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This week, however, we’re focusing our lens in a different direction — aiming instead for the bits of beauty you find shared on Instagram, specifically by local photographers who use the platform (sometimes begrudgingly) to showcase their passion for art, fashion and the Inland Northwest.

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COMMENT | CONGRESS

Cathy Morris Rodgers is not alone in her cone of denial about just about any issue of consequence.

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Just when we need Congress most, representatives like Cathy McMorris Rodgers are offering us nothing

BY ROBERT HEROLD

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ur Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers has largely been given a free pass, both by the Review and the Inlander.

When you think about it, what has she done during her now very lengthy stay in Congress? Not much. A Tom Foley she is not.

For a time, she played the role of the wise woman who didn’t say much but looked quite serious about it all. Her party used her in this capacity. She certainly can’t compare to our two Washington senators, Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, who have taken leadership roles even while being in the minority.

To give McMorris Rodgers some leeway, it is true the Republican Party doesn’t run a very open operation. For the most part, members wait for orders to come from Mitch McConnell, and that’s about that. For example, just like her colleagues she hasn’t had anything much to say about the January insurrection. We know that

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she hasn’t supported any further congressional inquiry — even though inquiry is obviously called for. Even McConnell, who after the insurrection actually condemned Donald Trump in a speech before Congress, has since retreated to his preferred partisan position: He doesn’t want this terrible event looked at any further, and as far as our longtime congresswoman is concerned, that’s that. No big deal — certainly not as big a deal as whether we should teach history to our children, apparently.

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cMorris Rodgers is not alone in her cone of denial about just about any issue of consequence facing her constituents. Begin looking into these matters and im-

mediately you are led to Donald Trump’s destructive role and his ongoing hypnotic hold over almost the entire Republican Party.

So we hear nothing from our congresswoman, which, frankly, can be expected of most Republicans in the country.

Consider just a few issues that affect our district here in Eastern Washington — issues that McMorris Rodgers has either ignored or shown passing interest in. Migrant labor: This district is dependent on such labor, something she must know, but she doesn’t have much to say about it. She has complained about delays in federal funding, but that’s about it. She touts her stand on border security but does so without any discussion of its unfair impacts. She has voted multiple times against the Affordable Care Act without ever offering much of a reason, and never dealing with the trailing issues.

Or how about student loan debt? Obama failed miserably to deal with this issue. Trump obviously did nothing. Members of Congress are closer to the issue, but our congresswoman? I doubt she even understands the problem. I personally know graduates from 10 years ago who are still shackled by their debt. In her district there are several four-year schools and many more community colleges; I doubt she has investigated any of this as she waits for orders from HQ. As for the rapidly unfolding climate catastrophe, where has our congresswoman been? Malden, Washington — a town in her own district — burned to the ground last summer, yet days before a record-shattering heat wave was about to descend on the Pacific Northwest just last month, we found her on the floor of the House decrying President Joe Biden’s supposed “war on fossil fuels.” Setting aside the comical delusion that Biden of all people is some sort of rampaging eco-warrior, McMorris Rodgers already represents a district that receives a huge share of its energy from renewable sources, a fact she surely knows.

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Would voting out McMorris Rodgers change anything? The Fifth District hasn’t had much influence since Tom Foley lost in 1994. Foley worked the system for his district — for farmers, for higher education, for infrastructure. It’s worth remembering Foley was taken out by Newt Gingrich, the man who started the scorched earth politics that burn us to this day. As we have found out, we’re all losing in this zero-sum game.

McMorris Rodgers, meanwhile, is the consummate ordertaker — another guaranteed vote in McConnell’s back pocket.

Is there another Tom Foley out there somewhere? Do the Fifth District Democrats have a boldly progressive candidate who can make the necessary arguments?

All this is happening while Republicans are watching the wave of voter opposition coming their way and are doing whatever they can to suppress the vote. McConnell knows full well that they can no longer win elections on the merits of their broadly unpopular policies and head-in-the-sand approach to urgent crises.

Here in our little corner of the country, the least we can do is find another option to represent us — someone who will tackle the problems that simply haven’t been addressed by either Republican president since old Tom Foley was chased out of office for doing his job. n

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EDUCATION

LEAVING A LEGACY

Spokane Public Schools board president Jerrall Haynes won’t seek re-election this year.

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Once Spokane’s only Black school board member, Jerrall Haynes has steered the district to a ‘drastically different place’

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ess than a month into the job, Jerrall Haynes, a 26-year-old fresh off a stunning election victory, got his first taste of the challenge he’d often face as the only Black person on the school board.

It was December 2015, and the Spokane Public Schools Board of Directors was deciding the fate of a Black student, Quincy Marin, who was given a long-term suspension for allegedly threatening an administrator at Lewis and Clark High School.

Only Haynes took Marin’s side.

“He definitely spoke against the energy of the room,” Marin, now 24, tells the Inlander today. “It was kind of like an ‘oh shit’ moment — there’s this Black guy advocat-

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ing for another Black guy.”

The board overruled Haynes and upheld the longterm suspension, arguing that even though Marin didn’t intend to make a threat, his actions could be “perceived” as threatening, court records show. Later, after Marin appealed the decision in court, the district settled for $10,000.

Today, Haynes is the school board president leading what he says is the most diverse board in Spokane Public Schools history. In the past year and a half as president, he’s navigated through a minefield of controversial decisions — when to reopen schools, where to put a new stadium, and how to redraw school boundaries, to name just a few. With the primary election approaching, he has

decided not to seek another term.

Yet as he reflects on his tenure, Haynes keeps coming back to that day in 2015, when the district was in a “completely different place,” he says. To this day, the Marin decision doesn’t sit well with him.

“I learned a lot from that moment,” Haynes tells the Inlander. “It helped me in understanding how to communicate effectively with my fellow board members and leadership in the district at that time, to achieve the right outcomes.”

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NEWS | EDUCATION “LEAVING A LEGACY,” CONTINUED... that day, Haynes has helped Spokane Public Schools transform how it disciplines students of color. Student arrests have plummeted. Rates of suspensions and expulsions have fallen. And in June, Superintendent Adam Swinyard said Black and multiracial students are no longer being disproportionately kicked out of school — a major accomplishment, even if school closures during the pandemic may have played a role.

Dan Ophardt, an attorney for TeamChild who represented Marin, says he doesn’t believe “for a second” that the school board today would have defended a suspension like Marin’s in 2015.

“The fact that Jerrall was the only vote against it back then shows he was ahead of his time,” Ophardt says. “The fact that Quincy still remembers him as someone he could look to to listen to him shows you the person he is, and how he’s been able to support a more inclusive district for students.”

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aynes didn’t grow up wanting to be a politician. But one school board member in Haynes’ hometown in South Carolina left an impression on him. His name was Harry Blake, and he once visited Haynes’ school in the sixth grade.

“He was this tall, handsome Black guy,” Haynes says. “In some kind of roundabout way, I looked up to him and admired him. I didn’t see too many people that look like me in positions like that throughout the rest of my life.”

After high school, Haynes joined the Air Force, which brought him to Fairchild Air Force Base in 2010. At first, he struggled to find his place in the Inland Northwest, feeling truly alone for the first time ever. His mother and grandma encouraged him to go out and build relationships, build community, and give Spokane a chance. So he started coaching high school football, and he got involved with the NAACP. “That started to change things really quickly,” Haynes says.

When someone on the NAACP political action committee suggested he run for office, Haynes initially laughed it off. But then he saw there was a school board position up for election. He remembered when Blake visited his school in sixth grade.

He decided to go for it, and he eventually beat Rocky Treppiedi, who’d been on the board for nearly 20 years.

Sue Chapin, who served on the board with Haynes until 2019, says she immediately noticed that Haynes was wise beyond his years. He was the kind of guy who wouldn’t speak up too much, but would command respect when he did.

“Coming to the board as young as he was when he started, he really rose to the task,” Chapin says. “He just really is committed to what is right for kids.”

It wasn’t easy for Haynes at first. He was torn between pushing for change and leaning on more experienced board members like Chapin to show him the ropes. For Haynes, the hearing to decide whether Marin should remain suspended clarified the path forward. He saw what he considered an injustice, and he spoke up.

“It was interesting because I was given kudos by my fellow board members and school district leadership for being the lone ‘no’ vote, because they acknowledged how difficult that is,” Haynes tells the Inlander. “And I was like ‘What? I just don’t agree.’”

Haynes says he was always very aware that most people in district leadership were White.

“When I looked around the room — and this is no offense to anyone else — I didn’t see other people of color. I didn’t see anybody else that had firsthand experience, or possibly the right perspective at times,” Haynes says.

When the board in 2015 upheld Marin’s suspension, it hit Haynes hard. From that, however, a superintendent leadership group on school discipline and disproportionality was created, he says.

Eventually, with community pressure, the district focused more on restorative practices that kept kids in school instead of kicking them out. Disproportionality by race in discipline numbers also began to go down.

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PRIMARY ELECTION

With Jerrall Haynes and Aryn Ziehnert declining to seek new terms, there are two open Spokane Public Schools Board of Directors seats. Here are candidates for each race in the August primary. The top two will advance to the general election.

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MELISSA BEDFORD, an assistant professor of education at Eastern Washington University and former public school teacher.

KENNETH CAMERON, small-business owner and animal rights advocate.

KARINA HERNANDEZ, volunteer at Ronald McDonald, Make A Wish Foundation and Spokane Teaching Health Clinic.

DARYL GEFFKEN, financial adviser and adjunct professor at Gonzaga and Eastern Washington universities.

JAKE LEADINGHAM, Army National Guard reservist, K-6 educator and literacy tutor.

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RION AMETU, a FedEx delivery driver formerly with the U.S. Navy.

KATA DEAN, advocate for teens addicted to drugs and alcohol and victims of sexual abuse.

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CULZEAN FAIRLY, director for education programs for at-risk youth in Spokane, former teacher at PRIDE Prep charter school.

RILEY SMITH, campaign manager and operations coordinator for Feeding the Northwest.

“I had to learn how to communicate in an effective way to usher us into getting some of that work done, without it being strictly all about race, because I’m not sure if that necessarily resonated with everybody in that moment,” Haynes says.

As other board members began to leave, Haynes became one of the most senior members. A bit reluctantly, Haynes accepted the role of board president in January 2020. Joining him on the board were newly elected members Nikki Lockwood and Jenny Slagle, both women of color.

“I’m in a position I never thought I’d be in,” Haynes says.

“When I joined, I’d never imagined that day.”

But then, he says, “all hell broke loose.”

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he pandemic closed schools. The George Floyd murder prompted calls for radical change. Spokane Public Schools Superintendent Shelley Redinger left for another job.

Board member Kevin Morrison resigned without explanation.

None of that stalled Haynes’ goals to improve schools. In fact, it may have accelerated efforts. Last June, Haynes and the school board passed a racial equity resolution. It was a promise to address systemic issues within the school district. It called for an end to student arrests, for an increase in workforce diversity and for an “equity lens” in budget decisions, among other things.

It’s the kind of thing Haynes says wouldn’t have been passed when he first was elected.

“Five years ago, our district was in a drastically different place, and we were just starting to do some very serious work that we’re reaping some amazing benefits from now,” Haynes says.

“But I’m not sure that as an entire board we were ready then.”

Living up to the equity resolution, however, has been its own challenge. The board took criticism this summer for approving new school boundaries that some experts argue will separate students by economic class and will represent a move away from equity.

Chapin, former school board president, agreed with the boundary changes and said Haynes handled the decision “thoughtfully.”

The one disagreement she has with Haynes? The decision to build a new downtown stadium. In 2018, the board decided to build a new sports stadium at the site of Joe Albi Stadium in northwest Spokane following an advisory vote. Earlier this year, a new proposal asked the board to once again put the stadium downtown. This time, once the Public Facilities District had met the school district’s terms, the board agreed to the downtown proposal.

It was a controversial decision, but Haynes said at the time it was a “step in the right direction to bring Spokane to a better place.”

Haynes says he isn’t afraid of controversy — as long as he’s confident he’s made the best choice for students.

“If I can always stand on that, that this is the best decision for students, I’m OK disappointing some adults,” Haynes says.

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aynes won’t seek re-election because he feels the district is ready for a transition.

“We’ve tackled just about every big major topic that you can in the last few years,” he says. “I think I’m ready to start focusing on other ways I can serve my community.”

He’d “possibly” be interested in another elected position, he says, but only if there’s a strong desire in the community for him to run. Until his term ends, he’s still focused on helping kids.

“I’m not going anywhere,” Haynes says. “I think it’s just time for new leaders to emerge.”

Ophardt, for one, is confident others will be inspired by Haynes’ leadership.

“His service to this community can’t be overstated,” Ophardt says. “And I have to expect that the immeasurable effects of the visibility of a Black man in his position in Spokane will be felt for generations.” n wilsonc@inlander.com

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NEWS | DOWNTOWN

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When You Gotta Go

Searching for solutions to Spokane’s public restroom shortage

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aybe not daily, but at least every other day.

That’s how often Pia Hallenberg says she has to clean up human feces outside her condo in downtown Spokane. The condo opens into a secluded alley, making it a convenient place for people to visit at night when downtown Spokane’s few public restrooms are closed.

Hallenberg says she’s frustrated and tired of the near daily cleanup, but she understands why it continues to happen.

“I don’t blame people; if you gotta go, you gotta go,” Hallenberg says.

Spokane’s newly renovated North Bank of Riverfront Park added several public restrooms to downtown, but like most public facilities in Spokane, they close in the evening. There are a few other options, like the River Park Square shopping mall and the Spokane Transit Authority Plaza, but they aren’t always open either.

There are also bathrooms in private businesses, but most are for paying customers only and, with the

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exception of a few gas stations, they also close at night.

Downtown Spokane Partnership CEO Mark Richard says the number of downtown businesses that allow public bathroom use has decreased dramatically over the past five years because of issues with drug use and behavioral issues.

For people who are homeless, or even just trying to stay hydrated on a long walk, the lack of options can present some serious challenges.

“As it is right now, I can’t say to somebody, ‘Hey, you have to go somewhere else,’” Hallenberg says, “because there is no other place to go.”

After conversations with the City Council this spring, the downtown Spokane Business Improvement District is in the process of forming a committee that will study current bathroom availability downtown and work with the city to find possible solutions to the shortage. The committee hasn’t formally met yet, but Hallenberg, who is a residential representative of the Business Improvement District, says she has been asked to chair the committee.

City Councilwoman Karen Stratton says the conversation around bathrooms is taking off at an important time. She says she regularly gets phone calls and emails from constituents concerned about the lack of public bathrooms. Most of the concern is about the downtown area, but also in public parks and greater Spokane. (Stratton says her mother’s house used to open into an alley; like Hallenberg, she has first-hand experience with the problem.)

People have tried to rally support for public bathrooms in the past, but they struggled to get the idea off the ground. Hallensberg, Stratton and others are confident things will be different this time. One main reason?

Framing.

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In 2018, Councilwoman Kate Burke tried to gain support to purchase “Portland Loo” facilities designed to withstand the wear and tear of daily use. She raised the issue again after a 2019 hepatitis A outbreak that Spokane health officials linked to poor hygienic conditions affecting people who are unhoused, but the idea still failed to gain traction.

“I think it’s dehumanizing to make people go to the bathroom in the streets. I think it’s a terrible thing to do.”

Stratton says the problem was one of framing. Burke was approaching the bathroom issue as a homeless problem — raising concerns about drawing homeless people to the area.

Stratton says that while unhoused people are still an important part of the conversation, the issue is ultimately one that affects everybody — families, tourists, joggers, barhoppers, the elderly — because we all need to go sometimes. By framing the conversation in terms of public infrastructure, Stratton hopes to attract broader support.

“It’s not just the homeless,” Stratton says. “I think that’s where people start getting a little cranky about it.”

Melissa Morrison, the City Council’s manager of housing and homelessness initiatives, has been researching the bathroom issue and gave a presentation about it to the City Council in the spring. Morrison says thinking about bathroom access as an infrastructure problem allows them to think more creatively about how a program

could be managed. Instead of being run by Spokane’s Communities Housing and Homeless Services department, a public restroom program could potentially be managed by the Spokane Water Department, Morrison says. She also noted the American Rescue Plan as a potential source of funding.

Cupid Alexander, the former director of neighborhoods, housing and human services, previously worked in Portland and had direct experience with the city’s Portland Loo program.

Richard says he had discussed the bathroom issue several times with Alexander before Alexander’s abrupt exit in June, which put plans to further discuss the issue with the city on hold.

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Hallenberg says she’s been particularly interested in a program in San Francisco called the Pit Stop program. The program was started in 2014 by the Public Works Department in an attempt to reduce the amount of human waste on the streets. The program uses a combination of permanent bathroom pods and mobile trailers that can be moved to different parts of the city depending on where need is highest.

Unlike some other models, all Pit Stop toilets are staffed by paid attendants who help make sure the bathrooms are maintained and used for their intended purpose. The staff are mainly people in work reentry programs.

Hallenberg says she doesn’t think public bathrooms can be pulled off in Spokane without some sort of staffing. Vandalism and drug use have caused issues at public bathrooms in the past.

“Experience shows that it’s going to get destroyed if there’s nobody there,” Hallenberg says.

Morrison and Stratton agree that public restrooms in Spokane would need some sort of staffing or security, at least to start.

Morrison says she and Stratton met with a Denver City Council member who told them that staffing is important for making sure people feel safe at public restrooms. Morrison says research from Denver also shows that bathrooms need to be readily available — as frequent as every four blocks.

Morrison says she has also been looking into a program in Germany where private businesses receive money from the government in exchange for opening their facilities to the public and putting a sticker in their window to let people know their bathrooms are open to everyone, not just paying customers.

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HUMAN DIGNITY

The Business Improvement District’s bathroom committee has yet to officially meet, and Stratton says the City Council will want to wait to see more data and community input. Still, Morrison says she’s excited about the partnership. Richard says that later this year, the Downtown Spokane Partnership is planning a comprehensive survey of the bathroom policies used by various downtown businesses.

“This is just the beginning, but I think there’s a strong opening here,” Stratton says. “I think you kind of just know when it’s time to start bringing it up and talking about it. Now’s the time.”

Stratton and others hope that framing the bathroom conversation as a broader public infrastructure issue can help convince skeptics, but the brunt of the shortage still falls on unhoused people who don’t have anywhere else to go.

In Spokane, 30 people have been issued citations for urinating or defecating in public since February 2020, according to municipal court records. Of those 30, five had previously been cited for camping or sitting on sidewalks.

Hallenburg says it’s ultimately a matter of human dignity.

“I think it’s dehumanizing to make people go to the bathroom in the streets. I think it’s a terrible thing to do. Everybody should have access to a restroom,” Hallenberg said.

For Luke, a homeless man standing on the corner of Second and Monroe twirling a cardboard sign in the air, the lack of public facilities presents a serious challenge. He says it’s often impossible to find places that are open and that going outdoors is sometimes the only option.

“Somebody needs to care. I mean, it doesn’t take a homeless guy to be mad about it, I’m surprised more kids or parents [aren’t] mad about it,” Luke says. n

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NEWS | ELECTION 2021

Fighting for Northeast Three candidates want to give Spokane’s northeast City Council district much needed attention

BY SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL

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hree candidates across the political spectrum are vying for the Spokane City Council position being vacated by progressive Councilwoman Kate

Burke.

Jonathan Bingle, Luc Jasmin III and Naghmana Sherazi each hopes to take the seat in District 1, which has elected conservatives and progressives to its officially nonpartisan seats in the past. The district covers the portion of the city generally north of Interstate 90 and east of Division Street, including neighborhoods such as Hillyard, Chief Garry Park and Nevada-Lidgerwood.

The Aug. 3 primary election will determine which two top vote-getting candidates move on to the general election in November.

This would be the first time holding elected office for all of the candidates, though each has an extensive background working in the community and building relationships in Spokane.

They all feel the northeast part of the city has been neglected, and each hopes to address disparities in what are some of the poorest zip codes in the state. But they differ in how they think the city should move forward.

All three spoke with the Inlander to talk about what they see as the most pressing issues facing the city and what they hope to accomplish if elected. (Shared in reverse alphabetical order).

‘REPRESENTATION TRULY DOES MATTER’

With endorsements from progressive organizations and politicians, including outgoing seat holder Burke, NAGHMANA SHERAZI hopes her second run at a City Council seat in the district will gain her a spot on the council.

She first ran for council in 2019, coming in third among seven candidates in the primary. That race was ultimately won by current conservative Councilman

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Michael Cathcart.

For Sherazi, who moved to the U.S. from Pakistan around 2008, the election was a major milestone: In November 2018, she became a naturalized citizen, by December she’d been asked to consider running for office, and by March 2019, she’d filed to run.

So in the very first election she was able to vote in, Sherazi was also able to cast a vote for herself.

“My son who’d just turned 18 also got to vote for the first time and voted for his mother,” Sherazi says. “That’s how the democratic process is so enabling.”

After first moving to Texas to be with family while leaving an abusive longtime marriage, she studied to become a cytogenetic technologist, all while raising her son as a single mother. Those efforts ultimately led to a job in Spokane in 2012.

However, soon after she got on her feet here, that company folded. Sherazi says she had to scramble to make ends meet, sometimes working two or three jobs, and she continues to understand the realities of living paycheck to paycheck as a renter in the city.

She now participates in many organizations, including Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane, Spokane Coalition of Color, and Muslims for Community Action and Support, and works as a communications coordinator for Gonzaga University’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

“These are the stories I’m telling people at the doors; they connect with that,” Sherazi says. “They understand women, immigrants of color, we are used to working three times harder than our White counterparts. I’m going to bring that work ethic with me to Spokane City Council.”

Sherazi doesn’t think the northeast has been treated fairly, specifically noting that it’s the district with the most unpaved roads.

FROM LEFT: Naghmana Sherazi, Luc Jasmin III and Jonathan Bingle “First and foremost we need to pave all the streets and roads,” she says.

She also thinks the city may need to look at zoning changes not only in the northeast, but throughout business districts where the council could allow for more residential infill atop retail space as the crunch for housing continues.

“We really need to make sure people are living and working close to amenities,” she says.

She would also like to see an expansion of public transportation, suggesting a peripheral bus route or loop around the city that could connect with the Central City Line to help with increasing commuting constraints as the city grows.

As for homelessness, she says the city needs to supply adequate shelter space before extreme hot or cold events.

“We need to stop chasing the weather, we need to make sure we have shelter in place,” Sherazi says.

Ultimately, she says she’s running for council to ensure District 1 gets its fair share “and to bring all the needs and voices of our constituents forward.

“It doesn’t matter to me what religion or party you belong to, all I care is that we are represented properly on City Council,” Sherazi says. “Representation truly, truly does matter.”

‘I GET THINGS DONE’

As another progressive contender — endorsed by leaders like state Sen. Andy Billig — LUC JASMIN is hopeful his longtime involvement in the local education system at the local, state and federal level will help capture voters’ trust to represent their interests on the council.

Jasmin moved to Spokane about 15 years ago from Boston with his then-wife and moved into District 1, where he’s lived ever since. He has two young daughters.

Trained as an elementary educator, Jasmin is the co-owner of Parkview Early Learning Center and is passionate about education. In addition to Parkview, he helped open a child care center that supports Lumen High School, a public charter school for teen mothers in downtown Spokane.

As president of the grassroots Washington Childcare Centers Association, he also helped pass the Fair Start for Kids Act in the state Legislature this year to help fund early childhood education.

“One of the main reasons I’m running is because I get things done,” Jasmin says. “When I talk to the

residents of the northeast, that’s what they want largely closed. to see.”

Bingle, who previously served as a pastor at He says the city can help connect businesses Genesis Church for a decade, started working as with child care providers to offer more on-site opa general contractor remodeling homes over the tions, which could help some companies that are last year to support his young family. (They have struggling to find new hires after the pandemic a 15-month-old son.) But he hopes to see trivia required many people to stay home to watch take off again soon. their children.

Public safety, homelessness and housing are The three issues he sees as most pressing for the three issues Bingle says are most pressing for the city right now are housing, infrastructure and the northeast. safety.

“We have some members of the City Council “Our city plan calls for mixed-income neighthat I believe would and are actively working to borhoods, and in order to be able to do that, defund the police,” Bingle says. “People in our we need to work on the permitting process, we area do not want that. … They want a very fully need to be able to do a lot of work with zoning,” staffed police force. They know property crimes Jasmin says. often go unchecked because we do not have the For infrastructure, he points out that bodies in the police force to pursue criminals broadband internet access is seeing a major push along those lines.” across the country, and that type of access could Bingle says often when people bring up strongly benefit the neighborhoods in District 1. homelessness, “they’re talking about chronic Unpaved streets there are also a widespread homelessness or the vagrants in the city.” concern he’s heard from residents.

He says most people he talks to don’t have As for safety, Jasmin serves on the police an issue with helping people who’ve temporarily ombudsman’s commission and says he’d like become homeless due to difficult circumstances. to see the ombudsman given true independent But it’s different when it comes to people who are oversight of the police department, as voters have chronically homeless, many of whom, he says, indicated they want. are addicted to substances or are mentally ill.

He’d also like to see the council support more “With really good intentions, we’ve estabcommunity programs that will encourage people lished some really bad policies,” Bingle says. from Spokane to become officers, “to help grow “We’ve treated it like it’s a housing problem. It’s law enforcement that look like and are from our not.” neighborhoods.”

He says he thinks the Overall, he wants to struggle to get into treatensure more is done for ment or to appointments CAMPAIGN MONEY the northeast. is not due to their current Luc Jasmin III has so far raised $41,020 in cash “We really need a lot living situation, but and in-kind contributions, with zero independent of investments,” Jasmin because of their choices expenditures on his behalf by outside organizasays. “I want to make or lack of agency due to tions. Naghmana Sherazi’s campaign so far has sure that people in my their addiction or mental $35,216 in cash and in-kind contributions, with district get their fair share health. $780 in independent expenditures on her behalf of city services.”

“By only supporting

by Fuse Votes. Jonathan Bingle has so far raised He’s heard frustralow-barrier shelters, all $28,175 in cash contributions, with $53,329 in tion at the neighborwe’re doing is concentratindependent expenditures supporting him spent hood council level about ing this homelessness by the National Association of Realtors Fund and neighborhood plans that into these shelters,” Washington Realtors Political Action Committee. people spent many hours Bingle says. “You need to creating, only to feel like require things of them, they’re not resulting in actual changes or projects. need to see them taking steps along that track “These people spend so much time and effort to moving toward healing. Right now they’re and energy developing that,” he says. “We need broken.” to honor that.”

He suggests the city could help expand state Jasmin also notes that District 1 has historilaws that enable involuntary treatment. cally had the lowest voter turnout in the city. He For housing, Bingle says the city’s centers thinks part of that is due to people not feeling and corridors plan, which lays out where denser like their votes are leading to real change. housing developments should be built, is good in “I want them to see the wins I’m able to get theory, but it hasn’t been put into practice. and know that we will get our voices heard,” “That has to do with the bad votes from the Jasmin says. “I want to magnify voices.”

City Council,” Bingle says. “If you tell people, ‘This is the only place you can build’ and then vote down every development, we’re not going The lone conservative contender in the race, to be able to build to the level we need to handle JONATHAN BINGLE has endorsements from the population.” conservative politicians including Spokane Mayor He points to major apartment complexes that Nadine Woodward, Councilman Cathcart, and were planned in Indian Trail and on the South Spokane County Commissioners Al French and Hill that the council voted down, despite their loJosh Kerns. cation within those centers and corridors. Among Originally from Spokane, Bingle says he his campaign promises is that he’ll “bring back basically grew up at Friendship Park, later atcommon sense to the City Council.” tending Rogers High School and then Spokane “Common sense is saying we may have a Falls Community College before starting his own plan for it, but we need to be flexible enough to business. He and his wife own Bent Trivia, an understand the needs of the community and then entertainment company that was put on hold adapt to it,” Bingle says. n during the pandemic with restaurants and bars samanthaw@inlander.com

‘BRING BACK COMMON SENSE’

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NEWS | ELECTION 2021

Areas of Agreement Meet the candidates running to represent northwest Spokane

BY NATE SANFORD

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nsurprisingly, the issue at the forefront of each candidate’s mind in Spokane’s District 3 City Council race is housing. Do we need more?

How do we keep it affordable? What can we do to help people who don’t have it?

There are five candidates hoping to tackle those questions this year. They’re vying for a seat occupied by Candice Mumm, who is at the end of her term limit. District 3 encompasses northwest Spokane, which includes West Central, Indian Trail and the Shadle Park areas. The district’s other council seat is occupied by Karen Stratton.

The Inlander interviewed all five candidates about their experience, goals and what it’s like doorbelling in 100-degree heat. (Short answer: hot!)

‘PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY’

ZACK ZAPPONE has deep Spokane roots. He was born and raised in District 3, and his family has lived in Eastern Washington for six generations.

After completing a master’s in public affairs, Zappone returned to Spokane to work as a middle school English and history teacher. He says his experience with Spokane Public Schools has given him a unique perspective on the issues facing the city.

“I see a lot of those challenges in our community day in and day out in our schools, issues around public health and safety, homelessness and economic opportunity,” Zappone says.

Zappone says he wants to prioritize public health and safety, especially when it comes to mental health. He says that would include expanded services and shelter capacity for those experiencing homelessness. Doing outreach to make those services available to people is also important, he says.

At 30, Zappone is a millennial, which he says gives him a different perspective on the city’s housing issues.

“I know too often many of my peers and my friends are having to move away from Spokane because they can’t find good-paying jobs to pay for rent,” he says.

Zappone says he’s concerned about the large sums of special interest money in the race. His opponent Mike Lish has received a combined $50,000 in independent expenditures from the National Association of Realtors Fund and the Washington Realtors Political Action Committee. In 2019, the Realtors spent an unprecedented amount of money on then-mayoral candidate Nadine Woodward and three others on City Council.

‘NOT GOING TO SELL MY SOUL’

MIKE LISH, the recipient of those independent expenditures, says he is not concerned about outside influence.

“I’ve talked with the Realtors; I’ve been straight up about my goals. I’m not going to sell my soul to anybody to run, you know what I mean? But our values aligned,” Lish says.

Lish says he’s worried about the housing shortage in

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FROM LEFT: Zack Zappone, Mike Lish, Lu Hill, Christopher Savage and Karen Kearney.

Spokane and would be supportive of more development and creative solutions. Lish is the president of D’Lish’s Hamburgers. He says he has firsthand experience with the difficulties small businesses have faced because of COVID-19.

Lish is new to politics — “I never even ran for ASB in high school,” he says — but he hopes that his status as an outsider will allow him to bring a breath of fresh air to City Hall.

“I didn’t see anybody running in my district that was really going to represent myself, my family or the business,” he says.

When it comes to homelessness, Lish says there needs to be a big push toward mental health facilities and rehabilitation. He argues that the city’s current model is tolerant of bad behavior and sometimes draws homeless people to the city. He says he would focus on connecting people with services.

Lish says he wants to see more common sense and fewer political agendas on City Council.

‘IT’S INFRASTRUCTURE’

LACRECIA (LU) HILL grew up as a single teenage mother in Spokane. She balanced raising a child while attending community college and later transferring to Eastern Washington University. She says the difficulties she faced helped inform her decision to run for council.

“A lot of humans on our City Council don’t know what it is to have a housing voucher, or to have to rely on public transportation, or even being a teenage mom and trying to juggle child care and a job and your educational pursuits,” Hill says.

Hill has worked in cannabis, yoga and consulting.

She’s also involved in nonprofit work with Spectrum LGBTQIA2+, the center on the Spokane Regional Domestic Violence Coalition, the Black Business Chamber of Commerce and other organizations.

Homelessness is a big priority for Hill. She says the city needs to take a holistic approach — investing money in low-barrier housing and low-barrier supportive housing. She doesn’t think people come to Spokane because of the city’s services.

Hill says she is also focused on filling potholes and getting people to work on infrastructure projects.

“It’s not deregulation that’s going to save our city’s money, it’s infrastructure,” Hill says.

When it comes to the disagreements between City Hall and the mayor’s office, Hill says she would want to approach the issue from a place of mutual respect, while also focusing on modernizing the city’s internal structures.

“Those technologies and communication patterns have not been upgraded in decades,” Hill says. “I think that we would go far to really work together with City Council and the mayor to address those internal operational structures that can help our city flow better.”

‘A LOT OF GRIEF AND CONCERN’

This is CHRISTOPHER SAVAGE’s second time running for City Council. As with his previous run in 2019, Savage says he is motivated by discomfort over what he’s seen happening at City Council meetings.

“I feel like they were rubber-stamping and approving a bunch of superfluous legislation that was just causing taxpayers a lot of grief and concern over what they were doing,” Savage says.

Savage says his main concern is the housing and homelessness crisis. He says some of the organizations backed by City Hall haven’t delivered on their promises.

He cites the Union Gospel Mission as an example of a charity with a proven track record that he would want to support if elected.

“It seems like some of these organizations overpromise and undeliver, and it just causes a lot of animosity that should not be there,” Savage says.

Savage is a board member for Spokane Meals on Wheels and has served on the Spokane Salary Review Commission and the Water Conservancy Commision.

He says this experience building bridges and working with others has given him experience that will help navigate disagreements in City Hall.

While attending neighborhood council meetings, Savage says he has heard from residents who feel there aren’t enough traffic and code enforcement officers. He says he would focus on filling those positions.

‘YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MOUTHGUARD’

A fifth-generation Spokane resident, KAREN KEARNEY has been chair of the Balboa/South Indian Trail neighborhood council for nine years. During her tenure, Kearney says she’s helped the council work on numerous issues, including code enforcement, helping law enforcement close drug houses, creating a lit pedestrian crossing and founding a gathering place for seniors.

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“If you go on Boone and Broadway, you have to have a mouthguard to be able to go on those streets, because they are so bad,” she says.

Kearney says she doesn’t support low-barrier shelters in neighborhoods, and that the city needs to find a more compassionate way to help homeless people into housing.

Kearney says she’s concerned about the conflict and staffing shortages that have been plaguing City Hall. She says she would want to improve communication between the City Council and the mayor’s office and to fill staffing shortages.

Kearney also says she wants to create a small-business department within City Hall to help encourage development. n

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ANNISA HALE @ahopehale

Five local photographers talk about perfect pics, social media and their Instagram-worthy shots

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ince its launch in 2010, Instagram has become one of the giants of social media.

It’s grown past square photos with the same recycled, preset filters appearing over and over on your timeline. While a lot has changed on the platform in 11 years, it’s still the digital home for visuals of people’s favorite meals, pets, home decor, vacations and selfies.

I’m just a casual user of the popular phone app (a measly 40 posts appear on my “grid”), but I’ve always been interested in viewing artists, photographers and designers who use Instagram frequently to share their work. I hold the belief that social media’s convenient way of posting content has stemmed a new wave of photography enthusiasts.

From casual to professional photographers, I think it’s fair to credit Instagram for introducing, or at least propelling the interest in the art form to an entire generation.

For this issue, we wanted to find a handful of the creators who use Instagram to fuel their passion for photography. The simple idea was to highlight local creatives whose skills are mostly adapted to fit the specific appeal of Instagram.

Through reaching out to friends and influencers, we discovered five photographers in the area who frequently use the app and have garnered quite the following. They use the site as their main platform for promoting their work, and for most of them, photography is just a side gig or hobby. We asked each of them the same seven questions ranging from their introduction to photography to creative influences to their dream shoots. Their answers have been lightly edited for length and clarity.

— DEREK HARRISON, INLANDER ART DIRECTOR

Examples of Annisa Hale’s work, including the photo on the facing page.

What was your introduction to photography?

I can’t recall what exactly drew me to photography. Perhaps it was being immersed in nature — wanting to capture its glory. I remember I was 11 or so and my family took us on a trip in Northern California. My great grandma had rented us a cabin tucked in the woods. In front of the cabin was a small lake, big enough for just us. I pulled out my purple Nokia phone and captured the cabin. Till this day, I remember the joy I had when I took that picture.

many photographers. As algorithms changed, it became difficult to navigate what hashtags to post and what times were best. However, Instagram is still widely used by businesses and freelance photographers and I’ve been lucky to get a few inquiries about photography gigs. I never have enough energy to invest in my freelancing work to truly gain exposure/ business, so I primarily use Instagram to post abstract photos.

What are your creative influences?

This is always a difficult question to answer since my work stretches to different mediums. Though I tend to enjoy pictures from Realism Magazine, Organic Magazine, Somewhere Magazine and Magnifico Magazine.

What is your “day job?”

I currently work at Roast House Coffee and First Avenue Coffee as a creative director. This involves many things including social media management, photography, videography, copyediting, copywriting, website design, marketing, graphic design, and conceptualizing, creating and editing our podcast. I drink way too much coffee, force my co-workers to be models and take lots of goofy pictures and videos.

What are some of your favorite things to shoot?

I tend to shoot the human body in nature, in all its tenderness. I love capturing the delicate body with the stillness of nature.

What are the advantages of using Instagram to share your work? Disadvantages?

When I first started featuring my work on Instagram back in 2013, it was a wonderful platform to share and engage with

If you could photograph anything or anyone in the world, what/who would it be?

I’d love to spend more time in the mountains of Austria and Switzerland and capture all its beauty. n

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MATT HOFFMAN @viewmatt

What was your introduction to photography?

There was a lunar eclipse and my dad wanted me to take some pictures of it for him. I ended up holding onto the camera for a bit and realizing I was pretty good.

What is your “day job?”

I do detailing for Hagadone Marine, which I enjoy, being around boats on and off the clock.

What are the advantages of using Instagram to share your work? Disadvantages?

It’s good for reaching a younger crowd needing high school and college photos — and even weddings here and there. A disadvantage would be not having an older crowd to mix in.

What are your creative influences?

Music is a huge influence to my art — especially when it comes to making videos, which I do just for fun.

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What are some of your favorite things to shoot?

Portraits, mostly. But nighttime shoots with lights and weddings are also probably my favorite.

If you could photograph anything or anyone in the world, what/who would it be?

It would have to be the stars. I’m obsessed with being able to see what the naked eye cannot. n

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PHOTOGRAPHY BRETT KANE @brettmkane

What was your introduction to photography?

I studied film in school, so at first, I wanted to get into filmmaking. But after graduating and moving back to my hometown in Hermiston, Ore., I picked up photography because, honestly, it was just easier. Going out and shooting photos is a lot more doable on your own compared to video and film production.

What is your “day job?”

I’m a sales associate at Office Depot, and a freelance journalist.

What are the advantages of using Instagram to share your work? Disadvantages?

Instagram is a really easy way to get your photos out there into the world and to start promoting your work. At the same time, it’s difficult to gain any kind of attention from anyone too far outside of your social circle. Also, the crop. I can’t stand the crop.

What are your creative influences?

I get a lot of inspiration for the photos I take from movies and music. Movies like Call Me By Your Name, Chungking Express and Burning have inspired me a lot. Same with Frank Ocean, Lorde and Tyler, the Creator.

What are some of your favorite things to shoot?

I shoot portraits most often, but I also like shooting flowers, old cars, city scenery, run-down churches, neon signs and cats. Just to name a few.

If you could photograph anything or anyone in the world, what/who would it be?

I would love to be able to shoot concerts on a consistent basis. As far as people go, I’d probably say Willem Dafoe. He has a great face. Or Billie Joe Armstrong, because, not to brag, but I’ve spent over half of my life being the world’s biggest Green Day fan. I’d also like to live on the coast one day and photograph the ocean. n

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KATHERINE VANDERGRIFF @katsphilm/@CoeursCollective

What was your introduction to photography?

My first introduction to photography was in a high school yearbook class. Oddly enough, I never particularly felt the desire to take photos until I joined the class! I wanted to be more of a graphic editor than anything, but as I was learning all aspects of creating a yearbook, I found that I really enjoyed capturing pieces of art in a moment of time.

What is your “day job?”

Photography has become my “day job.” I work full-time with my own schedule and my own rules. I had a “day job” as a sales associate at a tuxedo shop in Coeur d’Alene, but got laid off due to COVID in 2020. Although I really enjoyed that job, this was a blessing in disguise as it forced me to work harder at my hobby — now making the same money as my “day job.” Going full force was the push I needed to pursue my dreams.

What are the advantages of using Instagram to share your work? Disadvantages?

The main advantage of using Instagram and Facebook as a way to share my work is finding my clique and clientele.

Instagram’s algorithm has helped me make friends that are models and photographers. By working with these people I have found my clientele and other hobbies along with it.

Through my passion of making connections with people, I have even started a community project called CoeursCollective. Coeur d’Alene’s creative people such as photogra-

phers, singers, models, filmmakers, physical artists, graphic designers, small businesses and more are in a group chat together to network. I promote these people on the CoeursCollective Instagram, CoeursCollective.com, as well as the group of people within a Discord chat that reshare others’ work through Instagram.

What are your creative influences?

My creative influences are definitely the people around me. Coeur d’Alene has so many creative photographers to work with. I always feel motivated to try something new with like-minded people. As a portrait photographer, I love capturing the people I work with as the way I see them — everyone is very unique through my lens.

What are some of your favorite things to shoot?

My favorite things to shoot are super odd editorial portraits.

As I always say, some of the weirdest poses can make for the coolest compositions.

If you could photograph anything or anyone in the world, what/who would it be?

They would be my best friends. Some of my favorite photos are with my best friends! They are always their true selves around me, so the portrait process is always smooth and fun! Eventually, I would love to photograph some friends for some super unique brands, just like Vogue and Gucci! n

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I wanted to be a photographer starting around age 10, simply because I thought it was fun. Eventually I started to lose interest and changed my career path at the end of high school to graphic design. I only got back into shooting when I started the film program at EWU and met my boyfriend Brett [Kane, also featured in this story], who has taught me a lot about photography and how to work with models.

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What is your “day job?”

I work remotely doing production design and formatting work on curriculums, and I recently finished animating a music video for my friend Carl Christensen.

What are the advantages of using Instagram to share your work? Disadvantages?

In my opinion, there are more cons to sharing art on Instagram than there are pros. It’s hard for photos to get very far without comments, shares, and saves, and while I don’t rely on photography for an income, the everchanging algorithm on Instagram can be frustrating and heavily discouraging. However, I am thankful that Instagram has allowed me to find other creatives, build friendships, and continuously find opportunities for shoots that I may not know about otherwise.

What are your creative influences?

Most of my inspiration comes from my favorite films, especially if they’re quirky, deadpan, and feature a lot of pastels. The Royal Tenenbaums, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and Phantom Thread are some of those. I also love to find inspiration in vintage fashion and magazines.

What are some of your favorite things to shoot?

Most of my experience is in portraits and behind the scenes on film sets, and while I absolutely love those kinds of shoots, I would love to be working concerts and fashion shows — including local musicians and pop-ups!

If you could photograph anything or anyone in the world, what/who would it be?

I would probably pass out if I ever had enough credit to shoot a Red Hot Chili Peppers concert. I feel like this needs no explanation. I love them. I love photography, but I’m hoping to find a career in visual development for animated films and TV shows! n

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Jaron Fuglie (the Sea Captain) and Anna Kay (Viola) during the Spokane Ensemble Theatre’s rehearsal of Twelfth Night.

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WITTY FOOLS & FOOLISH WITS The new Spokane Ensemble Theatre brings Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night to life at the MAC

FROM LEFT: Dana Sammond (Maria), Eupheme Carruthers (Olivia), Kiara White (Olivia’s Lady) and Erin Sellers (Fabia)

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here’s always a tangible air of excitement that runs through an audience as they file into their seats and get settled for a live theater performance. A hush falls over the crowd as the lights dim, signaling the show is about to begin. Finally the moment arrives: The first actors appear on stage, and the audience is swept for the next few hours into the world of the characters and their story.

That feeling is finally returning to Spokane, starting with a production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night by the new Spokane Ensemble Theatre.

The show runs July 29 through Aug. 1 at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture amphitheater, so while

some of the typical ambiance of a theater such as technical lighting and curtains will be missing, the feeling of witnessing live, in-person theater will be very much alive, and welcome after more than a year of crowd restrictions forcing local theaters online.

The theater company was formed this year as a collaborative effort between Josephine Keefe, Chelsea DuVall and Rio Alberto, all artists within the Spokane theater scene.

Keefe, who is also the executive director of Twelfth Night, says Spokane Ensemble Theatre will focus on professional productions in addition to providing opportunities for professional training. She says this is coming at a

pivotal time as Spokane is reopening and expecting a jump in TV and film work in the area.

Spokane Ensemble Theatre chose Twelfth Night because of how relevant it is to today with its themes of gender and identity. Keefe describes Twelfth Night as a romantic comedy that touches on love and individual expression.

For DuVall, who is directing the show, she was drawn to Twelfth Night because of her interests in identity and queerness, and because the play’s content is germane to where society is today in terms of these topics. She also chose the show because it is a comedy, which was fitting both for an outdoor performance and for one of the first live theater shows in Spokane after the pandemic, she says.

“It feels like the right decision to bring people some lightness and some joy, and find a sense of community and communing together in a space that’s safe,” DuVall says.

shows throughout the pandemic, what he’s missed the most about live theater is the audience interaction.

“There’s a moment on stage, there’s a moment when you’re performing in anything you do, when you can just hear a collective laugh, a collective gasp, a collective breath in the audience, and I have missed that exact moment, when you can just feel the connection with the audience,” Tombari says.

After Twelfth Night closes, Spokane Ensemble Theatre will determine what the next year will look like, Keefe says. The theater community in Spokane is filled with talent, and Keefe says Spokane Ensemble Theatre wants to collaborate and partner with other arts organizations to strengthen the theater scene.

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n the play, the protagonist, Viola, is shipwrecked on the shores of the kingdom of Illyria. Her twin brother, Sebastian, has also washed ashore, although neither knows the other is alive.

To protect herself in this unknown land, Viola disguises herself as a man, going by the name of Cesario, and finds work in the house of the Duke Orsino. On top of all that, a love triangle forms.

According to DuVall, “there’s some love, and there’s some laughter, and there’s some drinking, and there’s some persecution and all sorts of things” in the show.

Spokane Ensemble Theatre’s Twelfth Night will incorporate movement and absurdity, and DuVall says she hopes the production feels both contemporary and familiar for audiences. As a director, DuVall says, she wants audiences to experience the ambiguities within the work for themselves.

“I’m not interested in telling you what to think, I’m interested in setting something up and allowing people to have the space to have their own experience,” DuVall says.

Robert Tombari, resident artist at Stage Left Theater, plays Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night. He says he jumped at the chance to be involved in the show because of his love for Shakespeare’s works. Tombari is excited that Shakespeare is happening in Spokane.

In working with Spokane Ensemble Theatre, Tombari says he has been able to explore movement and physicality more, and that the production is a true ensemble piece. Shakespeare is all about the ensemble, he says, and Twelfth Night has a cast of 14, each role essential to the story.

Since the show is being performed outside, Tombari says he feels this is the perfect way to ease audiences back into seeing live theater.

Performing a show outside also means the show doesn’t rely on technology, but instead on the actors to reach the audience through their storytelling.

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“We saw this as an opportunity both to reinvigorate the theater arts scene with a production that challenges our audience’s mindset about what Shakespeare is or could be, and also excites our community back into the live theater, live performance setting,” Keefe says. n Twelfth Night • Thurs - Sat, July 29-31 at 7 pm, and Sun, Aug. 1 at 5 pm • $10 for museum members and students, $15 non-members • Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture • 2316 W 1st Ave • spokaneensembletheatre.com

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CULTURE | WORDS

‘A Love Letter to Young People’ Author Julian Aguon confronts climate catastrophe and American empire with radical intimacy

BY NATE SANFORD

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ulian Aguon opens his new book by reminding us that, if the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is to be believed, we have about 10 years left to get our collective shit together.

It’s a weighty reminder, and one that feels almost paralyzing. What can an individual possibly do when faced with gargantuan forces like climate change, nuclear warfare and the American imperial project? The three symbiotic specters loom heavily over Aguon’s new book, The Properties of Perpetual Light, and while Aguon doesn’t pretend to have solutions, his intimate portrait of childhood in Guam does offer something close — hope.

Aguon is an Indigenous Chamorro human rights lawyer and founder of Blue Ocean Law, a progressive law firm that focuses on Indigenous rights and environmental justice. He grew up in Guam, an island in the Marianas archipelago that has been an American territory since 1898. Decades of military occupation have caused severe environmental degradation and the U.S. Department of Defense, which owns roughly 30 percent of the island, continues to build new military bases despite opposition from local activists. The American militarization of Guam was a constant presence in Aguon’s childhood. The occupation and its resultant grief haunt his book as well.

Aguon describes Properties as a love letter to young people, who he says are deeply passionate about the injustices around them but sometimes lack the vocabulary to express it. By offering his own stories of youth and vulnerability, he hopes to help equip the next generation with the tools they’ll need to tell their stories and navigate the long road to justice and repair.

“I think that’s part of what sharing our vulnerability does; it anchors us. It encourages us or shows us the need to respect strength and not power,” Aguon tells the Julian Aguon will be joined by Inlander. author Tommy Orange for a Zoom Properties eschews event at Auntie’s Bookstore on traditional narrative, Thursday, July 22, at 7 pm. Orange instead jumping beis a citizen of the Cheyenne and tween essays, poems, Arapaho Nations of Oklahoma. eulogies, graduation His first book, There There, was a speeches and pofinalist for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize litical commentary. and a recipient of the American When writing the Book Award. Register for free at book, Aguon says auntiesbooks.com. the nontraditional structure felt necessary in order to communicate the ideas he was focused on. Some sentiments can only be communicated through certain mediums, he says.

“In some ways the book is just the kind of book that refuses to obey,” he says. “There’s only so much I could graft my will onto the book — it sort of revealed itself to me.”

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The lack of traditional structure also lends itself to the mammoth issues tackled in the book.

Each section stands on its own, but when taken together, the effect is one of powerful resistance: A chapter that eulogizes Marshallese statesman Tony de Brum and explores the legacy of American nuclear testing is followed by a poem about the gaosåli flower; a short story about fishing in the moonlight feels downright radical when put in conversation with the subsequent chapter, a blistering op-ed on the destruction of hundreds of acres of limestone forest to accommodate a live-fire training range. (The act is carried out by Caterpillar bulldozers, which, as Aguon grimly notes, share a name with the creature whose habitat they destroy.)

When writing about the environmental destruction wrought by one of the largest military buildups in modern history, focusing on something as simple as a flower almost feels like the only logical response. Aguon says he was inspired by author Arundhati Roy’s idea that the smallest of things connect to the biggest.

“I’m kind of trying to look at the world from a very different perspective, from the perspective of the small, the perspective of the vulnerable,” Aguon says. “And to get that perspective you have to get really close to the earth; get really down and get lowercase earth under your fingernails.”

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n Properties, Aguon frequently draws on the work of other activist writers, including Audre Lorde, Alice Walker and Toni Morrison. In a chapter titled “Sherman Alexie Looked Me Dead in the Eye Once,” he writes about Sherman Alexie, a Native American novelist from Spokane who rose to national prominence with his book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.

In a footnote, Aguon explains that he was hesitant to include the piece because of troubling #MeToo allegations against Alexie, but that he ultimately decided to include it because of the formative impact Alexie had on him as an aspiring Indigenous writer. (In 2018, a number of female authors accused Alexie of leveraging his fame and sexually harassing them; Alexie released a statement apologizing for his actions while denying some aspects of the allegations.)

“The footnote is just as important as the piece, you know, because I also wanted to show young people that, too — the sitting with the unresolved tension. It’s almost like I want to encourage young people not to forsake the bigger confusion from this smaller certainty,” Aguon says.

Aguon says he made a special effort to quote from Oceanian writers like Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, who are on the front lines of the climate crisis. For residents of low-lying island nations in the Pacific Ocean, the threat posed by rising sea levels has already reached existential levels.

“I think that we have to center those perspectives because they’re the ones who offer the most urgency, and it’s that that can hopefully recalibrate the global conversation on climate change and the sort of inadequacy of our actions to date,” Aguon says.

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hilosopher Timothy Morton has described the climate crisis as a “hyperobject”: a thing so vast and all-encompassing it literally excedees human comprehension. We’re able to talk about it and notice its effects, but the scale of the issue defies action.

“It’s like a bullet train, and it’s headed straight for us, we’re not even moving out of the way,” Aguon says.

The science on climate change is clear, so why are we still standing on the tracks? Part of the reason, Aguon says, is because we aren’t telling a better story. In a chapter titled, “We Have No Need for Scientists,” Aguon rebuffs the cold detachment of the data-driven scientific establishment.

“We have forgotten that there are two kinds of information. We’re stuck in the facts; we’re lost in a forest of facts. We have enough facts, enough evidence, but it’s not been enough to compel people,” Aguon says. “It hasn’t been enough to move hearts and to change minds and change behaviors. But art — artists help bridge that gap.”

Earlier this month, nearly 800 Pacific Northwesterners died in a heat wave that scientists say was directly linked to human-caused climate change. Powerlines melted, rivers ran low, and millions of shellfish were cooked alive in their shells. As is routine, the damage was unevenly dispersed on vulnerable communities.

Those are facts. It’s up to young people to find the story. n

CULTURE | DIGEST

THE BUZZ BIN

Timing is everything.

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GETTING MY HERON FIX A moment 10,000 years in the making

BY DANIEL WALTERS

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here’s a reason the trail was empty that Sunday evening.

The air tastes thick, fatty with heat and haze and a lick of smoke. A chopper hisses overhead, dangling hundreds of gallons of lake water in a big red bucket past the treeline. The Andrus fire was burning near Cheney, and the Fish Lake trail heads in precisely that direction.

But I’m out here anyway. Maybe it’s about defiance, about flipping my middle finger to the twin spirits of heat and smoke stealing away another summer.

And almost instantly, I pay for my rebellion.

I’m soaked in sweat. Out of shape. The cannon of a camera lens in my saddle bags adds five pounds of extra weight, the pudge in my gut adds another 15. My water bottle has gone warm.

Even my Bluetooth earpiece — chattering incessantly with a cacophony of punditry about the NYT and CRT and NFTs, the one that shields me from suffering a single moment outside the rapid information stream — hangs heavy, buzzing at my ear like a fly.

But then finally, nine miles later, I’m here, at the one place that makes this ride worthwhile.

I’ve arrived at that moment of dusk where Queen Lucas Lake sparkles with a kind of alchemy: The greens turn emerald, and the browns turn umber.

Patches of dead weeds become fields of gold. And the still water reflects all of it, smudging and swirling the colors together like a painter’s palette.

And in the midst of this pool of abstract expressionism stands the King of Queen Lucas Lake, Great Blue Heron.

Last time I was here, I wished I had a camera lens that could properly capture this creature. This time, I do. I lift my camera to my eye. Almost subconsciously, I click off my Bluetooth, and my stream of shouts and

snarks and smirks fall silent. Usually, it drives me crazy to be cut off from the information stream. But this moment is different.

The family of pigeons are still bickering behind me. But the heron and I are both quiet. Both of us stand still. Even the Burlington Northern rumbling past screeches slowly to a halt, joining us in the silence.

For me, this is the true magic of wildlife photography: The camera autofocuses me. It blocks out my distractions, narrows my depth of field. I zoom in, freeze a split-second of time that feels timeless, observing the same story that played out the same way 10,000 years ago. It’s something primal. I’m a hunter. I’m an animal.

The heron is reflected in the lake, but the heron is also reflected in me. I, too, am perched on two skinny legs, my big Nikon beak protruding forward, scanning the surface of the water. I, too, am a predator stalking prey. We’re there for maybe an hour.

We’re both holding our breaths, both craning our long necks, both waiting for the right moment, a twitch, a shadow, a flicker in the shallows. And there, he sees something. He strikes and so do I. He explodes into a flurry of flapping wings and driving legs, a lunge in the water, and I echo with a flurry of click-click-clickclicks from the camera.

And then he emerges, triumphant — a brook trout, tangled in strings of lake weeds — writhing helpless in his beak. And I emerge triumphant, with photographic proof and the brief grasp of something like serenity.

It’s nearly dark by the time I ride back. The heat and the smoke have sunk below the horizon. The train chugs back to life. Time starts up again, and once again the serene dissolves into the noise. The Bluetooth clicks back on, and the serene is washed away in the information stream. n

COMPLEXITIES OF BEING Love, Simon was hailed as a groundbreaking movie when it was one of the first rom-com/coming-of-age movies to feature an LGBTQ+ main character, but I’d like to shine the spotlight on the spin-off TV series, Love, Victor. The titular character, Victor, is a teenager who learns to accept his sexuality over the course of the first season, and the recently released (and much-awaited) second season explores the aftermath of Victor’s coming out.

Available to watch on Hulu, season two doesn’t shy away from tackling the complexities of coming out to a family with strong religious beliefs, the intersectionality of Victor’s identity as a gay Latino teenager, or the milestones in a new relationship, and is filled with both tough and heartfelt moments that make it a must-watch. (LILLIAN PIEL) MAN FROM MARS A full quarter of the U.S. population identifies itself as evangelical, yet most mainstream reporting on the evangelical movement has ranged from surface-level to nonexistent.

Instead, it’s conservative Christian publications like World magazine and Christianity Today that have done surprisingly thorough muckraking reporting on hypocritical pastors and collapsing churches.

Which is why Christianity Today’s latest podcast series, The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill, is so welcome. The series focuses on Seattlebased megachurch pastor Mark Driscoll, and how his controlling leadership style and macho brand of in-your-face preaching led to his downfall. (DANIEL WALTERS) THIS WEEK’S PLAYLIST There’s noteworthy new music arriving in stores and online July 23. To wit: DESCENDENTS, 9th & Walnut. Songs from the earliest days of these punk legends finally get finished a mere 40 years later.

LEON BRIDGES, Gold-Digger’s Sound.

This modern soulster is simply undeniable as he drops his third album.

RODNEY CROWELL, Triage. A masterful songwriter who’s never gotten his due, Crowell delivers a killer first single “Something Has To Change” on his new one. (DAN NAILEN)

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Biscuits and gravy is a diner classic; here are some local spots that do it right

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ew other dishes are as classically American as biscuits and gravy. It’s a humble and hearty dish, and can be eaten any time of day. The dish’s origin is thought to date back as early as the Revolutionary War, but surely its roots are in the South, specifically Appalachia. The meal was cheap and calorie-dense fuel for laborers, and that creamy gravy helped make the blander, harder biscuits of that time more palatable.

While pretty much any diner, breakfast or brunch spot has this American culinary staple on the menu, variations are plenty. Some places make everything from scratch, while others may rely on pre-mixed or made biscuits, gravy and/or sausage. For this Inlander

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food roundup, we opted to check out the biscuits and gravy at a handful of spots frequently recommended online by fellow foodies and B&G connoisseurs, since we already know that places like Chaps, the Yards, Bruncheonette and other top-rated spots do the dish well. (CHEY SCOTT)

FRANK’S DINER

1516 W. Second Ave., 509-747-8798 and 10929 N. Newport Hwy., 509-465-2464; open daily 6 am-9 pm What we got: Biscuits and gravy ($8) What better way to feel like you’re eating in an oldtimey greasy spoon diner than to eat in a 115-year-old

train car that’s been serving up food in Spokane for 90 years? It feels old-timey because it is! Go with a small group and get a booth in the back, or belly up to the wooden bar and admire the detailing as you watch the short order cooks whip out plate after plate of delicious food. From eggs benny to burgers and fries, you’ll find all the diner dishes you’d hope for from breakfast to dinner. Biscuits and gravy are found under “Nana’s Way” on the menu, and as promised, it’s a good oldfashioned, no-frills plate of exactly that. Two biscuits warmed on the flat top grill and cut in half get topped with a heaping serving of sausage gravy, and you can order them all day long. This writer couldn’t make it

MORE B&G GOODNESS

The Breakfast Nook Browne’s Bistro Bruncheonette Chaps Diner & Bakery Cottage Cafe Crimson Hearth Elliotts an Urban Kitchen Ferguson’s Cafe Garnet Cafe Hoot Owl Cafe Jenny’s Cafe Jimmy’s Down the Street Kalico Kitchen Michael D’s Molly’s Family Restaurant Old European / Little Euro Satellite Diner Sportsmans Cafe The Swinging Doors Terry’s Diner Uncle Rusty’s Diner The Yards Bruncheon

An order of Biscuits & Gravy at Frank’s Diner. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO through the whole plate, but if that’s still not enough to fill you up try adding a side of hashbrowns ($4.75) or fruit ($4.50). (SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL)

OLD MILL BAR & GRILL

3405 N. Argonne Rd., Millwood, 509-928-7408; open daily 9 am-2 am What we got: Biscuits and gravy all-day breakfast ($10) Gravy, when you think about Thanksgiving meals or something atop a steak, is usually liquid enough to be poured from a container. Not so at Old Mill Bar & Grill, where the gravy on their biscuits is slathered rather than poured. The thick mass is dotted with black pepper and chunks of sausage, not overly salty and surprisingly creamy. Underneath the mountain of savory “sauce” are two open-face biscuits that manage to maintain a crisp bite despite the load of gravy they bear. The biscuits are wider than they are tall, with a fairly open crumb versus flakiness and a slightly buttery golden exterior. It’s not fancy, but it is plentiful and the perfect pairing with a couple of eggs cooked to order, a bottomless cup of good coffee (or a red beer) and dished up by the friendliest servers in town. (CARRIE SCOZZARO)

SKYWAY CAFE

6105 E. Rutter Ave., 509-534-5986; open Mon-Sat 6 am-2 pm; Sun 7 am-2 pm What we got: 1/4 Biscuits and Gravy ($7) Nestled in Felts Field, it’s exciting to look out the window of the Skyway Cafe and see vintage planes taxi and take off every few minutes. Inside, model planes dangle from the ceiling, aviation-themed license plates dot

the walls, and even the overhead fans are model plane propellers. But going to the Skyway Cafe isn’t just a visual experience: They also serve damn good food. The 1/4-sized plate of biscuits and gravy was enough to feed an NFL linebacker — I can’t begin to imagine what the full-sized portion looks like. On top of the sheer quantity, quality was also delicately considered. The gravy wasn’t too heavy, thanks to the bright notes of sharp black pepper and the perfectly spicy bits of sausage. The biscuits were fluffy enough to soak up the gravy, while simultaneously having that perfect amount of crunch, preventing everything from becoming mush. This plate of biscuits and gravy may seem like too much to eat at once, but after your first bite you won’t even consider not devouring it all — it’s that good. (JAY McGREGOR)

HOGAN’S DINER

2973 E. 29th Ave., 509-535-7567; open Mon-Sat 7:30 am-8 pm, Sun 7:30 am-3 pm What we got: Biscuits and gravy ($8.50) There’s nothing that endears me to a restaurant more than seeing — in that glorious moment when the food arrives at my table — that the restaurant has allotted me generous portion sizes. Laying eyes on Hogan’s Diner’s biscuits and gravy for the first time was euphoric precisely for this reason. My takeaway: Bring a friend!

(Or anticipate a to-go box, and enjoy the promise of tasty leftovers later.) Hogan’s gravy, while pretty standard in terms of overall flavor, spiced things up a bit by sprinkling paprika into the mix, lending a pleasant kick to some bites. And the two buttermilk biscuits were grilled rather than baked, which added a nice crunch to the

dish’s texture. I enjoyed the meal, I enjoyed the fun and friendly service, and I absolutely loved the colorful, retro diner feel that Hogan’s has. Sitting in a red-leather booth at Hogan’s and ordering breakfast on a sunny morning was like being thrown back to the ’50s in the most adorable way possible. (HANNAH MUMM)

HANGRY’S

11923 E. Trent Ave., Spokane Valley 509-960-7963; open SunThu 7:30 am-7:30 pm; Fri-Sat 7:30 am-8:30 pm What we got: Biscuits and gravy special ($9.89, plus $1.89 for sausage gravy) Hangry’s is a traditional diner with a no-frills, old-school vibe offering classic American staples and breakfast all day. I’ve seen both Hangry’s biscuits and gravy and its burgers recommended frequently on social media, and had to see what the hype was about.

Located in a small building along East Trent, Hangry’s has a small dining room and several outdoor picnic tables. While neither the biscuits nor the gravy are scratch-made, our server tells us, the dish came out hot and heartily portioned, with two open-faced, toasty biscuits smothered in creamy, peppery, country-style gravy. I added sausage to mine for a slight upcharge, because in my personal opinion sausage with B&G is required (for non-vegan/veg people, anyway). While the biscuits alone would have been filling enough, the special also comes with a side of crispy hash browns and two eggs, which I couldn’t finish. If B&G isn’t your thing, Hangry’s has tons of house specialty burgers and all the traditional diner fare (milkshakes!) you’d expect.

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FOOD | OPENING

Hammer Time Thomas Hammer Coffee Roasters’ new full-service cafe on the South Hill offers much more than great coffee

BY CHEY SCOTT

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pokane’s South Hill has a hip, new central meeting place now that Thomas Hammer Coffee Roasters’ latest location is complete at 29th and Grand’s commercial pocket.

Called Thomas Hammer Ltd. Reserve, the spot also turns the dial up all the way on the local roaster’s food and beverage offerings — there’s a full food and drink menu, plus beer and wine — and atmosphere. The vibe gives another very large, regionally based coffee chain with a store up the street a run for its money.

“This has been a dream of Tom’s since he started opening stores,” says Kelcey Boyce, an account executive for the downtown-based coffee roaster that launched in 1993 when the Inland Northwest’s coffee culture was completely nascent.

“In fact, originally when the Starbucks location went in on 37th, Tom had tried to purchase that location and was basically outbid by Starbucks. So he has been trying to open a South Hill location for a long time,” she continues.

The new Ltd. Reserve cafe shares a lot with a new branch of Washington Trust Bank fronting Grand

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Thomas Hammer’s new South Hill location is much more than a typical coffee shop.

Boulevard. There’s a drive-thru window in the back, plus plenty of outdoor patio seating and an impressive number of bike racks. Inside, the cafe is warm and modern, with a long counter for ordering framed from behind by a huge menu on the wall. Seating is ample and varied, from solo or two-person tables to more casual loungestyle seating and the “Tree Bar,” named for the leafy potted tree in its center. A glass-walled community room offers a large table for meetings and events, and eventually will be available for reservations, Boyce says.

Food options served all day at the cafe for dine-in or to-go were created through a collaboration with Merrilee Lindaman, former owner and operator of the nowshuttered Lindaman’s Bistro. The Ltd. Reserve has a full kitchen on site, and rotating food options are displayed in a cold case at the counter. The food is affordable, filling and tasty. Try the handheld empanadas ($5.50 each) which offer creative fillings like cheeseburger or vegan curry chickpea. While much of the menu is constantly rotating, Boyce says those empanadas are a mainstay, as are a few fresh salads like Caesar, Asian chicken, roasted veggie and fruit.

“Tom consulted with Merrilee on the recipes, and she was so excited that the South Hill community would have someplace to go and it would be in a similar capacity to what she had left behind,” Boyce says.

Meal-size entrees range from pulled pork tacos to house-made casseroles and meatballs. The cafe has sandwiches, too, and a full breakfast menu with myriad options from avocado toast to biscuits and gravy ($3.95), and quiche ($5.25) to breakfast flatbreads ($7.95).

“Everything is made on site there in the kitchen, and the baked goods are brought in from our headquarters down on Pacific,” Boyce says. “It’s all from scratch, locally made.”

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While most customers head to Hammer’s outlets for its coffee, the new location offers that and more, including a full beer and wine menu, plus specialty coffee mocktails.

The Thomas Collins ($8), for example, contains cold brew coffee, lemon juice, elderflower syrup, soda water and a maraschino cherry. A “cold-fashioned” ($8) plays on the classic whiskey cocktail, replacing the spirit with cold brew, plus a barrel-aged maple syrup, orange peel, coffee bitters and maraschino cherry. For those looking for a different kind of buzz, regional rotating beer is served on tap, along with bottles and cans, plus wine by the glass or bottle.

“You can meet there for happy hour or brunch, you can grab dinner to go, you can sit and work and do homework; really anything can happen at this cafe,” Boyce says.

“That is the goal, to offer something for anybody.”

For a caffeinated buzz, the options are endless, from traditional espresso like cortados, mochas and Americanos to Thomas Hammer’s signatures ($3.95-$5.50) such as the chocolate-cinnamon-honey Jack Hammer, the lavender and salted caramel Afternoon Delight, and the dark and white chocolate in the Velvet Hammer.

“We’ve had amazing feedback from the community” since opening, Boyce says. “People are really happy we’re there on the South Hill, and they’re really happy with the food and that we kind of have this elevated feel. It’s just a different concept and feel for Spokane, and it’s different from our other stores.” n cheys@inlander.com Thomas Hammer Ltd. Reserve • 3173 S. Grand Blvd.

• Open Mon-Thu 5:30 am-8 pm; Fri 5:30 am-9 pm, Sat 6:30 am-9 pm, Sun 6:30-7 pm • hammercoffee.com • 509-290-5947

LOCAL

ALL IN THE FAMILY Spokane-raised filmmaker Champ Ensminger revisits his Thai roots through the eyes of his grandmother in his new short film

BY CHASE HUTCHINSON

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ust after filmmaker Champ Ensminger showed his award-winning short documentary Yai Nin in Spokane 16 months ago, the world descended into COVID chaos. And his former hometown became the last place the dedicated director and editor got to share in person his intimate look at his connection to family in Thailand, seen through the eyes of his grandmother, Ninlawan Pinyo.

“We showed it last year at the Spokane International Film Festival,” Ensminger says. “It was special to actually have it screen for that. Our premiere was at the Seattle Asian American Film Festival, and then a week later it was Spokane, and then that was it.”

Though “that was it” for in-person screenings and festivals, the short still caught people’s attention. It was named Best Documentary Short at the 2020 Seattle Asian American Film Festival and the Local Sightings Film Festival.

The “Yai” of the title means Ensminger’s grandmother on his mother’s side and the “Nin” is a shortened version of her name, Ninlawan. Yai Nin follows the

businesswoman and family matriarch as she oversees the making of naem (pork sausage) in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Ensminger’s grandmother has lived above the sausage factory her entire life and used her business to help support her family’s move to America to start a new life.

The short, now available to watch on Vimeo, is one Ensminger still hopes to show in Spokane again, perhaps at one of his favorite places to see movies, the Garland Theater where he used to go to see midnight screenings, or at an outdoor screening at The Shop. He just wants to be able to have the film connect with the community where he grew up.

“Immigrant families in Spokane aren’t used to seeing themselves on camera,” Ensminger says. “The film also goes out to people living in Spokane coming from different backgrounds — immigrant or BIPOC families that take pride in where they are coming from.”

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nsminger was born in Chiang Mai and raised in Spokane. He went to Ferris High School, class of 2007, before attending the University of Washing-

ton, where he got a degree in film studies and anthropology. He now works in Seattle as a part of the production team at World Famous on Capitol Hill.

His experience growing up in Spokane as a firstgeneration American living far from his birthplace is one that deeply affected him when he got the opportunity to reconnect with his grandmother, who he only truly got to know upon returning to Thailand as an adult.

“The trend for a lot of immigrant families and Americans who are existing as a diaspora of another culture, they have a hard time really keeping a hold on their native culture that they’re coming from,” Ensminger says. “I had very distant memories of being around them before I moved to the United States. I got to be reacquainted with my grandmother and all these people that live around her as an adult when I moved to Chiang Mai in 2013 and lived there for about two years.”

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“My mom and her siblings sustained the language that we come from, a lot of the TV shows that she loved watching, and the culture was preserved,” Ensminger says. “Especially food because my family, a couple uncles and aunts, started Thai restaurants in Spokane. Riverview Thai Restaurant belonged to my uncle for a long time. Thai on 1st. These were hubs where my family would meet up, and it would happen to be around all this Thai food.”

That significance of cuisine as culture was not something Ensminger always had an understanding of growing up.

“I very much feel like I grew up super American. I kind of steered away from a lot of Thai food because I was scared of how spicy it was and grew up off chicken nuggets,” Ensminger says.

“You feel more American if you have something like that. Food was very much a way that I felt like I belonged in a cafeteria. But then like one time mom would come by for lunch at elementary school and bring fried rice. People would be like ‘This is good, though I didn’t know you were Thai.’”

OPENING FILMS JOE BELL

Mark Wahlberg is the incredibly unlikely choice to play an Oregon father who walks across America to bring attention to the dangers of bullying in honor of his gay son. (DN) Rated R

OLD

M. Night Shyamalan is back, this time

with a tale of a secluded beach that makes its visitors age rapidly, reducing their entire lives to one day. (DN) Rated PG-13

catch up with him, potentially costing him everything he’s found in his new home. (DN) Rated PG-13

SNAKE EYES: G.I. JOE ORIGINS

A deep dive into the mercurial career of former Hollywood A-Lister turned mysterious entity Val Kilmer. At The Magic Lantern. (DN) Rated R

Henry Golding plays a loner who finds a home in Japan, where he learns the ways of the ninja, only to have his past

NOW PLAYING BLACK WIDOW

A flashback in the Marvel Universe in which the title character (Scarlett Johansson) is overshadowed by her spunky sister (Florence Pugh) in an action-packed affair. (DN) Rated PG-13

THE BOSS BABY: FAMILY BUSINESS

The boss baby (Alec Baldwin) and his big brother (James Marsden) are all grown up in this sequel, and they’ve drifted apart only to come back together when a new boss baby shows up in their lives. (DN) Rated PG

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Filmmaker Champ Ensminger and his grandmother Ninlawan Pinyo.

t was the emphasis on family and fostering cultural connections among his own family that Ensminger felt kept him tethered to his own background.

“It’s something that we fostered and had a lot of growing up in Spokane, surprisingly. I think a lot of Asian Americans have a hard time growing up in the middle of nowhere and they’re the only ones speaking their native language,” Ensminger says. “It can be hard to sustain that, but I think we were lucky because we had a lot of family to reinforce it.”

The pandemic festival experience and trying to navigate the uncertainty of releasing a film forever altered by COVID-19 created a complex cocktail of emotions for Ensminger. The upside is that anyone can access his work and discuss how it made them feel.

“The release, just like the festival run, has been bittersweet in that it’s mostly just been online,” Ensminger says. “The benefit of that, especially living in a public space like Vimeo, is just that everyone can see it. There is not really a paywall or anything like that. There is no having to buy a ticket. You’re just out there in the ether, and it’s very cool to see the conversations that are happening because of it.”

Ensminger hopes the film can resonate with its universal themes about family while also giving voice to the nuance of his own family’s history.

“It is about my experience as a Thai American and my family visiting a grandparent,” Ensminger says. “Visiting an elder, no matter who you are, really resonates. Then you dial it into the Asian American experience — there is a lot of resonance of having a matriarch, an elder who is very central to the family.” n You can see Ensminger’s film by visiting vimeo.com and searching “Yai Nin.”

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THE CONJURING: THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT

The latest chiller about supposed paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, investigating a murder suspect who claims to be possessed by a demon. (NW) Rated R

turned-TV personality and travel host, this documentary on Bourdain’s life should be pretty satisfying. (DN) Rated R

I CARRY YOU WITH ME

SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY

A decades-spanning romance between an aspiring chef and a teacher as they navigate a treacherous move from Mexico to New York City. (DN) Rated R

IN THE HEIGHTS

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Bronx-set musical hits the big screens under the direction of John Chu (Crazy Rich Asians), tracking a bodega owner’s dreams of forging a better life in a neighborhood full of colorful characters (and a whole lot of music). (DN) Rated PG-13

THE LONELIEST WHALE: THE SEARCH FOR 52

Disney’s puppy-skinning villain gets her own origin story, as Emma Stone portrays the enterprising seamstress turned devilish fashionista. (NW) Rated PG-13

ESCAPE ROOM: TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS

PETER RABBIT 2: THE RUNAWAY

The original Escape Room movie was a lot less fun than actually going to an escape room, but was enough of a hit to warrant watching six new contenders try their luck. (DN) Rated PG-13

F9 THE FAST SAGA

The long-awaited ninth episode finally hits theaters, bringing Vin Diesel’s Dom back into action to foil a plot hatched by his long-forsaken brother Jakob (John Cena). (DN) PG-13

THE FOREVER PURGE

On the morning after the annual bloodletting purge, a masked gang attacks a wealthy ranch family in Texas, and the family of ranch hands who work for them, forcing the two families to band together and fight. (DN) Rated R

THE HITMAN’S WIFE’S BODYGUARD

Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson are an odd couple hitman and body-

VAL

guard combo back for another actionpacked adventure, this time with Salma Hayek in the mix as a world-class con artist. (DN) Rated R

A documentary about a scientific crew trying to find a whale they believe has lived its life alone, sending out a frequency different from any other whale in hopes of meeting another oceanbound soul. At the Magic Lantern (DN) Rated PG

CRUELLA

Old

Here comes a Peter Rabbit sequel in which the mischievous rodent finds a place beyond the garden where he’s accepted for his roguish charm. Is that enough to keep him from going home?

(DN) Rated PG

PIG

Nicolas Cage plays a truffle hunter who has to leave the wilderness and head to Portland to find the person who stole his beloved pig. A recipe for some John Wickish fun. (DN) Rated R

A QUIET PLACE PART II

A sequel to the hugely popular 2018 horror hit, following the original film’s family as they continue to evade monsters with hypersensitive hearing. (NW) Rated PG-13

ROADRUNNER: A FILM ABOUT ANTHONY BOURDAIN

If you’re already a fan of the chef-

Hey look, it’s another reason for people to argue over who is better, the Michael Jordan of the original Space Jam or Lebron James in this new version. (DN) Rated PG

SPIRIT UNTAMED

A young girl befriends a rebellious horse named Spirit after moving to a small town, and must foil the bad guys’ plans to capture Spirit and his herd in this animated family flick featuring the voices of Julianne Moore and Jake Gyllenhaal. (DN) Rated PG

SUMMER OF SOUL (...OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED)

Questlove directs this documentary about 1969’s Harlem Cultural Festival, featuring incredible performances by the likes of Stevie Wonder, Sly and the Family Stone, Nina Simone and more.

(DN) Rated PG-13

WEREWOLVES WITHIN

A new forest ranger (Sam Richardson) and postal worker (Milana Vayntrub) try to uncover the mystery of a creature terrorizing the small town of Beaverfield as the town’s residents are trapped together by a snowstorm in this comedy/mystery. (DN) Rated R

THE WOMAN WHO RAN

This Korean film from director Hong Sangsoo follows a woman named Gamhee as she travels through her day while her husband is out of town, meeting three different friends along the way for revealing discussions of philosophy and more. At the Magic Lantern. (DN) Not Rated

ZOLA

A Twitter thread-turned-feature film documents a wild weekend endured by a Detroit server and a customer who convinces her to take off for a round of partying and dancing. Mayhem, naturally, ensues. (DN) Rated R n

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SOUL

Soul’s Main Man Smokey Robinson is a living legend, and his songs have been covered by artists across genres. Here are some of our favorites

BY DAN NAILEN

Smokey Robinson • Sat, July 24 at 7:30 pm • $59/$69/$79/$99 • Northern Quest Resort & Casino • 100 N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights • northernquest.com

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t’s impossible to overstate the importance of Smokey Robinson.

Without Robinson, one could argue, there would never have been the Motown Records that we know and love. Artists like the Temptations, Supremes and Marvin Gaye would have never wrapped their vocals around classic Robinson-penned songs like “My Girl,” “Your Heart Belongs To Me” or “Take This Heart of Mine,” respectively. And, of course, we would never have heard Robinson’s own soulful croon on decades’ worth of hits delivered as leader of the Miracles or as a solo artist.

Despite being in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and being awarded a National Medal of the Arts, among many other accolades, Robinson still seems underrated and underappreciated somehow. You seldom hear his name uttered alongside the likes of Bob Dylan or the Beatles, but Robinson’s career and influence are just as important to pop music history.

Robinson, now 81, performs Saturday at Northern Quest Resort & Casino, and you can expect a show of songs you’ve known your entire life. Besides listening to Robinson himself, here are some great versions of songs written or co-written by the man:

UPCOMING SHOWS FESTIVAL AT SANDPOINT: SHAKEY GRAVES, TRE BURT Sat., July 31, 7:30 p.m.

War Memorial Field $49.95-$74.95 WILCO & SLEATER-KINNEY Thu., Aug. 5, 7:30 p.m.

First Interstate Center for the Arts $35-$89.50 THE SMOKES, CATHEDRAL PEARLS, BALONELY Fri., Aug. 6, 8 p.m.

Lucky You Lounge $10

The English Beat

ENGLISH BEAT, “TEARS OF A CLOWN”

I’ve heard countless cover bands tackle this song in the manner the Beat did it, adding some upbeat ska style to a song whose lyrics are all about heartbreak. Forty years on, it’s still a highlight of the Beat’s concerts.

PETER TOSH FEATURING MICK JAGGER, “DON’T LOOK BACK”

Original Wailer Tosh took on this Robinson-penned tune originally recorded by the Temptations and made it a reggae hit, even with renowned non-Jamaican Mick Jagger sharing the vocals on a tune Tosh rechristened “(You Gotta Walk And) Don’t Look Back.”

JOHN HIATT AND LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III, “MY GIRL”

The Temptations made this a soul classic, but in the hands of Hiatt and Wainwright, “My Girl” turns into a downbeat, contemplative wonder, delivered with just piano and acoustic guitar.

DURAND JONES AND THE INDICATIONS, “OOH BABY BABY”

This young soul crew opening for My Morning Jacket at Spokane Pavilion in September delivered a killer, socially distanced video for this ballad during the pandemic. Go YouTube it right now.

ITCHY KITTY, GOTU GOTU, THE DILRODS Sat., Aug. 14, 8 pm Big Dipper $10 NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS WITH DELTA SPIRIT Sun., Aug. 15, 7 p.m.

Pavilion at Riverfront $49.95-$55 ATMOSPHERE, CYPRESS HILL AND DJ Z-TRIP Sat., Aug. 21, 6 p.m.

Pavilion at Riverfront $40

MODEST MOUSE Wed., Aug. 25, 7:30 p.m.

Knitting Factory $49.50

She & Him

THAO, “YOU REALLY GOT A HOLD ON ME”

BILLY BRAGG, “TRACKS OF MY TEARS”

The sultry voiced leader of Thao and the Get Down Stay Down, Thao Nguyen, does a mesmerizing lo-fi version of this track that shines the spotlight on her excellent vocals.

There’s no beating Robinson’s version of this classic, but this British rabble-rouser does a pretty mighty version accompanied with just his electric guitar, wringing every ounce of emotion from Robinson’s lyrics.

JERRY GARCIA BAND, “THE WAY YOU DO THE THINGS YOU DO”

SHE & HIM, “YOU REALLY GOT A HOLD ON ME”

The opening track of the Jerry band’s 1991 self-titled live album is noteworthy because the Grateful Dead singer/guitarist managed to keep his version of this song to a mere eight minutes, and because his voice sounds remarkably well-matched to the tune.

Zooey Deschanel haters can exit stage left; this Robinson cover done alongside M. Ward, her partner in She & Him, is a sweet lo-fi version highlighted by her crystal-clear vocals (as opposed to Ward’s echo-drenched background sounds). She slays this tune. n

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Knitting Factory $50-$60 ANA POPOVIC Sat., Sept. 11, 7 p.m.

Bing Crosby Theater $27 MADELEINE PEYROUX Sun., Oct. 10, 8 p.m.

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MUSIC TUNES WITH A VIEW

It’ll be a little while before you can see the entire Spokane Symphony together again, but that doesn’t mean you have to go without a classical fix this summer. Small groups of the symphony’s ace musicians are doing shows around the community, including Wednesday at Arbor Crest Winery. It’s hard to imagine a more serene setting than Arbor Crests’ grounds.

Details on the programming were unavailable, but does it really matter? Enjoy a glass (or a bottle), grab a bite from Arbor Crest’s Mediterranean-themed menu and delight in the sounds of summer and your local symphony. Not a bad way to spend your hump day.

— DAN NAILEN Sunset Symphony • Wed, July 28 at 7 pm • $25/$55 • Arbor Crest Winery • 4705 N. Fruit Hill Rd. • spokanesymphony.org

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Parade of Paws • Sat, July 24 at 10 am • Spokane Humane Society • 6607 N. Havana St. • spokanehumanesociety.org

Little House on the Prairie - The Musical • July 23-Aug. 1; Wed-Sat at 7:30 pm; Sun at 2 pm • $22-$39 • University High School Theater • 12420 E. 32nd Ave., Spokane Valley • svsummertheatre.com

A pooch parade just isn’t the same when forced to go virtual, so the Spokane Humane Society is pretty psyched that their fundraising Parade of Paws is back in person in 2021. Pet owners and folks who just want to support the Society’s mission are welcome to sign up at spokanehumanesociety.org and raise money from friends and family in exchange for the effort of walking your dog on a two- or four-mile stroll. It’s more than a parade, though, as the society will honor its grand marshals (first responders, Spokane Police Department K9 officers, essential workers and Spokane Quaranteam founder Rick Clark) and throw a bash including food trucks, music from the Angela Marie Project, a kids’ area, beer garden and pet photo booth. A pretty good way for the dogs and their humans to enjoy a Saturday in Spokane.

— DAN NAILEN

The Ingalls family homesteader saga that’s captivated readers since Laura Ingalls Wilder’s nine-book series began publishing in 1932 is now getting the live theater treatment. Spokane Valley Summer Theatre’s sole mainstage show this season presents the regional premier of not just a staged version of Laura’s youth as her family travels by covered wagon across the Midwest in the late-1800s, but a musical version of Little House on the Prairie. Expect plenty of song and dance like you’ve never seen in this pioneer classic before, as Ma, Pa, Laura, Mary, Carrie and Grace move westward, from log cabins to a creekside dugout to a real house in town, where they eventually settle down at the family’s final stop in De Smet, South Dakota.

— CHEY SCOTT

ARTS POP-UP PARTY

Head out to Coeur d’Alene this weekend for Emerge’s eighth annual Pop-Up show, featuring local artists of all trades, from fine art to film to performance.

Each year the show’s been held, it’s become increasingly popular, growing into a role as a true community staple and a great chance to get a taste of the local art scene. In addition to the main show, there’s a ticketed pre-party the night before (July 22, 6-9 pm; $25) to meet the artists and get a sneak peek. The event is also a fundraiser for Emerge, which works to provide lowcost and free arts education to community members. Funds raised will go toward materials for art classes and the cost of monthly exhibits. This year’s Pop-Up show includes visual art displays and interactive art spaces, dance, and movement performances, music from local musicians, a silent disco, and poetry readings. There will also be food, drinks and vendors at the event, so head out for the evening to get immersed in emerging local art.

— LILLIAN PIEL Emerge Pop-Up Show • Fri, July 23 from 5 pm to midnight • Free • Emerge • 119 N Second St., Coeur d’Alene • emergecda.com

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Eat your weight in cheesy goodness, all for a good cause. The Inlander is teaming up with Darigold, Laughing Dog Brewing and Incrediburger’s mobile unit for this evening event, held in conjunction with the Kendall Yards Night Market, to support the efforts of Big Table. The Spokane-based nonprofit with a mission to support hospitality workers in crisis has been a major lifeline this past year as restaurants were deeply impacted throughout the pandemic, and still are recovering. The outdoor fundraiser also serves as a preview to 2021’s smaller, summer version of Inlander Restaurant Week, happening Aug. 19-28, by offering the first chance for diners to pick up the event guide and browse participating eateries’ three-course menus. Grab a pint and a cheeseburger and enjoy some live music by local artist Justin James.

— CHEY SCOTT Cheesy for Charity • Wed, July 28 from 5-8 pm • Free admission • All ages • Kendall Yards Night Market (event is directly east of the Inlander) • West Summit Parkway • bit.ly/3wGKNaA

Enjoy a day on the course for the Showcase celebrity golf exhibition in Coeur d’Alene.

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who ran across the street, gently took the arm of a man with a white cane, and walked with him across the street, and then ran back to work, well done.

Kindness in action. You, sir, made my morning.

I SAW YOU NORTHSIDE CHIROPRACTIC Same room when I was leaving and you said have a nice day. I would enjoy seeing you again. j LISTENING TO TAYLOR SWIFT @ BIGFOOT You came up to me at the Bigfoot during the live music and told me you liked the music I picked from the jukebox before the band started playing. You were cute and I should of asked for your number. If you are interested in getting a drink email me welcometothebigfoot@gmail.com. You had a beard. I had pink hair.

SCRAPS VISITORS AND BAD PARENTS SCRAPS is not Blue Zoo. Control your crotchlings! Better yet don’t come in at all if you just want to TikTok the poor animals and get in the way of serious adopters and volunteers trying to help.

They aren’t here for your entertainment. Try the public park or Silverwood.

Things are open now but that doesn’t mean that you are entitled to do whatever you please.

CHEERS WELL DONE, HUMAN 11 am June 12 at Thor and 5th. To the man working at Fred Meyer landscaping (Four Seasons)

YOUR KINDNESS WILL KEEP ME ROLLING Thanks to the super cool old guy that pulled up to Sportsmans Warehouse to check on me when I popped the hood of my red ‘84 vette.

I’ve had my old death wagon blow hoses, die and catch fire mid-drive!

Before now no one has ever offered a hand. It’s amazing you offered to use your AAA membership for me, that kindness is a vestige from the golden years I was born too late for. It started a minute after you walked off, but you know that, at least I got to wave goodbye right as you walked out of the store.

JEERS “BRINGING BACK” THE CHRONICLE? Jeers to Cowles Publishing for resurrecting the Chronicle (sort of), when the SR doesn’t run enough news to call itself a newspaper. The “paper” specializes in yesterday’s news, weeks ago news, way-too-long stories that are of little public interest, pages of wire service stories rather than local reporting, “puff” pieces, games, puzzles, and just about everything except news. How about resurrecting The SpokesmanReview and making it a real news paper again.

CO2-EMITTING BILLIONAIRES How gross; billionaires rocketing into space.

The average human produces 5 tons of CO2/year. The average American, 15 tons. And 20 average billionaires caused 8,190 tons of global-warming pollution each. And there are 2,153 billionaires in the world with more resources than half the planet. Would our elected representatives please tax these pollutors until they are mere millionaires? Please?...

Right now!

OUR GLORIOUS LEADER Oh Glorious Leader, things are so boring without

you. No one to show us we can look directly into a solar eclipse. No COVID-19 advice like drinking bleach and inserting flashlights. We miss your Stable Genius advice on business, like filing bankruptcy and refusing to pay contractors. The marriage example you set for all of us...you know...banging a porn

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JEERS TO STA We should all go Rosa Parks on the STA. I was late to work because they didn’t have any mask onboard, and I couldn’t use my shirt. I’m already in an unstable living situation, and I depend on this job to improve my life. so Jeers to STA. I know I won’t be riding anymore!!! Plz stand in solidarity

or elderly mom is not what I want to do! I personally know 4 dead people from Covid and 4 that came close and will never be the same. Forty-five percent of Red male voters are vaccinated and 85 percent Blue males are! Red Women, I hope you are smarter. Stats say not. Do you people realize how you

The Dark Money, Red Cult Gaslighting of America is in full swing.

star 4 months after your son was born.

Sexually abusing at least 25 women and getting away with it. And the alltime RECORD of being impeached...

TWICE! It took 245 years for a president to set that record. And your “only the best” people, how many of them have been prosecuted? 30? All crooks and all LIARS, and they got away with it because you pardoned them. I could go on all night, but I’m sure you’re busy writing LOVE LETTERS to Kim Jong Un and your little buddy Vlad, so I’ll let you go. Sweet dreams and good luck with the indictment of your company. I’m sure everyone will stand behind you as you throw them under the bus.

DECEPTIVE WORK To a Spokane tire shop: You told me in writing that diagnostics told you that I had a bad battery tho I had 2 years left on a 5-year battery. I bought one for $114+. Five days later my new battery is dead. I take it back in, and your diagnostics tell you I need a $600+ alternator because my alternator, according to a strip of paper, is operating at 30%. I got a 2nd opinion by a Honda specialist who said you straight-up lied. That strip of paper is bullshit. I had a bad radio that was draining my battery. He fixed it, parts and labor, $115. Not the $600+ you tried to scam me out of. I’m a 62-year-old single female that you thought was an easy mark. Screw You.

and force them to carry more masks on if they are going to enforce that rule!!!

ROAD RAGE PUNK You know who you are. We were by SCC; you long dirty blonde hair, crooked teeth, older red truck and a hater of older women I assume. I was just trying to squeeze in to take a right turn, but you were not going to have it. The finger would of been enough, but no you had to threaten me, called me names (“you immigrant”), repeatedly called me old (I thought 60 was the new 40), then you asked me if I was scared. All I can say is, I hope you’re not married with kids because you probably beat your wife and kids. You PUNK HEYDAY FOR DARWIN Really? One of the most successful and Free vaccines in history that work, but NO! I have never seen so much dumb crap conspiracies, fear and anger and lies squashing peoples brains. Fox, Red leaders and pathetic followers, you are exploding with lies. Delta Covid is way more contagious and nails you faster than the original. Do you like wearing masks all the time in public, at work?

Get the vaccines, masks off, almost no chance of COVID. Duh! Needle shy? I don’t like them either but life threatening, breathing ventilators, long-term health problems, and maybe death are way worse. Giving COVID to my kid

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are putting more than yourself at risk of death? Do you have any empathy?

Do you even know or care what that means? Science and medicine are nothing but facts and truths, but you people would rather believe in the lies from people who Gaslight (Do you know what that means?) you into stupidity.

My nurse and doctor family and friends are trashed and bullied by you deniers in the hospitals as health care workers try to save the lives of your family in COVID units. How dare you stupid people attack the people who want to save your sorry ass. America, home of the free and brainwashed. The Dark Money, Red Cult Gaslighting of America is in full swing. Darwin…it is prime time for you. n

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PARADE OF PAWS The 18th Annual Parade of Paws is a fun-packed 2- or 4-mile walk to benefit the animals at the Spokane Humane Society. Sign up, raise funds from your friends and family and come walk – with or without your dog!

Bark, A Rescue Pub is hosting a beer garden; there’s also food trucks, live music from the Angela Marie Project and local vendors. July 24, 10 am-2 pm. By donation. Spokane Humane Society, 6607 N. Havana St. spokanehumanesociety.org POOLSIDE YOGA ON THE FARM Enjoy an hour long, all-levels welcome, outdoor yoga class (poolside) overlooking beautiful Higher Ground Animal Sanctuary.

Pre-registration required. Proceeds support the sanctuary. Ages 7+. July 25, 9 am, Aug. 8, 9 am and Aug. 22, 9 am. $15.

Higher Ground Animal Sanctuary, 16602 N. Day Mt. Spokane Rd. highergroundanimalsanctuary.org (509-869-4436)

COMEDY

ZERO LAG LAUGHS A fast-paced shortform improv show for the whole family. The format is generally game-based and relies on audience suggestions to fuel each scene. Fridays from 7:30-9 pm through July 30. $8. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre. com (509-747-7045) SAFARI Blue Door’s version of “Whose Line,” a fast-paced improv show with a few twists and turns added. Rated for mature audiences/ages 16+. Reservations recommended. Saturdays from 7:30-9 pm. $8. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.com CHRIS PORTER Best known for his third place finish on the season 4 of Last Comic Standing, Chris can also be seen on his own “Comedy Central Presents” special and “Live at Gotham.” Porter has been a touring comic since he was 23. July 29, 7:30 pm, July 30, 7:30 & 10 pm and July 31, 7:30 & 10 pm. $12-$24. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com (509-318-9998) PHILLIP KOPCZYNSKI Born and raised in the mountains of Eastern Washington, Phillip Kopczynski started comedy at age 11 doing pratfalls to make his Down Syndrome sister laugh. Now he’s a reluctant nice guy and father who just wants to occasionally play in the wilderness and regularly make city-dwellers laugh. Family friendly. Dinner 6:45 pm. July 31, 7 pm. $15. Cutter Theatre, 302 Park St., Metaline Falls. cuttertheatre.com (509-446-4108)

COMMUNITY

DROP IN & CRAFT Join Spark for crafting projects for all ages, creating art that’s as simple or complex as you like. We’ve got the supplies you’ll need, so just bring your creativity and imagination! Drop in & Craft follows safety policies currently used in our Creative Station, including capacity limits on the number of guests.

Every other Thursday from 5:30-7 pm.

Free. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. spark-central.org (509-279-0299) DROP IN AND PLAY Join staff, volunteers and other members of the creative community to play board and card games together in a relaxing, positive environment. Play a game you already know or learn how to play a new one! A variety of games are available. Feel free to bring your own favorite game with you, too, and teach it to others. Thursdays from 12-2 pm. Free. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. spark-central.org PETSMART CHARITIES NATIONAL ADOPTION WEEK WITH SPOKANIMAL Looking for a new pet? During this weeklong event, SpokAnimal will have pets available at all three PetSmart stores in Spokane: North, South and Valley. Daily through July 25, 9 am-9 pm. Pet adoption fees vary. PetSmart, 9950 N. Newport Hwy. (509-534-8133) ROOTS OF WISDOM Children and families can discover the unique partnership between cutting-edge western science and traditional knowledge of indigenous peoples. The exhibition offers visitors real life examples of how complementary solutions to ecological and health challenges are being applied to improve our world. Through the voices of elders and youth, storytelling, hands-on interactives and clever video games, visitors can take part in the growing movement towards sustainability and reclamation of age-old practices. This exhibition was designed and produced by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. Through Sept. 5; Tue-Sun 10 am-5 pm. $5-$12. Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org HAYDEN DAYS 2021 The two-day community festival offers live music and entertainment, a pancake feed, the Hometown Heroes Parade, car show, talent show, food and drink vendors, games, carnival activities and more. July 23-24.

July 23-24. Free. McIntire Family Park, 8930 N. Government Way. (208-2091080) FAMILY FUN DAY WITH THE ISAAC FOUNDATION Come grab a Kona Ice, shop local vendors, play games, hang out

with local mascots, get your face painted and more. The ISAAC Foundation is a local nonprofit that impacts the lives of those touched by autism through support programs and trainings for parents, caregivers, educators, first responders and community partners. Find out more at theisaacfoundation.org. July 24, 10 am-1 pm. Free. Millwood Kindergarten Center, 8818 E. Grace Ave. fb.me/e/Scj7Lyzk (509-325-1515) KIDS DROP IN & CODE Students in grades 4-8 are welcome to explore the world of coding. Youth are exposed to a core concept of coding - variables, conditionals, functions, or functions with parameters - and empowered to explore these concepts at their own pace in Scratch. The concept being explored rotates each month. A lesson on the topic is provided every half hour during the program (at 12:30, 1, 1:30, and 2). Once youth have gotten the lesson, they’ll be assigned a computer to start coding. Fourth Saturday of the month from 12:30-2:30 pm, through Oct. 23. Free. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. spark-central.org/ events/kids-drop-in-and-code-6ppmp (509-279-0299) SPOKANE BUDDHIST TEMPLE OBON FESTIVAL Obon is a traditional Japanese Buddhist summer festival in which we honor our ancestors, and remember and appreciate all they have done for us.

Obon has a 500 year history. The main event, following a Hatsubon (remembrance) Service, consists of Bon Odori dancing, where many festival goers dress in Japanese kimono, yukata or happi coats. The dances are easy to do. Bon Odori is the “Beauty of Japanese Dance”.

This style of Japanese dance is performed during the Obon Festival. July 25, 5-7:30 pm. Free. Spokane Buddhist Temple, 927 S. Perry St. facebook.com/SpokaneBuddhistTemple/ (509-534-7954) JEFF EVANS: AMAZING VIRTUAL MAGIC SHOW A book about coin tricks that Jeff Evans read as a kid propelled him into the world of magic. When he was 12, he’d perform magic shows at home.

Now, he’s fully grown and still performing magic shows in his home — this time for you! This virtual show is sure to be both funny and mind-bogglingly amazing. The show is online and interactive, so you may become part of the experience!

Grades K–5+. Registration is required, and you’ll need to provide email to receive login information. July 26, 2-3 pm.

Free. Online; sign up at scld.org MONDAY FUNDAY Riverfront Park is hosting fun activities for kids every Monday all summer. The full schedule

is as follows: Storytime at the North Bank (July 26 and Aug. 9 from 10-11:30 am); spin art at the Carrousel (Aug. 2, 11 am-2 pm); Chalk Walk at the Central Promenade (Aug. 16, 11 am-2 pm). Free.

Riverfront Park, 507 N. Howard St. riverfrontspokane.com (509-625-6600) MONDAY FUNDAY: STORYTIME AT THE NORTH BANK Join your favorite librarians for storytime at Riverfront Park at the North Bank Shelter across from the Ice Age Floods Playground. Riverfront Spokane and Spokane Public library are partnering up for Storytime at Riverfront Park. Sessions July 26, and August 9 at 11 am. Free. Riverfront Park, 507 N. Howard St. events.spokanelibrary.org/ event/5210105 (509-444-5300) HOW TO MAKE COLLEGE AFFORDABLE For prospective students of all ages, parents, and interested community members. This free event, facilitated by NIC Enrollment Coordinator Donya Gadley, will help you determine how to pay for a college education. Different strategies to be covered in this informal presentation include financial aid, local, state and national scholarships and grants; work study, concurrent enrollment and tuition reimbursement programs. In person in the Cardinal Learning Commons in LeeKildow Hall and via Zoom at nic.zoom. us/j/84386432883. July 27, 5:30-6:30 pm. Free. North Idaho College, 1000 W. Garden Ave. nic.edu/events (208-6655451) SUMMER ESTATE PLANNING SERIES: PLANNING YOUR RETIREMENT & BEYOND What is an estate plan? An estate plan is a collection of legal documents that lay out your intentions and expectations for two general situations: 1. What happens when you can no longer take care of yourself or your estate. 2. What happens when you pass away. July 27, 9-10 am. Free. Heritage Funeral Home, 508 N. Government Way. heritagefunerals.com (509-326-6813) DIGITAL ART CLUB Drop in and enter the world of digital design and art-making!

Find the perfect blend of tech and art and learn to make amazing original works.

These weekly sessions explore programs like Photoshop, Procreate and Illustrator through exciting, creativity-igniting projects. No prior experience required; you’ll be given all the right tools and skills for each project. For grades 4-8. Wednesdays from 3-5:30 pm through Aug. 25.

Free. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. spark-central.org/events/minecraft-club-9nxeg-sdgkd (509-279-0299) DROP IN & DRAW Join a creative community for this bi-weekly free-form

drawing program. Explore different artistic mediums, develop skills and ideas and cultivate imaginative thinking through art. All skill levels welcome, whether you’ve never drawn a doodle in your life or you’re a total pro. Supplies and projects are provided - all you need to bring is your imagination. Hosted by local cartoonist Nanette Cloud. Wednesdays from 5:30-7 pm. Free. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. spark-central.org PATHWAYS FORWARD: CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES Interruptions to schooling, missed significant life events, and changes in routine have all taken their toll on kid’s and caregiver’s mental health this past year. Join YWCA Spokane as we engage the community with key Spokane experts and YWCA staff in a progress-minded conversation about helping children and families recover from trauma. July 28, 12-1 pm. Free. ywcaspokane.org/event/pathways-jul28/ (509-953-5992) COEUR D’ALENE STREET FAIR Downtown Coeur d’Alene’s 29th annual community street fair is a festival along Sherman Avenue with vendor booths, live music, food and much more. The event is the same weekend as Art on the Green at North Idaho College, with a free shuttle bus between each. July 30-31 from 10 am-8 pm, Aug. 1 from 10 am-5 pm. Free.

Downtown Coeur d’Alene, Sherman Ave. cdadowntown.com/streetfair FREE SHRED DAY Protect yourself from identity theft with free professional document shredding. To provide this service to as many library customers as possible, shredding is limited to two banker boxes per household. Shredding provided by DeVries Business Services. 10 am–12 pm or until the shred truck is full. July 31, 10 am-noon. Free. At the Spokane Valley (12004 E. Main Ave.) and North Spokane Library (44 E. Hawthorne Rd). scld.org FRIENDS OF MANITO ART FESTIVAL A celebration of local art and artists. Details TBA. On the green east of Duncan Garden. July 31, 11 am-6 pm. Manito Park, 1800 S. Grand Blvd. thefriendsofmanito. org (509-456-8038) GIZMO’S UPSCALE GARAGE SALE Electronics, tools, fabric, art supplies, bits and bobs, and doo-dads galore! We’re cleaning out the Maker Space. Come see what we have to offer on Saturday during Art on the Green weekend. Gizmo is also hosting a maker’s sale with artists from Muddy Buddies Pottery. July 31, 10 am-4:30 pm. Free. Gizmo-Cda, 1000 W. Garden Ave., Hedlund Building, Suite 142. gizmo-cda.org (208-929-4029)

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EVENTS | CALENDAR JEFF EVANS: HOW TO DO PAPER MAGIC TRICKS Print and make a paper magic kit at home. Magician Jeff Evans shows how to perform 10 amazing paper magic tricks that you can make using only printed paper, scissors, and glue.

Performing and presenting these tricks will take some practice, and that’s also where your creativity and imagination come into play! All ages. Access online Aug. 1-31. Free. scld.org EXTREME SCIENCE WITH RADICAL RICK: TUMBLE TOYS Sir Isaac Newton would have loved this toy that tumbles about because it is a great way to explore Newton’s laws of motion. Learn how they work and how you can make one too. Grades K–5+. Access runs Aug. 2-15.

Free. Online at extremesciencefun.com/ spokane-county-library-programs.html

FESTIVAL

53RD ANNUAL ART ON THE GREEN The Annual marketplace, performance space and gathering place for friends and families is a highlight of summer in Coeur d’Alene. This summer, 115 artists, a variety of musicians and performers and volunteers come together to present the 53rd Art on the Green. In addition to art and entertainment, the event offers food vendors, a Children’s Art Garden and many local and national artists in the outdoor Juried Art Show. July 30-31 from 10 am-9 pm; Aug. 1 from 10 am-4 pm. Free. North Idaho College, 1000 W. Garden Ave. artonthegreencda.com (208-667-9346)

FILM

RITA MORENO: JUST A GIRL WHO DECIDED TO GO FOR IT A look at the life and work of Rita Moreno, from her humble beginnings in Puerto Rico to her success on Broadway and in Hollywood. July 22-24 at 7 pm; July 25 at 4 pm. $3-$7. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy. org/events-calendar/rita DRIVE-IN SUMMER MOVIES: THE KARATE KID Two summer movies, sponsored in part by WSECU, begin at sunset.

Parking is available 90 minutes before sunset. A $5 per vehicle registration fee is required to attend. July 23. $5/car. Valley Mission Park, 11123 E. Mission Ave. spokanevalley.org/driveinmovie (720-5200) MOVIES IN THE PARK A family-friendly event every Friday, June 25-Aug. 27, in Sally’s Park. All movies begin at sundown.

Bring blankets and lawn chairs and enjoy the outdoors with safe distancing. Snacks and drinks are available for a modest price, with all proceeds benefiting The Salvation Army’s local youth programs.

Free. The Salvation Army Spokane, 222 E. Indiana Ave. salvationarmyspokane.org (509-325-6810) MUSEUM MOVIE NIGHT AT HREI: THE THREE MUSKETEERS Join the Museum of North Idaho at the Human Right Education Institute for a showing of Lana Turner in The Three Musketeers. July 23, 7-9 pm. Free. Human Rights Education Institute, 414 W. Fort Grounds Dr. museumni.org/exhibits-tours-events/ events/ (208-664-3448) VANDAL SUMMER CINEMA SERIES Classic throwbacks, suspenseful action and comedies are center stage for the University of Idaho’s Summer Cinema series. Half of this year’s movies are part of the Screen on the Green series on the Theophilus Tower Lawn; the other half are at the Moscow Drive-In at the ASUIKibbie Activity Center parking lot (Lot 57). Each movie starts at approximately

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9 pm, primarily on Fridays, June 18-Aug. 26. See complete schedule and details online. Free. uidaho.edu/summercinema PAVILLION PARK SUMMER FEST: ONWARD Liberty Lake’s annual summer event series, with weekly outdoor movies at local parks; starts at dusk. July 24.

Free. Pavillion Park, 727 N. Molter Rd. pavillionpark.org (509-755-6726) ICE AGE MOVIE MARATHON Join Riverfront Park for an Ice Age movie marathon featuring the five-movie animated series. Movies show on Wednesday evenings at the Ice Age Floods Playground in Riverfront Park. The screen is located southwest of the large slide tower. July 14-Aug. 11; Wednesdays from 8-10 pm.

Free. Riverfront Park, 507 N. Howard St. my.spokanecity.org/riverfrontspokane/ events/ (509-625-6600) PAVILLION PARK SUMMER FEST: TOY STORY 4 Liberty Lake’s annual summer event series, with weekly outdoor movies at local parks; starts at dusk. July 30.

Free. Orchard Park, 20298 E. Indiana Ave. pavillionpark.org

FOOD & DRINK

FLIP FLOPS & WINE WSU Volleyball coach Jen Greeny hosts the eighth annual Flip Flops and Wine women’s event, a night filled with drinks, heavy hors d’oeuvres, a silent auction and games.

July 22, 6 pm. $45. Merry Cellars Winery, 1300 NE Henley Ct. merrycellars.com (509-338-4699) FOOD TRUCK FRIDAYS Downtown Spokane is shutting down Wall Street every Friday this summer to offer a variety of local food trucks and entertainment.

Appearances by: Mixed Plate, Skewers, Crate, One Night Stand, D. Lish’s, Mangia, Mac Daddy’s, Toby’s BBQ, Tacos Camargo, Crepe Cafe Sisters, Daily Bread, Farmer’s Daughter, Ben & Jerry’s and Bombshell Sweets. Fridays from 11 am-2 pm through Sep. 24. downtownspokane.org/ event/food-truck-friday/2021-07-09/ HILLYARD FOOD TRUCK PAVILION: FRIDAY NIGHT MARKET & OPEN MIC The weekly market features area food trucks on site, along with an opportunity for local musicians to sign up for an open mic session. Also includes lawn games, crafts, and other all-ages activities. Fridays from 5-9 pm through Sep. 24. Free.

Hillyard Food Truck Pavilion, 5108 N. Market St. facebook.com/Hillyard-FoodTruck-Pavilion-100232218924654 RIDE & DINE Every Friday in July and August, enjoy a scenic gondola ride, live music and a savory mountaintop barbecue. Lift ticket is included in the price; also includes an option to mountain bike back down the mountain. Menu consists of huckleberry barbecue ribs and rotating chicken, fish and seafood options paired with classic summer side dishes.

Fridays from 3-7 pm through Aug. 27. $8$55. Silver Mountain Resort, 610 Bunker Ave. silvermt.com/upcoming-events/ details/ride-dine (208-783-1111) ROCKET WINE CLASS Rocket Market hosts weekly wine classes; sign up in advance for the week’s selections. Fridays at 7 pm. Call to reserve a seat or register online. Price varies. Rocket Market, 726 E. 43rd Ave. rocketmarket.com (343-2253) ALL YOU CAN EAT PANCAKE BREAKFAST Green Bluff Grange is open again for its popular community breakfast served with eggs, sausage, OJ and pancakes, plus Green Bluff fresh cherry

sauce. July 25, 8-11 am. $7/adults; $3.50/ under 12 years. Green Bluff Grange, 9809 Green Bluff Rd. greenbluffgrowers.com (979-2607) RIVERFRONT EATS FOOD TRUCK SERIES The outdoor food truck series in the park (on the orange bridge) happens Tuesdays from 11 am-2 pm. Each week features a new lineup of locally owned food trucks; see complete schedule at link. A portion of the proceeds support free and low-cost community programming in Riverfront Park. Tue from 11 am-2 pm through Aug. 31. Riverfront Park, 507 N. Howard St. riverfrontspokane.com GET CHEESY FOR CHARITY An evening of food and entertainment at the Kendall Yards Night Market, with the Incrediburger food truck serving popular items featuring locally produced products from Darigold. Also includes beer from Laughing Dog Brewing and live music by Justin James. Be among the first to pick up the 2021 Inlander Restaurant Week event guide and celebrate the launch of menus and the return of the event, August 19-28. Proceeds benefit Big Table, a nonprofit that cares for Inland Northwest restaurant and hospitality workers in crisis. July 28, 5-8 pm. Free admission. Kendall Yards, Summit Parkway. facebook. com/events/143866614419030 YAPPY HOUR Celebrate Yappy Hour with the Better Together Animal Alliance along with your canine companion at the Ponderay PetSafe Dog Park. Enjoy local beer, local music, sunshine and community. Held on the last Thursday of the month from 4-7 pm through Sept. 30.

Free. Ponderay Petsafe Dog Park, 870 Kootenai Cuttoff Rd. BetterTogetherAnimalAlliance.org (208-265-7297) YOGA & MIMOSA A guided yoga and pilates class with local instructor Sara Randall. Open to all skill levels, bring your own mat. Tickets include bottled water, keepsake glass and one mimosa.

Pre-registration required. 21+. Aug. 1, 10 am, Aug. 15, 10 am and Aug. 29, 10 am. $38. Arbor Crest Wine Cellars, 4705 N. Fruit Hill Rd. arborcrest.com/class-anda-glass (509-927-9463)

MUSIC BON ODORI DANCE LESSONS Come learn Bon Odori dances so you can dance these Japanese folk dances at the Spokane Buddhist Temple’s Obon Festival on July 25. No prior experience needed; the dances are easy to learn.

Teacher Izumi is a 15-year student of the Wakahisa-kai Asian Traditional Dance & Music Foundation, Inc. July 22, 4:306 pm. Free. Spokane Buddhist Temple, 927 S. Perry St. facebook.com/SpokaneBuddhistTemple (509-534-7954) MUSIC ON MAIN Music on Main happens in Pullman’s Pine Street Plaza each Thursday evening from 6-8 pm from June through September. Enjoy local artists and bands; follow the Pullman Chamber’s Facebook page for updates. Thursdays from 6-8 pm through Sept. 23. Free. pullmanchamber.com (509-334-3565) 4X4X4 PERFORMANCES The Cutter presents four, 20-minute family friendly performances and a soup dinner for $4 every fourth Friday of the summer. Continues July 23 and Aug. 27 at 5:34 pm. $4. Cutter Theatre, 302 Park St., Metaline Falls. cuttertheatre.com (509-446-4108) FRIDAYS AT THE CLOCK The WSU School of Music is hosting this new outdoor summer music series. Located between Bryan Hall and Holland Library,

concerts take place every Friday in July at 6:30 pm. Bring blankets, lawn chairs and picnics to enjoy family friendly concerts and our pleasant Palouse weather.

Concerts include performances by School of Music faculty and friends; the July 23 show is a special children’s concert with a sing-along and more. Fridays from 6:307:30 pm through July 30. Free. Bryan Hall Theatre (WSU), 605 Veterans Way. events.wsu.edu/event/thursdays-at-theclock/ (509-335-7696) MUSIC AT THE WINERY Doors open at 5 pm; reservations required (call 4653591). Feel free to bring a picnic dinner or call Beacon Hill Catering at 482-3556 to order a grazing box (orders must be placed by noon the day before the event). Find updates on who’s playing each week on the winery’s Facebook page. Fridays from 7-9 pm. Free. Barrister Winery, 1213 W. Railroad Ave. facebook. com/BarristerWinery (509-465-3591) NEW HOPE BENEFIT CONCERT Bring a lawn chair or blanket to enjoy music by the Mountain Dew Bows. Also includes a raffle and picnic food for sale. Proceeds support New Hope Resource Center and the North County Food Pantry. July 25, 6-8 pm. By donation. Colbert Presbyterian Church, 4211 E. Colbert Rd. colbertpres.org (509-468-9923) MUSIC ON MONDAYS CONCERT SERIES: COEURIMBA A concert at the library! Bring chairs, snacks and enjoy some music. Coeurimba plays high energy dance music on large wooden xylophone-like instruments called marimbas, combining both a melodic innocence and rhythmic sophistication. These traditional African rhythms will get toes tapping and feet moving. July 26, 6-7:30 pm. Free. Coeur d’Alene Public Library, 702 E. Front Ave. cdalibrary.org/libraryevents/2021concert-series5 POP SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: DONNIE EMERSON & NANCY SOPHIA Prince of Peace Lutheran Church is hosting its 15th annual POP Summer Concert Series through July. Each family-friendly concert is held on the hillside lawn of the church. Attendees are encouraged to bring blankets, chairs and picnics. July 28, 7-9 pm. Free. Prince of Peace Lutheran, 8441 N. Indian Trail Rd. popspokane. org (509-465-0779) SUNSET SYMPHONY @ ARBOR CREST Enjoy classical music by the Spokane Symphony paired with Arbor Crest wines by the bottle or glass as well as food options from chef Chad White’s Mediterranean menu, all while taking in the lovely sunset views of Spokane. July 28, 7 pm. $25-$55. Arbor Crest Wine Cellars, 4705 N. Fruit Hill Rd. spokanesymphony.org MUSIC ON MONDAYS CONCERT SERIES: RUSTY & CHRISSY A concert at the library! Bring chairs, snacks and enjoy some music. Rusty Jackson and Chrissy Summering bring the classic country music that will rock your world. Together this duo is a tour de force of classic country – sweet harmonies and sweet memories fill the air when they sing. Aug. 2, 6-7:30 pm. Free. Coeur d’Alene Public Library, 702 E. Front Ave. cdalibrary.org/libraryevents/2021concert-series6

SPORTS & OUTDOORS

NAVIGTION TRAIL TO THE UPPER LAKE HIKE Meet at the Beaver Creek trail head parking lot and walk to the Upper Lake.

This is a gentle walk with virtually no vertical gain and is about 3 miles roundtrip.

July 22, 9 am-noon. Free. Priest Lake, Idaho. priestlakemuseum.org (206-4432676) CIRCLING RAVEN DATE NIGHT + STAY AND PLAY AGAIN Tee up for a date night with the option to stay the night at the resort and play again on Saturday. Come early to hit some balls and stay late for dinner. Space is limited. July 23, 5 pm. $100/couple. Circling Raven Golf Course, 27068 S. Highway 95. cdacasino.com (800-523-2464) FOREST INSECT & DISEASE FIELD DAY Participants receive firsthand exposure to a wide range of organisms that impair the growth of trees and forests in northern Idaho, including: various bark beetle species; Armillaria and other root diseases; white pine blister rust; indian paint fungus, pini rot and other stem decays; and dwarf mistletoes. Experts help participants identify insect and disease symptoms and discuss practical long and short term methods of dealing with them. Register by July 16. July 23, 8 am. $15. Bonner County Fairgrounds, 4203 N. Boyer Rd. uidaho.edu/extension/forestry (208-267-3235) RELENTLESS WRESTLING: ROLL THE DICE Scheduled to appear: Chase James, Jackson Price, Rebel Kel, Keita, Steve Migs, Nick Wayne, Zicky Dice, Hammerstone and WARHORSE. (Card subject to change without notice.) July 24, 6 pm. $21.94-$37.69. Trailbreaker Cider, 2204 N. Madison St., Liberty Lake. trailbreakercider.com (509-279-2159) SPOKANE VALLEY CYCLE CELEBRATION Riders can choose between a 10mile, 25-mile and 50-mile course. Rolling start for races begin at 8 am. Participation costs are $32.14 for adults 18+, $17.23 for youth 13-17 and free for ages 12 & under. July 25, 8 am. Price varies by age.

Mirabeau Point Park, 2426 N. Discovery Place. cyclecelebration.com (509-6880300) SPOKANE INDIANS VS. VANCOUVER CANADIANS Home game series, July 2731, 6:30 pm and Aug. 1, 5:09 pm. $5-$14.

Avista Stadium, 602 N. Havana St. milb. com/spokane/schedule/2021-07 WEDNESDAYS IN THE WOODS A sixweek series of outdoor learning events hosted by the Riverside State Park Foundation, including sessions on birds of prey (July 21), animal encounters (July 25), cycling (Aug. 4), minimum impact recreation (Aug. 4), plants and animals in the park (Aug. 11), hiking in the Inland NW (Aug. 18) and music and horses in the park (Aug. 25). Wednesdays from 6:30-8:30 pm, July 21-Aug. 25. Event locations vary, details and registration at rei.com/learn. A Discover Pass is required to visit the park. Riverside State Park, Spokane. rei.com/learn RIVERFRONT MOVES: YOGA IN THE GARDEN Join BEYOUTIFUL Hot Yoga in the Sister Cities Garden (located NW of the orange Howard St. bridge) for their free Yoga series in Riverfront Park. Thursdays from 8:30-9:30 am, July 29-Aug. 19.

Thurs., 8:30-9:30 am through Aug. 19.

Free. Riverfront Park, 507 N. Howard St. riverfrontspokane.com (509-625-6600) THE SHOWCASE - CELEBRITY GOLF TOURNAMENT Enjoy a day at the Coeur d’Alene Resort Golf Course for the Showcase celebrity golf exhibition, and walk alongside your favorite celebrities from sport and screen. the Showcase presented by Kalispel Tribe and Northern Quest Resort & Casino is one of the premier celebrity events on the West Coast, providing an opportunity for spectators

to experience a day of dynamic activities with national celebrities, all while raising funds for Community Cancer Fund. Includes food trucks, beer garden, lakeside views and more. July 29-31. $20.

The Coeur d’Alene Resort, 115 S. Second. showcasegolf.com (855-998-4223) LIBERTY LAKE KIWANIS FOUNDATION GOLF TOURNAMENT Help raise money for local children wanting to further their education to support the organization’s scholarship fund. July 30, 8 am. $100. Liberty Lake Golf Course, 24403 E. Sprague Ave. (509-255-6233) WOODRAT MINE HIKE Meet at the Priest Lake Museum parking lot for a fairly flat walk along the Lake with a single track path to the Woodrat Mine. Roundtrip is about two miles. July 30, 9 am-noon.

Free. Priest Lake, Idaho. priestlakemuseum.org (206-443-2676) SPOKANE SHOCK VS. MASSACHUSETTS PIRATES Arena football. Game also scheduled to air on radio, TV and YouTube. July 31, 7:05 pm. $8-$58. Spokane Arena, 720 W. Mallon Ave. thespokaneshock.com (279-7000)

THEATER

LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE - THE MUSICAL Spokane Valley Summer Theatre’s regional premier of this musical highlights the stories of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s family life from her Little House series. The production is told through song and dance of both the hardships as well as the rejoicing of the settlement of new land. July 23-Aug. 1; Wed-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $22-$39. University High School, 12320 E. 32nd Ave. svsummertheatre.com (926-6981) WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S TWELFTH NIGHT Experience an outdoor summer evening performance in the MAC’s amphitheater of William Shakespeare’s popular romantic comedy Twelfth Night (or What You Will), which he wrote in about 1600–02. Purchase and enjoy a cold beverage (non-alcoholic, beer and wine available), and freshly popped popcorn. Directed by Chelsea DuVall and produced by Josephine Keefe. July 29-31 at 7 pm, Aug. 1 at 5 pm. $10-$15. Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org (509456-3931)

VISUAL ARTS

AMERICAN ORIGINAL: THE LIFE AND WORK OF JOHN JAMES AUDUBON An exclusive selection of original prints, paintings, manuscripts and personal possessions of an American icon. The exhibition tells the incredible story of a man who overcame so many obstacles to attain international recognition through his creativity and initiative on projects such as the ubiquitous “The Birds of America.”

Tue-Sun 10 am-5 pm through Sep. 19. $5$12. Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org COFFEE IN THE GARDEN / ART IN THE GARDEN Join us for coffee, tea, refreshments and conversation, with occasional demonstrations and music. Thursdays from 10 am-noon through Aug. 26.

Events on July 15 and Aug. 19 are from 10 am-1 pm and offer a diverse mix of regional art and garden items for sale.

Free. Create Arts Center, 900 W. Fourth St. createarts.org/ (509-447-9277) FOLLOW THE RIVER: PORTRAITS OF THE COLUMBIA PLATEAU A coda to the proceeding “Follow the Sun: The Holland and Orton Collections exhibition,” Fol-

low the River: Portraits of the Columbia Plateau reframes the museum’s Worth D. Griffin Collection of Native portraiture alongside cultural materials from Plateau tribes including the Palus (Palouse) and Nimiipuu (Nez Perce) whose homelands the Washington State University Pullman campus is located upon. The exhibition is guest curated by WSU Fine Arts Professor Michael Holloman an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. Through Aug. 7; Tue-Fri from 1-4 pm, Sat from 10 am-4 pm. Free. Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, 1535 NE Wilson Rd. museum. wsu.edu (509-335-1910) GLEN ALPS: FROM THE COLLECTION Glen Alps was a printmaker and educator credited with having developed the collagraph. He disseminated the techniques he developed for the making of collagraphs during his long career as and artist and teacher at the University of Washington. This exhibition includes 37 prints, numerous plates, matrices and proofs. On display through Aug. 13; open Mon-Sat by appt. only. Free. Jundt Art Museum, 200 E. Desmet Ave. gonzaga. edu/jundt(509-313-6611) JUSTIN GIBBENS: BIRDS AND BEASTS Trained in both scientific illustration and traditional Chinese fine line bird-andflower painting, Ellensburg-area artist Justin Gibbens has been drawing animals and fauna since childhood. His subversive zoological watercolor drawings are inspired from both real-life specimens and natural history sources. He embellishes images, celebrating the beauty and strangeness of the natural world, blending scientific knowledge with myth and imagination. This show is displayed in conjunction with “American Original: The Life and Work of John James Audubon.”

Tue-Sun from 10 am-5 pm through Sep. 19. $5-$12. Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org (509-456-3931) POAC ARTWALK Local artisans, galleries and business owners throughout downtown Sandpoint collaborate each summer for an event designed to showcase local artists and encourage all ages to explore this free city-wide event. Maps of the walking tour are available throughout downtown and online. Daily through Sep. 3. Free. Downtown Sandpoint. artinsandpoint.org/artwalk POWER TO THE PEOPLE — STICK IT TO THE WALL July’s show features the artwork of Spokane’s Black Lives Matter muralists. One year ago they came together to take a stand. Today, they come together to share a selection of new works. Featuring art by: Carl Richardson, Sarah Torres, Shantell Jackson, Robert Lloyd, Ohjunsoo, Emma Noyes, RGZ Prints, Jiemei Lin and Remelisa Cullitan. Thu-Sat from 6-8 pm through July 31. Free. Terrain Gallery, 304 W. Pacific Ave. terrainspokane.com STAN MILLER PAINTING EXHIBITION Stan Miller, internationally recognized watercolor artist, is exhibiting more then 60 paintings, watercolor and egg tempera during the month of July. Through July 31, open daily from 12-5 pm. Free.

Barrister Winery, 1213 W. Railroad Ave. barristerwinery.com (509-465-3591) WHAT WE MAKE: NATURE AS INSPIRATION Delve into the vital relationship between makers and nature. Discover how the landscape inspires art-making through the works and relationship of Northwest artists Wesley Wehr and Joseph Goldberg. Explore the natural motifs, tradition and importance of beaded

bags in the plateau cultures. Investigate the use of natural materials in millinery and its many different forms. Learn the story of a blacksmith who flew the first plane in the Inland Northwest, illustrating our obsession with flight over the ages.

Tue-Sun from 10 am-5 pm through Jan. 9. $5-$12. Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org/ (509-456-3931) WORLD WITHOUT REASON: GOYA’S LOS DISPARATES The museum is pleased to present from its permanent collection this first edition portfolio including the 18 etchings and title page originally published in 1864 by the Royal Academy of San Fernando. Four additional Los Disparates plates were identified following the first edition and are not included in this exhibition. Through Aug. 7; open Tue-Fri from 1-4 pm, Sat from 10 am-4 pm. Free. Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, 1535 NE Wilson Rd. museum.wsu.edu (509-335-1910) POP-UP SHOW + BLOCK PARTY Join Emerge CDA for its 8th annual Pop-Up Show, block party style. Immerse yourself in a night of visual art, installation works, dance and movement performances, music of all genres, community art projects, and much more. July 23, 5 pm-midnight. Free. Emerge, 119 N. Second St. emergecda.com (208-930-1876) TRACY FOWLER AND SAM WHITE Meet the gallery’s two fine artists: Tracy Fowler and Sam White, who work in wood carving and acrylics, respectfully. Show on display through July 31; open Fri-Sat 11 am-4pm. Free. Avenue West Gallery, 907 W. Boone Ave. avenuewestgallery.org (509-838-4999) ART, ANIMALS AND GARDEN WITH KIT JAGODA This class through the Spokane Art School allows students to explore a variety of art techniques and media in the presence of the rescued animals who call River’s Wish home. Students also spend time in the garden at River’s Wish, learning about plants through observational drawings and scientific illustration. The nonprofit’s sanctuary-based education provides a peaceful setting for creating, reflecting and connecting with the residents of River’s Wish while fostering compassion and empathy. Weekly sessions meet Mon-Fri from 9 am-noon and begin on June 28, July 12, July 26 and Aug. 9. $165. River’s Wish Animal Sanctuary, 11511 W. Garfield Rd. spokaneartschool.net/classes/ (509-951-3650) MEDIEVAL ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS: WOMAN WITH MARIGOLDS Join artist Hannah Charlton to create tiny medieval-style paintings using gouache and plant-based parchment. Meets July 27 and Aug. 3 from 9-11:30 am. $65. Spokane Art School, 811 W. Garland Ave. spokaneartschool.net (509-325-1500) ART INTRODUCTION WEDNESDAYS The Latah County 4-H program is offering a four-week introductory art class for youth ages 6-12. This event is free, but participants must register in advance.

Sessions cover shading and the value scale, the color wheel, painting and more.

July 28, 6:30 pm, Aug. 4, 6:30 pm, Aug. 11, 6:30 pm and Aug. 18, 6:30 pm. Latah County Fairgrounds, 1021 Harold St. latah. id.us/fair RIVER RIDGE ASSN. OF FINE ARTS MONTHLY MEETING The association hosts its first evening meeting. Cool down in Spokane Art Supply’s air-conditioned classroom and enjoy a presentation of digital art by member Antonio Romero. Also, President Denny Carman talks about new venues exclusively for

members. July 28, 6-7:30 pm. Free. Spokane Art Supply, 1303 N. Monroe St. (509-325-0471) SAP PRESENTS: MARGOT CASSTEVENS, MARIAH BOYLE & JESSICE Margot Casstevens and Mariah Boyle collaborated for “Swap,” creating a series of large drawings. Breaking the ‘pandemic ice’ and reaffirming connection, they created these works through exchange, each drawing into the other’s work. Also featured is artist Jessice’s “bill and coo,” a new immersive video and sound installation. July 2-31; open Fri 4-8 pm and Sat 1-5 pm. Closing reception July 30 from 5-8 pm. Free. Saranac Art Projects, 25 W. Main Ave. (509-350-3574) ART EXHIBITION & OPEN STUDIO FT. ADAM BLALOCK Local artist Adam Blalock showcases works from the previous five years (2017-21). First trained as a horticulturist, Adam switched his focus to fine art after visiting England and discovering the works of the old masters.

He attended Santa Fe University of Art and Design for a year before accepting an apprenticeship at the Texas Academy of Figurative Art in Fort Worth. Complimentary snack and drinks available and everyone is welcome to attend. At 618 W. 17th Ave., Spokane. July 31-Aug. 1, 12-8 pm. adamchristopherblalock.com (509570-6287)

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THE PROPERTIES OF PERPETUAL LIGHT BY JULIAN AGUON WITH TOMMY ORANGE A Zoom event with Julian Aguon, discussing his memoir with Tommy Orange, author of “There There.”

Aguon’s “In The Properties of Perpetual Light” weaves together stories from his childhood in the villages of Guam with searing political commentary. Throughout the book, Aguon grapples with one heart-breaking loss after another by immersing himself in the beauty of his island, the magic of Micronesia, and the wisdom of his favorite books and elders. Visit auntiesbooks.com/event for the Zoom link and other details. July 22, 7-8 pm. Free. auntiesbooks.com/event/ properties-perpetual-light-julian-aguontommy-orange (509-838-0206) GIO AND BANKS: SCARCITY, CHOICES AND TRADEOFFS As an economics and a history teacher, Pat Segadelli has always believed that a basic grasp of economic concepts and financial literacy is vital to kids’ understanding of the world. The first book in his Gio and Banks series introduces the most fundamental economic idea: scarcity. He’ll be setting up shop at Auntie’s to sign his book and talk about economics. July 24, 12-4 pm.

Free. Auntie’s Bookstore, 402 W. Main Ave. auntiesbooks.com/event/gio-andbanks-scarcity-choices-and-tradeoffs (509-838-0206) GOSSIP GIRLS LIVING HISTORY PROGRAM A special event in the Campbell House full of gossip, games and calling cards. Test your skills against living history actors in a game of croquet; or offer a calling card as you discuss the important news of the day. July 24 and 31 from 11 am-3 pm. $5-$12. Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org (509-456-3931) THIS IS THE END: HOW MOVIES PREPARED US FOR THE APOCALYPSE In this talk illustrated with clips, Robert Horton looks at the eerie imagery of apocalyptic movies, and how these films foreshadowed our responses during the pandemic: the extremes of divisiveness

and community-building, the loneliness of isolation, and the tantalizing possibility of starting over again — but maybe doing it better this time. July 24, 11 am.

Free. Online at humanities.org BROKEN MIC Broken Mic, Spokane’s longest-running weekly poetry open mic, makes its live return to Neato Burrito.

All ages, however, this is a free speech event. Food and drink specials available.

Weekly on Wednesdays from 6:30-9 pm through Dec. 29. Free. Neato Burrito, 827 W. First Ave. (509-847-1234) SHOULD WE BUILD “BETTER” HUMANS? How might biomedical enhancement reshape humans and society?

Should we support and prioritize this research? What are the ethical questions that we as individuals and a society need to answer? Join Bill Kabasenche, professor of philosophy, for a discussion on what defines humanity, and how technology could change that forever. July 28, 6:30 pm. Free. Online at humanities. org/event/online-should-we-build-better-humans/ STRAIGHT LINES AND SQUIGGLES: HOW IDAHO GOT ITS WEIRD SHAPE Keith Peterson, retired Idaho State Historian, presents at the Inn at Priest Lake in Coolin). The West is land of rectangular states and then we have Idaho. What happened? How Idaho got this way is a fascinating story of diplomacy, politics luck and straight-lined boundaries which still effect us today. July 28, 7-8:30 pm.

Free. Priest Lake, Idaho. priestlakemuseum.org (206-443-2676) DRAG CULTURE: BEYOND ENTERTAINMENT Join drag king performer Ceasar Hart and explore the history of drag culture and why it is so important for many in the LGBTQ+ community. Discover the impact of this art form, and how it can be used not only to raise awareness and advocate for LGBTQ+ acceptance, but also as a powerful vehicle for individual self-expression. July 29, noon and Aug. 27, 6 pm. Free. Online at humanities. org/event/online-drag-culture-beyondentertainment-3/ AFTER THE BLAST: MOUNT ST. HELENS 40 YEARS LATER Ecologists have since spent decades studying life’s resilience in the face of seemingly total devastation. Through their work, the eruption of Mount St. Helens has become known as the greatest natural experiment in Pacific Northwest history. In this talk, Eric Wagner takes you on a journey through the blast zone. He explores not just the surprising ways plants and animals survived the eruption, but also the complex roles that people have played, all while showing how fascinating Mount St. Helens still is 40 years after the blast. July 30, 11 am and Sep. 10, 2 pm. Free. Online at humanities.org/event/online-after-theblast-mount-st-helens-40-years-later-2/ ARS VITAE: COFFEE, TEA & PHILOSOPHY A book discussion of “Calling BS: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World.” Ars Vitae is a discussion group where attendees enjoy the depth of philosophical thought throughout all human history in light of art, science, culture and cuisine. From Cicero & Confucius to Foucault and Thomson and the way Alain Locke connected art to freedom of thought, philosophers have discussed the concept of making one’s life an art or art life and the aesthetics of living one’s ethics. Event limited to six people. Sign up at meetup.com. July 31, 10:30-11:30 am. Free. Little Garden Cafe, 2901 W. Northwest Blvd. meetup.com/coffee-teaphilosophy/events/279268637/ n

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Rolling Out New Rules Two state laws taking effect soon will tweak regulation of Washington’s cannabis industry

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his week will bring some changes to the rules governing Washington’s cannabis industry, as two bills passed this past year by the state Legislature are set to go into effect on July 25.

The two bills, ESHB 1443 and ESB 5312, made their way through the state House and were signed into law by the governor this spring. ESHB 1443 broadens the state program established last year to expand minority participation in the cannabis industry. ESB 5312 aims to streamline some of the regulatory red tape surrounding the production and processing of hemp products.

EXPANSION IN SOCIAL EQUITY

Two years ago, when the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board announced its so-called “Cannabis 2.0” modernization proposals for the state’s cannabis industry, one of the main issues addressed was social equity. As

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part of Cannabis 2.0, the LCB established programs to help expand minority participation in the cannabis industry and help to undo negative effects of past drug policy that disproportionately affected minority communities.

ESHB 1442 expands the reach of those programs. Equity grants were initially available only for retail licensees, but are now open to all cannabis licensees.

One qualification for grant eligibility was to have had a cannabis conviction in the past, but ESHB 1442 expands that to any prior drug conviction, not just cannabis. The law also gives the LCB power to expand eligibility for any other reason, in consultation with the Washington State Com-

mission on African American Affairs.

The changes also extend the life of the state task force charged with looking into social equity in the cannabis industry. The task force’s deadline to make policy recommendations has been moved from December 2020 to December 2022.

HEMP REGISTRATION AND CERTIFICATION

Hemp is cannabis, but it’s technically not cannabis in the eyes of the state and federal government, and that’s caused some problems.

“Hemp and cannabis look the same to the naked eye and a lab test of potency must be used to tell the difference between the two,” the LCB says in a statement on ESB 5372. Until July 25, however, the LCB was not legally allowed to test hemp products. That was the domain of the Washington State Department of Agriculture.

ESB 5327 allows the LCB to test hemp just like it tests cannabis. It also establishes a voluntary registration and certification process for hemp producers and processors, through the state DOA. n

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

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A female best friend can do a lot to make you happy — even give you a baby — though she’ll have to wait till the NICU nurse gets busy and kidnap one AMY ALKON for you.

It can feel like a betrayal to be downgraded in your bestie’s life when a serious boyfriend comes around. However, evolution’s ultimately to blame. “We are survival machines — robot vehicles blindly programmed” by evolution to preserve our genes by passing them to generations after us, explains biologist Richard Dawkins in “The Selfish Gene.”

Simply put, we’re each a big flesh bus driven by our genes, subconsciously steered to do their bidding. Psychiatrist and evolutionary medicine founder Randolph Nesse sums up the grim reality: Evolution “does not give a fig about our happiness.” It likewise doesn’t care whether we have friends, save for how they might help us survive and pass on our genes.

This sounds cold, but understanding the evolutionary reality can help you stay in your friend’s life and keep her in yours — perhaps without taking her shift in priorities personally. I use that understanding — despite finding kids loud, sticky, and expensive — to be supportive of friends who are moms of young kids. I insist to them (and genuinely feel) that it’s okay if they need to put off a call or drinks we’ve planned when they’re wiped from work plus momming. An important caveat: These are dear friends who show up for me if I’m in need; I’m not rolling over for a bunch of userish socio-Pattys.

You likewise might consider reconfiguring your expectations so you two can stay friends and you won’t make her feel she has to choose between you and the guy. You’d surely lose that battle — which means you and she would both end up losing. Supposedly, a truly “intimate” relationship is the sort you have with a man you love, but...well...when’s the last time coffee with your bestie ran long and you faked an orgasm so you could get on with your day?

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After my third date with a guy, he texted and asked why we hadn’t had sex yet. I was taking it slow-ish because I was trying to figure out whether I liked him (and vice versa). I was pretty annoyed at his question, and we agreed we should stop seeing each other. Well, last week, he started texting me again. Nothing groundbreaking, just “hey” and “what’s up.” What’s his deal — does he want another chance? Do I give it to him? —Unsure You probably like to wait to have sex till a guy shows he’s truly interested in who you are — reflected in his asking questions like, “So, who are your favorite authors?” as opposed to, “Say, can you put your feet behind your head?”

Having sex can leave a woman with a belly of “OMG. How the hell do I pay for orthodontia, rehab, and grad school?” Because of this, female emotions evolved to make women feel unhappy or ambivalent about having sex in the absence of signs a guy cares about them (and will stick around and “invest”). However, men’s standards for sex partners tend to be, um, lower: along the lines of, “So, are you female?” (if the man asking is solidly straight) — and in a pinch: “Are you at least a mammal?”

When the evolved “sexual strategy” that’s typically optimal for one sex — like women taking it slowly — conflicts with that of the other, “strategic interference” like deception often ensues, explains evolutionary psychologist David Buss. Men feigning commitment to get sex is an example of this. However, with the evolution of this strategy, a deception-circumventing counterstrategy co-evolved in women: defaulting to the assumption they’re being conned into bed until proven otherwise.

Chances are the guy’s little “where’s my sex?!” tantrum resulted from his getting impatient and fed up and falling out of strategic pretendo mode. Buss explains that our emotions are our first line of defense against strategic interference, and right on cue, yours were all “You pig!”

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