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asta, Parmesan, olives and Chianti: That shopping list immediately calls to mind Italian cuisine, the way that butter, Brie and baguettes might make us crave a little French food.

What, then, might we use to evoke the cuisine of the Inland Northwest? That question proved to be more elusive than we imagined, but it led us to explore the bounty, and inspiration, that the region provides to our local chefs. Don’t miss our special DINING OUT pullout section, led by our food editor Chey Scott.

Also this week: news reporter Samantha Wohlfeil examines the life-anddeath health care issues facing our rural communities (page 13), and for the Last Word, Daniel Walters outlines why, despite our civic pride, the Lilac City is unlikely to grab the attention of Amazon as the tech goliath searches for a second headquarters (page 62).

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COMMENT | AMAZON

Dear Mr. Bezos: Spokane can compete on the national stage; here’s what it would take

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e are in receipt of your request for a proposal to secure a site to serve as Amazon’s second headquarters; our responses are attached, and what follows is a summary of our offer. We have taken seriously your encouragement of proposals that “think big and are creative.”

COLLABORATION Our proposal is a collaboration between the states of Washington and Idaho, a major airline, eight universities and colleges located within the geographic triangle of Spokane/Cheney, Sandpoint to the northeast, Coeur d’Alene to the east and Pullman/Moscow to the south, the municipalities framing this region, Avista, leading real estate developers, a money center bank and a manufacturer of crosslaminated timbers, among others.

SITE Developers will sell or lease, based on Amazon’s preference, a site in Spokane’s downtown University District, including a 500,000-square-foot building ready for occupancy in 2019. The site will be contiguous, padready, with utility infrastructure in place.

In addition, additional sites will be made available in Sandpoint, Coeur d’Alene and Pullman/Moscow, enabling Amazon to offer its employees a broader range of lifestyle choices and providing closer proximity to the eight universities and colleges.

SKILLED LABOR FORCE Our proposal includes detailed information regarding the tremendous academic institutions and highly skilled labor force within our region. To ensure we are producing the ever-evolving talent that Amazon and other leading tech companies will require, the eight universities and colleges included in our proposal will work in conjunction with Amazon to develop and deliver curricula to educate the workforce of a technology-driven future.

TRANSPORTATION A major airline has agreed to provide daily direct flights to New York, the San Francisco Bay Area and Washington, D.C. Direct flights between Spokane and Seattle are already offered almost hourly.

The state of Washington has agreed to construct a high-speed train between Seattle and Spokane. With speeds in excess of 200 miles per hour, commute times between Spokane and Seattle will be a little more than an hour. The states of Washington and Idaho have agreed to evaluate light-rail alternatives between Sandpoint, Coeur d’Alene, Spokane and Pullman/ Moscow, dramatically enhancing transportation between these cities.

And to keep with your spirit of innovation, the cities included in our proposal agree to fasttrack the approval of delivery of certain products to homes and businesses via drone.

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INCENTIVES Spokane would reduce sales and property tax rates by 10 percent for residents and business owners. The states and municipalities involved will invest one dollar in mutually agreed-upon public infrastructure for every dollar Amazon invests directly in capital expenditures.

ENERGY The Spokane region already offers electrical rates that are among the region’s lowest.

Avista is developing smart city applications in the University District, including distributed energy resources such as solar panels, behind-the-meter batteries, plug-in electric vehicles and energysmart building control systems.

FINANCIAL COMMITMENT The financial obligations included in this proposal will be guaranteed by a money center bank upon Amazon’s agreement to the specifications in its RFP. QUALITY OF LIFE This is the centerpiece of our proposal. Amazon will undoubtedly have numerous opportunities to open a second headquarters in cities offering equally favorable real estate, workforce, transportation and energy rates. Yet the quality of life offered by our region is unparalleled and offers an unmatched competitive advantage in recruiting and retaining key talent. Our proposal shines a light on: 4 Our region’s incredible natural beauty, with its three large lakes, five ski resorts and endless outdoor recreational activities.

4 The enviable quality of our K-12 educational system.

4 Many distinct neighborhoods with treelined streets, featuring innovative restaurants, breweries and wineries.

4 Spokane’s newly renovated, 100-acre Riverfront Park in the urban center — one of 87 parks in the city.

4 A vibrant culture including numerous music venues, the Spokane Symphony, the Civic Theatre, the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture and the Mobius Children’s Museum.

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ll this can be done here. Spokane and the other cities within our triangle have a proven history of nurturing highly successful technology companies and talent. Such companies include 2nd Watch, Ecova, etailz, Itron, Jigsaw, Kochava, Next IT, Packet Engines, Owler, RiskLens, Rohinni, Schweitzer Engineering, Signature Genomics, World Wide Packets and many more.

We invite you to tour our region and meet the people committed to making this proposal a reality. n

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COMMENT | POLITICS

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‘Irritable Mental Gestures’ Don’t punish WSU Young Republicans for the sins of their fathers

BY ZACH HAGADONE

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encountered James Allsup about two weeks into my first semester as a graduate student at Washington State University.

On the Glenn Terrell Mall — where a faux “Trump Wall” was erected last October — Allsup was verbally sparring with a knot of students at a so-called Free Speech Rally last month, intended as a response to a much larger demonstration the week before calling on the university to take a stronger stance against racism and right-wing extremism.

Sporting sunglasses, an untucked plaid shirt and

khaki shorts, Allsup wouldn’t have looked out of place standing in a grocery line to buy a case of Busch Light.

But the former president of the WSU Young Republicans and architect of the Trump Wall has cut an outsized figure as one of the young guns in the “alt-right.” When he was captured on video in August participating in the deadly, nationalist “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, the condemnation came from no less than WSU President Kirk Schulz.

Now, a group of Washington state Democratic lawmakers have called on the university to strip the WSU Young Republicans of official recognition. This is a bad idea for a number of reasons. For one, it would do little

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Better yet, let’s start talking about whether it’s time to fold up the Big Tent altogether. Rather than govern, the Republican Party has grown into America’s amygdala, representing the mixture of panic and rage that leads old men to kick women and children out of lifeboats. Long before Breitbart, Pepe the Frog and the conserva-bros of Gamergate, cultural critic Lionel Trilling characterized American conservative impulses as “irritable mental gestures which seek to resemble ideas.”

That there’s not much to recommend the Republican Party in the realm of ideas should be apparent by now.

It’s full of fake ideas, fake news, even fake Republicans.

I’m one of them. I registered as a Republican back in 2012, when the Idaho GOP closed its primary. Because I like to vote (mostly), it seemed strategic to put my vote where it might matter in a one-party state. It was defeat masquerading as strategy.

In a piece published Sept. 21 in Newsweek, Seattle-born conservative mediaite Charles Sykes wrings his hands over 50 years of Republican decline into madness, in an article titled “How the Right Lost Its Mind and Embraced Donald Trump.”

Sykes traces the current intellectual decrepitude of American conservatism to the advent of the Tea Party, which energized “a base that had been defeated and demoralized.” But Sykes’ timeline is a little too short for me. I’d say the “right lost its mind” at least as far back as 1944, when the so-called Party of Lincoln consciously chose to make common cause with conservative Southern Democrats, rejecting an act that would have shipped absentee ballots to active-duty soldiers because it would also lift the poll tax for black service members. Four years later, the Republican Party absorbed regressives like South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond, whose proJim Crow Dixiecrat faction fled the Democratic Party in opposition to the civil rights movement.

Sadly, this history is too frequently lost. Maybe if we considered the extent to which Dixie is in the DNA of the Republican Party and the conservative movement as a whole — recognizing that Allsup et al. are now the mainstream — we could change the conversation from one of banning student groups to letting the Grand Old Party finally die of grand old age. n

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fter renting for five years in the Shadle Park area, Ashley and Dan Marlow decided to buy a home. They talked of reducing their commute time, and owning a home close to good schools, with a big yard for Eva, their dog.

But in a seller’s market, where the number of buyers exceeds available homes for sale, they found home prices skyrocketing and panic setting in.

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“Don’t buy into the pressure,” Ashley says. “Figure out what your essential criteria are — price, layout, neighborhood, and amenities — and stick to them.”

Jeff Mularski, a real estate manager at STCU, coaches homebuyers — particularly first-time homebuyers — to avoid emotional connections when home buying.

“Take it slow and select the home that fits you the best, because buying a home is a long-term investment,” he says.

Beyond basics of identifying a potential home, securing a mortgage, making an offer, and finalizing paperwork, Mularski urges homebuyers to follow five steps that help keep emotions in check: 1. Apply to prequalify for your home loan. Most lenders have a preapproval process that will tell you how much house you can afford. With that information, he says, you can avoid emotional offers on homes priced above your budget.

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5. Check your emotions at the door. Finally, no matter how hot the housing market may get, don’t feel pressured to buy a home that you may regret later.

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COMMENT | FROM READERS

The clashes in Charlottesville

NAZIS ARE NAZIS Yes, explore the perspective that some feel these hateful views are jokes

(“Class Warfare,” 9/28/17). But when the other side’s perspective is summed up and portrayed like this: “The college campus, many students feel, should be a ‘safe space’ protected from words or ideas making students feel uncomfortable.” ...I’m not buying it. White supremacists get the writers’ full sympathy while left-leaning students are lumped in with petty descriptions of “microaggressions,” as though calling for “ethnic cleansing” is something small and they’re just overreacting.

Apples and oranges. Nazis are not mere internet trolls, even if they started out that way, even if they don’t like being called Nazis. Nazi opponents want to protect a lot more than somebody’s feelings.

SHAWN MACKAY Spokane, Wash.

WHAT YOU MISSED Why did you miss the fact that “WSU: A Campus Torn” appeared during Banned Books Week (“Class Warfare,” 9/28/17)? A high percentage of banned books concern racism. One frequently banned book is by Sherman Alexie, a former WSU student and a regional indigenous writer. Most bookbanning originates in a far-right politics that insists on its own freedom of speech.

Your story assumes that only people of color want to curtail speech rights. University administrators seem to agree. But if speech were so free, then why does the far-right censor writers and scholars of color? We faculty of color fill far-right blacklists. Your writers — and administrators — need to ask who is censoring whom? Two years ago I was ordered to change the word “deferring” in my syllabus because Fox News and the university charged that it was coercive to “certain readers.” But unlike those who attack our speech, I use the dictionary and know “deferring” is an innocent word.

Who is silencing whom?

On campuses today, the rights of bigots are honored but not the rights of their victims. Hate speech is violence. Defending the hate speech of already empowered bigots, universities tell people of color that they are indifferent to our safety. Campus diversity programs have existed for two decades now, yet our campuses are more hostile to people of color. We don’t need more diversity schemes. We need justice.

And your writers need a history lesson.

JOHN STREAMAS, Associate Professor Critical Culture, Gender, and Race Studies Washington State University

OH, GEORGE George Nethercutt is still trying to make that pig’s ear in the White House into a silk purse, blaming the mainstream media for not getting on board with the oinking (“Deeds, Not LETTERS Tweets,” 9/14/17). He criticizes Send comments to Democrats in Congress for not supeditor@inlander.com. porting the “superbly qualified Neil Gorsuch,” yet manages to overlook the fact that Obama’s nominee, the also very qualified Merrick Garland, did not even get the courtesy of a Congressional hearing. What hypocrisy.

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Help on the Way? Many rural hospitals operate on razor-thin margins; Washington is trying to help save them

BY SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL Steve Beckstrom checks on Josephine Johnson, a colon cancer patient, at Lincoln Hospital in Davenport. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO

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hen Josephine Johnson had trouble with pain in her abdomen a short time ago, she went to her doctor in Davenport, where primary care is just a few steps away from Lincoln Hospital.

They did a CAT scan and then a colonoscopy, which she was due for, and discovered cancer. Within a short time, she’d had surgery, and just a few short days later, was on the mend.

“We came in for one thing and came out with another,” she says while lying in a hospital bed in the acute care wing of the hospital in late September. “Well, if you don’t check, you don’t know.”

Five days after her surgery, with personally monitored pain management, she was about ready to go home. Being able to receive that care in her community of about 1,700 people meant a lot during what can be a scary time.

“It’s fearful enough for so many things that you might have, but when they can help you like this, it’s

wonderful,” she says.

If it weren’t for hospitals in small Eastern Washington communities like Davenport, Dayton and Odessa, the nearest emergency room or hospital bed would be another half-hour drive or more for thousands of people like Johnson who live in rural areas.

But since 2010, at least 80 rural hospitals around the country have closed after not being able to make things work financially. Many more are on rocky financial footing.

“When people have accidents, they have this expectation with the 911 system there’s a hospital nearby,” says Shane McGuire, CEO of Columbia County Health System, which runs the hospital in Dayton, about an hour east of the Tri-Cities. “I’m fearful that we’re close to that not being a reality.”

Hospitals like McGuire’s are known as Critical Access Hospitals. They provide 25 or fewer inpatient beds, and are at least 35 miles from the nearest hospital. Some

are managed and partly funded by taxpayers through a public health district, but while their residents’ support helps, elements of these smaller health care systems aren’t financially sustainable as they run now.

Washington’s rural hospitals are slightly better off after the state accepted the Medicaid expansion as part of the Affordable Care Act, allowing more people who otherwise would be uninsured to get covered. However, the rates paid out to hospitals still don’t keep pace with costs, McGuire and other hospital administrators say.

“For every dollar I spend to care for patients or residents, I get 98 cents back, so I’m already losing money on every dollar invested in the care,” McGuire says. “It’s an uphill battle.”

So Washington lawmakers agreed to see if they could change the future for rural hospitals by creating the Washington Rural Health Access Preservation project (known as WRHAP; pronounced “wrap”), which will ...continued on next page

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‘TIME IS HEART’

The WRHAP pilot project was started to get ahead of the problems that rural hospitals are having nationally.

Not all hospitals will participate — Davenport is not part of the pilot — but a core group of 14 struggling facilities are in the initial project.

“We don’t want to be talking about how Dayton and Odessa lost their hospital, and how do we respond to that,” says Jacqueline Barton True, director of rural health programs for the Washington State Hospital Association, which is partnering with the state Department of Health and Healthier Washington, a program of the Washington State Health Care Authority, to run the rural pilot program.

One of the first questions that comes up when talking about rural health care is if those hospital systems aren’t making financial sense, why not close them?

First and foremost, administrators point out that proximity to help matters a lot for a patient’s outcome, especially when it comes to emergencies like heart attacks and strokes. Common sayings among medical providers are “time is heart” and “time is brain.”

Were the hospital at Dayton to close, the nearby ski hill Bluewood would be an hour-and-a-half ambulance away from help, one way, McGuire says. Life Flight may be an option but only when the weather cooperates, he says.

It also turns out that part of what’s putting hospitals like Dayton’s at risk has less to do with the expensive

emergency department than once thought. State officials and politicians often point to empty inpatient beds that see only a small number of patients as the factor causing rural hospitals around the country to have money troubles, says Harold Miller, an expert on health care reform who is helping lead the rural pilot program. Miller is the president and CEO of the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform, a national policy center that puts out informational reports meant to help everyone from

pay for services under a different logic than currently used.

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“You can’t just fix one thing. Everything has a cascading effect on other things.” the government to hospital associations.

And while it’s true that there are set costs to run an emergency department, and fewer patients means less income to cover those costs, the real issue for many rural health districts is actually the loss at their primary care clinics.

“For most, it was their clinics that were losing the money,” Miller says. “Medicaid was one of the biggest underpayers for that.”

Data compiled for Washington’s rural pilot program show that the biggest loss comes from the primary care clinics that most of the participating hospitals provide, accounting for more than 30 percent of the deficit for most of them.

With Medicaid, rural clinics are eventually paid for every patient they see, but it’s through a complicated, multi-step process that can take more than a year to fully reimburse them for the cost of care.

To fix that, the pilot program will allow the state to

“We are fortunate in this state to have hospital leaders and partners at the state level who have been very forward-thinking, and willing to embrace new ideas and think about some fundamental shifts we could potentially make in the system, rather than wait and hope the same old thing keeps working,” Barton True says.

Rather than pay the hospitals a big bill every time a Medicaid patient comes to the ER, the program will test paying the hospitals a set monthly amount for every Medicaid patient in that hospital’s district. If and when someone comes in to use the facility, a much smaller rate than what insurers pay currently would be charged.

A similar model may be applied to primary care clinics, where patients would enroll and pay a regular fee, then not pay when they come in, unless they get some specialized services.

Focusing on changing payments across the board becomes important, Miller says, because if making primary care better — and hopefully keeping people healthier — hurts the number of emergency room or hospital visits, it can create a shortfall there.

“What we kind of discovered through all this was this incredible interconnection between all the services, and it’s a domino effect,” Miller says. “You can’t just fix one thing. Everything has a cascading effect on other things.”

While making regular payments whether you use the hospital or not may seem illogical at first, Miller says, it’s easy to make a comparison to other services.

“The benefit is having [the hospital] there, but we pay on a per-visit basis,” he says of the way things work now.

“It’d be equivalent to paying your fire department based

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on the number of fires they have.”

Hospitals are a service that people want around when needed, so paying for them regularly, even if you aren’t using them at that moment, makes sense for the community, and will help the hospitals more reliably plan their budgets, he says.

For people who visit the hospital and don’t live in the district, you could charge more, Miller explains.

The pilot program will be done first with Medicaid, partly because the state doles out that funding, and because Medicare and Medicaid patients make up a large percentage of the people who go to rural hospitals and clinics for treatment, unlike in more urban areas, where more businesses are likely to offer private insurance.

LETTERS “Urban markets have Send comments to a much higher percentage editor@inlander.com. of people who are privately insured. That really matters, because there is a cost shifting that occurs: You make up what you lose with private payers,” Barton True says. “If you don’t have a private base, you don’t have the ability to do that.”

That said, Miller says the model could eventually be scaled and applied to all insurance providers. Keeping rural hospitals open is good for insurers, too, he says. It saves them expensive transportation costs if people would otherwise have to be flown or driven to treatment farther away, and saves on unnecessary treatment costs down the line because outcomes are better the sooner someone gets help.

The payment fixes could also be applied to larger hospitals, he says.

“These hospitals need this help maybe more severely than others do, but the kinds of things we’re talking about putting in place here are not some special fixes, only for desperate rural hospitals,” Miller says. “They actually would apply a lot to other hospitals.” 

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EDUCATION Last week, a Spokane Public Schools advisory committee doubled down on its choice of the “Get Real” SEXUAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM developed by a Planned Parenthood affiliate in Massachusetts. The Human Growth & Development Citizens Advisory Committee initially chose the curriculum toward the end of the past school year. But in June, days before the Spokane Public Schools board was set to vote on it, school administrators sent the curriculum back to the committee to reconsider. The meeting last week was spent debating the motion to reconsider the curriculum, but by the end, in a 9-3 vote, the committee voted to reconfirm it. “It doesn’t matter which way it goes,” says one member. “There’s gonna be a lot of arguing on both sides.”

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CULTURE October is here. The air is crisper. The nights are getting darker earlier. And stories about things that go bump in the night are appealing to our senses. Let’s face it: Whether you’re a firm believer, a skeptic, or sure that GHOST STORIES are all b.s., the fact is, most of us either have our own ghost story, or know someone else who swears by their experience with the unexplained. We want to hear your best ghost story for a piece we are working on that will explore local brushes with the beyond, paranormal investigation, and dive into why people want to believe. If you share, we may use snippets or your full story online or in print. Find a link to our online submission form at Inlander.com, look for it on social media, or contact the writer directly at samanthaw@inlander.com.

Stories due by Friday, Oct. 13. (SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL)

POLICE You can have a voice in oversight of the Spokane Police Department. The chair of Spokane’s Office of Police OMBUDSMAN Commission, Deb Conklin, may not be reappointed after three years serving on the volunteer board. The city is asking for applications for those interested in taking her place. Candidates must live within City Council District Two, and pass a background check. The five-member commission steers long-term goals for the ombudsman’s office, including making recommendations for policy and training to the Spokane Police Department. The city will begin reviewing applications Oct. 16, but will accept materials until the position is filled, according to a news release. You can email applications to hallers@spokanecity.org. (MITCH RYALS)

POLITICS You don’t get much more traditionally conservative — or caustic — than Ben Shapiro, the 33-year-old pundit who has dedicated years to attacking left-wing college campuses. But for our cover story on the campus culture wars at Washington State University, we were more interested in speaking with Shapiro about the right wing on college campuses. Shapiro is glad to see more pushback against the left from CAMPUS CONSERVATIVES, but raises concerns about the growth of “alt-right” students, who care more about angering leftists than pushing conservative ideas. In particular, he criticizes students who bring jerks like provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos to campus.

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NEWS | BRIEFS

Battling Bias WSU professor’s virtual simulator aims to educate police about subconscious biases; plus, parklets officially get the go-ahead in Spokane ASK QUESTIONS FIRST, SHOOT LATER

A Washington State University professor is taking a unique approach to IMPLICIT BIAS training for police. Lois James developed a virtual simulator, known as Counter Bias Training Simulation, that aims to teach officers about subconscious biases.

“It is a simulation-based implicit bias training program, and the first developed for law enforcement,” James says. “And we want to know if it’s effective at training officers on the street, and more or less effective than traditional classroom training.”

James’ simulator is an essential part of her research involving 400 patrol officers in the Cleveland police department. The training is happening outside of Spokane because her research called for a more diverse police force and community, James says.

One group of officers in Cleveland will face the simulator’s shoot-or-don’t-shoot scenarios constructed using 30 years of police use of force data, according to a news release from WSU. After the simulation, officers will evaluate their own

decisions and consider potential biases, says James, a professor in WSU’s College of Nursing who focuses on criminal justice research.

“Our goal is for officers to realize it for themselves, and try to recognize their biases in a more natural way,” she says.

Another group of officers will receive more traditional implicit bias training in the classroom. A third group will receive training from the simulator and in the classroom, and a fourth group will receive no training. James will use body camera footage, citizen complaints and surveys with police and the people they arrest to gauge how each level of training impacts officers’ decision-making.

“There’s very little evidence that suggests implicit bias training can affect officers on the street, and we hope to be the first to put a spotlight on that question,” James says.

The training and research is funded by a $750,000 grant from the National Institute of Justice, according to a WSU news release. (MITCH RYALS)

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In addition, establishments like Nudo Ramen House and Vessel Coffee Roasters have been testing out “streateries,” parklet-style spaces that allow drinks and food to be served as well.

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voted to officially write the parklet into city code, with the addition of several new rules: Only one parklet per side of the street is allowed on each block, and they can’t impede a bus loading zone.

While anyone can sponsor a parklet, they need to get permission from both the property and the business owners outside the space they want to turn into a parklet.

They can only be operated from April 1 to November 1, to ensure they don’t impede the path of snowplows.

“It brings vitality to the street life,” says Tami Palmquist, associate planner for the city of Spokane. “It gives small businesses another opportunity to expand if they’re a streatery. They can provide a little extra seating for more revenue.” (DANIEL WALTERS)

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After months of controversy surrounding the appointment of a new Spokane County Commissioner, Gov. Jay Inslee last week chose MARY KUNEY, formerly the county’s chief deputy auditor, to fill the seat.

Kuney was sworn in to the office on Friday, Sept. 29, about three months after Shelly O’Quinn resigned.

“I have been looking forward to this day,” said Commissioner Al French. “Mary is bringing with her a very unique set of skills that will be utilized tremendously as we address the 2018 budget and conduct the business of the county.”

The choice was only sent to Gov. Inslee after the two current commissioners, French and Josh Kerns, failed to decide on one of three candidates chosen by the Spokane County Republican Party. The two other candidates were county treasurer Rob Chase and marketing consultant John Guarisco.

In September, French and Kerns announced they could not come to a decision. French noted at the time that libertarian-leaning members of the local Republican Party tried to strong-arm French into voting for Chase, the party’s top choice. While Kerns and French could not publicly say which candidate they preferred, party members have said Kerns was leaning towards Chase, and French towards Kuney.

Kuney says she is “humbled and honored” to be appointed to the county commission, and she thanked Inslee for his quick decision.

“I’d like to thank all the people in Spokane County who sent in letters on my behalf, as well as the many elected officials who endorsed me for the appointment,” Kuney says.

French expressed relief that the seat has been filled.

“Since we began this process back in July, it has been long and arduous,” he said in a statement. “Mary is going to be hitting the ground running.” (WILSON CRISCIONE)

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NEWS | EDUCATION

The Ripple Effect With tensions heightened following the Freeman High School shooting, local schools grapple with an increase in student threats

BY WILSON CRISCIONE

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efore the Freeman High School shooting last month, things were relatively slow for the team identifying threats in Spokane Public Schools.

“Pre-Freeman, we could go weeks without having to get this team together,” says Chris Moore, coordinator of elementary student services for Spokane Public Schools.

“Since Freeman, we’ve had a couple every week.”

Moore is part of the district’s threat assessment team, formed a year and a half ago to address threats of violent or assaultive behaviors. And since Sept. 13, the day a student shot and killed another student and injured three others at Freeman High School, the team has heard more troubling reports.

“I think there is a heightened sense of awareness of student behavior,” Moore says. “And people are coming forward.”

They’re not the only ones. Shock waves from the Freeman shooting can be felt in schools all over the region.

Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich says his investigators looked into multiple school threats in the days immediately after the shooting. On Sept. 21, students in Colfax School District, 60 miles south of Freeman, told police that a fellow student wrote, “I’m going to shoot up the school” on social media. To the west, Reardan-Edwall School District temporarily went on lockdown after it was discovered that a student posted pictures of himself holding an AR-15 on Facebook and Snapchat. He wrote that he was “ready to gun down some bitches.”

It’s the ripple effect following a school shooting: News of one shooting, research suggests, may inspire others. Simultaneously, students and authorities have become more vigilant in identifying threats that, if left alone, could potentially cause another tragedy.

It raises questions about how schools, and the media, should respond in order to minimize the effect.

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ecky Berg has seen it happen before. Berg was superintendent of Marysville School District when five teenagers, including the shooter, were killed in an October 2014 shooting at Marysville-Pilchuck High School, north of Everett, Washington. In the weeks afterward, the district received multiple bomb threats, one of which had enough merit that students were evacuated to the same spot they were on the day of the shooting.

“It’s a phenomena that people in the business know about,” Berg says. “It was new to me.”

Yet in Marysville, these weren’t students making threats. They were “sick” people, Berg says, who heard about the shooting from the media.

Following school shootings, there’s often a contagion effect created by media coverage, says Sherry Towers, an Arizona State University physicist. It can lead to threats or, sometimes, another shooting.

Towers was the lead author of a 2015 study entitled “Contagion in Mass Killings and School Shootings.” It found that up to 13 days after a school shooting, in incidents with four or more people killed, the likelihood of a similar incident increases. (It also found that prevalence of firearm ownership is associated with incidence of mass and school shootings).

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basketball, drama, band or whatever it may be. They know kids up in Freeman, and it certainly has caused some consternation.”

He was thankful that two Colfax students reported that another student had threatened to shoot up a school, he says. It was a “credible” threat to the high school, says Pugh.

“What we had was two students who really heroically saw something that was a potential disaster for us and was dangerous, and they came forward,” he says.

Marcus Morgan, Reardan-Edwall School District superintendent, says he’s not sure if the Freeman shooting inspired increased threats recently, or if everyone is looking out for threats more. But either way, he says, it’s changed things for the district.

“In a rural district, we think we live in these bucolic conditions, where nothing is going to happen. Things like Freeman scare us,” Morgan says. “It shatters that trust.”

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TOP: Students huddling in a nearby elementary school during last month’s shooting at Freeman High. ABOVE: Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich says his office investigated multiple threats in the days after the shooting. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO The study suggests that the contagion effect has to do with mass media’s portrayal of the incident, which may inspire similar events.

It’s possible that the flurry of threats in the Spokane area in the past few weeks may stem from a similar effect, Towers says. It’s similar to what happens when a student commits suicide — once one student commits suicide, schools see a spike in attempts.

“Kids seem to be impressionable when it comes to these kinds of things,” Towers says.

Overall, research on school shootings, and gun violence in general, is thin, Towers says. Federal funding for gun violence has been all but cut off for decades, and Towers says researchers like her, who are interested in gun violence, “have to do this as a side job.”

“Things like Freeman scare us.

It shatters that trust.”

Moore says she sees students in Spokane Public Schools react to local incidents much more than national shootings they may see in the news. It’s the proximity, and social media, that plants the seed for students, since many interact with students from other districts often.

“Kids are really connected, more so today than they were even 10, 5 years ago,” Moore says.

Jerry Pugh, Colfax School District superintendent, says the fact that Freeman is close by and rural has heightened tensions.

“Freeman is a close district,” he says. “These kids interact with each other through club volleyball, AAU

ith the community reeling, Sheriff Knezovich stood in front of a cluster of microphones, facing a group of reporters on Sept. 14. A day earlier, Knezovich told a mother that her son, Sam Strahan, was killed when a shooter opened fire in Freeman High School’s hallways.

Knezovich described the shooter as a young man, sucked into a culture of violence that’s “enamored with school shootings.”

“And media, you are to blame for that because you keep giving these people headlines,” Knezovich says. “You keep using their names. You have made them heroes to some people.”

Knezovich knows that the media has to report on school shootings. He tells the Inlander that it boils down to not giving the shooter infamy — something he sees happen more on a national level.

“I think that focusing on the aftermath and focusing on the victims is more important than focusing on the shooter,” Knezovich says.

Towers says it’s likely impossible for media to agree not to report something like the background of a shooter.

The public still thirsts for that information. Even as Towers talks, she admits she is listening to news about the shooter who killed at least 59 people in Las Vegas on Sunday night, because she’s interested in learning more about him.

“That’s why they run these stories,” Towers says.

Moore, with Spokane Public Schools, says that building relationships with students can help minimize the local effect of a tragedy like a shooting or a suicide.

It’s important that students remain aware of any signs of trouble and report them.

Schools and the media, she says, should focus on how to support students after a tragedy like a shooting.

“Instead of focusing on the tragedy, it should be, what do we need to do to support students, and build relationships with them?” Moore says.

Knezovich says the reasons why more kids seem to have made threats after the Freeman shooting go back to the societal problems he discussed the day after the shooting itself. It’s the glorifying of violence, a crumbling mental health system, and a school system hamstrung by the push to curb exclusionary discipline.

For now, he says, it’s a good thing that, in the aftermath of a tragedy, people are paying attention and willing to report potential threats more than they used to. In the press conference the day after the Freeman shooting last month, somebody asked if the sheriff could have done something to prevent the Freeman shooting, if he had heard the shooter’s previous threats.

Maybe, says the sheriff.

“I would have loved to have known,” he says. n wilsonc@inlander.com

NEWS | MARIJUANA

Grow Your Own? In Washington, you can brew your own beer, but you can’t grow your own weed; that could change

BY MITCH RYALS

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ashington state is feeling a little left out. One of the first states in the country to legalize recreational marijuana, it’s now the only state among that group that doesn’t allow residents to grow the plant for personal use, according to the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board.

A bill that passed through the legislature earlier this year requires the WSLCB to study options for legal marijuana home grow operations, and present them to the legislature. The WSLCB hosted a public hearing Oct. 4 and is asking for written public comment through Oct. 11. (Email comments to rules@lcb.wa.gov, or mail to P.O. Box 43080, Olympia, WA 98504.)

While the state regulatory board lays out two paths to legal home growing, the Washington chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws is pushing a third option — one that’s less intrusive on individual rights, says Kevin Oliver, executive director of the pro-marijuana organization’s Washington state affiliate.

One significant consideration in each of the proposed home-grow parameters is whether to establish a statewide regulatory framework, or hand over control to local jurisdictions.

Elected officials in Spokane raise questions such as how to enforce home growing rules, how to ensure that home-grown weed is as safe as the stuff grown on licensed farms, and how household grows will impact the retail market.

“We just started the harvest, and every plant goes through a process and ultimately is tested, so we know it’s safe,” says Spokane City Councilwoman Karen Stratton, who owns a pot farm with her husband. “There’s no harmful mold or anything, and that’s a really big piece

In Colorado, where home grows are legal, revenue from retail sales have increased each of the three years it’s been available, hitting $1.3 billion in 2016. for us as growers — that it’s a safe product.”

THE OPTIONS

The first option suggested by the WSLCB is a statewide regulatory system. Home growers would get a permit to grow up to four plants per household, and each plant would be tracked by the state. Enforcement responsibilities would be shared between the WSLCB and local police. If you’re caught growing more than legally allowed, police could destroy all the plants.

The second option is for a set of statewide standards, but gives local jurisdictions the option to allow home growing. Growers would still get a permit, and could not grow more than four plants, but would not be required to submit each plant for tracking.

The Washington state chapter of NORML suggested its own option that includes statewide standards with local control and a 15-plant limit per household. The NORML option lessens the level of intrusion and oversight that law enforcement can have on individual homes, compared to commercial growers.

“I’m a Tier 3 producer/processor,” Oliver says. “I’ve got 1,000 plants in the ground right now, but the idea that I need to go through the same requirements, and open my home to the same level of search by law enforcement and the Liquor and Cannabis Board for a home operation, is totally unprecedented. None of the other states that have home grow have any regulations, except for law enforcement to make sure they’re not growing copious amounts.”

Another option, the WSLCB suggests, is for lawmakers to make no changes and keep marijuana home grows illegal.

LOCAL OFFICIALS’ TAKES

City Councilman Mike Fagan is conflicted. An outspoken opponent of recreational marijuana, Fagan says he generally does not support a home growing system.

He raises concerns about the impact on the retail

market, and whether home growing regulations will be tight enough to keep pot away from kids.

On the other hand, he adds, “My property rights side says, ‘It’s my house and I can do what I want. That’s my business.’”

Councilwoman Stratton doesn’t believe that allowing people to grow relatively small amounts of weed at home will have much of an impact on the retail market. She does, however, worry about the potential use of harmful pesticides and the cost of enforcement.

“Is this something that falls to the Spokane police?” she asks. “I think it brings up more questions as far as the enforcement, and what it’s going to cost a municipality to keep track of those local home grows.”

Currently, police in Spokane don’t pay much attention to small-scale illegal home grows.

“We gauge the necessity for enforcement on the size of the problem,” SPD Captain Brad Arleth says. “We don’t do much in the way of house-level grows now. It has to be something that creates enough of a problem for us where it requires a law enforcement investment — other criminal issues surrounding the grow, like selling or violence.”

A BILL THIS YEAR

A bill introduced in the state legislature would have allowed residents to grow up to 12 marijuana plants and harvest up to 48 ounces of usable bud per household.

The bill did not include any requirements that growers obtain a permit or register their plants with the state for tracking. It did, however, require that the plants remain in the house where they’re grown, and that the usable weed “is not removed from the premises in amounts exceeding one ounce.”

The bill did not make it out of committee during the 2017 session, but can still be considered next year.

“This is about pushing the ball forward,” Oliver says.

“Just like home brewing for the beer industry.” n mitchr@inlander.com

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NEWS | DEVELOPMENT

The city of Spokane, Spokane County and Spokane International Airport have teamed up to focus on attracting manufacturing businesses to 9,000 acres of West Plains land.

The Dream Team

How the county, the city and the airport forged a new partnership, paving the way for major development on the West Plains

BY DANIEL WALTERS

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ig headlines lately have blared the wild, longshot possibility of Spokane attracting Amazon’s second headquarters. Yet last month, local officials embarked on a more long-term and feasible strategy to bring new jobs to the region: Three governmental agencies have united in order to clear the runway for major new industrial businesses to land in the West Plains area of Spokane County.

Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart, City Administrator Theresa Sanders and Spokane County Commissioner Al French have a few things in common.

They’re strong-willed, opinionated and when they have a goal in mind, they move fast. And they’ve all clashed with each other in visible ways over the years, particularly over questions of growth and borders.

But on Friday, Stuckart, Sanders and French — joined

by Spokane County Chief Executive Officer Gerry Gemmill and Spokane International Airport CEO Larry Krauter — were all around the same table and all on the same team. They’re the board of the West Plains Public Development Authority, a zone encompassing Spokane International Airport and a little more than 3,000 additional acres of county and city land to the north and the south. They’re already giddy about what this team could mean.

But with big potential comes a big risk.

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members from the private sector — and hiring an new executive director — to round out the team.

“We need private sector help on the board, that’s excited like us, so we don’t make the wrong investments,” Stuckart says. “If we make the wrong infrastructure investment, and we spend all your money up front, and it blows up, that’s a risk.”

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The genesis of the West Plains PDA started back in 2012, during Stuckart’s first week in office.

“Al came over to City Hall,” Stuckart says of Commissioner French. “Al’s big idea at that time was that the city and the county needed to figure out a way to profitshare and get rid of some of our boundaries.”

To do that, the county and the city first needed to build trust. In particular, French was concerned about annexation. That January, the city had annexed major parts of the West Plains.

For decades, annexations had been a point of contention between the county and the city. Just when it seemed like the county had a business center that was really thriving, like the Costco on the northside, the city would swoop in and annex the property, depriving the cashstrapped county of crucial tax revenue.

As a result, the county was tempted to play defensively. At one time, Gemmill says, the county was thinking in

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terms like, “I’ve got to be careful where I’m putting the infrastructure dollars, because if it develops, the city will come in and annex it.”

That zero-sum mindset similarly trickled down into the efforts to attract new businesses. It was a competition, not a collaboration.

“If the city won [a new business], the county lost it,” French says. “If the county won, the city lost.”

In the past few years, the county has been trying to turn the West Plains area near Spokane International Airport into a haven for manufacturers, especially those in the aerospace industry.

One big vision is to create what amounts to an assembly line of assembly lines — a manufacturer that makes airplane seat parts, for example, could locate right next to the assembler that puts airplane seats together.

But while Spokane County had some major successes attracting industrial businesses to the West Plains, including Caterpillar, Aero-Flite and the Exotic Metals Forming Company, it was losing out on others.

A new manufacturing plant needs land, a facility to locate in, water connections, sewer hookups, stormwater drains and connections with major road or rail lines.

Some of those could be provided by the county or the airport, while others — like water lines — need approval from the city.

Most counties in Washington state have at least one “port district,” an entity that can raise taxes, build new pieces of infrastructure and offer businesses additional incentives. But Spokane County is an exception — previous attempts to create a port district have failed miserably.

As a result, the Spokane region has already missed out on hundreds of jobs due to not having the right infrastructure in place, French says.

This year, Spokane International Airport managed to get $2 million to add an additional railroad connector off of the Geiger Spur line, a crucial stretch of track for industrial businesses to ship products in and out.

That’s good news, French says, but the county has already missed out on two businesses that would have moved to Spokane had the spur already been in place.

“There would be 500 jobs up on the West Plains today that aren’t here now,” French says.

That sense of missed opportunity — of what could have been — provides a driving motivation of the West Plains PDA board, Sanders says: “Not being ready is not an option.”

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That’s why the West Plains PDA was created: To strip away all that bureaucracy, that rivalry and those roadblocks, and speed the development of new businesses.

The board held its first meetings in September. First, the PDA was a way to prevent further city annexation in the region. The county has it in writing. “As long as the PDA exists,” Stuckart says, “we won’t be annexing anything on the West Plains.”

Not only that, French says, the city and the county won’t have to compete against each other. A revenue-sharing agreement means that it doesn’t matter if a new manufacturer moves into county or city land within the PDA — the two governments split the tax revenue.

“Fifty percent of something is better than 100 percent of nothing,” French says. “Through this, we all win. We all share. We all partner. That’s the difference.”

Next, French says, it cuts through the bureaucracy, creating an easy one-stop shop for prospective businesses.

“A business wants to come into an area, they go to the county and say, ‘OK, what can you do for us?’ They go to the city: ‘What can you do for us?’ They go to the airport, and ‘What can you do for us?’” French says. “Now, that’s one conversation instead of three.”

Not only that, the airport, county and city can pool all of their resources intended to attract businesses.

“When you combine these jurisdictions’ economic incentive packages, they’re a lot stronger together than they are separately,” Gemmill says.

The PDA is not quite a port district — it doesn’t have the ability to levy taxes — but it can do everything else. “We look at this as ‘port district lite,’” French says.

When new businesses are built in the PDA, three-fourths of that tax revenue goes back to the PDA to build more infrastructure, to attract more businesses, to generate more tax revenue.

“The goal is to get as many of these sites shovel-ready, obstacles out of the way,” French says. “So that when a business comes here and says, ‘Are you ready for us to build?’ we can say, ‘Submit the drawings, we’ll permit ya.’”

First, the PDA is looking for two additional board members, ideally with private sector experience in advanced manufacturing, logistics, business development or industrial park operation.

Applications, due Friday, Oct. 13, can be submitted online at spokanecity.org. Next, the PDA will search for an executive director.

“But in the meantime, we’re already moving forward to, ‘We could do this and this and this,’” French says.

After all, many of the region’s weaknesses can be linked back to the region’s low median income.

“Say you provide 3,000 new middle-class jobs out on the West Plains,” Stuckart says. “I bet you recidivism rates at your jail go down. I bet you see an improvement in your homeless populations, if we provide good middle-class jobs.”

Good jobs tend to spark a chain reaction of growth that economists call the “multiplier effect.”

“All of our bets on the future are determined upon robust growth,” Sanders says.

It brings French back to something that a speaker at a Greater Spokane Inc. presentation said last week. “‘You’ve got to quit waiting for somebody to rescue you.

Calvary’s not coming,’” French recalls. “We’re going to make this happen. We’re not waiting for anyone to come. We’re moving forward.” n danielw@inlander.com

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Spokane hosts the Individual World Poetry Slam, highlighting a unique art form synthesizing the written and spoken word

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Fitz Fitzpatrick, host of a weekly open mic at Spokane’s Neato Burrito, is competing in the Individual World Poetry Slam.

hakespeare? Longfellow? Robert Frost? Devin Devine could take or leave traditional poetry, though she studied plenty of it and even wrote a bit of her own while double-majoring in creative writing and theater at Gonzaga University.

“For me, poetry was very inaccessible for a long time,” says Devine, who found it too academic, even elitist.

Then she attended Broken Mic — it’s one of four types of spoken-word events organized by Spokane Poetry Slam — and was struck by the synthesis of written and spoken word.

Now Devine is among five local performers attending the Individual World Poetry Slam (iWPS), a four-day takeover of Neato Burrito, Auntie’s Bookstore, the Bing and other Spokane locations, offering open mics, poetry workshops and a fierce spoken-word competition, aka “slam,” featuring 96

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poets from as far away as Australia.

“I like to write about things other people aren’t comfortable with,” says Devine, who debuted a piece about Lorena and John Wayne Bobbitt on Sunday night at the final BootSlam before iWPS. The monthly competition at Boots Bakery & Lounge, held every first Sunday, includes judges and scoring similar to that at iWPS: five audience members with no affiliation to any individual performer are recruited to score performers based on both what is said and how it’s delivered, explains Isaac Grambo, who is both Spokane Poetry Slam commissioner and host city coordinator for iWPS 2017.

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University. On a lark, says Grambo, he attended a poetry slam at the Visual Arts Collective, a contemporary arts and performance space in Garden City, Idaho; he liked it, did well in competition and represented Boise on a national team.

What has kept him interested in poetry slams, says Grambo, is the immediacy of the art form. “Art is not a painting or sculpture or photograph or something like that,” he says. “Art,” says Grambo, quoting contemporary American art curator Walter Hopps, “offers the possibility for love with strangers.”

Maybe that’s what lured 82-year-old Marilyn Montgomery to a recent BootSlam. She saw an ad for the slam and felt compelled to attend, even though it’s been years since she attended a poetry reading, says Montgomery.

Her short passage on love receives raucous cheers and applause from the many pierced, tattooed and much younger participants, some of them snapping their fingers in appreciation.

“It’s a very welcoming environment,” says Devine.

It’s also educational, says Katy Shedlock, a former English teacher who recently moved back to Spokane and has been honing her writing and performance skills by attending events like BootSlam.

“I’m always inspired coming here,” says Shedlock, who’s also in the running to represent Spokane at the 2018 National Poetry Slam. An actress, playwright and recently appointed Reverend of the Audubon Park United Methodist Church, Shedlock’s BootSlam performance draws on the Biblical story of Esther to illuminate the necessity for political accountability.

IWPS is another learning opportunity, says Shedlock, who will attend iWPS on a judge’s pass ($20, plus $25

“Art offers the possibility for love with strangers,” Isaac Grambo says, quoting contemporary American art curator Walter Hopps. to attend final competitions), meaning she’ll get to attend events, as well as judge performers with whom she has no personal affiliation.

The need for judges is huge, owing to the number of competitors and competition rounds. The first round of competition starts Thursday, Oct. 12 and features two rounds of 1- or 4-minute poems. Friday’s competition features 2- and 3-minute poems. The top 14 poets advance to Saturday’s finals, which consist of three 3-minute poems.

Shedlock represents the diverse appeal of poetry slams, which offer niche opportunities — Native Ameri-

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cans, genderqueer, teenagers — on both local and international levels.

It’s a supportive, welcoming community, says Grambo, who advises that performers will do well if they just meet the audience where they are.

“Having an open mind is probably all I ask of audience members,” says Grambo, who describes the criteria for success as very simple: “Does it move you?” n Individual World Poetry Slam • Wed-Sat: Oct. 11-14 • Downtown Spokane; times and venues vary • $20-$60 (some events free) • iwps.poetryslam.com

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From left: A piece from MyungJin Kim in the Archie Bray Resident Show at Kolva-Sullivan; a piece by Theresa Henson in The Feels at Chase Gallery; Valerie Woelk’s Seven Hummingbirds J1516 in the Spokane Watercolor Society’s Juried Show at the MAC.

A Fall Feast for the Senses This year’s October Visual Arts Tour across Spokane features a diverse lineup of visual styles, group shows, celebrations and more

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ach year, October in the Inland Northwest is packed with events and celebrations showcasing the community’s expansive artistic and creative talents. This one-month culmination of so many arts-related events is a trend the city’s arts advocacy nonprofit Spokane Arts has taken full advantage of to bolster the scene, having declared October as Create Spokane Arts Month in 2014.

Traditionally commencing this fall flurry of artistic saturation — since before October was declared the month to experience art in our city — is the fall Visual Arts Tour, a weekend-long welcoming of new art shows, performances and other events happening across town. This weekend’s visual arts tour showcase is no different; devoted arts supporters and casual viewers alike can explore an

outpouring of creativity at more than 30 events, all listed here. Highlights include the annual Archie Bray Resident ceramics showcase at Kolva-Sullivan Gallery, along with an exhibit at the Chase Gallery that — unlike almost all fine art — is meant to be touched. For more insight on the incredible amount of arts events yet to come this month, head to spokanearts.org/create-spokane.

EVENTS ARE LISTED ALPHABETICALLY BY SHOW TITLE; INLANDER-RECOMMENDED SHOWS ARE DENOTED BY A RED STAR. 24-HOUR COMIC BOOK DAY Spokane Art School, 811 W. Garland Attendees challenge themselves to create a 24-page comic book in 24 hours. Visitors can also stop by the studio to see what it takes to make a comic book. Events from Oct. 7 at 10 am through Oct. 8 at 10 am.

J ALFREDO ARREGUIN Marmot Art Space, 1202 W. Summit Pkwy.

The Mexican-American artist’s colorful, layered, tapestry-like paintings, part of the Smithsonian’s esteemed collection, have been on display in Spokane for the past month.

Reception Oct. 6 from 5-8 pm.

ALICE NELSON Pottery Place Plus, 203 N. Washington October’s guest artist show features a collection of handwoven baskets. Reception Oct. 6 from 5-9 pm; show on display through the month.

J ARCHIE BRAY RESIDENT SHOW Kolva-Sullivan Gallery, 115 S. Adams This annual fall showcase features a collection of works by emerging contemporary ceramic artists from around the world working at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, Montana. As part of the show, Gonzaga University hosts two special events at the Jundt Art Museum on Thu, Oct. 5; a workshop (9:30 am-3:30 pm) and talks (4-5 pm) with featured artists MyungJin Kim and Nicholas Danielson. Reception Oct. 6 from 5-9; also open Oct. 7 from noon-4 pm; on display through Oct. 27 (open by appointment).

J ARTAPALOOZA Liberty Building, 203 N. Washington Works by more than 30 local artists are displayed throughout the historic building, including pieces by Kay West, Denny Carman, Sam White, Shana Smith, Debbie Hughbanks and Ginger Oakes. Co-hosted by Art Chowder magazine and the Liberty

Building. Reception Oct. 6 from 5-9 pm, featuring live music and hors d’oeuvres from Santé; on display through Jan. 30, 2018.

ART AT ORIGIN Origin Fellowship, 5115 S. Freya A multi-artist show featuring works in a variety of media, including painting, photography, wood carvings, pottery and sculpture. Also includes a poetry reading by Christopher Howell and Spokane Poet Laureate Laura Read. Events on Oct. 7 from noon-4 pm.

J THE ART OF GAIL TREMBLAY EWU Downtown Student Gallery, 404 Second St., Cheney “Searching for Ways to Live in the Circle of Things that Support Life, 1990-2017” features baskets woven from film and sweetgrass, installation pieces, and mixed media art.

Gail Tremblay is an Onondaga and Mi’kmaq writer, teacher, mixed media artist and advocate for Native people,

Indigenous issues, and women artists.

Reception Thu, Oct. 5 from 4:30-6 pm; show runs through Nov. 3.

J CAIN BENSON, TODD BENSON, KAREN MOBLEY, STEFANI ROSSI Downtown Spokane Library, 906 W. Main All four of these local artists’ works in the exhibition are united by an undercurrent of human experience, emotion and environment. Reception Oct. 6 from 5-8 pm; on display through Oct. 31 during library hours.

CARLY HANEY: ARACHNIDS Bloem, 808 W. Main, Suite 241 The local florist, chocolate and gift shop displays a collection of the artist’s giant, taxidermied spiders mounted in custom displays and frames. Reception Oct. 6 from 4:30-8 pm.

CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL + SHADES OF FALL Avenue West Gallery, 907 W. Boone

October’s featured artists are Carol Schmauder, who showcases her acrylic paintings, and Teresa Antosyn, who displays fused glass creations.

Open Oct. 6-8 from 11 am-4 pm; on display through Oct. 31.

J DAVID WANG: OIL PASTELS Liberty Ciderworks, 164 S. Washington The artist and professor of architecture at Washington State University displays a collection of oil pastels and drawings, many of which feature iconic Spokane urban landmarks. Reception Oct. 6 from 4-9 pm; on display through November.

DEBBIE MCCULLEY: FOOD FOR THOUGHT New Moon Art Gallery, 1326 E. Sprague A showcase of quirky and whimsical food-themed paintings by the Spokane artist. Reception Oct. 6 from 5-9 pm. ...continued on next page

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THIS year by award-winning artist Jean Pederson. Receptions Oct. 6-8 from 10 am-5 pm; on display through Oct. 29.

E.L. STEWART: ECLECTIC MIX William Grant Gallery, 1188 W. Summit Pkwy.

A collection of acrylics on canvas by the Spokane artist. Reception Oct. 6 from 5-8 pm; also open Oct. 7 from 10 am-4 pm.

STAN MILLER: SHIMMERING WATERCOLOR Barili Cellars, 608 W. Second The renowned Spokane artist showcases a collection of his vibrant, colorful watercolor paintings. Reception Oct. 6 from 4-9 pm.

FAN NEXUS Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd.

A new pop culture, sci-fi and fantasy convention with seven thematic worlds showcasing various sub-genres: anime, superhero, steampunk, fantasy, horror, sci-fi and science. Also includes visual art displays, workshops, celebrity guests, panels, gaming, vendors, contests and more. Events Oct. 6-8; times vary, visit fannex.us.

J THE FEELS Chase Gallery, 808 W. Spokane Falls Blvd.

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by Spokane Arts and intentionally designed to be touched by visitors.

Features three-dimensional works by six local artists: Bill Dilley, Eva Silverstone, Dan McCann, Michael Haynes, Theresa Henson and Chris Tyllia. Reception Oct. 6 from 5-8 pm; on display through Dec. 29.

GREAT ART ADVENTURE Spokane Art Supply, 1303 N. Monroe Stop by the store to see local artist demonstrations and take part in hands-on activities. Events on Oct. 6 from 1-5 pm and Oct. 7 from 10 am-5 pm.

JULIE GAUTIER-DOWNES: POETICS OF LONGING South Perry Pizza, 1011 S. Perry The local artist exhibits a new series of photographs that study the urban landscape of Spokane. Open Oct. 6-8 during regular business hours; on display through October.

KAREN LAUB-NOVAK: A CATHOLIC EXPRESSIONIST IN THE AGE OF VATICAN II; FROM THE COLLECTION: PRINTS OF THE 19TH CENTURY Jundt Art Museum, 200 E. Desmet The late painter, sculptor, printmaker and illustrator Karen Laub-Novak explored questions of faith and meaning with the formal expression of a true modernist.

Works displayed encompass her career from the reforming era of post-war America, through Vatican II, and into the post-modern era of the 1990s. Also on display at the Jundt’s Arcade Gallery is a collection of etchings, engravings, lithographs and other works on paper from the

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Squeak Meisel’s Those Instead of This. museum’s permanent collection; all works displayed were created by European or American artists in the 19th century. Reception Oct. 6-7 from 10 am-4 pm; both shows on display through Jan. 8, 2018.

KAREN KAISER: CRAWL SPACE Spokane Art School, 811 W. Garland A collection of paintings and drawings by the Spokane artist.

Reception Oct. 6 from 10 am-5 pm; on display through Oct. 27.

J KIM MATTHEWS WHEATON: ENDLESS HORIZONS Dodson’s Jewelers, 516 W. Riverside The Moses Lake, Washingtonbased artist’s collection showcases the beauty of Eastern Washington’s landscapes in a limited palette of primary hues to “create subtle muted tones of far-distant fields in contrast with a rich and vibrant foreground.”

Reception Oct. 6 from 5-8 pm; on display through Oct. 28.

LOUISE KODIS: HANDKERCHIEFS, HOUSEDRESSES AND HOLLYHOCKS; LANCE SINNEMA: EXPLICATING THE SPACE OF NATURE’S PLACE Saranac Art Projects, 25 W. Main A show featuring new works in individually themed shows by the two well-known local artists.

Receptions Oct. 6-7 from 5-8 pm; on display through October.

MEET AND PEEK: AN ARTIST’S OPEN HOUSE North Spokane Library, 44 E. Hawthorne Local artist Karen Mobley, serving as the library’s October Artist in Residence, hosts an open house in recognition of National Arts and Humanities Month. Stop by to meet and discuss art with Karen, watch the

beginning stages of a project, enjoy refreshments, and celebrate creativity in our community. Events Oct. 7 from 1-3 pm.

J MELISSA COLE: CELLULAR Dean Davis Photography, 216 W. Pacific, Suite 102 The celebrated local artist’s latest showcase is a collection exploring her background in biology, featuring mixed-media and encaustic paintings of tiny organisms, from pollen to plankton. Reception Oct. 6 from 4-9 pm.

NATURE IS WILD: PORTRAITS AND PETALS 1900 House and Home, 114 W. Pacific See landscape photography and portraiture by Robin Brazil, alongside acrylic paintings by Lauren Urlacher.

Reception Oct. 6 from 5-8 pm.

NEW WORKS FROM SPRING/SUMMER FIRINGS Trackside Studio, 115 S. Adams The gallery showcases an exhibition of new ceramic works by member artists Chris Kelsey, Mark Moore and Gina Freuen. Reception Oct. 6 from 5-8 pm.

SFCC 50TH ANNIVERSARY KICKOFF CELEBRATION Spokane Falls Community College, 3410 W. Fort George Wright Dr. The college celebrates 50 years with art displays, performances, art demos and an outdoor screening of the new Wonder Woman film. Events Oct. 6 from 4:30-7:30 pm.

SPOKANE WATERCOLOR SOCIETY JURIED SHOW Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 2316 W. First The annual show was juried this

J SQUEAK MEISEL: THE IMMORTALS’ EXHIBITION Bryan Oliver Gallery (Whitworth), 300 W. Hawthorne The immersive exhibition by the associate professor of fine arts at Washington State University features a total of 96 drawings that serve as a “mystical wandering” through the artist’s unconscious. Reception Oct. 6 from 10 am-6 pm; also open Oct. 7 from 10 am-2 pm. Show runs through Nov. 3.

J TERRAIN 10 Jensen-Byrd Building, 131 E. Main The 10th annual local arts, music and performance showcase features 300 pieces of art by local artists, along with musical acts and performances of literature, dance, comedy and more. New this year, a ticketed preview night ($15 advance; $20/door) features music by past Terrain performers Sallie Ford, Manatee Commune and Jango. Ticketed preview night Oct. 5 from 5-11:30 pm; free admission night Oct. 6 from 5 pm-1 am.

THE THREE J’S 29th Avenue Artworks, 3129 E. 29th Three local artists — John Franek, James Barrett and Jason Sheldon — with varying views display their art. Receptions Oct. 6-7 from noon-5 pm; on display through Oct. 27.

J VIRTUAL REALITY FIRST FRIDAY Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy.

Learn how to use Google’s virtual reality Tilt Brush program, and contribute to a community art display being created on a threedimensional virtual canvas. Events Oct. 6 from 5-8 pm (continues on Nov. 3 and Dec. 1).

WINDOW DRESSING: NEW INSTALLATIONS The Ridpath, 501 W. First The new long-term, street-level display features mixed-media art by Lauren Klenow and Derrick Freeland, as well as interactive digital art by Shamar Brown. Nighttime viewing is especially recommended. n

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Does the region even have one? Or are we simply lumped in with the greater swath of the Pacific Northwest, where coffee and seafood have long reigned supreme? As we set out to compile this year’s fine dining issue, these are the questions we hoped to answer as we ate our way around some of the region’s most esteemed local- and chef-owned restaurants.

The best starting place, we thought, would be to zoom in on some of the most famous and prolific crops of Eastern Washington and North Idaho — crops that may also be (and are) cultivated in other parts of the world, but that have specifically and historically shaped the culture, cuisine and economy of the Inland Northwest.

This meant that grass-fed beef was off the list (cattle is a big industry in the West, yet it’s not exclusive to our part of the country), but that apples — Washington state’s No. 1 crop — were on. So were some of the region’s most iconic native foods: freshwater fish like salmon and trout — once the main source of protein during long winter months for Native tribes — along with the elusive wild huckleberry and highly sought-after species of forest mushrooms. We also wanted to showcase some of the region’s largest vegetable crops, including potatoes, onions and the diverse legume family’s chickpeas, lentils, beans and peas. Of course, no culinary profile of the Inland Northwest would be complete if we didn’t also celebrate the grapes, hops and malting grains that go into the awardwinning craft beers and wines putting us on the world map.

See? There are plenty of foods that set us apart from any other place in the world, a fact that any of us should toast to next time we’re dining local and savoring this region’s incredible bounty.

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From the Ground Up

Where to sample a variety of regionally harvested vegetables that set the Northwest apart agriculturally

BY CARA STRICKLAND

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ur region is brimming with a wide variety of vegetables and fruits — it’s fair to say that the Inland Northwest is second only to California in terms of agricultural bounty and diversity. While we’re able to (and do) grow just about anything, Washington is ranked No. 1 in the nation for carrots, green peas and sweet corn, and No. 2 for asparagus, potatoes and onions; our neighbor Idaho isn’t far behind.

Local chefs are well aware of how fresh and locally available these crop resources are, and often feature them as the backbone of many dishes on their menus.

POTATO GNOCCHI

$25, Italia Trattoria, 144 S. Cannon, italiatrattoriaspokane.com Chef Anna Vogel’s potato gnocchi at Italia Trattoria has been on the menu since the Browne’s Addition spot opened, and is a favorite of many regulars.

For the uninitiated, gnocchi is of Italian origin, usually a cross between a pasta and a dumpling, but with many regional versions.

Gnocchi has been around since Roman times, but potatoes weren’t added until they came to Europe in the 16th century. Today, it’s indispensable to Vogel’s kitchen.

“The potatoes add warmth and depth.

They are very satisfying, little delicate pillows,” she explains. “The potato gives such a rich flavor to the pasta with the addition of the fresh, savory, snappy flavor of the tomato sauce. The addition of the housemade mozzarella adds a creamy, delicate surprise. It is such a comfort dish… We have done other variations of ingredients through the years; we have had creamy sauces, mushrooms, prosciutto and more.”

Still, the gnocchi is a menu mainstay.

“Anna took some time before we opened the restaurant, getting the gnocchi just right,” adds Bethe Bowman, Italia Trattoria’s co-owner. “Her gnocchi is so delicate and fluffy, not gummy and overworked like so many other gnocchi done badly.

We have a very big following of folks who dine at Italia and order the gnocchi every time.”

SPRING PEA & RICOTTA RAVIOLI

$25, Clover, 913 E. Sharp, cloverspokane.com Clover Chef Travis Dickinson used some green inspiration for his menu this year.

“Through the spring and summer, we ran a really nice green pea ravioli. The housemade pasta is filled with a mixture of green peas, spinach, mint, tarragon and lemon, sautéed in white wine, puréed and mixed with a housemade ricotta cheese,” he says.

The ravioli is cooked in a simple wine and butter sauce with asparagus, snap peas and shallots, and served with a watercress and hazelnut pesto, Dickinson adds. The dish is topped with more house ricotta, shaved radish and pea shoots, as well as candied hazelnuts and a bit of citrus-infused

olive oil.

“It is a pretty simple pasta dish, but we love that it highlights that spring and early summer harvest with both the pea and asparagus components. The mint and tarragon in the filling play very well with the peas. There is a strong citrus component to the dish to balance the richness of the peas that comes from both the citrus oil and the ricotta, which we make with a good amount of fresh-squeezed lemon juice. The watercress adds a nice bite of spice to the dish as well.”

Part of the challenge of cooking with the seasons is knowing when to change course.

Clover’s fall menu debuts on Oct. 11, and as it does, this dish goes through a metamorphosis.

“This dish was one of our spring and summer favorites at Clover. We will be sad to see it go, but we are always excited to welcome in a new season and a new round of fresh, local ingredients,” Dickinson says.

“Our fall menu will feature a winter squash and mascarpone ravioli with sherry and sage brown butter, amaretto crumble, chevre, pear, apple and candied pepitas.”

Try Clover’s green pea version while you can, and get ready for the fall harvest highlight.

CARBONARA

$16, The Black Cypress, 215 E. Main St., Pullman, theblackcypress.com If you’re looking for an excuse to visit Pullman, search no further than the Black Cypress, where chef and owner Nick Pitsilionis has performed a little onion magic that’s worth writing home about.

If you ask about Black Cypress’ house specialties, someone is bound to mention the carbonara, an Italian dish with a plethora of versions — all of the traditional recipes include eggs, hard cheese and pasta (and, some will tell you, bacon). Pitsilionis’ version also includes a fascinating ingredient: garlic and onion confit.

“We confit onions — basically cook them until meltingly soft in neutral oil — then purée them along with garlic confit.

This is the base for our carbonara sauce.

We have great onions and garlic locally, and they cook down rich and sweet if you let them,” he says.

Readers may be familiar with confit in reference to duck, but it’s a French word which means “to preserve.” A confit describes anything cooked slowly, on low heat, as a method of preservation.

“We add some nice local eggs with really red yolks, Parmigiano-Reggiano and, to the dismay of our Italian friends, cream,” Pitsilionis continues. “Finished with our housecured bacon, this is our most popular pasta.”

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Stream to Table

Freshly harvested fish, from salmon to steelhead, are regionally sourced standouts on local restaurant menus

BY CHEY SCOTT

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lthough the Inland Northwest isn’t far from the Pacific Coast’s access to a wealth of seawater-sourced proteins, there are plenty of freshwater species to be savored from our region’s countless inland lakes and streams.

Whether it’s the spawning salmon that once sustained the region’s Native tribes through winter, or sustainably farmed trout species, diners don’t have to look hard to find freshwater fish right here in our own backyard. Salmon, steelhead and trout dishes are nearly ubiquitous at local restaurants, and each species has deep and significant ties to the Inland Northwest’s cultural history and culinary identity.

For non-anglers, or those simply less aware of common fish species native to our region, it’s helpful to note that trout, salmon and steelhead are all members of the

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salmon family (genus Oncorhynchus). The specifics of each subspecies — like the difference between rainbow trout and steelhead — depend on where the fish spend most of their life; in the ocean (steelhead) or freshwater (rainbow trout), and if they die after spawning (salmon). It’s something to consider next time you’re ordering; if you like salmon, you’ll probably like a dish with trout.

CRISPY WA STEELHEAD

$18, Wandering Table, 1242 W. Summit Pkwy., thewanderingtable.com Chef Adam Hegsted’s philosophy for his flagship, Northwest-centric restaurant in Kendall Yards is for all ingredients on the menu to be sourced within a 500-mile radius (unless, on the rare occasion, it’s impossible to do so).

For Wandering Table’s Crispy Washington Steelhead dish — one that’s become a menu mainstay over the past few years — that geographic reach is even smaller.

Hegsted sources the fish from a sustainable farm on the Columbia River about three hours from Spokane.

“It’s amazing that it’s a product that comes from the Northwest,” he says, “and it’s one of the best and most sustainable fish available.”

The fillet, served in three strips that have been panfried in a light dusting of rice flour, is plated atop a rice cake. In a mash-up of textures, flavors and influences — the dish is at once sweet, salty, spicy and savory — the steelhead is surrounded by a soy syrup, a dollop of chile mayo and generous spoonfuls of pickled green chilies and salted cucumbers, the latter in the Japanese sunomono style.

“There are two different ways of making food — some

pickled onions, fried caper popcorn, lemon oil and zest.

Executive Chef Tyler Schwenk first brines the Columbia River-farmed steelhead for 24 hours, dries it, then smokes the cured fish for two-and-a-half hours with applewood or hickory chips.

“We started it as a smoked steelhead canapé hors d’oeuvres portion, but switched to the pita to share at a table,” Schwenk says. “Now everyone can get a bite instead of just ordering the two canapés.”

The resulting combination of smoky and salty fish with the silky cheese, zesty lemon, chewy onions and crispy capers is a delightful melding of varied yet complementary textures and flavors.

IDAHO RUBY TROUT

Wandering Table’s steelhead is raised in the Columbia River.

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people like food that is more subtle, things that are maybe a little more basic; based in the French technique, and the flavors are mellow,” Hegsted explains.

“Our [food] leans on the bolder side. We’re looking for things that are not necessarily challenging, but very approachable and recognizable, and more bold. We want to have sour and savory and sweet and crunchy, and to try to incorporate as many of those elements as possible, so every bite is different, but all the bites are good, too.”

SMOKED STEELHEAD PITA

$10, 1898 Public House, 2010 W. Waikiki Rd., kalispelgolf.com/dining During a recent trip to the scenic grounds of the Kalispel Golf and Country Club’s 1898 Public House in North Spokane — where the crisp evening air is heavy with the scent of lush vegetation — our server shows sincere excitement when we order the Smoked Steelhead Pita. She gushes about how it’s her absolute favorite appetizer on the menu, and the results don’t disappoint.

The large, shareable dish features a grilled pita that’s spread with a herbed mascarpone and topped with house-smoked steelhead, candied

$24, Forty-One South, 41 Lakeshore Dr., Sagle, Idaho, 41southsandpoint.com Forty-One South, on the scenic shore of Lake Pend Oreille near the mouth of the Pend Oreille River, serves fresh Idaho Ruby Trout year-round as both an entrée and an appetizer. While the preparation of the entrée changes seasonally, the southern Idaho-sourced trout, with its distinctive salmon-pink color (remember, trout and salmon are of the same genus), is a crowd favorite, says owner Cassandra Cayson.

Recent preparations of the Idaho trout, Cayson says, include a pan-seared fillet topped with stone-ground honey mustard sauce, and a Parmesan-crusted version with a caper, dill and white wine sauce.

In addition to this signature entrée, Cayson notes that Forty-One South’s house-smoked trout plate appetizer ($12) is another favorite on the menu.

“We cold-smoke Idaho Ruby Trout in-house using hickory, and then bake it,” she explains.

“After it’s cooled, the trout is rolled with cream cheese, almonds and herbs to give it a creamy, spreadable texture. It’s a perfect pairing with our housemade lavash crackers. The trout is then garnished with horseradish sauce, preserved lemon and cucumber.”

SALMON

$30, Luna, 5620 S. Perry, lunaspokane.com Salmon is a mainstay entrée on Luna’s elegant and refined dinner menu, the creation of Executive Chef Joe Morris. While the preparation and accompanying veggies or grains on the plate may vary by season, Morris says salmon is a dish that diners can find and enjoy yearround at Luna. During the seasonal salmon runs, Luna is sometimes lucky enough to feature wild salmon as a fresh-sheet special, he adds.

For Luna’s fall menu’s salmon entrée, available in early October, Morris is pan-searing a fillet of sustainably farmed Chinook salmon sourced from British Columbia. The fish is served atop a bed of carrots, Yukon potatoes and kale sautéed in a white wine butter sauce, and garnished with fresh, local greens like pea shoots and arugula.

Chinook, or king, salmon are the largest species of salmon, averaging between 10 and 15 pounds when mature. This large species comes in from the Pacific to spawn mainly in large rivers, like the Columbia and Snake, with runs starting in the spring and lasting until fall. n

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Dining Out

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Forest Favorites

Depending on the season, Inland Northwest restaurants showcase a wonderful assortment of woodland mushrooms

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ild mushroom season can come and go quicker than a summer storm… or never come at all, making last year’s can’t-fail foraging spot a total bust. Sometimes, local chefs have to rely on the most intrepid hunters willing to scale nearly vertical alpine regions, made snot-slick from last year’s forest fires, for morels in the spring, or hunch-walk for hours scouring the lowlands for chanterelles in the fall. These challenges make for more mushrooms appearing on local fresh sheets than on standard menus, so check to see if spots like Central Food or Latah Bistro in Spokane, both of which serve mushroom-heavy pastas, substitute local wild mushrooms once they come into season.

In the spring, look for well-known regional mushrooms like the otherworldly morel, but also for the firm bolete, which stands up well to soups or curry dishes. A pain to clean but delicate in appearance and flavor, feathery coral mushrooms might be stirfried to top a salad.

Come fall, golden chanterelles require little more than sautéing to release their liquor — mushrooms are typically around 90 percent water — and unmistakably earthy aroma. Also look for mushrooms that are poached, pickled, doused in flour and deepfried, or dried for use in soups, stews, sauces and other dishes, especially when mushroom season — already elusive — has long passed. And certainly, consider the following local menu offerings, featuring sometimes-wild, sometimes-cultivated mushrooms.

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$16, Davenport Palm Court Grill, 10 S. Post, davenporthotelcollection.com The delicate flavor of mushroom pairs beautifully with many egg dishes, including omelets, which the Davenport’s Palm Court Grill serves with asparagus, Swiss cheese and chive cream sauce.

Chef Adam Swedberg uses three types of mushrooms — oyster, cremini and portabella (technically, cremini and portabella are the same mushroom, just at different stages of development).

Although he loves to use local and seasonal ingredients, Swedberg says the challenge he faces is the same as many chefs: local mushrooms are only available at select times of the year. Instead, look for seasonal, local mushrooms like chanterelles and morels in the Palm Court Grill’s fresh sheet offerings.

CHICKEN & MOREL LINGUINI

$26, Hill’s Resort, 4777 W. Lakeshore Rd., Priest Lake, Idaho, hillsresort.com Hill’s Resort, a favorite North Idaho getaway for more than 70 years, is still run by the family who founded it in 1946. Older still are the forests surrounding the resort, which sits on the lower west side of Priest Lake. In those forests grow morel mushrooms, which form the basis of a rich cream sauce for the house favorite Chicken & Morel Linguini.

“Our chefs prepare each dish to order, so the morel cream sauce is made from scratch each time the dish is ordered,” says resort food and beverage manager Whitney Hill. Not one to keep a good thing to themselves, the Hill family shares several recipes for morels and huckleberries — two items the region is known for — on their website (hillsresort.com).

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$18, Fleur de Sel, 4365 Inverness Dr., Post Falls, fleur-de-sel.weebly.com Beef sweetbreads with black trumpet, says Chef Laurent Zirotti, is a twist on a dish from the first restaurant he worked at in his native France: “I love the black trumpet because of the crunchy texture, and the fact that it is the only mushroom I was lucky to pick in abundance in the region I grew up (near Alsace) with my dad.”

Zirotti, a 2017 James Beard Foundation Awards semifinalist, favors fresh trumpets, which he sources from Oregon (although the mushroom, also known as the black chanterelle, can be found locally). In this dish, Zirotti blanches and braises the sweetbreads with a mirepoix of vegetables, white wine and stock, then sautées them with roasted butternut squash, local fingerling potatoes and Oregon black trumpet mushrooms. The pan is deglazed with brandy, veal demi-glace and cream for a hearty and elegant meal. n

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The chickpeas in Mizuna’s Moroccan tagine are both flavorful and local.

Loving Legumes

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Inland Northwest farmers’ beans, lentils and chickpeas fill regional menus

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ashington (and North Idaho to some extent) is rightfully known for its apples, its wine grapes and its hops that make beer so delicious. But the legumes bountiful in the region are popular on restaurant menus, as more diners find them a tasty addition to (or substitute for) meat proteins.

Lentils tie our area to cuisines from around the globe; while they’ve been grown commercially on the Palouse

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since 1937, farmers have increasingly found international markets like the Middle East open for business. Chickpeas have exploded in farm acreage as dishes like hummus have become go-to favorites for families. And peas and dry beans are vital components of dishes throughout the Inland Northwest.

Consider the following regional restaurants that are all showcasing legumes in winning ways:

MOROCCAN CHICKPEA TAGINE

$20, Mizuna, 214 N. Howard, mizuna.com Mizuna opened 21 years ago as a vegetarian restaurant, and while founders Sylvia Wilson and Tonia Buckmiller expanded the menu to include fish and meat a few years later, they also stayed true to their original mission of featuring high-quality vegetarian and vegan options, even as they passed management of Mizuna to longtime

employee Michael Jones in 2006.

Among the tastiest of those options is the Moroccan Chickpea Tagine, an entrée on Mizuna’s dinner menu that Jones says has been a popular item in the eight or so months since debuting. It’s “kind of a staple,” Jones says, a rewarding result of some kitchen experimentation.

“I definitely wanted it to be sort of cardamom-and-saffronbased,” Jones says, “so it was just finding things that go well and play well with those.”

Tender chickpeas are the dish’s stars, with supporting roles given to roasted butternut squash, peppers, grapes, red onion and parsley over a bed of brown rice. In addition to the cardamom and saffron, Jones’ kitchen amps the taste with cinnamon, coriander, turmeric, ginger, garlic, salt and pepper in a coconut-milkbased sauce that also includes some hints of parsley and mint. It’s the kind of sauce that will have you making sure you get every last drop sopped up before the waitstaff takes your plate. Pair it with some chickpea falafel as an appetizer, and you have a serious feast rooted in Inland Northwest soil.

YEMESHIR KIK WE’T

$13, Queen of Sheba, 621 W. Mallon, Suite 426, queenofshebaspokane.com Ethiopian food makes delicious use of all manner of legumes, making places like Spokane’s Queen of Sheba a godsend for vegetarians and vegans (not that their meat dishes aren’t just as delightful). Queen of Sheba’s options include the Veggie Sambussa, a pastry filled with lentils, onions, garlic and cumin, and several entrées based in split peas or chickpeas. My favorite, though, is the Yemeshir Kik We’t, a dish that owner/chef Almaz Ainuu makes with Washington red lentils cooked in Berbere, a classic Ethiopian spice blend that gives the lentils a spicy kick.

But why settle for just one of Ainuu’s incredible legume-based dishes — Ethiopian cuisine is perfect for a lunch combo served on the spongy injera bread used to grab the grub in lieu of forks or spoons.

BEAN BEET BURGER

$11, Cascadia Public House, 6314 N. Ash, cascadiapublichouse.com New to the Spokane dining scene, Cascadia Public House leans casual, but this vibrantly colored, flavorful burger deserves your attention for a lunch or dinner date. The Five Mile gastropub has a definite love for the region’s vegetarians and vegans, thanks to chef and co-owner Justin Oliveri, himself a vegan. This burger’s purple patty is a blend of quinoa, beets and pinto beans — one of Washington’s most popular dry-bean crops. Served with butter lettuce, tomatoes, red onion, cilantro and vegan chipotle aioli on a local Alpine Bakery bun, it’s a deeply satisfying option for burger lovers. A hot tip: The patty works great crumbled on a salad, too, if you’re avoiding bread.

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$4, Nectar Restaurant, 105 W. 6th St., Moscow, moscownectar.com $4, Lodgepole, 106 N. Main St., Moscow, lodgepolerestaurant.com Together, Washington and Idaho farmers grow nearly threequarters of the chickpeas produced in the United States, according to the Agricultural Marketing Resource Center. These two Palouse restaurants let the chickpea take center stage on appetizer plates. At Nectar Restaurant in Moscow, the fried garbanzos are seasoned with smoked paprika and sea salt. Down the street at Lodgepole, Guajillo chili, salt and lemon bring the crunchy bites to life. n

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Straight from the Orchard Apples and cherries, some of the Inland Northwest’s most prominent crops, are star ingredients in these drinks and dishes

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f there was ever an ingredient that neatly epitomized Washington, it’s the apple.

According to the state’s Department of Agriculture, Washington produces more than half of the country’s apples, with farmers harvesting upward of 2 million tons of the fruit every year.

But let’s not forget about cherries, also one of the Pacific Northwest’s biggest crops. This year’s bounty was, by some accounts, a record-setting one, with a colderthan-usual spring extending cherry harvests and yielding close to 220,000 tons.

It only makes sense, then, that regional eateries would take advantage of such bountiful harvests, especially as we move through the apple-picking season. Here are a couple of dishes — and a trio of cocktails — that make quick work of these regional fruits.

DOUBLE BONE-IN PORK CHOP

$25, Durkin’s Liquor Bar, 415 W. Main, durkinsliquorbar.com Apple isn’t the star ingredient here, but it is a significant player. The folks at Durkin’s excel at elevating

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BY NATHAN WEINBENDER classic comfort food, and this monster of a dish is no exception. The hefty chop is brined, seared on the grill, then put in the oven, and the meat itself is tender and juicy, unlike the kind of pork chop we’ve all tried and failed to make at home. It’s drizzled with sweet — but not too sweet — pork jus, surrounded by crunchy pecans, and served on a bed of Brussels sprouts, which soak up the excess sauce. The pork is topped with pickled apple slices, which might look like a garnish but actually offer a nice, sour counterpoint to the sweet glaze; put a little apple on top of the pork for a perfect bite (honestly, I could have done with even more apples). It’s a dish that’s filling even if you go in hungry, but could just as easily be split comfortably between two people with modest appetites.

BISON BURGER

$16, The Blackbird Tavern + Kitchen, 905 N. Washington, theblackbirdspokane.com This was my first rodeo when it comes to eating bison, and it doesn’t taste much different from beef. It’s

a lower-calorie meat, however, and it’s reportedly more eco-friendly to raise buffalo than cows. What’s not to love? This Blackbird burger — boasting meat raised in North Idaho — is unconventional in a few ways, not only because of the patty, but because of the sweet and tart cherry rhubarb jam that serves as its main condiment.

The jam was delivered on the side so I could apply it as liberally to the burger as I wanted, but I still found myself dipping the last remaining bites of burger into what was left of the jam. It adds a nice, acidic kick to the burger, complementing the smoky simplicity of the meat. (You can also get a side of fries, and a pile of them will cost you an additional $5.) If you’re feeling like a drink, the Whiskey Tango ($9) is a perfect autumnal libation: Made with cinnamon-infused whiskey and apple gin, it tastes like fall in a martini glass.

THE EQUINOX

$12, Hogwash Whiskey Den, 304 W. Pacific, drinkhogwash.com Most apple-based cocktails you’ve likely ever tasted are either artificially flavored or use some kind of cider

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as a base ingredient. But at Hogwash, the rustic whiskey bar tucked into the corner basement of the Washington Cracker Co. Building, the most prominent apple drink on their new fall menu is typical of the place’s refreshingly unconventional approach to mixology.

The Equinox, created by Hogwash bar manager Simon Moorby, is built around a shrub — a vinegar-based syrup that ferments for up to a week — bolstered by Moorby’s homemade Fuji apple butter. Most shrubs are typically strained through cheesecloth, Moorby says, but he has foregone that step; before it goes into the drink, it has a texture that’s similar to a thin applesauce.

“The viscosity is the whole purpose of the cocktail,” Moorby says. “I really wanted to use the depth of the apple butter.”

In a chilled glass, an ounce of the shrub is mixed with bourbon, lemon juice and yellow chartreuse, which has a mildly sweet herbal and honey taste. The Equinox isn’t exactly what you might expect from an apple-centric cocktail: It’s not cloyingly sweet, nor is it overpowered by the vinegar.

It has a complex, slightly acidic flavor that opens up the more sips of it you take.

If you’re in the mood for cherry, Moorby says he’ll soon be pressing bourbon-soaked Rainier cherries, which will likely be used upstairs behind the bar at Inland Pacific Kitchen. Also recommended is Hogwash’s Blood and Sand ($10), a cocktail bar staple that gets a kick from tart cherry liqueur by Leopold Bros. n

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lthough this year’s weather turned quickly on the heels of huckleberry season, the regional favorite typically abounds through the early fall, when most other regional berries — blackberries, strawberries and raspberries — have long since become part of your frozen cache, or a distant memory of summer.

In establishments at the height of their craft or bearing, chefs therefore are

particular about whether fresh or frozen are acceptable, disqualifying some berries for use in all but fresh dishes. Though they’re difficult to propagate — they require “ericoid mycorrhizal fungi and fire disturbance,” according to Native Plant Society sages — the region’s famous purple berry freezes well and resists mushiness upon thawing. Despite their tart reputation, huckleberries complement a wide range of dishes.

HUCKLEBERRY HOUND

$9, 315 Martinis & Tapas, 315 E. Wallace Ave., Coeur d’Alene, 315martinisandtapas.com It isn’t the huckleberry vodka in this libation that puts you in a special place; it’s the bittersweet bite of huckleberry honey and orange bitters. A splash of fresh grapefruit and you’ve got the perfect counterpart to your evening in the shoulder season — the time between the heady bloom of summer and the chilly descent of autumn.

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$7, Coeur d’Alene Casino’s Chinook Steak, Pasta & Spirits, 37914 S. Nukwalqw, Worley, Idaho, cdacasino.com The huckleberry honey in the vinaigrette is from Idaho, the cheddar cheese is from Oregon, and the apples — usually Granny Smith — are from Washington in this healthful way to honor the bounty of our region. “Huckleberries are a staple ingredient of the Tribe, and we constantly look for new and unique ways to incorporate them into our menu,” says Coeur d’Alene Casino Executive Chef Steven Walk.

WILD HUCKLEBERRY DEEP DISH COBBLER

$11.50, Dockside at the Coeur d’Alene Resort, 115 S. Second St., CdA, docksidecda.com When he was first promoted to executive chef in 1986, the Coeur d’Alene Resort’s Rod Jessick wanted to showcase local products: St. Maries wild rice, local legumes and huckleberries he remembered picking as a youth.

“My mother made a wonderful homemade huckleberry pie with sugar, fresh lemon juice, a light touch of cinnamon, with tapioca and a touch of flour as thickener,” Jessick recalls. “The lemon gives the pie a fresh taste and balances the flavors, so my mom would tell me.”

Fast-forward 30 years, and Jessick figures the Resort was storing more than $20,000 worth of huckleberries in special freezers for such dishes as milkshakes, cobblers and pies. Huckleberries even were prominent in the plans for former executive pastry chef Jim Barrett’s national contest entry for low-fat bran muffins (he took second place). Current executive pastry chef Debbie Hime reports that each cobbler has between 1½ and 1¾ cups of huckleberries, so as long as those freezers are getting electricity, there’ll be many opportunities to enjoy huckleberry desserts at the Resort. Bonus: They also have a gluten-free version!

HUCKLEBERRY PORK CASSONADE

$21, Trinity at City Beach, 58 Bridge St., Sandpoint, trinityatcitybeach.com “The inspiration for the pork cassonade dish came by happenstance during a discussion with a former cook on fusion and local ingredients,” explains Thane Jenness, Trinity at City Beach’s executive chef. The dish combines an Italian pork scallopine — thin cutlets — with a French brown sugar called cassonade. Artichoke hearts, mushrooms, tomatoes, huckleberries and cream round out the dish, which combines savory and sweet for a hearty fall meal.

WILD BERRY PANNA COTTA

$9, Wild Sage Bistro, 916 W. Second, wildsagebistro.com Though it was intended for summer dining, Wild Sage Executive Chef Charlie Connor found that the restaurant’s Wild Berry Panna Cotta was popular year-round.

“It has just the right amount of thickness to coat the tongue and melt in your mouth,” Connor notes. It also has a complementary range of textures and flavors: firm yet creamy sweet vanilla custard, the bright pop of blueberries, strawberry and blueberry sauces, a tart huckleberry compote, and a delicate, crunchy coconut lace cookie. n

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ithin easy driving distance, residents of the Inland Northwest have access to a wealth of wine, with extremely varied character. While you’re probably familiar with excellent Washington Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon, you’ll also find vintners trying their hands at less-expected varietals like Sangiovese and Albariño. Washington’s latitude and climate are similar to areas known for some of the best wine in Europe. Pair that with a Northwest willingness to innovate, and it’s no wonder that our wines are poured and enjoyed all over the world.

Not only does this make for interesting trips to the tasting room, it offers great latitude for restaurants that want to pour and pair local wines. You’ll find many area wines on local menus. (Most servers are happy to recommend a pairing.)

Scott Cook, owner of Spokane Valley’s Ambrosia Bistro and Wine Bar, and Krista French, general manager and sommelier at Midtown Bluebird in Coeur d’Alene, share some of their current favorite local pairings.

If you’re in the mood for a white, French recommends Orr Wines’ Old Vine Columbia Valley Chenin Blanc (a French grape, often made into a delightful dry white wine) made in Woodinville, Washington.

“Erica Orr is the winemaker for this awesome wine.

She graduated from [UC] Davis with a Master’s degree in oenology and has done consulting work for many different California and now Washington wineries,” says French.

Orr, known as winemaker for Woodinville’s Baer Winery, has ventured out into her own label. French, who is choosy about what she puts on her menu, is eager to talk about how special this wine is.

“There were 220 cases of this wine produced from the 2016 vintage, and the grapes used for the wine [are] from vines planted in 1979,” she says. “[Orr] Chenin is the perfect partner for shellfish — I put it on the list specifically to pair with oysters. It also pairs nicely with our seared diver scallops. The wine has racy acidity that is bracing and refreshing paired with the beautiful, and often creamy and briny, Pacific oysters we bring in from the Seattle area. The wine has aromas of pear, melon and lemon-lime. On the palate is a luscious

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Treveri Cellars’ sparkling white pairs well with Midtown Bluebird’s housemade donuts. balance of tropical fruit, lime, melon, nutmeg, minerality (like you’re licking a wet stone) and mouth-watering acidity.”

Ambrosia’s Cook is staying even closer to home, with a Spokane winery. His choice? The 2015 Arbor Crest Merlot.

“Kristina van Löben Sels does a great job in making varietally correct wines. Her Merlots always showcase what is so special about Washington’s climate and growing regions,” says Cook. “The Merlot is a natural choice to pair with our braised short ribs, because the structure and balance of the wine complement the richness and unctuousness of the dish.

“It also pairs well with our steak au poivre — the dark fruit, spice and earthy qualities of the wine go well with the beef, black pepper and mushrooms — and the wine’s acidity stands up to the mustard and garlic in the sauce.

Besides being a great food wine, the Arbor Crest Merlot is a great cocktail wine for happy hour or to have on the patio.”

Still, there are times when only sparkling wine will

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do. Midtown Bluebird’s French has a wine for that, too: Treveri Cellars Brut Blanc de Noirs.

“Treveri is a family-owned sparkling wine house out of Wapato, Washington. I really like all of their wines, but I’d say my favorite is the Blanc de Noirs — made from 100 percent Pinot Noir (which is why it’s called Blanc de Noirs; they also make one from Chardonnay grapes called Blanc de Blancs). It has red fruit characteristics; strawberry and cherry. It’s slightly richer than a sparkling wine made with Chardonnay, or a combo of both Chard and Pinot Noir. You’ll get a whiff of brioche upon opening the bottle; the wine has medium bubbles and is well-balanced, with a citrus component and nice acidity to finish,” she says.

“I like to pair this sparkler with our housemade donuts — deep-fried, rolled in cinnamon sugar and served with vanilla bean mascarpone, housemade ‘Nutella,’ and a seasonal fruit sauce.”

She’s quick to add that it’s hard to go wrong pairing sparkling wine with anything: “Have it for breakfast — or when you’re sad or happy or mad… whenever!” n

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rom the lightest of pales to the chewiest of stouts, craft beer has moved into the mainstream, not only due to the growing interest of home brewers and connoisseurs, but also chefs, many of whom now pay as much attention to their beer menu as their wine offerings. Ditto for beer-pairing dinners and collaborations with brewers, further expanding beer-drinking culture to the benefit of all involved. The best part?

Many of the beers (and ciders) on local restaurants’ menus — including the following — also showcase two of the Inland Northwest’s bestknown agricultural crops: grains and hops.

MICKDUFF’S NOHO DOUBLE IPA

$4.50, Trinity at City Beach, 58 Bridge St., Sandpoint, trinityatcitybeach.com “The NOHO pulls out some of the sweeter flavors from our dishes,” says Trinity at City Beach owner Justin Dick, who recommends pairing it with hearty dishes such as their herb-brined, roasted half-chicken, smothered in caramelized shallots ($19).

With what MickDuff’s describes as NOHO’s “tropical, fruity notes of grapefruit,” the beer also complements the inherent saltiness, spicy chorizo and garlic in Trinity’s Portuguese clams finished in white wine and cream ($13.50).

NOHO is an American-style imperial IPA, coming in at 8 percent alcohol by volume, and features a blend of Columbus, Crystal, Cascade, Simcoe and Citra hops; all are varieties cultivated by farmers in the Pacific Northwest.

ONE TREE CRANBERRY CIDER

$6, Seasons Fresh Grill, 209 Lakeside Ave., Coeur d’Alene, seasonsofcda.com Seasons currently rotates through the offerings of two local cider purveyors: Spokane Valley’s One Tree Hard Cider and Coeur d’Alene’s Summit Cider. While the restaurant serves One

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Tree’s lemon basil year-round, it’s most popular during summer; meanwhile, fall brings the cidery’s seasonal cranberry and pumpkin ciders.

Summit Cider’s two most popular restaurant ciders, says co-owner Davon Sjostrom, are the Uncrushable Apricot and Sundance, which like all Summit ciders are sourced from Northwest apples — more than half from the Columbia Valley.

Looking for another wild forest mushroom dish (see page 8)? Seasons has two, and both pair superbly with ciders, reports Chef Scott Miller: the spicy quesadilla and the creamy risotto with arugula pistachio gremolata both feature regional forest mushrooms, currently lobster and chanterelle.

NO-LI BORN & RAISED IPA

$6.50 (20-oz.), Table 13, 333 W. Spokane Falls Blvd., davenporthotelcollection.com Recently promoted to chef and kitchen manager for the Davenport Grand Hotel’s Table 13 and the Grand Restaurant & Lounge, Evan Tewel is excited to offer a pairing of his 12-hour smoked brisket with No-Li’s Born & Raised IPA made with Cascade, Columbus and Chinook hops, grown in the Yakima Valley.

“Pairing this beer, I want to bring a bit of fattiness to play off the significant bittering hops employed in the brew and dry-hopping. I also want to bring a bit of heat to play off of the strong, malty flavor of this IPA,” Chef Tewel says.

He recommends Born & Raised with the Smoked Beef Brisket Street Tacos ($13), served on local De Leon white corn tortillas with Cotija cheese, charred tomato salsa, lime crema and fresh cilantro.

“The fresh finish to these tacos brings out more of the herbal notes in the beer,” Tewel notes. n

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CULTURE | BOOKS She isn’t some New York journalist outsider parachuting into North Idaho, with clichés about quaint diners, “Make America Great Again” hats and flannel.

She grew up in North Idaho. She knows better than the idea that “every conservative in the middle of the country, in ‘flyover country,’ is the spittin’ mad Trump voter that they saw in pictures and videos.”

“I’m Idahoan,” she tells her sources. “I’m dedicated to being fair. I have a stake in not doing a stereotypical piece.”

Her dad moved her family out to Lewiston, Idaho, when she was 3, wanting to be closer to Glacier National Park. She was raised Presbyterian. Every summer she went to Camp Spalding, before it got all super-fancy, back when the cabins were “off-kilter, infested with squirrels.”

Zumiez in Spokane’s NorthTown Mall became a crucial setting in the origin story of her fashion sense.

Auntie’s — which hosts a reading of her book on Oct. 11 — was the big bookstore in the region, the one she “really thought was heaven on Earth.”

It all left her with the ability to speak the language of conservatives and Christians.

“I grew up surrounded by conservatives. I went to church with conservatives,” Petersen says. “There’s not that sense of animus and alienness that a lot of people from the coast associate with those politics.”

T Anne Helen Petersen, who grew up in North Idaho, explores how culture impacts everything from Nicki Minaj album covers to Kootenai County GOP meetings.

Unruly Idaho

A BuzzFeed writer who just published a book about “unruly women” like Kim Kardashian has been digging into the Kootenai County GOP

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he cover of Anne Helen Petersen’s new book, Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud: The Rise and Reign of the Unruly Woman, is appropriately in-your-face brash.

It’s pink. “GROSS” and “QUEER” join “SLUTTY” and “FAT” in all caps, with “CULTURE WRITER AT BUZZFEED” scrawled across it in faux sharpie.

The pages inside dive into detail about Lena Dunham sex scenes, tabloid covers of Kim Kardashian’s pregnancy, the “gender performance” of Caitlyn Jenner, the garish sexism of Bernie Bros, and the societal repulsion around Madonna’s “ass in a leather corset.”

In other words, at first glance, it seems in nearly every way the antithesis of the political conflicts inside North Idaho’s Kootenai County Republican Party.

But that small-town Republican world is the one Petersen has spent the past two months immersing herself in for an upcoming BuzzFeed piece.

“I’ve been to Coeur d’Alene four times now,” Petersen says. She’s interviewed at least 30 people, following the tangle of grievance, politics, ideology and culture that have tied up Republicans in Kootenai County.

Petersen, a former Whitman College professor who wrote her Ph.D. dissertation on the history of celebrity gossip, moved from New York to Missoula this past summer to cover politics in the Mountain West for BuzzFeed.

She saw the story on her Twitter feed over the sum-

mer: A Kootenai County GOP resolution was praising Russia for resisting a “progressive globalist agenda” and denouncing Idaho’s two U.S. senators, both Republicans, after they voted for Russian sanctions.

Now that, she thought, was interesting. When Petersen started digging into it, she says she found an “octopus,” her term for a wonderfully complicated story with many confusing, slippery arms.

That’s part of why she loves it. She covers culture.

And politics — whether she’s writing about the sexism that dogged Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign or the frustrations of North Idaho conservatives — is just as much about culture is as it as about policy.

“The micro can illuminate the macro in terms of trends and ideas,” Petersen says. By that, she means that the views of individual Republicans in Montana and Idaho can, perhaps, tell her even more about politics than the statements of President Trump.

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ational reporters, of course, face a fair bit of skepticism when they want to profile conservatives in Idaho and Montana.

“When I email these people, they are wary of me,” Petersen says. They believe that a lot of the press is liberal, not the least a national outlet like BuzzFeed.

That’s where her competitive advantage comes in.

rump’s name only comes up once in her article on the Kootenai County GOP, she says: “Mostly, I’m just trying to understand the tensions at work at the GOP that led to the rise of Trumpism.”

In the past few decades, North Idaho politics has been infused with a wave of conservatives from California, who helped to turn a marginally blue state into a deep red one, Petersen says. The resulting political landscape is fueled by those who identify as retired Californians, and those who hold animosity toward newcomers.

Often, these are the same people.

Now combine that with factions identifying with different strains of conservative ideology. One year, deeply conservative Republicans will make a push to dominate city councils and school boards. In a different year, moderate Republicans will push back, and retake control of local governments. And now, a more conservative strain has seized power of the local GOP — one that believes they have far bigger fish to fry than mere city council races.

“It’s not like these people manipulated their way in.

They used the same political tricks and strategy as the more moderate GOP,” Petersen says. “The people who have taken over control of the central committee, they spent a long time feeling unrepresented.”

When she talks to them, she says, she’s not looking for juicy quotes as much as understanding: Why do they do the things they do? What’s the history and atmosphere that, say, results in Idaho Republicans accusing each other of being “RINOs” — Republicans in Name Only?

And that’s where Petersen’s North Idaho BuzzFeed piece and her recent book share similar DNA. When she writes about, say, how actress Melissa McCarthy handles cultural scrutiny of her weight, she’s not just focusing on McCarthy, her publicists and her press headlines. She’s plumbing decades of history regarding how “fat” is defined and why that definition has mattered.

Facts or events are one part. It’s the context around them — the culture — that gives them potency. n Anne Helen Petersen reads from Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud: The Rise and Reign of the Unruly Woman • Wed, Oct. 11 at 7 pm • Free • Auntie’s Bookstore • 402 W. Main • auntiesbooks.com

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he Spokane Chiefs’ three-game win streak was snapped Saturday night with a loss in the first game on their home ice.

The Chiefs’ 2-1 loss to the visiting Kootenay ICE, their first of the young season, left Spokane with a 3-1 record. The Chiefs had rallied from 4-0 and 5-2 deficits to stun the ICE 6-5 on Rykr Cole’s overtime goal Friday night in Cranbrook, British Columbia.

Spokane’s only goal in Saturday’s home opener came on a second-period deflection. Forward Hayden Ostir tipped in Ty Smith’s shot from the point, but the ICE had already scored what would be the winning goal earlier in the period, as Kootenay forward Peyton Krebs beat goalie Dawson Weatherill on the rebound after the puck popped out of his glove.

The Chiefs were outshot 23 to 17 and squandered all six of their power-play opportunities. They were three for three on the penalty kill. Spokane hosts the Portland Winterhawks on Friday, Oct. 6; the puck drops at 7:05 pm. (MITCH RYALS)

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CAN How a Spokane couple is helping change the way we consume local craft beer

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t’s 8 am on a Wednesday, and already Abbie Speer is well into her workday, nestled between fermentors in the back of No-Li Brewhouse.

White-and-green cans labeled “Big Juicy” are coming down a conveyor belt. After flushing them with carbon dioxide, a machine fills them with beer, then spits out a cap. The cans rotate around the corner to be cleaned of excess foam and packed into six-packs. At this point, the floor around Speer is slick with a mixture of water, beer and sanitizing solution.

Speer, along with her wife, Amanda Mead, are the owners of Spokes Mobile Canning, which cans beer not only for No-Li, but more than a dozen other regional breweries.

Back in 2013, craft beer in Spokane was gaining popularity, and brewers would soon be looking at options for packaging their beer and distributing beyond kegs and their brewery tasting rooms. Yet most small breweries in the area didn’t have the space, nor the production quantity, to justify operating their own bottling lines.

Speer and Mead saw the need for a mobile canning line. At the time, there were only a handful of mobile canners in the country. These ventures hopped from brewery to brewery, helping craft brewers get their product out to the people. But nothing like it existed in the Inland Northwest.

“We could see that there was something happening in this area, and it was going to be big,” says Speer.

Speer and Mead wanted to see more local beers on the shelves in local stores, and felt like they could get in on the ground floor. So that summer of 2013, they founded Spokes Mobile Canning. The couple pulled the trigger on the purchase of their own mobile canning line, and Speer quit her job. The line was supposed to arrive that October, but after several complications, it was continuously delayed.

In the meantime, Speer needed to work. Iron Goat Brewing’s Greg Brandt offered her a job at the brewery,

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and what started as cleaning kegs ended with her becoming an assistant brewer. Mead says that even though the delay in getting the canning line caused panic, by the time the line arrived, Speer had gained some experience in all aspects of brewing.

Their equipment eventually arrived in February 2014; they canned for Orlison Brewing Co. later that month.

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or Speer and Mead, their job as canners is about helping the region’s brewers and consumers move forward with craft beer.

They say that distribution in Spokane is dominated by bottles, but they’re working to change that.

Cans are better for the local market, the couple says, because it’s better brand security.

Mead notes that if a brewery isn’t packaging very often, which is common for smaller breweries, it doesn’t make sense to bottle.

“Bottles start losing their seal within four weeks,” she says. “So if you have a beer you only package every three months because that’s the speed of which they sell, the people who buy that beer three months out are getting a lesser product than the people who bought it right away.”

A can doesn’t let in light. It has a better seal, so it doesn’t let in oxygen. It preserves the quality of the beer longer than a bottle does.

“If you like draft beer, you like can beer,” Mead says.

“It’s like a mini-keg,” Speer adds.

Spokes has now canned for 15 breweries across the Inland Northwest, nine of which are recurring clients. No-Li is their biggest; Speer says they can about 100,000 beers per month for the east Spokane craft beer stalwart.

The two-woman business (they employ two other employees, one full- and the other half-time) regularly cans for breweries large and small, from Icicle Brewing in Leavenworth to Higherground Brewing Co. in Hamilton, Montana. Spokes recently helped Iron Goat put their first beer into cans.

They pride themselves on being able to fit within the tightest brewing spaces across the region. The canning equipment all packs into an 18-foot trailer, and is easy to transport. The canning line itself can also be configured to allow manual feeding of the cans, which significantly helps reduce the equipment’s physical footprint in a small space.

“We want to serve clients who are doing 60 barrels a day, like No-Li,” says Mead. “But also clients who are only going to do like 15 [barrels] once a quarter.”

Spokes’ initial growth as a business came from clients in Montana, where the owners say the brewery scene boomed quicker than it did here.

“The brewers who were canning started to edge out the ones who didn’t,” notes Speer.

In their first few years of business, the couple also noticed that while Spokane brewers were behind the curve in the distribution of canned beer, local cideries were already using cans. The team has canned for Spokane Valley’s One Tree Hard Cider, Pullman’s Whiskey Barrel Cider and Chelan’s Washington Gold Cider.

Speer and Mead believe that Spokane still has room to grow in the brewing industry, beyond putting beer into cans. They want to see more breweries spread out across the city, but more importantly, they want greater distribution of the breweries they’ve come to love.

“Our goal from the start has been we want to see our local beer in our local stores,” Mead emphasizes.

And the couple are glad they can help. n

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“I’m all about the breakfast-lunch,” says co-owner Derek Baziotis, who runs the restaurant with his wife, Alexx.

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the menu — and to name the restaurant after the signature dish — Baziotis says he wanted to capitalize on what he feels is not only a classic breakfast item, but that’s also become trendy again in recent years.

“I remember cooking at Kalico in 2005 and 2006 when eggs Benedicts got really popular. I remember making eggs Benedict left and right, and I thought ‘There is something here, I’m going to open up a restaurant and do crazy and out-of-the-ordinary Benedicts,’” he recalls.

Beyond Benedicts — ranging from a Californiastyle version with turkey and avocado to the “Fireman’s Benedict,” with Sriracha hollandaise over smoked sausage, roasted pepper and jalapeños — Bene’s also serves other morning meal staples: bacon and eggs, sausage, chicken fried steak, hearty scrambles, waffles, and breakfast burritos and sandwiches.

For the lunch-preferring crowd (breakfast is served until closing at 2 pm), Bene’s serves fresh salads ($8-$11), wraps ($9-$11), a soup of the day, and a selection of sandwiches and burgers ($9-$14).

“I’ve worked at a lot of restaurants in Spokane with some really great chefs, and I really honed in [on my skills] and took the leap,” Baziotis reflects. “It’s been fun — exactly what I wanted it to be.” n cheys@inlander.com Bene’s • 24 W. First St., Cheney • Open daily from 6 am-2 pm • facebook. com/benesamfix and benesamfix.com • 951-5207

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GAME, SET, MATCH Emma Stone and Steve Carell go head-to-head in Battle of the Sexes, an urgent, entertaining piece of sports history

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here’s that saying: Two steps forward, one step back. With feminism, it’s more like half a baby step forward, a dozen steps back.

That’s how it’s possible that the 1973 Battle of the Sexes tennis match, meant to settle the question of whether female athletes were the equals of their male counterparts, did no such thing. Does anyone who was too young (or not yet alive at the time) to have watched even know about it? The match was an enormous cultural event that transcended sports. And yet it seems to have been all but forgotten in the popular consciousness.

Certainly the “question” of women’s athletic prowess continues to be posed, most recently in the “debate” over whether Serena Williams is the best tennis player ever or merely the best female tennis player.

So as usual, there’s a necessity to a movie like Battle of the Sexes, an urgency to be seen, that goes beyond its sheer entertainment value, which is also enormous. Somehow, the directing team of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine) has captured the amusement value of retro kitsch without their film actually being kitschy.

Somehow, they’ve made a film that quietly debunks the spurious notion that feminism can’t be fun by itself being fun, full of cheery bashes at outrageous sexism and an aura of sporting (in all senses of the word) can-do spirit.

“I’m gonna put the ‘show’ back in chauvinism,” the larger-than-life Bobby Riggs

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(Steve Carell) — 55 years old and a former champion And our eye today cannot help but pick out appalling — announces at a televised press conference once Billie condescension and casual abuse that was misogyny Jean King (Emma Stone) — the 29-year-old, No. 1-ranked passing unnoticed in 1973, as how Battle of the Sexes woman in the world — has finally accepted his challenge commentator Howard Cosell — a legend of sports journalto play him in an exhibition match. Everyone laughs, ism and another authority figure — has no compunction including King. But while he may be entertaining, he’s about delivering his blow-by-blow with his arm draped an entertaining asshole, and entirely representative of possessively around the shoulders of his co-commentator, attitudes she has been battling for years. She is under no King colleague and fellow tennis player Rosemary Casals illusions about how vital it is to win this match.

(Natalie Morales, very convincingly CGI’ed into the But that’s at the end of the film. The movie opens original Cosell footage). It’s so… ugh. with King — Stone is wonderful in the role, all quiet Perhaps the more trenchant history lesson that Battle determination and ambition — pulling out of the tennis of the Sexes has to offer is this one: Behind every victory, federation run by Jack Kramer (Bill even a short-lived one, is another Pullman) over his refusal to pay the campaign for dignity and respect waitBATTLE OF THE SEXES women the same prize money the ing to be started. Battle of the Sexes does Rated PG-13 men receive: the women, after all, sell Directed by Valerie Faris, Jonathan Dayton a lovely job of depicting the absolute as many tickets as the men do. The necessity of King keeping her homoStarring Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Andrea likes of Kramer, a respected authority Riseborough, Natalie Morales sexuality a secret. This is as much a figure, are the real problems, the most sweet and gentle romance between insidious misogynists, not a clown like Riggs. (Carell is King and new girlfriend Marilyn (Andrea Riseborough) an absolute hoot in the role. Ghastly, but a hoot nevertheas it is a story about a push for fairness in professional less.) King doesn’t just pull out of Kramer’s organization: sports across gender lines. But that relationship had to be She leads other women players in boycotting his tournaconducted outside the public eye, lest it taint the ongoing ments and setting up their own league. fight for equal pay and equal esteem.

Screenwriter Simon Beaufoy finds a lot of sly humor Battle of the Sexes is a bitin how the women’s tournament grows and succeeds, tersweet reminder that stuff that wouldn’t have caused anyone at the time to bat not all battles can be an eye but seems amusingly ironic today, such as the fought at once. And fact that it’s tobacco company Philip Morris sponthat the battle is soring what is billed as the “Virginia Slims Tour.” still ongoing. n

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OPENING FILMS BATTLE OF THE SEXES

In 1973, some 50 million people watched as veteran tennis pro Bobby Riggs went up against No. 1-ranked female player Billie Jean King, a match that was ostentatiously labeled the Battle of the Sexes. This wildly entertaining dramatization of that landmark sporting event is also a trenchant history lesson, a bittersweet reminder that the fight against sexism (in athletics and beyond) still rages on.

Emma Stone is wonderful as King, all quiet determination and ambition, and Steve Carell is a hoot as Riggs. (MJ) Rated PG-13

BLADE RUNNER 2049

The long-awaited sequel to Ridley Scott’s 1982 sci-fi masterpiece picks up the story 30 years later, with futuristic L.A. cop Ryan Gosling on a mission that has him tracking down Harrison Ford’s elusive detective Deckard. Perhaps this will finally settle the debate about whether or not he’s a replicant.

The involvement of director Denis Villeneuve (Sicario, Arrival) and original Blade Runner screenwriter Hampton Fancher suggests this will be far richer than your standard franchise cash-in.

(NW) Rated R

THE MOUNTAIN BETWEEN US

Idris Elba is a neurosurgeon and Kate Winslet is a photojournalist who both miss their flight to New York and decide to charter a private plane together. There’s a nasty snowstorm and they crash in the Rockies with only meager rations and a cute dog for company, and the two strangers must work together (and possibly fall in love) to stay alive. (NW) Rated PG-13

MY LITTLE PONY: THE MOVIE

Those sparkly, big-eyed, super-magical equines beloved by young children

and some adult men finally return to the big screen. On this adventure, the ponies from the animated Friendship Is Magic series, with twinkly names like Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash, must stop the evil Tempest Shadow from bringing darkness to Ponyville. (NW) Rated PG

THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG

Another week, another Disney rerelease. This 2009 retelling of The Frog Prince moves the action to New Orleans in the Roaring Twenties, where both a wide-eyed young woman and a handsome royal are transformed into amphibians by a voodoo priest. It’s a minor but fitfully enjoyable entry in the studio’s canon, a fairly straightforward story bolstered by beautiful hand-drawn animation and a lively French Quarter setting. (NW) Rated G

THE STRAY

An overworked dad takes his young son, a couple of his friends and the family dog (the stray of the title) on a backpacking excursion. They get lost, they’re struck by lightning, and they all have some kind of religious epiphany. No, this isn’t a supernatural horror film, but a faith-based drama for the whole family. (NW) Rated PG

VICTORIA AND ABDUL

The heartwarming true story of the unlikely friendship that developed in the late 19th century between the widowed Queen Victoria (Judi Dench, who previously played the monarch in 1997’s Mrs. Brown) and her Indian secretary Abdul Karim (Ali Fazal).

From director Stephen Frears (The Queen, Philomena) and the screenwriter of the crowd pleaser Billy Elliot.

(NW) Rated PG-13

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John Corbett stars as a corporate salesman-turned-pastor who is assigned to shut down a struggling church in his small town. When a group of South Asian refugees shows up at his door, he teams up with them to turn the church’s land into a working farm. The latest from Affirm Films, which produces family-friendly features aimed at evangelical audiences.

(NW) Rated PG

AMERICAN ASSASSIN

From a novel you’d purchase in an airport bookstore comes a film you might

one day half-watch on an airplane, a grisly thriller about a brooding dude with a tragic backstory (Dylan O’Brien) training to become a CIA superagent at the hands of a gruff Cold War vet (a slumming Michael Keaton). Thoroughly generic, from its plot to its leading man to its title, but with a sadistic streak that makes it as unpleasant as it is dull. (NW) Rated R

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FILM | SHORTS drug cartels! Director Doug Liman’s true-life espionage thriller is inspired by the antics of Barry Seal, a TWA pilot who rubbed elbows with the likes of Manuel Noriega and Pablo Escobar in the 1980s. Sure, it’s no GoodFellas, but Cruise is undoubtedly entertaining in toothy slickster mode. We are left to wonder, though: Should this material really be told with a winking shrug of acceptance? (MJ) Rated R

THE BIG SICK

Inspired by the courtship of Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon (who also wrote the script), this is the rare romcom that’s both consistently funny and genuinely emotional. Nanjiani plays himself, a stand-up who meets and falls in love with Emily (Zoe Kazan). There’s only one problem: He’s keeping their relationship a secret from his traditional Pakistani parents. This is further complicated when Emily falls into a medically induced coma. At the Magic Lantern. (SS) Rated R

DAWSON CITY: FROZEN TIME

This documentary should be required viewing for anyone obsessed with rare, archival film footage. Director Bill Morrison focuses on a cache of nitrate film reels that was literally unearthed in northwestern Canada; it’s not only about the contents of the celluloid itself, but also the history of the former mining town where it was buried. At the Magic Lantern. (NW) Not Rated

DUNKIRK

Christopher Nolan’s WWII drama, painstakingly and authentically depicting the bloody Battle of Dunkirk, is a remarkable example of sheer filmmaking craft. The only thing it’s missing is a little humanity. Although the technical skill on display is dazzling, Nolan’s attempts to elicit any emotion from the audience feel strangely calculated. (SS) Rated PG-13

FLATLINERS

A group of rebellious medical students develop a particularly unusual extracurricular activity — they each take turns stopping their hearts, then jolting one another back to life, all to see what happens after we die. A decent premise, ripped from an OK 1990 film, that devolves lazily into a standard supernatural slasher, with each of the characters haunted by misdeeds of the past, manifesting themselves as things that go bump in the night. It’s flat, all right.

(NW) Rated PG-13

THE HITMAN’S BODYGUARD

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Ryan Reynolds is a bodyguard whose career has hit the skids, and Samuel L. Jackson is his newest charge, an assassin who must be transported to the Hague, where he’ll testify against an Eastern European dictator (Gary Oldman). The twist: Jackson has previously tried to kill Reynolds numerous times, and now they’re forced into helping each other. Only fitfully amusing. (NW) Rated R

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Single mother Reese Witherspoon has a one-night stand with a handsome 20-something and then begrudg-

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ingly allows him and his two deadbeat friends to move into her house. Sure.

This rom-com is preposterous, sexist and weighed down by white privilege, and since it was directed by the daughter of Nancy Meyers (It’s Complicated), you won’t be surprised to learn it’s set in a tastefully decorated bungalow with a beautiful, spacious kitchen. (MJ) Rated PG-13

IT

Stephen King’s cerebral horror tome hits the big screen for the first time, and while it significantly streamlines the novel’s expansive vision, it captures the spirit of King’s writing. Set in the late ’80s in the fictional small town of Derry, Maine, seven adolescent outcasts team up to battle an evil force that takes on numerous terrifying forms, most notably the razor-toothed clown Pennywise. The movie is breaking all kinds of box office records, so expect Chapter 2, focusing on the same characters as adults, to hit theaters in the next couple years. (NW) Rated R

KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE

The follow-up to the surprise 2014 hit Kingsman: The Secret Service is even cruder and more absurd than before.

This time around, most of the Kingsman organization’s agents, save for superspy Eggsy, are taken out by a sinister rival group, which also threatens to release a devastating virus. Over-thetop, comic-book spectacle abounds.

Whether or not you enjoy it depends on how much you value style over tact.

(SS) Rated R

THE LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE

Another fast-paced, genre-goofing animated feature from the LEGO film factory, this time playing around with the company’s popular Ninjago toy line.

It’s bright and occasionally very funny, though it hardly holds a candle to the anarchic verve of the earlier LEGO movies. It’s also more of a traditional family film than its predecessors, with a light, all-ages story about the importance of a parent-child bond, listening, self-awareness and self-worth. (SS) Rated PG

MOTHER!

Nothing makes a damn lick of sense in Darren Aronofsky’s hysterical arthouse whatsit, in which the idyllic existence

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of a young woman (Jennifer Lawrence) and her artist husband (Javier Bardem) is disturbed when a couple of weird strangers show up — and then won’t leave — their rambling mansion in the middle of nowhere. It’s meant to be an allegory, but of what is anybody’s guess. Aronofsky seems to believe it’s secret and cryptic when it is, in fact, utterly banal. (MJ) Rated R

RUMBLE: THE INDIANS WHO ROCKED THE WORLD

An engaging documentary that looks to embolden the Native American musicians whose influence on rock has either been diminished or completely forgotten. Among the legends discussed: blues pioneer Charley Patton, jazz luminary (and one-time Spokane resident) Mildred Bailey, Jimi Hendrix, Buffy Sainte-Marie, the Band’s Robbie Robertson and guitarist Link Wray, whose instrumental hit “Rumble” is an invaluable rock ‘n’ roll monument. At the Magic Lantern. (NW) Not Rated

SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING

After being mistreated in his last few movies, Peter Parker and his web-slinging alter ego finally get another feature worthy of the character’s long history.

With fresh-faced Tom Holland donning Spidey’s spandex, the Spider-Man franchise feels more grounded and human than ever. (ES) Rated PG-13

STRONGER

The second narrative feature to tackle the Boston Marathon bombing (last year’s Patriots Day was the first), starring Jake Gyllenhaal as Jeff Bauman, a real blue-collar worker who lost both legs in the attack. The first hour of the film, based on Bauman’s memoir, is a tough, uncompromising portrait of trauma; its second half is far more conventional, a well-acted feel-good story that you can’t help but wish was a bit grittier. (SS) Rated R

VICEROY’S HOUSE

An upstairs-downstairs historical comedy set in 1947, as India transitions to independence from its British rule.

Downton Abbey’s Hugh Bonneville stars as the final viceroy of India; Gillian Anderson is his socialite wife. From the director of such crowd-pleasers as Bend It Like Beckham and Bride & Prejudice. At the Magic Lantern. (NW) Not Rated n

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XXX that’s GGG: Dan Savage’s HUMP! Fest hits the Garland this weekend.

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Sex-positive and adults-only, the touring version of Dan Savage’s popular HUMP! Film Festival makes its Spokane debut this weekend

BY NATHAN WEINBENDER

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he very notion of watching adult entertainment on a big screen probably inspires thoughts of dingy X-rated theaters that have long since closed, and of creepy old dudes in trench coats with collars pulled high enough to cover their faces.

That may be a pastime that has since gone the way of the VCR, but HUMP! Fest, an annual festival showcasing homemade porn films, has been drawing boisterous and adoring crowds in Seattle since its inception in 2005. And it’s hardly seedy.

A touring version of the event, featuring 22 shorts that have won audience awards in the last couple of years, makes its way to the Garland Theater this weekend; it’s the first time Spokane has hosted the festival.

HUMP! was founded by Dan Savage, best known as the editorial director of Seattle alt-weekly the Stranger, the author of the weekly sex advice column (and host of its accompanying podcast) “Savage Love,” and the brains behind the “It Gets Better” campaign, which he started with his husband (and Spokane native) Terry Miller.

It all started when Savage asked his readers (somewhat in jest) to send him their, uh, “home movies”; he was so impressed by what he saw that he started a festival just to screen them. HUMP! is designed to be both sex- and body-positive, and the folks you’ll see on-screen cover the spectrum in terms of size, gender, ethnicity and orientation. The films are often humorous, and generally designed to push audiences well beyond their comfort zones.

“People laugh, they gasp, sometimes they cover their eyes,” Savage says in a statement. “But at the end of every film, people clap and cheer. It’s moving and wonderful, and newcomers don’t expect it.

“The whole festival is a celebration of sexual diversity.”

Although HUMP! Fest represents an open call to consenting adults, there are some ground rules. Participants can choose to remain anonymous, cellphones are not permitted during screenings, and many of the films are destroyed after they’re shown (other than the ones that go on the tour circuit, of course). Submitted shorts can be up to five minutes long, and meeting certain criteria gets you extra credit. (You’ll notice a lot of “Make America Great Again” hats and accordions in this particular batch of films.)

Some shorts are scripted, and some are not. Most of the films in the upcoming program are indeed quite explicit (only a few forego nudity altogether), and therefore no one younger than 18 will be admitted.

And there’s a lot of variety, both in terms of the acrobatics on display and the general tone of each film.

One involves an orgy with people in bondage gear and dog masks. Another takes the form of a wordless ballet in which a beautiful merman gets his sea legs, among other things. A couple of films utilize GoPro cameras in ways that the inventors probably never MORE EVENTS imagined.

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Perhaps the funniest sketches involve a couple revealing increasingly outlandish kinks to one another, an office phone sex session that goes horribly wrong, and a faux nature documentary about the mating habits of leather gimps.

They’re not all bawdy, though: Some are artsy and experimental, others are designed to be genuinely erotic. You will no doubt see things that you have never seen before, and things you can’t believe you’re seeing, but the general attitude of HUMP! Fest isn’t leering or lurid; it’s inclusive and inviting.

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Benjamin Laub, aka Grieves, might be a socially conscious white rapper from Seattle, but he’s hardly a Macklemore clone.

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E V E N F LOW Seattle rapper Grieves, known for his emotionally blistering verses, gets refreshingly light on his latest album

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rieves has always used music to talk about what’s happening in his life. After tackling dark subject matter like addiction, heartbreak and living in poverty on his third and fourth records — Together/Apart (2011) and Winter & the Wolves (2014) — Grieves was typecast as an emo rapper. Fans expected him to be miserable.

But after a certain point, that didn’t really line up with his life anymore. In fact, the Seattle-based rapper has been having fun for years.

“I get to make music for a living and travel the world,” he says, “but I never talked about it. I never expressed that joy and never translated that sense of fun to the record, and I wanted to do that this time around.”

Grieves (real name Benjamin Laub) recently spoke to the Inlander from the back of a bus driving somewhere between New York and Boston. He’s on a national tour to promote his new record, Running Wild, including a twonight stand at the Bartlett starting on Friday.

He’s clearly having fun on Running Wild’s lead single “What It Dew,” the video for which features a foul-mouthed puppet doppelgänger. The song itself is a certified banger, with classic organs humming over a trap beat and a groovy four-bar bassline repeating throughout.

With tongue firmly in cheek, Grieves raps: “Walked out of that mic booth, hopped onto that stage / And I came back to go batshit on these jokers like I’m Bruce Wayne.”

It’s a refreshingly light turn for Grieves, whose thoughtful lyrics and regional fanbase have led to endless comparisons with another emotionally heavy rapper from Seattle — Macklemore.

“We’re white guys from the same city who say honest things on our records, but that doesn’t make us the same person,” Laub says. “Our names have been mixed with each other for a long time. We’ve done a million shows together. We’re peers.”

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for the first time. And that’s around when he started facing his demons and writing real songs, rather than “getting drunk and freestyling with the homies.”

Laub had started making music when he was 14 years old, playing in various hardcore punk bands in Fort Collins, Colorado. But abrasive and tuneless rock didn’t necessarily suit him.

Instead, he gravitated to melodically oriented music; he remembers friends making fun of him for listening to pop-punk bands like NOFX. “I was like, ‘I don’t care. I like the melodies in this song, and I think that’s the point — I like this song because it’s a good song.’”

It turned out to be a brief phase, anyway. “That part of my life was more focused on what my friends were into,” he says. “I don’t think I identified with punk very much. I was doing it just because everyone around me was doing it. All the shitty bands I was in at that time were like being on a soccer team even though you suck at soccer.”

But then he started listening to classic hip-hop groups like Mobb Deep and the Wu-Tang Clan, which captured his imagination in a way punk rock had not. “Beat-making was so crazy to

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Running Wild is Grieves’ fifth album. me because it’s a blank slate,” he says. “There’s no sound. Then you’re chopping it all up and rearranging it and making this crazy collage of music. I was absolutely fascinated by that feeling, like I was making something from nothing. Freestyling was the same way — just pulling words out of the air.”

Another similarity Grieves happens to share with Macklemore is singing most of his own hooks, and incorporating sing-song moments throughout his raps. That style was slow to develop, Laub says: “I was scared of singing for a really long time.” But he likes his music pretty and ugly simultaneously. “That idea of nothing being perfect is very important to my music, and that’s where the singing comes in, because there’s only so much I can do as a rapper. I am not the best rapper in the world; I’ve got my flow, but some of it is beyond me.”

Exploring new melodies also forces him to grow as a musician. With each new record, he expands his palette of sounds, and with each tour he expands his personal understanding of reality — and leaves the darker version of himself further behind.

“My career has given me an outlet and taught me so much about people, about life and the world,” he says, “and I’ve had a blast.” n Grieves with deM atlaS, TMS (Fri) and Young Neves (Sat) • Fri-Sat: Oct. 6-7 at 8 pm • $16/20 at the door • All-ages • The Bartlett • 228 W. Sprague • thebartlettspokane.com • 747-2174

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Palehound’s Ellen Kempner examines love and loss on her latest album, A Place I’ll Always Go.

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he centerpiece of Palehound’s excellent new album A Place I’ll Always Go feels almost hidden.

It’s an outro, really — the final 33 seconds of a song called “If You Met Her” that runs nearly four minutes in total. Those first three-and-a-half minutes are an emotional roller coaster of love and death, laughter and conflict, spirituality and disease, first meetings and missed opportunities, all delivered via Palehound’s bass-heavy blend of guitar fuzz, whispered wisdom and irrepressible melodies.

As the song winds down, singer and songwriter Ellen Kempner, her voice slightly cracked, sings: “I’m with someone new / And I know that you would love her if you met her / You would love her if you met her.”

Those lyrics refer to two experiences that influenced much of Kempner’s work on the new album: The death of a friend after a battle with cancer, and a new relationship. Both surface regularly throughout A Place I’ll Always Go, but only in “If You Met Her” do they figuratively cross paths. “(That song) does kind of connect all the themes of the record into one song,” Kempner says in a telephone interview from a tour van somewhere in the Northeast. “That wasn’t intentional when I wrote it.”

No doubt that’s true, but Kempner did approach writing songs for A Place I’ll Always Go with a very clear purpose: to be more open than she had before, including on Palehound’s 2015 debut, Dry Food.

“I wanted to (write more openly) because I had to,” she says. “I could’ve suppressed that but it wouldn’t have been healthy. And I was like, you know what, I’m just going to be more vulnerable and make a conscious decision to just be honest about the experience and write it that way.”

The result is a cohesive set of songs that tell a story of love and loss and the life experiences

that tend to orbit around love and/or loss. For example: the shivering rush of new romance (“Room”), the urge to completely disappear (“Carnations”), or a sudden mournful feeling in the most mundane of places (“Feeling Fruit”).

“That was the big goal, to make it more of an even, flowy, fluid thing than Dry Food,” Kempner says. “Because Dry Food was just, like, songs that I’d written over the course of three years that were about different things. (This one), I just wrote it over the course of a year and it all kind of naturally flowed.”

Sonically, A Place I’ll Always Go is more evenkeeled than its predecessor, something Kempner attributes to better songs, more experience, a stronger vision for the album and, most of all, working with producer Gabe Wax for a second time. “He knew me so well already,” she says, “that he was totally able to give it the kind of introspective quality that I wanted.”

After conquering increased vulnerability and the recording process, Kempner is now dealing with a new challenge: playing these ultrapersonal songs in front of people. Not because they’re personal or because she’s uncomfortable on stage; to the contrary, she’s an engaging and commanding performer.

“At the time, I was like, ‘This is what feels natural. This is therapeutic for me,’” she says.

“And now that … time has passed since all that shit went down, it’s kind of like I’m still reminding myself of it.”

But Kempner fully understands the path she’s on, and she walks it with strength and grace.

“That’s not the easiest thing, to be playing those songs every night and reliving that stuff every night,” Kempner says. “But it’s kind of part of it.” n

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Palehound with Hoop and BaLonely • Wed, Oct. 11 at 8 pm, doors open 7:30 • $8 • All-ages • The Bartlett • 228 W. Sprague • thebartlettspokane.com • 747-2174

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oscow’s Humble Burger certainly lives up to its name in the best way, having quietly established itself as one of Idaho’s most diverse live venues in the last couple of years. The restaurant’s flagship music festival, appropriately called Modest Music Fest, kicks off for the first time this weekend, with 30 acts performing on five stages scattered throughout downtown Moscow. Some of the fest’s out-of-town acts include Seattle bands Cataldo and Cosmos, and Marshall McLean, Jango, the Dancing Plague of 1518 and Itchy Kitty are among the participating Spokane artists. The festival saves its two biggest names, both Idaho stalwarts, for last: Indie rockers Finn Riggins and former Volume headliners Built to Spill (pictured) play on Sunday starting at 6:30 pm.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER Modest Music Festival with Built to Spill, Finn Riggins and more • Sat-Sun, Oct. 7-8 • $30 for both days • Downtown Moscow • humbleburger.com

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Thursday, 10/5

J J THE BARTLETT, Coffeehouse Creatures feat. Michael & Keleren Millham, Bob Riggs, Madeline McNeill, Dave McRae, Bo and Dan, Heroes for Ghosts BEEROCRACY, Open Mic BOOTS BAKERY & LOUNGE, The Song Project J BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB, Open Jazz Jam with Erik Bowen CORBY’S BAR, Open Mic and Karaoke CRAVE, DJ Freaky Fred CRUISERS, Open Mic Jam Slam Hosted by Perfect Destruction and J.W. Scattergun THE JACKSON ST., Kevin Dorin J J JENSEN-BYRD BUILDING, Terrain Preview Night with Manatee Commune, Sallie Ford, Jango, Marshall McLean JOHN’S ALLEY, Taylor Scott Band J KNITTING FACTORY, Black Tiger Sex Machine, Kai Wachi, Sullivan King, Lektrique J LAGUNA CAFÉ, Just Plain Darin J MONARCH MOUNTAIN COFFEE, Open Mic hosted by Scott Reid NASHVILLE NORTH, Russell Dickerson NIGHTHAWK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), PJ Destiny J THE OBSERVATORY, Landlady, Ian Chang, Von the Baptist POST FALLS BREWING COMPANY, Eric Neuhausser THE RESERVE, Safar CD Release THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos feat. Christan Raxter & Steve Ridler J WSU COMPTON UNION BUILDING, Blackbear ZOLA, Blake Braley

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oe Bonamassa is an honest-to-god blues prodigy. By the time he released his debut album in 2000, the guitarist, only 23, had already finished up a stint opening about 20 shows for the legendary B.B. King — when he was just 12 years old — and had earned recognition for his six-string chops with his band Bloodline while still in his teens. Bonamassa hits Spokane next Tuesday, right before he takes up a three-day residency at Seattle’s Moore Theatre, and although ticket prices are noticeably steep, he’s known within the blues community as a guy you just have to see live.

If your wallet can handle it, be sure to check him out.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER Joe Bonamassa • Tue, Oct. 10 at 8 pm • $101$151 • INB Performing Arts Center • 334 W. Spokane Falls • inbpac.com • 279-7000

Friday, 10/6

12 TRIBES RESORT CASINO, Love Stitch THE AGING BARREL, Just Plain Darin J J THE BARTLETT, Grieves (see page 45), deM atlaS, TMS BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn BISTANGO, Ron Greene BLACK DIAMOND, DJ Sterling BOLO’S, Whiskey Rebellion BOOMERS CLASSIC ROCK BAR & GRILL, Whiskey Dick and 8 Balls BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB, Colby Acuff CHINOOK STEAK, PASTA AND SPIRITS (CDA CASINO), Tommy G CORBY’S BAR, Karaoke CURLEY’S, Haze J DOWNTOWN SPOKANE LIBRARY, The Dapper Devils

HILLS’ RESTAURANT & LOUNGE, Back Porch Trio IRON HORSE BAR, Uppercut J J JENSEN-BYRD BUILDING, Terrain 10 feat. Indian Goat, Salve, Jango, Romaro Franceswa, King Skellee, T.S The Solution, Kalaj, Soul Man Black, Atari Ferrari, Dario Re JOHN’S ALLEY, Daniel Mark Faller and the Working Poor J KNITTING FACTORY, Basement Dwellers Tour feat. Barely Alive, Virtual Riot, Ayzim, DJ F3lon LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Nick Grow LIBERTY LAKE WINE CELLARS, Wyatt Wood Live MAX AT MIRABEAU, Tuck Foster and the Tumbling Dice MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL, Devon Wade

MOOSE LOUNGE, Vern and the Volcanoes MULLIGAN’S BAR & GRILLE, Adam Foote NASHVILLE NORTH, Ladies Night with Luke Jaxon and DJ Tom NIGHTHAWK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), Karma’s Circle NORTHERN QUEST RESORT & CASINO, DJ Patrick J THE OBSERVATORY, Roselit Bone, Whiskey Dick Mountain PEND OREILLE PLAYHOUSE, Open Mic J THE PIN!, Midnight Ghost Train, Indian Goat, Tsuga, Ghostdivorce POST FALLS BREWING CO. Kicho THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos feat. Christan Raxter & Steve Ridler THE ROADHOUSE, RoctoberFest feat.

Windowpane, Hellbelly, Children of the Sun, Vial 8 SPOKANE EAGLES LODGE, Black Jack Band UP NORTH DISTILLERY, Eric Neuhausser ZOLA, Raggs and Bush Doktor

Saturday, 10/7

12 TRIBES RESORT CASINO, Troy Fair Band ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS, Grand Avenue J J THE BARTLETT, Grieves, deM atlaS, Young Neves BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn J THE BIG DIPPER, Sessionz Smooth Jazz feat. Reginald Reese and Darius Starks BLACK DIAMOND, DJ Stud

BOLO’S, Whiskey Rebellion CHINOOK STEAK, PASTA AND SPIRITS (CDA CASINO), Tommy G COEUR D’ALENE CELLARS, Ron Greene COMMUNITY PINT, Wyatt Wood CORBY’S BAR, Echo Elysium CRUISERS, Limberlost, Heart Avail CURLEY’S, Haze FEDORA PUB & GRILLE, Keanu and Joey HARVEST HOUSE, Nick Grow, Stagecoach West J J HUMBLE BURGER, Humble Burger’s Modest Music Fest (see facing page) feat. Cataldo, Cosmos, Roselit Bone, Holiday Friends and more IRON HORSE BAR, Uppercut THE JACKSON ST., Karaoke with James JOHN’S ALLEY, Mother Yeti, Joseph Hein LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Kori Ailene MAX AT MIRABEAU, Tuck Foster and the Tumbling Dice THE MCGINNITY ROOM, Perfect by Tomorrow, ExZac Change, Matisse MOOSE LOUNGE, Vern and the Volcanoes

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NASHVILLE NORTH, Ladies Night with Luke Jaxon and DJ Tom NIGHTHAWK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), Karma’s Circle NORTHERN QUEST RESORT & CASINO, DJ Patrick PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, David Lane Walsh J RESURRECTION RECORDS, Indian Goat THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos feat. Christan Raxter & Steve Ridler THE ROADHOUSE, The Hankers J SPOKANE ARENA, The Piano Guys THE THIRSTY DOG, DJ Dave ZOLA, Raggs and Bush Doktor

Sunday, 10/8

ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS, PB & JAM DALEY’S CHEAP SHOTS, Jam Night with VooDoo Church J HARVEST HOUSE, Just Plain Darin J J HUMBLE BURGER, Humble Burger’s Modest Music Fest feat.

Built to Spill, Finn Riggins, Marshall McLean, Runaway Symphony, Joseph Hein and more IRON HORSE BAR & GRILL, Gil Rivas LINGER LONGER LOUNGE, Open Jam O’DOHERTY’S IRISH GRILLE, Live Irish Music J THE PIN!, Archspire, Reaping Asmodeia, Van Brando, Sylint THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Sunday Karaoke Night ZOLA, Lazy Love

Monday, 10/9

J THE BIG DIPPER, The Ongoing Concept, FAUS, Alive in Barcelona, Indian Goat J CALYPSOS COFFEE & CREAMERY, Open Mic EICHARDT’S, Monday Night Jam with Truck Mills RED ROOM LOUNGE, Open Mic with Lucas Brookbank Brown ZOLA, Perfect Mess

Tuesday, 10/10

219 LOUNGE, Bart Budwig, Caitlin Jemma J J THE BARTLETT, Northwest of New Orleans feat. Washboard Chaz and Hot Club of Spokane BRAVO CLUB EVENT CENTER, T.A.S.T.Y with DJs Freaky Fred, Beauflexx BULL HEAD TAVERN, Rusty Jackson J J INB PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, Joe Bonamassa (see facing page) J KNITTING FACTORY, Tech N9ne, Krizz Kaliko, Stevie Stone LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Turntable Tuesday MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL, Open Mic MIK’S, DJ Brentano RAZZLE’S BAR & GRILL, Open Mic Jam RED ROOM LOUNGE, Tuesday Takeover with Storme THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Open Mic/ Jam Night ZOLA, Dueling Cronkites

Wednesday, 10/11

J J THE BARTLETT, Palehound (see page 47), Hoop, Balonely BEEROCRACY, Marshall McLean BLACK DIAMOND, Bryan Warhall J CARUSO’S, Just Plain Darin ETSI BRAVO, Electric Sessions feat.

DJs Chundla, Love, Piso Glendi, Macfie, Grant Ekdahl GENO’S TRADITIONAL FOOD & ALES, Open Mic with Travis Goulding IRON HORSE BAR & GRILL, Dan Conrad JOHN’S ALLEY, Julie Stratton LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Carey Brazil LUCKY’S IRISH PUB, DJ D3VIN3 J NORTHERN QUEST, Lee Greenwood, Crystal Gayle J THE PIN!, Carnage the Executioner POOLE’S PUBLIC HOUSE, Nick Grow J PROHIBITION GASTROPUB, Echo Elysium THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, The Ronaldos feat. Ron Criscione, Ray Younker and Emily Ridler SOULFUL SOUPS & SPIRITS, Open Mic THE THIRSTY DOG, DJ Dave ZOLA, Whsk&Keys

Coming Up ...

J KNITTING FACTORY, Gavin DeGraw, Oct. 13 J MARTIN WOLDSON THEATER AT THE FOX, Super Diamond, Oct. 14 J THE BIG DIPPER, Listener, Levi the Poet, Comrades, Everett, Oct. 17 THE OBSERVATORY, Helms Alee, Dark White Light, Oct. 18

LEGENDARY JAZZ PIANIST

ELLIS MARSALIS WITH THE AWARD-WINNING

WHITWORTH UNIVERSITY

JAZZ ENSEMBLE DAN KEBERLE, DIRECTOR

SATURDAY, NOV. 4, 2017 | 8 P.M. COWLES AUDITORIUM | WHITWORTH UNIVERSITY TICKETS $20/$15 SENIORS AND STUDENTS

Tickets on sale now through TicketsWest and whitworth.edu/musictickets.

MUSIC | VENUES 315 MARTINIS & TAPAS • 315 E. Wallace, CdA • 208-667-9660 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. 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 BRAVO CONCERT HOUSE • 25 E. Lincoln Rd. • 703-7474 BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB • 201 S. Main, Moscow • 208-882-5216 BUZZ COFFEEHOUSE • 501 S. Thor • 340-3099 CALYPSOS COFFEE & CREAMERY • 116 E. Lakeside Ave., CdA • 208-665-0591 CHAPS • 4237 Cheney-Spokane Rd. • 624-4182 CHATEAU RIVE • 621 W. Mallon Ave. • 795-2030 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 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 DIAMS DEN • 412 W. Sprague • 934-3640 EICHARDT’S PUB • 212 Cedar St., Sandpoint • 208-263-4005 THE FEDORA • 1726 W. Kathleen, CdA • 208-7658888 FIZZIE MULLIGANS • 331 W. Hastings • 466-5354 FOX THEATER • 1001 W. Sprague • 624-1200 HOGFISH • 1920 E. Sherman, CdA • 208-667-1896 HOTEL RL BY RED LION AT THE PARK • 303 W. North River Dr. • 326-8000 IRON HORSE • 407 E. Sherman Ave., CdA • 208667-7314 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 THE LARIAT • 11820 N. Market St. • 466-9918 LA ROSA CLUB • 105 S. First Ave., Sandpoint • 208-255-2100 LEFTBANK WINE BAR • 108 N. Washington • 315-8623 LUCKY’S IRISH PUB • 408 W. Sprague • 747-2605 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 NECTAR CATERING & EVENTS • 120 N. Stevens St. • 869-1572 NORTHERN QUEST RESORT • 100 N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights • 242-7000 NYNE • 232 W. Sprague Ave. • 474-1621 THE OBSERVATORY • 15 S. Howard • 598-8933 O’SHAY’S • 313 E. CdA Lake Dr. • 208-667-4666 PEND D’OREILLE WINERY • 301 Cedar St., Sandpoint • 208-265-8545 THE PIN! • 412 W. Sprague • 368-4077 RED LION RIVER INN • 700 N. Division • 326-5577 RED ROOM LOUNGE • 521 W. Sprague • 838-7613 REPUBLIC BREWING • 26 Clark Ave. • 775-2700 THE RESERVE • 120 N. Wall • 598-8783 THE RIDLER PIANO BAR • 718 W. Riverside • 822-7938 RIVELLE’S • 2360 N Old Mill Loop, CdA • 208-9300381 THE ROADHOUSE • 20 N. Raymond • 413-1894 SEASONS OF COEUR D’ALENE • 209 E. Lakeside Ave. • 208-664-8008 THE SHOP • 924 S. Perry St. • 534-1647 SOULFUL SOUPS & SPIRITS • 117 N. Howard St. • 459-1190 SPOKANE ARENA • 720 W. Mallon • 279-7000 THE THIRSTY DOG • 3027 E. Liberty Ave. • 487-3000 TIMBER GASTRO PUB •1610 E Schneidmiller, Post Falls • 208-262-9593 ZOLA • 22 W. Main Ave. • 624-2416

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The Cajun music masters of BeauSoleil hit the Fox this week.

MICHAEL DOUCET PHOTO

MUSIC CAJUN CONNECTION

While a BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet concert is a thrilling musical experience thanks to the instrumental prowess of the players in the long-running band, it’s also an intriguing history lesson on American roots music. More specifically, the band delivers the music of Cajun and Creole cultures of Louisiana with songs incorporating zydeco, jazz, calypso, folk and blues elements, and it does so beautifully with Doucet at the helm, telling stories of Cajun music masters learned when he was awarded a Folk Arts Fellowship by the NEA before forming the band in 1975. The songs and stories together make for an entrancing night out, one always worth the time and money.

— DAN NAILEN BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet • Thu, Oct. 5 at 7:30 pm • All-ages • $47 • Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox • 1001 W. Sprague • foxtheaterspokane.org • 624-1200

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MUSIC CLASS ACT

There are all kinds of benefits to having a hometown symphony, not the least of which is the opportunity to see world-class musicians in action. You can also get up close and personal with those musicians, too, because the Spokane Symphony frequently offers intimate master classes hosted by its visiting artists. On Friday afternoon, before he features in this weekend’s Classics concert, Israeli pianist Ran Dank teaches a master class at the Fox Theater that’s free and open to the public. He’ll be listening and giving feedback to a select handful of young piano students; the class allows audiences to understand an artist’s musical outlook before seeing them perform with a full orchestra. The Classics program itself, titled “Beethoven and Dvořák” and featuring Dank in a performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4, happens at the Fox Theater on Saturday at 8 pm and Sunday at 3 pm.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER Spokane Symphony Master Class with Ran Dank • Fri, Oct. 6 at 3 pm • Free • Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox • 1001 W. Sprague • spokanesymphony.org

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THEATER CHANCE ENCOUNTERS

Why would you want to buy a weekend pass to the same show?

Because Gonzaga’s new production of Constellations makes a point of never being the same show twice. Student director Annika Perez-Krikorian is basing her new staging of Nick Payne’s 2012 play on a “splash” form of live theater in which actors are selected to perform alongside other actors they’ve never met. Given that Constellations centers around two people meeting, falling in love, then reliving those events in a multiplicity of might-have-beens, Perez-Krikorian says the random pairing of actors complements the idea that “two different words in a certain universe can change the direction of these two characters’ relationship. It’s a really interesting dynamic to watch, and it means you’re going to have a completely different experience every night.”

— E.J. IANNELLI Constellations • Oct. 6-8: Fri-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm • $5 (weekend pass $10) • Gonzaga University Magnuson Theatre • 502 E. Boone • gonzaga.edu/theatrearts • 313-6553

FESTIVAL NERD FLAGS FLY

A massive new convention for fans of any “nerdy” genre — from anime to high fantasy and sci-fi to steampunk — is coming to Spokane for three days of immersive adventures. Billed as an annual event, the inaugural Fan Nexus convention boasts seven immersive worlds themed around popculture genres; in addition to the aforementioned, attendees can explore a superhero, horror and science-themed areas of the convention floor. Beyond the usual comic-con style lineup of special celebrity guests (Fan Nexus brings headliners Walter Koenig, pictured, who played Chekov in the original Star Trek, along with anime voice actor Chuck Huber), cosplayers, gaming, vendors and photo ops, Fan Nexus also offers art experiences, workshops and, perhaps most important, a safe and friendly venue to meet cool creatives who share your interests.

— CHEY SCOTT Fan Nexus • Oct. 6-8: Fri-Sat from 9 am-10 pm, Sun from 9 am-7:30 pm • $40-$45/day; $65/weekend pass ($15/weekend for ages 8-13); upgrade packages available • Spokane Convention Center • 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. • fannex.us

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ARTS THE BIG TEN

One of the biggest weekends of art in the Inland Northwest is here, and take anyone’s word for it when they say you don’t want to miss out. The local arts showcase Terrain has been going strong for a decade, and this year’s milestone event sees the one-night arts party expand with a special, ticketed preview night on Thursday for folks who want to beat the crowds. Terrain 10 also finds itself in a new home, the historic Jensen-Byrd Building in the University District, a rustic location that harkens back to the event’s roots livening up vacant downtown spaces for a night. The major details should be familiar to Terrain fans: More than 300 pieces of art were selected to be shown this year, representing an expansive swath of the local arts spectrum, from traditional media to performers, literature, comedy and more. Everybody’s going, aren’t you?

— CHEY SCOTT Terrain 10 • Thu, Oct. 5 (preview night; $15/$20 at the door) from 5 pm-midnight; Fri, Oct. 6 (free) from 5 pm-1 am • All-ages • Jensen-Byrd Building • 131 E. Main • terrainspokane.com

Wednesday, October 11, 12PM KEYNOTE SPEAKER TIM EGAN `73 Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, award winning author, columnist, and New York Times national correspondent.

Reserve your seat @ gprep.com/FAL Each guest needs to register at the link above a minimum donation will be requested at the event.

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W I SAW YOU

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I SAW YOU TO THE KID AT SCHOOL You know who you are. You sit by me in math class but other then that you are always alone. Just want you to know people care about you.

MISS BIG BRAINS 5 years ago was the roughest summer of my life but I had my first job and I was able to see you. We both had odd infatuated relationships with others before we started talking. You tried to help me understand my worth as I did to you. However, my mind is ill and although I love you we were never destined to be more than friends. I think about you every day, my best friend gone. I’ve no way of contacting you, and im not sure it would be okay if I did. Im sorry for the pain I have caused and hope you have a wonderful life.

VALUE VILLAGE The 28th, you were letting your young son ride a plastic car, I was buying a keyboard. I have not met anyone like you in a long time. You made me feel so at ease, I wanted to talk forever. Could I take you out for a Chinese dinner? I would love to make a new friend as sweet as you. If you read this, please reply to the paper, or ehtorg6225@gmail.com FREDDY MERCURY LOOKALIKE ON A BIKE Yes, you with the mustache and cool socks, riding a bike around Spokane. Sometimes you are wearing brown pants and a CRB t-shirt. Other times, you are full jock. Lycra-

ed out. There’s just something about you.

And me. I think we just might be made for each other. The attraction I have to your soul is stronger than anything I have ever felt. Its frightening. And magical. I want to do life with you... If you feel the same way, well, WAHOOO! Please don’t break my heart whatever you do...

strong, calm and delightful force of love since the day I ‘caught’ you into this world.

Your chuckle is amazing and you make every day bright. I can’t wait to see you in your super hero gear. Happy Birthday, Gid.

WIND OF CHANGE MIKE Scorpions concert.

We danced, sang, and flirted all night.

Where did you go? Would like to get to know you.

THIEF To the man that stole my tip jar on September 13 while I was playing my sax downtown. What you did to me was devastating. Not just taking the money, but shattering the trust I put in my fellow human beings. Performing gives my life mean-

CHEERS PRAISE JESUS: Cheers to the two Christian gentlemen who entered my home for some green tea, and a lively discussion about the Lord. You were both well dressed and well mannered. This isn’t some sick attempt to spread the Lord’s message. I really am just a regular guy who lives on Yale Street in Spokane. Believe me... we’re not rich up here and these two Christians are quite frankly risking their lives going door to door spreading the word of God. 2 true angels!

Bless your soul(s), and I for 1 hope God finds a good purpose for the $45.O0. I donated.

Cheers again & keep up the good work!

HEARTY THANKS TO SPD Being a police officer has to be one of the hardest and most stressful jobs around, especially when having to deal with stupid people doing stupid things. Unfortunately, today I was one of them. Thank you to the Spokane Police officer who intervened for being calm and polite, and very professional. I was in the wrong, and apologize for being one of the stupid people that you have to deal with. Please know that you, and what you do, is appreciated.

AN ADVENTURE Last Tuesday I was lucky enough to enjoy a sushi date with you.

You aren’t a fish fan but you knew it would make me happy. You called it an adventure.

You don’t know it but that made me light up. I can’t wait to go on endless ‘adventures’ with you. I have all the hopes in the world for our future — a hopeful love-filled adventure.

MAMA’S SUPER HERO You have been a

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Anyone who claims they love their job at a call center has either only ever worked in call centers, or is some sort of sick masochist who finds pleasure in being personally blamed multiple times per day for something that they had absolutely nothing to do with. Working at a call center is at times what I’d imagine to be similar to being an elementary school janitor. I don’t know any one person that has ever stepped out into this big, wide, world and said, “I just want to clean up after little shitheads all day.” I can guarantee that at least 90% of the time you call in, I am sitting on the other end of the line, wondering how a simple phone

tions is obsconded for a fire station. Really Couldn’t you find a place on the edge of town for a fire station? Why not a vacant, unused parcel within the city? I can think of several. Perrins Field has been a part of the community for probably like 75 years.

When Sam Perrins donated the parcel he intended it to be used as a sporting venue for our children. I’m sure you found a legal loophole. Sam Perrins is rolling in his grave.

Shame on you. I remember watching high school football games there Friday nights.

I remember playing little league baseball and watching my parents play co-ed softball there. How about the Turkey bowl

You know who you are. ...

Just want you to know people care about you.

ing, allows me to meet people I ordinarily wouldn’t, and it’s how I’m able to have a place to live and food in my stomach. I suffer from severe depression, anxiety, and PTSD. I actually find it to be a blessing much of the time, a source of empathy and compassion, but it also makes me sensitive and vulnerable. I will get past this challenge, but it never should have happened. Whenever I can, I openly give out my tips to people who are in need. People who ask. Next time, how about you *ask* instead of take?

WHO YA GONNA CALL? . . . THE CALL CENTER One of my many, “Achilles heels” in regards to my work is my impeccable ability to arrive for my shift with seconds to spare before I’m supposed to clock on.

I believe I read somewhere that those who are seemingly always running late just have a different perception of time and are therefore secretly geniuses...or at least that’s what I keep telling myself. I pass the coworker that looks as if he has a flask hidden somewhere in his car and starts nursing it about five minutes before his shift starts each day. I can’t say that I blame him.

cord can seemingly connect my soul to the dark, shrieking, depths of Hell [e.g. your nagging, thoughtless, bitching voice]. Let’s face it, none of us are perfect. It’s not fun to sit on hold...We get it...but let’s also get something straight: We are the ones that fix your problems. We are the ones that know your accounts better than you do. Whether it’s your bank account, cell phone, or insurance plan, when shit hits the fan, we are the ones you call to fix it. We are not lazy, nor are we invalids. Take a deep breath, put on your big kid pants, and ask for help politely.

We will get you taken care of.

DEER PARK - SAY GOODBYE TO PERRINS FIELD! Jeers to the City of Deer Park for taking a Norman Rockwell’esque green space smack dab in the middle of the town and putting in an abtrusive, obnoxious fire station! It only takes a person with half the wit of a fool to see the senseless idiocracy of this decision. What a trade!

Let’s see...a field of green grass the size of two city blocks that has been used for the kids’ softball, baseball, soccer and various community get-togethers for 3-4 genera-

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football games? All these memories are the epitomy of a close-knit community. What did you replace it with? Nothing. On top of that you can barely keep up the little league baseball fields by the high school. You can find money to put into the golf course and fire stations, but not into the kids. What a heartless decision putting a fire building over our children. All the people that I’ve talked to regarding this matter echo the same exact sentiments that I’ve put forth here. What a shame! n

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BENEFIT

HONOR FLIGHT DINNER & AUCTION A dinner and auction to benefit the program to fly WWII veterans to Washington D.C. to view memorials built in their honor. Oct. 7, 5-9 pm. $65/person. Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. inwhonorflight.org (995-1226) INTO AFRICA Partnering for Progress celebrates a decade of work in Kenya at its annual dinner and auction. African dishes are served, along with western staples. Oct. 7, 5:30 pm. $65. Mirabeau Park Hotel, 1100 N. Sullivan Rd. partneringforprogress.org (720-8408) KEYS TO SUCCESS A fundraiser night for the Palouse YMCA, featuring dinner, live entertainment, guest speakers, a silent auction, and more. Table sponsorships also available for online purchase. Oct. 7, 5:30-11 pm. $70/person. Schweitzer Event Center, 1825 Schweitzer Dr., Pulman. palouseymca.org (332-3524) THANKSGIVING OF COMPASSION The sanctuary’s 5th annual benefit dinner, offering the chance to meet the animals and hear their stories. Includes vegan snacks, warm cider, a beer garden and pumpkin painting. Oct. 7 at noon. River’s Wish Animal Sanctuary, 11511 W. Garfield Rd. riverswishanimalsanctuary.org SOUP FOR THE SOUL Support Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital’s Arts in Healing program throughout the month of October by ordering a bowl of soup at participating Spokane-area restaurants on Wednesdays throughout October.

Participating restaurants: The Barrel, Fieldhouse Pizza, High Nooner, Little Gar-

den Café, Morty’s, Picabu Bistro, Screaming Yak, Selkirk Pizza & Tap House, Something Else Deli, Steelhead Bar and Grille, St. Luke’s Waterfall Café and the Holy Family and Sacred Heart hospital campus cafes. providence.org BEYOND PINK DESIGNER BRA FASHION SHOW The seventh annual fashion show and auction supports the local nonprofit, and features complimentary wine, hors d’oeuvres and the signature designer bra runway show. Oct. 13, 5-9 pm. $55. Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. beyondpink.net KYRS ANNUAL SILENT AUCTION GALA Featuring appetizers, live music by Kari Marguerite & the 76, cash bar, and silent auction items, including 49° North Ski Passes, an overnight stay at the Penthouse at the Paulsen and more. Oct. 14, 7-11 pm. $25. Hamilton Studio, 1427 W. Dean Ave. kyrs.org (747-3012)

COMEDY

2.0PEN MIC Local comedy night hosted

by Ken McComb. Thursdays, from 8-10 pm. Free. The District Bar, 916 W. First Ave. facebook.com/districtbarspokane CHAD DANIELS The comedian has appeared on his own Comedy Central special, Conan, The Late Late Show, and at numerous regional comedy festivals. Oct. 5-7 at 8 pm, Oct. 7 at 10:30 pm. $16-$22.

Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com GUFFAW YOURSELF! Open mic comedy night hosted by Casey Strain; Thursdays at 10 pm. Free. Neato Burrito, 827 W. First Ave. (509-847-1234)

THE PUNDERGROUND Spokane’s only community punning competition. Paired up randomly at registration, each pair will be given a topic to pun. Taken turn by turn, they pun within that subject in a single-elimination format. Registration at 7, event begins at 7:30. Oct. 5, 7-10 pm.

Free. Boots Bakery & Lounge, 24 W. Main.

(509-703-7223) NO CLUE Join the BDT Players as they put a comedic spin on everyone’s favorite macabre guessing game. Fridays at 8 pm, Sept. 29-Nov. 3. For general audiences. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.com (747-7045) STAND-UP COMEDY Live comedy featuring established and up-and-coming local comedians. Fridays at 8 pm. No cover. Red Dragon Chinese, 1406 W. Third Ave. reddragondelivery.com AFTER DARK A mature-rated version of the Blue Door’s monthly, Friday show; on the first and last Saturday of the month, at 10 pm. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. bluedoortheatre.com CHRISTOPHER TITUS Employing what he’s labeled ‘hard funny,’ Titus has released seven 90-min. albums in as many years. He has six comedy specials currently airing; his seventh special, “Born With a Defect,” is set to premiere in 2017.

Oct. 7, 8 pm. $25-$45. Knitting Factory, 919 W. Sprague. sp.knittingfactory.com IMPROV! The Fire Brigade is Ignite’s inhouse, family-friendly improv troupe.

First Saturday of the month, at 7 pm. $5. Ignite! Community Theatre, 10814 E. Broadway. igniteonbroadway.org SAFARI The fast-paced short-form improv show for mature audiences relies on

audience suggestions to fuel each scene.

Saturdays at 8 pm, through Dec. 30. $7.

Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.com (747-7045) DRINK N’ DEBATE The local, monthly comedy competition created by Nick Cavasier and Jeremy Person. Four teams of three comedians from the region hit the stage, get a topic and 5 minutes to prepare their arguments. Shows on Oct. 8, Nov. 5 and Dec. 10 at 8 pm. $5-$12.

Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com THE SOCIAL HOUR COMEDY SHOWCASE Featuring comics from the Northwest and beyond, hosted by Deece Casillas. Sundays, 8-9:30 pm. Free. The Ridler Piano Bar, 718 W. Riverside. (822-7938) COMEDY OPEN MIC Five minutes for anyone who knows at least one joke.

Monday nights; signups at 8:30 pm, mic starts at 9. Ages 21+. Free. Garland Drinkery, 828 W. Garland. facebook.com/ drinkerynation/ BRAD UPTON This ex-grade school teacher is now in his 30th year of comedy and is nearing 6000 lifetime performances. Oct. 12-14 at 8 pm, Oct. 14 at 10:30 pm. $16-$22. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. (318-9998)

COMMUNITY

COLVILLE CORN MAZE & PUMPKIN PATCH Explore the 12-acre corn maze and a 3-acre pumpkin patch. Open MonFri 3-7 pm, Sat-Sun 11 am-7 pm, through Oct. 31. $5-$7. Colville Corn Maze, 73 Oakshott Rd. colvillecornmaze.com SCARYWOOD The theme park’s an-

nual haunted house attraction includes themed areas like the “Blood Bayou,” “3Dementia” and new this year, “Planet Zombie.” Through Oct. 28, Thu from 7-11 pm, Fri-Sat from 7 pm-midnight. $26$45. Silverwood Theme Park, 27843 U.S. 95. scarywoodhaunt.com TITANOBOA: MONSTER SNAKE Slithering in at 48 feet long and weighing an estimated one-and-a-half tons, The Smithsonian shares an exhibit which features a full-scale model of Titanoboa, casts of the original fossil vertebrae and more. Through Nov. 26; open Tue-Sat, 10 am-5 pm; Sun 11 am-5 pm. $8/admission.

Mobius Science Center, 331 N. Post. mobiusspokane.org (321-7133) COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR The WSU School of Pharmacy is onsite to administer free vaccines, diabetes screenings, and educate customers about lowering the risk of stroke. Oct. 6, 1 pm. Free.

Downtown Spokane Library, 906 W. Main. spokanelibrary.org (444-5336) CUSTER’S FALL ANTIQUE SALE The 42nd annual fall antique and collectors sale hosts more than 100 dealers of vintage and antique goods, including home decor, kitchenware, jewelry, furniture, art and more. Oct. 6, 4-9 pm; Oct. 7, 10 am-6 pm; Oct. 8, 10 am-4 pm. $6/weekend admission. Spokane County Fair & Expo Center, 404 N. Havana. custershows.com FALL FESTIVAL OF HOMES The 13th annual event is the largest new home construction showcase in the Inland Northwest, featuring 28 homes from 19 Spokane-area builders located in neighborhoods throughout the greater Spokane area. Oct. 6-7 from 10 am-5 pm.

Free. spokanefestivalofhomes.com

This will be the last Washington, Idaho and Montana appearance of The

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EVENTS | CALENDAR FAMILY DANCE AND POTLUCK Chase the cooler days away with good food, dance and community. Potluck begins at 6:30, dancing at 7 pm. All dances taught

by Susan Dankovich: lines, circles, folk, contra. Everyone is welcome, no experience required. Oct. 6, 6:30-8 pm. By donation. Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, 127 E. 12th Ave. (533-9955) FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY FALL BOOK SALE Friday, Oct. 6 is the pre-sale from 3-5 ($10 admission). Saturday’s “Name Your Price” sale happens from 9 am-3 pm, offering gently-used books, CDs, videos, DVDs and more. Spokane Valley Library, 12004 E. Main. (893-8400) SFCC 50TH ANNIVERSARY Starting at 4:30, enjoy a variety of free activities, including planetarium shows, entrance into the CCS Athletics soccer game, lawn games, sidewalk chalk drawing, visits with Skitch, campus tours and department demos and art displays. Food also be available from a variety of local food trucks. Stick around for the outdoor showing of “Wonder Woman” at dusk in parking lot P9. Oct. 6, 4:30-7:30 pm. Free (food available for purchase). SFCC, 3410 W. Fort George Wright Dr. ccsfoundation. org/sfcc-50th/ (533-4195) SWINGTOBERFEST The annual event dedicated to the celebration and perpetuation of Vintage Swing dance and music includes an intensive workshop followed by two evenings of music and dancing.

Oct. 6-7. Times/locations TBA. facebook. com/SWINGtoberfest/ YMCA FAMILY FUN DAY Come to any of the four YMCA locations for this fall event offering aquatic games, bouncy houses, family gym games, arts & crafts, a selfie booth, free popcorn and more. Oct. 6, 6-8 pm. Free. ymcaspokane.org (777-9622) COFFEE TALK: UNLEARNING HATE Join SpokaneFāVS for discussion about “unlearning hate.” Listen and speak with guest panelists Megan Carroll, Ben Faulkner, Kristine Hoover and Neal Schindler. Oct. 7, 10-11:30 am. Free.

Saranac Commons, 19 W. Main. bit. ly/2fdbONm (240-1830) FALL CLEANUP IN THE GARDEN Now that the harvest is over, cleaning up your garden will prepare it for winter and make spring easier and more bountiful.

Master Gardener Marilyn Lloyd offers simple steps to get the work done. Oct. 7, 3 pm. Free. South Hill Library, 3324 S. Perry St. spokanelibrary.org (444-5331) FAMILY HISTORY MONTH: GERMAN ANCESTRY RESEARCH The Eastern Washington Genealogical Society hosts a day-long workshop on researching your family’s German ancestry. Oct. 7, 8:30 am-3:15 pm. $20-$25. Country Homes Christian Church, 8415 N. Wall. ewgsi.org PEND OREILLE EXCURSION TRAIN RIDES The rides hosted by the Newport/ Priest River Rotary Club now depart from Newport to take riders on a scenic, 24mile ride along the Pend Oreille River to Dalkena, Wash. and back. Fall rides on Sat/Sun through Oct. 15. $15-$20. sporttrainrides.com/tickets PLANTING OUR FUTURE Numerica Credit Union and The Lands Council host a community tree planting event. RSVP at any Numerica branch or call 535-7613.

Oct. 7, 10 am-noon. Free. Olmsted Brothers Green, N. Nettleton St. and Summit Pkwy. numericacu.com (340-6300) SPOKANE RENAISSANCE FAIRE The annual event includes character-appropriate performers, a joust, a period encampment featuring merchants, performers, vendors, a beer garden, music

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and more. Oct. 7-8 from 9:30 am-5 pm. $7-$13. Lazy K Ranch, 5906 E. Woolard Rd. spokanerenfaire.com STAR WARS READS DAY The library hosts this program to encourage early reading through the popular sci-fi franchise. The event features Star Wars games, crafts, movie screenings, activities, and a visit from the 501st Legion.

Oct. 7, 1-3 pm. Free. Coeur d’Alene Public Library, 702 E. Front Ave. cdalibrary.org COMMUNITY PEACE EVENT Cheney Congregational Church sponsors a second “peace event” featuring guest speaker LaRae Wiley of the Salish School of Spokane. Wiley helps dedicate the church’s new Peace Pole to be installed on the church campus. The new pole features eight languages: English, Salish, Russian, French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic and Japanese. Oct. 8. Free and open to the public. Cheney Congregational Church, 423 N. Sixth St. (235-4193) SHARING THE DHARMA DAY Compassionate living is the theme for October’s event. The series of monthly talks is based on “An Open-Hearted Life,” a book co-written by Venerable Thubten Chodron, Sravasti Abbey founder and abbess, and clinical psychologist Dr. Russell Kolts. Oct. 8, 9:45 am-3 pm. By donation.

Sravasti Abbey, 692 Country Lane Rd, Newport. sravastiabbey.org (447-5549) WELCOME TO SPOKANE! New to Spokane? Want to start meeting new friends and discover your new city? Attend Spokane Fun Time’s “Welcome to Spokane!” meet and greet and learn about all kinds of things from where to hike and bike, places to eat, unique geological features in the area, fun places to shop and lots more. Oct. 8, 1-2 pm. Free. meetup.com/ Spokane-Fun-Times POVERTY AND THE MINIMUM WAGE Featuring a presentation by keynote speaker Luke Mayville of Reclaim Idaho and author of “John Adams and the Fear of American Oligarchy.” Includes an open discussion and opportunities to network from 1-2 pm. Oct. 9, 11:45 am-2 pm. Free.

McEuen Park, 420 E. Front St. lwvid.org 350 SPOKANE GENERAL MEETING Want to make a local difference in the fight to confront the challenge of climate change? Join others at the monthly meeting of 350 Spokane. Oct. 10, 6:308 pm. Community Building, 35 W. Main Ave. (232-1950) ART SALVAGE SPOKANE VOLUNTEER SESSIONS Meet Art Salvage at the Pop Up Shop to help assemble project kits, organize materials and get involved at future events. Sessions on Oct. 10 and Nov. 7 from 6-8 pm, also Nov. 12 from 2-4 pm. Window Dressing Pop Up Shop, 159 S. Lincoln. artsalvagespokane.com REDISTRICTING: WHY IT MATTERS The League of Women Voters of Spokane invites the Public to a discussion on redistricting. Oct. 10, 5:30-7:30 pm. Free.

Downtown Spokane Library, 906 W. Main Ave. spokanelibrary.org (720-3601) MASTER GARDNER BRIAN BELL Learn the steps you can take now to be ready for planting next spring. Bell works with the Whitman Conservation District and has more than a decade of experience.

Oct. 11, 5:30-6:30 pm. Free. Colfax Library, 102 S. Main St. whitco.lib.wa.us PALOUSE PROACTIVE WITH PLANNED PARENTHOOD Palouse ProActive invites community members to a talk with Paul Dillon, director of public affairs for Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and Northern Idaho. Oct. 11, 7 pm.

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United Church of Christ, 525 NE Campus Ave., Pullman. palouseproactive.org PUT YOUR PADDLE IN A celebration of the University District’s exciting growth, future developments, the tremendous impact of Dave and Mari Clack in our community, and the unveiling of the 2017-2018 University District magazine.

Oct. 11, 5:15-7 pm. Free. Gonzaga University Hemmingson Center, 702 E. Desmet Ave. (250-8038) SPOKANE CONTRA DANCE Spokane Folklore Society’s weekly dance with Out of the Woods playing and caller Larry Simmons. The community dance is open to all; no experience necessary. Beginner workshop at 7:15 pm. Oct. 11, 7:30-9:30 pm. $5/$7. Woman’s Club of Spokane, 1428 W. Ninth. womansclubspokane.org KSPS COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING KSPS Public TV’s Community Advisory Board holds its October meeting; all welcome to attend. Oct. 12, 5-8 pm. free. North Spokane Library, 44 E. Hawthorne Rd. ksps.org

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FALL FOR HISTORY FESTIVAL Wallace celebrates its colorful past and present with guided tours of historic homes, commercial buildings, museums, and the cemetery, along with presentations on the town’s most colorful citizens and events. Oct. 5-8. bit.ly/2f5ltpD TERRAIN 10 The annual, one-night juried multimedia art and music event celebrates young and emerging artists in the Spokane area. The 10th annual Terrain moves from one night to two, Oct. 5 (ticketed preview night, $15-$20) and Oct. 6 (free). At the Jensen Byrd Building, 131 E. Main. terrainspokane.com FAN NEXUS A new pop culture, sci-fi and fantasy convention, with seven thematic worlds showcasing various sub-genres: anime, superhero, steampunk, fantasy, horror, sci-fi and science. Also includes workshops, celebrity guests, panels, gaming, art, vendors, contests and more.

Oct. 6-8. $35-$150. Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. fannex.us DAYTON ON TOUR A family fall festival with classic carnival games, horse and wagon rides around town, as well as historic home tours ($15; available day of), a museum open house, artist demos and more. Oct. 7, 11 am-4 pm. Free. Dayton, Wash. historicdayton.com SPOKANE ZOMBIECON Events include a costume contest, make-up artists on site to transform guests into their undead selves ($10+) and an evening pub crawl (details TBA). Oct. 7, 12-8 pm. Free. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. bit. ly/2vBIIxH

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FISH & WILDLIFE FILM FESTIVAL The event is held as part of 75th anniversary celebration of the UI’s College of Natural Resources Fish and Wildlife Sciences Department. Oct. 5. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. uidaho.edu/fwff DAN SAVAGE’S HUMP! FILM FEST Twelve years strong, Dan Savage’s HUMP! Film Festival is still the only place to see creative, homegrown dirty movies. Films are a cornucopia of body sizes, shapes, ages, colors, and genders all under the welcoming umbrella of positivity and self-expression. Oct. 6-7 at 7:30 pm. $20. Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland. humpfilmfest.com

STEP A film documenting the senior year of a girls’ high-school step dance team against the background of inner-city Baltimore. Rated PG. Showing Oct. 6-8; times vary. $3-$6. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org MONDAY NIGHT MOVIES: UNREST The story of Jen Brea, a young Harvard grad student about to marry the love of her life, when she is derailed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Screening held as part of a new documentary series, featuring eight award-winning films, and hosted by the Alliance for Media Arts + Culture, with The Black Lens and the Magic Lantern. Oct. 9, 7 pm. $8. Magic Lantern Theatre, 25 W. Main Ave. magiclanternonmain.com (209-2383) THE THING John Carpenter’s 1982 fantasy-sci-fi hit is back for another round on the big screen. Hosted by the Inlander’s film and music editor Nathan Weinbender Oct. 9, 7-9 pm. $3-$10. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. friendsofthebing.org FOOD CHAINS A special screening of the documentary “Food Chains,” which reveals the true labor cost in our food supply that’s covered up by large buyers of produce, like fast food companies and supermarkets. Oct. 10, 5:30 pm. $12-$15.

Human Rights Institute, 414 1/2 Mullan. inwfoodnetwork.org PALOUSE FRENCH FILM FEST: STANDING TALL Join the U of Idaho and WSU throughout October for the Palouse French Film Festival. Oct. 10, 7 pm. $5; free for students. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org OURDOOR IDAHO: ALMOST CANADA A film highlighting the terrain and activities in the northern section of the Idaho panhandle that borders Canada. Oct. 11, 7-9 pm. Free. Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave. panida.org (208-255-7801)

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VINO WINE TASTING Friday’s, (Oct. 6) tasting highlights selections from Vino’s Wine of the Month Club, from 3-6:30 pm.

Saturday’s (Oct. 7) tasting is a focus on Turkish wines, from 2-4:30 pm. $10/tasting. Vino! A Wine Shop, 222 S. Washington St. vinowine.com SPOKANE ZOMBIE CRAWL A costumed scavenger hunt pub crawl throughout downtown Spokane. Register at the Bing between noon and 7 pm and check out the all-ages Spokane ZombieCon from noon to 6 pm. Oct. 7. $20-$35. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. SpokaneZombieCrawl.com APPLE FEST 2017 The community harvest celebration offers homemade apple dumpling pie, baked goods, arts and crafts, vendors, entertainment and more. Oct. 7-22; Saturdays from 10 am-5 pm and Sundays from noon-5 pm. Green Bluff United Methodist Church, 9908 E. Greenbluff Rd. (979-2607) A BITE OF THE ORIENT A community food festival offering orders of curry rice, Filipino food, tempura, Kalua pork, teriyaki chicken wings, beef bowls, inari sushi, baked goods, senbei, and more. Oct. 7, 11 am-3 pm. $5/order. Highland Park United Methodist Church, 611 S. Garfield St. (535-2687) HOW MANY WAYS CAN YOU EAT AN APPLE? The local apple harvest is in full swing; learn how to cook and preserve apples with Spokane County Food Preservation expert Anna Kestell. Oct. 7, 3 pm. Free. Shadle Library, 2111 W. Wellesley. spokanelibrary.org

OKTOBERFEST A harvest celebration of award-winning wine, beer, the new fall menu in the Wine Bar, plus games and live music. Enjoy classic hits from Grand Avenue on Saturday, 1-4 pm, and eclectic rock violin by Pamela Benton and her new band PB & JAM. Oct. 7-8 from noon5 pm. Free admission. Arbor Crest Wine Cellars, 4705 N. Fruit Hill Rd. arborcrest. com (927-9463) SIP OF BEVERLY’S An introductory wine class and tasting event with Beverly’s Sommelier Trevor Treller. Interactive sessions include appetizers and featured wines at discounted bottle prices. First Saturday of the month, at 3 pm. Ages 21+. $25. Beverly’s, 115 S. Second St. beverlyscda.com BURGERS & BREWS: NORTH IDAHO VETERANS FUNDRAISER The North Idaho Chapter 13-1 of the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association hosts its fourth annual fundraiser. Featuring local vendors, including Up North Distillery, North Idaho Cider, Bombastic Brewing, Down Draft Brewing, The Hired Grill, Drummin Up BBQ, Las Brasas Mexican Grill, The Cupcaker Baker and more. Oct. 8, 11 am-6 pm. Free. North Idaho Cider, 11100 N. Airport Rd. bit.ly/2xvZFh2 (208-818-7798) SALAD LAB In this hands-on class, experiment with a wide range of greens, sample oils and vinegars for making quick and versatile dressings, and learn how to mix them to create new salads with each season. Oct. 9, 5:30-7 pm. $45.

Kitchen Engine, 621 W. Mallon Ave. thekitchenengine.com (328-3335) COMMUNITY COOKING CLASSES Whether you’re an experienced home cook or are new to scratch cooking, come learn techniques and skills to make quick, healthy and affordable meals. Sessions on Tuesdays, from 5:30-7 pm, through Nov. 28. Register online. Second Harvest Food Bank, 1234 E. Front. secondharvestkitchen.org (252-6246) COMMUNITY PINT NIGHT Benefiting the Friends of the Centennial Trail; $1 from each pint sold supports the local nonprofit. Oct. 10. One Tree Cider House, 111 S. Madison. (309-2996) JERKY MAKING BASICS While new methods of meat preservation have been developed, such as freezing or using chemicals, many people still enjoy the flavor and convenience of jerky. Come and learn the steps to safely make your own jerky. Oct. 10, 6:30-7:30 pm. Free.

Fairfield Library, 305 E. Main St. scld.org (893-8320) FREMONT BREWING BEER DINNER Nectar and Fremont team up for fivecourse beer dinner, prepared by Chef Steven Swanson. Oct. 11, 6-9 pm. $50 (limited tickets). Nectar Catering and Events, 120 N. Stevens. nectartastingroom.com FRIED CHICKEN & LOCAL BEER The monthly event from Chef Adam Hegsted at the Wandering Table features fried chicken paired with beers from a local brewery. Second Wednesday of the month, from 6-9 pm. $35 (tax/tip included). The Wandering Table, 1242 W. Summit Pkwy. (443-4410) SUSHI MAKING CLASS Learn the basics of making sushi making, from cooking the rice to the endless possibilities you can create. Oct. 12, 5:30-7:30 pm. $49.

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MICHAEL DOUCET For 40 years, master fiddler Michael Doucet and his Cajun band have captivated listeners around the world. BeauSoleil’s distinctive sound comes from a mix of New Orleans jazz, blues rock, folk, swamp pop, Zydeco, country and bluegrass. Proceeds benefit Spokane Public Radio. Oct. 5, 7:3010 pm. $47. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. foxtheaterspokane.org (624-1200) COEUR D’ALENE SYMPHONY: DISCOVER EUROPE The 2017-18 season opener is conducted by Artistic Director Candidate Dahn Pham, of Pullman. Program includes Light Cavalry Overture by von Suppe, Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor by Prokofiev and with soloist Sophie Lee, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5.

Oct. 6 at 7:30 pm and Oct. 7 at 2 pm. $10-$20. Kroc Center, 1765 W. Golf Course Rd. cdasymphony.org DAPPER DEVILS The local quintet channel the gritty underbelly of roots Americana, oldtime and bluegrass. Oct. 6, 6:30 pm. Free. Downtown Spokane Library, 906 W. Main Ave. spokanelibrary.org (444-5336) AN EVENING WITH THE HAFSO SISTERS A cabaret featuring musical theatre, folk, jazz, and some original music. They’ll be joined by local musicians. Oct. 7, 7-8 pm. $20. Saint George’s School, 2929 W. Waikiki Rd. sgs.org KPBX KIDS’ CONCERT: OKTOBERFEST A concert celebrating the dance and music of Bavaria, featuring the low brass quartet SPARC. Oct. 7, 1 pm.

Free. River Park Square, 808 W. Main. spokanepublicradio.org SANGEETHA LAHARI A North Indian Hindustani vocal concert with South Indian Carnatic on violin, accompanied by Harmonium and percussions: tabla, ghattam and kanjira.

Oct. 7, 6:30-9 pm. $20-$25. Unity Spiritual Center, 2900 S. Bernard St. unityspokane.org SPOKANE SYMPHONY CLASSICS 2: BEETHOVEN & DVORAK Featuring guest artist Ran Dank on piano. Resident conductor Morihiko Nakahara conducts; program also includes Dvorak’s Symphony No. 6 and Fujikura’s “Banitza Groove!”

Oct. 7 at 8 pm and Oct. 8 at 3 pm. $14-$57. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. spokanesymphony.org (624-1200) FALL CHORAL PREVIEW A free community concert featuring music performed by the NIC Cardinal Chorale and Chamber Singers. Oct. 10, 7:30 pm. First Presbyterian Church, 521 Lakeside Ave. (208-769-3275)

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I am a 32-year-old woman who has never been in a relationship with a man I’m actually attracted to. The men I’ve ended up with really pursued me, and they were all smart, funny, and kind, so I thought it was shallow not to date them because I wasn’t that into their looks. Depressingly, each time, I eventually found myself repulsed by the guy and eyeing other men. Of course, that brought things to an end. How important is physical attraction in a relationship? —Lukewarmed

When you’ve got a position to fill — in your life or the workplace — it’s important to bring in somebody who meets the essential requirements. So when the overheating thingy on the nuclear reactor needs fixing, you put out a call for a certified nuclear mechanic; you don’t just go “Okay, whatever” when the nicest mariachi band roadie comes in looking for work.

Of course, sexual attraction isn’t everything. But without it, you and another person are best suited for a relationship like “friends,” “neighbors,” or “people who give each other a friendly wave in the carport.” Experimental psychologist Gurit Birnbaum finds evidence from across social psychology and evolutionary psychology that the “sexual system” (sexual desire) and the “attachment system” (emotional bonding) work together. In fact, she explains, it seems sexual desire “has been ‘exploited’ by evolutionary processes” to promote enduring emotional bonds between partners. Basically, evolution bribes romantic partners with nooky so they’ll stay together and care for their kids, improving the chances that the little buggers survive to pass on their genes.

It’s important to find somebody you have serious hots for from the start, because maintaining a sex crush on your partner is actually vital throughout the relationship stages. Birnbaum explains that sexual desire motivates partners to keep “investing resources” in each other and the relationship — beyond sexytime. Additionally, after the initial hottity-hots die down, still wanting to get it on with your partner seems to provide a “buffer” for poor communication skills and less-than-desirable personality traits, such as emotional instability. (“Whoa, that mood swing nearly gave me a concussion!”)

So, no, you wouldn’t be “shallow” to date only men you’re attracted to. You’d be doing the wise (and kind) thing: keeping yourself from yet another doomed relationship with some nice but meh guy where the sweet nothings you whisper are along the lines of “Please don’t touch me unless it’s medically necessary.”

MOOD POISONING

My boyfriend broke up with me five months ago. When I’m going to sleep at night, I find myself mentally writing him hate letters, detailing what’s wrong with him. (He’s a coward, selfish, petty, etc.) I’m relieved that I’m not crying over him anymore, but I wonder whether I’m making things worse with this nightly litany of his shortcomings. —Still Mad There are relaxation tapes that repeat a word or statement to help you go to sleep, but “I hate you…I hate you…I hope you fall in a manhole and drown in the sewer” isn’t one I’ve seen in the catalog.

Psychologists call what you’ve been doing “ruminating” — a form of over-think that involves obsessively replaying events, problems, or feelings. The term comes from a yicky place — a cow’s rumen, a stomach area where it partially digests food, only to throw it up so it can rechew the food again. Yum, huh?

The late psychologist Susan Nolen-Hoeksema found that rumination can lead to depression — probably because it’s like being on a hamster wheel of hopelessness.

However, the hopelessness comes not from reflecting on your feelings or problems but from doing it pointlessly — that is, rerunning those events and feelings and generating only frown lines, not insight.

Healthy reflection on the past involves making it mean something for the future — turning the unfortunate events of, say, an ill-advised relationship into a guide for a wiser course in your next one. So, for example, when you find yourself venting about this guy, stop and turn the lens on yourself. Take responsibility for how you might have seen or done things differently. That’s different from blaming yourself. By telling yourself “In the future, I have to take a closer look at this or that,” you are protecting yourself instead of pointlessly raging — which is basically the emotional version of having three transients squatting in your attic.

To get off the beddy-bye rage train (think: “The Little Engine That Should Shut Up Already”), just keep redirecting your thoughts to the positive — people and things in your life you’re grateful for and ideas for moving forward. Sure, guys you date will probably ask why you and your ex broke up, but a few words should suffice. Nobody wants to see you cast a glance at the clock and pull a huge parchment scroll from your purse. n ©2017, 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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SISTER ACT A production of the beloved musical. Through Oct. 8; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $23-$25. Lake City Playhouse, 1320 E. Garden Ave. lakecityplayhouse.org (208-673-7529) SOMETHING ROTTEN! Brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom are desperate to write a hit play but are stuck in the shadow of that Renaissance rock star known as “The Bard.” Oct. 5-7 at 7:30 pm, Oct. 7 at 2 pm. $37.50-$77.50. INB Performing Arts Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. wcebroadway.com (279-7000) WEST SIDE STORY Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is transported to New York City in the turbulent 50’s. Through Oct. 15, Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $30-$32. Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard. spokanecivictheatre. com (325-2507) ACADEMIA NUTS Laughter abounds as chaos is created by the manuscript hunting rivals of this New England-set story. Through Oct. 8; Fri-Sat at 7 pm, Sun at 3 pm and Oct. 8 at 6 pm (dinner theater, $30). $5-$12. StageWest Community Theatre, 639 Elm St. (768-4792) CONSTELLATIONS A romantic journey that begins with a simple encounter between two people, with ideas about physics, parallel universes and the tension between free will and fate. Oct. 6-7 at 7:30 pm, Oct. 8 at 2 pm. $5. Gonzaga Magnuson Theatre, 502 E. Boone. gonzaga.edu/theatrearts (313-6553) SURPRISE: IT’S A BANANA! A mystery-comedy mashup featuring two teens trying to solve the mystery of their kidnapped friend. Oct. 6-7 and 1214 at 7 pm, also Oct. 7 and 14 at 2 pm. $12. Liberty Lake Community Theatre, 22910 E. Appleway Ave.. (342-2055) MET LIVE IN HD: NORMA The Met’s 2017-18 season opens with a new production of Bellini’s masterpiece. Oct. 7 at 9:45 am and Oct. 9 at 6:30 pm. $15$20. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org (208-882-4127) MANY MAPS, ONE VOICE The League of Women Voters of Spokane presents a dramatic reading and one-woman play, adapted from the book “The Politics of the Possible,” about a woman with five children and her heroic struggles with redistricting in Washington state. Oct. 8, 5-7 pm. $10 donation. Woman’s Club of Spokane, 1428 W. Ninth. lwvsa.org BASKERVILLE: A SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY This fast-paced comedy about everyone’s favorite detective takes a madcap approach to Holmes’ most notorious case, performed by the CdA Summer Theatre. Oct. 12-14 at 7:30 pm, Oct. 15 at 2 pm. $25. Jacklin Arts & Cultural Center, 405 N. William St. cdasummertheatre.com (208-660-2958) LIVING VOICES: “THE NEW AMERICAN” Combining dynamic performance with archival film and photos, this performance tells the story of an Irish teenager’s journey from the old country to the promise of America in 1910. Oct. 12, 7:30-9 pm. $5-$10. Jones Theatre at Daggy Hall, WSU Pullman Campus. performingarts.wsu.edu GOOD NEIGHBORS A new play about family ties and people’s true colors, presented as readers’ theatre. Oct. 1314, 7 pm; Oct. 15, 3 pm. $10. Pend Oreille Playhouse, 236 S. Union Ave. pendoreilleplayers.org (509-447-9900) THE LETHAL LECTURE A murder mys-

tery dinner theater. Oct. 13-14 and 20-21 at 6 pm, Oct. 22 at 2 pm. $25. Cutter Theatre, 302 Park St, Metaline Falls. cuttertheatre.com (446-4108) PSYCHO BEACH PARTY A fun romp on Malibu Beach in 1962; the tale of what happens when Gidget, Frankie & Annette and Alfred Hitchcock are given a shotgun marriage. Oct. 13-Nov. 5, ThuSat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $27. Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard St. spokanecivictheatre.com ROOF! A tribute to friendship, featuring an eclectic group of emerging artists struggling to work out their relationships to art, society and each other. Oct. 13-14 and 19-21 at 7:30 pm; Oct. 15 and 21-22 at 2 pm. $5-$15 (UI students free).

University of Idaho Hartung Theater, 6th & Stadium Way. uitheatre.com SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK LIVE! The award-winning 1970s cartoon series makes a comeback on stage. Oct. 13-29; Fri at 7 pm, Sat-Sun at 2 pm. $10-$14.

Spokane Children’s Theatre, 2727 N. Madelia. spokanechildrenstheatre.org THE ELEPHANT MAN A production based on the life of John Merrick, who became a star attraction in traveling sideshows due to his rare skin and bone disease. Oct. 13-14 and 20 at 7:30 pm, Oct. 15-16 and 22 at 2 pm. $10-$12; free for Whitworth students with ID. Whitworth Cowles Auditorium, 300 W. Hawthorne Ave. whitworth.edu/theatre/ LIVING VOICES: “KLONDIKE: THE LAST ADVENTURE” Drawn by the promise of riches and a new life, one young woman joins a worldwide stampede for Alaskan gold in the last grand adventure of the nineteenth century.

Oct. 14, 2-3:30 pm. $5-$10. Jones Theatre at Daggy Hall, WSU Pullman Campus. performingarts.wsu.edu

VISUAL ARTS

24 HOUR COMIC BOOK DAY Take the challenge to create a 24 page comic book in 24 hours, or come by to meet local comics creators and see how sequential art becomes a story. Oct. 7-8.

Free. Spokane Art School, 811 W. Garland Ave. spokaneartschool.net ART-TOBER FESTIVAL OF THE MASTERS A showcase of artwork and biographies of world-renowned artists, also includes work by local sculptor Harold Balazs and artist Nona Hengen, and ceramic art from the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, Montana. Oct. 7, 11 am-4 pm. Free. Budding Rose Art Gallery, 510 S. Whitman Ave., Rosalia. (523-4200) ART@ORIGIN ART FESTIVAL Featuring local artists selling original works, kids’ activities, live music from members of the Spokane Jazz Orchestra, poetry readings from local writers and more. Oct. 7, 12-4 pm. Free. Origin Church, 5115 S. Freya. originspokane.org MEET & PEEK: AN ARTIST’S OPEN HOUSE: SCLD celebrates National Arts and Humanities Month with artist Karen Mobley during an open house event.

Oct. 7, 1-3 pm. Free. North Spokane Library, 44 E. Hawthorne. scld.org OPEN STUDIO: BLUE HERON POTTERY See Adam and Kathee Scoggin’s new work and tour their studio. Oct. 7, 10 am-2 pm. Free. At 17205 S. Wolfe Rd., Cheney. blueheronpottery.com

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READING: JOY PASSANANTE The

Moscow-based author reads from her new novel “Through a Long Absence: Words from My Father’s Wars.” Oct. 5, 7 pm. Free. BookPeople of Moscow, 521 S. Main St. bookpeopleofmoscow.com 3 MINUTE MIC Auntie’s first Friday poetry open mic with “Remember the Word” featured reader Maya Jewell Zeller. Readers can share up to 3 minutes’ worth of poetry. Oct. 6, 8-9:30 pm. Free. Auntie’s, 402 W. Main Ave. auntiesbooks.com (838-0206) SIGNING: NANCY ENGLE, PHD The author presents her book, “Influential Women of Spokane: Building a Fair City.” Oct. 6, 1:30-3:30 pm. Free. Auntie’s, 402 W. Main. auntiesbooks.com READING + DOCUMENTARY: DIANA MORITA COLE Cole was labeled an “enemy alien” when she was just a child, born a prisoner of the Minidoka Concentration Camp in Idaho. Her book “Sideways: Memoir of a Misfit” presents her struggle to overcome stigma and understand her identity as an American Nikkei. Oct. 7, 7-8 pm. Free. Auntie’s, 402 W. Main. auntiesbooks.com LITERATURE UNPLUGGED: BILINGUAL READING Tobias Hülswitt, author and German writer-in-residence, and Lori Celaya, associate professor of Spanish, present bilingual readings of their works as part of an event aimed at showing the differences and synergy between languages. Oct. 10, 4 pm. Free and open to the public. U of Idaho, 709 S Deakin St. uidaho.edu/class THINK & DRINK: THE DIVIDED LIBRARY Gonzaga professors Jessica Maucione and Shann Ray, with UW senior lecturer Anu Taranath, explore the power of story by discussing two books that encouraged them to re-examine their biases and see the world from a different point of view. Oct. 10, 7 pm. $5. Magic Lantern Theatre, 25 W. Main Ave. humanities.org (509-209-2383) INDIVIDUAL WORLD POETRY SLAM The international event returns to the Inland Northwest with 96 of the world’s top poets competing for the championship title. In addition to competition, each day of the festival features poetry workshops, themed open mics, special nighttime events, and parties. All events are open to the public. Oct. 11-14; times and venues vary. $20-$60 (some events free). iwps.poetryslam.com READING: ANNE HELEN PETERSEN The journalist and senior culture writer at BuzzFeed reads from her new book “Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud: The Rise and Reign of the Unruly Woman.” Oct. 11, 7 pm. Free. Auntie’s Bookstore, 402 W. Main Ave. auntiesbooks.com READING: ANNE HELEN PETERSEN The senior culture writer for BuzzFeed reads from her book “Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud: The Rise and Reign of the Unruly Woman,” which analyzes and female celebrities who have achieved success while challenging stereotypical ideas of femininity. Oct. 12, 2 pm. Free.

U. of Idaho, 709 S. Deakin. uidaho.edu/ class/jamm READING: MATTHEW SULLIVAN The Moses Lake-based author reads from his debut novel “Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore,” about a bookshop patron who commits suicide; his favorite store clerk must unravel the puzzle he left behind. Oct. 12, 7:30 pm. Free.

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Sure, we have enough land to accommodate 50,000 Amazon workers, but that alone isn’t enough to draw the retail giant here. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO

Hopeful by Nature Yes, we’re awesome, but we’re not really a great match for Amazon

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ey Amazon, Why Not Us?” The SpokesmanReview posed the question in huge, bold type on its front page last week.

We can answer that.

The Spokesman’s story — about Spokane joining the crowd of cities begging Amazon to locate its second headquarters in their city — discusses some of the reasons that Spokane would be a “long shot” pick for the tech behemoth.

But it also dedicates a big chunk of its front page to bragging about five reasons Spokane could be a great choice, including the World’s Fair we held 43 years ago.

True, there are plenty of reasons why Spokane can be attractive to certain types of big companies, especially in the aerospace industry. We have a direct rail line to Seattle. We have a low cost of living. Until recently, we were both near nature and near perfect. We have heart, hustle, spunk, gumption, and not one but three Red Robin dining establishments.

But Amazon isn’t just looking for a place with gorgeous views and a garbage-eating goat sculpture that actually eats garbage. It has some specific requirements.

And unless it’s willing to overlook those requirements, Spokane doesn’t have a chance.

Amazon wants a region with more than a million people. This one is explicit. Even if you include Coeur d’Alene, the Combined Metropolitan Statistical Area of our region, at just over 710,000 people, doesn’t even crack three-quarters of what Amazon is asking for.

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Amazon wants a diverse population. According to the census, Spokane and Spokane Valley are very white — 85 percent white, to be exact. By contrast, the United States is only 61 percent white.

Amazon wants an international airport. Yes, we have Spokane International Airport. But despite its name, Spokane International Airport doesn’t currently have any direct international flights.

Amazon wants room for 50,000 employees.

Technically, the Spokane region has more than enough land for 50,000 new employees. But as we just reported in August, Spokane is suffering from a rental crunch — we aren’t building enough new apartments fast enough to be able to meet our current demand. Rents and housing prices are still a whole lot cheaper in Spokane than they are in Seattle, but we certainly aren’t poised to accommodate sudden, rapid growth. Furthermore, Washington state, because of the Growth Management Act, has a lot more legal constraints on sprawl than a city in, say, Texas would have.

Amazon wants an educated workforce. Our population isn’t particularly educated, relative to many other cities. About 31 percent of people in Spokane County have a bachelor’s degree or higher — about on par with the national average, and less than the state average. Idaho’s Ada County, home to Boise, by contrast? Thirty-eight percent of its workforce has a bachelor’s degree or higher.

Amazon is looking at crime data. Spokane isn’t a violent city. But it continues to have one of the higher property crime rates in the nation.

Amazon likely doesn’t want to be so close to Seattle. As the New York Times went through the process of elimination to predict where Amazon would locate its next headquarters, it wrote, “We’re going to eliminate Portland, because it makes little sense for the company to put a second headquarters so close to Seattle.”

Amazon wants massive incentives from the city and state. Washington state has been more than willing to shovel billions of dollars of tax breaks to companies like Boeing. But the state also has limitations.

In Washington, it’s illegal to give public money directly to public businesses. And while cities like Spokane have occasionally found ways to get around that, most observers predict that Amazon is going to want a truly major bag of goodies from whatever city in which they relocate. In most other communities throughout the state, port districts with special taxing authorities have been used to build specific infrastructure in order to attract major business. But tax-averse Spokane has repeatedly rejected attempts to create a port district. It’s one reason, along with cheap power, why Spokane has found itself losing out to Moses Lake, of all places, for manufacturing jobs.

None of these weaknesses, of course, have stopped Spokane from attracting some major manufacturers like Caterpillar and Katerra. But lately, one study shows, the Spokane-Coeur d’Alene area has lost more company headquarters than any other similarly sized region.

That includes the Red Lion Hotels corporation, which moved its headquarters from Spokane to Denver, partly because Denver’s truly international airport offered more flights to more locations.

Denver, by the way, was the city that the New York Times thought made the most logical sense as a site for Amazon’s second headquarters. Spokane didn’t even merit consideration. n

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