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I ’ll admit it: I’m not much of a football fan. But I did spend four years as an undergrad at Wash ington State University, where it’s an unofficial prerequisite to attend every home game at Martin Stadium. Lots has changed since my time at WSU, but the school’s immense pride on Cougar Football Saturdays definitely has not. Whatever kind of fan you are, college football is a special kind of unifier. Anyone can catch the game and have a good time, sporting their crimson and gray — or Eastern Eagles’ red, or Vandal gold and silver — tailgating with friends, cheering on the squad and celebrating a big win. From the mascots to the fight songs and more, getting on the COLLEGE FOOTBALL bandwagon is all about camaraderie and community. In this week’s cover section, we preview the 2022 season at the region’s universities, includ ing a special guest profile on WSU’s new head coach, Jake Dickert, who took over last season after Nick Rolovich lost his job for not getting vaxxed. Also get the scoop on Eastern Washington University’s nearly new roster as the team sets out again after last year’s heartbreaking playoff loss, plus more. Also in this week’s edition, we chat with Pig Out in the Park’s founder Bill Burke about the event’s return (page 18), food writer Carrie Scozzaro checks out local eateries serving Indigenous-inspired food (page 30), and reporter Samantha Wohlfeil shares what we know so far about President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan (page 12). — CHEY SCOTT, associate editor 201485 38343230
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Aiming High Spokane’s parks are among the best in the nation; it’s time to make them even better BY GAVIN COOLEY AND RICK ROMERO I n this column we would like to flip the script away from the overwhelming challenges and problems that seem to dominate our national and local dialogue and instead highlight the power of seizing a very big opportunity: making Spokane’s park system the No. 1 park system in the country.Byway of background, Spokane’s parks system was largely conceived in a 1908 report from the Olmsted Brothers landscape firm to the Spokane Park Commissioners. The Olmsteds were the architects of many of the nation’s great parks, including Central Park in New York (with Calvert Vaux), the Seattle and Portland park sys tems, and Boston’s “emerald necklace” of parks.
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The Olmsted Report for Spokane emphasized that “any city should prize and preserve its great est landscape features, inasmuch as they give it individuality.” The Olmsted perception of Spokane’s natural beauty and recommendations for building neighborhoods around parks and open spaces were the vision that Spokane was built upon. Fast forward 114 years,
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journey can enhance our awareness and pride in the unique beauty of Spokane and perhaps help us get back to a more positive focus. n Gavin Cooley was the city of Spokane’s chief financial officer for 17 years, serving five different mayors, starting with Jim West. He currently is working with the city on projects includ ing investments and the Spokane River Trail System. Rick Romero is the former utilities director and director of strate gic planning for the city of Spokane. He worked on a variety of projects, including the renovation of Riverfront Park, the Podium and the downtown Spokane football stadium. The Olmsted perception of Spokane’s natural beauty and recommendations for building neighborhoods around parks and open spaces were the vision that Spokane was built upon.
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The two of us are thrilled to be working together with a group of public retirees, the parks director, Park Board, and other public, private and nonprofit partners who will be committing their time and resources to advance these objectives.
should we care about making Spokane’s parks system the best system in the country? Because our parks, river and trails are huge public assets that are the glue and the pride of our community. This was never more apparent than during the pandemic, when our parks and open spaces became the critical outlet for so many families. Having the nation’s best park system would highlight our values around family, neighborhoods, livability, health and the outdoors. Seen in that light, Spokane’s economy will benefit, too, ranging from tourists who are attracted to nature and the outdoors to businesses that cater to healthy lifestyles and outdoor activities.TheSpokane
Parks leadership has just completed a Parks and Open Spaces Master Plan, which they believe can serve as the foundation for aspiring to this big goal. The plan was built from citizen surveys and widespread input on the community’s needs and priorities. Based on that input, the plan identifies tiered strate gies and priorities to make our parks system better than ever.
Shooting for No. 1 is always a journey, much like Bloomsday, Hoopfest and Gonzaga basketball. Perhaps this initiative, like those that came before, can strengthen our identity and bring together vital partnerships that will turn community challenges intoMoreover,opportunities.the
The 50th anniversary of Spokane’s Expo ’74, the first envi ronmentally themed World’s Fair, is coming up in 2024, and we think this could be the perfect opportunity to set a big goal and build vital community partnerships that bring the community together.Partners are already coalescing around the 50th anniversary as an opportunity to not only look back and celebrate what has been accomplished but to seize the opportunity to build a vision for the future of our parks, trails and river.
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022 INLANDER 7 and it turns out we are not the only ones who appreciate our parks, river, trails and open spaces.
Spokane’s city parks system has been ranked by the Trust for Public Land as the 17th best park system in the nation for the past two years running. This prestigious recognition comes from a very comprehensive five-part ranking system. This high ranking is an incredible accomplishment for a smaller city like Spokane. But the city parks director and Park Board believe we can do even better and are shooting for an auda cious goal to become America’s No. 1 parks system by the end of the Bdecade.utwhy
“Special Immigrant Visa” — a path out of the country.
BY DANIEL WALTERS
“I didn’t have any money,” Faridoon says. “The bank system was gone. Fully gone.” Within just a few months of Taliban rule, The New York Times reported, the entire Afghan economy was collapsing. Half of the country was facing starvation. Faridoon’s wife got seriously sick and had to go to the hospital.
However, as Afghanistan’s military and govern ment swiftly collapsed, his paperwork still hadn’t been approved. He and his family had rushed to Kabul, the Afghan capital, to escape. They’d been delayed — the bus driver, he recalls, fell asleep, and they’d had a minor accident on a bridge. By the time the last American cargo plane lifted off from the Hamid Karzai International Air port on July 30, 2021, Faridoon’s family wasn’t on it. They’d been left behind. The Inlander wrote about his story at length last year (“Fleeing,” Sept. 9, 2021) — relying on WhatsApp messages and other documents to tell his story — and we changed his name to protect him, calling him “Sayed.”
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T aliban forces came knocking at a home in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan on July 31, 2021, looking for an engineer by the name of Faridoon Sharif. They want to use Faridoon’s house as the command center for an assault against the nearby police precinct, but it’s Faridoon’s mother who answers the door.Through a torrent of tears, she insists repeatedly to the Taliban that her son isn’t there. It wasn’t true. When Faridoon built his house, he’d included a secret room where he or other family members could hide. And that’s where he and his two brothers are hiding as their mother pleads with the Taliban to leave. And it works. Even in the Taliban, Faridoon says, there “was a good person.” He agreed to use a neigh boring house as their headquarters instead and leave Faridoon’s family alone. “We were very afraid, sir,” he tells the Inlander now “We were in a bad condition.” Eleven years earlier, he’d been working as an office manager for a civilian counternarcotics operation aligned with the United States. His work with the U.S. had put a target on his back, but in exchange, he was eligible for a
“I have a big beard, and I thought no one can recog nize me,” he wrote in a What’sApp message to Eleanor Baumgartner last September. “But I was wrong. Everyone knowsPhoneme.”calls from unknown numbers kept coming in, telling him they knew what he had done during the previ ous government and to count his days if he didn’t give them
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At a park in San Antonio, Texas, Afghan immigrant Faridoon Sharif (center) and his two children, Mohammad Adnan (right) and Emran (left).
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Asmoney.earlyas September 2021, the Baumgartners hoped they could ferret out another flight from Afghanistan to allow Faridoon’s family escape. But Faridoon couldn’t just stay in Kabul and wait for the possibility. He literally couldn’t afford it.
Today, he’s given us permission to use his full name. That’s because Faridoon and his immediate family are finally safe in the United States. But that was only pos sible due to a flurry of lobbying that included efforts by Spokane County Treasurer Michael Baumgartner and his wife, Eleanor — who both worked with Faridoon in Afghanistan in 2009 — and a former Trump State Depart ment“Ispokeswoman.neverforget,sir,” Faridoon says of the people who helped him get out. “I never forget.”
ALIVE AND IN AMERICA How the Afghan subject of a 2021 Inlander cover story beat the odds and finally made it to the United States
T o survive, Faridoon grew a beard. Not only were beards a crucial part of the Taliban’s ultraconser vative religious doctrine, but he hoped it would obscure his identity.
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On the one hand, it showed that the Taliban still wanted what aid they could get from the international community. On the other hand, it demonstrated the contempt — and danger — that Faridoon was risking.
Faridoon borrowed money from his uncle, a local doctor who had enough cash to help him get by. And he went back to work, working as a liaison for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, an agency that helped distribute aid packages across Afghani stan. That gave him a salary. But it also put him in contact with Taliban leadership. In October, he says, a Taliban leader, a min ister of rehabilitation, called him into his office. Terrified, Faridoon asked his friend to accom panyFaridoonhim. says the Taliban leader’s behavior was atrocious, denying him all of the important customary Afghan signs of respect — effectively treating him like a “cow.” He wanted Faridoon to help him distribute a thousand U.N. aid pack ages to families, handpicked by the minister, in the Helmand Province’s impoverished Sangin District.But Faridoon pushed back, telling him that that wasn’t how it worked — they had to first survey the population to identify the needi est families to give the aid kits to. In response, Faridoon says, the Taliban minister pelted him with a barrage of insults, including accusing him of being“‘Don’tAmerican.speak,son of Joe Biden,’” Faridoon recalls the Taliban leader sneering.
M eanwhile, behind the scenes, a crew of people were fighting for Faridoon’s case. It wasn’t just the Baumgartners. U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers’ office was pushing, too. So was Heather Nauert, a former Fox News journalist who’d served as the Trump administration’s State Department spokeswoman from 2017 to 2019. At one time, Nauert had been slammed for offensive statements she’d made about immi grants and Muslims. But for the past year, she’s been one of the many working behind the scenes to help Afghans who’d worked alongside the Americans reach the United States, including Muslims like Faridoon.
In trying to help their former Afghan cowork ers get out, meanwhile, the Baumgartners had reached out to Tiffany Smiley, the candidate run ning against Sen. Patty Murray, hoping she’d have connections that could help Faridoon. Smiley happened to know Nauert. Smiley gave Nauert a list of people — including Faridoon — she was trying to help get out of Afghanistan.
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I f it wasn’t for a lucky break, Nauert says, Faridoon would likely still be in Afghanistan: She learned that Faridoon’s father was a U.S. citizen — and his mother was a green card holder. And suddenly, Faridoon shoots to the top of the priority list.
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“I was personally horrified by the thought that we would leave behind people who had served alongside us,” Nauert tells the Inlander. “We said, ‘You work with us, and we’ll bring you to safety.’”Someof them, she says, have done more for America than many Americans have.
“I started raising his case with people I knew at the State Department,” Nauert says. “I’m say ing, ‘Look, this guy has to get out.’” But there was a whole forest of red tape that special immigrant visa applicants faced.
“There were forms all written in English that the U.S. government expected these Afghans to fill out,” Nauert says. “They had unstable inter net connections. At this point, they’re starting to hide from the Taliban, in safe houses.”
On March 10, Faridoon’s son takes his phone and sticks it over a hotel lobby balcony, recording members of the Taliban crowded around the reception desk. “Hello Eleanor, I have to inform you that the Taliban are constantly coming here at night to search to come and get infor mation,” he says over WhatsApp. They’re asking about Faridoon. They want to see documents. Time is running out. O n March 30, a plane finally lifts off from Afghanistan. Faridoon is on it. The process is so opaque that Eleanor doesn’t know exactly what happened to allow him to leave.When his plane finally clears the runway, Faridoon watches his homeland disappear into the distance. “It was very difficult,” Faridoon says. “I was leaving my home land. I cried a lot.” But the destination isn’t the United States. Not yet. He lands in Qatar. At a camp established at As Sayliyah Army Base he finds a bathroom and shaves his beard. The beard may have been on his face, but he says, “This beard was not mine.” It was the Taliban’s. Shaving it off means he can return to being himself. For three more months, he jumps additional hurdles in his path to America. First, his baby contracts COVID, putting the whole immigration process on hold. Then, one part of the U.S. State Department needs documents from another part, but can’t get them.“Welcome to Western bureaucracy,” Eleanor Baumgartner writes to Faridoon in April. “It is making me crazy.” But Qatar is much safer. The food, Faridoon says, is excellent. And finally, the last hurdle is cleared. He arrives in the United States on June 16, nearly a full year after Taliban forces arrived at his Thome.oday, Faridoon is living in San Antonio. He invites the Inlander to come to his house if we’re ever in the area. He would be proud to serve us dinner. For everyone involved, Faridoon’s escape is undercut by just how many similar Afghans are still trapped there.
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“Those lucky Afghans who are able to get out are few and far between,” Nauert says. “There are so many more left behind — the stories we don’t hear about.” That includes other members of Faridoon’s family. His mother is still in Afghanistan. His little brother — who recently got married and had two kids — is still there, too. The pipeline is getting narrower, Nauert says. Despite the need, there are fewer State Department resources to help remain ing Afghan allies leave the country. The war in Ukraine has diverted public attention. “So U.S. sentiment shifted gears altogether and really started focusing in on helping those [Ukrainian] refugees,” Nauert says. But make no mistake, Faridoon says he’s incredibly grateful. “This is my second country,” Faridoon says. “I can start my life here and serve America. This is my second homeland.” The Taliban had accused Faridoon of being an American. In a way, they weren’t entirely wrong. They were just a few months early. n
But there are still kinks to work out. Nauert and Eleanor Baumgartner help Faridoon work his way through the reams of paperwork. By now, it’s December, and Faridoon wishes both of them a Merry Christmas. He and his family return to Kabul, staying in a hotel for months as they wait for the chance to board a plane. But the flights are repeatedly canceled. The water and the food are hor rible, and he and his mother get seriously sick. And by February, the Taliban announces a travel ban, forbidding anyone who has worked with NATO or the Americans from leaving the country.
By then Faridoon’s passport is set to expire — and if he doesn’t get out soon, it could mean weeks, even months, more of delay.
“I am getting crazy, Eleanor,” he writes in a message. “They stole my dream.”
Evenin.if an in-state WSU student managed to save half the estimated cost on books and food, living off just $8 per day for meals, they would need to work 33 hours per week at Washington’s minimum wage throughout the year. That does not account for taxes or any other expenses such as gas, bus fare, entertainment, medical emergen cies or other living costs. An out-of-state student would need to work 54 hours per week (not ac counting for overtime) at Washington’s minimum wage to afford school. If an out-of-state student works in neighboring Moscow, Idaho, where
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Biden’s plan, which could affect 43 million borrowers, also would forgive up to $20,000 in loans for students who received undergraduate Pell Grants, which are typically available to lowincome families. The Department of Education estimates 90 percent of those who are eligible make less than $75,000 per year.
“There is plenty of deficit reduction to pay for the programs,” Biden said while announcing the plan on Aug. 24. “Some think it’s too much. … Some think it’s too little. But I believe my plan is responsible and fair.” Soon after the announcement, debates broke out across the political spectrum. Some argued $10,000 wasn’t enough for borrowers facing huge debts. Others argued that the entire loan system should be restructured to eliminate interest or that colleges should be free to attend. Still others argued that the government shouldn’t give “hand outs” to borrowers. Some who criticized the idea of student loan forgiveness found themselves inundated with replies asking why they were OK with their business’ Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan being forgiven during the pandemic, typically in amounts far greater than $10,000.
W hile many celebrated the news last week that President Joe Biden and the U.S. Department of Education plan to forgive $10,000 in federal student loans for those who make less than $125,000 per year, not everyone was pleased with the announcement.
The Inland Northwest has mixed reactions to Biden’s $10K to $20K federal student loan forgiveness
Biden pointed to last year’s deficit reduction of $350 billion, this year’s expected deficit reduc tion of $1.7 trillion, and other savings that could come from the Inflation Reduction Act as more than enough to pay for the plan.
Some argue President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan goes too far, while others say it doesn’t go far enough.
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In addition to announcing loan forgiveness, Biden extended the pause on interest and federal loan repayments until the end of the year. The plan also proposes changing the structure of income-driven repayment plans so that borrowers pay no more than 5 percent of their discretionary income per month on undergraduate loans. Orig inal loans of less than $12,000 would be forgiven after people make 10 years of payments, even if those payments are $0 per month because their income is so low. Unpaid interest also would not grow while monthly payments are being made.
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Some lamented the $240 billion-plus price tag the plan could have over the next decade. But Biden’s decision and the resulting debate is hap pening as state and federal funding for colleges and universities has significantly decreased in re cent decades, driving up tuition and fees. In 2002, the cost of in-state tuition and fees at Washington State University was $4,520 (not adjusted for inflation). This year’s in-state tuition and fees at WSU come to $12,700, with an overall estimated cost of $26,976 when room, board and books are factored
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The plan relies on 9/11-era federal powers granted to the U.S. education secretary in times of emergencies (the pandemic is the cited emergency), and it remains to be seen if legal challenges could delay the forgiveness. Here are answers to other common questions: How much will be forgiven? For federal student loan bor rowers who make less than $125,000 per year or $250,000 per household, up to $10,000 per borrower will be forgiven. Those who qualified for and took Pell Grants during their undergradu ate education will get up to $20,000 forgiven.
The Department of Education also plans to open an applica tion process as early as September for those who need to verify their eligibility, according to the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators Do current students qualify? Do loans for this upcoming school year count? Current students qualify. The forgiveness plan says borrowers can receive up to $10,000 (or up to $20,000 for Pell recipients) for loans that were disbursed on or before June 30, 2022. If the amount of loans received by that date was less than $10,000, that lower amount will be forgiven. Do Parent PLUS loans qualify? Yes. While Parent PLUS loans are meant to supplement the amount an individual student is allowed to borrow so they can cover the full cost of school, the plan specifies that forgiveness will apply per borrower, not per student.However, it’s still unclear if forgiveness will apply to a parent’s own student loans if they haven’t paid them off yet, versus to a Parent PLUS loan they may also have taken out, says Joy Scourey, assistant vice president of student financial services at Washington State University. Do Perkins loans qualify? Do other types of loans? No, Perkins loans do not qualify, Scourey says. However, those who took out Federal Family Education Loans should be able to consolidate those into federal loans that would qualify, she says. Private student loans do not qualify under the plan. Should I take out loans now if I haven’t before? Loans disbursed after June 30, 2022, won’t qualify for the one-time forgiveness plan.
How do I know if I got a Pell Grant? Universities typically don’t keep this information on file for very long. Instead, borrow ers are encouraged to check their history at studentaid.gov. The site has been running slowly in recent days due to extremely high traffic. What if I qualified for a Pell Grant but did not take out any loans until grad school? It’s not clear yet if students who were eligible for Pell Grants in undergrad can receive forgiveness on loans they took for graduate school, Scourey says. Will I need to claim the forgiveness as income on my taxes? No, the funds are not taxable. When will we know more about how the plan will roll out? You can sign up for updates at ed.gov/subscriptions. When will forgiveness be applied to accounts? The Depart ment of Education has not yet announced when forgiveness will be reflected in accounts. Borrowers will need to make monthly payments again starting in January. Should the plan be challenged in court, there could be a delay in forgiveness payments. n samanthaw@inlander.com
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On social media, some Inlander readers upset with the plan asked whether they’d be reimbursed for loans they already paid back, while others said they made sacrifices to pay out of pocket. Still, other readers shared how positive forgiveness would be for their lives, with some expecting much of their remaining balance to be forgiven, while others said the move would at least offer some relief.
How do I make sure I am on the list? Many borrowers may already have their income information on file with their loan servicers if they are on an income-based repayment plan. Current students should have their relevant income information (often parents’ income if the student is claimed as a dependent) on file if they’ve filled out the FAFSA.
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Helen Parsons’ textile wizardry mixing painting and fiber arts lands her a starring role on Quilting Arts
“If you’re a fiber artist, you definitely know that show,” says Parsons, who’s been a fan since Quilting Arts TV launched in 2007. Her more-than-15-minutes-of-fame almost didn’t happen, how ever. Not surprisingly, Parsons was skeptical about the unsolicited email she got in February 2022 from the show’s co-host Vivika Hansen DeNegre. Parsons was also unaware that a friend had approached the show’s producers on her behalf.
After developing a contour drawing and selecting a color palette, Parsons pulls from her considerable supply of fabric, all of which is neatly stacked and organized by color in her mod est South Hill studio. Then she begins the laborious process of cutting strips of fabric, which resemble a blob of paint when piled together on the table. Parsons will arrange this “paint” onto a water-soluble fabric substructure according to the design plan, eventually machine-stitching the composition. Finally, Parsons submerges the image in water to dissolve the substructure and embellishes the piece with more stitching, appliques, etc.
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H elen Parsons was being witty when she named her Ins tagram account the Helen Parsons Project, but she will soon have something in common with the ’70s-era British band the Alan Parsons Project. She’s going to be famous, at least to fans of fiber arts. And that will come as no surprise to those in the Inland Northwest already familiar with her work.
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Aside from not being a quilter, Parsons’ content tends towards more contemporary themes.
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In July, Parsons and her partner, James Barrett, drove to Colo rado to film three episodes for Quilting Arts TV. The longstand ing show, which airs on PBS’ CreateTV channel and reaches an estimated 80 million U.S. households, will begin airing episodes featuring Parsons in mid-October.
“I’ve definitely felt a little bit like an outsider,” says the selftaught Parsons, whose approach to both technique and subject matter didn’t jibe with what she’d seen on the show.
The resulting piece is flat, like a painting, yet textural and obviously made of fabric, which has always been considered more of a craft medium.
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Some of Parsons’ techniques are similarly unorthodox, like the one she calls “impressionist fabric painting.”
For example, Parsons’ mixed-media artworks featured in the Art Spirit Gallery’s May show, “Pop! Art Blanche,” included images of spray-paint cans, Lucky Strike cigarettes, repeating silhouettes of a Glock pistol overlaid onto a canvas bank bag, and a mixed-media artwork encouraging viewers to “set your television on fire.”
“Every season of Quilting Arts TV has a unique ‘personal ity’ and Helen’s artwork helped set the tone for this series,” says DeNegre, who is also editor of Quilting Arts magazine. “Her work is special and varied: Some is quirky and off-beat on the surface yet has hidden messages for the viewer to discover.”
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OFFICERS program, including a photograph of a North Idaho man we profiled in June. ICYMI, our story (read it online at Inlander. com) shared Tyler Douglas Lowe’s acceptance into the unique and elite program tasked with helping countries protect and preserve artifacts of cultural significance, such as rare books or artwork, in the face of an oncoming invasion. We were there at the beginning, and again three years later when a jubilant Lowe was finally com missioned, making this one of the longest lead times on a culture story ever, and well worth it. (CARRIE SCOZZARO)
M usic geeks are obsessed with the new. New artists, new songs, new albums from familiar artists. The sense of discovering something new is a big part of the fandom fun. While I’ve certainly enjoyed a lot of new (to me) music this year, I find myself listening over and over again to three albums I did not expect to spend much time with. In fact, I didn’t even know they were coming out, and I’m the kind of dork who pays attention to articles about “The Most Anticipated New Releases of Next Year!” They’re albums that have little reason to exist, save for the artists feeling the need to create. And in an age when most reunions from old favorites are cynical cash grabs, these low-key comebacks are kind of refreshing.Allthreebands’ biggest days are behind them. WAY behind them, like the ’80s and ’90s. And their respec tive successes came at wildly different levels.
The audience waiting for a new URGE OVER KILL album in 2022 is even smaller. The Chicago band’s ironically glammy image and power-pop riffs struck a chord in indie-rock circles in the early ’90s, and they had a bonafide hit with a cover of Neil Dia mond’s “Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon” on the Pulp FictionUrgesoundtrack.Overkill always seemed on the cusp of star dom that never came — they opened for Nirvana’s Nev ermind tour and Pearl Jam’s Vs. tour — and broke up in 1995. They released a little-heard album in 2011, and this year dropped another, Oui, that trades in the same guitar-forward approach as the old days. It’s good-time rock delivered in not-a-very-good-time times.
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TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB, KEEP ON SMILING. The Northern Irish pop rock band leans hard into positivity on its sunny fifth LP.
READ TOGETHER Spokane is Reading, the community wide book club organized by Spokane County Library District, Spokane Public Library and Auntie’s Bookstore, has announced its 2022 pick: local author Kate Lebo’s The Book of Difficult Fruit. The essay collection, published in 2021, is a creative examination of life using odd, ugly, inedible or otherwise lesser-known fruit as a lit erary vehicle. Two events with Lebo (who’s also an occasional Inlander contributor) mark a return to in-person SPOKANE IS READING events, as the past two years saw the series turn to a recommended reading list format. The 21st iteration hap pens Oct. 26 with an afternoon event at the SCLD’s North Spokane Library and an evening event at the downtown Central Library. Learn more at spokaneisreading.org. (CHEY SCOTT)
Noteworthy new music arriving in stores and online Sept. 2:
RINA SAWAYAMA, HOLD THE GIRL. The Japanese-British pop standout — whose debut LP was so acclaimed that the Mercury Prize and BRIT Awards changed their nationality rules so she could be eli gible — looks to keep up that momentum on her sophomore album.
As a weekly newspaper, sometimes our reporting runs after other outlets have already had their say. That makes it particularly sweet to “scoop” a daily newspaper, especially one as revered as The New York Times. And, of course, it’s great to see someone local being recognized for doing cool (and important) stuff. On Aug. 11, The Times ran a story about the Army Reserve’s new MONUMENTS
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The least likely comeback in my rotation comes courtesy of THE RAVE-UPS, a Los Angeles crew who helped pioneer the twangy “cowpunk” genre (think X or the Blasters) in the late ’80s before singer Jimmer Podrasky left the band in 1990 to raise his son. They were another band who almost made it big — they were the bar band in Pretty in Pink — and the reunion of the original members for this year’s Tomorrow album was awaited by exactly no one. But I sure was excited when I heard about it, and raced to pick up the new set. Just as I found their tunes on old albums like Town + Country to be timeless gems, the new songs sound incredibly fresh — and like they could have released them right after their last album came out 32 years ago. n
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TEARS FOR FEARS is certainly the most famous, and their 2022 release The Tipping Point is easily one of my favorite albums of the year. If you’re not familiar with the band’s ’80s heyday — first as synth-pop newcomers, then as chart-topping pop stars — you’ve certainly heard their hits “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” and “Shout” on a movie trailer (or a thousand of them). The Tipping Point is Tears for Fears’ first album in 18 years, and second since Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith reunited after nine years apart. Most of the world wasn’t waiting for a new Tears for Fears album. But the death of Orzabal’s wife in 2017 and the pandemic pushed the two musical partners together again to create The Tipping Point. It sounds nothing like their huge hits, and it’s probably the best album of their career. Bombastic anthems of their early days have evolved into intricately produced pop mini-symphonies full of lush strings, delicate horns and as many acoustic guitars as synthesizers. And while their lyrical subject matter has never been exactly cheerful, Orzabal and Smith deliver shards of hope among songs contem plating loss and aging. It’s heavy emotionally, but all delivered with a joyful touch that bears repeat listening.
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I also wanted to make sure we really made an empha sis hiring local bands. After COVID and what that did to local entertainment, I thought it was our responsibility to bring in as many local bands as we could fit in — 112 local bands. I put a call out and had over 500 bands apply to play this year. We emphasize the local, but also hired a couple of regional bands like Heart to Heart and Petty Fever, and brought in one rap act. The rap/hip-hop shows are extremely popular, so I found a neat act through [local musician] Cordell Drake. He recommended these guys Do or Die, who had hits in the ’90s. We’re looking forward to meeting them. The other thing is that we’re not in the Lilac Bowl, but are moving the big show into the Pavilion. All four nights [Thu-Sun], the headliners are in the Pavilion using
BURKE: It’s great, to tell you the truth. You know, I organized it up to two weeks before each time [in 2020 and 2021]. It’s nice to complete it the third time. We thoroughly understand why we couldn’t put it on, and the community is healthy now, and we’re ready to put on Pig Out. What’s new at Pig Out this year? COVID changed the entire world, and everything within Pig Out changed: the people we deal with, licens ing, layout for the event, everything changed. We have several new vendors.
A fter celebrating its milestone 40th anniversary in 2019, Pig Out in the Park was forced to take two consecutive annual pauses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Both years, Spokane’s end-of-summer food and music fest was canceled just weeks before its Labor Day Weekend kick off. But now that things have somewhat stabilized, in large part due to vaccinations becoming available to all, the event is back for its usual six-day run, with free enter tainment, beer gardens and a wide range of food booths. We recently chatted with organizer Bill Burke to get the scoop on what’s in store for Pig Out’s 41st run.
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All the vendors are listed online (pigoutinthepark. com), and all the bands are listed by stage and time. All the food is listed by what they have, and we’ll have a map up. Our stages start at noon and go to about 9:30-9:45 pm. The entertainment covers so much music, everything imaginable. I think the emphasis on local bands will be appreciated by people. The [renovated] park is pretty neat to set up an event in, because it has a natural flow and the different features like the Pavilion and such. The response we’ve gotten from the public about attend ing the event, it’s great. People are talking about how much they’re looking forward to it, and the entertain ment. That’s quite gratifying. n
like in the past. But I can guarantee $5 bites, from 3-5 pm and 9-10 pm every day, to make it very accessible for everyone. Where can people find out more about who’s per forming and where to find their favorite vendors?
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the park’s new stage and all of that. It’ll give locals a chance to get a look at the Pavilion and what shows there are like, and you don’t need to buy a ticket. What can people expect from the food vendors this year?
As far as vendors, I was sold out virtually in April. It was amazing. People really responded. There’s 54 food booths, and I’ve only had more than that one time. We had a wonderful response. So there’s the typical Pig Out fare; you see everything from tacos to teriyaki and everything in between: Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream, elotes, Azar’s, deep-fried sweets… pizza and coffee and Mary Lou’s Ice Cream, Oyster Bay, Philly Bros. And there’s $5 bites at Pig Out. That is one way to keep it inexpensive, and keep it free [to attend], but also make sure to share food at a reason able price. You know what’s gone on with pricing and inflation, and it’s hard for me to control overall pricing
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HEAD COACH: Jake Dickert
LAST YEAR’S RECORD: 7-6 (6-3 Pac-12)
“At Eastern we talk in terms of standards,” says Best. “Expec tations are one thing, but standards are different. Standards are gonna stand the test of time.”
“Eastern has a great, experienced defense unit coming back,” says redshirt senior safety and co-captain Anthany Smith. “Lost some senior linebackers, but we’ve got some young dudes — that are actually great leaders for how old they are — stepping up in those shoes. Our offense will always make a statement, but I feel like our defense is gonna be a great attribute.”
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SCHEDULE Sept. 3 vs. Idaho Sept. 10 at Wisconsin Sept. 17 vs. Colorado St. Sept. 24 vs. Oregon Oct. 1 vs. California Oct. 8 at USC Oct. 15 at Oregon St. Oct. 27 vs. Utah Nov. 5 at Stanford Nov. 12 vs. Arizona St. Nov. 19 at Arizona Nov. 26 vs. Washington Sept. 3 at Washington St. Sept. 10 at Indiana Sept. 17 vs. Drake Sept. 24 at Northern Arizona Oct. 1 vs. Northern Colorado Oct. 15 at Montana Oct. 22 vs. Portland St. Oct. 29 at Sacramento St. Nov. 5 vs. Eastern Washington Nov. 12 vs. UC Davis Nov. 19 at Idaho St.
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HEAD COACH: Jason Eck LAST YEAR’S RECORD: 4-7 (3-5 Big Sky)
“My situation following Coach Baldwin, I learned a lot of stuff,” says Best. “Although I hadn’t done it a day in my life, I’d rather learn from the greatest and take notes from the greatest than take great notes from someone that’s not the greatest. So I think Gunner has got an upper hand from a studying [and] from a communicative standpoint. And then just go be yourself. Don’t be anybody other than Gunner Talkington.”
BEST ROAD TRIP: The University of Wisconsin’s Camp Randall Stadium is legendary, and getting a taste of Big Ten country in the fall on a trip to watch the Cougs sounds like a perfect football experience.
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“I think our receivers and our tailbacks are a strength of ours,” says Best. “I think we’ll be able to move the last scrimmage a little bit better. I think we’ll be a year stronger, a year older, a year wiser up front.”
With all the talent that left Cheney after last season, it’s natu ral for some doubters to start chirping. In both the coaches and media preseason Big Sky Polls, Eastern was picked to finish sixth out of 12 teams. Middle of the pack.
Then again, this year’s Big Sky is loaded. For proof, look at the national polls. Despite being tabbed to barely finish in the top half of their own conference, Eastern Washington is ranked No. 15 nationally heading into the year.
And while EWU might be picked middle of the league, rival coaches like Montana’s Bobby Hauck — whose team is ranked No. 3 heading into the season and is tabbed to finish first in the Big Sky — certainly aren’t overlooking the guys from Cheney.
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THE LOWDOWN: The Cougs had a drama-filled 2021 season, and that wasn’t such a bad thing! The year started under the cloud of soonto-be-fired head coach Nick Rolovich refusing to get vaccinated against COVID, and ended on a hot streak under his replacement Jake Dickert, including a dominating win in Seattle in the Apple Cup. While Dickert is back this year, the Cougs will have to replace a lot of lost firepower (most notably running back Max Borghi, currently signed to the Denver Broncos) and quarterback Jayden de Laura (transferred to Arizona).
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B ut the real leap for EWU might come on the other side of the ball. While the program has risen to prominence as an offensive juggernaut, the Eagles’ defense looks to step out of their counterparts’ shadow in 2022. “We’re gonna need to lean on the defense,” says Best. “The big theme this year is complementary football — it is every year, but we’re going to be able to lean on some of those defenders more than we have in the past, which is exciting.”Thereare certainly questions at linebacker following the departure of mainstays like Send elbach and Ty Graham, but the defensive front still has junior defensive tackle Joshua Jerome — the unit’s lone preseason All-Big Sky selection. More intriguing is the development of the Eagles’ secondary, which looks to establish itself on the national stage; they have a chip on their shoulder about always being an afterthought to the offense and want to prove they belong.
THE LOWDOWN: The Vandals’ return to the Big Sky Conference has not exactly meant a return to the heights of the Football Cham pionship Subdivision. The struggles last year ultimately cost longtime head coach Paul Petrino his job, so 2022 marks a fresh beginning under new head coach Jason Eck, most recently the offensive coordinator for South Dakota State. Eck, a former Vandals assistant coach under Den nis Erickson and Nick Holt, will try to bring some of the high-scoring mojo he established with the Jackrabbits to Moscow.
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Talkington’s toolshed won’t be empty, as the offensive skill po sitions for the Eagles are still loaded with guys like wide receiver Roberson, a very deep running back corps and preseason All-Big Sky wideout Efton Chism III.
“They’re good, and they’ll be good this year,” says Hauck. “Coach Best does a great job. He’s got a good formula. They do a really nice job of highlighting their personnel, so they’re a good football team, A to Z: offense, defense, kicking.”
BEST ROAD TRIP: If Indiana was a football school, you’d think a trip to Bloomington would be obvious here, but why go to the Midwest when you can hit Missoula? It’s closer, it’s prettier, and it’s only one time zone away.
SCHEDULE Sept. 3 vs. Tennessee St. Sept. 10 at Oregon Sept. 24 vs. Montana St. Oct. 1 at Florida Oct. 8 at Weber St. Oct. 15 vs. Sacramento St. Oct. 22 at Cal Poly Oct. 29 vs. Portland St. Nov. 5 at Idaho Nov. 12 at Montana Nov. 19 vs. Northern Colorado
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BEST ROAD TRIP: All due respect to the Ducks, but it’s hard to imagine a better experience for Eagles fans than a trip to the Swamp for a showdown against the Florida Gators.
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THE LOWDOWN: Last year’s Eagles had all the markings of a team ready for a deep playoff run. They opened the season by knocking off UNLV on the road, and put together a 10-2 overall record before having to go on the road in the playoffs and losing to Montana in a game the Eags’ arguably should have been hosting. This season they’ll have to replace all-world quarterback Eric Barriere, but as coach Aaron Best heads into his sixth season at the helm, he’s proved capable of reload ing the team’s high-octane offense year after year.
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SCHEDULE Sept. 2 at Carnegie Mellon Sept. 10 vs. Eastern Oregon Sept. 17 vs. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Oct. 1 at Lewis & Clark Oct. 8 vs. Linfield Oct. 15 at Pacific Lutheran Oct. 22 at Willamette Oct. 29 vs. Puget Sound Nov. 5 at Pacific (Ore.) Nov. 12 vs. George Fox
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Last season found the Pirates in unfamiliar terri tory, that of the middle of the pack in their conference. In order to get back to contending for the Northwest Conference title and the playoffs, they’ll of course have to go through the powerhouse Linfield squad. Helping the cause will be the hiring of Pirates legend Ian Kolste as of fensive coordinator. Kolste graduated as the school’s all-time leader in pretty much every passing category you can imagine, and he’ll lead 10 returning starters on the offensive side of the ball. This is a no-brainer. Carnegie Mellon is in Pitts burgh, home to the Andy Warhol Museum, Steelers and Pirates home games, and the Strip, land of great Italian food.
HEAD COACH: Aaron Best LAST YEAR’S RECORD: 10-3 (6-2 Big Sky)
T here is a noticeable type of “juice” at fall 2022 training camp. So much loud music, hooting, hollering and a whole lot of action. WSU has a new quarterback in Cameron Ward, who transferred from Incarnate Word. This is a change after last year’s quarterback, Jayden de Laura, transferred to Arizona. Ward is coming off an incredible season in which he threw for 4,648 yards and 47 touchdowns. Receiver Victor is proving to be a star in training camp and practices, and he’ll be one of Ward’s top targets. WSU also has defensive leaders in all-Pac-12 player RJ Stone and defensive end Brennan Jack son. They’ve gone through multiple coaching changes on the defensive side of the ball, too, as Dickert has developed a staff equipped to bring a lot of energy to the team.
Dickert believes that consistency is the key to success and that players need to develop good habits. He says during the rough parts and ending of practice is when these habits come into play. And that translates to games when the season starts. He wants to make sure that team members trust one another so fully that during the fourth quarter, they should be able to look to either side of themselves and real ize those are people they trust. He says this is the main way they’ll be able to win football games.
Dickert seems to be the perfect man for WSU. He embraces the school, program and community — something the Cougs have been looking for for quite a while. With the 2022 season on the horizon, and a new coach starting a new era in Pullman headlined by a new quar terback and improving defense, there’s reason for Coug fans to be optimistic. n Trevor Junt is studying multimedia journal ism with a minor in sports communication at WSU’s Murrow College.
“If you didn’t notice from the 38-year-old Dickert’s résumé, he’s a small-town guy and has moved from rural school to rural school — a lot.”
Victor reiterates these comments, explaining the difference from the current training camp to last year. The togetherness of the team is a major theme, Victor says. Position group versus position group wasn’t so prevalent in drills — the main focus was the entire team having success. There is more trust involved this year, too. “How you play without the ball dictates what type of player you are,” Victor says. “I think the juice is just from us wanting to be here, and that’s been the difference between this year and last year.”
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28 INLANDER SEPTEMBER 1, 2022 GUIDEPIZZA IN THE GUIDEPIZZA Fast, convenient ooeygooey pizza by the slice A variety of nostalgic arcade games Located inside Northern Quest Resort & Casino AIRWAY HEIGHTS 100 North Hayford Rd | northernquest.com 509.481.2132 Totally rad pies by the slice. Craving an ‘80s throwback? Neon Pizza, inside Northern Quest Resort & Casino, is dishing out huge slices of cheesy New York-style pizza with a radically retro vibe. Complete with classic rock on the radio, brewskis by the can and nostalgic arcade games, Neon Pizza is the perfect place to grab some ‘za and head back out to discover the fun around every corner at Northern Quest. So, dust o your acid wash jeans, lace up your Chucks and grab a quick slice of ooey-gooey goodness. The portal to pizza-verse.the NEON Pizza Mondays: $5 OFF all our Large Pizzas Featuring Local Ice Cold Microbrews on Tap 10” Gluten Free Crusts Available NORTH SPOKANE 10208 N Division St | mcclainspizzeriaspokane.com 509-368-9045 Home of the Hand Tossed Pizza with Galbani Mozzarella and Premium Ingredients. McClain’s Pizzeria is a locally-owned family pizzeria on Division just diagonally across from Whitworth University. McClain’s specializes in serving hand-tossed pizzas and calzones with 100% whole milk Galbani Mozzarella, as well as fresh salads, wings, wraps, and sandwiches. Our pizza toppings are premium and we don’t skimp on the portions. Our pizza dough has a “secret ingredient” and is hand-tossed. Customers love to drizzle local honey on their pizza crust as a special treat. Our Bu alo Chicken Cheesy Bread is a customer favorite. Pizza So Good, the Picture Speaks for Itself McClain’s Pizzeria One 18-inch pizza gives you more pizza than two 12-inch pizzas The Americanaverageeatsmorethan23poundsofpizzaayear Enjoy the best wings in town while watching NFL Season Ticket Come see our new Updated Arcade Room with Party Packages Check out our Deep DIsh Pizza served every Monday NORTH SPOKANE 2721 N Market St | /marketstreetpizzaspokane 509-822-7874 Market Street Pizza is a neighborhood staple.
River City Pizza
Phillip & Jacqueline Barnard Spokane Valley Location
OTIS ORCHARDS, SPOKANE VALLEY, COEUR D’ALENE | rivercitypizza.com River City Pizza opened in 1998 & has been serving amazing pizza for almost 25 years! We make our own dough, grate our own cheese, and put a lot of love into every pizza we make for our customers! We have a large variety of menu items with some very unique pairing of flavors! We love the Spokane/Coeur d’Alene area and work hard to give back to our communities. Giving many high school students their first job is one thing we love most about the pizza business. We are excited to continue to expand to bring River City Pizza to the greater area!
SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION SEPTEMBER 1, 2022 INLANDER 29 NFL Sunday Ticket on 5 TVs. Online Ordering & Delivery from our Website. Best Gluten Free Crust that is House Fermented. IDAHO 2385 N Old Mill Loop, CDA | vicinopizza.com 208-758-7997 Neapolitan wood fired pizzeria with six taps and all Italian wine list. Located in the Village at Riverstone, Vicino Pizza o ers Neapolitan style pizza plus salads and appetizers like our melt-in-your mouth meatballs and house tiramisu. Dog friendly patio with garage door to view TVs from the outside. Simple yet soulful pizzeria with an Italian farmhouse interior. Family friendly. Locally owned and operated. Open Tuesday - Sunday. Polpette. House made meatballs with nonna sauce. Vicino Pizza Neapolitan Style Pizzeria NEAPO LI TA N STYL E WO OD FIRED SI NC E Happy Hour Monday thru Friday 3-6pm Daily Lunch Specials Gluten free and vegan options available Large parties welcome DOWNTOWN SPOKANE 816 W Sprague Ave | SpokanePizzas.com 509-315-9050 Real people cooking up Good Vibes Our menu is stacked full of hand tossed pizzas, salads, wood fried wings and giant pretzels. Relish in one one our Pizza Flights, 3 of our specialty pizzas all on one board, the choice is all yours. Our pizzas are hand crafted from our house made dough, specialty sauces and the freshest ingredients we can source. We can’t wait to meet you! Original Pizza Flight Slightly Charred Wood Fired Pizza Try our gluten free cauliflower crust Locally owned & operated Legendary Pizza Eating Challenge
POST FALLS 920 ID-41 Suite 1 | westsidepizza.com 208-773-4000 Our dough is made fresh in store every day. We, the pizza-loving people of Westside Pizza, do solemnly swear to faithfully execute what it means to be “All About The Pizza” with every breath we take. We promise to prepare, bake and serve our delicious hand-crafted pizzas, made from freshly-made dough, sauce made from plump vine-ripened California tomatoes, savory authentic meats and freshly-grated mozzarella. WE do this for the love of pizza, and if you share the same level of dedication then you’ll appreciate all the quality we bake into every yummy bite. Tropical Heat Westside Pizza We are a locally owned and family operated company. We are opening our 4th location in Post Falls early next year! We have lots of unique pizzas and o er a gluten free option.
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“Essentially [it] means spiritual leader, priest, something to that effect,” says Clark, who is of the Turtle Mountain Band of the Chippewa Tribe. Pow’Waw’s menu reflects pre-colonial ways of eating, Clark says. That means no beef, pork or chicken, he says, nor dairy or processed sugar.
Two new Inland Northwest food venues allow diners to explore Indigenous cuisine and culture
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Instead, Clark uses small amounts of honey or maple syrup to sweeten things, including his frybread, a large disk of fluffy, crispy, fried dough often served at powwows. The frybread is the least healthy thing on the menu, admits Clark, but he includes it because it’s familiar to both Indigenous and non-Indigenous eaters, and it ties into powwows. As a healthful alternative, Clark offers toppings over frybread, but also over a bowl (add $2) of quinoa and wild rice, which Pow’Waw lists on the menu as manoomin in Ojibwa, the historical language of the Chippewa.Otherwise, the menu is “accidentally healthy,” says Clark, whose 15-plus years in the food industry include running the Coeur d’Alene Resort and Casino’s former Chinook Steak, Pasta & Spirits restaurant and opening Honey Eatery & Social Club.
Clark also makes a refreshing Pow’Waw tea ($3) featuring sumac, sassafras, sage and four additional herbs. For dessert, try the pumpkin chocolate bar ($5) with maple and Pow’Wawsage.is currently parked at the Silver Lake Mall in Coeur d’Alene and is serving as a trial run for a larger, brick-and-mortar location, Clark says. This also lets him and his wife share their heritage with others.
All frybreads include a vegetarian relish combining
“Food and deliciousness are first in my head, you know, but I also want the food to be able to be a bridge to the culture,” Clark says. “The way I look at it is [Pow’Waw is] an introductory course to Native American cuisine.” Pow’Waw’s frybread features healthy toppings.
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omeday the startup of a local Indigenous-owned business, especially one serving Indigenous foods, will be more commonplace (we hope). And someday, it might not be a big deal that there are two such places launching this summer: Pow’Waw Food Truck in North Idaho and Indigenous Eats in Spokane. Both are worth celebrating, especially since the celebratory gathering known as powwow is at the heart of bothChefbusinesses.ShaneClark developed the Pow’Waw Food Truck with his wife, Megan Clark, a Coeur d’Alene Tribal member. The name is a variation of the word powwow (also spelled pow wow), a sacred gathering of North American Indigenous peoples featuring singing, feasting, dancing, games and more.
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Order Pow’Waw frybread five different ways ($8-$14), like the vegetarian Three Sisters ($8), which combines seasonal squash, corn and beans — three plants often grown together. The namesake Pow’Waw frybread ($14) features smoked salmon, braised bison, dried cranberry and crispy manoomin
the “three sisters,” as well as poblano peppers, tomato and a simple vinaigrette. Also choose from three available sauces: avocado mint, honey and maple with Clark’s proprietary savory spice blend, and chili wojapi, originally a Northern Plains’ sauce typically using chokecherries, but now generically a semi-tart mixed berry chutney, to which Clark adds chiles.
Seasonal sides ($5) include charred squash with pumpkin seeds, baby corn with juniper and choice of sauce, and a two-bean salad with chilis and mushrooms.
Included in each entrée are beans — pinto, black or chili beans — plus Mexican cheese blend, chopped onion, lettuce, tomato, pickled jalapeño, sour cream and choice of sauces.
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If you are concerned about severe or acute respiratory illness from RSV, there may be something you can do. Consider taking part in the VANIR Study of a new investigational vaccine called MVA-BN-RSV that aims to protect older adults from getting seriously ill from RSV.
Respiratory Syncytial Virus, or RSV, is a common yet highly infectious virus that can cause severe or acute respiratory illness, especially in older adults.
ike Pow’Waw Food Truck, the Spokane restaurant Indig enous Eats features frybread with a side of cultural bridge Jennybuilding.Slagle opened Indigenous Eats with husband Andrew, expanding on three years of experience running concessions during the Gathering at the Falls Pow Wow. Slagle scaled up her mother’s frybread recipe for the new Logan neighborhood restaurant.Currently, four proteins are available over frybread or long grain rice, or as a taco. The Rancher ($15) has ground beef, the Hunter ($17) ground bison, and the Farmer ($16) marinated chicken. The Gatherer ($13) is vegetarian, with a choice of beans.
Participating in the VANIR Study may help protect you from severe or acute respiratory illness from RSV, although there is no guarantee the study vaccine will work. The study will also help doctors learn more about the study vaccine and how it works, which may help prevent severe or acute respiratory infection from RSV in the future.
• Are 60 years of age or older • Are healthy or have one or more chronic medical conditions, including mild to moderate underlying illnesses such as chronic cardiac diseases, lung disease, congestive heart failure, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes mellitus
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“It’s part of the native humor that I want to infuse,” says Slagle, explaining that the sign also has a political component because, “As far as politics are concerned across the U.S., the Native voice and Native politics just aren’t present, as present as they should be.”
The kids were curious who she was, and the principal with whom she was walking replied, “That’s my boss.” There was some laughter at the time, says Slagle, who realized that many kids had never seen an Indigenous woman in a leadership role. “It’s a very humbling experience to now be in, you know, to be an entrepreneur and to be in a role that is representing possibilities for our Native youth.” 200 W. Coeur d’Alene Open Tue-Sat noon-6:30 509-768-3007 E. 11 509-850-9292 CHIANA McINELLY PHOTO
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For example, she plans to install a U.S. map of traditional tribal names in the restaurant. An existing neon sign noting that “No Reservations Needed” is a little bit tongue-in-cheek, says Slagle, who’s a member of the Yakama Nation and a descendant of the Northern Arapaho Tribe.
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Like Clark is doing with Pow’Waw, Slagle also sees an opportunity to share Native American culture with others through Indigenous Eats.
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“The thing that we want to offer here is not only the food and the experience of coming in and hearing the [powwow] music and hearing people laughing and seeing diverse customers, but also, I’m working to put up different things that provide some education,” Slagle says.
• Close care and follow-up throughout the study
Slagle has spent a lifetime working in support of tribal health and well-being, including for Better Health Together where she was the director of tribal relations. She’s also three years into serving as a school board member for Spokane Public Schools, the first Native American woman elected to the position. The significance of that was brought home while touring one of Spokane’s schools, Slagle says.
My pursuit of a film degree — and later, a career as an arts critic and writer — allowed me to see my favorite film through a new lens. Unlike the many, many sum mer blockbusters the film would inspire, Jaws stood out with its arthouse sensibilities. Its status as a product of the Movie Brat/New Hollywood movement — which saw desperate studios giving projects to young, formally educated directors — became more apparent. Besides the neo-realist elements, Jaws features overlapping dialogue and stylized, heavily subjective camera techniques, as Spielberg combined the aesthetics of cinematic greats like Alfred Hitchock with innovative new ideas being put forth by contemporaries like Robert Altman.
Over the years, I continued to watch the film in its entirety or in bits and pieces, especially during the 1990s when, for some reason, the cable channel TNT seemed to play it on a loop. Like many girls around this time, I had dreams of becoming a marine biologist, but unlike my sea-life-loving peers, who were typically super into dolphins, I wanted to emulate the Richard Dreyfuss character Matt Hooper by studying sharks.
ESSAY Jaws prowls the big screen again, stalking new fans and reminding us of its cinematic greatness
My marine biology dreams quickly died when, at around 13, I finally made my first trip to the ocean and, upon seeing the terrifying vastness of the water, noped right on to something else. That something else would later turn into studying film at the University of Pitts burgh, where I learned the language of the medium, both academically and visually.
The story of how Jaws came to be adds a level of off-screen mythos to the film — it’s a beautiful phoenix that rose out of a chaotic production. Jaws did not come easy, as the mechanical shark (nicknamed Bruce) often malfunctioned. The long, arduous water shoots took their toll on the film’s budget and timeline. Luckily, it would more than make up for the costs by becoming one of the highest-grossing films of all time.
As I changed, Jaws, to some degree, changed as well. In 2012, the film received a much-deserved 4K restora tion and theatrical rerelease. I had to see it on the big screen. Tears filled my eyes when the familiar underwater intro began — only this time it was crisp, clean and bigger than life. No more grainy VHS lines or poorly trans ferred cable television formats. I was finally seeing Jaws the way it was meant to be seen.
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C alling myself a Jaws superfan would be a bit of an understatement. My second bedroom prominently features a large framed version of the iconic poster for the 1978 blockbuster. As if the poster wasn’t enough, its image, a rendering of a giant shark, saw-toothed mouth agape, ready to clamp down on a swimmer from below, adorns at least four graphic T-shirts in mySeveralwardrobe.years ago, I even bought a shark costume to be “Jaws” for Halloween, while my husband dressed as the film’s devilish, misunderstood fishing boat captain, Quint. Speaking of Quint, in middle school, I did a pre sentation on sharks that included me acting out part of his famous USS Indianapolis monologue to the confusion of my entire class. There’s more, but I won’t bore you. As Jaws prepares to grace IMAX screens, a format befitting the nearly 50-year-old film’s own mammoth legacy, I reflect on why it still resonates so strongly, and how my views on it have changed. The IMAX run, screening for one week only, should contrast starkly with how I first encountered Steven Spielberg’s career-making megahit — watching it repeatedly on a grainy VHS tape. My parents, like many people in the 1980s, taped it off the television, more specifically the ABC Monday Night Movie (sorry, FCC), complete with commercials and all. As a landlocked farm kid in north central Penn sylvania who had never seen the ocean, never mind a shark, Jaws offered something completely different from anything I’d experienced. Unlike other horror films to which I was prematurely exposed, like Children of the Corn (which, as someone who was literally surrounded by acres of towering corn stalks for much of the year, became a source of mild trauma), Jaws was fascinating, romantic even, with its quaint seaside resort town.
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The writing also shines, despite being adapted from a book that, in my opinion, hardly warrants a mention be yond resulting in one of the greatest American films ever made. Reading the 1974 best-seller as a teen, I wondered how they managed to turn the salacious, yet often bor ing narrative into something I enthusiastically watched dozens of times.
If you’re a Jaws superfan like me, or seeing it for the first time, the IMAX run should more than illuminate why this film still endures as a masterpiece nearly half a century after its initial release. n Jaws screens in IMAX at AMC River Park Square starting Sept. 1.
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...
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BY JOSH BELL SCREEN | REVIEW H onk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. opens like a Christopher Guest take on megachurch culture, but writer-director Adamma Ebo has more on her mind than simple satire. Honk for Jesus is shot partially in a mockumentary style (which evokes Guest movies like Waiting for Guffman and TV shows like The Office and Abbott Elementary) and partially in a more traditional widescreen narrative style, sometimes switching between the two aspect ratios within the same scene. It’s similarly bifurcated in tone, mixing comical absurdity with serious — if also often absurd — drama. Those transitions between modes are sometimes jarring, but they add up to a deeper portrayal of a dysfunctional marriage and a dysfunctional church.
Ebo never judges Trinitie for her choices, and Hall makes even her most misguided actions convincing. Elements of the Childs’ story parallel the real-life saga of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, and Hall brings the same combination of sym pathy and cynicism that Jessica Chastain demonstrated in the Oscar-winning title role of The Eyes of Tammy Faye The movie belongs to Hall and Brown, but Nicole Beharie and Conphidance make strong impressions as the Childs’ rivals, married co-pastors who are also former Wander to Greater Paths congregants. They may not have a scandal to contend with, but they’re just as vain and venal as the Childs, as they prepare for a grand opening of their new location on the same day that the Childs are planning their own comeback. Instead of building to a showdown, Honk for Jesus opts for a quieter but more brutal finale, committing to its morbid humor until the bitter, inescapable end. n
Ebo initially plays the Childs’ hubris for laughs, as they show off their tacky wardrobes and home décor and try to project an image of devout spirituality in the midst of a very secular crisis. It’s funny to watch Lee-Curtis get flustered when he steps in gum in his expensive Italian leather shoes, but there’s also an undercurrent of rage and despair even in these small comedic moments. The allega tions against Lee-Curtis are not amusing, but the couple’s re sponse to them often is, and the mockumentary footage shows them stumbling over their efforts to rehabilitate their image.
THE BLOB (1958) A beloved sci-fi horror flick (and the first leading role for Steve McQueen), the original The Blob finds small towns un der attack from a gelatinous, indestructible carnivorous alien. This rerelease brings back the campy B-movie thrills. Not Rated At Regal NorthTown Mall GIGI & NATE Inspired by a true story, a young adult — who struggles mentally and physically after an accident paralyzes him — finds hope when he gets a capuchin monkey as a service animal. Rated PG-13
Prayer Warriors Regina Hall and Sterling K. Brown skewer religious hypocrisy in Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Both Hall and Brown give fantastic performances that carry the movie past its bumpy shifts in tone, and Hall in particular is remarkably adept at integrating the comedy and the drama. When Trinitie delivers a climactic speech in full “praise mime” makeup, it’s both darkly hilarious and emotionally devastating. Lee-Curtis is the one who gets the headlines, but Trinitie suffers all of the consequences without the same opportunity for redemption.
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The filmmakers within the film capture plenty of un guarded moments between the couple, but Ebo also presents scenes that aren’t part of the documentary, intimate moments between Lee-Curtis and Trinitie as they alternately confront and avoid the fracture in their marriage that the scandal has caused. Trinitie is determined to stand by her man, even if no one else will stand by him, but Hall registers every flicker of doubt and resentment that Trinitie feels.
The two go hand-in-hand, since Atlanta’s Wander to Greater Paths Baptist Church is entirely run by Pastor Lee-Curtis Childs (Sterling K. Brown) and his wife, Trinitie (Regina Hall), who calls herself the “first lady.” They preach a familiar-sounding prosper ity gospel, which has brought them extensive wealth and fame, at least until a sexual abuse scandal that drove away nearly their entire congregation. Now that Lee-Curtis has reached a settle ment with his accusers, the couple is getting ready to reopen the church, and they’ve invited a film crew to document the process.
“I think it’s a testament to the beauty, simplicity and complexity of nature that we garner such inspiration from the natural world,” Sam says. “I could be in a forest in Belgium and feel like I’m right at home. Nature is where, I would say, we feel most at home, in tune and in our creative element.”
They Got The Fleet
W hile Greta Van Fleet garnered plenty of criticism in the early days for echoing so much music of the past, the band knew it was capable of more than just your typical rock record. The group’s latest release, 2021’s The Battle at Garden’s Gate, shows immense growth musically and conceptually.
The band crafted an all-encompassing vision for the new album, with themes of war, religion and ancient civilizations dispersed throughout the record. The track “Built by Nations” scrutinizes the idea of dying for one’s country, and the lyrics of “Broken Bells” discuss corruption of innocence. These thematic choices leach into their musical style and is reflected in songs like “The Weight of Dreams” and “Heat Above,” which both feel far more cinematic than previous works.
Composed of brothers Josh, Jake and Sam Kiszka and longtime friend Daniel Wagner, Greta Van Fleet first gained some traction with their 2017 debut EP, Black Smoke Rising, which boasted those previously mentioned Zeppelin-y classic rock vibes despite most of the band still being in their teens at the time. It wouldn’t take long for the youngsters to hit it huge.The band’s first LP, 2018’s Anthem of the Peaceful Army, shot them to the top of the rock stratosphere almost instantaneously. Soon they were headlining major festivals, performing on Saturday Night Live and even winning the 2019 Grammy for Best Rock Album for Anthem
shows they would ever put on as a group. Now, the band is on a world tour and, when they aren’t clad in jumpsuits and rhine stones, they spend time reflecting on their past in order to spawn new ideas for future endeavors.
BY MADISON PEARSON ROCK WITH GVF
Greta Van Fleet’s Sam Kiszka discusses the band’s musical evolution and mission to extend hope to all who will listen
While the group might be worldbeaters now, the guys hail from a humble little Michigan town called Frankenmuth, which is not dissimilar to Washington’s own Leavenworth, a Bavarian utopia in which everything feels a bit like a movie set.
“We grew up a whopping 4 miles out of town,” says Sam Kiszka, the band’s bassist and pianist. “Essentially, all we had was wilderness, farm fields and forest. We always just hung out there; it was our favorite pastime. We would create these stories, these plots, and we would dress up in costumes and put on these, I guess they’re kind of like, once-in-a-lifetime performances with eachTheseother.”performances, unbeknownst to them, were the first
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“I like to think of our first album as a lower common denomi nator type of thing. Something that’s much more accessible to someone who is just a casual music fan,” Sam says. “From there we wanted to create something that was a bit more intellectual. I feel like The Battle at Garden’s Gate is the album that we always wanted to make, and the album that we knew we could make.”
T hat voice forces listeners to pay attention. The comparison has been made thousands of times: Greta Van Fleet is just a Led Zeppelin rip-off. Sure, front man Josh Kiszka’s pipes are Plant-ish, but he belts out notes that soar into the sky and come crashing down. As the rest of the band jumps in and adds their own melodic shimmer and glow, his illus trative lyrics explode into a euphony of grandiose proportions.
Greta Van Fleet with The Pretty Reckless, Hannah Wicklund WHEN: Fri, Sept. 2 at 7 pm WHERE: Spokane Arena, 720 W. Mallon Ave.
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The band’s new Dreams in Gold Tour, which stops at Spokane Arena on Sept. 2, is like no other tour the group has pro duced. With flashy stage lights and pyrotechnics, Greta Van Fleet looks to create more than a concert for their fans — they want to provide an Throughexperience.trial,error and plenty of comparisons to certain rock legends of the past, the band has blossomed into much more than what people take them for at first glance — musicians striving to top themselves with every new release and performers looking to provide hope, positivity and change.
“It ended up being this celebration of life coming out of a period of, not necessarily darkness, but reconstruction,” Sam says. “We were rebuilding certain things. Rebuilding ourselves while the infrastructure of society was also being rebuilt.”
“It’s the imagination at work and the obsession to create some thing that doesn’t exist yet,” Sam Kiszka says. “It’s the arts’ ability to give you something that this world alone can’t give you.” n Classic rock isn’t just the realm of the old (Sam Kiszka: far left).
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Sam cites Star Wars as a source of massive inspiration for its detailed world-building and ability to transport people to another place completely. Though Garden’s Gate is conceptually and musically gloomier than Anthem, he doesn’t feel that it’s a “dark”
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“Don’talbum.get me wrong. It feels serious at times,” he says. “But, we’re not in the studio all bummed out — we’re having a ton of fun creating together. Overall, I see it as very hopeful. Hope is the best human quality that we have.” Coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, Greta Van Fleet had an entire new album, fresh songs, fresh ideas and was ready to get back on the road. While the band gained a bit of traction in 2020 thanks to a TikTok trend wherein users mimicked Josh’s on-stage mannerisms to their song “You’re The One,” online rec ognition can’t match the thrill of being back on stage. The group was finally able to celebrate their new album on its 2021 Strange Horizons tour.
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J J KNITTING FACTORY, The Front Bottoms, The Joy Formidable, Mobley, Sep. 30, 8 pm.
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J J KNITTING FACTORY, Gary Numan, I Speak Machine
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Ron Greene J J RIVERFRONT PARK, Pig Out in the Park J ROCKET MARKET, Indy J ST. MARIES, Paul Bunyan Days Festival
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Gary Numan, I Speak Machine • Tue, Sept. 6 at 8 pm • $30-$33 • All ages • Knitting Factory • 919 W. Sprague Ave. • sp.knittingfactory.com & KITCHEN, Just Plain Darin J J RIVERFRONT PARK, Pig Out in the Park THE STEAM PLANT, Son of Brad ZOLA, Desperate8s Friday, 9/2 BARRISTER WINERY, Stagecoach West THE BEE’S KNEES WHISKEY BAR, Pamela Benton: StringzOnFire!
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CHALICE BREWING CO., Son of Brad J J COLVILLE, FarmJam Festival GEM STATE CLUB, JamShack J J GORGE AMPHITHEATER, Dave Matthews Band, Celisse, Eric Krasno and the Assembly
J = ALL AGES SHOW Coming Up ... J J THE BIG DIPPER, Sunny Day Real Estate, Itchy Kitty, Deer, The Smokes, Sep. 10, 8 pm.
J J SPOKANE COUNTY FAIR & EXPO CENTER, Elle King, Sep. 14, 7 pm.
First Ladies of Disco • Mon, Sept. 5 at 8 pm • $38 • All ages • Knitting Factory • 919 W. Sprague Ave. • sp.knittingfactory.com W hile he’ll always be regarded as a pioneer in synth-based electronic music thanks to his seminal new wave album The Pleasure Principle and its clas sic single “Cars,” Gary Numan has hardly rested on his laurels. He’s been constantly shifting and morphing to explore new sonic realms over his 45-year career. The most recent era of Numan tunes has largely been centered in an industrial rock realm with tastes of Middle Eastern music and, of course, synths thrown into the mix. His 2021 album, Intruder, is a dark concept album written from the point of view of an angry Earth upset that humans are destroying the environment. It turns out feeling safest of all in your car might’ve actually been the problem all along.
J J KNITTING FACTORY, CHVRCHES, Oct. 2, 8 pm.
ance-forward concerts these days tend to favor the young. There are plenty of EDM shows catering to their needs, but what about the older folks who want to get down on the dance floor? Enter the First Ladies of Disco. This show is all about playing those retro ’70s and ’80s hits that get folks grooving. The ladies in question are Norma Jean Wright (lead singer of Chic), Martha Wash (one half of The Weather Girls) and Linda Clifford. Together they will unleash a funky night featuring their big hits — “Le Freak,” “Good Times,” “It’s Rain ing Men,” etc. — plus an array of tunes from their favorite artists.
J J GORGE AMPHITHEATER, deadmau5, Sep. 10, 8 pm.
J J RIVERFRONT PARK, Pig Out in the Parks
J J THE PODIUM, A Day to Remem ber, The Used, Movements, Oct. 14, 6 pm.
TRANCHE, Fox & Bones J WALLOWA COUNTY FAIR GROUNDS, Juniper Jam ZOLA, Blake Braley Sunday, 9/4
J J SPOKANE COUNTY FAIR & EXPO CENTER, Nelly, Sep. 15, 7 pm.
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Thursday, 9/1 ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS, Swingset BIG SKY’S TAVERN, Steve Starkey BRICK WEST BREWING CO., Kyle Richard CHECKERBOARD TAPROOM, Weathered Shepherds HAMMERS BAR & GRILL, The Hankers LUCKY YOU LOUNGE, Holy Wave, Uh Oh and the Oh Wells, PIT J THE MASON JAR, Open Mic Night PINE STREET PLAZA, Down To Embers J QQ SUSHI
RED ROOM LOUNGE, The Roomates ZOLA, Runaway Lemonade
THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Just Plain Darin J J RIVERFRONT PARK, Pig Out in the Park SILVER MOUNTAIN RESORT, Son of Brad J J SPOKANE ARENA, Greta Van Fleet, The Pretty Reck less, Hannah Wicklund
TRANCHE, Taken By The Sky ZOLA, Raggs, Bush Doktor Saturday, 9/3
OSPREY RESTAURANT & BAR, John Arthur ZOLA, Lucas Brown & Friends
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If you head up to Schweitzer’s annual summer sendoff, make sure to pack a jacket, because even though the Labor Day weekend forecast is looking beautiful, those mountain breezes and evening temps have a hint of fall’s chill on them. This four-day, Labor Day Weekend event boasts something for everyone, whether you go for the live music from regional bands or to sample more than 80 varieties of beer, cider, seltzer or wine (pre-purchase event souvenir glasses online; each glass comes with three drink tickets). For the kids, a soda station encourages creative flavor mixing, and the Schweitzer village is also filled with arts and crafts vendors. In between sets or tastings, hit the chairlift for hiking, mountain biking or the stunning views from the mountaintop. This will be the last weekend of summer operations at Schweitzer, so make the most of it, and then get excited for winter’s arrival, if hitting the slopes is your thing.
VISUAL ARTS END-OF-SUMMER SAMPLER
With Bumbershoot falling by the wayside (at least temporarily), Washington state’s most entrenched Labor Day Weekend music tradition is now Dave Matthews Band’s annual trip to the Gorge. The singer-songwriter whose folky rock tunes was an absolute force to be reckoned with on the Adult Alternative charts through out the ’90s and ’00s feels incredibly at home in the scenic Central Washington venue, as he and his band rip through their expansive catalog, play some favorite covers, and generally jam out. He also makes sure to always bring in diverse openers (this year includes Mt. Joy, Valerie June, Eric Krasno and others) to keep each show of the three-night stand feeling fresh. While three-day passes are sold out, there are still single day tickets for each day available for a little musical holiday day trip.
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Although the summer tends to experience a lull in Spokane’s First Friday events, some established venues consistently offer art exhibitions year-round, including Saranac Art Projects. Check out Ann Porter’s new mixed media pieces and Margot Casstevens’ new prints depicting protective gear in paradoxically bright colors (above). Marmot Art Space is again showing a frequent exhibitor: Whitworth University’s Gordon Wilson, who’s retiring from teach ing after 50 years (giving him even more time to paint his luminous landscapes). At Avenue West Gallery, Elaine Gerard, an Indigenous artist originally from Montana and a member of Spokane’s YES Is a Feeling gallery, will be featured alongside Ladd Bjorneby. Both painters focus on landscapes and nature. And, Coral Mauk explores the many roles women take on in her multilayered abstract paint ings on view at Craftsman Cellars.
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First Friday • Fri, Sept. 2 from 5-8 pm • Spokane, locations vary • Details at firstfridayspokane.org
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— SETH SOMMERFELD Dave Matthews Band • Sept. 2-4 at 5 pm • $50 (single day ticket, camping not included) • All ages • Gorge Amphitheatre • 754 Silica Rd., George, Wash. • livenation.com
SEPTEMBER IS CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTHOCTOBER-BREASTNOVEMBER-LUNG
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Community Cancer Fund is determined to work with regional medical organizations to assist cancer patients and their families at every stage of their battle with cancer. One example of this work is Camp Goodtimes - a weeklong camp at Camp Reed for children struggling with the effects of cancer, whether they are on or off treatment. This gives each child the unique opportunity to just be a kid at summer camp in a medically-supervised, supportive environment. Better yet, this extraordinary camp experience is offered every summer free-of-charge to regional pediatric cancer patients and their families thanks to CCF’s Camp Endowment - a $3 million endowment established in 2017. This is just one of the many ways that Community Cancer Fund is battling cancer in our community. Learn more about our local fight against cancer at CommunityCancerFund.org
“Americans and the Holocaust: Remembering Our Past to Inform Our Future” • Thu, Sept. 8 from 7-8:30 pm • Free; tickets required • Hemming son Center Ballroom • 702 E. Desmet Ave. • gonzaga.edu/foley-library • 509-313-5931
Among 50 libraries across the U.S., Gonzaga University’s Foley Library was selected to host a traveling exhibit from the United States Holocaust Museum that explores how Americans in the 1930s and ’40s responded to Nazism and the Holocaust. On display through Oct. 7, “Americans and the Holocaust” is on the library’s third floor. Using primary sources, the exhibit challenges long-held assumptions that most U.S. citizens at the time either didn’t know what was happening to Europe’s Jewish population, or did little to help. As part of the exhibit, the public can attend (or virtually stream) an event with one of Spokane’s celebrated heroes, 98-year-old Carla Peperzak. As a teen during the war, she joined the Dutch Resistance and helped save the lives of dozens by forging identity papers, publishing an underground newspaper and helping hide Jewish residents. University and community leaders also provide historical context on the Holocaust during the event.
TOGETHER, WE MAKE A CANDIFFERENCE.CER Mason D. Spokane, WA
Some museums go heavy on the art side of things, whereas the MAC lays it on thick with the culture, too. (It’s even in their name!) Starting this weekend, a delicate mixture of the two aforementioned terms debuts in the halls of the Browne’s Addition museum. “Dancing with Life: Mexican Masks” showcases a selection of 54 handmade dance masks from the region of Michoacan, Mexico. These vibrant art pieces depict devils, holy men, celebri ties and even politicians. The indigenous art form is still alive and well today, having roots in the celebration of certain religious holidays. Go stretch your legs and your noggin by attending this rich, cultural exhibition, which is on display through spring 2023.
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— MADISON PEARSON “Dancing with Life: Mexican Masks” • Sat, Sept. 3-Sun, April 16, 2023; open Tue-Sun from 10 am-5 pm • $15-$20 • Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture • 2316 W. First Ave. • northwestmuseum.org • 509-456-3931
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FEMALE RESPONSE TO MAN WHO WAVED To the succinct lady making very clear why women recreate outdoors. THANK YOU!!! Most of us worry about unwanted male interactions when we are doing what we’re doing. Women being outside IS NOT AN INVITATION... to anything. I LOVED how you focused on exactly what is going through your mind and body when you (we) work out outside. It’s NOBLE AND HEALTHY AND STRONG and has absolutely nothing to do with passing males. There was something transcendent about your wording. Almost like... women have a whole myriad of reasons for fitness, working out and adventure... just like men. Hmmm! Anyway just wanted to send a huge thanks!!!!
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BOUNDARY COUNTY TERRORISTS TAKE OUT LIBRARIAN The mob of self-styled censors in Boundary County must feel so proud for terrorizing their local librarian into resigning. How brave! How Christian! These evil crusaders will be burning books next. They can’t stand the thought of… well, any independent thought at all. George Orwell and Ray Bradbury didn’t write science fiction, it turns out. In nightmarish North Idaho, the temperature is Fahrenheit 451.
CHEERS CHEERS TO THE MAC I highly recommend to all to go see the latest MAC exhibit“Dreamworks Animation: The Exhibition — Journey From Sketch to Screen”! Talk about a fun and mind-blowing experience for everyone who enjoyed Dreamworks films. Every aspect of creating an animated film is explored and explained in a fun, interactive way for all ages. Thank you, MAC, for bringing this to Spokane!
the COVID-19 pandemic Trump’s fault, for ignoring the reality? YO Go back to California, please. OR be less of douchey please. Spokane is friendly. We like it that way. Please act accordingly.
SAD POLITICS Sunday paper saddened me; if you put the front page, pages 9 & 10 together, it’s a full page, I can’t even remember almost two years after Obama left office, seeing full page articles about him, and with Trump they’re almost always filled with stirring the the pot on hate or election fraud, Then moving on, the shortage of baby formula and of course it’s Biden fault, since he’s known since January 2022, but in reality, the shortage has been caused by a recall and plant shutdown by a major manufacturer and ongoing supplychain issues due to the pandemic. The pandemic caused by COVID-19, that wasn’t handled by Trump in 2020, who didn’t take it seriously; when he left office, left Biden with little to no vaccines, in 2021, that to date, over a million people have died from. So if the baby formula is Biden’s fault, is
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11:30 am. Several tables are occupied by “men” wearing yellow shirts with the name of their local plumbing company clearly on them. They’re speaking loudly and using “non-family” language frequenlty with f--being the most common word used in nearly every sentence. Again, these conversations are not quiet. Rather, they are loud and obnoxious and easily heard from across the deli. While I can certainly understand the right to use any kind of language (no matter how offensive and juvenile it may be), personally using that kind of language and having the kinds of offensive conversations that occurred that day about other people while wearing the name of your employer on your shirt is just plain dumb. By the way, we do need some plumbing, but are not likely to use your services. We don’t want to be the next subject of your inferior conversation. I’m thinking your employer would have been embarrassed should they have heard it all. If not, they’re definitely not the right company for me.
After having recently moved to Spokane, it’s appalling how often employees poorly represent their employers publicly. Here is one of several different examples with some details omitted to protect the “innocent.”
HAVE RESPECT If you want to go to a concert, especially in a small venue, have some respect for the performer and those around you. If you’d rather talk loudly with your friends instead of listening to the music, go somewhere far enough away so you’re not disrespectful, especially to the person who’s on stage. It’s also great if you want to bring your kids, but control them. They really aren’t cute to anyone but you. n
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with my dog to clear my mind, I don’t need some loose dog running up into our area. ... And like the other person said, dogs in truck beds, not cool.
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40 INLANDER SEPTEMBER 1, 2022 I SAW YOU MARIE... I appreciate the opportunity to be your friend. Thank you for having the capacity to work through the lies to find the truth buried in them and choose to show genuine generosity to someone like me, who only has friendship and a good will to offer in return. You make the difference, so keep your head up. -T MEOW KAPOW! You were in the produce section of the Super 1 ... singing to the ’80s hits and occasionally dancing. You wore a sweatshirt featuring a kitten throwing a grenade. I liked the silver in your hair. I complimented your dancing skill and your shirt. You made me laugh. Want to meet up and dance to ’80s songs? I have a kitten shirt I can wear, too.
LOCKED IN NOM NOM (NW BLVD.) U opened door 4 me as I struggled against locked door leaving. U are blond, smiley, attractive. I was in white In n Out tee, masked. I should’ve waited, talked. U in Audi I think. I’ll open door 4 U next time. Lol This was Saturday Aug 27 at 3pm. U have shoulder length blond hair, gorgeous smile.
REPORTING CRIMES I’ve lived in several different parts of the U.S. and have traveled in most states. Occasionally, I’ve called for “emergency” help. E.g., witnessing an accident and seeking assistance. Spokane is the only place I’ve been in which it’s difficult to get assistance. I’ve tried a few different times in which a crime was occurring. Those do seem to happen a lot in Spokane. E.g., theft. I’ll save the details because they don’t matter here. But I found it difficult. Oftentimes, when an “emergency” is occurring, time is of the essence. In Spokane, they spend so much time trying to find out preliminary information that by the time the report is ready to be taken, the crime has already been completed, and there is nothing left to do. So, I guess Spokane is a nice place for criminals. I’ve read the recent articles in the Inlander complaining about it also. I’ve noted the complaints about spending lots of time asking questions that aren’t easily answerable by someone who isn’t in law enforcement. I found the exact same when trying to get help in an “emergency” situation. In Spokane, it’s really hard to get “emergency” help. Ironically, in close Whitman County, it’s actually really easy. They’re helpful and efficient, and I doubt people pay any more on their phone (and other) taxes there than the people of Spokane. So, good luck all!
To the person who wrote “Protect your furry friends” about keeping your dogs leashed unless in designated areas, thank you. Some dogs may be in training when they’re out, possibly working on behavior issues; some may have aggression issues or protective problems that they’re working on. You don’t know if the leashed dog is blind or deaf, and sometimes owners and dogs are just having bad days and don’t want to socialize. I have a 14-year-old rescue who can’t see well and when startled will snap. I’ve lost count on how many times I have told owners, “My dog is not nice,” and they still disrespect my dog’s boundaries saying, “It’s OK, hehe;” “I’m telling you, it’s not OK,” then my dog attacks. He’s drawn blood many times, and he’s also ended up at the ER thankfully only once, but I’ve known a lady who had two of her senior rescues die because of encounters from off-leash dogs and irresponsible owners. It’s heartbreaking. It’s not right to people who are respecting the law by doing what’s correct and responsible. If I’m having a stressful day and just wanna have a picnic
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LET’S TALK ABOUT BRUNO Under a golden sun, in the waning days of summer, you drank Bruno and talked about your day — your kids, your work, your frustrations and your fantasies. I listened. I saw you. I’m not sure you saw me right then, distracted as you were, but I didn’t mind. I was falling in love. Again.
JEERS TO THE WEST HILLS NIMBYERS Shame on the West Hills residents who complain about homelessness and in the same breath protest efforts being made to address this issue impacting our city. Their bizarre and entitled ramblings at City Council meetings are an embarrassment. Maybe instead of using those hands to clutch at their pearls, they should lend a helping hand to those in need by volunteering at Catholic Charities, and seeing first hand the good that organization is doing in our community.
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COMMUNITY AMERICANS AND THE HOLOCAUST
MICHAEL GLATZMAIER A Spokanebased comedian who specializes in im provisation and musical comedy. Sept. 8, 7:30 pm. $12-$18. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedy club.com (509-318-9998)
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GET READY FOR EVER.WINTERBESTYOUR It’s time to get stoked for snow! With the shortest drive from Spokane, seven-day-a-week operations, and awesome terrain for every ability, Mt. Spokane is the ultimate place to get your turns in each winter. BUY NOW! SEASON PASS SUMMER SALE ENDS ON SEPTEMBER 13. WWW.MTSPOKANE.COMPARKSNOWBOARD&SKISPOKANE.MT
VERY VINTAGE HALLOWEEN OPEN HOUSE Shop for new vintage Hal loween and fall decor while enjoying spooky treats. Sept. 2, 5-9 pm and Sept. 3, 11 am-6 pm. Free to shop. Two Wom en Vintage Goods, 2012 E. Sprague Ave. twowomenvintagegoods.com
TRIAL & ERROR An all-improvised par ody of “Trial of the Century.” Sept. 7-28, Wed at 7:30 pm. $8. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. bluedoortheater.com
FRIENDS OF THE DEER PARK LIBRARY SUMMER BOOK SALE Thousands of gently-used books of all genres, plus new books added daily. All proceeds support the library and community. Second Fri-Sat of each month from 9 am-4 pm. Deer Park Auto Freight, 2405 E. Crawford St. (509-555-1212)
MOSCOW COMEDY FEST
This traveling exhibit from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum exam ines the motives, pressures and fears that shaped Americans’ responses to Nazism, war and genocide in Europe during the 1930s and ’40s. Mon-Fri from 3-8 pm and Sat-Sun from 1-5 pm through Oct. 7. Free. Gonzaga Univer sity, 502 E. Boone Ave. gonazga.edu
COASTER CLASSIC CAR SHOW Clas sic cars from across the Northwest are shown at Silverwood during Labor Day Weekend. Sept. 3-4, 7 am-4 pm. $35$40. Silverwood Theme Park, 27843 U.S. 95, Athol. silverwoodthemepark.com
OPEN MIC STAND-UP Wednesdays at 7:30 pm. See website for sign-up de tails. Free. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com
UNDER THE FREEWAY FLEA MARKET The market features over 80 vendors with unique items and food and drinks. Sept. 3-4, 8 am-6 pm and Sept. 5, 8 am-2 pm. Northern Pacific Depot Rail road Museum, 219 Sixth St., Wallace. wallaceid.fun (208-752-0111)
QUEER CLOTHING EXCHANGE A queer-friendly shopping experience that includes gender-affirming cloth ing, knick-knacks and more. Donations accepted starting Wed, Aug. 24. Sept. 3, 11 am-4 pm. Free. Atomic Threads Bou tique, 1905 N. Monroe St. atomicthread sinc.com (509-280-9120)
JINKX MONSOON Jinkx is an American drag performer most well known for winning the fifth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race and the seventh season of RPDR All Stars. Sept. 7, 7 pm. $35-$80. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com
JOE “MR. D” DOMBROWSKI Dom browski is a comedian, teacher, actor and public speaker based out of Seattle. Sept. 8, 7:30 pm, Sept. 9-10, 7:30 & 10:30 pm. $25-$35. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedy club.com
CAROLINE RHEA The Canadian actress and comedian is most well known for her role as Heidi Spellman in the TV show Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Sept. 1, 7:30 pm, Sept. 2-3, 7:30 & 10:30 pm. $20-$28. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com
NEW TALENT TUESDAYS Watch come dians of all skill levels work out jokes together. Tuesdays at 7 pm (doors at 6 pm). Free. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com
BERT KREISCHER The stand-up come dian, actor, writer and host performs to crowds across the country. (Tickets from the rescheduled show honored.) Sept. 7 at 7 & 9:30 pm. $40-$100. First Interstate Center for the Arts, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. firstinterstatecenter. org (509-279-7000)
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SK BALL A one-of-a-kind barn dance featuring live music, line dancing, bar becue, a mechanical bull, cornhole, a silent auction and more. All proceeds benefit the Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Inland NW. Sept. 9, 5-10 pm. $150. CenterPlace Regional Event Center, 2426 N. Discovery Place Dr. rm hcinlandnw.org (509-230-0957)
GOLDEN HARVEST: FLOUR SACKS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION
The MAC’s collection of cloth flour sacks offers a window into the early develop ment of Eastern Washington’s wheat industry, which today contributes bil lions of dollars to the state’s economy. Tue-Sun 10 am-5 pm, third Thursdays 10 am-9 pm, through Oct. 30. $15-$20. Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 2316 W. First. northwestmuseum.org
This threenight comedy extravaganza stars Brian Regan, Josh Johnson, Andrew Sleighter, Kristin Key, Landry, Grant Lyon, Monica Nevi and Alvin Williams. Sept. 8-10, Thu from 6-9 pm, Fri from 7-9 pm and Sat from 2-5 pm and 7-9 pm. $20. Idaho Central Credit Union Arena at University of Idaho, Moscow. moscowcomedy.com
GRAND COULEE DAM LASER LIGHT SHOW The light show theme is “One River, Many Voices.” Sept. 1-30 at 8:30 pm. Free. Grand Coulee Dam Visitor Center. usbr.gov (509-633-9265)
SAFARI A fast-paced, short-form come dic improv show. Saturdays from 7:30-9 pm. $8. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Gar land Ave. bluedoortheatre.com
COMEDY
JOE PERA The American comedian and actor takes a grandfatherly approach to comedy in his new stand-up tour. Sept. 7, 7 pm. $35-$45. Knitting Factory, 919 W. Sprague Ave. sp.knittingfactory.com
DROP IN & RPG Stop by and explore the world of role playing games. Build a shared narrative using cooperative problem solving, exploration, imagina tion and rich social interaction. First/ third Saturdays from 1-3:45 pm. Free. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. spark-central.org
FUNKY JUNK ANTIQUE & CRAFT FESTIVAL The annual event features farmhouse and barn chic decor vendors, food vendors, live music and vintage sellers. Sept. 3-4 from 10 am-4 pm. $5. Bonner County Fairgrounds, 4203 N. Boyer Rd. funkyjunkantiqueshow.com
YOUNG ADULT USE
CANNABIS CIGARETTESSURPASSES
INTERSTATE COMMERCE Due to federal prohibition, the sale of cannabis products across state lines remains illegal even if the two states in question are both home to legal recreational markets. As a result, products available at dispensaries in Michigan or New Jersey are almost entirely different from those avail able in Washington or California.
Rounding up headline-makingrecenttrends
Cannabis Rising
The National Institutes of Health’s Monitoring the Future study has been tracking the cannabis consump tion habits of young adults, ages 19 to 30, in the U.S. since 1988. The recently released 2021 edition of the study found cannabis use was at an all-time high among people in that age group. Daily use, which the study defines as 20 or more times over 30 days, was reported by 10.8 percent of young adults, while monthly use was reported by 28.5 percent and use within the past year by 42.6Overpercent.the past decade, yearly and monthly use numbers have risen among young adults by more than 10 percentage points, while daily use has climbed by more than 5 percentage points.
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A separate Gallup poll found that 16 percent of Americans consider themselves to be regular cannabis smokers, up from 12 percent last year. This year’s results show the highest percentage of regular cannabis smokers since Gallup began tracking the data in 2013, and it is the first time that Gallup has found that regular cannabis smokers outnumbered regular cigarette smokers.
That could be changing, however, as legislators in California and New Jersey have crafted bills that would allow for interstate commerce of cannabis products. The California legislation would allow for cannabis products to be sold from California to other states with legal markets, like Washington, and vice-versa. Both bills are contingent on assurance that the federal government will not attempt to enforce the laws that currently prohibit such commerce, similar to how the federal government has dealt with intrastate commerce of cannabis. n New reports indicate more people are using cannabis than tobacco.
BY WILL MAUPIN C annabis use across age groups is on the rise in the United States, and cannabis products might soon be on the move around the country as well, even across state lines.
A poll conducted in July by Gallup found that just 11 per cent of American adults reported smoking a tobacco ciga rette within the past week, which is the poll’s definition of being a tobacco user, down from 16 percent last year.
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HOWLING MOON NIGHT MARKET & STREET FAIR An immersive arts experi ence that also includes a vendor faire, music festival and food trucks. Sept. 9, 5-9 pm. Free. Runge Furniture, 303 E. Spokane Ave., Coeur d’Alene. facebook. com/thewavybunch (208-920-1856)
FIRST FRIDAY Art galleries and busi nesses across downtown Spokane and beyond host monthly receptions to showcase new art. Sept. 2 from 5-8 pm. Details at firstfridayspokane.org
FIRST THURSDAY ART WALK Meet fea tured artists, see more of their work and learn about their creative process. Sept. 8, 5-8 pm. Free. Aaron Huff Memorial Cultural Center, 214 E. Main St. chewelah creativedistrict.org (509-499-5575)
CRAFT & CHOREOGRAPHY Join Vytal Movement Dance for a celebration of brews, dance and art. This evening fea tures flights of locally-sourced craft beer, live music and dynamic performances of fresh choreography created in real-time. 21+. Sept. 10, 3-4:30 pm. $27. Vytal Move ment Dance Space, 7 S. Howard St, Ste. 200. vytalmovement.org
SCHWEITZER FALL FEST The four-day festival features local bands and over 80 beers, ciders, seltzers and a handful of wines. Kids can get wild at a soda station, and arts, craft and food vendors are set up throughout the village. Sept. 2-5. Sch weitzer, 10,000 Schweitzer Mountain Rd. schweitzer.com (208-263-9555)
FIRST FRIDAY ART WALK The Spokane County Interstate Fair hosts 12 regional artists who create original works of art live. Sept. 9, 5-8 pm. $6-$13. Spokane County Fair & Expo Center, 404 N. Ha vana St. thespokanefair.com
SATURDAY CARTOONS AT THE FARM ERS MARKET Showings of cartoons dur ing the Moscow Farmers Market. Every Sat through Oct. 31 from 8 am-1 pm. Free. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenwor thy.org (208-882-4127)
RIDE & DINE This summer series includes a scenic gondola ride, live music and a mountain-top barbecue dinner. Fridays from 3-8 pm through Sept. 2. $8-58. Silver Mountain Resort, 610 Bunker Ave. silvermt.com (208-783-1111)
TUMBLEWEED MUSIC FEST A threeday music festival in Richland’s Howard Amon Park, also featuring craft and food vendors. Sept. 2-4. Richland, Wash. tum bleweedfest.com
ZUILL BAILEY & XAVIER FOLEY: NO LIMITS Northwest BachFest presents Xavier Foley, double bass, with Zuill Bai ley on cello. Sept. 11, 3 pm. $17.39-$49.19. Barrister Winery, 1213 W. Railroad Ave. nwbachfest.com (509-465-3591)
JUVENTINO ARANDA: ESPERÉ MUCHO TIEMPO PA VER Aranda’s work express es a search for identity at the intersection of Mexico and America. Tue-Sat from 10 am-4 pm through March 11. Free. Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, 1535 NE Wilson Rd. museum.wsu.edu
TRACY POINDEXTER-CANTON An eclectic assortment of media and reus able materials are incorporated into her work — often including acrylics, oil pastels, ink, feathers, beads, magazine clippings and found objects. Sept. 1-Oct. 30, daily from 11 am-7 pm. Free. Liberty Building, 402 N. Washington. spokan elibertybuilding.com (509-385-2369)
A day of visual arts, music, creative writ ing and drama performances created by veterans from the Spokane area. Sept. 9, 10 am-noon. Free. Spokane VA Medi cal Center, 4815 N. Assembly St. va.gov/ spokane-health-care (509-434-7000)
HOWLING AT HAMILTON On the last day of the season before the pools are drained for winter, local dogs can enjoy everything the pool has to offer. Dogs in attendance must be fully vaccinated and friendly with other dogs. Sept. 11, 1-6 pm. $15. Hamilton-Lowe Aquatics Center, 830 N. Mountain View Rd., Moscow humane societyofthepalouse.org (208-883-1166)
FOOD & DRINK PIG OUT IN THE PARK Spokane’s annual food event in Riverfront Park featuring 50+ food booths, live entertainment, beer gardens and over 40 public market booths. Aug. 31-Sept. 5, daily from 11 am10 pm. Riverfront Park, 507 N. Howard St. pigoutinthepark.com (509-625-6600)
THEATER MY TURN THEATER PRESENTS: GUYS & DOLLS Adult actors with special needs perform in a fully produced presentation. Sept. 9-11, Fri-Sat at 7:30 pm and Sun at 2 pm. By donation. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. myturntheater.com
ROBOCOP Shown as part of Moscow Film Society’s Retro Macho Action Hero series. Sept. 1, 7-9 pm. $5. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org (720-318-7453)
EXPOSE YOURSELF: TRASH, FILTH & GLITTER The cast digs deep down to find what drives them. Be it a trashy outfit, rhinestone cowboy boots or eye blinding glitter. Ages 18+. Sep. 10, 6:30-9 pm. $10. Atomic Threads Boutique, 1905 N. Mon roe St. atomicthreadsinc.com
VHS MANIA In honor of the physical me dia form, this screening is a double fea ture of classic VHS films Creepshow and The Return of the Living Dead. Sept. 9, 7-11 pm. $10. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org (208-882-4127)
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BOLD BEAUTY The show features work by artists Aaron Johnson, Maggie Jaszc zack, Stephanie Frostad, Molly Sims, Wil son Ong, Tom Jaszczack and Doug Fluck inger. Through Sept. 6, open daily from 11 am-6 pm. Free. The Art Spirit Gallery, 415 Sherman Ave. theartspiritgallery.com
Seattle artist Jere Smith offers eclectic and absurdist images in this series of new paintings that transport people back to cartoon characters of their youth. Sept. 9, 5-10 pm. Free. New Moon Art Gallery, 1326 E. Sprague. newmoonartgallery.com (509-413-9101) n
SPOKANE GARRY: A HISTORICAL EX PEDITION Dr. David Beine guides an expedition to historical sites around the Spokane region related to Chief Spokane Garry. Registration required. Sept. 10, 9 am-1 pm. $50. Register at spokanerec. org. (509-230-8993)
DANCING WITH LIFE: MEXICAN MASKS: With a regional focus in Michoacan, Mex ico, this exhibition presents a selection of dance masks from the MAC collection and contemporary Mexican artists. Sept. 3-April 16, Tues-Sun from 10 am-5 pm. $15-$20. The MAC, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org (509-456-3931)
JUNIOR FIRE ACADEMY Kids are invited to learn about fire safety and become junior firefighters. Sept. 11, 12-2 pm. Free. River Park Square, 808 W. Main Ave. downtownspokane.org (509-456-0580)
CHINA BEND SALSA FIESTA This annual celebration of salsa includes live music, dancing, a salsa tasting bar and local arts and crafts vendors. Sept. 10, 12-5 pm. $10. China Bend Winery, 3751 Vineyard Way, Ketlle Falls. chinabend.com
SPOKANE COUNTY INTERSTATE FAIR The 2022 interstate fair features carnival games, rides, livestock shows, live music and food vendors. Sept. 9-18, times vary. See website for full schedule of events. $10-$13. Spokane County Fair & Expo Center, 404 N. Havana St. spokanecoun ty.org (509-477-1766)
CONCERT Say farewell to summer with the Spokane Symphony as they play popular classics and favorites from the worlds of Hollywood and Broadway. Sept. 3 at 6 pm in Pavillion Park, 727 N. Molter Rd., Liberty Lake; Sept. 5 at 6 pm in Comstock Park, 29th Ave. and Howard St., Spokane. Both concerts are free and open to all. spokanesymphony.org
SPIRIT OF SPOKANE CHORUS A fourpart harmony barbershop chorus. Re hearsals are held every Tuesday from 6:30-9 pm. Free. Opportunity Presbyte rian Church, 202 N. Pines Rd. opportuni typresbyterian.org (509-924-9750)
KING OF THE CAGE A mixed martial arts showdown. Sept. 8, 7 pm. $50-$70. Coeur d’Alene Casino, 37914 S. Nuk walqw. cdacasino.com (1-800-523-2464)
FILM DREAMWORKS ANIMATION: THE EX HIBITION — JOURNEY FROM SKETCH TO SCREEN From the makers of Shrek, Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda, How to Train Your Dragon and Trolls, comes an extraordinary exhibition celebrating over 25 years of DreamWorks Animation. The show includes more than 400 items including rare and never-seen-before concept drawings, original artifacts, in teractives, film clips, and more. Through Sept. 11; Tue-Sun from 10 am-5 pm (third Thursdays until 9 pm). $15-$20. North west Museum of Arts & Culture, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org
CALENDAR MODEL T’S SQUARE DANCE LESSONS
ALLEY POP-UP An evening of network ing and socializing. Bring your ideas for a more vibrant and exciting downtown Spokane. Live music, small bites and a swag bag are included for those who attend. Sept. 9, 5-8 pm. Free. Downtown Spokane downtownspokane.org
THE FADE: RESISTANCE FILM PRE MIERE A locally produced film using all local actors/filmmakers. The film takes place in 2052, and follows a teenage girl as she finds her way through a real ity forced upon her. Red carpet event at 6 pm in front of the Panida; Q&A with cast/crew to follow. Sept. 9, 6-9 pm. $10. Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave. panida. org (208-304-0798)
BODIES BODIES BODIES When a group of rich 20-somethings plan a hurricane party at a remote family mansion, a party game goes awry. Sept. 2, 7 pm, Sept. 3, 4 & 7 pm and Sept. 4, 4 pm. $7. The Ken worthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org
COUPLES DATE NIGHT: NFL JERSEY Celebrate the start of football season with a nine-hole scramble. Wear an NFL jersey for chances to win prizes and spe cial discounts. Dinner included. Sep. 2, 5 pm. $125. Circling Raven Golf Course, 27068 S. Highway 95. cdacasino.com
SPOKANE WOMEN’S HEALTH & BEAU TY EXPO This 9th annual event features fashion, beauty, lifestyle and health re sources for women. Register online to attend. Sept. 10, 10 am-4 pm. Free. Cen terPlace Regional Event Center, 2426 N. Discovery Place Dr. WomensHealthAnd BeautyExpo.Com (509-688-0300)
U-PICK HUCKLEBERRIES Ride up the chairlift to pick huckleberries at Lookout. Fri-Sun from 10 am-3:30 pm through Sept. 5. $13. Lookout Pass Ski & Recre ation Area, I-90 Exit 0. SkiLookout.com
SPOKANE SYMPHONY LABOR DAY
SPOTLIGHT GALLERY AT CHEWELAH’S
VETERANS CREATIVE ARTS FESTIVAL
CANINES & COCKTAILS Bring your dog onto the patio and enjoy dinner, drinks and treats for you and your furry friend. Fridays from 2-7 pm. South Perry Lan tern, 1004 S. Perry St. lanternspokane. com (509-473-9098)
CLASSICAL MEDITERRANEAN MUSIC, DANCE & DINNER Lebanese dinner show with classical Mediterranean/Egyptian music by Raqs Sharki. First Saturday of every month, from 6-8 pm through Dec. 31. $10-$20. Lebanon Restaurant & Café, 707 W. Fifth Ave. lebanonrestaurantand cafe.com (509-279-2124)
WSU VS. IDAHO VANDALS The first home game of the 2022 season. Sep. 3, 6:30 pm. $25-$95. Martin Stadium, 225 N Grand Ave., Pullman. wsucougars.com
ARTSVISUAL THE CHAIRMAN’S CHINA: TRANSITION AND THE MAOIST ERA This installation features print and material objects from the era of Chairman Mao Zedong’s rule of the People’s Republic of China, which lasted from 1949-1976. Sept. 1-Dec. 31, hours vary. Free. Whitworth University, 300 W. Hawthorne Rd. whitworth.edu
LA TRAVIATA As a rising starlet in 1920s Hollywood, Violetta lives a carefully crafted life. When Alfredo falls hopelessly in love with her, his family interferes to save their reputation. Sept. 9 at 7:30 pm, and Sept. 11 at 3 pm. $25-$92. Mar tin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague Ave. inlandnwopera.com
HIAWATHA FULL MOON NIGHT RIDE Ride the historic route of the Hiawatha under the light of a full moon. Riders meet at the east portal of the Trail. Sept. 10, 8-11:30 pm. $40-$65. Lookout Pass Ski & Recreation Area, I-90 Exit 0. Ride TheHiawatha.com (208-744-1234)
An evening of non-competitive square dancing for dancers of all skill levels. Sept. 7, 7-9 pm. Free. North Spokane Dance Center, 7424 N. Freya St. Square DanceSpokane.org (509-329-8825)
DRAG BRUNCH Watch Nova Caine and the cast of Runway perform while enjoy ing a full breakfast menu and mimosas. Sundays from 10 am-2 pm. Globe Bar & Kitchen, 204 N. Division. globespokane. com (509-443-4014)
HOT ROD BLUES The classic car show features live bands, a beer garden and food vendors. Sept. 10, 12-8 pm. Free. Browne’s Addition, West Spokane. my brownesaddition.org
MUSIC
EVERY BRILLIANT THING This life-af firming play is sponsored by the Univer sity of Idaho Recreation and Wellbeing as part of Suicide Awareness Week. Sep. 10, 7:30-8:30 pm. $5-$25. The Forge The ater, 404 Sweet Ave. uidaho.edu/theater
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW This cult classic film invites audience par ticipation and shadow cast performances. Sept. 10, 11:59 pm. $8. Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland Ave. garlandtheater.com
SPECTRAL SHINDIGS OF THE QUEER WEST Meet artist Maeve Griffith, enjoy light snacks and happy hour pours. Sept. 2, 5-8 pm. Free. Terra Blanca Winery, 926 W. Sprague. terrablanca.com
SPORTS OUTDOORS& SPOKANE INDIANS VS. VANCOUVER
ICONOCOMIX: THE ART & BOOK SHOW
AMONG THE PINES Hosted by Precious Things Fermentation, this local beer fest in the woods near Greenbluff features 20 breweries for a tasting-style event and benefit for LiveLikeLara Foundation. Sept. 4, 12-4 pm. livelikelara.org
CANADIANS Promo events during the six-game series include Dollars in Your Dog and Halloween Night (Sept. 1), Armed Forces Appreciation and Fire works Night (Sept. 2), Spokane Chiefs Hockey Night (Sept. 3) and Season Finale Fireworks Night (Sept. 4). Sept. 1-4, 6:35 pm. $8-$22. Avista Stadium, 602 N. Ha vana St. milb.com/spokane (535-2922)
CELEBRATION OF THE DOUBLE BASS WITH XAVIER FOLEY Northwest Bach Fest presents the classical musician Xavier Foley on double bass. Sept. 9, 7:30 pm. $17.39-$49.19. Barrister Winery, 1213 W. Railroad Ave. barristerwinery.com
MARCH FOR THE FALLEN 2022 A 5k, 10k or 15k ruck, walk or run honoring fallen military personnel from Washington and North Idaho. Participants are encouraged to stay for a barbecue, live music, lawn games, climbing wall and more. Sept. 10, 9:11 am-2 pm. $45. Riverside State Park, Spokane. wafhp.org
YOUTH V. GOV This documentary tells the story of Juliana v. The United States of America constitutional lawsuit and the 21 American youth who are taking on the world’s most powerful government. Sept. 8, 6 pm. Free. Gonzaga University Hemmingson Center, 702 E. Desmet Ave. gonzaga.edu (719-464-5555)
OUTDOOR MOVIE NIGHT: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN The Curse of the Black Pearl takes place in the warmer waters of the Caribbean with Captain Jack Spar row when he meets up with his old pirate crew. Sept. 9, 8-10 pm. $5. The MAC, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org
ILDIKÓ KALAPÁCS’S OPEN STUDIO The local artist gives tours of her new studio. Paintings and sculptures available for purchase. Sept. 2, 5-8 pm. Free. Ildikó Ka lapács’s Studio, 804 W. 12th Ave. ildiart. com (509-747-0979)
MARGOT CASSTEVENS & ANN PORTER Casstevens’s work reflects a post-pan demic society and Porter’s is titled “Hard Quilts for Hard Times.” Sept. 2-24, Fri-Sat from 12-8 pm. Free. Saranac Art Projects, 25 W. Main Ave. sapgallery.com
LITTLE SPOKANE RIVER STUDIO TOUR PREVIEW A preview of art by over 30 artists participating in the Little Spokane River Artist Studio Tour. Artwork is avail able for purchase. Sept. 2, 5-8 pm and Sept. 3, 12-4 pm. Free. Trackside Studio, 115 S. Adams St. tracksidestudio.net
WHEELIN’ WALLA WALLA The annual car show is celebrating its 26th anniver sary and invites guests to bring classic cars, trucks, or motorcycles. The first 400 registered participants receive a goodie bag and more. Free to spectate, extra cost to register your car. Sept. 9, 9 am-9 pm and Sep. 10, 9 am-5 pm. Free. Walla Walla. downtownww.com
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