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Dogs were the first animals tamed and domesticated by humans, and fossil records indicate that people in different corners of the world kept dogs as far back as 33,000 years ago (though some think dogs may date back even further).

Cats, on the other hand, were domesticated about 10,000 years ago — give or take 2,000 — and their cozy relationship with people rose alongside the development of agriculture when early farmers no doubt appreciated having furry friends to keep rodents from their stores of food.

In short, if not for pets helping people hunt or protect the harvest, the world would likely look a lot different today. Here at the Inlander, we’re showing our gratitude with a PETS ISSUE beginning on page 22. We have the winners of our pet photo contest, tips on being a decent dog owner, the latest on pet obesity and a report on what to do if your cat gets stuck in a tree.

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The Treasury Department cannot issue any treasury notes, bonds or bills without a debt ceiling increase. (The debt ceiling was created under the Second Liberty Bond Act of 1917 and in 2019 stood at $22.012 trillion.)

Should Congress raise the debt ceiling? Yes.

Still, since Congress reduced the debt by about $500 billion in the mid-1990s, we should ask: How did that happen? Even though future Congresses and presidents will likely continue to wantonly spend tax dollars, Congress exercised discipline then in reducing national indebtedness. Since I was an appropriator for all 10 years of my Congressional service, I can tell you that appropriators and the Republican majority in Congress then set and stuck with budget limits.

Neither President Trump nor Congress are currently fiscally conservative, so it’s hard to see how we’ll ever repay all our debts.

In fact, it’s been more than 125 years since Congress paid off the entire national debt. The U.S. issued more than $1.3 trillion in new debt in 2018, the highest amount since the 2008 recession; deficit spending for the U.S. reached $779 billion in fiscal year 2019.

It’s morally wrong to keep borrowing and spending, especially since Members of Congress get elected by campaigning on “reducing government spending.” While that slogan may resonate with voters, Members who utter the phrase often go back to former spending habits and are rarely held to account.

What happens, though, if the debt ceiling isn’t raised? If Congress doesn’t raise the debt ceiling, the U.S. will default on its debt and would not be able to pay its bills. The government’s ability to pay its future debt obligations would be in jeopardy, casting grave doubt internationally about its financial stability and potentially crippling our economy.

The debt ceiling was raised 74 times from 1962 to 2011 — 18 times under President Reagan, eight times under President Clinton, five times under President George W. Bush and five times under President Obama. So the precedent for raising the debt ceiling has been established as government spending has increased in modern times. The ceiling will also be raised under President Trump, who spends recklessly.

Congress is no longer embarrassed by excessive government spending, and Republicans in Congress spend as recklessly as Democratic majorities. The government’s public debt has never been higher.

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Q&A BROOK BEELER Brook Beeler is the new director for the Department of Ecology’s Eastern Office, guiding cleanup work and environmental protection in the Inland Northwest

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rook Beeler first started with the Department of Ecology back in 2005 as an environmental educator, then moved up to a role directing communications for the Eastern Regional Office in 2012. On Feb. 1 this year, she took over as director of the regional office, which is one of four in the state. Originally from Valleyford and a Whitworth graduate, Beeler says she’s glad to have a job that makes a difference in the place she grew up in and is looking forward to continuing to educate the community on environmental protection.

INLANDER: For people who aren’t familiar with Ecology, can you describe what the Eastern Regional Office does?

BEELER: We have a big job in the entire state of Washington. I think we have more than 100 laws and rules we administer to protect clean air, clean water, clean soil, and it’s a pretty tall order.

Here locally, I think some of our priorities are to really be community partners when it comes to the Hangman Creek watershed. As a community, local businesses and municipalities have been investing $500 million into improvements in the Spokane River watershed to make oxygen more available to LETTERS fish and to find Send comments to and eliminate editor@inlander.com. sources of toxic chemicals like PCBs. We also know that Hangman Creek, which is a major tributary to that watershed, suffers from too high of temperatures, not enough oxygen and has a major sediment issue, especially in the springtime. So we want to protect the investment we’ve made in the urban areas and start working more with community partners in the rural areas.

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The complexity for Hangman is huge: 80 percent of that land is dryland agriculture. We know that farms want to keep their soil on the fields just as much as we want them to keep soil on the fields. So we have to find partners like the local conservation district and the Coeur d’Alene Tribe and willing landowners to make changes on the ground to make those improvements.

What new rules or cleanups will Ecology be dealing with this year?

Well, we had a huge legislative session. Folks are talking statewide about it being one of the largest environmental pushes in the state Legislature in recent years. So at the statewide level we’re gonna be working really hard on some climate issues to manage greenhouse gases. There was some legislation passed to manage refrigeration chemicals and limit hydrofluorocarbons.

There was also a huge toxics bill passed where Ecology was given the responsibility to look at suites of toxics that affect our daily lives, find where vulnerable populations might be exposed to those, and identify alternatives to those for business.

What else do you think people should know about Ecology’s work?

One of the big things that I don’t think people realize about the Department of Ecology is nearly 70 percent of our budget is pass-through, so we are a huge financial partner. In small rural communities we are a resource. They’ve got aging infrastructure and tall orders to meet environmental requirements, and we have the ability to pass funding through and provide technical assistance so they can meet their standards, but still maintain the rural community quality of life that they want. n

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Readers respond to mayoral candidate Nadine Woodward’s claim that there is “a lot of sex trafficking” at the STA Plaza and the transit authority’s objection to that claim (Inlander. com, 7/13/19):

MIKE PATTON: I love what Nadine says! Every time she talks she is further and further from becoming mayor. Keep talking Nadine! We love hearing about what rattles around in that head of yours!

DONALD MORGAN: Just hang out there for a few days (I worked right next door for five years) and you can see she is right.

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THERESA ANNE: So if you get rid of the Plaza would you relocate the transit station to East Sprague or Hillyard? They have been trying to relocate the Plaza for years because the real estate is valuable. Consider how that would impact the lives of working people who don’t have access to cars.

DUSTIN JAY LINHART: Maybe if the police substation were put back and the Plaza was used for what it was originally meant for and loitering laws were re-established for all of downtown it would be a pleasant place to wait for a bus.

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Spokane’s clean air agency is finally collecting annual fees to reduce pot farm odors, but outdoor growers feel unfairly targeted

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alk through the field at Orange State Cannabis, tucked behind an opaque privacy fence topped with razor wire, and there’s a surprising lack of the telltale odor you’d expect from a cannabis farm.

But the outdoor plants aren’t flowering when the Inlander visits the farm near Elk on a warm summer day last week. It’s when the flowers are produced and harvest happens that they are most likely to smell, explains Bernie Kessler, who owns Orange State with his son Nick and a silent partner.

Step inside the indoor portion of the operation just a few yards away, however, where flowered plants from the outdoor greenhouse and indoor grow room on the farm are being trimmed, and a sweet, skunky smell permeates the room. Step outside and close the door again, and it’s not noticeable.

It’s this distinction between inside and outside, mature plant and growing plant, that irks Kessler when he thinks about how much he now has to pay to the Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency under its new odor

program aimed at limiting the smells from marijuana production and processing in the county.

After receiving hundreds of complaints over the first few years of legal recreational marijuana production, the agency worked to create new rules to limit complaints and negative impacts from odors on neighbors. The annual program fees, which will pay for agency staff time to respond to complaints and do site evaluations, were set in January 2018, but weren’t collected the first year.

This March, the clean air agency’s board finalized the fees at a lower level than initially proposed, invoices were sent out, and by July 15, the latest overdue payments for this year’s fees are due.

“They dropped the fees 20 percent from insanely too high to extremely too high so we’re supposed to feel better,” Kessler says.

Under the program, an indoor grower with the largest state license available owes the clean air agency $651 per year, plus a $209 per year fee for processing. But mixed indoor/outdoor sites like Orange State, with an exemption for a temporary structure like a greenhouse,

owe a total closer to $4,000 per year.

With little for outdoor growers to do to control their odor, and a disproportionately high impact from the new fees on mixed indoor/outdoor operations, Kessler questions the fairness and usefulness of a program he believes will put growers out of business while doing little to reduce odors.

What’s more, while Orange State has never received an odor complaint from its neighbors, the outdoor grow that sparked hundreds of complaints to the clean air agency — Bang’s Cannabis — is about to go out of business.

“Who’re they going to have left to regulate?” his wife, Katie, asks.

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he Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency started drafting rules for marijuana growing after receiving hundreds of complaints from 2014 to 2017, explains Julie Oliver, the agency’s executive director.

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“It was evident that something needed to be done, that this was not just one or two,” Oliver says. “It was quite a wide range geographically.”

So the agency gathered a marijuana advisory committee and the agency’s board finalized rules with public input by January 2018. While they collected one-time registration fees for the first year, the board opted to hold off on the annual fees while waiting to see how things went with growers putting other recommendations into place, Oliver says.

For indoor operations, that might look like a filtration and ventilation system. But for outdoor operations, the only real options are to make sure growing plants are located away from property lines and that harvest times take into account prevailing winds and the weather, she says.

This spring, considering the first year of information, the board finalized the annual program fees, which will go toward staff time to respond to complaints, inspect sites, and make sure farms and indoor grows are doing what they can to minimize odor, Oliver says. The estimated staff time needed is a little less than one full-time employee per year, with fees expected to bring in more than $150,000 this year.

“The whole intent with this rule was shifting from a reactive complaint approach to a proactive approach to protecting air quality,” Oliver says.

“We do expect the number of complaints to drop off over time with the requirements and regulations, but it is going to take time. It’s not going to be an immediate thing.”

The regulations set up fees for each tier or size of license offered by the state, and type of operation. The largest indoor growers in an urban area, potentially making millions per month, pay $651 per year; the largest tier outdoor-only grower pays $1,269 per year, and the largest indoor/outdoor combination pays $1,920 per year, each with an additional $209 per year if they also are processors.

But some outdoor grows were also using “hoop houses” with plastic sheets to cover their plants and protect them at certain times of the once-yearly growing season, while others were using “temporary structures” such as greenhous-

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es. The clean air agency determined those types of uses were the source of many odor complaints, and therefore required an exemption for growers who already had them to be able to continue using them.

So Orange State, with a greenhouse on site, applied, paying an extra one-time $980 fee for that exemption. As an indoor/outdoor grower with an exemption, the company sees its annual fee jump to the clean air agency’s highest rate of $3,751 per year. For reference, the operation sold about $112,000 worth of weed in 2018.

As part of the regulations, no new growers can apply for that exemption, so over time it’s expected the use of those structures for outdoor growing will be reduced or eliminated, Oliver says.

“Anybody starting now has a huge potential of losing their one crop every year. In my mind, it’s pretty much a moratorium on outdoor grows,” Kessler says. “We got the exemption, but it’s still unfair, it’s not right. I have to bring up the fundamental things that are damaging to this industry. It’s too early in the game to start playing that.”

He also questions why he should have to pay thousands of dollars per year for staff time to respond to his property when their neighbors haven’t complained once about the smell, Kessler says.

“This is a clear money grab,” Kessler says. “A couple residents were able to weaponize Clean Air’s authority, and now they believe they have to go after these farms.”

Kessler highlights Bang’s Cannabis, the target of hundreds of odor complaints from a few close neighbors, and a recent casualty of the market.

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atrick Bang and his wife opened Bang’s Cannabis in Cheney in 2014. Back then, when the first complaint of an odor as far as a mile away came in, Bang says they tried to be good neighbors and make some changes on the farm, working with the clean air agency to reduce any smells.

The only problem was the agency didn’t have many suggestions for what to change, he says.

“We said, ‘We don’t want to be the nuisance neighbors, we want to figure something out together,’” Bang says. “They didn’t have any

solutions in mind to help me fix the problem.”

Eventually they settled on limiting the amount of time he opened up the walls on the hoop houses he used to protect his plants from the elements. The thinking was that the smell would concentrate under the covering and pour out in an especially stinky way whenever the sides were opened up.

When Bang had to deviate from that plan and open the walls at an unplanned time because of 100-plus degree weather a few years ago, Bang says he got fined by the agency. The company fought the fine in court and lost but have since refused to pay up.

In the intervening years, the clean air agency has received hundreds of complaints against his operation from upset neighbors. From October 2014 to January 2019, a total of 529 cannabis-related odor complaints were received by the agency, and 202 of those were directed toward Bang’s, according to public records.

Bang says he tried to help the clean air agency craft its marijuana program, which involved formation of a marijuana advisory committee with representatives from the industry, community, and regulatory agencies, but he was told he had a conflict of interest. However, one of his neighbors who made many of the complaints against him was allowed to sit on the committee.

“If people can weaponize the odor from a plant, can I do that for a Christmas tree farm?”

Now, due to a combination of a saturated market, an expensive expansion and what he views as unfair fines and fees from the clean air agency, Bang says they’re getting out of the business.

“We are closing up,” Bang says on Monday, July 8. “We just sold the last of our product and plants, and we’re probably going to look at selling the business and the license.”

Knowing there’s little to be done to regulate outdoor grows, both Bang and Kessler question why their agricultural product is any different from a pig or cow farm that could get an exemption from odor regulations if they’re more than five acres.

“We’re in the country,” Bang says. “If not here, then where?

This is an agriculturally zoned area out in the middle of the country. I don’t know where else you’d grow an agricultural product.”

Kessler, a chemical engineer, has repeatedly asked the clean air agency how a natural plant can be targeted for its smell as a pollutant.

“The question comes to me, can a plant be a pollutant? I mean if people can weaponize the odor from a plant, can I do that for a Christmas tree farm?” Kessler says. “If I grew a patch of mint next to your house and that wafted over, do you have a right to complain and place controls on me growing mint or lilacs?”

Kessler plans to stay in the business, and says he is actively looking at options to be considered for an agricultural exemption similar to other legal, odor-causing farms.

The tricky part is that the largest tier of grow allowed by the Liquor and Cannabis Board is 30,000 square feet of canopy, which is less than an acre, Kessler says. But if he were to grow another agricultural product on the rest of his several acres — say, equally as stinky industrial hemp — he wonders if he’d be exempt from the spendy odor fees.

The answer he’s gotten from the clean air agency so far has been bureaucratically unsatisfying.

In response to an email asking whether legal hemp would qualify him for an odor exemption, Oliver tells Kessler that the state’s Pollution Control Hearings Board, which oversees appeals about odor and pollution issues, “has made it clear that each situation has to be evaluated on a case by case basis.” The Spokane clean air agency can’t tell him if the exemption would apply “until after we have an odor complaint.”

“Now we have to figure out how to, as outdoor growers or people with less than five acres, how to expand our grows into more than five acres by bringing in hemp or cows or I don’t know what it’ll take,” Kessler says. “That’s the game.” n samanthaw@inlander.com

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TO PCB OR NOT TO PCB Recently, Washington’s Department of Ecology has been pushing back on a federal move to roll back the state’s water quality standards to less protective limits on things like toxic PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls). In that case, the limit would increase from 7 parts per quadrillion (nearly nothing) to 170 parts per quadrillion.

But environmental groups are questioning how sincere Ecology is about wanting to stick with the stricter standard. That’s because the agency is simultaneously coming up with a process to allow the five main POLLUTERS into the Spokane River to dump even higher levels of PCBs into the water while they work to improve their technology. Ecology makes the case that getting to either standard will take time, making the process of putting polluters on a long-term improvement schedule necessary. (SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL)

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ANOTHER CHAPTER OF EXODUS As the last months of the Condon administration are ebbing away, there’s been one high-profile departure after another. That includes Parks Director Leroy Eadie, Community Housing and Health Services Director Dawn Kinder, Finance Director Tim Dunivant, Assistant Fire Chief Trisha Wolford, and Communications Director Brian Coddington. This week, you can add another name to the list: public safety spokeswoman MICHELE ANDERSON. In a phone call on Friday, Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer confirmed that Anderson had left the city. Schaeffer stressed how challenging the environment had become for city staffers and leaders, describing it as “the most dysfunctionally political time” he’d ever seen. (DANIEL WALTERS)

LOSS OF PET HOTLINE Grieving pet owners will no longer be able to call Washington State University’s PET LOSS HOTLINE, as the service was discontinued July 1. In a news release last week, Washington State University announced that it was shutting down the service, which was provided to animal owners whose pets were facing terminal illness or had recently passed away. Volunteer WSU veterinary students manned the hotline after receiving special training to deal with pet loss, but increasingly the calls turned into something else entirely, says Charlie Powell, public information officer for the WSU College of Veterinary Medicine. “It wasn’t the volume of calls so much as the inappropriateness of the calls. They went beyond grief, and some were wholly inappropriate,” Powell says. (WILSON CRISCIONE)

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COP CULTURE After Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich fired longtime deputy Sgt. Jeffrey Thurman for alleged racism, sexual harassment and threats to kill black people, a large coalition of local and statewide community advocacy organizations have signed on to a letter calling for a “CULTURAL AUDIT” of the law enforcement agency. (The ACLU of Washington, Center for Justice and the Spokane NAACP are among the signatories of the statement.) The statement requests that a third-party conduct the inquiry and produce a report examining “stops, arrests, and use of force” data segmented by race, gender and geographic location. Additionally, the coalition called on the department to produce a strategic equity plan. Knezovich did not respond to a request for comment, but NAACP President Kurtis Robinson tells the Inlander that he and the sheriff have a sit-down meeting scheduled for July 12 to discuss the statement. (JOSH KELETY)

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(Dis)integration Councilman: The city of Spokane sabotaged its own emergency dispatch system

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ack in May, the city of Spokane sent out layoff notices to 10 fire dispatch employees. While the City Council had fought against switching to the new Spokane Regional Emergency Communications Center — intended to combine fire and 911 dispatch systems countywide — the city argued that, since the rest of the county would be switching to the dispatch system, those dispatchers were no longer needed.

But now, the Spokane Fire Department has found itself SHORT-STAFFED, without enough dispatchers to serve existing customers. For now, the city is temporarily contracting with SREC to provide extra dispatchers. City spokeswoman Marlene Feist says that shouldn’t be seen as defying the council wishes.

“We need support with the workload,” Feist says.

Instead, she says, more people quit than expected.

Of the 18 fire dispatchers the city originally had, 12 left to get jobs with SREC, Feist says, and another plans to retire. The city needs eight fire dispatchers — and soon they’ll only have five.

But several council members say that wasn’t the only issue. They say the problem is that the city’s stated premise — that all the other fire districts would be joining SREC — was flat-out false.

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“Those fire districts never gave us written notice that they were leaving,” Councilman Breean Beggs says.

In fact, he says, most of the Spokane County fire districts were contractually obligated to stick with the city’s dispatch system until the end of the year. Jack Cates, fire chief at Fire District 9, says that he, at least, wanted to stick with the city’s system. But now that the city has ousted over half of its dispatchers? Cates and the other fire districts don’t have much of a choice but to switch away from the city’s staffing-starved system.

“We didn’t ask for this,” Cates says. “It was forced upon us.”

Beggs accuses the city administration of effectively manufacturing a crisis, putting the city in a breach of contract with the other fire districts.

“You don’t lay off 10 employees before your main customers give you the required written notice, unless you want to cripple it,” Beggs says. (DANIEL WALTERS)

HATE CRIMES RISE

A study analyzing FBI data from 2013-2017 found that hate crimes have risen in WASHINGTON by 78 percent.

That would rank Washington as the ninth largest rise in hate crimes during that period, according to the study released earlier this week by safehome.org. For comparison, the study found that reported hate crimes rose in that period by 22 percent nationally with a total of 8,500 cases in 2017.

The data, it should be noted, isn’t entirely complete.

Hate crimes are typically underreported to police. And even when they are reported, those jurisdictions often do not report the numbers to the FBI. The study estimates that nearly 20 million Americans live in jurisdictions that

did not report their hate crime stats to the FBI for the most recent year.

Nearly 60 percent of hate crime offenses were motivated by race, with black people targeted the most.

Twenty-one percent were motivated by religion, a majority of those targeting Jews. And 16 percent targeted victims by sexual orientation.

More than half of the known offenders were white, according to the study.

Seattle, meanwhile, had one of the top five sharpest increases in reported hate crimes in the country, seeing a 163 percent increase since 2013.

“Despite the shortcomings in federal data on hate crimes and related incidents, we can clearly see biasmotivated offenses are on the rise,” the authors of the study say.

The authors of the study argue that reporting incidents can be crucial to combating the rise in hate crimes.

“Having a better understanding of the scope of this issue could help spur swifter and more effective political action,” they say. (WILSON CRISCIONE)

CLOSER TO COMPENSATION

The SPOKANE TRIBE of Indians is celebrating the passage of a bill through the U.S. Senate that would compensate the tribe for land lost after the construction of Grand Coulee Dam. The Spokane Reservation Equitable Compensation Act passed the Senate on June 27 and now moves to the House. Sen. Maria Cantwell, who sponsored the bill with Sen. Patty Murray, cheered the passage and called on her counterparts in the House to move quickly to pass the bill through their chamber.

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leagues agree,” Cantwell said in a news release from the tribe. “I hope the House will take swift action.”

After being paid just $4,700 in 1940 for the land taken for construction and operation of the dam in the 1930s and ’40s, the tribe has tried for years to receive just compensation. The bill is structured similar to an agreement that was reached with the Confederated Colville Tribes in the 1990s, and would have Bonneville Power Administration make payments to the tribe each year based on its electricity sales.

In the first several years, the tribe would receive about $6 million per year, which would raise to about $8 million per year in 2030, according to an estimate from the Congressional Budget Office.

“The Spokane Tribal Business Council agrees with Sen. Cantwell that the House needs to take swift action and Congresswoman McMorris Rodgers has pledged her support of this legislation,” the tribe’s news release states. “The Spokane Tribe of Indians is thankful to announce that a historic ‘wrong’ has moved closer to closure.” (SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL)

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Winners and Losers Spokane helps some public events pay for security while it makes others foot the bill, raising questions of fairness and favoritism

BY JOSH KELETY

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arshall Powell, founder of the now-defunct Elkfest music festival, has a history of sparring with Spokane officials over his event, including a demand last year that he pay for additional off-duty cops to provide security. So when he heard last month that city officials were thinking of paying 65 percent of Hoopfest’s security costs, he was pissed — but not surprised.

The news came after Elkfest closed down for good a little over a year ago, partially due to the fact that the city required that organizers cover the entire cost of stationing police officers at the Browne’s Addition event. In contrast, under the proposed cost-sharing plan for this year’s Hoopfest, the event organizers would’ve only picked up 35 percent of the tab.

“It’s just super frustrating,” Powell tells the Inlander by phone. “It’s always been a backroom deal and no one knows who gets what.

“We’re trying to sell Spokane as a place for young families to move to. Why aren’t we promoting events for the people who live here and not just people who aren’t from here? The city should be investing some of their resources into local events for local people.”

While the Spokane City Council ultimately backed away from paying a larger share — they reverted to the arrangement with Hoopfest from previous years where the city paid 40 percent of costs — the episode highlighted inconsistencies in how public resources are allocated to support events in the city. It’s also prompted city officials to try to establish a clear policy on how they dole out money to event organizers for security costs.

“We have a small group that will start talking about policy,” says City Council President Ben Stuckart. “We need a policy that is consistent so that we’re not making one-off deals with every event in this town.”

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urrently, there’s only one official rule on the books when it comes to providing security for events: Per municipal code, the city is allowed to recover 100 percent of costs for providing police and other public safety resources to events for security purposes, according to Carly Cortright, the city’s director of neighborhood and business services.

But that doesn’t mean all events pay equally. Aside from Hoopfest, Pig Out in the Park and Bloomsday also receive financial help. Further illustrating the seemingly arbitrary nature of the city’s approach to subsidizing some events, taxpayers cover all the security costs for the Lilac Festival’s Torchlight Parade.

Stuckart says that those long-standing arrangements have been negotiated by different mayoral administrations and event organizers over the past decade, as opposed to any kind of consistent policy formula.

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This year, city officials had considered shouldering an even greater portion of security costs charged to Hoopfest.

“Those are one-off agreements that have been signed by various mayors in the past,” he says. “We want to have a written policy so there’s clarity and it’s not being made on a case-by-case basis.”

Cortright tells the Inlander that the special arrangements with the bigger, long-standing events have existed for over a decade and are essentially “unofficial” subsidies because city code doesn’t explicitly allow them or disallow them.

“We have made exceptions going back to the early 2000s for Bloomsday, Hoopfest, and Pig Out in the Park,” she says. “We’re recognizing that we need to come up with a more transparent and equitable model.”

She adds that the small workgroup of city officials is beginning to explore some kind of coherent approach to event security subsidies.

“Do you recognize economic impact or do you recognize a free community event?” Cortright says. “We also don’t want to outprice our signature Spokane events and make it so they can’t happen here.”

For those event organizers who have benefited from the existing practices, it’s all rosy — naturally.

“It’s fine. We love working with the police,” says Bill Burke, founder of Pig Out in the Park, of the existing cost-sharing arrangement with his event. “It’s great for the city to invest.”

Representatives from the Lilac Festival — whose security costs are paid entirely by the city — did not respond to a request for comment.

Matt Santangelo, executive director of Hoopfest, says that events like his should be treated differently because of their regional economic impact.

“All events are created equal, but not all events make the same impact,” he says. “When you can point to a hard economic impact to the region, that gives you more negotiating power.”

While city officials do request that events receiving subsidies for security submit studies of their estimated economic impact to the region, they only started doing so during the past year — and it’s ultimately still voluntary, according to Cortright.

Santangelo points to an economic impact study commissioned from Gonzaga University School of Business professor Scott Bozman that found that Hoopfest brought over $47 million to the region in 2018 in attendee spending on transportation, lodging, shopping and food.

Burke with Pig Out in the Park estimates that his event brings in $6.5 million annually but did not provide any supporting data.

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ouncilman Breean Beggs says while giving largescale events like Hoopfest isn’t innately problematic, the city needs some clearly defined and objective criteria for assessing subsidies for event security.

“You need to be able to make your case,” he says of event organizers looking for subsidies. “If you want some kind of break in costs, you have to open up your books to the city.”

While not all special public events that happen in the city require security to get permitted, the ones that do are largely at the whim of the Spokane Police Department, which comes up with the staffing estimates for how many of their off-duty officers would need to be deployed to keep the peace. (Event organizers can ultimately appeal SPD’s staffing estimate to the city hearing examiner if the department isn’t willing to budge.)

Sgt. John Gately, who coordinates the department’s services to special events, says that he personally vets event applications that come in and determines how many off-duty officers — who are paid overtime for event security details — will be required and the resulting financial figure.

“Once I put the plan together, I send it to the organizers and say, ‘This is what the costs will be,’” he says.

“The larger events, I work with City Hall as far as the traffic impacts.”

Powell says that the fact that Elkfest didn’t have any special arrangement with the city meant that the security staffing projection from the Police Department made the cost impossible to eat. (He appealed the mandate that Elkfest pay for police security to the city hearing examiner and lost.)

“They just said we had to do it,” he says. “We were never offered any discounted rate.”

Stuckart, meanwhile, isn’t hugely optimistic about the prospects of the city finally getting a concrete policy established on event security cost-sharing despite the renewed effort: “There’s no guarantee that this will end up with a policy that gets adopted by anybody because this continually falls out because these are tough questions,” he says. “I have talked to at least three mayors personally about the Lilac Festival and charging them and all hell broke loose in their lives.”

But in the view of smaller-scale event organizers like Powell, the discrepancy in treatment is actively hurting Spokane’s growth as a city: “They’re really eager to help those events that have been there forever,” he says. “But by doing that they’re really missing out on helping the next Hoopfest or Bloomsday.” n

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SpokAnimal Dog Park at High Bridge features 11 acres, including a separate area for smaller dogs. TIMOTHY PHILLIPS PHOTO

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Off the Chain What local dog owners need to know to not be crappy people

BY JOSH KELETY

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eople adore dogs. They’re furry, friendly and provide non-judgmental adoration and companionship in a modern world afflicted with social isolation.

(Thanks, Facebook.) But not everyone feels that way. So that’s partly why there’s rules to keep dogs and their owners in check. Here, dog people, is what you need to know to do right by your fellow humans.

Restrain your canines

When you take your dog off your property, it needs to be on a leash — no exceptions. All dogs need to be securely harnessed, according to Spokane County code.

“As soon as it’s off an owner’s property, it’s required to be on a leash,” says Ashley Proszek, field operations manager for Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Service (SCRAPS). “The only exception would be a designated off-leash dog park.”

That includes all state and local parks. We know, it’s probably a blast to let your furry critter roam free up and down the trail while you hold up the rear wheezing. But, again, other people want to enjoy nature, too. Similarly, in Kootenai County, dogs are required to be on leashes no longer than five feet in any “public place” — and that includes parks. There is an exception for dogs that are under effective “voice control” of their owners. But Sandra Osburn, an animal control officer with the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office, says that this statutory exception can cultivate some self-delusion: “A lot of people don’t realize that their dog isn’t as good under their voice control as they think,” she says.

Proszek says that “dog at large” is the most common complaint — this includes both aggressive and non-aggressive roaming dogs — reported to SCRAPS. Sometimes those calls stem from an owner taking their dog to the neighborhood park or a school field without a leash, only to get separated from it.

“The leash law is probably our biggest problem,” Proszek says.

When it comes to feces, have common decency

This should go unspoken, but for the love of god, clean up after your dog. No one likes to step in dog poop — including dog owners. Chapter 10 of the Spokane Municipal Code states that owners and guardians of dogs must remove “any and all fecal matter deposited” by their dog on public or private property not owned by that individual.

And while it’s not explicitly spelled out in city code that dog owners carry plastic baggies to clean up waste, the regulatory mandate that you pick up said waste implicitly codifies it.

“When you’re walking your dog, you need to have in your possession the equipment necessary to remove your

animal’s fecal matter,” Proszek says. “The penalty for the city for the fecal matter citation, it’s a Class 4 civil infraction,” which can result in a $25 fine.

Dog owners are cut some slack when it comes to warnings and penalties if the dog defecates on public or private property while they’re not present or aware when it occurs. But that doesn’t mean you should just let your dog run wild. Just do your basic civic duty and get in there.

Keep it down

Continuous dog barking is annoying. Everyone hates it.

That’s why Spokane County code casts a broad net on excessive barking, defined as noises that are unreasonably disturbing to people. It’s not like a traditional noise ordinance, which features defined hours.

“Even if the dog is barking in the middle of the day, it can still be a violation,” Proszek says.

Dog owners can get warnings and citations for their dog’s barking at all hours, though Proszek says SCRAPS makes an effort to educate dog owners on noise regulations first. Potential fixes to barking problems for dog owners include shock collars and dog trainings. (SCRAPS offers free dog etiquette and training classes twice a month on the first and third Saturdays.)

To report an excessively barking dog — or other potentially problematic dogs known to be violating existing city or county law — Spokane County residents can call SCRAPS at 509-477-2532. People can also report cases at SCRAPS’ website via a complaint form. Across the state line in Kootenai County, people concerned about specific animals can call the Sheriff’s Office Animal Control Section at 208-446-1300.

No mutts near the food

Dog owners love to take their furry companions out with them to restaurants and bars. (Their inner monologue probably goes something like: “My dog is special, cute, and everyone will love them.”) But, as it turns out, it’s basically illegal — unless it’s a certified service animal.

Under state regulations, no animals are allowed in “food establishments” nor any parts of the premises, including patios. This includes places where food is stored, prepared, served and consumed.

To make it simple, Lisa Breen, a technical advisor to the food program manager with the Spokane County Health District, frames it this way: If the bar, taproom or restaurant is “required to have a permit from the health district then, they are not allowed to have animals on the premises.” (In Kootenai County, dogs are permitted in bars that don’t make food or produce liquor.)

“It’s really hard because it’s something that we recognize is really popular,” Breen says. “People like to walk to bars and restaurants and take their pets with them.” n

YOUR GUIDE TO DOG PARKS OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST Washington

SpokAnimal Dog Park at High Bridge, 330 S. A St. This park features 11-plus acres for dogs to run around.

Small and large dogs have separate areas to play with running water, fenced-in hills and multiple entrances.

There’s also plenty of seating for humans.

Downtown Spokane Dog Park, Sprague Ave. and Cedar St. This newly opened dog park on downtown’s west end is small, located on a traffic island. There’s no separation for large and small dogs, but it has ample shade and seating, and is a great place to take your pooch to escape the congestion of downtown.

South Hill Dog Park, South Altamont St., near E. 63rd Ave. This popular park on the South Hill offers roughly 10 acres, with separate areas for small and large dogs, lots of shade and trails throughout. There’s no water source or restrooms for humans, however, and parking can be tight. This park could soon be downsized for a planned new middle school.

Patricia Simonet Laughing Dog Park, 26715 E. Spokane Bridge Rd., Liberty Lake This off-leash park offers 3.5 acres with lots of shaded walking trails and multiple water sources for dogs. Water, waste bags and restrooms are provided during summer.

There’s no separation for large and small dogs.

Valley Mission Dog Park, 11123 E. Mission Ave., Spokane Valley This “pocket dog park” is Spokane Valley’s only dog park.

There are separate areas for small and large dogs, water stations and poop bags on site. Visiting dogs must be at least 4 months old, licensed and up-to-date on vaccines.

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Pawfoot Dog Park at Croffoot Park, 1500 W. Lancaster Rd., Hayden Pawfoot Park, Hayden’s first, is about one acre with separate areas for small and large dogs, and water sources in each area. However, there’s limited shade.

Rathdrum Dog Park, 5750 W. Majestic Ave., Rathdrum Also known as the “Barking Lot,” this park has separate areas for large and small dogs. However, while the large dog area has a canopy and a drinking fountain, the small dog area does not.

Cherry Hill Dog Park, 1718 N. 15th St., Coeur d’Alene Cherry Hill Park has separate areas for large and small dogs, with dog water fountains and small gravel ground cover. There’s limited shade and seating, but poo bags are available to users.

Central Bark Dog Park, 3889 Nez Perce Rd. at Northshire Park, Coeur d’Alene This 1.8 acre park has separate areas for large and small dogs, multiple dog drinking fountains and grass ground coverage. Shade is limited and seating and restrooms are only provided seasonally.

McEuen Dog Park, 504 E. Front Ave., Coeur d’Alene Located within the 22.5 acre McEuen Park, this dog park has separate areas for large and small dogs, water fountains in both areas and limited seating.

— RILEY UTLEY

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Mission

Prize: $50 gift card to Northwest Seed & Pet “Mission is a 12-year-old pittie mix adopted nine months ago from Path of Hope Rescue after spending a year in foster. Before she was surrendered, Mission lived in a household where other dogs bullied her severely. She has PTSD and can be a little skittish around new people and especially other dogs who are not well socialized. Even after all that, though, she wants nothing more than to curl up and snuggle with her people.”

— OWNER KIRSTEN CLEIGH

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Jameson

Prize: $50 gift card to Northwest Seed & Pet “Jameson is a Bernese mountain dog mixed with golden retriever. He really enjoys to get outside and go for long hikes in the mountains. He gets a little hot so he dives into the water and swims around to cool off. This picture was taken in Libby, Montana, hiking the trails by Kootenai Falls.”

— OWNERS HOLLY ANDERSON AND RUBEN GUNION

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Cole and Banks

Prize: $100 gift card to Northwest Seed & Pet Taking not only the category title for multi-pet households, Banks and Cole also received the most votes out of all pets during the public vote.

“Meet Banks the pig and his older brother, Cole the cat.

Banks is a 5-month-old Juliana mini pig and Cole is a 14-yearold domestic shorthair. After our dog died in 2017, we were considering getting a new pet and after much research we decided that a pig would be a great fit for our home. Banks has been a great addition to our family. Cole is super chill and has welcomed his new little brother with open paws.”

— OWNER JULIE ADAMS

SENIOR SWEETIE

Sampson

Prize: $50 gift card to Northwest Seed & Pet “Sampson, a three-toed box turtle, is 44 years old and was rescued from a kill shelter in the Chicago suburbs. He had likely been plucked from the wild, as three-toed box turtles are native east of the Mississippi River. Unfortunately, the shelter was going to give Sampson the gas if he was not adopted within a certain number of days.

“Happily, I had just begun my very first year of elementary education, and I was eager to take on a class pet. For a decade Sampson taught by my side as children in kindergarten through grade three came and went. Sampson is now pleased to serve as a family pet for his two biggest fans, my 11-year-old daughter and 8-year-old son. With an average lifespan of 80 to 100 years, it seems likely that my grandchildren will get to enjoy Sampson, too.”

— OWNER AMY SHOOK

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Smokey

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Prize: $50 gift card to Northwest Seed & Pet “Smokey is 2 years old, and was adopted from SpokAnimal at the Northwest Pet Expo after many months of shelter hopping.

Smokey has the hips of a 16-year-old dog, due to severe hip dysplasia, but that doesn’t stop us from adventuring, like in this photo of him enjoying a winter walk in Palisades Park.”

— OWNER HADLEY MORROW

Picture Perfect

Noes and Toes client Newt is the goodest boy.

YOUNG KWAK PHOTO

Local pet photographer Angela Schneider captures the connections between dogs and their owners

BY NATHAN WEINBENDER

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hen Angela Schneider puts her clients in the center of her camera’s viewfinder, she’s looking for what she calls “that moment.” It’s not tangible, or something that’s easily described.

But you know it when it happens — a look or a gesture that encapsulates the unique emotional connection between a dog and its owner.

Schneider is the owner of local pet photography company Noses and Toes, which aims to give you frame-ready pics of your furry friends. The photo shoots themselves are typically outdoors, in scenic locations that have some kind of personal meaning to the owners and their dogs, and usually last a couple hours.

“Our session is usually filled with a lot of treats, and snuggles and laughs. And sometimes tears,” Schneider says, noting that some of the dogs are senior or terminal. “Seventy-five percent of the time people hug me at the end of it. I connect with every single one of my clients a different way. And it’s not just because we all love our dogs.”

After the photos are digitally touched up, the clients are then presented with a portfolio of prints from the session to treasure forever.

“I prefer physical art because if I give you a digital [copy], you’re going to put it on your hard drive, maybe use it as a screensaver for a little while and forget it,” Schneider explains.

Her trajectory toward animal photography has been a circuitous one. Originally from Nova Scotia, Canada, she got her start in sports journalism, where she was often required to take photos to accompany her stories.

“I was the prototypical city girl, wearing high heels and pencil skirts and driving a Mustang,” Schneider says. But then she adopted her Maremma sheepdog Shep, and immediately fell in love. “He changed me into a girl who wore hiking boots and drove an SUV.” While still living in Canada, she and Shep frequently found themselves taking excursions to the Canadian Rockies, or hiking around Lake Louise in Banff National Park.

“You can’t go there and not take pictures,” Schneider says. “I’ve always had a camera in my hands. The next thing I know, the only subject I have with me for foreground is my dog.”

After Shep passed away — “He was my best friend, and my soul-

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mate,” she says, wiping away tears — Schneider turned her other Maremma sheepdog, Bella, into her primary photography model. And after her career in journalism turned into an unfulfilling job in public relations, Noses and Toes was born.

“I was taking pictures of her just for fun. And all of a sudden, it was like a lightbulb,” Schneider says.

In the 18 months she’s now been a full-time, one-woman operation, Schneider has almost exclusively photographed dogs, though she occasionally strays from canine territory. She’s taken portraits of horses and, just a couple months ago, snapped some glamour shots of a potbelly pig. Schneider’s stylistic goal is to capture “life in wide angle,” but to also keep the animal at the center of the frame.

So what’s the benefit to getting your dog the same photographic treatment you’d give your kids or other human loved ones? They’re a member of the family, too, and an artistic photo of man’s best friend is ultimately a tribute to the way they love unconditionally.

“Dogs aren’t with us for long enough,” Schneider says. “It isn’t enough for us to just have cell phone shots and selfies with our dogs.

They touch us in ways that humans don’t… It’s important to carry those memories with us for the rest of our lives, but also in the art on our walls.”

During a recent photo shoot at Mirabeau Park with Newt, a 4-yearold heeler/border collie mix, Schneider snaps a few photos with the dog perched on a rock.

Wearing a shirt that reads “Always Carry Treats,” she captures the dog from a number of angles, occasionally getting Newt’s attention by blowing a homemade duck call clenched between her teeth.

After a while, Schneider directs Cat House, one of Newt’s owners, to get into the frame. And within just a few shots, it happens — that moment.

“There it is,” Schneider says, quickly snapping a few more pictures as Newt gleefully licks her owner’s face. “See — this is the best job in the world.” n For more, visit nosesandtoes.com.

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Fat Cats and Plump Pups Pet obesity in the U.S. is on the rise.

Local veterinarians share why it’s important to keep your furry friends from overindulging

BY CHEY SCOTT

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admit, I was in complete denial when the first person outside my household told me my cat looked “kinda chubby.”

The numbers at the veterinary clinic, however, didn’t lie: Dellie had gained 3 pounds in about a year, a 30 percent increase. Mortified that I’d let my fur baby get “fat,” we agreed to immediately cut back her intake, and to switch to a low-calorie food. As it turns out, we’d accidentally fed her way too much by following the portion guidelines on her food bag, a common and well-intentioned mistake among pet owners, our vet told us.

While it took months for the weight to come off, the diet was a success and Dellie is now back to (and maintaining) a healthy 10-ish pounds, an ideal weight for a cat of her age and frame.

Since this personal yet far from unique experience with an overweight pet, I’ve paid close attention to the issue of pet obesity, now considered an epidemic as widespread as human obesity in the U.S. Based on data gathered in 2018, the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention estimates that 60 percent of cats and 56 percent of dogs in the U.S. are overweight or obese.

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Keep kitties trimmer by measuring out their food for each meal.

What’s causing this rise in unhealthily large pets is harder to quantify because so many factors contribute, including age, breed, diet, activity level and misleading consumer messages. What’s more clear, however, are the related health and quality-of-life issues that obesity in cats and dogs can cause or contribute to: arthritis, diabetes, heart failure, chronic inflammation, cancer and shortened lifespan.

“I think when I bring up weight with pets, most owners are aware, they just need someone to start that conversation about it,” says Dr. Sarah Guess, a board-certified small animal internal medicine specialist, doctoral candidate researcher and adjunct faculty at Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine in Pullman.

“The most important thing is to reframe the problem to something that is taking the focus off being overweight and obese, and to making the [pet] as healthy as possible,” she continues.

Throughout more than 30 years of practice, Dr. John Freeman at Lincoln Heights Veterinary Clinic in Spokane has also observed a rise in obesity in the animals he treats. The good news, he says, is that some overweight

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“It’s not just a simple problem,” Freeman notes. “For one thing, people and dogs — or cats — love to interact with each other, and one way we do that is food. ... So it’s a social thing; it’s not understanding that dogs don’t need to eat just because they come ask for food.”

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hen consulting with clients whose pets could benefit from a diet, Guess and Freeman say the first step is cutting back how much food is given each day.

(Don’t do this without first talking to your own veterinarian.) Along with that, they advise measuring food at every meal to make sure you’re not feeding more or less than the animal needs.

Also watch how many and what kind of treats you’re giving, which could add a significant amount of calories. Guess suggests using fresh vegetables as dog treats, something she does for her own dog, a black lab that once put on a few extra pounds even under her watchful eye.

“What I recommend is subbing in healthy snack things like carrots and apples and spinach,” she says. “It makes the owner and pet happy, but those calories end up being negligible.”

For a comprehensive list of what veggies and fruits are OK to feed dogs (and cats), she recommends the ASPCA’s website.

While the scale is a good starting point, weight isn’t the only factor to consider when determining if your pup or kitty needs to cut back.

Because healthy weight and body composition for a pug versus a greyhound, for example, varies greatly, veterinarians use what’s called a body condition score (BCS). Measuring on a scale of 1-9, with 4-5 considered ideal, veterinarians consider visual and physical observations, like how much extra fat is on an animal’s back and hindquarters and if its ribs are visible or palpable to the touch, to score an animal. A BCS of 6 or above is overweight or obese.

“Trust your vet when it comes to nutrition advice,” Guess concludes. “I’m all for doing your own research, but I think the non-veterinary world just has very little training on what kind of nutrition is required. A little exposure to the science and huge strides we’ve made in pet nutrition in the last 15 to 20 years — we’re happy to share.” n

Clawing up the Wrong Tree Call this Spokane man for help if your cat gets stuck in a tree

BY CHEY SCOTT

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icture this idealistic kiddie cartoon scenario: The local fire department rushes out in a cherry red ladder truck, sirens blaring, to heroically rescue a mewling kitten stuck high up in a tree.

Here in the Inland Northwest, it’s a man named Jim Thoen — not the fire department — who’ll show up, climbing gear in tow, to scale up a tree trunk and bring a distressed feline safely back to solid ground.

Thoen, who owns Rescue Northwest, a local venture that mostly trains and sells equipment to local rescue groups and first responders, says he’s rescued 84 cats in the past 10 years since first offering his “cat in a tree” service. Thoen also happens to be a firefighter with Spokane Fire District 9 and is an expert in rope rescues, a skill that led him to start saving stuck cats.

“I started researching tree climbing techniques after the [fire department’s] fourth people rescue from a tree,” Thoen recalls. “Then in one week, two people called and asked if I could get their cats down.”

For $150, Thoen will attempt to rescue a wayward cat within the Spokane area (traveling farther for extra), but won’t charge if he can’t get the cat down, which has happened a few times. He advises cat owners to wait at least a couple days before calling him, because sometimes heightseeking felines figure out how to get down on their own.

To reach his rescue objective, Thoen uses ropes and sometimes climbing spikes. After grabbing the cat, he puts the animal into a mesh bag for safety, and lowers it down via rope to its anxious owner before descending himself.

Most rescues are pretty uneventful; maybe a couple scratches or some unhappy struggling, but Thoen thinks most of the cats are quite relieved to see him and desperate to get down. A handful of rescues make for great party stories, like the time one of his charges was so high up in the top of a pine — more than 90 feet — that he couldn’t safely climb any further to reach it.

Perhaps seeing that it, too, was out of favorable op-

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Another successful feline rescue for Jim Thoen.

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tions, the cat in this instance suddenly took a flying leap and, Thoen says, miraculously landed on all fours with no immediately apparent injuries from the fall.

Another time, Thoen saved a South Hill family’s cat by shaking a branch — it was too far out on an unstable limb to reach — while the family of four stood below with a blanket stretched between them, ready to catch their pet as it fell. They’d all agreed to this scenario as a last-resort method, he says, and the plan worked.

“Most [owners] are pretty thankful and for a lot of them, the cat has been missing for several days,” he says.

Most cats get stuck in the first place, Thoen suspects, because something has scared or chased them up a tree, versus a curious sense of adventure. A lot of his rescues involve indoor-only cats that have gotten out on accident, and thus may be less experienced climbers.

While cats are quite good at climbing up things, they’re not well-equipped to climb down from something like a tree because of the direction their claws curve. They also prefer to jump down, which isn’t always an option at greater heights.

Ironically, Thoen admits he’s not the feline species’ biggest fan, yet is happy to help when all other options fail.

“It’s been a lot of fun. I don’t do it for the money — all I need is a little bit of specialized equipment for climbing, and insurance. Other than that, I get the experience of solving people’s problems.” n For more, visit rescuenorthwest.com.

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Birds of a Feather

A local chicken breeder explains why chickens can be your pets

BY WILSON CRISCIONE

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inda Penning crouches in the dry grass and extends her hand toward the fence. The pen is spacious, with a board propped up on one side for some extra shade. As soon as her hand reaches the fence,

Chickens! Sometimes food, sometimes a nice pet.

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a flock of chickens rushes up, peeping and chirping, as if to greet their mother.

“They’re happy campers in there,” Penning says.

A few steps away, there’s another pen with more chickens. Roosters, meanwhile, follow her footsteps as she walks through the yard. Other chickens hide underneath a trailer to get out of the scorching July sun.

Penning has about 100 chickens here at Spring Leaf Farm, located about 15 minutes southwest of downtown Spokane. They’re all separated by breed: There are Silver Laced Orpingtons, Blue Ameraucanas, Splash Copper Marans and more. Each breed dons its own colors — some a drab brown, and some a stunning combination of light gray and blue and black. These are rare, heritage breed chickens. Penning sells hundreds of them each year to owners who put the chickens in shows where they’re

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judged on how closely they match their breed.

Others, however, she sells to folks who just want some chickens as pets.

“They definitely have their own personality,” Penning says. “Every one of them is different.”

Penning, 63, fell in love with chickens about 15 years ago, when her brother built a chicken coop for her. She incubated some chicken eggs, and when they hatched, she was hooked. All the chicks tugged at her heartstrings, imprinting on her like she was the mother. When she would go out back to garden, they’d follow her and start scratching in the dirt alongside her.

Penning’s affinity for chickens has passed on to her niece, Sarah Buck, who owns about 15 chickens on roughly 20 acres of land near Cheney.

“I joke that I’m kind of like the crazy cat lady, but with chickens,” Buck says.

Buck says she enjoyed having chickens as a teenager, leading her to want some of her own as an adult. Generally, she says they have a calming presence.

“It’s kind of a meditative feeling to watch them picking at the ground,” Buck says.

You don’t have to have acres of land to have chickens. In the city of Spokane, you can own one chicken per 1,000 square feet of property. Owning one isn’t as complicated as you might think, Buck says, and it’s probably easier than a dog or a cat. You just need a chicken coop, waterers, a heater and some food. Then make sure the chickens are in a safe area.

These days, Penning doesn’t get too attached to all of the chickens. But she does have some favorites. Especially Mr. Blue, a Lavender Ameraucana. He got his name because his breed’s hens lay blue eggs.

“He’s just sweet,” Penning says. “But then, I only have sweet breeds.” n

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Carleen may not be Miller Cane’s daughter, but like him, she’s found herself called to help the survivors of this latest American massacre: 500 dead, hundreds of kids not much older than 8-year-old Carleen. Miller, meanwhile, is seeing familiar faces everywhere, people he previously met working the massacre circuit, including Heffner, whose grief and anger have found a target in Miller. For her part, Carleen’s doll-making hobby has found new meaning as therapy for the town’s kids like Fiona. For months, Miller and Carleen have been traversing the West in a motorhome — uncertain when Lizzie, Carleen’s mom, might get out of jail and fearful that Carleen’s dad, Connor, might finally find them. But for the moment, amid all this grief, none of that matters.

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hat afternoon, Carleen went to Fiona’s house, where she’d be spending the night. Miller did not want to be away from her, afraid that Heffner would find her, but maybe she’d be safer there. They hadn’t spent a night apart since he’d picked her up on the Fourth of July, nearly four months ago, and he couldn’t help but worry, though he knew that being with a friend, building a friendship, would be good for her. He’d met Fiona’s mom, Tammy, at Laura’s house the day of the massacre, and he’d met her dad and sister earlier in the week, when he picked Carleen up from a play date. They were a nice family — devastated, but lucky too, because they were intact, and probably feeling guilty because of it.

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After the doll session, Fiona and Carleen plotted their sleepover, which would be fine, Miller said, but Fiona had a therapy appointment first, and Miller and Carleen had plans to go to Baker Creek for lunch and a walk through the pioneer village, which meant they’d have to leave town and come back again through all the cops and press and protesters and parasites.

There were already bastards on television claiming the massacre was a hoax, that the 500 dead were not really dead or had never existed — and if anyone should be massacred it was them, smearing the dead with their lies. You could hardly buy an assault weapon in Missouri or Kansas, every store sold out, though new shipments arrived daily. Hundreds of wrecked parents and students and survivors of previous massacres were in Jefferson City, demanding gun reform. Others were demanding looser restrictions so that everyone could conceal carry everywhere. The only way to stop the slaughter, it seemed, was complete annihilation. Protests erupted in Kansas City and St. Louis, D.C. and Chicago, New York, Denver, Seattle, Atlanta, eleven survivors immolating themselves in Golden Gate Park — and none of it made any difference whatsoever.

Outside the church basement, Heffner was not waiting on the sidewalk when Miller and Carleen emerged.

They loaded the car and headed toward their campsite on the other side of Springfield, nearly an hour from Marquette, where Carleen fed Waffles and packed an overnight bag with some clothes and her notebook, her Barbie Care Clinic and some bonnets.

“You did a good job today,” Miller told her as they drove toward Baker Creek.

“Justin lost his sister,” she said. “Kailee lost two sisters. Everybody lost somebody.”

“Not us,” Miller said. Not this time, anyway.

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“My mom’s mad at me,” Carleen said.

“She’s just worried,” Miller said.

Carleen looked out her window. “Mrs. Zellman asked if we could come make dolls at her house with some other families. Benton’s dad asked if we could come to the farm. They have cows and horses and a stream we can wade in like Plum Creek.”

“It might be good to take a break for a few days,” Miller said. “Get out of town.”

“I don’t want to take a break,” Carleen said.

Miller pulled into Baker Creek, an heirloom seed farm in the middle of nowhere, with a restaurant featuring Asian food.

It felt like a Krishna joint, except the people who worked there wore pioneer clothes. There were no prices — you paid whatever you wanted to pay, which Carleen thought should be a hundred bucks. Miller recognized a group of parasites from a previous massacre at a table in the corner, attorneys who organized class-action lawsuits. He’d seen people he knew all week, hucksters and grief specialists, survivors of other massacres in town to help the Cedar Creek survivors. Carleen filled their cups with cucumber water as the food arrived — Lo Mein and salad and ginger pancakes, all of it excellent. “We should pay two hundred dollars,” she said.

Miller handed her a fifty, which she deposited in the donation box by the door.

“You can have the rest of mine,” Carleen said. “I’m not hungry.”

She sat across from him, flipping through her notebook.

“Have you ever looked in my book?” she said.

“No,” Miller said.

“Good,” Carleen said. “Because it’s private.”

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they’d been part of it — at least peripherally. He found a campground near Baker Creek and they marched that “Do you believe in visions?” Carleen said. night in Marquette with the survivors, crying and carry“I’m not sure,” Miller said. ing candles, Carleen there with the rest of them.

“Me neither,” Carleen said. “But I had one.”

Lizzie called the next afternoon, the noise on the line Miller hoped the attorneys wouldn’t recognize him as unbearable, then perfectly clear. “Are you out of your a massacre colleague. mind,” she said.

“Like Sitting Bull’s soldiers falling into camp,” CarMiller wasn’t sure she wanted an answer. Besides, leen said. “But mine was children falling into snow. Or maybe he was out of his mind. maybe it was just from the The Long Winter.”

“I saw her on TV,” Lizzie said, “crying with those They’d been reading The Long Winter for weeks. kids.”

“Was it a dream?” Miller said.

“The vigil,” Miller said.

“Kind of,” Carleen said. “Not really.

“Right,’ Lizzie said. “But you’re supIt was just something I wrote in my posed to be gone already.”

Spokane Public Radio, which notebook.”

“The vigil was good for her,” Miller has been broadcasting weekly The attorneys stood and made said. installments of Miller Cane, is their way out, the last one depositing a “No it wasn’t,” Lizzie said. “You don’t now releasing longer, chaptertwenty in the donation box. know what’s good for her.” length podcasts of the book via “Some of the kids made dead dolls He knew more than Lizzie did, since Apple Podcasts, Google Play today,” Carleen said, “with blood on he was with Carleen, since he’d been to and NPR One. Previous chapters them and stuff.” dozens of massacres. But he understood will be released each week until “Oh, sweetie,” Miller said, taking why she was upset. He was upset, too — if the book wraps up in August. her hand. It all seemed so awful so Carleen had been on TV, Connor might often. But maybe making a dead doll know where they were now. was a good thing. Or maybe Lizzie was “I ran into a therapist last night,” he right, that they shouldn’t be here. said, “from Scarborough. Carleen’s seeing her right now.”

The day after the massacre, he’d had every inten“Good,” Lizzie said. “But then you have to leave — tion of getting them out of there, but Carleen saw the okay?” newspapers in the lobby that morning, the pages and They were hosting an animal session the next day. pages of lost kids and teachers and cops, every headline “I know you’re not trying to hurt her,” Lizzie said. a variation of 500 Feared Dead. She couldn’t stop crying, “But what you’re doing is wrong. You don’t have to be even after he got her out of town. “We have to get the there. Carleen doesn’t have to be there.” animals,” she said, crying. “We have to go to the vigil,” “We do have to be here,” Miller said. she said, crying. “We have to do something!” she said, “You don’t,” Lizzie said. “And you don’t know the crying. Maybe they did need to go to the vigil. After all, damage you’re doing.”

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“There’s nowhere to go,” Miller said.

“There’s everywhere,” Lizzie said, “anywhere,” and Miller said, “We’re safe here.”

“You’re traumatizing her,” Lizzie said.

As if she wasn’t already traumatized. As if they all weren’t.

“Please,” Lizzie said through the rising, whistling static. “Do this for me.”

He didn’t know how to say no to her. He never had.

And maybe she was right, that leaving would be best.

But the next day, two hundred people showed up in Father Mike’s basement to hold twenty-seven cats and dogs.

Miller made phone calls, coordinated survivors to drive to Kansas City and St. Louis the next day to haul more animals to Marquette, enough for everyone.

Lizzie called that night. “You’re still there,” she said, but she sounded resigned, beaten.

“Let me tell her about the animals,” Carleen said.

“Why won’t you do what I ask you to do,” Lizzie said.

Miller handed Carleen the phone. “No, Mom,” she said. “We do have to be here.”

But now they would leave, tomorrow, at least for a little while. They walked through the pioneer village, with its jail and bakery and blacksmith shop. They hadn’t heard from Lizzie in days. Maybe she was calming herself, getting used to the idea of Carleen being here. There was no way she could understand what they were going through. Miller drove to Marquette, looking for Heffner everywhere. He dropped Carleen at Fiona’s, kissed her goodbye, and drove back through the massacre. He couldn’t bear the thought of going to the motorhome alone. n

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Local maker Jeremiah Colladay is carving his brand in leather

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eremiah Colladay admits somewhat sheepishly that he doesn’t fit the description of an outdoorsman who lives on the frontier — despite the rugged leather accessories inundating his workshop that he’s poured his heart and soul into — and you likely won’t see him wearing a cowboy hat. “I’ve got dreadlocks and brown skin,” he jokes.

But he appreciates the ruggedness and grit of the American West, and it shows in his work.

For the past two years, he’s been the namesake behind Colladay Leather, where he turns huge sheets of cowhide into belts, guitar straps, journal bindings, bracelets and more, all with elaborate illustrations and warm tones. He’s not a cowboy, but he’s carved himself a spot in that subculture as a craftsman, artist, guitarist, Christian and entrepreneur. ...continued on next page

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“I love the culture,” he says. “I love the material and there’s just so much you can do with leather.”

Originally from Florida, Colladay, 31, moved to Eastern Washington with his wife about five years ago after the two met at a Bible institute. He took up an apprenticeship at Holstine Saddlery in Deer Park where he was formally trained in leather craft, learning the tradition, the techniques and the tools, and later using those to create a unique “PNW-type feel,” he says.

Leather, he says, is a very practical, long-lasting material that’s been in demand for thousands of years.

“It’s something that if you take care of it, it will last a very long time,” he says. “The amount of creativity and the things you can do with it are kind of endless. The functionality of it, the nostalgic feeling you get when you pick up something leather and you can smell it and hold it and feel it and know that it’s going to get broken in over time and mold to you.”

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n this digital, globalized world we live in, stepping into Colladay’s workshop is a bit like taking a step back in time. Located on the Commellini Estate, a popular wedding venue north of Whitworth University, a strip of fur lines the simple wooden door to help insulate the place. The rich scent of leather fills the space.

An old stereo near Colladay’s workbench jams a live recording of an Amos Lee song. Picking up one of his metal tools, he sets to work, with a discerning eye trained on a strip of leather.

In this instance, Colladay uses a mallet and a small metal tool to pound the shape of a tall and skinny evergreen tree into the length of a leather guitar strap. He uses a heavy chunk of tombstone to deepen the impression on the leather.

The dark ink he later paints into the strap gives the tree a burnt-black look — like a Northwest wildfire, as one customer remarked.

“Tattooing is a very similar process. I dabbled with it a little bit just in my own house … where you have your line work and you go through with your shade work or color,” he says. “The art side of [leather] is very similar. To be able to apply the art style to something functional, it’s like a functional art.”

Using “swivel knives,” “bevelers,” “shaders”

and “backgrounders” Colladay impresses ornate filigree into the leather. Much of the leathercarving process requires intense attention to detail, from start to finish: cutting the hide, applying water to make it malleable, tracing over it with the design, carving out the designs, shading, hammering, dying, oiling and sewing. But like any art, leathercraft requires an intuition, too, he says. If you make a mistake, you might not be able to reverse it.

“You’ve got one shot at making the cut,” Colladay says. “It’s unforgiving.”

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olladay still opts for a flip phone. He’s quick to add that he doesn’t think he’s “better than anyone else” because of that, though. Some family members recently caved and gave him an iPhone to help with the business side of things.

That’s been one of the biggest struggles, he says. Business. His products aren’t exactly cheap.

A guitar strap could easily run well past $200.

But the materials he uses aren’t cheap, either, and he spends a lot of time making them. So far, he’s been able to make things work, though it’s been a learning experience, and he credits his wife for keeping him motivated.

He also gives a lot of his credit to his faith.

Colladay doesn’t avoid talking about religion — asking me, at one point, “Do you believe in God, man?” — but he isn’t the type to shove it down your throat, either. He grew up with religion, fell out of religion, and ultimately came back to having a “relationship with God,” he says. Each fork in the road and each opportunity he and his wife have stumbled upon have been small miracles, he says. His wife, Erin Colladay, works as the manager at From Here (formerly the Pop Up Shop). The two are expecting their first child in September. “It’s in God’s timing,” he says. “It’s not up to me.”

“I love doing what I’m doing and I want to make a living out of it. I’m not out hoping someday I’m gonna make it. I’m just gonna work hard and I know it’s gonna take time and I want to build a brand.” n Find Colladay Leather products online at colladayleather.com and at From Here, located in River Park Square in Spokane.

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BY NATHAN WEINBENDER

he show about nothing.”

It’s become the unofficial tagline of Seinfeld, which turned 30 last week. It’s a series timeless in its obsession with everyday minutiae and unwritten social constructs, but also a preserved-in-amber document of its era, with famous jokes about answering machine messages, Moviefone and The English Patient.

Of course, Seinfeld is really a show about everything, and it eventually became known for clockwork plots wherein seemingly unrelated subplots dovetailed in unexpected ways. I’ve seen the entire series countless times, and it’s impossible to pick a single favorite episode. Here are five that best exemplify its singular qualities.

“THE CHINESE RESTAURANT” (SEASON 2) One of the most audacious half-hours in TV history, in which a long wait for a table in a restaurant develops into a Kafkaesque nightmare. It’s essentially a one-act playlet set in a single location, and offers one of the first glimmers of the show’s genius at riffing on a theme for 23 minutes.

THE BUZZ BIN “THE BUBBLE BOY” (SEASON 4) A road trip goes awry in this early swipe at the broad weirdness that defined later seasons. On the way to an isolated cabin, the group plans to stop and meet one of Jerry’s fans, a kid with an autoimmune deficiency. But the three parties diverge to hilarious results, in the best example of a formula the series would often rely upon.

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“THE CONTEST” (SEASON 4) This is often crowned the greatest episode, though that’s up for debate. What’s not disputable is that “The Contest” gleefully pushed the boundaries of network TV, with our four antiheroes betting which of them can go longest without any sexual contact. It’s not nearly as shocking now, but its combination of double entendre and bottled-up repression produced some of the best gags in the show’s run.

“THE MARINE BIOLOGIST” (SEASON 5) More of a slow-burner, this episode has perhaps the best third-act reveal in the show’s history, when the episode’s two B-plots — George pretending to be a marine biologist to impress a woman, Kramer whacking hundreds of Titleist golf balls into the ocean — are tied up in a glorious visual joke. And the final monologue is arguably George Costanza’s finest moment.

“THE SOUP NAZI” (SEASON 7) Seinfeld has a litany of great one-off characters, but it’s possible none has had the same cultural cache as the so-called Soup Nazi. This features one of the series’ many memorable food service nightmares, anchored by the “No soup for you” catchphrase. It’s one of the show’s last perfect episodes. n

GREATER THINGS If you’ve been living under a rock the past three years and missed the first two seasons of Stranger Things, go watch them right now on Netflix because season three is here and actually surpasses the overwhelming hype. The Duffer Brothers created a season that takes us on a ride reminiscent of the past, but more developed and epic than its predecessors. The kids and the monsters have grown up and we witness the adventure that ensues in eight episodes that will leave you impatiently waiting for season four. This season takes viewers back to the ’80s to witness the creepiest, biggest and, in my opinion, best season of Stranger Things yet. (RILEY UTLEY)

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CULTURE | THEATER

It Takes Two Sexually charged and complex, the rock musical Spring Awakening uses two directors to tackle the Civic’s summer production

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bbreviated rehearsal schedules are nothing new in the theater world, but with Spring Awakening, the Spokane Civic Theatre’s first fully fledged, main-stage summer production in recent memory, the usual time constraints were even more unforgiving. With less than four weeks between the close of Young Frankenstein, the community theater’s 2018–19 season finale, and curtain up on Spring Awakening, the prep and rehearsal period was already fairly tight.

What lent everything a further sense of urgency was the fact that Jake Schaefer, the Civic’s creative director, was tasked with overseeing the back-to-back productions — although not without help. Local actress Sarah Dahmen served as Schaefer’s assistant director on Young Frankenstein and then moved into a co-directing role for Spring Awakening.

Both Schaefer and Dahmen say that their pairing has so far been ideal, two complementary parts forming a greater whole. During Young Frankenstein, the two found they’d established “a pretty cool groove,” according to Dahmen, in which her “straight” — that is, nonmusical — theater background helped to augment Schaefer’s musical strengths. Continuing that symbiosis on the summer production seemed natural.

“Sarah has an extremely specific perspective of detail and she’s got great ways of communicating that to different people,” Schaefer says.

He notes that “the varied talent range” in a typical

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Aaron Jerry Skipper (left) as Melchior and Elizabeth Martin as Wendla co-star in Spring Awakening. community theater production often makes it necessary to be able to relate to actors and crew with different degrees of skill and experience. With a brief rehearsal period coupled with a nuanced show like Spring Awakening, leveling those differences and making the show “approachable for anyone,” especially its cast, became even more important.

“The cold, hard reality is that this one is weird in that the kids love [Spring Awakening]. It’s like my generation’s Rent, right? It’s cutting edge and really tough material, but at the same time they idolize it because, for them, when they first heard it or saw it, it was edgy. And the music was cool. That’s the first perception. But when you get into it, the source material is an 1891 German play.

There has to be a close connection to the material and the characters.”

Developing that close connection means that the straight scenes for which Dahmen is responsible have to mesh fully with the musical ones that Schaefer is handling. As co-directors, then, each has to bring their individual talents without necessarily leaving a conspicuously individual mark.

“From a collaboration standpoint, I have a jump-in point where [Jake] left the actors in these spaces and these emotional places onstage,” Dahmen says.

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“Something that we learned out of Frankenstein is that Sarah and I could finish each others’ sentences all day long,” Schaefer adds, “but we must be on the same page from the jump. Before we did anything, we blocked the show on paper together and then photocopied it, so the actors are having us, the directorial team, speaking the same language to them.”

Dahmen likens their co-directing approach to “parenting in a two-parent household.” Which could also apply to the performance itself, given that she’s pulling double

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duty as Spring Awakening’s solitary adult woman — a role that, along with the rock musical’s solitary adult man (played by Danny Anderson), encompasses multiple parental and authority figures in this intense, sexually charged show about the timelessness of teen angst.

In the principal roles are young actors such as Aaron Jerry Skipper (playing clever, rebellious Melchior) and Elizabeth Martin (naive, beautiful Wendla), Jonah Taylor (tormented Moritz) and Aubree Peterson (fiercely freespirited Ilse).

Skipper is a relative newcomer to the Civic who “has done lots of local theater, namely, Christian Youth Theater productions,” Schaefer says. During the early casting process, he was in line for one of the supporting roles. “And then his read was unbelievable. There’s been no looking back.”

Martin, on the other hand, “has been in the community since the single digits” and has appeared regularly in Civic ensemble roles. “She’s a classically trained singer, studied with [local mezzo-soprano] Patti Mortier for 10 years. Her reads were beautiful. She’s got the whole thing going on.”

Tying together all of these elements — the disparate cast members, the co-directing and even the emotional complexity of the show itself — called for a common touchstone, which is why Schaefer and Dahmen chose to emphasize a “through-line” of empathy. That way, the characters and their often tragic, very human situations can resonate with audiences without the appearance of taking sides.

“This could be seen as a morality play, where people are making different choices,” Dahmen says. “We don’t have an agenda to say, ‘This choice is good, this choice is bad.’ We’re building a world of flawed human beings who are complicated, who are absurd and funny and sad and lonely. But there’s no judgement within that context.

The audience can make their own moral judgements, and that’s where the conversations are had well after the show.” n Spring Awakening • July 12-28; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm • $25 • Spokane Civic Theatre • 1020 N. Howard • spokanecivictheatre.com • 325-2507

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Debt and other financial challenges are among couples’ top causes of arguments and divorce, says Karen Richel, a financial counselor and financial literacy educator for University of Idaho Extension.

Good communication that starts before marriage can prevent a lot of that trouble, Richel says, but it’s too rare: “Many couples avoid talking about things like money, sex, politics, religion, and kids — only to find out these are the things marriage is all about.”

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Considering marriage? Richel suggests observing your beloved’s financial habits, asking them how much money they owe and to whom, and talking together about your shared goals.

When you’re dating someone, pay attention to whether they blow through money or pay their bills on time.

But in Washington and Idaho, that changes post-nuptials. In community property states, all debts incurred during a marriage belong to “the community” — i.e., the married couple. So if your spouse got a boat loan and failed to make the payments, creditors could go after you.

Even if they incurred all their debt before you tied the knot, however, it’s likely to affect you. The amount they owe and how consistently they pay it back will affect their credit score. And that will affect your ability to jointly rent an apartment or buy a house, for example.

Also, your partner’s debt will affect their ability to contribute toward your goals as a couple, such as raising a family.

So, if your partner brings debt to the marriage, should you take on part of their burden by helping to pay it off? Maybe, Richel says. You’re a team now.

The sooner everyone’s debt is paid off, the sooner you’re both able to move forward — together.

After deciding to marry, put off the wedding for at least four seasons, Richel advises. That gives you time to see their behavior in different situations that arise throughout a year. It lets you watch their spending patterns.

And have a heart-to-heart about how much you both owe, and to whom. “Your life partner is also your financial partner,” Richel says.

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FARMING

Fabulous Fungi Meet two Spokane farms growing several uncommon yet versatile mushroom varieties

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aybe it’s a texture thing, or the fact that many words used in discussing mushrooms — spore, spawn, fungus — sound vaguely sinister. For people who don’t like mushrooms or have never ventured past the ubiquitous button variety, the very idea of eating a bulbous, unevenly-shaped thing called an oyster mushroom or furry-looking lion’s mane mushroom may be a tough sell. But for others, including numerous Inland Northwest restaurants, the presence of not one but two thriving mushroom farmers is good news.

“Soft, velvety, creamy, buttery, delicious.”

That’s how Krysta Froberg of Happy Mountain Mushrooms describes the oyster mushrooms she grows with partner Tanner McKinlay in a converted garage next to their Spokane home.

“If you don’t like oyster mushrooms, you probably haven’t prepared them well,” Froberg says.

Sauté them in butter and garlic and eat as a side dish, she suggests. Add to pizza or scrambled eggs. Chop up pink ones — oysters come in various colors like blue, pink, yellow, white and brown, each with a slightly different taste — and mix into ground meat for a bacon-y flavor.

Mushrooms can also be pickled, she says, which is what the Grain Shed, Happy Mountain’s lone restaurant client, does.

Happy Mountain Mushrooms currently sells at several area farmers markets ($6/pint or $10/ two pints), including both Kootenai County markets in North Idaho, along with the Fairwood, Liberty Lake, Emerson-Garfield and Perry farmers markets in Eastern Washington. The farm’s community supported agriculture (CSA) program offers assorted mushrooms at $9/two pints or $16/four pints weekly for 12 weeks. The

farm is also working on “grow your own” kits, priced around $20, allowing budding fungiculturists to grow around half a pound of oysters or more per kit.

Meanwhile, Kristi Kilbourne of Sasquatch Sous Gourmet Mushrooms, also in Spokane, sells mostly to restaurants, providing blue, pink and yellow oysters, a king trumpet oyster the size of a head of broccoli and the small, pale yellow lion’s mane.

Chef Jeremy Hansen at Inland Pacific Kitchen serves an oyster mushroom fried in potato starch that reminds Kilbourne of her travels in Japan. Chef Blerita Kaba at Spokane Tribe Casino’s Three Peaks Kitchen + Bar riffs on Louisiana-style po’ boy sandwiches using Sasquatch Sous’ oyster mushrooms in place of shellfish. And Main Market Co-Op substitutes the farm’s lion’s mane mushrooms for seafood in its tuna melts and crab cakes. Also look for Sasquatch Sous mushrooms in use at Wiley’s Downtown Bistro, Palouse Bar and Grill, Casper Fry, and the CorkHouse Kitchen + Bar. Home cooks, meanwhile can find the farm’s fresh oyster mushrooms ($13/pound) in Main Market’s produce section.

mushroom spawn, typically grain or sawdust to which a certain part of the mushroom called the mycelium has been added, and mix it into a container filled with substrate or growing medium, such as straw or wood chips. This provides food for the hungry organisms.

First, the growing containers — both farmers use plastic bags filled to about a pound each — are incubated for two to three weeks in warm, dark conditions. Here, the mycelium grows, colonizing the substrate with a fine white web, looking like tiny plant roots. The containers are then moved into cooler, more moist areas where air flow is controlled, simulating autumn-like conditions. When the mushrooms “pin” or poke out of the bag in little dots, they’re actively growing, a process called fruiting. After four to six weeks, the “flush” of mushroom growth is cut off, and one or two more batches are allowed to grow before the substrate is recycled into compost.

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arieties of cultivated mushrooms, versus foraged like morels, include enoki, shiitake and the most common varieties of Happy Mountain Mushrooms’ owners Krysta Froberg and Tanner McKinlay harvest oyster mushrooms. button mushrooms — cremini and Portabella. These account for It’s a continual process, says Froberg, who 90 percent of worldwide consumption, yet are figures that the 150 bags of substrate currently in actually different stages of the same mushroom; Happy Mountain’s grow room will yield about buttons are the youngest and mildest, intensify100 pounds of oyster mushrooms. ing in flavor and darkening in color to a cremini, Both farmers are vigilant about details like and finally the large Portabella. temperature, cleanliness, humidity, timing, batch Even though mushrooms are sold in the numbers and yield. They’re also keen on explorproduce section, they’re not plants. They’re high ing new techniques and applications, including in fiber like plants, yet also high in protein and medicinal mushroom use. Lion’s mane, says amino acids, more like meat, but with no cholesKilbourne, is ideal for tinctures, and continues to terol and almost no fat. They reproduce through be studied for treatment of depression, reducing spores, not seeds, and whereas plants get their inflammation and risk of heart disease and helpfood via photosynthesis, transforming sunlight ing manage diabetes. into sugar, mushrooms and other fungi feed on “In Asia, the number one cholesterol medithe decomposition of non-living organic matter, cine is from an oyster mushroom,” says Froberg, such as downed logs. who earned a bachelor’s in biology/microbiology For Sasquatch Sous owner Kilbourne, mushbefore joining the quality management team at room farming was borne of necessity. A retired Aloha Medicinals, a leading cultivator and suptattoo artist and a longtime state-appointed plier of medicinal mushrooms out of Nevada. guardian for the disabled, Kilbourne has also Mushrooms, she notes, contain ingredients been a member of the Spokane Mushroom Club that counteract the detrimental effects of alcohol since 2002. She remembers foraging locally for on the body, which works out well for the couple porcini, matsutake and other varieties, until wild since Froberg’s partner McKinley brews beer, mushrooms became harder to find. including for River City Brewing.

“Whether you give much credence to climate “We drink a lot of beer, and we eat a lot of change or not, climate changes have just ruined mushrooms,” says Froberg. n us,” she says. “When I couldn’t find them anymore, I decided to grow them.”

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hen Yukonthorn “Kuni” Pratanporntrakul Colliton was young, she didn’t like cooking at all. Cooking was a chore. This perspective changed, however, after realizing that food had the ability to bring people together, and she fell in love with it.

“My family all had busy lives after work — nobody wanted to come home and cook — so they’d each go on their own after work and buy food. Then they’d come home and everyone went to their room,” Colliton says.

“But when I [cook], we come and sit together at the table and we have time to talk. It’s making memories together. I feel like when I cook it makes people smile and makes them happy.”

That feeling of bringing joy through food is what compelled Colliton this spring to open a new Thai-style restaurant in North Spokane, appropriately called Kuni’s Thai.

The menu is vast, and includes staples such as pad thai ($10-$12/lunch, $14-$16/dinner) with rice or glass noodles, egg and bean sprouts, covered in sauce and served with green apples.

There’s also pad see ew, stir-fried rice noodles with egg, Chinese kale, broccoli and carrots served with soy sauce.

Colliton calls her food “Thai-style” because she also offers many nontraditional dishes, served with a Thai flair.

Half of the restaurant’s chefs are American, while the others are Thai, a blend that Colliton says is evident in the food served.

“Our food isn’t ‘Thai-Thai’ because we want to make sure that people who come here, who may not know Thai, eat,” she says. “We have something fit for everyone. We want to make

sure that everybody can come here and enjoy.

If they don’t know what to eat, they can find something.”

Take her lemongrass clam chowder soup ($8), for example. Although the main ingredients are essentially American clam chowder soup, Colliton uses coconut milk and adds in Thai spices. In addition to giving it a Thai flavor, the coconut milk makes the dish dairy-free and gluten-free.

It is important to Colliton that everyone can eat at her restaurant, so the menu also has vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options.

The menu also offers rib-eye steak ($20).

While it’s cooked in a standard American way, the meat is marinated in Thai seasoning and served with a spicy tamarind sauce, giving customers an option to make it as Thai as they want.

Traditional, authentic Thai food is also on the menu. Five types of curry, including panang and pineapple ($10-$13/lunch, $15-$17/dinner), are offered, along with an array of stir-frys, from cashew nuts to hot Thai basil to sweet and sour. ($10-$13/lunch, $14-$17/dinner). All dishes can be made on a spice scale from one to five, with one being least spicy.

“Thai food has mostly three flavors: it’s sweet, salty and sour,” Colliton says. “So we try to balance those. We also try to be more health conscious by not making it too oily. We use a lot of herbs and Thai ingredients, like Thai basil. It’s important in Thai food. You can use just a little, but the flavor is intense.”

A dish close to Colliton’s heart is one she grew up eating in Chiang Mai, Thailand, where she’s from. The Chiang Mai pork curry ($18) is her mother’s recipe, and one of her personal favorites on the menu. The pork is seasoned with Hinlay curry powder and red curry paste, with ginger and shallots, served with rice.

“It’s my home food, and no one has it in Spokane, or in a lot of the U.S.,” she says of the dish. “We bought spices from Thailand, so only we have that dish.”

Colliton hopes her Thai-style restaurant and cooking brings families and friends together, and happiness in the way she knows food can.

“I wanted to bring something good to Spokane,” she says. “Because I love Spokane, and I love being here.” n Kuni’s Thai Cuisine • 101 E. Hastings Rd. • Open Tue-Fri 11 am-2 pm and 4:30-9 pm (Fri until 9:30 pm), Sat 11:30 am-9:30 pm, Sun 11:30-8 pm • kunisthai.com • 290-5993

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It’s safe to say that perhaps no one was as disappointed as those of us at the Inlander when a favorite lunch spot, Stella’s Cafe, closed in early 2017 to merge with chef-owner Tony Brown’s sister restaurant, Ruins. Inlander staff ordered lunch there often, and even though most of Stella’s sandwiches have remained available at Ruins during lunch, we still missed the old Stella’s vibe: the rough wood floor, funky alien artwork, exposed ceilings and bright, open dining area.

Not for much longer. An announcement on Ruins’ Facebook page let fans know that Stella’s is coming back to a recently vacated spot, formerly home of Biscuit Wizard, inside the Saranac Commons (19 W. Main) in downtown Spokane.

At its new home, Stella’s is bringing back its full sandwich menu, with vegan and vegetarian options. When it does, Ruins plans to also roll out its own revamped lunch menu with more salads and entree items. (CHEY SCOTT)

he biggest summer food festival in the Inland Northwest is taking over Spokane Valley this weekend, packing three days full of gourmet food and drink samples, chef demos and more.

The third annual Crave! Festival at CenterPlace Regional Event Center July 11-13 includes three themed evening tastings: Thursday’s Seafood Bash ($85), Friday’s Fire & Smoke barbecue showcase ($75), and Saturday’s Foods from Around the World ($80). Each offers all-inclusive food and drink, including small bites prepared There was an internet buzz with word that the by local and regional chefs. There’s also the legendary Knight’s Diner in Hillyard was closing Grand Tasting on Saturday afternoon, boasting its doors after 70 years of serving up breakfast more than 70 restaurants, artisan food producers, and more in a railcar that goes back even further, breweries, distilleries and wineries. Tickets to the to 1906. And while the local favorite did close its Grand Tasting are $40. doors on Wednesday, July 10, we’re happy to reAmong the more than 40 chefs showing off port that in a few months it will be back slinging their culinary prowess are a few special guests spuds, coffee and pie. from outside the Inland NorthVicki Green owned Knight’s west, including acclaimed chef R E S TA U R A N T Diner for 37 years, and when we Anita Lo, who formerly operated FINDER contacted her to ask her what the Michelin-starred Annisa in Looking for a new place to was happening, she explained Manhattan until its 2017 closeat? Search the region’s she’d sold the business to ing, and was named a “Best New most comprehensive bar someone who will do a little Chef in America” by Food & Wine. and restaurant guide at refurbishing, with the goal of Her latest project is the 2018 Inlander.com/places. reopening by Labor Day. She cookbook Solo: A Modern Cookbook doesn’t expect a lot of changes to for a Party of One. At Crave!, Lo the menu. presents during a program focused on women in “I’ll be 70 on Friday,” Green said by way of the culinary industry. explaining why she sold the diner. “I decided Other highlights include a gluten-free living to give myself a birthday present.” Next up for class ($40) on Saturday, and a presentation on the Green is a vacation, and maybe “selling coconuts main stage from “The Fit Foodie” chef Mareya on some beach.” (DAN NAILEN) n Ibrahim.

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Fighting with My Family was a modest hit when it was released in February, but it deserves more attention.

LIST

BEST OF THE REST Halfway through 2019, we look at some of the most audacious, original and downright weird films you’ve probably missed so far this year

BY NATHAN WEINBENDER

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ith the biggest Marvel properties still cooling on the windowsill and the latest animated juggernaut waiting in the wings for next week, we’re settling into the strange on-again, off-again that is late summer movie season. Save for a few jolts of adrenaline courtesy of Quentin Tarantino and Hobbs & Shaw, there’s not all that much to look forward to between now and September, unless another Angry Birds adaptation piques your interest.

2019 is a little more than halfway over, so I’m already starting to mentally piece together my year-end top 10 list. And since a majority of the year’s Hollywood blockbusters have been duds, I’m looking back on some of the

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best indie and arthouse movies I’ve seen in the last six months, all of which would be welcome counterprogramming to all those big-studio monopolies. Don’t expect to see any Avengers here; we figured they didn’t need any more hype.

(All films are available to rent on iTunes, Amazon and YouTube unless otherwise noted.)

latest, Panahi and actress Behnaz Jafari, playing versions of themselves, travel to a remote village, searching for a young girl who sent them an apparent suicide video. Like his 2015 pseudo-documentary Taxi, Panahi here blends reality and fiction in increasingly canny ways, and there’s a sharp sense of social commentary right beneath the surface. Streaming on Kanopy.

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Iranian director Jafar Panahi has been banned by his government from making films because of his supposed political leanings, but he’s managed to clandestinely shoot and release four features since his 2010 arrest. In this

A novelistic sweep defines this gritty neo-noir, which gives way to a heartbreaking character study grounded in the shifting social climates of modern-day China. Director Zhangke Jia lets his story unfold deliberately, which will

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EVERYBODY KNOWS

Asghar Farhadi, also from Iran, is one of the world’s finest filmmakers, specializing in piercing character studies that unfold like thrillers. This Spanish-language melodrama stars Penelope Cruz as Laura, who returns to her childhood village near Madrid for a family wedding and is reunited with a lost love (Javier Bardem). There’s a kidnapping and a mad search for a ransom, and Laura must confront the secrets of her past to get to the bottom of the mystery. It’s not up to the standard of Farhadi masterpieces like A Separation or About Elly, but it’s still guided by confident artistry. Streaming on Netflix.

FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY

Although this crowd-pleaser did OK business during its theatrical run, I think it’s still relatively underappreciated. After all, it’s pretty remarkable that writer-director Stephen Merchant could take such a predictable (albeit fact-based) sports-movie formula and imbue it with such good feeling, much of which is courtesy of his cast. Florence Pugh, recently seen in Midsommar, plays real-life WWE champ Paige, totally convincing in her progression from blue-collar obscurity to unlikely wrestling stardom.

And then there are the wonderful supporting performances by Nick Frost and Lena Headey as her endearing parents, Vince Vaughn as her tough coach, and Dwayne

Johnson as his toothy, charismatic self.

HAIL SATAN?

Everything you always wanted to know about the Satanic Temple but were afraid to ask: It’s all here in Penny Lane’s quirky, funny and surprisingly thoughtful documentary about an ideological troll-job that turned into a genuine political movement.

It’s tempting to laugh at these people — like the early works of Errol Morris, the film looks askance at a bizarre subculture and still manages to find humanity within it — but you’ll find yourself thinking, “Those Satanists have a good point” more than once. Available on digital platforms July 16.

HER SMELL

I love this movie. You very well may not.

It’s about a ’90s riot grrrl musician named Becky Something (Elisabeth Moss), who has hit rock bottom and is circling the drain of her short career. Over the course of five disconnected vignettes, we look on as she drives away her loved ones and bandmates, descends further into a pit of addiction and, eventually, tries to claw her way out.

Deliberately alienating and harrowing, writer-director Alex Ross Perry traps us in close quarters with a repellent personality and then forces us to reconcile with her behavior. It’s a riveting and unapologetically raw depiction of excess, anchored by Moss’ superb performance. Your mileage may vary. Streaming on Kanopy.

HIGH LIFE

And speaking of challenging. This sci-fi head-trip courtesy of Claire Denis (Beau Travail, White Material) is easily the most austere, quietly haunting film I’ve seen that also contains an outrageous amount

of bodily fluids. It’s set aboard a spaceship headed toward a black hole from which it may not return, and its crew of convicts (including Robert Pattinson, Mia Goth and Andre Benjamin) finds itself under the control of Juliette Binoche’s mad, sexually repressed scientist. Things get pretty weird — and pretty brutal — from there. Fans of David Cronenberg, take heed.

THE HUMMINGBIRD PROJECT

You’d never think that underground fiber optic cables could be so exciting, but The Hummingbird Project treats its tech-heavy premise with the breathless zeal of a jewel heist. Jesse Eisenberg and Alexander Skarsgard star as cousins who are ejected from the world of high-speed finance trading, and decide to overstep legal boundaries and install a miles-long underground cable that will give them the world’s fastest access to the stock market. Their former boss, a cutthroat executive played by Salma Hayek, doesn’t appreciate the competition.

Trust me — it’s way more involving than it sounds.

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A French riff on giallo, the Italian slasherwhodunit genre defined by its outlandish violence and nightmare logic, this bizarre pastiche concerns a masked murderer who targets performers in the gay porn world of 1970s Paris. Hyper-violent and hyper-stylized, it’s overheated with garish colors and costumes, and driven by a sensual synth score by M83. Perhaps more than any other film on this list, its admittedly niche audience is the narrowest. But if this sounds like something you’d dig, you probably will.

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Set in 1970s Canada, a First Nations boy overcomes adversity to become a

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STUBER

In traditional action-buddy comedy fashion, a meek rideshare driver (Kumail Nanjiani) becomes the unlikely chauffeur of a cop (Dave Bautista) hunting down a domestic terrorist.

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ANNABELLE COMES HOME

That possessed doll is back again for the most stylish and atmospheric of

the Conjuring spinoffs. It’s still little more than a compendium of haunted house cliches, but could be worse.

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Documentarian John Chester films himself and his wife Molly as they trade in their urban L.A. life for a fullservice, 200-acre farm. At the Magic Lantern. (NW) Rated PG

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Olivia Wilde’s directorial debut is a 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

CHILD’S PLAY

That evil doll Chucky is back on big screens, and his resurrection is a notawful slasher with a nasty streak of humor. In this case, he’s a smart device that goes berserk, and heads start to roll. (NW) Rated R

ECHO IN THE CANYON

Part documentary and part concert film, this is an entertaining tribute to the innovations and continuing influence of the L.A. rock scene of the mid-’60s. At the Magic Lantern. (NW) 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

THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO

Debut director Joe Talbot examines gentrification in the Bay Area by way of a man who’s still clinging to the house his grandfather supposedly built. Beautifully shot and powerfully acted. (NW) Rated R

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Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson are the next generation of extra-terrestrial bounty hunters, but even their combined charisma can’t enliven this joyless, ultimately pointless franchise reboot. (NW) Rated PG-13

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Animated sequels don’t get more blah than this, a disjointed, only occasionally engaging follow-up to the familyfriendly hit about what our pets do when we’re not home. (MJ) Rated PG

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Even on a trip to Europe, Peter Parker can’t dodge his superhero duties, donning his Spidey suit to fight off evil humanoids known as the Elementals.

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Pixar’s most beloved franchise returns to assault your tear ducts. Having been given to a new owner, Woody and Buzz Lightyear have some familiar funfilled adventures while also ruminating about the existential angst of being a toy. (MJ) Rated G

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SINGER-SONGWRITER

Intimate Strangers Seattle musician Chris Staples brings his new album Holy Moly to neighborhood living rooms

BY NATHAN WEINBENDER

Get comfortable: Chris Staples comes to a living room near you.

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henever Seattle singer-songwriter Chris Staples hits the road, it’s rare for him to perform in theaters, clubs or bars. Instead, you’ll find him playing in peoples’ living rooms, with an audience of 40 or 50 folks sitting mere feet away from him.

He talks about “the psychological effect that a space can have on you,” as related by Talking Heads frontman David Byrne in his celebrated book How Music Works: A smaller, more unconventional venue can actually make an intimate song seem bigger and more powerful.

“If you go to a bar that you’ve been going to every Friday night for 10 years, there’s something less special about that to me,” Staples tells the Inlander. “At a show in a club, if there are people talking in the room, it kind of negates the possibility that somebody could actually absorb the music that’s playing.”

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MUSIC | SINGER-SONGWRITER Staples returns to Spokane this weekend, playing selections from his brand new album Holy Moly in a Browne’s Addition-area living room. Tickets for Saturday night’s show are obviously limited, and the location of the show will be sent to you after you make your purchase.

The album itself, released just two weeks ago, was a year in the making, a prolonged recording session that left Staples with a collection of 60-plus songs he then whittled down to the 10 tracks you hear on the LP. It’s not atypical for him to work as a one-man band, tinkering in the studio he built off his garage, and while he’ll be part of a four-piece band on this current string of shows, he normally plays alone.

“It can be hard managing people, and how they’re feeling the song,” Staples says. “Sometimes I just get impatient. I think of a song and I just need to get it done now. … If I have a new song and I’m recording it, the clock’s ticking on me getting bored with it at some point.

I need to finish it while I’m still stoked on it.”

It’s also an approach that matches the personal and existential subject matter of his songs — living in an ever-changing Seattle, finding sobriety, reconnecting with friends from your past and picking up where you left off.

Holy Moly also features several reflections on the gamble that is dedicating your life to the arts, and both the challenges and unexpected pleasures of following your passion. The album opener “World on Fire” describes the immediacy of live music and the spontaneous bliss of stumbling upon a new favorite band (“Everybody knows the world’s on fire / But for the moment, we forgot”). On the flip side, “Horse and Saddle” explores the frustrations of working artists, illustrated via the metaphor of a painting that doesn’t turn out the way you had hoped.

“There’s the expectation that you should be joyous all the time, because you’re doing something that you love,” Staples says. “But it can be demoralizing, and you can get discouraged really easily. But you just have to keep doing it, even when it isn’t fun.”

Staples says he wanted Holy Moly to be a more honest document than his past albums, for the lyrics to be more direct, to “hide behind less abstract language.”

“I think it shares DNA with my other records,” he says. “It has a lot of bedroom songs, as I call them.”

Or, perhaps more aptly, living room songs. Staples works with the company Undertow Shows, which specializes in house concerts and also books small-scale gigs for Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, John WEEKEND Vanderslice and the C O U N T D OW N Cave Singers. Staples Get the scoop on this says a tour typically weekend’s events with involves him setting up our newsletter. Sign up at a designated schedule, Inlander.com/newsletter. then putting out a social media call for hosts. It’s an unusual method, perhaps, but it pays its dividends — both literally and figuratively: There’s less financial overhead than when playing traditional concert venues, and it’s often more artistically fulfilling.

“Sometimes it’s hard to move a club full of people with these intimate songs. I feel like the music comes across more directly, or it’s more suitable for the space,” Staples says. “I feel like I’ve made more friends doing house shows. I’m used to coming home from tour feeling exhausted, but when I come home from these [house show] tours, I’m totally excited about music. Rejuvenated, basically.” n Chris Staples Living Room Show • Sat, July 13 at 8 pm • $20 • All ages • Downtown Spokane; address will be sent after ticket purchase • undertowshows. com

Self-described “emotional dude” Tyler Ramsey brings his serene, starlit sound to the Bartlett.

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or a lot of people who make their living as traveling musicians, it’s not the “musician” part that’s hard. It’s the “traveling” part. More specifically, it’s the part that requires regularly leaving loved ones for extended periods of time.

That was true for Tyler Ramsey — self-described “pretty emotional dude” — even before he had a daughter five years ago. And it was exacerbated by his role as guitarist in the busy and successful indie-rock group Band of Horses, which he joined in 2007.

“I knew before we even decided we were going to have a child it was going to make it really challenging for me, knowing the kind of person I am,” Ramsey says. “I knew I’d love being a dad and I wouldn’t want to be away.”

Complicating the situation was the fact that Ramsey’s time in Band of Horses had begun to sour.

Nearly a decade into his tenure with the quintet, relationships were fraying and the creative collaboration that fueled excellent albums like 2010’s Infinite Arms had waned, according to Ramsey. That made leaving home even harder.

“The whole energy of the thing kind of shifted to where I was like, ‘OK, now not only am I sad about leaving my family behind, but I’m also not excited about what’s at the other end of this flight,’” he says.

“Going on tour just felt like less of a good reason to be leaving.”

So in 2017, Ramsey quit Band of Horses and turned his attention to some songs he’d started writing about the changes in his life. In April, he released them on an album called For the Morning, his fourth solo fulllength and first since 2011. Fans of the serene, starlit sound of Infinite Arms will find much to like within its 10 tracks, which gently spill over with memorable melodies, lush vocal harmonies, rootsy guitars and a production style that settles in like a warm summer evening. Recurring lyrical themes include love, heartbreak, nature, loneliness, the passage of time, regret

and redemption.

Ramsey says he can listen to any of his four solo records and hear the soundtrack to a season of his life.

That’s true with For the Morning, too, although he can already feel his songwriting starting to evolve.

“I’ve been writing lately, and I can tell there’s a shift happening. I can see a new story developing,” he says. “But those songs (from the new album) still feel super fresh. Playing them in front of people reveals a little bit about them, when you’re out there singing the lyrics in front of people and they’re connecting to them. It brings them right back to the present moment.”

It’s worth noting that Ramsey is back out on tour again, and he’s happier than he was near the end of his run in Band of Horses. Leaving home is still hard, but now he knows his tank will be refilled — not drained — on the road.

“Now when I’m on stage, I’m playing these songs and talking to people about the record and meeting new people, and it all feels deeply satisfying,” he says.

“It’s a project that I have my full energy in and that makes it something that’s worth leaving home for.”

Most importantly, Ramsey feels like he’s back to being an artist — one who gathers his thoughts and turns them into something and then goes out and shares them with others in hopes of finding connection.

For him, that’s what it’s all about.

“My whole path is based on feeling creative. I want to be a creative person,” he says. “That’s been the case for me for a really long time and if I’m not on that path, I need to go find a job doing something other than playing guitar in front of people. Because I want to feel like I’m in it completely and doing something really fulfilling, and that’s what I’m doing right now.” n Tyler Ramsey with Carl Broemel • Fri, July 12 at 7:30 pm • $15 • All ages • The Bartlett • 228 W. Sprague • thebartlettspokane.com • 747-2174

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’ve seen Snoop Dogg several times through the years. There have been incredible shows with Snoop backed by live musicians, and there have been shows with utter chaos on stage as Snoop rocked through his slew of hits accompanied by just a DJ. The lanky rapper is both an entertaining frontman and purveyor of a lot of monster-sized hits: “Gin & Juice,” “Drop It Like It’s Hot,” “Lay Low.” Perhaps the presence of Warren G as opener will push Snoop to lean into his early material during his two shows at Northern Quest.

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219 LOUNGE, Dustin Drennen A&P’S BAR AND GRILL, Open Mic BERSERK, Vinyl Meltdown BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn THE BIG DOG BAR & GRILL, DJ Dave BOLO’S, Chris Rieser and The Nerve BOOMERS, Tin Cup Monkey J BOOTS BAKERY, The Song Project BRIDGE PRESS CELLARS, Open Mic J BUCER’S, Open Jazz Jam COEUR D’ALENE EAGLES, Son of Brad J COEUR D’ALENE PARK, Full Metal Racket CRUISERS, Open Jam Night DALEY’S, Usual Suspects FIZZIE MULLIGANS, Country Dance THE GILDED UNICORN, Dylan Hathaway J GRAIN SHED, Floating Crowbar J HOUSE OF SOUL, Jazz Thursdays J HUMBLE ABODE, Nick Grow J LAGUNA CAFÉ, Just Plain Darin LION’S LAIR, Karaoke LUCKY YOU LOUNGE, DJ Night LUCKY’S IRISH PUB, DJ Exodus MATCHWOOD BREWING, Bum Jungle MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL, Kerry Leigh O’SHAYS, O’Pen Mic Thursdays J THE PIN, Depth Charger POST FALLS BREWING, Kevin Dorin RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos J RIVERSTONE PARK, Sway Wild J SHADLE PARK, Lilac City Community Band SPOKANE TRIBE CASINO, Perfect Mess TAPP’D OFF, Karaoke on the Patio J TRINITY AT CITY BEACH, Bright Moments ZOLA, Blake Braley Band

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219 LOUNGE, Desperate 8’s A&P’S BAR AND GRILL, DJ Skwish J J THE BARTLETT, Tyler Ramsey (see page 47), Carl Broemel BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn

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ithin the last few years, the Joy Formidable has gone through some seismic changes: They parted ways with a major label, and two of their core members ended a relationship. Amidst these shifts comes AARTH, the trio’s fourth studio album, which finds the band in an understandably reflective and occasionally cathartic mood. The title is a play on the Welsh word for “bear,” and that’s appropriate: The record is also a hulking, intimidating beast that keeps to itself before exploding with violence and fury.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER The Joy Formidable with Mini Murders • Thu, July 18 at 8 pm • $18 advance, $20 day of • 21+ • Lucky You Lounge • 1801 W. Sunset Blvd. • luckyyoulounge.com

J THE BIG DIPPER, The Other Favorites & Reina del Cid THE BIG DOG BAR & GRILL, DJ Dave BIGFOOT PUB, NightShift BOLO’S, Haze BOOMBOX PIZZA, Karaoke BRIDGE PRESS CELLARS, Hayley Young and the Bossame THE BULL HEAD, Steve Starkey with Powerhouse THE BUOY, Kosh CHINOOK STEAK, PASTA AND SPIRITS (CDA CASINO), Dallas Kay CONKLING MARINA, Stagecoach West CORBY’S BAR, Karaoke COSMIC COWBOY GRILL, Bill Bozly THE COUNTRY PLACE, Gil Rivas J CRUISERS, State Line Music Fest CURLEY’S, My Own Worst Enemy J EUREKA MOUNTAIN CENTER, Sandpoint SummerFest FORTY-ONE SOUTH, Truck Mills J FORZA COFFEE CO., Katie Fisher J HAYS PARK, Tim Snodgrass & the Dirt Band IDAHO POUR AUTHORIarty Perron & Doug Bond IRON HORSE (CDA), Gigawatt

KELLOGG, Dead Fervor with Porter Harding J KNITTING FACTORY, August Burns Red, Silverstein, Silent Planet J LAGUNA CAFÉ, The Renaldos LION’S LAIR, DJ F3LON J LUCKY YOU LOUNGE, Skelf, Old Friends; Down North MARYHILL WINERY, Dylan Hathaway MATCHWOOD BREWING, Harold’s IGA MAX AT MIRABEAU, Tuck Foster & The Tumbling Dice MOOSE LOUNGE, The Happiness NASHVILLE NORTH, Ladies Night with Luke Jaxon and DJ Tom NIGHTHAWK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), Pastiche OFF REGAL LOUNGE, Cary Fly Band ONE SHOT CHARLIE’S, Heather King & The Dukes of Rhythm J PARK BENCH CAFE, Brad Keeler PATIT CREEK CELLARS, Ken Davis PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Bright Moments J THE PIN, Twiztid RED ROOM LOUNGE, Vernita Avenue, Brotha Nature, Ray Badness REPUBLIC BREWING CO., Sway Wild

RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos THE ROXIE, Karaoke with Tom SILVER MOUNTAIN SKI RESORT, Sam Leyde; Pamela Benton (at Noah’s) SPOKANE EAGLES, R Rendition ST. MARIES, Roundabout J J WALLACE, Wallace Blues Festival ZOLA, Loose Gazoonz

Saturday, 07/13

12 TRIBES RESORT CASINO, Shake It Up 219 LOUNGE, Dimestore Prophets 315 MARTINIS & TAPAS, Sedona J J 2231 CONCERTS, Chris Staples Living Room Show (see page 46) A&P’S BAR AND GRILL, DJ Skwish J THE BARTLETT, Trout Steak Revival BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn J THE BIG DIPPER, River City Roots, Naughty Pine BIGFOOT PUB, NightShift BLACK LABEL BREWING CO., BG3 BOLO’S, Haze THE BUOY, Son of Brad CHINOOK STEAK, PASTA AND SPIRITS (CDA CASINO), Dallas Kay

COLBERT TRADING CO., Dylan Hathaway CONKLING MARINA, Stagecoach West COSMIC COWBOY, Kyle Swaffard J CRUISERS, State Line Music Fest CURLEY’S, My Own Worst Enemy J EUREKA MOUNTAIN CENTER, Sandpoint SummerFest J J GORGE AMPHITHEATER, Beck, Cage the Elephant, Spoon J HARVEST HOUSE, Sidetrack HOGFISH, Deschamp, DAB & more HONEY EATERY AND SOCIAL CLUB, Rouge La Rue HOP MOUNTAIN TAPROOM AND GRILL, Jessica Haffner J HUCKLEBERRY’S NATURAL MARKET, Daniel Hall IDAHO POUR AUTHORITY, Dustin Drennen IRON GOAT BREWING, Heat Speak IRON HORSE (CDA), Gigawatt THE JACKSON ST., Karaoke J KOOTENAI COUNTY FARMERS MARKET, Garret Pless LAUGHING DOG BREWING, Harold’s IGA J THE LOCAL DELI, Ally Burke

LUCKY YOU LOUNGE, DJ Saffron City MARYHILL WINERY, Dawna Stafford MAX AT MIRABEAU, Usual Suspects MOOSE LOUNGE, The Happiness NASHVILLE NORTH, Ladies Night NIGHTHAWK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), Pastiche OBJECT SPACE, Modal Zork, S4lt, Ergot Rye OFF REGAL LOUNGE, Tommy G ONE SHOT CHARLIE’S, Heather King & The Dukes of Rhythm ONE WORLD CAFE, Emily Poor and Walt Spurling PACIFIC PIZZA, The Berries PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Truck Mills THE PIN, 2 Litty 4 The City POST FALLS BREWING, Rusty Jackson PROHIBITION GASTROPUB, Mary Chavez RED ROOM LOUNGE, DJ D3vin3 RICO’S, Odd Bird Blues RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos J J RIVER CITY BREWING, Unifest w/Bad Motivator, BaLonely & more J ROCKET MARKET, Brett & Janet Dodd SILVER FOX, The Jukers SILVER MOUNTAIN SKI RESORT, Sam Leyde (at Noah’s)

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Sunday, 07/14

219 LOUNGE, Tennis ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS, Robin Barrett & Coyote Kings J THE BARTLETT, Kyle Craft, Showboat Honey BIG BARN BREWING, Dylan Hathaway J THE BIG DIPPER, Night Beats, Warbly Jets, The Walleye CHINOOK STEAK, PASTA AND SPIRITS (CDA CASINO), Kosh CRAFTED TAP HOUSE + KITCHEN, Donnie Emerson CRUISERS, Rudy Kuebler CURLEY’S, My Own Worst Enemy DALEY’S CHEAP SHOTS, Blues Jam J EUREKA MOUNTAIN CENTER, Sandpoint SummerFest GARLAND PUB & GRILL, Karaoke J HARVEST HOUSE, Nick Grow; Heather King HOGFISH, Open Mic IRON HORSE (VALLEY), Steve Living-ston J J KNITTING FACTORY, Band of Horses, Nikki Lane LINGER LONGER LOUNGE, Open Jam MARYHILL WINERY, Steve & Kristi Nebel O’DOHERTY’S, Traditional Irish Music ONE WORLD CAFE, Them Coulee Boys

PACIFIC PIZZA, Lucas Brookbank Brown, Jenny Jahlee PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Piano Sunday with Annie Welle J Q’EMILN PARK, Post Falls Festival THE ROXIE, Hillyard Billys SLICE & BISCUIT, The Groovebirds J SOUTH HILL GRILL, Just Plain Darin J J WALLACE, Wallace Blues Festival ZOLA, Lazy Love

Monday, 07/15

THE BULL HEAD, Songsmith Series J CALYPSOS COFFEE, Open Mic CHECKERBOARD BAR, Shaiden Hutchman COSMIC COWBOY, Maxie Ray Mills CRAVE, DJ Dave EICHARDT’S, Jam with Truck Mills THE PIN, Good Shade, Farmacy RED ROOM LOUNGE, Open Mic ZOLA, Perfect Mess

Tuesday, 07/16

219 LOUNGE, Karaoke with DJ Pat BOOMBOX PIZZA, Karaoke CRAVE, DJ Dave GARLAND PUB & GRILL, Karaoke J THE PIN, Hillbilly Casino RAZZLE’S, Open Mic Jam RIDLER PIANO BAR, Country Swing J ROCKET MARKET, Danielle Nicole and Jake Stevens THE ROXIE, Open Mic/Jam SWEET LOU’S, Jimi Finn TAPP’D OFF, Karaoke on the Patio THE VIKING, Joshua James Belliardo ZOLA, Desperate 8’s

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Wednesday, 07/17 219 LOUNGE, Truck Mills J THE BARTLETT, Kilcid Band, The Emilys, Pop Goddess Athena BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn J BLACK DIAMOND, Aaron Birdsall CRAVE, DJ Dave CRUISERS, Open Jam GENO’S, Open Mic IRON HORSE (CDA), Open Jam IRON HORSE (VALLEY), Daniel Hall THE JACKSON ST., Karaoke LANTERN TAP HOUSE, Carter Hudson LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Carey Brazil J THE LOCAL DELI, Devon Wade LOST BOYS’ GARAGE, Eric Neuhausser LUCKY’S IRISH PUB, DJ D3VIN3 MILLWOOD BREWING, Jill Cohn J THE NEST AT KENDALL YARDS, Jessica Haffner PACIFIC PIZZA, Organism J THE PIN, Faceless; State of Krisis J PRINCE OF PEACE, Just Plain Darin J RED DRAGON CHINESE, Tommy G RED ROOM LOUNGE, Jam Session REPUBLIC BREWING CO., Jason Boland & the Stragglers, Bri B RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos SEASONS OF COEUR D’ALENE, Kosh STORMIN’ NORMAN’S, Steve Starkey UP NORTH DISTILLERY, Devon Wade ZOLA, Dueling Cronkites

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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 SMALL TOWN, BIG STAGE

The timeless Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! is making its way to the summer stage in Coeur d’Alene. The production runs through the end of July and is the second of three productions staged this summer by the musical theater professionals at Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre. Filled with classic tunes like “Oh What a Beautiful Mornin’,” “Surrey With the Fringe On Top,” and catchy title track “Oklahoma!,” this local production should get audiences tapping feet along with each number. Oklahoma! tells the romantic story of Curly and Laurey, mixed with wacky characters and storylines revolving around a high-spirited Old West rivalry between local farmers and cowboys.

— RILEY UTLEY Oklahoma! • July 11-28; Wed-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm • $27-$49 • Kroc Center • 1765 W. Golf Course Rd., Coeur d’Alene • cdasummertheatre.com • 208-660-2958

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MUSIC BLUES DELUXE

Spokane Garry: A Historical Expedition • Sat, July 13 from 9 am-1 pm • $35 • Bus departs Great Northern University • 611 E. Indiana Ave. • greatnorthernu.org/events/spokane-garry

Wallace Blues Festival • Fri-Sun, July 12-14 • $40 • All ages • Downtown Wallace, Idaho • wallaceblues.com

While summer might be all about fun in the sun, that doesn’t mean you can’t learn a thing or three along the way. Dr. David Beine, dean of the College of Global Engagement at Spokane’s Great Northern University, offers a fine opportunity to dive deep into the local history of Spokane Garry through a guided tour of some of the places important to Garry’s life — and the life of Spokane. Beine is an expert in the life of the one-time chief of the Middle Spokane tribe, and he’ll lead the bus trip that includes stops at Garry’s original homestead as well as Drumheller Springs, Latah Creek, Indian Canyon and his final resting place in Greenwood Cemetery.

Throughout, Beine will describe the significance of each stop, making this a crash course in local history that’s hard to beat.

— DAN NAILEN

Every summer, the historic downtown of Wallace, Idaho, briefly transforms into a blues-lover’s paradise. The Wallace Blues Festival has become a reliable way to get your fill of killer guitar solos, thumping bass and soulful vocals, all weekend on multiple outdoor stages. This year’s fest kicks off on Friday, with free performances from the likes of Bobby Patterson and the ShuffleDawgs. The music gets started early on Saturday, and the all-day lineup includes regional favorites like Sammy Eubanks, Sara Brown and Too Slim and the Tail Draggers, as well as Memphis’ Ghost Town Blues Band, Walla Walla guitarist Diego Romero and Yardbirds tribute act A Rave Up. It all closes with a Sunday morning breakfast, where you can get a side of even more blues with your pancakes.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER

Florals Summer

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FESTIVAL CREATIVITY UNITED

Unifest, Spokane’s annual one-day summer festival full of local creativity, is back — this year in a downtown parking lot, conveniently located next to a local brewery, River City. Three local bands — Von the Baptist, BaLonely and Bad Motivator — are performing on the main stage, along with Seattle-based band FROND and local DJ duo Twin Towers. Unifest’s signature Geodesic Dome hosts three DJs and an all-night dance party, complete with a lounge bar. Local artists are set to create new work live on the spot, and food trucks are serving up menu favorites throughout. Festival goers can also browse local art vendors, enjoy an array of outdoor games and choose from plenty of beer. See the complete lineup and event schedule online.

— MORGAN SCHEERER Unifest • Sat, July 13 from 4-10 pm • $5 • All ages • River City Brewing parking lot • 121 S. Cedar St. • unifestnorthwest.com

COMMUNITY WEST PLAINS FEST

Setting itself up to become a Northwest summer tradition, the new Quest Sunday Fest at Northern Quest kicks off this weekend, packing an urban street fair atmosphere into six hours each Sunday through mid-August.

Located along the new grand plaza in front of the resort hotel, the street fair boasts all the expected attractions for a lively day out: vendors, food, entertainment, music, kids activities and more. More than 40 vendors and street performers are expected to turn out weekly for the fest modeled after Park City, Utah’s famous Park Silly Sunday Market. On the schedule for the first ever Quest Sunday Fest is live art by Spokane artist Jesse Pierpoint, food from local trucks 3Ninjas, Skewers, Toby’s BBQ, Fatburger and Netty’s Fry Bread, along with a free bouncy house and face painting for kids.

— CHEY SCOTT Quest Sunday Fest • Starts Sun, July 14 from 11 am-5 pm; Sundays through Aug. 11 • Free • All ages • Northern Quest Resort & Casino • 100 N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights • northernquest.com

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can see a game together next time? *HIGH FIVE* GUESS YOU’RE STUCK WITH ME? Thank you for seeing Spiderman with me and sharing in a late night sushi fix. I AM SORRY PART OF THE NIGHT WAS ROUGH but I promise to make up for it forever <3 ATTICUS COFFEE, JULY 7TH I saw you seeing me, blond hiding behind displays, you tall and tattooed. I’m not good at flirting. Went back but you were gone. Check Craigslist’s missed connections if you want to connect.

CHEERS I SAW YOU CUTE BOYS IN JEEP Hey, so me and my friends were on Division Street in a tan Honda Accord and you pulled up behind us in your white Jeep. You had a friend in the car. Well we kinda followed you to attempt to get your Snap but we were unsuccessful. We’re pretty sure you and your friend are our soulmates so there’s three of us but we’re hoping you have a friend for our third person. But you should definitely hit us up. We single and you cute.

HOOPFEST SUNDAY @ BOOTS While validating your friend’s parking choices, it was your smile I wanted to compliment, both times that we saw each other. Lovely! Maybe you’ll respond here...

NERDS UNITE I saw you at the Garland Theater last Friday. We both were trying to hit all of the Wizards Unite stops after the Pikachu movie. Nerds unite!! Hope I see you around there soon?

YOU’RE A CATCH I saw you at the Spokane Indians game on the July 3. I was impressed by your ability to keep cool in the chaos and you looked great in those fancy sunglasses!! I was the one in the Mariners gear who was struggling with the lidless cups. Maybe we

TO ALL THE IRONMAN VOLUNTEERS Thank you to all the volunteers out on the Ironman course keeping us going! I am always so grateful for their unending energy and words of encouragement.

The guy playing bagpipes brought me in those last couple of miles.

TO THE YOUTH HOOPFEST FATHER We saw you Saturday afternoon addressing your son (we presume) on the north side of the Parkade Plaza. It was apparent to us you were using your chat as a teachable moment because the gist of your conversation was “you’re not ever going to do that again and you are going back out there (to the court) and apologize to that kid! Do you understand?” We applaud you for instilling in your son a sense of sportsmanship. All young athletes should have a teachable moment as that!

JEERS 620PM 22 BUS ON JULY 3 Jeers to all the people on the bus that sat and watched a poor man collapse into my arms in the beginning stages of a seizure. I’m no lightweight but this man was bigger and heavier than I am and NOT A SINGLE ONE of you tried to help me lay him on the floor... I had to yell for help and get the bus drivers atten-

tion to be able to get him down and still no one else came to help me. It’s sad to see so many people that are unwilling to help in a medical emergency. What if that was YOU that needed help? I hope that when you or your loved ones need help, someone like me is there to help them.

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NORTHSIDE BARTENDER NEEDS TO GO HOME I go into a bar for a cocktail and some pleasant conversation.

Instead I am forced to listen to how miserable a place Spokane is and how superior life in Florida is. So go back to Florida or adjust your negative attitude HUMANITY Jeers to the dumbest species to ever exist on this planet. Us humans. First we abuse Mother Earth — the only livable planet — to the point of breaking. Then think we can slow down or even reverse climate change.

Really? We cannot even solve the litter problem which gets worse every year.

Yet requires no more money, no new technology and no coalition of nations to solve. We are doomed by our own arrogance and stupidity. Sorry future generations, our bad.

BICYCLE RACKS To businesses that stop providing bike racks to customers because there are to many bike thefts.

Would you stop providing a car park because there are so any car thefts?

THE ILLIBERAL’S VIEW OF CHURCH AND STATE I wonder if the author of the jeer post titled “Political Proselytes”

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posed to be tolerant, fair and educated; one who wants to give every side a fair hearing. Instead he is one of those nuts that they used to call “illiberal,” that is someone who is judgmental about others behaviors and hardheaded in their opinions aiming to sensor what people say, and to cut off debate. So if I happen to disagree with abortion, Polly Pro will call me an intolerant, stupid, mindless Christian. Then he (or she) will yell separation of church and state. How convenient! If Polly Pro were less biased and a little more educated he’d know that the Establishment Clause isn’t to keep religion or personal beliefs out of politics, READ IT Polly Pro: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...” So, I’d like to ask Polly Pro: when’s the last time a government representative forced you to convert to Christianity? Probably never, because Polly Pro isn’t suffering under religious oppression, he just doesn’t believe in free speech. There’s a whole lot of things I don’t like but have to accept in this world, so Polly Pro, you’re just going to have to live with it.

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ridiculed for telling a poor meth head “no”? I am not unsympathetic to the hardship of your life and you probably have/had a lot of trauma growing up. I get it, life is hard and meth gives you an escape. Please just leave me alone and seek assistance at the local shelters and organizations that work hard to help you live a life without meth and begging. Sunday is my time. Mon-Fri is your time. There are vouchers if you have therapy appointments, doctor appointments, doing anything to help yourself.

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the lady with no teeth, sunken cheeks, cigarette smoking, entitled addict who had to audacity to ask me to fill her gas can for her. Only to throw up your arms in disbelief and ask the next poor soul fueling their car after I kindly declined.

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GREAT SPOKANE ROAD RALLY This year’s course features eight pit stops, along with challenges, valve cover racing, a silent auction, barbeque dinner and prizes. You don’t need a classic car to join. Hosted by and benefiting Greater Spokane County Meals on Wheels. July 13, 8 am-5 pm. $100/team. spokaneroadrally.com (924-6976) WOOL FELTED SOAP WORKSHOP Learn how to cover soap with wool to create your own unique bar of soap and washcloth combined to exfoliate your skin.

Proceeds benefit River City Youth Ops. July 13, 1 pm. $45. West Central Episcopal Mission, 1832 W. Dean. (326-6741) BARBECUE, BEER & VOLUNTEER An evening supporting Second Harvest, with one part volunteering and one part barbecue and beer, featuring brews from Icicle Brewing. July 18, 5:30-8 pm. $25.

Second Harvest Food Bank, 1234 E. Front Ave. secondharvestkitchen.org GIVE LOVE HEART AUCTION AND BENEFIT A summer cocktail party to celebrate local artists and their exquisite heart masterpieces. All hearts will be auctioned at the event. July 18, 5:309:30 pm. $75. Gonzaga University, 502 E. Boone Ave. bit.ly/2Imr8pb (328-4220)

COMEDY

2.0PEN MIC Local comedy night hosted

by Ken McComb. Thursdays, from 8-10 pm. Free. The District Bar, 916 W. First Ave. facebook.com/districtbarspokane/ BRYAN CALLEN The American actor, comedian and podcaster is most known for his recurring role as “Coach Mellor” on ABC’s Schooled and The Goldbergs. July 11-13 at 7:30 pm, July 13 at 10 pm. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com (509-318-9998) GUFFAW YOURSELF! Open mic comedy night hosted by Casey Strain; Thursdays at 10 pm. Free. Neato Burrito, 827 W. First Ave. (847-1234) STAND-UP COMEDY Live comedy featuring established and up-and-coming local comedians. Fridays at 8 pm. No cover. Red Dragon Chinese, 1406 W. Third Ave. reddragondelivery.com YOU NEED A HERO! The BDT Players create an all-new superhero show based on audience suggestions. Rated for general audiences. Fridays at 7:30 pm through July 26. $8. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.com SAFARI The BDT’s version of “Whose Line,” a fast-paced short-form improv show with a few twists added. Rated for mature audiences. Fridays at 7:30 pm. $8. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.com (747-7045) DRINK N DEBATE A competition featuring teams of comedians from the Pacific Northwest who hit the stage given a topic and 5 minutes to prep. July 14 at 7:30 pm. $5-$10. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com THE SOCIAL HOUR COMEDY SHOWCASE Featuring comics from the Northwest and beyond, and hosted by Deece Casillas. Sundays, from 8-9:30 pm. Free.

The Ridler Piano Bar, 718 W. Riverside Ave. socialhourpod.com (509-822-7938) COMEDY SHOWCASE The audience helps pick the “Best Set” of the night.

Third Monday of the month, from 8-9:30 pm. No cover; two-item min. purchase.

The Buzz Pizzeria, Bar & Lounge, 501 S.

Thor. thebuzzspokane.com IMPROV JAM SESSIONS Each session is led by a Blue Door Theatre Troupe member. No cost, but all attendees must participate. 18+. Mondays from 7-9 pm through Aug. 26. Free. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. bluedoortheatre.com FRESH DRUNK STONED COMEDY TOUR A triple headliner show featuring Franco Harris, Matt Bellak and Tim Hanlon, who perform unapologetic, irreverent humor.

July 16, 7:30 pm. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com OPEN MIC A free open mic night every Wednesday, starting at 8 pm. Doors open at 7 pm. Free. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com JAY CHANDRASEKHAR The actor, director, writer and comedian is best known for his work with the Broken Lizard comedy troupe. He’s directed and starred in a number of the group’s films including “Super Troopers” and “Beerfest.” July 1820 at 7:30 pm, July 20 at 10 pm. $15-$28.

Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com (318-9998)

COMMUNITY

GIANTS, DRAGONS & UNICORNS: THE WORLD OF MYTHIC CREATURES This traveling exhibition from New York’s American Museum of Natural History combines unique cultural objects, dramatic models, multimedia and interactive games to tell the origin stories behind the legends of mythical creatures from around the world. Through Sept. 2.

Tue-Sun 10 am-5 pm. $5-$10. Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org (456-3931) HERITAGE GARDENS TOURS Step back in time and experience this unique garden as it looked in 1915. Learn about its discovery, restoration and the two influential families of early Spokane who made this their backyard. July 11 at 2 pm, July 14 at 11 am. Free. Moore-Turner Heritage Gardens, 507 W. Seventh. heritagegardens.org NORTHWEST LEGENDS Visitors explore the world of Northwest Legends including the Sasquatch and Coyote.

This engaging family-oriented exhibition provides interactive opportunities including designing mythical creatures, a fairy wing selfie, stepping into Sasquatch tracks and more. Through Sept. 2; TueSun 10 am-5 pm. $5-$10. Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org (509-456-3931) VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION Learn more about joining Spark’s superhero team.

Second Tuesday of the month from 5:307 pm. Free. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. spark-central.org DROP IN & RPG If you’ve ever been curious about role-playing games, join us to experience this unique form of game-playing, and build a shared narrative using cooperative problem solving, exploration, imagination, and rich social interaction. Second/fourth Friday of the month, from 4-7 pm. Free. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. spark-central.org FRIENDS OF THE CHENEY LIBRARY BOOK SALE Proceeds from book sales support library programs, activities, and services. July 12 from 9 am-3 pm and July 13 from 9 am-1 pm. Free. Cheney Library, 610 First St. scldfriends.org GRAVITY CATASTROPHE This science show by The Zaniac is an explosive mix of juggling and fun, combined with a whirlwind of physics knowledge. Grades K–5.

July 12, 2-3 pm. Free. Cheney Library, 610 First St. scld.org (893-8280) VIRTUAL REALITY FOR TEENS Come play a variety of virtual reality games.

Join us for fun and snacks. Ages 12-18.

July 12, 3:30-5:30 pm. Free. Hillyard Library, 4005 N. Cook St. (444-5300) ANTIQUE APPRAISAL Timothy Gordon, an appraiser from a well-known antique appraisal show, comes to North Idaho.

Event is first come, first serve. July 13, 11 am. $5-$15. Lake City Center, 1916 N. Lakewood Dr. lakecitycenter.org FRIENDS OF THE NORTH SPOKANE LIBRARY BOOK SALE Proceeds from book sales support library programs, activities, and services. July 14 and Aug. 10 from 10 am-noon. Free. North Spokane Library, 44 E. Hawthorne Rd. scldfriends.org HISTORIC WALKING TOURS Walk through the park and learn the history of the Spokane Falls, Expo ’74 U.S. Pavilion, 1902 Clocktower, 1909 Looff Carrousel, Centennial Trail and more. Tours depart from the Humana booth next to the Rotary Fountain every Saturday at 10 am and noon, through August 31. Free. Riverfront Park, 507 N. Howard St. spokaneriverfrontpark.com (625-6600) HOMEBUYER EDUCATION SEMINAR Explore the major aspects of the homebuying process in an unbiased format with SNAP Spokane instructors certified by the Washington State Housing Finance Commission. July 13, 9 am-2 pm.

Free. North Spokane Library, 44 E. Hawthorne Rd. snapwa.org (319-3040) MUSEUM FAMILY DAY MAC members can enjoy all the museum’s current exhibits and family friendly activities like a 3-D printing demo, live performances, crafts, art making and more. July 13, 11 am-3 pm. Free to MAC members others.

Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org SPOKANE GARRY: A HISTORICAL EXPEDITION Dr. David Beine, Dean of the College of Global Engagement at Spokane’s Great Northern University, guides an expedition via bus to historical sites around the Spokane region related to Spokane Garry, allowing participants to gain a greater awareness of and appreciation for Spokane Garry’s influence in the early history of Spokane. July 13, 9 am-1 pm. $35. Great Northern University, 611 E. Indiana. greatnorthernu.org/events/ spokane-garry/ (230-8993) 24-HOUR ZINE THING Celebrate International Zine Month with Spark by joining us for a zine-making party. The challenge to make a zine from start to finish in 24 hours. We’ll have zine-making supplies available, including computers, staplers, and a typewriter. July 14, 12-7 pm. Free. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. spark-central.org (279-0299) COEUR D’ALENE GARDEN TOUR The 22nd annual tour features five private gardens in the Coeur d’Alene area open to the public for viewing. See link for details. July 14, 11 am-4 pm. $15-$20. cdagardenclub.com FORUM: THE FUTURE OF VIETNAM Bring your questions to discuss the Vietnam War, current Vietnam politics and economy, US-Vietnam relations, travel and more. Panelists include professors Ky Quy Vu (Devry) and Eric Cunningham (Gonzaga). July 14, 2:30-4 pm. Free.

Shadle Library, 2111 W. Wellesley. spokanelibrary.org (899-5058) QUEST SUNDAY FEST STREET FESTIVAL A new outdoor street festival, modeled after Silly Sunday Market in Park

City, Utah, offers a weekly lineup of local and regional arts and crafts, gourmet food, free kids activities, performance art, music and more. Sundays from 11 am-5 pm, July 14-Aug. 11. Free. Northern Quest Resort & Casino, 100 N. Hayford. northernquest.com/quest-sunday-fest SCRUMPTIOUS JUNQUE Local vintage retailer 1889 Salvage hosts a monthly market and vendor sale in the parking lot, offering antiques, vintage and salvaged goods, clothing, art, decor, furniture, collectibles and more. Sundays from 10 am-4 on July 14, Aug. 25 and Sept. 22.

1889 Salvage Co., 2824 N. Monroe. facebook.com/1889SalvageCo (315-4485) SHARING THE DHARMA DAY The Tibetan Buddhist monastery near Newport opens its doors for guided meditation, a vegetarian potluck lunch and group discussion. July 14, 9:45 am-3 pm. By donation. Sravasti Abbey, 692 Country Lane Rd. sravastiabbey.org (447-5549) PROTECT YOUR CREDIT SCORE Learn how a credit score is determined, how to earn and maintain a healthy credit score, and where to go for help. Registration required at stcu.org/workshops. July 15, 6-7 pm. Free. Argonne Library, 4322 N. Argonne Rd. (893-8260) BEAVER, FIRE & WATER: A SCIENCE CAFÉ Join Alexa Whipple (Project Director, Methow Beaver Project) and the INCS to learn how beavers, fire and water influences each other, and how some of nature’s best engineers can be deployed for habitat restoration. July 16, 7-8 pm. Free.

Iron Goat Brewing Co., 1302 W. Second. bit.ly/2xDxzPK (706-461-1627) FAMILY PLANETARIUM SHOW Families with children ages 6 and up are invited to a planetarium show. Learn about the night sky with astronomy presenter Dan Bakken, and watch a full-dome movie.

July 16, 23 and 30 from 6:45-7:45 pm.

Spokane Falls Community College, 3410 W. Fort George Wright Dr. spokanefalls. edu (444-5300) INDOOR & OUTDOOR COMPOSTING Compare both composting methods to discover which works best for you. Covers vermillion (worms) and bokashi (fermenting) composting, along with electric composters, open GEOBINs, closed tumblers, sheet composters and more.

July 16, 6:30-8 pm. Free. Otis Orchards Library, 22324 E. Wellesley Ave. scld.org KUTAPULONG: STORIES & IMAGES OF THE ROHINGYA REFUGEE CRISIS World Relief staff members Mark Finney and Jackson Lino share their experience in the Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh. Learn how their trip connects to the larger global refugee crisis and specifically the resettlement of refugees in Spokane. July 16, 6-7:45 pm. Free. South Hill Library, 3324 S. Perry. spokanelibrary.org 41ST ANNUAL CHERRY PICKERS TROT The annual 4-mile run through Green Bluff’s orchards, open to runners, walkers and strollers. Also includes the Tot Trot (ages 5 and under), along with vendors, live music, food and the famous Cherry Pit Spit. July 18, 5 pm. Green Bluff Growers, n/a. greenbluffgrowers.com

FESTIVAL

EARLY FORD V8 SHOW & SWAP MEET The club’s 15th annual show is open to all years and makes (1932-1953) with more than 25 awards presented and an expected 300 cars entered. Includes a live DJ, food vendors, raffles and more. July 12, 11 am-8 pm; July 13, 9 am-6 pm; July 14, 8 am-2 pm. $5; Free on Sunday. Spo-

kane County Fair & Expo Center, 404 N. Havana St. earlyfordv8ie.org/swap-meet POST FALLS FEST The weekend festival includes food and craft booths, a Big Wheel race, inflatables for the kids, a weight lifting competition, movie night in the park, a parade, live music, beer garden and much more. July 12-14. Q’Emiln Park, 12201 W Parkway Dr. bit.ly/2K3F5vk SANDPOINT CLASSIC BOAT FESTIVAL An event of the Inland Empire Chapter Antique & Classic Boat Society, featuring wooden and classic boats docked down the boardwalk along Sand Creek in downtown Sandpoint. July 12-14.

Complete schedule at sandpoint.org/ boatfestival COEUR D’ALENE MINI MAKER FAIRE From engineers to artists to scientists to crafters, Maker Faire is a venue for these “makers” to show hobbies, experiments, projects and more. More than 50 demos and interactive exhibits are featured. July 13, 10 am-5 pm. Free. Gizmo-Cda, 1000 W. Garden Ave., Hedlund Building, Suite 142. coeurdalene.makerfaire.com UNIFEST The annual one-day festival celebrating local art, music, food, drink and creativity. Music lineup: Bad Motivator, BaLonely, Von the Baptist, FROND, DJ Case, DJ Orange, Twin Towers and more.

July 13, 4 pm. $5. River City Brewing, 121 S. Cedar St. facebook.com/unifestco

FILM

HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3 Screening as part of the Garland’s annual Free Summer Movies series. Doors open at 9 am; movies at 9:30 am. Through July 12. Free.

Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland Ave. garlandtheater.com (327-1050) RED JOAN The story of Joan Stanley (Judi Dench), who was exposed as one of the most influential KGB spies in living history. Rated R. July 11-14, times vary. $6-$8. Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave. (208-255-7801) ROCKETMAN A musical about the fantastical human story of Elton John‘s breakthrough years. Rated: R. July 11-14; times vary. $7. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org SCREEN ON THE GREEN: SHAZAM! U of I’s Dept. of Student Involvement hosts free outdoor movies, starting at approx. 8:45 pm, on the Theophilus Tower Lawn. Blankets and chairs welcome; free popcorn is served on a first-come, firstserved basis. July 11. Free. University of Idaho, 709 S Deakin St. uidaho.edu SUMMER MATINEE MOVIE SERIES The Kenworthy’s 18th annual Summer Matinee Movie Series. offers 10 of favorite films rated G or PG. Wednesdays and Thursdays at 1 pm, June 12-Aug. 15. See complete schedule online. $3. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org SUMMER MOONLIGHT MOVIES: LEGO MOVIE 2 Movies start at dusk. July 12.

Free. Sunset Park, 924 S. Lawson St., Airway Heights. cahw.org (244-4845) CLASSIC CARTOONS Free classic cartoons return to the Kenworthy from June to September, every Saturday from 9 am-noon. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org FREE SUMMER MOVIE SERIES: WE BOUGHT A ZOO A family friendly outdoor screening, hosted by Spokane COPS Northwest. Starts at dusk; held at the stage in the park. July 13. Free. Shadle Park, 2005 W. Wellesley. facebook.com/ SpokaneCopsNW

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EVENTS | CALENDAR HARRY POTTER & THE SORCERER’S STONE All movies start at dusk. Outside food and drink (no alcohol) is welcome, as are blankets and low-backed chairs.

July 13, 8:30 pm. Free. Pavillion Park, 727 N. Molter Rd. pavillionpark.org ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW The Garland’s regular screenings of the cult classic include prop bags, shadow casts and other revelries. July 13. $7. Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland. (327-1050) LEGO MOVIE: PART 2 Screening as part of the Garland’s annual Free Summer Movies series. July 15-19, 9:30 am. Free.

Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland Ave. garlandtheater.com (327-1050) RUMBLE: INDIANS WHO ROCKED THE WORLD A documentary about the vital role of Native Americans in popular music history, featuring: Charley Patton, Mildred Bailey, Jimi Hendrix, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Redbone, Taboo, and others. Screening includes live performances by Silent Hill & Tony Louie, along with native art vendors. July 15, 7-10 pm. $8. Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland Ave. bit.ly/2Lp0eA7 PONYO Screening as part of the Garland’s annual Summer Camp summer movie series. See complete schedule online. July 16, 7:15 pm. $2.50. Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland. (327-1050) WSECU OUTDOOR MOVIES: THE BIG LEBOWSKI Moviegoers are invited to pack in their own snack/dinner or purchase something from food vendors on site (no alcohol, please). July 17, 8:30 pm. Free. Riverfront Park, 507 N. Howard St. spokaneriverfrontpark.com SCREEN ON THE GREEN: INCREDIBLES 2 U of I’s Dept. of Student Involvement hosts free outdoor movies, starting at approx. 8:45 pm, on the Theophilus Tower Lawn. Blankets and chairs welcome. July 18. Free. University of Idaho, 709 S Deakin St. uidaho.edu

FOOD

COEUR D’ALENE SUNSET DINNER CRUISE Dine at sunset on this 2-hour cruise featuring culinary creations from the Coeur d’Alene Resort with a full dinner buffet. Prepaid reservations required. Daily at 7:30 pm through Aug. 31; Sept. 1-9 at 6:30 pm. $33.25-$57.

The Coeur d’Alene Resort, 115 S. Second. tickets.cdacruises.com CRAVE NORTHWEST: FOOD & DRINK CELEBRATION The third annual celebration of the region’s best chefs, wineries, distillers and craft breweries over three days and four ticketed events featuring samples from area tastemakers and live music. Schedule: Seafood Bash (July 11, 6-9 pm); Fire ‘n’ Smoke (July 12, 6-9 pm); Foods from Around the World (July 13, 6-9 pm); Grand Tasting (July 13 from 12-4 pm). July 11, July 12 and July 13. $35-$530. CenterPlace Regional Event Center, 2426 N. Discovery Place Dr. cravenw.com (621-0125) FRIED CHICKEN & LOCAL BEER DINNER Food by chef Adam Hegsted; July’s brewery partner is River City Brewing Co. Reservations required. July 11, 6:30 pm. $35. The Wandering Table, 1242 W. Summit Pkwy. (443-4410) INLAND NORTHWEST ARTISAN GRAINS CONFERENCE The inaugural bi-state conference, hosted by Washington State University, with support from University of Idaho Extension and a broad base of industry, community and economic stakeholders. The pur-

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pose of the conference is to support the development of terroir-based, artisan grain value chains for emerging specialty markets in the Inland Northwest.

Events in Moscow, Pullman. July 11-13. cascadiagrains.com/inlandnorthwest LET’S MAKE BEER! Join Adam Boyd, a local professional and award-winning home brewer, as he demonstrates the step-by-step process of beer making.

July 11 and Aug. 15 from 6-8 pm. $59.

Spokane Community College, 1810 N. Greene St. scc.spokane.edu (533-7000) PARTY ON THE PATIO A summer event series at the Spokane Tribe Casino with local beer, wine and spirits, food specials, live music, giveaways and more.

July 11, Aug. 8 and Sept. 12 from 4-7 pm. Shuttles from area hotels available.

Free. Three Peaks Kitchen + Bar, 14300 W. SR Highway 2. inlander.com/spokane/PartyonthePatio/Page (818-1547) ROSÉ IN THE ROSE GARDEN A special evening reveal of Arbor Crest’s new Rosé with light snacks, admission to the night’s concert (Isaac Walton and Current Flow) and chance to meet the winemakers. July 11, 5:30-7:30 pm. $35.

Arbor Crest Wine Cellars, 4705 N. Fruit Hill Rd. (927-9463) SCOTCH & CIGARS Select a flight of whiskey, scotch or bourbon paired with a recommended cigar during an event on the outdoor patio. Thursdays, from 6-10 pm. $15-$25. Prohibition Gastropub, 1914 N. Monroe. (474-9040) BREAKFAST ON THE BASELINES Guests enjoy a catered gourmet breakfast. A portion from each ticket supports local breast cancer through the MultiCare Inland Northwest Foundation. July 12, 7-9 am. $50. Avista Stadium, 602 N. Havana St. bit.ly/2WlT0DF PRESERVING CHERRIES Learn about freezing, drying and canning cherries.

Enjoy samples during class and some preserved cherries to take home. July 12, 6:30 pm and July 20, 10 am. $25.

Cherry Hill Orchard & Market, 18207 N. Sands Rd. cherryhillorchards.com RIDE & DINE SERIES Enjoy a scenic gondola ride, live music, and a savory mountaintop barbecue dinner. Lift ticket and meal included; dessert, beer wine, mixed drinks available for an additional charge. Mountain bike options also available ($43-$51). Fridays from 2-8 pm, June 28-Aug. 30. $7-$34. Silver Mountain Ski Resort, 610 Bunker Ave. silvermt.com (208-783-1111) GARLAND SUMMERTIME PUB CRAWL A Hawaiian-themed pub crawl to 8 participating Garland District bars; register outside Beerocracy and Rick’s. 21+. July 13, 6 pm. $10.44. garlanddistrict.com PRESSURE CANNING MEATS Learn how to prepare and pressure can strips, cubes or chunks of meat, including bear, beef, lamb, pork, veal and venison. July 10 and 13 at 8 pm. $20-$30.

WSU Spokane County Extension, 222 N. Havana St. extension.wsu.edu/spokane SANDPOINT BEERFEST Sample local and regional brews at this annual, festive summer beach party. July 13, 12-5 pm. Trinity at City Beach, 58 Bridge St. sandpointchamber.org (208-255-7558) SPOKANE BREWERY WALKING TOUR Visit three downtown Spokane breweries for samples and a behind-thescenes look at each. July 13, 5 pm. $45. brewerytourspokane.com CAB VERTICAL CLASS Find out how various growing seasons shape past

and present vintages of Terra Blanca wines through a vertical tasting, sampling wines of varying ages. July 14, 2-5 pm. $30-$35. Terra Blanca Winery, 926 W. Sprague. kazzit.com/event/cab-vertical-class-in-spokane.html (340-9140) PALOUSE ICE CREAM SOCIAL The annual community ice cream social is open to visitors and locals. July 14, 12-3:30 pm. Free. Palouse, Wash. visitpalouse.com ROSAUER’S KITCHEN HAWAIIAN POP-UP DINNER Kacey Rosauer, the creative mind behind the food blog Rosauer’s Kitchen, is bringing her Hawaiian heritage to D’Bali. On the menu: Kalua pork, sautéed cabbage, mac salad, lomi lomi salmon and more. July 14, 6 pm. $39. D’Bali Asian Bistro, 12924 W. Sunset Hwy. dbaliasianbistro.com SUMMER CARNIVAL This dinner’s theme is epicurean decadence dusted with the sweet sugar of American Carnival. Think cotton candy, corn on the cob, elephant ears and ostrich burgers with all the fanfare of chef LJ Klink. July 14, 4:30 pm. $30-$260. Mont Lamm Events, 7501 Enoch Rd. montlammevents.com (509-276-7636) SUNDAY BRUNCH CRUISE A 90-minute cruise featuring a full breakfast buffet. Prepaid reservations required.

Sundays at 11 am through Sept. 1. $30.75-$50.75. The Coeur d’Alene Resort, 115 S. Second. cdaresort.com CHERRY PIE FROM SCRATCH From picking the cherries to pitting the cherries and learning how to create the classic “tender and flakey,” crust. July 16, 6:30 pm. $35. Cherry Hill Orchard & Market, 18207 N. Sands Rd. cherryhillorchards.com (509-238-1978) RIVERFRONT EATS FOOD TRUCK SERIES Join members of the Greater Spokane Food Truck Association at the Orange Bridge for food trucks, live music and more. Tuesdays from 11 am-2 pm, through Aug. 20. Riverfront Park, 507 N. Howard. spokaneriverfrontpark.com PICKLES & RELISHES Pickling describes food preserved with acid and salt. Learn the ins and outs of quick or fresh-pack pickles, pickled fruits, pickled vegetables, and relishes. July 17, 5:30 pm. $20-$30. WSU Spokane County Extension, 222 N. Havana St. extension.wsu.edu/spokane (477-2048) SUMMER HAND PIES Learn how to make a handheld pie using fresh summer fruits. July 17, 6:30 pm. $35. Cherry Hill Orchard & Market, 18207 N. Sands Rd. cherryhillorchards.com (238-1978) WINE WEDNESDAY SUMMER DINNER SERIES A food and wine tour across the U.S. Each three-course buffet dinner is regionally themed and pairs three regionally focused wines with the meal.

Schedule: July 17, Streets of New Orleans; July 24, Deep in Chicago; July 31, Heart of Memphis; Aug. 7, Rio Grande & Great; Aug. 14, California Dreamin’. $25-$139.99. Nectar Catering & Events, 120 N. Stevens. nectartastingroom.com

MUSIC

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Advice Goddess THE FILET OF THE LAND

I’m a 36-year-old single man. I see buying a woman dinner as a nice part of courting. Lately, however, women keep pretending to be interested in me only to vanish after I’ve taken them out for an expensive dinner. How can I avoid women who just want to use me as a meal ticket?

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AMY ALKON

A first date should be an opportunity to get acquainted — with you, that is, not wine from Napoleon’s private stock and steak from a cow that attended French

boarding school.

Welcome to the “foodie call” — a woman dating a man she isn’t attracted to in order to get a free meal. Social psychologist Brian Collisson and his colleagues surveyed heterosexual women to see whether they’d deceived men to get free eats.

Though the women “generally” rated foodie calls as unacceptable, about a quarter to a third of the women they polled reported engaging in a foodie call.

Helpfully, Collison and his team found that there’s a particular type that tends to milk men out of meals, and it’s women who scored high in the “dark triad.” This is a three-pack of antisocial personality traits: narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism (named for Niccolo Machiavelli, author of “The Prince”).

Machiavellianism involves a tendency to manipulate and deceive others for personal gain. Psychopathy is marked by a lack of empathy and remorse. The researchers note that people who score high in it are unlikely to consider their date’s perspective and “the intense negative emotions” that come from being led on. And finally, there’s narcissism.

Narcissists are self-adoring, self-focused, entitled creeps who tend to be “socially adept.” (“All the better to separate a man and his disposable income, my dear!”)

As for how to filter out the gourmet grifters, I always advise that first dates (and maybe even second dates) should be three things: cheap, short, and local. I write in “Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck” that you should meet for happy hour drinks or coffee for an hour or two — at most. “This helps keep things from going too fast (a big source of misery and resentment).” Additionally, “If a date turns nightmarish, it will at least be a Hobbesian nightmare: nasty and brutish but also short.” Finally, and more to the point of your question, it’s pretty hard to feel taken for a ride on a coffee date: “Man, did she ever play me for that double decaf latte!”

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I’m on Twitter, and occasionally, I’ll tweet something seemingly innocuous and then have dozens or even hundreds of enraged strangers attack me with ugly tweets.

What’s the best response when this happens?

—Besieged You can take the careful approach on social media, staying away from hot-button topics like politics and animal rights — only to get a beatdown from a Twitter mob for your #totalitarian!!! #whitenationalist!!! aversion to aftermarket eyelashes on car headlights.

It turns out that pile-ons by Twitter mobs are often less about content (differences of opinion) than about coalition-building — though the haters brandishing the virtual flaming pitchforks probably aren’t conscious of this.

A growing body of evidence supports evolutionary psychologists John Tooby and Leda Cosmides’ theory that humans have a “coalitional psychology.” They explain that “because everything can be taken from a powerless individual or group,” we seem to have evolved a motivation to band together and work as a unit to “enhance, defend or repair” our group’s status. Basically, it’s in-group versus out-group, us versus them.

Not surprisingly, the common-enemy thing turns out to be big for group bonding (social glue through collective hating). Outrage functions as a “group-mobilizing resource,” notes Tooby, triggering the mob to go off on the poor out-group person who dared express an idea the group is opposed to.

Because outrage is emotionally-driven, and because it’s so often coalition-energizing, there’s no reasoning with the members of the mob coming after you: “But... you’re misunderstanding what I meant!” In fact, defending yourself in any way usually fuels the fire. Every tweet you put out there can be turned into something foul and horrible that you supposedly believe.

Often, the best approach is to go into your settings and “lock” your Twitter profile for a while so only followers you’ve approved can communicate with you. You can turn off notifications and block everyone who’s awful to you. And you can also take a break from Twitter until the mob moves on to their next victim, someone who’s tweeted something truly repugnant, such as, “I don’t get the big deal about LaCroix” — only to have thousands of strangers from around the globe demanding their death. n ©2018, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. • Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405 or email AdviceAmy@aol.com (www.advicegoddess.com)

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EVENTS | CALENDAR JAZZ AT THE JACC An evening with Michael Jaramillo and a new group of jazz musician friends. July 12, 7-10 pm. $10. Jacklin Arts & Cultural Center, 405 N. William St. (208-457-8950) WALLACE BLUES FESTIVAL Voted “Best Blues Festival” four times by the Inland Empire Blues Society, this annual summer festival features 20 acts on four stages, along with a beer garden and many local food and drink stops in the historic mining town. Performers include Sammy Eubanks & the Workin’ Class, the Ghost Town Blues Band, Too Slim & The Taildraggers, Diego Romero, DeepForest Project, Sara Brown, Zach Cooper Band and more more. July 1214; times vary. $40. Wallace, Idaho. wallaceblues.com (208-661-5748) FREE SUMMER CONCERT Featuring entertainment by local musicians from Music Plus School of Music with performers from ages 7+ representing many genres. Free pie social to follow.

July 13, 6:30-8:30 pm. Free. Moran United Methodist Church, 3601 E. 65th Ave. moranumc.org/summerconcert MOZART ON A SUMMER’S EVE The annual outdoor concert series featuring a wind ensemble and a cello ensemble with Zuill Bailey at Duncan Gardens in Manito. July 16 and 17 at 7 pm. Reserved table seating available. $16.74-$37.74.

Manito Park, 1800 S. Grand Blvd. nwbachfest.com SOUNDS OF SIBERIA: YULIYANA KRIVOSHAPKINA WITH AIDYN BYRTAAN-OOL Yuliyana Krivoshapkina is the foremost master of the khomus, a style of jaw harp from the Sakha Republic (Yakutia). She was the winner of the Ethnic Sound category in the Discovery International Music Pop Festival in Varna, Bulgaria, and has performed all over the world. July 16, 3-10 pm. $10. Object Space, 1818 1/2 E. Sprague. (340-3934) SPOKANE TAIKO DRUM ENSEMBLE Kids and families can enjoy Spokane Taiko’s energetic performance on traditional Japanese drums. July 16, 3-3:45 pm. Free. East Central Community Center, 500 S. Stone St. (509-444-5300) POP SUMMER CONCERTS FT. JUST PLAIN DARIN Acoustic pop, rock and originals. July 17, 7 pm. Free. Prince of Peace Church, 8441 N. Indian Trail Rd. (465-0779)

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LAKE COEUR D’ALENE CRUISES The fleet departs daily from the Coeur d’Alene Resort all summer at 12:30, 2:30 and 4:30 pm. $18.25-$26.25. The Coeur d’Alene Resort, 115 S. Second. tickets. cdacruises.com (208-765-4000) KIDS TRIATHLON Kids can swim, bike and run a kid-friendly course while raising money for Active4Youth and Soles4Youth. July 12, 6-7 pm. $30.

Comstock Park, 29th Ave. and Howard St. ptassociates.net/kidstri SPOTS OF FUN HORSE SHOW A show organized by the North Idaho Appaloosa Club to help promote the Appaloosa horse and provide recreational activities for youth and adults. July 1214. Bonner County Fairgrounds, 4203 N. Boyer Rd. bonnercountyfair.com THE GREAT INFLATABLE RACE SPOKANE A course filled with inflatable obstacles, where the objective is not winning but having fun. July 13, 9 am-noon. $25-$75. Dwight Merkel

Sports Complex, 5701 N. Assembly St. thegreatinflatablerace.com LIBERTY LAKE LOOP FUN RUN A fourmile scenic loop open to all ages, including strollers. Team and adult races start at 8 am, followed by a kids race in the park. July 13, 8-11 am. Pavillion Park, 727 N. Molter Rd. pavillionpark.org MT. SPOKANE VERTICAL CHALLENGE A 50K and 26K challenge, along with a 25K fun run, 10K and kids race. July 13, 7 am. $30-$90. Mt. Spokane State Park, 26107 N. Mt. Spokane Park Dr. bit. ly/31gmW2I (509-238-2220) SPOKATOPIA OUTDOOR ADVENTURE FESTIVAL Try stand-up paddleboarding, mountain biking, rock climbing, kayaking, geocaching, SUP yoga, slacklining, disc golf, and the latest bikes, kayaks, paddleboards, and other boats at the 5th annual festival. Fee for some outdoor activities/clinics. Also includes a beer garden, food, live music and onsite camping. July 13 from 9 am-10 pm; July 14 from 9 am-3 pm. Free admission. Camp Sekani, 67070 E. Upriver Dr. spokatopia.com (625-6200) YOGA ON THE BRIDGE Local yoga teachers guide this all-levels summer series. Meet at the orange bridge near the Looff Carrousel. No registration required. July 13, 20 and 27; Aug. 3, 10, 17 and 24 from 9-10 am. Free. Riverfront Park, 507 N. Howard. spokaneriverfrontpark.com (625-6600) JACEY’S RACE A community event to help local families with children currently being treated for cancer, lifethreatening or severe illness. The timed 5K running race is open to all ages.

July 14, 8 am. $15-$25. Sandpoint High School, 410 S. Division. jaceys-race.com BURGERS, BRATS & BROOMS! An open curling event. Come have a burger or brat and play a game of curling. Not a teaching event, but beginners are welcome to come and play with experienced players. July 15, 5:30-10:30 pm. $20. Frontier Ice Arena, 3525 W. Seltice Way. frontiericearena.org BIKE CHAINS & DERAILLEURS WORKSHOP Join REI experts for a workshop on how to care for and maintain your bike’s derailleurs and chain. Bring your own bike or practice on one of ours.

July 16, 6-8 pm. $40/$60. REI, 1125 N. Monroe. REI.com/spokane (328-9900) SPOKANE INDIANS VS. VANCOUVER Promo nights during the three-game home series include Family Fest, Native Culture, $100 Strikeout and fireworks.

July 17-19. $5-$20. Avista Stadium, 602 N. Havana St. spokaneindians.com WEDNESDAYS IN THE WOODS Join REI, Riverside State Park and special guests for this weekly session learning and doing outdoor activities. Wednesdays from 6:30-8 pm through Aug. 14.

Free. Riverside State Park Bowl & Pitcher, 4427 N. Aubrey L. White Parkway.

REI.com/spokane CAMP DART-LO KIDS’ OFF-ROAD TRIATHLON The 5th annual event is a great first triathlon for kids of any age.

It includes a lap swim in the outdoor pool with length dependent on age and skills (flotation devices welcome), a one-mile bike ride on a gravel road and a 3/4 mile trail run. T-shirt/medal guaranteed if registered by July 10. July 18, 6-8 pm. $25-$30. Camp Dart-Lo, 14000 N. Dartford Dr. campfireinc.org GOURMET CAMP COOKING WORKSHOP Learn how to prepare food for your next outdoor meal, how to maxi-

mize the power of a two-burner camp stove, and put together a meal without the amenities of a kitchen. July 18, 6-8 pm. $30-$50. Riverside State Park Bowl & Pitcher, 4427 N. Aubrey L. White Parkway. REI.com/spokane

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COEUR D’ALENE SUMMER THEATRE: OKLAHOMA! Set in the western Indian territory just after the turn of the 20th century, the high-spirited rivalry between the local farmers and the cowboys sets the stage for the romance between Curly and Laurey. Through July 28; Wed-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $20-$49. Kroc Center, 1765 W. Golf Course Rd. cdasummertheatre.com JAY OWENHOUSE: THE AUTHENTIC ILLUSIONIST The legendary escape artist and esteemed illusionist returns to Spokane by popular demand. (Rescheduled from April.) July 11, 7:30 pm. $29-$89. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. foxtheaterspokane.com (624-1200) SAM SHOVEL, PRIVATE EYE & THE CASE OF THE MALTESE PIGEON An original melodrama written and directed by Brady and Eli Bourgard. Through July 28; Wed-Sat at 7 pm. Sun at 2 pm. $10. Sixth Street Theater, 212 Sixth St., Wallace. sixthstreetmelodrama.com BONNIE & CLYDE: A NEW MUSICAL Fearless, shameless and alluring, the Tony-nominated Bonnie and Clyde tells the story of the young lovers’ thrilling adventure to chase their dreams that put them in trouble with the law and led to their inevitable end. July 12-21; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $23$25. Lake City Playhouse, 1320 E. Garden. facebook.com/lakecityplayhouse LITTLE MERMAID Journey under the sea with Ariel and her aquatic friends in Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr., adapted from Broadway and the motion picture.

July 12-21; Thu-Fri at 6 pm, Sat-Sun at 4 pm. $11.49-$15.69. Woodland Theatre, 120 W. Third. woodlandproductions.org SALLY COTTER & THE QUEST WE FOLLOW Sally has just bought a copy of the final book in her favorite series of novels. But if she finishes reading it, will the magic all be . . . over? July 1227; Thu-Sat at 7 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $14.

Liberty Lake Community Theatre, 22910 E. Appleway Ave. bit.ly/2wAdSHX SPOKANE VALLEY SUMMER THEATRE: THE SOUND OF MUSIC The Von Trapp family’s narrow escape over the mountains to Switzerland on the eve of WWII provides one of the most thrilling and inspirational finales ever presented in the theatre. July 12-28; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $20-$39. University High School, 12320 E. 32nd Ave. svsummertheatre.com (926-6981) SPRING AWAKENING The winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, explores the journey from adolescence to adulthood with a poignancy and passion that is illuminating and unforgettable. July 12-28; Fri-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $25. Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard. spokanecivictheatre.com (325-2507) OPERA ON THE LAKE: COSÌ FAN TUTTE A test of true love plays out among two military officers who stage an absence to test their fiancées. Sung/ performed in English. July 14, 7:30-9:30 pm. $50-$75. Coeur d’Alene Resort, 115 S. Second. inlandnwopera.com (800418-1485)

MET LIVE IN HD: LA BOHÈME Franco Zeffirelli’s picturesque staging, an audience favorite for more than 30 years, features a winning cast, including soprano Kristine Opolais and tenor Vittorio Grigolo as the lovers Mimì and Rodolfo. July 15, 6:30-9 pm. $12. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org

ARTIST TRADING CARD WORKSHOP ATC’s are original works of art that can be collected, similar to baseball cards. Hosted on Thursdays, 1-3 pm through Aug. 8.

Targeted to ages 8-13. $7. Liberty Lake Community Theatre, 22910 E. Appleway Ave. bit.ly/2JkqsCq LAYERS, LAND & LABOR Featuring new work by JJ Harty, Michael Yellowbear Holloman, and Krista Brand, the show investigates contemporary landscapes in layers revealing objects, detritus, spirit and work. July 12, 5:30-7:30 pm. Free.

WSU Fine Arts Locker Gallery, 1516 NE Wilson Rd., Pullman. finearts. wsu.edu/events/ (335-8686) 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. July 12, 5-8 pm. Free.

Downtown Coeur d’Alene. artsandculturecda.org ART FOR THE ANIMALS The 9th annual benefit at River’s Wish includes silent/live auction, live music by Margie Heller and Friends, food by Allie’s and Boots and guided tours of the sanctuary. July 13, 6 pm. $25$30. River’s Wish Animal Sanctuary, 11511 W. Garfield Rd. bit.ly/2QR6YHL ART ON THE STREET: MARIAH BOYLE Art on the Street continues a 2016 project inviting local artists to engage the community in free art making. Boyle explores the morphing of drawing and collage. July 13, 11 am-2:30 pm. Free admission. Spokane Art School, 811 W. Garland Ave. spokaneartschool.net (325-1500.)

INTRO TO SCREEN PRINTING Students work with Derek Landers on the basic elements of pulling prints and learn the basics of screen printing including design, image production, press operation, paper and ink use. July 13, 2 pm. $25-$30. Spokane Print & Publishing Center, 1925 N. Ash. facebook.com/spokaneprint/ INTRODUCTION TO CREATING BATIK ART In this interactive and hands-on workshop, Spokane artist Nicholas Sironka leads students in an introduction to the origin of Batik art — the alternating application of hot wax and cold-water dyes on fabric. July 13, 11 am-2 pm. $36/$40.

The MAC, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org (456-3931) ZINE WORKSHOP On the eve of 24-Hour Zine Thing, learn about different ways to make your own zine with illustrator, writer and seasoned zine-maker Emma Noyes. July 13, 7 pm. $10-$20. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. spark-central.org GARLAND SKETCH CRAWL Sketch the landmarks of Garland with artist Megan Perkins. Learn to sketch on location and add color with watercolors, colored pencils or markers July 17, 10 am-noon. $40. Spokane Art School, 811 W. Garland. spokaneartschool.net (325-1500) n

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People have been finding clever ways to consume cannabis forever, but since legalization, the market for cannabis-infused food has exploded, and you don’t need to be an intrepid home chef anymore. In fact, you don’t even need to know how to cook at all. Which is what I realized when I came across Left-Handed Brand’s cannabis-infused sugar packets at Cinder.

Picture the sugar packets you would find on a diner table next to the salt and pepper shakers, except these ones get you high.

Each package contains 10 packets of sugar, with 10 milligrams of THC each, for $10. The math is ridiculously simple, as is the recipe that local chef Jake Fast and I used them in. It’s also a lot healthier than anything you could buy if cannabis ice cream trucks did happen to exist. All you need is a blender, a freezer, a popsicle mold, some fruit and, of course, cannabis sugar.

First, pick your flavors. We opted to go with strawberry, pineapple and blueberry. It was July 3, and we were thinking red, white-ish and blue would be festive. It was also delicious.

Then, pop the fruit into a blender and purée. Once puréed, mix in one packet of sugar per popsicle, pour the mixture into the molds and take them to the freezer. They’ll need about five hours to fully freeze, but we left ours ENTRÉE overnight.

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During our taste test I ate one, felt a mild high within about an hour, and a couple hours later went back for seconds. Soon after, watching from chef Fast’s kitchen on Sunset Hill, I was clapping at the Fourth of July fireworks. It was a wonderful, mellow experience that paired perfectly with the heat and holiday atmosphere. Cannabis-infused popsicles, or potsicles if you want to sound cool, will definitely be a go-to of mine going forward. n

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32. Talking horse of old TV 33. Slimy stuff 34. Anna of “Fringe” 38. Bon ____ 39. Arab bigwig 42. Part of a flight 44. And the like: Abbr.

50 51 52 46. In the least 47. 1968 Beach Boys hit 50. Crossword maker, at times 51. Unacceptable 52. Bygone Dodges 53. “Oh, c’mon!”

54. It called itself “the most popular campus in the nation” after receiving 61,561 “ALITO” freshman applications for fall 2011 admission 55. “The Clan of the Cave Bear” author 56. Unseat 57. “M*A*S*H” star 60. El Dorado treasure 61. Rap’s ____ Markie

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Inside or out, the views are as good as the new menu.

BREAKFAST: Mon-Sun 7am-11am LUNCH & DINNER: Sun-Thurs 11am-9pm Fri & Sat 11am-10pm HAPPY HOUR: 414 E 1st Ave | Post Falls, Id (208) 773-1611

Mon-Fri 4pm-6pm Sat & Sun 2pm-6pm

The Live After 5 Concert Series provides 13 weeks of incredible live music in downtown Coeur d’Alene

Sounds like Summer

Where to go for live music outdoors in Coeur d’Alene and surrounding areas

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ummer means being outdoors as much as possible, including for summer concerts, which occur all over the place in Coeur d’Alene.

With a view to Tubbs Hill, the lake and McEuen Park Coeur d’Alene Public Library is the place for MUSIC MONDAYS. This free outdoor concert series (cdalibrary. org/events) from 6-7:30 pm resumes July 22 with the Celtic and folk sounds of Deep Roots and continues through early September.

On Wednesdays nearby, LIVE AFTER 5 takes place in McEuen Park (liveafter5events.com). Grab a beverage or bite to eat from participating food trucks and spend an early summer evening listening to Dreamin Wild (July 17), Jam Shack (Aug. 14) and more. New this year is a similar series Thursday night at Tullamore Park in Post Falls ( 5-8:30 pm).

Also downtown, the free COEUR D’ALENE CITY PARK CONCERT SERIES happens every Sunday from 1-4 pm in City Park.

Bring a blanket or chair, some snacks, and sit back under the trees to enjoy performances by Soul Proprietor (July 14), the Ryan Larsen Band (July 21), Swing Street Band (July 28) and more through Sept. 15.

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The RIVERSTONE PARK SUMMER CONCERT SERIES takes place in the plaza at Riverstone (1805 Tilford Ln.) every Thursday until end of August (artsandculturecda.org/summerconcert-series). Benefitting Coeur d’Alene’s Arts and Culture Alliance, the series features a range of musical stylings: Sway Wild’s folk-rock (July 11); North Point Jazz (July 18), doo wop to French pop music from Erin Hall (July 25); showtunes from Coeur d’Alene Summer Theater and the Weddle Twins (Aug. 1) and more. Seating is available on the concrete steps or bring a blanket for the lawn.

If you haven’t yet discovered the lake’s newest hot spot, THE BUOY BAR AND GRILL, you’re missing out. Nestled between the Coeur d’Alene Resort and Tubb’s hill, you won’t find better lake views. Catch the sunset and enjoy live music, cold beer and great company every Friday night from 6-9 pm.

Everyone’s welcome, from your kids to your fur babies.

Luscious lake views are also on display during the WEEKLY HAPPY HOUR on the Resort’s floating boardwalk at the SIDE TIE BAR. You’ll find live music every Saturday from 4-7 pm from Memorial Day to Labor Day at this unique lakeside venue.

Take the summer concert experience up a notch with the Coeur d’Alene Resort’s BANDS ON BOATS cruise and concert series (cdaresort.com/play/activities/ cruises/tickets) for the 21-and-over crowd. Tickets are $26.50 for the 90-minute cruise and sell out quickly, but there’s room left for August events like Too Slim and the Taildraggers (Aug. 2). New this year, the Resort is also presenting the Live at the Lake Summer Concert series, held at the stunning Hagadone event center on the golf course. The first performer was Grammy Award winner, Brian White. Stay tuned for the announcement of the next big artist.

Where else can you hear live music this summer? In HARRISON every Saturday from 2-5 pm at the City Park (visitnorthidaho.com/event/harrisonsummerconcert-series-7), and in HAYDEN on Thursdays in McIntire Family Park through the end of August (cityofhaydenid.us) with the popular rock ’n’ roll band Rhythm Dawgs (July 18).

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Upcoming Events ArtWalk JULY 12

Summer is in full swing, and so is ArtWalk.

Enjoy amazing art, live music and wine when more than two dozen galleries and businesses open their doors and showcase local and nationally acclaimed artists. Free; 5-8 pm; visit artsandculturecda.org/artwalk for a map of locations.

855.810.5061

Oklahoma!

JULY 11-28

In this Roger and Hammerstein classic presented by Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre, the road to true love never runs smoothly. $49 adult, $42 senior, $27 child; Thursday-Saturday, 7:30 pm; Saturday-Sunday, 2 pm; Salvation Army Kroc Center.

Yoga and Brunch JULY 14

Start your Sunday right with an outdoor yoga session, followed by a tasty brunch at the charming Blackwell Hotel. $20; yoga 8 am; brunch 9-10 am; Blackwell Hotel.

DAILY CRUISES STARTING AT $1825

For more events, things to do & places to stay, go to VisitCDA.org

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