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owntown Spokane has been caught in the middle of a debate we’re having as a community. Are things headed in the right direction, or have we gone backwards?

So far, the conversation has largely been dominated by people on opposite ends of the political spectrum. It is an election year after all. Some point to litter, homeless people and smashed windows as evidence that downtown has become an undesirable hellscape. Others see multimillion-dollar projects going up alongside top-tier retailers like Apple and Nike as proof that Spokane is reaching new heights.

This debate is occuring at a moment when facts and figures have a tough time gaining traction with people whose guts tell them something different. Data may show that downtown crime is going down or that homelessness has remained relatively steady, but for many, that’s not how it feels.

Hard numbers rarely resonate the same way as a personal anecdote. Just try telling someone who’s had a bad time downtown — maybe they ran into a rude panhandler or had a car window shattered — that their experience isn’t reflective of everyone’s.

Our goal with this week’s cover story, DOWNTOWN AFTER DARK, wasn’t to wade into the political fight, but to assemble a snapshot in time, under a full moon on Friday the 13th. We dispatched five reporters and two photographers for the night. They combed the streets and alleyways — hitting up bars, art galleries, black-tie galas, drag shows, homeless shelters and favorite haunts — and came back with stories to tell. Check them out on page 22.

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The truth of the matter is that downtown Spokane, for more than a decade, has experienced an urban renaissance. Stuckart has played a leadership role in all this. Woodward, meanwhile, has zero experience with governance. Nor, apparently, based on her public utterances, does she have a clue about what makes cities tick.

A few months back, when asked what her “Spokane Solutions” slogan referred to, Wood-

ward initially did not offer any solutions. Later she said she would listen to the people to learn those solutions. Really? It is customary for candidates to run on a platform, not the promise just to listen.

Stuckart, on the other hand, is coming off two successful terms as council president. To use an old line we used when I worked in the Pentagon to distinguish between people who knew what they were doing and those who did not, Stuckart “knows his way around the building.”

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homelessness. Woodward recently suggested that the homeless problem is a drug problem, and the answer is to give the addict some counseling and treatment. If that fails? Apparently they go to jail.

Spokane does have a homeless problem — as do almost all cities in America. This problem goes way back. I left Washington, D.C., almost 40 years ago. Even then D.C. had a serious homeless problem. Many slept during the winter months on heating grates.

This is a problem to be grappled with via multiple strategies; there are no simple solutions. Stuckart is the one candidate who understands the problem and appreciates its complexity.

I suggest we also reread the late James Q. Wilson’s famous article, “Broken Windows.” Wilson made the case that to thrive, cities needed to avoid any evidence of neglect. Evidence of neglect will drive off the middle class, which is the lifeblood of all cities.

Thus it follows that a “broken window” that isn’t immediately repaired signals abandonment, which invites trouble. (Critics of Wilson’s ideas often associated them with “stop-and-frisk” policing, but that was never part of his theory. Some in law enforcement cited his work incorrectly to justify such practices.)

We’re doing a better at fixing Wilson’s broken windows here.

Simple improvements have made huge differences. Take South Perry — the city spent money, not a lot, on streetscape. Enough to send the message that the city cared, and we have seen results.

Those supporting Woodward’s campaign, and her critique of Spokane, have a transparent agenda, and it’s nothing new. The realtors and homebuilders don’t like the city’s comprehensive plan that guides growth and leads to urban investments like on South Perry. What they really want is for the city to invest more in infrastructure that can connect the city to sprawling development beyond city limits.

The things that Stuckart and Condon have worked on together these past seven years are aimed at strengthening the city core, to keep the middle class in the city. There’s the restored Riverfront Park, Kendall Yards and its vision of urban infill development, improvements on East Sprague and North Monroe, an expanded array of medical facilities (including two medical schools), along with all the new restaurants around town that seem to mark every healthy city.

Does the homeless problem grow as your city thrives? That appears to be the case in places like Seattle and Portland. It will be a challenge for every future mayor of Spokane. Stuckart has a plan that is being implemented in cities across America. It follows the guidance of the federal government and the advice of experts in the social service fields. Woodward would toss all that out and start over by, apparently asking the citizens to come up with something better.

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t one point, the Spokane AIDS Network had 17 staffers and a house on the lower South Hill from which it provided HIV prevention and care services across Eastern Washington.

But then in 2016, when SAN lost the state contract it had relied on for years, the organization transferred its clients to the Spokane Regional Health District, sold its building, let go of staff and contemplated the future: Should SAN shut down completely?

Ultimately, the organization decided it still had a vital role to play — building community and plugging holes in services — and recently named Grant Ogren its executive director, the group’s first since 2017.

We chatted with 51-year-old Ogren last week about what’s next for SAN. Our interview has been lightly edited for clarity and space.

INLANDER: How did the organization deal with the loss of state funding?

OGREN: We had to evaluate whether, No. 1, the organization was viable to continue. We didn’t have employees, we didn’t provide care and prevention and those kind of things. Could we still have a space — not a physical space, but did we have a place in Spokane? The board took about a year to evaluate that. We did a lot of surveys with clients. We talked with Regional Health to find out what was missing, what was still needed in the community.

When SAN was in full mode, we had contracts with the state to provide case management and care management and prevention. But we also had private donors who helped with the extras — the emergency bus pass, gas needed, food cards, all those kinds of things. Well, when Regional Health took over in 2016, they’re state funded, not donor funded, so a lot of things that SAN did weren’t being done. Those are the

gaps, and so in that year we found that there was definitely a need.

At this point, do you have any aspirations to return to the previous paradigm where you had a dedicated gathering place and 17 staffers?

Not to that extreme. It’s possible down the road. For now, we [want to be] a dedicated space, providing community. We’d like to venture out into providing some testing, a little more on the prevention side. But our biggest thing is community, making sure that people living with HIV and AIDS in Spokane have some place to call their own. There is still so much stigma, everywhere, Spokane being one of the places where there’s a lot of stigma.

In some ways, it feels like HIV/AIDS has fallen out of the headlines a little bit. Do you feel like that’s a sign of progress, or is it a step backward?

I think it’s both actually. Part of it is progress. [Also] people don’t want to hear about it anyway. It’s not a pretty disease. n

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As the new executive director, what are some of your near-term goals as you’re rebooting the organization?

We have an emergency program that we work with Regional Health to provide things that they’re unable to provide. There are a lot of people in this community who go from homeless to housed and so we help to provide beds and linens and the kinds of things that the Department of Health doesn’t have state funding for — pantry items, food items. We do those kind of emergency services on a weekly basis, and I really want to boost that program up. I want to bring more money in to be able to fill more of those gaps. That’s the key thing I’m working on.

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(“‘An All of Us Issue’”). She cut through all the rhetoric — political and otherwise — to get to the heart of the issue of homelessness: Those who are homeless are people, no different from the rest of us, just not as fortunate in all the ways we are.

It seems to me that all the talk by current candidates for office about fixing the homelessness problem using draconian measures comes down to one sentiment, which of course they would never admit to holding: “Really?

We don’t care what happens to ‘those people,’ so long as we don’t ever have to see them or be bothered by them.”

Before he died in 2012 of the result of years of alcohol abuse that he tried unsuccessfully to control, and despite the best efforts of his family and friends to help him, my smart, funny, college-educated younger brother lost his professional job, his wife and stepson, his middle-class home, his LETTERS car and all his possessions that didn’t Send comments to fit in a backpack and was living on editor@inlander.com. the streets in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Had that city had a Housing First program, he would at least have had a safe place to be and the option of getting services. Instead, the only time he was “safe” was when he was in the Bernalillo County Jail for failure to pay a DUI fine (until then, I thought debtor’s prison was something out of a novel by Charles Dickens). My brother didn’t choose to be a homeless alcoholic, but society punished him for his illness nonetheless.

Janice Miller said eloquently what gets overlooked or ignored in so much of the discussion about homelessness: It’s a complex situation with many causes that will require nuanced solutions, but most of all the awareness that no matter why a person has become homeless, he or she is a human being with the same rights and deserving of the same respect as the rest of us.

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299 Problems An apocalyptic book series shows the type of society Rep. Matt Shea and his allies dream of rebuilding

BY DANIEL WALTERS Spokane Valley Rep. Matt Shea, pictured in 2014. He’s currently under investigation to determine if he’s ever promoted political violence.

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hen Jay Pounder leaked “Biblical Basis for War,” a document authored by state Rep. Matt Shea, it focused a national spotlight on the controversial Spokane Valley politician.

Last month, as the state House of Representatives opened an investigation into whether Shea promoted political violence, Pounder, a former Shea ally, followed it up with a sequel, leaking a document called “Restoration.”

That document imitates the outline style of “Biblical Basis of War” exactly, but instead of focusing on warfare tactics, it appears to be a blueprint for establishing a new society after a catastrophic event.

In the society outlined in “Restoration,” abortions, unions, civil forfeiture, monopolies, cen-

tralized welfare, property taxes and “teachers under 30” would be banned. The Constitution would be changed to glorify Jesus Christ, and Christianity would get “elevated protection.” Immigration would be tied to the existing ethnic percentage.

One bullet point reads: “Reinstitute Capital Punishment for Murder, Rape, Molestation, Bestiality, Kidnapping, Adultery (discuss), Treason, and Sodomy.”

Unlike “Biblical Basis of War,” Shea hasn’t admitted to writing the “Restoration” document, yet he’s ignored repeated opportunities to deny it.

Yet former Spokane Valley City Councilman Mike Munch, who listed Shea as a reference when he applied for the council, tells the Inlander that he does recognize “Restoration.” But he argues that it’s not fair to simply refer to it as Shea’s document.

“Many people were involved in forming it,” Munch writes in an email. He explains that there was a meeting where a group started out with a basic outline of the “patriot”-led new society imagined in the post-apocalyptic book series, 299 Days, and then modified it by adding or subtracting sections.

“This was all done as a fictional study on what to do in the event of a catastrophic failure of the United States,” Munch says. “As I recall we spent a day discussing and ...continued on next page

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Munch did not respond to follow-up questions asking for more details. Among the local sphere of self-described preppers (survivalists who stock up on food and ammunition), the 299 Days fiction series is well-known.

Described as a “best seller” by its pseudonymous author, Glen Tate, the book series sparked both a spinoff authored by Tate’s new wife — she uses the pen name Shelby Gallagher — and its own line of AR-15-style rifles.

Both former Spokane Valley Councilman Caleb Collier and former Spokane County Treasurer Rob Chase say they’ve read several books in the series. Shea has repeatedly called it crucial reading for patriots to prepare for the days ahead.

“Read Glen Tate’s and Shelby Gallagher’s books,” Shea says on Tate’s July 3 Prepping 2.0 podcast. “They’re awesome primers.”

299 Days follows the character Grant Matson, a Washington state lawyer-turned-prepper based on the author, across 10 books and 3,600 pages. It starts with fights with his then-wife about stocking up on food and ammo, and then leads to the partial financial collapse of the United States, gunfights to liberate Olympia, and finally to the “restoration” of “New Washington,” a new, more libertarian society.

Tate did not respond to requests for interviews. But in his recorded speeches and podcasts, Tate’s argued a governmental collapse is both an inevitability and an opportunity. He presents his book series as a roadmap for rebuilding the kind of world he wants to live in.

“America as it presently exists is completely unsustainable and will not be sustained and will go down kicking and screaming as described in the books,” Tate tells his supporters on a 2015 YouTube video. “You’re going to be these leaders who are called upon to form the next government, and the next government is going to be better.”

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Nonfiction author J.M. Berger, who studies online extremism, says that post-apocalyptic survivalist fiction is actually a fairly large genre.

“Dystopian and apocalyptic novels are extremely useful tools for shaping all manner of radical and extreme politics,” Berger says. “They offer a crisis narrative that can be more convincing than a nonfiction tract on the same subject, thanks to their immersive nature.”

Most infamously, there’s The Turner Diaries, a racist, antigovernment novel that inspired Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh. The work was also influential among militia, patriot and anti-government types.

To be clear, 299 Days is not a white supremacist series.

Instead, the new society in 299 Days purports to essentially end racism, and not through segregation. Unlike the “Restoration” outline Pounder leaked, in the New Washington created at the end of Tate’s books there’s nothing about basing immigration on ethnic percentages. In 299 Days, the death penalty is prescribed

for corrupt contractors, but not for “sodomy.” Separation of church and state is maintained.

For the most part, Tate envisions New Washington as a libertarian paradise, defined by flat taxes, minimal regulation and self-reliance.

But some passages may raise eyebrows. In New Washington, rape sends you to jail for life, but requires two witnesses for a conviction.

“Gone were the days of an ex-wife in a divorce case sending a man to jail and ruining his life with no evidence,” Tate writes.

And no more restraining orders.

“In New Washington the way to prevent people from harassing you was now to exercise your right to keep and bear arms,” Tate writes.

The new Constitution not only includes a ban against gun registration, but also hands the citizens the enumerated “right to overthrow any government attempting to infringe their rights.”

On his Prepping 2.0 podcast, Tate explicitly says that the goals of what he’d like to see in a new post-collapse Constitution “are all contained in 10 books — 299 Days.”

“Almost every single person in this book is real,” Tate says, donning a fake beard and glasses, in a YouTube interview. “It’s the story of people I know and how I think things will turn out for them.”

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From early on, Tate has bragged to readers that he was bringing them an inside scoop. He had a front-row seat in government in Olympia and had a front-row seat on governmental corruption. “‘Glen’ keeps his real identity a secret so he won’t lose his job because, in his line of work, being a prepper and questioning the motives of the government is not appreciated,” Tate writes at the beginning of each book.

Tate obscures his face with props like a fake beard, a “Patiently Awaiting the Collapse” sticker, and an “I Miss America” bandana. In the photo announcing his 2018 marriage to Gallagher, he covered their picture with a heart.

But according to records, “Glen Tate” is actually Greg Overstreet, who served as Washington state’s open government ombudsman in the Attorney General’s Office from 2005-07.

Overstreet, who also goes by Stephen H.G. Overstreet, has also served as an attorney for two powerful Republican lobbying groups — the Building Industry Association of Washington and the Freedom Foundation — and has been a lobbyist for payday loan operator Money Tree.

It’s not just that the biography of the main character of the series is almost identical to Overstreet. Overstreet’s 2017 divorce papers explicitly award him all “business or intellectual property interests” for “299 Days.”

As for Gallagher, Tate’s wife and fellow prepper author?

According to the Jefferson County auditor’s office, last year Overstreet married Anne Marie Gurney, the Freedom Foundation’s former Oregon state director and a Portland-area state representative candidate in 2012.

Today, Overstreet is an attorney for Security Services Northwest and Fort Discovery, two organizations run by a Joe D’Amico — a man who’s been tangled up with various legal and regulatory battles in Jefferson County for nearly 15 years. The latest conflict stems from D’Amico’s planned Cedar Hills Recreational Facility, a proposed 40-acre gun range and recreational facility on the Olympic Peninsula.

And at first, a group of property owners opposing the project formed the Tarboo Ridge Coalition, simply worried about the disruption from guns and helicopters.

But then, Tarboo President Scott Freeman says, his nephew stumbled across the 299 Days series. And they figured out that Tate had clearly based the character “Joe Tantori” on Joe D’Amico.

“Very, very quickly we realized the issue was much deeper,” Freeman says.

Freeman and another Tarboo board member pored through the series. By the end of it, Freeman came away worried that ...continued on next page

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D’Amico’s new facility “was going to be a paramilitary training center for anti-government groups.”

After all, according to court documents, D’Amico “conducted military and paramilitary weapons training” at his previous facility, Fort Discovery in Sequim, Washington.

D’Amico even sold a custom AR-15-style rifle with “Rally Point” GPS coordinates on it. The coordinates would lead purchasers to D’Amico’s facility, and the gun would grant them access during a serious disaster.

“As in, if you have one of his rifles, you have an invitation to come to his facility when the collapse comes and be with like-minded people,” Tate writes on his blog in 2014. “We’re at a thrilling time in our history.”

(After Fort Discovery left its former facility, a judge forced D’Amico to post a notice clarifying that the “Rally Point” doesn’t exist.)

When reached by phone and asked about 299 Days, D’Amico said he didn’t know what the Inlander was talking about, called it a “weird phone call” and hung up. D’Amico did not respond to a follow-up email and phone call.

However, D’Amico acknowledged being the inspiration of the Joe Tantori character in a 2014 podcast interview.

Overstreet and the Tarboo Ridge Coalition, meanwhile, continue to be locked in litigation.

After Freeman heard from the Inlander that Tate and Overstreet were the same person, he said, the fact that D’Amico and Overstreet were working together deepened his concern. “I consider it a threat to our democracy,” Freeman says. “This is an apocalyptic vision.”

THE WARM JOY OF GOVERNMENTAL COLLAPSE

This week Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich planned to give an updated version of his “Threats We Face Presentation” on the local dangers of extremism. Asked about the prepping movement, Knezovich says that he applauds those who want to be prepared for potential disaster. On the other hand, he accuses Shea and his allies of actually trying to bring about disaster and collapse.

Shea’s supporters say that couldn’t be further from the truth.

“Nobody on the conservative spectrum that I am aware of is promoting any type of violence,” says Collier, the former councilman and Shea

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supporter. “None of the people that I associate with want a government collapse.”

Instead, he says, preppers just want to be prepared for the worst. In a blog post, Tate claims a law-enforcement friend told him that his 299 Days book series was cited in a Homeland Security training as a group “fantasizing about the collapse of society.” He scoffs, arguing that nobody wants the suffering that comes with the collapse.

On the other hand, in 299 Days, Tate writes that the central character, Grant Matson, experiences the collapse with a rush of “warm joy.”

“Grant didn’t want all the bad things to happen to the mostly innocent people out there, but he knew that it was the only way things would change,” Tate writes.

In another blog post, Tate stresses that it’s good to get mad at the evil people who screwed up this country, but that violence should only be used in self-defense.

“Do not initiate violence,” Tate writes. “I want to stress that point: Do not initiate violence.

If you think 299 Days is persuading you to go out and hurt people, then you do not understand the book.”

Yet at times his series revels in violence, including against prisoners. After the good guys capture a teenager who killed a member of their squad, a team member knifes the traitor to death.

“The kid tried to scream but he couldn’t because of the damage to his throat,” Tate writes.

“They hoisted the mutilated and blood-soaked teenager up and put a noose around his neck.”

The good guys wear the teenager’s blood stains as a badge of honor.

In another passage, Tate describes how Grant, with just a touch of guilt, soaks in the “warm adrenaline and joy pulsing through him” after his team smashes another teenage traitor’s hands.

In real life, Tate describes a similar sort of warmth.

At the Northwest Preparedness Expo, held in Prosser in 2017, Tate talks about how good he felt seeing “the good guys going to get in a fight with the bad guys” in Seattle on May Day. “That sounds violent?” Tate says. “I don’t care, it was heartwarming.” So was watching antifa folks “get beat up pretty badly” elsewhere, he says.

“You watch that stuff and say, ‘Dang, it’s

about time,’ don’t you?” he says.

These days, Tate’s Prepping 2.0 podcast and related sites sport a recurring feature called “Live or Die,” where, say, he’ll post a photo of an awkward guy sleeping in a Gov. Jay Inslee T-shirt and then invite commenters to predict whether the person will survive the collapse.

“Live as a concubine with a ball gag, or die on a roasting spit,” one commenter theorizes. “Wow, this kid has shoot me now written all over him,” another quips.

Since his series’ publication, meanwhile, both he and Gallagher have become fervent supporters of Shea’s proposal to turn Eastern Washington into a new state called Liberty.

“Oh really, you want to enforce this court order?”

Tate says at the 2017 Northwest Preparedness Expo, envisioning a potential rejoinder to the feds from a place like Liberty state.

“Why don’t you come through this mountain pass right here. Things may get noisy.”

And the support is mutual. Shea appeared on the video for Tate’s failed 2017 Kickstarter campaign to raise money for 299 Days: The Movie. “This movie is a wake-up call,” Shea says.

“The patriot community has to come together to make this happen.”

On the video, Shea says he makes an appearance in the seventh book of the series and wants to play a character in the movie.

On Aug. 27, the same day Pounder leaked the “Restoration” document, Tate appeared on Shea’s podcast. Violence is only going to get worse, he says.

If Donald Trump gets reelected, the left is going to go crazy, Tate says.

And if a Democrat wins, he says, then the Democrats are going to “push and prod and poke traditional Americans,” in revenge and retaliation.

“And our side is going to say, ‘Heck no, no more,’” Tate tells Shea. “And then stuff is going to get super violent.” n danielw@inlander.com

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Shelter Delayed, Shelter Denied And winter is coming…

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he city of Spokane’s newest homeless shelter was supposed to open by July 1, 2019. That didn’t happen. Then, the plan was to have a new shelter open by Sept. 1. That didn’t happen either. And now, as City Council President Ben Stuckart says, the Condon administration isn’t pursuing buying a new FULL-SCALE SHELTER at all, instead looking for places to lease for smaller warming centers.

City spokeswoman Kirstin Davis, however, says that’s false, arguing Condon is simply broadening the scope of the properties they’re looking for.

Mayoral candidate Nadine Woodward “If we are doesn’t think the city should rush to unable to find a property quickly buy space for a homeless shelter. to buy, he wants to be open to leases or other arrangements to get a shelter open and services available in time for winter,” Davis says.

But Stuckart is skeptical that warming shelters will be open in time as winter approaches. “[Mayor David Condon is] not putting the priorities necessary in order to get warming shelters open,” Stuckart says. “I think they’d be perfectly fine if things just keep getting worse.”

He says the Community, Housing & Human Services department has been understaffed and overwhelmed, and if he were mayor, he’d dedicate multiple staff members to it full time.

“This is the whole problem,” Stuckart says.

“Council can fund things, but we can’t tell staff what to do.”

Stuckart says he’s offered to let the CHHS department use his executive assistant, Adam McDaniel, for three days a week, to free up other staff members to look for shelters.

Monday night, the City Council voted to delay choosing the Salvation Army as a shelter provider, partly because details like where the shelter or shelters would be located hadn’t been remotely finalized. Stuckart says they’re only delaying the decision a week, because the council wants to keep the pressure on the administration to move faster.

Meanwhile, Stuckart’s opponent for mayor, former KXLY anchor Nadine Woodward, has argued that the city shouldn’t be buying a shelter, or at least should wait a year.

In an op-ed about homelessness Sunday in the Spokesman-Review, Woodward blamed Stuckart for the plan that he and the Condon administra-

tion had both championed.

“Mr. Stuckart believes an impulsive push for a city-owned shelter will solve our problem,” Woodward wrote, “but it will simply establish another unnecessary and expensive bureaucracy that will become a long-term burden.” (DANIEL WALTERS)

VAPING CRACKDOWN

As reports of vaping-related illness continue to emerge across Washington state, lawmakers are asking state officials to ban vape flavors for e-cigarettes that contain allegedly HARMFUL INGREDIENTS. But state officials are still weighing their options.

A flurry of reported cases of vaping-related illness both nationwide and across Washington state have lawmakers and health officials on high alert. As of Monday, a total of six cases of vaping-related illness across the state — including two in Spokane County — have been confirmed, according to the Department of Health. Last week, Washington State Health Officer Kathy Lofty called the issue a “statewide outbreak.”

In a letter authored last week, state Rep. Gerry Pollet (D-Seattle) and Sen. Patty Kuderer (D-Bellevue), called on the state Department of Health and the Liquor and Cannabis Board to ban vapor products containing the chemicals vitamin E acetate and diacetyl statewide, the Seattle Times first reported.

The lawmakers cited a recent study that found that a large number of e-cigarette vape flavors tested by researchers contained diacetyl, which has been associated with respiratory disease. They also argued that the Department of Health and the Liquor and Cannabis Board can legally ban products containing those chemicals under a 2016 law that allows both agencies to pull harmful vapor products from the market or suspend the licenses of retailers who sell them.

“At least until proven otherwise, vapor products containing these two chemicals should be removed from the market in our state,” the letter reads.

While the Department of Health is actively monitoring and investigating the situation, the agency isn’t committing to any ban on specific vape flavor products at this point, citing a lack of sufficient evidence linking one product or chemical with all the cases.

But state health officials aren’t completely writing off a ban just yet. Kristen Maki, a spokeswoman for the Department of Health, says that “all policy options are currently on the table” and that Gov. Jay Inslee has asked the Department of Health to provide him with options for potential responses, including statutory changes and executive order. (JOSH KELETY) n

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TIME FOR TIMBER Last week, KATERRA celebrated opening the largest cross-laminated timber (CLT) factory in North America in Spokane Valley, a move state officials cheered for its potential to create jobs and increase building sustainability.

The factory, which could employ up to 150 at full operation, will produce incredibly strong CLT beams and platforms, made by gluing smaller boards together from forests around the region. That can help Washington’s Department of Natural Resources make money back on forest thinning that it plans to complete over the next two decades to reduce fire risks. The material also produces far less greenhouse gas than concrete and steel and can be used for tall buildings, leading many to look to it as a way to increase sustainability in the construction industry. (SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL)

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Unfamiliar Places Spokane Public Schools teachers who were laid off — and later recalled — adjust to new positions

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hen Spokane Public Schools teacher Mary Douthitt was told this spring that she was no longer being laid off, it came with a condition: She’d have to switch schools.

“I was told what my assignment was,” Douthitt says.

“I was told we just had to say ‘yes’ or it was a resignation.”

Spokane Public Schools was able to recall all but a few teachers and certificated staff who were originally on the layoff list this spring due to a budget crisis. But many of those teachers were recalled into a different position or to new schools, which teachers worry negatively impacts students. Douthitt, a special education teacher now at Shaw Middle School, says it can particularly affect special ed students.

“It takes time to develop relationships with students who have learning disabilities, to understand what supports are needed within an individual school’s program and how best to deliver that support,” she says.

“It’s devastating to kids. You need consistency and structure.”

Brian Coddington, a spokesman for Spokane Public Schools, notes there is a certain level of teacher movement that occurs every year due to retirements and resignations. But he admits that the budget situation did create “abnormal” movement among teachers. Based on the contract language written into the district’s contract with the Spokane Education Association, teachers were chosen for layoffs based on seniority, and when they were recalled, the positions they vacated often were likely unavailable.

“There’s no doubt it’s not ideal, and it wouldn’t be the first choice,” Coddington says.

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outhitt had been teaching at Chase Middle School for a year when she came into school on April 11 and noticed something was different.

The principals looked somber. Teachers were crying.

Then she got the news that she was one of the teachers who was going to be laid off.

A total of 325 employees at Spokane Public Schools got the same notice that day. Last summer, the Spokane Education Association — like other teacher unions across the state — negotiated huge pay raises. But those pay raises put the Spokane Public Schools budget in the red, and the district has said the state funding formula combined with a cap on local authority to raise levy dollars resulted in inevitable budget cuts. Teachers with the least experience bore the brunt of those cuts.

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Some Spokane teachers worry that shuffling staff around impacts kids.

But since April 11, due to attrition and additional Rizzardi says she’s frustrated that she doesn’t have a money from the state Legislature, Spokane Public job now. But she’s also concerned that the kids at Libby Schools slowly was able to recall more and more teachers Center have gone through four counselors in four years. from the layoff list. By the time school started, of the “It’s devastating to kids,” she says. “You need consismore than 180 teachers who thought they were losing tency and structure.” their jobs, all but four were recalled, says Spokane Education Association President Jeremy Shay. ecky Ramsey, the director of special education “And I know every single one of those people who in Spokane Public Schools, says she hasn’t heard gets recalled is recalled into a position for which they’re about any kids impacted by losing a teacher so qualified,” Shay says. far this school year. She adds that in some high-needs Coddington says the district isn’t able to provide programs, like the district’s Autism Behavioral Learning exact numbers on how many teachers on the entire recall Environment program, schools were able to keep the list moved to new positions. Every year, due to resignasame teacher as before. tions and retirements, some shuffling is bound to occur.

“The students in that program have high needs But he can say that there were 24 special related to autism,” she says. “So having education teachers who were recalled from a consistent adult is important for the LETTERS the original layoff list. Of those, 10 went to stability of behavior and academics.”

Send comments to a new program and 14 went to the same While Spokane Public Schools editor@inlander.com. program as before. knows that the layoff and recall process Still, being in the same program hasn’t been ideal, district officials and doesn’t necessarily mean the same school. Douthitt, for teachers union leaders say their hands were tied by instance, was recalled back into the secondary resource contract language. Coddington, the district spokesman, program, but moved from Chase to Shaw Middle School. says it’s a challenge to follow the prescriptive model for Other teachers went from a resource program to a behavhandling a layoff or recall process and balancing it with ioral intervention classroom. the customized individual approach schools are trying to Douthitt says breaking up that continuity and trust take with students. doesn’t help kids, especially in special ed.

“We are obligated to follow contract language and to “I put a lot of time, energy and my own money into follow state law in how we operate a layoff process,” Coddeveloping appropriate supports for my students last dington says. “That’s what is dictating how this process year, which I was happy to do because I believed I was ran.” laying the groundwork for future years,” she says.

Shay, meanwhile, says he’s confident teachers in Now, she’s starting over.

Spokane Public Schools are up to the challenge.

Of course, some district employees didn’t get that “One of the great things about having competitive chance. Sheree Rizzardi was a counselor at Libby Center salaries and being in Spokane is we do get highly qualiand frequently worked with kids with behavioral probfied people,” Shay says. “And despite moving around, I lems before she got the layoff notice. She was among the think our staff can do an amazing job of educating those few who never got another call for an open position. kids — whether or not it’s ideal.” n

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SPOKANE IS FULL OF CHARACTERS — WE FOUND THEM ALL ON FRIDAY THE 13TH

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Scenes from downtown Spokane on Sept. 13, 2019.

Sunset was 7:06 pm.

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n Friday the 13th, under a full harvest moon, we dispatched five reporters and two photographers to document the bright lights and shady corners of Spokane. While downtown has been a hotbutton issue during this campaign season, with the balance of power at City Hall up for grabs this November, our mission wasn’t to defend or indict downtown.

Instead, ours was a good-faith effort to capture a snapshot of downtown after dark, guided only by our own curiosity about this place we call home. In the end, we’ll let the people we encountered — everyone from a tuxedoed mayor, panhandlers, drag queens, karaoke singers, bouncers, bartenders, muralists, Uber drivers and cops working graveyard — speak for themselves.

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Downtown After Dark

JUST CHECKING IN

6:20 pm, outside the Big Dipper

Rose Dull’s big, bright-red suitcase clatters along the bumpy sidewalk near Washington Street. She circles the block as she searches for the offices of the Downtowner Motel.

She just got off the Greyhound bus from Idaho, and the Downtowner is close enough to the Intermodal Center that it’s easy enough to drag her big red suitcase.

“I’m staying for two nights because of my friend. I’m coming to see her,” she says. “She doesn’t know I’m coming. It’s a surprise.”

Dull says it’s been three years since she’s seen her friend, a mental-health worker in Spokane. Dull isn’t from Spokane. And from the way she stretches out the “oo” in a word like “too,” neither is her accent. She’s from Michigan, she says.

But she has a soft spot for Spokane. There was a time, she says as she finally finds the Downtowner offices, that she wanted to live here. But not anymore.

“It was too big,” Dull says. (DANIEL WALTERS)

BIG TENT PARTY

7:05 pm, under the Pavilion

At Mayor David Condon’s eighth Our Town charity gala, the sun is beginning to set, both on the Riverfront Park Pavilion and on the Condon administration.

In 110 days, Condon will be effectively laid off, terminated by term limits.

“I wish I was being laid off,” the mayor jokes. “Then I would get unemployment.”

It’s a fitting end, then, that his final gala as mayor would be held here, under the webbed canopy of one of his most visible accomplishments. In one sense, this is a night about charity, about raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for causes like Family Promise and Fairchild

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Families Forward. But, inevitably, it’s also a moment for But tonight, at least, Condon does not join the chorus some of the most powerful figures in Spokane to rub of pessimists. Asked by the Inlander about what the thinks elbows in a beautiful setting, enjoying the finer things. about downtown Spokane, the mayor is unequivocal.

Here the bread is artisanal, the butter is apricot“It’s amazing!” Condon says, raising his voice to be thyme flavored. The spinach salad comes tossed with heard over the music. (DANIEL WALTERS) caramelized almonds, mandarin oranges and a celeryroot vinaigrette. Those who forego the prime-rib carving NYNE LIVES station settle for the simple comforts of sockeye salmon in 8:30 pm, nYne Bar and Bistro a herb-shallot sauce.

Beyonce Black St. James (upper right) introduces herself A few partygoers hike up the walkway, up the to the small crowd that’s slowly growing at nYne in bePavilion, and behold the park and the sunset-kissed city tween sips from her virgin Shirley Temple. below. They eat. They drink. They’re merry.

It’s almost showtime.

It’s the furthest possible thing from the Pretty soon she’ll be lip-synching to images of the controversial “Curing SpoLizzo’s “Good as Hell,” dressed in all red with THIS PAGE: Mayor David kane” video, released last month, depicting a flowing cape, strutting across the dance Condon at his annual gala downtown Spokane as drowning in crime, floor. (left), performers at nYne; garbage, syringes, drug addicts, drunks and She’s a familiar face to the drag crowd FACING PAGE: (clockwise) human feces. in Spokane and has lived here since 1991. street buskers, Shane In fact, the funder of that video, develShe spends a lot of her free time downtown, Heisey at House of Charity, oper and businessman Larry Stone, is here, at the mall, coffee shops or the gym. By her John Waite at Merlyn’s. at Table 12, right next to the stage where estimate, things have gotten much better over the band from Condon’s wedding is playthe years, not just with downtown’s revitalizaing. Cindy Wendle — the council president tion, but also with increased access to services candidate who wrote in response to the Stone’s video for homeless people. that “families are afraid to take their children to the park As a transgender woman who performs at a gay and businesses are closing because of the open drug use club, she says she’s rarely felt uncomfortable anywhere and crime” — is here, too. So is council candidate Michael downtown.

Cathcart, who as director of Better Spokane, had talked “All the downtown clubs are really open and fun and about releasing a series of videos similar to “Curing Spoadventurous,” she says. kane” — though plans to wait until after the election.

Her one complaint: There aren’t enough LGBTQ Also in attendance is the woman who may very well establishments in Spokane. be hosting her own mayoral gala next year: Nadine “There aren’t a lot of lesbian or gay or transgenWoodward, the candidate who’s painted the downtown der business owners,” she says. “Usually we’re on the library as dangerous, the STA Bus Plaza as a hotbed of outskirts. I think that would bring more awareness to the sex trafficking, and the urban core as besieged by homecommunity, even though they’re more accepting from 10 lesness and crime. years ago to now.”

Echoing the same concern is nYne patron Emily Routt.

“We love coming to nYne. When I’m here, I feel safe all the time,” she says while smoking on the club patio. “I know that the bouncers have everyone’s safety in mind.

They want everyone here to feel safe and comfortable.”

(QUINN WELSCH)

INSPIRATIONAL STOP

7:36 pm, Saranac Art Projects on Main Kurt Madison tells me I’m the 34th person to stop into Saranac Art Project’s downtown gallery today. The gallery closes in about 20 minutes, but it’s an average turnout for a Friday that’s not an opening reception, Madison says.

The local artist cooperative-owned gallery is currently showcasing Bleared Views, a two-person show by local artists Chris Tyllia and Lisa Nappa featuring ceramics and works on paper.

“Inspiration often starts like a leak in a faucet. The kind of leak that drips, drips, drips on your psyche…

Sometimes it’s a small note you jot down on an index card, a quick snapshot with your phone, or a shadow on the wall. Bleared Views are material translations of some of these inspiration ‘drips’ that seep into our imaginations,” reads the artists’ statement.

The art, in soft shades of blue and white, offers a peaceful respite from the increasingly busy street outside. I creep across the creaking hardwoods to take it in before heading back out into the dusk of night. (CHEY SCOTT)

‘SKETCHED OUT BY PEOPLE’ 6:45 pm, outside House of Charity

The sun is setting at House of Charity.

People trickle down Pacific Avenue, clustering in small groups in front of the shelter’s entrance where a security

guard watches sternly from a metal fence. Across the street, Bridge Press Cellars is celebrating its newly renovated venue space with a performance from the Devon Worley Band. Two men carry a large storage bin filled with sandwiches, patrolling the block between Browne and State streets, handing out food to hungry passersby before the shelter’s 7 pm check-in.

Shane Heisey has been homeless for the last five years, four of which have been in Spokane. He was “clean and sober” when he came here from Philadelphia, but he says his dad kicked him out shortly after.

“He didn’t want to be a father to me,” says Heisey, 33.

“I’ve been really working to try and get out of this and get myself right.”

Heisey says he likes downtown Spokane. It has great “feng shui,” and he recognizes the work that’s being done to improve the area. But he also says there are a lot of homeless people who don’t respect that and who aren’t trying to improve their own situation.

“Don’t put everybody in that box,” he says.

He’s been volunteering at House of Charity lately and is waiting to hear back on a background check so he can become a “residential client” — a volunteer worker who lives at the facility.

Do you think downtown Spokane is safe?

He shrugs.

“It’s safe to a degree. If you are going to be out all night, the chances of it being safe are uhhh…” He lifts up a tank top and reveals a deep scar running several inches down the center of his stomach.

“My ex-best friend took me to get jumped,” he says.

He says he was stabbed in the stomach and had to walk to the hospital by himself.

“Some people just get sketched out by people for no reason and they just hurt people for no reason.”

(QUINN WELSCH)

GAME NIGHT

6:17 pm, Merlyn’s on Main Among the group of mostly regular attendees of Magic: The Gathering events hosted at Merlyn’s is John Waite, owner of the game and comic book shop as well as Auntie’s Bookstore.

“I’m not doing very well here,” Waite laments as a Fleetwood Mac song softly drifts through the open door connecting Merlyn’s to the Saranac Commons, where crowds have gathered at Black Label Brewing to savor craft beer while a local musician performs.

The seven players are playing a variant of the 26-year-old collectible trading card game called draft.

They’re the only customers in the store. (CHEY SCOTT)

BUSKING FOR BOOZE

8:02 pm, the sidewalk near the Pin

Three buskers sit on the edge of the parking lot next to the Pin, the upstairs music club on Sprague. Each is holding a guitar as they talk to each other on a break between songs.

“We hang out together almost every night,” says 20-year-old Karley Roger. “We’ve been here all day and we got like $3.”

With handwritten cardboard signs on the sidewalk reading “Broke and stupid, anything helps” and “F--meth smoke weed,” today they’re saving up to buy some whiskey before the store closes. Usually, their earnings start small, but once people get a little more drunk, leaving bars in that area of Sprague, they find passersby are more generous.

Josh Hunter, 33, and Leo Costa, 29, who sit with Roger, tell a reporter they’re not necessarily comfortable having their photo taken, wary it might be used “against ...continued on next page

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“BUSKING FOR BOOZE,” CONTINUED... the homeless” like footage of their friends was recently.

They’re referring to clips featured in the recent 17-minute video “Curing Spokane,” which they found out about on Facebook.

“We’re not all tweakers, we just travel,” Costa says.

Hunter nods in agreement. “Everybody gets lumped in the same category,” he says.

Hunter, who is homeless and originally from Dallas, says he disagrees with much of the overgeneralizations about people who are homeless, but he understands that for some people, seeing homeless folks downtown can be overwhelming.

“I understand to regular people it might seem… there’s a lot of moving parts,” he says.

(SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL)

ONE MAN SHOW

8 pm, Monterey Cafe on Washington The scene at Monterey Cafe belies the atmosphere that will take over the bar and pizza joint sometime within the next two hours: jovial and tipsy, but not overly rowdy, karaoke singers belting out hits old and new on the mic until the wee hours of the morning.

There’s just four guys parked on bar stools by the garage door window that’s open to the dark street outside. Bartender Mallory Jones chats with them and others who wander in, including a regular eager to get the night’s karaoke session up and running.

“Hi Norv, are you feeling better today? Doin’ just water tonight?” Jones asks the man in a black baseball cap with a dark, full beard covering his broad chin.

Norv orders a Corona instead and heads to an open table in the back while karaoke host Alane Wilkerson gets the computer set up with his first request, “Forever and Ever, Amen” by Randy Travis.

Both women gush about how friendly and welcom-

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ing Monterey’s karaoke fanbase is.

“We have people who want to come in and have fun and interact with other people, so it’s a different crowd than if you were to go to other bars,” Jones says. “We’re very interactive and everyone comes in and it’s like ‘I have a whole new family!’ It’s a very fun, upbeat crowd every night.”

Norv, whose full name is Norvel Huntley, is a notable member of that Monterey family, coming in almost nightly to sing karaoke. Other customers ask about him by name, Jones says.

“Norvel is like the second cousin who shows up to everything,” Wilkerson jokes.

Most nights, Huntley, a 56-year-old retired construction worker who says he had to stop working due to having a bad heart, signs up to sing 10 songs, ranging from country to THIS PAGE: Good times rock. at Monterey Cafe; FACING “They treat me like family, and PAGE: (clockwise) Norv it’s a safe environment,” Huntley Hunt singing, cyclists says of why he regularly comes outside Red Lion, Terrie down to the bar from his home Jelsma at the STA Plaza. about five blocks away. “I just like the crowd and the bartenders are nice to me and polite.”

With nobody else on the request list yet, Huntley is up again, this time singing the Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow duet “Picture.” Wilkerson joins him this time to sing the female vocals. (CHEY SCOTT)

#WHODIDTHEDICKS?

7:31 pm, sidewalk by the M Apartments (formerly Macy’s) Sixty-two-year-old Rick “Harpman Hatter” Bocook — a street musician and the closest thing the downtown Spokane chalk art scene has to Banksy — is more than happy to show you his latest creation: A bleary-eyed

Gandalf the Grey gazing up from the concrete outside the M Building. Bocook does have one request, however.

“Just don’t take pictures of the dick pics,” Bocook says.

Indeed, right beside Gandalf, as if conjured by the dark wizard Saruman himself, is a duet of crudely scrawled penises. Frankly, they’re not up to Bocook’s artistic standards. (DANIEL WALTERS)

BASKET CASE

8:05 pm, Red Lion BBQ & Pub The group of cyclists milling about outside the Red Lion is small but spirited. People are checking out the light arrays on each other’s bikes and sipping beers from the bar — or beer they brought from home.

They’re there for the full-moon group ride put on by FBC Spokane, a casual bike club that puts on monthly bike rides that start at a bar and end at a surprise location. The turnout this time is pretty good, organizer Joshua Hagen, 42, says while leaning over the patio fence: “Better than average.”

It’s a first ride for Jim Kogler, a 32-year-old software developer who recently moved to Spokane from Portland with his significant other. (They were previously involved in the cycling community in Portland; “I love group rides,” Kogler says.) But that didn’t stop him from bringing their cat, Kepler, who is coiled up in a basket attached to the front of Kogler’s bike.

Kepler is looking surprisingly content, relaxed and even sleepy, given the low-key commotion surrounding him.

For Kogler, downtown Spokane doesn’t feel unsafe — at least compared to some parts of Portland’s downtown, which he says he would avoid when he used to live there. He says homelessness is definitely an issue here, but the way it is discussed absent any analysis of

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the root causes of homelessness isn’t helpful.

“The panic-stricken tones of the coverage of the problem is not doing anyone any favors,” he says. “It amounts to demonizing homeless people. It is a problem and it is something that we need to think about. But I’ve never really felt unsafe downtown.”

Kogler notes that policy makers and the public need to look at Spokane’s overheating housing market when addressing homelessness.

He’s a fan of capping the rate of rent increases.

“If we want to be proactive about preventing people from being homeless, then we have to address the housing crisis,” he says. (JOSH KELETY)

ANOTHER ONE RIDES THE BUS

7:50, STA Plaza

Terrie Jelsma, a woman in her forties, waits for her bus. She’s a writer — she likes to write poetry, songs and plays. She’s working on a historical fiction book right now, which may or may not involve time travel. She doesn’t feel comfortable enough yet to write on the bus.

After all, it’s only her first week riding the bus.

She doesn’t yet know all the South Hill bus stops yet — and STA is about ready to change up her route.

But so far, she loves rising the bus. She finds it more relaxing than driving. She doesn’t have to worry about the traffic around her. She loves watching the mishmash of humanity while waiting at the Plaza.

“I like the broad mix of business professionals, people kind of in the middle like me, and people on hard times,” Jelsma says. “You

hear interesting stories of things they’re talking about. Moms with their kids going to a doctor’s appointment. People who are wondering where they’re going to sleep next. And then people who are going to Sacred Heart to work. I like that.” (DANIEL WALTERS)

HELPFUL HAL

7:25 pm, Uber ride

Hal Hudson, who drives about four hours a day for Uber, slowly pulls his silver Ford F-150 over in the west end of downtown, picking up a reporter as a light rain darkens the sky.

He’s been doing this for about three years now.

“I just gave my 6,500th ride earlier today,” Hudson says.

In that time, he’s had some memorable experiences.

“I once picked this kid up in the Valley, and he wanted a ride to San Francisco,” Hudson says.

“I got him as far as the Tri-Cities, and then he got another Uber there.”

The rider didn’t have a current ID, so he wasn’t able to fly or get a bus ticket, which meant spending what was probably in the range of $1,500 to $1,800 to get there, Hudson says. Hudson made around $175 for his part of the trip.

Hudson lives in the Valley and used to own a towing company with his brother. He’s mostly retired these days, though he helps with AAA’s rescue program and enjoys driving for Uber, which he doesn’t think he’ll give up.

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He doesn’t want to age himself too much, but he remembers how little there was for young people to do downtown before Expo ’74.

“Now, it’s great,” Hudson says. “There are lots of places to go eat and for young people to go out.”

(SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL)

ART AS A WAY OUT

8:45 pm, the sidewalk outside Crave “Troggy” Victor, 30, and Destiny Brown, 36, sketch in their notebooks while sitting on the sidewalk around the corner from the entrance to Crave, a bar on Riverside. A book of Nordic Runes lays on the ground next to their drawings for sale.

“We try to sell our art and not ask for a handout.

Instead we’re offering something,” Victor says. “When people ask us ‘Why don’t you get a job?’ we say, ‘We have one, it’s our art.’”

Brown wants people to see her for her creativity and how she’s different from some addicts.

“Amongst some of us street kids, we’ve been talking about how to make some changes,” she says. “Things like picking up after yourself, because it’s getting out of hand.

“The more society makes us look like criminals, the more people retaliate,” she adds. “We’ve had dangers in the street because of it — people throwing stuff out of trucks and screaming.”

What could help, they say, are words of encouragement.

“We already think we’re f---ing pieces of shit,” Brown says. (SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL)

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A BLANK CANVAS

His client, 53-year-old Trina Lock, sits cross-legged on a tattoo table as her daughter Laci Johnson, 33, looks on while they go over the design on paper.

Right now, all artists Erin Johnston, 28, and Timothy “It’s taken us a couple hours just to draw it up,” Lock Lacey, 30, have is a blank canvas: a brick square, painted says. white, on the alley wall next to Wall Street, between Riv“With the cover-up process, it’s sometimes hard to erside and Main avenues. Johnston is mostly a watercolor work from paper, you know?” Gentry says. “The body painter and printmaker, Lacey is a writer, a photographer, being present is a big benefit to kind of get the layout a performance artist and a sculptor. But tonight, they’re correct.” muralists. Lacey’s perched on a ladder, while Johnston The tattoo that needs covering up is on Lock’s lower takes measurements. In two weeks — maybe by the time back. you read this — it will be Spokane Arts’ latest downtown “It’s a butterfly and flowers, and we’re mural. covering it up with a butterfly and flowers, What it is, they don’t want to say exTHIS PAGE: “Troggy” but it’s going to be the right butterfly and actly. They want it to be a surprise.

Victor and Destiny Brown flowers,” Gentry says as Lock and Johnson Besides, words can’t always properly (left), muralists Erin laugh. describe the je ne sais quoi of a truly transcenJohnson and Timothy Gentry, who’s been tattooing for 11 dent piece of art.

Lacey facing a blank wall; years, talks with Lock about the photo realIt’s about the “perspective of future,” FACING PAGE: The Ridpath. ism envisioned for the art. She says the only Johnston says. It will be a combination of geothing left is for her to pick out some colors. metric and organic, a contrast between the two(SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL) dimensional and three-dimensional spaces.

“I would say that there’s a childish nature to it, too,” COMEDY AND TRAGEDY Johnston says. “That way people from our generation — 8:03 pm, STA Plaza any one of us — can relate to it.”

David Martin’s sitting on an STA Plaza park bench next Thaddeus Collett, a homeless man who often to his new orange and silver Schwinn — he just bought it frequents the downtown Starbucks, watches them work this morning for $10 from another guy on the street who with anticipation. wanted to buy a bus pass.

“I love art in all forms,” Collett says. “Music, art, “The street has its own vibe,” Martin says. “And you sculptures, paintings, all of it.” (DANIEL WALTERS) better get in line or you’re going to die out here.”

He says he landed on the street, homeless for the WHEN EVERYTHING IS first time. A year from now, he wants to be back on his ROSES AND BUTTERFLIES feet: He wants to have a place to stay, a full-time job, and 7:39 pm, Anchored Art Tattoo on Riverside more time to pursue one of his hobbies.

Minutes before Anchored Art is set to close at 8 pm, art“I like to do stand-up comedy at the comedy club ist Simon Gentry, 38, sits in a well-lit corner of the shop, here,” Martin says. finishing up a design.

7:37 pm, the alley behind 618 W. Riverside

life.

Mostly, he says, he just focuses on observations about

“I’m 56 years old. I’ve been laughing at life for 56 years,” Martin says. “It’s all funny.”

But he hasn’t worked his homelessness into his act.

When he can, he hits the open mic night at the Spokane Comedy Club on Wednesdays. But he says that it’s hard to find time to get to the club. Homelessness is a lot of work, it turns out.

“Being homeless is a full-time job,” Martin says. “By the time you figure out how to shower, eat, you don’t have time to get a job. You get caught up in a cycle, and you don’t realize it. It’s real easy to suck you in.” (DANIEL WALTERS)

THE RIDPATH’S UPS AND DOWNS

8:22 pm, in front of the Ridpath Club Apartments

The neon red RIDPATH sign on Spokane’s infamously troubled former hotel is lit tonight — mostly lit anyway.

Four years after the neon sign was restored, the “I” and half of the “H” are flickering or have gone out completely.

Ken Owens, a 60-year-old volunteer dishwasher with Shalom Ministries, sits out front with a plastic bag of loose-leaf pipe tobacco. Thanks to a hookup from Frontier Behavioral Health, the Ridpath is his home now.

“Temporarily,” he says. “Until they boot my ass out.”

Sure, he has his problems with the Ridpath apartments — particularly with some unsavory tenants in neighboring units.

“But I live here because I can afford it, it’s close to work, and there’s an elevator,” Owens says. “Homey don’t do stairs anymore. I don’t do stairs.”

His knees giving him trouble?

“Knees, back, the whole damn body,” Owens says.

(DANIEL WALTERS)

NO OCCASION NECESSARY

9:06 pm, Wild Sage Bistro on Second

Service is winding down for the night, with only a few tables left in each section. Some are already on dessert, while others are just being presented with beautifully plated entrees from the restaurant’s kitchen overseen by executive chef Charlie Connor.

A table of six is out to celebrate birthdays, while some two-tops by the window host pairs of women quietly chatting over glasses of wine.

Server Greysen Bjork, 29, who’s been with Wild Sage for the past seven years but remains the youngest member of its waitstaff, says it’s been a bit of a slow night for the restaurant, but notes that traffic tends to drop off as summer wanes.

While he acknowledges that Wild Sage is a popular destination for special occasion dinners, “we don’t necessarily want it to be that way. We want to be a good place to come to for no reason.” (CHEY SCOTT)

WE’LL LEAVE THE LIGHT ON

9 pm, under the Browne Street railroad bridge The lights are on under the Browne Street railroad bridge. At night, they’re always on, bright and glaring.

The lights were added both to make the underpass safer and to discourage the crowd of homeless campers who sleep under the overpass.

“It’s their way of trying to drive people out,” says a bearded man in a gray hoodie, who asked not to be named or photographed.

But the people haven’t been driven out. They’re trying their best to sleep under the viaduct anyway, shielding themselves from the glare by burrowing under

blankets or draping their forearms over their eyes.

“Where else are you going to sleep? I mean, shit. I don’t have a home to go to,” the man says. “You want people to stand out in rain?”

If it starts raining tonight, he’ll sleep under the bridge, too.

“I thought I’d be sleeping in my tent tonight, but it got stolen,” he says. “Along with my bedroll.”

He’s frustrated with the state of downtown Spokane, with the dearth of shelter space compared with the surplus of abandoned buildings. He wants Spokane to stop “f---ing with the homeless.”

“You see a bunch of people sleeping in the tunnel and your first instinct when you drive under is to honk your horn? To wake them up? Bwonk! Honk! Honk!” he says.

“For one, it’s disrespectful. For two, it’s inconsiderate. For three — never get so comfortable that you can look down your nose on someone else, because it only takes a blink of an eye for you to be in the same situation.”

And what about people who feel unsafe or uncomfortable walking past homeless campers?

“If you feel uncomfortable and insecure, take another route,” he says. “You’ve got people who ain’t got nowhere else to go.” (DANIEL WALTERS)

A BIRTHDAY YOU’LL #NEVERFORGET

9:08 pm, Stevens Street

Emily Goodner, a Thomas Hammer barista, exits her car, a flock of birthday balloons bobbing around her head.

She’s turning 39. And in celebration of the final year of her 30s, she made a “whole mess of cupcakes” — “vegan vanilla and very-much-not-vegan chocolate” — and sent out a mass Facebook invitation, calling a bunch of her friends to Berserk to celebrate.

“It’s a very informal affair. I mean, I’m making ...continued on next page

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“A BIRTHDAY YOU’LL #NEVERFORGET,” CONTINUED... cupcakes for my own birthday,” Goodner says. “I just want everybody to come and say hi to me and have a cupcake.”

It’s surely bound to be better than her 21st birthday.

“My 21st birthday was three days after 9/11. It was very somber,” Goodner says. “I was feeling very sad.”

(DANIEL WALTERS)

DIFFERENT DAY, SAME PROBLEMS

9:47 pm, Division Street

As a recently promoted sergeant, Mike Russo, a longtime Spokane police officer, spends more time catching up on paperwork in his squad car and monitoring his subordinates remotely than actively seeking out crime.

He’s had to adjust to the supervisory role since he used to work as a beat cop in downtown Spokane on the graveyard shift for roughly 12 years.

But not everything is different. He’s still working graveyard — he clocks in around 8 pm and typically doesn’t head home until about 6 am — and spends a fair amount of time downtown.

In his view, the areas’s problems haven’t changed much. On Friday nights, things pick up right before and after the bars close at 2 am. Then incidents stemming from the liquored-up bar crowds start popping up, like fights — and the occasional stabbing or shooting. The 24hour 7-Eleven on Second Avenue attracts a small crowd of loiterers at night, resulting in drug use, drug dealing and occasional assaults. (Russo caveats this by noting that it’s “very rare” to see “true stranger-to-stranger” violence.

Typically people know each other first.) He also monitors the foot traffic outside of Catholic Charities’ House of Charity emergency shelter.

“It’s been the same issues,” Russo, 42, says from behind the wheel of his unmarked squad car. “The names of the venues have changed. But the problems have

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relatively stayed the same.” ity or the United Gospel Mission. And since he’s out on Hammered bar patrons aren’t the only people walkthe street a lot, his stuff gets stolen frequently, like money ing downtown’s streets at night. As Russo is heading and clothes: “The stuff I need is always valuable. It’s north on Division, a white-clad man meanders across always wanted.” the busy thoroughfare, obstructing three lanes of traffic.

“I’ve been trying to get off the curb right now. Get Russo flashes his lights and veers off into the parking lot an apartment, get a job is what I was thinking,” he adds. of Clark’s Cleaners, where he finds the man lying down “F--- being homeless.” in a doorway illuminated by an overhead lamp.

Russo leaves Pitro with another police officer who “You almost got hit by a car,” Russo tells the man arrives on the scene, telling him that there’s “no enforcein white, later identified as 35-year-old Steven Pitro. He ment action.” says he’s been homeless for a year and sticks After he’s pulled away, Russo says that around downtown, sleeping on sidewalks; he could have given the man a ticket for THIS PAGE: Police Sgt. Mike he was going to sleep here before Russo jaywalking or arrested him for misdemeanor Russo on the graveyard bumped into him. pedestrian interference: “Three lanes of trafshift; FACING PAGE: A Lime “I know. My bad. Sorry about that,” fic had to stop to avoid making him a hood bike juicer’s ride (left), Pitro says, still lying down on the ground. ornament,” he notes. the Gamers Arcade Bar. He seems relatively calm, but he talks at a Instead, Russo says he just wanted to get fast clip that betrays agitation and his senthe man medical attention. tences occasionally devolve into incoherency.

“It looks like he may be going up to the Russo asks: “So what’s your main problem?” hospital,” he later says later while driving past the spot Pitro says he’s been having digestive issues for the where he left Pitro, which is now crowded with emergenlast few hours, like puking and diarrhea. cy medical personnel. “Good.” (JOSH KELETY) “We’ll get someone to check on you,” Russo says, before calling for back-up.

NO TICKET, NO BADGE, NO SERVICE Pitro adds that he went to the nearby House of Char8:34 pm, Intermodal Center ity emergency shelter earlier, but they allegedly wouldn’t There are two solitary figures sitting in either corner of let him use the bathroom: “They wouldn’t let me use the the Intermodal Center waiting room, a vast gulf of chairs restroom, like what the hell?” he says. “They’re like ‘go between them. I don’t get to talk to them, though. to the Starbucks.’ Like Starbucks really wants a homeless The days when a reporter could just sit in the Interperson to use their restroom.” modal Center for hours, interviewing strangers waiting When asked by the Inlander where he’s from, Pitro for the most unreliable train in America, are over. says Colorado. His answer on how he ended up here, You can’t be in here, the mustached security guard however, is less clear: “My mom’s husband,” he says, explains. He eyes me and my camera with suspicion. before launching into another tangent about how House You don’t have a ticket. Tickets aren’t being sold until of Charity denied him access to the restroom. He says 10. He’s not in the mood to argue. There’s a sign and that he doesn’t get along with the staff at House of Chareverything. The ACLU and the City Council have made

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a huge deal about this, he says. Indeed, outrage over regular Border Patrol raids at this facility have made national news and the City Council passed an ordinance barring Border Patrol from the station unless they have a warrant.

Yet while reporters are kicked out, Border Patrol agents have still been able to walk in and conduct raids any time they want.

What, the security guard responds, is he going to try to tell federal law enforcement agents what they can’t do? You want to protest Border Patrol? Go down to their headquarters, he says.

But without a ticket, you can’t stay here.

(DANIEL WALTERS)

JUICE SQUEEZE

10:20 pm, the parking lot next to Revival Lighting on Main James Meeker has 11 Lime scooters stacked on their sides in the back of his white RAV4 SUV. He can fit one more before it’s time for him and his wife, who moonlight as Lime “Juicers,” to head home and unload.

The couple has been charging the ubiquitous rentable scooters since June, and have already earned more than $2,700, enough to help fund an upcoming vacation to Florida, Meeker says.

“We’re out doing it probably three to four nights a week,” he says. “I have a full-time job so sometimes that does interfere.”

Meeker explains that just before 10 pm each night, the Lime app populates a map to show scooters or bikes that need to be recharged, with batteries at 60 percent or below. Most of the scooters around Spokane needing a charge at that time should earn a Juicer about $4 each, but can

be worth more later in the night as time runs out.

The next morning before 7 am, it’s up to these Juicers to then drop off their collection of fully charged scooters at a designated “hub” noted on Lime’s map.

The Meekers aren’t the only Juicers out and about right now — it’s prime time for juicing. An older couple parked next to the couple also have several scooters loaded up in their truck bed.

Meanwhile, a large truck drives by on Main with several dozen scooters secured in back.

“This area right here is a huge population zone,” Meeker says. “Just before 10 pm you will see three to four people with vehicles out here starting to pick them up.” (CHEY SCOTT)

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10:30 pm, at the Satellite Diner counter

There’s half a dozen staff working the counter at the Satellite at 10:30 pm. The men and women are all tattooed and pierced with long hair. Most are in their 20s. It’s a busy night. Laptops are open as students with headphones silently bury themselves into their screens munching on french fries and slurping coffee as the early waves of bar hoppers file in in groups of two, four and five.

A man named “Cowboy” takes a seat at the bar by himself, peering around the room. He came down here with a friend from Lucky’s, across the street on Sprague. It’s been a long time since he’s been to downtown Spokane. “It’s cool,” he says.

He’s originally from Spokane, but had been living in Tri-Cities with his wife. She died in a ...continued on next page

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car accident about a year and a half ago, he says. He came here to get back to his roots.

“I miss her everyday,” he says, as he shows a picture of a blond-haired woman on his phone.

How do you cope?

“Drugs.”

What kind?

“Meth.”

He tips back the small cup of ice water and crunches down. The waitress, Sabrina, asks if he wants a refill, but he declines.

Cowboy is 49. His 20-year-old girlfriend also keeps him pretty distracted, he says. He was about to go home and “eat a bullet” the night he met her, but she saved his life, he says. She’s in jail currently. He considered bailing her out, but he says she needs to learn her lesson.

“She wants to be a model, but she needs to get her act together.”

(QUINN WELSCH)

BRIDE AND BRIDE TO BE

10:43 pm, Division and Main

A bride and groom walk up Division, still in their gown and tux, followed closely by two of their groomsmen as they pass Borracho and Boombox Pizza on their way back to their hotel.

Seconds later, three women in high heels and form-fitting dresses walk out of Borracho. One stumbles slightly on the

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sidewalk before catching her balance and adjusting the sash she and her friends wear to let people know that they’re out for a bachelorette party.

Meanwhile, dozens of partiers line the sidewalks along the block, waiting to get into Borracho and the Globe for dancing.

A group huddles outside the door to Blind Buck, which is packed for its weekly drag show. (SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL)

and depression, which he’s seen doctors about.

“I have a really hard time managing things. It’s an effort just to sleep,” he says, his eyes welling up with tears. “I’m a very good person in my mind. I just need some help.” (SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL)

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There’s hardly a line at Atilano’s, which is surprising for the popular late-night restaurant now that the bars are closed.

9:15 pm, the sidewalk at A handful of young men in Davenport Washington and Riverside uniforms wait patiently in a booth close to “I was a very clean person,” says 62-yearthe front, listening for their orders. old Michael Schumacher as he sets down A staff member in a visor calls out the large black trash bag holding his three orders that have been sitting on the belongings. counter unclaimed. One gets He says he hasn’t showered picked up, the others remain (Clockwise): A bouncer in maybe three months. Curabandoned for now. outside the Globe, rently, he’s been sleeping under The restaurant is out Atilano’s and Michael the train overpass three blocks of flan tonight, but fried ice Schumacher. up on Washington Street. cream can be ordered to go, The oldest of seven in a mounded up in a crispy tortiCatholic family, he says he lla shell with whipped cream worked for 37 years, most recently at a and chocolate sauce. place that builds telecommunications equipA group of friends walks outside, ment. He can’t clearly say how long he’s happy to be carrying bags of warm food been homeless. home and glad that nothing too eventHe stayed at Union Gospel Mission ful happened tonight, even though it was over a year ago and says he couldn’t Friday the 13th and a full moon. handle it due to claustrophobia, anxiety (SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL) n

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THEATER

Where There’s a Will A world without Shakespeare? A new Civic studio production profiles the people who safeguarded the Bard’s legacy

BY E.J. IANNELLI

I

magine for a moment a world in which William Shakespeare’s work had never been preserved.

There would be no Romeo and Juliet, no Hamlet and no The Taming of the Shrew — and in turn no West Side Story, no The Lion King and no Kiss Me, Kate. Phrases like “the winter of our discontent,” “wild-goose chase” or even “good riddance” might not have entered the English language. Even the visual stereotypes of actors would change. Without Hamlet’s existential “to be or not to be” soliloquy, why else would they always be depicted holding skulls aloft in brooding contemplation?

If it weren’t for John Heminges and Henry Condell, that diminished world might have been our own. The two were players in the King’s Men, the famed acting troupe for which Shakespeare wrote. After the playwright died in 1616, they worked against considerable odds to gather, edit and publish his work in a collection that would become known as the First Folio.

In 2017, nearly 400 years after the First Folio appeared, playwright Lauren Gunderson dramatized Heminges and Condell’s efforts in The Book of Will, now in production at the Spokane Civic Theatre under the direction of Susan Hardie.

“She’s real hot stuff these days,” Hardie says of Gunderson. “I believe [she’s] the most-produced playwright in the United States. And she’s taken this story and humanized it beautifully, peopled it with extraordinary characters based on real life. She didn’t have to go very far to create a universe of big, bold, wonderful, strong characters.”

Joining Heminges and Condell, played by Jamie Flanery and Kelly Hauenstein, is a who’s who of the Elizabethan stage. It includes Richard Burbage (Damon Abdallah), “the most esteemed actor of his time,” and the man considered to be England’s first poet laureate, Ben Jonson, “another wonderful, big personality.”

Jonson is played by Bill Marlowe, who retired from Spokane Falls Community College this past spring. At SFCC, Marlowe had long chaired the drama department and was known for his front- and backstage involvement in numerous Shakespeare productions. By his count, he’s directed or performed in close to 30 productions of 15 different Shakespeare plays over his career.

“We had looked at Book of Will and also Shakespeare in Love, and we decided to do Shakespeare in Love. So when the Civic decided to do Book of Will, I said, ‘Oh, my goodness gracious, I want to do that show’ because I had already read it and knew it and loved it. This play strikes a personal chord because my background is very strong in classical movement, classical acting, and I have a specialization directing and acting in Shakespeare,” he says.

Marlowe says the added appeal of Book of Will is that it’s “organized much like a Shakespeare play” and is ...continued on next page

Damon Abdallah as Richard Burbage (front). YOUNG KWAK PHOTO

CULTURE | THEATER “WHERE THERE’S A WILL,” CONTINUED... fueled by themes that are common in Shakespeare’s own work.

“The playwright talks about three things. She talks about love. She talks about loss. And she talks about legacy. That last one speaks to me personally because that was a very important thing for me at the Falls — to be sure that I left a really strong legacy. And it’s exciting for me, now that I’m retired, to be able to do what truly my first love is, which is acting.”

The Book of Will is giving Marlowe more than enough opportunity for that. In addition to playing Ben Jonson, he’s also performing three other roles. One is Sir Edward Dering, who was an antiquarian, a reluctant soldier and would-be religious reformer.

Having to adopt multiple roles isn’t unique to Marlowe. Actress Tami Rotchford is playing Condell’s wife Elizabeth as well as Emilia Bassano Lanier, England’s first professional poetess. Rebecca Craven plays Heminges’ wife, also named Rebecca, plus Shakespeare’s wife, Anne Hathaway.

“We have a cast of 10 who are performing 26 roles, with some playing as many as four characters,” Hardie says. “It’s frankly such a joy for actors to take this kind of a challenge on, and I think they’re all having a great time with it.”

Dawn Taylor Reinhardt, who originally hails from a town near Manchester, England, and works as a local acting coach, is meeting regularly with the performers not only to fine-tune their accents but to use specific dialects to better distinguish their characters.

“We’re blessed to have Dawn on task. The actor who plays Isaac Jaggard, for example, who is the son of the rather unscrupulous printer, is Eli Drushella. Isaac is

Bill Marlowe as Ben Jonson (right), considered England’s first poet laureate. sort of a gentleman. But Eli also plays Ed Knight, who’s the stage manager at the Globe Theater. So there’s a whole different way of speaking, a whole different way of being,” she says, adding that Jan Wanless’ inspired Elizabethan costuming has been essential in pulling that off successfully.

As the actors in The Book of Will quickly morph into different roles, the set has to morph around them with equal speed. Gunderson’s script keeps things moving pretty swiftly, which has proved to be one of the play’s more challenging aspects.

“It really has to fly,” says Hardie. “So we have five major set pieces that become different things in different scenes. The bar in the taphouse becomes the printingpress table in the next scene. We’ve devised scene changes such that the actors come out in low light and

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everything is transitioned with period music.”

The show’s brisk pace, vivid characterization and universal touchstones are all qualities that Hardie believes help it stand out among historical dramatizations.

“Gunderson has taken something that people might think is a stuffy kind of story about getting Shakespeare’s plays together — yada, yada, yada, yawn — and turned it into a glorious romp that is beautiful and funny and very touching at times. It’s full of the kinds of emotions that Shakespeare would have put in his own plays,” she says.

And it’s thanks to figures like Heminges and Condell that we know that to be true. n The Book of Will • Sept. 27-Oct. 20; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm • $25 • Spokane Civic Theatre • 1020 N. Howard • spokanecivictheatre.com • 325-2507

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CULTURE | DIGEST

GO (OUTER) WILD Perhaps no story fits the video game medium better than the trapped-in-a-time-loop subgenre, yet only a few have taken advantage. Enter the Outer Wilds, developed by Mobius Digital, a space-faring exploration puzzle that manages to recapture the magic of Myst developer Cyan’s earliest games. You only have 22 minutes to explore and save an alien solar system before the sun supernovas. Sometimes it’s a thrill ride — splashing headfirst into cyclones, dodging giant angler fish, vaulting through a crumbling city.

But sometimes it’s shorter. Me launching into space.

Me landing on a foreign world. Me leaping out of my spacecraft. Me promptly suffocating to death because I forgot to put on my space suit. Reset. Restart. Loop again. (DANIEL WALTERS)

Book It

BY DAN NAILEN

M

y partner and I recently moved to a slightly smaller house in Spokane, which meant a fullscale effort to get rid of a lot of things to save us from moving them.

Losing old shot glasses and concert T-shirts came pretty easy despite their nostalgic value, as did ditching some favorite pieces of furniture and kitchenware. When it came to my bookshelves, though, the idea of downsizing froze me.

It wasn’t because I collect rare first editions or have some special set of an author’s complete works.

My shelves hold an utterly random batch of music biographies, old Doonesbury and Far Side collections, baseball history books and entirely too much Hunter S. Thompson. But I’m the type who enjoys reading favorite books over and over again. Comfort food for an addled brain.

THE BUZZ BIN

THIS WEEK’S PLAYLIST Some noteworthy new music arrives online and in stores Sept. 27. To wit: THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS, In The Morse Code of Brake Lights. Modern power-pop doesn’t come any better than from these Canadians.

NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS, Ghosteen. A new doublealbum announced just a week before release? Yes, please!

STURGILL SIMPSON, Sound & Fury. The country rebel is calling his new one a “sleazy synth-rock dance record.” What could go wrong?

KANYE WEST, Jesus Is King. When the, um, mercurial Kanye addresses religion, what could go wrong?

DAVID HASSELHOFF, Open Your Eyes. The Baywatch star covers 12 songs with help from Charlie Daniels, Flock of Seagulls (!) and Ministry (!?!). What could go right? (DAN NAILEN)

As I’ve aged, though, I’ve come to realize I might not have time to read all my favorite books again before I die. Not being maudlin, just realistic. I mean, you’ll find few campaign books better than Richard Ben Cramer’s What It Takes, but when am I really going to delve back into the 1988 presidential campaign — 1,072 pages worth of the ’88 campaign, to be exact? Probably not soon. Some of my books had to go:  Bridge To Terabithia was my favorite book as a kid, but I don’t have children. Besides, there’s a decent movie version now. See ya.  I bought Ron Suskind’s The Way of the World to help me understand the George W. Bush administration because I thought it was the worst in American history.

Suddenly seems dated.  I enjoyed The Catcher in the Rye in high school.

Don’t see making time for that one again.  Kerouac’s On The Road — hits the road.  An unread copy of The TV Writer’s Workbook — ah, the path not taken. Probably too late for a career change.  Bob Dylan is a genius. A true poet with a wicked sense of humor. When he published a book called Chronicles, Vol. 1 in 2004, I snatched one up. And never read it. I moved once. I moved again. I packed Dylan’s book wherever I went. And never read it. It’s now been 15 years. Still haven’t read it. Sorry, Bob. Ultimately I got rid of about 50 books. I guess that’s progress. But you’ll probably have to pry my copies of Thompson’s Hell’s Angels and Sparky Lyle’s The Bronx Zoo from my cold, dead hands. And I did keep What It Takes, because you never know, might have time someday! n

WORTHY WINNER Thanks to a generous gift from my mom-in-law, I got to play golf at Circling Raven Golf Club over the weekend. The course at Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort Hotel is incredible, so I wasn’t surprised to get an announcement Monday morning that the entire resort was just named “Tribal Destination of the Year” at the American Indian Tourism Conference in Oklahoma in part because of Circling Raven. More, though, the honor was a recognition of the resort’s Cultural Tourism Program that shares the traditions and culture of the Coeur d’Alene Tribe with visitors through things like a bison ranch tour, kayaking trips and craft workshops. Learn more at cdacasino.com. (DAN NAILEN)

CLASSIC CUTS We can’t help but feel some pride for former Inlander art director Chris Bovey’s success with Vintage Spokane, his posters (and calendars, mugs, hats, etc) paying tribute to classic Spokane landmarks, and the greater Northwest.

The fine folks at Atticus have collected a bunch of Bovey’s best prints, and some stories about the landmarks, in a new book. Vintage Spokane: The Art of Chris Bovey is available at Atticus, Boo Radley’s and vintageprint.us. (DAN NAILEN)

DANCING INMATES Happy Jail, a new Netflix documentary series, inserts the viewer into the daily lives of inmates and their overseers at CPDRC, a Filipino jail in the island nation’s Cebu province. Why this jail? Because it’s famous for bringing in dance choreographers to organize large-scale inmate dance performances to classics such as Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” and being notably peaceful. But the documentary is really about the consequences of President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal drug war, which has resulted in thousands of killings and mass incarceration of addicts and dealers alike. (JOSH KELETY)

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CULTURE | SPORTS

Long Live the King

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This was probably Felix Hernandez’s last season with the Mariners, and that’s OK

BY MATT GREENE

The King no more.

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hen this forgettable Mariners season comes to a close Sunday, Felix Hernandez will likely have pitched his last game as a Mariner. He may never again play in the majors. He is only 33 years old, and already it’s time to eulogize.

It would be nice to suggest no one saw this coming, but there is a nausea baseball fans experience that accompanies love of any pitcher. Whereas hitters often continue to thrive well into their 40s, pitchers fall off a cliff around age 30. They lose their juice. The heater drifts from the 90s down into the 80s, and we watch them dissolve, flail, vanish.

For me, hope for Felix was always thin and desperate.

Aging pitchers who can continue to play, albeit at a lower level, adjust. Rich Hill, for example, washed out of the majors and signed with the Long Island Ducks of the unaffiliated Atlantic League, where he began throwing his curveball as his dominant pitch. Hill, 39 years old, is now in the last year of a $48 million contract with the Dodgers. For Felix to last, and for Felix to make the Hall of Fame, he needed to learn to pitch like an old pitcher. But despite many overtures from his coaches, Felix never quite adjusted. He threw his heater like the old days, and we watched him get lit up, week after week, for years.

But even when Felix was at his peak, even when he won a Cy Young award, we knew it couldn’t last. He signed his $175 million dollar contract in 2013, and we knew. We knew it would be painful. It has been.

In his prime, Felix never got his moment of glory. He threw a perfect game, but it happened at noon on a weekday.

Nobody saw it. Not live, anyway. And he never once made the postseason, despite playing alongside Ichiro Suzuki for the better part of a decade.

Now, in a year that began with Ichiro’s retirement, Felix, too, has left us.

But there were the good days. When he debuted, Felix had a fastball that could touch 100 mph. He was only 19 and the sky was the limit. He became the King. He had his own rooting section, “the King’s Court,” not the first of its kind, but the first to ever be a big success. When Yankees fans sit in Aaron Judge’s “Judge Chambers,” they sit also in Felix’s shadow.

He threw a changeup unlike any other, one that bottomed out only inches in front of the plate. He had a gorgeous looping curveball that made hitters swing and miss, falling to their knees. And he was happy. So happy. It was a joy to watch him pitch because he loved it. He wore his emotions on his sleeve, and it was infectious.

I lived in Seattle for much of his prime, and because he played on bad teams, you could show up at the stadium on a given day, drop $8, and see him pitch. I went to games where he struck out 12, 14, 15 hitters. I shared a kind of rapture and joy with thousands of other people. I’m not Christian, but watching Felix was a kind of grace. It was beautiful.

Around town, one in every five days he was up on a screen somewhere, a constant in our lives for more than a decade. I remember walking in downtown Seattle and seeing him on the mound, in multiples, through the windows of a sports bar. It was something you always had to look forward to.

The lasting image of his career, for me, will be the final game of the 2014 season. At daybreak, the Mariners were only a game out of the Wild Card, and they had a chance to make the playoffs for the first time in 13 years. Felix was set to pitch.

He threw a gem. Seven strikeouts, no walks, and he gave up just a single hit. He got the win. But he was pulled in the sixth inning because Oakland had just beaten the Rangers and clinched the last playoff spot. The Mariners’ season was over.

The Mariners’ manager, Lloyd McClendon, emerged from the dugout, wiping his eyes. He took the ball out of Felix’s hand. Felix walked to the bench and the crowd rose for a standing ovation. The Mariners had failed, and yet, somehow, it was beautiful. n

CULTURE | DANCE

Dance for the Ages

Kuchipudi-style dance from India takes center stage at the Bing Saturday.

The South Asia Cultural Association hosts a night of otherworldly drama at the Bing

BY DAN NAILEN

B

ollywood might get a lot of attention from Western audiences, but Sreedharani Nandagopal says India’s movie industry doesn’t quite do it for her.

“I’m all for tradition,” she says, nodding to her husband Mallur. “We both grew up in different places, in the same area of South India” before moving to the states. And where they grew up, traditional ceremonies and celebrations in the region’s temples led to a love of distinctly South Indian pre-Bollywood styles of performance.

Nandagopal prefers a more classical entertainment, like the Kuchipudi style of drama and dance that’s been part of South Indian cultural life for hundreds of years. That is partly why, as one of the organizers of Spokane’s South Asia Cultural Association, she’s bringing a performance by the Kuchipudi Art Academy to Spokane Saturday night.

Besides the inherent entertainment the academy is bringing to America on its 45-date tour of a show called Ardha Nareeshwara — full of dancing, singing and music — the Nandagopals hope the show adds some rare cultural diversity to Spokane’s entertainment scene. They’ve spent much of their 38 years as Spokane residents working toward that goal by booking various touring Indian acts for stops in the Lilac City.

The shows have taken place at venues ranging from churches to community centers to theaters — Saturday’s show is at the Bing — and when the Kuchipudi Academy last visited in 1998, they performed at North Central High School.

Both Nandagopals recall that show as an eye-opening success, given that they booked it last-minute. Sreedharani recalls having to turn

people away, while Mallur remembers the standing ovation at the end of the show.

“Some people who were at that program [in 1998] now come to all the programs that we bring,” Sreedharani says. “And they’ll say to me, ‘Sree, when are you going to bring a program like that again?’ And now I say, ‘Here it is!’”

The story in the Ardha Nareeshwara show is told by the dancers’ hands, feet and facial expressions, and relates the legend of the Ganges River, considered a female in Indian lore. The ultimate message that audiences walk away with is equality of the sexes, illustrated by a dancer in the role of Shiva performing half the show as a woman, and half as a man.

If that sounds daunting to comprehend as a Western audience member, rest assured the academy’s talented artists bring the story to life in a way that Americans can understand. In fact, while the Kuchipudi style of dance was at one point nearly extinct, a rebirth in the ’60s led by Vempati Chinna Satyam not only kept the form alive, but led to a serious resurgence.

Now groups tour the globe to present Kuchipudi events, and there are schools for the form based in the states.

When Satyam started the Kuchipudi Art Academy in Chennai, the capital of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, he didn’t even have a dozen students. Now, with the academy being led by his son Venkat Vempati, there are nearly 250 students. And those students have toured the United States no less than nine times.

Getting the academy to stop in Spokane is part of the reason the South Asia Cultural Association exists, Sreedharani says. While Spokane has been home for her and her husband for nearly four decades, and their children have all been born here, they want the city’s citizens to be as proud of its cultural opportunities as they are of its natural ones.

“We’ve been doing this for so long,” Sreedharani says. “The people that come to our programs are often returning patrons, because there’s a thirst for this. They keep coming.

“In Spokane, we don’t have very many Indians, although it is increasing. But even Westerners are interested in seeing what the other world lives like, so they come, too.” n South Asia Cultural Association of Spokane presents Ardha Nareeshwara • Sat, Sept. 28 at 6:30 pm • $30 • All ages • Bing Crosby Theater • 901 W. Sprague • bingcrosbytheater.com • 227-7638

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LOCAL PRODUCER

Little Farm on the Prairie A historic Coeur d’Alene farmstead offers specialty pumpkins, pie-making classes and a small farm experience for visitors

The farm opens to the public twice a week through October. ERICK DOXEY PHOTOS

BY CHEY SCOTT

L

inda Swenson is the queen of pumpkins, pie and, naturally, pumpkin pie.

From her historic farmstead tucked in the middle of a suburban development stretching across the Rathdrum Prairie north of Coeur d’Alene, Swenson tends to patches of heirloom and specialty pumpkins and squash, and shares her secrets to baking some of the best pies in the region.

By late September, Prairie Home Farm’s pumpkin patches are bursting with the ubiquitous fall squash in all varieties, from the smooth-skinned carving kind to less common warty and knob-covered versions, alongside the rare heirloom Cinderella variety, the Rouge Vif D’Etampes, one of Swenson’s favorites.

She also grows the hybrid white-skinned Flatso, pastel pink and blue porcelain dolls, the oddly shaped Turk’s turban, Italy’s warty-textured Marina di Chioggia, the fat-lobed Musquee de Provence and blue-green Triamble.

In total, there are 25 different heirloom, specialty and otherwise uncommon varieties of pumpkin and winter squash grown on Prairie Home Farm’s half-acre pumpkin patch.

“I love showing off my pumpkins,” Swenson gushes.

“I can get really weird about my pumpkins. The Marina di Chioggia — isn’t that gorgeous?” she continues, pointing at the warty green pumpkin. “My friend stopped by

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earlier and said ‘That pumpkin is kind of ugly,’ and I said ‘Stop! Take that back!’”

Swenson has been growing pumpkins at the farm since 2004. She tends two patches, one for carving pumpkins sold to visitors at 39 cents per pound, and another for the heirlooms, most of which are used for cooking and making pies.

After retiring from her former career as a nurse, Swenson transitioned to running the farm and teaching pie-making classes full-time. She also sells her handmade seasonal pies as Lil’ Punkin Pie Co. at the Kootenai County Farmers Market, and accepts custom orders for weddings, events and other occasions.

She’s also taught classes about growing specialty pumpkins and squash — members of the Cucurbits family, which includes gourds and zucchini — to area gardening clubs as a certified Master Gardener through Washington State University’s program.

To help illustrate the huge variance between the pumpkins on the farm — though she says most are actually considered winter squash — Swenson grabs her wellloved copy of the coffee table book The Compleat Squash: A Passionate Grower’s Guide to Pumpkins, Squashes and Gourds.

Flipping through water-wrinkled, full-color pages of the tome’s entries for dozens of varieties from around the world, Swenson explains what makes these heirloom

varieties special, stopping occasionally to exclaim over a particular favorite.

“That one is a Musquee de Provence, and as time goes by it goes completely khaki and it’s perfect for pie,” she says. “I had one in the bakery until this spring, and I started taking pumpkin pie to market in the spring because pumpkin pie lovers want their pumpkin pie.”

Heirloom pumpkins, Swenson explains, haven’t been crossbred or otherwise intentionally modified for shape, size, color or flavor. Most have been cultivated for centuries, with farmers saving seeds from each harvest to plant again the next year.

“I call them heirloom or specialty. Some aren’t heirloom but are specialty, and are different colors or with different ribs and how deep the ribs are on them, like that white Flatso,” she says. “Heirlooms are just heritage seeds. They’re harder to find because there are so many variations.”

Because she’s growing so many varieties in the same plot, however, Swenson can’t save seeds to replant the following spring because the plants have been cross pollinated and thus would carry any hybridization into the next harvest. Instead, she orders seeds new each season.

In addition to pumpkins, Swenson grows several types of corn and fruit trees, with most of the fruit going into her fresh seasonal pies.

Visitors to the farm, which is open to the public twice weekly each October, can purchase pumpkins for carving or cooking, and meet and feed its many animal residents: geese, pigs, chickens, goats, rabbits, horses, ducks and more. Guests also enjoy taking photos around the rustic homestead, on vintage tractors, trucks and around Swenson’s artful pumpkin and produce stand. The farm also hosts a few special and private events each season, as well as school field trips.

“My thing is, it’s just so simple,” she notes. “I have farm animals and people want to feed my animals and that is literally it, and families spend two hours here. I love when people come here and they see the old barn and stuff growing in the ground. I find people change when they come to something like this. They’re sweeter and they take the time and it’s just a beautiful day with their family.”

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airing her love of cultivating specialty pumpkins with homemade pie was a natural fit for Swenson, who launched Lil’ Punkin Pie Co. in 2015. Her personal affinity for baking runs deep: Swenson’s grandfather owned a bakery in Wenatchee, and she developed her own appreciation for baking as a teen.

Twice a week at the Kootenai County Farmers Market (Wednesday and Saturday), Lil’ Punkin Pie Co. usually sells out in two hours or less. Customers also frequently call, text and email Swenson to place orders, which she leaves for them to pick up in a vintage red Westinghouse refrigerator on the farmhouse’s front porch.

Throughout the year, Swenson processes fruit from the farm to bake into her pies: cherries, peaches, yellow plums, blackberries, rhubarb, pears, mulberries and more. Other produce she doesn’t have — or when she runs out — comes from local or regional growers.

Customers can choose from three sizes of pies: 9-inch ($18), 5-inch ($8) and 3-inch ($3.50-$4.50) single serving “tinies.”

Those looking to try and replicate Swenson’s beloved pies at home can sign up for her Farm Pie School class ($35), which focuses on the secret to any successful pie: crust. Swenson swears

by Betty Crocker’s “tender and flaky” pie crust, which uses just shortening, flour, water and salt. Open registration (private sessions can also be arranged) Farm Pie School is held on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 5:30 pm in Swenson’s home kitchen, and there’s usually a waiting list. Students wear vintage aprons and use old rolling pins.

“Pie is so emotional,” she says. “My classes and my people who love pie just love pie. It’s a very heartfelt thing.” n cheys@inlander.com

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FOOD | COOKING

This side dish or snack is light, easy and fast.

Baked Zucchini with Garlicky Parmesan Bread Crumbs

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A simple and easy vegetarian side dish that’s kid-friendly and gluten-free adaptable

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ere’s a very simple recipe for baked zucchini that no one seems to tire of. It’s fast and easy to whip up, letting the oven do most of the work — perfect for these first weeks of the busy school year. And I’ve found that even the most finicky vegetable eaters seem to gravitate towards these, because seriously, what’s not to like about garlicky parmesan breadcrumbs? Kids love these guys!

Smaller, 6-inch zucchini seem to work best for this recipe, but whatever size you use, make sure they’re evenly sized to ensure even cooking time. For a little boost of color, I like to add cherry tomatoes to the same baking pan, letting them burst in the oven. Garnish with a few sprigs of thyme.

BAKED ZUCCHINI WITH GARLICKY PARMESAN BREAD CRUMBS

Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 25 minutes Total Time: 35 minutes Serves 4; approx. 156 calories per serving (2 pieces)

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INGREDIENTS 4-5 small zucchini (or 3-4 medium sized) sliced in half lengthwise Olive oil to coat Salt and pepper to taste 1 cup cherry tomatoes (optional) Parmesan bread crumb topping: 1/2 cup panko or toasted bread crumbs (or gluten-free panko) 1/4 cup shredded parmesan or pecorino (or an Italian cheese blend) 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves (or 1/2 teaspoon dried) 2 fat garlic cloves finely minced or grated Zest of one lemon 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon pepper 1/4 teaspoon chili flakes 1-2 tablespoons olive oil INSTRUCTIONS 1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit.

2. Cut zucchini in half lengthwise, being careful to cut down the middle so each side is the same size. Place in a medium bowl, drizzle with a little olive oil (just enough to

lightly coat), toss, season with salt and pepper 3. Place on a parchment-lined sheet pan and bake until fork tender and golden, about 22 to 30 minutes, depending on size.

4. While this is baking, make the garlic parmesan breadcrumb topping. In a medium bowl, add everything but the oil. Mix well using your fingers, making sure the garlic is very evenly distributed. Add the oil last, just enough to lightly coat, and mix again with fingers. Set aside.

5. When zucchini is fork tender, take out of the oven and increase heat to 475 degrees Fahrenheit.

6. Top with the parmesan breadcrumb topping, using it all up.

7. Bake 5-8 minutes or until deeply golden, melty and fragrant.

8. Garnish with fresh thyme sprigs or cherry tomatoes (optional) roasted alongside the zucchini. n Find this recipe and other delicious dishes from Spokane chef, caterer and former Mizuna restaurant owner Sylvia Fountaine at feastingathome.com.

FOOD | OPENING

October 1st, 2nd, and 3rd

Browne Town Brunch Browne’s Boomtown Bistro offers tasty eats in a century-old mansion at the heart of Spokane’s oldest neighborhood

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Adolfson says.

Additionally, the breakfast menu includes some takes on eggs benedict, but one in particular is unique: The Browne’s Benedict is served up with two thick slices of bacon on a biscuit, topped with poached eggs and Alfredo sauce instead of hollandaise.

“That’s really an interesting dish that seems to be pretty popular,” Adolfson notes.

For that homemade taste, customers can try any of the bistro’s house-made jams, hot sauce, cinnamon rolls, coffee cake, and even the houseroasted roast beef and turkey that are used on sandwiches at lunch.

“We try to use as many local suppliers as possible, and we’re really big on scratch cooking,” Adolfson says. “We can [also] customize orders — we have gluten-free breads, we can do vegan options and we have vegetarian stuff, so we’re not just tied to what’s on the menu.”

For now, the bistro is open for breakfast and lunch on Sundays and Tuesday through Thursday, and all day on Friday and Saturday. It’s not

osey over to the roundabout in Browne’s Addition these days and you’ll find dozens more people enjoying patio time as they fill the tables outside Browne’s Boomtown Bistro, which significantly expanded the outdoor restaurant offerings for the neighborhood.

The bistro, which opened back in February, seats about 80 people across two floors of its 1901-built mansion that sits at the corner of Pacific and Cannon. But during warm months you’ll find most everyone sitting outside on the fenced patio, which about doubles that capacity.

There, the huckleberry mimosas and buttery hollandaise can be found flowing during weekend brunch.

Each day, except Monday, the bistro offers breakfast and lunch, and on Friday and Saturday, neighbors can be found enjoying one of the many scratch-made dishes while listening to live music and enjoying good company into the evening.

Don’t miss brunch on the patio before this year’s outdoor dining season ends. HECTOR AIZON PHOTO Browne’s Bistro marks a return to restaurant ownership for Jim Adolfson and his clear exactly how soon, but the plan is that at wife Terri, who owned the historic Ferguson’s some point during the colder months, the bistro’s Cafe in the Garland District for years before hours will expand to include dinner on more passing the keys to new owners about a decade nights of the week, he says. ago.

At this point, with a fairly solid foundation Jim says when they saw that the historic manof neighborhood regulars, the hope is to start sion (most recently home to Browne’s Tavern, attracting more people to come in from outside which closed in 2017) was up for sale, the two of Browne’s Addition to grab a meal, Adolfson were inspired to dive into a new place. says. Part of the appeal, naturally, is the history “We got the bug again and we heard about of the home. this place and it was just perfect,” he says.

“When the house was built, this was the Already, the restaurant is a true family original neighborhood of Spokane, this was kind project, with only a couple of people on staff who of where everything started,” Adolfson says. aren’t related, he adds.

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The first event at the “new” Ella’s is Oct. 2.

Ella’s Returns Ella’s Supper Club in downtown Spokane is reborn as a monthly jazz night with food by Adam Hegsted’s team

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fter live jazz venue and restaurant Ella’s Supper Club closed in mid-2008, the third floor of downtown Spokane’s historic Oddfellows building at 1019 W. First Ave. sat mostly empty.

More than a decade later, Ella’s Supper Club, which operated from 2004-08, is set to return with a new format and schedule, and a classic nod to the past.

As part of the Montvale Event Center complex owned by Spokane real estate developer Jerry Dicker, Ella’s Supper Club is slated to host monthly live jazz nights with dinner service featuring food by chef Adam Hegsted’s Eat Good Group, which also provides catering services to the venue.

The first dinner is set for Wednesday, Oct. 2, from 6-9:30 pm. Tickets are $45 each, and include a three-course dinner, one drink, gratuity and live music. Guests can add an 8-ounce lobster tail to their meal for an extra $20.

Hegsted says he plans for the events to feature a “very classic, old school, three-course dinner of prime rib or salmon, Caesar salad and a classic dessert like cheesecake or creme brulee, but with really high quality ingredients.”

Vegetarian options are also available on request. Side choices are mashed potatoes, roasted carrots and creamed corn. Dessert is a New York cheesecake with huckleberries and sorbet.

“We want to revitalize the idea they had up there and revitalize the space — it’s a very cool space. They haven’t done a lot to change it; the fixtures and wood and decor on the walls is all original and it’ll be cool to bring back that vibe,” Hegsted says.

Tickets can be purchased through EventBrite on the venue’s Facebook page: facebook.com/ellassupperclub. (CHEY SCOTT)

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There are two things in the craft beer world that tells us autumn has arrived: IPAs loaded with freshly harvested hops and an abundance of events celebrating Bavarian culture. The first annual Oktobrewfest Crawl is a unique take on the latter.

The one-day event is aimed to highlight a chunk of the Spokane brewery scene by offering an organized self-guided tour through downtown. Pre-purchase tickets online for $20 (only 150 are available) or at River City Brewing from 12-2 pm on Saturday, Sept. 28, to get an official mug and punch card. After you finish your first beer, journey to one of the event’s other six participating breweries. Each location provides a discounted brew and some sort of Oktoberfest food offering; think pretzel necklaces or savory bratwursts.

Breweries participating in the inaugural Oktobrewfest Crawl are Iron Goat, Whistle Punk, Steel Barrel, Steam Plant, Mountain Lakes and Black Label. For more details and to purchase your ticket, visit facebook.com/oktobrewfest. (DEREK HARRISON)

POLITICAL FIREBRAND

Molly Ivins in Raise Hell.

Raise Hell is a funny, surprising tribute to the devil-may-care political pundit Molly Ivins

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erhaps the greatest aspiration of any journalist is that the things you write will matter, that your readers hang on to your every word, that the things you say could potentially change peoples’ viewpoints. Molly Ivins had that, at least for a while. The late political columnist and talking-head pundit was known for her irascible viewpoints and obstinate personality, and the new documentary Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins explores her influence in a manner that’s as entertaining and garrulous as its subject.

Ivins stood out in more ways than one. The rare liberal in the deep red of Texas, she was 6 feet tall with a honeyed drawl, who was fearless and foul-mouthed and could drink cowboys, politicians and shitkickers under the table. Ivins returned to her Lone Star state after studying in Europe and ruffling feathers at a position with The New York Times, and it’s when she came back to Texas that she became a high-profile — and often contentious — figure.

Raise Hell makes it very clear that Ivins didn’t put up with any guff. She would call out injustice and hypocrisy

but always in colorful ways, and often peppered with Southern colloquialisms and adages. She was friends and drinking buddies with many of the politicians she excoriated, including Texas Gov. Ann Richards, and she was something of an expert on George W. Bush before his ascendance to the presidency.

But beyond the unflappable public persona was someone much more complicated. Raise Hell shows us a RAISE HELL: woman who never married or THE LIFE & TIMES had children, and might have OF MOLLY IVINS regretted it; whose drinking Not Rated habits were such that she worDirected by Janice Engel ried she wouldn’t be funny At the Magic Lantern. anymore if she quit; who was often the target of the kind of death threats women journalists still receive; who was vulnerable and possibly even shy, but who could turn it on when given the free rein to speak her mind.

Director Janice Engel sits down with members of Ivins’ family, with friends and former colleagues, to get a

well-rounded look at her subject. (Curiously, none of the folks who drew the most ire from Ivins appear in the film, though we’re told many times that her criticisms were often in good fun.) This is interspersed with archival footage of Ivins lecturing or being interviewed on C-SPAN, and we see that she was not only a great wit but a tremendous storyteller with a sixth sense for comic delivery.

There are some big laughs in the movie, all courtesy of Ivins, as well as heavy doses of insight, observation and downhome wisdom.

Cinematically and stylistically, Raise Hell is fairly straightforward, an educational documentary that would have been right at home on PBS or CNN. But as a portrait of this complex and cantankerous woman, Raise Hell is very effective, and sometimes quite moving. It’s also somewhat comforting, a reminder that the chaos and divisiveness of our current political climate is hardly unusual or novel. It’s just that every once in a while, someone like Molly Ivins come along, cutting through the nonsense and telling it like it is, consequences be damned. n

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A wayward yeti trying to make his way back to Mount Everest befriends a lonely teenage girl in the latest animated adventure from DreamWorks. (NW) Rated PG

MILES DAVIS: BIRTH OF THE COOL

The newest in an endless string of music documentaries focuses on the jazz luminary, who shapeshifted through styles and changed the genre forever. At the Magic Lantern. (NW) Not Rated

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An indigenous beekeeper has her land in rural Macedonia encroached upon by a nomadic family that threatens her colony. An intimate documentary with the visual sweep of an epic narrative. At the Magic Lantern. (NW) Not Rated

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Jillian Bell plays a woman who decides to stop partying and get in shape, with the New York Marathon as an end goal.

Predictable, Sundance-y comedy elevated by the charms of its star. (NW) Rated R

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The loves, losses and vices of the folkrock pioneer are chronicled in this entertaining doc, a refreshingly candid portrait of a prickly subject. At the Magic Lantern. (NW) Rated R

DOWNTON ABBEY

The beloved British series gets a big screen sequel, fast-forwarding to 1927 to catch us up on all the goings-on of the titular estate and its stiff-upperlipped inhabitants. (NW) Rated PG

FAST & FURIOUS PRESENTS: HOBBS & SHAW

Former foes Jason Statham and Dwayne Johnson go the mismatched buddy-comedy route, begrudgingly teaming up to fight super-soldier Idris Elba. A mostly forgettable Fast & Furious franchise spinoff. (NW) Rated PG-13

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In this heady sci-fi parable, Brad Pitt travels across the solar system to find his long-lost astronaut father. Part silly space adventure, part heavy meditation on existence and masculinity, it’s intriguing on multiple levels. (NW) Rated PG-13 Gerard Butler returns as President Morgan Freeman’s most reliable Secret Service agent, and this time he’s framed as an assassin. (NW) Rated R

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Director Lorene Scafaria weaves sympathy, sensitivity and humor into the tricky clockwork plot. (MJ) Rated R

IT: CHAPTER TWO

The follow-up to 2017’s horror smash is a leaden, overlong slog, with those precious kids, now jaded adults, returning to Derry to finally kill the evil force that is Pennywise the clown. Nothing floats here. (MJ) Rated R

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The towering rock vocalist receives the affectionate career retrospective treatment, looking back at her groundbreaking legacy and talents that were silenced by Parkinson’s. At the Magic Lantern. (NW) Rated PG-13

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ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD

Quentin Tarantino’s ode to 1969 L.A. finds a washed-up TV star, his longtime stunt double and Sharon Tate crossing paths in unexpected ways. Rambling, elegiac, uneven and occasionally brilliant. (NW) Rated R

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Sylvester Stallone has already brought back Rocky, so hey — why not Rambo, too? The super soldier’s final mission involves him going after a drug cartel that has kidnapped his niece. (NW) Rated R

SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK

Inventive special effects and stylish direction anchor this entertaining adaptation of Alvin Schwartz’s childhoodscarring horror anthologies, as a group of 1960s teenagers are menaced by monsters that come out of a haunted book. (NW) Rated PG-13

TOY STORY 4

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

FILM | AT HOME

Fern! Fern!

Fern!

Viral internet videos get the full-length treatment in the new Netflix film Between Two Ferns

BY NATHAN WEINBENDER

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etween Two Ferns is reminiscent of those old Chris Farley Show sketches from Saturday Night Live, except with a host who seethes with a barely concealed contempt for his guests.

If you’ve never seen the popular internet shorts (produced by the humor website Funny or Die), they feature Zach Galifianakis as a celebrity interviewer who broadcasts from a bare-bones set, flanked by the titular houseplants. He brings in uber-famous guests — past appearances have included Natalie Portman, Brad Pitt, Bruce Willis and even Barack Obama — and proceeds to ask the most inappropriate and downright hostile questions imaginable. And it’s really funny.

This film adaptation, now streaming on Netflix, is presented as a faux behind-the-scenes documentary of on which to hang a feature film; it’s merely an excuse to Galifianakis’ “show,” which has apparently been broadstring together a parade of celebrity cameos with some casting on a North Carolina public access station for kind of narrative thread. years. Despite dwindling viewership — and a penchant And there are a lot of cameos, including (but not limfor cringe-inducing tension — Ferns still manages to snag ited to) Keanu Reeves, Paul Rudd, David Letterman, Jon A-list guests. But following an on-set accident that nearly Hamm, Brie Larson, Tessa Thompson, kills Matthew McConaughey, Zach is given BETWEEN TWO Tiffany Haddish and Benedict Cuman ultimatum by Funny or Die co-founder FERNS: THE MOVIE (Netflix) berbatch. Most of these appearances Will Ferrell (playing himself as a madman Not Rated are in the movie for sheer star wattobsessed with online clicks and cocaine): If Directed by Scott Aukerman age, and part of the joke is that these he can produce 10 new episodes of Between Starring Zach Galifianakis, super-famous people happen to be Two Ferns, he’ll get his own network talk Lauren Lapkus, Will Ferrell hanging out in places like Cheyenne, show.

Wyoming. You keep thinking the celebs So Zach takes his hapless assistant (Lau- On Netflix will play into the plot in unexpected ren Lapkus), a cameraman and a boom mic ways, but that doesn’t really happen: There’s a flimsy gag operator out on the road, randomly encountering famous involving Peter Dinklage and a case of Faberge eggs, and people in small-town America while burning through a an aborted subplot involving John Legend and Chrissy budget that isn’t as bottomless as he thought. Of course, Teigen, which seems like it’s going to generate some the crew soon becomes stranded and broke, they fight much needed tension and conflict but instead ends with a and go their separate ways, only to reconcile at the last dumb pratfall. possible moment, etc. This is an admittedly thin premise

Zach Galifianakis and his leafy friends in Between Two Ferns: The Movie.

Between Two Ferns: The Movie was written and directed

by Scott Aukerman, who co-created Ferns and the Comedy Bang! Bang! podcast and TV show. He’s a master improviser, and it seems like he followed the make-it-upas-we-go-along approach here; this creates some welcome spontaneity in places, but it also inspires aimlessness in others. As is the case with just about any feature film adapted from short-form comedy pieces, the premise doesn’t work as well at 90 minutes as it does at nine, and its attempts to structure a narrative out of disconnected bits is occasionally laborious.

But this is exactly the kind of film Netflix should be bankrolling: It doesn’t necessarily need the big-screen treatment, but it’s nonetheless consistently goofy and charming. It’s just long enough to fill up an evening — the film proper runs about 75 minutes — but it’s also short enough to not wear out its welcome. And it’s also one of the rare films in which the end credit outtakes and bloopers might actually be funnier than anything that precedes them. n

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ond. James Bond.

He’s one of the most iconic characters in all of fiction, and while the actors who play him may come and go — from Sean Connery to Daniel Craig, there have been six Bonds over the course of the 24 films in the series — Agent 007 remains timeless.

We continue to flock to the Bond movies because, in a way, we sort of know what to expect — the gadgets, the sharp suits, the cartoonish villains, the Bond girls. And, of course, there are the opening credits sequences, with their psychedelic visuals and their title tunes written and performed by the day’s biggest stars.

The Spokane Symphony is paying tribute to the cinematic and musical legacy of Ian Fleming’s superspy with a Pops program of the series’ most distinctive songs, from that slinky theme song everyone can hum, to the more pop-oriented tracks that climbed the charts and snagged Oscars. Vocalists Hugh Panaro and Morgan James will join the orchestra for the performance, which will feature everything from the classic vocal power of Shirley Bassey and Adele to the new wave gloss of Duran Duran and a-ha.

As with the quality of the Bond series itself — for every masterpiece like From Russia with Love, there’s a head-scratcher like Quantum of Solace — these titular tunes are all over the place. We’re trimming the fat and running down our favorite Bond theme songs (listed chronologically), the ones we’d most like to hear at Saturday night’s concert.

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SHIRLEY BASSEY (1964) Some would argue this is the Bond theme, the one that defined the sound and tone of the title song from here on out — elements were even lifted for the Gladys Knight title track of 1989’s “Licence to Kill.” Composed by the legendary John Barry, the song’s wailing brass licks per...continued on next page

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“DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER”

SHIRLEY BASSEY (1971) Sean Connery had planned to leave the series for good after 1967’s You Only Live Twice, but following George Lazenby’s one-off stint as 007 in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, he was back in the saddle for Diamonds Are Forever. It only made sense, then, that Bassey would also return for her second Bond theme (she’d later make it a trifecta with 1979’s “Moonraker”), bringing the series back to its original sound.

“LIVE AND LET DIE”

PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS (1973) As bombastic and overwrought as you want a Bond song to be, although the film it’s in is hardly the series’ finest hour. McCartney reunited with longtime WEEKEND Beatles producer George C O U N T D OW N Martin, and so the song is of Get the scoop on this course impeccably arranged, weekend’s events with a melancholy pop ballad that our newsletter. Sign up at morphs into an orchestral freak Inlander.com/newsletter. out and back again. It also leans into a Caribbean beat that mirrors the locations of the film, making it a multi-suite mini epic that would have felt at home on Abbey Road.

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CARLY SIMON (1977) From The Spy Who Loved Me, this is a terrific AM pop song regardless of its context, composed by the prolific Marvin Hamlisch.

It’s essentially a tribute to Bond’s sexual prowess, though Simon lends it an air of innocence and charm. A major injustice: It lost the best original song Oscar to Debbie Boone’s sappy, unbearable “You Light Up My Life.”

“A VIEW TO A KILL”

DURAN DURAN (1985) Easily the best of the ’80s Bond themes, which marked the end of Roger Moore’s stint as 007 and confidently ushered in the more modern era of Bond. Duran Duran were at the peak of their popularity when they recorded this, and it’s in the tradition of their iconic Rio album — shiny, catchy, a little punky. It’s also the only Bond song to top the U.S. pop charts.

“THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS”

A-HA (1987) Almost exclusively known in America for the irresistible pop gem “Take On Me,” the Norwegian band a-ha remain massively popular all over Europe, so it only made sense that they’d lend their voices to U.K.’s most popular film series. Their contribution to the genre is a blend between the symphonic pomp of retro Bond and the glossy new-wave pop of the era, and although the single failed to chart in the U.S., it was a No. 1 hit in the band’s native country.

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ADELE (2012) Surprisingly enough, this was the first song from a 007 movie to win an Academy Award — the one immediately after this, Sam Smith’s “The Writing’s on the Wall,” would also take home an Oscar — and it is pretty damn good. Ever the classicist, Adele lends the song the austerity and melancholy of an old-school Bond torch ballad, returning the series right back to its roots in the days of Shirley Bassey. n Spokane Symphony Pops: James Bond — The Music • Sat, Sept. 28 at 8 pm • $43-$95 • All ages • Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox • 1001 W. Sprague • spokanesymphony.org • 624-1200

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The R&B sounds of Ural Thomas and the Pain are a highlight of this year’s Modest Music Fest lineup.

Humble Sounds Modest Music Fest brings psych-rock, R&B and folk to downtown Moscow

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t’s fitting that the Moscow restaurant Humble Burger would give a name like Modest Music Fest to its signature annual event. It really tells you everything you need to know. The two-day festival, now in its third year, takes over downtown Moscow this weekend, mixing local artists with a diverse roster of out-of-town acts.

Of course it’s no Coachella, but that’s the point, isn’t it?

There’s plenty to hear at Modest Music Fest, with more than 40 local and regional artists playing in venues that include not only Humble Burger but also One World Cafe and the Kenworthy Theater, among others.

Of course, there are too many good artists to list here, but we’ve got a rundown of some of the weekend’s headliners that we’re most excited to see. Go to humbleburger. com for the full festival lineup.

songs like “Smoldering Fire” and “Pain (Is the Name of Your Game)” take you right back to the heyday of Motown. Sunday at 10:30 pm, Kenworthy Theater.

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BRYAN JOHN APPLEBEE

If you dig old school R&B, Ural Thomas is the real deal. He’s been involved with music since the ’50s. He’s toured with Otis Redding. He’s played with the likes of Stevie Wonder and James Brown. And now his work has been given new life by a sprawling backing band known as the Pain.

The longtime Portland resident has become an inextricable part of the city’s scene, and

HORSE FEATHERS

When he broke out of Portland’s music scene as Horse Feathers, singer-songwriter Justin Ringle was producing the kind of hushed, acoustic folk you’d expect from… well, a Portland singer-songwriter. But with his last two albums, Ringle has been experimenting with styles and sounds. He’s a little louder, too. Last year’s eclectic LP Appreciation opens with the glossy, Fleetwood Mac-esque Laurel Canyon pop of “Without Applause,” breezes by on the ethereal, experimental lilt of “Born in Love,” and thumbs through the classic country-rock record bin on “Altamont” and “The Hex.” Saturday at 11:30 pm, Mikey’s Gyros.

Listening to Seattle singer-songwriter Bryan John Appleby’s 2015 LP The Narrow Valley, it’s hard not to think back to Sufjan Stevens’ once-lofty goal of producing an album inspired by the histories and cultures of each of the states. The sounds and themes of the record channel the topography and ambience of the small California town where Appleby grew up: Awash in strings,

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brass and woodwinds, the album seems to be arranged into movements, bookended by an intro and outro and even breaking for an intermission in the middle. Sunday at 6:30 pm, Mikey’s Gyros.

SAMA DAMS

This project formed by husband-and-wife duo Sam and Lisa Adams is known for its heartrending lyrics, lush vocals and unpredictable arrangements. The songs tend to have an experimental bent, coffee shop ballads that twist around time signatures and morph between melodies. The band’s latest single, titled “Principle of Loving,” is a nice synthesis of their house style: It draws you in with its warm soundscapes, flirts with synth-pop throughout, and sticks in your head. Saturday at 10:30 pm, Humble Burger; Sunday at 9:30 pm, Kenworthy Theater.

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THE SHIVAS

If music could physically shimmer, the Shivas certainly would. The Portland group’s sound recalls 1960s psychedelia, freak-folk and even ’70s bubblegum pop, with the occasional detour into pastoral sketches reminiscent of the Kinks or Love. But just when you think you’ve got ‘em pigeonholed, they throw out a song like “You Make Me Wanna Die,” a gem of garagerock noise filtered through classic doo-wop, or the fuzzed-out rock ’n’ roll of “Gloria.”

It’s exciting to be whipsawed like that.

Sunday at 7:15 pm, Humble Burger (And if you can’t make it to Moscow, the Shivas are also playing Lucky You Lounge in Spokane on Saturday, Sept. 28). n Modest Music Fest feat. Ural Thomas and the Pain, Horse Feathers and more • Sat-Sun, Sept. 28-29 • $30 • Downtown Moscow • humbleburger.com/ modest-music-fest

10/03 BOY HARSHER 9/28 SPOKANE ARTS AWARDS 9/28 NIGHT HERON 10/02 DIRTWIRE 10/05 ROCK THE VOTE WITH BEN STUCKART 10/05 UH OH THE OH WELLS 10/11 VANNA OH 10/12 BAD BAD HATS 10/12 KUNG FU VINYL 10/16-10/17 ALLEN STONE 10/18 JOE PUG 10/18 THE ECHOLARKS 10/19 SON VOLT 10/26 HILLSTOMP 10/26 DEER ALBUM RELEASE 1801 W SUNSET BLVD. LUCKYYOULOUNGE.COM

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hat more really needs to be said about Robert Plant? He was the soaring voice of Led Zeppelin. He’s arguably the greatest rock frontman ever.

He co-authored one of the most remarkable strings of albums by any band in history. But his post-Zeppelin work — not just as a solo artist, but as a collaborator with the likes of the Honeydrippers and Alison Krauss — is just as expansive and experimental as his classic rock output, an eclectic catalog that dabbles in folk, country, world music and traditional blues. Plant hits Spokane with his band the Sensational Space Shifters, which has backed him since 2012.

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J 2231 HOUSE CONCERT, Daniel Champagne A&P’S BAR AND GRILL, Open Mic ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS, Harvey Stanley J THE BARTLETT, The Commonheart, Funky Unkle BERSERK, Vinyl Meltdown BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn THE BIG DOG BAR & GRILL, DJ Dave J BING CROSBY THEATER, Leo Kottke J BOOTS BAKERY, The Song Project BRIDGE PRESS CELLARS, Open Mic J BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB, Open Jazz Jam with Erik Bowen CRUISERS, Open Jam Night J FIRST INTERSTATE CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Casting Crowns FIZZIE MULLIGANS, Country Dance J HOUSE OF SOUL, Jazz Thursdays LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Jonathan Tibbitts LION’S LAIR, Karaoke MOON TIME, Echo Elysium MOOSE LOUNGE, Last Chance Band MOUNTAIN LAKES BREWING CO., Steven King THE NYC PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos O’SHAYS IRISH PUB, O’Pen Mic ONE WORLD CAFE, Tom Cridland J THE PIN, I Declare War, Cold Hearts, Smiles, Pontiff RAZZLE’S BAR & GRILL, Michael Fenris RED ROOM LOUNGE, DJ Freaky Fred REPUBLIC BREWING CO., Luke Paul Jackson RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos THE ROCK BAR & LOUNGE, Jam Series J J SPOKANE ARENA, Ghost (see above), Nothing More STELLA’S ON THE HILL, Arty Warren

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Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters with Lillie Mae • Sun, Sept. 29 at 8 pm • $61-$101 • All ages • First Interstate Center for the Arts • 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. • inbpac. com • 279-7000

he rise of Ghost is one of the music industry’s most interesting stories in recent memory. For years, the band was known as much for its mythology as its music, with rotating zombie clergymen on lead vocals, anonymous ghouls in the backing band and tongue-in-cheek Satanism wrapped around every sweet pop-metal guitar riff. Since the release of 2015’s Meliora, however, Ghost has toured with Metallica, scored some chart hits, won a Grammy and unmasked the brains behind the band: Swedish musician Tobias Forge. A melodic genius and master marketer, Forge has turned Ghost into an act capable of headlining arenas across America, which is incredible.

— BEN SALMON

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Friday, 09/27

219 LOUNGE, Right Front Burner A&P’S BAR AND GRILL, DJ Skwish J THE BARTLETT, Carmen Jane, Erin Parkes J BERSERK, Itchy Kitty, Triple Lutz BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn J THE BIG DIPPER, Indubious, River City Roots THE BIG DOG BAR & GRILL, DJ Dave BIGFOOT PUB, Bobby Patterson Band BOLO’S, Usual Suspects BOOMBOX PIZZA, Karaoke BRIDGE PRESS CELLARS, The Step Brothers J BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB, Darrell & Meredith Brann

CHINOOK STEAK, PASTA AND SPIRITS (CDA CASINO), Sam Leyde CORBY’S BAR, Karaoke COSMIC COWBOY GRILL, Son of Brad CRUISERS, Karaoke with Gary EICHARDT’S, Ron Kieper Jazz THE HIVE, Zach Cooper Band HOUSE OF SOUL, The Soulful Brothers IDAHO POUR AUTHORITY, Harold’s IGA IRON HORSE (CDA), JamShack JOHN’S ALLEY, Jeff Crosby MAX AT MIRABEAU, Kosta La Vista MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL, Red Blend MOONDOLLARS BISTRO, Dallas Kay MULLIGAN’S BAR & GRILLE, Kicho NASHVILLE NORTH, Last Chance Band NIGHTHAWK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), Donnie Emerson & Nancy Sophia THE NYC PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos

Ghost with Nothing More • Thu, Sept. 26 at 7:30 pm • $25-$59.50 • All ages • Spokane Arena • 720 W. Mallon • spokanearena.com • 279-7000

O’SHAYS IRISH PUB & EATERY, Arvid Lundin & Deep Roots PACIFIC PIZZA, The Holy Broke PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Bridges Home THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos THE ROXIE, Karaoke with Tom J SEASONS OF COEUR D’ALENE, Just Plain Darin SILVER MOUNTAIN SKI RESORT (NOAH’S), Echo Elysium SPOKANE EAGLES LODGE, Theresa Edwards Band SPOKANE EAGLES LODGE, Mingo STORMIN’ NORMAN’S SHIPFACED SALOON, DJ Danger UP NORTH DISTILLERY, Fair 2 Middlin’ YAYA BREWING COMPANY, Nick Grow

Saturday, 09/28

219 LOUNGE, Crooked Tooth A&P’S BAR AND GRILL, DJ Exodus J THE BARTLETT, Plague Vendor, No Parents, Spirit Mother BERSERK, Double Bird, Peru Resh, Big Raffle BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn J THE BIG DIPPER, Indubious, River City Roots J THE BIG DIPPER, GS3 BIGFOOT PUB, Bobby Patterson Band BOLO’S, Usual Suspects J BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB, Michael Waldrop Trio CHINOOK STEAK, PASTA AND SPIRITS (CDA CASINO), Sam Leyde COEUR D’ALENE CASINO, Scotty McCreery

J COLBERT TRADING CO., Glenn & Rachael COSMIC COWBOY GRILL, Son of Brad J J DOWNTOWN MOSCOW, Modest Music Fest (see page 49) FREDNECK’S, Just Plain Darin GARLAND PUB, Cary Fly Band GOODTYMES BAR & GRILL, Ty Curtis J HARVEST HOUSE, Just Plain Darin HOGFISH, Modern Sons, Hobo Hangout HOUSE OF SOUL, Nu Jack City IDAHO POUR AUTHORITY, Brian Jacobs IRON HORSE (CDA), JamShack THE JACKSON ST., Karaoke JOHN’S ALLEY, Solid Ghost LUCKY YOU LOUNGE, The Shivas, Night Heron, Seance Crasher, Orkis; DJ Official Caleb MAX AT MIRABEAU, Kosta La Vista MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL, Brandon Kelty Trio NASHVILLE NORTH, Last Chance Band NIGHTHAWK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), The Hankers THE NYC PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos PACIFIC PIZZA, The Longnecks PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Mike Wagoneer & Utah John

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RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos SILVER MOUNTAIN SKI RESORT, Loose Gazoonz; Rusty Jackson (Noah’s) STORMIN’ NORMAN’S SHIPFACED SALOON, Ryan Larsen Band THE VIKING, Dapper Devils WESTWOOD BREWING CO., Maxie Ray Mills

Sunday, 09/29

ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS, Common Ground J THE BARTLETT, Proxima Parada, Blake Braley CRUISERS, Jamison Sampson DALEY’S CHEAP SHOTS, Rev. Yo’s VooDoo Church of Blues Jam J J DOWNTOWN MOSCOW, Modest Music Fest (see page 49) J J FIRST INTERSTATE CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Robert Plant & the Sensational Space Shifters (see facing page), Lillie Mae GARLAND PUB & GRILL, Karaoke HARRISON GYMNASIUM, Carlin Bay Jam Reunion J HARVEST HOUSE, One Street Over; Nick Grow HOGFISH, Open Mic IRON HORSE (VALLEY), Dan Conrad LINGER LONGER LOUNGE, Open Jam THE NYC PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos O’DOHERTY’S, Traditional Irish Music PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Dwayne Parsons THE PIN, Neil Mo’Jones, Lo Budget, Sic Vicious, Amerikane Poetz & more RED ROOM LOUNGE, Jason Perry Trio

THE ROXIE, Hillyard Billys J SOUTH HILL GRILL, Just Plain Darin UTARA BREWING COMPANY, When Particles Collide ZOLA, Lazy Love

Monday, 09/30

J BERSERK, Bear Call, BaLonely, Fun Ladies THE BULL HEAD, Songsmith Series J CALYPSOS COFFEE ROASTERS, Open Mic COSMIC COWBOY GRILL, Pat Coast CRAVE, DJ Dave EICHARDT’S, Jam with Truck Mills THE NYC PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos RED ROOM LOUNGE, Open Mic with Lucas Brookbank Brown ZOLA, Perfect Mess

Tuesday, 10/1

219 LOUNGE, Karaoke with DJ Pat J THE BARTLETT, Glass Park BOOMBOX PIZZA, Karaoke CRAVE, DJ Dave GARLAND PUB & GRILL, Karaoke THE NYC PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos RAZZLE’S BAR, Open Mic Jam THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Country Swing Dancing THE ROXIE, Open Mic/Jam SWEET LOU’S RESTAURANT AND TAP HOUSE, Jimi Finn TAPP’D OFF, Karaoke on the Patio THE VIKING, Songsmith Series ZOLA, Desperate 8s

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MUSIC | VENUES 219 LOUNGE • 219 N. First, Sandpoint • 208-2639934 A&P’S BAR & GRILL • 222 N. First, Sandpoint • 208-263-2313 ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS • 4705 N. Fruit Hill Rd. • 927-9463 BABY BAR • 827 W. First Ave. • 847-1234 BARLOWS • 1428 N. Liberty Lake Rd. • 924-1446 THE BARTLETT • 228 W. Sprague Ave. • 747-2174 BEEROCRACY • 911 W. Garland Ave. BERSERK • 125 S. Stevens • 714-9512 THE BIG DIPPER • 171 S. Washington • 863-8098 BIGFOOT PUB • 9115 N. Division St. • 467-9638 BING CROSBY THEATER • 901 W. Sprague Ave. • 227-7638 BLACK DIAMOND • 9614 E. Sprague • 891-8357 BOLO’S • 116 S. Best Rd. • 891-8995 BOOMERS • 18219 E. Appleway Ave. • 755-7486 BOOTS BAKERY & LOUNGE • 24 W. Main Ave. • 703-7223 BRIDGE PRESS CELLARS • 39 W. Pacific • 838-7815 BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB • 201 S. Main, Moscow • 208-882-5216 THE BULL HEAD • 10211 S. Electric • 838-9717 CALYPSOS COFFEE & CREAMERY • 116 E. Lakeside Ave., CdA • 208-665-0591 CHECKERBOARD BAR • 1716 E. Sprague Ave. • 535-4007 COEUR D’ALENE CASINO • 37914 S. Nukwalqw Rd., Worley, Idaho • 800-523-2464 COEUR D’ALENE CELLARS • 3890 N. Schreiber Way, CdA • 208-664-2336 COSMIC COWBOY GRILL • 412 W. Haycraft, CdA • 208-277-0000 CRAFTED TAP HOUSE • 523 Sherman Ave., CdA • 208-292-4813 CRAVE• 401 W. Riverside • 321-7480 CRUISERS • 6105 W Seltice Way, Post Falls • 208773-4706 CURLEY’S • 26433 W. Hwy. 53 • 208-773-5816 DALEY’S CHEAP SHOTS • 6412 E. Trent • 535-9309 EICHARDT’S PUB • 212 Cedar St., Sandpoint • 208-263-4005 FIRST INTERSTATE CENTER FOR THE ARTS • 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. • 279-7000 FIZZIE MULLIGANS • 331 W. Hastings • 466-5354 FOX THEATER • 1001 W. Sprague • 624-1200 THE HIVE • 207 N. First, Sandpoint • 208-457-2392 HOGFISH • 1920 E. Sherman, CdA • 208-667-1896 HONEY EATERY & SOCIAL CLUB • 317 E. Sherman, CdA • 208-930-1514 HOUSE OF SOUL • 25 E. Lincoln • 598-8783 IRON GOAT BREWING • 1302 W. 2nd • 474-0722 IRON HORSE BAR • 407 E. Sherman Ave., CdA • 208-667-7314 IRON HORSE BAR & GRILL • 11105 E. Sprague Ave., CdA • 509-926-8411 JACKSON ST. BAR & GRILL • 2436 N. Astor St. • 315-8497 JOHN’S ALLEY • 114 E. Sixth St., Moscow • 208883-7662 KNITTING FACTORY • 911 W. Sprague Ave. • 244-3279 LAGUNA CAFÉ • 2013 E. 29th Ave. • 448-0887 THE LANTERN TAP HOUSE • 1004 S. Perry St. • 315-9531 LEFTBANK WINE BAR • 108 N. Washington • 315-8623 LION’S LAIR • 205 W. Riverside • 456-5678 LUCKY YOU LOUNGE • 1801 W. Sunset LUCKY’S IRISH PUB • 408 W. Sprague • 747-2605 MARYHILL WINERY • 1303 W. Summit Pkwy, Ste. 100 • 443-3832 MAX AT MIRABEAU • 1100 N. Sullivan • 924-9000 MICKDUFF’S • 312 N. First Ave., Sandpoint • 208)255-4351 MONARCH MOUNTAIN COFFEE • 208 N 4th Ave, Sandpoint • 208-265-9382 MOOSE LOUNGE • 401 E. Sherman • 208-664-7901 MOOTSY’S • 406 W. Sprague • 838-1570 MULLIGAN’S • 506 Appleway Ave., CdA • 208- 7653200 ext. 310 NASHVILLE NORTH • 6361 W. Seltice Way, Post Falls • 208-457-9128 NORTHERN QUEST RESORT • 100 N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights • 242-7000 NYNE • 232 W. Sprague Ave. • 474-1621 O’SHAY’S • 313 E. CdA Lake Dr. • 208-667-4666 PACIFIC PIZZA • 2001 W. Pacific • 443-5467 PEND D’OREILLE WINERY • 301 Cedar St., Sandpoint • 208-265-8545 THE PIN • 412 W. Sprague • 385-1449 POST FALLS BREWING CO. • 112 N. Spokane, Post Falls • 208-773-7301 RAZZLE’S BAR & GRILL • 10325 N. Government Way, Hayden • 208-635-5874 RED ROOM LOUNGE • 521 W. Sprague • 838-7613 REPUBLIC BREWING • 26 Clark Ave. • 775-2700 RIDLER PIANO BAR • 718 W. Riverside • 822-7938 SEASONS OF COEUR D’ALENE • 209 E. Lakeside Ave. • 208-664-8008 THE SHOP • 924 S. Perry St. • 534-1647 SOULFUL SOUPS & SPIRITS • 117 N. Howard St. • 459-1190 SPOKANE ARENA • 720 W. Mallon • 279-7000 STORMIN’ NORMAN’S SHIPFACED SALOON • 12303 E. Trent • 862-4852 ZOLA • 22 W. Main Ave. • 624-2416

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The Spokane Chiefs are back at the Spokane Arena this fall, this time with a completely overhauled front office and a variety of new faces on the ice. While this year’s team began the regular season on the road last week, they next open at home against the Tri-City Americans. Tickets are as low as $18 for adults, and festivities get started early with pre-game music, food and drinks and kids’ entertainment at the Bud Light Opening Night and Pre-Game Party, starting at 4 pm. Whether you’re a diehard hockey fan or simply enjoy the excuse to consume cheap beer, there’s no better time than now to reacquaint yourself with the region’s premier hockey squad.

— CONNOR GILBERT Spokane Chiefs Home Opener vs. Tri-City Americans • Sat, Sept. 28 at 7:05 pm • $11-$25 • Spokane Arena • 720 W. Mallon Ave. • spokanechiefs.com

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MUSIC MERCURY RISING

Queen: They’re so hot right now. But long before Bohemian Rhapsody won all those Oscars and stormed the box office, the jukebox musical We Will Rock You was breaking West End audience records with its sci-fi premise built around the Queen songbook. Written

by British comic Ben Elton, the show is set in a totalitarian future, where two rebels named Galileo and Scaramouche (no, really!) face off against an overreaching tech company fronted by a villain known as the Killer Queen. It’s all a bit… literal. But it’s also bolstered by that great music from Freddie Mercury and company, and past performances have featured cameos from Queen’s own Brian May and Roger Taylor. We doubt they’ll show up in Spokane, but hey — we can dream, can’t we?

— NATHAN WEINBENDER We Will Rock You • Sat, Sept. 28 at 7:30 pm • $29.50-$89.50 • All ages • First Interstate Center for the Arts • 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. • inbpac.com • 279-7000

COMMUNITY GO GREEK

You show me a Greek Orthodox church, and I’ll show you a place I want to be at least one weekend a year, which is more than I can say for the religion I grew up practicing. And for that you can thank events like the 84th Annual Greek Festival in Spokane, where all are welcome to a celebration marked by incredible food. For a fix of baklava, beef kapama, loukanika (Greek sausage), gyros and more, the festival offers one-stop shopping accompanied by traditional Greek dancers, a boutique full of imports from Greece and tours of the stunning Holy Trinity building. Be sure to stop for some dessert, the loukoumades (fried dough drizzled with honey and cinnamon) are worth a stop on their own.

— DAN NAILEN Greek Festival • Thu-Sat, Sept. 26-28 from 11 am-8 pm • Free admission • Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church • 1703 N. Washington • holytrinityspokane.org • 328-9310

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Bowie, balls, butterbeer and ballet.

CULTURE WERQIN’ IT

Over the course of its increasingly popular 11 seasons (not to mention its many spin-offs), the reality competition juggernaut RuPaul’s Drag Race has brought the art of drag to the mainstream and discovered many new stars.

The ongoing Werq the World live tour assembles a coterie of the show’s performers, including fan favorites like Kim Chi and Detox, as well as past season winners Violet Chachki and Yvie Oddly, bringing their considerable talents to stages across the country, including this weekend in Spokane. Outside of the ensemble numbers, the queens get their individual moments to showcase their talents for comedy, music, dance and, of course, sickening fashion.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER RuPaul’s Drag Race: Werq The World • Sun, Sept. 29 at 8 pm • $55-$165 • Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox • 1001 W. Sprague • foxtheaterspokane.org • 624-1200

— UPCOMING EVENTS — Root for Spokane Chiefs at the Spokane Arena, then dine at O’Doherty’s in October Scratch for drinks, then Spokane Symphony for the music of David Bowie, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 10/12 The Ghost Ball, Riverside Place, 10/26

VISUAL ARTS STUDIO SCENES

This annual showcase organized by artists who live and work along the scenic, meandering banks of the Little Spokane River in north Spokane County features dozens of artists, though it takes place at just five studios. This year’s hosts are Gina Freuen, Shani Marchant, Kay O’Rourke, Jill Smith and Victoria Brace, who are also sharing their spaces with many other artists from across the region. The self-guided tour allows visitors to set their own pace as they view — and perhaps purchase — new works of art by names both familiar and new to the local scene, and who create using all manner of media. A complete list of artists and where they’re showing for this year’s tour can be found on the event’s website.

— CHEY SCOTT

A magical evening: dinner at The Gilded Unicorn, then the Symphony plays Music of Harry Potter, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 10/26 & 10/27 2019 Mobius Annual Gala, Mobius Science Center, 11/1 Pirouette from Table 13 to Moscow Ballet’s “Great Russian Nutcracker” First Interstate Center for the Arts, 11/3

Don’t miss the next First Friday: October 4th, 2019

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Plan your neverending story: www.downtownspokane.org

Little Spokane River Artist Studio Tour • Sat, Sept. 28 from 10 am-5 pm • Free • Details and event map at littlespokanestudios.com

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NACHOS & SMILES I saw you at Rincon Tapatio on Friday night. Your smile was contagious and you were so helpful when my friend stopped his silverware. I really loved your enthusiasm for nachos. How about we share a plate next time?

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I SAW YOU RE: SUN AUDI ZIP, 9/5 When you drove away, you ripped the heart from my ozone... I went home and watched watched “Zack and Miri Make a Porno”... Thanks for coming back to fill my hole!!!...(: XO, DUBL-D SUSPENDED LICENSE STUPID I saw this car in a really bad accident crash and incredible traffic explosion it looked like he has no breaks.

MOONLIGHT IN YOUR URBAN FOREST Have none of us seen the girls on Sprague and other avenues? Their pimps may not be visible in daytime hours, but if you stay up late at night you see them, beating and berating these poor daughters. But we are all so busy with our other things. I see why pimps are not afraid of decent men.

Reading this, pimp?

BABY SHOWER BABE I saw you from across the room at our mutual friends’ baby shower. You were wearing a comically V-ed punindress shirt and a chuckle-y smile. I was impressed with your party game skills and ability to remain call in the craziness. You sure are cute ;)

KINDNESS OF STRANGERS A big cheers to the kind man at Zip’s on Trent in the Valley, who paid for my meal with cash after the card machine had went down. I didn’t tell him, but one of the burgers was for my grandmother, and we are both extremely grateful. It’s wonderful to know random acts of kindness still exist.

DAN, THANK YOU MY FRIEND I don’t know where to start. Thank you for making me a better person and giving me advice and all the organization skills to get my life in order. I am so blessed that we met at a state function. Cody! Lionel trains and Murray, Idaho trips. Goodwill taught me and you a lot. Thank you for the friendship. Retirement is coming. Buy a new Jeep Wrangler. Thank you for the good times! And all the laughter that we shared.

MY ONE & ONLY MAKAYLA He was the pen she was the highlighter. He wrote his future she made it brighter.

Makayla falling in love with you has made my life so much brighter and I know you will continue to make my future brighter with you by my side.

You are so amazing in every way possible. Thank you for loving me every single day. I know I love you, you know I love you, now anyone who reads this will know I love you.

STRANGER @ THE FLYING GOAT Cheers to the Flying Goat customer.

The evening of 9/21 you saw a young couple enjoying dinner before the Homecoming dance. They called so happy to share the news that someone had paid for their dinner. They were so

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political left leaning agenda this will probably not make the cut. However now that the “not a snow ball’s chance in Hell” governor from the Great State of Washington has dropped out — amazingly travelled on millions of tax payer’s dollars and went all the way up

Spokane. Who dat? Who dat? Who dat? Let’s all support Pigs in the Park next year!!!!

DOESN’T HURT TO SAY HELLO My husband and I frequently walk at the Bowl and Pitcher. Such a peaceful

...Here’s to Bourbon Street, Spokane.

Who dat? Who dat? Who dat? Let’s all support Pigs in the Park next year!!!

excited to share how wonderful you made their evening. You didn’t see them as anything other than a cute couple out to eat. I can never repay the acceptance you gifted my daughter. I worry so much how the world will treat my daughter and her girlfriend. I am forever grateful to you for showing my family that the world is filled with love.

If in the future we are faced with hate or discrimination your act of kindness with serve as a light in the darkness.

Cheers for making a wonderful night even more magical.

JEERS STUPID PEOPLE Here’s to the customers in the drive thrus that sit at the speaker and hold up everything. Most employees have a list of things that they need to do before they get to go home. Instead these poor employees are stuck there and most of them have families to go home to. So maybe you should think before you hold everything up.

TIME TO PAY THE CITIZENS BACK! Sadly since the Inlander has their own

to 1 percent — of the presidential race I’m guessing reimbursement of those millions has the same chance of coming back to the hard working people of Washington! God forbid that someone such as myself would even bring it up — which is why this will NEVER see the light of day. But sadly that will reflect more on the people ultimately at the Inlander and the people in the state of Washington for allowing it to happen in the first place!

RE: PIGS IN THE PARK To thee who wrote of Pigs in the Park, I disagree.

Firstly, who are you to complain about the pigs having their dogs in the park?

Many Spokanites enjoy the smell of a dirty dog, especially the malnourished emotional support dogs. Secondly, you must not know anything about fire codes because as long as people are able to run if there’s a fire, everyone will be able to get away just fine.

Thirdly, I already addressed the smell issue, but many people enjoy the smell of feces, urine, sweat, body odor, stale beer, and vomit. It’s a great reminder of the best of Bourbon Street in New Orleans. So, here’s to Bourbon Street,

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place to spend a Sunday afternoon.

Walking along we always say good morning, afternoon or whatever the time of day. We wonder since when it is way too hard to open you mouth and say a simple hello. Most people that we encounter either turn their head the other way or stare straight ahead. Now we make a game of it to see just how many will respond to our greeting.

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EVENTS | CALENDAR

BENEFIT

BRAS ON DUDES A live auction and fashion show featuring decorated bras modeled by local men. Includes dinner, drinks, desert, live and silent auction, wine wagon raffle and more. Proceeds benefit local cancer charities. 21+. Sep. 27, 5:30 pm. $0-$650. Coeur d’Alene Eagles, 209 Sherman Ave. (208-651-6950) VINTAGE FASHION SALE Browse 1,000 pieces of vintage and retro clothing and accessories from the Woman’s Club’s expansive collection. Proceeds go toward building maintenance of the historic club.

Sept. 27, 2-7 pm and Sept. 28, 10 am-4 pm. Woman’s Club of Spokane, 1428 W. Ninth. womansclubspokane.org RHYTHM & BREWS A fundraiser for Beats and Rhythms, providing support services for those living with Congenital Heart Disease. Includes dinner, drinks and a battle of the bands. Sep. 28, 5:30 pm. $45. Moran Prairie Grange, 6006 S. Palouse Hwy. (951-0523) SUGAR RUSH 5K/10K This fun run follows the Centennial Trail and concludes at Oktoberfest with a dessert buffet. Proceeds benefit the Inland Northwest Diaper Bank and Spokane Valley Partners’ Food Bank. Sep. 28, 11 am-1 pm. $35; $15/ youth. CenterPlace Event Center, 2426 N. Discovery Place. (927-1153) BACKYARD HARVEST’S HARVEST DINNER The annual gourmet farm-to-table fundraiser supports essential programs and services that increase access to fresh produce on the Palouse. Sep. 29, 5:30 pm. $120. Nectar Restaurant & Wine Bar, 105 W. Sixth St. moscownectar.com

WIENER DOG RACES During Oktoberfest weekend festivities, Dachshund Rescue NW has adoptable wiener dogs and hosts an adorable four-legged race.

Sep. 29, 12-5 pm. $5. CenterPlace Event Center, 2426 N. Discovery Place Dr. spokaneoktoberfest.com AIM FOR CHANGE CORN HOLE TOURNAMENT All proceed support Creative Life Foundation and its mission to connect vulnerable and marginalized people to resources in order to break cycles of poverty, exploitation, and risk. Oct. 3, 7 pm. $50. The Porch, 1804 W. Broadway Ave. theporchspokane.org (326-2385) STARRY NIGHT IN PARIS The annual sip and paint benefits Holy Names Music Center, and celebrates the musical legacy of the Sisters of the Holy Names and the life and works of Celine Steinberger, SNJM. Oct. 3, 5:30-8 pm. $60/person; $350/table. Mukogawa Institute, 4000 W. Randolph Rd. hnmc.org

COMEDY

DEMETRI MARTIN: WANDERING MIND TOUR The standup comedian, artist, writer and director has released three comedy albums and four hour-long standup comedy specials. Sep. 26, 7 pm. $39.50. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. (624-1200) MARY LYNN RAJSKUB Mary Lynn Rajskub is best known for playing ‘Chloe’ on the Fox drama 24 and also ‘Gail the Snail’ from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

Sept. 26-27 at 7:30 pm. $15-$23. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com (509-318-9998)

COMEDY NIGHT AT THE INN Featuring performances by headliners Alvin Williams (Sept. 27) and John Roy (Sept. 28) with support from Leeann Tooker, Harry J. Riley and host Phillip Kopczynski. Sept.

27-28 at 7 pm. $17.50. Coeur d’Alene Inn, 506 W. Appleway. (208-765-3200) NO CLUE Join the BDT Players as they put a comedic spin on a macabre guessing game. Fridays at 7:30 pm through Oct. 25. $8. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. (747-7045) LUCAS BOHN In addition to performing on stage, Lucas does voice-overs and has been featured on PBS, CBS, and Coastal Today. Sep. 28, 8 pm. $12-$20. Bridge Press Cellars, 39 W. Pacific Ave. bridgepresscellars.com (509-838-7815) MARK CURRY Mark is an actor, comedian, and host, best known for playing ‘Mark Cooper’ in the hit ABC sitcom, Hangin’ With Mr. Cooper. Sept. 28 at 7:30 and 10 pm. Sep. 28. $20-$28. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. (318-9998) SAFARI The BDT’s version of “Whose Line,” a fast-paced short-form improv show with a few twists added. Fridays at 7:30 pm. $8. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.com OWEN BENJAMIN COMEDY SHOW Owen Benjamin is a classically trained pianist, and comedian famous for “The House Bunny” and “Jack and Jill.” Sep. 30, 7-9 pm. $20. Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave. (208-255-7801)

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CALYPSOFEST BLOCK PARTY & ARTS CELEBRATION Calypsos Coffee is under

new ownership and is celebrating with a four-day party with local art, music, discounts and specials, a latte art throwdown, and more. Sept. 26-28, 7 am-10 pm, Sept. 29, 8 am-8 pm. Free. Calypsos Coffee Roasters, 116 E. Lakeside Ave. (208-665-0591) COLVILLE CORN MAZE & PUMPKIN PATCH Visit the 12-acre corn maze and take home a pumpkin. Open daily from 11 am-7 pm through Oct. 31. $6-$8 for maze.

Colville Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch, 73 Oakshott Rd. colvillecornmaze.com SPACE FRONTIERS Discover the history of human space exploration and catch a glimpse into NASA’s achievements for our planet. NASA’s Joe Bruce shares his experiences of witnessing four Space Shuttle launches and the maiden launch of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy. Sep. 26, 7-9 pm. Free. North Spokane Library, 44 E. Hawthorne Rd. scld.org (893-8350) HUB-APALOOZA Celebrate the HUB’s 12th birthday with activities and games and learn more about the HUB and what it does for the community. Sep. 27, 4-7 pm. Free. HUB Sports Center, 19619 E. Cataldo Ave. hubsportscenter.org MARIJUANA: EVIL WEED OR MEDICAL MIRACLE? WSU professor Rebecca Craft explains the history of marijuana use and policy in the U.S., explores the drastic shifts in public perception, and discusses the latest research about the potential for marijuana to heal or harm. At the Metaline Falls Library, 302 Park St. Sep. 27, 1 pm. Free. humanities.org AIDS WALK SPOKANE & STRENGTH FOR THE JOURNEY REUNION BBQ The two events presented by SAN, in coop-

eration with the SRHD, help raise awareness and funds for the fight against HIV/ AIDS. Walk at noon, followed by a barbecue lunch from Longhorn BBQ. Sep. 28, 11 am-4 pm. Free. Spokane Regional Health District, 1101 W. College Ave. san-nw.org BECK’S HARVEST HOUSE FALL FESTIVAL Enjoy activities including the giant corn maze, pumpkin patch, fall treats and more. Sat/Sun from 10 am-5 pm through Oct. 27. Harvest House, 9919 E. Greenbluff Rd. greenblufffarms.com CHANGING OF THE SEASONS OPEN HOUSE This month’s open house focuses on how plants and animals transition through changing seasons. Sep. 28, 10 am-2 pm. $5 suggested donation. West Valley Outdoor Learning Center, 8706 E. Upriver Drive. (340-1028) FRIENDS OF THE ARGONNE LIBRARY BOOK SALE Proceeds support library programs, activities and services. Early bird sale ($5) from 9-10 am. Sep. 28, 9 am-3 pm. Argonne Library, 4322 N. Argonne Rd. scldfriends.org/events HERITAGE GARDENS TOURS Step back in time and experience this unique garden as it looked in 1915. Tours every Saturday in Sept. from 11 am-noon. Free.

Moore-Turner Heritage Gardens, 507 W. Seventh. heritagegardens.org MARIJUANA: EVIL WEED OR MEDICAL MIRACLE? WSU professor Rebecca Craft explains the history of marijuana use and policy in the United States, explores the drastic shifts in public perception, and discusses the latest research about the potential for marijuana to heal or harm.

Sep. 28, noon. Free. Newport Library, 116 S. Washington. humanities.org

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Advice Goddess FRIEND OVER BACKWARD

AMY ALKON

A friend agreed to dogsit while I flew up to visit my ailing dad. She bailed at 7 p.m. the night before I flew out, saying she needed three days to pack for a vacation. She never even apologized. I don’t want to be friends anymore. She said, “You’re throwing a friend away over not watching your dog.” But it’s not that. It’s that she broke her word and left me in a huge bind. Still, I feel bad about cutting her out of my life, as we’ve been friends a long time.

Thoughts? ­ —Disgusted

This is like that game Trust, where you let yourself fall backward in the belief that somebody will be there to catch you. In this case, your catcher ran off last minute for a mani-pedi, and you woke up in the ER getting the crack in your head stapled shut by four surgical residents.

At least your anger hasn’t deserted you. Maybe that sounds odd, given that anger gets a bad rap as a “destructive” emotion. But anger actually has an important function. It’s a “recalibrational emotion,” one of a few emotions — along with shame and embarrassment — that evolutionary scientist Aaron Sell explains evolved to regulate our own behavior as well as someone else’s.

Sell writes that anger arises in a person in response to their perception that another person “does not value their interests highly enough.” This motivates the angry person to push for better treatment. There are two tactics for this: inflicting costs (sometimes simply through the scary ugliness of aggression) or withdrawing benefits.

The function of these two tactics, Sell explains, is to show the other person (the slacking offender) that they will be worse off if they keep neglecting the angry person’s interests. Interestingly, in research across six cultures — including Shuar hunterhorticulturalists in the Amazon — Sell and his colleagues found that people were “less angry when harmed for a large benefit compared to a small benefit.”

Accordingly, chances are you’d be less angry and less motivated to retire this woman as a friend if she’d bailed after being hit by some big emergency. Instead, it seems she just wanted to spend three days packing for her trip unimpeded by the slightest bit of doggie care. That desire in and of itself isn’t wrong, but being friends with someone (and getting the benefits) can involve some inconveniences from time to time — putting yourself out to make things better for a person you care about.

What’s more, this woman never apologized. So, your anger — your imposing a cost on her — did not motivate her to feel remorse or show you that your needs and feelings mean something to her. Yes, it’s good to keep friends — if they actually act like friends. Otherwise, you should probably treat them like a broken vacuum cleaner.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but you probably wouldn’t keep it “for old time’s sake!” after it starts to smoke, blow big dust clouds, and scream like 20 goats being slaughtered in your living room.

NO WAY TO RETREAT A LADY

What should you do when a man you’ve been dating stops texting or otherwise responding? We had an amazing time when we were last together. I can’t believe he just isn’t interested. Should I call? Drop by? What do you suggest? —Hurt As a woman, there’s sometimes good reason for you to chase a man, like that he’s good-looking and funny and has also stolen your wallet.

A man who’s interested in you will not need chasing. In fact, if he’s really into you, he will chase you like a dog chases a squirrel...a squirrel wearing a tiny jumpsuit made entirely out of bacon. Unfortunately, human psychology is particularly bad at helping us detach from lost causes, motivating us to lead with our ego and emotion rather than reason. For example, we’re prone to keep putting time, energy, and and/or money into something based on what we’ve already invested — what we’ve already “sunk” into it. This is called the sunk cost fallacy, and it’s irrational behavior because our initial outlay is gone. The rational approach is to base any further investment on how likely the thing is to pay off in the future.

Cut your losses. Come up with an ego-soothing explanation for his disappearance— like that he was kidnapped from the mall parking lot and never seen again. Crazy as that advice might sound, research on memory by psychologist Elizabeth Loftus actually finds we are quick to turn our malarkey, especially our repeated malarkey, into our reality, i.e., what we believe. Also, quite frankly, there’s a good chance he actually was kidnapped — though probably just by some other woman’s butt cleavage. n ©2018, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. • Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405 or email AdviceAmy@aol.com (www.advicegoddess.com)

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EVENTS | CALENDAR SPOKANE ARTS AWARDS Tickets include dinner by chef Josh Grimes, drinks, special musical performances, live blacksmith demonstrations by Columbia Fire & Iron, and admission to the Arts Awards Party. Sep. 28, 5:30 pm. $30-$75. 21+ Lucky You Lounge, 1801 W. Sunset Blvd. spokanearts.org VANDAL OVERNIGHT GAMES Over 800 people attend this day-long gaming and social event, with more than 25 gaming and activity areas. Open to college and high school students and the public. Sep. 28, 10 am. Free. University of Idaho, 709 S Deakin St. uidaho.edu WHEN BEING THERE CONFERENCE A forum for healing where women, men and youth can engage in open discussions toward an abuse-free community. Includes seminars, a meal, local resources, panels, networking and more.

Sep. 28, 8:30 am-5:30 pm. $15-$45.

Garland Church, 2011 W. Garland Ave. whenetwork.com (323-2123) SPA FALL HISTORIC HOME TOUR Guests enjoy tours of four historic homes in the West Point Road area of West Central Spokane. Sep. 29, 12-4 pm. $20. spokanepreservation.org CLIMATE CHANGE & ITS IMPACT ON WILDFIRES Climate change is increasing the average wildfire season and fueling fires that burn more than twice the area they did in the early 1970s. Join us for a firsthand look at this issue from local firefighter Kurtis Robinson. Sep. 30, 6:30-7:30 pm. Free. South Hill Library, 3324 S. Perry. spokanelibrary.org END THE VIOLENCE PREMIER SCREENING A special premiere screening of a documentary produced by Spokane’s End the Violence Strategy Committee outlining the consequences of domestic violence in Spokane. Sep. 30, 6 pm. Free. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. bingcrosbytheater.com ACCESS SPOKANE JOB FAIR Meet employers hiring in a variety of industries, as well as service providers in transportation, assistive technology, social assistance and more. Event is wheelchair accessible, and ASL interpreters are on-site. Oct. 1, 10 am-1 pm. Free. The Centennial Hotel, 303 W. North River Dr. accessspokane.org (532-3120) HOW RELIGIOUS FAITH MIGHT HELP US ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE Differing faith traditions offer their members a range of reasons and motives to care for the earth and address climate change. They can also offer a range of spiritual and moral resources that can help us to face the challenges of the climate crisis. Oct. 1, 6:30-7:30 pm. Free.

South Hill Library, 3324 S. Perry St. spokanelibrary.org (444-5300) RITTER’S FALL FESTIVAL Kick off the season with fall veggies and plants, a day of workshops and classes, live music, a farmers market and more. Oct. 2, 9 am-6:30 pm. Free. Ritter’s Garden & Gift, 10120 N. Division. 4ritter.com SPOKANE CANDIDATES CLIMATE CHANGE FORUM A climate change forum with local candidates for office to help aid Spokane citizens in their democratic deliberation. Oct. 2, 5:30 pm. Free. Gonzaga University, 502 E. Boone Ave. gonzaga.edu (328-4220)

FESTIVAL

84TH ANNUAL GREEK FESTIVAL The annual celebration of Greek food and culture offers a chance for the community to sample pastry, deli and taverna

food items, along with Greek dancing, church tours and more. Sept. 26-28 from 11 am-8 pm. Free. Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 1703 N. Washington St. holytrinityspokane.org SPOKANE OKTOBERFEST Celebrate everything German at this annual fall celebration, featuring dancing, eating, drinking and singing. The venue hosts two entertainment stages, bands, outdoor and indoor beer gardens, games, family friendly events and more. Sept.

27, 4-11 pm; Sept. 28, 12-11 pm; Sept. 29, 11 am-4 pm. $10. CenterPlace Regional Event Center, 2426 N. Discovery Place Dr. spokaneoktoberfest.com (621-0125) PULLMAN’S FIELDFEST A new end-ofsummer festival offering regional craft beer, live music and food. Sep. 28, 4 pm. $30. Palouse Business Center, 805 Clearwater Drive. pullmanfieldfest.com WALLACE FALL FOR HISTORY FESTIVAL Wallace celebrates its colorful history with guided tours of homes, buildings, the cemetery and Dante’s Peak filming areas, along with workshops, civil war and mountain men re-enactors, a dinner show and much more. Oct. 3-6; event times/locations vary. $80. wallaceidahochamber.com

FILM

MANHATTAN SHORT FILM FEST View this year’s final selections, and cast your ballot. Sept. 26-29. $8-$10. Panida Theater, 300 N. First. (208-255-7801) TOY STORY 4 When new toy “Forky” joins Woody and the gang, a road trip alongside old and new friends reveals how big the world can be for a toy. Rated G. Sept. 27 at 8 pm, Sept. 28 at 5:15 and 8 pm. $3-$7. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org (208-882-4127) CLASSIC CARTOONS Free classic cartoons return to the Kenworthy every Saturday from 9 am-noon. Free. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy. org (208-882-4127) STUDIO GHIBLI FEST: THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY From the creators of Spirited Away and Ponyo comes an adventure-filled adaptation of The Borrowers. Sept. 29 at 12:55 pm (dubbed); Sept. 30 at 7 pm (subtitles).

Regal NorthTown/Riverstone; AMC River Park Square. fathomevents.com PALOUSE FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL Each Tuesday at 7 pm in October, the Kenworthy shows a film presented in French with English subtitles for the 10th annual film festival. Free for WSU/ UI students with ID. See schedule online. $5-$10. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org (208-882-4127) MOVIE NIGHT: EAST SIDE SUSHI This critically acclaimed indie favorite was the winner of awards at 9 different film festivals, including Best Narrative Feature at SF Indie Fest. Oct. 2, 6 pm. Free.

Downtown Spokane Library, 906 W. Main. spokanelibrary.org (444-5336) SUDS & CINEMA: OFFICE SPACE Celebrate the film’s 20th anniversary with a special screening, including pre-movie activities, free cake before the movie and more. Doors at 6:30 pm. Oct. 3, 6:30 pm. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. bit.ly/2lLVVEa (227-7404)

FOOD

EAT MORE RAINBOWS: VEGAN COOKING SERIES Participants learn basic and intermediate vegan cooking

techniques to increase awareness of healthy food choices and preparations.

Sept. 26, 6-7:30 pm. $22. My Fresh Basket, 1030 W. Summit Pkwy. (558-2100) LUNCH & LEARN SERIES An ongoing lecture series with WSU students of the Nutrition and Exercise Physiology Dept.

Topics cover all aspects of nutrition and exercise and how they relate to your health and daily life. Lunches provided

by De Leon Taco and Bar. (First come first served.) Sept. 26, Oct. 24, Oct. 31, Nov. 7, Nov. 21 from noon-1 pm. Free.

Shadle Library, 2111 W. Wellesley Ave. spokanelibrary.org (444-5300) SCOTCH & CIGARS Select a flight of whiskey, scotch or bourbon paired with a recommended cigar during an event on the outdoor patio. Thursdays, from 6-10 pm. $15-$25. Prohibition Gastropub, 1914 N. Monroe. (474-9040) SEASONAL KITCHEN: APPLE PIE FILLING Local chef Matt Hopkins demonstrates how to make apple pie fillings for quick hand pies, breakfast skillet biscuits and more. Sep. 26, 6-8:30 pm. $30. Jacklin Arts & Cultural Center, 405 N. William St. thejacklincenter.org DAVE PHINNEY “LOCATIONS” WINE DINNER Chef Steven Swanson has created a five-course meal showcasing the wine regions highlighted in the Locations wine portfolio. Sep. 27, 7 pm. $60$76. Nectar Catering & Events, 120 N. Stevens. nectartastingroom.com FARM TO TABLE DINNER This sixcourse meal is prepared with local ingredients by chef Aaron Fish of Eat Good Group and served inside the historic Big Red Barn in Davenport, and benefits the New Crop Scholarship. Sep. 28, 5-8 pm. $65. bit.ly/2NoXP9D OKTOBREWFEST CRAWL The first annual crawl highlights downtown’s brewery community, including River City, Iron Goat, Whistle Punk, the Steel Barrel, Steam Plant, Mountain Lakes and Black Label. Ticket includes mug for discounted drinks at each stop. Sep. 28, 12-8 pm. $20. River City Brewing, 121 S. Cedar St. (263-7983) PANCAKE & APPLESAUCE BREAKFAST A fall breakfast buffet featuring all-you-can-eat pancakes, sausage, eggs, applesauce and beverages. Sundays from 8-11 am, through Oct. 20. $3.50-$7. Green Bluff Grange, 9809 Green Bluff Rd. greenbluffgrowers.com WHAT YOU CRAVE: NO-LI X GLOBE The newly revamped Globe’ first fivecourse dinner, with beer from No-Li. Reservations required. 21+. Sep. 29, 6 pm. $60. Globe Bar & Kitchen, 204 N. Division. facebook.com/globespokane BIG TABLE SPOKANE EATS AROUND THE WORLD This annual fall event includes food, live music, a dessert runway, auctions and more. Sep. 30, 5:30 pm. $70/person. Davenport Grand, 333 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. big-table.com JOURNEY THROUGH THE CACAO LANDS Discover the intriguing human history behind chocolate and its influence on American culture, literature and film. Oct. 1 and Oct. 3 from 6-8 pm. $42. NIC Workforce Training Center, 525 W. Clearwater Loop. workforcetraining. nic.edu ELLA’S SUPPER CLUB The return of Ella’s features a three-course dinner of prime rib or salmon, with salad and cheesecake. Tickets include live jazz music, one drink and gratuity. Oct. 2, 6 pm. $45. Montvale Event Center, 1017 W. First. facebook.com/ellassupperclub

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CARLENE CARTER With her debut album in 1978, Carter established herself on the edgier end of the country music spectrum. Sept. 26, 7:30 pm. $20-$50. Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center, 211 E. Desmet Ave. (313-2787) WATOTO CHILDREN’S CHOIR The Choirs tour the world to support the Watoto childcare ministry, a program that provides shelter, medical care and education to vulnerable women and children in Uganda. Sep. 26, 7 pm. Free. Prince of Peace, 8441 N. Indian Trail Rd. (465-0779) MUSIC WITH MEANING: THE RYAN LARSEN BAND The first annual Spokane Angels benefit concert, featuring the local award-winning country rock band, with openers Mountains in the Sea. Proceeds support local children in foster care and families that care for them. Sep. 27, 5-9 pm. $25. Arbor Crest Wine Cellars, 4705 N. Fruit Hill Rd. (927-9463) ARDHA NAREESHWARA: SOUTH INDIAN DANCE-DRAMA This Kuchipudi Dance Drama, with 30 artists and a live orchestra, exemplifies the heart of South India in its rich variety and exquisite form.

Includes option to purchase an Indian vegetarian dinner at 5 pm at the venue. Sep. 28, 6:30-9 pm. $30-$35. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. bingcrosbytheater.com KPBX KIDS’ CONCERT: SISTER SONGS A concert featuring music by women composers performed by the Bradetich-Grove duo. Sep. 28, 1 pm. Free. River Park Square, 808 W. Main. spokanepublicradio.org SPOKANE SYMPHONY POPS 1: JAMES BOND Broadway star Hugh Panaro and Postmodern Jukebox headliner Morgan James sing hits from two dozen Bond films spanning five decades. Sep. 28, 8-10 pm. $43+. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. foxtheaterspokane.org GONZAGA MUSIC DEPARTMENT SHOWCASE CONCERT The national and internationally-renowned talents of Gonzaga performers and composers is on display in a program of faculty soloists assisted by a chamber orchestra. Sep. 29, 3-5 pm. $8-$12; students free w/ID. Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center, 211 E. Desmet Ave. (313-2787) PIANO RECITAL: DAVID BREWSTER A solo recital featuring music

by Bach, Mozart, Franz Liszt, Debussy and Copland. Sep. 29, 3 pm.

Free, donations accepted. St. John’s Cathedral, 127 E. 12th Ave. stjohnscathedral.org YA-HOO! TO COUNTRY Wylie & the Wild West have been performing their style of cowboy/folk/swing/ yodeling to the world since 1989.

Sep. 29, 4 pm. $57-$62. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. bingcrosbytheater.com AUDITORIUM CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES: IMANI WINDS The series presents concerts by some of the world’s finest performers. Oct. 1, 7:30 pm. $10-$25. U of Idaho Admin.

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ach week, to prepare for writing this piece, I like to browse around online to read the latest weed news. Lately, that browsing has become depress-

For a plant that has been consumed by humans for thousands of years, we know shockingly little about cannabis. Which is in large part due to the longstanding federal prohibition of the plant. It used to be that marijuana toxicity was essentially a joke. Overdose deaths were, and still are, thought to be practically impossible.

In recent weeks, however, tragic stories have come out that illustrate just how dangerous this new era of cannabis use can be. They’re stories that, hopefully, will

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be behind many of the cases. This has led to stories like Rolling Stone’s piece from late August titled, “How to Spot a Bootleg Cannabis Vape Cartridge.”

This outbreak of vape-related illnesses is due in part to both ignorance and prohibition, because we simply don’t know enough about vaping’s effects, and because dangerous vape products are finding their way to the market unregulated.

become less common as we continue to better understand and regulate pot.

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According to a Sept. 19 release from the Centers for Disease Control, there are over 500 confirmed cases and seven deaths linked to vape-related respiratory illness.

Most of the patients treated so far reported a history of using vape products containing THC, while some have reported just using vapes containing nicotine.

While no specific cause of the illness has been confirmed, beyond just vaping, broadly speaking, bootleg or black market THC vape products are suspected to

On Sept. 20, USA Today ran a piece about Brian Smith Jr., a 17-year-old from Indiana who passed away last October. His cause of death was ruled to be cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome, a rare disease, which is not yet well understood, caused by smoking weed.

According to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, it is a rare condition that occurs only in daily, long-term users of marijuana. One of the main symptoms is nausea, paradoxically a condition cannabis has long been used to treat.

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JOSEPH & THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT A reimagining of the Biblical story of Joseph, his father Jacob, eleven brothers and the coat of many colors. Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm through Sep. 29. $23$25. Lake City Playhouse, 1320 E. Garden Ave. lakecityplayhouse.org RED BIRD THEATRE: INTO THE WOODS As the result of the curse of a once-beautiful witch, a baker and his wife are childless. Sept. 26-28 at 7 pm; Sept. 28-29 at 2 pm. $25-$40. Kroc Center, 1765 W. Golf Course Rd. shop. redbirdcda.com (208-667-1865) ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL Matilda is a little girl with astonishing wit, intelligence and psychokinetic powers. Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm through Oct. 13. $15-$35. Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard St. spokanecivictheatre.com (325-2507) SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR The plot follows a love affair between Doris and George, married to others, who rendezvous once a year. Sept. 26-28 at 7:30 pm. $20. Regional Theatre of the Palouse, 122 N. Grand, Pullman. rtoptheatre.org (334-0750) BEEHIVE: THE 60S MUSICAL From Aretha Franklin to Janis Joplin, Beehive is a wailing tribute to the ladies who left their mark on 60s music.

Sep. 27, 7 pm and Sep. 28, 7 pm. $17.

Chewelah Center for the Arts, 405 N. Third. chewelahcenterforthearts.com THE BOOK OF WILL William Shakespeare wrote his plays in pieces, never putting all the parts together until actors were on stage for fear of someone stealing his work. But who’s to stop people after he dies? Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm through Oct. 20. $13$25. Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard. spokanecivictheatre.com DROWNING OPHELIA A dark comedy about the long-term consequences of childhood abuse. Sept. 26-29 and Oct. 3-6. $6-$17. University of Idaho, 709 S Deakin St. uidaho.edu/class/theatre INNER SANCTUM Two spooky ghost stories presented as live radio shows.

Sept. 27-28 at 7 pm, Sept. 29 at 3 pm. $7-$12. Pend Oreille Playhouse, 236 S. Union, Newport. pendoreilleplayers.org SEE HOW THEY RUN A fast-paced British farce set in the 1940s. Fri-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm through Sept. 29. $15. Ignite! Community Theatre, 10814 E. Broadway. igniteonbroadway.org WE WILL ROCK YOU Two revolutionaries are on a quest to save rock n’ roll in a post-apocalyptic world. Sep. 28, 7:30 pm. $30-$90. First Interstate Center for the Arts, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. inbpac.com RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE: WERQ THE WORLD TOUR Mission leader Asia O’Hara is on a journey to save the universe with the help of her intergalactic queens. Sep. 29, 8 am-10 pm. $55-$65; $165/VIP. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. foxtheaterspokane.org (624-1200) THE WILD KRATTS LIVE! Martin and Chris Kratt present, live, a classic Kratts story. Oct. 1, 6:30 pm. $35-$100. First Interstate Center for the Arts, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. inbpac.com THE SCENT OF A THOUSAND RAINS Directed by Charles M. Pepiton with music composed by Tana Bachman-

Bland is this performance piece in verse for an actor and a violinist. Oct. 3, 7 pm. Free. Downtown Spokane Library, 906 W. Main. spokanelibrary.org

ARTS

ARTISTRY IN WOOD The Spokane Carvers presents their 30th annual juried wood carving show with over 100 carvings in skill levels from novice to expert, a raffle, demonstrations and more. Sept. 28 from 9 am-5 pm, Sept.

29 from 12-4 pm. $5; ages 12 and under free. The Salvation Army Spokane, 222 E. Indiana Ave. SpokaneCarvers.com LITTLE SPOKANE RIVER ARTIST STUDIO TOUR See and purchase artwork from 35+ professional artists while visiting five artist studios located near one another in the beautiful Little Spokane River Valley. Sep. 28, 10 am.

Free. littlespokanestudios.com ROB MCKIRDIE: EMBEDDED CONSCIOUSNESS An exhibition of mixed media sculpture by the Spokane artist.

Oct. 2-25; Mon-Fri 9 am-5 pm. Reception Oct. 2, noon. Free. EWU Gallery of Art, 140 Art Building, Cheney. (359-2494) ARTIST LECTURE: MAKOTO FUJIMURA Fujimura provides insights into his work followed by a time to respond to questions. Oct. 3, 7 pm. Free and open to the public. Whitworth HUB, 300 W. Hawthorne. (777-4864)

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REBEKAH CRANE: POSTCARDS FOR A SONGBIRD Crane is the author of several critically acclaimed youngadult novels. Sep. 26, 7 pm. Free. Auntie’s Bookstore, 402 W. Main Ave. bit. ly/2zgld0I (838-0206) 100,000 POETS FOR CHANGE Poets, artists, and musicians around the world host simultaneous events on Sept. 28 in a demonstration/celebration of poetry, art and music to promote social, environmental and political change.

Sep. 28, 1-4 pm. Free. Evans Bros Coffee, 524 Church St. (208-255-4410) INDELIBLE IN THE HIPPOCAMPUS: WRITINGS FROM THE ME TOO MOVEMENT Hear local authors and feminist writers read selections from the new McSweeney’s collection and discuss the collective impact of female voices.

Sep. 28, 7 pm. Free. Auntie’s, 402 W. Main. auntiesbooks.com (838-0206) PALOUSE COUNTRY COWBOY POETS & MUSICIANS The local group has been performing western-inspired poetry since 1995. Sept. 29, 2 pm. $10.

Dahmen Barn, 419 N. Park Way. artisanbarn.org (509-229-3414) TIFFANY MIDGE: BURY MY HEART AT CHUCK E. CHEESE’S Join the former Moscow poet laureate her book launch and hear hear read selections of her humorous slices of life. Oct. 1, 7 pm. Free. BookPeople of Moscow, 521 S. Main St. bookpeopleofmoscow.com KELLY MILNER HALLS: CRYPTID CREATURES The local author discusses her new book exploring the world of cryptozoology through eyewitness accounts. Oct. 2, 7 pm. Free. Auntie’s, 402 W. Main. bit.ly/2ZbzIT5 READING: CHIA-CHIA LIN Lin reads from her debut novel “The Unpassing,” long-listed for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize. Oct. 2, 6 pm. Free and open to the public. Whitworth, 300 W. Hawthorne Rd. (777-1000) n

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On Oct. 3, demented clowns, creatures from the crypts, spooky scarecrows, and other frightening figures will be in position to do what they do best: making you scream with horror and delight.

Are you brave enough to enter the “scare zones?” There’s the Scarywood Nest filled with spidery scares, the Quarantine Zone where zombies rule, and Clown Town where the only ones laughing are the creepy clowns.

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Many of your favorite Silverwood rides are open too. The Log Flume has you hurtling into the night, in and out of tunnels and plunging over a steep drop. The Corkscrew features a 70foot drop and gravity-defying twists and turns. Spincycle has you spinning on a stationary disk as you rock back and forth like a pendulum, higher and higher until — whoops — you flip over, still spinning and still screaming. After you leave the loading station on Timber Terror, you’ll climb up 85 feet in the air before dropping into the first chain of hills, when you’ll experience a sense of weightlessness the ride is known for. But the ride’s not over yet. As you head back,

you’ll scream your way through another run of hills before roaring into a crushing 360-degree turn, finally arriving back at the loading station. All while facing backwards!

Scarywood is only open select dates through Nov. 2, Thursdays being the least crowded and best ticket value, starting at $27. Thursday-Saturday, Be there for opening weekend! Show your season pass on Oct. 3-5 and get $10 off regular admission. On the closing weekend in November, public service heroes get in free with appropriate identification. That means all firefighters, active military, veterans, police, and EMT’s on Nov. 1 or 2. Visit scarywoodhaunt.com for more information including parking, restrictions (not recommended for children under 13) and ticketing.

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End of Season

GOLF SPECIAL

D ’A L E N E

Upcoming Events Comedy Night at the Inn SEPTEMBER 27

Get ready to bust a gut two nights in a row, when the Coeur d’Alene Inn hosts back-to-back comedy nights featuring Alvin Williams and Leeann Tooker (Friday) and John Roy and Harry Riley (Saturday).

L A ST C HANC E G OLF PAC K AG E

$17.50; doors open at 7 pm, show starts at 8 pm; Coeur d’Alene Inn.

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Silverwood’s Community Appreciation Weekend

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SEPTEMBER 28-29

Squeeze some summer-like fun out of September during Silverwood’s Community Appreciation Weekends where park admission is discounted and $4 from every adult ticket and $1 from each youth/senior ticket is donated to local food banks.

Admission is $38 (ages 8-64) and $21 (ages 3-7 and 65+). Save even more when you buy your tickets at silverwoodthemepark.com.

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PER PER S O N

Enjoy the lowest stay & play rates of the season with all of the amenities. *Based on double occupancy, does not include tax and surcharge.

Valid October 21st-October 27th 2019. Certain restrictions may apply.

Whisky Barrel Weekend OCTOBER 4-5

Mark your calendars! The Coeur d’Alene Resort has partnered with Maker’s Mark Distillery for the first-ever Whisky Barrel Weekend. Taste up to 100 varieties of whiskey, attend a whiskey seminar or enjoy a whiskey themed lake cruise. Details at visitcda.org.

For more events, things to do & places to stay, go to VisitCDA.org M A K E Y O U R R E S E R VAT I O N S AT

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