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Also this week: commentator John T. Reuter skewers politics as entertainment (page 8), staff writer Daniel Walters explores the idea of a land bank spurring targeted developments (page 13), and music editor Laura Johnson takes on Dolly Parton and feminism (page 79).

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The media sees the need to amplify chaos where there is little, while even staging it where there is none. Hillary Clinton’s e-mails are a case in point. (Ironically, at the same time Donald Trump continues to fixate on her e-mail problem, we get word that the FBI’s entire system may have been hacked, making her e-mail issues a distracting sideshow.) The press doesn’t want to admit it, but they do agree with Trump on one thing: Blustering is great, and smearing is good.

But serious discussion and debate? Not so good for ratings.

Regarding national security, the media historically has oscillated between co-optation and cheerleading — those “embedded” reporters in Iraq are Exhibit A. This collusion produces a weird form of reality TV, and boy, does Donald Trump understand the power of reality TV. The public — frustrated, ill-informed, almost always persuaded by flag-waving and drum-beating — is influenced by all the news and photography that sells, the more sensational the better.

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here’s nothing completely new here. The media went along with the Sarah Palin travesty that was orchestrated by Rich Lowry, the editor of National Review, along with his ideological — and apparently hormonally aroused — sidekick, Bill Kristol. Lowry described Palin as a woman who “sends off little starbursts” through the TV screen; she was always about sex appeal for her most ardent supporters.

The truth of the matter is Sarah Palin was, and is, an uneducated grifter. A competent media could have, and should have, destroyed her within a matter of weeks, casting serious doubts about John McCain’s judgment. But Palin was a media sensation, so she got a pass.

Winning the “Most Predictably Crass” award is Fox News, but they aren’t alone. Remember “America Held Hostage” on Nightline? And the oft-cited “If it bleeds, it leads” news ethic?

Shallow sells. During the Republican primaries, Trump received more than five times the press coverage of everyone else, and it was not by making good arguments or offering sound policy. No he just won the “Most Outrageous” award day after day.

American commercial TV will never program another news show like Edward R. Murrow’s See it Now. 60 Minutes comes the closest — notably, it debuted in 1968. Frontline, again on PBS, is another throwback. And unless PBS produces it,

forget seeing anything like On the Road with Charles Kuralt.

Speaking of Murrow, who regularly challenged his industry and his profession: The media nightmare he warned against has arrived, personified by Donald Trump. Murrow said in 1958 that “This instrument [TV] can teach, it can illuminate; yes, and it can even inspire. But it can do so only to the extent that humans are determined to use it to those ends. Otherwise, it’s nothing but wires and lights in a box.”

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ll of which brings us back to Matt Lauer’s obnoxious performance last week at that live presidential forum. Lauer exposed himself to be an overpaid ignoramus. He wasted almost half of his time badgering Clinton about her e-mails, while failing miserably to expose Trump’s many lies, and worse yet, failing to address any of Trump’s many incoherencies. And for crying out loud, if Hillary’s e-mails are worth more than a mention, one would think that Trump’s four (or was it actually six?) bankruptcies, together with his missing tax returns, would beg for deeper consideration. After all, Trump’s bravado rests on his alleged business acumen.

What’s worse, Lauer failed to focus on Trump’s overriding campaign promises — those slogans that won him the nomination. Call them “trumpets” or “blusters,” if you prefer, but there are four: building the wall; rounding up and deporting undocumented Mexican workers; keeping Muslims out of the country; and canceling any international trade deals. That’s Trump’s plan for “Making America Great Again.”

But there was nary a question from Lauer on any of these; he was too busy interrupting Clinton. (If anyone thinks that sexism is over and done with, just replay Lauer’s dismal and all-toorevealing performance.) He even let Trump get away with saying that we should just steal Iraq’s oil and go home.

I don’t care what the debate theme du jour might be, if the moderator fails to prod Trump on his campaign promises, allows him to deflect, then he or she flunks. The truth is that without the wall, deportations and closed borders, along with economic isolationism, Donald Trump would not be the Republican nominee. These campaign promises should be held front and center in every debate.

Lauer, who is, as we have seen over and over again, representative of most media celebrity types, serves as evidence that once again, the media is failing to do its constitutionally protected job. 

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In case you need any more proof of how strange and unpredictable this election cycle is, there are now reports that presidential candidates HILLARY CLINTON and DONALD TRUMP are running neck and neck in one of the country’s largest and most reliably Republican states.

Last week, a poll of all 50 states conducted jointly by the Washington Post and SurveyMonkey, an online survey company, found that Democrat Clinton was leading Republican Trump 46 percent to 45 percent in Texas.

When third-party candidates GARY JOHNSON (Libertarian) and JILL STEIN (Green) were included, Clinton and Trump both polled at 40 percent. Also last week, the Dallas Morning News endorsed Clinton, breaking its 76-year streak of endorsing Republicans for president.

“Resume vs. resume, judgment vs. judgment, this election is no contest,” the paper wrote in its endorsement, which praised Clinton’s experience.

For years, the state’s demographics have been steadily shifting in favor of Democrats, who dream of putting the state’s 38 electoral votes into play.

But few expected it to happen in this cycle. The Texas Tribune reports that Democrats, who last carried the state in 1976 with Jimmy Carter, are setting up campaign offices in the Lone Star State. However, an article in the Austin American-Statesman, quoting observers of Texas politics, suggested that a Clinton upset was unlikely, pointing out that the two most recent polls showed Trump ahead. (JAKE THOMAS)

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A sprawling Washington Post investigation that spans 17 years of tax filings and upward of 200 interviews with entities listed as donors and recipients in tax documents reveals that the foundation has mostly donated other people’s money since 2008, has made illegal political gifts and hidden donations from the IRS. Specifically, the Post found five “phantom donations,” totalling $51,000, where money is listed as going out, but none was received by the beneficiary listed on the tax document. One of those instances involved a political gift of $25,000 to Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, who was at the time considering an investigation into Trump University. That investigation never happened.

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The climactic conclusion of Gladiator sees the emperor himself entering the arena to challenge Maximus and gain back the respect of the people. Today, we demand the same from our would-be political leaders. We’re out for blood. We want to be entertained.

The media celebrates this approach. We highlight the moments of conflict, especially when they are about personal differences. Sure, policy will get some coverage when absolutely necessary, but as media consumers, we all know by now that modern politics is really about the scandals.

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n the movie Gladiator, hero Maximus (Russell Crowe) enters an arena, makes short work of a half dozen or so better armed adversaries and then calls out to a silenced and shocked crowd, “Are you not entertained?”

Maximus means, I suspect, for them to realize just how bizarre and inhumane this blood sport is, but instead, a moment later, the crowd is going wild, chanting his name.

For example, late last month Idaho State Sen. Jim Guthrie, a conservative Republican, broke with his party to declare that while he’d have “to set aside some political and philosophical biases that I have,” the need for action to expand Medicaid to 78,000 Idahoans was undeniable and he would be supporting it.

This statement received precious little coverage.

Meanwhile, Guthrie’s long-ago-ended affair with a fellow lawmaker, despite no evidence of any actual wrongdoing related to public business, was front-page news across the state. Why was news that impacted two married couples more important than news that could impact 78,000 people? At least in part because an illicit affair is more entertaining.

It shouldn’t be surprising that we’ve turned our politics into entertainment. We’ve turned everything into entertainment, including our own lives. Social media allows us each to tell our own curated story to the world and take in the stories of our friends, told in one Facebook post, Instagram or tweet at a time.

Donald Trump is perfectly suited to exploit this moment. He’s a man who learned political combat from hosting a reality TV show and delights in insults, especially fact-challenged ones short enough to be tweeted.

Trump is the ultimate villain who our media loves to hate — crudely provocative and obsessed with helping to drive up the ratings.

Sometimes it feels like the media is playing the part of judges on a bad reality TV show, purposefully taking it easy on Trump to keep such a delightfully sinister character around a little longer. (I’m looking at you, Matt Lauer.)

Meanwhile, they (again, Matt Lauer) subject Hillary Clinton to tougher questions, attempting to keep up the suspense. But we all know from reading the polls who is going to win in November, right?

Here’s the thing: This isn’t reality TV. This is reality. And despite the cries from conspiracy theorists, the results aren’t fixed. Donald Trump could be the next president of the United States.

In Gladiator, Maximus, having defeated the emperor in very entertaining combat, but suffering a mortal wound in the process, uses his dying breath to call for political reform, to bring back democracy. It’s a silly, overly dramatic film, but we live in silly times where we face dramatic threats.

I hope we can also move beyond treating our politics and our lives as merely entertainment. After all, this stuff is too important to be treated like another contrived blockbuster out of Hollywood.  John T. Reuter, a former Sandpoint City Councilman, has been active in protecting the environment, expanding LGBT rights and Idaho’s GOP politics.

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Reactions to a blog reporting that because of a mistake by Spokane County prosecutors, charges were dropped against a man arrested twice for exposing himself to kids:

MICHAEL OLSON: They should be dismissed as well then. Way to drop the ball...

SMITH ROBBIE: I can’t help but laugh … but I need to know, the people need to know. How many more Spokane government offices are going to be found incompetent?

MAX SPRINGER: How about a piece on our local prosecutors next, a lot of public dollars are being spent on this fine institution.

KAREN ELDRED: This should never happen.

ISAAC JACK JR.: High marks for Spokane prosecutor’s office. Part of our broken system and just another day in toon town.

VIRGINIA KNEIB: So when more children are kidnapped and murdered, they will say ‘Gosh I wish there was something we could have done to prevent this....’ As a community we need to make sure whoever made this ‘mistake’ loses their job and has accountability, because if we don’t we are just letting it happen again. 

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Reactions to guest columnist Tara Dowd’s piece last week on Native groups’ ongoing protests at Standing Rock against the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline:

BETH MORGAN: This is every human being’s fight. We all need to come together to stop the insanity of destroying our water supply of the Missouri River. Everyone downriver will be affected if the waterways are contaminated by oil.

Yes, we use oil and need it. There has to be a better way.

JOHN LOVELAND: We are with you.

Some understand regret and atonement. Stand strong. We appreciate your strength and courage… and your commitment to the land and to those of us who are blessed to share it with you. Kill the black snake!

VICKI WOLFE BERRY: The pipeline isn’t on reservation land. It is set to cross ancient tribal lands that are sacred to the Sioux tribes.

Burial grounds have already been bulldozed and desecrated. This is land that originally belonged to the Sioux, and was promised them in treaties, and then taken away.

HECTOR H. GARZA: It’s only been 158 years since the first commercial oil well came into production and already we are scraping the bottom of the barrel by ‘squeezing blood from a turnip’ by use of highly controversial methods of extraction.

Let’s enjoy it while we can, if we can survive the side effects. 

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HOUSING

Bank Shot Could Spokane create a nonprofit to turn foreclosures and vacant lots back into thriving neighborhoods?

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hris Venne, senior housing developer for Community Frameworks, is standing in the run-down car lot next to the Checkerboard Bar on East Sprague. He’s holding posterboards filled with renderings of modern three-story apartments and narrow, gray two-story townhomes.

Construction will start next month. The car lot will be torn down. So will the former drug house behind it. In its stead, the nonprofit will raise up 36 apartment units and 18 townhome units, creating high-quality housing for low-income Spokanites to rent.

It’s exactly the sort of result that two city of Spokane task forces formalizing recommendations this month — the Infill Development Steering Committee and the Mayor’s Housing Quality Task Force — are trying to emulate.

But when Venne looks at this property, he also sees a big missed opportunity.

Originally, Community Frameworks, an affordable

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housing advocacy organization, also wanted to purchase the vacant lot next door, where four rusty semi-trailers packed with windows and doors sit swarmed by shinhigh weeds. It would have meant six more townhouses for six more families.

The trouble, he says, was that the landowner wasn’t willing to sell without Community Frameworks also purchasing the Vien Dong Vietnamese restaurant across the alley.

“A package deal,” Venne says. “We couldn’t do this.

The money we had couldn’t be used for commercial acquisition.”

Community Frameworks sought a solution, Venne says, but the opportunity disappeared. The lot will remain vacant.

“There was no tool to acquire that big parcel and divide it up for different uses,” Venne says.

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If Community Frameworks had been able to partner with a land bank a few months ago, it might have been able to build townhomes on this property. DANIEL WALTERS PHOTO

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Many communities across the country do have an answer to problems like these: A powerful community entity called a “land bank” allows these communities to buy up property, handle foreclosures, and facilitate land deals for the public good. Both the infill committee and the housing quality task force have raised the same suggestion: Spokane could create a powerful entity to help build new houses and resurrect old ones.

LOTS OF LOTS

A land bank is not a new idea. Across the country, around 75 communities have created land banks as nonprofits or quasi-governmental entities, funded through revenue sources like land sales, foundation grants and local tax revenue.

Depending on state laws, land banks vary in power and purpose, but they all focus on revitalizing vacant lots and foreclosed properties.

The simplest way is through property aggregation.

Kay Murano, executive director of the Spokane Low Income Housing Consortium, says local developers often aren’t interested in isolated, small lots.

“Developers keep saying there’s not enough pieces of land to develop, and the pieces are too small,” Murano says. “Some of the developers, they want to do a neighborhood. They don’t just want to do a house here or an apartment here.

They want to be, in the old-fashioned term, a developer.”

A land bank could make that possible, she suggests. It could focus on buying up sections of property, one house at a time as they become available, until it has enough for a large-scale development. In a way, a land bank can be a real-estate middleman, setting the stage for huge deals.

“A land bank is one of the tools that we’re really considering right now to promote mixed-

income development, to promote our core neighborhoods,” says Jonathan Mallahan, director of Neighborhood and Business Services for the city of Spokane. Granted, the idea is still in the theoretical stages, but Mallahan sees the land bank proposal as a possible way not to replace the role of the private sector, but to augment it.

“This is government helping make space for investments in the private sector to make financial sense,” Mallahan says.

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Loretta Cael, housing counseling program manager for SNAP (Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners), has seen another problem a land bank could help fix: Houses go into foreclosure, the tenants are evicted, and the houses stay tangled up in the foreclosure process for years. It can take three years for owner-occupied houses to wind their way through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development foreclosure process,

“Developers keep saying there’s not enough pieces of land to develop, and the pieces are too small.”

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she says.

Meanwhile, she’s teaching a homebuyer class to people well-qualified to become homeowners in those foreclosed properties, but those properties aren’t available.

Instead, the homes sit vacant. These houses drive down property values. Blight leads to more blight.

“The longer the property sits, the more damage it does to the neighboring properties around it,” Cael says. “It spreads like a wildfire.”

She sees a land bank as a possible solution. She believes such a bank would have the resources and sway to negotiate upfront with HUD and get early purchasing opportunities from the federal Distressed Asset Stabilization Program, in order to snatch up foreclosed properties for pennies on the dollar before they’re mired in bureaucracy.

“The quicker we can turn those and get new owner-occupants in them, the better off the values in the city would be,” Cael says.

The biggest land bank in the country — the Genesee County Land Bank in Flint, Michigan — focuses mostly on foreclosures.

The collapse of the auto industry made Flint a haven for foreclosures long before the recession. That, in turn, made lucrative for out-of-towners, who would snatch up tax liens on private properties, caring little about the property other than the chance of making a profit.

But Christina Kelly, director of planning and neighborhood revitalization for the Genesee County Land Bank, says the state of Michigan reworked the way it handled liens and foreclosures more than a decade ago.

Now, foreclosures that don’t sell at auction are handed over to the land bank. And because of the way foreclosures are bundled to avoid being bought by speculators, about three out of four foreclosures end up in the land bank’s hands. The Genesee County Land Bank can choose who it sells to, favoring those who have a clear vision to improve the property over speculators or shady house-flippers.

Kelly estimates that the Genesee County Land Bank has obtained around 15,000 foreclosures countywide over the years.

“We’ve taken on more than we can afford to deal with,” she says.

Still, she says that Flint and Detroit are moving faster than any other communities in the country to demolish blighted properties.

Kelly says it’s crucial that communities considering emulating Genesee County — like Spokane — give their land bank the right tools to pull off a broad mission.

“I think that it doesn’t really help just to set up another

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Eventually, a land bank can pay for itself through grants and property sales, but it needs a lot of capital to start with. Community Frameworks’ Venne estimates it would need at least $1 million initially.

“You need to have it immediately liquid and available,” Venne says. “Real estate transactions are very time-sensitive. Sometimes they’re on the market a very short period of time, and you’ve got to jump on it.”

This is not the first time that Spokane has considered the land bank idea. Al French, a developer-friendly Spokane County commissioner, says he was part of a push in the early 2000s, when he was a city councilman, to implement a land bank, possibly using federal Community Development Block Grant funds. But French says the lack of clear city regulations for developing infill housing became a hurdle. And Cael says that, back then, the improving real estate market sent the idea to the back burner.

“Everybody gets busy and the market gets hot and there’s a lot of property for sale, and we stop doing those things that are necessary to create affordable housing,” Cael says.

Today, with more foreclosed properties than ever, French, Cael and Venne, among others, hope that this time will be different.

“The need is clearly there. If the city is moving forward on that kind of initiative, God bless,” French says. “The trick about a good idea is that a lot of good ideas have to wait until the time is right.” n

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Tristan Keck, 17, was homeless from 2013 until 2016, staying mostly at friends’ homes, a teen shelter or on the streets.

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EDUCATION The graduation rate of HOMELESS STUDENTS, predictably, is lower than that of students who don’t have to worry about where they will sleep at night. Statewide, about half of students considered homeless graduate high school within four years. But in Spokane Public Schools, 75 percent of homeless students graduate on time, according to a report prepared for the Washington Office of Homeless Youth Prevention and Protection and A Way Home Washington. That graduation rate is the highest in the state when compared against the largest school districts. The data may not account for all kids, since kids out of school and living on the streets may not be identified in school data.

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE A man accused of exposing himself and MASTURBATING multiple times in public — including in front of kids — walked free with all charges dismissed because Spokane County prosecutors failed to meet a fundamental requirement in a criminal case. They didn’t explicitly show that Mikhail Karpov, 47, allegedly committed the crimes in Spokane County. “They have to establish that certain acts occurred in Spokane County,” says defense attorney Brendan Kidd. “Without establishing that information, the jury can’t even hear the case.” Deputy prosecutor Rachel Sterett, who supervises prosecutors in Spokane County District Court but did not work on this case, says she disagrees with Judge Vance Peterson’s decision to dismiss. Sterett points to the fact that witness testimony included references to specific intersections and schools located in Spokane County. The prosecutor’s office plans to file an appeal. (MITCH RYALS)

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CANNABIS A new study from the CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION has found that in an era when cannabis use is becoming increasingly legal and socially acceptable, older generations are turning to the drug at a faster rate than younger generations. The study found that marijuana use among people age 12 to 17 dropped from 8 percent to 7.4 percent between 2002 and 2014, while the biggest increase of use was among adults aged 55 and up. Between 2002 and 2014, the percentage of people between the age of 55 and 64 using pot increased from 1.1 percent to 6.1 percent. The study concluded that people in the 35-to-44-year-old demographic were more likely than teenagers to use cannabis. (JAKE THOMAS)

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On the Move Spokane County Jail addresses inmate-screening concerns; plus, mobile market would be wheel relief for city’s northeast ‘food desert’ HEAD START

A new report from Disability Rights Washington, a statewide advocacy group, has found that most jails across Washington state fail to ADEQUATELY SCREEN INMATES for brain injuries, cognitive disabilities or mental health disorders. As a result, according to the report, inmates with these conditions are more likely to harm themselves or others, have more rule violations, be taken advantage of by others and be deprived of accommodations and support that they are legally entitled to.

The report is based on visits to each county jail and reviews of each institution’s policies, a process that wrapped up in the spring of this year. It found that Kitsap and Island are the only two counties in the state that screened inmates. Larger counties, including Spokane, failed to conduct these screenings, according to the report.

Shortly after DRW finished its review, Spokane County Jail contracted with a third-party medical provider in May to screen inmates for these conditions, says John McGrath, director of county detention services.

“We recognized the importance long before [DRW] showed up,” says McGrath.

He says that in 2014, the county commission ap-

The Spokane County Jail contracted with a third-party medical provider in May to screen inmates for various conditions. JACOB JONES PHOTO proved four nurse positions to conduct screenings, but the positions weren’t filled due a shortage of nurses. McGrath says that the county has already begun screening inmates with a set of questions and providing them with the appropriate supports. (JAKE THOMAS)

FAST (AND HEALTHY) FOOD

A “grocery store on wheels” may cruise through northeast Spokane as early as next year.

The Zone, a collaboration project created to address

poverty and education issues in northeast Spokane, has received a grant of $85,000 to help alleviate food insecurity in the area. A majority of that money will go toward creating a MOBILE MARKET — either a bus or paratransit vehicle — that will make its way to high-density, low-income housing complexes in northeast Spokane, giving residents easier access to healthy and affordable food.

The idea is modeled after a Minneapolis project called the Twin Cities Mobile Market, says the Zone director Andre Wicks. It will coordinate with local grocers, farmers and food banks so it can sell foods at or below market prices. Eventually, Wicks says, the goal is to be able to couple the mobile market with services to educate residents about healthier eating habits.

Wicks calls northeast Spokane a “food desert,” because of the lack of grocery stores or farmers markets in the area. The $85,000 grant for the project came from the Smith-Barbieri Progressive Fund.

“Providing a critical need to highly collaborative and dedicated community partners who are laser-focused on a specific area made this a very easy decision for the Fund,” Sharon Smith, co-founder of the Smith-Barbieri Progressive Fund, said in a statement.

Wicks estimates that about $65,000 will be dedicated to the mobile market. The rest of the money will be devoted to creating what he calls “Green Schoolyards,” gardens on school grounds in northeast Spokane where students, staff and the community can learn about growing and preparing fresh foods to be used in school kitchens.

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NEWS | BUSINESS in a way that’ll keep the company here for the long term, and that without deals like these, businesses will pass over Idaho.

“The return on investment is pretty darn good,” says Gynii Gilliam, president of Jobs Plus, the economic development agency that helped negotiate the deal.

G Orgill, Inc. will set up shop on Seltice Way in Post Falls. But not everyone is happy about the deal that was struck to get the company there.

Makers and Takers

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For a second time, Idaho is subsidizing a business to set up in Post Falls.

Proponents say this time will pay off; critics say it’s a giveaway

BY JAKE THOMAS

T

he big, white building on the outskirts of Post Falls has been the center of bad news and good news over the past two years.

In 2014, there was bad news when Kimball International, Inc., a furniture manufacturer, announced that it would move its Post Falls metal fabrication operation from the building to its headquarters in Indiana (where the company was being offered millions in tax breaks), taking more than 200 jobs with it.

Last month, there was good news when Orgill, Inc., a Memphis, Tennessee-based distributor of hardware and home improvement products, announced alongside state officials that they’d reached a deal to bring the company to Kimball’s old 475,000-square-foot building.

“It’s the base of what I consider to be an economic

driver,” says Kootenai County Commissioner Dan Green.

“The economy is healthy when you bring more businesses here, and that drives everything else.”

But the deal strains a fault line in Idaho’s conservative politics. The Idaho Freedom Foundation, a conservative political advocacy group that holds sway with state lawmakers, has criticized the state and local officials for twice using what it calls “corporate welfare,” millions of dollars in tax breaks and subsidies, to bring each company to Post Falls.

“We won’t know if it’s effective for years,” says Dustin Hurst, communications director for the Idaho Freedom Foundation, which also questions the fairness of using subsidies to lure businesses to the state.

Proponents of the deal with Orgill say it’s structured

reg LeRoy — executive director of Good Jobs First, a Washington, D.C., group that monitors corporate subsidies — says that after the South began industrializing following World War II, state governments began competing against each other to attract companies by offering special tax breaks or subsidies.

“Taxpayers can never really know if the tax break made the difference, or if there was something really compelling about the place,” says LeRoy. “The way the system is rigged is [companies] can make up their mind, and will stage an auction and pit places against each other.”

One incentive commonly offered by states, says LeRoy, is to pay to train a company’s workforce. According to a report from the Idaho Department of Labor, the state spent $88.4 million helping companies train their workers between 1996 and 2015.

Among the companies that benefited from this program was Kimball, which in 2007 was awarded nearly $120,000 to train 83 people for positions at its Post Falls campus, according to Carmela Ramirez, a project manager in the department. The program helped lure Kimball to Idaho. But the company would later get a better offer.

When Kimball made the decision to relocate its Post Falls operation to Indiana, it issued a press release stating that the move would optimize its supply chain and manufacturing footprint. At the same time, the Indiana Economic Development Corporation issued a press release touting Kimball’s move, and how it had offered the company up to $1 million in conditional tax credits and up to $300,000 in training grants.

“If Idaho wants to get into an arms race with other states, they are going to lose,” says Hurst, who calls

NEWS | DRUGS

Last Call The federal government is banning the herbal supplement kratom — drawing criticism from those who benefit from its mood-lifting and opiate-like effects

BY MITCH RYALS

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t’s not even noon on Friday last week and Jerome Simmons has already sold $720 worth of kratom from his one-room, bare-bones head shop in northcentral Spokane. That’s 3 kilograms (a little more than 6½ pounds) of the plant-based supplement made from the finely ground leaves of the tree of the same name.

Kratom is typically used for its pain-relieving and energygiving effects.

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will soon change.

Together, the two bricks total 10 kilograms that Simmons will weigh out into plastic bags and capsules. He points to several boxes on the other side of the room, and the bags of brown powder already packaged and ready for sale behind him. He estimates that he has about 120 kilograms of kratom left (as of last week). It’ll all be gone in two weeks. As of Sept. 30, kratom will be illegal in the United States, and Simmons will be forced to discontinue what’s accounted for a sizable chunk of his business.

Last month, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced that kratom will be added to the list of Schedule I substances — the most restrictive classification under the Controlled Substances Act — for the supplement’s apparent lack of any accepted medicinal purpose and ostensibly high potential for abuse. The Schedule I list also includes heroin, LSD, MDMA (ecstasy), peyote and, of course, marijuana.

The DEA’s announcement was met with outrage from those who use the herbal supplement as a substitute for addictive prescription pain pills or anti-anxiety medication, and recovering addicts who use kratom to wean themselves off heroin or other opiates.

“A lot of people are freaking out about the ban, so they’re stocking up,” Simmons says. “As far as the government saying there’s no medical use for it, I feel like that’s ridiculous. People have been using this for at least as long as they’ve been using weed. It’s used in medicine in other countries.”

Kratom leaves are typically ground into a powder and mixed in water.

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ratom is a tree native to Southeast Asia, a relative of the tree that produces coffee. Its leaves contain psychoactive alkaloids that attach to opioid receptors in the brain. Its use for recreation and medicinal purposes has spiked in recent years in the U.S. as head shops and gas station convenience stores started stocking it. Simmons has sold it since 2009. There are even kratom bars in Colorado, New York and North Carolina that serve a brewed drink.

Traditionally, farmers and laborers would chew on the tree’s sour-tasting leaves for an energy boost and relief from the day’s strenuous physical work. More commonly today, kratom leaves are ground into a fine powder and put in capsules or mixed with hot water.

Simmons stocks seven different strains of kratom, each one conjuring different potencies and effects ranging from euphoria to relaxation to energy to pain relief.

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Idaho’s workforce training program a “slush fund for corporate welfare.”

Hurst says that a similar situation unfolded in Pocatello, where Heinz Frozen Foods closed in 2014 after receiving a $880,000 workforce training grant. He says the state later gave Amy’s Kitchen $8 million in training grants and tax breaks to move to the site.

In 2014, Idaho lawmakers passed legislation that allows the Idaho Department of Commerce to negotiate tax credits of up to 30 percent for up to 15 years with companies. To be eligible, companies have to create 20 new jobs in rural areas, or 50 in urban settings, that are full time and pay wages equal to or greater than the county average.

Opponents of the bill expressed concern that it would promote “crony capitalism” and an unfair tax structure, and it drew an unsuccessful legal challenge after being passed. But according to the program’s annual report for fiscal year 2015, it had a return of $4.22 in taxes for every dollar in tax credits. The report also states that the 16 businesses awarded the incentive created 3,000 jobs and generated $131 million in tax revenue last year.

Over the summer, Orgill qualified for a 26 percent tax credit under the program over a 10-year period. Gilliam says that Kootenai County kicked in a five-year tax exemption on equipment, building improvements and other expenses. Under the deal, the company is expected to create 100 jobs at an average wage of $41,200. “I’m personally not worried [that Orgill will leave] because the incentives are paid out over time,” says Green, who also notes that the company isn’t competing with any local businesses.

But using tax incentives remains contentious in Idaho. Sen. Dan Johnson, R-Lewiston, expressed concerns that the incentive program could negatively impact smaller competing businesses when it was being considered. Now, he says he worries that an amendment lawmakers passed last year loosening the program’s requirement that companies pay at or above the county’s average annual wage is undermining its original intent.

Hurst says that the state should focus on reforming the tax code so it’s favorable for all businesses.

“Think about the little guy who might have a startup who is forming a tool company; he doesn’t get a tax break,” says Hurst.

“If it’s good for big business, why not the little business?” 

carry kratom as well, but the large majority of the marketplace exists on the internet. As such, many people across the country have taken to online forums, message boards and social media to express their disdain for the DEA’s decision. The hashtags #IAmKratom and #KratomSavesLives on Twitter elicit videos and passionate testimonials to the plant’s healing effects. The American Kratom Association was founded in 2014 to lobby against bills banning the substance at the state level. Currently, a handful of states have banned the substance.

Kratom will be added to the Schedule I list on a temporary, two-year basis at first. Specifically, the ban will apply to two materials found in kratom — the alkaloids mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, kratom-related calls to poison centers in the U.S. have increased tenfold from 2010 to 2015, for a total of 660 calls during that time. Kratomrelated deaths are relatively rare (the DEA estimates 15 from 2014-16); some have occurred when the herb is mixed with other intoxicants. For context, about 28,000 people died of prescription opioid and heroin overdoses in 2014, more than any other year on record.

Additionally, a New York Times article from earlier this year asserted that kratom can in fact be addictive and lead recovered heroin users to relapse, though scientific research into the plant’s short- and long-term effects is scarce.

Simmons has tried kratom himself, but says he doesn’t take it regularly. He sees repeat customers — some who come in on a daily basis — most of whom are middle-class workers, he says.

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Tony Stewart of the Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations (left) and attorney Norm Gissel at the new Aryan Nations exhibit at the Human Rights Education Institute in Coeur d’Alene. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO

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Worth Remembering An Aryan Nations exhibit is designed to showcase North Idaho’s triumph over hate

BY DAN NAILEN

T

he bullet hole in the rusted-out car wheel isn’t huge. It would be easy to miss if it weren’t for the white tag attached, dated August 3, 2000: “Admitted In Evidence.”

The holes in a piece of plywood next to the wheel are more obvious. Partly that’s because there are more than two dozen of them. But mostly because of the photo of a black man and white woman in the middle that’s been torn to shreds by gunplay. An undamaged copy of the same photo is attached below, along with the message: “For bi-racial marriage, the sentence is death.”

Both the wheel and the ad hoc target are part of an exhibit of artifacts, including racist recruitment flyers and swastika-festooned flags, from the Aryan Nations compound on display through the end of September at Coeur d’Alene’s Human Rights Education Institute, along with a series of interpretive panels explaining how the North Idaho community rallied to counteract the rac-

ist group’s activities for decades. The people who put the show together are part of the same group of activists who battled Aryan Nations leader Richard Butler, his whitesupremacist ideology and his often violent followers for years before successfully shutting down the group’s compound in 2000.

“Some people say let it go and forget about it, but that’s a terrible mistake,” says Tony Stewart, one of the founding members of the Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations and a longtime political science professor at North Idaho College. “Just like the Holocaust Museum in D.C. or the Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles, you need historical perspective to teach new generations what happened. There are a lot of young people now who weren’t even born [when the Aryan Nations was active in the area], so we need to teach them what hate was like and how it can happen. And this exhibit is a demonstration of a triumph and victory over hate by the

community. That in the end, hate does not win.”

The victory of the task force came after years of engagement by civil-rights-minded community members — peaceful engagement on their part, primarily through counterdemonstrations and media outreach — and the racists based at the Hayden compound.

Butler operated two groups out of the 20-acre plot.

The Aryan Nations was the “political” arm that would disseminate propaganda and march on occasion, while he also held services as a religious leader for what he called “The Church of Jesus Christ Christian.” Butler, who died in 2004, called for a “white homeland” in the Pacific Northwest, and pushed his ideas through his weekly church services, by providing housing for disciples of his neo-Nazi ideas, in hosting large-scale gatherings at his compound and holding parades in Coeur d’Alene.

Media outlets near and far couldn’t resist writing about this bizarre outpost of antiquated bigotry, and Butler was a leading voice of the white supremacist movement as a result, even if not a particularly eloquent one.

Far from being just a peaceful, hate-filled rube, Butler and his charges engaged in vandalism, bombings, robbery, even murder, through the years. That eventually led to the Aryan Nations’ demise when in 1998 some members at the compound shot at a passing car, a Honda Honeybee holding Victoria Keenan and her 19-yearold son. The car wheel in the exhibit comes from the Keenans’ car, which was forced off the road by gunshots ...continued on next page

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Items taken from the since-destroyed Aryan Nations included Hitler photos and other Nazi iconography.

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“WORTH REMEMBERING,” CONTINUED... before the mother and son were assaulted and threatened. A couple of days after the attack, Keenan contacted Stewart at the Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations, and he got in touch with local attorney and civil-rights advocate Norm Gissel.

“With five rifle shots into a Honeybee, it’s hard to hit it five times without hitting a passenger,” says Gissel, who worked with the Southern Poverty Law Center on the case that saw the Keenans awarded $6.3 million from Butler’s organization, effectively shutting down the Aryan Nations and eventually putting the compound in the hands of the task force.

“We worked all these years, and we never had the right case,” Stewart recalls. “But after Victoria came to see me, I told Norm, ‘You’re going to see her, and this is the one that’s going to bring [Butler] down.”

The exhibit includes about 140 pieces that Stewart, Gissel and others kept from the compound for educational purposes, before its buildings were burned down (as a firefighter and fire investigator training exercise) to form a “peace park.” There’s evidence of Butler’s obsession with Adolf Hitler — a whole room at the compound was dedicated to the Nazi leader — as well as racist banners and Nazi flags. The exhibit includes shots of one building with a giant swastika painted on the roof for any surveillance planes to see. Norm recalls a food outlet at the compound where “they had Nazi Burgers for

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$2.25, $2.50,” and laughs as he mentions taking from Butler’s office a reverently hung picture of disgraced televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker.

“When we took over the compound, it was a very eerie thing,” Stewart says. “There was a poster of the Twin Towers in New York, and it shows the towers going up in smoke and flames and it said, ‘Burn Jew City.’ That poster was from two years before it happened, 1999.”

It’s also part of the exhibit which Stewart hopes will teach people that hate can happen anywhere without vigilance. He and Gissel have traveled extensively to talk about their experiences, and both are aware that even though the Aryan Nations is gone, there are still locals who believe in its hateful ideology.

They hope this exhibit can serve as a needed history lesson for the young, and a stark reminder to those old enough to remember Aryan Nations bombs going off at churches, courthouses and businesses in Coeur d’Alene.

“That’s the reason for doing this, to keep the dialogue going,” Stewart says. “Say ‘no’ and stand up when hate rears its head in your community or in your country.”  dann@inlander.com Aryan Nations exhibit • Through Sept. 30: Mon-Fri, 10 am-5 pm; Sat, 10 am-2 pm • Human Rights Education Institute • 414 W. Mullan Rd., Coeur d’Alene • hrei.org • 208-292-2359

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The costumes for the Civic’s Beauty and the Beast shine throughout the production.

dults certainly aren’t immune to the charms of a good Disney musical, but the basis of their enjoyment is likely to be very different to the qualities that tickle children’s fancy.

In the case of Beauty and the Beast, a 10-year-old might walk away giggling at the clownish interplay between suave Lumière and anxiety-ridden Cogsworth, whereas parents might find themselves humming the evocative title ballad long into the evening.

With that in mind, and to help widen the critical perspective beyond jaded adult eyes, two younger audience members accompanied this reviewer to the current Spokane Civic Theatre production of Beauty and the Beast directed by Interim Artistic Director Jack Phillips. Here are some of their unvarnished comments in a sort of dialogue with my own.

“The costumes were really good.” — Eva, age 9 They were outstanding. Summer Berry and her team have outdone themselves. All the enchanted details are precisely in place: Lumière’s (Preston Loomer) glowing candlestick arms, Cogsworth’s (Dan Griffith) ornate yet functional clock getup, Belle’s (Kaitlin Webster) iconic yellow dress, Mrs. Potts’ (Misty Cusick) rotund teapot figure and the cleverly designed serving cart on which she wheels her teacup son Chip (Noelle Fries), Madame La Bouche’s (Samantha Schneider) velvety and voluptuous armoire, the Beast’s (Jack Siebel) shaggy mane and fangs.

“The Beast wasn’t scary enough.” — Adele, age 7 It’s true. Siebel’s Beast exhibited little of the savage ferocity that should define Belle’s early encounters with him. More ominous, feral movements would have made more of the costume and heightened the sense of threat that makes his emotional and physi-

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cal transformation more poignant. Loomer’s carefree, charismatic Lumière and Cecil Trail’s cluelessly narcissistic Gaston were more quintessential embodiments of their characters.

“I liked how the set turned around and you could see different things. It had really great scene[ry]. I also liked the movie parts.”

— Eva Using circular revolving platforms like inverted periaktoi, set designer David Baker has allowed minor scene changes to take place fluidly, almost magically. One part of the castle becomes the forbidden west wing with a simple rotation. The “movie parts” are short film clips that depict key scenes — the prologue, later Belle’s flight into the forest and rescue by the Beast — that would have been more challenging with live action. The hybridization works well, even if the clips themselves are a bit faint.

“I wouldn’t go to it every month. Maybe once a year.” — Adele This verdict was more lukewarm than Eva’s (“It’s not exactly like the movie, but you should still go see it.”) but does parallel mine. Aside from some expected highlights, such as the well-choreographed large-ensemble numbers “Be Our Guest” and “Gaston,” this was an exceedingly competent but strangely low-energy season opener that could do with just a little more Broadway-style tautness and spark.

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TV Do you long for the days when a Thursday night comedy on NBC was worth your time?

Well, there are some signs of life as the second season of SUPERSTORE returns to the Peacock on Sept. 22 at 8 pm. Set in a Walmart-like maze of toilet paper stacks and clothing aisles, Superstore stars America Ferrera as the floor manager overseeing a cadre of employees displaying varying degrees of laziness. Ben Feldman (he was the dude who cut off his nipple on Mad Men) is the too-cool-for-the-job newbie who’s trying to assimilate into the insanity helmed by the store’s delightfully nonsensical top dog, played by Mark McKinney in his best role since his Kids in the Hall days.

ALBUM After she appeared in Spokane in both 2014 and 2015, we got a good taste of Angel Olsen, and it’s time to check in again with the 29-year-old singer-songwriter. Her new album MY WOMAN sees the St. Louis native, now living in Asheville, North Carolina, mixing the lo-fi simplicity of her early work with a newfound love of hooky choruses and bold lyrics. “Never Be Mine” is somehow both poppy and haunting at the same time, with a melody that won’t leave your brain after a couple of listens.

WEBSITE When Grantland, ESPN’s Bill Simmonshelmed site, suddenly went dark last year, there was a sense of loss for a lot of folks who’d come to love the then-innovative approach of mixing sports and pop culture together on one site.

If you were wondering what Simmons would do next, the answer is THE RINGER (theringer. com), which features a lot of the spirit — and many of the writers — that made Grantland a grand experiment in pop journalism. Here, you can find in-depth NFL analysis, as well as long-form personality profiles, TV recaps and, interestingly, a political podcast called “Keepin’ it 1600” co-hosted by former Obama administration speechwriter Jon Favreau and communications director Dan Pfeiffer. n

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Annie Stranger makes ice cream from locally sourced ingredients. FRANNY WRIGHT PHOTO

A Sweet New Start

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Sweet Annie’s finds a niche in the Inland Northwest

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BY FRANNY WRIGHT

F

or some, there is no higher feeling of accomplishment than finding success in New York City, but for Coeur d’Alene native Annie Stranger, starting her own business back home has been just as sweet.

Stranger worked as a graphic designer in New York for nearly 10 years, returning to the Inland Northwest to live closer to her family and friends. Though she continued working for many of the same clients, she didn’t feel fully present spending her time contacting them across the country.

Having hosted many ice cream socials in her backyard with her mom, Stranger wanted to begin making ice cream to sell at farmers markets, like they had always talked about doing. So she bought a cart and started Sweet Annie’s Artisan Creamery.

“Changing careers and starting over

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isn’t easy, but I’ve had the support of my family and friends,” says Stranger. “And there is just so much energy and excitement around here when new businesses start.”

When visiting home while still living in New York, Stranger was always confused why so many people shopped at chain grocery stores instead of purchasing local products. When creating new flavors, Stranger focuses on the season and tries to incorporate as many locally grown ingredients as possible.

“This is a community I really care about, and so much food is being grown right here,” says Stranger. “Between meeting the farmers and people picking their own fruit, this community is so connected, and it’s been really meaningful for me to participate in that.”

Stranger has taken her cart to farmers markets all summer, and though she doesn’t

have a permanent shop, offers membership to the Pints Club as a way to taste two pints of new flavors for $20 monthly or $30, including delivery.

Stranger plans to host two events yearly for Pints Club members. Together with Townshend Cellar, Annie’s created five ice creams — including Lavender Lime and Goat Cheese & Mountain Huckleberry — to pair with wines at All Paired Up! on Sept.

8, the first of these kinds of events.

“I love getting out there and scooping for people,” says Stranger. “I just want to continue learning, and hopefully this all will lead to our success.” n food@inlander.com Sweet Annie’s Artisan Creamery • Locations listed at facebook.com/anniesicecreams • anniesicecreams.com • 347-229-7843

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WELCOME TO ARTS SEASON

SECTION EDITOR Mike Bookey

COPY EDITOR Michael Mahoney

EDITORIAL DESIGNER Derek Harrison

PHOTOGRAPHER Young Kwak

Theater

SYMPHONY AND CIVIC 70TH ANNIVERSARY .........................28 ON SHAKY GROUND .....................................................................30 CHICAGO ..........................................................................................30 REDUCED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY .......................................30 ROCKY HORROR SHOW ...............................................................30

Visual Arts

ART IN HIGHER EDUCATION........................................................36 SOUTH AFRICA: BETWEEN SHADOW AND THE LIGHT.........38 ROMAN MYTH AND MYTHMAKING ...........................................38 NORTHWEST ALTERNATIVE COMICS........................................39 CREATE SPOKANE ARTS MONTH...............................................39

Music

AMPLIFIED WAX STUDIO .............................................................50 MICK FLEETWOOD BLUES BAND ...............................................52 I LOVE THE ‘90S TOUR ..................................................................52 THE HEAD AND THE HEART ........................................................ 53

CONTRIBUTORS Isaac Handelman E.J. Iannelli Laura Johnson Jo Miller Dan Nailen Chey Scott

We can pretend it’s the contemplation that accompanies the cooler, longer nights, or the inspiration of the changing leaves that gives birth to the boom of artistic events come autumn in the Inland Northwest. In reality, though, the fall is the time when folks settle down a bit in our region after being too damn busy in the summer. But now we’re ready to come together at the theater or the art gallery or concert hall and remind ourselves that there’s a lot happening here.

In putting together this annual guide to the Inland Northwest’s artistic busy season, we’re always overloaded with story ideas and events to let you know about — a problem we happily welcome. Through the calendar portion of the Fall Arts Preview, we’re able to give you the most comprehensive event guide you’ll find in these parts.

We’ve again used this issue as a chance to take the temperature of our cultural health and, as has been the trend as of late, things are booming. Here, we look into the state of Native American art, celebrate the 70th anniversary of two cornerstone artistic organizations and let you in on the gems and cost-free culture to be found on our college campuses.

We also visited Spokane’s most state-of-the-art recording studio and profiled men who want to make the men of the Inland Northwest look good.

There’s something for you here, so get out there and enjoy the Arts Season.

— MIKE BOOKEY Arts and Culture Editor

PULLOUT COVER Tara Steinmetz

ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS ............................................................31 HIT AND RUN X ................................................................................31 BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL ................................31 IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A RADIO PLAY .................................31 BRIAN SETZER ORCHESTRA ....................................................... 37

THE CITY IS MY CANVAS ..............................................................39 STEVE GIBBS BENEFIT SHOW.....................................................39 EMERGE DAY OF THE DEAD FIESTA ......................................... 40 CHRIS BOVEY ................................................................................. 40 REBEKAH WILKINS-PEPITON .................................................... 40

RINGO STARR AND HIS ALL-STARR BAND .............................. 53 BEN FOLDS ......................................................................................54 STURGILL SIMPSON ......................................................................54 WRECK THE HALL WITH BRET MICHAELS ...............................54

Culture

LOCAL FASHION............................................................................. 32 CHINESE LANTERN FESTIVAL.....................................................34 HUMANITAS FESTIVAL .................................................................34 LOST EGYPT ....................................................................................34 MOMIX: OPUS CACTUS .................................................................34 ROALD DAHL 100TH BIRTHDAY .................................................34

Words

ONE HEART NATIVE FILM AND ART FESTIVAL .......................42 CLAIRE VAYE WATKINS ................................................................44 NAT GEO LIVE: AMI VITALE PHOTOGRAPHY ...........................44 I AM A TOWN...................................................................................44

Classical

SYMPHONY SPECIAL: INDIGO GIRLS ........................................55 SYMPHONY SPECIAL: HARRY POTTER ..................................... 55 SPOKANE STRING QUARTET: VISIONS OF RUSSIA ............... 55 INTERSECT 1: FROM CHINA TO AMERICA ................................. 55

STEVE MARTIN AND MARTIN SHORT........................................34 JOHN CLEESE & ERIC IDLE ........................................................... 35 GIRL, AWAKE! ................................................................................. 35 TREVOR NOAH ............................................................................... 35 TOM GREEN ..................................................................................... 35

SPOKANE IS READING: ANTHONY MARRA.............................46 BEDTIME STORIES..........................................................................46 PULP FICTION .................................................................................46

IL DIVO..............................................................................................55 WASHINGTON IDAHO SYMPHONY ............................................56 SUPERPOPS 2: GUSTAFSON AND THE WILD WEST ..............56 SPOKANE JAZZ ORCHESTRA .....................................................56

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LASTING LEGACIES

THIS FALL, THE SPOKANE SYMPHONY AND SPOKANE CIVIC THEATRE BOTH OBSERVE MILESTONE 70TH SEASONS

BY CHEY SCOTT

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omething creatively wonderful was happening here about seven decades ago.

The horrid years of war had finally come to an end, and life in America — and in the city of Spokane — seemed prosperous again. The troops had come home, started families. People began to feel they could let loose a little, and the urge for creative expression didn’t seem so frivolous with World War II finally behind us.

So on Dec. 18, 1945, a man named Harold Paul Whalen conducted the first concert of the Spokane Philharmonic Orchestra inside the elegant walls of the Masonic Temple. That legacy lives on through what we know as the Spokane Symphony, which celebrates the start of its 70th official season this fall.

Around the same time, a group of avid local thespians, led by Betty Tomlinson, gathered and began what would become the Spokane Civic Theatre, officially founded in 1947 and also entering what it considers its 70th season this month.

Over the past seven decades, both of these performing arts nonprofits have established themselves as respected beacons of creativity and talent, attracting some of the best musicians and actors to our region who desire to share their passions with the community.

“I think one of the reasons why we both have survived is that both the Civic and the Symphony have discovered that there are extraordinarily talented people here in the

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Inland Northwest,” says Jack Phillips, the Civic’s current interim artistic director who also led the organization from 1991 to 2004. He’s been back for the past several months helping the theater transition to its new artistic director, Lenny Bart.

“Because of the level we have worked, we keep attracting people to come in and work for us, and that keeps building the amount of talented people,” Phillips continues.

Leading the Civic with Bart is new CEO Mike Shannon, as the Civic enters into a new form of dual leadership, with both a CEO and an artistic director.

In the Symphony, principal trumpet Larry Jess offers similar sentiments regarding the region’s talent base. As the most senior member of the orchestra, performing continuously since 1969, Jess has seen much change over the years. He’s worked under six different conductors — all but Symphony founder Whalen — and has watched the organization adapt and change to meet the needs of both its musicians and the community.

“When [music director] Eckart [Preu] found out, he said, ‘I can’t believe how long you’ve been there,’ and I said, ‘Yeah, I’ve seen a lot, but I’ve gotta say this is the best orchestra,’” Jess says, emphasizing, “Really, across the board it’s the best it’s ever been.”

Over the years, both the Symphony and the Civic have also indirectly birthed other creative offshoots that

Spokane Symphony CEO Mike Shannon, left, and Spokane Civic Theatre Interim Artistic Director Jack Phillips. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO

“BOTH THE CIVIC AND THE SYMPHONY HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THERE ARE EXTRAORDINARILY TALENTED PEOPLE HERE IN THE INLAND NORTHWEST.”

have continued to contribute to the Inland Northwest’s cultural vitality.

Similarly, both of the nonprofits have continually supported each other, collaborating for events like the 2014 performance of Les Misérables at the Fox Theater. Many of the Symphony’s musicians often contribute to the Civic’s productions as members of the live orchestra. That’s where Jess got his early start, performing for the theater’s 1967 production of West Side Story.

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fter 70 years entertaining the Inland Northwest, the Civic and the Symphony each look forward to another seven decades as exemplars of artistic excellence. Getting to where they are today has not been an easy journey, yet to add another seven decades to their storied histories, both groups say that support from the community — through ticket sales and donations — is crucial to their future success.

The Symphony’s 70th season, titled “Sensational, Magical, Instrumental,” kicks off this weekend with the first of more than 25 concerts scheduled for the full season. That busy slate includes the 10 Classics series concerts, which highlight work by both the great masters and contemporary composers, along with the variety-

centric SuperPops series, Chamber Soirees at the Davenport Hotel, the happy-hour themed Intersect series (formerly Symphony With a Splash) and many other performances.

On the drive from Illinois to Spokane a few days before the Civic’s 70th season opening gala, the incoming artistic director expresses excitement to be joining the organization, having heard many positive mentions of its respected status, including its success over the years in the American Association of Community Theatre’s annual ACCTFest.

Burt brings a wealth of experience, having worked for numerous theater arts organizations, including a role as the managing director of the Quincy (Illinois) Community Theatre.

As he begins his tenure with the Civic during this landmark season, which features 14 fully staged productions, Burt says his primary goal “will always be to present the highest quality product that we can with our facility and our budget.”

“A secondary goal,” he continues, “is working closely and collaboratively with all sorts of other arts and educational organizations… because I think a community theater is just that — it is the community, and it represents the community.” n

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ON SHAKY GROUND

CHICAGO The Modern Theater in Spokane is kicking off its 2016-17

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THE REDUCED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY

THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW

Written by Molly Allen of KZZU morning radio renown, On Shaky Ground is like getting two plays for the price of one. One act, directed by Troy Nickerson, focuses on a crumbling “May-October” relationship between a suspicious newscaster and her boyfriend. The other, set in the same San Francisco apartment building and directed

by Dawn Taylor Reinhardt, deals with a grandfather and grandson staring across the generation gap. A natural disaster prompts both duos to try to reconcile. Allen herself stars along with her dad, Jack Bannon. Her mom, Ellen Travolta, is a producer. Ignite! Community Theatre, $11-$15, Fri-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm (E.J. IANNELLI)

The riotous Reduced Shakespeare Company offers up hearty belly laughs by putting on hilariously strippeddown, abridged renditions of Shakespeare’s famous plays.

For reference, their version of Romeo and Juliet clocks in around 13 minutes and culminates with Juliet (played, of course, by a man) stabbing herself repeatedly in the head while screaming “Oh, my brain!” For their stop at WSU this fall, the RSC takes a step away from their usual source material to paint a slapstick, satirical picture of American history in the form of a 90-minute comedy show called The Complete History of America (abridged). This special “Election Edition” throws in appearances by current presidential candidates — which should do nothing but enhance the comedy. Jones Theatre at Daggy Hall, WSU Pullman, $9-$18 (free for WSU students), 7:30 pm (ISAAC HANDELMAN)

season with one full month of Chicago, the ever-popular Kander and Ebb musical that spins a tale of murder and showbiz seediness around some of the most recognizable tunes in musical theater. Angela Pierson (vaudevillian Velma) and Quinn Vaira (chorus girl Roxie) will star as celebrity-hungry murderesses alongside Andy Meyers as Amos (aka “Mr. Cellophane”). Pierson is also choreographing the show’s flashy dance numbers made famous by Bob Fosse.

Local stage mavens Abbey Crawford and Troy Nickerson are co-directing. The Modern Theater Spokane, $24-$30, Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. (EI)

Geared toward 18-and-over audiences, The Rocky Horror Show is the live-action basis for the 1975 movie that quickly attracted a devoted cult following at midnight screenings. Lance Babbit directs this goofy, lascivious, live-action romp about a strait-laced couple who are sexually awakened by Dr. Frank N. Furter, a transvestite mad scientist harboring a sci-fi secret. “This is going to be Rocky Horror as you have never seen it before,” says Babbit. “Come experience the show for the first time, or re-experience the characters and lines you already love. The antici… pation might kill you.” Firth J. Chew Studio at the Spokane Civic Theatre, $25, Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm (additional 11 pm showings Fri-Sat from Oct. 21 to Nov. 5), Sun (Oct. 16 only) at 2 pm. (EI)

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ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS

HIT AND RUN X This annual showcase of short comedies is celebrating its

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BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL

IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A RADIO PLAY

Presented by Friends of the Bing, this installment of the Stage to Screen Film Series is showing the original UK National Theatre production of Richard Bean’s 2011 adaptation of the 18th-century comedy Servant of Two Masters.

Set in 1960s Brighton, this chaotic story of disguises and double-crosses stars Late Late Show host James Corden, who Ben Brantley of the New York Times called “the embodiment of this show’s artful anarchy.” Yes, it might miss some of the thrill of live audience participation, but it’s a great way to travel back in time and across thousands of miles to witness a universally acclaimed performance. The Bing, $17, 2 pm. (EI)

Jukebox musicals often spell success for a money-weary Broadway, as so many theatergoers like hearing songs they already know. But a show built around a set of songs can also come at the cost of a plausible plot line. With 2014’s Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, which tells the early life story of singer-songwriter Carole King, the genre is surely bolstered. Of course the storylines aren’t perfect, but with amazing songs like “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow” and “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman,” the performances stay with you long after you forget what the show was actually about. INB Performing Arts Center, $30$75, various times (LAURA JOHNSON)

10th — and, sadly, final — year with a retrospective of audience and actor favorites from the preceding nine. During the course of this three-day festival, theatergoers can expect to see a dozen staged readings of quirky, clever and laugh-out-loud works from local and international playwrights. For the grand finale of Hit and Run, the pool of participating actors is likely to be a theatrical who’s who from the Spokane area. Stage Left Theater, $10, Fri-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. (EI)

Sure, you could sit at home and watch Frank Capra’s classic tale of George Bailey’s magical, life-changing Christmas Eve in idyllic Bedford Falls, but why not share the holiday spirit? Friends of the Bing and the Spokane Civic Theatre team up for a special live production that tells the familiar story through the production of a radio broadcast, complete with local voice actors and foley artists creating all the effects necessary to bring the show to vibrant life. Bing Crosby Theater, $21.50 adults/$13.50 students, 6 pm (DAN NAILEN) n

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Craft and Lore owner Chad Von Lind (right) and maker Michael Miles at their Coeur d’Alene shop.

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MAKING MANLY THINGS

THREE LOCAL FASHION DESIGNERS CRAFT ITEMS STRONG ENOUGH FOR THE OUTDOORSMAN

Spokane Youth Symphony 2016-17 Season

November 6, 2016 “Prelude” February 19, 2017 “Now and Next” April 30, 2017 “Gems and Favorites” May 21, 2017 “Insights”

BY LAURA JOHNSON

W

e want to do things on our own again.

Brew beer, grow vegetables, keep chickens and even build motorcycles. Out of this obsession comes a new era of men creating fashion. Not ready-to-wear women’s or men’s lines, in the vein of fellow Americans Michael Kors or Ralph Lauren, but rather fashion-forward gear that can be put to use in the great outdoors, like knit hats to keep warm, belts that never break and boots that can take a hard day’s work. Below are three Inland Northwest men who’ve built local fashion businesses with their own two hands.

CRAFT AND LORE

The workers in the oil fields of North Dakota back in 2013 used to complain that their utility belts would wear out within months of purchase.

Chad Von Lind, who had gotten into leathermaking in a prior stint in Seattle, thought he could help out his coworkers by crafting a belt so “overbuilt” that it would take a couple of centuries to show signs of wear. Then came the wallets. Truckers in the area wanted something that could rest in their back pockets comfortably. Little by little, Craft and Lore took form.

Von Lind says that after two years selling online, it was time to make a push and create a physical store. While his designs are different (check out the double-wrap on some of his wallets), he says that quite a few are doing what he’s doing, especially in the Northwest.

“Men want to be men,” says Von Lind, a California transplant and former graphic designer, at his recently opened Coeur d’Alene shop earlier this month. “It makes sense we’re getting back to this heirloom, authentic type of lifestyle.” 6055 N. Government Way #3, Coeur d’Alene, craftandlore.com

THRUX LAWRENCE/ WHITE’S BOOTS

Bootmaking requires many machines, ones that Thrux Lawrence founder Tanden Launder doesn’t own. That’s why last year he chose to partner with the century-old, Spokane-based White’s Boots to make a shoe durable enough to be a part of his outdoor luxury brand.

“These are crossover boots,” he explains of the leather shoes, which run at $490 and come in basic neutral shades. “You can go from riding your motorcycle during the day to dusting them off and wearing them on a date with your girl.”

Those first 40 or so pairs of shoes off the line were a gamble. He worried that they wouldn’t sell.

“People know White’s; they’re trusted,” says

Launder, who’s worn boots the majority of his life. “The hope was that people would see the company had collaborated with us and equate our bags (which Thrux Lawrence is best known for) with that same high level of quality. At the same time, we’re helping to keep White’s current, making the shoe a bit more modern.”

Founded in 2012, the Coeur d’Alene Thrux Lawrence site opened in 2014, selling a mix of quality leather goods. From the floor you can watch bags being stitched with care in the back workshop, and dudes in the next-door barber shop getting some semblance of the Macklemore haircut. The boots, which have sold well especially in Japan, sit up front.

“Guys come in and see our Red Wing boot selection, which is cheaper, but more often go with the Thrux Lawrence boot, because it’s locally made and they know it will last,” Launder says. “That’s quite gratifying.” 206 N. 3rd St, Coeur d’Alene, thruxlawrence.com

LOCAL KNITS

The open road called to him. Two years ago, Ethan Rollins and his girlfriend packed up everything they owned into his grandpa’s old trailer and left California. That also meant taking his Local Knits business on the move. He knitted on the highway and filled orders for his online shop.

Last September, the couple ended up in Spokane, where a promise of some stability and family was too appealing. Already, Rollins’ handmade knits and hats with their leather logos are bringing in more orders than he can handle.

In his studio, a converted basement in the Vinegar Flats neighborhood, he shows off his jerryrigged leather branding tool, with a looping “local” stamp on the end, and two sewing machines, which he works with almost daily.

“I get inspiration from experience,” says Rollins, who grew up snowboarding and skateboarding in Northern California. “I don’t like to depend on other people to make and do things for me.”

This is a lifestyle brand, which, as pointed out on Rollins’ website, is “awesome for skating, snowboarding, camping, exploring or whatever other weird stuff you’re into!”

Since taking the brand full time after arriving in the Inland Northwest, Rollins can be found at various craft fairs throughout the region, touting his graphic tees, hooded sweatshirts and even wallets.

“Everyone should know how to sew. It’s not a girl thing only,” he says. “It’s a lost art.” localknits.com 

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After defying expectations during its first-year run, the Chinese Lantern Festival at Riverfront Park is returning this fall, offering all new displays for visitors from near and far to enjoy. The colorful cultural showcase again fills the park with handmade, fabric-covered Chinese lanterns gathered together in more than 30 grouped displays. The massive, 196-foot-long dragon is the only sculpture to be making a reappearance, and will be joined by cute animals galore and other ornate displays that represent scenes and icons of Chinese cultural significance. The centerpiece of 2016’s version is undoubtedly the “Temple of Porcelain,” a massive, illuminated structure covered in hundreds of thousands of pieces of actual flatware — the iconic blue-and-white ceramics China is known for. Building on successful elements of last year’s festival, there will be more acrobatic performances offered nightly inside the festival. The Chinese vendor fair returns, too, adding a kid-friendly, dinosaur-fossil dig activity. Ticket prices have decreased slightly for those hoping to attend year two, which is looking to be just as spectacular and magical as Spokane’s inaugural festival last fall. For more details, visit spokanelanternfestival.com. Riverfront Park, $15/adults; $10/kids under 16; $40/family pass (2 adult, 2 youth); $60/festival pass, Sun-Thu, 5-10 pm and Fri-Sat, 5-11 pm (CHEY SCOTT)

(sorry to disappoint you, but you probably can’t), perhaps you could settle for the offerings of Washington State University’s annual Humanitas Festival. The five-day celebration provides a one-stopshopping experience of those curious about the arts, culture and music of foreign countries. There’s the fiery Mexican folk act the Villalobos Brothers, revered Indian dancer Roja Kannan, Spokane-based but Hungarian-born visual artists and lecturer Ildikó Kalapács and many other presenters at different venues around campus. See performingarts.wsu.edu/humanitas for a schedule of events and ticket pricing.

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LOST EGYPT: ANCIENT SECRETS, MODERN SCIENCE

Mummies, hieroglyphics and ancient artifacts fill the gallery halls of the MAC this fall for a blockbuster touring exhibit about all things ancient Egypt. Filled with authentic items recovered by archaeologists, the highlight of Lost Egypt is a real human mummy; a teenage girl whom researchers dubbed “Annie,” whose mummified body was found floating in the Nile. Along with this centerpiece, Lost Egypt features animal mummies and a recreated hallway of an Egyptian tomb, covered in art and hieroglyphics. While the exhibit’s fascinating inclusions are sure to delight visitors of all ages, Lost Egypt’s focus is aligned with educating viewers on the crucial role of modern archaeologists to gather and preserve knowledge of the past, versus hoarding lost treasures and priceless artifacts. Activities and interactive components of the exhibit also convey this message. Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, $5-$10/admission; Tue-Sun, 10 am-5 pm (until 8 pm on Wed; half-price admission on Tue) (CS)

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ROALD DAHL 100TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

September 13 marked a century since the birth of Roald Dahl, one of the most beloved children’s book authors in history who wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the BFG, James and the Giant Peach and other memorable titles. In memory of the legendary man, the Spokane Public Library is hosting a series of birthday celebrations for him this fall. Each event takes place at a different branch, with residents of various neighborhoods all getting a chance to join in on the festivities over the course of roughly a month. Or, if you’re a Dahl die-hard, you may just want to attend them all. Activities include spoken excerpts from the author’s books as well as arts and crafts, and refreshments will be present at each event.

Thu, Oct. 6, from 4-4:45 pm, South Hill branch; Fri, Oct. 7, from 4-5 pm at Shadle branch; Wed, Oct. 19, from 3:30-4:30 pm at Hillyard branch; Thu, Nov. 3, from 3:30-4:30 pm at East Side branch; Wed, Nov. 9, from 4-5 pm at Indian Trail branch; Free (ISAAC HANDELMAN)

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MOMIX: OPUS CACTUS STEVE MARTIN Moses Pendleton, founder and artistic director of MOMIX, wants you to soak in optical confusion and dip into the “stream of unconsciousness.” Pendleton leads his company of dancer-illusionists in using the AND MARTIN SHORT human body to explore non-human worlds. Known internationally, MOMIX performs on stage around the world and works in film and television. You might have seen them twisting and spinning in a Hanes underwear commercial or a Target ad. In Opus Cactus, you’ll be immersed in the landscape of the American Southwest. Humans will fill the stage, but they’ll morph into vibrant images of slithering lizards and cactuses. It’s all part of MOMIX’s illusionistic style that brings the beauty of the human form together with the splendor of nature. Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox, $30-$40 adult, $20 student, 7 pm (JO MILLER)

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A pair of legendary comedians invade Spokane’s INB Performing Arts Center in late October for a oneof-a-kind comedic variety show. Dubbed An Evening You Will Forget For the Rest of Your Life, the event promises not to be such, featuring stand-up comedy, musical numbers (likely including some of Martin’s banjo expertise), conversations and reflections from both of the stars, and even a live band opening act in the form of the bluegrass six-piece Steep Canyon Rangers. Tickets aren’t cheap, but that’s the price you pay to see two of comedy’s most revered faces onstage together, intent on serving up a double portion of smiles. INB Performing Arts Center, $85/$99/$150/$185/$350, 7 pm (IH)

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It’s best to consider “John Cleese & Eric Idle: Together Again At Last… For the Very First Time” like comedy’s version of a classic-rock tour. You’re going to get some of their greatest hits, but the whole band isn’t there and they have new material, too. As two founders of legendary British comedy crew Monty Python, both Cleese and Idle are massive figures in comedy history thanks to that troupe’s run in the ’70s and ’80s. Both went on to success away from Python — Cleese in A Fish Called Wanda among other films, Idle as the brains behind Spamalot — and for these shows, the duo does a bit of everything that made them famous in the first place, all from the comfort of some plush chairs on stage. INB Performing Arts Center, $59.50/$79.50/$99.50, 8 pm (DN)

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some of the topics presented in this original production written by Brook Bassett. Utilizing various theatrical forms, including spoken-word poetry, dancing, monologues, video projections and cheerleading, a six-girl ensemble addresses issues faced by girls in our modern world. The subjects, backed by statistics, personal experience and historical precedent, also celebrate individuality and girlhood. The Luminary Initiative Project is the group behind Girl, Awake! The Coeur d’Alene organization produces original theatrical works and organizes outreach-style projects as a way to enlighten and inspire the community.

The group’s performances of Girl, Awake! support the Malala Fund, which works for girls’ rights to quality education across the globe. The Modern Theater, $10, 7:30 pm (JM)

TOM GREEN TREVOR NOAH Before there was Jackass, or Nathan for You or any other He’s been met with mixed reviews since taking the helm of The Daily Show from the beloved Jon Stewart, but there’s no question that Trevor Noah has gotten people talking — about politics, about race, and about his own status as a talk show host. The 32-year-old South African comedian brings his brand of laughs (some at America’s expense) to the Palouse when he stops by WSU’s Beasley Coliseum in early November to headline the university’s Dad’s Weekend entertainment options. Noah’s stand-up style emphasizes his charisma and penchant for storytelling, and incorporates plenty of sociopolitical commentary. WSU students, staff and faculty members get a $5 discount, but all are welcome to pay the full price for this timely comedy event that comes just four days before Election Day. Beasley Coliseum at WSU, Pullman, $54.50, 7 pm (IH)

television show based solely on pulling elaborate pranks on the unsuspecting public (or your parents), there was the Tom Green Show. The MTV program introduced us to a gangly, goateed Canadian who seemed to have no fear of enduring and/or causing embarrassment and endeared himself to a generation of like-minded slackers. He went on to make one of the worst movies ever screened in theaters, Freddy Got Fingered, but even that drew a cult following. He then married Drew Barrymore for a fleeting moment, survived cancer and then returned to doing stand-up comedy while also hosting an obscure late-night talk show. He’s still on the stand-up circuit, and those who spent their youths laughing their immature asses off to this guy may find some nostalgia when he spends a long weekend in Spokane. Spokane Comedy Club, $17-$30, Nov. 10, 7:30 pm; Nov. 11, 7:30 and 10:30 pm; Nov. 12, 7:30 and 10:30 pm (MB) n

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BACK TO SCHOOL THE MUSEUMS ON OUR REGION’S COLLEGE CAMPUSES BRING IN AMAZING ART, AND YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE A STUDENT TO SEE IT

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college campus can be a daunting place for anyone who isn’t a student. Navigating a campus map printed off the web, finding legal parking and feeling intimidated by the city-within-a-city often conspire to keep schools and their non-enrolled community members divided mentally, if not physically.

The best reason to traverse that false wall might be the intriguing array of visual arts one can find at museums on our Inland Northwest campuses. Colleges and universities can program genre-defying and boundary-pushing exhibitions that might not fly at commercial galleries, and can access their own collections, and that of peer institutions, that make incredible artwork and artifacts available to the region’s hard-core art lovers as well as curious dilettantes.

These museums are gems — often underappreciated — and program their exhibitions and events with a eye toward their communities as well as their students.

Paul Manoguerra, the director and curator at Gonzaga’s Jundt Art Museum, says that when it comes to planning shows, his team considers an exhibition’s historical importance, its value to teaching and research at the school, “and, is it of interest to the citizens of Spokane and the Inland Northwest?”

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“Most exhibits we do, we’d like to check off all three as a ‘Yes,’” Manoguerra says. “Sometimes the external interest is less important than whatever teaching and learning is happening. Sometimes that trumps being popular … And sometimes it’s better to be popular and get some people in the door.”

This fall, one Jundt highlight is a massive exhibit called “Roman Myths and Mythmaking,” opening Sept.

17, that should be of particular interest to scholars and history buffs. In addition to artifacts from everyday life in the Roman Empire — lamps, coins, statues, gems and the like — borrowed from other museums, there will be a weekly lecture series in conjunction with the exhibition and its objects featuring experts from around the country and Gonzaga faculty.

The lecture series is the kind of programming opportunity that is key to stirring interest among both students and community members when it comes to an exhibition, according to Ryan Hardesty, the curator of art and exhibitions at Washington State University’s Museum of Art. Coming up with creative “extras” to a show is part of the process of deciding whether or not an exhibition is worth doing.

“Of course we ask ourselves, ‘Do we have an audience for this exhibition?’” Hardesty says. “Clearly our primary audience here in Pullman is the student body. We look for exhibitions that offer a ton of great programming potential, things that we can build workshops and lecture series and events around easily, because we find those are the kinds of things that keep renewing interest in the exhibition after you get beyond that opening weekend.”

The WSU Museum of Art’s fall slate features a Northwest Alternative Comics exhibition, opening Sept. 26, that will showcase a slightly more modern art form than the Roman antiquities at Gonzaga. The show, Hardesty says, will explore “the rich history in the Northwest of comics, and particularly of the underground scene” that came up around Evergreen State College and the Seattle music explosion in the late ’80s and early ’90s.

In addition to the array of original artwork, animation and multimedia aspects of the show, the museum is buttressing the exhibition with a collaborative mural project, a “comic jam” at Pullman bar Rico’s, which will see attendees helping create a ’zine on the fly, and a guest lecture from Northwest comic pioneer Peter Bagge on Nov. 3.  dann@inlander.com

Jundt Art Museum Curator Paul Manoguerra at Gonzaga University. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO

• Crafting Identity: Masks and the Pastorela in Michoacán, Jundt Art Museum, Gonzaga University, Sept. 10-Jan. 14, 2017 • Roman Myth and Mythmaking, Jundt Art Museum, Gonzaga University, Sept. 17-Dec. 17 • Northwest Alternative Comics, Museum of Art, Washington State University, Sept. 26-Dec. 17 • Between the Shadow and the Light, Bryan Oliver Gallery, Whitworth University, Sept. 13-Oct. 28 • Carl Richardson: Pentimento, Gallery of Art, Eastern Washington University, Oct. 8-Dec. 3 • Hydrodome by Andy Behrle, Prichard Art Gallery, University of Idaho, now through Oct. 23 • Sage Paisner, Bryan Oliver Gallery, Whitworth University, Nov. 8-Jan. 27, 2017

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Performing arts in Spokane is about to get a serious boost. Gonzaga University announced this summer the school will break ground on a new $30 million, nearly 60,000-square-foot facility on the west side of campus as part of an “arts village” that will be home to programs in music, theater and dance. The Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center will house a 750-seat main performance space as well as a 150-seat rehearsal and recital hall, a two-story lobby and second-floor interdisciplinary art studio. Construction will commence after the Gonzaga Board of Trustees approves the project, expected to happen this fall. (DN)

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SOUTH AFRICA: BETWEEN THE SHADOW AND THE LIGHT

ROMAN MYTH AND MYTHMAKING

Artists and educators from six African countries and the United States joined together for this exhibit on display in Whitworth University’s Bryan Oliver Gallery. For two weeks in 2013, they came from Ghana, Botswana, Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria, Zimbabwe and America to live, learn and create together in South Africa. The project, called R5: A Visual Arts Studio and Seminar in South Africa, explores South Africa’s culture, history and current reality, addressing themes of resistance, reconciliation, remembrance, representation and re-visioning. Whitworth University, Lied Art Center, Mon-Fri, 10 am-6 pm; Sat, 10 am-2 pm (JO MILLER)

This show is far from typical for Gonzaga’s Jundt Art Museum, and that’s not just because it collects 115 artifacts to tell the story of how the Roman Empire spread its religious and cultural beliefs. Roman Myth and Mythmaking is a unique collaboration between the school and the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, the American Numismatic Society and Emory University’s Michael C. Carlos Museum, and in addition to the ongoing exhibit, there will be a series of lectures each Thursday (save Thanksgiving) through the fall from experts in Roman mythology, politics and art. Jundt Art Museum, free admission, open Mon-Sat, 10 am-4 pm (DAN NAILEN)

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NORTHWEST ALTERNATIVE COMICS

CREATE SPOKANE ARTS MONTH

THE CITY IS MY CANVAS

STEVE GIBBS BENEFIT SHOW

The Northwest served as a unique breeding ground for so-called “alternative” comic book artists in the ’80s and ’90s, and this new show at Washington State University’s Museum of Art pays tribute to that history while also shining a light on emerging artists from the area. Alternative comics had some of the countercultural edge of the ’60s but turned into something new as it intermingled with the Northwest’s punk and indie music scene. As it’s developed further, the artists have pushed visual boundaries as well as storylines unheard of in superhero comics. WSU Museum of Art, free admission, open Mon-Sat, 10 am-4 pm; Thursdays until 7 pm (DN)

The third annual Create Spokane Arts Month packs the calendar with tons of art displays — including the Fall Arts Tour, the first full weekend, Oct. 7-9 — and opportunities to get in touch with your creative side through classes, workshops and demos. To cap it off, the Spokane Arts Awards and Costume Ball happens on Nov. 5 at the restored Washington Cracker Co. Building. The awards recognize people and organizations that contribute to the arts, with awards presented in the categories of leadership, collaboration, imagination and inclusion. For more details, visit spokanearts.org.

Arts Month events through all of October, locations and prices vary. (CHEY SCOTT)

No doubt you’ve noticed the remarkable murals and public art pieces popping up throughout the region, turning the Inland Northwest into a canvas full of man-made beauty to go along with our stunning natural environment. The Spokane Art School is paying tribute to some of the artists who have made the region more visually appealing — specifically Tiffany Patterson, Ellen Picken and brothers Todd and Cain Benson — through an exhibit that documents how large-scale public art pieces are conceived and ultimately executed, bringing art directly to the people. Spokane Art School (DN)

Few folks in the Inland Northwest’s visual arts community are as beloved as Steve Gibbs, the longtime owner of Coeur d’Alene’s Art Spirit Gallery, where some of the region’s most influential artists have been showing their wares for nearly 20 years. Known equally for his friendly and inviting demeanor as his expansive art collection housed in his gallery’s cellar, Gibbs recently revealed that he’s been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. To help Gibbs in his battle against the devastating disease, his friends have organized a benefit concert, giving everyone a chance to cut a rug with Gibbs, a guy who likes to dance. 9 pm, the Rocker Room, $20, tickets at Art Spirit Gallery, 208-765-6006 (MIKE BOOKEY)

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EMERGE DAY OF THE DEAD FIESTA You have to love a delicious way to support the arts, and Coeur d’Alene’s Emerge has that figured out. The nonprofit community arts program is hosting a Day of the Dead Festival again this year, where art lovers (or the merely hungry) can sample traditional and modern dishes from the American Southwest, Mexico and Latin America, check out some artwork and a chef cook-off, dance a bit and bid on auction items, with the proceeds going to keep Emerge doing great work.

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REBEKAH WILKINSMY SPOKANE You may have seen one of Chris Bovey’s screen-printed posters around town or in your friend’s home, or maybe PEPITON: A STORY for sale at a local store. The distinctively styled posters feature either iconic landmarks or local businesses that OF AMERICA have become renowned in Spokane, or perhaps were once adored, but have since gone by the wayside. He’s made GOES WALKING prints of Mt. Spokane and the Ridpath Hotel, as well as Jack & Dan’s and Dick’s Hamburgers. Now, with My Spokane: A Vintage Look at Spokane Through the Screenprints of Chris Bovey, the former longtime Inlander art director takes his collection to the walls of the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture (MAC) for this season-long show that will feature prints you haven’t yet seen on display. Posters will be for sale at the museum’s gift shop, too. Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, see museum rates and hours at northwestmuseum.org (MB)

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Spokane-based artist Rebekah Wilkins-Pepiton uses her work to explore humans’ ongoing relationship with the natural world, and how that relationship affects how we treat each other. A regular collaborator with other artists, finding inspiration in other visual artists as well as writers, this solo show of Wilkins-Pepiton’s mixed-media work involving printmaking, graphic design and photography should offer a unique insight into the artist. Kolva-Sullivan Gallery, opening First Friday, Dec. 2, 5 pm (DN) 

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THE ONE HEART FESTIVAL LOOKS TO BRING NATIVE AMERICAN ART AND FILM INTO THE MAINSTREAM

BY MIKE BOOKEY

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he mention of Native American art is likely to bring some standard clichés to mind — men in headdresses, images of totem poles and the like. Native artists know this is what you’re going to think of when you hear the phrase “Native American art.” Here in Spokane, though, there’s at least one group working to remind us that there are Native Americans making art, and it’s hardly all about clichés.

“People think of headdresses and buffalo and things like that, but it’s mixed media, it’s modern, it’s political, and it can be controversial,” says local photographer and Spokane tribal member Jeff Ferguson, one of the organizers of the upcoming One Heart Native Arts & Film Festival.

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in downtown Spokane, aims to provide a venue for Native artists to display work that often never makes it off of the area’s reservations or is otherwise overlooked by the artistic community. It’s also a chance to celebrate the creativity found among the tribes, Ferguson says, adding that he hopes the inaugural festival breathes some life into a subset of Spokane’s creative community that’s taken a hit lately. He cites the recent deaths of visual artist George Flett and musician Jim Boyd as big losses for Native-centric arts in the area.

“Things aren’t where we want them to be right now, but I envision One Heart as a step toward creating a Native American arts scene that has surpassed anything that’s been done before,” says Ferguson, part of the One Heart leadership committee that includes a mix of young and established Native and non-Native leaders.

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Perhaps the biggest draw of One Heart is Friday night’s reunion of the cast and crew of the breakthrough 1998 film Smoke Signals, which was filmed around the region, including in Spokane.

This means that one of the Northwest’s most prominent literary voices — and arguably its most widely known Native voice — will be on hand in the form of Sherman Alexie, who wrote the novel on which the film was based, as well as its screenplay. The event marks the first known time that the Smoke Signals cast and crew have gathered in such numbers to discuss a film that remains impactful, especially in Native communities.

“We’d heard that [a reunion] hadn’t been done before, but we all know how iconic that film is in Indian Country,” says Ferguson. “To be able to do that in Spokane with Sherman and those cast members — we wanted to make a big impact.”

On Saturday, there’s a short film program consisting exclusively of films made by Native American filmmakers, as well as a collection of films from Steven Paul Judd and a screening of Mekko, a heralded thriller from Native director Sterlin Harjo.

The visual arts component of the festival on Saturday features some established artists, including Ryan Feddersen, a Colville tribal member based in Seattle who came to Spokane last summer to oversee the 900 Horses community mural,

which brought in passersby to stencil and color in images of horses to represent the animals slaughtered by General George Wright’s forces as an intimidation tactic in 1858. There’s also Diane Covington, an artist living in Wellpinit on the Spokane reservation who found art later in life. Ferguson’s pop-inspired photography will also be on display, as will the iconic work of Ric Gendron, who was featured in an Inlander cover story last year.

Ferguson says that bringing more Native American art to our galleries and other art spaces isn’t always easy. The reservations are often short on internet connectivity, leaving some creatives without a means to easily put together a portfolio, for example, he says. He hopes One Heart can help bring more artists into the fold, while also enabling non-Natives to have a look at these oftenunseen talents.

“I want everybody who has an appreciation for Native American art and film to come out — especially people who want to come to things like this, but are thinking, ‘Are we allowed to go to a powwow?’” says Ferguson with a laugh. “We want people who appreciate this work.” n mikeb@inlander.com One Heart Native Arts & Film Festival • Fri, Sept. 30 and Sat, Oct. 1 • For ticket prices and event times, visit oneheartfestival.org

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One great thing about the Inland Northwest’s wealth of regional universities is the abundance of opportunities for students and the general public alike to hear from the many visiting scholars and guests who come through each year to present and share their work, including a number of renowned professional writers.

For the University of Idaho’s annual Distinguished Visiting Writer Series, award-winning writer Claire Vaye Watkins stops in to talk about her craft. Watkins’ must-read first novel, Gold Fame Citrus, is a searing sort of modern post-apocalyptic tale that imagines how an unrelenting drought would transform the landscape of Southern California into an embattled world of haves and have-nots. 1912 Center, Moscow, Free, 7:30 pm (CHEY SCOTT)

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The third season of the inspiring and enlightening National Geographic Live! series is back in Spokane this fall, bringing another outstanding lineup of photographers, writers and researchers who have contributed to the beloved periodical. Kicking off the 2016-17 season is a talk with award-winning photographer Ami Vitale. Having traveled to 90 countries around the world, Vitale’s assignments have brought her to war-torn regions and close to some of the planet’s most storied members of the animal kingdom: elephants, man-eating lions and the seriously endangered white rhinos of Kenya. Hear her tell some amazing stories about these experiences, and the invaluable lessons she’s learned about nature and humanity along the way. INB Performing Arts Center, $28.50-$38.50, 7 pm (CS)

places around the city. I Am a Town invited anyone who considers Spokane home — both published poets and those new to the whole poetry thing — to participate in workshops and pen poems about places around Spokane and strong memories created there.

Laura Read (pictured), Spokane’s Poet Laureate, created the citywide collaborative project, which began in May. On Oct. 5, you can hear those pieces at the I Am a Town poetry reading and release of the second edition of the book. and hear what your fellow citydwellers felt and experienced on the skywalks, inside Our Lady of Lourdes cathedral, at the Campbell House or on top of Cliff Park.

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SPOKANE IS READING: ANTHONY MARRA

Following up on the past several years of amazing selections for the community reading initiative, this year’s Spokane is Reading book is The Tsar of Love and Techno, a collection of historically based short stories by best-selling author Anthony Marra. Weaving tales set in both the past — 1930s Soviet Russia — and present, Marra introduces readers to a cast of characters interconnected over the decades. Each of these individuals are introduced through separate portraits within their own short stories, which build onto one another through the course of the book. One of these characters is a Soviet painter tasked with hand-editing photographs for the state — erasing some people from history and adding others. Make sure to read Marra’s stunning prose collection before he comes to town for Spokane is Reading’s culminating event: a reading, signing and Q&A session. Bing Crosby Theater, Free, 7 pm; also at Spokane Valley Event Center, 10514 E. Sprague, 1 pm (CS)

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boom, a number of events have become musts for our region’s book lovers. One of those is Bedtime Stories, which brings a selection of prominent writers to the stage to share short pieces composed specifically for the event.

This year, Bedtime Stories, produced by the state’s cultural nonprofit Humanities Washington, features the writing prompt “Wildest Dreams,” which will be interpreted by a strong lineup this time around. There’s best-selling author Jess Walter at the top of the ticket, as well as Shawn Vestal, fresh off the glowing worldwide reception of his debut novel Daredevils. Also taking the dais is emerging young adult writer Stephanie Oakes, who found acclaim last year with her debut The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly, and Laura Read, Spokane’s Poet Laureate. Spokane Club, ticket sales end Sept. 27, $100, 6 pm. (MIKE BOOKEY)

town library branch offers a unique peek at an oft-overlooked fixture of literary history. Featuring an eclectic collection of dime novels (as they were called in the States), and penny dreadfuls (as they were known in England), “Pulp Fiction: Chapbooks, Dime Novels, and Penny Dreadfuls” allows visitors to delve into the cheap adventure stories which satiated the public’s early desire for books after literacy rates spiked in the 1860s. The exhibit also contains traces of even older literature with the presence of chapbooks, peddler-distributed literary pieces that were relevant much earlier. Downtown Library Northwest Room, Free, open Tue from 1-8 pm, Thu from 10 am-6 pm, Wed, Fri and Sat from 1-6 pm (ISAAC HANDELMAN) 

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ontrolling knobs and switches from his swiveling chair, audio engineer Jimmy Hill works to find a band’s perfectly balanced, tight, crisp and present sound. But it took 13 years to get here.

He says in the beginning he had no clue what he was doing. In January, Amplified Wax Recording and Design Studio, which Jimmy owns with his wife, Mandy, moved from its Garland District digs to a new downtown location. They now own this meticulously refurbished, glossy space with high ceilings and hardwood floors, making it one of the highest quality studios in town.

Yet, like many recording studios, Amplified Wax began in a basement. Two weeks into their marriage, Jimmy quit his cushy bank job to pursue his own business.

“That was scary,” admits Mandy. “You never know how something will work out.”

But Jimmy says his hobby of recording friends’ music (he grew up playing in local punk and ska bands) was starting to get in the way of his actual job. He didn’t have time to do both so he set up shop in his own home, before eventually upgrading to a rented Garland spot. Each move has been a step forward in the level of professionalism, they say, and now the studio, which includes a control room, large open recording space and two isolation booths, is booked out two months solid.

Recording studios are by no means new to Spokane. According to the Spokane Daily Chronicle archives, the first Spokane recording studio began in 1938 and specialized in recording dance orchestras, programs and speeches. Now thanks to the graduates of the quality two-year audio engineer program at Spokane Falls Community College, which Jimmy attended, there are many recording studio options in the area. Jimmy says this only helps to further the local music scene.

While some national touring musicians have recorded at Amplified Wax, even Spokane native Myles Kennedy (of Alter Bridge and vocalist for Slash’s band), the company’s bread and butter are local bands. They say they’ll never forget that.

“We can create our own sound in this town,” Hill says. “Literally, do what we want because there isn’t a huge precedent.”

Hill prides himself in working with groups of all genres (recently Stevie Lynne, Nixon Rodeo and the Broken Thumbs) and says that Spokane is

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“[SPOKANE HAS] ALL OF THE TOOLS TO BLOW UP MUSICALLY AT ANY POINT. I’D LIKE TO BE HERE WHEN THAT HAPPENS.” He is still picky about the projects he works with, however.

“I do my homework on an act,” Jimmy says.

“If they’re not quite ready to record because their sound isn’t quite there, I’ll tell people to keep working and come back to me in six months. But I’m not here to smash people’s dreams either.”

First he’ll sit down with the band to set goals and a budget, depending on the project. Jimmy says for many bands the best place to start is to release a strong single.

“Being in bands, I understand wanting to get a whole new album out full of your own songs, but that may not be the wisest first step,” he says.

There are dreams of a future where more regional bands book studio space here, and they’ve put out feelers in Seattle and Portland.

“If we do this right, we can be a destination spot,” Jimmy says. “We’re so much cheaper than what many of those studios charge, and we’re just as good.” 

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poised to become the next booming music town, like an Austin or Portland.

“We have all of the tools to blow up musically at any point,” he says. “I’d like to be here when that happens.”

Their jobs are defined. Jimmy takes the producer and engineer role while Mandy works on the promotion and design aspects of a band’s image, along with the office side of the business.

Jimmy is clear that he doesn’t write songs — that is the band’s job — but he’ll certainly help arrange a tune.

“I’m not trying to be the outside fifth member of a band,” Jimmy says. “But I’m not going to say, ‘sounds good, dude,’ either. I’m simply trying to contribute to the team.”

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MICK FLEETWOOD BLUES BAND Among rock drummers, Mick Fleetwood is one of the more colorful characters to come along in the rock era, and not just because of his well-documented partying days during Fleetwood Mac’s cocaine-fueled heyday. The tall, lanky percussionist is a sight behind his kit, all flying elbows and knees while making insane facial expressions. Seeing him in a theater instead of an arena should be a treat, as the Mick Fleetwood Blues Band drops by for a show. One-time Fleetwood Mac guitarist Rick Vito provides the voice and some stunning sixstring that helped earn the group a Grammy nomination for its Blue Again! live album a few years back. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, $43/$68/$78, 7:30 pm (DAN NAILEN)

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IHip-hop LOVE THE ’90S TOUR and R&B musicians like Vanilla Ice, Salt-N-Pepa with Spinderella, Coolio, Color Me Badd, Tone Lōc and Young MC all achieved their moment in the spotlight in the late ’80s and early ’90s — and they won’t let you forget it. This grouping of artists hits the Star Theater (the abbreviated version of the Spokane Arena) in October for a tour that celebrates the singles many remember dancing and jamming out to during their adolescence. Show up to this one in your best neon gear and parachute pants and get ready to relive songs like “Ice Ice Baby” and “Push It,” with the real artists performing them.

Star Theater at the Spokane Arena, $47.50-$87.50, 8 pm (LAURA JOHNSON)

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THE HEAD AND THE HEART

Just last week, the Head and the Heart released its third full-length album Signs of Light, which features the Seattle-based sextet moving in a mature and exciting direction, away from their folk-rock origins and closer to something that’s very, shall we say… Fleetwood Mac-ish. Fear not, Head and the Heart fans — of which there are many in the Inland Northwest, packing shows at the Knitting Factory and the Festival at Sandpoint, respectively, in the band’s past two appearances in the region — the band has not lost its penchant for thick melodies and catchy choruses. This show has them at the biggest venue they’ve played in the region, which is appropriate for an act that might look tame upon first sight, but can rock a room right. INB Performing Arts Center, $36-$53.50, 8 pm (MIKE BOOKEY)

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RINGO STARR AND HIS ALL-STARR BAND

Ringo Starr is a Beatle. No one can ever take that away from him, but in comparison to the other three band members, Starr has never received the same amount of fan or critical reverence (and who can forget John Lennon’s quip, “Ringo’s not even the best drummer in the band”). Nevertheless, Starr’s upcoming show at the Spokane Arena features a ton of musicians who, even if you’ve never heard of them, have helped create and play tunes that you should be familiar with. The All-Starr Band includes Todd Rundgren (of Utopia, who also helped produce albums for New York Dolls, the Band and more), Gregg Rolie (who co-founded Santana, Journey and Abraxas Pool), Steve Lukather (of Toto), Richard Page (of Mr. Mister), Warren Ham (who’s toured with Kansas, Olivia Newton-John and Cher) and Gregg Bissonette (a long-standing studio drummer). Starr will certainly play his hits like “Yellow Submarine” and “Act Naturally” at the show, but expect each of his band members to get a moment in the spotlight as well. Spokane Arena, $40-$125, 8 pm (LJ)

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BEN FOLDS Did Ben Folds, with his mid-1990s breakthrough albums as the namesake of the ironically dubbed trio Ben Folds Five, make taking piano lessons cool? Well, he sure as hell tried. Folds is one of the more bombastic ivory-ticklers you’ll see, and this tour, which features just Folds and his piano with no other distractions, should prove that he’s a once-in-a-generation talent. He’s perhaps known best for 2001’s Rockin’ the Suburbs, which he released as a solo artist, but it was 1997’s Naked Baby Photos that bought Ben Folds Five a loyal and sizable following that has come along for all the songwriter’s projects, even after the trio took a decade-long hiatus. If you’ve ever seen Folds out there with no accompaniment, you know this show is a treat. And for the hard-core fans out there, you can get a master class (no prior piano experience required) with Folds before the show if you get the $219 VIP ticket. Knitting Factory, $32.50-$219, 8 pm. (MB)

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STURGILL WRECK THE SIMPSON HALLS WITH With singer-songwriter Sturgill Simpson’s recent album A Sailor’s Guide to Earth, he pens a guidebook of sorts to his BRET MICHAELS newborn son documenting the ways of planet Earth. Not The glass-half-empty types will look at the massive lineup only did the album, his first on a major label, hit No. 3 on the Billboard charts, but the alt-country/Americana sensation has become one of the rising music stars of the year, attracting much attention from music critics of all stripes.

All of this was achieved with little to no country radio support. One year after rolling through the Knitting Factory, Simpson triumphantly returns, along with openers the London Souls. Knitting Factory, $29.50, 8 pm (LJ)

of ’80s hair-metal bands joining Poison leader Bret Michaels for this show and note that none of them have the original lineup still intact. But — glass half-full — the show does feature (aside from RATT and Warrant) the lead singers most of us associate with the bands’ biggest hits, so you can hunker down and enjoy Don Dokken leading his namesake band through “Dream Warriors” or Phil Lewis leading L.A. Guns through “The Ballad of Jayne.” And in Michaels, you have the consummate frontman headlining the festivities. Spokane Arena, $39/$59, 3:30 pm (DN) 

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SYMPHONY SPECIAL: INDIGO GIRLS

Amy Ray and Emily Saliers are nothing if not confident in their music’s ability to transcend any preconceived notions of their considerable fan base. In fact, Indigo Girls fans love seeing where the duo will go musically, whether it’s fleshing out songs with intricate instrumentation or stripping down to just the twosome with only their guitars and voices. Of late, they’ve started traveling with orchestral charts of songs spanning their three-decade career and playing with symphonies, including this stop with the Spokane Symphony. Old favorites get a whole new spin sure to thrill fans and newcomers alike. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, $40/$50/$60/$85, 8 pm (DAN NAILEN)

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SYMPHONY SPECIAL: THE MUSIC OF HARRY POTTER

SPOKANE STRING QUARTET: VISIONS OF RUSSIA

INTERSECT 1: FROM CHINA TO AMERICA — MERGING CULTURES

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Just in time for Halloween, the Spokane Symphony brings a bit of magic (if not mischief) to its repertoire with John Williams’ Harry Potter film scores come to life. Similar to last year’s Star Wars event, the symphony encourages concertgoers to follow them into the wizarding world of the Boy Who Lived. As part of the interactive event, dressing up is highly encouraged; fans can also select a Hogwarts house to sort themselves into. The 2 pm matinee is best for kids, while the 8 pm performance is more for older children and adult fans. Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox, $19/$29/$39; kids under 12 are half price, 2 pm and 8 pm (LAURA JOHNSON)

Russian classical music fills the room with brash and bold instrumentation, often beautiful but always on edge. The Spokane String Quartet, comprised of four Spokane Symphony string players, looks to get in touch with that sound in their second performance of the season, “Visions of Russia.” The show features Joseph Haydn’s Russian quartet, Alexander Glazunov Suite in C Major for String Quartet and Tchaikovsky’s String Quartet No. 1, which will more than excite the senses. This more intimate approach to classical is an excellent starting point for those looking to tackle a new genre to enjoy. Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox, $12-$20, 3 pm (LJ)

Formerly known as Symphony with a Splash, the new Intersect program works to infuse a new generation with the passion of classical music. The series event will bring in local chefs, bartenders and cultural groups to help kick off the party before the Spokane Symphony takes to the stage. The first of these events kicks off in November with the symphony playing multiple modern Chinese composers’ works; to balance that out, the performance ends with Mozart’s Jupiter symphony. Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox, $20, 5 pm (LJ)

make up Il Divo and it’s not hard to see what producer Simon Cowell saw when he brought the quartet together in England back in 2003. Their good looks probably wouldn’t have translated into selling more than 30 million albums of their “classical-crossover” music if the guys didn’t have some serious vocal chops. Hailing from Spain, Switzerland, France and the U.S., the four members blend operatic vocal training with pop, folk, Latin and gospel flourishes, a sound that has earned them platinum and gold albums in 35 countries around the world, and an audience that eagerly awaits their global tours. INB Performing Arts Center, $49.50/$65/$99.50/$175, 7 pm (DN)

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WASHINGTON IDAHO SYMPHONY

SUPERPOPS 2: GUSTAFSON AND THE WILD WEST

SPOKANE JAZZ ORCHESTRA

Did you know Mozart wrote his Symphony No. 36, “Linz,” in only four days? He and his wife made a stopover in Linz on their way home to Vienna, and he composed what became one of his five great final symphonies for an impromptu concert. You don’t need fun facts like this to enjoy the Washington Idaho Symphony’s presentation of “Linz” and two other classics. You’ll hear Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll and Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, the latter featuring internationally acclaimed violinist Angelo Yu. University of Idaho Administration Auditorium, 7:30 pm (Nov. 5), Clarkston High School, 3 pm (Nov. 6), $25 adult, $15 student, $10 ages 12 and under (JO MILLER)

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You know that iconic “Yahooooooo!” in the commercials for the tech company? Yup, that’s this guy. But Wylie Gustafson’s concerts wouldn’t last very long if yodeling was all he had in his music arsenal. The real-life cowboy and rancher from Montana has led Wylie and the Wild West since the late ’80s, delivering both traditional country and cowboy songs along with originals evocative of the rural Western life. For this Spokane Symphony SuperPops show, Gustafson and Co. will bring those songs to cinematic life thanks to the orchestra’s additions led by conductor Jorge Luis Uzcátegui. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, $28/$43/$50/$62, 8 pm (DN)

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Get your necessary holiday fix of The Nutcracker, jazz style. The Spokane Jazz Orchestra presents: A Christmas Celebration Featuring Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite. Ellington — American bandleader, composer and pianist — recorded his jazz interpretation of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker in 1960 on an album for Columbia Records.

International award-winning jazz vocalist Kelley Johnson joins the Spokane Jazz Orchestra for the celebration. Bing Crosby Theater, $26.50 adult, $12 student and children 17 and under, 7:30 pm (JM) 

R A D N CALE SEPTEMBER

15-21 COMEDY

9/15 Guffaw Yourself!, Neato Burrito 9/15-17 Kyle Kinane, Spokane Comedy Club 9/16 The Musical, Blue Door Theatre 9/17 Safari, Blue Door Theatre 9/17 Stand-Up Showcase, Blue Door Theatre.

9/18  Maria Bamford, Spokane Comedy Club 9/20 Spokane Comedy’s Standup Showdown, The Observatory 9/21 Open Mic, Spokane Comedy Club

COMMUNITY / CULTURE

9/15-21 Bodies Human: Anatomy in Motion, Mobius Science Center (through Dec. 31) 9/15  Kellogg’s Tour of Gymnastics Champions, Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena 9/16-21 Washington State Chinese Lantern Festival, Riverfront Park (through Oct. 30) 9/17  Global Kidical Massive, Kendall Yards

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9/17 Runway Renegades Fashion Show, Spokane Convention Center 9/17 Spokane Board Game Swap, Fellow Coworking 9/17 Children’s Reniassance Faire, Manito Park 9/17 Mudgy & Millie Birthday Party, CdA Public Library 9/17  Star Trek: The 50th Anniversary, Shadle Library 9/17  PorchFest West Central, Spokane 9/17-18 Green Bluff Apple Festival, Green Bluff 9/19 The Enduring Lincoln Legacy, CenterPlace Regional Event Center 9/19 The Science of Star Trek, South Hill Library 9/18 Mushroom Mania: Tasty Terroir, Mont Lamm Farm 9/20-21 WSU Humanitas Festival, Pullman campus

9/17 Magnifique show feat. Kaskade, Chromeo, Duke Dumont, Gorge Amphitheater 9/17  Spokane Jazz Orchestra: Hello Pops, The Bing 9/17 Loch Lomond, King Who, The Bartlett 9/17 Pianist Louis Landon, Steinway Piano Gallery 9/17 Eminence Ensemble, Fat Lady, The Observatory 9/17-18 Spokane Symphony Classics 1: A World of Melodies, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 9/18 Elvis Tribute feat. Ben “Preslee” Klein, Spokane Eagles Lodge 9/20  Tacocat, The Bartlett 9/21 Destroyer, The Bartlett 9/21 Dierks Bentley, Tucker Beathard, Northern Quest

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9/15 Digimon Adventure tri-Chapter 1: Reunion, Regal Cinemas, Northtown and CdA 9/15 Pelé, Garland Theater 9/17 Occupation of the American Mind, Argonne Library 9/17 All Together Now: Film Networking, Palomino 9/20 Bollywood on the Palouse, The Kenworthy

MUSIC

9/15  Puff Puff Beer, the Smokes, Left Over Soul, Down North, The Big Dipper 9/15 Spokane County Interstate Fair feat. Lee Brice 9/16  Blink-182, A Day to Remember, All American Rejects, Spokane Arena

9/15-17 title of show, Ella’s Cabaret Club.

9/15-18 The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Modern Theater Coeur d’Alene 9/15-18  Disney’s Beauty & the Beast, Spokane Civic 9/16-18 On Shaky Ground, Ignite! Community Theatre.

9/16-18 The Road Through Damascus, Forge Theater, University of Idaho 9/17 Spokane Children’s Theatre 71st Season Fall Gala 9/19-20  The Dixie Swim Club, Stage Left Theater 9/21 An Iliad, Wadleigh Theatre at Daggy Hall, WSU

VISUAL ARTS

9/15-21 Ann Porter: Saints & Stuffies, North Idaho College (through Nov. 4)

9/15-21  You Are Here, Chase Gallery 9/15-18 Amici: Kassie Smith and Christie AlexandreZeoli, Dahmen Barn 9/15-21 Linda Hyatt Cancel: The Rising, The MAC 9/15-21 Andy Behrle: hydrodome, Prichard Art Gallery 9/15-21 Crafting Identity: Masks and Pastorela in Michoacan, Jundt Art Museum (through Jan. 14) 9/15-21  Between the Shadow and the Light, Bryan Oliver Gallery, Whitworth (through Oct. 22) 9/15-17 Julie Gautier-Downes and Hannah Koeske, Saranac Art Projects (through Oct. 1) 9/15-21 It All Started With a Box of Crayons, Spokane Art School (through Oct. 1) 9/15-21  Mel McCuddin, Art Spirit Gallery 9/17-21  Roman Myth and Mythmaking, Jundt 9/17  Casseroles, Collages, and Creeps: Outstanding Comics from Northwest Artists, Spark Central

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9/15-21  Pulp Fiction: Chapbooks, Dime Novels and Penny Dreadfuls, Downtown Spokane Library 9/15 Reading: Guy Pace, Auntie’s Bookstore 9/15 Reading: Elizabeth Sloan, Steven Banks, BookPeople of Moscow 9/17 Reading: Cindy Hayes, Sandpoint Library 9/19  Spokane Poetry Slam feat. Jane Belinda and Jamie Mortara, The Bartlett 9/20 Reading: Julie Weston, Auntie’s Bookstore 9/20  Gonzaga Visiting Writer Series: Jenny Boully, Gonzaga University 9/21 Marketing a Phenomenon: Scott Hemerling, Disney Theatrical Group, Gonzaga University 9/21 I Am a Town: A Poetry Project with Spokane Poet Laureate, Spark Central 9/21 Children’s Illustrator Christopher Eliopoulos, Auntie’s Bookstore

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9/22-24 81st Greek Dinner Festival, Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church 9/23-24  Inland Northwest Craft Beer Festival, Avista Stadium 9/22-24 WSU Humanitas Festival, Pullman 9/22-28  Washington State Chinese Lantern Festival, Riverfront Park 9/22 Beatrix Potter Celebration, South Hill Library 9/22 Roja Kannan: Search for the Blue Lotus, WSU 9/23-25 Oktoberfest At The River, Convention Center 9/23-25  Valleyfest, Mirabeau Park Meadows 9/23-25 Confucius Institute Day, The Kenworthy 9/24-28  Lost Egypt: Ancient Secrets, Modern Science, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 9/24  Fiesta Spokane, Downtown Spokane 9/24 Art on the Ave, Spokane International District 9/24  The Science of Star Trek, Indian Trail Library 9/25 Shriner’s Duck Waddle 5K, Riverfront Park 9/26  Inlander Debate Party, nYne

COMEDY

9/22-24 Ian Bagg, Spokane Comedy Club 9/23 Stand-Up Comedy, Red Dragon Chinese 9/23  Kathleen Madigan, Bing Crosby Theater 9/23 The Musical, Blue Door Theatre 9/24 Safari, Blue Door Theatre 9/24 Duos: Late Night Comedy Two-by-Two, Blue Door 9/24 Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus,

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Bing Crosby Theater 9/25 The Dope Show, Spokane Comedy Club

FILM

9/24 Saturday Market Cartoons, The Kenworthy 9/24 Zootopia, South Hill Library 9/24 Benny & Joon, Downtown Spokane Library 9/27  Bollywood on the Palouse, The Kenworthy 9/27 Michael Buble - Tour Stop 148, Regal Cinemas 9/28 Disability Awareness Film Festival, North Idaho College 9/28 Beyond Measure, Whitworth University

MUSIC

9/22  Dolly Parton [SOLD OUT], Northern Quest 9/22  Steve Gunn & the Outliners, Nap Eyes, Bartlett 9/22 Jazz at the Fox, Martin Woldson Theater 9/22 The Gap Band with Guy and Surface, CdA Casino 9/22 Mutt, Wood Knot, Lucky Chase, The Observatory 9/23 Ragtag Romantics, Tim Gales, Twist, Dionysis and the Revelry, The Big Dipper 9/23 George Winston in Concert, Panida Theater 9/23-24 Cowboy Supper Show, Rockin’ B Ranch 9/24  Nixon Rodeo, Unconfined, Thunder Knife, Deschamp, Ragtag Romantics, The Reserve 9/24 Mary Chavez, LeftBank Wine Bar 9/24 Lions Beside Us, A Cryptic Ending, Altaira, Fed to the Flames, The Big Dipper 9/24 3-H Band, Triforce, B Radicals, Flannel Math Animals, The Pin! 9/24 Horse Crazy Cowgirl Band, Nine Mile Falls 9/24 Jo-Durt, Ike Watson, Peasce & Red Velvet, Mista Snipe & Cordell Drake, A-Town, The Palomino 9/24 September Meltdown feat. Helldorado, Moretta, Project Kings, Children of the Sun, Freak System, Knitting Factory 9/24  Villalobos Brothers, Jones Theatre, WSU 9/24 Washington Idaho Symphony, Pullman H.S.

The Civic’s season opens with Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, on stage through Oct. 9

9/25 Faculty Chamber Recital, Whitworth University 9/25  Spokane String Quartet: Magnificent Wilderness, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 9/26  Such Gold, Snakes/Sermons, Scatterbox, Boat Race Weekend, The Pin! 9/27  Kongos, the Joy Formidable, Knitting Factory 9/27-28 Spokane Symphony Chamber Soiree: Autumn, Davenport Hotel

THEATER

9/22  Roman Arms & Arts: Re-enacting Life in Rome’s Imperial Legions, Gonzaga University 9/22 Auditions: The Good Doctor by Neil Simon, Spartan Theater at SFCC 9/22-25 The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Modern Theater Coeur d’Alene 9/22-25  Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Spokane Civic Theatre 9/22-24 RTOP Afterdark: Rabbit Hole, Regional Theatre of the Palouse 9/23 Moonshine & Tombstones Dinner Theater, JACC 9/23 Rejoice! Diaspora Dance Theatre, Jones Theatre at Daggy Hall, WSU 9/23-25  Chicago, The Modern Theater Spokane 9/23-25 On Shaky Ground, Ignite! Community Theatre

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9/24 An Iliad, Wadleigh Theatre at Daggy Hall, WSU

VISUAL ARTS

9/22-28 Linda Hyatt Cancel: The Rising, The MAC 9/22-28  Roman Myth and Mythmaking, Jundt 9/22-28  Mel McCuddin, Art Spirit Gallery 9/22 Northwest Alternative Comics: Comic Jam, Rico’s 9/23-24 International District Market Place & Artisan Tinker Towne, New Moon Art Gallery 9/26-28  Northwest Alternative Comics, Museum of Art/WSU (through Dec. 17) 9/28  Spokane Artist Trading Card Swap, Boots

WORDS

9/22 The Spirit of Roman Republican Coinage, Jundt 9/22  U. Idaho Distinguished Visiting Writer: Claire Vaye Watkins, 1912 Center 9/23-24 Idaho Writers League State Conference, Best Western Coeur d’Alene 9/23 Reading: Caleb Mannan, Auntie’s Bookstore 9/24 100,000 Poets for Change, Evans Brothers Coffee 9/24 Historical Romance Book Fair, Davenport Hotel 9/27 Reading: Sayantani Dasgupta, BookPeople of Moscow 9/28 Reading: Thubten Chodron, Auntie’s Bookstore

CAMERA READY

COMEDY

SEPTEMBER

29-OCT. 5 COMMUNITY / CULTURE

9/29-10/5  Lost Egypt: Ancient Secrets, Modern Science, The MAC (through Jan. 6) 9/29-10/5  Washington State Chinese Lantern Festival, Riverfront Park (through Oct. 30) 9/29 Pajama Story Time with Local Authors, Spark Central 9/29 Friends of First Night: White Hatter Event, Barrister Winery 9/29  Rooftop Happy Hour Party, Steam Plant Square 9/30-10/2 Custer’s Fall Antique Sale, Spokane County Fair & Expo Center 9/30-10/1  Mad Hatter Vintage Flea Market, Five Mile Grange 9/30 Beatrix Potter Celebration, Shadle Library 10/1-2 Spokane Renaissance Faire, Colbert / Green Bluff 10/1 Pet Blessing, SCRAPS Regional Animal Shelter 10/1 Hmong Folk Art & Culture, Shadle Library 10/1 Intro to Square Dancing, Western Dance Center 10/1 Into Africa, Mirabeau Park Hotel 10/1 Booktoberfest, Spokane Humane Society 10/1 Hoedown for HOPE, Spokane Convention Center 10/1  Spokane Zombie Crawl, Downtown Spokane 10/4 Basic Beginnings in Geneaology, South Hill Library 10/4 Taking Care of Your Family Papers and Photographs, South Hill Library

9/29-10/1 Jenny Zigrino, Spokane Comedy Club 9/30 After Dark, Blue Door Theatre 9/30 Stand-Up Comedy, Red Dragon Chinese 9/30  David Liebe Hart, The Big Dipper 9/30 The Musical, Blue Door Theatre 10/1 The Laser Comedy Show, Blue Door Theatre 10/2 Marc Yaffee, Spokane Comedy Club 10/3 Improv Jam Sessions, Blue Door Theatre 10/4 Trivia + Open Mic Comedy, Checkerboard Bar 10/4 Standup Showdown, The Observatory 10/5 Open Mic, Spokane Comedy Club

FILM

9/29 Minion Madness, East Side Library 9/30-10/1  One Heart Native Film Festival, Bing Crosby Theater 9/30 RepFest Film Competition Kick Off, The Palomino 10/1 Anna Karenina: A Spokane is Reading Event, South Hill Library

MUSIC

9/29 Sounds of the East, Panida Theater 9/29  Foy Vance, Trevor Sensor, The Bartlett 9/29 Harvey Stanley, Arbor Crest Wine Cellars 9/29 Machine Gun Kelly, Knitting Factory 9/29 Kenworthy Gala feat. the Natalie Greenfield Jazz Combo, The Kenworthy 9/29 WSU Symphony Orchestra, Bryan Hall Theatre 9/30  Brett Dennen, Lily & Madeleine, Knitting Factory 9/30 Suicide Silence, Whitechapel, Carnifex, The Pin! 9/30 Beat Connection, The Bartlett 10/1  Twin Peaks, White Reaper, The Bartlett 10/1  Tops, Super Sparkle, The Observatory 10/1 KPBX Kids’ Concert: Heartbreak Pass, River Park Square 10/1 Community Music Day, Holy Names Music Center

10/1  Spokane Symphony SuperPops 1: Blockbuster Broadway, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 10/2 Gaither Vocal Band, INB Performing Arts Center 10/2 Futuristic, The Palomino 10/3 Tech N9ne, Krizz Kaliko, JL, Illest Uminati, State of Krisis,, Knitting Factory 10/4 Eric Hutchinson, M agic Giant, Haddon Cord, Knitting Factory

THEATER

9/29-10/2  The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Modern Theater Coeur d’Alene 9/29-10/2 Chicago, The Modern Theater Spokane 9/29-10/2  Disney’s Beauty & the Beast, Spokane Civic Theatre 9/30-10/1 You Can’t Beat the House, Circle Moon Theater 9/30-10/2 StageWest: The Charitable Sisterhood of The Second Trinity Victory Church, Emmanuel Lutheran Church 9/30-10/2  On Shaky Ground, Ignite! Community Theatre 9/30-10/1 Insominacs Play Festival, UI Forge Theater 9/30-10/1 RTOP Afterdark: Rabbit Hole, Regional Theatre of the Palouse

VISUAL ARTS

9/29-10/5  Northwest Alternative Comics, Museum of Art/WSU (through Dec. 17) 9/29  You Are Here, Chase Gallery 9/29-10/5 Ann Porter: Saints and Stuffies, North Idaho College (through Nov. 4) 9/29-10/5 Linda Hyatt Cancel: The Rising, The MAC 9/29-10/5 Andy Behrle: hydrodome, Prichard Art Gallery (through Oct. 23) 9/29-10/5  Roman Myth and Mythmaking, Jundt Art Museum (through Dec. 17) 9/29-10/5 Crafting Identity: Masks and Pastorela in

Michoacan, Jundt Art Museum (through Jan. 14) 9/29-10/5 Untitled Insights, SFCC (through Oct. 21) 9/29-10/3  Between the Shadow and the Light, Bryan Oliver Gallery, Whitworth (through Oct. 22) 9/29-10/1 Julie Gautier-Downes and Hannah Koeske, Saranac Art Projects (closing week) 9/29-10/1 It All Started With a Box of Crayons, Spokane Art School (closing week) 9/29-10/5  Mel McCuddin, Art Spirit Gallery 9/30-10/4 Carolyn Doe, Moscow Food Co-op 9/30-10/5 Palouse Plein Air, Prichard Art Gallery 9/30 Drop In & Draw, Spark Central 10/1 Artist Trust Workshops, Spark Central 10/2 Social Sketch CdA, Emerge 10/3-5 Flootie at the Liberty, Liberty Building 10/4-5 Artist in Residence: Leslie Barlow, Whitworth University Lied Center for the Visual Arts 10/5  Origins of Fear, Little Dog Art Gallery

WORDS

9/29-10/5  Pulp Fiction: Chapbooks, Dime Novels and Penny Dreadfuls, Downtown Library 9/29 Signing: Anna Naax, The Mason Jar 9/29 Reading: Donald Cutler, Auntie’s Bookstore 9/29 Whitworth English Endowed Speaker Series: Solveig Robinson, Whitworth HUB 9/30 Transforming Schools Through Systems Change, Auntie’s Bookstore 9/30  EWU Visiting Writer Series: Alexis Smith, Spark Central 10/1 Russia and the West, Shadle Library 10/1 Reading: Tami Christensen, Auntie’s Bookstore 10/4 Gonzaga Visiting Writer Series: Whitney Terrell, Spark Central 10/5  “I Am a Town” 2nd Edition Reading + Launch, Spark Central 10/5  Reading: Whitney Terrell, Auntie’s Bookstore

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6-12 COMEDY

10/6 First Thursday Comedy, Northern Quest Casino 10/6-7 Taylor Williamson, Spokane Comedy Club 10/7 No Clue!, Blue Door Theatre 10/7 After Dark, Blue Door Theatre 10/7 Stand-Up Stories, Blue Door Theatre 10/8 Safari, Blue Door Theatre 10/8  Emo Philips, Spokane Comedy Club 10/9 Drink N’ Debate, Spokane Comedy Club 10/11 Trivia + Open Mic Comedy, Checkerboard Bar 10/11 Standup Showdown, The Observatory 10/12 Ralphie May, Spokane Comedy Club

COMMUNITY / CULTURE

10/6-12  Bodies Human: Anatomy in Motion, Mobius Science Center (through Dec. 31) 10/6-12  Washington State Chinese Lantern Festival, Riverfront Park (through Oct. 30) 10/6-12  Lost Egypt: Ancient Secrets, Modern Science, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 10/6 Transitions’ People Who Care Event, Red Lion Hotel at the Park 10/6 4th Annual CASA Uncorked, Hagadone Event Center 10/7 9th Annual Cardboard Box City, Community United Methodist Church 10/7  YWCA Women of Achievement IMPACT Luncheon feat. Ashley Judd, Davenport Grand 10/7 Roald Dahl 100th Birthday, Shadle Library

10/7 Intro to Modern Square Dancing, North Spokane Dance Center 10/8 Mobius Annual Gala, Mobius Science Center 10/8 Pities Party, SCRAPS Regional Animal Shelter 10/8 Washington State Quilters Quilting Bee, Country Homes Christian Church 10/8-9 Oktoberfest at Arbor Crest, Arbor Crest Wine Cellars 10/8-9 Dahmen Barn 10th Anniversary Celebration, 10/8-9 Mt. Spokane Craft Fair, Mt. Spokane High School 10/9 Chattaroy Cheese Open House 10/11  Silent Reading Party, Spark Central

FILM

10/7 SEED: The Untold Story, Bing Crosby Theater 10/8 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, South Hill Library

MUSIC

10/6 Carlton Oakes, Glover Mansion 10/6 Bellydancing feat. Safar, The Reserve 10/6 Elizabeth Cook, Lee Harvey Osmond, The Bartlett 10/6 Goblin Cock (Rob Crowe of Pinback), Observatory 10/6  SPR Presents: Mark & Maggie O’Connor, Bing Crosby Theater 10/7-8  Coeur d’Alene Symphony: Music from Vienna, Kroc Center 10/7 Flute Concert by Rakesh Chaurasia, Unity Spiritual Center 10/7 Fit for a King, Alive in Barcelona, Concrete Grip, The Pin! 10/7 Danny Brown, Maxo Kream, Zelooperz, Knitting Factory 10/8-9  Spokane Symphony Classics 2: Northern Lights, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 10/8 Nacho & Medicine For the People, HIRIE, Knitting Factory 10/9 Mandolin Orange, The Bartlett

THEATER

10/6  Chicago, The Modern Theater Spokane.

10/6-9  Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Spokane Civic Theatre 10/7-9 10 Minute Play Festival, Gonzaga University 10/7-8 The Importance of Being Earnest, Liberty Lake Community Theatre 10/7-9 Dracula, Pullman Civic Theatre 10/7-8 You Can’t Beat the House, Circle Moon Theater 10/7-9 Shrek: The Musical, Spokane Children’s Theatre 10/7-9 StageWest: The Charitable Sisterhood of The Second Trinity Victory Church, Emmanuel Lutheran Church 10/7 Missoula Children’s Theatre: Aladdin, Jones Theatre at Daggy Hall 10/8 MET Live in HD: Tristan un Isolde, The Kenworthy

VISUAL ARTS

10/6-12 Ann Porter: Saints and Stuffies, North Idaho College (through Nov. 4) 10/6-12 Andy Behrle: hydrodome, Prichard Art Gallery 10/6-12 Carolyn Doe, Moscow Food Co-op 10/6-12 Artist in Residence: Leslie Barlow, Whitworth 10/6-12 Linda Hyatt Cancel: The Rising, The MAC 10/6-12  Roman Myth and Mythmaking, Jundt 10/6-12 Flootie at the Liberty, Liberty Building 10/6-12 Crafting Identity: Masks and Pastorela in Michoacan, Jundt Art Museum

10/6-12 Origins of Fear, Little Dog Art Gallery 10/6-12  Northwest Alternative Comics, Museum of Art/WSU (through Dec. 17) 10/6-8 Palouse Plein Air Exhibition, Prichard Art Gallery 10/6-12 Untitled Insights, SFCC (through Oct. 21) 10/6 Archie Bray Workshop, Jundt Art Museum 10/6 Moscow First Thursday 10/6-8  Mel McCuddin: New Works, Art Spirit Gallery 10/6  Richmond Art Collective Group Exhibition 10/7-9  Spokane Fall Arts Tour, Spokane 0/7-12  Pauline Haass Collected, Chase Gallery 10/7-8 Blanket Statements + Four Plus One, Saranac Art Projects (through Oct. 29) 10/7-8 Steampunk at the Steam Plant, Steam Plant 10/7-12  The City is my Canvas, Spokane Art School 10/7-8  Archie Bray Residents Show, Kolva-Sullivan 10/7-12 RRAFA Annual Art Show, Hatch Gallery 10/7  Terrain 9, Washington Cracker Co. Building 10/7-12 Ladd Bjorneby: Near Nature, Avenue West 10/11 Pretty Much Everything: Draplin Design Co. Made a Book, The Bartlett

WORDS

10/6-12  Pulp Fiction: Chapbooks, Dime Novels and Penny Dreadfuls, Downtown Spokane Library 10/6 Spokane Authors & Self-Publishers, Golden Corral 10/6  Roald Dahl 100th Birthday Celebration, South Hill Library 10/6 A Look at Medieval Gardens, CenterPlace 10/6 (Re)imag(in)ing Republican Rome, Jundt 10/6  Reading: Asa Maria Bradley, Auntie’s 10/8 Signing: Dean Weber, Auntie’s Bookstore 10/8 INKlings: Teen Writers Group, Spark Central 10/11  Whitworth President’s Leadership Forum: Fareed Zakaria, Spokane Convention Center 10/11 Gonzaga Visiting Writer Series: Jeff Koehler

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10/10  The Head and the Heart, Declan McKenna, INB Performing Arts Center 10/11  Ottmar Liebert and Luna Negra, Bing Crosby Theater 10/12 Devin Townsend Project, Between the Buried and Me, Fallujah, Knitting Factory 10/12 Supersuckers, Jesse Dayton, Whiskey Dick Mountain, The Big Dipper 10/12 An Evening With The Quebe Sisters, Chateau Rive

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VISUAL ARTS

Theater at The Fox 10/18-19 Friends of the Library Fall Book Sale, Downtown Spokane Library 10/18 Reflections on the Current Election Season with Pete Wehner, Whitworth Hixson Union Building 10/19 Spokane Trivia Championship, Bing Theater

OCTOBER

13-19

FILM

COMEDY

10/13-15 Damien Lemon, Spokane Comedy Club 10/14 Stand-Up Comedy, Red Dragon Chinese 10/14  Microbiography, The Bartlett 10/15 Safari, Blue Door Theatre 10/15 Rod Man, Bing Crosby Theater 10/17 Improv Jam Sessions, Blue Door Theatre 10/18 Standup Showdown, The Observatory

COMMUNITY/ CULTURE

10/13-19  Bodies Human: Anatomy in Motion, Mobius Science Center (through Dec. 31) 10/13-19  Washington State Chinese Lantern Festival, Riverfront Park (through Oct. 30) 10/13-19  Lost Egypt: Ancient Secrets, Modern Science, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 10/13 Beatrix Potter Celebration, East Side Library 10/14-16 Jurassic Quest, Spokane Convention Center 10/14-16 Washington State Quilters Show, Spokane County Fair & Expo Center 10/14  Beyond Pink, Spokane Convention Center 10/14 Contra Dance & Potluck, St. John’s Cathedral 10/14-15 Creepy Hallow, Northwest Renaissance Festival (through Oct. 29) 10/15  Reforest Spokane Day 10/15 Creative Native Fashion Show, Spokane Convention Center 10/16  Momix - Opus Cactus, Martin Woldson

10/13 China on Film Series, Whitworth University 10/14 Matilda, Shadle Library 10/15 Spokanimation Film Festival, Bing Crosby Theater 10/15  Created Equal Series: “Freedom Riders,” South Hill Library 10/15  The Desert of Forbidden Art: A Spokane is Reading Event, Hillyard Library 10/15 Mozart and the Whale, Downtown Library 10/18 The Addams Family, South Hill Library

MUSIC

10/13 Sing Along With Norman Foote, Chateau Rive 10/13 Being as an Ocean, Ghost Heart, The Pin! 10/13 Chris Young, Dan+Shay, Cassadee Pope, Arena 10/13 Common Kings, Ballyhoo!, Ras Omy K, Knitting Factory 10/13 Inland Empire Blues Society Blues Boogie, Bolo’s 10/14  Chung Antique, Summer in Siberia, Flannel Math Animal, Sea Giant, The Big Dipper 10/14-15 Cowboy Supper Show, Rockin’ B Ranch 10/15  Erika Wennerstrom, The Bartlett 10/15 Mickey Avalon, DJ F3lon, The Pin! 10/16  Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band, Arena 10/16 Anthrax, Death Angel, Children of Atom, The Knit 10/16 Bach Duos, St. John’s Cathedral 10/16 Palouse Country Cowboy Poets & Musicians, Dahmen Barn 10/16 Tanya Tucker, Northern Quest Casino 10/17 Halestorm, Lita Ford, Dorothy, Knitting Factory 10/17 Gonzaga Symphony Orchestra with Cho Liang

Heartless Bastards’ Erika Wennerstrom performs Oct. 15.

Lin, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 10/18 Gentle Words, CdA First Presbyterian Church

THEATER

10/13-16 Medea: Her Story, U. of Idaho Hartung Theater 10/13-15 The Importance of Being Earnest, Liberty Lake Community Theatre 10/13  The Reduced Shakespeare Company, Jones Theatre at Daggy Hall, WSU 10/14-16 A Piece of My Heart, Stage Left Theater 10/14-16 Dracula, Pullman Civic Theatre 10/14-15 You Can’t Beat the House, Circle Moon Theater 10/14-16 Shrek: The Musical, Spokane Children’s Theatre 10/14-15 StageWest: The Charitable Sisterhood of The Second Trinity Victory Church, Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Cheney 10/14-16 Choices, Pend Oreille Playhouse 10/14-16  The Rocky Horror Show, Spokane Civic 10/14-16 The Music Man, Whitworth University

10/13-19 Andy Behrle: hydrodome, Prichard Gallery 10/13-19 Ann Porter: Saints and Stuffies, North Idaho College (through Nov. 4) 10/13-19 Artist in Residence: Leslie Barlow, Whitworth 10/13-19 Linda Hyatt Cancel: The Rising, The MAC 10/13-19  Roman Myth and Mythmaking, Jundt 10/13-19  Pauline Haass Collected, Chase Gallery 10/13-19 Crafting Identity: Masks and Pastorela in Michoacan, Jundt Art Museum 10/13-19 Flootie at the Liberty, Liberty Building 10/13-19  Northwest Alternative Comics, Museum of Art/WSU (through Dec. 17) 10/13-19 Origins of Fear, Little Dog Art Gallery 10/13-19  The City is my Canvas, Spokane Art Schooll 10/13-15 Blanket Statements + Four Plus One, Saranac Art Projects (through Oct. 29) 10/13-19 Untitled Insights, SFCC (through Oct. 21) 10/13-19 RRAFA Annual Art Show, Hatch Gallery 10/13-19 Ladd Bjorneby: Near Nature, Avenue West 10/14-15 International District Market Place & Artisan Tinker Towne, New Moon Art Gallery 10/14-19 Michael Horswill & Allie Vogt, Art Spirit Gallery 10/14 October Show Opening Reception, Emerge

WORDS

10/13-19  Pulp Fiction: Chapbooks, Dime Novels and Penny Dreadfuls, Downtown Spokane Library 10/13 The Spirit of Roman Republican Coinage, Jundt 10/14  EWU Visiting Writer Series: Kristin Dombek, Auntie’s Bookstore 10/15 Reading: Pete Fromm, Auntie’s Bookstore 10/17  Spokane Poetry Slam, The Bartlett 10/18 Nostalgia & Social Change: Food in Contemporary America, Hayden Library 10/18 On Mission: Middle East & Mission Through the Ages, Whitworth University 10/19 WSU Visiting Writer Series: Eileen Pollack

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10/23 One Man, Two Guvnors, Bing Crosby Theater 10/24 Young Frankenstein, Bing Crosby Theater 10/26 Disability Awareness Film Festival, NIC 10/26 Hotel Transylvania, Hillyard Library

20-26

MUSIC

COMEDY

10/20-22 Gary Gulman, Spokane Comedy Club 10/20  Steve Martin & Martin Short, INB Performing Arts Center 10/21 Stand-Up Comedy, Red Dragon Chinese 10/22 Safari, Blue Door Theatre 10/23 Adam Ferarra, Spokane Comedy Club 10/25 Standup Showdown, The Observatory

COMMUNITY

10/20-22 Friends of the Library Fall Book Sale, Downtown Spokane Library 10/20-26  Washington State Chinese Lantern Festival, Riverfront Park (through Oct. 31) 10/22 Taking Care of Your Family’s Papers and Photographs, Shadle Library 10/22 Community Craft Fair, Chattaroy Church 10/22 Munch & Mingle Gala, Corbin Senior Center 10/22 Craft Beer & Cookie Fest, Girl Scouts Office 10/22 The Pumpkin Ball, Spokane Convention Center 10/26  National Geographic Live: Rhinos, Rickshaws, and Revolutions, INB Performing Arts Center

FILM

10/20 China on Film Series, Whitworth University 10/20  Suds & Cinema: The Big Lebowski, Riverside Place (Masonic Temple)

10/21 The Hankers, Chateau Rive 10/21 Hysteria: The Ultimate Def Leppard Experience, The Roadhouse 10/22-23 Spokane Symphony Classics 3: A Hymn to Nature, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 10/22 Northwest Sacred Music Chorale: Praise Unending, Central Lutheran Church 10/22 Paul Nelson Band, Bing Crosby Theater 10/22 WSU Choral Festival, Bryan Hall Theatre 10/22  The 1975 [SOLD OUT], Knitting Factory 10/22 Bryson Evans, Republic Brewing Co. 10/22 Landslide Band (Steve Nicks Tribute) Innersanctum, The Palomino 10/22 Eric Tollefson, Red Room Lounge 10/23 Organist Todd Wilson, St. John’s Cathedral 10/23 Rodney Carrington, Northern Quest Casino 10/24 Jared & the Mill, Edison, The Bartlett

THEATER

10/20-23 Medea: Her Story, U. Idaho Hartung Theater 10/20  NT Live: One Man Two Guvnors, Kenworthy 10/20-22 The Rocky Horror Show, Spokane Civic 10/21-23 A Piece of My Heart, Stage Left Theater 10/21 Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre, Cutter Theatre 10/21-23 Shrek: The Musical, Spokane Children’s Theatre 10/21-23 Choices, Pend Oreille Playhouse 10/21-22 The Music Man, Whitworth University 10/21-23 ‘Night Mother, The Modern Theater CdA 10/22  MET Live in HD: Don Giovanni, The Kenworthy

The Kenworthy in Moscow hosts a telecast of the Metropolitan Opera’s Don Giovanni on Oct. 22.

VISUAL ARTS

10/20-23 Andy Behrle: hydrodome, Prichard Gallery 10/20-26 Ann Porter: Saints and Stuffies, NIC 10/20-26 Michael Horswill & Allie Vogt, Art Spirit Gallery (through Nov. 5) 10/20-26 Artist in Residence: Leslie Barlow, Whitworth University Lied Center for the Visual Arts 10/20-26  Roman Myth and Mythmaking, Jundt Art Museum (through Dec. 17) 10/20-26 Linda Hyatt Cancel: The Rising, The MAC 10/20-26 Crafting Identity: Masks and Pastorela in Michoacan, Jundt (through Jan. 14) 10/20-26  Pauline Haass Collected, Chase Gallery 10/20-26  Northwest Alternative Comics, Museum of Art/WSU (through Dec. 17) 10/20-26 Flootie at the Liberty, Liberty Building 10/20-26  The City is my Canvas, Spokane Art School (through Oct. 28) 10/20-26 Origins of Fear, Little Dog Art Gallery.

10/20-26 RRAFA Annual Art Show, Hatch 10/21-22 WSU Autumn Arts & Crafts Festival, Beasley Coliseum 10/21-23 Handwoven Textiles Sale, Spokane Handweavers’ Guild Hall 10/26  Spokane Artist Trading Card Swap, Boots

WORDS

10/20  Seen & Heard: Creating Dynamic Scenes in Fiction with Kris Dinnison, Spark Central 10/20 Reading: Lynn Rigney Schott, Auntie’s 10/22 Writer’s Workshop: Character Development, Indian Trail Library 10/22 Signing: Wim Wetzel, Auntie’s Bookstore 10/22  Reading: O. Alan Weltzien and Dr. Paul Lindholdt, Auntie’s Bookstore 10/26 Distinguished Visiting Writer: Benjamin Busch, The Kenworthy

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10/28-29 Creepy Hallow, Northwest Renaissance Festival (final weekend) 10/29 Hour of Code, Spark Central 10/29 My Little Pony: Spooktacular Pony Tales, Indian Trail Library 10/29 Howliween Party, SCRAPS Regional Animal Shelter 10/29 Taking Care of Your Family Papers and Photographs, Indian Trail Library 10/29 Trunk or Treat, Rathdrum, Idaho 10/30 Monster Dash Fun Run, Manito Park 11/1 Election Time! Vote for Your Favorite Book Character, South Hill Library

10/27 Guffaw Yourself!, Neato Burrito 10/27-30 Steve-O, Spokane Comedy Club 10/28 After Dark, Blue Door Theatre 10/28 Stand-Up Comedy, Red Dragon Chinese 10/28  John Cleese & Eric Idle, INB Performing Arts Center 10/29 Safari, Blue Door Theatre 10/29 Duos: Late Night Comedy Two-by-Two, Blue Door Theatre 10/29 Open Auditions, Blue Door Theatre 11/1 Trivia + Open Mic Comedy, Checkerboard Bar 11/1 Spokane Comedy’s Standup Showdown, The Observatory 11/2 Open Mic, Spokane Comedy Club

10/27-31  RiffTrax Live: Carnival of Souls, Regal Cinemas 10/27 It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!, East Side Library 10/27 China on Film Series, Whitworth University 10/29  Rocky Horror Picture Show, Garland Theater 10/31 It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!, South Hill Library 11/2 Reel Rock 11, Perry Street Brewing

COMMUNITY / CULTURE

MUSIC

10/27-11/2  Bodies Human: Anatomy in Motion, Mobius Science Center (through Dec. 31) 10/27-30  Washington State Chinese Lantern Festival, Riverfront Park (final week) 10/27-11/2  Lost Egypt: Ancient Secrets, Modern Science, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 10/29 North Idaho Life Masquerade Ball, Greyhound Park & Event Center 10/29 Ghost Ball, Riverside Place 10/27-30 Disney on Ice: Worlds of Enchantment, Spokane Arena

FILM

10/27 Asking Alexandria, Born of Osiris, I See Stars, After the Burial, Upon a Burning Body, Knitting Factory 10/28 Halloween Cover Show, The Pin! 10/28  KYRS 13th Birthday Bash feat. the Moondoggies, The Hoot Hoots, Evening Bell, The Big Dipper 10/28-29 WSU Orchestra Festival, Bryan Hall Theatre 10/28-29 Northwest Sacred Music Chorale: Praise Unending, Trinity Lutheran Church 10/29  Ben Folds and a Piano, Knitting Factory

10/29 Jethro Tull: Written and Performed by Ian Anderson, Northern Quest Casino 10/29 Lil Flip, The Pin!.

10/30 Soilwork, Unearth, Battlecross, Wovenwar, Darkness Divided, Cold Blooded, The Pin!.

10/30 Sevendust, Red Sun Rising, Gemini Syndrome, Moretta, Knitting Factory 10/30  Spokane String Quartet: Visions of Russia, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 11/2 WSU Jazz Festival, Bryan Hall Theatre (WSU)

THEATER

10/27-29  The Rocky Horror Show, Spokane Civic 10/27-11/2 The Addams Family, Regional Theatre of the Palouse 10/27-30 ‘Night Mother, Modern Theater Coeur d’Alene 10/28-30 A Piece of My Heart, Stage Left Theater 10/28-30 NW Opera: Downtownton Abbey Dreadfuls, Spokane Children’s Theatre 10/28-29  Girl, Awake!, The Modern Theater Spokane 10/28-30 A Streetcar Named Desire, Spokane Civic Theatre 10/28 A Celebration of Harold Pinter, Jones Theatre at Daggy Hall, WSU

VISUAL ARTS

10/27-11/2 Ann Porter: Saints and Stuffies, North Idaho College (through Nov. 4) 10/27-28 Artist in Residence: Leslie Barlow, Whitworth University Lied Center for the Visual Arts 10/27-11/2 Michael Horswill & Allie Vogt, Art Spirit Gallery (through Nov. 5) 10/27-11/2  Roman Myth and Mythmaking, Jundt Art Museum (through Dec. 17) 10/27-11/2 Crafting Identity: Masks and Pastorela in Michoacan, Jundt Art Museum (through Jan. 14)

10/27-11/2 Linda Hyatt Cancel: The Rising, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture (through Jan. 1) 10/27-11/2  Northwest Alternative Comics, Museum of Art/WSU (through Dec. 17) 10/27-11/2  Pauline Haass Collected, Chase Gallery 10/27-28  The City is my Canvas, Spokane Art School (closing week) 10/27-11/2 Flootie at the Liberty, Liberty Building 10/27-30 Origins of Fear, Little Dog Art Gallery 10/27-29  Blanket Statements + Four Plus One, Saranac Art Projects (closing week) 10/27-11/2 Ric Gendron: Drum, Spokane Falls Community College (through Dec. 1) 10/27-28 RRAFA Annual Art Show, Hatch: Creative Business Incubator 10/27-29 Ladd Bjorneby: Near Nature, Avenue West 10/27 Emerge Day of the Dead Fiesta, Emerge 10/28 Drop In & Draw, Spark Central 10/30  Spokane Social Sketch, Boots Bakery

WORDS

10/27  Spokane is Reading feat. Anthony Marra, Bing Crosby Theater 10/27-11/2  Pulp Fiction: Chapbooks, Dime Novels and Penny Dreadfuls, Downtown Spokane Library (through Dec. 3) 10/27 Poetry Open Mic, Monarch Mountain Coffee 10/27 Dan Hinkley, Master Gardener Foundation Fall Banquet 10/28  Bedtime Stories Spokane, Spokane Club 10/29 The Sign of the Eagle Trilogy, Hastings 11/1  Washington State Poet Laureate Tod Marshall, South Hill Library 11/1 Silent Writing Party, Spark Central 11/2 Broken Mic, Neato Burrito 11/2 NaNoWriMo: Write-in Wednesday, South Hill Library

UPCOMING EVENTS

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Blink 182, A Day to Remember, All American Reject, Spokane Arena 9/16 Washington State Chinese Lantern Festival, Riverfront Park 9/16 - 10/30 Bodies Human: Anatomy in Motion, Mobius Science Center through 12/31 Cider Appreciation Class with Food Pairs, Bruncheonette 9/16 Glow in the Park Run benefiting Boys and Girls Clubs, Riverfront Park 9/17

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COMEDY

11/3 Guffaw Yourself!, Neato Burrito 11/3 First Thursday Comedy, Northern Quest Casino 11/3-5 Tony Hinchcliffe, Spokane Comedy Club 11/4 Spaced Out!, Blue Door Theatre 11/4 After Dark, Blue Door Theatre 11/4 Stand-Up Comedy, Red Dragon Chinese 11/4  Trevor Noah, Beasley Coliseum 11/4 Black Sheep Comedy Night, The Palomino 11/5 Safari, Blue Door Theatre 11/6 Cory Michaelis, Spokane Comedy Club 11/7 Improv Jam Sessions, Blue Door Theatre 11/7 Jake “The Snake” Roberts, Spokane Comedy Club 11/8 Trivia + Open Mic Comedy, Checkerboard Bar 11/8 Spokane Comedy’s Standup Showdown, The Observatory 11/9 Open Mic, Spokane Comedy Club

COMMUNITY / CULTURE

11/3-9  Bodies Human: Anatomy in Motion, Mobius Science Center (through Dec. 31) 11/3-9  Lost Egypt: Ancient Secrets, Modern Science, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 11/3  Roald Dahl 100th Birthday Celebration, East Side Library 11/3 Generation Alive Ignite!, Northern Quest Casino 11/4 Dedadence Spokane Chocolate Festival, Chateau Rive 11/4 Dirty Martinis for Clean Water, Hamilton Studio.

11/5  Spokane Arts Award Costume Ball, Washington Cracker Co. Building.

11/5 Taking Care of Your Family Papers and Photographs, Downtown Spokane Library 11/5 The Northwest Undergraduate Conference in the Humanities, North Idaho College 11/5 Pieces of Fashion, Walking Tall for Austism, The Palomino 11/5 Spokane Beard & Mustache Epic Beard Competition, The Pin! 11/7 Election Time! Vote for Your Favorite Book Character, South Hill Library 11/8 Too Fun Tuesday: Art, Spokane Valley Library

FILM

11/3 China on Film Series, Whitworth University.

11/5 Kid’s Drive-In Movie: Mater’s Tall Tales, Indian Trail Library.

11/9 NIC Disability Awareness Film Festival, North Idaho College.

MUSIC

11/3 Five Finger Death Punch, Shinedown with special guests SIXX:A.M., As Lions, Spokane Arena 11/3 The Last Ten Seconds of Life, Traitors, Spite, Zero, The Pin! 11/3 Steel Panther, Knitting Factory 11/4 Mariner, Life Lessons, The Pin! 11/4 Aaron Lewis, Knitting Factory 11/4  Spokane Symphony INTERSECT: From China to America, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 11/4 Jazz Clinic with Branford Marsalis, Whitworth Cowles Auditorium 11/4 Vocal Extravaganza!, Bryan Hall Theatre 11/5 Big Bing Theory, Shadle Library 11/5 Big Bing Theory, South Hill Library 11/5 The Veer Union, Days of Heaven (late show), The Palomino

11/5  Il Divo, INB Performing Arts Center 11/5 Washington Idaho Symphony, University of Idaho Administration Building 11/5 Whitworth Jazz Ensemble feat. Branford Marsalis, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 11/6 Wind Ensemble Pops Concert, Bryan Hall Theatre 11/6 Remembrance Concert, St. John’s Cathedral 11/6 Spokane Youth Symphony: Prelude, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 11/6 Michale Graves (MISFITS), Deadones USA, Ricky Deschamp, The Pin! 11/8 Whitworth Jazz Combos Concert, Whitworth University 11/8 Dirty Heads, New Beat Fund, RDGLDGRN, Knitting Factory 11/9  Sturgill Simpson, The London Souls, Knitting Factory 11/9 David Ramirez live recording, The Bartlett

THEATER

11/3-6 A Streetcar Named Desire, Spokane Civic Theatre 11/3-5  The Rocky Horror Show, Spokane Civic 11/3-6 The Addams Family, Regional Theatre of the Palouse 11/3-6 ‘Night Mother, The Modern Theater Coeur d’Alene 11/4-6  Hit & Run X, Stage Left Theater 11/4-9 CYT Spokane: Elf Jr., Bing Crosby Theater 11/4-6 The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged, Sixth Street Theater 11/4-6 Stop Kiss, The Modern Theater Spokane 11/9  Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, INB Performing Arts Center

VISUAL ARTS

11/3-9  Pauline Haass Collected, Chase Gallery 11/3-9  Roman Myth and Mythmaking, Jundt Art

Museum (through Dec. 17) 11/3-9  Flootie at the Liberty, Liberty Building 11/3-9 Crafting Identity: Masks and Pastorela in Michoacan, Jundt Art Museum (through Jan. 14) 11/3-9  Northwest Alternative Comics, Museum of Art/WSU (through Dec. 17) 11/3-4 Ann Porter: Saints and Stuffies, North Idaho College (through Nov. 4) 11/3-5 Michael Horswill & Allie Vogt, Art Spirit Gallery 11/3-9 Linda Hyatt Cancel: The Rising, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture (through Jan. 1) 11/3-9 Ric Gendron: Drum, Spokane Falls Community College (through Dec. 1) 11/3 Moscow First Thursday 11/4  First Friday, Spokane 11/4-5  Yuletide, Downtown Spokane Library 11/4-9 Joe Guarisco, Spokane Art School 11/4  George Metropoulos McCauley, Kolva-Sullivan 11/4-9 Sandy Aronson: A Visit to the Cosmos, Avenue West Gallery 11/4 Drop In & Draw, Spark Central 11/8-9 Sage Paisner: My Family is Everything / Mi Familia Es Todo, Whitworth Byan Oliver Gallery

WORDS

11/3 Spokane Authors & Self-Publishers, Golden Corral 11/3 The Other Side of the Coin: Spinning the Roman Historical Myth, Jundt Art Museum 11/5 Writing Workshop: It’s All in the Details, South Hill Library 11/5 INKlings: Teen Writers Group, Spark Central 11/5  Reading: Kenn Nesbitt, Auntie’s Bookstore 11/7  Reading: Tod Marshall, Shadle Library 11/7 Washington Rocks!, Auntie’s Bookstore.

11/8 WSU Visiting Writer Series: Taryn Fagerness 11/8 Reading: Carol Wirth, South Hill Library 11/9 NaNoWriMo: Write-in Wednesday, South Hill Library

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COMEDY

11/10 Guffaw Yourself!, Neato Burrito 11/10-12  Tom Green, Spokane Comedy Club 11/11 Stand-Up Comedy, Red Dragon Chinese 11/12 Safari, Blue Door Theatre 11/12 Feelings, Blue Door Theatre 11/13 Shaun Latham, Spokane Comedy Club 11/15 Trivia + Open Mic Comedy, Checkerboard Bar 11/15 Spokane Comedy’s Standup Showdown, The Observatory 11/16 Open Mic, Spokane Comedy Club

COMMUNITY / CULTURE

11/10-16  Bodies Human: Anatomy in Motion, Mobius Science Center 11/10-16  Lost Egypt: Ancient Secrets, Modern Science, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 11/10 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood LIVE!, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 11/11-12  Snowlander Expo, Spokane Convention Center 11/11-12  PowderKeg Inlander Brew Festival, Spokane Convention Center 11/11 Epicurean Delight, Spokane Convention Center 11/11-13 Stickgame Tournament, Coeur d’Alene Casino 11/12-13  Spokane Fall Folk Festival, Spokane Community College 11/12 Home Brewing: Getting Started With Stouts &

More, Indian Trail Library 11/13  SPA Third Annual Historic Preservation Awards, Ella’s Cabaret Club 11/15  Spokane Tribe Heritage Day Celebration, Spokane County Fair & Expo Center 11/16 Drop In & Code, Spark Central

Abridged, Sixth Street Theater 11/11-13 The Little Mermaid, Jr., Pend Oreille Playhouse 11/14  Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker, INB Performing Arts Center 11/15  Literature to Life: “Black Boy”, Jones Theatre at Daggy Hall, WSU

FILM

VISUAL ARTS

11/11 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Shadle Library 11/12 Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Downtown Spokane Library

MUSIC

11/10 Florida Georgia Line with Granger Smith, Chris Lane, Spokane Arena 11/10 NIC Jazz: The Magic Hour, Schuler Performing Arts Center at North Idaho College 11/10 WSU Symphony Orchestra, Bryan Hall Theatre 11/11 12th Planet, Lumberjvck, Swaxx 11/11 Chris Webby, The Pin! 11/11 Tyrone Wells, Tony Lucca, The Bartlett 11/11  Yelawolf, Bubba Sparxxx, Jelly Roll, Struggle Jennings, Knitting Factory 11/12 Glen Phillips, The Bartlett 11/12 Rittz, Jerren Benton, The Pin! 11/12 Tory Lanz, Jacquees, Kranium, Knitting Factory 11/12-13  Spokane Symphony Classics 4: Sounds of Scandinavia, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 11/12 Whitworth Symphony Orchestra, Whitworth Cowles Auditorium 11/13 Escape the Fate, Nonpoint, Get Scared, Through Fire, Knitting Factory 11/13  Olivia Newton-John, Northern Quest Casino 11/13 Women Composers Concert, Whitworth University 11/15 Paper Bird, The Ballroom Thieves, The Bartlett 11/15 Whitworth Concert Band & Jazz Ensemble II Concert, Whitworth Cowles Auditorium

The 21st Spokane Fall Folk Festival happens Nov. 12-13.

11/16 The Roots of Music – Exploring Earth’s Soundscapes, The MAC 11/16 Gathering of the Bands, Schuler Performing Arts Center at North Idaho College 11/16  Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 11/16 Whitworth Jazz Combos, Whitworth University 11/16 The Shook Twins, Rabbit Wilde, The Bartlett

THEATER

11/10-13  Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play by Anne Washburn, Gonzaga Magnuson Theatre 11/10-13 The Good Doctor, Spartan Theater at SFCC 11/10-13 Stop Kiss, The Modern Theater Spokane 11/10-13  Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, INB Performing Arts Center 11/10-13  A Streetcar Named Desire, Spokane Civic 11/11-12 Our Town, Eastern Washington University.

11/11-13 CYT Spokane: Elf Jr., Bing Crosby Theater.

11/11-13 Farce of Nature, Ignite! Community Theatre.

11/11-13 The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

11/10-16 Sage Paisner: My Family is Everything / Mi Familia Es Todo, Bryan Oliver Gallery 11/10-16 Linda Hyatt Cancel: The Rising, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 11/10-16  Roman Myth and Mythmaking, Jundt 11/10-16  Pauline Haass Collected, Chase Gallery 11/10-16 Crafting Identity: Masks and Pastorela in Michoacan, Jundt Art Museum 11/10-16 Flootie at the Liberty, Liberty Building 11/10-16  Northwest Alternative Comics, Museum of Art/WSU 11/10-16 Joe Guarisco, Spokane Art School 11/10-16 Ric Gendron: Drum, SFCC 11/10 Visiting Artist Lecture Series: James Bailey, SFCC 11/11 Second Friday Artwalk, Downtown Coeur d’Alene 11/11-16 Steve Gibbs Benefit Show, Art Spirit Gallery 11/12-16  Chris Bovey: My Spokane, The MAC 11/15 Justin Gibbens and Renee Adams, NIC 11/16 Weaving Native American Plateau Art into the Fabric of Spokane: A Town Hall Event, Jundt

WORDS

11/10-16  Pulp Fiction: Chapbooks, Dime Novels and Penny Dreadfuls, Downtown Spokane Library 11/10  Poetry Salon, Spark Central 11/11  EWU Visiting Writer Series: Joe Wilkins, Auntie’s 11/12 Children’s Reading: Jason Farley, Auntie’s 11/12 Local Author and Artist Fest, 1912 Center 11/16 Broken Mic, Neato Burrito

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NOV. 12 & 13

NOV. 19

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11/17 A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, East Side Library 11/18-20 Banff Film Festival, Bing Crosby Theater 11/21 Pieces of April, South Hill Library

MUSIC

COMEDY

11/17 Guffaw Yourself!, Neato Burrito. (ongoing) 11/17-19  Steve Rannazzisi, Spokane Comedy Club 11/18 Stand-Up Comedy, Red Dragon Chinese 11/19 Safari, Blue Door Theatre 11/21 Improv Jam Sessions, Blue Door Theatre 11/22 Trivia + Open Mic Comedy, Checkerboard Bar 11/22 Spokane Comedy’s Standup Showdown, The Observatory 11/23 Open Mic, Spokane Comedy Club

COMMUNITY / CULTURE

11/17-23  Bodies Human: Anatomy in Motion, Mobius Science Center (through Dec. 31) 11/17-23  Lost Egypt: Ancient Secrets, Modern Science, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 11/17 Random Fandom, Spokane Valley Library 11/18-20 Custer’s Christmas Arts & Crafts Show, Spokane County Fair & Expo Center 11/18-20 Holiday Wine Fest, Arbor Crest Wine Cellars 11/19 Common Cens(US): The importance of using the United States Census in Genealogy, South Hill Library 11/19 Home Brewing: Getting Started With Stouts & More, Hillyard Library 11/19  16th Annual FurrBall, Davenport Grand Hotel 11/21 Third Monday Funday: Art, North Spokane Library 11/22 Too Fun Tuesday: Games, Spokane Valley Library

11/17 Adam Torres, Thor & Friends, The Bartlett.

11/17 CASH’D Out, Levi Daniel Band, Knitting Factory 11/17 Gathering of the Bands, Schuler Performing Arts Center at North Idaho College 11/17 EWU Jazz Dialogue Festival Concert, Eastern Washington University 11/17 Opera Workshop, Bryan Hall Theatre 11/18 Student Chamber Music, Bryan Hall Theatre 11/18  Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band, INB Performing Arts Center 11/19 Celtic Thunder, Northern Quest Casino 11/19 Kona Bass, The Pin! 11/19  The New Mastersounds, Turkuaz, The Hive 11/19  Spokane Symphony SuperPops 2: Wylie Gustafson and The Wild West, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 11/20 Whitworth Wind Symphony, Whitworth Cowles Auditorium 11/20 Winter Jam Tour Spectacular feat. Matthew West, Crowder, Spokane Arena 11/22 GRIZ, Haywyre, Brasstracks, Knitting Factory

THEATER

11/17-20 Our Town, Eastern Washington University 11/17-20  Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play by Anne Washburn, Gonzaga Magnuson Theatre 11/17-20 The Good Doctor, Spartan Theater at SFCC 11/17 NT Live: The Deep Blue Sea, The Kenworthy 11/18-20 Farce of Nature, Ignite! Community Theatre 11/18-20 CYT North Idaho: Elf, Jr. The Musical, Kroc Center 11/18-20 The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

As part of EWU’s Jazz Dialogue Festival, Gordon Goodwin’s 18-piece Big Phat Band comes to Spokane, on Nov. 18.

Abridged, Sixth Street Theater 11/18-20 The Little Mermaid, Jr., Pend Oreille Playhouse 11/19-19 Scooby-Doo Meets the Addams Family, Regional Theatre of the Palouse

VISUAL ARTS

11/17-23 Sage Paisner: My Family is Everything / Mi Familia Es Todo, Whitworth Bryan Oliver Gallery 11/17-23 Sandy Aronson: A Visit to the Cosmos, Avenue West Gallery 11/17-23  Roman Myth and Mythmaking, Jundt Art Museum (through Dec. 17) 11/17-23  Linda Hyatt Cancel: The Rising, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture (through Jan. 1) 11/17-23 Crafting Identity: Masks and Pastorela in Michoacan, Jundt Art Museum (through Jan. 14) 11/17-23  Chris Bovey: My Spokane, The MAC (through Jan. 8) 11/17-23  Northwest Alternative Comics, Museum of Art/WSU (through Dec. 17)

11/17-23  Pauline Haass Collected, Chase Gallery 11/17-23 Joe Guarisco, Spokane Art School 11/17-23  Flootie at the Liberty, Liberty Building 11/17-23 Justin Gibbens and Renee Adams, North Idaho College (through Feb. 3) 11/17-23 Steve Gibbs Benefit Show, Art Spirit Gallery 11/17-23 Ric Gendron: Drum, SFCC (through Dec. 1) 11/19-19 Artist Trust Workshops, Spark Central

WORDS

11/17-23  Pulp Fiction: Chapbooks, Dime Novels and Penny Dreadfuls, Downtown Spokane Library (through Dec. 3) 11/17  Panel/Reading: Mary Cronk Farrell, Auntie’s 11/19 U-Neek Writer’s Workshop: NaNoWriMo Edition, Indian Trail and Shadle Libraries 11/21  Spokane Poetry Slam, The Bartlett 11/23 Broken Mic, Neato Burrito 11/23 NaNoWriMo: Write-in Wednesday, South Hill Library

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MUSIC

COMEDY

11/24 Guffaw Yourself!, Neato Burrito 11/24-26 Brian Moote, Spokane Comedy Club 11/25 After Dark, Blue Door Theatre 11/25 Stand-Up Comedy, Red Dragon Chinese 11/26 Safari, Blue Door Theatre 11/26 Duos: Late Night Comedy Two-by-Two, Blue Door Theatre 11/27 Dustin Nickerson, Spokane Comedy Club 11/29 Trivia + Open Mic Comedy, Checkerboard Bar 11/29 Spokane Comedy’s Standup Showdown, The Observatory 11/30 Open Mic, Spokane Comedy Club

COMMUNITY / CULTURE

11/24-30  Bodies Human: Anatomy in Motion, Mobius Science Center (through Dec. 31) 11/24-30  Lost Egypt: Ancient Secrets, Modern Science, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture (through Jan. 6) 11/26  Small Business Saturday, Auntie’s Bookstore 11/26 Invention Connection for Kids, Spark Central 11/27 Santa Claws for Pets and People, Spokane County Fair & Expo Center 11/28 Fourth Monday Funday: Pokémon, North Spokane Library 11/28 Common Cens(US): the Importance of Using the U.S. Census in Genealogy, Shadle Library

11/29 Hubbardston Nonesuch, Shadle Library 11/30 Orchestra Concert, EWU Cheney 11/30 Writer’s Cup, Red Room Lounge

THEATER

11/25-27 Farce of Nature, Ignite! Community Theatre 11/25-27 CYT North Idaho: Elf, Jr. The Musical, Kroc Center 11/25-27 Scrooge the Musical, Spokane Children’s Theatre 11/25-27 Forever Plaid: Plaid Tidings, Spokane Civic Theatre 11/25-27  All is Calm, The Modern Theater Spokane

VISUAL ARTS

11/24-30 Sage Paisner: My Family is Everything / Mi Familia Es Todo, Bryan Oliver Gallery Whitworth (through Jan. 27) 11/24-30 Linda Hyatt Cancel: The Rising, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture (through Jan. 1) 11/24-30  Roman Myth and Mythmaking, Jundt Art Museum (through Dec. 17) 11/24-30  Chris Bovey: My Spokane, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture (through Jan. 8) 11/24-30 Crafting Identity: Masks and Pastorela in Michoacan, Jundt Art Museum (through Jan. 14) 11/24-30  Pauline Haass Collected, Chase Gallery (through Dec. 28) 11/24-30  Northwest Alternative Comics, Museum of

Local high schoolers Brittan Hart and Madison Seipp launch the second volume of Riverside Storybook on Nov. 29.

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Art/WSU (through Dec. 17) 11/24-30 Flootie at the Liberty, Liberty Building (through Jan. 15) 11/24-25 Joe Guarisco, Spokane Art School 11/24-25  The Steve Gibbs Benefit Show, Art Spirit Gallery (final week) 11/24-26 Sandy Aronson: A Visit to the Cosmos, Avenue West Gallery 11/24-30 Ric Gendron: Drum, Spokane Falls Community College (final week) 11/25-30  Spokane Art School Ornament and Small Works, Spokane Art School 11/25-29 Justin Gibbens and Renee Adams, North Idaho College (through Feb. 3) 11/25 Drop In & Draw, Spark Central

11/27 Spokane Social Sketch, Boots Bakery & Lounge 11/30 Spokane Artist Trading Card Swap, Boots

WORDS

11/24-30  Pulp Fiction: Chapbooks, Dime Novels and Penny Dreadfuls, Downtown Spokane Library, Northwest Room (through Dec. 3) 11/24 Poetry Open Mic, Monarch Mountain Coffee 11/29  Riverside Storybook Vol. 2 Release Party, Spark Central 11/30 Broken Mic, Neato Burrito 11/30 NaNoWriMo: Write-in Wednesday, South Hill Library 11/30 Reading: Ed Skoog, Auntie’s Bookstore

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12/1 Guffaw Yourself!, Neato Burrito 12/1 First Thursday Comedy, Northern Quest Casino 12/1-3  Jo Koy, Spokane Comedy Club 12/2 After Dark, Blue Door Theatre 12/2 Stand-Up Comedy, Red Dragon Chinese 12/2-3  Boone Street Hooligans, Gonzaga University Magnuson Theatre 12/2 Season’s Greetings, Blue Door Theatre 12/3 Safari, Blue Door Theatre 12/5 Improv Jam Sessions, Blue Door Theatre 12/6 Trivia + Open Mic Comedy, Checkerboard Bar 12/6 Standup Showdown, The Observatory 12/7 Open Mic, Spokane Comedy Club

COMMUNITY / CULTURE

12/1-7  Bodies Human: Anatomy in Motion, Mobius Science Center (through Dec. 31) 12/1-7  Lost Egypt: Ancient Secrets, Modern Science, The MAC (through Jan. 6) 12/3 Deck the Falls, Cutter Theatre 12/3 SCRAPS Holiday Open House, SCRAPS Regional Animal Shelter 12/6 Second Annual Christmas Bazaar, Garden Plaza of Post Falls

FILM

12/3  Bing Crosby Holiday Film Festival, Bing Crosby Theater

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12/3 The Muppet Christmas Carol, South Hill Library 12/7 Disability Awareness Film Festival, North Idaho College

MUSIC

12/1  Spokane Symphony Presents: The Nutcracker, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 12/1  The Chris Robinson Brotherhood, The Hive 12/1 EWU Wind Ensemble Concert, Eastern Washington University 12/2-3  Coeur d’Alene Symphony: Holiday Music from Germany, Kroc Center 12/2 WSU Big Band II, Washington State University 12/2 Presidio Brass Holiday Concert, Jones Theatre at Daggy Hall, WSU 12/2 EWU Choral Concert, Central Lutheran Church 12/3  Wreck the Halls feat. Bret Michaels, Warrant, Jack Russell’s Great White, La Guns, Ratt and Dokken, Spokane Arena 12/3 Pigs On The Wing, Dawn Of Life, Quarter Monkey, Knitting Factory 12/3 WSU Holiday Concert, Bryan Hall Theatre 12/4 NIC Orchestra Concert, Schuler Performing Arts Center at North Idaho College 12/4 Wild Child, The Bartlett 12/6 Gonzaga Symphony Orchestra feat. Amit Peled, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 12/7 Jason Michael Carroll, The Palomino

THEATER

12/1-4 A Christmas Carol, U. of Idaho Hartung Theater 12/1-4 Forever Plaid: Plaid Tidings, Spokane Civic Theatre 12/1-3 Eurydice, Wadleigh Theatre at Daggy Hall 12/1-4 All is Calm, The Modern Theater Spokane 12/2-4 Nuncrackers, Pullman Civic Theatre 12/2-6 Northwoods’ Christmas Chorale, Circle Moon Theater

The 10th Annual Bing Crosby Holiday Film Festival screens many of Bing’s best cinematic contributions on Dec. 12.

12/2-4 Scrooge the Musical, Spokane Children’s Theatre 12/2-4 StageWest: The Littlest Angel, Marketplace 12/2-4 ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, The Modern Theater Coeur d’Alene 12/3-4 A Charlie Brown Christmas, Spokane Civic Theatre 12/5 10-Minute Play Fest, The Forge Theater

VISUAL ARTS

12/1-7 Linda Hyatt Cancel: The Rising, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture (through Jan. 1) 12/1-7 Sage Paisner: My Family is Everything / Mi Familia Es Todo, Bryan Oliver Gallery 12/1-7  Chris Bovey: My Spokane, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture (through Jan. 8) 12/1-2  Roman Myth and Mythmaking, Jundt Art Museum (through Dec. 17) 12/1-7  Pauline Haass Collected, Chase Gallery 12/1-2 Crafting Identity: Masks and Pastorela in Michoacan, Jundt Art Museum 12/1-7 Flootie at the Liberty, Liberty Building 12/1-7  Northwest Alternative Comics, Museum of Art/WSU (through Dec. 17) 12/1 Spokane Art School Ornament and Small Works,

Spokane Art School 12/1-7 Justin Gibbens and Renee Adams, North Idaho College (through Feb. 3) 12/1 Ric Gendron: Drum, SFCC (last day) 12/1 Moscow First Thursday 12/1 Julie Gautier-Downes: Tableaux, Richmond Gallery 12/2  First Friday, Spokane 12/2-7 Spokane Art School Print Show 12/2-7 18th Annual Small Artworks Invitational, Art Spirit Gallery (through Jan. 7) 12/2  Rebekah Wilkins Pepiton: A Story of America Goes Walking, Kolva-Sullivan Gallery 12/2-7 Keiko Von Holt, Avenue West Gallery 12/2 Drop In & Draw, Spark Central 12/4 Social Sketch CdA, Emerge

WORDS

12/1-3  Pulp Fiction: Chapbooks, Dime Novels and Penny Dreadfuls, Downtown Spokane Library 12/1 Spokane Authors & Self-Publishers, Golden Corral 12/1 Bare Bones Writing with Diane Sherman, Spark Central 12/1  Rome as a Cinematic Myth, Jundt Art Museum 12/3 INKlings: Teen Writers Group, Spark Central

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COMEDY

12/8-29 Guffaw Yourself!, Neato Burrito 12/8-11 Pete Lee, Spokane Comedy Club 12/9-30 Stand-Up Comedy, Red Dragon Chinese 12/9-16 Season’s Greetings, Blue Door Theatre 12/10-31 Safari, Blue Door Theatre 12/13-27 Trivia + Open Mic Comedy, Checkerboard Bar 12/13-27 Spokane Comedy’s Standup Showdown, The Observatory 12/14-28 Open Mic, Spokane Comedy Club 12/15-17  David Koechner, Spokane Comedy Club 12/19 Improv Jam Sessions, Blue Door Theatre 12/22-23 Andrew Rivers, Spokane Comedy Club 12/23-30 Expedition, Blue Door Theatre 12/29-30 Orny Adams, Spokane Comedy Club 12/30 After Dark, Blue Door Theatre

COMMUNITY

12/8-30  Bodies Human: Anatomy in Motion, Mobius Science Center (final week) 12/10-11 Holiday Bazaar Fundraiser for Urban Art Coop, Five Mile Grange 12/8-31  Lost Egypt: Ancient Secrets, Modern Science, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 12/15 Random Fandom, Spokane Valley Library 12/19 Third Monday Funday: Art, North Spokane Library 12/19  Teddy Bear Tea Party, South Hill Library

12/20 Too Fun Tuesday, Spokane Valley Library 12/26 Fourth Monday Funday: Pokémon, North Spokane Library 12/27 Too Fun Tuesday: Games, Spokane Valley Library 12/28-29 Origin Stories, Spark Central 12/31  First Night Spokane, Downtown Spokane

FILM

12/10 National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, South Hill Library 12/17 National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Hillyard Library 12/18 War Horse, Bing Crosby Theater 12/21 The Year Without a Santa Claus, Indian Trail Library 12/22 Minions, East Side Library

MUSIC

12/9-10 Northwest Sacred Music Chorale: Behold That Star, Trinity Lutheran Church 12/10 Pages of Harmony Christmas Cabaret, Southside Senior & Community Center 12/10 Old Dominion, Steve Moakler, Knitting Factory 12/10  Spokane Jazz Orchestra: Christmas Celebration, Bing Crosby Theater 12/10 Washington Idaho Symphony, Pullman High School 12/10-11 Sounds of Christmas, Schuler Performing Arts Center at North Idaho College 12/13 Holiday Caroling with All Saints School, South Hill Library 12/15 Chris Tomlin with Matt Redman, INB Performing Arts Center 12/16 Advent Lessons & Carols, St. John’s Cathedral.

12/17-18  Spokane Symphony SuperPops 3: Celebrate Holiday Pops, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 12/17 Northwest Sacred Music Chorale: Behold That

Star, Central Lutheran Church 12/21 Five Minutes of Fame, Cafe Bodega 12/23 Mark Rand, The Pin! 12/28 Writer’s Cup, Red Room Lounge 12/31  Spokane Symphony New Year’s Eve: Beethoven’s Ninth, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 12/31  New Year’s Eve Ball with Pimps of Joytime, The Hive

THEATER

12/8-10 Northwoods’ Christmas Chorale, Circle Moon Theater 12/8-10 Eurydice, Wadleigh Theatre at Daggy Hall 12/8-24 All is Calm, The Modern Theater Spokane 12/8-18 ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, The Modern Theater Coeur d’Alene 12/9-11 Nuncrackers, Pullman Civic Theatre 12/9-18 Scrooge the Musical, Spokane Children’s Theatre 12/9-11 Christmas at Sixth Street, Sixth Street Theater 12/9-11 StageWest: The Littlest Angel, Marketplace 12/9-23  Traditions of Christmas, Kroc Center 12/9-11 A Christmas Carol, Pend Oreille Playhouse 12/9-18 The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge, Spokane Civic Theatre 12/9 Scenes: Directing I Class Projects, Washington Cracker Co. Building 12/10 MET Live in HD: L’Amour de Loin, The Kenworthy 12/10-11 A Charlie Brown Christmas, Spokane Civic Theatre 12/11  Eugene Ballet: The Nutcracker, Beasley Coliseum 12/12 Eugene Ballet: The Nutcracker, Panida Theater 12/23-24  It’s a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play, Bing Crosby Theater

VISUAL ARTS

12/8-31 Sage Paisner: My Family is Everything / Mi Familia Es Todo, Whitworth Bryan Oliver Gallery (through Jan. 27) 12/8-30 Flootie at the Liberty, Liberty Building (through Jan. 15) 12/8-17  Northwest Alternative Comics, Museum of Art/WSU (final week) 12/8 Spokane Art School Print Show, Spokane Art School (through Jan. 28) 12/8-31  18th Annual Small Artworks Invitational, Art Spirit Gallery (through Jan. 7) 12/8-31 Keiko Von Holt, Avenue West Gallery 12/8-31 Linda Hyatt Cancel: The Rising, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture (final week) 12/8-31  Chris Bovey: My Spokane, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture (through Jan. 8) 12/8-28  Pauline Haass Collected, Chase Gallery 12/9 Second Friday Artwalk, Downtown Coeur d’Alene 12/9-31 Justin Gibbens and Renee Adams, North Idaho College (through Feb. 3) 12/9 Winterfest Arts & Crafts Sale, Whitworth Hixon Union Building 12/9-30 Drop In & Draw, Spark Central 12/10 Artist Trust Office Hours, Spark Central 12/13 Adult Coloring: Christmas Fun, South Hill Library 12/31  Rebekah Wilkins Pepiton: A Story of America Goes Walking, Kolva-Sullivan Gallery

WORDS

12/8-15 Bare Bones Writing with Diane Sherman, Spark Central 12/10 Signing: The Sign of the Eagle Trilogy, Barnes & Noble, Spokane Valley 12/14-28 Broken Mic, Neato Burrito 12/19  Spokane Poetry Slam, The Bartlett 12/22 Poetry Open Mic, Monarch Mountain Coffee

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M Mad Hatter Vintage Flea Market 990-4558 Magic Lantern 209-2383 Manic Moon & More 413-9101 Marmot Art Space Facebook.com/Marmot-Art-Space Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 624-1200 Mobius Spokane mobiusspokane.org Modern Theater Spokane/CdA themoderntheater.org Moscow Food Co-op 208-882-8537 Museum of Art/WSU 335-1910

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T Terrain The Bartlett The Big Dipper Third Street Gallery Trackside Studio Ceramic Gallery

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U Uncle D’s Comedy Underground University of Idaho

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he new Victory Sports Hall is a win-win. For sports fans, Victory offers a stepped-up sports bar serving the same lineup of food and beer that have made neighboring Crafted Taphouse + Kitchen a popular hangout since opening in January 2014. For Crafted, the space Victory provides means additional prep room for Crafted’s modest kitchen, which pumps out an array of appetizers, sandwiches, salads and small entrées, as well as a smattering of deserts.

Victory’s look and feel is similar to Crafted’s — concrete floor, black ceiling, exposed beams, metal fixtures — with a vintage sports focus. Box-framed antique baseball bats, gloves and golf clubs line one wall, while old trophies flank a massive, red metal bar salvaged from an Army Corps pontoon boat once used to cross the Spokane River. Behind the bar, a marble-tiled backdrop proclaims: “Hail to the Victors.”

On leave from nearby Fairchild R E S TA U R A N T Air Force Base, Luis Gonzales FINDER and Ashley Fingal were impressed Looking for a new place to by the five-person foosball table eat? Search the region’s near the back of the bar, the largmost comprehensive bar est either had ever seen. It was and restaurant guide at custom-made, says Crafted and Inlander.com/places.

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Of course, it wouldn’t be a sports bar without televisions, and Victory has not one but two 165-inch screens with multipanel display for viewing simultaneous events and cheering on all your favorite players and teams. n Victory Sports Hall • 519 E. Sherman Ave., Coeur d’Alene • Open Sun-Thu, 11 am-10 pm; Fri-Sat, 11 am-11 pm • facebook.com/ VictorySportsHall • 208-292-4813

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Scratch That Bridget Jones’s Baby feels almost proudly stuck in another era

BY SCOTT RENSHAW

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goofy meme has taken hold among a certain segment of the “Film Twitter” community, one that pokes fun at an archaic convention in broad comedies: the “record scratch/freeze frame.” The joke is on movies employing obvious indicators that wacky things are afoot, but it’s an idea that seems more like urban legend than reality. Surely movies — even those of a bygone era where people actually knew what a “record scratch” was — didn’t really use the record scratch as storytelling shorthand for “wait, whaaaaat?”

It was with a mix of incredulity and grudging admiration that I watched Bridget Jones’s Baby director Sharon Maguire — returning to the series’ director’s chair after overseeing the original 2001 Bridget Jones’s Diary — deploy not one, but two such record scratches, which the franchise certainly has done previously. Bridget Jones herself may have aged a decade as this story unfolds, but the movie itself feels almost proudly stuck in the vibe of a late 1990s/early 2000s romantic comedy, with all the accompanying formulaic (and only sporadically satisfying) shenanigans.

The setup alone feels like the kind of high concept that went out with flip phones. Bridget (Renée Zellweger) is still a singleton in London as the story opens, as regularly frustrated with her personal life as she is successful at her job as a TV newsmagazine producer. But at the age of 40-something, an unexpected complication enters her life. Bridget is pregnant. And since nothing about her personal life could possibly involve simple solutions, the father could actually be one of two people. Was it Jack (Patrick Dempsey), a millionaire online-dating mogul with whom she had a one-night stand at a music festival?

Or was it Mark Darcy (Colin Firth), the on-again/off-

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again flame who re-entered her life after he separated from his wife?

If you noticed the absence of Hugh Grant from this incarnation of a Bridget-based romantic triangle, that’s because his Daniel Cleaver has been written out of this installment, and the loss is a significant one. Even in the often-exBRIDGET cruciating Bridget Jones: The Edge JONES’S BABY of Reason, Grant’s Cleaver gave a Rated R naughty spark to a story that was Directed by Sharon Maguire often based in how many humiliStarring Renée Zellweger, ations Bridget could bounce back Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey from. Dempsey’s Jack brings none of the same insouciance, resulting in a situation where he and Firth’s Darcy are two basically decent guys bumping awkwardly against one another, rather than providing genuine friction. Only a small role for Emma Thompson (also co-credited with the screenplay, along with Jones author Helen Fielding) as

Bridget’s obstetrician provides anything close to the same edgy energy. There’s more humor in one of her withering glances than in most of the rest of the movie.

That’s because Bridget Jones’s Baby is far less interested in offering new jokes than in breaking out a greatest hits collection of everything audiences might have once adored about the bumbling, unlucky-in-love-and-everything-else Bridget and her movies. You can bet that there will be at least one occasion in which Bridget’s rear end is embarrassingly the center of everyone’s attention, and that she will babble her way ineptly through some public speaking occasion. Even more reliably, this latest installment continues the series’ impressive tradition of using the single most obvious pop-song music cue for literally every occasion. If you expected Bridget to jump around to anything besides “Jump Around,” or to interact with an Italian restaurateur to anything besides “Mambo Italiano,” or to have her oddball double-dads situation scored to anything besides “We Are Family,” then you just don’t know these movies very well.

Of course, those who do know these movies very well are mostly interested in revisiting Bridget’s life, and Zellweger — even without the trademark added weight she carried in the earlier movies, explained away early in the narration — still knows how to give the character an earthy appeal. But her life and her problems belong in another era — one where movie heroines have sassy gay BFFs to offer advice, and one that demands a traditional resolution to Bridget’s eternal quest for a “happily ever after.” We need more stories about the interior lives of women past the age of 40, but it helps if those stories don’t already feel obsolete, where you’re more ready to chuckle at what comes after the record scratch than at the record scratch itself. n

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Lisa (Callie Hernandez) heads into the Maryland woods with friends Peter (Brandon Scott) and Ashley (Corbin Reid) to make a documentary about their pal James (James Allen McCune) and his quest to find out what happened to his sister, Heather… the documentary director from the 1999 movie we know as the Blair Witch Project.

(MJ) Rated R

BRIDGET JONES’S BABY

Bridget (Renée Zellweger) is still a singleton in London as the story opens, but at the age of 40-something, an unexpected complication enters her life. Bridget is pregnant and since nothing about her personal life could possibly involve simple solutions, the father could either be Jack (Patrick Dempsey), a millionaire online-dating mogul or Mark Darcy (Colin Firth), the on-again/off-again flame who re-entered her life after he separated from his wife. (SR) Rated R

HILLSONG — LET HOPE RISE

Worship group Hillsong United, originally formed as part of an Australian church’s youth ministry, has become an international powerhouse in Christian music. Fans of the group’s music who haven’t had the chance to see one of their arena shows will find the closest approximation of that experience in Hillsong — Let Hope Rise. This hybrid concert doc/biopic chronicles the group’s rise to prominence and captures their signature onstage energy.

(IH) Rated PG

MR. CHURCH

Eddie Murphy takes a dramatic turn playing the titular character in this film from the director of the beloved Driving Miss Daisy. Murphy has gotten solid marks for his role as Church, a servant hired by the deceased husband of middle-aged mother Marie to help her

Perhaps due to the overwhelming success of Dirty Grandpa comes this raunchy flick headlined by a smattering of big-name female stars: among them, Mila Kunis, Christina Applegate and Kristen Bell. As the title suggests, it’s one of those “let loose,” partylike-we’re-young-again movies, this one chronicling the shenanigans of a group of moms who set out on a rampage of cathartic indulgence and inappropriate behavior that, at least in theory, makes for hilarious results.

(IH) Rated R

BEN-HUR

Hollywood insists that this is not a remake of the classic 1959 film of the same name, but rather a re-imagining of the original 1880 novel, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. The story centers on a Roman prince named Judah BenHur who’s betrayed by his brother and cast out of his homeland. Judah must chariot-race his way back to love and

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around the house in his absence. The film centers on Church’s relationship with Marie and her daughter, Charlotte, and examines the fatherly connection Church fosters with the young girl. (IH) Rated PG-13

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Saturday’s Warrior is a cinematic adaptation of the LDS-themed musical of the same name, which originated in 1973 as a college project and has, over time, gained considerable popularity within the faith. The story explores multiple facets of Mormon doctrine through a 1970s-set drama following the disparate lives of twins Jimmy and Pam Flinders, who must navigate the turbulence of young-adulthood against a backdrop of heavy existential questioning. (IH) Rated PG

SNOWDEN

Though U.S. fugitive Edward Snowden has mostly faded from our minds during this year’s insane presidential campaign season, Oliver Stone’s new biopic thriller about the infamous intelligence worker-turned-government hacker wants to remind us that what Snowden did still matters. The starstudded film — starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the title role — is based on the books The Snowden Files and a fictional account by Snowden’s Russian lawyer. Rated R. (CS)

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TRAIN TO BUSAN

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That’s the premise for this South Korean flick about a super virus that turns seemingly normal people into brainshungry monsters with wide receiver speed and defensive lineman strength.

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glory, and encounters Jesus himself along the way. (IH) Rated PG-13

THE DISAPPOINTMENTS ROOM

Kate Beckingsale plays a young mother who moves into a new, creepy house with her husband. You know where this is going, don’t you? Well, things don’t get better when he discovers a secret room in the basement that isn’t on the home’s floor plans.

(MB) Rated R

DON’T BREATHE

The film centers on a trio of naive young adults who believe they’ve found easy thieving prey in the form of a creaky old house inhabited by an elderly blind man. They soon discover that the resident is more capable than they’d originally assumed, and find themselves trapped and systematically hunted by a predator who is content relying on his four remaining senses.

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Here, we see the story of poor Mississippi farmer Newton Knight (a controversial historical figure played by Matthew McConaughey) who led a group of rebels made up of farmers and slaves against the Confederate army — which led to his home of Jones County seceding from the Confederacy and becoming the Free State of Jones. (LJ) Rated R

GLEASON

This documentary will likely make you cry. Here, we have a film that follows Spokane native turned NFL star and hero of New Orleans, Steve Gleason, as he battles ALS. The linearly constructed film shows the disease ripping away Gleason’s physical abilities one by one, while also demonstrating the strain on his marriage and family. But there’s plenty of inspiration to be found, too.

You’ll walk away wanting to be a better person. (MB) Rated R

HELL OR HIGH WATER

We’ve seen all the tropes before: the bank-robbing brothers (Ben Foster and Chris Pine); the bloated Texas Ranger (Jeff Bridges) who’s due to retire in a few weeks; the Mexican-American partner in law enforcement (Gil Birmingham) who bears the brunt of his superior’s casual racism; the Indian casinos; the loyalty to family and signs everywhere of widespread poverty. But there’s a certain freshness to this modern-day Western. (MB) Rated R

JASON BOURNE

Matt Damon is back in the role of Jason Bourne after nine years away from the franchise. This installment touches on the privacy concerns that total surveillance raise via tech wunderkind Aaron Kalloor (Riz Ahmed), and it’s up to Bourne, yet again, to save the world.

(MJ) Rated PG-13

THE LEGEND OF TARZAN

The newest big-screen incarnation of the legendary jungle-dwelling, apebefriending hero is a new spin on the character. In the film, Tarzan (Alexander Skarsgård) returns to his home in Africa after years of living in London with his wife, Jane (Margot Robbie). (IH) Rated PG-13

THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS

It might look like a gauzy love story about a couple of really ridiculously good-looking people (Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander) living a happy, old-timey life in a lighthouse. But given this is the work of writer/director Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine), you won’t be surprised to learn there are some dramatic twists involving miscarriages, a “stolen” baby and a vengeful mother (Rachel Weisz) trying to solve the mystery of her daughter long ago lost at sea in this period drama. (DN) Rated PG-13

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THE MUSIC OF STRANGERS

If you think a documentary about a group led by a cellist named Yo-Yo Ma sounds dry, forget it. The dramatic changes of scene and gorgeous cinematography is gripping throughout, and the passion coming through as the players discuss their lives and love of music is undeniable. (DN) Rated PG-13

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Sausage Party

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40

The Wild Life

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PETE’S DRAGON

Park ranger Grace (Bryce Dallas Howard) discovers Pete (Oakes Fegley) living in the woods where he’s been alone for six years, after an outing with his parents ended in a car wreck that killed them. But then he reveals that he’s had the companionships of a big green dragon named Elliot. (MJ) Rated PG

SAUSAGE PARTY

Sausage Party stars an anthropomorphic hotdog and a bun — and it’s the brainchild of Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, who graced the world with This Is The End and The Night Before.

From that description alone, most filmgoers should have no trouble deciding whether or not this crude animated laugh-fest chronicling the escapades of a bunch of talking food in a supermarket is up their alley. Don’t take the kids to this one. (IH) Rated R

SULLY

Clint Eastwood’s Sully tells the story of Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger (Tom Hanks) piloting a commercial airliner to a water landing on the Hudson River with zero casualties (dubbed “The Miracle on the Hudson”) in January 2009, and the ensuing investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board to determine if Sullenberger was at fault. Rated PG-13 (SS)

NINE LIVES

Let’s start by saying that everything about this film — in which a workaholic dad played by Kevin Spacey gets trapped in the body of his daughter’s cat — is oozing with cheese and slapstick comedy (from a CGI cat, nonetheless). Spacey’s character Tom Brand is too busy building his business empire to pay attention to his wife and daughter, so quirky pet store owner (Christopher Walken) casts a spell on him with the requirement that he reconnect with his family, or be trapped in the cat’s body for the rest of his life. Antics ensue.

(CS) Rated PG

THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS

Created by the team behind the Despicable Me films, The Secret Life of Pets tells the story of a dog named Max (voiced by Louis C.K.) suddenly forced to welcome another pet to his apartment in the shaggy, sloppy Duke (Eric Stonestreet). Mayhem naturally ensues, and the two pups get lost in the city and have to find their way home with

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The Starship Enterprise and crew are unexpectedly attacked by a flurry of enemies, sent by the malicious Krall (Idris Elba). The Enterprise crash lands on an unknown planet, leaving its surviving crew members, including Captain Kirk (Chris Pine) and Spock (Zachary Quinto), with little to defend themselves against Krall’s forces. (CS) Rated PG-13

SUICIDE SQUAD

The premise of Suicide Squad is kind of a nifty spin on the concept of antiheroes, building a team of incarcerated “meta-humans” who have to be threatened, blackmailed and cajoled by a shadowy government operative (Viola Davis) into forming a team of disposable villain/heroes for particularly dangerous missions. They include Deadshot (Will Smith), Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), the Joker (Jared Leto), Killer Croc (Adewale AkinnuoyeAgbaje) and El Diablo (Jay Hernandez).

(MB) Rated PG-13

WAR DOGS

When 20-something David Packouz (Miles Teller) runs into his old juniorhigh-school friend in Miami in 2005, Efraim Diveroli (Jonah Hill) is making a killing in the new world of open military contracts. He’s taking jobs way too small for the mega-defense corps to pay any attention to, but ideal for a hustler like Diveroli. The two join forces, head to the Middle East and mix it up.

(MJ) Rated R

WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS

When a young couple realizes they can’t conceive a child, they find a surrogate mother to carry their child. Well, it turns out that lady is totally crazy and wants to keep the husband for herself.

(MB) Rated PG-13

THE WILD LIFE

This animated retelling of the Robinson Crusoe story isn’t as much about Crusoe as it is that of the animals on the small island upon which he is shipwrecked, including parrot Mak (the voice of David Howard), whom the human will later dub Tuesday (there is no manservant called Friday); pig Kiki (the voice of Lindsay Torrance) and others.

Rated PG 

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ay back in the 20th century — 1999, (James Allen McCune) and his quest to find out to be precise — a couple of indie filmwhat happened to his sister, Heather… the documakers named Daniel Myrick and mentary director from the 1999 movie. James Eduardo Sánchez came up with the truly brilliant is heartened by the fact that locals Lane (Wes idea to make a movie on an ultra-low budget Robinson) and Talia (Valorie Curry) discovered by giving cameras to three actors and setting what Lane believes is more of Heather’s missing them loose in the Maryland woods, improvising footage, which doesn’t offer him any new evia “documentary” about a search for the “true” dence of anything; he already knew Heather had story of a legendary local witch. The Blair Witch been out in those woods.

Project truly looked like it was what it purported Wingard and Barrett try to expand the to be, and the infant internet of the day wasn’t found-footage conceit, but all they do is break it. much help in authenticating or debunking a The Scooby gang heads into the woods with a maybe-fake, maybe-real “docudrone that allows them to get aerial mentary.”

BLAIR WITCH footage, and each of them has an The movie was not the first ear-fitted camera that gives us POV Rated R to utilize faux found footage, but shots; material from these sources Directed by Adam Wingard its enormous mainstream success plus handheld cameras has been Starring Callie Hernandez, ensured that the conceit would be Brandon Scott, Corbin Reid edited together into something that imitated. And boy howdy, was it more closely approximates a tradiever. Found footage has, by 2016, tional narrative movie than anything become a cheat, a shortcut, a cost-cutting dodge, allegedly made from found footage has any right a way to replace a good tale well told with some to be. It also raises the question of who edited the shaky camerawork and a pretense of reality. footage, and to what end.

Enter director Adam Wingard and screenThat question remains unanswered, as does writer Simon Barrett. They’ve made names for the really obvious unspoken big one: Why make themselves snarking on ’80s action movies with this movie at all? There was story left untold The Guest and ’70s slasher flicks with You’re Next. from 1999, like who or what the witch is and They don’t make their own movies so much as what, precisely, happened to Heather and her remake everyone else’s. So who better to give fellow filmmakers all those years ago. Blair Witch us Blair Witch, which isn’t merely an entirely seems to be setting up a particularly trippy solusuperfluous attempt to recapture the magic of the tion to the mystery of Heather’s disappearance, original film — which isn’t possible, now that the but after a lot of tromping around in the woods, found-footage conceit is long since played out. some familiar horror-flick scares, and fresher but This time out, it’s Lisa (Callie Hernandez) ultimately dead-end hints that the fabric of the heading into the Maryland woods with friends physical world has been messed with, Blair Witch Peter (Brandon Scott) and Ashley (Corbin Reid) ends up saying nothing we hadn’t already heard to make a documentary about their pal James 17 years ago. 

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Feminist First Through her music, Dolly Parton has always shown women how to stay strong

BY LAURA JOHNSON

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here’s a bridge in Alabama with two side-by-side arches. It’s nicknamed the Dolly Parton Bridge — not because the Tennessee artist hails from there, but because it reminds folks of the singer-songwriter’s prominent breasts. But this isn’t the kind of thing that bothers Parton. She’s told many interviewers: “If I see something sagging, bagging or dragging, I’ll get it nipped, tucked or sucked.”

Even if she’s sometimes better known for her plastic looks than her songwriting capabilities, Dolly Parton is one of the forefront feminists in music today. Not just in country music, but any genre.

Country music doesn’t seem overtly feminist — everything from Tammy Wynette’s “Stand By Your Man” (even if he’s abusive) to RaeLynn’s “God Made Girls” (to dress pretty for boys) set poor examples — yet musicians like Patsy Cline (who was the first female singer to headline her own show), Loretta Lynn and Parton sang songs about the strength of women around the same time that hippies were spreading the notion of free love in the 1960s.

Feminists, those fighting for women’s rights on the grounds of economic, political and social equality to men, come in all shapes and sizes. Even a blonde bombshell singersongwriter who doesn’t necessarily identify as such.

For six decades, the 70-year-old Parton has been one of the most outlandish country entertainers, complete with with curly blonde wigs, costumes and instruments alike drenched in rhinestones, and famous quotes like: “I’m not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I’m not dumb… and I also know that I’m not blonde.” Her fans fawn over her so much that they’re willing to pay $70 and up for a ticket — including to her sold-out show at the Northern Quest Resort & Casino next week, part of a tour visiting more 60 cities, her biggest in 20 years.

Parton, who’s sold more than 100 million records and written more than 3,000 songs, just saw her 43rd solo studio album hit No. 1 on the country charts. Pure & Simple takes a stripped-down approach to romance in celebration of Parton’s golden wedding anniversary with her rarely seen husband Carl Dean. It’s all quite sweet, but it’s a far cry from the fire and sass of some of her earlier works.

Songs like “Dumb Blonde,” “Jolene” (which has 52 million listens on Spotify) and “9 to 5” (the basis of a 1980 movie she co-starred in that tackled sexual harassment in the workplace) show strength through vulnerability. “Just Because I’m a Woman,” however, takes the cake. It was allegedly written after a conversation she had with her husband about their number of previous lovers. The line: “My mistakes are no worse than yours / Just because I’m a woman,” doesn’t get any better.

She’s also a feminist in her ability to say “no.” Although she did appear on the cover of Playboy in the late ’70s, she refused to pose nude for the inside pages. She also turned down Elvis when he wanted to cover her “I Will Always Love You,” long before Whitney Houston made the tune one of the best-selling of all time, on the condition that he get half of the songwriting royalties. That was asking too much, said the adept bussinesswoman (who also owns her own record label and ...continued on next page

At 70, Dolly Parton still knows how to put on one of the best country shows around.

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“THE PILL,” LORETTA LYNN (WRITTEN IN 1972, RELEASED IN 1975)

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This song got Lynn banned from several country radio stations, not because of crass language but for celebrating birth control (a method that had been on the market for more than a decade).

Her label was so worried about how the song would affect her marketability, they delayed the release of the single for three years.

Best line: “There’s gonna be some changes made right here on nursery hill / You’ve set this chicken your last time ’cause now I’ve got the pill.”

“BEFORE HE CHEATS,” CARRIE UNDERWOOD (2006)

Although Underwood has said she’d never do such a thing in real life, the song is all about getting even with a potentially cheating boyfriend/husband. The point is not if you’re going to actually vandalize your man’s car with your keys and a baseball bat — it’s the threat that counts.

Best line: “I might’ve saved a little trouble for the next girl / ’Cause the next time that he cheats... / Oh, you know it won’t be on me!”

“FOLLOW YOUR ARROW,” KACEY MUSGRAVES (2013)

Musgraves co-wrote this song for her major label debut Same Trailer Different Park, explaining that no matter what you do in your life, someone will have something to say about it. Her solution: follow your arrow wherever it points, and that includes kissing whomever and smoking whatever… but only if you want.

Best Line: “If you save yourself for marriage / You’re a bore / If you don’t save yourself for marriage / You’re a whore-able person.”

“GIRL IN A COUNTRY SONG,” MADDIE & TAE (2014)

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Best line: “We used to get a little respect / Now we’re lucky if we even get / To climb up in your truck / Keep our mouth shut and ride along / And be the girl in a country song.” n lauraj@inlander.com Dolly Parton • Thu, Sept. 22, at 7:30 pm • Sold out • All-ages • Northern Quest Resort & Casino • 100 N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights • northernquest.com • 481-2800

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Sole Destroyer Dan Bejar strips down his sound for his new songs and tour

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rying to predict where Dan Bejar’s muse will take his music is a fool’s errand for fans of his work as Destroyer or as part of Canadian “supergroup” New Pornographers. He doesn’t know himself, and his inspirations change constantly.

And that’s just how Bejar likes it.

“I can never really tell how my mind works when it comes to songs when they get written,” Bejar says in an interview from his Vancouver, B.C., home. It’s a conversation punctuated by thoughtful pauses and selfdeprecating laughs. “I say a bunch of stuff about what I want for a sound, for an album, for some overarching concept, and by the time I get in the studio or I’m playing the songs with a group, the initial concept is completely trashed and something else has moved in. Which is good, you know? The goal is to keep it that way and not be slavish to these initial ideas.”

Bejar’s music delivered under the Destroyer moniker

“I always thought it was an act of madness, but something in me turned for some reason and it turned into an appealing idea.” has always seemed too experimental for pop success, but delicate melodies and insistent hooks always seem to work their way in. The closest Destroyer has come to the mainstream was via 2011’s Kaputt, a confident collection of chamber pop that resulted in critical accolades, careerhigh sales and high-profile festival appearances.

Bejar recoiled quickly from the spotlight, taking four years to deliver a follow-up, last year’s Poison Season, which alternated between big-band jazz and hushed

balladry. Now he’s shifting sonic gears abruptly again, planning a completely stripped-down new album, sans band, after a fall solo tour.

“There’s been this anthemic kind of giant lushness to what Destroyer’s been doing pretty much since Kaputt came out,” Bejar says. The new songs are the first he’s written in seven years on guitar. “Some of them just sound like hillbilly songs to me. My version of hillbilly songs is probably slightly different than the average American definition.”

His tour stopping in Spokane, joined by Superchunk’s Mac McCaughan, is the first time Bejar has road tested new songs before recording. While he’s not exactly comfortable with the idea, keeping things uncomfortable is how Bejar knows he’s challenging himself.

“I always thought it was an act of madness, but something in me turned for some reason and it turned into an appealing idea,” Bejar says.

With 10 Destroyer albums in the canon, Bejar will play some songs he never did with a full band, particularly older songs from back when pre-show nausea was still a nightly occurrence. Experience has made him a more confident performer — but it’s been awhile since he was on stage alone.

“I still shit my pants for solo shows,” Bejar says.

“That’s still a nerve-racking affair and always will be. But that’s exciting to me.” n Destroyer with Mac McCaughan • Wed, Sept. 21, at 8 pm • $15 • All-ages • The Bartlett • 228 W. Sprague • thebartlettspokane.com • 747-2174

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arped Tour stalwart and turn-of-the-century emo effigy Blink-182 has returned to the spotlight with a new No. 1 record (California, released in July) and lineup (exit co-founder Tom DeLonge, enter Alkaline Trio guitarist/vocalist Matt Skiba). Gone is the band’s reputation as a joke act; the punks are now heralded as pioneers of a rock revival that still dominates the mainstream airwaves through a legion of imitators (see Modern Baseball, All Time Low, or 5 Seconds of Summer). Scan the pop music landscape of the early aughts and you can’t miss the TRL-approved singles “All the Small Things,” “The Rock Show,” and “What’s My Age Again?” Teenagers and 30-somethings, put away Guitar Hero: you can relive the era of bleached tips and tube socks with the trio Friday at the Spokane Arena.

— CONNOR DINNISON Blink-182 with A Day to Remember, All-American Rejects • Fri, Sept. 16, at 7 pm • $25-$75 • All-ages • Spokane Arena • 720 W. Mallon • spokanearena.com • 279-7000

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e’re gonna need a big space,” thought local pop auteur Nick Swoboda after his little sister asked him to perform at her Sweet 16 celebration.

She’ll get her wish: the Knitting Factory will host Emma’s Birthday Bash, featuring a headline performance by her brother. Swoboda’s intricately crafted, genre-bending productions, nimble wordplay and confidence behind the mic are the results of hard work; he writes, produces, engineers, records and runs a mixing/mastering service out of his home studio, even doing audio/visual work on commercials for clients like STCU. What started with voiceover work as a 12-year-old has become his passion. Like Wiki and the Letter Racer crew in NYC, Swoboda, now 20, hopes his efforts help give rise to a self-sustaining scene. “If we can make a new sound or something, and get something poppin’ here,” he says. “Then everybody will want to come here.”

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J MOSCOW FOOD CO-OP, Keva Shull J POOLE’S PUBLIC HOUSE (SOUTH HILL), DJ Charley THE RESERVE, Deschamp’s Artist Showcase THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Jam night with Gil Rivas SWAXX, T.A.S.T.Y with DJs Freaky Fred, Beauflexx ZOLA, The Bucket List

Wednesday, 09/21 J THE BARTLETT, Destroyer (See story on page 41), Mac McCaughan J CAFE BODEGA (208-263-5911), Five Minutes of Fame for all open mic EICHARDT’S, Charley Packard GENO’S TRADITIONAL FOOD & ALES, Open Mic with T & T JOHN’S ALLEY, Arbor Glyph THE LANTERN TAP HOUSE, DJ Lydell LUCKY’S IRISH PUB, DJ D3VIN3 J NORTHERN QUEST CASINO, Dierks Bentley, Tucker Beathard THE OBSERVATORY, World’s Finest J POOLE’S PUBLIC HOUSE, Nick Grow RED ROOM LOUNGE, Hip Hop Is A Culture THE RESERVE, EDM Wednesdays with DJs Ayzim, Radikill, Gestut THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Piano Bar with Christan Raxter THE PIN!, DJ Freaky Fred THE ROADHOUSE, Open mic with Vern Vogel and the Volcanoes ZOLA, The Bossame

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J NORTHERN QUEST CASINO, Dolly Parton [SOLD OUT] (See story on page 39), Sept. 22 THE BARTLETT, Steve Gunn and the Outliners, Nap Eyes, Sept. 22 THE OBSERVATORY, Mutt, Wood Knot, Lucky Chase, Sept. 22 CALVARY CHAPEL OF SPOKANE, All Sons & Daughters, Jamie George, Sept. 23 THE BIG DIPPER, Ragtag Romantics, Tim Gales, Twist, Dionysis and the Revelry, Sept. 23 PANIDA THEATER, George Winston, Sept. 23, 8 pm.

THE OBSERVATORY, Pine League, Von the Baptist, DEER, Sept. 23 KNITTING FACTORY, September Meltdown feat. Helldorado, Moretta, Project Kings, Children of the Sun, Freak System, Sept. 24 THE PALOMINO, Jo-Durt, Ike Watson, Peasce & Red Velvet, Mista Snipe & Cordell Drake, A-Town, Zayah, Sept. 24 THE RESERVE, Nixon Rodeo, Unconfined, Thunder Knife, Deschamp, Ragtag Romantics, Camo Moore, Sept. 24 THE PIN!, Such Gold, Snakes/Sermons, Scatterbox, Boat Race Weekend, Sept. 26 KNITTING FACTORY, Kongos, the Joy Formidable, Sepr. 27 THE BARTLETT, Foy Vance, Trevor Sensor, Sep. 29

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MUSIC | VENUES 315 MARTINIS & TAPAS • 315 E. Wallace, CdA • 208-667-9660 ARBOR CREST • 4705 N. Fruit Hill Rd. • 927-9463 BABY BAR • 827 W. First Ave. • 847-1234 BARLOWS • 1428 N Liberty Lake Rd, Liberty Lake • 924-1446 THE BARTLETT • 228 W. Sprague Ave. • 747-2174 THE BIG DIPPER • 171 S. Washington St. • 863-8098 BIGFOOT PUB • 9115 N. Division St. • 467-9638 BING CROSBY THEATER • 901 W. Sprague Ave. • 227-7638 BLACK DIAMOND • 9614 E. Sprague • 891-8357 BOLO’S• 116 S. Best Rd. • 891-8995 BOOMERS • 18219 E. Appleway Ave. • 755-7486 BOOTS • 24 W. Main Ave. • 703-7223 BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB • 201 S. Main, Moscow • 208-882-5216 BUCKHORN INN • 13311 Sunset Hwy.• 244-3991 CALYPSOS • 116 E Lakeside Ave., CdA • 208665-0591 THE CELLAR • 317 E. Sherman, CdA • 208-6649463 CHAPS • 4237 Cheney-Spokane Rd. • 624-4182 CHATEAU RIVE • 621 W. Mallon Ave. • 795-2030 CHECKERBOARD BAR • 1716 E. Sprague • 535-4007 COEUR D’ALENE CASINO • 37914 S. Nukwalqw Rd., Worley • 800-523-2464 COEUR D’ALENE CELLARS • 3890 N. Schreiber Way, CdA • 208-664-2336 CONKLING MARINA & RESORT • 20 W. Jerry Ln., Worley• 208-686-1151 CRAFTED TAP HOUSE • 523 Sherman Ave., CdA • 208-292-4813 CRAVE• 401 W. Riverside Suite 101. • 321-7480 CRUISERS • 6105 W Seltice Way, Post Falls • (208) 773-4706 CURLEY’S • 26433 W. Hwy. 53 • 208-773-5816 DALEY’S • 6412 E. Trent • 535-9309 EICHARDT’S • 212 Cedar St., Sandpoint • 208263-4005 FEDORA PUB • 1726 W. Kathleen, CdA • 208765-8888 FIZZIE MULLIGANS • 331 W. Hastings Rd. • 466-5354 FOX THEATER • 1001 W. Sprague • 624-1200 HOGFISH • 1920 E. Sherman, CdA • 208-667-1896 IRON HORSE • 407 E. Sherman Ave., CdA • 208-667-7314 THE JACKSON ST. • 2436 N. Astor • 315-8497 JOHN’S ALLEY • 114 E. 6th, Moscow • 208-8837662 KNITTING FACTORY • 911 W. Sprague Ave. • 244-3279 LAGUNA CAFÉ • 2013 E. 29th • 448-0887 THE LANTERN TAP HOUSE • 1004 S. Perry St. • 315-9531 THE LARIAT • 11820 N Market St, Mead • 4669918 LA ROSA CLUB • 105 S. First Ave., Sandpoint • 208-255-2100 LEFTBANK WINE BAR • 108 N. Washington • 315-8623 LOON LAKE SALOON • 3996 Hwy. 292 • 233-2738 LUCKY’S IRISH PUB • 408 W. Sprague Ave. • 747-2605 MAX AT MIRABEAU • 1100 N. Sullivan Rd. • 924-9000 MONARCH MOUNTAIN COFFEE • 208 N 4th Ave, Sandpoint • (208) 265-9382 MOOSE LOUNGE • 401 E. Sherman • 208-6647901 MOOTSY’S • 406 W. Sprague • 838-1570 MULLIGAN’S • 506 Appleway Ave., CdA • (208) 765-3200 x310 NASHVILLE NORTH • 6361 W. Seltice Way, Post Falls • 208-457-9128 NECTAR• 120 N. Stevens St. • 869-1572 NORTHERN QUEST • 100 N. Hayford • 242-7000 NYNE • 232 W. Sprague Ave. • 474-1621 THE OBSERVATORY• 15 S Howard • 598-8933 O’SHAY’S • 313 E. CdA Lake Dr. • 208-667-4666 THE PALOMINO • 6425 N Lidgerwood St • 242-8907 PEND D’OREILLE WINERY • 301 Cedar St., Sandpoint • 208-265-8545 THE PIN! • 412 W. Sprague • 368-4077 RED LION RIVER INN • 700 N. Division St. • 326-5577 RED ROOM LOUNGE • 521 W. Sprague Ave. • 838-7613 REPUBLIC BREWING • 26 Clark Ave. • 775-2700 THE RESERVE • 120 N. Wall • 598-8783 THE RIDLER PIANO BAR • 718 W. Riverside . • 822-7938 RIVELLE’S• 2360 N Old Mill Loop, CdA • (208) 930-0381 THE ROADHOUSE • 20 N. Raymond • 413-1894 SEASONS OF COEUR D’ALENE • 209 E. Lakeside Ave. • 208-664-8008 THE SHOP • 924 S. Perry St. • 534-1647 SOULFUL SOUPS & SPIRITS • 117 N. Howard St. • 459-1190 SPOKANE ARENA • 720 W. Mallon • 279-7000 SWAXX • 23 E. Lincoln Rd. • 703-7474 TIMBER GASTRO PUB •1610 E Schneidmiller, Post Falls • 208-262-9593 ZOLA • 22 W. Main Ave. • 624-2416

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Spend an afternoon strolling the streets of Spokane’s West Central neighborhood for the third annual PorchFest this Saturday. Homeowners in the “new” (Kendall Yards) and “old” (traditional West Central) sections of the neighborhood are opening up their front porches to the rest of us; a chance to get to know our fellow Spokanites, and to get a taste of the area’s eclectic charm. Seventeen homes offer stops for the event, in total hosting 20 musicians and poets who perform throughout the afternoon and into the evening. PorchFest’s aim is to promote community building in the economically diverse neighborhood, and to showcase some of the many individuals contributing to our region’s cultural vitality.

— CHEY SCOTT 2016 PorchFest West Central • Sat, Sept. 17, starting at 3 pm • Free • All-ages • West Central Neighborhood, Spokane • bit.ly/PorchFestWestCentral16

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MUSIC AUTUMN MELODIES

13th Annual Spokane River Clean-Up • Sat, Sept. 17, from 9 am1:30 pm • Meets at various locations along the river • spokaneriver.net/spokanerivercleanup

Spokane Symphony Classics 1: A World of Melodies • Sat, Sept.

17, at 8 pm; Sun, Sept. 18, at 3 pm • $15-$54 • Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox • 1001 W. Sprague • spokanesymphony.org • 624-1200

For more than a decade, the annual Spokane River Clean-Up has offered citizens an accessible way to make a tangible, positive impact on their place of residence. One morning in September, volunteers meet at various locations along the Spokane River and work with their peers to rid the river of litter. Those interested can sign up online either as individuals or as groups, with each member of the latter guaranteed to be assigned to the same location. In case a little extra incentive is necessary, Thomas Hammer provides complimentary hot coffee for volunteers to enjoy before taking off on their environmentally friendly expeditions. A cup of joe also serves as fuel for high-efficiency trash annihilation.

— ISAAC HANDELMAN

The Spokane Symphony’s first concert of the new season will feature stunning cascades of classical music. The two-concert series showcases Ottorino Respighi’s Pines of Rome to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the composer’s death, and will also draw from Richard Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier suite. The highlight of the two shows may turn out to be performances of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto by world-famous Russian violinist Ilya Kaler. A one-hour lecture is set to precede both performances, and is free for all ticketholders to attend. Whether you’re a Symphony regular or a new convert thanks to the group’s recent free park shows, this autumn kickoff promises to offer bountiful musical beauty.

— ISAAC HANDELMAN

FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL EXPRESSION

For the fourth year this fall, Washington State University’s four-day Humanitas festival introduces students, staff and the greater community to a diverse sampling of arts and culture from around the world. Organized by a bevy of arts and performance groups at WSU, the University of Idaho and in the Pullman/Moscow community, performances open to the public include live dance, theater, music and film. A highlight of this year’s version is a performance by the Villalobos Brothers, who blend the rhythm and melody of their native Mexico with intricate harmonies of jazz and classical music. Also catch a modern-day retelling of Homer’s Iliad, and see some moving dance performances featuring styles originating from Africa, Cuba, Brazil and India.

— CHEY SCOTT WSU Humanitas Festival • Sept. 20-24; times and locations vary • Washington State University, Pullman campus • Find complete details and a schedule at performingarts.wsu.edu

FOOD CIDER & BITES

The good people behind Spokane’s excellent Liberty Ciderworks throwing a class designed to educate tasters on varieties of cider is enough to make a night out worthwhile. Add a sneak peek at new dining spot Bruncheonette and complimentary bites from its owners (you know them from the Couple of Chefs food truck) plus cider master Rick Hastings’ tour through French, Basque, British and North American ciders, and you have a dream evening for food lovers. Throw in a taste of a rare Ice Cider, and it’s a night not to be missed.

— DAN NAILEN Cider Class + Bruncheonette Sneak Peek • Fri, Sept. 16, at 6 pm • $36 • Bruncheonette • 1011 W. Broadway • Facebook: Liberty Ciderworks/Bruncheonette & bit.ly/2ck9d26

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KEEP THE CHANGE BluBerry is donating all of their tips from now through December to ACCOIN to aid in its mission of serving, supporting, and advocating for local families affected by childhood cancer. Blu Berry Frozen Yogurt, 3007 E. 57th. acco.org/inlandnw PLAY FOR GRACIE MEMORIAL FOOTGOLF TOURNAMENT The third annual tourney, combining golf and soccer raises proceeds to fund sports scholarships to kids in our community. Sept.

17-18, 9 am-4 pm. $140/4-person team.

Eagle Ridge Short Course, 5840 S. Meadow Lane Rd. playforgraciefoundation.org (509-242-2505) CRAZY DAYS! A sidewalk sale on Post Falls’ Seltice Ave., with food, games, bouncy castle, face painting and more.

Proceeds benefit military veterans and their families. Sep. 17, 10 am-5 pm. theguardiansfoundation.org RUNWAY RENEGADES FASHION SHOW The 9th annual event features local models wearing the creations of local fashion designers and stylists, with proceeds benefiting the local nonprofit Blessings Under the Bridge.

Sep. 17, 7 pm. $20/$45 (VIP). Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. (279-7000) WALK WITH COMPASSION The noncompetitive community walk challenges participants to understand the realities of children living in extreme poverty around the world, while raising funds to benefit the programs of Compassion International. Sep. 17, 9:30 am. Audubon Park, 3908 N. Driscoll Bvld. walkwithcompassion.com

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clean up.... any excuse to get closer to you. I would really like to see you again. The host knows how to find me.

IN A DREAM LAND I saw you in a dream the other night. I was laying beneath a sky full of blue, and then you appeared. It wasnt really you, only a likeness so to speak, but none the less, I saw you. We were walking through the dusk, lights flashing. All the signs seemed as if they were pointing my heart straight to you. An inception come true as life itself. My soul awoke as your soul fell asleep. And when I awoke to grey skies, my heart knew only rain from my eyes could drown the sorrow of my heart.

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I SAW YOU FALL FEST SANDPOINT Fall Fest, SandpointYou: Newly purchased beanie and a quick introduction as Karen as I was running to the bathroom. Me: Blonde hair with a blue SnapBack on. I came back for a proper introduction and we chatted for a moment.

I headed for another beer. You were with your family but I should have asked you to join me... Grab a cider sometime?

Ajfolden1203@gmail.com AMERICAN RECYCLING GIRL You: beautiful young lady that helped carry my 2 blue recycling totes of cans over to be weighed.

You were wearing pink pants & when i left you hopped onto a forklift. I wanted to ask for your number. Lunch/Dinner sometime?

FLAMMIN HOT CHEETAH You, in your Cheetah pants at Usher’s! Me, in my Pineapple jeans! Your friend hit on me but I don’t swing that way. You two laughed when I used my Flammin Hot line. It’s not easy being cheesy, ok so for me it is, not gonna lie! Hope to see you there soon so we can kick it up to Xxtra Xxtra HOT! GENO’S OPEN MIC You were sitting with your boyfriend or date when I walked in. Exceedingly lovely, flawless youthful smile, radiating the very essence of joy.

As I placed my guitar on the table, you seemed to take notice of the friendly banter between the host and I. As I prepared to play, you playfully urged me not to disappoint you.... I feel pretty confident that I didn’t disappoint. Later that evening you spilled your drink and I helped with

STANDING ON THE CORNER Heres a shout out to the most kindest people Ive met in a long time. Homelessness or not, some people are still talking about me, but hey, gossiping is a form of communication. So Lets all talk, help eachoyher, and feel like a real city again. Or whatever this small town wants to be! Thanks again friends of Spokane!

CHEERS BEAUTIFUL STRANGERS Cheers to all of you good people and I would love to meet you! I have been inspired by the podcast Beautiful Anonymous and would like to take my own spin off of it. Come meet with me at a coffee place around downtown Spokane and we can talk about whatever you want for an hour. Share your beautiful story whatever that may be and have some good coffee and company. E-mail me to find a time and place - Alyssa, banana-pancake12@ hotmail.com LOT “AA” PASS A huge “cheer” to the anonymous man who handed us a lot “AA” parking pass at the EWU/WSU game as we were about to turn around and find general parking. If you are a Coug, I apologize for the outcome of the game but you absolutely made the day for a couple of Eagles!

THANK YOU I want to thank the Spokane City Transit for all that you do and for doing it with kindness and Grace.

HAPPY 10TH HOEL P.P., I cant believe how quickly 10 years of marriage has gone by.

Seems like just yesterday I was just hoping

you’d ask me to be your wife. Here we are 13 years of love,10 years of marriage, 2 crazy, handsome boys, lots of tears from every surgery, every loss, but oh so many happy moments that fill my soul. You are the most spectacular and peculiar man I know and love. Here’s to us side by side for the rest of this ride. XOXO Kitty

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RUSS AND JUDY Thank you so much to Russ and Judy at Northwest Tire and Automotive for your amazing kindness and generosity!

Your timing couldn’t have been better, I was really in a tough spot and instead of struggling with yet another expensive “surprise”, you made it possible to (safely) keep moving forward towards the future!

I will definitely pay it forward! May good things always come your way!!

GIVE US A WINK! Give us a wink! Or at least a smile. Thanks to all you ladies who are brave enough to give us old gents a wink or a smile. I am an old gent who saw you juggling several bottles of one particular wine onto the store checkout counter, so I asked you if it was that good and you highly recommended it. I went back to the wine area and brought a bottle back to the counter where you were finishing checking out. You saw it and shot me a wink. What a great feeling! Later I realized I was still feeling really good just because a woman had not winked at me in decades and lots of memories of laughs and good times kept popping up. Ladies, you can make the world a better place with just a smile, much less a wink. Please loosen up, we won’t stalk you, smile and realize it can change our world

Ready to catch the big one?

GROTESQUE INLANDER BIAS Wow. Just wow. No wonder the Inlander is free.

Please allow some dissent from the Inlander’s anti-white/anti-Christian classrace warfare commenters, will ya? It’s become a progressive freak show of major

are the police. But whst the hell happened to actual reality. I mean where the hell is justice. I hope the Suprememe Court can fight for civil tights. Cause Spokane can is as slow are cheese on a balonie sandwich, melted at my job at subway. Jeers to the Justice system - thanks a lot Mayor Vondon!

Hope you are up for Re Re election

proportions. Not all of us will vote for a morally bankrupt, seriously ill pathological liar with an impeached sexual predator husband. Thank you.

TRUCKERS SUCK I just spent half a day on I-90 and again Semi-Truck Drivers suck.

Growing up Truckers were the white knights of the open road now they are a bunch of jerks. They will cut you off hold up traffic for miles to pass a truck that is going 1 mph slower than they are and honk at you if you are slowing them down. They don’t follow the speed limits and follow no traffic laws that don’t help them. I will now cut them off and slow them down any time I can.

Truckers suck and don’t deserve anything other than contemp. Rise up and slow a trucker they suck.

DISRESPECT ON 9/11 Jeers to the local businesses and buildings in the greater Spokane area including the downtown building of Spokane District 81 and the Paulson Center who neglected to lower their flag to half mast on the 15th anniversary of 9/11. Shame on you.

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SPOKANE VERMIN Jeers to the vermin who threaten families as they pass by on the streets and trails of Spokane. I am tired of hearing selfish drug addicts scream and/or threaten families as they pass by them in downtown Spokane and along the Centennial Trail. Spokane has much potential, but it’s horrifying when out of town family is visiting Pig Out in the Park and they must witness these disgusting pigs hurling profanities (“mother f----r”) at them. Can’t the city do something to get rid of these vermin? 

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GUFFAW YOURSELF! Open mic comedy night; Thursdays at 10 pm. Free.

Neato Burrito, 827 W. First. (847-1234) KYLE KINANE With a gruff demeanor and a booze-swiller’s attitude, Kinane surprises newcomers with his unexpectedly well-crafted standup sets.

Sept. 15-17, at 7:30 pm, Sept. 16-17, 10:30 pm. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com THE MUSICAL An all-improvised musical based on audience suggestions.

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Fridays, at 8 pm, in September. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. bluedoortheatre.com (747-7045) IMPROV SUPERFIGHTS The Improv Co-op is back with another show, this time based on the game “Superfights.”

Sep. 17, 8 pm. Free. Liberty Lake Community Theatre, 22910 E. Appleway Ave., Ste. 1. bit.ly/2crspwN (342-2055) SAFARI Fast-paced, short-form improv games based on audience suggestions.

(Recommended for 16+) Saturdays at 8

a pop-up town hall meeting, and other entertainment. Free. Downtown Coeur d’Alene. bit.ly/2cS0tV9 (208-769-2274) WASHINGTON STATE CHINESE LANTERN FESTIVAL The festival returns for a second year, filling the park with colorful, handmade Chinese lantern sculptures. All new displays are featured, along with the artisan vendor village, a dinosaur fossil dig, cultural and acrobatic performances, food and more. Sept. 16-Oct. 30; Sun-Thu, from 5-10 pm; Fri-Sat, from 5-11 pm. Performances Sun-Thu at 6:30 and 8:30 pm; Fri-Sat at 7 and 9 pm. $10-$15/entry; $40/family pass, $60/all-access pass.

Kids three and under are free. Riverfront Park. spokanelanternfestival.com YMCA FALL FAMILY FUN EVENT Activities at the carnival-style event include aquatic games, bouncy house, family gym games, prizes and more. At all three YMCA locations. Sept. 16, 6-8 pm.

Free and open to the public. ymcaspokane.org (777-9622) CHILDREN’S RENIASSANCE FAIRE Kids and their families can be knighted by the queen, get their faces painted, find a fairy, make crafts and more. Sep. 17, 11 am-2 pm. Free. Manito Park, 1800 S. Grand Blvd. thefriendsofmanito.org CONSTITUTION DAY TOWN HALL MEETING Whitworth President Beck A. Taylor moderates the discussion of topics most relevant to the 2016 election with the candidates for Washington’s 5th Congressional District, incumbent Cathy McMorris-Rodgers and challenger Joe Pakootas. Sep. 17, 7-8:30 pm.

Free and open to the public. Whitworth, 300 W. Hawthorne Rd. (777-4739) MUDGY & MILLIE BIRTHDAY PARTY The local children’s book characters, created by Susan Nipp, invite the community to a party with a story reading, special appearance by the characters, sing-a-long and birthday cake. Sept.

17, 11 am. Free. Coeur d’Alene Public Library, 702 E. Front Ave. cdalibrary.org PARKING UNDER THE PINES CAR SHOW See classic vehicles of all makes, models and years. Also enjoy a spaghetti dinner and beer & wine garden.

Sept. 17, 3-8 pm. Free admission; dinner $8. Southside Senior & Community Center, 3151 E. 27th Ave. (535-0803) PORCHFEST WEST CENTRAL The third annual event invites the community to 17 porches of West Central neighborhood homes, to enjoy performances by 37 musicians, poets, and other local artists. Sept. 17, 3-7 pm. Free. marshallinspokane.com

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pm, through Dec. 17. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. (747-7045) STAND-UP SHOWCASE Local comedy showcase featuring Tom Mesfjord, Freddie Walker and others, with host Matt Dargen. Ages 18+. Sep. 17, 10 pm. $5. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.com (747-7045) MARIA BAMFORD Live set by the creator and star of “Maria Bamford: the special special special” and of the cult hit web series “The Maria Bamford Show,” which screened at the Museum of Art and Design. Sep. 18, 7 pm. $30$35. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com MONDAY NIGHT COMEDY A weekly comedy open mic on Mondays, hosted

by Nick Cavasier. Sign-up at 7:30, show at 8 pm. Free. The Reserve, 120 N. Wall St. facebook.com/spokomedy SPOKANE COMEDY’S STANDUP SHOWDOWN A friendly local comedy competition. Comedians get a topic and have four minutes to perform; the crowd then votes for a winner. Tuesdays, from 8-10 pm. Free. The Observatory, 15 S. Howard. (598-8933) IAN BAGG Ian Bagg started his comedy career in his native country, Canada, and has appeared on a slate of late night comedy shows, and many specials. Sept. 22-24, 8 pm; Sept. 23-24, 10:30 pm. $10-$22. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. (318-9998)

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I dragged my boyfriend into the makeup store Sephora, and he said, “Save your money! You don’t need any of this stuff. I like you better without makeup.” Huh? Why is there a huge makeup industry when so many men say they don’t even like makeup? —Pretty Confused A friend of mine, bioethicist Alice Dreger, tweeted, “True story: I was on Oprah for a show about how appearAMY ALKON ance doesn’t matter and there was a whole guy tasked with doing just her eyelashes.”

A whole lot of us are in some denial about makeup. And sure, there are men who really do like women better without a drop of the stuff. And then there are those who just think they do — like the men on Reddit who posted all of these supposed “no makeup!” photos of female celebs. I particularly loved one of Jenna Jameson that a guy captioned “before all the surgeries and without makeup.” Meanwhile, tiny type below the photo lists the makeup and hair goo she actually has on. My other favorite was one of Rihanna, who also very clearly was not sans maquillage. Guys, sorry, but cat-eye liquid eyeliner does not appear naturally on the female eye in the wild.

Biological anthropologist Douglas Jones finds that men are attracted to women with somewhat “neotenous” features — meaning somewhat babylike ones like big eyes, full lips, a small jaw and chin, and clear skin — which correlate with health and fertility. So, basically, what we call “beauty” is evolution’s version of a street-corner sign spinner: “Genes passed on here!!! Best babies in town!!!”

In other words, makeup is fake-up — a woman’s way of making herself out to have more neotenous features and thus a higher mate value than she actually does.

(The male version of this is leasing a top-of-the-line Tesla while living in a tent in Grandma’s backyard.)

So, a man will think he has an aversion to makeup, but it’s really an aversion to being deceived by it. This doesn’t mean you have to stop wearing it. Just keep in mind that — except for special occasions and those special dudes who are into your looking like your office is a pole — men generally prefer the “natural look.” Of course, the reality is, this sort of “natural” is about an hour and a dozen products away from being “au naturel.” What ultimately matters is that you don’t look so dramatically different in makeup that when your boyfriend bumps into the barefaced you at the fridge in the wee hours, he puts his hands up and yells, “Take whatever you want; just let me live!”

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This guy and I have been friends with benefits for six months. We were casual friends for two years prior to hooking up, but we have gotten much closer since. So, can FWB things ever turn into real relationships, or did we blow our chance?

—Hoping Friends-with-benefits arrangements are, to some degree, replacing dating.

Unfortunately, trying to turn an FWB thing into a relationship can be like trying to return a shirt. One you’ve worn. For a while. You march straight up to the counter and lay the thing out. The guy at the register frowns: “Ma’am, Macy’s closed six years ago. This is Chipotle now.”

It’s helpful to understand what anthropologist Helen Fisher and her colleagues have discovered -- that lust, love, and attachment aren’t just emotions; they are motivational systems (ultimately for the purpose of reproduction and child rearing). Lust eventually wanes (which makes sense, because “Ohhh, baby” needs to give way to feeding the baby). The neurochemistry behind lust “can trigger expressions of attachment,” Fisher explains. However, in men, high testosterone — in general or from having sex — “can reduce attachment.” This is probably more likely if a man has a “high baseline level of testosterone,” which is typically reflected in a strong jaw and chin, a muscular body, and dominant behavior.

Because you two were friends first and seem to care about each other, maybe you can be more than sex friends. Tell him you really enjoy hanging with him, and ask whether he’d be up for more than FWB. But take the low-pressure approach: You don’t want an answer on the spot; you’d just like him to think about it. This should make you seem less desperate and possibly let him feel like having more was his idea. If he wants less, you should probably stop seeing him — at least naked — for a while. He may end up missing you, which could energize his interest in you in a way FWB tends not to do. (They call it “the thrill of the chase,” not the thrill of “you can text any day at 2 a.m. and she’ll let you come over.”) n ©2016, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. • Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405 or email AdviceAmy@aol.com (www.advicegoddess.com)

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EVENTS | CALENDAR SPOKANE BOARD GAME SWAP Bring your unwanted board games to trade/ sell with others in the community.

Please RSVP so organizers can accomodate. Sept. 17, 11 am-4 pm. Fellow Coworking, 304 W. Pacific. bit.ly/2cDCho4 SPOKANE COUNTY REPTILE & EXOTIC ANIMAL EXPO Spokane’s first annual reptile and exotic animal expo. Sept. 17, 10 am-4 pm. $5. The Warehouse, 800 N. Hamilton. bit.ly/2bEcIPc (607-5832) SPOKANE RIVER CLEAN-UP Join more than 600 volunteers from across our region during the 13th Annual Spokane River Clean-Up. Sept. 17, 9 am-noon.

High Bridge Park, Riverside Ave. and A St. spokanerivercleanup.org (209-2851) STAR TREK: THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY The very first Star Trek episode aired September 8, 1966. Come join USS Crusader, a local fan club, for games, trivia, and lots of fun to celebrate the beginning of the Star Trek franchise. Sep. 17, 3 pm. Free. Shadle Library, 2111 W. Wellesley St. (509-444-5390) HOPE RISING Project Hope presents a fundraising breakfast to benefit its mission of youth development and job training. Breakfast is complimentary, guests are invited to make an investment in Project Hope at the end of the program. Sept. 20, 7:30-8:30 am. Donations accepted. Spokane Arena, 720 W. Mallon Ave. projecthopespokane.org WASHINGTON POLICY CENTER ANNUAL DINNER Join more than 800 citizens, business leaders, lawmakers and others for a dinner, with a keynote presentation by Charles Krauthammer, MD, a Pulitzer-Prize winning syndicated columnist, author, political commentator, and physician. Sep. 20, 6-9 pm. $150.

Davenport Grand, 333 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. washingtonpolicy.org WSU HUMANITAS FESTIVAL Events for the fourth annual, week-long cultural celebration include presentations and performances by local and regional arts groups, including music, dance, theater and more. Sept. 20-24. See website for complete details. Washington State University, Pullman campus. performingarts.wsu.edu/humanitas THE GREEN ZONE OPEN HOUSE Celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Green Zone, Spokane’s free 24/7 demonstration site for sustainable landscaping and living practices. Learn about composting, raised bed gardening, backyard wildlife and more; win prizes and enjoy refreshments. Sep. 21, 4-6 pm.

Free. Spokane Conservation District, 210 N. Havana. (535-7274)

BEATRIX POTTER CELEBRATION Celebrate the beloved author and the discovery and publishing of her long lost book “Tale of Kitty in Boots.” Young children should be accompanied by an adult. Sep. 22, 4 pm. Free. South Hill Library, 3324 S. Perry. (444-5331) THE COMMUNITY SPEAKS: A DIALOGUE ON RACE, ETHNICITY AND IMPLICIT BIAS The Washington State Human Rights hosts a community forum to discuss issues surrounding race, and implicit bias and its often overlooked impact on communities of color. Featuring a panel of community organization leaders, the forum serves as an opportunity for individuals and groups to share with state human rights commissioners and local leaders, their experiences while living and working in the Spokane area. Sept. 22, 6 pm. Free and open to the public. Gonzaga University School of Law, 721 N. Cincinnati St. (360-753-2558) WOMEN’S BUSINESS CENTER CONFERENCE Small business owners are invited to attend this event to learn about cyber security and how to protect your small business. Sept. 22, 9 am-3 pm.

Free. West Central Community Center, 1603 N. Belt St. snapwa.org/wbc

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BLAZING SADDLES A special screening in tribute to the memory of Gene Wilde. Sept. 15, 7:30 pm and Sept. 16, 5:30 pm. $4-$7. Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave. panida.org (208-255-7801) DIGIMON ADVENTURE TRI-CHAPTER 1: REUNION The U.S. premiere of the English-dubbed feature, the one-night event also showcases an extended sneak peek of the English-dubbed Chapter 3, plus bonus content for viewers. Sep. 15, 7 pm. Regal Cinemas, 4750 N. Division. fathomevents.com PELÉ Proceeds from the screening benefit the Washington East Soccer Club.

Sep. 15, 7:15 pm. $10. Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland. (327-1050) ALL TOGETHER NOW: FILM NETWORKING EVENT An event for all levels and ages of filmmakers and actors, with local industry speakers on a variety of topics. Sep. 17, 4-7 pm. Free. Palomino, 6425 N. Lidgerwood. bit.ly/2cLcf2r OCCUPATION OF THE AMERICAN MIND A documentary screening hosted

by Spokane Veterans for Peace, Chapter 35. Sep. 17, 4-6 pm. Free. Argonne Library, 4322 N. Argonne Rd. occupationmovie.com/index.html

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FOOD & DRINK

BACTERIA & BEYOND: EXPLORING THE WORLD OF FERMENTED FOODS A cooking demo and nutrition education program by Joan Milton, RDN, covering the benefits of consuming and cooking with fermented foods, including their positive impact on gut bacteria. Sept. 15, 5:30-7 pm. Free. St. Luke’s, 711 S. Cowley St. (232-8138) CIDER APPRECIATION CLASS WITH FOOD PAIRS Sample and learn about global styles of (hard) cider, paired with gourmet bites at the soon-toopen Bruncheonette with cider makers from Spokane’s Liberty Ciderworks.

Event offered as part of Washington Cider Week. Sept. 16, 6-9 pm. $36.

Bruncheonette, 1011 W. Broadway. bit. ly/2bAj0ig (321-1893) VINO WINE TASTING On Fri, Sept. 16, sample wines from Walla Walla’s Tamarack Cellars, from 3-6:30 pm. On Sat, Sept. 17 a tasting features champagne and sparkling wines, from 2-4:30 pm.

Tastings include cheese and crackers.

Vino! A Wine Shop, 222 S. Washington St. vinowine.com (838-1229) GREEN BLUFF APPLE FESTIVAL Orchards at Green Bluff celebrate the harvest of Washington’s state fruit, with fresh apples for sale, plus cider and other produce during the harvest season. Events around the farms include live music, corn and straw mazes and more. Weekends, Sept. 17-Oct. 30. greenbluffgrowers.com INVEG POTLUCK Join the local group for a community potluck on the third Sunday of each month, offering food and time to connect with others. After each potluck is a featured guest speaker. Bring a plant-based dish to share (no honey, eggs, meat or dairy).

Free. Woman’s Club of Spokane, 1428 W. Ninth. inveg.org (542-7829) MUSHROOM MANIA: TASTY TERROIR The #FoodieDelight dinner features an evening of local food, Washington wine, Dry Fly spirits, live music, giveaways, and more. A multi-course dinner is prepared by guest chef Travis Dickinson, of Clover restaurant.

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MUSIC

MUSIC BY THE LAKE Featuring music

by Pamela Benton and Kathy Colton and the Reluctants. Includes catered appetizers and a no-host bar. Proceeds support Democratic candidates in Kootenai County. Sep. 15, 5-7 pm. $25/ person. kootenaidemocrats.org INSPIRATIONAL MUSIC WITH REILLY WINANT A performance by the local singer-songwriter. Sept. 17, 3 pm. Free.

South Hill Library, 3324 S. Perry St. spokanelibrary.org (444-5331) PIANIST LOUIS LANDON The pianist and composer’s career has taken him around the world playing a variety of styles of music with some of the most recognized names in the industry. Sep. 17, 7 pm. Free. Steinway Piano Gallery, 13418 E. Nora Ave. (327-4266) SPOKANE JAZZ ORCHESTRA: HELLO POPS The SJO’s fall concert is a tribute to Louis Armstrong, and features award-winning guest artist Wycliffe Gordon, on trombone and trumpet.

Sep. 17, 7:30 pm. $12-$26.50. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. spokanejazz.org (227-7404) SPOKANE SYMPHONY CLASSICS

1: A WORLD OF MELODIES Hear the colorful orchestration in “Pines of Rome,” evoking the bygone days of Roman life on the 80th anniversary of its composer, Respighi’s death. Also on the program are works by Strauss and Beethoven, the latter featuring Ilya Kaler on violin. Sept. 17, 8 pm and Sept.

18, 3 pm. $15-$54. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. spokanesymphony.org (624-1200) ELVIS TRIBUTE FEAT. BEN “PRESLEE” KLEIN A “GI Blues and Gospel Gold” show, with proceeds benefiting local veterans. Sept. 18, 4-7 pm. $10.

Spokane Eagles Lodge, 6410 N. Lidgerwood St. foe.com (710-0704) SHERMAN ANDRUS & LONNY BINGLE Ticket proceeds from the two-night gospel concert and recording benefit the Youth and Police Initiative in Spokane. Sept. 22-23 $10-$50. Service Station, 9315 N. Nevada. (466-1696)

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KELLOGG’S TOUR OF GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONS See members of the 2012 and 2016 U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Teams as they kick off their 36-city tour at the Spokane Arena. Sept. 15, 7:30 pm. $29-$299. Spokane Arena, 720 W. Mallon Ave. spokanearena.com ADOPT A CRAG Projects for the event, hosted by NIC’s Outdoor Pursuits, include trash removal, invasive weed control, trail maintenance, and general cleanup. Sept. 17, 8 am-noon. Q’Emiln Park, 12201 W Parkway. (208-769-7809) GLOBAL KIDICAL MASSIVE On this day Spokane joins thousands of kids all over the planet for a worldwide “Kidical Mass” bike ride. The familyfriendly afternoon bike ride of about 3 miles heads out through Kendall Yards and back on the Centennial Trail. Starts at 1214 W. Summit Parkway. Sep. 17, 1-2:30 pm. Free. Kendall Yards, Summit Parkway. summerparkways.com VINTAGE MOTOCROSS Rattlers Run Farms hosts a vintage bike show (1974 or older). Sept. 17-18. Fairfield, Wash. ahrma.org (710-7916)

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DISNEY’S BEAUTY & THE BEAST The Civic’s season opening show on the main stage, a musical performance based on Disney’s classic adaptation.

Through Oct. 9; Thu-Sat, 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $22-$30. Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard. (325-2507) NT LIVE: A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE The great Arthur Miller confronts the American dream in this dark and passionate tale. Sept. 15, 7-9:30 pm. $12.

The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org (208-882-4127) TITLE OF SHOW Hunter, Jeff, and their friends are on a journey through the gauntlet of creative self-expression.

Sept. 2-17, Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $20. Ella’s Cabaret Club, 1017 W. First. themoderntheater.org ON SHAKY GROUND A new play written by radio personality Molly Allen, of Dave, Ken and Molly in the Morning, 92.9 ZZU. Sept. 16-Oct. 2, Fri-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $12-$15. Ignite!

Community Theatre, 10814 E. Broadway. igniteonbroadway.org THE ROAD THROUGH DAMASCUS: A surreal take on the classic play, “Our Town,” by Thornton Wilder, with a twist of “Welcome to Night Vale” oddness and mystery. Sept. 16-17 at 7:30 pm and Sept. 18 at 2 pm. $10/public; free/UI students. The Forge Theater, 404 Sweet Ave. (208-885-6465) SPOKANE CHILDREN’S THEATRE GALA & FUNDRAISER The local theater celebrates the opening of its 71st season with dessert, wine, door prizes, live/silent auctions, and a variety show performance. Sep. 17, 7-9 pm. $20.

Spokane Children’s Theatre, 2727 N. Madelia. spokanechildrenstheatre.org THE DIXIE SWIM CLUB Five Southern women, whose friendships began many years ago on their college swim team, set aside a long weekend every August to recharge those relationships. Sept. 19-20, at 7:30 pm. $25.

Stage Left Theater, 108 W. Third. spokanestageleft.org AN ILIAD A modern-day retelling of Homer’s classic. Sept. 21, 5 pm and Sept. 24, 2 pm. Free. Wadleigh Theatre at Daggy Hall, College Ave. performingarts.wsu.edu RTOP AFTERDARK: RABBIT HOLE See the powerful, gripping drama and 2007 Pulitzer winner, a story of loss in which playwright David LindsayAlbaire bravely explores the difficult road to healing and dealing with the unimaginable. Sept. 22-24, Sept. 30Oct. 1, at 8 pm. $12. Regional Theatre of the Palouse, 122 N Grand. (334-0750) ROMAN ARMS & ARTS: RE-ENACTING LIFE IN ROME’S IMPERIAL LEGIONS As part of the Jundt’s fall exhibit, a troupe of Roman re-enactors demonstrate what military and domestic life was like in the ancient Mediterranean.

Sept. 22, 10 am-4 pm. Free. Gonzaga, 502 E. Boone Ave. gonzaga.edu

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LINDA HYATT CANCEL: THE RISING Cancel’s work depicts the beautiful landscapes of the 130-mile Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area. Sept.

14-Jan. 1; open Tue-Sat, 10 am-5 pm (until 8 pm on Wed; half-price admission on Tue). $5-$10. The MAC, 2316 W. First. northwestmuseum.org CASSEROLES, COLLAGES, & CREEPS: OUTSTANDING COMICS FROM

NORTHWEST ARTISTS Scablands Lit and Spark Central present Kelly Froh, Mita Mahato, and Simeon Mills, three stars of the Washington State comics scene. Sept. 17, 7 pm. Free and open to the public. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. sparkwestcentral.org ROMAN MYTH & MYTHMAKING A special touring exhibition examining how the ancient Romans constructed and spread their religious and cultural beliefs. Sept. 17-Dec. 17; gallery open Mon-Sat, 10 am-4 pm. Free public reception Sept. 16, 5-7 pm. Free admission. Jundt Art Museum, 200 E. Desmet. gonzaga.edu/jundt NORTHWEST ALTERNATIVE COMICS: COMIC JAM Featured exhibit artists Max Clotfelter and Tom Van Deusen host an informal zine-making workshop to create a zine to be released at the exhibit reception on Oct. 6. Sep. 22, 5-10 pm. Free and open to the public.

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READING: GUY PACE The author reads from “Nasty Leftovers,” the second book of his Spirit Missions series, and also talks about his publishing experiences, and answers audience questions. Sept. 15, 7-8 pm. Free. Auntie’s, 402 W. Main. auntiesbooks.com SIGNING: STAN E. HUGHES A signing of the author’s book “Children of the Bluefish,” the story of survivors from Jamestown and their relationship with the Choptank Tribe of Chesapeake Bay in the 1600’s. Sep. 17, 1-3 pm. 2nd Look Books, 2829 E. 29th. (535-6464) READING: CINDY HAYES The author presents the story behind her latest book, “Aunt Emily’s Diaries” with an audience discussion and book signing.

Sept. 17, 1 pm. Free. Sandpoint Library, 1407 Cedar St. ebonnerlibrary.org SPOKANE POETRY SLAM FEAT. JANE BELINDA AND JAMIE MORTARA: Spokane Poetry Slam’s Third Monday Slams have officially switched to a new format: a head-to-head poetry tournament, with all in the audience deciding who wins. The Sept. event also includes a double-feature set from two Portland poets. Sept. 19, 7-11 pm. $5.

The Bartlett, 228 W. Sprague. spokanepoetryslam.org (747-2174) GONZAGA VISITING WRITER SERIES: JENNY BOULLY The author reads from her work and answers audience questions. Sept. 20, 7:30 pm. Free and open to the public. Gonzaga University, 502 E. Boone. gonzaga.edu (328-4220) READING: JULIE WESTON The Seattle writer reads from her new book “Basque Moon,” a story of western conflicts in the 1920s. Sep. 20, 7-8 pm. Free.

Auntie’s, 402 W. Main. (838-0206) DISTINGUISHED VISITING WRITER: CLAIRE VAYE WATKINS The awardwinning author and Guggenheim Fellow reads from her works, followed by a Q-and-A. Sep. 22, 7:30 pm. Free and open to the public. 1912 Center, 412 E. Third St. (208-885-6156) THE SPIRIT OF ROMAN REPUBLICAN COINAGE The accompanying lecture series to the Jundt’s fall exhibit examines how the Romans chose to interpret their mythical past and display their religious beliefs through iconographic representation on objects of daily use. Sept. 22 and Oct. 13, at 7 pm.

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Z Nation returns for its third season on Friday at 8 pm on Syfy.

Opportunity Gnaws Z Nation didn’t just bring zombies to Spokane — it’s proved that the city can support a vibrant film industry

BY ISAAC HANDELMAN

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n a sweltering, late-August afternoon, a group of gun-toting men and women, clad in flashy garb ranging from military-style getups to tattered overalls, gather under the Monroe Street Bridge. There, on this day, resides a makeshift shelter from the zombie apocalypse, where humanity’s heroes have assembled to hatch their species-saving plan. Tomorrow, the place will return to its usual form: a popular stretch of Spokane scenery.

That’s because, in reality, those on-site are shooting a scene for the third season of Syfy’s corny-but-enjoyable, Spokane-filmed cable television series Z Nation, which premieres on Friday. Previous hurdles faced by Z Nation’s ragtag group of survivors led them on cross-country expeditions, but the narrative this season is set largely in Spokane. Near the season’s start, zombie-virus-immune antihero Murphy recalls a memory of visiting the city for the World’s Fair, and decides to set up shop rebuilding humanity in the remnants of the city due to its plentiful water and power.

Though Z Nation’s plot is only now settling down in the Lilac City, the show has been here all along from a production perspective. While Z Nation was still in its early stages of development, The Asylum, the L.A.-based company officially responsible for the show’s production, was advised to check out Spokane and its accompanying production company, North by Northwest. Rich Cowan, North by Northwest partner and co-founder, offered up an appealing episodic budget, and the city became Z Nation’s permanent home.

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ture, they needed people that they could employ, and so we just set all that up for them,” Cowan recounts.

Most of the crew now hard at work on Z Nation’s third season is comprised of the same Spokane-based freelancers who work on any typical North by Northwest project, like one of the company’s film productions.

Cowan says that the show provides around 200 cast and crewmembers with unionized, family-wage jobs that include pensions and health care, and for longer sustained periods than any feature film can.

Rooms at North by Northwest’s Broadway headquarters are packed with staff hard at work on various aspects of Z Nation’s production: sound mixers, color correctionists and editors go about their duties. In the basement you’ll often find the show’s second unit director, Juan Mas, a 20-year resident of Spokane. Previous lulls in the city’s filmmaking scene forced Mas to seek work as far away as eastern Europe, but Z Nation’s presence has allowed him to stay in his hometown for three consecutive years. Along with a few other Spokane natives, he has been allowed to direct episodes of the show’s second and third seasons. Mas views this as an honor, and also voices appreciation that interns invited from EWU get nitty-gritty tastes of the industry outside of their film theory classes.

Spokane’s many benefits as a film location could foreshadow the expansion of such opportunities for local denizens in the near future.

“We’ve been able to find nearly every possible geographic look here,” says Z Nation executive producer Jodi Binstock. “We’ve been able to really

make everything.”

The show has filmed on the Palouse, at Eastern State Hospital and Riverfront Park, and even in alleyways in the heart of downtown. Crewmembers have converted Spokane’s various locales and biomes into wildly varying locations like the Grand Canyon and Pennsylvania Amish country.

When it comes to attracting filmmakers, geographic diversity isn’t the only thing Spokane has going for it; the city also boasts an accessible airport, manageable traffic and parking, architectural diversity, first-class hotels and restaurants, and enthusiastic residents and municipal governments more than willing to accommodate the show’s filming. Cowan cites all these as factors that lower costs for production companies while boosting efficiency and morale for crews. Now that Z Nation’s positive experience has let the cat out of the bag, he believes that companies will be more inclined than ever to base projects in Spokane.

“About the biggest no-brainer I can think of is expanding this industry in Spokane,” Cowan says. He sees the city’s filmmaking industry as one that could very well employ a workforce of 500 people, translating to two full production crews at any given time. “You’re looking at a back lot there,” he says, gesturing out the window of his second-story office to Spokane’s downtown cityscape.

Cowan thinks that an expanded filmmaking industry could provide a significant economic boost for the city — but the plan is heavily reliant on a tax incentive for in-state filmmakers, funded by the state legislature and allocated by Washington Filmworks, that will soon require a renewal to stay in effect. Z Nation takes advantage of that incentive, as does just about every large-scale project that films in the area.

According to Cowan, North by Northwest plans to make a compelling argument for the incentive’s renewal. So long as the incentive remains, the local expansion of the industry is an exciting inevitability, as far as he sees it.

“It will absolutely happen…”

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