” the other one called.

Miller pointed at Judy Julie.

“How many kids?” he said to her.

Another cop herded children out.

Carleen started crying when Miller reached her.

“What’s happening?” she said. He lifted her into his arms.

“Talk to me,” the cop said to Judy Julie. “It’s okay.”

“Twenty-six,” Miller said to the cop, carrying Carleen out.

“Got it,” the cop said.

“Come on,” he said to Judy Julie, taking the phone from her and leading her toward the door. Miller wondered if she’d ever talk again.

Outside, the bus was parked in the middle of the road, cop cars blockading traffic in either direction, though there wasn’t any traffic. The children stood in parallel lines, some looking at useless phones. Dogs walked the length of the bus, underneath and inside it, followed by their handlers.

“Let’s take care of these kids now,” the cop said to Judy Julie, who said nothing.

“What happened?” Miller asked him as quietly as he could.

“They’re all dead,” Judy Julie said.

“What?” Miller said. “Where?”

“All right, ma’am,” the cop said.

“Every single one of them.”

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“Miller,” Carleen said, clutching at him.

“It’s okay,” he said, pulling her in tighter.

“We’re all that’s left,” Judy Julie said.

“That’s not gonna help,” the cop said.

“You’re doing a great job,” another cop said, as he walked between the lines of children.

A car pulled up to the nearby roadblock, a woman jumping from the driver’s side and running toward the children. Several cops moved in her direction.

“Jenny!” the woman called.

A child peeled out of line and ran toward her.

Another car pulled behind the first, and another.

More sirens were approaching.

Doors swung open from the parked cars and parents tumbled out, running toward their children. Two cops met them, but the parents called their children and the children ran to them.

“Let me down,” Carleen said, and Miller lowered her.

She took his hand, pulled at him. “We have to go!” she said.

“Every single one of them,” Judy Julie said, and Carleen cried, “What does that mean?”

“It doesn’t mean anything,” Miller said.

“It means something!” Carleen said, holding up her arms for Miller to pick her up again. She cried against him. He looked at the state cop handling Judy Julie, who looked like he might come apart himself. “I’m up the hill,” Miller said, “in that motorhome.”

“I want the dogs on it,” the cop said. “Come on, ma’am,” he said to Judy Julie. ...continued on next page

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Miller didn’t want to believe her, but he believed the cop — the look on this face that said this was more than anyone can handle. Miller knew that look. Two cops with a dog escorted them up the hill, Carleen clinging to him.

“It’s okay,” he said, though they both knew it wasn’t. Another car pulled to the roadblock, but now the cops were stopping people, the parents still calling children’s names and the kids still peeling away.

A dog and a handler were already working the motorhome.

“The side door’s open,” Miller called.

The handler took the dog inside.

Miller and Carleen stood with a cop in front of Laura’s house, the sky deep blue and beautiful, a few wispy

as she was closing the bathroom door, Miller said, “We’ll wait right outside.”

“No!” Carleen said. “Stay inside.”

“Okay,” Miller said. He didn’t want her out of his sight either. He checked his phone. Still nothing. He whispered to the cop, “That teacher down below — she said all of them. What does that mean?”

The cop shook his head.

Carleen came out of the bathroom. “I need to find Waffles,” she said. “That police dog scared him.” Miller and Carleen and the cop searched for Waffles, who was cowering up in Carleen’s loft. She pulled him down and held him against her as they walked the cop out.

“Take care of your dad now,” he said.

“I will,” Carleen said. “Was it a shooting?”

The cop looked at Miller, who nodded.

“It was,” the cop said.

“But not here. You’re okay.”

“At school?”

The cop looked at Miller.

“Yes,” Miller said.

“Did kids die?”

Waffles wriggled against her.

Miller put his hand on her shoulder, hoping the cat wouldn’t bolt.

“It’s still very confusing,” the cop said, and Miller said, “Yes, kids died.”

“How many?” Carleen said.

Waffles kept wriggling. It seemed likely he’d pee on her. She shushed him, her face against his fur.

“We don’t know yet,” the cop said. “But you’re safe with your dad.”

What else could anyone say?

Down the hill parents poured onto the lawn, the boss

He whispered to the cop, “That teacher down below — she said all of them. What does that mean?” clouds blowing across it. They rested for a minute as the chaos swirled down the hill. “I have to pee,” Carleen said, still crying a little as Miller set her down. He hoped she didn’t know why she was crying, that she’d never know.

The dog came out of the motorhome, leading his cop.

“You can go in now,” the cop beside them said. “Go ahead, sweetheart.”

Carleen looked at Miller. “I’m afraid,” she said.

The cop held out his hand to Carleen, who took it and allowed herself to be led into the motorhome, and

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cop losing control of his count.

“Bennie,” one mom cried. “Bennie!”

But Bennie didn’t come.

Miller couldn’t believe it had followed them here, to Laura’s house. But of course it had. It would follow them everywhere. If anyone should know that, it was Miller.

“Follow me,” the cop called, jogging toward the far roadblock.

“What are you holding?” Carleen asked Miller.

He looked at the bag in his hand, Carleen’s bonnets, which he handed to her. “A present for you,” he said. He opened her door and buckled her in as if she were a baby.

Waffles scrambled to the back of the motorhome.

Carleen opened the bag and examined her bonnets.

“I love them,” she said, putting one on her head. There were two cars waiting at the blockade, and a few up the road turning around. Cedar Creek would be in the opposite direction, where all the parents were coming from.

“They’re perfect,” Carleen said, tying her bonnet and sniffling. One of the cops pulled out so Miller could get through the blockade. The cop who had helped them looked a little wobbly. “Pretty bonnet,” he said to Carleen. She waved at him. Miller pulled away and left what had happened behind them, driving with the windows down. They didn’t talk. At some point his phone would tell them how to get back to Springfield, the other direction. At some point he’d fall into a news hole and learn what had happened. But not yet. He looked at Carleen, who was staring straight ahead in her bonnet, her face puffy and streaked. He reached his hand to her and she took it. They drove in silence for a long time, the warm air blowing over them. n

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I never thought I’d enjoy dance. I’m not particularly coordinated or good at remembering choreography, but after some friends took me to a high school swing dance I knew I had found something I love. Five years later, finding good dance places was one of my first priorities when I arrived in Spokane.

After a little searching, I learned that there’s a dance place for you in Spokane, whether you’ve danced for years or never before. If your thing is fun or formal, talkative or taciturn, single partners or parties of four, it’s all here. All you need to do is go check it out.

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Although anyone can learn dance at her class, four of the couples are doing so to dance at their weddings.

Finkett pays attention to the details important for each couple. After listening to the music they want for their wedding, she tells them what dance style will work best. For beginners, the most important part is to “make it your dance. Smile and have fun,” she says.

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CULTURE | DANCE “ROOM TO MOVE,” CONTINUED... series of fancy spins without worrying about footwork or timing, and it’ll all work out. After a little practice, even the more complex-looking moves will feel natural.

From the strong beat of its music to the photos of Elvis on the wall, the Ridler Piano Bar provides the full country experience along with excellent lessons for longtime and beginner dancers. On some Tuesdays, there’s live music. Attendees can expect to learn three or four new moves in a night which they can immediately use on the floor. The most important part of country is to always dip your partner at the end of the dance.

Between dances, you can enjoy a drink and the friendly atmosphere. “It’s a great way to meet new people, and it’s cheaper than any date you’ve ever been on,” dance instructor Caitlin Applegate says. She’s right.

Ridler’s Piano Bar is located at 718 W. Riverside in Spokane, and entry costs just $5. After a beginner Tuesday lesson starting at 6:30 pm, you’ll know the basic country swing step and a few moves to do with a partner.

Advanced country swing lessons start at 7:30 pm. The Ridler also offers Wednesday line dancing.

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Like a good relationship, the Argentine tango at Satori is all about communication. There aren’t any “moves” in tango; instead, leads tell follows what to do with body language and the subtle pressure of an arm. This simplicity gives tango an amazing depth. Although the basics are as simple as walking, you will always have more to learn.

In the words of studio owner Victor Smith, you should dance because “it’s cheaper than therapy.” When you tango, you focus so deeply on the communication and rhythm of the dance that the rest of your problems tend to drift away. The warm wood floor and evening light through the windows in the Satori studio adds to the relaxing atmosphere.

The name “Satori” comes from Japanese zen Buddhism, and means roughly “I get it,” Smith says. It’s appropriate for both dance in general and tango in particular. When you “get” how your partner moves, you

WONDERFUL WEST COAST

If you like classic dance and pop music, West Coast swing is for you. Unlike country swing, where the basic step spins partners around a point between them, West Coast’s basic step moves partners backward and forward along a straight line. It’s an incredibly versatile style of dance that you can enjoy with many kinds of music.

The opportunities for improvisation make West Coast exciting. Sometimes you don’t even know what a move will become as you begin it. Finding out what you’re going to do is all part of the fun. The most important thing to remember is that there’s never a wrong move if you’re keeping time to the music.

“Once you get beyond your basics, there’s a tremendous amount of creative freedom,” Friday night Swing Dig organizer Mahala Fedor says. “You have this amazing partnership with another person.”

At Swing Dig, new dancers experience professional instruction and a friendly atmosphere. Instructor Justin Zudish helps visitors become better dancers after even one lesson.

Swing Dig happens at Corbin Senior Activity Center on 827 W. Cleveland Ave. Advanced lessons start at 7 pm, beginner lessons at 7:45 pm and open dance at 8:30 pm. Admission costs $5 for members and students, $10 for public. n

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Dancing with 30 people at once is less complex than it sounds. In contra dance, you and your partner dance with other couples as a caller tells you what to do next.

All you need to do is enjoy the music. “If you can walk and count to eight, you can do it,” dancer Debbie Mykkanen says.

A live band playing traditional bluegrass, Celtic or old-time music makes the event even more fun. The voice-like rise and fall of the fiddle, banjo and guitar is

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“get” tango.

Besides $10 Thursday tango dances from 7-10 pm, Satori offers $10 classes in salsa, tango, bachata and Zumba on other weeknights and Saturdays. Satori is located at 122 S. Monroe St. in Spokane.

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at once complex and simple. The music drives the dance and you find yourself absorbed in the music. It’s like being carried by a river of sound.

There isn’t a dress code for contra, but it’s good to wear something you can move in. A song can last a while and contra involves a lot of walking at a brisk pace.

Dancers might want to wear skirts so they can fully enjoy spins.

The Spokane Folklore Society hosts contra dances 7:30 pm Wednesdays at the Spokane Woman’s Club at 1428 W. Ninth Ave. and 7:30 pm Saturdays at East Spokane Grange, 1621 N. Park Ave. Wednesday costs $5-$7, and Saturday costs $8-$10.

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A AT WHAT PRICE? If you discovered a treatment that could save hundreds of thousands of lives, what lengths would you go to in order to get your small startup funded? Give up a relationship with a good friend? Allow someone to spend the night with your spouse, no questions asked?

Netflix’s new 10-episode show What/If is a slow-burn psychological thriller with all the improbable drama of a serious soap opera, but with high-caliber editing and acting. Even as you find yourself scoffing at some of the developments, you’ll find it’s pretty hard not to let that five-second timer count you down right into the next episode. (SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL)

BY NATHAN WEINBENDER

ny time a new season of the sci-fi anthology series Black Mirror drops, I move it to the top of my queue. I love it for all its suffocating darkness, and yet the episodes have an average success rate of, oh, about 60 percent. It’s wildly inconsistent, which I suppose is the built-in handicap of its structure. But if one chapter doesn’t work, maybe the next will.

As is my wont, I devoured its fifth season in a single sitting when it recently debuted on Netflix. My two cents: “STRIKING VIPERS” What it’s about: Two bros meet up every night inside a Mortal Kombat-type VR game, but their battles quickly become something more intimate.

What we should be afraid of: Your significant other cheating on you via video game avatar.

Does it work? Almost. This is one of the least reactionary episodes of the series, an attempt to explore complex ideas — masculinity, sexuality, the addictive immersion of VR — through a high-concept premise. Like “San Junipero,” one of the series’ finest episodes, it’s an empathetic portrait of a same-sex relationship, but it doesn’t push its premise far enough.

Grade: B-

THE BUZZ BIN

THIS WEEK’S PLAYLIST Some noteworthy new music arrives online and in stores June 14. To wit: CALEXICO/IRON & WINE, Years To Burn. Their 2005 collaboration was a killer, here’s hoping they repeat the trick on this one.

BARONESS, Gold & Grey. The prog-metal heroes offered up previews of this album at their killer Knitting Factory show a few months back.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, Western Stars. Delivering sans E Street Band, the first couple singles showcase the Boss in crooner mode.

LUKAS NELSON & PROMISE OF THE REAL, Turn Off The News (Build A Garden). Easy for you to say, Lukas! We didn’t all grow up in Hawaii smoking dad’s weed! (But I’m sure the album is stellar; this band is great.)

MADONNA, Madame X. What was the last Madonna song you were truly excited about? Be honest. (DAN NAILEN)

“SMITHEREENS” What it’s about: A disgruntled rideshare driver picks up an employee from the offices of a social network called Smithereen, and holds him at gunpoint until the company’s founder gets on the phone with him.

What we should be afraid of: The intrusiveness of social media platforms; checking your phone while driving.

Does it work? For the most part. What begins as a pressure-cooker crime procedural morphs — as Black Mirror episodes often do — into a somewhat hectoring editorial about smartphones and internet oversharing.

Grade: B “RACHEL, JACK AND ASHLEY TOO” What it’s about: Pop star Ashley O (Miley Cyrus) wants to mature out of her teeny-bopper persona, but her devious aunt/manager puts her into a chemically induced coma and begins producing new music using brainwave technology. Meanwhile, two teenage girls set out to free Ashley with the help of a handheld robot that has the musician’s personality uploaded on it.

What we should be afraid of: The cutthroat cruelty of record producers, mostly.

Does it work? Not really. It seems like it’ll have something to say about the disposability of the music industry and the inherent weirdness of artistic legacies, but most of it feels like one of those dopey Disney Channel original movies Cyrus herself might have starred in a decade ago.

Grade: C So, a mixed bag. Bring on season six. n

GO WEST The refurbishing of west downtown Spokane continues with the arrival this week of a new, still-untitled public art piece by artist Susan Zoccola. The striking series of bright spheres connected into arches were inspired by the neighborhood’s “auto row” history, and sit atop the new plaza west of Adams Street between Sprague and First Avenue, over one of the new sewer overflow tanks. The piece was commissioned through a joint effort by Spokane Arts, the city and the Downtown Spokane Partnership. (DAN NAILEN)

BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE If you like the 2014 comedy horror film What We Do in the Shadows, and you really should, then you’ll enjoy the TV series on FX with the same name, created by the stars of the original film, Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi. The series is a mockumentary about a household of vampires in Staten Island stumbling their way through the world. The cast is different from the movie, but it brings the same dry wit and humor to the undead creatures. Somehow, it makes a show about murdering humans a delight. (WILSON CRISCIONE)

THE STREEP DEPARTMENT Meryl Streep’s one flaw as an actress is that she’s too perfect — you can sometimes see the perfectionist’s “acting!” gears turning just behind her eyes. But when she’s placed in the right role, that weakness turns into another strength, adding richness, complexity and duplicity to her character. So it is with Streep’s role as the main draw to the second season of Big Little Lies, as the grieving mother of the murder victim from the first season. Both her sweetness and her barbs seem like a performance obscuring her true self — and hint at what makes her so dangerous. Now streaming on HBO. (DANIEL WALTERS)

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ow do you create a menu that’s diverse enough for a bar, a restaurant and a music venue, all while catering to different dietary restrictions?

For Lucky You Lounge chef Josh Grimes, starting with a foundation of vegetables and vegan options is a great start.

“For me, it’s an easy thing if your building blocks in the kitchen are primarily vegan and vegetarian. We’ve got everything we need in that kitchen to make delicious food without using dairy or meat,” Grimes says. “We can add those components easily, and elevate the flavor for people looking for that kind of thing, but the foundation, the DNA, is whole grains, vegetables and good clean food.”

Grimes previously worked at Ruins, and before that, led the kitchen at Casper Fry. The chef says that for Lucky You, he wanted to create a menu that’s got snack options for people who just need an extra boost of energy while watching a show, as well as full meals for those looking to sit

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down for dinner.

Everything is ordered at the bar, both upstairs and downstairs, at the new venue, located on the edge of west downtown Spokane and Browne’s Addition. With no table service, Grimes says the menu is designed to make it clear which options are dairy free, gluten free and vegetarian.

Two of the most popular items so far are the crispy chicken sandwich ($14) and the shiitake dumplings ($9) served in a black vinegar broth, he says.

One of his personal favorites is the green curry, made with a homemade curry sauce and topped with a kumquat relish for a pop of sweetness, served with chicken ($18) or tofu ($16).

“It’s a totally fresh curry paste, with herbs, lemongrass, ginger, spices, limes. It’s very vibrant and fresh,” he says. “It’s just perfect summertime food.”

For meat eaters like this writer, one of the heartier bar-fare options is the steak sandwich, topped with crispy pickled red

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peppers, sweet caramelized onions, swiss cheese and a horseradish aioli. For $15 it’s served up with chili, soup, salad or herb fries tossed in a sesame sumac spice blend with parsley, mint, dill and basil.

The sandwich was plenty filling and the perfect way to soak up some of that excess alcohol at the end of a recent barhopping night. For me, the toppings gave it a super-sweet crunch, heavy on the bell peppers, that was balanced by the savory aioli. Meanwhile, my friend Benjamin more colorfully says, “It’s like someone taped five bell-pepper-flavored Warheads to their fist and hit you with it while you were eating steak.”

Grimes says the kitchen hopes to offer a fresh sheet with new menu items on a weekly basis, while keeping the main menu roughly the same.

“It’s important to us that the food has consistency,” he says. “Because there’s so much going on [here], the food will kind of be the comfort that’s always going to be there.”

Lucky You’s full menu is available seven days a week from 4 pm to midnight, with everything but the main courses available until 2 am.

In the next few weeks, the goal is to also start offering lunch, Grimes says, and there are plans to offer weekend brunch starting as soon as this fall. n Lucky You Lounge • 1801 W. Sunset Blvd. • Open daily 4 pm-2 am • luckyyoulounge.com

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EVER! HERE IN THE INLAND NORTHWEST, WE LIVE FOR SUMMER. We endure the short and dark days, the snow piled up in the driveway, the leafless trees frosting overnight. We endure the long winters because we know summer will be worth it.

Summer is the reward. It’s the warm breeze as you walk to a show late at night. It’s the camping trip you’ve always wanted to go on. It’s a cold splash of lake water on a hot summer day.

And now, it feels more important than ever to seize a great summer day. Who knows when a new cloud of smoke will invade the city? Who knows when we’ll be hit with a natural disaster? And hey, did you read in the New York Times about UFOs being real?

It’s time to treat this summer like it’s the last summer ever because, really, you never know.

Take out the proverbial bucket list and cross some things off. Don’t have a bucket list? That’s OK. We’ve got you covered. Here, in our annual Summer Guide, we’ll share some of the things on our own list to get some ideas kicking around your head — plus, of course we have all the local events and activities you could ask for. And, yes, that includes what to do during the dreaded smoke season.

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You can find more than 20 splash pads from Spokane to Coeur d’Alene — each a little different.

BY JACOB JONES

CHILDREN AT SPRAY

Splash pads — they’re just like your sprinkler at home, except bigger, better and wetter. They sport squirt cannons, rainbow misters, towering fountains and those buckets that fill up and then suddenly douse all awaiting below.

If there’s one joy I truly envy of kids today, it’s their abundant access to free splash pads.

The Spokane area offers more than 20 public pads, including facilities in Coeur d’Alene, Liberty Lake and Airway Heights. You could spend all summer making the rounds to find the finest spray. You know, if you’re into things like having fun.

Josh Oakes, aquatics supervisor for Spokane Parks

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and Recreation, says most pads either went in new or received upgrades in recent years. Each park has slightly different features and advantages.

“They’re all unique,” he says. “There’s a whole bunch of good ones.”

Most local splash pads sit adjacent to playgrounds or picnic areas. The Manito Park pad has some small rocks for scrambling and its many nearby gardens to explore.

McEuen Park in Coeur d’Alene has a variety of naturetheme fountains just off the downtown waterfront near Tubbs Hill.

Oakes says his family often visits the Carson Park

pad so they can rotate back and forth from the splash pad to the Joe Albi skate park.

The splash pads complement Spokane’s other aquatic centers and pools. Register online (spokaneparks.org/ aquatics) for a free SplashPass to use the facilities.

Oakes says families can also compete this year in a new Cardboard Boat Regatta on July 26 at the Comstock Aquatic Center. Teams use cardboard and duct tape to compete for fastest or best-decorated watercraft. The fee is $20 per team.

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FREE-RANGE PASS

Let ’em roam a little. Spokane Public Schools students can also pick up a new Spokane Youth Card that allows unlimited free STA bus rides, free admittance to the Riverfront Skate Ribbon and access to other community programs.

Students from kindergarten to 12th grade can check out cards from Spokane Public Libraries starting June 13.

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GET OUT OF THIS WORLD

While you’re visiting Spokane Public Libraries, launch into summer by exploring several STEM-themed workshops and activities. The library’s summer reading pro-

Polish your mad skills at Spark Central’s Girls Rock Lab. gram blasts off with an Astronaut Party at the downtown branch on June 15; other branches will launch separately.

Other events will involve exploring virtual reality, teaching astronomy, breaking out of a lunar-themed escape room and even listening to outer space poetry. Find more information at spokanelibrary.org/calendar.

DROP IN & ROCK OUT

Budding musicians and songwriters can register for Spark Central’s Girls Rock Lab with two four-day camps in early August. Program manager Melissa Dziedzic says the camps bring girls together for musical mentorship and collaboration. Kids will later perform on Aug. 17 at the downtown Spokane library.

“There’s a joint concert,” she says. “It’s a pretty exciting time.”

Spark Central also offers weekly drop-in workshops for young writers, artists and role-playing gamers. Dziedzic says they have just added a drop-in craft workshop. Kids can also register for robotics and coding classes or art programs. The Imaginarium: Creative Play for Toddlers monthly drop-in program lets children ages 1-5 take on art activities that reinforce key learning skills.

“Parents can kind of do the creative activities with their kids,” she says.

Find a complete listing at spark-central.org/ events.

DRIVE THEM UP THE WALLS

If your kids prefer to do their rocking on the climbing wall, Bloc Yard Bouldering Gym in north Spokane hosts a summer youth bouldering camp in July and August that covers rock-climbing technique and safety practices. The gym offers 4,500 square feet of

climbing from beginner to advanced. Kids 9-15 can sign up for the weeklong camps. Registration is $200, including a T-shirt and a pizza party. Find details and registration at: blocyardgym.com.

GO ON A BUG HUNT

Let your kids dig around, overturn rocks and embrace the creepy crawlies in their own backyards.

Summer doesn’t have to be all mosquitos and yellow jackets. It can also serve as an opportunity to introduce kids to often overlooked insects or helpful pollinators. Ants, ladybugs, bees and butterflies all offer lessons on the small workings of the natural world.

Experts suggest searching around flowers and under rocks. Kids can use a wooden spoon to scoop insects into a clear container where they can get a good look without handling the bug too much. Let them inspect bugs with a magnifying glass or sketch them in a notepad. An insect field guide from the library or online can help you identify the bugs and discuss their unique features.

Always remember to put the bugs back where you found them.

Selkirk Outdoor Leadership & Education, or SOLE, will lead a Kids Pollinator Workshop on July 26 at Evans Brothers Coffee in Coeur d’Alene. The class, for ages 4 and older, will cover the role of pollinators in wild and community ecosystems. There’s a suggested donation of $5.

CLIMB HIGHER, RIDE LONGER

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s a parent, a lot of my summer goals will likely revolve around getting my two toddlers out of the house for some bite-sized adventures. We all love to hike and scramble and splash around, but this year I’ll be looking to push us a bit more.

My little ones love to swing around on plastic holds on the bouldering wall and clamber over rocks in the park, but I am excited to harness them up this summer on some nice mellow toproping at Minnehaha or Cliff Drive. We’ll see how the kids — and my wife — handle the climbing higher off the ground.

We got a bike trailer for the kids last year and mostly do small loops around town. I would like to try out some longer rides along the Centennial Trail or Lake Coeur d’Alene. Before too long, the kids will have their own bikes and I will have to try to keep up with their pace. But not yet.

Personally, I would love to spend a couple days camped on the banks of the St. Joe River in North Idaho casting flies for eager cutthroat. It’s been a couple years since I made it down to one of our region’s finest trout streams, but it never seems to disappoint — even a rusty, out-of-practice angler like me.

If the kids come along for that trip, that’s fine too.

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MEET MYTHICAL MONSTERS

From sea serpents to Sasquatch, a traveling exhibit will bring the fantastical history of mythic monsters to the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture. Giants Dragons & Unicorns: The World of Mythic Creatures, which opens July 5, will combine ancient lore, historic objects and interactive games to share the cultural significance of such beasts. Museum admission costs $10 for adults, $5 for kids ages 6-17, and free for 5 and younger.

The MAC will also host daylong and weeklong summer camps around the exhibit. Kids in

grades two through seven can register for camps in June through August. One-day camps will learn about Northwest lore surrounding Sasquatch and coyote. Other activities will include storytelling, painting, sculpting and creating your own creatures. Day camps cost $50. Weeklong camps cost $200. Register at northwestmuseum. org/learn/camps.

SET THE HIGH SCORE

Wonderland Family Fun Center has more than

80 arcade games to try from skee ball to racing simulators. But the center has also added go-karts, laser tag, mini golf, batting cages and other outdoor amusements to its operations. There’s a lot of things to do. You can also order pizza to keep the kids running and, more importantly, beer to keep yourself running. Remember to stock up on plenty of tokens. Day passes go for $26 to $37 depending on what you want to try.

SHRED THE NEW CDA SKATE PARK

After years of planning and fundraising, the city of Coeur d’Alene reopened its newly redesigned skate park at Memorial Park last October. The 14,000-squarefoot concrete park sports interconnected ramps and bowls, grinding lips and rails galore for all types of riders.

Jordon Graham, a manager with Pistole Boardshop, says he skates there almost every day.

“The skate park’s actually really sick,” he says.

“And it’s a lot safer than the last park.”

While the park can get busy in the evenings, Graham says the park is “pretty chill” during most days. The local skating community is very supportive, he adds, and people try to respect each other’s moves and space. The city will also offer skateboarding lessons this summer, starting June 15, to teach fundamental techniques and skate park etiquette. Registration through the Coeur d’Alene Recreation Department costs $15.

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Act fast: The run of Bare: A Pop Opera is coming to an end soon.

THE HEAT IS ON

If you want to catch the last vestiges of the 2018-19 theater season before summer officially begins on June 21, you’re going to have to scramble. Bare: A Pop Opera (spokanestageleft.org, $20) and Young Frankenstein (spokanecivictheatre.com, $32), two profoundly different musicals about unorthodox love and alienation, are both closing on June 16. With Bottoms Up! (igniteonbroadway.org, $15), a wacky farce about a suitcase mix-up between an aerobics instructor and a gangster at a Caribbean hotel, you’ve got until June 23. After that, it’s summer programming until everything ramps back up in September.

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A SUMMER OF SHOWSTOPPERS

The bar for summer musicals is typically set by Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre (cdasummertheatre.com), which has a well-earned reputation for top-notch productions that draw from the crème de la crème of local and national talent. Each month features a different family-friendly showstopper, starting with Beauty and the Beast (June 13-30) before moving on to Oklahoma! (July 11-28) and finally wrapping up with the revue of classic Lieber and Stoller hits, Smokey Joe’s Cafe (Aug. 8-25).

IT’S ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC

To say that music is integral to musicals risks stating the obvious, but some musicals seem more, well, musical than others. Spokane Valley Summer Theatre is staging three of those distinctly musical musicals this year, all of which come with instant name recognition: Always, Patsy Cline (June 21-30), The Sound of Music (July 12-28) and Mamma Mia! (Aug. 9-18). Tickets to each are $39; visit svsummertheatre.com for details.

CHEAP LAUGHS

Comedy is hard. The upside is that it can also be cheap. Alongside its usual cavalcade of stars (Carlos Mencia, Jay Chandrasekhar and Melissa Villasenor to name just a few), Spokane Comedy Club (spokanecomedyclub.com) has several $5 or even free events throughout the summer. On June 16 and July 14, there’s Drink ‘n’ Debate, a monthly battle of rhetorical skills between four teams of three comedians. Roastamania (July 21) is a no-holds-barred battle royale of insults. Open mic is every Wednesday, accompanied by an all-evening happy hour to amplify the highs and soften the lows.

SUMMER @ CIVIC

Along with its usual Academy play (this year it’s Tom Sawyer, July 19-28) and Academy musical (the intriguingly titled 13, Aug. 16-25), the Spokane Civic Theatre (spokanecivictheatre.com) is mounting a full main-stage production of Spring Awakening, July 12-28. Though it’s set in Bismarck-era Germany, this rock-inflected musical tackles contemporary subjects and features music

by Duncan Sheik. Spring Awakening tickets are $25 and Academy shows are $15-$20 — or see them all for $50. And don’t forget the 31st Annual Playwrights’ Forum Festival (June 20-23, $15), which showcases a host of new one-act plays.

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Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were no saints, but the tale of their lawless escapades is one heckuva thrill ride. On July 12-21, Lake City Playhouse (lakecityplayhouse.org) is bringing audiences along on that fateful crime spree via the Tony-nominated musical Bonnie and Clyde and its unconventional score of blues, gospel and rockabilly. Tickets are $25. If that doesn’t fill your iniquity quota, check out Improv Against Humanity: Improv for Horrible People at the same venue on July 27 (21+ show, $10).

Discover Our Wild Side!

MELODRAMATIC AND PROUD

Classic, unabashed melodrama is rare these days. And yet, as its name suggests, Sixth Street Melodrama (sixthstreetmelodrama. com) in historic Wallace, Idaho, prides itself on this unique style of tongue-in-cheek live performance. Billing itself as “hardboiled... with a side of hash,” the all-ages whodunit Sam Shovel, Private Eye, and the Case of the Maltese Pigeon runs July 13-28. That’s followed by The Carpet Caper, or Who Stole the Mayor’s Rug (July 31-Aug. 25), where the stakes are admittedly pretty low but the potential for amusement is high.

ITALIAN FOR BEGINNERS

Così fan tutte translates to “they all do it” — but what is it, exactly?

Why, taking a boat cruise on beautiful Lake Coeur d’Alene while enjoying professional opera performed in the round, of course.

As the centerpiece of this year’s ever-popular Opera on the Lake Cruise on July 14, Inland Northwest Opera (inlandnwopera.com) is staging Mozart’s famously lighthearted opera about trust, love and loyalty. And don’t worry about translation. It’s sung and spoken in English. Tickets are $75 for premium seats, $50 for standard.

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WHERE EVERY SHOW IS A SURPRISE

At just $8 per ticket (or better still, two shows on the same night for $10), the Blue Door Theatre is one of the most affordable entertainment options around. The catch is that you never quite know what you’re going to see.

Sure, there are themed shows like You Need a Hero, This Just In..., Safari and After Dark on Friday and Saturday evenings all summer long, but its rotating troupe of quick-thinking improv actors makes every show a unique experience. Go to bluedoortheatre.com to see the full schedule and reserve seats.

YOU’LL HAVE TO WAIT FOR PART II

It’s been a while since Shakespeare in the Parks (shakespeareintheparks.org) came to downtown Spokane, but they’re still performing — for free, no less — throughout the Inland Northwest each summer. On July 27, the Montana-based acting company will be in Sandpoint performing Henry IV, Part I. The following day they’ll be in Liberty Lake with The Merry Wives of Windsor.

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Theater’s appeal doesn’t just lie in the watching. It also lies in the doing. Spokane Children’s Theatre (spokanechildrenstheatre.org) has camps for kids aged anywhere from 5-19 during the summer, though the available slots fill up quickly. You can see the results of the teen camp

Sally Field (left) and Jenna Coleman in a highly acclaimed production of All My Sons, playing at the firsthand with the public performance of Mamma Mia! Aug. 16-17. Christian Youth Theater (cytspokane.org) also offers mini, youth, junior and teen summer camps for roughly the same age groups.

FLASHPOINTS AND HOT FLASHES

There’s no shortage of tense moments in All My Sons, Arthur Miller’s 1947 drama about ideals and how respect

Bing on Aug. 18.

is earned or lost. A highly acclaimed recent production starring Sally Field comes to the Bing (bingcrosbytheater. com) in video form on Aug. 18. Less well known but no less moving is Small Island (July 21), a triptych of interconnected stories depicting the human cost of Britain’s colonial past. Both are prerecorded Stage to Screen showings ($12). For a live and more lighthearted show, there’s Menopause the Musical on July 30 and 31 ($42–$57), which finds wry humor in the joys of aging.

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8.25.2019 Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox 1001 W Sprague Ave

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TheaterFest returns on Aug. 25 and includes a number of participants, including Vytal Movement Dance.

A SMORGASBORD OF PERFORMING ARTS

When it comes to the performing arts, there’s a lot going on in the Inland Northwest. So much, in fact, that it can be tough — even with the Summer Guide in hand — to get a solid fix on everything that’s on offer.

That’s precisely why TheaterFest was launched last year. A collaboration between Spokane Arts, the Downtown Spokane Partnership and representatives from various theaters and performing arts organizations, the free,

one-day event is like a trade fair for audience members and performing artists alike.

“TheaterFest is designed to showcase the huge range of the performing arts that exists in the region, and it creates a fun, accessible way for people of all ages to interact with all of them,” says Melissa Huggins, executive director of Spokane Arts.

This year, TheaterFest is going to be held on Sunday, Aug. 25, and will be hosted at two venues: Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox and the Bing Crosby Theater.

Among the returning participants are the Spokane Civic Theatre, Spokane String Quartet, Inland Northwest

Opera and Vytal Movement Dance; they’ll be joined by new faces like Quiero Flamenco. The event is completely open to the public, and there will be prize drawings, live performances, kids’ activities, special discounts on ticket packages as well as information on the upcoming seasons.

“We had a huge turnout last year, and we’re excited to build on that success,” Huggins says. “The expansion to two stages will allow us to feature even more of the performing arts and get even more community members involved.”

For updates and a full roster of performances, activities and participating artists, visit spokanetheaterfest.com. n

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Nothing quite like a ball game in the summer. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO

BY WILL MAUPIN

BASKETBALL

BY THE BEACH

If Hoopfest isn’t enough to satisfy your summer hunger for basketball, the good people at the Coeur d’Alene Shootout are here to help. Three-on-three basketball takes over the North Idaho College campus the weekend of Aug. 24 and 25, which is conveniently located just a few blocks from the beach so cooling off after your game is a breeze. Registration is open until Aug. 19. Get more information at nicathletics.com.

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PICKIN’ AND SPITTIN’ A TRIATHLON Under most circumstances, the act of spitting is unacFOR KIDS ceptable and repulsive. But on Thursday, July 18, at the Harvest House, spitting — specifically spitting cherry pits — gets to shine. Try your hand, or rather your mouth, at beating the record spit of 49 feet, 4 inches. There’s also a 4-mile run, for which the event gets its name, through the beautiful orchards of Green Bluff. Registration for the 41st annual Cherry Pickers Trot is $10 per person and open online at runsignup.com until July 17. The family friendly event also features live music and food, as well as a free “tot trot” for kids.

If you’re getting worn down by the boundless energy of youth, and the absence of school to take it off your house, think about tiring your kids down with some good old physical exertion. The combination of swimming, biking and running in the Camp Dart-Lo Kids’ Off-Road Triathlon on the evening of July 18 should do the trick.

Register by July 10 and your kid will take home a T-shirt and medal for participating.

The Spokane Scottish Highland Games return Aug. 3.

TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME

There are few things as quintessentially American as a summer’s evening at a baseball game.

Here in Spokane, we’ll get 38 chances from June through September to take part in the seasonal tradition with our very own Spokane Indians.

Every home game has a promotion or theme, from fireworks to Harry Potter, which means even non-sports fans can find something to enjoy.

Plus, there’s not a bad seat in the house at Avista Stadium and many tickets cost less than $10.

GUARD THE NET

Spokane has a thing for massive community sporting events. We all know Bloomsday and Hoopfest, but Spike & Dig is right up there with them. It’s one of the largest outdoor, six-on-six volleyball tournaments in the world with over 300 teams and 2,000 participants. Registration closes on July 24 and the coed tournament takes over the Dwight Merkel Sports Complex on the weekend of Aug. 3.

PITCH SOME HORSESHOES

The automobile may have displaced the horse on city streets, but it didn’t wipe this lawn game with over a century of history off the map. There are public horseshoe pits scattered around town at places like Grant and Minnehaha Parks. For a

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more private experience, purchasing a plastic set for your back yard works great. Or, if you want to get social with it, find the Spokane Horseshoe Pitchers Association on Facebook. The group gets together at the Franklin Park pits on Wednesday evenings.

WHERE’S MY KILT?

Scottish culture is complex and beautiful. Scottish sports? Not so much. In today’s age of Moneyballstyle sports, where analytics reign and fans are left to drown in a sea of statistics, it’s pretty refreshing to get back to the roots of athletic competition every once in a while with the Spokane Scottish Highland Games. On Saturday, Aug. 3, at the county fairgrounds you can feast your eyes on old-school feats of strength: big people making big things move — tug of war, caber toss, hammer throw and more. Plus other demonstrations of Scottish culture with dance, music, food and storytelling. Tickets cost just $10 for adults.

RUN THE BASES

Get together with your friends or co-workers and play some softball this summer. Spokane Parks and Recreation has weekly leagues for adults of all ages and skill levels that run from July through August. Registration is $750 per team and closes June 28. Learn more at spokanerec.org.

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GET EXCITED FOR FALL WITH FOOTBALL

Whether you’re a normal person who sees the end of summer as a sad moment in the inevitable march toward the long, dark winter or a crazy football fan who welcomes the change of seasons with open arms, the WSU Cougars are here to help ease you into September. On Saturday, Aug. 31, the Cougars host New Mexico State down in Pullman for their college football season opener. Coming of a 2018 season that saw the Cougars go 11-2 and finish the year ranked in the top 10 of the AP Poll, excitement is as high as ever on the Palouse. Make the trip down to Martin Stadium to see for yourself and send summer off on a high note.

GIVE FOOTGOLF A GO

There’s something deeply satisfying about kicking the crap out of something and watching it go flying as far as it can. If you’re watching the Women’s World Cup this summer, where the USA are the heavy favorites to kick the crap out of both their opponents and the ball, you might get the itch to do some kicking of your own.

Allow me to suggest something that, unlike a game of soccer, won’t kick back: FootGolf.

FootGolf takes the best aspects of both golf and soccer but leaves out the negative. Unlike golf, there are no exorbitant greens fees and expensive equipment required to play. And unlike soccer, which you certainly can’t play alone and realistically need a sizable group to make something resembling a real game, FootGolf works great whether you’re with friends or on your own.

The first organized and codified FootGolf tournament took place 10 years ago in the Netherlands. A few years later, the Federation for International FootGolf was founded and the game became a proper sport worthy of its two capital letters. Naturally, the FIFG is headquartered in England, a country with deep love for both golf and soccer. But the game has made its way across the pond in recent years.

WIN AND LOSE

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very year I say the same thing: I’d like this to be the year I don’t suck at Hoopfest. The final weekend in June is always a fun one for me. Being a fan of basketball with a love for the Spokane community, Hoopfest is close to an ideal event for me regardless of how my team performs.

That said, we normally perform poorly and win about one out of every three games.

Last year I learned, while playing around the corner from David’s Pizza, that slices taste sweeter after a win. I’ll never forget that feeling, and maybe this will be the year I experience it more than just once over the weekend.

But it probably won’t be the year. So, I’ve got some plans to play a sport without winners and losers. Something more serene and connected with nature. I’m going to get back into disc golf.

The Inland Northwest is home to a bunch of courses, from deep-in-the-woods monsters at Farragut State Park to the simplicity and convenience of High Bridge Park. My personal favorite is at Downriver.

Winding along a bend in the Spokane River immediately upstream of Riverside State Park, Downriver is a perfect summer disc

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For those less active days, when I find myself surrounded by friends with cold drinks and grilled meats, the competitor in me hopes there will be some kind of lawn game to play. More often than not that game seems to be cornhole, a game of bean bags and wooden slabs whose popularity belies its banality. Or maybe I’m just being a pretentious lawn game snob.

Originally from the Midwest, the game was wildly popular at bars and restaurants during my years in Chicago. I spent more time laughing at the simplicity of the game than actually playing it. So, naturally, its popularity followed me back West. Thanks, karma, I get the message. Pass me a bean bag this summer and I promise to toss it with an open mind. (WILL MAUPIN)

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RUN THE RIVER

Put on a life jacket and feel more alive this summer.

The icy splash of a swiftly flowing rapid as you navigate a river in a white water raft will make your summer exciting. Rafting tours offered by Spokane’s Wiley E. Waters outfitters or ROW Adventure Center give rafters chances to navigate rapids, enjoy swimming holes, bask in hot springs and be amazed by the beautiful scenery. In the Northwest, people have the opportunity to go white water rafting on the Spokane, Clark Fork or Grande Ronde rivers and transmute the mountain runoff into adrenaline.

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JUMP IN A LAKE

Glide through the quiet waters of Lake Pend Oreille on a kayak, canoe or pontoon boat. A rented boat provides the perfect way to relax as you take in the lake. Depending on your choice of boat, the lake can be a stunning place to picnic, fish, race or simply paddle around.

Whatever you do, don’t forget to look at the beautiful Scotchman Peak and the rich pine forests. In Sandpoint, boat rentals are available at Sandpoint’s Action Water Sports, Sand Point Water Craft Rentals, and Sandpoint Boat & RV Rentals.

CROSS THE COEUR D’ALENE

Make a splash and cross Lake Coeur d’Alene. This event fundraises for Union Gospel Mission, Coeur d’Alene Area Swim Team and North Idaho College Booster Club, so swimmers are encouraged to raise at least $250. Participants face the challenge of swimming 2.4 miles from one side of the lake to the other. The event will take place Sunday, Aug. 11, from 6-11 am. Wetsuits are allowed, but not mandatory.

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Silverwood offers a package deal with Triple Play. If guests stay at Triple Play for two nights, they receive three one-day passes for Silverwood and three three-day passes for Triple Play’s water park. With one of the world’s most extreme slides, Triple Play Family Fun Park’s Raptor Reef will give you the excitement you’re seeking. The waterpark’s retractable roof lets guests enjoy the outdoors without worrying about rain cutting their visit short.

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SUPER POOL

No summer is complete without a visit to the pool. Spokane’s six public pools all have lap lanes and recreational swimming areas. Most of them also have water slides, zero depth entry and play features too. To enter any of Spokane’s public pools, all you need is a free SplashPass, available online from Spokane Parks and Recreation, spokaneparks.org.

SKY AND STREAM

See the Spokane Falls from above with the Numerica SkyRide. Riders can glide over the roaring river in the comfort of an enclosed cable car. The ride will give you a whole new view of Spokane. Tickets for adults are $7.75, and for children 2-12 tickets are $5.75. The military, seniors, college students and AAA members receive a 10 percent discount. Summer value passes are also available for $18.95 for adults and $16.95 for children.

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Get away for a day to luxuriate in a hot spring.

Over the Canadian border, Ainsworth Hot Springs offers a great venue for relaxation in limestone caves filled with soothing warm mineral water flowing straight out of the ground.

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PADDLE WITH PEOPLE

The Spokane Canoe and Kayak Club hosts the Paddle, Splash and Play kids event on Saturday July 20, from 10 am-2 pm. Kids and adults can spend a Saturday paddling canoes, kayaks and stand-up paddle boats at the Nine Mile Recreation Area in Riverside State Park, at 11226 W. Charles Rd. (A Discover Pass is required to park there.) Experienced paddlers will be at the event to help you learn the basics, and life jackets will be provided although the event suggests you bring your own. Kids can attend for free, and adults need to pay $5 to participate. The event requests that attendees paddle for 30 minutes so everyone who attends can take part.

GET OUT THE BOAT

Admire the gleaming wood boats at the Sandpoint Classic Boat Festival as you walk along the boardwalk. The festival runs July 12-14. When you aren’t admiring the boats, you can join in fun activities, buy products at vendor booths and toss back some local beer. Make sure not to miss the boat parade. n

FIND THE

BEAUTY AROUND ME

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ome usually isn’t a place for bucket lists. This summer, I’m going back to my hometown of Winfield near Chicago, and I feel there’s little there that I haven’t done already. I’ve eaten at the restaurants, I’ve gone swimming in the lake and I’ve visited the landmarks.

The things I can’t miss this summer are things I can’t predict. I’ll go to the same blues dance place I’ve been 40 times before and have a new conversation with a friend on the way. A new thought will cross my mind when I watch the sunset over the fields by my house. I’ll find more reasons to notice the beauty around me.

Inconveniently, there’s no list of moments in which you must pay attention to life. But this inconvenience comes with a blessing. Valuable moments are innumerable. Bucket lists do us good by drawing our attention to some of those moments, but why go to a bucket when you have the source?

This summer, I want to be surprised by the ordinary and notice the sweeping strangeness of life. Although my goal isn’t a list, it makes everything I do part of my list. If I get a chance to do something new, so much the better.

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The good news is you can use plants to help fight them off! There are many varieties of plants that can help ward off mosquitos while providing beautiful fragrance, pretty blooms and even ingredients for the kitchen! We’ve put together a list of our top 5 favorite mosquito deterring plants that we sell here at The Plant Farm. You can use them in garden beds along your patio or even take a planter with you to your favorite camping spot!

Basil is a natural mosquito repellent and a great crop to have around for recipes. Basil plants put off enough fragrance that you won’t need to crush up the leaves to keep mosquitos away! Basil naturally contains a compound that is toxic to mosquito larvae, so consider putting some plants in next to areas that collect standing water. Basil can be a very aggressive grower so planters are a good option, and you can move them around with you if your new favorite reading spot has mosquitos trying to read over your shoulder!

Lavender produces oils that have a wide range of benefits that have also been shown to be as effective as DEET for keeping mosquitos at bay.

This is the perfect plant to use in beds alongside your deck or patio as it produces beautiful blooms and fragrance, as an added bonus lavender is great at attracting pollinators like honey bees and butterflies. For best use as a mosquito repellent rub some oil from the blooms on your skin to keep unwanted bugs away!

Marigolds are a great plant for deterring a wide range of pests both big and small. These colorful bloomers can keep everything from deer to mosquitos out of your garden. Marigolds put off a strong fragrance that smells great to humans, but many animals and insects can’t stand it! Use marigolds as edging plants for vegetable gardens and patio side beds to help keep mosquitos away.

Citronella is a popular ingredient in a wide range of bug repellents, but did you know you can grow it in your backyard? Citronella is an attractive grass that grows in clumps and puts off nice fragrance to us, but just like these other plants mosquitos hate it!

Citronella can be grown in beds or pots and by just placing a few around where you are hanging out you can make a big impact on mosquito activity.

If you’ve ever run your fingers through a mint plant you know how fragrant they can be!

Mint plants are great to have if you’re worried about mosquitos. You can apply oil from crushed leaves to repel mosquitos and if you get bit… you can apply mint to the bite to help the pain and itching go away!

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There’s nothing quite like experiencing the outdoors… from close enough you can be home for dinner (or lunch). Pack a backpack full of the urban essentials — water, city map (like, yeah, actually a map), bus fare — and see new places you never knew existed in your own city or town. For extra points, bring your phone or GPS receiver (yeah, still a thing) and add cool in-town geocaches to find (and leave behind). A quick online search for “Spokane Geocache” will list plenty of hidden treasures to find — and tutorials for the newly initiated hunters.

RIDE THE RAILS

Yes, the Route of the Hiawatha bike trail is very popular. Yes, it can be a little crowded on the bus if you take it from the bottom back to the top. And, yes, you must wear a helmet and dress warm for the 2-mile railroad tunnel that spans the Idaho-Montana border. Not convinced? You can do it in a matter of hours — plus drive time to the trailhead near Lookout Pass. But what’s lost in time is more than made up for in views from high railroad trestles and new memories made for a lifetime. It’s an Inland Northwest must-do for anyone visiting from out of town. And those who live here full-time. It closes for the season Sept. 22.

Visit ridethehiawatha.com.

MEETUP TO GET YOUR… FEET UP?

There’s something to be said about what the solitude of the outdoors brings. But just as important can be experiencing a stunning view or invigorating hike with a friend. Or a potential new friend. Hiking groups don’t just happen spontaneously — they have to be organized. If you’re new(ish) to the area or just looking to explore with new faces, try the Inland Northwest Hikers group inside the Meetup app. Download Meetup, and request to join the hikers group. You’ll soon be connected with other like-minded people in the region who are just down to hike and enjoy the outdoors with you. Give it a try.

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SUMMER LEARNIN’

Forget summer lovin’ happening so fast. Summer learnin’ can be a blast! (With apologies to Grease fans.) Classes from rock climbing to orienteering (i.e., how to use a map and compass when the Big One hits and iPhones are dead) are readily available from the city of Spokane Parks and Recreation department (my.spokanecity.org/ parksrec). Or try backpacking basics and other outdoor topics from your friendly neighborhood REI (rei.com/Spokane).

ONE-STOP SHOP

Sure, maybe “Spokatopia” isn’t as catchy a nickname as some other city favorites. (Ahem, Spokanistan, anyone?) But the annual gear and outdoor events fest is way more than a cute name. It’s a celebration of everything outdoors in the region — with free events, fun, a trail run, and numerous paid events and lessons (paddleboarding, disc golf, rock climbing). It all takes place July 13-14 at Camp Sekani park in the Beacon Hill/Boulder Beach area. Visit spokatopia.com

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’ve never been a bucket list person, per se.

Maybe I’m just that un-hip or terrified of making decisions. Having a list means you need to check things off of it. Don’t misunderstand, I’m not a joyless android (though I am a standard boring white dude). So maybe my bucket list is more a personal improvement plan. And by that I mean a get-over-yourself plan.

For most of my life I’ve been staunchly independent, probably annoyingly so. Loved the freedom (or the perception of it) that living by myself brought.

I could hop in the car (a Subaru wagon, of course, standard for the Northwest Outdoor Man aesthetic) on a weekend or weeknight and go anywhere. Throw the bike on the back or the backpack inside and just… be. No. Tether. Attached.

To be sure, that is completely possible for anyone — married, parent with five kids, busy working life. But I always assumed being with other people more permanently meant sacrificing some deep and fundamental element of my entire existence.

Like if I had to consult with someone about my weekend backpacking plans I was basically plug-

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ging into the Matrix.

It’s been relatively recently — maybe now that I’m closer to 40 than to 30 (GAH! It burns!) — that I understand being with someone else doesn’t mean sacrificing who you are or what activities you enjoy doing. It just means you have the opportunity to share your experience with another person or people (or if I finally pull the trigger — a furry friend husky).

If I’m really more about having experiences rather than possessions (except car and outdoorsy equipment — essential to facilitating experiences!), then I must be open to experiences that involve others.

New experiences — on a trail, on a mountain, in a tent or just at home — are best experienced with someone who’s willing to explore them with you. And who gives you the room to do them by yourself when you need a recharge.

Did I just mark off a bucket list item? Public therapy session. Check.

(SCOTT A. LEADINGHAM)

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SPOKANE TO SANDPOINT (OR REVERSE)

The Spokane to Sandpoint relay is an annual team-running event every August that begins at Mt. Spokane State Park (or nearby this year with a route change) and ends in Sandpoint. In that spirit, consider your own route to do yourself, with your favorite partner in crime, or by dragging the kids along. Here’s your itinerary:

DAY 1

Camp at Mt. Spokane State Park. Sunset view from Vista House. (Yes, you can drive to it — or a hike from Selkirk Lodge.)

DAY 2

• Early morning to afternoon: Stop in Green Bluff for a tour around local farms — visit greenbluffgrowers.com — and a visit to Big Barn Brewing.

• 1 pm: Picnic at Riverside State Park’s Bowl and Pitcher (don’t forget the Discover Pass!) and a quick stroll around the swinging bridge.

• 3 pm: Grab the bikes (or those godforsaken electric scooters) and meet at Mirabeau Park near the Spokane Valley Mall. You’re getting in at least five miles on the Centennial Trail. Try for more if you can.

• 6 pm: Dinner in Coeur d’Alene with a hike around Tubbs Hill (because that’s a required outing in Coeur d’Alene).

• 8 pm: Arrive at Farragut State Park and set up your tent (or check in to your rented cabin if that’s more your speed).

DAY 3

• Early: Take advantage of the cool morning air to get in a hike on any length of the park’s 40+ miles of trail. Don’t worry, you’ll get to see the lake.

• 10 am: No trip to Farragut is complete without a round at its famous (or infamous) disc golf course. Nine holes are perfectly acceptable.

• Noon: Time for a dip in Lake Pend Oreille.

There’s more where that came from.

• 1 pm: Depart for Sandpoint — if you’re driving, you have plenty of time. If you’re experiencing the lake via kayak or canoe, well, you’ve got some paddling to do!

• 3 pm: Plenty to do in downtown Sandpoint — or chill at City Beach and take advantage of its stellar views. If you’re adventurous, try the Mickinnick Trail just out of town — a steep and fast climb with a fantastic, rewarding view.

• 7 pm: Dinner on your own terms. There’s plenty to do (and eat) nearby. Need a suggestion?

MickDuff’s Brewing Company or Laughing Dog Brewery are always good rewards after a hike (or just a long day on the beach).

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REBOOTS & FRANCHISE SEQUELS: The sharply dressed extraterrestrial bounty hunters return on June 14 with Men in Black: International. Shaft (June 14) unites three generations of cinema’s funkiest detective family, while Spider-Man: Far from Home (July 3) picks up with the Marvel web slinger where Avengers: Endgame left off.

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ACTION: An assassin named Anna (June 21) goes wild in the latest from director Luc Besson. Kumail Nanjiani becomes an unwitting partner to undercover cop Dave Bautista in the action comedy Stuber (July 12).

Former foes Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham team up in the Fast and Furious spin-off Hobbs & Shaw (Aug. 2). Angel Has Fallen (Aug. 23) is another Gerard Butler vehicle that your dad will probably love.

FOR KIDS: Pixar’s most beloved franchise closes with Toy Story 4 (June 21) — bring your hankies — though the most anticipated animated feature of the summer is Disney’s remake of its own classic The Lion

King (July 19), which features the voice cast of Donald Glover, Seth Rogen and James Earl Jones. Oh, and Beyoncé. Later in the season, a popular Nick Jr. character gets the live-action treatment in Dora and the City of Lost Gold (Aug. 9), and PLAYMOBIL: The Movie (Aug. 30) attempts to duplicate LEGO’s big-screen success.

HORROR: Two cursed dolls — Chucky in Child’s Play (June 21) and the titular toy in Annabelle Comes Home (June 26) — look to scare up business. Director Ari Aster follows up Hereditary with the artsy occult horror Midsommar (July 3). Crawl (July 12) traps a young woman in a flooded house with a giant crocodile. Scary Stories to

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Tell in the Dark (Aug. 9) brings those traumatizing ’80s childrens’ books to life, and It: Chapter 2 (Sept. 6) ties up the loose ends of Pennywise the Clown.

EVERYTHING ELSE: Everyone forgets the Beatles ever existed in the comedy Yesterday (June 28). Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (July 26) takes us back to ’60s Tinseltown. A British-Indian teenager worships Bruce Springsteen in Blinded by the Light (Aug. 14), and Maria Semple’s bestseller Where’d You Go, Bernadette (Aug. 16) gets the big-screen treatment.

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A welcoming creative nonprofit in the heart of Kendall Yards, Spark Central is a space for West Central neighborhood youth, adults and families to access creative tools and technology. WiFi, computer access, books, robotics and art supplies are just a few of the things available to build projects, creative confidence, and relationships. Create, innovate and imagine at Spark Central. No-cost membership for all. Open Tuesday-Saturday from 12-7pm. Visit spark-central.org for more information and to sign up for free youth and community programs.

INSIDER TIP: Give yourself over to the chef and order the tasting menu and prepare to be wowed.

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INSIDER TIP: Buy early, since vendors often sell out.You may have to wait until the next Wednesday to get what you want. A wide variety of seasonal fruits, vegetables and herbs awaits your culinary inspiration. Pretty flowers are fresh cut, so take home a bouquet, or buy a plant and grow your own. Street food vendors, from tacos to grass-fed burgers, provide something for every appetite. Bring a blanket and picnic at the Nest for al fresco dining.

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INSIDER TIP: The Veraci patio is a Kendall Yards hotspot. Hack the crowd by snagging the perfect patio seat from 3-5pm, which just happens to be happy hour.Weekend regulars know that the bacon Bloody Mary goes really well with the prosciutto and arugula pie for a leisurely lunch/brunch.

Veraci started at the Perry Farmer’s Market, so we were delighted to find that Veraci can bring their mobile ovens to your event; check out their website for more info.

Also, the outdoor seating in front of the restaurant is prime seating for the Night Market every Wednesday. Grab a slice and watch the action.

INSIDER TIP: Indaba has two great locations in Kendall Yards one in the heart and the other at the West end. The coffee at Indaba is delicious, made by well-trained baristas who care. Indaba is a family owned and operated business with a huge heart for our community. They’ve won numerous awards over the years, but are most proud of their community service award.

They truly want to give back and love on people the best they can. Find them inside of Fleet Feet or at their newest Kendall Yards Location west of Olmsted Park. Learn more at indabacoffee.com

INSIDER TIP: Did you know the Yards serves brunch 7 days a week?

The Yards Bruncheon is an incredible spot to sip locally roasted coffee and grab a fresh pastry.

You won’t be disappointed by the brunch choices, made with ingredients from many local farms and producers. The Yards is simple and approachable with a unique spin on every dish. The Yards is pure eatertainment!

Kendall Yards Things to know

Lime Scooters, and bikes, are back.

It’s a fun way to get around town, and explore the region. Changes for summer 2019; it’s no longer legal to ride on sidewalks, but helmets are no longer required. You can, legally however, ride them on the Centennial Trail.

Have fun, and be safe.

BOUTIQUE BLEU INSIDER TIP: See something you like in the window? Don’t walk on by your perfect blouse, dress, etc… that affordable, one-of-a-kind item might catch someone else’s eye before long. Boutique Bleu is Kendall Yards’ premier women’s boutique with everyday fashions that have a modern bohemian touch. Fresh, inviting clothing and gift items delight the senses. Linger among the beautiful, well-made apparel and unique handcrafted gifts and home decor. Treat yourself to something pretty without breaking the bank.

The Nest, located next to Central Food, is a gathering place for concerts, outdoor events or to enjoy a beautiful sunset.

In case you’re wondering, The Nest is named for an actual osprey nest that overlooks the plaza,

MOM’S CUSTOM TATTOO AND BODY PIERCING INSIDER TIP: Mom’s hosts visiting artists from across the country throughout the year; follow Mom’s on Instagram (momsofspokane) to find out when.

If your motto is “my body is my journal, and my tattoos and piercings are my story,” you’ll appreciate Mom’s passion for one-of-a-kind, custom tattoos and safe piercings. Their attention to detail and to your personal style make this a great choice for body art and piercings. When you sit down to plan your art, you’ll find that the artists at Mom’s really listen and do a great job executing your vision.

Mom’s carries the largest selection of implant grade piercing jewelry in Eastern Washington, giving you a wide range of choices for that next piercing or jewelry upgrade. Check out the brand-new collection of solid gold body jewelry from top American manufacturers, like the rose gold “Valentina” piece from Buddha Jewelry Organics. With APP piercers, experienced artists, helpful front-end staff and a new expanded space coming in August, you’ll want to check out Mom’s!

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ver since I was a kid, the indoors have been my safe haven. I can still recall my parents essentially forcing me to go outside, threatening me with a grounding if I didn’t turn off the TV and go outside, for God’s sake. And I still am that way, I’ll admit: On a beautiful summer day, I really don’t mind looking up from a book in my comfortably airconditioned apartment and admire what a beautiful summer day it is out there.

Since turning a lifelong fascination with film and music into a career has cemented my status as a professional indoor kid, I’ve decided to retrofit my lessthan-active hobbies into some potential experiences in the great outdoors. > Go to an outdoor music festival.

There aren’t as many to choose from as there once were, but there are still a few out-in-the-open music events out there.

A day trip out in Colville, which I haven’t visited since I was a kid, might do the trick: Their FarmJam festival runs from Aug. 30 through Sept. 2. Or a jaunt up to the Festival at Sandpoint (Aug. 1-11), to hear the Avett Brothers or — if I can score a ticket — Jackson Browne. Or Moscow’s

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The acclaimed drama The Last Black Man in San Francisco explores Bay Area gentrification. The Farewell is a wistful comedy about a Chinese family coming to terms with the matriarch’s impending death. The South Korean thriller Parasite, which just won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival, tells the twisty tale of a family of con artists.

Them That Follow is about the horrors of religious fundamentalism in the deep South, and After the Wedding stars Michelle Williams and Julianne Moore in a drama about adoption and family secrets. Wide release dates for all these titles are still to be announced; keep an eye on our weekly film section.

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Spokane’s premiere arthouse theater released its summer schedule, a treasure trove of foreign films and documentaries.

Among the prominent titles are Non-Fiction (June 21), the latest romantic drama from French director Olivier Assayas, and Echo in the Canyon (opening at the Lantern July 5) is a documentary about the California music scene of the mid-’60s. Diamantino (July 19) is a surreal, episodic Portuguese comedy, and Tel Aviv on Fire (Aug. 23) a bittersweet drama about Palestinian identity. The Lantern also continues its Monday Night Movies series with the documentaries I Call Her Ganda (June 17), Rumble: The Indians That Rocked the World (July 22) and 500 Years (Aug. 9). For a full schedule, see magiclanternonmain.com.

Rendezvous in the Park (July 18-20), which will feature sets from jam and funk bands like Jelly Bread, Orgone and Dash in East City Park. > Take a movie-themed road trip. A few years ago, some friends and I drove across the state and hit up a bunch of landmarks from the David Lynch series Twin Peaks, and it was a surreal and memorable experience to wander around in one of my favorite TV towns. Maybe it’s time for another excursion. Astoria, Oregon, where Kindergarten Cop and The Goonies were famously filmed, is a go-to destination, but there are some more offbeat choices, like the Rosalia wheat fields through which Robin Williams cavorts in the infamous 1992 flop Toys. Or the Sky Valley region of Western Washington where parts of the Viggo Mortensen film Captain Fantastic were shot. Or downtown Roslyn, featured prominently in the opening credits montage of the quirky ’90s TV show Northern Exposure.

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As Riverfront Park’s renovation continues, it’s bringing back its free outdoor summer movies, kicking off June 12 with the Spokane-shot Benny & Joon. It continues with a lineup that includes animated favorites like Zootopia (June 19), Ralph Breaks the Internet (July 24) and the original Toy Story (Aug. 21), as well as classics like Back to the Future (July 10), The Big Lebowski (July 17), The Wizard of Oz (Aug. 7) and Mel Brooks’ Spaceballs (Aug. 14). Liberty Lake’s Pavillion Park is also hosting free family movies under the stars, including Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (July 13), Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (July 20), Incredibles 2 (Aug. 10) and Black Panther (Aug. 30).

A full schedule is available at pavillionpark.org.

GO TO THE GARLAND

The Garland Theater’s ongoing Summer Camp series screens classic films on Tuesday nights at 7:15 pm, and admission is just $2.50. You can catch seasonal favorites like The Goonies (June 18), Jaws (July 2) and Top Gun (Aug. 20), but there’s also a nice selection of more offbeat choices like Mad Max: Fury Road (June 25), Tremors (July 30) and the original Friday the 13th (Aug. 13 — not a Friday, sadly). The series concludes with Grease on Aug. 27. See garlandtheater.com for a complete list of movies.

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QUEST FOR TUNES

We’ve come to rely on Northern Quest Resort & Casino for killer summer concerts, but 2019 marks their biggest lineup ever. The casino’s outdoor stage will be overflowing with A-list talent from all genres; here’s what you can look forward to. All shows start at 7:30 pm.

CLASSIC ROCK: Michael McDonald and Chaka Khan (July 23) dominated rock, pop and R&B charts in the ’70s and ’80s. Speaking of the ’80s, the great Pat Benatar performs on July 28, alongside her husband/ longtime guitarist Neil Giraldo, and rocker Melissa Etheridge shares the bill. The Texas blues-rock of ZZ Top arrives on Aug. 17, followed by the high-concept theatrics of Styx on Aug. 22 and former Van Halen frontman Sammy Hagar and his backing band the Circle on Aug. 24. And don’t miss the Steve Miller Band (Aug. 28), one of the most prominent figures on classic rock

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radio, who co-headline with rockabilly legend Marty Stuart.

COUNTRY: Brett Eldredge (June 27) is still rising within the country ranks, but he’s already scored hits like “Wanna Be That Song” and “Drunk on Your Love.”

Toby Keith (Aug. 6), meanwhile, is a country lifer, as is Travis Tritt, who performs alongside the fiddle-tastic Charlie Daniels Band on Aug. 13.

HIP-HOP: Pitbull, Mr. Worldwide himself, hits the Northern Quest stage on June 24, bringing the charisma that has made him a superstar entrepreneur. And then there’s West Coast rap icon Snoop Dogg, who spurred such demand that a second show was added. You can see him alongside Warren G on July 18 and 19.

REGGAE: Rasta fans really only have one option, but it’s a doozy: A co-headlining tour with Michael

Franti and Spearhead, who fuse multiple genres for a unique rootsy blend, and reggae legend Ziggy Marley, who really needs no introduction. They bring their good vibes to Airway Heights on June 23.

COMEDY: Need a laugh? Legendary funnymen Steve Martin and Martin Short (July 21) are back on the road, rescheduling a previously canceled show that marries sketch comedy with music. And “Weird” Al Yankovic brings his timeless pop song parodies back to the Inland Northwest on Aug. 18.

For concertgoers looking for a place to stay beyond Northern Quest’s hotel, consider the casino’s new RV resort. Amenities include a clubhouse, pool, multiple fire pits, golf carts that take you right to the venue, and tinyhouse-esque cottages for rent. Reservations are going fast, so get on it now. northernquest.com (NW)

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GORGE YOURSELF

The Gorge Amphitheatre out in George, Washington, certainly has its downsides. When it’s hot, there’s little shelter, and a wind/dirt/ thunderstorm can roll in on concert-goers at a moment’s notice. And not all of us are into camping in order to enjoy a concert. All that said, the Gorge remains one of the country’s most beautiful and distinct concert venues thanks to its insane views and high potential for killer sunsets.

This summer’s lineup is stronger than those of the recent past thanks to the inclusion of country superstar Eric Church (June 28-29), a stop by the Beck/Cage the Elephant double-bill (July 13), the massive country fest Watershed (Aug. 2-4) and the annual visit by Dave Matthews Band (Aug. 30-Sept. 1), plus so much more. gorgeamphitheatre.com (DN)

NOT-SO-PRIVATE IDAHO

Taking over War Memorial Field every August, the Festival at Sandpoint has been delivering terrific live shows from big names for decades. The first weekend of this year’s fest brings the highenergy R&B of Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats (Aug. 1), YouTube sensations Walk Off the Earth (Aug. 2) and legendary singer-songwriter Jackson Browne (Aug. 3). Weekend two kicks off with jam-band favorites Lake Street Dive (Aug. 8), as well as a brewfest offering premium beer tastings. The Avett Brothers follow on Aug. 9, and everything closes on a note of funk and celebration with Kool and the Gang (Aug. 10).

Beyond the headliners, there’s a family concert on Aug. 4, and a grand finale on Aug. 11 that features the Spokane Symphony, the experimental classical stylings of Sybarite5 and a fireworks display. festivalatsandpoint.com (NW) CONTINUES ON NEXT PAGE...

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Over at the Coeur d’Alene Casino, things start heating up in August, starting with country star Lee Brice on Aug. 2.

Starting out as a songwriter for others before branching out as a solo artist, Brice’s biggest hits include “Love Like Crazy” and “A Woman Like You.” Warrant and FireHouse (Aug. 9) are hair metal heavies, the former best known for the power ballad “Heaven” and the lascivious rocker “Cherry Pie,” and the latter for the Top 10 single “Love of a Lifetime.” Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Aug. 23) have been touring for more than 50 years, and their brand of country-rock influenced countless alt-country followers. These summer shows offer an ideal opportunity to check out the serious upgrades the casino has worked on in its performance space, from new digital screens to new tiered seating, making every spot for a concert a good one. cdacasino.com (NW)

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Director Martin Scorcese has proved a brilliant music documentarian through the years as the man behind the lens of such memorable movies as The Last Waltz (the Band), George Harrison: Living in the Material World and Shine a Light (Rolling Stones). This summer, you’ll want to take the time to check out his latest rock doc on Netflix, Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorcese. The director has already covered Dylan with his excellent 2005 movie, No Direction Home. While that covered Dylan’s ’60s years, Rolling Thunder Revue picks up on Dylan’s barnstorming 1975 tour of the same name. It will be streaming by the time you read this, and the mid-June release coincides with the arrival of a 14-disc (!) Rolling Thunder Revue boxed set. (DN)

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THE BING GOES BIG

It’s hard to remember a summer in recent memory when the Bing Crosby Theater had such a stellar music lineup.

The Robert Cray Band drops in with some serious blues over the Independence Day holiday weekend, playing July 6. The incomparable Ani DiFranco swings through Aug. 6 with some of her incredible guitar-playing, politically charged lyrics and on the heels of releasing her memoir, No Walls and the Recurring Dream. The very next night, fans of ’80s-era alt-rock should jump on the chance to see the Alarm (the Scottish U2!), joined by Modern English and Gene Loves Jezebel. That’s one fat night of fun songs and serious nostalgia on Aug. 7. And when Labor Day weekend arrives, so does the amazing Mountain Goats and their highly literate brand of folk-rock. bingcrosbytheater.com (DN)

RIDE THE PONY

The Ben Bridwell-led Band of Horses have been creating epic slabs of grandiose roots-rock for 15 years now, and despite myriad lineup changes during that time, nothing really seems to knock the band off its game when it comes to creating winning albums, or playing killer shows. It’s been three years since Band of Horses’ last release, Why Are You OK, and with a full summer of tour dates scheduled for Europe and the states, including a midsummer stop at the Knitting Factory, it sure seems like they’re gearing up for a new album sometime soon.

Joining them in Spokane is alt-country ace Nikki Lane, whose three albums evoke the likes of Wanda Jackson and early Neko Case. sp.knittingfactory.com (DN)

RED LETTER DAYS

There is likely no show coming through Spokane this summer quite like the one A Tribe Called Red will bring to the new Lucky You Lounge on July 22. The electronic duo bases its music in the Native American sounds — particularly the vocal chants and drums — of their childhoods as members of the Mohawk (Tim 2oolman Hill) and Cayuga First Nation (Ehren “Bear Witness” Thomas). But Hill and Thomas have voracious musical appetites, and during their sets you’ll hear reggae, hip-hop and dubstep. They’ve been rocking parties for more than 10 years since getting their start in Ottawa, Canada, and in 2018 they won the Canadian equivalent of a Grammy for being Canada’s “Group of the Year.” luckyyoulounge.com (DN)

A Tribe Called Red comes to Lucky You Lounge on July 22.

BLESSED

Lauren Daigle had the kind of 2018 that most Christian artists can only dream about. In addition to releasing her first album in three years, her single “You Say” set the record for a solo artist to reach No. 1 on the Hot Christian Songs chart, sticking there for 35 weeks and taking the record from Carrie Underwood. Six months later, the song made its way to mainstream pop radio, where it enjoyed a second life, reaching the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 pop charts and helping Daigle find a whole new, larger audience. Part of that move landed her gigs at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival earlier this year, and she’ll perform at Austin City Limits fest this fall. In between, she makes up for a delayed Spokane date with a show at the First Interstate Center for the Arts on Aug. 12. inbpac.com (DN)

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FREE SPIRIT

Khalid is only 21 and already has four headlining tours, five Grammy nominations and several Top 10 singles under his belt.

The sky’s the limit for the R&B tunesmith, whose meteoric rise brings him to the Spokane Arena on July 9. His recent album Free Spirit features grooveable, radio-friendly pop with introspective singer-songwriter flourishes. Also scheduled at the Arena this summer: hard rockers Disturbed and In This Moment, scheduled to perform July 31. spokanearena.com (NW)

VOICE OF REASON

Singer-songwriter Amos Lee returns to the region following a set at last year’s Festival at Sandpoint; he’ll be at the Fox Theater on Aug. 24. Whether he’s dabbling in traditional folk, blues, jazz fusion and even R&B-tinged rock. What has united his discography are his tender and empathetic lyrics about heartbreak, spirituality and the euphoria of new love, which are on full display on his most recent album My New Moon, a collection of cathartic examinations of the tumultuous state of the modern world. Regardless of his stylistic mode, Lee’s voice is as heartfelt as ever. foxtheaterspokane.org (NW)

TIGHTROPE WALKER

Khalid makes a stop at the Spokane Arena on July 9.

Anyone who thought contemporary musicians weren’t still digging the prog sensibilities of Steely Dan or early Genesis clearly hasn’t heard Ryley Walker. The Chicago based songwriter leans toward the sound of hushed, acoustic folk, but his songs are often spacey and sprawling — they sometimes stretch out over five or six minutes, twisting through melodies and separating themselves into distinct movements. When Walker hits the Bartlett on Aug. 23, he’ll be supported by Wild Pink. thebartlettspokane.com (NW) n

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BIG CRAVINGS

One of the region’s biggest and most immersive food festivals is back for its third year. Crave! food and drink celebration, founded by James Beard Award semifinalist chef and restaurateur Adam Hegsted, runs July 11-13 at Spokane Valley’s CenterPlace Event Center. The third iteration of Crave! offers many of the same event formats as last year: grand tastings, chef demos, local product samples galore and daily entertainment.

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Tasting ($35-$110), the Seafood Bash ($75-$170), Fire & Smoke barbecue showcase ($65-$160), and Foods from Around the World ($75-$165). Besides unlimited samplings during each of the aforementioned tasting extravaganzas, guests enjoy inclusive craft beer, wine and spirits.

Local chefs planning to share their delectable creations with attendees this year include Tony Brown (Ruins), Travis Tveit (Iron Goat Brewing), Chad White (Zona Blanca), Travis Dickinson (Cochinito Taqueria),

Josh Lorenzen (Rüt), Molly Patrick (Current Kitchen), Nikiforos Pitsilionis (Black Cypress) and many other familiar names and faces.

Crave! also highlights the many artisan food producers of the region, from beer, cider, spirits and wine to cheese, bread and much more. A complete list of the participant lineup, along with a range of ticketing options, can be found at cravenw.com. Speaking from experience, if you choose to go to just one food event all summer, keep Crave! at the top of your list.

FIRE & SMOKE

Pro pitmasters from the Northwest and across the U.S. converge at the second annual From the Ashes: An American Smoked and Fired Foods Adventure, returning to Settlers Creek in Coeur d’Alene on June 21-22. Friday evening’s Light the Fires Dinner (5-9 pm; $15-$75) features three North Idaho pitmasters — from Hiro’s BBQ, Bohica Smoke and Cosmic Cowboy Grill — teaming up to prepare a traditional low-country boil-style dinner of shrimp, sausage, corn and potatoes. On Saturday (11 am-4 pm; $15-$97), the Smoked and Fired Foods Showcase hosts barbecue experts from the four corners of the U.S. to prepare all manner of proteins — brisket, whole hog, salmon, turkey, pastrami — on Settlers Creek’s custom-built, wood-fired barbecue stations. In addition to all that meat, local chefs and producers are offering samples of various barbecued ingredients at “Application Stations.” Get tickets and see the details at fromtheashesidaho.com.

CAN DO IT

Learn how to preserve the fruits — or veggies — of your summer gardening labor at one of the many public classes hosted this summer by food preservation and safety experts at Washington State University’s Spokane County Extension, located near the fairgrounds. Class topics covered include pressure canning basics, preserving fruit, pickles and relishes, dehydrating fruits and veggies, tomatoes and salsas, canning soups and making bone broths.

See the complete schedule and register ($20-$30) at extension. wsu.edu/spokane/food-and-nutrition/food-preservation.

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Eat the movies, in a sense, at a special fundraiser dinner hosted by Moscow’s historic Kenworthy Performing Arts Center on Thursday, June 27, at 6 pm. The Frame to Table dinner features a menu inspired by cinema, including ratatouille (Ratatouille), pasta aglio e olio (Chef), cannoli (The Godfather) and boeuf bourguigon (Julie & Julia). Tickets to the dinner are $60 each; a table for eight is $400. The evening’s program also includes a silent auction and no-host bar. Details at kenworthy.org.

GREEN EATS

As the vegan, vegetarian and flexitarian movements continue to gain a wider foothold, Spokane’s annual celebration of plant-based living is also expanding. This year’s VegFest, a healthy living expo and music festival organized by the Inland Northwest Vegans, celebrates its sixth year, offering cooking demos, food samples, chef talks, a plantbased market, vendor fair, live music and more.

VegFest is again hosted at Spokane Community College, on Saturday, July 27, from 10 am-6 pm.

Admission is free. While VegFest is both hosted by and features vegan-practicing groups and businesses, anyone is encouraged to attend (including meat eaters) to learn why plant-based living is better for the planet and all its inhabitants

THE PIG TURNS 40

One of the Inland Northwest’s most time-honored summer send-offs is celebrating a big milestone this year. Pig Out in the Park, held over Labor Day weekend in Riverfront Park, this year Aug. 28 through Sept. 2, is turning 40. For those counting, that means the concessions-food bonanza started all the way back in 1979, just a handful of years after Expo ’74, which the park was famously built for.

Pig Out’s big anniversary comes with some equally big newness at Riverfront Park, which continues to roll out improvements that are showcased front and center to event attendees, including the already completed Orange Bridge, Looff Carrousel building, Numerica Skate Ribbon and north promenade.

The free food fest again boasts a bevy of vendors both local and from afar; more than 50 in total are offering 225 menu items collectively, from chocolate-dipped fruit to barbecue and much more.

Three beer gardens and three stages hosting live music across its six days make Pig Out a complete festival experience. Sample something new each day, and if you can’t pick, take advantage of the $4 bites promo running 3-5 pm and 9-10 pm each day.

Find all the details at spokanepigout.com.

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n a plastic tote bin in my mom’s garage is a stack of worn spiral notebooks, journals of my youth, logged faithfully from second grade through high school. In earlier volumes, I carefully planned out each summer’s to-do list: riding our bikes to Gramma’s house, playing pioneers in the woods, reading dozens of books in the cool grass and many other creative pursuits. Compared to that, my current summer plans are pathetically mundane: yardwork, organizing the basement, painting.

This summer, I’m on a DIY spree. I plan to paint the entire exterior of our 1948 garage and house, a small post-war rancher in the Shadle area, all by myself. Everyone keeps telling me it’s going to be a massive and challenging undertaking. I’m not oblivious to the amount of work it requires, but the more my intentions are questioned, the more stubbornly determined I am to see it through by Labor Day Weekend. (Maybe the joke is on me. The night before I’m writing this uninspiring essay, I discover that the original layer of teal green paint on the house is tainted with lead…)

While painting a house may be the lamest summer plan I’ve ever made, I’ll definitely count it as the most satisfying and rewarding challenge on all my lists, more so than any vacation, campout or childhood adventure of the past. (CHEY SCOTT)

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Sometimes, Secret Burger isn’t a burger at all. new-in-2019 series lets local foodies preorder exclusive items not on the regular menu, available in limited quantities and only to ticket holders during designated times at local restaurants. Not all Secret Burger items are burgers, however, and past promotions have included dishes like handmade noodles, lasagna, gourmet peanut butter and jelly and more. Most Secret Burger specials average $20 per person, based on the ingredients featured.

“What we’re trying to do is create the exclusivity of beer and tequila dinners with these unique items, because not everyone has $80 for a

night of dinner,” explains Secret Burger co-owner Kris Kilduff.

On the calendar so far this summer is a softshell crab sandwich ($22) at esteemed fine dining restaurant Park Lodge, sweetbread “Twinkies” ($20) at Clover, and an all-vegan baked sweetand-savory tofu sandwich ($18) at the newly opened Glorious Artisan Bakery in downtown Spokane. Check back at secretburger.com often because new promos are added frequently, and many events sell out fast.

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SHOP THE MARKETS

Each day of the week, residents across the Inland Northwest can find a farmers market that fits their schedule — weekends, mornings or evenings. The following list rounds up all of the region’s farmers markets happening this summer, from Sandpoint to Moscow and Coeur d’Alene to Spokane. New this year is the Spokane Valley Farmers Market, and the midsummer street festival and market at Northern Quest Resort & Casino, which includes food vendors and much more.

CHEWELAH FARMERS MARKET Fridays from 11 am-3:30 pm through Oct. 11. At Chewelah City Park. chewelahfarmersmarket.org CLAYTON FARMERS MARKET Sundays from 12-4 pm through Oct. 27. At the Clayton Fairgrounds, 4616 Wallbridge Rd. Facebook: Clayton Farmers Market & Small Farm Animals EMERSON-GARFIELD FARMERS MARKET Fridays from 3-7 pm through Sept. 27. At the IEL Adult Education Center, 2310 N. Monroe St., Spokane. market. emersongarfield.org FAIRWOOD FARMERS MARKET Tuesdays from 3-7 pm through Oct. 22. At the Fairwood Shopping Center, 319 W. Hastings Rd., Spokane. fairwoodfarmersmarket.org HILLYARD FARMERS MARKET Mondays from 3-7 pm through Sept. 23. At Market Street and Queen Avenue, Spokane. facebook.com/hillyardfarmersmarket

Check out Kendall Yards Night Market on Wednesdays 5-9 pm.

KENDALL YARDS NIGHT MARKET Wednesdays from 5-9 pm through Sept. 25. On West Summit Parkway between Cedar Street and Adams Alley, downtown Spokane. kendallnightmarket.org KOOTENAI FARMERS MARKET Saturdays from 9 am-1:30 pm through Oct. 19 (Highway 95 and Prairie,

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SANDPOINT FARMERS MARKET Saturdays from 9 am-1 pm and Wednesdays from 3-5:30 pm through Oct. 12. In Farmin Park, Third Avenue and Main Street. sandpointfarmersmarket.com SILVER VALLEY COMMUNITY MARKET Thursdays from 5-8 pm, June 13 through Sept.

12. In downtown Kellogg, Idaho. silvervalleychamber.com/community-market SOUTH PERRY THURSDAY MARKET Thursdays from 3-7 pm through Oct. 31. At the Shop, 924 S. Perry, Spokane. thursdaymarket.org

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SPOKANE FARMERS MARKET Saturdays from 8 am-1 pm through Oct. 26; Wednesdays from 8 am-1 pm starting June 12. At 20 W. Fifth Ave. spokanefarmersmarket.com

NEWPORT FARMERS MARKET Saturdays from 9 am-1 pm through Oct. 19. On Union Avenue, near the Pend Oreille Playhouse. newportareachamber.com

SPOKANE VALLEY FARMERS MARKET Fridays from 5-8 pm through Sept. 13. At CenterPlace Regional Event Center, 2426 N. Discovery Place. spokanevalleyfarmersmarket.org

PULLMAN FARMERS MARKET Wednesdays from 3:30-6:30 pm through Oct. 16. At the Brelsford WSU Visitor Center, 150 E. Spring St. pullmanfarmersmarket@gmail.com

TUESDAY COMMUNITY MARKET Tuesdays from 4-7 pm through Oct. 29. At the Latah County Fairgrounds, 1021 Harold St., Moscow. uidaho.edu/extension/county/latah/horticulture

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BREW YOUR BREWS

A lot of people enjoy drinking beer. Others have the personal drive to make their own brew. For those who fit that description, local professional brewer Adam Boyd has got you: This summer, on July 11 and Aug. 15, Boyd is teaching a stepby-step home brewing class at Spokane Community College. These $59 intensive courses will dive into the science and necessary equipment and ingredients that go into making beer. Go get ’em, beer fanatics. Visit scc.spokane.edu to secure your spot.

DRINK LIKE IT’S 1920

Did you just binge all of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire? Does Steve Buscemi frequently appear in your dreams making shady deals in Prohibitionera bars? That could be you, too — sort of. Every Thursday night, Spokane’s Prohibition Gastropub on North Monroe hosts Scotch and Cigars, an event on an outdoor patio where patrons pay between $15-$25 for a flight of bourbon, scotch, or whiskey and a finely paired cigar. Staff from Cigar Train are experts in fine-tuning liquors with tobacco and bring an impressive array of 2030 different types of cigars. It runs from 6-10 pm.

NOBLE INDULGENCE

Well-maintained trails are crucial to the liveability of our region. That’s why you should swing by Coeur d’Alene’s McEuen Park on Aug. 10 for Ales for the Trail, an annual outdoor craft beer, wine, and cider celebration that directs proceeds to the North Idaho Centennial Trail Foundation.

Featuring beer from over 10 participating brewers — both local and not — food vendors, a free bike corral for cyclists, and live music, the feel-good

Mix your own negroni to get in the right spirit. event promises to deliver for some Saturday afternoon fun. Tickets are priced at $20 on Eventbrite and the party starts at 2 pm.

UNDERRATED SUMMER COCKTAIL

Do you drink negronis? At least during the summer? Because you should be. This simple Italian classic provides a refreshing and vibrant — yet not overpoweringly sweet — salve for today’s apocalyptic smoky summers in the Inland Northwest. Here’s how you make one: 1. Throw equal parts campari, gin and sweet red vermouth into a cocktail shaker (or any sort of vessel — who cares really) with ice and stir it up.

2. Fill a glass with ice and pour your drink.

(I’d say use some large ice cubes, but you do you.)

3. Garnish it with orange peel on top. Maybe even run the citrus bit around the rim of the glass and squeeze it over the top of the drink if you want to get fancy.

4. Then drink it. Your life will be changed.

SPECIALITY IDAHO SPIRITS

Hop over to downtown Coeur d’Alene on June 27 for a showcase of spirits from eight Idaho craft distilleries served at local bars and restaurants.

Industry professionals will be present at each spot to fill you in on their wares, and tickets to the event include a commemorative glass and tastings at each location. Some participating distilleries include 44 North, Koenig Distillery, and Bardenay, and some of the host locations are Ironhorse Bar & Grill, Kaiju Sushi & Spirits, and Beacon Crickets. Tickets are $20 at Eventbrite.

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TUNES, SUN SALUTATIONS AND VINO

Yoga, music and wine. Can it get any better? (The correct answer is “yes,” but everyone is entitled to their own opinion.)

On Aug. 27, Arbor Crest Wine Cellars in Spokane Valley is hosting a one-hour guided yoga and pilates class — geared for all levels of experience — accompanied by keyboard and percussion music from Danny McCollim and Chris Kohut. Decompress afterwards with a glass of wine in the gardens. And you’ll get an Arbor Crest glass. Tickets are $35 on kazzit.com and the session will start at 5:30 pm.

ALL THINGS BEER (IN NORTH IDAHO)

Swing by Slate Creek Brewing in Coeur d’Alene for the second running of the now annual North Idaho Brewery Olympics, where patrons can enjoy local beer — from both Slate Creek and Radio Brewery — as well as a slew of other offerings, including food trucks and live music. Best of all, there’s an absurd number of games,

such as bucket beer pong, a putting green challenge, cornhole, and an antler toss.

It’s $20 to compete in the games with a chance to win prizes, and all the proceeds go to charitable causes. Slated for June 29 at 5:30 pm, visit eventbrite.com for tickets.

THE ULTIMATE PATIO PARTY

Get ready: Party on the Patio at Three Peaks Kitchen and Bar at the Spokane Tribe Casino is back for more this summer. After kicking off in May with additional celebrations slated for July 11, Aug. 8 and Sept. 12, from 4-7 pm, this event promises live music, free shuttle pickups from a variety of regional hotels, prizes, local beer, wine and cocktails. Oh, and there’s food specials; baked oysters and boursin stuffed mushrooms? Yes, please. The food and drink specials seem reasonably priced, too.

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ost years, my summer bucket list stays purely theoretical. For example, recently, I’ve spent a disgusting amount of time staring at photographs on the internet of Montana’s stunning Glacier National Park. I’ve never been, and it looks gorgeous. It’s like Yosemite but with lakes, pristine alpine meadows and jagged mountain peaks that take your breath away. Best of all, it’s supposed to be a great place for cycling: the Going to the Sun Road, an almost 50-mile stretch of paved road that skirts Lake McDonald and runs through Logan Pass, featuring jaw-dropping views and elevation gain of over 6,600 feet along the way. I’m not going to pretend that I’m in great shape for a lengthy mountainous cycling adventure — I’ll likely collapse after 20 miles — but I need to actually give it a stab so that I’ll have some reasonably pleasant summer memories to hold on to while I’m swearing at the heaps of snow blanketing the city during the

winter months.

But that’s a summer trip that requires a bit of long-term planning and travel. Closer to home is Scotchman Peak, a beast of a hike that promises a good workout, epic views and, best of all, white-haired goats. Located just southeast of Sandpoint, Idaho, this day-hike is considered to be difficult. While it’s estimated to be only around eight miles there and back, it features over 3,600 feet in elevation gain. (My body already hurts just thinking about it.) However, the peak is said to have spectacular views of Lake Pend Oreille and into Montana, jagged drop-offs, shale rock, and goats. And while there’s apparently been issues in the past with the goats getting aggressive with hikers, I’m confident that my inner animal-whisperer will smooth over any temperamental creatures. (JOSH KELETY)

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bar — bartenders everywhere, we still love you — are even better. As we move into the summer months, you’ll want to have the basic components to whip up drinks on the fly when it’s too hot (or smoky) to go outside. But you’ll need a few essential items to make that happen.

First, some foundational booze: Gin, tequila, vodka, light and dark rum and some type of whiskey are the pillars, but you can add or subtract other liquors to your heart’s content. Then you need the secondary ingredients, such as sweet and dry vermouth and bitters. (Angostura bitters is a safe bet.) Mixers you might want to snag are tonic, soda water and ginger ale. Limes, oranges, mint and lemons will also need to be onhand for juices and garnishes. Don’t forget sugar or simple syrup.

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Then there’s your tools: A full-blown cocktail shaker is quite useful, so I’d say go ahead and invest in one. (Ideally, this would come with its own filter if you’re trying to keep fine particles out of drinks as well as a bar spoon.) You’ll also want some sort of muddler, though you could honestly just use a thick stick. Bar knives are great to work with for garnishes, but you don’t really need one. Oh, and don’t forget a jigger for measurement.

What can you make with your investment? A lot. Whiskey gingers, mojitos, negronis, old fashioneds, mint juleps, margaritas, daiquiris, gin and tonics, and Moscow mules come to mind. You won’t be able to make absolutely every cocktail in the book (e.g., a pina colada or a Cuban old fashioned), but it’s a good place to start. n

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FALL IN LOVE WITH THE ROAD I fell in love with Washington not in a singular moment but during the slow accumulation of thousands of miles of pavement under my car.

Growing up among the amber waves of grain on the Palouse, one of my first long road trips took me through the strikingly different landscapes of desert and shrub steppe before I arrived at a friend’s apple orchard in the center of the state. Where desperate jumbles of sticks calling themselves plants littered the landscape for miles around, this valley had magically been brought to life with water from nearby dams.

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One summer, another friend and I marvelled as we passed pungent dark green mint fields on our way west, their smell so overpowering it lingered with us for miles even though our windows were up.

Countless other times my car passed through the mighty Cascade Mountains as I visited my old home in the east and my new college home in the west, the snow capped peaks reducing other ranges I’d see around the country to mere hills in comparison.

Over on the peninsula, the highway hugs the lush rainforest as your hood points toward the rugged shores

BY SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL of the Olympic wilderness coast. There, my car could take me only so far before my own feet had to traverse slippery rocks at low tide and clamber over muddy headlands so I could land on my own private stretch of sandy beach by sunset.

See, with some gas money, decent upkeep on your vehicle and a little patience, there’s magic waiting in this place. With any luck, your summer road trips will help you fall just as much in love with all that the Pacific Northwest has to offer. Here’s where to find just some of it.

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Near the center of everything and nothing, about two hours west of Spokane, Steamboat Rock State Park serves as a grassy, camping oasis in the middle of the desert. Drive past looming basalt formations on your way there at night and you’re likely to spot a snake or two soaking up the summer heat on the dark highway. But when you enter the campground, green grass and shade trees await. For this shorter road trip, trek out to the park for the weekend and cool down in the shallow waters of Banks Lake, where boating is popular. One day, head up to Grand Coulee Dam. This summer, there’s a brand new virtual reality experience at the visitor center, allowing up to five people to use Oculus Go headsets to view parts of the dam that no one usually gets to see on a physical tour. For now, the display will be around for six months, says Lynne Brougher, public affairs officer for the dam. Seattle company Pixvana’s technology enables users to simultaneously explore rarely seen parts of the 10th largest power station in the world. People might also be interested in visiting the nearby Colville Tribal Museum, Brougher says. Stick around

until nightfall and you can watch the 30-minute laser light show, “One River, Many Voices.” The show displayed on the massive concrete dam details its history and impacts every night at 10 pm through July 31, at 9:30 pm during the month of August, and at 8:30 pm in September.

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As an Inland Northwesterner, you’ve seen North Idaho’s beautiful offerings: Priest Lake, Lake Coeur d’Alene and Lake Pend Oreille. But now you’re itching to get out on the water further from home. For your water wanderlust, try a trip over to Lake Chelan, where the mountains meet the water in the eastern shadow of the Cascades. If you don’t have your own boat to float, the app GetMyBoat — self-described as the Airbnb of boats — offers rental listings in the area that can help you explore the lake. “It’s not just power boats and pontoons, we also have lots of kayak rentals, outdoor excursions, rafting, really anything that’s on the water,” says Val Streif, head of marketing for the app, which has listings throughout the state and country. “And, being able to comparison shop, you get that price range, which is pretty nice.”

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Fans of blues, jazz, latin, folk and world music: Pack your cutest festival outfits and your passport, and take the more than 4-hour drive north into British Columbia for the Kaslo Jazz Etc. Festival Aug. 2-4. Camping is available, and tickets are $245 for the weekend. More info at kaslojazzfest.com.

STREET EATS

Understandably, not everyone is interested in camping or super outdoorsy road trips. For a more urban, culinary adventure, head over to Seattle for the Street Food Festival July 6-7 and try edible delights from more than 100 food trucks and vendors expected to fill up five blocks in South Lake Union.

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If you’re craving some forest time, head to Leavenworth for a few days and camp near Icicle Creek in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest a few miles away. Or stay in town at one of the hotels while you catch some of the many summer events going on in the Bavarian-style village. Turns out, there’s just as much fun to be had in the summer as in the winter, as you float the river, grab some local brews and bites, and leave a happy camper.

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very year I can’t help but follow at least a few more Earthporn Instagram accounts, the kind that post drool-worthy shots of jagged mountains reflected in the blue waters of places like Lake Louise. Years ago, with this internet guidance, I determined Banff National Park in Canada is the pinnacle of every #vanlife fantasy I’ve ever mustered.

It’s remote, but popular. Beautiful isn’t strong enough a word to describe it, even just from photos. Plus, there’s only a slightly significant chance that you’ll have a run-in with a grizzly bear, but I hear the campgrounds have deterrents in place for that.

I don’t have a van with a trendy wool blanket and twinkle lights that I can use to shoot hipster photos of my sock-feet and the view of the mountains, but

and delicious huckleberry treats, the festival features everything you’d hope for in a small-town celebration, from a parade and kids’ activities to a pie-eating contest. It all takes place Aug. 9-11.

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For more Montana adventures, roll into Missoula three hours east of Spokane, set up a home base and venture out to Lolo Hot Springs for a soak in the minerals. Then catch a show at

I’m happy to say that in 2019, I’ll finally get to cross a Banff adventure off my summer bucket list.

From there, I’m hoping I can cross another item off the list. Glacier National Park, I hear, is about as close an answer to Banff as we have, so these buns will also be Going to the Sun (if you’re not already groaning: that’s the name of the main mountain road through the park).

Lastly, and this one will be the hardest by far, I think I want to get a plant for my apartment and not kill it. Maybe I’ll start small, with some herbs in a window box. Or a cactus. It’s got to be hard to kill those in the summer, right? (SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL)

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Let’s be real. You’re not in shape enough for the full round trip between Spokane and Post Falls. That’s nearly 50 miles and, at those distances, the cards in your spokes would simply slow you down. Instead, do what I did last year, take the Centennial Trail from Spokane, as it winds along the gorgeous Spokane River. Bring some granola bars to survive the long journey. By the time you reach Post Falls’ Falls Park, soaked in sweat, with limbs like overcooked spaghetti, you’ll be far too exhausted to be too embarrassed to call your dad and ask him to drive all the way to Post Falls and pick you and your bicycle up. Thanks, Dad!

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Now that you’ve successfully ridden to Post Falls, it’s time for the next stage of long-distance bike riding: A 100-mile on-and-off-road adventure into the heart of darkness. The 2019 Midnight Century starts at 11:59 pm on Aug. 3 and continues through dawn. Tom McFadden still holds the record of 5:15 from 2012, but you’re pretty sure that you’ll be a strong enough cyclist to beat him by the time August rolls around. And don’t bother calling Dad to help this time. It’s after midnight. He’s sleeping.

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The streets may be beset with these newfangled fancy Silicon Valley electronic scooters, but you prefer the old ways. Your bicycle doesn’t need to be charged and doesn’t charge you by the minute. So show the posers what real transportation looks like, and challenge them to a street race.

Rocket down the mean streets of Spokane at a blistering 15 miles an hour. Remember, if you ain’t out of control, you ain’t in control.

You’ll probably want fat tires for the 130-mile-long Columbia Plateau Trail.

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It’s a frequent question of any concerned citizen: But what about the Children (of the Sun Trail)?

Help out the Washington Department of Transportation figure out the design of the next sections of the north-south bike trail that will run in parallel to the long-in-the works North Spokane Corridor freeway. The “charrettes” — a fancy French word for “intense design session” — will be held from 10 am to 2:30 pm at the Southeast Day Care Center on June 22 and at Sheridan Elementary on July 13.

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Normally, the rocks and old railroad ties of the Columbia Plateau Trail from Spokane to Pasco would make biking impossible. Not so if you have one of those bikes with comically wide tires — perfect for both winter riding and for uneven summer terrain. You might want to test it out a bit, though, before heading out on the full 150mile route. Riding these bikes is a little like learning to snowshoe. You’ll be surprised at the terrain you can cross, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy.

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Sadly, your 3-year-old isn’t quite ready yet for the Midnight Century ride. Kids these days are so wimpy. But you’ve purchased her a balance bike, the modern form of training wheels. While traditional bikes are banned on the skate ribbon in Riverfront Park, that prohibition doesn’t apply to balance bikes — so it’s a great place for future cyclists. And when she finally transitions to a real pedal bike, take her to the skate park at Dwight Merkel, where she can showcase her X-treme punk moves to the local skaters.

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So maybe you don’t have a space-age carbon-fiber racing bicycle. Maybe you have your grandma’s bike, the kind with tassels streaming down from the handlebars. But there’s a place for you too. Just join the Drop-Outs Vintage & Cruiser Bicycle Club. On the first Sunday of every month, a group of cyclists with vintage and cruiser bikes rides off to either No-Li Brewhouse or Pizza Pipeline on Division.

Technically, any bicycle is welcome — but the more classic the better. (Finally, a place to showcase your big-wheeled Velocipede.)

s a kid, fishing was like an activity custom-designed to encompass everything I hated.

You had to be outdoors, full of sharp sunlight rays and itchy bugs and sneezy pollens, far away from Star Wars novels and Star Wars computer games. You had to be on the water, cold, wet, foul-tasting water.

You had to hold a fishing pole and just sit there, waiting, absolute torture for my budding ADHD childhood brain. And then there were the false alarms. Is that a fish?! No, it’s just a strand of seaweed. Is that a fish?! No, it’s just wishful thinking, weighed down by all the dissolved lead in Coeur d’Alene Lake.

My last time fishing came during a miserable camping trip with Boys’ Brigade, a low-budget Christian off-brand equivalent of the Boy Scouts. I borrowed my little brother’s fancy fishing pole and left it on the side of the beach. I came home in tears. Not only had I failed to catch any fish or have any fun, I failed my little brother and lost something he’d entrusted me with. From then on, the only

fishing I did was inside Legend of Zelda.

So why, over two decades later, am I interested in fishing again? It has less to do with the activity itself than the magic of food. I love cooking fish. Cod poached with white wine and cherry tomatoes!

Salmon slow-roasted on a bed of herbs! Fish and chips!

But what would be really cool — and I know this seems crazy — is to catch a fish myself in the untamed wilderness instead of in the untamed aisles of the Grocery Outlet freezer section. Then I could kill it and cook it and eat it. Like I’m Aragorn in Lord of the Rings or something.

And while some people might get squeamish at the notion of killing a live animal rather than thawing out pre-killed animal in your apartment fridge, to me it feels more noble, more ethical, almost romantic. This is how nature is supposed to be.

If bears do it, I figure, so can slightly less hairy omnivores. (DANIEL WALTERS)

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THE SWEET 16

There are many reasons to praise Spokane International Airport, from its newly expanded economy parking to its relatively fast security lines. But frequent flyers still have to deal with the fact that there are simply not a ton of quick trips available out of the ol’ GEG. Thankfully, there are 16 cities serviced with direct flights in and out of Spokane, according to the airport’s website, and they’re a diverse bunch that offer everything from quality beach time and mountain adventures to lake life and desert wonders. And when you have an action-packed summer — as anyone reading this Summer Guide soon will — you want a quick getaway at your disposal. Here are some ways to take advantage of our airport most efficiently.

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ONE COMIC-CON TO RULE THEM ALL

Sure, every two-bit town boasts some sort of comic-con, but none offer entry to the granddaddy of them all — Comic-Con International: San Diego. Started in 1970 as the Golden State Comic Book Convention, San Diego Comic-Con has evolved into a monstrous four days of events covering all manner of pop culture, from movies and TV, to anime, video games and more. It’s where stars of massive franchises like Game of Thrones or Star Wars go to reveal the first looks at their new episodes, and it’s where more than 100,000 people descend on the San Diego Convention Center to show off their killer costumes.

This year’s SDCC is July 18-21, and both Alaska and Southwest have direct flights to San Diego. And if you’re the kind of nerd who actually thrives in sunshine, consider popping over to the San Diego Botanic Garden while you’re in town — they’re hosting their Insect and Ladybug Festival July 20-21. Cosplay welcome (probably).

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I can’t lie — I know virtually nothing about the Basque people beyond the fact that they’re big into sheepherding and their homeland is somewhere in the Pyranees Mountains between France and Spain. And I know that there’s a large number of them that settled in northern Nevada and southern Idaho, making this summer’s San Inazio Basque Festival in Boise July 26-28 a perfect opportunity to learn more about the culture and its people. Taking place on Boise’s “Basque Block,” there’s dancing and music native to the Basque people, as well as ample opportunity to get into some of the delicious Basque cuisine that leans heavy on the tapas and lamb. Alaska and Southwest can both get you to Boise in about an hour.

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Los Angeles gets a harsh (but deserved) rap for its insane traffic, but once you’re there, you have entertaining opportunities you just can’t find anywhere else. I went to a concert at the Hollywood Bowl a couple summers back, and I can’t recommend that experience enough; no matter what your preferred genre, they have something you’ll like. And Venice Beach offers warm surf, some amazing food and all manner of characters worthy of an afternoon of people-watching. But you might just want to wait to take that direct Delta flight until the end of summer, where you can join the Goth masses at the Cure’s 40th anniversary concert, featuring the likes of the Pixies, Deftones, Throwing Muses and more in addition to Robert Smith and Co. It’s happening Aug. 31 at the Rose Bowl.

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You probably heard about Denver’s recent election decriminalizing “magic mushrooms.” Before you pack your bags for a trip there to squeegee your third eye with some fun fungi, pump the brakes and consider how much you really want to get to know yourself this summer. Proceed accordingly. And while you’re there (because I know you people and your hunger for selfknowledge), drop by the Indigenous Pop X festival July 26-28.

The event spun out of Indigenous Comic Con and is a gathering of Native American artists discussing (and showing) how Native groups “advocate, educate and create connection” through art, film, writing, music, fashion and more. Get there on Southwest or Frontier.

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I’m not suggesting you don’t throw $5 in a slot machine as you walk through the airport, but one of the best aspects of visiting Las Vegas is the natural beauty lurking not too far off the strip.

Just 15 miles west of town is Red Rock Canyon, offering stunningly colorful cliffs and a ton of wildlife. And about an hour northeast of the strip is the incredible Valley of Fire State Park, another fiery red rock wonderland. Weather you brave the desert summer heat with a hike or simply drive around for a photo safari, both spots are worth hopping on a direct Southwest or Frontier flight.

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Whether you’re a baseball fan or not, it’s hard to deny the appeal of an afternoon spent at Chicago’s Wrigley Field, home to the lovable Cubs and an ivy-covered outfield wall. Hop on United, grab a Chicago dog and hit Wrigleyville for some pregame festivities.

Two home series against the rival Milwaukee Brewers in August look particularly appealing.

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Spokane’s Pride Parade hopefully got you fired up for civil rights and loving your fellow man (and women, and nonbinary friends, too). Why not take that energy to a whole new level and hit San Francisco’s Pride Festival on June 29. You can get their direct via United to San Francisco or Southwest to Oakland, and you’re guaranteed an experience unlike any other at what’s considered the largest LGBTQ gathering in the nation.

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For those of us still feeling the effects of Prince’s death (sob!), a rare silver lining is his Paisley Park opening up to tours in the Minneapolis suburb of Chanhassen. Check out where His Royal Badness created some of the best music of the last 50 years, and all manner of outfits, instruments, motorcycles, etc. Be sure to purify yourself in the waters of Lake Minnetonka before taking your Delta flight home.

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s a little kid growing up in the Midwest, I fell in love with amusement parks like Peony Park in Omaha, Adventureland in Des Moines, and Worlds of Fun in Kansas City. I loved everything about them (except the lines, of course), from the crappy deep-fried cuisine to the totally rigged games to the rollercoasters. Especially the rollercoasters.

I don’t remember the coasters at Peony Park or Adventureland well, but I can’t forget one of them at Worlds of Fun: the Orient Express. The park was divvied up into sections representing different parts of the world (“Europa,” “Africa,” “Americana,” etc) and the Orient Express was a monster-sized (at least to an 8-yearold) coaster with several upside-down loops, a darkened tunnel and a stretch over a pond. It was awesome, far better than the Extremeroller that Worlds of Fun opened a couple years later, the first standing rollercoaster. But I digress.

In the years since spending several ’80s summer days at Worlds of Fun, I’ve never had access to as good of an amusement park. I’ve tried state and county fairs, lived near a park called Lagoon in Utah, but nothing came close.

That’s why my bucket list this summer has just one item: Visiting Silverwood in North Idaho. I’ve lived in Spokane for nearly five years and still never been to check out the place. I’ve satisfied my unhealthy taste for amusement park food at Pig Out in the Park and for playing virtually unwinnable games at the county fair. But there’s no substitute for a good rollercoaster, and I’ve had eyes on Silverwood’s Aftershock, Corkscrew, Timber Terror and Tremors for too long. It’s time to ride. (DAN NAILEN)

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Everyone who’s lived in the Inland Northwest this last decade already knows the five seasons. There’s Winter, Spring, Already Wildfire Season, Can’t See or Breathe, and Ongoing Health Problems.

Sure, we might get lucky and have a full summer of being able to enjoy clean air.

But let’s get real. There have already been times this year where wildfire smoke blocked out the sun, before summer even officially started. As the planet heats up, the unfortunate reality is that those living in the Inland Northwest need to plan ways to still have fun in the summer even on the smokiest of days.

“It’s super, super fun,” Jensen says, “It’s an immersive adventure.”

She says business has picked up in recent years on days when the haze ruins outdoor activities. As long as you call a couple hours in advance, usually your group will have no problem planning an escape that day. And she recommends it for everyone, even those who might be skeptical at first. She says it’s sort of like a “live-action video game.”

There are plenty of other escape room options in Spokane, too. Check out Key Quest Escape Room on 202 W. Second, or, if you live in North Idaho, Escape Game in Coeur d’Alene.

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When the smoke doesn’t let you go outside in the summer, it can feel like you’re trapped indoors. Don’t fight that feeling. Lean into it. Take your friends to an escape room, where you quite literally have to solve a puzzle in order to get out.

Escape rooms are all the rage. Escape Spokane opened its first location at 7496 N. Division in July 2015, and they’ve since opened two others since — at 1325 E. Francis and in Spokane Valley at 12928 E. Indiana. Between the three locations, says owner Kristin Jensen, there are 13 different themes groups can pick.

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CHUCK SOME AXES

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There are certain things city-dwelling humans just don’t get to do in the mundane existence of modern life. Throwing axes at a wall is one of them. But at Heber Hatchets, located at 2015 N. Division, you can throw all the axes you want with your friends. No joke, a “lumberjack or lumberjill” will teach you the proper throwing technique, according to their website, and as long as you follow the rules, it’s safe, they say. It’s recommended for ages 11 and above. Go ahead and make a booking at heberhatchets.com.

BOUNCE AROUND

That moment on a trampoline — near the peak of the jump, feeling exhilarated, hovering over the world in pure joy — is one of the best feelings in the world. It’s one of those moments you probably remember from your childhood in your friend’s backyard. And it’s an experience you and your kids can recreate, even when the smoke is so thick outside that it makes you choke. There are multiple indoor trampoline parks here locally: Flying Squirrel, 15312 E. Sprague Ave.; Altitude, 1441 N. Argonne Rd. (both in Spokane Valley); and Get Air in the NorthTown Mall.

COOL CAT SHOW

Alright, so this is for all you cat people who aren’t that interested in going outside to interact with other humans (and annoying dogs) in the first place. There is an event called “Hot August — Cool Cats” taking place at the Doubletree Hotel in downtown Spokane on Aug. 2-4. It’s a cat show! Cats will get awards for being the best cats! There’s a cat agility course! If that doesn’t sound amazing to you, well, you’re wrong. For more details check out catshow.maineevent.org.

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For adrenaline junkies, it can be hard to get your fix if the outdoors aren’t cooperating.

Consider the Fastkart Indoor Speedway, located at 1223 E. Front Ave. in Spokane. Here, you get to drive a go-kart up to 40 mph and feel like a speed racer. It’s good if you want to just blow off some steam (its $25 for a 10-minute session) or if you want to have a birthday party or some other celebration. Book it at fastkartspeedway.com/spokane/.

SPLASH AROUND AN INDOOR WATER PARK OK, I know there’s nothing better than lake swimming on a hot summer day. But that doesn’t mean you can’t still have fun in the water indoors. Take a short drive to Silver Rapids Indoor Waterpark Resort at Silver Mountain. The waterpark is mainly for guests staying at Silver Mountain Lodging, but you can book a day group with a large group of people, or buy individual tickets. It comes just about as close as it can to making it feel like you’re spending a day out in the sun.

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Laser Quest is that place that’s always there whenever you and your friends feel like there’s nothing to do. When in doubt, there’s always some good ol’ laser tag, no matter how mature you think you are.

It will almost always bring out the kid in you. It’s timeless. And afterward, you’ll be hearing “MARSHALL MARSHALL MARSHALL” in your head, so there’s that.

ROLL DOWN TO ROLLER SKATE

I’ve been told by movies and various parents during my teenage years that indoor roller skating used to be the cool thing to do. And honestly, I don’t see why that ever changed. It’s a great place to hang out with friends and be casually active during smoke season. In Spokane, check out Pattison’s North Roller Skating Center. Typically it costs $10 or less to get in.

NETFLIX AND …

Silver Mountain’s indoor park.

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Look, the above list isn’t meant to imply that you always need to be doing things. Sometimes, the smoke outside on what could have been a beautiful day is so depressing that you just want to stay in and watch some Netflix. That’s a perfectly good choice.

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BIRD GAWKING

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hen I was a kid, my family would spend just about every weekend at Buttonhook Bay on Lake Pend Oreille. It was special because it’s where I saw my first bald eagle, swooping down 10 feet away from the dock and catching a fish.

Ever since, I became obsessed with birds of prey. I’d constantly look up into the sky looking for them. From the dock, I would call out to the osprey, mimicking their signature “EEH-EEH-EEH” sound. Sometimes, I’m certain they’d call back to me, and I’d ignore the sound of a mildly annoyed lady at the boat next to us asking, “What the heck is that kid doing now?”

But here’s the thing: While I admired these birds, I was also terrified of them. One time, we heard an eagle calling across the bay, and I went with my dad out on a skiff, rowing up as close to the eagle as we could.

And I could not handle it at all. It was too close. And I knew, deep down, that these birds were better than me. They could fly! What could I do? If they wanted, they could swoop down, dig their talons into my shoulder and throw me off a cliff. All I could do is scream at them like an idiot. I demanded that my dad row the other way. I totally ruined it.

Anyway, as a well-adjusted adult, I now know better than to be terrified of a bird. But my obsession with them lives on. That’s why my summer bucket list is to simply do anything at all that will put me in the presence of a giant bird of prey. Whenever it happens, it’s a good day.

When an eagle flew over my head at the rehearsal for my wedding, it felt significant, like the eagle gods were blessing our union. It’s like a sign: No matter how bad things get, there are still majestic birds flying above it all.

So that’s it. That’s by bucket list. Finding birds. And this time, I won’t lose my shit. (WILSON CRISCIONE)

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Learn the art of batik from Nicholas Sironka on July 13 at the MAC.

LOOK AND LEARN

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Looking at art can be as simple as walking down the street and admiring a public sculpture or as involved as reading an artist’s statement as you ponder their unique perspective. Whatever your interest and comfort level, get out and look at some art this summer.

At Saranac Art Projects, for example, consider the viewpoint of artists Roin Morigeau and Mana Mehrabian’s works in Invisible Sight, consisting of site-specific sculptural and video installations, as well as Dan McCann’s Mechanic Of. Closing June 29, this is one of many dynamic exhibitions during Spokane’s first annual Queer Art Walk.

Visit saranacartprojects.org.

Behold the kraken with its monstrous tentacles emerging from the sea, the African water spirit known as Mami Wata, and the monkeylike Feejee mermaid — they’re just a few of the fantastical creatures on display at Giants, Dragons & Unicorns this summer (through Sept. 2) at the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture. Organized by the American Museum of Natural History, the collections includes interactive displays, detailed models and recreations of figures from throughout history. Speaking of history, while you’re at the MAC, see four decades of work by Wendy Franklund Miller (through Aug. 18). Visit northwestmuseum.org.

Head to Sandpoint for the Pend Oreille Arts Council’s Annual Arts & Crafts Fair Aug. 10-11, which this year will be held in town

TOUCH AND TRAVEL

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egarding the future and career counseling, I used to advise my high school students that if they figured out what they’d do for free (or nearly free) and could get someone to pay them to do just that, it would seem less like “work.” Am I fortunate to feel like I’m being paid to do what I’d do for free (or nearly free)? I sort of planned this, focusing less on financial gain than following my heart and so far it’s working out well enough. Writer, artist, teacher, not always in that order, and I’ll probably always struggle with making a living from making art (although I’m tickled to see that others are doing so!).

So finances aside, my bucket list would be worldwide travel whenever and wherever and hopefully however I wanted, and not on the soles of my shoes alone but rather by planes, trains, boats and maybe a fourlegged animal. But since I don’t play the lottery, thus will never make the lump-sum required to just travel, I have a more practical summer bucket list: touch the ocean (either coast will do), learn to juggle (balls, which I can’t say without laughing), and renovate my “new” old travel trailer so even if I can’t travel worldwide, I can get out and see as much of this great country we live in as I can. And I’d travel until I got homesick for Idaho sunsets, familiar sights and sounds, the art yet to be made, students yet to be taught and stories yet to be written.

(CARRIE SCOZZARO)

Get your hands dirty at Urban Art Co-Op this summer. (versus City Beach). The two-day event is heavy on craft media — sculpture, ceramics, fiber, wood, leather goods — with a youth art area, food vendors and a generally festive atmosphere. It happens to coincide with the Saturday farmer’s market and Festival at Sandpoint, so think about making a weekend out of it. Visit artinsandpoint. org/arts-crafts-fair. Sandpoint is a groovy little town with several art galleries and interesting public art, which you can check out at sandpointidaho.gov.

As they do every year, Arbor Crest hosts an Art & Glass Festival, upping your chances of finding a lovely wine glass for your collection. And of course there is plenty of vino (and beer) with which to fill your glass, or whatever treasures you find at this free event at the winery’s Cliff House Estate, Aug. 24-25, which also features live music, food for purchase and a view you simply have to experience at least once this summer.

GET INTO ARTMAKING

Would you pay $40 for a glass of wine? Maybe if it were L’Ecole, right? Or if it was an original artwork you got to take home? That’s the idea behind, Paint Your Own Wine Glass, a variation on the paint ’n’ sip format at Scratch’s Rain Lounge on June 17. Visit Eventbrite and search for Pour Your Art Out events.

Every year the Coeur d’Alene Casino does a Plateau painting class featuring local tribal artists, including Ric Gendron and Jeremy Salazar. This year the featured

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artist is Diane Covington, Colville Confederated Tribes, Sanpoil Band/Spokane. It’s two hours of informal and informative painting instruction with all materials provided, June 29. See cdacasino.com.

The artist Nicholas Sironka makes batik accessible for all ages in this class where you learn to use wax and dye to create vibrant images on fabric. The Batik Art Workshop is July 13 at the MAC. Visit northwestmuseum.org.

Spokane Art School is an ideal place to get back to the land with three classes designed for interested parties high school-aged and older. Learn basic landscape painting with Nora Egger, June 25, 27 and 28 ($60), then come back July 30, Aug. 6, 13 and 20 to learn from Owen McAuley ($80). For August, try your hand at soft pastels to create a landscape with Doug Martindale, Aug. 8, 15, 22 and 29 ($80). Visit spokaneartschool.net.

Every year, Urban Art Co-Op has a Scoops and Bowl sale of handmade bowls filled with ice cream (July 20 at Manito North Shelter) to raise funds for their organization, which provides low-cost ceramics and other art classes. Learn how to make your own bowl on the pottery wheel or any number of clay techniques at their Monroe Avenue facility. Visit urbanartcoop.org.

In Coeur d’Alene, Gizmo makerspace has morphed its annual festival into a true Mini Maker Faire July 13 featuring things for all ages to do and try. Learn about the fascinating field of lapidary — gemstones and gemcutting — from Irv’s Jewelry and Rock Lapidary. Create your own “mutant toy.” And see how Say Roar Studios is creating animation. All free! Visit gizmo-cda.org.

EXPAND YOUR HORIZONS

If you haven’t ever participated in ArtWalk, put it on the list! It’s free, offers numerous venues, is self-paced and you are sure to find something that intrigues you. Time your visit for the opening reception and you get to meet and talk with the artists, too.

In Sandpoint, ArtWalk goes through Sept. 21 with two receptions: one on June 21, and another on July 26.

Visit artinsandpoint.org.

Get out of town with a twofer experience on the Palouse June 21 when both Moscow, Idaho, and Pullman, Washington, celebrate all things art. The Palouse ArtWalk goes the whole weekend, featuring 15-20 artists exhibiting at the Palouse Community Center.

Moscow’s ArtWalk includes at least 100 artists at 65 host locations, including downtown, which is closed to vehicular traffic for the one-day event. “This is kind of a street-fair style event,” says Moscow Arts program manager Megan Cherry.

Featured downtown is a hands-on session for kids with the city’s poet laureate, Susan Hodgin; demonstrations like lacemaking and 3D chalk art; two stages for live musical and other performances; and artist Ali Koski doing T-shirt printing on-demand with her Traveling T. Everyone gets in on this event, including Public Works, which brings out all the heavy equipment kids have painted over the years plus one for kids to work on during the event. n

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COMEDY

6/13 Travis Nelson, Spokane Comedy Club 6/13 Nearly Famous Comedy, Steel Barrel 6/14-15 Jose Bolanos, Spokane Comedy Club 6/14 The Real ___s of ___ville, Blue Door Theatre 6/15 SAFARI, Blue Door Theatre

COMMUNITY

6/13-19 Northwest Legends, The MAC 6/13-17 Vietnam Veterans: The Moving

Wall, Medical Lake 6/13-16 Garden Tours, Moore-Turner Heritage Gardens 6/13 J Understanding Drag: A Community Conversation, Downtown Spokane Library 6/14 Teen Summer Kick-off Pool Party, Airway Heights Recreation Center 6/15 Historic Walking Tours, Riverfront Park (weekly) 6/15 J Parade of Paws, Spokane Humane Society 6/15 J Spokane in Bloom Garden Tour 6/15 Sandemonium Pop Culture Convention, Sandpoint 6/15 Pokemon Trainer’s Academy, The Comic Book Shop (Valley) 6/15 Outdoor Family Yoga, Airway Heights Library 6/15 J Drag Queen Story Hour, South Hill Library

6/15 Astronaut Party! Summer Reading Kickoff, Downtown Library 6/17-19 Spokane Valley Summer Parks Program, Valley Mission, Terrace View & Edgecliff Park (weekly) 6/19 Galaxy Rock Painting, South Hill Library 6/19 KERNEL at Spark, Spark Central

FESTIVAL

6/13-15 J 79th Annual Gyro Days and

Lead Creek Derby, Wallace, Idaho 6/14-15 Car d’Lane, Downtown CdA 6/14-16 All Wheels Weekend, Dayton 6/15 Medical Lake Founder’s Day 6/15 J Broads & Rods Car & Bike Show, Garland District

FILM

6/13-19 Summer Matinee Movie Series, The Kenworthy

6/14-16 Best Sci-Fi Film Fest, Panida 6/14 Friday Night Movie: Ralph Breaks the Internet, Kroc Center

6/13-19 Sunset Dinner Cruise, The Coeur d’Alene Resort 6/13 Fried Chicken & Local Beer Series, The Wandering Table 6/15 5K Fun Run w/ Rosé Release Party, Merry Cellars Winery, Pullman 6/15 Cheese 101 & Wine Class: Italy!, Petunias Marketplace 6/15 Cribbage Tournament, Moscow Brewing Company 6/15 Making Jams & Jellies, WSU Spokane County Extension 6/16 Sunday Brunch Cruise, CdA Resort 6/16 Pig in the Park, Harrison City Park 6/16 Father’s Day Cocktail Class, Up North Distillery 6/17 Artisan Pizza, Kitchen Engine 6/18 Riverfront Eats, Riverfront Park 6/18 J Camp Cocktail: Gin!, The Culinary Stone 6/18 Cooking with a Multicooker, Kitchen Engine 6/19 Wine Wednesday, Culinary Stone 6/19 Canning & Freezing Fruit, WSU Spokane County Extension

6/14 Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse,

MUSIC

6/15 J Chasing the Moon, Spokane

6/13 J Reverend Horton Heat’s

6/14 Movie Night: Aladdin, Liberty Lake Community Theatre Sunset Park

Falls Community College 6/17-19 Sing, Garland Theater 6/17 J Monday Movies: Call Her Ganda, Magic Lantern Theatre 6/18 The Goonies, Garland Theater 6/19 J WSECU Outdoor Movies: Zootopia, Riverfront Park

FOOD

6/13 Party on the Patio, Three Peaks Kitchen + Bar

6/13-14 J Street Music Week,

downtown Spokane & CdA

Rockabilly Invasion, Knitting Factory 6/13 J The Cave Singers, The Black Tones, Lucky You Lounge 6/13 Brad Parsons, John’s Alley 6/13 Josiah Johnson, Lenore, Sarah Berentson, The Bartlett 6/14 J Deep Sea Diver, Nat Park & the Tunnels of Love, Lucky You Lounge

6/14 Bad Motivator, Itchy Kitty, The

Emilys, The Bartlett 6/14 Buckcherry with Joyous Wolf, Knitting Factory 6/14 The Hoot Hoots, Runaway Octopus, The Big Dipper 6/14-15 J Paradiso Festival, The Gorge 6/14-15 Donnie Emerson & Nancy Sophia, CdA Casino 6/15 J Super Sparkle, SISTERS, Lucky You Lounge 6/15-15 LOCASH, Coeur d’Alene Casino 6/15 The History of Country Music, Lake City Center, Coeur d’Alene 6/15 Intolerista Wingding XI, 1912 Center, Moscow 6/15 KPBX Kids’ Concert ft. Kevin Pace & The Early Edition, Downtown Spokane Library 6/15 J Vanna Oh!, Atari Ferrari, Wayward West, The Bartlett 6/16 J The Offspring Acoustic with Jonny Two Bags, Knitting Factory 6/18 Indigo Girls, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 6/18 LANY, Knitting Factory 6/19 J Judas Priest with Uriah Heep, Northern Quest Resort & Casino

SPORTS &

6/15 Stache Dash, Riverfront Park 6/15 Sprint Boat Races, Webb’s Slough 6/15 Trailblazer Triathlon, Medical Lake 6/15 Spokane Shadow Men’s Soccer, Spokane Polo Club Fields

6/16 Sunday Funday, Riverfront Park 6/16 Spokane Shadow Women’s Soccer,

Spokane Falls Community College

6/17 Bison Ranch Tour, CdA Casino 6/18 Women’s How to Pack a Backpack Workshop, David’s Pizza

6/18 Trailside Bike Repair Workshop, Riverside State Park

6/19 J Wednesdays in the Woods, Riverside State Park Bowl & Pitcher

THEATER

6/13-16 J Young Frankenstein, Spokane Civic Theatre

6/13-16 J BARE, Stage Left Theater 6/13-19 Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre: Beauty & the Beast, Kroc Center

6/14-15 Lone Star / Laundry & Bourbon, Pullman Civic Theatre

6/14-16 Coming to America, Pend Oreille Playhouse

6/14-16 Bottoms Up!, Ignite!

Community Theatre

OUTDOORS

6/16 Stage to Scren: The Audience, Bing

Coeur d’Alene Resort (daily) 6/14-16 Come Feed The Buffalo, WinTur Bison Farm (weekly) 6/15 CHAFE 150 Gran Fondo, Sandpoint 6/15 J Yoga on the Bridge, Riverfront Park 6/15-16 NPOV Lions Club Rail Riders, Ione, Wash.

6/13-19 Luminous: Dale Chihuly & the

6/13-19 Lake Coeur d’Alene Cruises, The

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VISUAL ARTS

Studio Glass Movement, The MAC (through June 23) 6/13 J SFCC Grad Show, McGinnity Room 6/13-19 J Queer Space, Downtown Spokane Library

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FILM

6/20-26 Summer Matinee Movie Series, The Kenworthy 6/20-21 Sing, Garland Theater 6/20-23 All is True, Panida Theater 6/21 Zootopia, Kroc Center 6/22 Free Summer Movie Series: Dr. Doolittle 2, Shadle Park 6/22 Classic Cartoons, The Kenworthy 6/24-26 Madagascar, Garland Theater 6/25 J Mad Max: Fury Road, Garland

FOOD

6/20-26 Sunset Dinner Cruise, Coeur

Don’t miss Luminous: Dale Chihuly & the Studio Glass

Movement at the MAC through June 23.

COMEDY

6/24 Backyard Astronomy Without a

Comedy Club

Station, Hillyard Library

6/20-22 Carlos Mencia, Spokane 6/21 You Need A Hero!, Blue Door Theatre 6/23 Roastamania, Spokane Comedy Club

COMMUNITY 6/20 Garden Tours, Moore-Turner Heritage Gardens

6/20 Thursday Night Live!, The MAC 6/20 Knots & Wine Macrame Workshop, Helix Wines

6/22 J Drag Queen Story Hour,

Downtown Spokane Library 6/22 J International Cultural Exchange, Coeur d’Alene Casino 6/23 J Scrumptious Junque, 1889 Salvage Co.

Telescope, South Hill Library

6/25 Escape Room: Trapped on Hydrus

FESTIVAL

6/20-22 18th Annual Silver Valley Jeep

Jamboree, Wallace, Idaho 6/21-22 Metaphysical Summer Solstice Vendor Fair, Coeur d’Alene 6/21-22 J Farmstead Finds Market, Medical Lake 6/22-23 Rally the Valley, Spokane Valley City Hall 6/22 J Inland Northwest Skyfest, Fairchild Air Force Base 6/22 J DogFest North Idaho, Forrest M. Bird Charter School, Sandpoint 6/22 4th Annual Hot Dogs & Rods Car Show, Moscow

d’Alene Resort (daily) 6/20 Pasta Making, Kitchen Engine 6/21-22 J From the Ashes, Settlers Creek 6/21 Summer Solstice Party, 219 Lounge 6/22-23 Supper Club Dinner: Tuscany, Petunias Marketplace 6/22-23 J Brunch with a View, Nectar Wine & Beer 6/22 Cooking w/ Chef Ricky, Shadle Library 6/23 Sunday Brunch Cruise, CdA Resort 6/26 Pressure Canning Basics, WSU Spokane County Extension

MUSIC

6/20 J John Paul White, The

Prescriptions, The Bartlett

6/20 Blue October, Knitting Factory 6/20 RAIN: A Tribute to the Beatles,

First Interstate Center for the Arts

6/21 J Josh Ritter & the Royal City Band, Knitting Factory

6/21 J Built to Spill, Orua, Dirt Russell, Lucky You Lounge

6/21 Indian Goat, Double Bird, Casket Key, The Big Dipper

6/21 No Vacation, Okey Dokey, Bartlett 6/22 Hippie Death Cult, Wretched F---,

Over Sea Under Stone, Big Dipper 6/22 Summer Concert Series: Tone Sober, Dahmen Barn 6/22 Gathering of the Bands, Coeur d’Alene City Park 6/23 Michael Franti & Spearhead with Ziggy Marley, Northern Quest 6/23 Three Dog Night, The Fox 6/24 J Pitbull, Northern Quest Resort 6/26 Chris Webby, The Pin

SPORTS & OUTDOORS

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THEATER

6/20-23 31st Playwrights’ Forum

Festival, Spokane Civic Theatre

6/20 Spark Central Radio Theatre 6/20-26 CdA Summer Theatre: Beauty & the Beast, Kroc Center

6/21-26 Spokane Valley Summer

6/21 Summer Solstice 10k, Kendall Yards 6/21-22 Dream Big Ice Show, Eagles

Theatre: Always... Patsy Cline, University High School 6/21-23 Coming to America, Pend Oreille Playhouse 6/21-23 Annie Jr., Tekoa Empire Theatre 6/21-23 Bottoms Up!, Ignite!

Community Theatre 6/24 The Taming of the Shrew, Kenworthy 6/25 Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre: Arsenic & Old Lace, Kroc Center

6/22 Yoga on the Bridge, Riverfront Park 6/22-23 Scenic Pend Oreille Train Rides,

6/20-26 Drawn to the Wall VII, Jundt

6/20 Summer Parkways, Manito & Comstock Parks, Spokane

6/21-22 Newport Rodeo, Newport 6/21-24 J Spokane Indians vs. Boise, Avista Stadium

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VISUAL ARTS

Art Museum (through Aug. 17)

6/20-23 J Luminous: Dale Chihuly &

the Studio Glass Movement, The MAC (closing week) 6/21-22 J Art on the Blacktop, 29th Avenue Artworks 6/21-26 J ZIMOUN, Prichard Art Gallery (through Sept. 22) 6/21-23 Palouse ArtWalk, Palouse Community Center 6/22 Jewelry Trunk Show, Dahmen Barn 6/22 J Terrain’s Bazaar, Downtown Spokane

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COMEDY

6/27-29 Gary Owen, Spokane Comedy Club

Community Center

7/3 Idaho Statehood Day Parade, Wallace

FILM

6/27-28 Madagascar, Garland Theater 6/28 Summer Moonlight Movies: Rookie of the Year, Sunset Park

6/28 You Need A Hero!, Blue Door Theatre 6/28 Late Laughs, Blue Door Theatre 6/29 The Confession Sessions with Cat

6/28 Friday Night Movie: Star Wars: A

6/29 SAFARI, Blue Door Theatre 6/30 Dope Show!, Spokane Comedy Club 6/30 The Social Hour Comedy

6/30 Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Panida 7/1-2 Studio Ghibli Fest: Whisper of the

COMMUNITY

7/1-3 Kung Fu Panda, Garland Theater 7/2 J Jaws, Garland Theater 7/3 How to Train Your Dragon: The

& Nat, Knitting Factory

Showcase, The Ridler Piano Bar

6/27-7/3 Northwest Legends, The MAC

(through Sept. 2) 6/27 Friends of the Argonne Library Book Sale, Argonne Library 6/27 J Stranger Things Gathering, Cheney Library 6/27-27 Escape Room: Trapped on Hydrus Station, Shadle Library 6/28-28 Escape Room: Trapped on Hydrus Station, Indian Trail Library 6/29 J Historic Walking Tours, Riverfront Park (weekly) 6/29 Paw-Louse 5K, Moscow 6/29 J Walking Tour of Historic Browne’s Addition

FESTIVAL

6/28-7/1 3rd Annual RED Teeth: A

Mountain Wine Festival, Red Mountain Resort 6/29 J Fido Fete Dog Fest, Southside

New Hope, Kroc Center

6/29 J Swim and a Movie: Moana,

Spokane County Aquatic Centers Heart, Regal Cinemas & AMC 20

Hidden World, Pavillion Park 7/3 Ben Stein’s Day Off, Panida Theater

FOOD

The new Spokane Print & Publishing Center hosts an introduction to letterpress on June 29.

6/27 Brett Eldredge, Northern Quest 6/27 Whiskey Myers, Brent Cobb; Knitting Factory

6/27 Lavoy, Runaway Octopus, Bad

6/27-7/3 Sunset Dinner Cruise, Coeur

d’Alene Resort (daily) 6/27 Eat More Rainbows: Vegan Cooking Series, My Fresh Basket 6/27 Summer Sampler, Farmin Park 6/27 J Idaho Craft Spirits Festival, downtown Coeur d’Alene 6/27 J Frame to Table, The Kenworthy 6/28 Ride & Dine, Silver Mountain 6/29 Pressure Canning Basics, WSU Spokane County Extension 6/29 A Night in Bali, The Culinary Stone 6/29 North Idaho Brewery Olympics, Slate Creek Brewing Co. 6/30 Sunday Brunch Cruise, CdA Resort

MUSIC

Motivator; Baby Bar 6/28-29 Eric Church, The Gorge 6/28 J Erotic City Prince Tribute Band, House of Soul 6/28 Shane Smith & the Saints, Knitting Factory 6/28-29 Music Swap, NW Music Center 6/28 Dario Re w/ Heat Streak, Hays Park 6/29 Young Brians w/ Nice World & The Lonesome Polekats; Big Dipper 6/30 Cayucas, The Bartlett 6/30 As Cities Burn, The Big Dipper 7/2 SonReal, The Bartlett

SPORTS & OUTDOORS

6/27 Spokane Indians vs. Tri City,

Avista Stadium

6/27-30 J Get Out Fest, Republic, WA 6/27-7/3 Lake Cruises, CdA Resort 6/27-7/3 Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America, Downtown Spokane Library (through Aug. 3) 6/27 Harmony Yoga Night, REI 6/27 J Bear Bags & Backcountry Food Storage Workshop, REI 6/27 Full Draw Film Tour, Bing Crosby Theater 6/27 GU Legends, The Fox 6/29-30 J Hoopfest, Downtown Spokane 6/29 Ironkids CdA, McEuen Park 6/29 Spokane Shadow Men’s Soccer, Spokane Polo Club Fields 6/30 Sunday Funday, Riverfront Park 6/30 J Ironman 70.3 Coeur d’Alene, Coeur d’Alene 7/1-3 Spokane Indians vs. Salem-Keizer, Avista Stadium

YOUNG KWAK PHOTO

7/2 Flat Tire Repair Workshop, REI

THEATER

6/27-30 J Spokane Valley Summer

Theatre: Always... Patsy Cline, University High School 6/27-30 J CdA Summer Theatre: Beauty & the Beast, Kroc Center 7/3 Sam Shovel, Private Eye -or- The Case of the Maltese Pigeon, Sixth Street Theater, Wallace

VISUAL ARTS

6/27 J Makers Drop-In, Art Salvage 6/27 ArtChowder Release pARTy, Spokane Gallery & Framing

6/29 J Intro to Letterpress: Victorian Calling Cards, Spokane Print & Publishing Center 7/1 Art with Animals, River’s Wish Animal Sanctuary

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COMEDY

7/4 Guffaw Yourself!, Neato Burrito 7/4 2.0pen Mic, The District Bar 7/5 Stand-Up Comedy, Red Dragon 7/5-7 Pete Lee, Spokane Comedy Club 7/5 You Need A Hero!, Blue Door Theatre 7/5 Late Laughs, Blue Door Theatre 7/6 SAFARI, Blue Door Theatre 7/7 The Social Hour Comedy Showcase, The Ridler Piano Bar

7/10 Open Mic, Spokane Comedy Club

COMMUNITY 7/4-10 Spokane Valley Summer Parks

Program, Valley Mission, Terrace View & Edgecliff Park (weekly) 7/4-10 Northwest Legends, The MAC (through Sept. 2) 7/4 J Sandpoint Fourth of July Celebration, City Beach 7/4 Harrison 4th of July Celebration, Harrison City Park 7/4 J Coeur d’Alene 4th of July Parade, Downtown Coeur d’Alene 7/4 Liberty Lake Fourth of July Celebration, Pavillion Park 7/4 J Riverfront Park 4th of July Celebration 7/4 Silver Valley 4th of July Celebration, Kellogg, Idaho 7/4 J Pullman’s Fourth of July Celebration, Sunnyside Park 7/4 Fourth of July Family Fireworks Cruise, The Coeur d’Alene Resort 7/5-10 J Giants, Dragons & Unicorns: The World of Mythic Creatures, The MAC (through Sept. 2) 7/6 Historic Walking Tours, Riverfront Park (weekly)

7/6 Fort Party, Spark Central 7/6 Drop In & Craft, Spark Central 7/9 Cecil the Magician, East Central Community Center

7/9 J Family Planetarium Show, SFCC 7/10 Walking Tour of Historic Browne’s Addition 7/10-10 Cecil the Magician, South Hill Library 7/10 KERNEL at Spark, Spark Central

FESTIVAL

7/5-7 Glow Fest Northwest, Ford, Wash.

7/6-7 U-Pick Lavender Festival, Evening Light Lavender Farm

FILM

7/4-10 Summer Matinee Movie Series, The Kenworthy

7/4-5 Kung Fu Panda, Garland Theater 7/5 Friday Night Movie: Up, Kroc Center 7/5-6 Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Panida 7/6 Classic Cartoons, The Kenworthy 7/6 Ralph Breaks the Internet, Half Moon Park

7/8-10 Hotel Transylvania 3, Garland 7/9 A League of Their Own, Garland 7/10 Full Draw Film Tour, Panida 7/10 J WSECU Outdoor Movies: Back to the Future, Riverfront Park

FOOD

7/4-10 Sunset Dinner Cruise, Coeur

d’Alene Resort (daily) 7/4 J Steaks N’ Sparklers, The Coeur d’Alene Resort 7/5 Ride & Dine Series, Silver Mountain 7/6 Sip of Beverly’s, Beverly’s 7/6 J Coeur d’Alene Brew Fest,

SPORTS & OUTDOORS

McEuen Park

7/7 Sunday Brunch Cruise, CdA Resort 7/9 Riverfront Eats Food Truck Series,

Riverfront Park 7/10 J Eat More Rainbows: Vegan Cooking Series, My Fresh Basket 7/10 Wine Wednesday, Culinary Stone 7/10 Wine Wednesday Summer Dinner Series, Nectar Catering & Events 7/10 Pressure Canning Meats, WSU Spokane County Extension

7/4-10 Lake Coeur d’Alene Cruises, The Coeur d’Alene Resort

7/4-10 Hometown Teams: How Sports

MUSIC

7/4 J Turkuaz, The Hive 7/4 Into the Drift, Arbor Crest Wine Cellars

7/4 Jimi Finn, Liberty Lake Wine Cellars 7/5 Joey Anderson, Bridge Press Cellars 7/5 Paul Grove, Park Bench Cafe, Manito Park

7/5 Bands on Boats: Kelly Hughes Band, The Coeur d’Alene Resort

7/6 J The Robert Cray Band, Bing Crosby Theater

7/6 Zach Nugent’s Disco Dead, The Hive 7/6 High Pulp, Funky Unkle, Lucky You Lounge

7/6 Disco Dead, The Hive 7/7 Soul Proprietor, Arbor Crest Wine Cellars

7/7 Fire on the Mountain, The Hive 7/8 Rusty Jackson Trio, Coeur d’Alene

THEATER

Public Library

7/9 J Khalid: Free Spirit World Tour,

Shape America, Downtown Spokane Library (through Aug. 3) 7/5-7 Top Pin Archery: The Shootout at Silver Mountain, Silver Mountain Ski Resort 7/5-7 Idaho State Draft Horse & Mule International Show, Kootenai County Fairgrounds 7/5-7 Come Feed The Buffalo, Win-Tur Bison Farm 7/6-7 J NPOV Lions Club Rail Riders, Ione, Wash.

7/6 Spokane Shadow Men’s Soccer, Spokane Polo Club Fields 7/7 Sunday Funday, Riverfront Park 7/7 Race the Wolf, Schweitzer Mountain Resort 7/7-9 Spokane Indians vs. Tri-City, Avista Stadium 7/9 An Athletes Journey: Sports and Traumatic Brain Injury, Downtown Spokane Library 7/10 Wednesdays in the Woods, Riverside State Park Bowl & Pitcher

Spokane Arena 7/10 Kids’ Concert with Jenny Edgren, Shadle Library 7/10 Honeysuckle, Jenny Anne Mannan, The Bartlett

7/4-10 Sam Shovel, Private Eye - or- the Case of the Maltese Pigeon, Sixth Street Theater, Wallace

VISUAL ARTS

7/4-10 J ZIMOUN, Prichard Art Gallery

JULY 4-10 7/4-10 Drawn to the Wall VII, Jundt Art Museum (through Aug. 17)

7/4-10 Evolution: Potter Harry Green’s

50-Year Journey, Jundt Art Museum (through Aug. 17) 7/4-6 Ode to Imagination: Allen & Mary Dee Dodge, Robert Schlegel, Art Spirit Gallery (through July 6) 7/4-10 A Spokane Silver Celebration, The MAC (through Aug. 4) 7/4 Moscow First Thursday 7/5 J First Friday, Spokane 7/9 Composition Through Perspective, Spokane Art School 7/9 Digital Photography 1.0: Fundamentals of DSLR, Spokane Community College 7/10 J Garland Sketch Crawl with Megan Perkins, Spokane Art School 7/10 Drop In & Draw, Spark Central 7/10 Digital Photography 2.0, Spokane Community College

WORDS

7/5 J 3 Minute Mic, Auntie’s Bookstore 7/7 BootSlam, Boots Bakery & Lounge 7/9 Tuesday Gallery Talks, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture

7/9 Poet-in-Residence Kimberly

Burnham, 2nd Look Books

7/9 Drop In & Write, Spark Central 7/10 Broken Mic, Neato Burrito

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JULY 11-17 COMEDY

7/17 J Out of This World Poetry with Kenn Nesbitt, West Central Community Center

FESTIVAL

7/11-13 Bryan Callen, Spokane Comedy

7/12-14 Sandpoint Classic Boat Festival 7/12-14 J Early Ford V8 Show & Swap

7/12 You Need A Hero!, Blue Door 7/13 SAFARI, Blue Door Theatre 7/14 Drink-n-Debate, Spokane Comedy

7/12-14 Post Falls Fest, Q’Emiln Park 7/13 J Coeur d’Alene Mini Maker Faire,

Club

Meet, Spokane Fair & Expo Center

Gizmo-Cda

Club 7/14 The Social Hour Comedy Showcase, The Ridler Piano Bar 7/15 Comedy Showcase, The Buzz Pizzeria, Bar & Lounge

7/13 J Unifest, River City Brewing 7/13 The Gathering of the Iron Rose,

7/11-17 J Giants, Dragons & Unicorns:

7/11-12 Hotel Transylvania 3, Garland 7/11-17 Summer Matinee Movie Series,

COMMUNITY

The World of Mythic Creatures, The MAC (through Sept. 2) 7/11-17 Northwest Legends, The MAC (through Sept. 2) 7/11-17 Spokane Valley Summer Parks Program, Valley Mission, Terrace View & Edgecliff Park (weekly) 7/12 Drop In & RPG, Spark Central 7/12 VR for Teens, Hillyard Library 7/12 Leave No Trace Bear Awareness Workshop, Evans Bros, Coffee 7/13 Historic Walking Tours, Riverfront Park (weekly) 7/13 Friends of the North Spokane Library Sidewalk Book Sale 7/13 Museum Family Day, The MAC 7/13 VR for Teens, South Hill Library 7/14 Scrumptious Junque, 1889 Salvage 7/14 J Coeur d’Alene Garden Tour 7/14 24-Hour Zine Thing, Spark Central 7/16 J Family Planetarium Show, SFCC

Nine Mile Falls 7/14 J Quest Sunday Fest, Northern Quest Resort & Casino

FILM

The Kenworthy 7/11-14 Red Joan, Panida Theater 7/12 Summer Moonlight Movies: Lego Movie 2, Sunset Park 7/12 LEGO Batman, Kroc Center 7/13 Free Summer Movie Series: We Bought a Zoo, Shadle Park 7/13 J Rocky Horror Picture Show, Garland Theater 7/13 Classic Cartoons, The Kenworthy 7/13 J Harry Potter & the Sorcerer’s Stone, Pavillion Park 7/15-17 Lego Movie: Part 2, Garland 7/16 J Ponyo, Garland Theater 7/17 J WSECU Outdoor Movies: The Big Lebowski, Riverfront Park

FOOD

7/11-13 Inland Northwest Artisan Grains

Career, Education and Health Fair

Conference, University of Idaho 7/11 J Party on the Patio, Three Peaks Kitchen + Bar 7/11 J Let’s Make Beer!, Spokane Community College 7/11-17 Sunset Dinner Cruise, Coeur d’Alene Resort (daily) 7/11-13 J Crave Northwest: Food & Drink Celebration, CenterPlace 7/12 Ride & Dine Series, Silver Mountain 7/12 Breakfast on the Baselines, Avista Stadium 7/13 J Sandpoint Beerfest, Trinity at City Beach 7/13 Pressure Canning Meats, WSU Spokane County Extension 7/14 Sunday Brunch Cruise, CdA Resort 7/14 Ice Cream Social, Palouse, Wash.

7/16 Riverfront Eats, Riverfront Park 7/17 Wine Wednesday Summer Dinner Series, Nectar Catering & Events 7/17 Wine Wednesday, Culinary Stone 7/17 Pickles & Relishes, WSU Extension

MUSIC

7/11 Open Mic, Bridge Press Cellars 7/11 Full Metal Racket, CdA Park 7/11 Current Flow, Arbor Crest 7/11 Riverstone Summer Concert Series: Sway Wild, Riverstone Park

7/11 Depth Charger, The Pin 7/12 Twiztid with Alla Xul Elu, G-Mo Skee, Sevidemic, The Pin

7/12 The Other Favorites & Reina del

Cid, The Big Dipper 7/12-13 Dallas Kay, CdA Casino 7/12 Hayley Young & the Bossame, Bridge Press Cellars 7/12 August Burns Red with Silverstein and Silent Planet, Knitting Factory

7/12 Tyler Ramsey, Carl Broemel, Bartlett 7/12-14 J Wallace Blues Festival 7/13 J Beck and Cage the Elephant with Spoon, Gorge Amphitheater

7/13 2 Litty 4 The City ft. Kees, Tiny

Legend, Macc, Reggie Rich; The Pin

7/13 Summer Concert Series, Stormin’ Norman’s Shipfaced Saloon

7/13 Trout Steak Revival, The Bartlett 7/13 Tommy G, Off Regal Lounge 7/14 J Band of Horses, Nikki Lane,

7/11-17 Sam Shovel, Private Eye - or -

Bartlett 7/14 Lazy Love, Zola 7/15 Perfect Mess, Zola 7/16-17 J Mozart on a Summer’s Eve, Manito Park

SPORTS & OUTDOORS

7/11-17 Lake Coeur d’Alene Cruises, The Coeur d’Alene Resort

Shape America, Downtown Spokane Library (through Aug. 3) 7/12-14 Spots of Fun Horse Show, Bonner County Fairgrounds 7/12 Pullman Chamber Raft Trip 7/12-14 Come Feed The Buffalo, WinTur Bison Farm (weekly) 7/12 J Kids Triathlon, Comstock Park 7/13 Yoga on the Bridge, Riverfront Park 7/13-14 J Spokatopia Outdoor Adventure Festival, Camp Sekani 7/13 Mt. Spokane Vertical Challenge, Mt. Spokane State Park 7/13 Liberty Lake Loop Fun Run, Pavillion Park

Join us for the 25th Annual

Cultural Village

Spokane, Dwight Merkel Sports Complex 7/14-16 Spokane Indians vs. Everett, Avista Stadium 7/14 Jacey’s Race, Sandpoint 7/17 Wednesdays in the Woods, Riverside State Park 7/17 Spokane Indians vs. Vancouver, Avista Stadium

THEATER

Knitting Factory

7/14 Kyle Craft & Showboat Honey, The

7/11-17 Hometown Teams: How Sports

J The Inlander recommends this event 7/13 J The Great Inflatable Race

The Case of the Maltese Pigeon, Sixth Street Theater, Wallace 7/11 J Jay Owenhouse: The Authentic Illusionist, The Fox 7/11-17 J Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre: OKLAHOMA!, Kroc Center 7/12-14 J Spring Awakening, Spokane Civic Theatre 7/12-14 Bonnie & Clyde: A New Musical, Lake City Playhouse 7/12-14 Spokane Valley Summer Theatre: The Sound of Music, University High School 7/12-13 Sally Cotter & the Quest We Follow, Liberty Lake Theatre 7/14 J Opera on the Lake: Così fan tutte, The Coeur d’Alene Resort

VISUAL ARTS

7/11 42nd Annual Sandpoint Artwalk, 7/12 Second Friday Artwalk, CdA 7/13 Introduction to Batik Art, The MAC 7/13 J Art on the Street: Mariah Boyle, Spokane Art School

7/13 Art For the Animals, River’s Wish Animal Sanctuary

Free K-8 School Supplies Free Kids Helmets (while supplies last)

Activities for All Ages Live Entertainment

Thriving Together. Rising Together.

Senior Resource Area

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East City Park, Moscow

7/20 J South Perry Street Fair, South Perry Business District 7/21 J Quest Sunday Fest, Northern Quest Resort & Casino

FILM

7/18-24 Summer Matinee Movie Series, The Kenworthy

7/18-19 Lego Movie: Part 2, Garland 7/19 Surf’s Up, Kroc Center 7/20 J Swim and a Movie: How to Train Your Dragon 3, Spokane County Aquatic Centers 7/20 Classic Cartoons, The Kenworthy 7/20 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Pavillion Park 7/22-24 Shrek, Garland Theater 7/23 Back to the Future: Part 2, Garland 7/24 WSECU Outdoor Movies: Ralph Breaks the Internet, Riverfront Park

Steve Martin and Martin Short head to Northern Quest Resort & Casino July 21.

COMEDY

7/18 Thursday Night Live!, The MAC 7/19-20 J Apollo 11: 50 Years on the

Comedy Club 7/19 You Need A Hero!, Blue Door 7/20 SAFARI, Blue Door Theatre 7/21 J Steve Martin & Martin Short, Northern Quest Resort & Casino 7/21 Roastamania, Spok. Comedy Club 7/23 Dave Stone, Spokane Comedy Club

7/20 10th Annual Spokenya Run/Walk

7/18-20 J Jay Chandrasekhar, Spokane

COMMUNITY

7/18 J 41st Annual Cherry Pickers Trot, Green Bluff Growers

Moon, WSU Pullman

7k, Life Center Church 7/20 Third Annual “Jacked Up” Show, Spokane Humane Society 7/23 Walking Tour of Historic Browne’s Addition, Browne’s Addition 7/23 J Family Planetarium Show, SFCC 7/24 Astronaut Party, South Hill Library 7/24 KERNEL at Spark, Spark Central

FESTIVAL

7/18-20 J Rendezvous in the Park,

FOOD

7/18-24 Sunset Dinner Cruise, The

Coeur d’Alene Resort 7/19 Ride & Dine Series, Silver Mountain Ski Resort 7/21 J Northwest WineFest, Schweitzer Mountain Resort 7/20 Bodacious Barbecue, Memorial Community Center; Hope, Idaho 7/21 Sunday Brunch Cruise, CdA Resort 7/21 J Vintage Spokane, Davenport Grand 7/23 Riverfront Eats, Riverfront Park 7/24 Wine Wednesday Summer Dinner Series, Nectar Catering & Events 7/24 Wine Wednesday, Culinary Stone 7/24 Dehydrating Fruits & Veggies, WSU Spokane County Extension

MUSIC

7/18-19 J Snoop Dogg with Warren G,

Northern Quest Resort & Casino 7/18 J The Joy Formidable, Lucky You Lounge 7/18 Bridges Home Duo, Arbor Crest 7/18 Sarah Shook & the Disarmers, Mariel Buckley, The Bartlett 7/19 Bands on Boats: Hells Belles, The Coeur d’Alene Resort 7/19 Briana Marela, Lucky You Lounge 7/20 Tonedevil Bros., Rocket Market 7/20 Summer Concert Series: Bridges Home, Dahmen Barn 7/22 J A Tribe Called RED, Lucky You Lounge 7/22 Red Wanting Blue, The Bartlett 7/23 J Michael McDonald with Chaka Khan, Northern Quest Resort 7/24 DaBaby, Knitting Factory 7/24 Grizfolk, Laura Jean Anderson, The Bartlett

SPORTS & OUTDOORS

7/18-19 Spokane Indians vs. Vancouver, Avista Stadium

7/18 J Kids’ Off-Road Triathlon, Camp Dart-Lo

7/18 Gourmet Camp Cooking, Riverside State Park

7/19 J Newport Rough Stock Rodeo 7/20 J Yoga on the Bridge, Riverfront

Park 7/20 Strides For Strong Bones Fun Run & Walk, Medical Lake Park 7/20 Paddle, Splash & Play, Riverside State Park, 9 Mile Recreation Area 7/20 Bull-A-Rama, Newport Rodeo

JULY 18-24 7/21 Valley Girl Triathlon/Duathlon, Medical Lake Park

7/23-24 Wallace ATV Jamboree 7/24 Wednesdays in the Woods, Riverside State Park

THEATER

7/18-21 Bonnie & Clyde: A New Musical, Lake City Playhouse

7/18-21 Spokane Valley Summer

Theatre: The Sound of Music, University High School 7/18-24 Sam Shovel, Private Eye, - orThe Case of the Maltese Pigeon, Sixth Street Theater, Wallace 7/18-20 Sally Cotter & the Quest We Follow, Liberty Lake Theatre 7/18-24 J CdA Summer Theatre: OKLAHOMA!, Kroc Center 7/19-21 J Spring Awakening, Spokane Civic Theatre 7/19-21 Tom Sawyer, Spokane Civic 7/21 Stage to Screen: Small Island, Bing Crosby Theater 7/23 CdA Summer Theatre: Crimes of the Heart, Kroc Center

ARTS

7/18 Give Love Heart Auction and

Benefit, Gonzaga University

7/18 Seeking Sasquatch, The MAC 7/20 Scoops & Bowls, Manito Park 7/20 J Art on the Street: Daniel Lopez, Spokane Art School

7/24 J A Night of Music & Words with Shann Ray, Auntie’s Bookstore

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JULY 25-31 COMEDY

7/25-27 Dave Landau, Spokane Comedy Club

7/26 You Need A Hero!, Blue Door 7/26 Late Laughs, Blue Door Theatre 7/27 SAFARI, Blue Door Theatre 7/28 The Dope Show!, Spokane Comedy Club

COMMUNITY 7/26 J Storytime with Joe Bruce,

NASA/JPL System Ambassador, South Hill Library 7/26 Escape Room: Alien Abduction, Shadle Library 7/27 Isaac Foundation Family Fun Day, Millwood Kindergarten Center 7/28 J Old Time Picnic, Harrison City Park 7/30 Summer Greenhouse Days, Spark Central 7/30 Moon Mania! Moon Science for Kids, Shadle Library 7/30 Escape Room: Alien Abduction, Hillyard Library 7/30 Family Planetarium Show, SFCC

FESTIVAL

7/26-28 J Julyamsh, Kootenai County

Fairgrounds 7/26-27 The Gathering of the Iron Rose, Nine Mile Falls 7/26-28 North Pend Oreille Down River Days, Ione

7/26-28 Pickaxe Rhythm & Blues Festival, Republic, Wash.

7/28 J Quest Sunday Fest, Northern Quest Resort & Casino

FILM

7/25 Joseph Huber, The Pin 7/25 Hibou with Lavoy & Stay Prix, The Bartlett

7/26 J Norah Jones (sold out), The Fox 7/26 Born of Osiris with Bad Omens, Spite, Kingdom of Giants, The Pin

7/25-26 Shrek, Garland Theater 7/26 Movies in the Park: Ralph Breaks

7/26 Bobaflex, Artifas, Knitting Factory 7/26 Mike Nash & the Southern Drawl

7/26 J Summer Moonlight Movies: The

7/26-27 Bridges Home, Circle Moon

7/26 Toy Story, Kroc Center 7/27 Classic Cartoons, The Kenworthy 7/27 The Kid Who Would be King,

7/27-28 Above & Beyond, The Gorge 7/27 It Looks Sad., Lucky You Lounge 7/27 Head 4 the Hills, John’s Alley 7/27 Palouse Music Festival, Palouse,

the Internet, Valley Mission Park Mighty Ducks, Sunset Park

Pavillion Park

7/28-31 J Studio Ghibli Fest: Kiki’s

Delivery Service, AMC 20 RPS 7/29-31 Smallfoot, Garland Theater 7/30 Tremors, Garland Theater

FOOD

7/25 Sushi Class, Bellwether Brewing 7/26 Ride & Dine, Silver Mountain 7/27-28 Brunch with a View, Nectar Wine and Beer

7/27 J Spokane Vegfest, Spokane Community College

7/27 Dehydrating Fruits & Veggies,

WSU Spokane County Extension 7/28 Sunday Brunch Cruise, CdA Resort 7/29 Farm Walk, Lazy R Ranch 7/30 Riverfront Eats , Riverfront Park 7/31 Wine Wednesday Dinner Series, Nectar Catering & Events 7/31 Preserving Tomatoes and Salsas, WSU Spokane County Extension

MUSIC

7/25 Heat Speak, Coeur d’Alene Park

Band, The Hive

Theater

Wash.

7/28 J Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo

with Melissa Etheridge, Northern Quest 7/28 Sara Brown Band, Arbor Crest 7/28 Ward Davis, The Pin 7/29 Lake City String Quartet, Coeur d’Alene Public Library 7/31 Disturbed Evolution Tour w/ In This Moment, Spokane Arena 7/31 J Blitzen Trapper, The Bartlett

SPORTS & OUTDOORS

7/25-31 Lake Cruises, CdA Resort 7/25-27 Wallace ATV Jamboree 7/26-28 Spokane Indians vs. Vancouver, Avista Stadium 7/27-28 J NPOV Lions Club Rail Riders, Ione, Wash.

7/27-28 Silver Hoops 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament, Kellogg 7/27 Fondo On The Palouse, Moscow 7/27 Mud Factor Spokane, Airway

The 6th annual Spokane Vegfest vegan living festival is back July 27.

7/27 Wild Skills Mountain Adventure,

7/26-28 Tom Sawyer, Spokane Civic 7/26-27 One Act Play Festival, Pend

7/28 J Spokane Valley Cycle

7/27 J Shakespeare in the Park: Henry

7/28 Ride the Bases, Avista Stadium 7/31 Wednesdays in the Woods,

7/28 J Shakespeare in the Park: The

Motocross Park

Schweitzer Mountain Resort Celebration, Mirabeau Park Riverside State Park

THEATER

7/25-28 Spokane Valley Summer

Theatre: The Sound of Music, University High School 7/25-28 Sam Shovel, Private Eye - orThe Case of the Maltese Pigeon, Sixth Street Theater 7/25-27 Sally Cotter & the Quest We Follow, Liberty Lake Theatre 7/25-28 J CdA Summer Theatre: OKLAHOMA!, Kroc Center 7/26-28 Spring Awakening, Spokane Civic Theatre

Oreille Playhouse

IV Part 1, War Memorial Field

Merry Wives of Windsor, Pavillion Park 7/30-31 Menopause the Musical, Bing Crosby Theater 7/31 The Carpet Caper, Sixth Street Theater, Wallace

ARTS

7/25 Makers Drop-In, Art Salvage 7/26 Jennifer Pullen: A Bead of Amber on Her Tongue, Auntie’s

7/27 J Art on the Street: Ken Spiering, Spokane Art School

7/30 Artist Meet Up: How Place

Influences Art, The Bartlett

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COMEDY

8/1 Guffaw Yourself!, Neato Burrito 8/1-2 Karlous Miller, Spokane Comedy Club

8/1 2.0pen Mic, The District Bar 8/2 Stand-Up Comedy, Red Dragon 8/2 This Just In..., Blue Door Theatre 8/2 Late Laughs, Blue Door Theatre 8/3 J Greg Proops, Spokane Comedy

Club 8/3 SAFARI, Blue Door Theatre 8/4 J Proopscast, Spokane Comedy Club 8/4 The Social Hour Comedy Showcase, The Ridler Piano Bar

COMMUNITY 8/1-7 J Giants, Dragons & Unicorns:

The World of Mythic Creatures, The MAC (through Sept. 2). J 8/1-7 Northwest Legends, The MAC (through Sept. 2) 8/1 Spokane Valley Summer Parks Program, Valley Mission, Terrace View & Edgecliff Park (weekly) 8/1 Moon Mania! Moon Science for Kids, Northeast Community Center 8/1 Escape Room: Alien Abduction, Indian Trail Library 8/1 Thursday Evening Swing, Woman’s Club of Spokane 8/2-4 J Hot August, Cool Cats: TICA Northwest Regional Cat Show, Doubletree Hotel 8/2 The Science of Light: A STEAM Experience, West Central Community Center 8/3 Historic Walking Tours, Riverfront Park (weekly)

8/3 Walking Tour of Historic Browne’s

Addition, Browne’s Addition 8/3 Pokemon Trainer’s Academy, The Comic Book Shop (Valley) 8/3 Drop In & Craft, Spark Central 8/6 Space Craft Party, Shadle Library 8/6 J Space Science with Mobius Science Center, East Central Community Center 8/7 Space Science with Mobius Science Center, Indian Trail Library 8/7 The Science of Light: A STEAM Experience, South Hill Library 8/7 J Pullman Hill Parties: National Night Out, Pullman

FESTIVAL

8/2-4 J Coeur d’Alene Street Fair, Downtown Coeur d’Alene

8/2-4 Colville Rendezvous Days 8/2-4 Kaslo Jazz Fest 8/2-4 J Hillyard Festival, Hillyard 8/2-4 J Art on the Green, North Idaho College

8/3 J Spokane Scottish Highland

Games, Spokane County Fair & Expo Center 8/4 J Quest Sunday Fest, Northern Quest Resort & Casino

FILM

8/1-7 Summer Matinee Movie Series,

The Kenworthy 8/1-2 Smallfoot, Garland Theater 8/2 Friday Night Movie: Shrek, Kroc Center 8/3 Classic Cartoons, The Kenworthy 8/3 Swim and a Movie: Incredibles 2, Spokane County Aquatic Centers 8/5-7 How to Train Your Dragon 3,

Garland Theater

8/5-7 Megamind, Garland Theater 8/6 J Pulp Fiction, Garland Theater 8/7 J WSECU Outdoor Movies: Wizard of Oz, Riverfront Park

FOOD

8/1-7 Sunset Dinner Cruise, Coeur d’Alene Resort (daily)

8/2 Ride & Dine Series, Silver Mountain 8/3 Sip of Beverly’s, Beverly’s 8/3 Preserving Tomatoes and Salsas, WSU Spokane County Extension 8/4 Sunday Brunch Cruise, CdA Resort 8/6 Riverfront Eats, Riverfront Park 8/7 Wine Wednesday, Culinary Stone

MUSIC

8/1 J Festival at Sandpoint: Nathaniel

Rateliff and the Night Sweats with Lucius, War Memorial Field 8/1 Light in Mirrors, Coeur d’Alene Park 8/1 Kosh, Arbor Crest Wine Cellars 8/1 Lonestar, First Interstate Center for the Arts 8/1 Jimi Finn, Liberty Lake Wine Cellars 8/1 CdA Summer Theatre, Riverstone Park 8/1 Lost Dog Street Band, Matt Heckler, The Bartlett 8/2 J Festival at Sandpoint: Walk Off the Earth with the Shook Twins, War Memorial Field 8/2 Mountains in the Sea, Park Bench Cafe 8/2 Ryan Larsen Band, Bridge Press 8/2 Bands on Boats: Too Slim & The Taildraggers, The CdA Resort 8/2 Lee Brice, Coeur d’Alene Casino

8/2 Stef Chura, Lucky You Lounge 8/2 7th Annual Aftival ft. Yak Attack,

The Hive 8/2 Execution of X-Raided, The Roxie 8/2-4 J Watershed Festival feat.

Miranda Lambert, Zac Brown Band, Jason Aldean, Kane Brown & more, Gorge Amphitheater 8/3 J Festival at Sandpoint: Jackson Browne, War Memorial Field 8/3 Afrolicious, The Hive 8/3 Friends of Spirit Lake Dam Fundraiser, The Boars Nest 8/3 Summer Concert Series: An Evening With the Cowboys, Dahmen Barn 8/4 Luke Jaxson Band, Arbor Crest 8/6 Toby Keith, Northern Quest Resort 8/6 Ani DiFranco with Pieta Brown, Bing Crosby Theater 8/7 J The Alarm, Modern English, Jay Aston’s Gene Loves Jezebel, Bing Crosby Theater 8/7 Nahko and Medicine for the People, Knitting Factory 8/7 J Spokane Symphony: Sunset Symphony, Arbor Crest Wine Cellars

SPORTS & OUTDOORS

8/2-3 Bonner County PRCA Rodeo, Bonner County Fairgrounds

8/2-4 Northwest Cup, Silver Mountain 8/2 5th Anniversary Celebration, Circling Raven Golf Course

8/2 J Prestige Wrestling: The Respect Issue, The Pin 8/3-4 SLORA Outboard Hydro Plane Racing, Newport

AUG 1-7 8/3-4 J Spike & Dig, Dwight Merkel Sports Complex

8/3 Long Bridge Swim, Sandpoint 8/3 J Midnight Century, The Elk 8/4 J Huckleberry Color Fun Run, Schweitzer Mountain Resort

8/7 Wednesdays in the Woods, Riverside State Park

THEATER

8/1-7 The Carpet Caper, Sixth Street Theater, Wallace

8/1-4 First Date, Best Western CdA 8/2-4 Alice in Wonderland, Pullman Civic Theatre

8/6-7 J Les Miserables, First Interstate Center for the Arts

VISUAL ARTS

8/1-7 Closer to You: Performance Films from On the Boards, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU 8/1 42nd Annual Sandpoint Artwalk 8/1 Moscow First Thursday, Moscow 8/2 J First Friday, Spokane

WORDS

8/2 3 Minute Mic, Auntie’s Bookstore 8/4 BootSlam, Boots Bakery & Lounge 8/5 Introduction to Freelance Writing, Spokane Community College

8/5 Spokane Poetry Slam, The Bartlett 8/7 Broken Mic, Neato Burrito 8/7 Write-to-Publish the 90-Day Ebook, Hayden Library

AUGUST 16TH & 17TH

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8/8 Guffaw Yourself!, Neato Burrito 8/8-10 J Melissa Villasenor, Spokane Comedy Club

8/8 2.0pen Mic, The District Bar 8/9 Stand-Up Comedy, Red Dragon 8/9 This Just In..., Blue Door Theatre 8/10 SAFARI, Blue Door Theatre 8/11 The Social Hour Comedy Showcase, The Ridler Piano Bar 8/14 Open Mic, Spokane Comedy Club

COMMUNITY

8/8-14 J Giants, Dragons & Unicorns:

The World of Mythic Creatures, The MAC (through Sept. 2) 8/8-14 Northwest Legends, The MAC (through Sept. 2) 8/8 VR for Kids, Indian Trail Library 8/8 The Science of Light: A STEAM Experience, Northeast Community Center 8/9 Planetarium with Mobius, West Central Community Center 8/9 VR for Teens, Hillyard Library 8/10 Historic Walking Tours, Riverfront Park (weekly) 8/10 Friends of the North Spokane Library Sidewalk Book Sale 8/10 VR for Teens, East Side Library 8/13 Space Science with Mobius Science Center, Shadle Library 8/13 Astronaut Party, East Side Library 8/14 KERNEL at Spark, Spark Central

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FESTIVAL

8/9-11 Blue Waters Bluegrass Festival, Waterfront Park 8/9-11 Huckleberry Festival, Trout Creek, Montana 8/9-11 J KuroNekoCon, Spokane Convention Center 8/9-11 J Goodguys 18th Great Northwest Nationals, Spokane County Fair & Expo Center 8/11 J Quest Sunday Fest, Northern Quest Resort & Casino

FILM

8/8-9 How to Train Your Dragon 3,

Garland Theater 8/8-9 Megamind, Garland Theater 8/8-14 Summer Matinee Movie Series, The Kenworthy 8/9 Movies in the Park: Mary Poppins Returns, Mirabeau Park Meadows 8/9 J Summer Moonlight Movies: Kubo & the Two Strings, Sunset Park 8/9 Ferdinand, Kroc Center 8/10 Classic Cartoons, The Kenworthy 8/10 The Incredibles 2, Pavillion Park 8/13 J Friday the 13th, Garland Theater 8/14 J WSECU Outdoor Movies: Space Balls, Riverfront Park

FOOD

8/8 J Party on the Patio, Three Peaks Kitchen + Bar 8/8-14 Sunset Dinner Cruise, Coeur d’Alene Resort (daily) 8/8 Tastings on the Terrace, Spokane Convention Center 8/8 Scotch & Cigars, Prohibition

J The Inlander recommends this event

Gastropub 8/9 Ride & Dine, Silver Mountain 8/10-11 J Peach Pickin’ Party and Vendor Fair, High Country Orchard 8/10 J Ales for the Trail 2019, McEuen Park 8/11 Sunday Brunch Cruise, CdA Resort 8/13 Riverfront Eats, Riverfront Park 8/14 Wine Wednesday Summer Dinner Series, Nectar Catering & Events 8/14 Wine Wednesday, Culinary Stone

MUSIC

8/8 Blake Braley Band, Zola 8/8 J Festival at Sandpoint: Lake

Street Dive with Darlingside, War Memorial Field 8/8 Blue Mustang, Coeur d’Alene Park 8/8 One Street Over, Arbor Crest Wine 8/8 Nu Jack City, Riverstone Park 8/9-11 Wallace Accordion Jubilee, Wallace 8/9 J Festival at Sandpoint: The Avett Brothers with Che Apalche, War Memorial Field 8/9 J Mumford & Sons with Portugal.

The Man, Gorge Amphitheater 8/9 Just Plain Darin, Park Bench Cafe 8/9 Bands on Boats: Shannon Clouse Stomping Ground, CdA Resort 8/9 Warrant w/ FireHouse, CdA Casino 8/9 Cherry Sisters Revival, Dahmen Barn 8/9 Everything is Terrible, The Bartlett 8/9 The Iron Maidens: A Tribute to Iron Maiden, with Dogtown & Elephant Gun Riot, Knitting Factory 8/9 Slim Wednesday feat. JoJo Herman, The Hive 8/10 J The Avett Brothers, The Gorge

8/10 J Festival at Sandpoint: Kool and

the Gang with Leroy Bell and His Only Friends, War Memorial Field 8/10 J Gleason Fest, Riverfront Park 8/10 Smash Hit Carnival, Stormin’ Norman’s Shipfaced Saloon 8/10 Scott Pemberton Band, The Hive 8/11 Rhythm Dawgs, Arbor Crest 8/12 J Lauren Daigle, First Interstate Center for the Arts 8/13 The Convalescence, A Feasting Beast & more, The Pin 8/13 O.A.R. with American Authors, First Interstate Center for the Arts 8/13 Travis Tritt and The Charlie Daniels Band, Northern Quest 8/14 J Spokane Symphony: Sunset Symphony, Arbor Crest

SPORTS & OUTDOORS

8/8-10 Spokane Indians vs. Tri-City, Avista Stadium

8/8-14 Lake Coeur d’Alene Cruises, The Coeur d’Alene Resort

8/10 Yoga on the Bridge, Riverfront Park

8/10 Coeur d’Alene Triathlon 8/11 Sunday Funday, Riverfront Park 8/11 The Coeur d’Alene Crossing, Coeur d’Alene Resort Golf Course

8/11 J BritBull British Car Show, Grant Park

8/13 Backpacker Get Out More Tour, REI 8/14 Wednesdays in the Woods, Riverside State Park 8/14 Spokane Indians vs. Vancouver, Avista Stadium

THEATER

8/8-14 The Carpet Caper, Sixth Street Theater, Wallace

8/8-11 Alice in Wonderland, Pullman Civic Theatre

8/8-14 Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre: Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Kroc Center

8/9-11 J Spokane Valley Summer

Theatre: Mamma Mia!, University High School 8/8-11 J Les Miserables, First Interstate Center for the Arts

VISUAL ARTS

8/8-14 Drawn to the Wall VII, Jundt Art Museum (through Aug. 17)

8/8-14 Evolution: Potter Harry Green’s

50-Year Journey, Jundt Art Museum (through Aug. 17) 8/8 42nd Annual Sandpoint Artwalk, 8/9-11 J North Idaho Artists’ Studio Tour, Sandpoint 8/9 Encaustics with Karen Mobley, Spokane Art School 8/9 Second Friday Artwalk, Downtown Coeur d’Alene 8/10-11 J Pend Oreille Arts Council Arts & Crafts Fair, Downtown Sandpoint 8/10 J Art on the Street: Megan Perkins, Spokane Art School 8/10 Fiber Wrapping, Art Salvage

WORDS

8/13 Tuesday Gallery Talks, The MAC 8/13 Drop In & Write, Spark Central 8/14 Broken Mic, Neato Burrito 8/14 The Storyteller’s Camera, Hayden Library

8/16 Lilo & Stitch, Kroc Center 8/16 The Lego Movie 2, River Rock Park 8/17 Classic Cartoons, The Kenworthy 8/17 J Mary Poppins Returns, Pavillion

AUG 15-21

8/19-21 Home, Garland Theater 8/20 J Top Gun, Garland Theater 8/21 WSECU Outdoor Movies: Toy Story,

8/20 The Talbott Brothers, John’s Alley 8/21 3 Doors Down, First Interstate

Park

Riverfront Park

FOOD

8/15 J Let’s Make Beer!, Spokane Community College

8/15 Eat More Rainbows: Vegan

Head to Liberty Lake on Aug. 18 for an outdoor screen

ing of Mary Poppins Returns.

COMEDY

8/15 Guffaw Yourself!, Neato Burrito 8/15-17 T.J. Miller, Spokane Comedy

Club 8/16 Open Mic, Calypsos Coffee 8/16 This Just In..., Blue Door Theatre 8/17 SAFARI, Blue Door Theatre 8/18 The Social Hour Comedy Showcase, The Ridler Piano Bar 8/19 Comedy Showcase, The Buzz Pizzeria, Bar & Lounge

COMMUNITY

8/15-21 J Giants, Dragons & Unicorns: The World of Mythic Creatures, The MAC (through Sept. 2)

8/15-21 Northwest Legends, The MAC

(through Sept. 2) 8/15-18 Pend Oreille County Fair, Pend Oreille County Fairgrounds 8/15 Thursday Night Live!, The MAC 8/17 Historic Walking Tours, Riverfront Park (weekly) 8/17 J Unity in the Community, Riverfront Park 8/17 Museum Community Day, The MAC 8/17 Drop In & Science, Spark Central 8/21 J Bonner County Fair, Bonner County Fairgrounds

FESTIVAL

8/16-17 J National Lentil Festival, Pullman

8/16-17 J Pickin’ Spokane Vintage

Show & Artisan Market, Joe Albi 8/16-17 J Wallace Huckleberry Festival 8/16-17 J Airway Heights Days, Sunset Park 8/17-18 Crystallography Gem & Mineral Market, Spokane County Fair & Expo Center 8/21 J North Idaho State Fair, Kootenai County Fairgrounds

FILM

8/15-20 J RiffTrax Live: Giant Spider Invasion, Regal Cinemas

8/15 Summer Matinee Movie Series, The Kenworthy

Cooking Series, My Fresh Basket 8/16 Ride & Dine, Silver Mountain 8/17 J Brewsfest, Silver Mountain 8/18 Sunday Brunch Cruise, CdA Resort 8/20 Riverfront Eats Food Truck Series, Riverfront Park 8/21 Pressure Canning Soups, WSU Spokane County Extension

Young, Knitting Factory Center for the Arts

8/17 CdA Symphony, Riverstone Park 8/17 J Girls Rock Lab Concert, Spark Central

SPORTS & OUTDOORS

8/15-16 Spokane Indians vs. Vancouver, Avista Stadium

8/16-17 Spokane to Sandpoint Relay 8/17 Yoga on the Bridge, Riverfront Park

8/17-19 Spokane Indians vs. Eugene, Avista Stadium

MUSIC

8/17 Circles of Caring Tennis & Pickleball

Katastro, Knitting Factory 8/16 Steve Starkey Band, Bridge Press Cellars 8/16 Bands on Boats: Smash Hit Carnival, CdA Resort 8/16 Super Diamond, The Hive 8/17 J ZZ Top, Northern Quest 8/18 J “Weird Al” Yankovic: Strings Attached, Northern Quest 8/18 The Powers, Arbor Crest 8/18 Dead Animal Assembly Plant, The Pin 8/18 Mozzy with ALLBLACK & $tupid

8/15-18 J Spokane Valley Summer

8/15 Jacob Maxwell, Riverstone Park 8/15 Iration with Fortunate Youth &

Tournament, Pullman

THEATER

Theatre: Mamma Mia!, University High School 8/15-21 The Carpet Caper, Sixth Street Theater, Wallace 8/15-18 Funny Girl, Regional Theatre of the Palouse 8/15-21 Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre: Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Kroc Center 8/16-18 J 13, Spokane Civic Theatre 8/16-17 First Wave, Heartwood Center 8/18 Stage to Screen: All My Sons, Bing Crosby Theater

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AUG 22-28 COMEDY

8/22 Guffaw Yourself!, Neato Burrito 8/22-24 Andy Woodhull, Spokane

Comedy Club 8/22 2.0pen Mic, The District Bar 8/23 Stand-Up Comedy, Red Dragon 8/23 This Just In..., Blue Door Theatre 8/24 SAFARI, Blue Door Theatre 8/25 The Dope Show!, Spokane Comedy Club 8/25 The Social Hour Comedy Showcase, The Ridler Piano Bar 8/28 Open Mic, Spokane Comedy Club

COMMUNITY 8/22-25 J North Idaho State Fair,

Kootenai County Fairgrounds 8/22-24 Bonner County Fair, Bonner County Fairgrounds 8/23 Drop In & RPG, Spark Central 8/24 J Historic Walking Tours, Riverfront Park (weekly) 8/24 Pokemon Trainer’s Academy, The Comic Book Shop (Valley) 8/24 Whiskers & Wine (and Suds!), Spokane Fair & Expo Center 8/25 J Scrumptious Junque, 1889 Salvage Co. 8/25 J Paws in the Pool, Valley Mission Pool 8/27 Summer Greenhouse Days, Spark Central

FESTIVAL

8/23-24 J Qlipse River Festival, Cusick 8/23-25 SpokAnthro, Ruby River Hotel

FILM

8/22-23 Home, Garland Theater 8/23 Friday Night Movie: Cars, Kroc Center

8/24 Classic Cartoons, The Kenworthy 8/25-28 J Studio Ghibli Fest: My

Neighbor Totoro, Regal Cinemas Riverstone Stadium 14 8/27 Grease, Garland Theater

FOOD

8/22-28 Sunset Dinner Cruise, Coeur d’Alene Resort (daily)

8/22 Scotch & Cigars, Prohibition Gastropub

8/23 J Ride & Dine Series, Silver Mountain Ski Resort

8/24-25 Brunch with a View, Nectar Wine and Beer

8/24 Pressure Canning Soups, WSU Spokane County Extension

8/25 Sunday Brunch Cruise, The Coeur d’Alene Resort

8/25 Annual Salmon Barbecue, Western Dance Center

8/27 Class and A Glass: Yoga, Music &

Wine, Arbor Crest Wine Cellars 8/28 J Pig Out in the Park, Riverfront Park 8/28 Wine Wednesday, Culinary Stone 8/28 Making Bone Broth, WSU Spokane County Extension

MUSIC

J The Inlander recommends this event

8/22 Kristen Marlo, Arbor Crest Wine Cellars

8/22 Riverstone Summer Concert

Series: The Talbott Brothers, Riverstone Park 8/22 Larry Myer, Moon Time 8/23 Daniel Hall, Park Bench Cafe 8/23-24 Kicho, CdA Casino 8/23-24 The Coffey Twins, Circle Moon Theater 8/23 The Sara Brown Band, Bridge Press Cellars 8/23 Coeur Jams Concert Series: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Coeur d’Alene Casino 8/23 Life During Wartime, Big Dipper 8/23 Ryley Walker, Wild Pink, Bartlett 8/23-25 Bass Canyon Festival, Gorge Amphitheater 8/24 J Sammy Hagar & The Circle, Northern Quest Resort & Casino 8/24 Amos Lee, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 8/25 Nu Jack City, Arbor Crest 8/25 August Alsina, Knitting Factory 8/26 Four Peace, Coeur d’Alene Public Library 8/27-27 Skillet & Sevendust with Devour the Day, Knitting Factory 8/28 J Steve Miller Band with Marty Stuart, Northern Quest Resort & Casino

SPORTS & OUTDOORS

8/22-28 Lake Cruises, CdAResort 8/23-26 Spokane Indians vs. Hillsboro, Avista Stadium

Dogs can take a dip at Spokane Valley Parks’ Paws

8/24 J Yoga on the Bridge, Riverfront

Park 8/24-25 J Coeur d’Alene Shootout, North Idaho College 8/24 Sprint Boat Races, Webb’s Slough 8/24 Liberty Lake Throw Down 8/25 Sunday Funday, Riverfront Park 8/28 Spokane Indians vs. Everett, Avista Stadium

8/22 J Styx, Northern Quest

in the Pool on Aug. 25.

THEATER

8/22-25 The Carpet Caper, Sixth Street Theater, Wallace

8/22-25 Funny Girl, Regional Theatre of the Palouse

8/22-25 Coeur d’Alene Summer

Theatre: Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Kroc Center 8/25 J Spokane TheaterFest, Bing Crosby Theater

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COMEDY

8/29 Guffaw Yourself!, Neato Burrito 8/29 2.0pen Mic, The District Bar 8/29 J Jak Knight & Zack Fox, The

Bartlett 8/30 Stand-Up Comedy, Red Dragon Chinese 8/30 This Just In..., Blue Door Theatre 8/30 Late Laughs, Blue Door Theatre 8/31 SAFARI, Blue Door Theatre 9/1 The Social Hour Comedy Showcase, The Ridler Piano Bar

COMMUNITY 8/29-9/1 J Giants, Dragons &

Unicorns: The World of Mythic Creatures, The MAC (closing weekend) 8/29-9/1 J Northwest Legends, The MAC (closing weekend) 8/30 Psychic Sasquatch Spiritual Retreat, Chewelah Peak Learning Center 8/31 Historic Walking Tours, Riverfront Park (weekly) 8/31-9/3 Under the Freeway Flea Market, Wallace 8/31 Pokemon Trainer’s Academy, The Comic Book Shop (Valley) 8/31 Pokemon Trainer’s Academy: Learn to Play, The Comic Book Shop (Northtown) 9/2 Monday Night Dance, Corbin Senior Center

FESTIVAL

8/30-9/2 J Schweitzer Fall Fest,

Schweitzer Mountain Resort

8/31-9/1 Coaster Classic Car Show,

Silverwood Theme Park

AUG 29-SEPT 2

8/31-9/1 J Funky Junk, Bonner County Fairgrounds

FILM

8/30 Friday Night Movie: A Bug’s Life,

9/1 J The Mountain Goats, Bing Crosby

Kroc Center 8/30 J Black Panther, Pavillion Park 8/31 Classic Cartoons, The Kenworthy

Theater

9/1 Atomic Jive, Arbor Crest Wine Cellars

FOOD

9/1 Gutter Demons, The Dead Channels, The Pin

8/29-9/4 Sunset Dinner Cruise, Coeur

9/2 Open Mic, Calypsos Coffee Roasters 9/2 Songsmith Series, The Bull Head 9/2 Open Mic with Lucas Brookbank

8/29 Eat More Rainbows: Vegan

9/2 Perfect Mess, Zola

8/29-31 J Pig Out in the Park, Riverfront Park

Brown, Red Room Lounge

d’Alene Resort (daily)

SPORTS & OUTDOORS

Cooking Series, My Fresh Basket

8/29 Scotch & Cigars, Prohibition

Gastropub (weekly) 8/30 J Ride & Dine Series, Silver Mountain Ski Resort 8/31 Making Bone Broth, WSU Spokane County Extension 9/1 Sunday Brunch Cruise, The Coeur d’Alene Resort

MUSIC

8/29-9/4 Robert Vaughn, Beverly’s 8/29-9/4 Dueling Pianos feat. Christan Raxter & Steve Ridler, The Ridler 8/29 O’Pen Mic Thursdays, O’Shays 8/29 Open Mic, Bridge Press Cellars 8/29 Jazz Thursdays, House of Soul 8/29 The Song Project, Boots Bakery & Lounge 8/29 Blake Braley Band, Zola 8/29 The Rock Jam Series, The Rock Bar & Lounge 8/29 Christy Lee, Arbor Crest

8/29-9/2 Lake Coeur d’Alene Cruises,

The Coeur d’Alene Resort (daily)

8/29-30 J Spokane Indians vs. Everett, Avista Stadium (season closer)

Spokane Art School’s Art on the Street series returns this summer.

8/29 Riverstone Summer Concert

Series: Nate Botsford, Riverstone Park 8/29 Jimi Finn, Liberty Lake Wine Cellars 8/29 Kirko Bangz, The Pin 8/30 J FarmJam Music & Camping Festival ft. Chase Rice, Colville Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch 8/30 Bands on Boats: Ryan Larsen Band, The Coeur d’Alene Resort 8/30 Summer Concert Series: Deltaz, Dahmen Barn

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8/30-31 Kosh, CdA Casino 8/30-31 Ladies Night with Luke Jaxon

and DJ Tom, Nashville Nort 8/30-9/1 J Dave Matthews Band, Gorge Amphitheater 8/31-9/1 Tumbleweed Music Festival, Richland, Wash 8/31 J Lud Kramer Memorial Spokane Symphony Concert, Pavillion Park 8/31 Pin-Ups on Tour, Hogfish 9/1 Lazy Love, Zola 9/1 Traditional Irish Music, O’Doherty’s

Tur Bison Farm

8/31 New Mexico St. vs. WSU, Pullman 8/31-9/1 NPOV Lions Club Rail Riders, Ione

VISUAL ARTS 8/29 42nd Annual Sandpoint Artwalk, 8/29-9/4 J ZIMOUN, Prichard Art Gallery (through Sept. 22)

8/31-9/4 Memory & Meaning:

Masterpieces from the MAC’s Textile Collection, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 8/31 J Art on the Street: Lisa Soranaka, Spokane Art School

LABOR DAY WEEKEND AUGUST 30 - SEPTEMBER 1

3 days of Great Acoustic Music on the Banks of the Columbia River Honoring Pete Seeger’s 100th Birthday – “Power of Song”

All Events Are FREE – Except for the Saturday Evening Concert and Sunday Contra Dance Fundraisers

HOWARD AMON PARK, RICHLAND Five Outdoor Stages Featuring 99+ Different Acts

Open Mic Stage • Indoor Dance Floor • 30+ Workshops • Food & Craft Vendors WWW.TUMBLEWEEDFEST.COM @tweedmusicfest Sponsored by the Three Rivers Folklife Society and the City of Richland

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EVENT C O N TAC T S Arbor Crest Wine Cellars,

Coeur d’Alene Resort,

Art on the Green,

Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre,

ONLINE

Visit our website Inlander.com/events to search the most definitive, exhaustive calendar of events for all of the Inland Northwest. Filter by date, event type, neighborhood and more.

cdaresort.com, 208-765-4000

arborcrest.com, 927-9463

artonthegreen.org, 208-667-9346

cdasummertheatre.com

Coeur d’Alene Triathlon & Duathlon,

Auntie’s Bookstore,

cdatriathlon.com

auntiesbooks.com, 838-0206

Colville Rendezvous Days,

terrainspokane.com

artisanbarn.org, 229-3414

Hillyard Festival,

emergecda.com

Hoopfest,

festivalatsandpoint.com, 888-265-4554

Ignite Community Theatre,

colvillerendezvous.org

Bazaar,

Terrain’s Bazaar is back June 22.

Dahmen Barn,

Bing Crosby Theater,

Emerge Gallery Coeur d’Alene,

bingcrosbytheater.com, 227-7638

Blue Door Theatre,

spokanehoopfest.net

Festival at Sandpoint,

bluedoortheatre.com, 747-7045

Bonner County Fairgrounds,

Fox Theater,

bonnercountyfair.com

foxtheaterspokane.com, 624-1200

Bridge Press Cellars,

bridgepresscellars.com

Friends of Pavillion Park,

cdadowntown.com, 208-667-5986

Garland Theater,

cawh.org

Gorge Amphitheatre,

artsandculturecda.org

Green Bluff Growers,

cdacasino.com, 800-523-2464

Harrison Chamber of Commerce,

Car d’Lane / CdA Street Fair, City of Airway Heights,

Coeur d’Alene Arts Commission, Coeur d’Alene Casino,

hillyardfestival.com

igniteonbroadway.org

Inland Northwest Culinary Academy, incaafterdark.scc.spokane.edu

Inland Northwest Opera,

gonzaga.edu/jundt, 313-6611

Medical Lake Chamber of Commerce,

kenworthy.org, 208-882-4127

Midnight Century,

Jundt Art Museum,

Kenworthy Performing Arts Center,

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CHASE RICE Friday: Desure, Blake Noble, Sara Brown Band, The Carbons, Dodgy Mountain Men, Emily Ann Roberts, Micky & The Motorcars, Lauren Jenkins, Hayes Carll Saturday: Casey Ryan, Bryant Lamar, The Stylees, Whitney Rose, Faren Rachels, Last Chance Band, Blackfoot Gypsies, Chase Rice Sunday: Evan Egerer, Will Porter, Steve Harwood, The W Lovers, Devon Wade, Hailey Whitters, John Fullbright, Red Dirt Rangers, The Wild Feathers.

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kroccda.org, 208-667-1865

Long Bridge Swim,

L A B O R DAY

HAYES CARLL

Kroc Center,

museum.wsu.edu

MUSIC & CAMPING FESTIVAL

C O LV I L L E , WA

Mozart on a Summer’s Eve,

kcfairgrounds.com, 208-765-4969

Liberty Lake Community Theatre,

Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU,

harrisonidaho.org

Kootenai County Fairgrounds,

ironman.com

garlandtheater.com, 327-1050

greenbluffgrowers.com

Moscow Chamber of Commerce,

sp.knittingfactory.com, 244-3279

Lake City Playhouse,

Ironman 70.3 Coeur d’Alene ,

gorgeamphitheatre.com

Knitting Factory,

inlandnwopera.com

pavillionpark.org

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lakecityplayhouse.org

libertylaketheatre.com

longbridgeswim.org medical-lake.org, 565-5000

midnightcentury.com

moscowchamber.com, 208-882-1800 mozartspokane.com

National Lentil Festival, lentilfest.com

Newport Area Chamber of Commerce, newportareachamber.com

Northern Quest Resort & Casino, northernquest.com, 242-7000

Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, northwestmuseum.org, 456-3931

Northwoods Performing Arts / Circle Moon Theater,

northwoodsperformingarts.com

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EVENT C O N TAC T S

Spokane Shadow,

spokanesoccerclubshadow.org

Spokane Symphony,

spokanesymphony.org, 624-1200

Spokane to Sandpoint Relay,

spokanetosandpoint.com

City of Palouse,

Rocket Market,

Spokane Valley Parks & Rec,

Panida Theater,

Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce,

Spokane Valley Summer Theatre,

Scenic Pend Oreille Train Rides,

Spokatopia Outdoor Adventure Festival,

Schweitzer Mountain Resort,

Summer Parkways,

visitpalouse.com panida.org, 208-263-9191

Pend Oreille Arts Council, artinsandpoint.org

Pend Oreille County Fairgrounds, pocfair.com

Pend Oreille Playhouse,

pendoreilleplayers.org, 671-3389

Pig Out in the Park,

spokanepigout.com

Post Falls Fest,

postfallsidaho.org

rtoptheatre.org

REI Spokane,

rei.com/spokane, 328-9900

Rendezvous in the Park,

Moscow, rendezvousinthepark.com

Riverfront Park,

spokaneriverfrontpark.com

summerparkways.com

schweitzer.com, 208-263-9555

The Art Spirit Gallery,

theartspiritgallery.com, 208-765-6006

Shakespeare in the Parks,

shakespeareintheparks.org

Silver Mountain Resort,

The Bartlett,

Silverwood Theme Park,

The Big Dipper,

thebartlettspokane.com

silvermt.com

silverwoodthemepark.com, 208-683-3400

Pullman Civic Theatre,

Regional Theatre of the Palouse,

spokatopia.com

sporttrainrides.com

Sixth Street Melodrama,

pullmancivictheatre.org, 509-332-8406

svsummertheatre.com

sandpointchamber.org

Pullman Chamber of Commerce, pullmanchamber.com, 509-334-3565

spokanevalley.org

rocketmarket.com

Spike and Dig happens Aug. 3-4.

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Spokane Arts,

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South Perry Street Fair,

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FOOD | ROUND UP

Burrito Bonanza Try these 10 filling — and often cheap — morning meals in the form of the humble yet versatile breakfast burrito

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asy to eat on the go and hearty enough to keep most energized until past noon, the breakfast burrito is an all-star start to the day. Whether packed with veggies, salty meat or with a dose of hot sauce, this ultra-customizable meal, neatly wrapped up in a tortilla, is universally revered and available on menus everywhere, and not just in the mornings.

THE YARDS BRUNCHEON

1248 W. Summit Pkwy.

What we got: Breakfast burrito, $13 I am completely spoiled by my partner’s breakfast burrito-making prowess at home, so there’s not much that can tempt me to order one when dining out. But when I saw that the Yards’ fills its version with avocado and cilantro, along with chorizo and cream cheese, I was intrigued. The hefty burrito is certainly enough to split into two modestly sized meals if you choose, and comes with a decent-sized side of diner-style home fries. The eggs inside were nice and fluffy, and the cilantro added some herbal zest. The avocado got a little lost in this flavorful mix, and some bites without chorizo or cream cheese were a little bland.

Getting a perfectly blended bite of any burrito can be a challenge though, am I right? Eating this to-go at my desk, I spiced things up with some Fletcher’s Hot Sauce. (CHEY SCOTT)

GERARDO’S AUTHENTIC MEXICAN FOOD

2706 N. Monroe; 723 First St., Cheney What we got: Breakfast burrito, $5.69 A couple of things you should know when it comes to Gerardo’s breakfast burritos — they serve them all day, and they are huge. HUGE. They actually have several burritos on their “breakfast” menu, including sausage, bacon and a steak and egg version, but I went for the one simply labeled “breakfast burrito.” What I got was a monster-sized tortilla filled with essentially a Denver omelet. The ham, egg, onion and red bell pepper made for a pleasing filling, and the spicy green salsa I got on the side made it even better. If there was any potato — a staple of many breakfast burritos — it was pretty scarce. Consider this gut bomb “protein-forward.” (DAN NAILEN)

SATELLITE DINER & LOUNGE

425 W. Sprague What we got: Breakfast burrito, $11.95

Bring a friend for this one, it’s a breakfast burrito that can feed at least two people depending on how hungry you are. They cut it in half before it ever reaches your table, making sharing easy, and it’s served with a sweet side of cinnamon toast, as well as salsa and sour cream. The burrito itself is pretty basic, stuffed with the Satellite’s shredded hash browns, eggs, cheddar and your choice of bacon, ham or German sausage. I opted for the bacon because, duh, bacon, but there wasn’t a ton of flavor to the whole thing until adding the salsa. It does get bonus points, though, for the nice crispy tortilla thanks to a quick visit to the grill. (DN)

MY FRESH BASKET

1030 W. Summit Pkwy.

What we got: Breakfast vegetarian burrito, $5 What started out as a relationship of convenience eventually blossomed to true love. My Fresh Basket is down the road from Inlander Central Command, and a visit when I was too harried to down breakfast at home before work turned me on to the grocer’s grabn-go breakfast burritos. They come in two forms; the regular breakfast burrito typically includes breakfast sausage or bacon among its ingredients, but I’ve become monogamous in my love of the vegetarian version. Packed with black beans, potatoes, eggs, salsa and cheddar in a flour tortilla, it’s always hot and satisfying.

The salsa is negligible, so I keep a bottle of hot sauce handy, and the occasional inclusion of broccoli, red and/or yellow bell peppers is always a welcome treat. (DN)

MAD MOOSE CONCESSIONS

510 E. Best Ave., Coeur d’Alene What we got: Mad Wrap, $9 Gotta love a chef who prefers “and” to the word “or,” as in ham, bacon and sausage in this more-than-you-can-eat-in-one-sitting burrito. It came close to recreating the taste experience of my first breakfast burrito — also served by a food truck, but it had chorizo — when I realized part of the appeal was in knowing you could continue gnawing on the thing for lunch.

Mad Moose’s version includes eggs, semicrispy hash browns, mild purple onion, sweet red pepper and cheese, but the real kicker is that they grill the burrito, reintroducing that necessary crunch associated with hash browns.

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The Yards’ breakfast burrito, with avocado, cilantro, eggs and chorizo. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO

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THE COMPASS BREAKFAST WAGON

1600 W. Tenth Ave. What we got: The B-Fast Burrito, $5; $6 with bacon or sausage gravy I am a fan of a quick and simple fix to my breakfast cravings and the Compass Breakfast Wagon food truck does just that. Their website says it best: the B-Fast Burrito is “compact and flavor packed.” This tasteful creation is filled to the brim with classic breakfast burrito necessities to help you jump start the day: two eggs, hash browns, a Mexican cheese blend and sautéd peppers with options to add bacon, sausage gravy or vegetables. To top it off, the burrito comes with Sriracha aioli and De Leon’s salsa verde. (RILEY UTLEY)

BRUNCHEONETTE

1011 Broadway Ave. What we got: The breakfast burrito with tater tots, $12.50 I love big tots and I cannot lie. I’ll take them on the side of my dish. In a large mound. Stuffed inside my food. I don’t care. I will devour each crispy-on-theoutside, soft-on-the-inside nugget with glee. At Bruncheonette, not only do these babies fill the inside of your beautiful breakfast burrito, they also come in a bowl on the side. I digress. The breakfast burrito is also pretty damn good. But when you take crowd-pleasers (breakfast + burrito = impossible to screw up) and fill them with other crowd-pleasing ingredients (in this case: scrambled eggs, bacon, cream cheese, avocado, and did I mention tater tots?) it’s really hard to get bad results. Dip it in the Yellowbird habanero or jalapeno hot sauce provided for spicier results. (QUINN WELSCH)

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“As is the case with most Atilano’s dishes, it’s simple but satisfying, and the portion size isn’t messing around.”

4237 S. Cheney Spokane Rd. What we got: The breakfast burrito, $9 I may have been a little underdressed for the gardencasual vibe at Chaps, but I was hung over and I needed a cure. And Chaps delivered. Their breakfast burrito was precisely what I needed: a combo of protein, carbs and grease, with a small side of fresh fruit (vitamins!). My taste buds aren’t the most keen, so I naturally thrive off texture. The burrito is a delicious combination of gooey, crunchy, meaty goodness. Wrapped in what looks like a sun-dried tomato tortilla, it contains scrambled egg, cheddar cheese, potato, pico de gallo, sour cream and my choice of protein, chorizo sausage. (QW) Six Inland Northwest locations What we got: Chorizo breakfast burrito, $4.19 Ah, Atilano’s. The local chain offers some of the best cheap eats in town, and it’s a regular stop for me, especially when I’m craving a filling breakfast burrito.

They’re good at any time of day, and you’ve got a variety to choose from — steak, ham and potato ($4.19), as well as the loaded super breakfast burrito ($4.59), which includes bacon, ham, cheese, potato and egg. On this particular excursion, I opted for the chorizo burrito, a delicious combination of scrambled egg, potato, refried beans and Mexican sausage. As is the case with most Atilano’s dishes, it’s simple but satisfying, and the portion size isn’t messing around — this is one hefty $4 burrito. And since all of its locations are only closed for about three hours every night, it’s an ideal stop for a late-night fourth meal or a morning hangover cure.

(NATHAN WEINBENDER)

1028 N. Hamilton St. What we got: Trail Wrap, $7.49 If there is one thing in this world I love, it is a breakfast burrito. Perhaps it’s the nostalgia I feel when I see a neatly wrapped burrito, or maybe it’s because I can use my hands to eat them and barely need a plate, but mostly because a well-executed breakfast burrito is comparable

to a warm hug. It’s also really hard to get wrong. That being said, the Trail Wrap at Clark’s Fork did not disappoint. Fluffy scrambled eggs, roasted potatoes, cheddar cheese and pico-style salsa wrapped in a warm tortilla came together to form a respectable vegetarian breakfast burrito that can be enjoyed at any time of day. Though nothing extraordinary, this wrap certainly got the job done, and I was left feeling comfortably full while maintaining the healthy vibe Clark’s Fork always promises.

If protein is what you’re after, meat can be added for $2, and avocado for $1. (MORGAN SCHEERER) n

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BY NATHAN WEINBENDER

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ou get the sense that Mindy Kaling was taking notes during her years working in sitcom writers’ rooms. Late Night, the first feature she has scripted, assumes the form of a fairly predictable backstage comedy about an unlikely mentor-protege relationship, but it makes up for its lack of innovation with plenty of insider perspective: Like a less acerbic cousin of James L. Brooks’ classic Broadcast News, it’s a film that understands how TV is made, and how showbiz has no problem displacing women, assuming they’re even allowed through the door in the first place.

It’s also helped along by a terrific central performance by Emma Thompson, whose Katherine Newbury is, as the film begins, the only woman hosting a talk show on a major television network.

She’s all sharp edges and withering disdain, and in all the years she’s been doing comedy, she seems to have forgotten why she started in the first place.

With her ivory-white coiffe and sensible suits, she’s only a couple degrees removed from Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada.

Katherine’s weekly ratings are tumbling, and it’s no wonder: She tends toward intellectual guests like Doris Kearns Goodwin and Dianne Feinstein, while her producer (Denis O’Hare) pushes vapid YouTube celebrities and teen soap stars onto her couch. With the head of the network (Amy Ryan) threatening to replace her with a hacky Dane Cook-style comedian (Ike Barinholtz), Katherine grits her teeth and decides to — gasp! — actually collaborate with her writers, whom she has assigned numbers in lieu of learning their names.

This is how she has the sudden (albeit very delayed) realization that the people writing her show have always been white dudes. Enter Molly

(Kaling), who talks her way into an interview despite having no real experience in comedy — she works in quality control at a chemical plant — but hey, she’s a young woman of color, and that’s good enough for Katherine.

From here, the plot is about as predetermined as a joke scrawled out on a cue card. Molly will find her voice in a room that doesn’t initially embrace it, and her unorthodox methods will serve to challenge the old guard. Katherine, who doesn’t even want to step away from her desk or inject her own personality and political beliefs into her material, will have to confront her fear of appearing genuine in front of her audience, and therefore revealing her true self. And there will be a fight, because there has to also be a last-minute reconciliation.

But I never minded the paint-by-numbers structure of Late Night because Kaling’s script is so amiable, and because director Nisha Ganatra has assembled an excellent cast of comic ringers. The writers themselves are all types who develop into actual characters — the smarmy ladies’ man (Hugh Dancy), the Harvard grad (Reid Scott) who inherited the job from his father (“This is such a hostile environment to be an educated white male,” he laments), and the lifer (Max Casella) who dispenses cockeyed wisdom.

And John Lithgow is unsurprisingly effective as Katherine’s husband, who does his best to cheer her on even as he succumbs to Parkinson’s disease.

One of the inherent challenges in making a movie about the craft of comedy is that it’s really difficult to make the material funny, and Late Night is no exception. The footage we see of Katherine’s opening monologues, for instance, relies heavily on shots of extras howling like hyenas at jokes that LATE NIGHT are B-minus at best, Rated R and a scene in which Directed by Nisha Ganatra Katherine returns to Starring Emma Thompson, Mindy her stand-up roots and Kaling, Reid Scott, Hugh Dancy rediscovers her purpose would have been a lot more meaningful had it been funnier. In fact, the dialogue Kaling has written for her characters is much brighter and wittier than any of the jokes she makes them recite.

Kaling is still new to film, but having worked for years on both The Office and her own sitcom The Mindy Project, she gets a lot of the minor details of the writing world right — the deadlines, the all-night cram sessions, the last-minute joke replacements.

She’s also empathetic to the fact that Molly’s employment is predicated on an unfortunate Catch-22: She doesn’t want to be written off as merely a diversity hire, but she also knows that’s exactly what she is, and Katherine doesn’t mince words about the fact that she’s there merely for optics. It’s the kind of complicated issue that studio-driven movies rarely touch.

As a behind-the-scenes comedy, Late Night never comes close to reaching the dizzying heights of, say, 30 Rock or The Larry Sanders Show. You’ll know where it’s headed and in which directions the character arcs will bend. But damn it, if the movie isn’t carried along by the intelligence and charm of its two stars, and they have plenty to spare. n

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LATE NIGHT

Emma Thompson stars as a veteran talk show host whose career has stalled, and Mindy Kaling is the green comedy writer who could rejuvenate it. In spite of its predictability, this is a smart, perceptive and funny show-biz study. (NW) Rated R

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Shot in 1972 and only recently finished, this concert film captures Aretha Franklin recording her titular gospel album in a packed Baptist church. A remarkable time capsule, and one of the great filmed musical performances. At the Magic Lantern. (NW) Rated G

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The remaining Avengers assemble to undo Thanos’ devastating snap in Marvel’s biggest-ever feature, a dramatically and emotionally satisfying final chapter in a decade-long, 22-film saga. It made a couple bucks, too, so it’s safe to say this’ll be around for a while. (NW) Rated PG-13

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Documentarian John Chester films himself and his wife Molly as they trade in their urban L.A. life for a full-service, 200-acre farm. At the Magic Lantern.

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The extraterrestrial bounty hunters are back, and this time Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth are the agents sniffing out a mole inside the top-secret organization. (NW) Rated PG-13

SHAFT

Cinema’s funkiest detective struts back to the screen, with three generations of Shafts — Richard Roundtree, Samuel L. Jackson and now Jessie T. Usher — teaming up to crack a murder case. (NW) Rated R

Men in Black: International

NOW PLAYING A bland, stiffly staged live-action retelling of the animated Disney classic about a petty thief who woos a princess with the help of a wisecracking genie. A whole new world this is not. (MJ) Rated PG

MEN IN BLACK: INTERNATIONAL

scrappy, intelligent teen comedy about two overachievers hunting down a wild party on the last night of high school.

Hilarious, emotionally authentic and brilliantly cast. (NW) Rated R

BRIGHTBURN

In this reverse Superman parable, an alien child crashlands on Earth and is taken in by a nice human couple. Turns out he’s a very bad seed. A bloody supervillain origin story that skips over the origin part. (NW) Rated R

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The X-Men saga limps to a close with this tale of Jean Grey’s transformation into the dastardly Dark Phoenix. Hardly cataclysmic, but not exactly memorable, either. (JB) Rated PG-13

GODZILLA: KING OF MONSTERS

Godzilla’s back to reclaim his rightful place as king of the monsters, but Ghidora and Mothra and Rodan are also vying for the crown. A colossal disappointment, with thin human characters, a murky visual style and too few creature fights. (NW) Rated PG-13

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Keanu Reeves’ stoic assassin is back for more ultraviolence, and this time he has a bounty on his head. It’s frustratingly

frontloaded and way too long, but it works as a showcase for lithe action choreography. (NW) Rated R

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A lonely woman (Octavia Spencer) allows some teens to party in her basement, but it soon becomes clear she might be a bit unhinged. Low-budget psycho-thriller hampered by a confused script and bland direction. (NW) Rated R

POKÉMON DETECTIVE PIKACHU

The world of Japanese pocket monsters comes to vivid life in this cheeky, smartly realized feature surrounding a mysterysolving Pikachu (voiced by Ryan Reynolds) hunting for his young trainer’s missing father. (SS) Rated PG

ROCKETMAN

Elton John’s songs come to glittery life in this unconventional musical fantasia, starring Taron Egerton as the flamboyant pop star battling addiction and his own sexuality. It’s energetic, imaginative and full of exhilarating images. (ES) Rated R

THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS 2

Animated sequels don’t get more blah than this, a disjointed, only occasionally engaging follow-up to the family-friendly hit about what our pets do when we’re not home. (MJ) Rated PG n

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Ali Wong and Randall Park co-wrote and star in this charming rom-com, playing childhood friends who, years after a brief hookup, reconnect at very different places in their 30s. It doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but the two stars have genuine chemistry, and the supporting cast — including Keanu Reeves as “himself” — is filled with scene-stealers. (NW) Rated PG-13

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Rob Halford (center) with Judas Priest. TRAVIS SHIN PHOTO

Judas Priest’s Rob Halford on writing new music, finding his voice and rocking to the dawn

BY DAN NAILEN

O

ne doesn’t simply earn a nickname like “the Metal God” just by having an incredible voice for heavy metal music, but that’s a good start. And for Judas Priest’s Rob Halford, the Voice came early.

“I was a very little kid, maybe as young as 7 or 8 years old, and the school music teachers were putting together a school choir,” Halford recalled in an interview with the Inlander. “There was maybe 10 or 12 of us in school classes in those days. I remember the teacher played a Scottish folk song on the piano, and we sang along with it. When it was my turn, I finished and she goes, ‘Would you do that again?’ And you do what the teacher tells you, so I did it again, and when I finished, a few of the kids started clapping.

“That was a bit like an electric shock to me. I guess in the deep Freudian psychoanalysis of Rob Halford, that’s where it all began.”

The annals of heavy metal music are littered with memorable lead singers. Sometimes they’re memorable because of sheer vocal power like Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson or a unique howl like AC/DC’s Brian Johnson.

Sometimes it’s their over-the-top stage antics like David Lee Roth back in the Van Halen glory days. Sometimes their reputation endures through a dedication to metal as a

lifestyle, as you’ll find with Ozzy Osbourne or the dearly departed Ronnie James Dio. Halford, 67, is the only one who’s gone through life as the Metal God, though, and he’s memorable for a combination of all the traits that make a great frontman. He’s got the kind of octave-jumping pipes that allow him to go from guttural growls to glass-shattering shrieks with ease. His studs-and-leather stage attire and motorcycle stage entrances helped introduce America to the so-called “new wave of British heavy metal” back in the ’70s. And his songwriting the past 50 years helped lead Priest from industrial England to worldwide stardom thanks to songs like “Breaking the Law,” “Living After Midnight,” “Hell Bent for Leather” and “You’ve Got Another Thing Coming.”

On Wednesday, Judas Priest headlines Northern Quest Resort and Casino’s summer stage on a tour supporting Firepower, the band’s 18th studio album. After five ’80s stops at the Spokane Coliseum, it will be Judas Priest’s first appearance here since 1990.

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t this stage in their career, Judas Priest could be forgiven for just touring on the strength of their old songs, considering people just don’t buy albums the way they once did. Or they could focus their efforts

on sporadic singles the way so many artists do in 2019.

But Halford says that doesn’t fly for his band, a group still driven to create cohesive albums.

“It’s important for Priest to send out a kind of message, a continuity in the way we express ourselves with our music, and we can’t do that with one or two songs,” Halford says. “We’ve always felt the best way to get a grasp of where Priest is at is in a collection of songs as an album.

“There’s so much involved with the mental side of what we do. I think the heart of the matter is that Priest still has a relevant role to play in today’s metal world, today’s metal scene. We make sure we keep our relevance by making music every two or three years to support that belief that we are a band you must check out.”

Of course, being the lyricist is particularly challenging when the band has created 14 new songs as it did on Firepower. There are days, Halford says, when he just sits and stares at a blank piece of paper, waiting on inspiration and trying to avoid repeating something he’s written in the past. When it’s not coming easily, he feels like he’s in Bill Murray’s Groundhog Day, just repeating a frustrating day over and over again. ...continued on next page

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“This is where you have to dig deep, and find out something about yourself,” Halford says. “Repetition can be a deadly thing. The repetition kind of gets you bored, and then you get a little bit loose in the reins and before you know it you’ve lost track of something that you treasure very deeply … So, it’s looking for a different angle each time, that’s what you’re trying to drag out of yourself. It’s terrifying, but it’s fun.”

On Firepower, Halford found inspiration in some extreme subject matter — no surprise to Priest fans.

“Sea of Red” delves into the sacrifices of World War I soldiers, while “Traitors Gate” is the story of a man who is killed in the Tower of London for his beliefs and, Halford says, “hopes his memory lasts as a beacon of

light and hope.”

That’s an interesting idea, a mix of darkness and light that defines much of Halford and his band’s work.

Of course, for non-metalheads, the images and sounds of metal music in general, and Judas Priest in particular, might be scary. But for the people who love it, metal inspires, offers hope, and at the very least, delivers a really good time at a concert. That’s a big part of why Halford and Judas Priest are still on the road.

“We have a reputation for putting on a great metal show,” Halford says. “That is part of the legacy and history of Priest. And when you see a Priest show now, it’s a little bit like an event because we are one of the longest-surviving heavy metal bands that are out touring

the world at present. A lot of our friends have retired or they’re doing different things. You have a responsibility not to drop the ball.

“If you’re at a Priest show in Spokane, you’ll be standing next to lumberjacks, doctors, lawyers, people who work at Subway, people who drive a truck, moms, dads, teachers. We’re all together for the night with this great metal community that’s thriving, for the experience of having a great Priest show.” n Judas Priest with Uriah Heep • Wed, June 19 at 7:30 pm • $49-$99 • All ages • Northern Quest Resort & Casino • 100 N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights • northernquest.com • 481-2800

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MUSIC | ROCK

Still Pretty Fly The Offspring have gone acoustic, but that doesn’t mean they’re turning down the volume

BY HOWARD HARDEE

M

embers of the Offspring have had trouble hearing each other on stage recently, and it’s not because their ears are ringing from three decades’ worth of thunderous power chords and squealing guitar solos. Quite the opposite: They’re getting overpowered by audiences singing along with their acoustic sets.

That’s right — the Offspring have gone acoustic.

Maybe they should have anticipated a strong reaction. The seminal pop-punk band out of Southern California is known for hits like “Come Out and Play,” “Self Esteem,” “Pretty Fly (For a White Guy),” “Why Don’t You Get a Job?” and “The Kids Aren’t Alright,” all of which are alt-rock anthems that should be at least passingly familiar to people who grew up in the 1990s.

Given the ubiquity of those big, melodic choruses — and all the “heys” and “whoas” and “yeahs” — it’s no surprise that their acoustic sets have resulted in some massive singalongs.

Longtime lead guitarist and backup vocalist Noodles tells the Inlander that eschewing amplification is a relatively new approach for the Offspring. They’ve done a handful of “silly and fun” acoustic sets over the years for radio promotions, but didn’t consider it a viable format until they played seven acoustic songs during a benefit concert last November.

“We played at this benefit and it was just so much fun,” he says. “The audience was really into it. We thought, ‘We could go twice as long, do a full set and see how this works out.’ We did five shows and the crowds were incredible, singing along and smiling the whole time.”

In addition to screaming at the top of their lungs, attendees at the Offspring’s upcoming Knitting Factory show can anticipate riffing between Noodles and frontman Dexter Holland, and beer-enhanced stories throughout the set. The show promises to be more of a personal experience than the rock concerts their fans are used to.

“There’s a lot of looking people in the eye, because they’re right there,” Noodles says. “We crack wise, make japes, tell stories, you know?”

The electric-driven nature of many of the Offspring’s

Punk unplugged: ’90s alt-rock staples the Offspring go acoustic for their upcoming Knitting Factory show. hits make it tricky to put together a set of acoustic interpretations. For example, the palm-muted power chords, pick slides and whammy bar bends in the 1994 roadrage anthem “Bad Habit” are impossible to approximate on acoustic guitar, so they went in a totally different direction and made it jazzy. (That one isn’t quite ready for showtime, though.) Playing unplugged represents a challenge, particularly for Noodles, whose nasty, feedback-driven guitar tone is wholly dependent on amplification. He plays a ukulele on the acoustic version of “Self Esteem” to mimic the song’s high-register guitar parts, and occasionally busts out a resonator guitar to mix things up.

Other songs in the setlist are meant to be novelties, like a reggae rendition of “The Kids Aren’t Alright” and “Da Hui,” a deep cut off 2003’s Splinter.

“It’s this fast ball-breaker of a punk-rock song,” Noodles says of “Da Hui.” “So, when we play it acoustically, it’s just kind of ridiculous.”

Leaving the amps at home has helped everyone — the band included — see old songs in a new light.

“With all of them, you kind of see the songs from a different standpoint,” he says. “We were goofing around,

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doing a country version of ‘Walla Walla,’ and how well that song works as a country song is kind of funny.”

Though the band has spent a fair amount of time reworking old material, they’ve recently been writing and recording new music. Noodles confirmed that the Offspring’s 10th studio album — the follow-up to Days Go By (2012) — is “in the can,” and they have enough material to release another record within a year. However, they don’t have a distribution deal worked out yet and they’re still searching for the right partner.

Noodles says the forthcoming album is musically similar to the 2015 single “Coming for You,” and the band’s catalog as a whole. After making the same sort of fast-and-loose punk music for the past 30 years, they’re not about to switch up their signature sound.

“It sounds like an Offspring record,” he says. “It really does. There are a lot of straightforward punk-rock songs.” n The Offspring Acoustic Show with Johnny Two Bags • Sun, June 16 at 8 pm • $45 • All ages • Knitting Factory • 919 W. Sprague • sp.knittingfactory.com • 244-3279

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n his third solo album, The Hurting Kind, Alabama-based songwriter John Paul White delivers a stirring blend of retro-tinged orchestral pop and roots music, and that was quite intentional. White is the tall, lanky half of defunct Grammy-winning duo the Civil Wars, who delivered mesmerizing (and drama-filled) live shows built on incredible songs. I would expect nothing less from White performing his new music, as songs like “The Good Old Days,” “The Long Way Home” and his album’s title track immediately burrow into your ear and stay awhile, thanks to lush recordings done at his home studio and the legendary FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals.

— DAN NAILEN

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J = THE INLANDER RECOMMENDS THIS SHOW J = ALL AGES SHOW

Thursday, 06/13

A&P’S BAR AND GRILL, Open Mic ARBOR CREST, Kristen Marlo J THE BARTLETT, Josiah Johnson, Lenore, Sarah Berentson BERSERK, Vinyl Meltdown BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn THE BIG DOG BAR & GRILL, DJ Dave BOLO’S, Blues Boogie J BOOTS BAKERY, The Song Project BRIDGE PRESS CELLARS, Open Mic J BUCER’S, Open Jazz Jam COEUR D’ALENE EAGLES, Kosh CRUISERS, Open Jam Night DALEY’S CHEAP SHOTS, Bobby Patterson Band FIZZIE MULLIGANS, Country Dance THE GILDED UNICORN, Queen Suite J HOUSE OF SOUL, Jazz Thursdays HOUSE OF SOUL, The Larsen Group HUMBLE ABODE, Nick Grow IDAHO POUR AUTHORITY, Grateful Dead Jam Night JOHN’S ALLEY, Brad Parsons J KELLOGG, Silver Valley Summer Music Series J J KNITTING FACTORY, Reverend Horton Heat, Bloodshot Bill, The Delta Bombers, The Hooten Hallers LION’S LAIR, Karaoke J LUCKY YOU LOUNGE, The Cave Singers, The Black Tones MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL, Kyle Swaffard O’SHAYS IRISH PUB, O’Pen Mic POST FALLS BREWING CO., Pat Coast RED ROOM LOUNGE, EDM Thursdays RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos SPIKE’S PHILLYS & MORE, Morgan Mallory & Jimmy Nuge SPOKANE TRIBE CASINO, Perfect Mess TAPP’D OFF, Karaoke on the Patio THE STEAM PLANT, Wyatt Wood ZOLA, Blake Braley Band

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ttention: This Friday promises one of the best local rock showcases of the year. The occasion: Spokane rock trio Bad Motivator is releasing its debut album, Pleasure Island, and if it’s anything like their earlier singles, it’ll be a thrashy, slightly surfy affair. They’ll be supported by two of the finest straight-ahead rock practitioners in the Inland Northwest, including the Emilys, whose no-bullshit pop-rock tunes are built around undeniable hooks and clock in at three minutes or less. And Itchy Kitty needs no introduction: The feline-obsessed quartet has been snarling and scratching with irresistible punk for several years now. Don’t miss this one.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER

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Friday, 06/14

12 TRIBES RESORT CASINO, Fleetwood Mask 219 LOUNGE, Lost Ox 1898 PUBLIC HOUSE, Nick Grow A&P’S BAR AND GRILL, DJ Skwish J J THE BARTLETT, Bad Motivator, Itchy Kitty, The Emilys (see above) BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn J J THE BIG DIPPER, The Hoot Hoots, Runaway Octopus THE BIG DOG BAR & GRILL, DJ Dave BIGFOOT PUB, Karma’s Circle BOLO’S, Mojo Box BOOMBOX PIZZA, Karaoke BRIDGE PRESS CELLARS, GS3 J BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB, Colby Acuff CHINOOK STEAK, PASTA AND SPIRITS (CDA CASINO), Donnie Emerson & Nancy Sophia CORBY’S BAR, Karaoke

COSMIC COWBOY, Rusty and Erica CRAFTED TAP HOUSE, Christy Lee CRUISERS, Karaoke with Gary CURLEY’S, Into the Volcano J FORZA COFFEE CO. (SOUTH HILL), Starlite Motel FREDNECK’S, Motley & McClure GORGE AMPHITHEATER, Paradiso Festival THE GROWL’N DOG, DJ WesOne & DJ Big Mike THE HIVE, JamShack HOGFISH, Jan Harrison Blues Experience HONEY EATERY & SOCIAL CLUB, The DIGaddie HOP MOUNTAIN TAPROOM & GRILL, Maxie Ray Mills IDAHO POUR AUTHORITY, Ron Kieper Jazz Trio J IRON GOAT BREWING CO., Annie O’Neill IRON HORSE (CDA), Superchrome

John Paul White with the Prescriptions • Thu, June 20 at 8 pm • $20 • All ages • The Bartlett • 228 W. Sprague • thebartlettspokane.com • 747-2174

Bad Motivator with Itchy Kitty and the Emilys • Fri, June 14 at 8 pm • $8 • All ages • The Bartlett • 228 W. Sprague • thebartlettspokane.com • 747-2174

THE JACKSON ST., One Sunday J KNITTING FACTORY, Buckcherry with Joyous Wolf KOOTENAI RIVER BREWING CO., Truck Mills J LUCKY YOU LOUNGE, Deep Sea Diver, Nat Park and the Tunnels of Love MARYHILL WINERY, Chris Molitor J MATCHWOOD BREWING CO., Miah Kohal Band MAX AT MIRABEAU, Hot Mess MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL, Ron Greene MOONDOLLARS, Kelly Hughes MOOSE LOUNGE, Last Chance Band MULLIGAN’S, Radioshine NASHVILLE NORTH, Ladies Night with Luke Jaxon and DJ Tom O’SHAYS, Arvid Lundin & Deep Roots PACIFIC PIZZA, Bandit Train J PARK BENCH CAFE, Wyatt Wood PATIT CREEK CELLARS, Ken Davis In Transit

PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, BOCA THE PIN, Pest, NKNGS, TR3EZY, Good Carma, Brotha Nature + others RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos THE ROCK BAR, DJ Steve Baker THE ROXIE, Karaoke with Tom VALLEY EAGLES, Stagecoach West

Saturday, 06/15

12 TRIBES RESORT CASINO, Radio 80 219 LOUNGE, Devon Wade 1210 TAVERN, Jan Harrison Blues Experience 3RD WHEEL, Faith & Fable, Bombshell Molly, Silent Theory, Homewreckr A&P’S BAR AND GRILL, DJ Exodus THE AGING BARREL, Just Plain Darin J J THE BARTLETT, Vanna Oh!, Atari Ferrari, Wayward West BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn THE BIG DIPPER, Emo Nights BIGFOOT PUB, Karma’s Circle BLACK LABEL BREWING, BG3

BOLO’S, Mojo Box BRIDGE PRESS CELLARS, Tuck Foster & The Tumbling Dice J BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB, Labib & Izzy THE BULL HEAD, Ryan Larsen Band CHINOOK STEAK, PASTA AND SPIRITS (CDA CASINO), Donnie Emerson & Nancy Sophia COEUR D’ALENE CASINO, LOCASH CRUISERS, Three Sixes, Lust for Glory, Dimestore Cowboys CURLEY’S, Into the Volcano DAVENPORT GRAND, Nick Grow FREDNECK’S, Gil Rivas GORGE AMPHITHEATER, Paradiso Festival THE GROWL’N DOG, DJ WesOne & DJ Big Mike J HARVEST HOUSE, Daniel Hall HERITAGE BAR & KITCHEN, Abe Kenney HOGFISH, Lost Ox HOUSE OF SOUL, Nu Jack City IDAHO POUR AUTHORITY, John Firshi IRON HORSE (CDA), Superchrome THE JACKSON ST., Karaoke JOHN’S ALLEY, Tremble Weeds LAUGHING DOG BREWING, Harold’s IGA

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J LUCKY YOU LOUNGE, Super Sparkle, SISTERS MARYHILL WINERY, Kari Marguerite MAX AT MIRABEAU, Hot Mess MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL, Benny Baker and Ali Thomas MOOSE LOUNGE, Last Chance Band NASHVILLE NORTH, Ladies Night with Luke Jaxon and DJ Tom NORTHERN RAIL PUB, Miller’s Sun OFF REGAL LOUNGE, Tommy G PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Lyle Morse THE PIN, Glow Fest Pre-Party POST FALLS BREWING COMPANY, Pamela Benton PROHIBITION GASTROPUB, Mary Chavez REPUBLIC BREWING CO., Will West & The Friendly Strangers RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos J ROCKET MARKET, Levi Mazurek SPIKE’S PHILLYS & MORE, Jimmy Nuge and Smoke J TEKOA, JamShack

Sunday, 06/16

ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS, Rewind J BIG BARN BREWING CO., Gil Rivas J CHAPS, Busch Brothers Band CRAFTED TAP HOUSE, Tommy G CURLEY’S, Into the Drift Duo DALEY’S CHEAP SHOTS, Rev. Yo’s VooDoo Church of Blues Jam GARLAND PUB & GRILL, Karaoke J HARVEST HOUSE, Just Plain Darin HOGFISH, Open Mic IRON HORSE (VALLEY), Howard King

J J KNITTING FACTORY, The Offspring (pg. 147), Jonny Two Bags LIBERTY LAKE WINE CELLARS, Pat Coast LINGER LONGER LOUNGE, Open Jam MARYHILL WINERY, Kristen Marlo O’DOHERTY’S, Traditional Irish Music PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Peter Lucht THE ROXIE, Hillyard Billys ZOLA, Lazy Love

Monday, 06/17

THE BULL HEAD, Songsmith Series J CALYPSOS COFFEE, Open Mic CHECKERBOARD BAR, Zaq Flanary CRAVE, DJ Dave EICHARDT’S, Jam with Truck Mills RED ROOM LOUNGE, Open Mic ZOLA, Perfect Mess

Tuesday, 06/18

219 LOUNGE, Karaoke with DJ Pat J THE BARTLETT, Open Mic BOOMBOX PIZZA, Karaoke CRAVE, DJ Dave J J MARTIN WOLDSON THEATER AT THE FOX, Indigo Girls GARLAND PUB & GRILL, Karaoke JR’S BAR-N-GRILL, DJ WesOne J KNITTING FACTORY, LANY with Sasha Sloan J THE PIN, Falsifier, VCTMS, Armed for Apocalypse & more POST FALLS BREWING, Devon Wade RAZZLE’S, Open Mic Jam RIDLER PIANO BAR, Country Swing Dancing J RIVERFRONT PARK, Paul Grove J ROCKET MARKET, Nate Corning

THE ROXIE, Open Mic/Jam TAPP’D OFF, Karaoke on the Patio THE VIKING, High Note ZOLA, Desperate 8s

Wednesday, 06/19

219 LOUNGE, Truck Mills & Carl Rey J ANTHONY’S (CDA), Pamela Jean BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn J BLACK DIAMOND, Clint Darnell CRAVE, DJ Dave CRUISERS, Open Jam J FARMIN PARK, Cascade Crescendo GENO’S, Open Mic IRON HORSE (CDA), Open Jam IRON HORSE (VALLEY), Devon Wade THE JACKSON ST., Karaoke LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Carey Brazil J THE LOCAL DELI, Devon Wade J LOST BOYS’ GARAGE, Kicho LUCKY’S IRISH PUB, DJ D3VIN3 MILLWOOD BREWING COMPANY, Dylan Hathaway J J NORTHERN QUEST, Judas Priest (see page 145) with Uriah Heep ONE WORLD CAFE, John Underwood J RED DRAGON CHINESE, Tommy G RED ROOM LOUNGE, Jam Session RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos STORMIN’ NORMAN’S, Steve Starkey ZOLA, Donnie Emerson

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J J THE BARTLETT, John Paul White (see facing page), June 20 J KNITTING FACTORY, Josh Ritter, June 21 LUCKY YOU LOUNGE, Built to Spill, June 21

MUSIC | VENUES 219 LOUNGE • 219 N. First, Sandpoint • 208-2639934 A&P’S BAR & GRILL • 222 N. First, Sandpoint • 208-263-2313 ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS • 4705 N. Fruit Hill Rd. • 927-9463 BABY BAR • 827 W. First Ave. • 847-1234 BARLOWS • 1428 N. Liberty Lake Rd. • 924-1446 THE BARTLETT • 228 W. Sprague Ave. • 747-2174 BEEROCRACY • 911 W. Garland Ave. BERSERK • 125 S. Stevens • 714-9512 THE BIG DIPPER • 171 S. Washington • 863-8098 BIGFOOT PUB • 9115 N. Division St. • 467-9638 BING CROSBY THEATER • 901 W. Sprague Ave. • 227-7638 BLACK DIAMOND • 9614 E. Sprague • 891-8357 BOLO’S • 116 S. Best Rd. • 891-8995 BOOMERS • 18219 E. Appleway Ave. • 755-7486 BOOTS BAKERY & LOUNGE • 24 W. Main Ave. • 703-7223 BRIDGE PRESS CELLARS • 39 W. Pacific • 838-7815 BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB • 201 S. Main, Moscow • 208-882-5216 THE BULL HEAD • 10211 S. Electric • 838-9717 CALYPSOS COFFEE & CREAMERY • 116 E. Lakeside Ave., CdA • 208-665-0591 CHECKERBOARD BAR • 1716 E. Sprague Ave. • 535-4007 COEUR D’ALENE CASINO • 37914 S. Nukwalqw Rd., Worley, Idaho • 800-523-2464 COEUR D’ALENE CELLARS • 3890 N. Schreiber Way, CdA • 208-664-2336 COSMIC COWBOY GRILL • 412 W. Haycraft, CdA • 208-277-0000 CRAFTED TAP HOUSE • 523 Sherman Ave., CdA • 208-292-4813 CRAVE• 401 W. Riverside • 321-7480 CRUISERS • 6105 W Seltice Way, Post Falls • 208773-4706 CURLEY’S • 26433 W. Hwy. 53 • 208-773-5816 DALEY’S CHEAP SHOTS • 6412 E. Trent • 535-9309 EICHARDT’S PUB • 212 Cedar St., Sandpoint • 208-263-4005 FIRST INTERSTATE CENTER FOR THE ARTS • 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. • 279-7000 FIZZIE MULLIGANS • 331 W. Hastings • 466-5354 FOX THEATER • 1001 W. Sprague • 624-1200 THE HIVE • 207 N. First, Sandpoint • 208-457-2392 HOGFISH • 1920 E. Sherman, CdA • 208-667-1896 HONEY EATERY & SOCIAL CLUB • 317 E. Sherman, CdA • 208-930-1514 HOUSE OF SOUL • 25 E. Lincoln • 598-8783 IRON GOAT BREWING • 1302 W. 2nd • 474-0722 IRON HORSE BAR • 407 E. Sherman Ave., CdA • 208-667-7314 IRON HORSE BAR & GRILL • 11105 E. Sprague Ave., CdA • 509-926-8411 JACKSON ST. BAR & GRILL • 2436 N. Astor St. • 315-8497 JOHN’S ALLEY • 114 E. Sixth St., Moscow • 208883-7662 KNITTING FACTORY • 911 W. Sprague Ave. • 244-3279 LAGUNA CAFÉ • 2013 E. 29th Ave. • 448-0887 THE LANTERN TAP HOUSE • 1004 S. Perry St. • 315-9531 LEFTBANK WINE BAR • 108 N. Washington • 315-8623 LION’S LAIR • 205 W. Riverside • 456-5678 LUCKY YOU LOUNGE • 1801 W. Sunset LUCKY’S IRISH PUB • 408 W. Sprague • 747-2605 MARYHILL WINERY • 1303 W. Summit Pkwy, Ste. 100 • 443-3832 MAX AT MIRABEAU • 1100 N. Sullivan • 924-9000 MICKDUFF’S • 312 N. First Ave., Sandpoint • 208)255-4351 MONARCH MOUNTAIN COFFEE • 208 N 4th Ave, Sandpoint • 208-265-9382 MOOSE LOUNGE • 401 E. Sherman • 208-664-7901 MOOTSY’S • 406 W. Sprague • 838-1570 MULLIGAN’S • 506 Appleway Ave., CdA • 208- 7653200 ext. 310 NASHVILLE NORTH • 6361 W. Seltice Way, Post Falls • 208-457-9128 NORTHERN QUEST RESORT • 100 N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights • 242-7000 NYNE • 232 W. Sprague Ave. • 474-1621 O’SHAY’S • 313 E. CdA Lake Dr. • 208-667-4666 PACIFIC PIZZA • 2001 W. Pacific • 443-5467 PEND D’OREILLE WINERY • 301 Cedar St., Sandpoint • 208-265-8545 THE PIN • 412 W. Sprague • 385-1449 POST FALLS BREWING CO. • 112 N. Spokane, Post Falls • 208-773-7301 RAZZLE’S BAR & GRILL • 10325 N. Government Way, Hayden • 208-635-5874 RED ROOM LOUNGE • 521 W. Sprague • 838-7613 REPUBLIC BREWING • 26 Clark Ave. • 775-2700 RIDLER PIANO BAR • 718 W. Riverside • 822-7938 SEASONS OF COEUR D’ALENE • 209 E. Lakeside Ave. • 208-664-8008 THE SHOP • 924 S. Perry St. • 534-1647 SOULFUL SOUPS & SPIRITS • 117 N. Howard St. • 459-1190 SPOKANE ARENA • 720 W. Mallon • 279-7000 STORMIN’ NORMAN’S SHIPFACED SALOON • 12303 E. Trent • 862-4852 THE THIRSTY DOG • 3027 E. Liberty Ave. • 487-3000 ZOLA • 22 W. Main Ave. • 624-2416

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THEATER RETELLING AN OLD TALE

If you’re as much a musical junkie and Disney fanatic as I am, there should be nothing holding you back from seeing a tale as old as time being be retold yet again this month by Idaho’s oldest performing arts organization, the Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre. This performance closely follows the original, as Belle, played by Adelaide Turnage, is held hostage by the Beast, who’s really a prince under the spell of an enchantress.

Only when he learns love can he be freed. All the internationally beloved songs from “Be Our Guest” to “Something There” are included, as well as a few new pieces by Alan Menken and Tim Rice. As local actors dive into their roles, viewers can expect a fresh face on the old classic.

— MORGAN SCHEERER Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre: Beauty and the Beast • June 13-30; Wed-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm • $27-$49 • Kroc Center • 1765 W. Golf Course Rd. • cdasummertheatre.com

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WORDS OF THE WILDERNESS

It’s hard to miss the beautiful and diverse landscapes of the Pacific Northwest. From rolling fields to mountain ranges and wilderness, there’s never a dull moment of scenery in the region. What locals may not know, however, are the stories of those who care for these lands. In his new book, Working the Wilderness: Early Leaders for Wild Lands, John McCarthy introduces men and women who’ve spent their lives protecting the forests of Idaho and Montana. The book celebrates the work and passion of these people, highlighting how they’ve carried on the tradition of forestry and the legacies they’ve left. The Boise-based author is stopping in Spokane to share his book and discuss the people who take care of our beautiful Pacific Northwest.

— RILEY UTLEY John McCarthy: Working the Wilderness • Thu, June 20 at 7 pm • Free • Auntie’s Bookstore • 402 W. Main • auntiesbooks.com • 838-0206

WORDS READING IS FUNDAMENTAL

Just in time for Pride month, Drag Queen Story Hour is exactly what it sounds like: Local drag performers reading to young children and their parents, stories focused on the acceptance of gender fluidity and LGTBQ themes. The Story Hour got its start in the public libraries of San Francisco and has expanded to bigger cities, but this is the first of its kind in Spokane, and despite proposed protests — and counter-protests — the show will go on. As the library announced in a press release, the event “teaches children to embrace gender diversity in themselves and in others, and helps to curb bullying of LGBTQ children.”

— NATHAN WEINBENDER Drag Queen Story Hour • Sat, June 15 at 2 pm • Free • All ages • South Hill Public Library • 3324 S. Perry • Sat, June 22 at 2 pm • Downtown Public Library • 906 W. Main • spokanepubliclibrary.org • 444-5300

EVENTS | CALENDAR

BENEFIT

RUFF AROUND THE EDGES CAR & BIKE SHOW Support the North Eastern Washington Humane Society and the Heaven With a D Rescue. Includes a silent auction and live music. June 13, 4 pm. $20.

Wagon Wheel Bar & Grill, 5978 Highway 291. (466-9991) HAVE A HEART FOR MIKE! A benefit concert for the Mike Carman Heart Transplant Fund, features local bands, Nobody Famous and Lads. June 15, 6-9 pm. $10/$12.

Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. bingcrosbytheater.com PINTS FOR PUPS Benefits Path of Hope Rescue. Purchase a pint glass, scratchmade food, see our debuting PHR tank tops and snuggle adoptable puppies.

June 15, 6-10 pm. The Viking, 1221 N. Stevens. bit.ly/2Wh1W8B

COMEDY

NEARLY FAMOUS COMEDY Featuring Michael Glatzmaier and Deece Casillas. Tickets include appetizers, ceviche from Zona Blanca and a beer. 21+. June 13, 8-9:30 pm. $27. The Steel Barrel Taproom, 154 S. Madison. bit.ly/2JLxalJ TRAVIS NELSON Travis has performed at the Moontower Comedy Festival, Seattle International Comedy Competition, Cape Fear Comedy Festival and more. June 13, 7:30 pm. $8-$14. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com (318-9998) COMEDY NIGHT Mark Morris Comedy returns to Rockford with Josh Teaford and Harry J Riley. June 14, 8-9:30 pm. No cover. Harvest Moon Restaurant, 20 S. First St. (509-291-4313) JOSE BOLANOS Jose opened a few comedy shows for Jubal Flagg. When a position opened on the radio show, Jubal asked Jose to audition, he’s been on the show since. June 14-15 at 7:30 pm, June 15 at 10:30 pm. June 14 and June 15. $16-$22.

Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague.

COMMUNITY

HERITAGE GARDENS TOURS Experience the gardens as they looked in 1915 and learn about their rediscovery, restoration and more. June 16 from 11 am-noon; June 13 and 20 from 2-3 pm. Free. MooreTurner Heritage Gardens, 507 W. Seventh. heritagegardens.org NORTHWEST LEGENDS Visitors explore the world of Northwest Legends including the Sasquatch and Coyote. This familyoriented exhibit provides interactive opportunities including designing mythical creatures, a fairy wing selfie, stepping into Sasquatch tracks and more. Through Sept.

2. Tue-Sun 10 am-5 pm. $5-$10. The MAC, 2316 W. First. northwestmuseum.org UNDERSTANDING DRAG: A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION To acknowledge recent controversy around the upcoming Drag Queen Story Hour (June 15 and 22) at Spokane Public Library, a community panel discussion surrounding the topic of Drag Queens consists of experts and community members representing multiple perspectives on the topic. (Rescheduled from June 8.) June 13, 7-8:30 pm. Free.

Downtown Spokane Library, 906 W. Main Ave. spokanelibrary.org VIETNAM VETERANS: THE MOVING WALL Re*Imagine Medical Lake hosts a tour top of this half-size replica of the Washington D.C. Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Open 24 hours from June 13-17

at 200 S. Prentis St., Medical Lake. Free. medicallake.org/vmwall 6TH ANNUAL JUNETEENTH COMMUNITY PILLAR AWARDS Help honor and celebrate the “PILLARS,” who have provided uplift to the African American community. Awards presented to honor an individual, business, nonprofit and a church/ or religious organization. June 14, 6-9 pm. $10. Spokane Community College, 1810 N. Greene St. inwjc.org (533-7000) GREEN NEW DEAL TOWN HALL A discussion of the climate change crisis, and how a Green New Deal, the 10-year mobilization to stop climate change and create millions of good jobs, would improve the lives of people in North Idaho and the Inland Northwest. June 14, 3 pm. Free. Coeur

d’Alene Public Library, 702 E. Front Ave. facebook.com/sunrisecda CAR D’LANE The 29th annual event includes a Friday night classic car cruise, along with a Saturday car show, poker walk, voting, kids activities, music, a beer garden and more. June 14 and June 15. Downtown Coeur d’Alene. cdadowntown.com 9TH ANNUAL JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION Appreciate African American history and culture, while commemorating the official ending of slavery in the United States (June 19, 1865). This family reunion-style affair includes music, food and activities for all. June 15, 2-5 pm. Free. Liberty Park, 502 S. Pittsburg. inwjc.org DRAG QUEEN STORY HOUR An hourlong library story time for kids 3-8 years

old in celebration of Pride Month. This event is a fun way for children to experience gender diversity with a literary focus by glamorous role models. June 15, 2 pm.

Free. South Hill Library, 3324 S. Perry. spokanelibrary.org PARADE OF PAWS The annual community dog walk supports the work and mission of the Spokane Humane Society. Includes a post-walk party with food trucks, a vendor fair, beer garden, live music and more. All leashed pets welcome. June 15, 8 am. Entry by donation. Spokane Humane Society, 6607 N. Havana St. spokanehumanesociety.org REAL BORDER ISSUES Retired border patrol chief Ray Ortega addresses the real border issues absent the politics. June 15,

3:30-4:30 pm. Free. Shadle Library, 2111 W. Wellesley. (444-5300) JUNETEENTH FATHER’S DAY BRUNCH A free event that uplifts and celebrates the importance of fathers/fatherhood, including men who serve as mentors to others in our community. June 16, 2:30-5 pm.

MLK Jr. Outreach Center, 500 S. Stone St. inwjc.org MASTER COMPOSTING CLASS Get best practices in composting from Spokane County Master Composters and Recyclers.

June 18, 6:30-7:30 pm. Free. Deer Park Library, 208 Forest St. scld. org (893-8300)

Summer Festivals –Fresh on the Bluff-

Strawberry Celebration

Early June to Early July

Cherry Season

July is Cherry Month

Peach Season

Aug thru Labor Day

Apple Festival

Weekends in Mid-September & October

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I live with my girlfriend, who’s really picky about how clean and tidy the house has to be. God forbid I put a bowl on the dish rack that isn’t perfectly immaculate or leave tiny bits of hair in the sink after I shave. She gets totally grossed out by small things that I don’t think are a big deal. If this stuff is ridiculous, should I really have to abide by her rules? And is this a woman thing? Other girlfriends of mine have been like this, too. –Annoyed

It’s nice when your girlfriend always has your back – but not because she’s constantly two steps behind you with the wet mop.

Research consistently finds that women have far greater “disgust sensitivity” than men – meaning they have a stronger predisposition to experience disgust. Disgust – like Little Pigs, Blind Mice, and Stooges – comes in three forms (per evolutionary psychologist Joshua Tybur): sexual, moral, and pathogen.

Sexual disgust leads a person to feel creeped out about having sex with evolutionarily disadvantageous partners (too old, too closely related, or sporting a big pustule that screams STD.) Moral disgust leads us to be all “Oh, yuck!” about people who violate moral standards. And finally, there’s the pathogen disgust your girlfriend’s expressing, which protects us from bacteria, viruses, parasites, and toxins by making us beat a retreat from sick people, dead bodies, spoiled food, and bodily fluids like mucus, spit, and poo.

Evolutionary psychologist Laith Al-Shawaf and his colleagues call women’s greater disgust sensitivity “puzzling in light of their well-documented immunological superiority.” Though we think of women as more physically fragile than men, they actually have “stronger immune responses,” which offer them “better protection than men from a variety of diseases” and “more vigorous defenses against bacteria, viruses, and ... parasites.”

However, Al-Shawaf and his colleagues have some evolutionarily driven hypotheses – informed guesses – for why women are more easily grossed out: (a) Women’s bodies are basically the factories where both parents’ genes get passed on to the next generation. (b) Mothers are also more likely to transmit infections to children. (c) Women have likewise had a greater role in “keeping children away from pathogens and teaching them effective disease-avoidance principles.” (d) Ancestral women had a greater role in food cleaning and prep.

The researchers had a couple of hypotheses about men, too – why men evolved to have lower levels of disgust: (a) It serves men to “to convey immune strength” to attract babes and to “facilitate short-term mating.” (Men’s lowered standards for hygiene, etc., mean a larger pool of potential sex partners! This can be taken too far, as in, on a seriously yuckeroo note, let’s just say it’s typically men, not women, who engage in necrophilia...which is to say, who look at a corpse and see a potential hookup.) (b) As the hunters and warriors of the species, men need lower levels of disgust “related to blood, injury, and death” lest they be all “Shoot it with an arrow?

But it’ll bleed, and I pass out at the sight of blood!”

As interesting as all of this speculation is, for purposes of relationship harmony, the reason your girlfriend is more easily disgusted doesn’t actually matter. Likewise, whether what she wants you to do seems rational isn’t relevant, either – tempting as it might be to adjudicate this on scientific grounds, a la “Is a little encrusted whatever really going to kill us?”

Understanding this is important. A lot of unnecessary relationship conflict comes out of people thinking they need to stand up against beliefs by their partner that they find kind of Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs. Often – assuming a partner’s beliefs are merely annoying, not endangering – a wiser approach is acting on the principle that the facts matter vastly less than the feelings behind them.

In your situation, for example, what counts is that you’re kind and respectful -- meaning that you do your best to remember to clean up, especially in the bathroom and kitchen (major gross-out arenas) – simply because it’s important to your girlfriend. And when you forget – which you’re sure to do – apologize, making sure to validate her feelings: “I know this matters to you...I’ll try to do better...” Hearing that you get where she’s coming from tells her something – that she doesn’t need to keep fighting to make you understand.

There’s that saying, “Would you rather be right or be happy?” The truth is, you can be both – silently laughing to yourself about the absurd contradictions of humanity: Just because we ladies go “Uh-huh...whatever...” about the gazillions of microscopic germs reportedly living on our smartphones doesn’t mean we can be all “No probski!” about the retirement community for bacteria that we picture on that food-globbed soup bowl you set on the dish rack. n ©2018, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. • Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405 or email AdviceAmy@aol.com (www.advicegoddess.com)

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FILM

MOVIE NIGHT BENEFIT FOR SOLACE A special screening of The Danish Girl as a benefit for Solace. June 14, 6 pm. Free, donations accepted. Magic Lantern Theatre, 25 W. Main. bit.ly/2KbFGeM CHASING THE MOON A preview of the new series re-imagining the race to the moon, marking the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. Co-hosted by KSPS. June 15 at 12, 1:30, 3 and 4 pm. $5.

SFCC Planetarium, 3410 W. Fort George Wright Dr. (533-3500) MONDAY MOVIES: CALL HER GANDA An immersive story about Jennifer Laude, a Filipina trans woman brutally murdered by a U.S. Marine. June 17, 7-9 pm. $8. Magic Lantern Theatre, 25 W. Main. magiclanternonmain.com WSECU OUTDOOR MOVIES: ZOOTOPIA Moviegoers are invited to pack in their own snack/dinner or purchase something from on-site food vendors (no alcohol). June 19, 8:30 pm. Free.

Riverfront Park, 507 N. Howard St. spokaneriverfrontpark.com

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FRIED CHICKEN & LOCAL BEER DINNER SERIES June’s brewery partner is River City Brewery. Tickets include a fried chicken meal with all the fixings and local brew to wash it all down. June 13, 6 pm. $35. Wandering Table, 1242 W. Summit Pkwy. thewanderingtable.com PARTY ON THE PATIO A summer event series with local beer, wine, spirits and food specials, live music, giveaways and more. June 13 from 4-7 pm. Shuttles from area hotels available. Free.

Three Peaks Kitchen + Bar, 14300 W. SR Highway 2. (509-818-1547) CHEESE 101 & WINE CLASS: ITALY! A guided sampling of pecorino, Grana Padano and other cheeses, along with mascarpone filled cannoli, and Italian wine pairings. June 15, 1-4 pm. $29. Petunias Marketplace, 2010 N. Madison St. bit.ly/2F2ffnF (509-328-4257) REST & DIGEST: GUIDED MEDITATION FOR STRESS REDUCTION This class is part of the Moscow Food Co-op’s Food & Mood series and covers the effects of stress on digestion and appetite, and the importance of daily stress reduction. June 15, 4:30 pm. $3-$5. 1912 Center, 412 E. Third St. moscowfood.coop PIG IN THE PARK The annual pig roast offers pulled pork sandwiches with all the trimmings and dessert, along with live music, local vendors, activities and more. June 16. Harrison City Park, 251 Harrison St. harrisonidaho.org CAMP COCKTAIL: GIN! The first of three classes, June’s “camp” features the story, drinks, and flavors of gin.

June 18, 5:30 pm. $40. Culinary Stone, 2129 N. Main, CdA. culinarystone.com COOKING WITH A MULTICOOKER Instructor Marilee Kinsella presents three simple weeknight pressure-cooked dinner options, one each for carnivores, vegetarians and vegans. June 18, 5:30-7 pm. $39. Kitchen Engine, 621 W. Mallon Ave. thekitchenengine.com RIVERFRONT EATS Join members of the Greater Spokane Food Truck Association at the Orange Bridge most Tuesdays this summer for food trucks, live music and more. Tuesdays from 11 am-2 pm, through Aug. 20 (except June 25, July 2). Riverfront Park, 507 N. Howard St. spokaneriverfrontpark.com

CANNING & FREEZING FRUIT Canning and freezing fruit and preserving pie filling is covered in this class, along with simple syrups. June 19, 5:30 pm. $21.69-$32.04. WSU Spokane County Extension, 222 N. Havana. extension. wsu.edu/spokane (477-2048)

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STREET MUSIC WEEK The 17th annual event takes place in downtown Spokane, Coeur d’Alene and the Garland District, June 10-14 at noon. Local musicians raise money to support Second Harvest. streetmusicweek.com THE HISTORY OF COUNTRY MUSIC Rusty Jackson, Jacque Jolene, Joey Anderson, Erica Janelle, Duane Becker, Bobby Bremer and Keven Franklin perform classic country songs from the 20th century. June 15, 7 pm. $10-$22.

Lake City Center, 1916 N. Lakewood Dr. bit.ly/2GqvXhy INTOLERISTA WINGDING XI An annual musical revelry of progressive values and resistance to war, greed, and ignorance. June 15, 6-10 pm. Free. 1912 Center, 412 E. Third St. bit.ly/2JU5xaa KPBX KIDS’ CONCERT Join Spokane Public Radio for an afternoon of bluegrass and gospel music by Kevin Pace & the Early Edition. June 15, 1-2 pm. Free.

Downtown Spokane Library, 906 W. Main Ave. kpbx.org (444-5336) OPUS VI The Coeur d’Alene Chamber Music Society presents a evening of music in tribute to the work CdAide does for our community. June 16, 6:308 pm. Free. CdA First Presbyterian Church, 521 Lakeside. (208-659-1631) RAIN: A TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES In celebration of the anniversary of Abbey Road, RAIN performs the greatest hits of this epic recording to life. June 20 at 7:30 pm. $26-$48. First Interstate Center for the Arts, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. inbpac.com (509-279-7000)

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STACHE DASH The 3rd annual event benefits Elevations: A Children’s Therapy Resource Foundation. June 15, 8:45 am. $15-$40. Riverfront Park, 507 N. Howard. bit.ly/2XokncN TRAILBLAZER TRIATHLON A sprint distance triathlon with duathlon and 5K race options; open to individuals or teams. June 15, 1-4 pm. $15-$75. Medical Lake. medicallake.org SNAP’S DAD’S DAY DASH The 7th annual 5K benefiting SNAP, serving Spokane County residents. June 16, 9 am.

Manito Park, 1800 S. Grand. (456-8038) SPOKANE SHADOW WOMEN’S SOCCER The Spokane Shadow Women take on ISC Gunners in their debut season of the national Women’s Premier Soccer League. June 16, 2-4 pm. FREE. SFCC, 3410 W. Fort George Wright Dr. spokanesoccerclubshadow.org (850-7787) BISON RANCH TOUR Learn the cultural significance of this mighty animal on a Coeur d’Alene Tribal member-guided tour. Guests visit a working bison ranch and feast on a deluxe bison burger.

June 17, 10 am-2 pm. $40. CdA Casino, 37914 S. Nukwalqw. cdacasino.com TRAILSIDE BIKE REPAIR WORKSHOP Join REI bike techs for this hands-on workshop addressing common trailside issues. June 18, 5:30-7:30 pm. $40-$60.

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WEDNESDAYS IN THE WOODS Join the WA Dept. of Fish & Wildlife and Riverside State Park Rangers to find out how to deal with animal encounters.

June 19, 6 pm. Free. Riverside State Park Bowl & Pitcher, 4427 N. Aubrey L. White Parkway. REI.com/spokane SUMMER PARKWAYS The 10th anniversary of Spokane’s biggest block party. Streets are opened up to bikes, pedestrians, skaters and other humanpowered recreation. Includes activities in Manito and Comstock Parks, and along the designated car-free route.

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BARE Stage Left ends its season with this contemporary rock opera. Through June 16; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $20. Stage Left Theater, 108 W. Third Ave. spokanestageleft.org YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN With the help of a hunchbacked sidekick and a leggy lab assistant Frederick Frankenstein finds himself in the mad scientist shoes of his ancestors. Through June 16; ThuSat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $32-$30.

Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard St. spokanecivictheatre.com BOTTOMS UP! Storylines converge as a mobster, filmmaker, exercise instructor, and vacationers find themselves in the same resort. Through June 23; FriSat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. Free-$15.

Ignite! Community Theatre, 10814 E. Broadway Ave. igniteonbroadway.org COMING TO AMERICA This new musical celebrates the lives of immigrants who came through Ellis Island between 1863 and 1916. June 14-23; Fri-Sat at 7 pm, Sun at 3 pm. $7-$12. Pend Oreille Playhouse, 236 S. Union Ave. pendoreilleplayers.org

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SFCC GRAD SHOW A celebration and portfolio show of the work of the graphic design, photography, interior design and digital media programs at SFCC. June 13, 5-8 pm. Free. The McGinnity Room, 116 W. Pacific. bit.ly/2K12gXi SECOND FRIDAY ARTWALK Stroll through Coeur d’Alene and enjoy local and nationally acclaimed artists displaying their work at supporting galleries, shops, restaurants and businesses.

June 14, 5-8 pm. Free. Downtown Coeur d’Alene. artsandculturecda.org DRAWN TO THE WALL VII Every three years, five artists are invited to spend two weeks at the Jundt to create a drawing on one side of an 8-by-11 foot museum wall. June 15-Aug. 17; Mon-Sat 10 am-4 pm. Free. Jundt Art Museum, 200 E. Desmet Ave. gonzaga.edu/jundt GOATS & SHEEP BOOK LAUNCH WITH KEVIN HORAN Photographer Kevin Horan celebrates the release of his art book showcasing stunning portraits of goats and sheep residing near his rural Whidbey Island home. June 15, 12-2 pm.

Free. Art Spirit Gallery, 415 Sherman Ave. theartspiritgallery.com ISABELLE BUSCH: THEORETICAL DRAGON ANATOMY RELEASE Based on scientific studies of the anatomy of real animals, this illustrated volume explains how dragons would function if they were also real. June 15, 7 pm. Free.

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Now, consumers have choices. We have fancy marketing. We have entire teams of professionals thinking up new, innovative weed products. Occasionally, though, those professionals miss the mark. Behold my top four most-hated weed consumer goods and judge their unworthiness for yourself.

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The budtender grabs a hunk of weed with the little tongs, shoves it in your face, and asks if it smells like “a crispy pineapple upside-down cake cooling in the summer breeze on a picnic table at a Fourth of July backyard barbecue.”

Uh, no. Your weed doesn’t smell like a salty breeze on the shores of Connecticut. But yes, I can smell the difference between the last thing you put in my face compared to this new one you put in my face. I think of it like wine tasting: “This one is fruity” versus “this one tastes like hot tar.” “This wine tastes like a ripe peach plucked by the alabaster hands of a virgin under a waning moon” might be a little much.

Contrast that to when weed was illegal. Your dealer handed you a bag that smoked like rancid gasoline and said “It’s weed. It gets you high. Deal with it.” Time to temper some expectations, folks.

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I SAW YOU RE: THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY Feelings are mutual. Let’s meet at the Firehouse Subs June 7th at 5:30. CL BLONDE IN BLACK MERCEDES. I was on my silver bike Saturday, June 1. You drove by as I went out on a ride. Then, saw you again on return home. Same neighborhood, A Street-Lindeke, north side. How about happy hour somewhere? ; ) CATCHING YOU. We met at the Dogtown concert. I couldn’t stop stealing glances at you in the line. I bought you a shot of the vanilla Sinfire, you bought me tacos. Most fun I’ve had in years, let’s do it again. capnnoirjones@ gmail.com. Find me.

CHEERS PROTECTOR OF BABY DUCKLINGS You were in a red truck driving on Wandermere Road. I was behind you when you suddenly stopped. I was amazed to see that it was because there was a group of ducklings trying to cross the road. They crossed in front

of you and then continued to the other side of the road - straight into oncoming traffic. You fiercely waved your arms out the window flagging down the oncoming vehicle just in time for them to stop. Just as I breathed a sigh of relief I watched as you got out of your truck, and then in the same moment as a falcon flew from a nearby tree ready and eager to snatch up its prey. I actually screamed as I watched in horror. You raced across the road and scared the falcon away just in the nick of time! Cheers to you for taking action and making safe decisions on the fly. I hope those ducklings were able to find their mom safely, but they were very lucky to have you in that moment on the road.

JEERS GROCERY STORES AND CONVENIENCE STORES I’m sure this happens in other cities even if it hasn’t been my experience in other cities, but Spokane grocery stores and convenience stores seem to have a problem. Recently, I did some shopping at a local grocery store.

After having completed paying for my shopping, I noticed an item on the receipt had the wrong charge. After double checking for accuracy, I asked an employee for help. After waiting for some time as they inquired about it, I was told to get back into (a long) line and ask for the refunded amount.

Another time I made a purchase at a deli. The item that was advertised in the deli was only partially available, so I was asked if they could make a substitute. I agreed since it was their suggestion. Then, they charged me an additional amount of money for the item because they hadn’t bothered to make the item that was advertised.

When I inquired about the extra cost, I received an eyeroll and a poor expla-

nation. Rather than argue, I left the store... forever. I tend to be a very loyal customer for businesses that I like.

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THIEVES Jeers to the people (I use that term loosely) that stole from artists at ArtFest. What in the world are you going to do with it? “Here Grandma, have a stolen teapot for Christmas” or did your drug dealer decide to take ceramics and photography as pay-

“I hope those ducklings were able to find their mom safely, but they were very lucky to have you in that moment on the road.

age them to shop elsewhere. In the meantime Spokane shoppers, be sure to check your receipts for accuracy. If you’re overcharged and the employee and/or store has a problem with making this right, please don’t support them. Rather, support those stores that are honest and have employees that actually seem to care about your business or at least pretend that they do. I’m certain the large chains can survive losing a few customers to other businesses, but if you’re a small operation in Spokane, can you say the same?

GUN FANATICS It is not good enough to have a country awash in guns, assault rifles, bump stocks, armor piercing rounds, expanded ammunition clips etc. No, we need suppressors too. I cannot wait to hear the moronic reasons why suppressors should be legal. If only the screams of the victims and their loved ones could be suppressed. There must be some progun people who still have enough common sense to take sensible action

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RE: RED LIGHTS WHY THE SPACES? To the yahoo who wondered about why people leave 2-3 car lengths between cars it’s what you are SUPPOSED TO DO!! This is especially necessary in the winter when there is ice & snow on the ground. Read the WA state driver’s handbook or, better yet, ask a police officer. The people you saw were actually obeying the law. I suggest you do the same. It keeps Everyone safe. VZ RE: EBT FOR REDBULL How dare you!

So seeing someone use an EBT card to buy a Redbull while having a mobile phone offends you? Since when does being poor mean you can’t have luxuries? You know nothing about this person. Maybe they’re working two crappy jobs and need energy drinks to get through the day. Maybe the phone predates the EBT card. Maybe the phone is WHY they can work at all. Or maybe they, just like you, you bigoted a*****e want something nice, like a drink, fast food or a movie. If this offends you, stay the hell home.

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Start with CAR D’LANE, an annual free event for car lovers of all ages. The prefunk at SLATE CREEK BREWING starts at noon, while the custom car cruise starts at 6 pm Friday, June 14 (insider tip: park midtown and walk downtown or grab a seat along the parade route and enjoy

their cargo), professional cars and hobby stock racers, plus fireworks. Get the whole family in for as little as $20.

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Another brunch option is the Dad’s and Grads brunch at the COEUR D’ALENE RESORT, this year prepared by the resort’s very own father-and-son chef duo at DOCKSIDE. Ask about overnight packages starting at $289. Do Dad’s brunch Sunday, June 16, at the COEUR D’ALENE CASINO AND RESORT’S Father’s Day buffet with $3 “manmosas.”

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Dad gets in free at SILVERWOOD THEME PARK on Father’s Day weekend (with purchase of paid admission). Speaking of free, how about some good, old-fashioned quality time with Dad: hike TUBBS HILL, take in one of the many free, family-friendly events like the RIVERSTONE CONCERT SERIES or the MOVIES IN THE PARK because being together is priceless.

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Coeur d’Alene Summer Theater presents “the tale as old as time” based on the Academy Award-winning animated feature film. $49 adults, $42 senior, $27 children; ThursdaySaturday 7:30 pm; Saturday-Sunday 2 pm; Salvation Army Kroc Center.

Paddlepalooza JUNE 15

This is your chance to try out a large selection of kayaks, paddleboards and pedalboards for free — thanks to Tri State Outfitters. 10 am-4 pm; North Idaho College Beach.

LOCASH JUNE 15

This Saturday, the Coeur Jams Concert Series presents LOCASH, the modern country vocal duo known for their hits “I Love This Life,” “I Know Somebody” and “Ring on Every Finger.” $25-45; 7 pm; Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort Hotel.

Bison Ranch Tour JUNE 17

Learn the cultural significance of this mighty animal as a Coeur d’Alene Tribal member provides a guided tour of a working bison ranch. $40; 10-2 pm; depart from the Coeur d’Alene Casino.

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