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ids all across America are losing their parents to DRUGS and are subsequently orphaned, traumatized, separated from siblings and packed into overwhelmed foster care systems. The problem stretches from coast to coast. In West Virginia, with the highest overdose rate in the nation, the number of kids entering foster care has skyrocketed 56 percent since 2010. In Washington, officials have gone so far as to house kids in hotel rooms and ship them out of state.

Isaiah Muse is, in some ways, one of the lucky ones. At age 4, he lost his dad to an overdose, but has since been surrounded by loving relatives who’ve adopted him. Even so, there are the unmistakable signs of trauma that he and kids like him have endured. Staff writer Wilson Criscione shares Isaiah’s story this week as we explore the uncertainty that this generation of children face going forward. That report begins on page 22.

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he United States Senate is charged with advice and consent on the Brett Kavanaugh nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. But what does advice and consent mean?

Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution governs the Senate’s role in the process. The president “shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint ambassadors, and other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States whose Appointments are not otherwise provided for, and which shall be established

by Law…” The Senate does not need to vote on the nomination, providing that the advice and consent provision allows a vote, but does not require one. President Barack Obama forwarded the nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to the Senate, but the Republican Senate declined to take up the nomination. Judge Miguel Estrada, nominated by President George W. Bush to the U.S. Court of Appeals in D.C., finally withdrew his nomination after a two-year delay. The Senate chose not to vote on him, finding him unqualified.

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he controversial Kavanaugh nomination was opposed by Senate Democrats, perhaps still angry at President Donald Trump for making it, perhaps still angry that Senate Republicans for refusing to consider Judge Garland, perhaps concerned that last-minute sexual impropriety allegations made Kavanaugh unsuitable for the Supreme Court. The recent Senate vote revealed three swing votes (two Republicans and one Democratic), assuring the victory for Kavanaugh, despite many groups, mostly women, expressing their opposition to Kavanaugh and in support of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony. The assertions made by Dr. Ford were explored by the Senate Judiciary Committee, by allowing Senators to cross-examine her to reveal her credibility and gather the truth of her assertions from 36 years ago.

Likewise, conservative Judge Kavanaugh was given the opportunity before the committee to deny the allegations. He did so in impassioned remarks, occasionally becoming testy with Democratic senators as he issued his denials, a condition for which he publicly apologized in an article published in a national newspaper. He justified his remarks as a defense to last-minute scurrilous assertions of youthful drinking and sexual escapades leveled at his nomination by his confirmation opponents.

In light of Kavanaugh’s experience, the question must be asked, “How can the United States attract the best and brightest citizens to public service if they’re subjected to unprovable allegations raised in the final hours of a nominee’s consideration for high office and which allegedly

occurred more than 35 years ago?” Why do most all Senate Democrats stand together to vote down someone who has endured seven FBI background checks, been nominated and served in high public office and as a member of a high American court? Surely there are a handful of Democratic senators who would vote to confirm a decent man with a fine family who has lived an exemplary life for decades, Senators who would put America’s best interest ahead of partisan politics.

While Judiciary Committee Senators were respectful of Dr. Ford’s testimony, it contained fatal gaps and was uncorroborated (though sexual predator victims often believe their renditions).

Judge Kavanaugh was equally adamant about Dr. Ford’s mistaken identity. It was a classic case of unprovable allegations raised at the last minute in a blatant political attempt to derail a controversial judicial nomination by a controversial president with less than a 50 percent national approval rating.

Nevertheless, partisanship should not prevail.

Supreme Court nominees should be supportable by senators from both major political parties.

Thomas Jefferson, who contributed to Article II, Section 2, of the ConstituLETTERS tion, yielded Send comments to to those who editor@inlander.com. wanted a diffuse sense of authority by having the Senate involved in the president’s nomination authority. President George Washington, who generally eschewed concentration of power in any one branch of government, ruled the day when the Constitution was being debated. Article II, Section 2 was duly adopted by the founders, and it has remained unamended since the Constitution was adopted and ratified by the states.

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o where does that leave nominees appointed or elected to high office? Since political elections and nominations are important to our country’s perpetuation, last-minute allegations of sexual or moral impropriety should never be used as political weapons, lest good, qualified citizens will repel from public service.

All of America will suffer, and more polarization will exist, a condition unintended by the founders.

The appropriate question for all nominees will then be, “How do I get my reputation back?” n

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Oh 2017, how do we remember thee? The #METOO MOVEMENT took hold of our hearts, minds and justifiable anger when multiple sexual assault allegations against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein surfaced in October. Those reports set off a still-rippling tsunami of similar accusations against men in positions of power.

We found ourselves in another kind of awe when the first TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE in nearly a century was seen around the world on Aug. 21. Also in August, WHITE NATIONALISTS — including former president of WSU’s College Republicans, James Allsup — rallied in Charlottesville, Virginia, where a counterprotestor was killed.

Oh yeah, and PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP was sworn into office on Jan. 20.

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In August, we printed an in-depth report on the increasingly competitive climate of Spokane’s RENTAL HOUSING MARKET. At the time, Spokane County’s rental vacancy rate sat at 1.4 percent or lower for two The Aug. 17 issue years. Despite high demand for housCOVER ILLUSTRATION BY JEFF DREW ing spurring the construction of many new apartment complexes, we talked with several Spokane residents who, for various reasons, had been pushed out of their rental properties and were essentially left homeless in large part due to the market’s hot competition.

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Across several issues each year we pay homage to one of the best features of life in the Inland Northwest: recreation! The Inlander’s annual OUTDOORS ISSUE explored, among many topics, our sometimes rocky relationships with urban wildlife — marmots, turkeys and ospreys, oh my! Outdoor enjoyment doesn’t end there, and other issues continued annual coverage of two regional rites of passage, BLOOMSDAY and HOOPFEST.

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In February, we celebrated the Grammy Award win for cellist ZUILL BAILEY, who serves as the artistic director of Spokane’s Northwest Bach Festival.

We also published a celebratory feature on Spokane-native author SHERMAN ALEXIE’S new memoir. Later that year, however, Alexie’s reputation was tarnished by allegations of sexual assault, prompting a revocation of some of his literary accolades. Two juggernauts of the local justice system were also subjects of Inlander cover stories: Spokane County Prosecutor LARRY HASKELL and controversial Spokane attorney and cop defender ROB COSSEY. (CHEY SCOTT)

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COMMENT | EXISTENCE

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id you know that we have a cosmic address? For example: Home, Spokane, Washington, United States, Earth, the Solar System, Orion Arm, the Milky Way, Local Group, Virgo Cluster, Virgo Super-Cluster, Universe. If you’ve ever tried to number the stars housed within our very own Milky Way, you’d be counting to around 100 billion. Our galaxy is merely one of thousands in the known universe, which is estimated to hold around 70 thousand million, million, million stars. For you extra nerds in the back, that’s way more than grains of sand on the planet.

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Perhaps most surprising is that the cumulation of all those twinkly lights high above is only one iota of the masses contained in the water below. Just 10 regular-size drops have more H2O molecules than there are stars in the observable universe. Though incomprehensible, these innumerable elements are steadfast, constantly with(in) us. For even when they end, stars never really die, they simply become something different. Water also abides, flowing beside, in, above and around, turning and returning in one everlasting cycle.

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Did you know that race and gender are social constructs, perceived separations simultaneously fictional and real? Fabricated systems built upon assumptions, which produce tangible impacts. But under this skin and in these bones, our cores are made of elements present and past: water and stardust (iron and carbon) from old implosions. Humans are the most genetically similar species on this planet. Compare us with penguins, having twice our genetic diversity, or fruit flies, having 10 times as much.

Our eyes, capable of discerning external differences, have a tendency to over-focus on them. Visual cortexes can receive 2 billion pieces of information per second, but the mind truly shapes reality. Our brains rely on references — images, knowledge, opinions, memories and emotions — to produce sight. Though internal limitations can distort how we see, external ones also hinder.

Bees, for instance, perceive in colors that we cannot.

Known (and perhaps unknown) but invisible spectrums exist, ultraviolet and infrared are entirely real though imperceptible without aid. There is so much more than meets the eye.

Sometimes the smallest fractures create massive divides. I cannot even bring myself to some modicum of understanding of how we’ve so arrogantly attempted to ascribe rigid ideas, minimizing the multitudes we contain. But I know I can choose to slow the frenetic pace, vowing a mantra to always put “people first.” I know I can commit to inclusivity, welcoming everyone at the intersection where all our identities meet, being curious about how someone views themselves. I know I can train myself to have better vision, elevating my worldview by taking in information about differences that more-than-superficially matter, suspending any rush to judgment, and honoring the depth that resides within each element and every human story. Sometimes acknowledgement of this vastness brings us back home into a cozier, intimate space… and so if ever you feel lost, out there among all that infinite, simply return here, right to that first line of our cosmic address. n

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Initiative 1631 is a great response to the all-too-present pollution and the perfect policy for rural areas like Spokane County. It puts a fee on the largest carbon producers in the state and reinvests the revenue in sustainable projects. My favorite project on its list of reinvestments is the expansion of the LETTERS Spokane Community College transit Send comments to center to allow college students in editor@inlander.com. rural areas better access public transportation. Another project would switch Spokane Transit Authority buses from diesel to electric! I am going to Eastern Washington University and know firsthand that thousands of students in Spokane County rely on the bus system. Making it a little greener would go a long way to clean our air.

Many residents I have spoken to worry that Seattle will take all the funding and little money will be left for the most vulnerable communities in rural areas. Thankfully, this policy is being championed by a wide range of organizations, individuals, and groups that have helped make sure that everyone’s voices are heard. Some of the endorsements include Mountain Gear in Spokane Valley, the Spokane Tribe, the NAACP Spokane, some local faith organizations, and the American Lung Association.

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ELECTION 2018

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Democrat Paulette Jordan is drumming up enthusiasm in the Idaho governor race, but Republicans intend to keep the status quo with Brad Little

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f you ask Idaho Republican Party Chairman Jonathan Parker, 2018 is a banner election year for Idaho.

“This election cycle is a once-in-a-generation cycle with us having so much turnover from governor, to lieutenant governor, a seat in Congress, and all 105 legislative seats are on the ballot,” Parker says.

“It’s a very significant year. … We’re doing our best to get our team elected.”

At the top of the long list of competitive races is the open competition for governor.

Facing off are Republican Lt. Gov. Brad Little and Democratic state Rep. Paulette Jordan, who both opted to leave their posts to run for the state’s highest office.

In Little, Republicans have a candidate who will likely carry on many of the conservative values of exiting Gov. Butch Otter. But as part of the establishment government, he doesn’t carry much appeal to many whose views tack even further to the right, particularly in North Idaho, explains Jasper LiCalzi, chair of the Department of Political Economy at the College of Idaho.

“He’s not Trump, he’s not outrageous, he’s not against all government, he doesn’t believe in conspiracy theories,” LiCalzi says. “That makes him more popular down here in the Treasure Valley, and especially in Eastern Idaho.”

Meanwhile, in Jordan, Democrats have a candidate who is drawing major attention, not only for her potential to make history — she’d be the first female governor in the state and the first Native American governor in the country — but by actually winning over crowds, LiCalzi says. After a speaking event he recently hosted where the candidates sat down to talk about tax policy at College of Idaho, students lined up to take selfies with Jordan, who LiCalzi calls “a bit of a rock star.”

“She is attracting more enthusiasm amongst voters than the Democrats have for a while,” he says. “She’s not just another old guy from the north end of Boise running again.” ...continued on next page

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Jordan, 38, grew up in rural North Idaho, where she returned after attending University of Washington. She served on the Coeur d’Alene Tribal Council from 2009 to 2012, then ousted a Republican incumbent representing Benewah and Latah counties in the Idaho Legislature in 2014.

She kept the seat in 2016, then opted to leave the position early this year to focus on the race.

In particular, LiCalzi says she’s attractive to women, younger voters and people who maybe haven’t otherwise been paying attention to politics.

“She talks about some issues that motivate them. She used the word ‘marijuana,’ my goodness, that’s, like, groundbreaking,” LiCalzi says. “The charisma — it’s like Obama and such. It won’t make a difference though in the end.”

In a partisan August poll, paid for by Idaho Voices for Change Now, almost a third of voters said they were undecided, and Jordan trailed Little by 8 points. Idaho is a tough place to poll, though, LiCalzi says, and he thinks many of those “undecided” voters likely already plan to vote Republican.

“It’s a big state, and it’s hard to get people to answer questions,” he says. “People want to say they’re independent, yet they’ll vote for all Republicans.”

While the Democratic base has been more motivated, there’s no way LiCalzi sees Jordan

winning short of “some kind of shock to the system.” He thinks she’ll outperform A.J. Balukoff, the Democrat she bested in the primary who lost by about 15 points against Butch Otter four years ago, but the only real way LiCalzi sees Jordan winning is if “some kind of Roy Moore thing were to happen to Brad Little.”

“I think that’s impossible,” he quickly adds.

“People want to say they’re independent, yet they’ll vote for all Republicans.”

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That said, Democrats are seeing more enthusiasm, with younger people lining up not only to vote for Jordan, but to try to get others to do the same, says Idaho Democratic Party Communications Director Lindsey Snider. The party hopes her run will inspire others to run in 2019 and 2020.

“There’s something about her that just makes people want to get involved and make a difference,” Snider says. “It’s time for new leadership, not from career politicians but from people who really want to do good in our state. Paulette is that candidate who really wants to make changes

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for the better, improve Idaho, our education system, public lands, and our health care system. It’s because we love Idaho that we want to improve it.”

Republicans, of course, would disagree that a change is needed. Idaho is doing great, says Parker, the Republican Party chair, and Little will continue to build on the types of investments needed in education and business to keep up the massive population growth rate in Idaho and LETTERS keep more young people in the Send comments to state. editor@inlander.com.

Little, 64, grew up on his family’s ranch in Emmett, Idaho, and was appointed to the state Senate in 2001, where he served through 2009, when he was appointed lieutenant governor.

At that point, he let his son take over his ranching operations while he focused on the government position, where he won reelection twice. He is leaving the spot in his bid for governor.

“We believe Brad would be best for that job not only because of his experienced leadership but also his vision for Idaho,” Parker says, “espousing basic Republican principles of personal freedom, liberty and lower taxes, which we believe has led to a booming economy.”

The two candidates will meet for a series of debates throughout October, with a debate hosted by KBOI radio and CBS at 11 am on Oct. 13, which will stream live on idahonews.com and Facebook, then another at 8 pm on Oct. 15, hosted by Idaho Public Television, and one more for a debate from 5:30 to 7 pm on KTVB on Oct. 29.

Even with the election season heating up throughout October, LiCalzi says he doesn’t think the candidates will necessarily get bitter or attack each other.

“The elections aren’t that close here, so it’s easier to be civil,” he says. “It’s kind of, ‘It’s not gonna make a difference, so take the high road,’ and I think both candidates will.” n samanthaw@inlander.com

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Fixing the McCleary Fix It’s not over, says the state superintendent

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ast year, the state Legislature came up with an elaborate plan to end the long-running McCleary court case and fully fund schools. It was dubbed a “levy swap,” raising property taxes but capping the amount school districts could raise in local levies.

Districts like Spokane are quickly learning that won’t be a sustainable solution in the coming years. That’s why Chris Reykdal, state superintendent of public instruction, has come up with his own plan: A CAPITAL GAINS TAX, which would generate $1 billion per year. Half of the money would go toward reducing state property taxes and the other half on state education priorities.

“I believe this state has made great progress but is on an unsustainable path in the way we are funding the McCleary decision,” Reykdal said at a press conference Tuesday.

His proposed capital gains tax would not apply to business, agricultural lands, timber lands or residential home sales.

“Our neighbors have [a capital gains tax],” Reykdal says. “Most of the country has it.”

State Superintendent Chris Reykdal He would also let school districts to raise more in levies.

“We were never comfortable with taking away the ability of local communities to enhance their schools,” Reykdal says of the levy swap. “Local levies typically fund afterschool programs, early learning and other vital programs.”

Reykdal’s proposed budget aims to focus on student groups who “need the most support,” like students with disabilities, students of color and low-income students. He says it’s time for the Legislature to “double down” on its investment in students, to “finish the job that focuses on equity and closing gaps and getting every kid graduate.” (WILSON CRISCIONE)

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There are more than 6,400 untested SEXUAL ASSAULT KITS sitting in evidence storage at law enforcement agencies around Washington, according to a newly completed inventory compiled by the state Attorney General’s Office.

That doesn’t include more than 3,300 backlogged kits that were already sent to Washington State Patrol crime labs for testing after funding was made available by the Legislature in 2015.

Some of the kits date back as far as the early 1980s, and the goal of compiling the inventory is to allow for more testing to be prioritized and completed with $3 million of grant money from the Department of Justice. A quarter of the money paid for the inventory process, which was started this year, and the other 75 percent is slated to go to the AG’s office now that the inventory is complete.

In part, testing backlogged kits can help investigators link cases involving serial offenders. When he testified to the Washington State Legislature back in 2015, Rick Bell, from an Ohio prosecutor’s office, spoke to the high instances of serial offenders found by testing that state’s backlog of thousands of kits. Of the rapists indicted by his county’s office, 30 percent were repeat offenders. (SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL)

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NO RIGHT TO AN ATTORNEY When children who were abused or neglected are removed from their parents, they often end up in court. And oftentimes, they don’t have an attorney to advocate for their interests. Last week, in a split decision, the WASHINGTON SUPREME COURT rejected an argument that all children should have an attorney in such proceedings, a loss, according to many child advocates.

“We continue to believe the only fair way to treat children in foster care is to appoint them attorneys,” says Candelaria Murillo, directing attorney at Columbia Legal Services’ Children & Youth Project. (WILSON CRISCIONE)

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HACK-A-THON The idea was established last year as part of the city of Spokane’s strategic plan: The city would spend $250,000 to promote the greatness of Spokane to the west side of the state. But by the time the #HACKINGWASHINGTON ad campaign finally launched, the price tag had risen to $450,000 and involved three different marketing firms. The reaction from some people has been positive, but it also has sparked messaging concerns from City Council members, activists and even from some of those involved in parts of the campaign. Does the #HackingWashington hashtag make people think of computer hacking more than life hacking? With our vacancy rate so low, is now the right time to bring more people to Spokane? And why did one of the photos on the website show Spokane people visiting Los Angeles? We dig in on Inlander.com. (DANIEL WALTERS)

SECRET DEPOSITION Washington State Rep. Matt Shea is on the public records task force, appointed to determine which legislative records should be open to the public and which should remain SHROUDED IN SECRECY. But now, Shea, through his attorney, is attempting to take extra steps to hide at least one record from the public: Shea’s own deposition. Shea’s being sued by Spokane County Sheriff’s Deputy Travis Pendell, who alleges the state representative defamed him by falsely suggesting the deputy’s gun had been used in a triple murder.

(Pendell had temporarily taken possession of two of murderer Roy Murry’s weapons, but they were not used in the murder.) Shea’s attorney, John Randolph, argues that a protective order barring the release of a Shea’s upcoming deposition “is in no way unusual given the circumstances in this case.” (DANIEL WALTERS)

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Bryn Ballenger, one of the 62,000 Idahoans stuck in the Medicaid gap (in the center with the trucker hat), attends a Medicaid for All kickoff event in Sandpoint. EMILY STRIZICH PHOTO

Expansion Pack

Is deep-red Idaho ready to expand Medicaid?

BY DANIEL WALTERS

B

efore Bryn Ballenger lost all her savings, she began to lose her eyesight. It was February of last year. A black spot appeared in her vision, and then that spot started to spread.

“It was like a hole in a sweater getting bigger and bigger and started unraveling,” says Ballenger.

Her retina, she later learned, had come unattached.

The first surgery, she recalls, had a $12,000 price tag. But then there were four more.

And Ballenger’s bad luck wasn’t just medical — it was geographic. Ballenger lives in Sandpoint, Idaho. If she lived in Newport, Washington, or Bend, Oregon, or Missoula, Montana, she would qualify for Medicaid.

They all chose to take the federal government’s offer and expand Medicaid. Idaho wouldn’t.

She still would have lost much of her vision, but she wouldn’t be $30,000 in debt. She wouldn’t have had to consider filing for medical bankruptcy. She wouldn’t have had to face hospitals denying her from surgery because she didn’t have insurance. She wouldn’t have had to

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spend six months pleading with providers to cut her a break on medical bills. She might not be on her third appeal to apply for disability.

“I’ve been working since I was 16. Doing everything right,” says Ballenger, 42. “Saved money. Now it’s all gone.”

Ballenger is one of the 62,000 Idaho residents in the “Medicaid gap,” a surreal situation the authors of Obamacare never intended to exist: She makes too much money to qualify for Idaho’s comparatively meager Medicaid program, but not enough to qualify for any of Obamacare’s federal subsidies.

And when she spoke with Idaho Health and Welfare about her plight, she says their advice was stark. “Their suggestions were to crowd-fund or to move to Washington [state],” Ballenger says.

But now, there’s another possibility. For the last year and a half, Ballenger has been telling her story as part of an effort to convince Idaho voters to expand Medicaid.

Now, what seemed like a longshot in a state that hates Obamacare actually looks like it has a chance.

“It’s on the freakin’ ballot,” Ballenger says about Idaho’s Proposition 2. “It’s amazing.”

THE IDAHO STRATEGY

Ballenger says she even pleaded the case directly with Idaho Gov. Butch Otter when he visited Sandpoint last fall. “‘Why can Washington and Oregon expand and we can’t?’” Ballenger recalls asking Otter. “And we know the answer to that. It’s all freakin’ politics.”

Obamacare is a dirty word in Idaho. It’s a state where Hillary Clinton got less than one-third of the vote. It’s a state where a handful of legislators and activists, time and again, have attempted to address the health insurance gap, even in modest ways, only to watch their efforts collapse every time.

In part, that’s because of opposition by influential groups like the libertarian Idaho Freedom Foundation.

“We actually believe that Medicaid expansion threatens Idaho’s future,” says Fred Birnbaum, the foundation’s vice president. “We see it as a big threat.”

When a January 2015 poll from the Freedom Foundation stressed that the Medicaid expansion was associated with Obamacare and involved “working-age, nondisabled, mostly childless adults,” only 39 percent supported the expansion.

But when you just ask Idaho voters if they want to expand Medicaid or increase health insurance coverage? The polls have consistently shown significant margins of Idahoans are supportive of it, once removed from the toxic “Obamacare” context.

Crucially, the text of the Idaho initiative doesn’t mention the word “Obamacare” once.

Luke Mayville, the Sandpoint High School grad who helped lead the charge to get the initiative on the ballot, argues that Idaho voters have seen the impact of the Medicaid gap firsthand.

“When you just go around and knock on doors and talk to people, most people know someone who falls in that gap,” Mayville says. “They have a lot of compassion.”

He says he thinks we’re going to be surprised by the level of support you’ll see from rural communities, where, in some places, the uninsured rate can be 25 percent.

But lately, Proposition 2 supporters have also been pushing a more classic Idaho conservative argument: You’re paying taxes and not seeing the benefits.

For years, the federal government has been paying almost all the cost of the states that expanded Medicaid. Even going forward, the feds will pay for 90 percent of the cost of the expansion, with states paying for the final 10 percent. In other words, Mayville argues, Idahoans are paying taxes to the federal government to pay for expanded Medicaid in Washington and Montana and California, but Idaho isn’t getting any of it.

“It’s very hard to sell to the people of Idaho that they should be the ones who foot the bill without getting the benefits,” Mayville says. That’s the theme of the first Idahoans for Healthcare television ad.

“Your tax dollars to pay for their health care,” the ad’s narrator says, as cartoon dollar bills spin inside a green silhouette of that most Idaho-reviled of all states, California. “But there’s an Idaho solution to change that: Proposition 2.”

The Freedom Foundation responded to the argument that expanding Medicaid would bring “our tax dollars back to Idaho” with calls for TV stations to pull the ad for making inaccurate claims.

It’s not like there’s just a pool of taxpayer money dedicated to Medicaid that California gets if Idaho doesn’t, Birnbaum says.

He notes that, as a state with a lot of federal lands, Idaho is already taking more tax revenue than it sends to D.C. And since the federal government is running a deficit, the Freedom Foundation argues, it isn’t other states that would pay it — it’s “our children and grandchildren will bear the burden of a larger national debt.”

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But maybe the central argument of the initiative’s opponents is outlined in the name of the PAC leading the opposition: “Work, Not Obamacare.”

It discourages work, Birnbaum says. After all, if you start making too much money, suddenly you lose access to Medicaid.

“With an economy that we have, there are more jobs opening with unemployed people, it would behoove all of us to encourage people to work,” he says.

But even some Republicans, like outgoing state Sen. Luke Malek, object to the premise of that argument.

“We’re talking about the working poor,” Malek says, “by and large, people who are entrepreneurs trying to hold down a couple jobs.”

A study of the Medicaid expansion in Ohio found that about half of Ohio Medicaid expansion enrollees work. In fact, 84 percent of employed expansion enrollees said that the expansion made it easier to work, while 60 percent of those still underemployed said the expansion made it easier to work.

In a state filled with Republicans, expansion proponents have needed to win the support of relatively moderate Republicans like Malek.

“I don’t think that expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act is the solution that Idaho needs,” Malek told the Inlander back in January.

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RISE OF THE MACHINES Idaho’s Proposition 1 comes down to a basic question: Should

They’re called “historical horse racing” machines, but they act a lot more like slot machines.

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Labrador’s soon-to-be vacant congressional seat. Since then, freed from the shackles of campaigning, Malek has publicly endorsed the expansion efforts.

“The Legislature needs to take the federal funding to create more comprehensive solutions. I’m all for getting the cash into the state,” Malek says. “My hope would be that if this passes, this is the people in Idaho telling the Legislature, ‘Help us fix the problem.’”

Simply expanding Medicaid won’t solve everything, he says, but it would give the Legislature a crucial funding stream to enact much-needed reforms.

Another retiring North Idaho senator tarred by the Freedom Foundation as too moderate, state Sen. Shawn Keough of Sandpoint, also endorsed the initiative.

Even Birnbaum acknowledges the flaws and absurdity of the Medicaid gap. It’s just that he has a list of

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more conservative proposals to deal with it, including giving states more control with how to spend Medicaid money, or giving insurers more flexibility by getting rid of the “essential benefits” requirement that they cover things like mental health, outpatient care, maternity and newborn care.

It’s easy for such policy debates to quickly lapse into the theoretical. But for those still living in the gap, like Ballenger, the stakes remain achingly tangible.

“You have to start making decisions. Do I not eat today? What do I lose first? Do I not make my house payments?” Ballenger says. “Nothing is going to recover what I lost. But if I had my savings still, my life would be different. That’s what Medicaid would have given me.” n danielw@inlander.com

Idaho legalize a very specific type of video gambling exclusively on tracks that feature or broadcast horse racing, in order to help horse racing survive?

Originally, “historic horse racing” machines were sold to the Legislature in 2013 as something that would allow players to bet on historic horse races, mostly like they bet on live racing.

The machines, it turned out, looked almost identical to slot machines. While the outcomes are, theoretically, tied to specific historical horse races, the horse races are generally exiled to a few-second video clip on a tiny screen below whirring slots and bonus games.

Legislators, feeling duped, banned the machines again in 2015.

But it’s also fair to say that the horse racing industry has been struggling to turn a profit for a long time. The machines were a cash cow that seemed like they were going to save the race tracks. When they went away, one track, Les Bois Park in Boise, shuttered its doors. The initiative’s biggest supporters — a group that includes Idaho Gov. Butch Otter and U.S. House candidate Russ Fulcher — argue that without these machines, Idaho horse racing is effectively dead. Not only that, but some of the money generated would go to local Idaho schools. Emphasis on some: Only half of 1 percent of the machine’s revenues will go in the public school funds. By contrast, 90 percent would go back to the people who played the game, 9 nine percent would go to the machine’s license holders. The remaining half percent goes to race tracks, horse breeders, the state racing commission and the Idaho Horse Council Youth programs account.

And even if it does pass, it’s sure to face a legal challenge.

There’s considerable legal doubt about whether Idaho’s constitution even allows for the machines, even if voters give them the OK. (DANIEL WALTERS)

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Separated by

Drugs

For a 7-year-old boy who lost his parents, signs of trauma linger as he embarks on a new life

BY WILSON CRISCIONE

I Isaiah Muse, 7, was adopted by relatives after losing his parents at age 4. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO

f Isaiah Muse were a superhero, he would be the Flash.

In his room, surrounded by toys, he imagines what he’d do with his powers. He imagines running super fast. He imagines wearing a red suit, his favorite color. He imagines saving people from fires, but only if the firefighters can’t. He imagines going someplace nice afterward, like Hawaii.

Flash, in fact, is his middle name. When his dad died, his new parents let him add it on his birth certificate.

Then he remembers one more thing about the Flash: He can go back in time.

“If I could run back in time like the Flash,” 7-yearold Isaiah says, his eyes widening, “I’d bring my dad back.”

His dad, Alfred, died at Sacred Heart Medical Center exactly three years ago of an overdose, a combination of opiates, meth, alcohol and cocaine in his system, according to an autopsy. His mom, who has battled her own issues with drugs, lost her parental rights, putting Isaiah and his siblings into foster care.

Fueled by America’s opioid epidemic, more and more children like Isaiah are losing their parents to drugs and pouring into state foster care systems. In Montana, the number of children entering foster care has more than doubled since 2009, federal data shows.

West Virginia, with the highest overdose rate in the nation, saw a 56 percent increase in children entering foster care since 2010.

Already traumatized by losing their parents, these drug orphans become entangled in a foster care system often ill-equipped to handle them. A shortage of foster families leaves children without a home, and states like Washington have taken to housing kids in hotel rooms or shipping them to other communities. The kids are part of a generation increasingly hampered by childhood trauma that can set them up for failure.

Despite losing his father at age 4, Isaiah is one of the luckier ones, experts say. He was adopted by Chanda and MonRá Muse, relatives who had cared for him before. Still, while Isaiah benefits from a stable and loving household in Spokane, they see signs of his troubled childhood every day.

He worries about his next meal. He fears leaving their side. He’s sensitive to changes in routine.

“We just don’t know what he saw and what he was exposed to,” Chanda Muse says.

THREE CALLS For MonRá Muse, the first call came when Isaiah was

a newborn. MonRá’s cousin, Alfred, called and asked if he could take care of Isaiah, since the state wouldn’t let him or Isaiah’s mom have custody.

Isaiah was 10 days old when MonRá (pronounced MON-RAY) and Chanda picked him up from a local foster home. For more than a year, they fed him, changed his diapers and played with him.

“We just got really attached very quickly,” Chanda says.

Then social workers brought him back to his biological parents. Chanda and MonRá only saw Isaiah on some weekends. When Isaiah and his younger brother visited them, Chanda and MonRá picked up a few signs of what was going on back home. Isaiah talked about his dad hitting his mom in the stomach, Chanda says. Brand new shoes that Chanda and MonRá bought Isaiah would disappear. One time, Isaiah showed up wearing no shoes and only his mother’s socks. If the milk ran out, he’d panic as if he’d never have milk again.

Chanda would stuff Isaiah’s backpack with food before he went home. Still, Isaiah and his younger brother would come back the next weekend starving.

At 2 and 3 years old, they would split an entire pizza.

But as a toddler, Isaiah couldn’t describe what home was really like. It wasn’t until years later when, Chanda says, she found out he never had a bed at home. He just slept on the floor.

In summer 2015, MonRá got another call. The police had Isaiah’s mom, and she needed someone to take her kids. For about a month, Chanda and MonRá, licensed foster parents at the time, cared for Isaiah and his two younger siblings. But they didn’t have enough space in the home for all of them. Chanda and MonRá could only keep Isaiah. The other two children went to another foster family. ...continued on next page

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Then came the third call. It was MonRá’s family. Alfred was in Sacred Heart hospital. He died before MonRá could rush over to the hospital to see him.

“I was just thinking about Isaiah and what I’m gonna tell him,” MonRá says. “How do you tell a 4-year-old that his dad overdosed on drugs?”

They opted to tell him during therapy that his dad took the wrong kind of medicine.

Afterward, he was in the car with MonRá.

“He said, ‘Papa, my dad died,’” MonRá says.

MonRá pulled the car over. He told Isaiah that he promised to take care of him for the rest of his life.

“He wasn’t crying,” MonRá says. “But I felt like I was.”

AOverdose GROWING ISSUE deaths across the country have been rising

for years. But it wasn’t until 2013, when fatal overdoses started to skyrocket, that the impacts of rampant drug abuse finally spilled into foster care.

It’s straining child welfare systems everywhere. The number of children in foster care increased each year starting in 2013, up to 437,500 children in 2016, according to the latest government data.

“It’s a huge issue,” says Chandra Ghosh Ippen, associate director of the child trauma research program at the University of California, San Francisco. “It’s a big issue for kids, and for the parents struggling. It’s a big issue for schools, for child welfare, for child therapists.”

Aside from overdose deaths and hospitalizations, parental drug use is increasingly cited as a reason to remove children from their parents. Since 2015 in Washington, parental drug abuse was a factor in more than 6,000 cases where children were removed from their parents, according to the Department of Children, Youth and Families. That’s more than a third of all foster care entries statewide.

Idaho has far fewer children placed into foster care than Washington does, but nearly half of children entering the system had parents abusing drugs. The same goes for Spokane County, where 48 percent of the 642 kids entering foster care last year had drug-addicted parents, state data shows.

Ghosh Ippen studies childhood trauma and coauthored a book on treating children who lost a parent to death. It’s traumatic, Ghosh Ippen says, for any child to be separated from a parent they’ve formed an attachment to — whether it’s a child ripped from their mother’s arms at the border, or a child taken into the foster care system.

And that feeling of loss resides in children later in life, even if they sometimes can’t remember moments from their early childhood at all.

“Even when the brain doesn’t remember, the body remembers,” Ghosh Ippen says.

She cites a book by psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk called The Body Keeps the Score, which found that childhood neglect, like sexual or domestic abuse, can linger in a kid’s body and wire them to be on high alert at all times. It creates mental maps in a child’s brain that can skew their view of the world.

Another recent study in the Journal of Health Psychology found that children who lose parents at an early age are more likely to experience depression, anxiety and substance use disorders.

Children growing up in unstable households, witnessing domestic violence or experiencing neglect, can be triggered later in life, Ghosh Ippen says. If they’re coming from a place where there’s chaos and unpredictability, they crave routine. Any change in that may cause anxiety.

In a household lacking food, kids might worry about food later in life. Sometimes a toy or a teddy bear can

Isaiah (wearing the crown) reunited with his younger brother and sister, Thomas and Charlotte, in a Burger King play place. trigger negative memories or a feeling of danger. It can make it difficult for children to focus in school.

“People might say you have trouble focusing, and you’re actually focused on danger,” Ghosh Ippen says.

It’s not like any child who suffered trauma is “doomed,” she says. Each child and each situation is different. There’s genetic variability and family variability.

But positive relationships matter. And that’s something that can be hard to find in an overwhelmed foster care system plagued by a shortage of foster parents, only getting worse as the drug crisis grips the country.

Washington state, in particular, faces severe challenges. State leaders have estimated a need of at least 1,000 more foster families for the growing number of children entering the system. The state also cites the need for more group homes or facilities for children with serious mental health or behavioral services.

In Idaho, a state audit found last year that “a worsening shortage of foster parents threatens the fidelity of the state’s child welfare system.”

household with drugs. Without solid parental figures, children can have further issues as they get older, says Rhonda Crooker, a public health nurse with the Spokane Regional Health District. It can lead to anything from drug use, to difficulty with romantic relationships, to crime.

It’s a cycle that lasts generations. Crooker hears complaints about property crime and drug use in Spokane.

But those people should think about why people do that in the first place.

“They forget that those adults used to be children,” Crooker says. “And almost all of those children come from some kind of trauma.”

REMINDERS OF TRAUMA A line of kids walk single file out of Ridgeview Elementary School. It’s the first day of second grade for Isaiah, and it happened to be one of his classmates’ birthdays, so each kid takes a cupcake on their way out.

“Zay Zay!” Chanda says, waving at Isaiah. He waves back and runs over. He’s wearing new white shoes, black cargo shorts and an Adidas sweatshirt with a polo underneath.

The first few weeks of school are usually hard on him, Chanda says. It’s a change in routine.

There’s uncertainty. It’s also around the time his dad died three years ago.

Isaiah has always loved drawing. In kindergarten his favorite superhero to draw was the Hulk, says his former kindergarten teacher at Ridgeview Elementary, Kate Tomlanovich.

One day three years ago, she noticed he drew something different. It was Isaiah with his dad, just hanging out outside.

“I said, ‘Wow, you and your dad got to hang out!’”

Tomlanovich says. “He said, ‘My dad died.’”

Later, he’d approach her looking for a hug. Sometimes they’d have lunch together if Tomlanovich thought he needed someone to talk to. She’s been teaching for 17 years, and she still gets new training on how to teach kids who have dealt with early childhood trauma.

“"He's always asking about the next meal when he's still eating a meal."

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Yet with a lack of beds overall, the state is placing children in hotels — a costly measure that only furthers childhood trauma. InvestigateWest, a Seattle nonprofit, recently found the state paid for kids to stay more than 1,000 nights in a hotel or office in the last year, at an average cost of $2,100 per night. And the practice of sending children out of state to receive mental or behavioral health services has expanded, with around 100 foster kids currently placed in a different state, InvestigateWest found.

It’s the opposite of what foster children need, especially those who may have grown up in an unstable

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“If kids aren’t socially and emotionally well, there’s really not a way for them to learn new academic concepts,” she says. “They’re just inundated with trauma or the emotional experience they’re having.”

Schools recognize that reality. Spokane Public Schools added mental health therapists for children to talk to in recent years as it emphasizes less punitive ways of handling traumatized kids. But supporting children emotionally can be challenging, especially when teachers only get snippets of what their kids are actually going through, Tomlanovich says.

“Sometimes it’s difficult to pinpoint what they’re feeling,” she says.

Foster families, too, sometimes only get pieces of what their young child went through.

Two weeks after school has started, Chanda watches Isaiah at a Burger King play place. Children’s playful screams and sounds of rumbling feet fill the room. At a table next to the giant playset, Isaiah sits with Thomas and Charlotte, his biological siblings who he only gets to see occasionally.

Isaiah, the oldest, wears a Burger King crown next to his brother Thomas. He and Thomas have a lot in common, even though they don’t live together anymore.

Both love drawing and will sometimes exchange pictures when they get to see each other. Both love superheroes, though Thomas prefers Batman.

Other similarities, however, remind their adopted parents of their troubled childhood. The first few weeks of school, like any change in routine, are hard on them. Both have issues with food. Both ask about their dad frequently.

“He’s always asking about the next meal when he’s still eating a meal. He’ll be eating breakfast and asking, ‘What are we doing for dinner?’” Chanda says, watching Isaiah scarf down his burger.

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FOSTER CARE ABOUT THE AUTHOR Wilson Criscione is an Inlander staff writer covering education, child welfare and county government. He can be reached at wilsonc@inlander.com or by phone, 509-325-0634, extension 282.

Secily Elwess was allowed to keep her daughter when she joined Rising Strong, a local program that helps families affected by drug abuse. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO

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Burrer is a peer mentor with Fostering Washington, an Eastern Washington University program that provides support and training to foster families. She says when Thomas and Charlotte first came into their care, “they were a mess.” To this day, Thomas struggles in school. If he gets in trouble, she says, he can’t regulate his emotions.

“Last year I had to come to the principal’s office, and he had to be carried kicking and screaming out of the classroom,” Burrer says.

Isaiah does OK in school, Chanda says. But he gets anxious when he’s away from her and MonRá, she says.

He doesn’t like sleepovers or long road trips. He brings up how he misses his dad at least once a week. Once he asked MonRá, “do my hands look like my dad’s hands?”

Other times, people tell Isaiah that they knew his dad, and Isaiah can’t handle it. He’ll bury his face in his hands.

Children who have lost their parents ask questions that sometimes their foster family doesn’t know how to answer.

“They want to know, ‘Why am I here? Why am I not living with my birth parents?” Burrer says. “And it’s hard because you want to answer as honestly as possible, without giving too much information.”

MonRá says there needs to be more foster parents.

But he also would urge the system to give biological parents more of a chance, to assume noble intent. No matter what, children feel an attachment with their biological parents. MonRá says Isaiah used to recall his dad wrestling with him, tickling him, tossing him in the air and catching him. He’d take him to see all the superhero movies.

“There’s a lot associated with superheroes and his dad,” MonRá says.

“His dad,” Chanda says, “was his total hero.”

CHANGING THE SYSTEM Last year, Secily Elwess, 29, found herself in a court-

room. Days earlier, her newborn daughter was taken from her arms in the hospital. She had already lost other children to foster care, and after spending two years on the streets using drugs, she feared she would lose another.

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“Them pulling her away from me was a big eye-opener for me. I said, ‘This is not OK. This is not how I want to live my life,’” Elwess says.

She asked if there was any way she could get her daughter back. To her surprise, there was: A new program in Spokane called Rising Strong, run by Catholic Charities.

Rising Strong aims to prevent children from being separated from their parents in the first place. It provides treatment and services to the entire family, working to solve the underlying issues that could separate them.

“Here, we heal the whole family as a unit,” says director Valerie Shayman.

"Them pulling her away from me was a big eyeopener for me."

For Elwess, it’s saved her from losing her daughter.

Rising Strong connected her to domestic violence groups, provided services for mental health and drug abuse, and helps with life skills, nutrition and wellness. It provides therapy to the children, too. Now, Elwess is close to reunifying with her other children who were in foster care as well.

“Being here at Rising Strong has really made me become a better person,” Elwess says.

Shayman says dozens of children have already been reunited with their biological parents. The program, which started last year, is looking to expand.

It’s the kind of program with the right values of supporting the whole family, says Ghosh Ippen, with University of California. However, replicating programs like Rising Strong on a larger scale typically is not cheap, she says.

The alternative would be to radically change the foster care system. Theoretically, it shouldn’t be so hard.

Experts have good idea of what a child who experienced

trauma at a young age needs when entering the foster care system, says Charles Zeanah, vice chair for child and adolescent psychiatry at Tulane University. It looks similar to the situation Isaiah’s in now: Foster parents who become the child’s primary attachment figures, treat the child as their own and can provide the support the child needs.

“The question is: How do we get that for them?”

Zeanah says.

Foster care systems typically maintain one goal: Ensuring that children are not in physical danger. It can result in short-term placements in foster homes where kids have no chance to form a relationship with their caregiver.

Zeanah, who studies childhood trauma extensively, supports a different approach called the Quality Parenting Initiative. Foster parents are not just temporary homes, they’re expected to be committed to the child, while still working with biological parents. The child welfare system, in exchange, treats the foster parents like professionals and works with them collaboratively. That, in turn, attracts more foster care parents overall.

“It changes the nature of the foster care system,” Zeanah says.

Carole Shauffer is senior director of the Youth Law Center in California, which designed the Quality Parenting Initiative (QPI). She says it’s a philosophy that aims to change foster care: prioritizing healthy development of the child through relationships. QPI started in Florida more than a decade ago, when the state was going through a similar situation as Washington is now, with children sleeping in offices or hotel rooms.

It’s since expanded from Florida to several states and jurisdictions including California, Louisiana, Nevada and Texas. QPI aims to evaluate each system and look for policies or practices that could change, providing guidance on how to do so. For example, some states have laws stating new foster parents can’t be told anything about why a child was removed from their home. QPI would change that law in order to give foster parents critical information about a child so they can care for them more effectively.

A central component of QPI relies on the belief that children are better served in a family setting, not in a residential facility. Prioritizing relationships for children sounds simple, but it’s a big difference. Instead of state systems only making policies that will protect themselves from harm, it requires the system to go beyond and focus on the interests of the child. Instead of finding a child a bed, find the child a family.

“You’ve got to have one or more adults committed to you all the time,” Shauffer says. “Not people committed to you on shift.”

Other countries take an entirely different approach to child welfare. Ghosh Ippen consults on child welfare in Norway and Sweden, where she says the idea that a parent would no longer be part of a child’s life is a “weird conceptualization.” Society tends to choose one way or another: Either children stay with biological parents, or they get new foster parents.

It can be traumatic for a child to lose their biological parent. Likewise, it can be traumatic for a child to lose a foster parent they formed an attachment to. Ideally, all of

those adults can form a circle of support around a child, she says.

“We tend to choose,” she says. “And I don’t think children choose.”

BACK THROUGH TIME Isaiah sits on his knees in

his room, forming a circle around himself with superhero action figures.

He adds Aquaman to the circle. Then Cyborg.

Then Brainiac. He doesn’t remember much about when he lived with his parents any more. That was a long time ago, he says. “But I know I had toys at my old house, too.”

He’s going to be Captain America for Halloween this year. Last year he was the Flash. Sometimes, he dresses

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Then he picks up “Pizza Man,” whose belly sticks out of his clothes. Pizza Man isn’t a superhero, Isaiah points out. But he should be.

“Pizza Man to the rescue,” he laughs.

He picks up a toy dinosaur. In school, he’s learning about dinosaurs and how they went extinct.

He watched a show once that said aliens came down and made the dinosaurs go extinct, but that sounds unlikely, he says. It was probably a meteor shower.

“I wonder how that meteor shower happened, though,” he says.

He looks at the Flash.

It’s a few feet away, breaking the circle of superheroes he’s formed. He thinks again about his dad, the same thought he always has, he says.

“I wonder what would’ve happened if my dad didn’t die,” he says. n

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Miller Cane, who’s lately been making his living conning the survivors of mass shootings, is on his way to Washington state to pick up an 8-year-old girl named Carleen. Her mother, Lizzie, is stuck in jail after shooting her estranged husband, Connor, and has asked Miller to keep the girl safe. Miller’s not sure how long he and Carleen will need to stay on the move, but he has an idea: He can return to a long-ignored writing gig — penning brief biographies of notable Americans for an 11th-grade history textbook — and use that project to structure his time on the road with Carleen. Miller’s editor, George, has given him (mostly) free rein to choose which historical figures to profile, each of which would be titled “[Famous American’s Name]: Hero or Villain?”

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iller started driving again before first light. It was still dark when he wound through Snoqualmie Pass, and the air was less smoky, the snow bright in patches on the higher peaks, reflecting moonlight.

Here the Cascades resembled what Miller thought the Alps must look like, jagged and pointy, with lots of little peaks, as opposed to the giant mountains like Hood and Baker and Rainer. Even after he got through Seattle and Tacoma and was almost to Olympia, he had hours to kill before Carleen would be ready. It was the Fourth of July.

Miller headed toward Yelm on 510, pulled over at a rest area with a view of Rainier, pink and huge and floating.

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it and it made everything hazy, distorting the mountain through a beautiful pink. He ate another maple bar. It would be nice to be on the road with Carleen chasing something other than massacres. Maybe he’d never do that again. But no way was he going back to public schools. He looked at his list of Hero Villains, made a fresh pot of coffee and took his laptop to a picnic table placed perfectly for the view. He didn’t know what to say exactly, which hero or villain to profile first. He added Skip James to his list, Howlin’ Wolf, Carrie Nation, Mother Jones. He stared at the mountain rising out of the clouds for a long time, and then he started to write.

HERO VILLAIN I — AMERICA HER/HIM/THEM/IT SELF.

First of all, and for starters, her/him/them/its story is not just about steel and Chryslers and pilgrims and heroin and fishing and lynching and baseball and jazz and buffalos and Indians and cowboys and missionaries and guns and rebellion and cheese whiz and porn.

Because it’s also about robber barons and pioneers, Mormons and slavery, immigrants and genocide, preachers and drunks. We will have better amusement parks than everyone, yes, but also more massacres, countless massacres, though some we’ll remember especially, like Boston, My Lai, Mountain Meadows, Wounded Knee, Las Vegas, Columbine, Sand Creek, Sandy Hook.

We’ll become shopkeepers and lawyers, doctors and clerks, captains of industry and career criminals. Work will give our lives meaning and grind us into dust. We’ll reward ingenuity. Weight will be gained and lost and regained. We’ll overcome addictions and succumb to them again. We’ll be oversexed and celibate, male and female, neither and both. What’s rightfully ours, we will take, and what’s free for the taking we will take. We’ll take anything we can get out hands on,

but we’ll give too, often while we’re taking. We’ll cherish our rights. We’ll love hamburgers and whiskey and Babe Ruth and Jesse James and Flannery O’Connor and Sandra Day O’Connor and Martin Luther King and Buffalo Bill. But we’ll also hate them.

We’ll be socially mobile, some of us, and trapped by the circumstances of our births, some of us. We’ll have black belts and bible belts. We’ll handle snakes, shun cards, play tennis, and stab each other in juke joints.

“Clowns and Elephants” will be “the pegs on which the circus is hung,” P.T. Barnum will tell us, but his most famous elephant, Jumbo, will be struck and killed by a train in Ontario. How can such a thing be possible, we’ll wonder — a Sudanese elephant captured and sold to an Italian then a German, imported to Paris then London, bought by Barnum, beloved by Americans, only to be killed in Canada.

Super Heroes will become more real to us than anything except money. We’ll improve and we’ll backslide. We’ll develop vaccines, then fear them.

We will never admit defeat.

And we will kill and kill and kill and kill — each other, people of color, people not of color, people like us and not like us, and we’ll be helpless before such killing. We’ll kill in churches and bars and post offices and college classrooms and malls and elementary schools — at home, at work, at night, in the morning, in grocery stores, movie theatres, concert halls and dance clubs, in the city, in the suburbs, in tiny towns, in cars, in bed, wherever we happen to be. We’ll stalk and kill, and we’ll kill randomly. We’ll kill our bosses and co-workers and lovers and ex-wives and parents and children. We will kill strangers. We will kill people we hate, people we love, people we used to love but now hate. We’ll mourn and we’ll pray over our killing. ...continued on next page

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We’ll believe we believe in freedom more than anyone else, even knowing our history of slavery. We’ll grow fatter and fatter and incredibly, obsessively fit. We’ll wonder if these pants, this dress, this outfit, makes our ass look big. We’ll hate kings and queens and dukes and governments and love actors and athletes and pop stars and rich people (who we’ll also hate). We’ll invest in land and gold, the long con and the short. We’ll invent oil. We’ll invent the telephone, democracy, three martini lunches, the assembly line, prayer meetings, the internet, and almost everything else (except fireworks, invented by the Chinese, and pizza and pasta, also invented by the Chinese. Lesson? The Chinese will invent whatever we don’t). Depending on where we shop — and we’ll know if we’re in the right place — soap will cost 24 cents a bar or 24 dollars. That’s what we mean by freedom, and no one can tell us otherwise. And no can stop us. And no one can keep us down.

What are we supposed to conquer now? Cancer?

And when did chefs become heroes?

Traffic, though, will become a nightmare. And what are we supposed to look forward to once the land’s all settled and Buffalo Bill’s defunct and we don’t build bridges or dams anymore or go to space or anywhere else, except unending war — which is fine for the present, but just what is the significance of the frontier in American history when there is no frontier left? What are we supposed to conquer now? Cancer? And when did chefs become heroes? If we’re really honest with ourselves, we’ll say our nation’s wealth was built on slavery and taking everything we could get our hands on. We’ve always been a nation of laws, yes, but also a nation of taking, of lawlessness even, a nation of sin and salvation, a nation of second chances, fresh starts, long prison sentences, churches and taverns and melting pots and buffets. It makes sense maybe that Black Elk liked Queen Victoria when he was with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West, because Queen Victoria said to him, “All over the world I have seen all kinds of people; but today I have seen the best-looking people I know.”

She meant Black Elk and his friends. It’s pretty much impossible not to like someone who thinks you’re the best-looking person in the world, even if her name will later become synonymous with sexual repression. But it wasn’t just that. It’s that she wasn’t American. That’s what was so likeable, probably, to this native American.

“If you belonged to me,” she said, “I would not let them take you around in a show like this.” But Black Elk did not belong to her. And she probably had no idea how horrible she sounded saying such a thing. The next time he saw her, at her Jubilee, Black Elk noticed Grandmother England’s “dress was all shining and her hat was all shining and her wagon was all shining and so were the horses. She looked like a fire coming.”

And then Buffalo Bill left him and several of his friends in England for years — not on purpose, but still! And then Buffalo Bill went back for him and brought him home to America.

[George, insert that image here of all those stampeding buffalo with Buffalo Bill’s head in a circle right there in the middle of the foremost, craziest eyed buffalo, and the words “I’m Coming” at the bottom.]

[George, also, okay, so I’ve run out of time here and off the rails, but this is just a warm up is all anyway, just a way to get thinking about this whole American Hero/Villain project. I realize this tone is not quite what you’re looking for, but here’s the thing, George, here’s what I want you and all the kids to know the most: if you’ve never driven up Chuckanut Drive or along the Blue Ridge or across the Kancamagus or down the Pacific Coast Highway, do yourself a favor and drive one of those beautiful drives right now. I mean this instant, man. America is a lot more than just massacres, you know.] n

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Artfully Angry Henry Rollins’ photography is just another way the punk provocateur challenges the world — and himself

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H

enry Rollins forged a distinct career touching on all manner of artistic pursuits since the early ’80s, starting as frontman for punk-rock pioneers Black Flag and continuing into acting, writing and spoken-word performances.

Ask Rollins about his seemingly insatiable inner drive to keep creating and traveling to share his work and he corrects that he doesn’t see his career in terms of art. He sees it as a primal need to engage with life.

“I don’t have a single artistic bone in my body,” Rollins says via email. “I’m angry and easily bored. At some point, all this ends. I want to do as much as I can before then.”

He certainly can’t be accused of lacking motivation. Scroll through his career highlights and you find a guy constantly in motion.

When he stopped doing music with Black Flag and then the Rollins Band, he kept on the road doing readings and lectures.

When he got into acting, he landed a steady series of roles in films both big (Heat, Bad Boys II) and indie (Lost Highway, Dogtown and Z-Boys). ...continued on next page

“I never liked making [music], but it was in me and it had to come out.”

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He’s hosted TV and radio shows, campaigned for various causes and traveled the world to share his stories.

That last entry is what inspired his latest pursuit and possibly another item in a long list of jobs Rollins has held: photojournalist.

When Rollins visits Spokane Oct. 18, it will be as part of his Travel Slideshow 2018 tour, in which he’ll show off pictures taken on his travels and tell the stories behind memorable stops everywhere from the Middle East to Antarctica, Africa to South America.

Rollins says he started carrying a camera around 2003, having never bothered to carry one before then and rarely traveling without one since.

“Having a camera puts me in the ‘must take photos’ mode, where I’m looking around for things and people to shoot,” Rollins says. “It’s much different than just walking around. It is for me, at least. The camera also puts me in pseudojournalist mode, where I’m asking questions, looking for information so I can learn and write about it later. To be succinct, having a camera turns me into somewhat of an extrovert.”

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f you’ve ever seen Rollins perform, whether as a shirtless dervish with one of his bands or doing spoken-word full of aggression, intelligence and attitude, you probably had him pegged as an extrovert already. But in reality, he lives a famously “lone wolf” kind of life. One of his few ongoing friendships — with Ian MacKaye (Fugazi and formerly Minor Threat) from his childhood in Washington, D.C. — sparked, in part, his early interest in photography.

“I bought a camera from a guy at school who was upgrading. It was a Nikon,” Rollins says.

“Ian MacKaye and I got film for it and started taking photos of people skateboarding. We got some pretty good shots. We would develop them ourselves.”

Years later he was playing around with an inexpensive Canon when a photographer saw some

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Rollins Band, Weight. The closest Rollins ever came to a “hit” album, this 1994 album reached No. 33 on the U.S. charts.

American Hardcore: The History of American Punk Rock 1980-1986. This 2006 documentary features enlightening Rollins interviews.

Get In The Van. Rollins’ 1994 memoir of his Black Flag years is a great read, and the audio version won a Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album in 1995.

of Rollins’ photos, encouraged him to upgrade his equipment and taught him how to shoot in “manual” mode. He took her advice, read some books and got his equipment “boiled down to as few moving parts as possible,” since he’s often on the road for weeks. He uses a Canon 5D with a 16-35 millimeter lens most of the time because “it forces me to get up close and engage.”

For the most part, for Rollins, that means engaging with cities and people rather than nature and birds.

“I’m interested in urban environments. The mechanics of cities,” Rollins says. “The impact of climate change, dwindling resources, war, etc.

This is the main reason I travel, to see what grind people endure all over the world. I can dig forests and rivers, but for the most part, I’m about cities.”

For his Traveling Slideshow tour stopping in Spokane, the photos give him an extra way to connect with audiences. Since much of his spoken word revolves around travel stories, the pictures add details to what he’s describing and give him ideas for tangents to the stories he might not have otherwise. “It’s not that the photos are the greatest things you’ve ever seen,” Rollins says. “It’s about the location and the story.”

For fans of Rollins’ music, it doesn’t sound like that is part of his own story going forward.

“I listen to a lot of music. I’ve always been a fan,” Rollins says. “I never liked making it, but it was in me and it had to come out. It was like sweating out a virus. One day it was gone and I was done. … For the most part, I was into music for the confrontation, alienation and feral hostility it afforded. It was never about career or money or fame. It was a time/age thing.

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s I approach my 42nd year of skiing, I can’t help but look back at the people who influenced me to take up and excel at this lifestyle sport. There’s everyone from Dave Bucher, who introduced me to skiing at Heavenly Valley back in 1976, to the skiers/friends I met when I moved to Coeur d’Alene in 1978 like Terry Bushfield, Pete Mohr, Dan Herby, Joe Hurrell and Mike Beery. It was here that my interest in freestyle skiing started, and this group of guys took me under their wings and helped me progress in this relatively new sport. Back in the mid ’70s freestyle skiing was the rage like snowboarding was in the ’90s. All of the ski movies and ski magazines spotlighted freestyle skiing and freestylers like Suzy Chaffe, Wayne Wong and “Airborne” Eddie Ferguson with his signature mule kick, just to name a few. As a young teenager these were my ski idols I looked up to.

It was in the spring of ’78 that I saw an ad for Airborne Eddie’s freestyle summer ski camp, which would be held at Sunshine Village in Alberta, Canada, the first few weeks of June. Herby, Beery and I each begged our parents to let us go to this 10-day snow camp and be coached by Airborne Eddie himself and his staff of other wellknown freestyle ski coaches. All of us came back after our session with a newfound admiration for the sport and our ski icons like Ferguson were now larger than life. The next winter our newly taught skills were showing promise and by April in ’79 my parents decided to give me another session at Airborne Eddie’s as my high school graduation gift.

The second year at Airborne Eddie’s came and went like the previous camp, before our skill levels had improved. Right after high school both Herby and I went off chasing this dream and moved to Squaw Valley to live and compete in the freestyle ski world. Airborne Eddie set the stage for me with his ski camps. Since the early days Airborne has always been that icon I admired and over the past few years I’ve been able to reconnect with Airborne Eddie Ferguson. Last spring I was able to witness Airborne Eddie get inducted into the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame at an event held in Squaw Valley, California. I met up with Eddie and long-time friend Phil Sifferman at Mission Ridge for a fun day of skiing before the Hall of Fame induction in April.

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a pretty special crowd of people. There’s not very many people in that Ski Hall of Fame. I just feel very honored that I’m getting to become inducted into the Ski Hall of Fame.”

Eddie Ferguson has been living in Lake Chelan as a realtor for 30 years. He’s a fanatic about his fishing, golfing and skiing, making Lake Chelan the perfect home base. Talking about his home, Eddie had this to say, “Life has been very good to me.

Skiing is an hour from my house. I can go steelhead fishing within 20 minutes, put my boat in the water and catch 18-pound steelhead that are wild and “Airborne” Eddie Ferguson just nuts. And I’m about a driver and a four wood away from the golf course from my house. I play a lot of golf.”

Eddie Ferguson’s ski career has been exciting to say the least and you could see the joy in his face as he spoke about growing up and skiing in the Boise area.

Eddie told me about how he began skiing, “I got started on Army, Navy surplus skis that my dad got from the Navy for free basically. He’d drag us behind this old Mercury out in the subdivision.”

At 8, Eddie moved on from skiing behind the Mercury and started skiing at nearby Bogus Basin.

A few more years later and by the very young age of 14 he was teaching skiing. He heard that if he taught skiing he could get a free ski pass. By the time Ed was 16 he was already a fully certified instructor. Eddie commented, “So, by the time freestyle skiing came around, While Ferguson I had all the basics really, really down was best known for pat. And I could ski pretty good.” his mule kick, he Inspired by some of the early ski had lots of tricks in movies The Magic Skis and The Moebius his repertoire.

Flip, Eddie was drawn to getting his skis off the ground. “I was already going off the mine jump at Alta, with Pepi Stiegler and Junior Bounous and some of the boys, I was getting the big air. And my nickname, Airborne, wasn’t an accident. Let’s just put it that way.”

In 1972, Eddie entered his first freestyle skiing event held at Sun Valley. Airborne made an impression, “I can’t remember where I placed. I think I was second in that one and then it was kind of history from then.” ...continued on next page

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Eddie was able to secure sponsors and he traveled and competed in Freestyle in North America and Europe.

Eddie recalls, “I was in every event that I could get in and made a lot of money, and had a lot of fun. At one point I believe I was the highest paid ski bum in the country. When somebody would put a big event on in Europe and we had 10 days we could squeeze in, we’d charter a 727 and 35 of us would pay for it and fly over there, get in a competition, make enough money to pay for our way home.” Charter airplanes? Now that’s pretty impressive for a ski bum.

Airborne Eddie had his signature jump that he would always do. Eddie’s eyes lit up when he said this: “Oh, the mule kick, obviously. Lot of times people called it the Fergy. Yeah, that was my favorite and in moguls, that was kind of my calling card.”

One of Eddie’s most recognized competition mogul runs was at Look Ma at Vail. Here’s the play by play, according to Eddie. “When it was my second time to go, no one had beat my first run, so I didn’t have to ski that run.

And I said, ‘OK, this is gonna be fun and we’re gonna make this memorable,’ so I hiked up about 15 feet above the start gate and instead of making a turn into the run, I jumped into the run and threw out a mule kick. I got a perfect score and I had a ball doing it.”

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ddie retired from competition in 1981 after hurting his knee badly and he went back to Boise and opened up a ski shop called Team 2 Sports where he ran into some difficulties, he says. “I had a real rough time of it. The ski area was only open two weeks in two years. The first year was fine with our 5,000-square-foot

Last spring Airborne Eddie got inducted into the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame at an event held in Squaw Valley, California. ski shop, but you can’t sell skis if it doesn’t snow.”

From there Eddie moved on into real estate. “I went into the real estate business at Angel Fire ski resort in New Mexico with some friends of mine from freestyle skiing. I lasted down there until about 1988 when I found my dream home here in Chelan, Washington.”

One of Eddie’s long-time freestyle friends, Phil Sifferman, the original “Shake and Bake,” also lives on Lake Chelan. Back in 1977 on ABC’s Wide World of Sports,

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“It’s very humbling, and I’m very proud of it. Something I did 45 years ago has turned into a big honor.”

Life has treated Eddie Ferguson well, and I can think of no one better or more deserving than Eddie to be placed in the Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame. For a man with so much character, he’s truly humbled with this honor.

“It’s very humbling, and I’m very proud of it. Something I did 45 years ago has turned into a big honor.”

As this ski season is about to get underway, take a minute and think about the person who introduced or influenced you to start skiing or snowboarding. If you can still reach out to them, thank them for introducing you and providing you with a lifetime of ski memories. Hopefully over your skiing and snowboarding days you introduced someone to this lifestyle sport. I’m looking forward to the next time I can ride the chairlift and make some runs with Airborne Eddie Ferguson. n

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9 Degrees North President John Eminger is the kind of person you could picture yourself following around from one fall line to another, swapping wild stories on the lift rides between. In that way he seems like the perfect parallel for the resort, located roughly 10 miles east of the town of Chewelah, that he’s owned since the mid ’90s. It’s an eclectic mix of bowls and glades and winding groomers stretched across 2,325 acres and two stunning peaks. For a self-proclaimed ski bum like Eminger, this is prime habitat.

But those thirsting for the steep and deep or that relaxing thrum of corduroy snow aren’t the only ones 49 Degrees North caters to. There are 10 miles of crosscountry ski trails here, with opportunities for track skiers, skate skiers and ski-jorers alike. And annual events like the Bavarian Race — a downhill event in March that

starts, and ends, with a pitcher of beer on the lodge deck — show that even spectators here are in for a good time.

WHAT’S NEW: In Eminger’s words, “just your standard attention to detail.” Mostly sprucing up the lodge and clearing vegetation in the mountain’s gladed areas.

Chair 4 did get a new cable, Eminger says, extending the life of what he considers one of the more classic lifts in the Pacific Northwest. “It’s kind of like staking claim to awesome skiing.”

MAKING THE MOST OF IT: When it comes to skiing, Eminger recognizes that not everyone is riding the lift for the same reason, even after a big storm. If it’s powder you’re after, he says, head straight for Last Chance or Cy’s Glades off Chewelah Peak early in the

morning. Either guarantee about 1,200 vertical feet of “perfect pitch.” Those who prefer a mellower, longer ride should cruise down Huckleberry Ridge to Bugaboo. Both are groomed early and, following a night of snowfall, offer several inches of powder on top of a layer of fresh corduroy. And if you have any questions about skiing or snowboarding or equipment, Eminger says, “don’t be afraid to ask.”

LIFT PASSES: Adult full day (18-69), $62 FridaySunday, $55 Monday and Tuesday; half day, $39. Youth full day (7-17), $49 Friday-Sunday, $44 Monday and Tuesday; half day, $33. Full day for active military, college students and seniors (70-79), $56 Friday-Sunday, $53 Monday and Tuesday; half day, $36.

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Three double lifts and one triple chair access 35 runs and a multitude of glades on 540 skiable acres. The Loft Pub & Grub, located on the second floor of the main lodge, is a cozy spot for that most ironic of snowsports habits: warming up with a cold beer.

Lookout Pass is big on recognizing its patrons’ contributions to community, too. Elementary, middle and high school teachers with a valid school ID ski free on Feb. 10 this season. Same goes for active military personnel, police, firefighters, EMTs and nurses on Feb. 24.

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WHAT’S NEW: Unfortunately, Lookout Pass’ much-anticipated expansion, set to nearly double the resort’s size, won’t be open this season. But, according to marketing and sales manager Matt Sawyer, Lookout Pass will be open seven days a week for the first time this season, from Christmas through the end of February. The resort is also expanding its children’s program on weekends and holidays to include kids ages 4-6. The Mini Moose Program, Sawyer says, will make Lookout Pass even more family friendly. “The key is to give them the opportunity to go out and enjoy themselves,” he adds of parents, “while their kids get an introduction to skiing.”

MAKING THE MOST OF IT: To start, Sawyer suggests snagging a season pass before Oct. 31 to save

money and capitalize on the new weeklong schedule.

Then there’s the resort’s new season-long rental program. For $129 (or $159 after Dec. 22), adults can rent ski equipment for the entire 2018-19 season. “You can just pick up the rental at the mountain, take it home, use it all winter and return it at the end of the season,” Sawyer says. “It’s another way of making skiing affordable and family friendly.” Children’s season-rental rates start at $99 and increase to $129 after Dec. 22. Sawyer adds that the rented equipment can also be used at other ski areas, translating to significant season-long savings.

LIFT PASSES: Adult midweek full day (18-61), $44; weekend full day, $47; half day, $5 off. Youth and senior midweek full day, $34; weekend full day, $35; half day, $4 off. Discount rates for college students and active military with ID. — ALEX SAKARIASSEN

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estled along the eastern edge of one of Washington state’s largest state parks, Mount Spokane boasts a wide array of terrain for intermediate and advanced skiers and snowboarders. Close proximity to downtown Spokane (a mere 28 miles) and free shuttles between the resort’s two lodges make for a short and relatively hike-free commute to the slopes. Once there, a tubing hill, Snoplay Daycare and three terrain parks guarantee that every member of the family will find something to do. If the adrenaline is still pumping when the sun goes down, capitalize on the mountain’s night skiing offerings — six extra hours of riding, every Wednesday through Saturday night, for $22.

WHAT’S NEW: The 2018-19 season marks the debut of Mount Spokane’s first new lift since 1974. Completion of the resort’s long-awaited expansion will open access to 279 more acres and seven new runs. According to marketing and guest services manager Brenda McQuarrie, it’s the first professionally designed area on the entire mountain. “Mount Spokane’s been around since ’32 and it’s been pieced

together over the years,” McQuarrie says, “but this area was designed by a consultant and the fall lines are perfect.” She adds that the more north-facing nature of that terrain will translate to better snow retention off the new Chair 6.

MAKING THE MOST OF IT: When it comes to maximizing your experience at Mount Spokane, McQuarrie’s advice is simple: Show up early. Getting to the mountain by 8:30 am can relieve a lot of heartache, she says, “especially on weekends.” It ensures not only a good parking spot, but a shot at first tracks on those occasions when the lift starts turning a little ahead of schedule. Regulars can also save up to $200 if they purchase a season pass before Nov. 10.

LIFT PASSES: Adult midweek full day (18-61), $45; midweek half day, $41; weekend full day, $59; weekend half day, $49.

Youth (7-17) and senior (62-69) midweek full day, $38; midweek half day, $32; weekend full day, $49; weekend half day, $39.

Discounts for college students and active military with valid ID. — ALEX SAKARIASSEN

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hutes, glades, groomers, wide-open bowls — this is truly a snow-fiend’s dreamscape. Schweitzer Mountain Resort drapes across two sizeable basins in a 2,900-acre, 92-trail skiing and snowboarding bonanza. An assortment of bars, cafes and restaurants in the base village, coupled with the Sky House Lodge at the top of the resort’s Great Escape Quad, promise plenty of dining and refreshment options to keep riders fueled for a day (or days) of exploration.

With all Schweitzer has to offer, marketing manager Dig Chrismer understands that people may feel a tad intimidated. It is, after all, the largest resort in the Inland Northwest, and consistently ranks among the top in the nation. But the real perk of the resort, she says, is the down-home vibe on display at every turn (not to mention the short lift lines). Schweitzer has all the amenities of a major snowsport destination with zero pretension. “We’re still pretty mom-and-pop,” Chrismer says. “The lifties, after a couple of runs, will recognize you.”

WHAT’S NEW: Thanks to its partnership with the Selkirks Pend Oreille Transit bus system, Schweitzer announced free bus service this season from the Red Barn parking lot to the village. “Parking can be challenging up here,” Chrismer says, so the free offering will be a major advantage for skiers and snowboarders. Other than that, Schweitzer’s off-season has been devoted

to lift maintenance and other housekeeping duties, as well as preparing to replace the Snow Ghost double in the Outback Bowl next summer.

MAKING THE MOST OF IT: Part of what can make bigger resorts intimidating for riders is lift ticket cost. But even here, Chrismer says, those setting their sights on Schweitzer can be savvy. Discount season passes are still available through Oct. 31, and there are still deals to be had all season. Chrismer suggests buying a Sunday Solutions pass online for $30 (at the window, it’s $40), which gets you full mountain access from 12:30 to close.

Schweitzer also offers $20 Twilight Skiing passes, valid from 3-7 pm on Fridays and Saturdays from Jan. 4 to March 2 (and on holidays). “I think there’s a perception that skiing in general is expensive, and that Schweitzer as a big resort is more expensive,” Chrismer says. “There are ways to work around that.” She also recommends checking out the Outback Inn at the base of the Outback Bowl, which will be cooking up barbecue chicken and ribs outside on Saturdays and brisket on Sundays.

LIFT PASSES: Adult full day (18-64), $81; half day, $69. Junior full day (7-17), $50; half day, $69. College students, active military and seniors receive a 10 percent discount with ID. — ALEX SAKARIASSEN

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he seasons are long at Silver Mountain. The resort is typically one of the first in the region to fire up its lifts, and keeps them running long after most others have closed down. One gondola ride from the lower village, located just off Interstate 90 in Kellogg, Idaho, deposits you at the edge of 1,600 skiable acres with five chairlifts and an abundance of intermediate and advanced trails. Expert skiers on the hunt for a challenge can find plenty off Wardner Peak, accessible from Silver’s Chair 4, or the North Face Glades on the side of 6,300-foot-tall Kellogg Peak.

Silver is also big on ski safety, hosting a two-day Backcountry Weekend, in conjunction with its annual randonnee competition, that includes an avalanche awareness class and avalanche beacon exercises.

WHAT’S NEW: This season, Silver will debut five new runs cut over the summer in the Chair 2 and Chair 4 basins. “That’ll

open up a little steeper terrain and some glades and some great skiing,” says general manager Jeff Colburn. The resort has also remodeled the lodge’s food court to speed up the flow of lunchtime traffic, and, Colburn adds, is upping the game further with more upscale menu options.

MAKING THE MOST OF IT: Silver is more than just skiing. The lower village also happens to hold the region’s largest indoor waterpark, Silver Rapids, which includes an indoor surf wave and a secondfloor saloon with hot tubs. Colburn recommends that, in order to truly enjoy all of Silver’s slopes, pools and dining options, you make plans to spend the night.

LIFT PASSES: Adult full day (18-61), $57; half day, $48. Youth full day (7-17), $42; half day, $37. College student and senior (62 and up) full day, $51; half day, $44.

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can get ready for the season at this annual outdoor gear and clothing sale. Nov. 30-Dec. 2; Fri from 5-9 pm, Sat from 9 am-5 pm, Sun from 11 am-3 pm. Free admission. Holiday Inn, 4525 Convention Pl., Pasco, Washington. theskiswap. com (522-1443)

REI & TETON GRAVITY RESEARCH: FAR OUT A one-night premiere of the new ski and snowboard film, with prize giveaways from Yeti, Atomic, Volkl, the North Face, Outdoor Research and more. Far Out seeks to inspire new waves of creativity, enlightenment and progression. $7$12. Thu, Oct. 11 at 7:30 pm. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. bingcrosbytheater.com

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MT. SPOKANE SCHEDULED OPENING DAY Stay tuned to the snow report to see if the first Saturday of December will mark the opening of the mountain’s 2018-19 season. Sat, Dec. 1 from 9 am-4 pm. Mt. Spokane Ski & Snowboard Park, 29500 N. Mount Spokane Park Dr. mtspokane. com (238-2220)

49 DEGREES NORTH GEAR SWAP Shoppers can purchase new and used ski and snowboard gear, winter clothing, accessories and more. Proceeds benefit the 49 Degrees North Ski Patrol; donations accepted. Sat, Oct. 20 from 9:30 am-3 pm. Northeast Washington Fairgrounds, 317 W. Astor Ave., Colville. ski49n.com WILDERNESS FIRST AID Learn skills and abilities to make sound decisions in emergency situations. This two-day certification course covers a wide variety of topics designed to prepare you to act if an accident occurs and is ideal for trip leaders, camp staff, outdoor enthusiasts and individuals living in remote locations. Oct. 20-21. $235/members, $265/nonmembers; preregistration required. Selkirk Lodge at Mount Spokane State Park. rei.com/spokane MAP & COMPASS NAVIGATION BASICS Learn how to use a map and compass to find your way, along with how to read a topographic map and how to use these tools in tandem. Tue, Oct. 23 from 5:30-7:30 pm. $30-$50; register to save a spot. REI Spokane. 1125 N. Monroe. rei. com/spokane (328-9900) 49 DEGREES JOB FAIR Explore seasonal job opportunities at the mountain this winter; positions include cashier, bartender, equipment operators, kitchen staff, instructors and more. Complete an online application in advance and bring your resume.

Sat, Oct. 27 from 8:30 am-1:30 pm. 49 Degrees North Mountain Resort, 3311 Flowery Trail Rd., Chewelah. Ski49n.com (935-6649) SILVER MOUNTAIN WINTER JOB FAIR Find out more about winter job opportunities and meet Silver Mountain’s staff. Open positions include lift operations, food and beverage staff, housekeeping, facilities maintenance and more.

Sat, Oct. 27 from 9 am-noon. Silver Mountain Resort, 610 Bunker Ave., Kellogg, Idaho. silvermt. com (208-344-2675) LOOKOUT PASS WINTER JOB FAIR Visit the resort and apply for available seasonal part and full-time jobs as a rental tech, food service staff, cashier, custodian, instructor, groomer and other positions. Sat, Oct. 27 from 9 am-3 pm. Lookout Pass, I-90 Exit 0 at Mullan, Idaho. skilookout.com (208-744-1234) MT. SPOKANE SKI PATROL SWAP The 54th annual swap offers new and used winter sports gear from local shops and individuals — more than 22,000 items are for sale — with proceeds benefiting the nonprofit volunteer ski patrol. Sat, Oct. 27 from 9 am-5 pm and Sun, Oct. 28 from 9 am-noon. (Register to sell your gear Oct. 26 from 3-8 pm.) $5; kids 12 and under

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The 54th annual Mt. Spokane Ski Patrol Swap happens Oct. 27-28 at the Spokane County Fair & Expo Center. free. Spokane County Fair & Expo Center, 404 N. Havana. skipatrolskiswap.com (535-0102) HARMONY YOGA: IT’S COLD OUTSIDE, WARM UP JOINTS & MUSCLES Learn restorative yoga techniques to help ease cold weather-related tightness in joints and muscles in this session open to all levels. Bring your own mat. Thu, Oct. 25 from 6-7:30 pm. $10 suggested donation. REI Spokane, 1125 N. Monroe. rei.com/spokane (328-9900) WARREN MILLER’S FACE OF WINTER This year, new and veteran athletes alike come together across the globe from New Zealand to Alaska, to pay tribute to the man who started it all in the 69th installment from Warren Miller Entertainment, presented by Volkswagen. Sat, Oct. 27 at 6 pm. $15-$18. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. warrenmiller.com

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WINTER SWAP The Lookout Pass volunteer ski patrols host its annual ski swap event, offering new and used ski/snowboard equipment, accessories and clothing. Sat, Nov. 3 from 9 am-3 pm. (Register to sell your gear Nov. 2 from 3-8 pm.) $5 admission; kids under 12 free. Kootenai County Fairgrounds, 4056 N. Government Way, Coeur d’Alene. winterswap.org PRAY FOR SNOW CONCERT Wenatchee’s Mission Ridge resort hosts its annual preseason party, with live bands, food, a beer garden and more. Sat, Nov. 3 from 6-10 pm. Arlberg Sports, 25 N. Wenatchee Ave., Wenatchee, Washington. missionridge.com/ events (663-3200) U OF IDAHO OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT SALE & SWAP The University of Idaho’s annual gear swap offers new and used gear for sale. Attendees are also welcome to bring their stuff to sell or barter ($5 fee). Thu, Nov. 8 from 6-8 pm. Free admission.

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INLANDER WINTER PARTY The Inlander’s annual preseason event hosts local retailers and vendors offering season-low prices on clothing, gear and accessories; regional resorts also offer season pass specials. Also includes the PowderKeg beer festival, live music, games and more. Fri, Nov. 9 from 4-9 pm and Sat, Nov. 10 from 10 am-7 pm. $10 admission (good both days; kids under 12 free); Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. winterparty.inlander.com SARS SKI SWAP The winter recreational equipment and clothing sale benefits the Schweitzer Alpine Racing School’s programs for athletes ages 5 and up, offering new and used items and experts on hand for shopping assistance. Sat, Nov. 10 from 9 am-2 pm. $2/person; $5/family. Bonner County Fairgrounds, 4203 N. Boyer Ave., Sandpoint. sars. net BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL The festival’s 2018-19 World Tour features an exhilarating collection of films that explore the mountain world, highlighting new landscapes and remote cultures, exciting adventures and adrenaline-packed sports. Nov. 16 at 7 pm. $20.

Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. mountaingear.com BIG WHITE OPENING DAY The resort in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies opens the runs for the first time this season, celebrating that fresh and famous “Okanagan Champagne Powder.” Events through the day include free hot chocolate, live music, giveaways and more. Thu, Nov. 22 from 8:45 am-3:30 pm. Big White Ski Resort, 5315 Big White Rd., Kelowna, B.C. bigwhite.com (250-765-3101) SILVER MOUNTAIN OPENING DAY The mountain opens for the season, offering scenic rides and skiing and boarding if conditions permit. Fri, Nov. 23. Silver Mountain Resort, 610 Bunker Ave., Kellogg, Idaho. silvermt.com (208344-2675) TRI-CITIES SKI SWAP & GEAR SALE Snow sport lovers in southeastern Washington

LIGHT UP BIG WHITE Head north of the border to celebrate the start of the holiday season when the resort turns on its colorful lights during a celebration with a laser show, caroling, fireworks and more. Sat, Dec. 1 from 5-6:30 pm. Big White Ski Resort, 5315 Big White Rd., Kelowna, B.C. bigwhite.com (250-765-3101) NIGHT SKIING KICKOFF This year, Mt. Spokane’s night skiing schedule is expanding to offer twice weekly night rights under the lights, with the resort’s full-service cafeteria staying open late and live bands playing on Saturday nights. Offered Wednesday and Saturday from 3:30-9:30 pm, starting Sat, Dec. 15 and through Sat, March 2. $22. Mt. Spokane Ski & Snowboard Park, 29500 N. Mt. Spokane Park Dr. mtspokane.com (238-2220) CROSS COUNTRY SKI LESSONS (49 DEGREES NORTH) Learn to cross country ski and tour the trails of 49 Degrees North Nordic Area with the mountain’s certified P.S.I.A ski instructors. Ticket includes equipment, trail pass, instruction and transportation (departs from Wandermere Rite Aid, 12420 N. Division). Additional information emailed after registration. Ages 13+. $49.

Offered Dec. 21 and 29; Jan. 26 and Feb. 3 from 8 am-4 pm. Register at spokaneparks.org (7552489) CROSS COUNTRY SKI LESSONS (MT. SPOKANE) Learn the basics of cross-country skiing at Mt. Spokane Selkirk Nordic Area, taught by Spokane Nordic Ski Association and Spokane Parks and Recreation P.S.I.A. certified cross-country ski instructors. Fee includes skis, boots, poles, ski area fees, instruction and transportation (departs from Yoke’s, 14202 N. Market). Ages 13+. $49.

Offered Dec. 22 and 30; Jan. 5, 6, 20 and Feb. 9, 23 and March 3 from 9 am-3 pm. Register at spokaneparks.org (755-2489) MOONLIGHT SNOWSHOE HIKE Quietly explore the meadows and woods around Mount Spokane. Guides, transportation (departs from Mead Yoke’s, 14202 N. Market), headlamps, walking poles and snowshoes all provided. Additional information emailed after registration.

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BY ALEX SAKARIASSEN

don’t remember much about my first day on skis at age 6.

I do remember the music. Mouth & MacNeal, Tee Set, the Supremes, Santana — this was, and remains, the definitive soundtrack of winter.

The Ski Tape didn’t start off as the stuff of family legend.

Initially my dad meant merely to transfer his favorite 45s to a medium that today seems even more distant and arcane than vinyl.

But over the course of that first season and the seasons after, that cassette never left the car stereo.

To this day, the chorus of Steely Dan’s “Reelin’ in the Years” brings to mind the feel of wet gloves and the smell of musty, LETTERS sweat-soaked Nordicas.

Send comments to When the ritual of waxing editor@inlander.com. and sharpening those powder boards is done, it’s nice to know we can continue channeling our angst into building the ultimate winter playlist of our own. For me, at least, it’s a challenge more daunting than the backcountry after a blizzard. Dad set the bar too darn high.

And it’s no longer just those few treasured moldy oldies that trigger my anticipation for the coming season. Never again will I get through the opening bars of Citizen King’s “Better Days” without remembering Warren Miller’s iconic ski film Fifty, or hear LCD Soundsystem’s “Dance Yrself Clean” pop up on Pandora without thinking about JP Auclair’s famed street-skiing segment from Sherpa Cinemas’ All.I.Can. I’m hardly alone.

The ski film debuts that precede every season prove beyond anything that music and snowsports have become immutably intertwined. After all, would we be nearly as stoked to see Chris Anthony shredding the promised land of the Chugach Range… in utter silence?

Across the Pacific Northwest, the snow gods are beginning to stir. Aspen, maple, birch and larch have shed their greenery in favor of brilliant yellows, golds and browns. There’s a bite to the morning air again, and evening winds in valley towns carry the chill tale of early snowfall in nearby ranges. These red flags are nature’s kindness, assuring the legions of powder hounds and weekend warriors and ski bums that, yes, indeed, the white stuff will soon be here.

For me, however, the cue to start praying to those almighty ski-season deities came while sitting in a crowded bar on a recent Friday night: A few snatches of the Foundations’ soul classic “Build Me Up Buttercup,” like fall’s first snowflakes, drifting over the din. n

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Every Wednesday in October, participating restaurants will donate a portion of proceeds from soup sales to the Arts in Healing program at Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital.

Visit a Soup for the Soul restaurant this month and help bring art therapy to local hospital patients: • Backyard Bar 1811 W Broadway Ave, Spokane

• Morty’s Tap & Grille*

• The Barrel Steak & Seafood House*

• Prohibition Gastropub 1914 N Monroe St, Spokane

6404 N Wall St, Spokane

• Fieldhouse Pizza & Pub (2 locations)* 4423 W Wellesley Ave, Spokane & 1235 North Liberty Lake Rd, Liberty Lake

• The High Nooner (4 locations)

Downtown, Court House, Northside & Spokane Valley

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• The Café at Providence Sacred Heart

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• Remedy Kitchen + Tavern 3809 S Grand Blvd, Spokane

• Screaming Yak* 118 W Francis Ave, Spokane

• Take 5/Café Fresca

• Selkirk Pizza & Tap House*

• Little Garden Café

• Something Else Deli

Providence Holy Family Hospital

2901 W Northwest Blvd, Spokane

• MacKenzie River Pizza, Grill & Pub 2910 E 57th Ave, Spokane - South Hill

• MAX at Mirabeau

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152 S Sherman St, Spokane

• Steelhead Bar & Grille*

218 N Howard St, Spokane

• St. Luke’s – Waterfall Café

(St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute) 711 S Cowley St, Spokane

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CULTURE | DIGEST

POETRY PROPS The Washington State Book Awards this year created a new award to go along with the familiar categories like “Fiction” or “Books for Young Readers.”

Recognizing that some tomes defy easy categorization, the Washington Center for the Book created the new “Washington Voices” prize, and their first honoree is Washington 129, the collection of poems from poets scattered across the state that was a major project of former state poet laureate and Gonzaga prof Tod Marshall. The Center called it an “important contribution to the literary landscape of our state.” (DAN NAILEN)

Sit Down, Shut Up

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BY NATHAN WEINBENDER

he weird noises started about 15 minutes into a Sunday morning screening of a recent crashbang-boom action movie. At first it sounded like someone repeatedly clearing their throat in a weird way.

After it kept happening, I thought maybe someone in the audience had a kind of verbal tic.

But then it became pretty clear that this was no ordinary noisemaker: There was a dog in the theater, and it was growling and yapping every time the movie got even a little bit quiet. That was a new one.

It took me completely out of the movie, and I walked out halfway through and got a refund. And it got me thinking about all the annoying audience members I’ve encountered, the clueless people who have made me rethink my career trajectory. Some of these happened recently. Others are at least a decade old. But I’ve never forgotten.  Someone fell asleep halfway through the leisurely paced Glenn Close vehicle The Wife and snored loudly off and on for half an hour.  A very young child ran up and down the aisles during a late-night screening of the R-rated comedy Adventureland. Perhaps the parents saw the title and thought the theater was a theme park.

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THIS WEEK’S PLAYLIST Some noteworthy new music arrives online and in stores Oct. 12. To wit: KURT VILE, Bottle It In. I predict some woozy guitar jams.

ELVIS COSTELLO & THE IMPOSTERS, Look Now. Having survived a cancer scare, Elvis is ready to rock once again.

THE MONKEES, Christmas Party. Yes, it’s a Christmas album. Yes, it’s really the Monkees. And yes, that’s really Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo, XTC’s Andy Partridge and R.E.M.’s Peter Buck writing some of the tunes.

ST. VINCENT, MassEduction. A voice-and-piano-only remake of her brilliant MASSEDUCTION album. I’m here for it. (DAN NAILEN)

 A guy brought two little girls to see the super long, super violent The Revenant. Maybe they were DiCaprio completists.  At a retrospective screening of the 1984 comedy classic This Is Spinal Tap, an armchair comedian in the balcony of the Bing kept shouting out the punchlines to the jokes before they happened. He was eventually met with a “shut the f--- up” from a true hero.  After the cut-to-black ending of No Country for Old Men, some bro yelled, “We should have seen Hitman instead!” Yeah, you probably should’ve.  During the Somali-language sections of Captain Phillips, the older woman sitting directly behind me loudly read the English subtitles out loud to her husband. Unfortunately, she was always one subtitle behind.  Somebody two seats down cracked their knuckles all the way through Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which ended up being the least annoying thing about Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.  During the wrenching Holocaust drama Son of Saul, a man in the front row happily crunched popcorn with the eerie regularity of a metronome.  A family with several small children arrived after a goofy shark movie had already started, produced a backpack filled with baggies of the loudest snacks in the world, talked out loud as if no one else was in the room, and left and came back into the theater at least 1,000 times.  Just a few months ago, a stranger sat right next to my girlfriend and me — not with a buffer seat in between us, but RIGHT NEXT TO US — in an otherwise empty row, took off his shoes, put his bare feet up onto the seat and proceeded to messily eat a burrito the size of a baby. He got lettuce everywhere.

Ah, the magic of the cinema. n

CONCHORDS LANDED Sadly, we may never get another season of Flight of the Conchords on HBO, but at least the duo is back for an HBO concert special that debuted this month. If you liked the show, you’ll love the special. They play the classics from the show, sure, but the real laughs come from the new songs, including some wicked solos using everyone’s favorite instrument, the recorder. (WILSON CRISCIONE)

ZINE SCENE Jeff Goldblum is a national treasure and everyone’s favorite character from Jurassic Park. So I was thrilled when I came across a small book of Goldbum-isms at Spokane’s Zine Fest. Jeff Goldblum Pocket Wisdom is a small, homemade booklet filled with brilliant sayings, such as: “I like a pickled cucumber. A regular cucumber I’m not so interested in.”

Author Rachel Abellar compiled the book by combing through various interviews with Goldblum. This was just one of a handful of fun finds.

Can’t wait to see what’s in store next year. (QUINN WELSCH)

LUCHA! Guacamelee!, the colorful and humorous Mexican culture-inspired Metroidvania platformer is back with a new sequel, set seven years after the original.

Beefy luchador hero Juan is called back into action to save the Mexiverse from another power-hungry foe by punching, wrestling and suplexing his way to victory. Guacamelee! 2 brings back its predecessor’s progressive skill acquisition, but different this time is more labyrinth levels to traverse, secrets to unlock, meta references and boss fights. Also: Chicken Illuminati. From an art perspective, Guacamelee! 2’s beautifully designed world is truly a fiesta for the eyes. Get it now for PC and PS4. (CHEY SCOTT)

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CULTURE| THEATER

Closing Time A new play by Molly Allen premieres at Stage Left

BY E.J. IANNELLI

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n late September 2016, an original play called On Shaky Ground premiered at Ignite! Community Theatre. It was written by and also starred Molly Allen, perhaps most widely known locally as a morning radio co-host on KZZU 92.9 FM. On Shaky Ground wasn’t Allen’s first foray into playwriting and acting. Nor would it be her last. Before long, she was installed as the resident playwright at Stage Left Theater, where she’s been producing new work that now includes another full-length play, Closing It Up. Like its predecessor, Closing It Up has an ensemble cast and “deals with relationships in a very real fashion,” Allen says.

“This particular show is about three siblings who are burying their parents who died in a tragic parasailing accident in Mexico. After a safe life of no smoking and no drinking, they decide to go parasailing, and they die.

Both of them.”

Following the accident, the three siblings return home to put their late parents’ affairs in order. Andrea, played

by Mary Starkey, is the eldest, a Hollywood publicist who “has been out of the house forever.” Scotty (Andrew Biviano), the youngest of the three, arrives with Marcus (Mark Pleasant), his “very flamboyant boyfriend, who Andrea, the older sister, does not like.”

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The ensemble of Closing It Up, with Molly Allen in the middle.

Allen herself plays the middle sister.

“I stayed home and had kids and I live three miles from my parents’ house in Winnetka, Illinois,” she says of her character. “I kind of gave myself the boring part.”

While the three of them are busy making funeral plans, two neighbor sisters (Marty Kittleson and Penny Lucas) drop in, as does Aunt Bernie (Mary Jo Rudolf), “who we find out may have had something to do with why they were parasailing in the first place,” she explains.

Other family secrets come to light, too, such as the fact that Scotty had been cast out on account of his sexual orientation and Andrea “has a whole past” that had been kept under wraps.

“But I don’t want to give too much away,” says Allen.

Directing this premiere of Closing It Up is Heather McHenry-Kroetch, who’s previously overseen productions of A Piece of My Heart and Back of the Throat at Stage Left. She admits to being “a little trepidatious,” at least initially, about directing Allen as a performer in her own work.

“I was wondering how that would be, but I tell you, I just keep forgetting... that she’s the playwright. Sometimes I say some things that I’m like, ‘Oh, wait. Is that how you meant it?’ Because I’ve already decided,” she laughs.

“Molly’s so good at being an actress in this show, and she’s not here as the playwright. So it really hasn’t been odd like you’d think. Being an actress in a play is hard work, you know, and she’s got to memorize her lines the same as everybody. It’s not like she’s off book because she wrote it.”

McHenry-Kroetch says that she and Allen tend to hold “separate conversations” about the play and authorial intent after rehearsal is over. And though the temptation might exist for Allen to continue tinkering with dialogue and characterization, “almost zero is being fine

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tuned or tweaked” at this stage. Some of that is because Closing It Up went through a workshopping process.

“I sat down and read it in the backyard of several people’s houses,” Allen says. “And then I actually had a reading where I invited about 50 people to come. I gave them slips of paper and just said, ‘What doesn’t make sense? Which relationships are you buying? Which aren’t you buying?’ The majority of people had a problem with the ending, and so I changed the ending. It’s a lot different now.”

Allen says that the play remains “a little on the darker side,” and McHenry-Kroetch agrees, describing it as “a lighthearted dark comedy.”

“It’s a comedy, of course, and it’s got bad language, of course, because it’s me,” Allen says. Fundamentally, however, Closing It Up “dives into a lot of the things that people deal with” as members of families and communities.

“Everybody’s going to have a character they can identify with, whether it’s the one who ran away and did everything wrong, or the gay one who got disowned, or the perfect one who stayed and was boring and having problems of her own. And the sibling thing. And the loss of a parent. And the quirky neighbors who stop by who are just stuck in a time way past,” she says.

McHenry-Kroetch says the show stands out for being “well paced and funny and interesting,” as well as for its novelty.

“Just having it be a new show is exciting for theater people — people who know that you don’t always get handed a great script. For regular audiences, it’s entertaining and funny. And we’re seeing to that, I guess.” n Closing It Up • Oct. 11-21; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm • $20 • Stage Left Theater • 108 W. Third • spokanestageleft.org • 838-9727

CULTURE | VISUAL ARTS

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t first, the train tracks behind a Hillyard bar simply drew her artistic eye. But then, as she was setting up her shot, Grace June knew she should make this a self-portrait.

Just as impulsively, she also decided she needed Grace June’s “Phil” to be nude.

The photo of her on the tracks became the The portraits are in some cases haunting, lit first in a series of self-portraits that are now a with a simple, single light, a slow shutter catching cathartic form of therapy for her. They’re a arms and bodies in motion, bringing grief and physical representation of things she’s dealt with emotional struggle to life in the still images. and survived, including bipolar disorder, sexual Before she took their pictures, each person assault and repeated suicidal thoughts. or family met with June to talk about their story, “Sometimes it’s just fun. It’s kind of an how they lost a loved one, or how they struggled adrenaline rush to be nude, looking both ways themselves. for cars and trying to take that photo as quickly “Honestly I think people want to be heard as possible so you don’t get arrested,” June says. and want to be understood,” June says. “Maybe “But it’s more. The spirit of it is to see something there isn’t a ton of stuff we can all do for each that makes me feel better, that’s a release of negaother, but the one thing we can do is listen and tive energy.” be present. That’s something everyone can do.”

With each photo, she’s found healing. But Each participant also wrote their own words whenever she’s presented the pictures in shows, to accompany the portraits, both in a book that people have inevitably shared June plans to debut at the their own traumas, leaving Survive Series Art Show Oct. 12, If you are struggling with June to wonder if she could and in the exhibit itself. Many thoughts of suicide, you can call somehow help others in the of them will be at the show, First Call For Help at 838-4428, or same way. which will also include poetry the National Suicide Prevention “You give people permisand music performances, and Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255. sion to talk when you share offer guests the chance to share your truth,” she says. their thoughts and reflect in a That’s when she got the video booth. idea for a photo project she’s calling the Survive The participants in the photo series will each Series, depicting people who lost someone to get a copy of the book, which is being printed suicide and people who themselves tried to die with help from the Spokane Arts Grant Awards, by suicide. and June hopes to get copies to local school “Since people unilaterally related to the menlibraries and counselors so more people can see tal health issues I discuss in my self-portraits,” the exhibit and hear what the survivors have to June says, “I thought [the subject of] suicide was say. the next logical step to help as many people as “I have my own mental health stuff and I possible.” do reach out for support. That’s part of what In many ways, she says, the project came the project’s all about: giving people permistogether organically. There wasn’t some large sion to reach out for support,” she says. “I hope announcement asking for willing subjects. somebody picks that up and feels, ‘Man, I’m not Unfortunately, with how many lives have been alone, and I can talk about this.’” n touched by suicide, she didn’t have to look too far to find the people featured across 23 photo Survive Series Art Show • Fri, Oct. 12, 5-8pm • sessions, many of whom are connected to the art Free • West Central Episcopal Mission • 1832 community.

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WORLD CUISINE

Out of Africa, Into Spokane

Kenyan native Jane Kamuasi prepares traditional mbuzi, a goat-based dish.

Spokane’s Into Africa fundraiser highlights Kenyan food and culture, and local efforts to improve quality of life there

BY CARRIE SCOZZARO

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hen he returns to Spokane to see family, Nicholas Sironka often cooks and eats ugali, a white cornmeal dish like polenta, but thicker, and sukuma wiki, braised collard greens. Both are staples of Kenyan culinary culture that Sironka grew up eating.

In Kenyan culture, he explains, men don’t traditionally cook. “Men like to barbecue the meat,” he says, noting that the savory smell of roasting meat reminds him of home.

Home. That’s a loaded word, and one that for many is inextricable with one’s food traditions. For Sironka, who made himself known throughout Spokane for the way he represented his Maasai heritage — his distinct red attire, the dance troupe he labored to bring here from Kenya to the delight of local audiences, and his own vibrant batik paintings — home could be California, where he

now lives, or Spokane, where two of his sons still live, or even Kenya, where his daughter lives.

“Home is wherever you are,” says Jane Kamuasi, a friend of Sironka’s who opened her Spokane-area home to us while preparing several traditional Kenyan dishes: ugali, sukuma wiki, mbuzi — a goat dish which Kamuasi stews with tomatoes, onions, green peppers and curry — and maharagwe, slow-cooked beans.

Kenyan cooking, explains Kamuasi, doesn’t use a lot of spices; mainly curry — they buy a Kenyan blend off Amazon — a bit of black pepper, and maybe some salt.

Goat, beef and lamb are the most common animal proteins eaten in Kenya, and may be stewed, but more often grilled, which in Swahili is called nyama choma, or roasted meat. Kamuasi works with a local goat farmer, packaging the meat so that every portion — meat, bone,

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intestine — is used. As she cooks, Kamuasi opens her freezer and removes a goat head, which will eventually be cooked down to make a soup as delectable and rich in nutrients as any expensive jar of bone broth sold in higher-end markets.

Like most Kenyan women, Kamuasi learned to cook from her mother. “You must learn to cook because you care for the whole family,” says Kamuasi, whose daytime job is also as a caregiver, at a residential home.

Kamuasi and her husband, Mike Toroitich, met in Kenya and relocated to Southern California — they found one Kenyan restaurant there — living there many years before moving to Spokane three years ago. Winters have been a challenge, she says, but they like their house, located near the school her young son attends, and with a large backyard where she can experiment with her garden.

We admire her kale, still growing heartily despite the advancing chill. She’s harvested some cherry tomatoes, yet the potatoes didn’t produce and it remains to be seen if the pumpkin will ripen in time.

We discuss planting garlic with Kamuasi, along with ...continued on next page

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FOOD | WORLD CUISINE the purpose for our visit: We want to know about Spokane’s African community, specifically residents with Kenyan ties, in advance of an annual event featuring Kenyan food.

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nto Africa is an annual event benefitting Partnering for Progress (P4P), a nonprofit founded by two Spokane women after returning from a 2007 medical mission to southwestern Kenya, where they became determined to address chronic health and dietary issues affecting the region’s rural communities.

Since forming in 2008, Partnering for Progress has held its annual African-themed fundraiser and auction, hosted the last four years at Mirabeau Park Hotel in Spokane Valley.

Coincidentally, explains hotel general manager Andy Rooney, the venue employed people of African heritage who helped guide development of the event’s Kenyan-focused menu. Although the venue also serves what might be considered standard American fare — Caesar salad, roast pork, garlic mashed potatoes — the event showcases a wide variety of the diverse culinary profile of Kenya, an East African nation bordered by Somalia, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania and the Indian Ocean.

Jane Kamuasi stirs sukuma wiki, braised collard greens.

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As such, Into Africa’s menu highlights the influences of not only some of these neighboring countries, but also other continents. Filled pastries called samosas, for example, and pilau, a variation of rice pilaf with cardamom, onion, cinnamon, ginger and cumin, reflect Indian cuisine. Kachumbari, a salad of tomato, onion, cilantro and cucumber, has ties to Tanzania and the Great Lakes region of East Africa. Kuku, a lemony chicken stew, includes coconut milk and sweet potatoes, native to Central America and brought to Africa by the British in the 1880s. Nyama choma, or grilled lamb, reflects the predominantly pastoral Maasai culture, while ugali is linked to Portuguese traders who first introduced maize or corn to East Africa.

Of course, Partnering for Progress’s event menu also features ugali and sukuma wiki, which Kamuasi and her family eat in the traditional manner with their right hand. They use slabs of the thick ugali as a sort of scoop to hold the savory stew and greens.

The food is flavorful, filling and delicious, and is typical fare for special occasions, too, says Kamuasi.

There isn’t any formal organization in the Inland Northwest that connects Kenyans socially, says Kamuasi, nor is there a Kenyan restaurant (although Queen of Sheba serves Ethiopian food, which has some similarities). So when there is birthday or similar event, Kenyans in the community call each other or connect via the WhatsApp mobile app. And everyone is welcome, regardless of whether they were invited or not.

“In Kenya, you just show up and there is always food,” says Kamuasi.

And when you do arrive, explains Sironka, if you weren’t accounted for in the meal planning, it doesn’t matter; others will eat less so that you may eat. That is their way, he says. n food@inlander.com Into Africa • Sat, Oct. 13 at 5:30 pm • $75 • Mirabeau Park Hotel • 1100 N. Sullivan Rd., Spokane Valley • partneringforprogress.org • 720-8408

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You don’t need sauce on Austin’s smoked pork shoulder coppa.

The new Austin’s Live Fire Barbecue in downtown Spokane serves up tasty, Texas-style dry-rubbed and smoked meats

BY CHEY SCOTT

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hef Mike Jones now owns two restaurants in downtown Spokane, each with very distinct focuses. One is Mizuna, which has long been hailed for its vegetarianfriendly menu, with careful steps taken in the kitchen to avoid contamination from animalbased ingredients.

Jones’ latest venture, however, is all about the meat. He opened Austin’s Live Fire Barbecue in early September just a few blocks from Mizuna.

The focus there is Texas-style dry-rubbed and house-smoked meats with all the fixin’s.

Each day, Jones and his team brine (chicken and baby back ribs) or dry rub (pork shoulder coppa, pork belly, brisket) each cut of meat for a minimum of 24 hours in preparation for smoking, which begins at 4 am each morning. Austin’s kitchen is outfitted with a custom built, three-pit smoker equipped with weighted lids.

Jones was inspired to open and name his restaurant after a trip to Austin, Texas, about three years ago, where he sampled and toured many of the city’s esteemed barbecue smokehouses, also interning at Ruby’s BBQ for two weeks.

“The Central Texas style is dry rubbed and smoked on a low heat, and you know, there is sauce but it’s not super saucy barbecue like a lot of places,” Jones explains. “You bite into a rib from a Texas-style place and you just eat the rib.

You don’t really need the sauce, that is kind of my goal.”

Austin’s Live Fire Barbecue makes its own tangy, smoky house sauce, which comes as a standard condiment with some meats (chicken

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and ribs) and is available by request for all other plates, Jones says.

On its lunch menu, Austin’s offers each of its smoked meats in sandwich form ($14.95-$16.95), served with a choice of two sides: wedge salad, baked potato salad, sweet potato fries, seasoned fries, barbecue baked beans and smoked Gouda mac and cheese. Sandwiches include a pulled pork quesadilla with Gouda, roasted corn salsa and smoked jalapeno aioli and a brisket sandwich with grilled onions, tomato and roasted shallot aioli.

The dinner menu features a more traditional smokehouse plating, with generously portioned cuts of naked meat served with two sides (dinner adds the option of corn on the cob and braised greens to the sides list). Smaller plates for dinner include fried okra ($8.95), smoked pork belly tacos ($9.95) and a pulled pork quesadilla ($11.95).

Desserts ($5.95-$6.95) include Jones’ mother’s recipe for pecan pie, an apple-berry crisp and banana-bourbon ice cream.

One smoked meat entree ($17.95-$19.95) with two sides easily offers enough leftovers for most to have another meal at home.

“At either of my restaurants, I’ve never been accused of sending people home hungry,” Jones says, laughing.

While many customers familiar with Mizuna’s separate plant-based menu may also expect that Austin’s serves a few vegetarian-friendly barbecue dishes, Jones says that’s not even a plan in the works.

“To me, doing vegetarian right is cooking on separate surfaces; keeping it isolated and not cooking it on the same area and with the same utensils,” he says. “It’s not really possible over here — every surface is used for the meat process.

If I can’t do it right, I won’t do it at all.”

As the smokehouse’s daily pace settles out, Jones hopes to add grilled meats, including steak, to the lineup. Because of the time-intensive meat prep, he says the first month of operations have often been a trial-and-error process in terms of how much meat the kitchen needs to rub and smoke each day.

“There is no guarantee you’re going to sell it all, but also no guarantee you’ll have it when the rush starts,” Jones says. “Last Friday, we hung a sign at 7:40 saying we’re out of food.” n Austin’s Live Fire Barbecue • 421 W. Main • Open Mon-Sat 11:30 am-9 pm • Facebook: Austin’s Live Fire Barbecue • 290-5851

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FOR ALL MANKIND Damien Chazelle’s Neil Armstrong biopic First Man is a rousing testament to an American hero

BY ERIC D. SNIDER

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yan Gosling is a handsome man, but it’s his profile that’s most aesthetically pleasing. We saw a lot of it in Drive, where he sat behind the wheel of a car and was often photographed from the passenger seat, and we see it again in First Man, where he’s a test pilot in a cockpit. The pilot, like the driver, is a man of few words who keeps his emotions under wraps. But unlike the driver, the pilot has a name: Neil Armstrong.

Yes, that one. First Man, which reunites Gosling with La La Land director Damien Chazelle, is a biography of Armstrong covering the decade-long journey that ended with him on the moon (well, that ended with him coming back from the moon). Adapted by Josh Singer (The Post, Spotlight) from James R. Hansen’s book, the film handles the biopic tropes with better-than-average success, shedding light on a man who had a household name but whose private nature made him an enigma to the public. It runs long, with restlessness setting in during the midsection, but Chazelle handles the climax — the moon landing itself — with breathless, meticulous cinematic skill.

Neil is an aeronautics engineer (an “egghead” in one observer’s estimation) and a fearless test pilot when, in 1962, he’s chosen for NASA’s Project Gemini, a stepping

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stone toward the Apollo missions that will lead us to the moon. It’s the height of the Cold War and the “space race,” and the Soviets have been beating America to all the benchmarks. It’s imperative, therefore, that we get to the moon before they do, because if they get there first, well, then, that would be bad, because… (The movie does not finish the sentence.)

Neil and his wife Janet (Claire Foy) move to Houston with their little boy, having already lost a daughter to cancer (they would have another son in Texas). Neil’s new co-worker, Ed White (Jason Clarke), lives across the street with his wife Pat (Olivia Hamilton). The wives bond over the stress of being married to astronauts; Neil and Ed enjoy working together and would describe themselves as friends, but Neil never talks to Ed — or anyone — about his feelings. He’s particularly tight lipped about the death of his daughter, which affected him deeply.

The years pass quickly in movie terms as Chazelle hits the highlights of the Gemini missions and Armstrong’s role in them. (Side note: “Gemini” is consistently pronounced “gemin-ee,” not “gemin-eye.” The ’60s were a crazy time, man.) Neil emerges as a thoughtful scientist with steel nerves, saving his own life

or the lives of others on more than one exciting occasion. But there are tragedies he cannot prevent, as space exploration buffs no doubt recall. As time passes and the casualties mount, and as America is mired ever deeper in Vietnam and other unrest, people start to ask: Is going to the moon worth all the money and lives it’s costing?

The answer can only be yes, right? Chazelle doesn’t really make a strong case for it (other than presenting the culmination of the mission with reverent awe), but if it was all a boondoggle, then this story is depressing and ironic, not inspiring. But it seems a misstep to raise the “is it worth it?” question and then act like it was rhetorical.

Like most of the missions it depicts, the film is top-notch in technical aspects, Linus Sandgren’s cinematography and Justin Hurwitz’s sweeping musical score leading the way. Also like the missions, the movie drags in the middle as a sense of repetition creeps in. (I know, I know: The process was repetitive.) You wouldn’t initially think of it as an effects-heavy film — it’s science-fact, not science-fiction — but the sequences set in space and on the moon are uncannily convincing. The supporting cast is full of familiar faces: Kyle Chandler, Pablo Schreiber, Christopher Abbott, Ciaran Hinds, Patrick Fugit, Lukas Haas, Shea Whigham, Ethan Embry and Corey Stoll.

The latter plays Buzz Aldrin, who was a bit of a jerk, or at least comes off that way when the movie is about Neil Armstrong.

Biopics about people who were stoic and inscrutable are risky, as there often isn’t enough available information about them — because they were stoic and inscrutable, you see — to flesh out a movie protagonist. First Man and Gosling’s performance avoid that problem by giving Armstrong an arc that, accurate or not, provides satisfying resolution to his character. Scenes of people around the world celebrating what America has achieved on behalf of all mankind (minus the Soviets — this was to spite them, not help them) are a reminder that for all our manufactured divisions and quarrels, we are one world that reached out and touched another one. And that’s pretty awesome. n

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Bank robbers, traveling salesmen, struggling musicians and cult members convene at a sketchy 1960s motel in this neo-noir from the director of The Cabin in the Woods. (NW) Rated R

BLACK ’47

Set amidst the Irish Famine of the 1840s, a soldier returning home finds his whole family dead and vows revenge on the British officers responsible. (NW) Rated R

COLETTE

A biopic of the French author Colette (Keira Knightley), who began as a ghostwriter for her husband and eventually published acclaimed work under her own name. (NW) Rated R

FIRST MAN

Ryan Gosling is Neil Armstrong in Damien Chazelle’s biopic, which meticulously details the sheer risk and courage that went into the moon land-

ing. A tad overlong, but technically dazzling. (ES) Rated PG-13

FREE SOLO

A documentary following free climber Alex Honnold’s attempt to successfully ascend Yosemite’s El Capitan rock formation sans rope and safety harness. Not for acrophobes.

(NW) Rated PG-13

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Late country musician Blaze Foley gets an unconventional biopic, a portrait of a great artist who lived fast and died young. Directed by Ethan Hawke and anchored by a terrific debut performance from Ben Dickey. At the Magic Lantern. (NW) Rated R

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Faith-based drama about the legal troubles of Kermit Gosnell, a physician who performed illegal abortions in Philadelphia. (NW) Rated PG-13

NOW PLAYING Spike Lee’s latest joint concerns the true tale of black cop Ron Stallworth, who posed as a white supremacist and befriended David Duke in 1979.

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Not even diehard slasher fans will find much to love. (DN) Rated R

THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS

Based on John Bellairs’ beloved book, a fantasy about an orphaned boy and his warlock uncle trying to stop an evil sorcerer’s doomsday clock. An odd duck of a children’s film, too goofy in some places and too scary in others. (NW) Rated PG

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A little girl in an African village is accused of practicing witchcraft in this strange, satirical and visually beguiling fable that mixes flights of fancy with very serious subject matter. At the Magic Lantern. (IH) Not Rated

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When a submersible filled with scientists is menaced by a megalodon, former Navy diver Jason Statham goes tooth to tooth with the same beast that cost him his career years ago. Could’ve been worse, but it’s no Jaws, either.

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toon barely clears a very low bar. (JB) Rated PG

A STAR IS BORN

This third remake of the classic ragsto-riches story finds a booze-soaked musician (Bradley Cooper) eclipsed by his protege and lover (Lady Gaga, who can really act). An engaging rock melodrama that offers both the glitter of escapism and the grit of serious issues. (EB) Rated R

VENOM

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sessed by a wisecracking alien symbiote, and he goes after a billionaire scientist doing dangerous experiments.

Plays like a 13-year-old boy’s idea of a cool, edgy superhero movie. (NW) Rated PG-13

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Kevin Hart as a high school dropout getting his GED meets a ragtag night school crew and a teacher (Tiffany Haddish, the best thing here) who see through his boastful exterior. Can’t decide between slapstick farce or a PSA about learning disabilities. (DN) Rated PG-13

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The worst of the Conjuring films, an origin story about that pallid-faced mother superior that likes to pop out of dark corners. Lots of cheap boos that don’t add up to much. (NW) Rated R

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Those bipedal extraterrestrial trophy hunters are back, and this time they’re genetically upgraded and squaring off against a squad of reformed soldiers.

Shane Black’s attempt to refresh the action franchise mostly stumbles, save for a few memorable supporting characters. (JB) Rated R

A SIMPLE FAVOR

Overzealous suburban mom Anna Kendrick gets into Nancy Drew mode when her wealthy, glamorous friend (Blake Lively) suddenly vanishes. A twisty, kinky, stylish mystery anchored by two terrific performances. (NW) Rated R

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An animated tale about an outcast yeti who sets out to prove to his village that humans do exist. With an anonymous visual style and forgettable songs, this

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Hagiographic but enlightening documentary chronicling the extraordinary life and trailblazing career of longtime Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, detailing her roles as a women’s rights advocate and feminist internet meme. (NW) Rated PG

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Debuting film star Lady Gaga and debuting director Bradley Cooper have stunning chemistry in the latest version of the evergreen melodrama A Star Is Born.

Perfect Illusion

The latest go-round of A Star Is Born offers both escape and substance

BY ELISSA BALL

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t’s not a music movie until a sweaty singer washes down a handful of pills with gulps of grain alcohol, and A Star Is Born is a music movie from the first gin-splashed scene.

Directed and co-written by Bradley Cooper, this third remake of the 1937 original opens at an outdoor concert, shot from the perspective of the band onstage, a rock-country hybrid headed by Jackson Maine (Cooper, really playing guitar and singing). The film’s ongoing band’s-eye-view approach and music industry details (hotel parties, pre-show huddles, drug-supplying doctors) make this reboot feel like a rock doc.

I’ll admit the trailer for A Star Is Born made me cringe. I suspected Cooper might be channeling Matthew McConaughey, and I wondered if Lady Gaga could deliver a believable, nuanced performance. Turns out, Lady can act. Gaga chomps into the role of emerging singer-songwriter Ally with the ravenous passion of a performer out to prove doubters wrong. She emotes with her entire body, conveying subtle mood shifts with just her irises.

And Cooper does his jobs — all of them — better than expected.

Rather than imitate McConaughey’s odd drawl swagger, Jackson’s songwriting and stage presence embody Neil Young and Chris Stapleton, while his speaking voice is mined from the gravel pit in Sam Elliott’s throat. Elliott and his iconic moustache play Jackson’s older brother Bobby, and the brothers’ blood-relation subplot adds depth and pathos to Jackson, making him more relatable than Kris Kristofferson’s one-dimensional dirtbag character from the (barely watchable) ’76 Barbra Streisand version.

The magnetism pulsing between Ally and Jackson is undeniable.

When Ally’s getting to know Jackson, she warily tells him, “You’re a real gentleman, I think.” She’s interested, yet also senses he’s a complicated dude “tryin’ to fill that void” with booze and pills. Attraction is one powerful current, though, and Ally chooses to “dive in” anyway, hoping Jackson will truly “let the old ways die” in order to clean up and show up for her.

But of course, A Star Is Born is a tragedy. We know someone’s

star will fade in a spectacular explosion; suspense comes from wondering how. As a director, Cooper teases the audience with false dangers to keep us guessing. Every good rock movie also includes a rock-bottom scene, and ASIB is no exception. Waiting for Jackson’s habits to catch up with him is morbidly fascinating. Just how far down into the void will he plummet before he hits the cold-shower wake-up call of reality? The answer — a humiliating spectacle — does not disappoint.

From music execs disapproving of Ally’s nose size to her manager Rez stressing the importance of “creating an image,” the evolution of Ally’s physical appearance is a big thread in this story. She constantly seeks approval from the men around her. However, I don’t view her thirst for validation as a weakness, but rather an A STAR IS BORN honest portrayal of gendered Rated R double standards in the Directed by Bradley Cooper industry. While Jackson Starring Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Sam Elliott Maine can sell out arenas looking like a sunburned fur trapper with greasy hair, Ally must repackage and alter her body with focus-group precision, simply because she’s a woman.

A Star Is Born has schmaltzy moments. In a heavy-handed backstage scene, Jackson tenderly peels a fake eyebrow off Ally’s face—stripping away her mask, so that she’s vulnerable. Get it?! And Ally’s final musical number seems torn from the Beaches scrapbook, her spotlit performance a too-close imitation of C.C. Bloom crooning “Wind Beneath My Wings” in a velvet gown, backed by a maudlin string section.

But overall, this Star doesn’t reek of Hallmark. It’s an engaging, instant classic that has the glitter of escapism and the grit of serious topics — chemical addiction, childhood neglect, co-dependency. Cooper has built one hell of an entertainment-award-harvesting machine, and Elliott especially deserves the gold statuettes coming his way.

Damn it, I can’t believe I didn’t hate this movie. n

REMAKES The moment in A Star Is Born when Jackson Maine stops aspiring singer Ally as she’s walking into her house, telling her from the open window of his limousine, “I just wanted to take another look at you,” was endlessly memed online before the movie even opened, probably without most people realizing that the scene itself was already a variation on an iconic moment in the previous versions of A Star Is Born.

Fredric March, James Mason and Kris Kristofferson all tell Janet Gaynor, Judy Garland and Barbra Streisand some variant of “I just wanted to take another look at you” in the 1937, 1954 and 1976 A Star Is Born films, respectively, just one of the ways that the story of the relationship between a rising young female artist and a fading older male artist has become a sort of Hollywood myth. Later renditions have added more grit and more anguish, but the core tragedy has always been there, embodied in the use of that line, which initially indicates promise and hope, but turns into a harbinger of doom by the end.

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BLUES

BLUES & ROOTS We break down our favorite Keb’ Mo’ songs to prime you for the revered blues guitarist’s upcoming show

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ou could say Keb’ Mo’ is a blues player.

What’s more, you could say he’s widely recognized as a master of the art form and point to his 14 albums and four Grammy Awards — most recently Best Contemporary Blues Album for TajMo (2017), his collaboration with Taj Mahal.

You could also say he’s living proof of Americana’s burgeoning inclusivity and one of the genre’s foremost black spokesmen, and that he’s helping roots music push past its narrow definition as 1970s-influenced countryrock. (You know, music played by white people in flannel, for white people in flannel.) In an interview with Rolling Stone, Keb’ Mo’ said he’d like the format to include elements of jazz and even hip-hop, for it to be “just purely about music and no categories.” So you could say he’s something of a visionary, as well.

But none of that adequately conveys the depth of his expression in his music, or the way his voice, both time-worn and timeless,

transports listeners to a screen porch somewhere in the deep South. Or that he’s an astonishingly smooth guitar picker with sneaky old guy chops and an easy onstage charisma.

You really just have to hear and see him for yourself.

And I’m here to help. I’ve put together a list of five songs to get you pumped and primed for Keb’ Mo’s upcoming solo show, so listen up.

“JUST LIKE YOU,” JUST LIKE YOU (1996)

This album represented a shift away from Keb’ Mo’s Delta blues style to a more expansive, rock-based sound. The title track is a somber acoustic blues-pop song originally featuring guest artists Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt, and it’s been a mainstay in Keb’ Mo’s sets for more than two decades. The message of equality is plain to hear, especially when he delivers ...continued on next page

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“SOON AS I GET PAID,” SLOW DOWN (1998)

This muddy blues joint features everything you could possibly want: A walking bassline set to mosey, vibrato-effected guitar, and lyrics about overdue credit card bills, disastrous tax returns and not paying your bartender for drinks. Don’t worry, Keb’ Mo’ is good for it. Right? ... Keb’?

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This short and sweet wade through the Delta swamp clocks in under three minutes. It’s also a prime example of Keb’ Mo’s storytelling, as our hero struggles to scrape together enough money to take his sweetheart to France. He’s still making payments on her wedding ring, see, and of course asking his boss for a raise doesn’t work — not with the global, bipartisan oligarchy keeping all of us down. (OK, I added that last part.)

Ultimately, he finds a couple of cheap tickets on the internet and concludes, “I said, ‘Ain’t nothing wrong with Texas / But you and I are going to France.’” Here, here.

“OLD ME BETTER,” BLUESAMERICANA (2014)

Some say people get better with age. Not Keb’ Mo’, though. On this New Orleans street party of a song with a raucous brass section, he laments the loss of his younger self and his formerly wild

ways: “Well I’d sleep all day, party all night / Did whatever I wanted, whatever I liked / You made me a brand new man, but I liked the old me better.”

“LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL,” SUITCASE (2006)

The final song on Keb’ Mo’s ninth studio album is one of his better-known numbers, and for good reason — it’s basically distilled bittersweetness designed to tug your MORE EVENTS heartstrings all Visit Inlander.com for the way out. It’s complete listings of inspiring and local events. nostalgic from the moment he begins the exquisitely simple fingerpicking pattern, and it would be difficult not to feel the heartfelt positivity of lyrics such as, “Life is beautiful, life is wonderous / Every star above shining just for us.”

But the real gut-wrencher comes in the second verse, when he sings: “I get crazy, so afraid / That I might lose you some fine day / And I’ll be nothing but a tired old man / And I don’t wanna be without you at the party.”

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Different State of Being Seattle’s Motopony bring their self-described “psychedelic outer space party” to Spokane

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eattle supergroup Motopony has had measurable success in the world of arts and culture, but the journey hasn’t been a short one, nor has it been easy.

Lead vocalist and band leader Daniel Blue started Motopony 11 years and five record releases ago, and the band has since graced stages from Seattle to Los Angeles to New York City. He and his band have even traveled as far as India, where Blue recalls his most memorable experience.

“We had to carry our gear down and out of this 10-story apartment building, and on the ground floor, there were these on-call drivers that drove these Toyota 4Runner-type cars,” he says. “[One of my bandmates] got into one of them, locked all the doors, and started honking the horn. It was around 3 am.

“Then, a truck full of guys in identical khaki outfits in an open-face truck of 12 dudes with sticks came by. The driver made the cut-throat symbol at me and signaled me to ‘shhhh.’ We just bowed and got him out of the car, and drove away.”

Since the beginning, Blue has cycled through 20 to 25 band members, which might lend a window into the mind of the musical ebbs and flows of Motopony.

“Ultimately it was refining my own character. I needed a lot of help initially, then later not so much,” Blue says. “A lot of it was me kind of mucking my way through learning how to be a musician.”

Motopony’s self-titled 2011 release uses sounds like the creaking of a rocking chair, a church pipe organ and tribal-sounding drums to create a sense of grounded serenity. With Blue’s pure vocals and straightforward guitar, he speaks to the soul of a person. Welcome You, their 2015 release, has a more full band sound, while holding tight to ambient, heart-engaging circular patterns, adding slightly more edge to the humble simplicity that is their signature style.

Motopony was inspired by a book by David Abram called The Spell of the Sensuous, an introduction to phenomenology, a philosophical exploration of the consciousness. “[Abram] was trading sleight of hand magic with shaman tribes in South America, thinking

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that he would write his master’s thesis on placebo effect, but he realized the shamans weren’t using placebo,” Blue explains. “The premise is that all sickness and war comes from being out of balance. If we could enter into a good relationship with things, even man-made things, we could come back into harmony and be the change we want to see in the world.”

So Blue decided to start treating his motorcycle like it was alive and called it a pony.

“It changed my experience,” he says. “I rode it really differently and I pretended like it was alive, and talked to it and was being in relationship with it. The energy that I put into it, I would get back out of it. Motopony was born out of that.”

Since then, the concept has gone through infancy and into the mature stage of being a rounded artistic presentation with the same striving for balance. In more recent performances, soaring guitar riffs and beautiful harmonies come from Timothy Graham. Gabriel Molinaro also lends his voice, and covers a wide span of organ and synth parts. Bassist Carl Germain and drummer Michael Knight lend the driving heartbeat.

Blue fronts the band primarily with his hips, but also contributes lead vocals, guitar and whatever fun toys he can get his hands on.

Motopony is Blue’s personal outflow of creativity, and he remains the sole songwriter.

He creates the song in his head, a sort of mental orchestra. He then communicates his brainchild to his bandmates by singing them their individual parts, and they interpret that vision and apply it to their instruments.

On their upcoming record (which is, as of now, untitled), Motopony has produced something cutting edge and special, and if you listen, you can hear influences of rain, earth and human conversation. Those elements coincide with and are completed by the balance of engaging electric melodies and synth parts that compel you to move. n Motopony with Daniel Moses Botkin • Sat, Oct. 13 at 8 pm • $8 advance, $10 day of • All ages • The Bartlett • 228 W. Sprague • thebartlettspokane.com • 747-2174

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aryland-bred brothers T.J. and John Osborne have taken Nashville by storm the last couple years, racking up a series of hits combining country twang with an unmistakably rocking crunch. T.J. is the voice and John is the lead guitarist and together they’ve won the last two Academy of Country Music Vocal Duo of the Year Awards, as well as the Video of the Year trophy for “It Ain’t My Fault,” the stomping throwdown that closes their 2016 debut Pawn Shop. They released their sophomore album this year and Port Saint Joe picks up where their winning first album left off.

— DAN NAILEN The Brothers Osborne with the Wild Feathers • Wed, Oct. 17 at 8 pm • All ages • $35 • Knitting Factory • 919 W. Sprague • sp.knittingfactory.com • 244-3279

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ANTHONY’S AT COEUR D’ALENE, Sam Leyde BERSERK, Vinyl Meltdown BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn J THE BIG DIPPER, For Peace Band, River City Roots BOLO’S, Inland Empire Blues Society Monthly Blues Boogie BOOMERS CLASSIC ROCK BAR & GRILL, Tin Cup Monkey J BOOTS BAKERY & LOUNGE, The Song Project J BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB, Open Jazz Jam with Erik Bowen CORBY’S BAR, Steve Fleming THE CORK & TAP, Truck Mills CRUISERS, Open Jam Night DARCY’S, Karaoke w/DJ Dave THE JACKSON ST., Zaq Flanary and the Songsmith Series MARYHILL WINERY SPOKANE, Mark Holt NIGHTHAWK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), PJ Destiny J THE PIN!, Josh Field; Cognizant, Rottenness, Xingaia, IBS RED ROOM LOUNGE, Carnage the Executioner with Sammy Warm Hands, NKNGS, Brotha Nature & CCB Krew THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos feat. Christan Raxter & Steve Ridler THE ROCK BAR & LOUNGE, The Rock Jam Series THE ROXIE, Jim Elvidge SLICE & BISCUIT, Bluegrass Jam THREE PEAKS KITCHEN + BAR, Dawna Stafford ZOLA, Blake Braley

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f you were to cobble together a list of great living banjo players, a few names would jump right to the top. Steve Martin, for one.

Béla Fleck would be another. Danny Barnes certainly belongs in that rarified company, an ace musician who has explored the ins and outs of bluegrass in ever-fascinating ways. The picker extraordinaire started as bandleader of the Austin outfit the Bad Livers, bringing a poppier flare to classic Americana, and has collaborated with multi-instrumentalist Max Brody as the Test Apes, a more rock-oriented band from Seattle. Regardless of who he’s playing with, you’ll marvel at the way he burns up a banjo.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER Danny Barnes with Matt Mitchell • Wed, Oct. 17 at 8 pm • All ages • $12 advance, $15 day of • The Bartlett • 228 W. Sprague • thebartlettspokane.com • 747-2174 J THE BARTLETT, Super Sparkle BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn J J THE BIG DIPPER, Itchy Kitty, Organ Grinder, RagBone, Son of Sow BIGFOOT PUB, Into the Drift BOLO’S, Usual Suspects BOOMBOX PIZZA, Karaoke BOOMERS, FM CEDAR STREET BRIDGE, Brian Jacobs CORBY’S BAR, Karaoke CRUISERS, Karaoke with Gary DARCY’S, Karaoke w/DJ Dave FARMHOUSE KITCHEN AND SILO BAR, Tom D’Orazi and Friends HILLYARD LIBRARY SPORTS BAR, Bobby Patterson & Randy Knowles IDAHO POUR AUTHORITY, Ron Kieper Jazz Trio IRON GOAT BREWING CO., Dario Ré with Phil Pintor and Michael Starry IRON HORSE (COEUR D’ALENE), Smash Hit Carnival

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PATIT CREEK CELLARS, Ken Davis In Transit PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, One Street Over J THE PIN!, 2018 Campfire Series with The Ghoul & Guests RED ROOM LOUNGE, Fat Lady, Dash THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos J RITTER’S GARDEN & GIFT, My Own Worst Enemy J SARANAC ROOFTOP, Moms Only, DJ Bubblegum Toothpaste THREE PEAKS KITCHEN + BAR, Dawna Stafford TRIPLE PLAY FAMILY FUN PARK, The Ryan Larsen Band ZOLA, Royale

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219 LOUNGE, Browne Salmon Truck BARLOWS AT LIBERTY LAKE, Bill Bozly

J J THE BARTLETT, Motopony (see page 47), Daniel Moses Botkin BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn J THE BIG DIPPER, Speakeasy Electro Swing with Good Co, Hot Club of Spokane & Rouge LaRue BIGFOOT PUB, Into the Drift J J BING CROSBY THEATER, Pigs on the Wing: Finding the Dark Side of the Moon BOLO’S, Usual Suspects BOOMERS, FM CEDAR STREET BRIDGE, Steve Neff CHECKERBOARD BAR, BoomBox Debauchery GARLAND PUB & GRILL, The Working Spliffs THE GRAIN SHED, Feed The Soul Songwriter Series IDAHO POUR AUTHORITY, John Firshi IRON HORSE (COEUR D’ALENE), Smash Hit Carnival THE JACKSON ST., Karaoke

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THE BULL HEAD, Songsmith Series J CALYPSOS COFFEE & CREAMERY, Open Mic CHECKERBOARD BAR, Open Mic Night CRAVE, DJ Dave EICHARDT’S, Monday Night Jam with Truck Mills RED ROOM LOUNGE, Open Mic with Lucas Brookbank Brown ZOLA, Perfect Mess

Tuesday, 10/16

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LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Turntable Tuesday THE OBSERVATORY, Musician’s Open Mic J THE PIN!, Osatia RAZZLE’S BAR & GRILL, Open Mic Jam THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Country Swing Dancing SWEET LOU’S RESTAURANT AND TAP HOUSE, Bill Bozly THE VIKING, Songsmith Series ZOLA, Dueling Cronkites

Wednesday, 10/17

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FILM FACTS ABOUT FICTION

In the Inlander’s first year of existence, grunge took over the airwaves, the O.J. Simpson trial was obsessing the nation and Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction became an unexpected blockbuster. So we thought, “What better way to ring in our 25th year than with a screening of Quentin Tarantino’s violent, narratively scrambled 1994 groundbreaker?” It reinvigorated John Travolta’s career, it changed the course of American independent film and it taught us what they call Quarter Pounders with Cheese in Paris. On Oct. 17, we’ll open the Bing at 6 pm, which is also when we’ll start pouring $5 beers and offering free popcorn, courtesy of Horizon Credit Union. You can win prizes by dressing as your favorite Pulp Fiction character or by participating in our Jack Rabbit Slim’s-style dance contest.

No word yet on whether our Ed Sullivan impersonator will be there.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER Suds & Cinema: Pulp Fiction • Wed, Oct. 17 at 7 pm • $6.50 • Bing Crosby Theater • 901 W. Sprague • bingcrosbytheater. com • 227-7638

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COMMUNITY BREAK THE CYCLE

BENEFIT CLASSY TRASH

Stop the Silence Fall Music Festival • Sun, Oct. 14 from 11 am-5 pm • Free to attend • All ages • Peone View • 11515 N. Bruce Rd., Mead • bit.ly/2OM2PGr

10th Annual Junk2Funk • Sat, Oct. 13 at 7 pm • $40 • Coeur d’Alene Eagles Lodge • 209 Sherman Ave. • kealliance.org • 208-667-9093

Shauna Kennedy-Carr founded Stop the Silence, a music-focused fundraiser, after she lost her sister to domestic violence in 2017. In recognition of October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Stop the Silence is now hosting its second annual fall music festival to raise money for local organizations supporting victims and their families affected by domestic violence. Despite the somber cause, the family-friendly, harvest-themed event includes festive activities, including interactive games, a live auction, food and drink, live music by local artists and more. All proceeds from the festival support organizations working locally to aid domestic violence victims and to educate the community on this prevalent and dangerous issue: the YWCA of Spokane, NAOMI and Safe Passage in Coeur d’Alene.

— MICHAELA MULLIGAN

Local artists turn trash into quite fashionable treasure at the annual Junk2Funk Eco-Fashion Show, hosted for the 10th year to benefit the Kootenai Environmental Alliance (KEA). Any reusable material is fair game for participating designers, from cardboard and newspaper to plastic and recycled textiles. “All runway creations are made from everyday junk, trash and recycled materials,” the event’s marketing proclaims. The KEA is Idaho’s oldest conservation-focused nonprofit, founded in 1972 with the mission to “conserve, protect and restore the environment, with a particular emphasis on the Idaho Panhandle and the Coeur d’Alene basin.”

Preceding Junk2Funk’s main runway show is the Creative Kids Eco Show at 1 pm ($5), showcasing creative upcycled looks by area youth.

— CHEY SCOTT

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The Great American Read Finale Watch & #1 Book Reveal Party!

Tuesday, Oct. 23 • 6:30 pm Spokane Public Library • Downtown Branch, 3rd Floor FREE Registration Required — www.ksps.org/read Dress as your favorite literary figure and join us for fun and frolic as we watch the final episode of The Great American Read and the reveal of the winning book!

Movie snacks, no-host adult beverages, entertainment, costume contest, prizes!

WORDS PECULIAR PLANS

Spokane has already hosted a slew of big-name writers this fall, and next up is New York Times-bestselling author Ransom Riggs, the pen behind the pages of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. Riggs is coming to talk about his newest title and fourth installment in the Miss Peregrine series, A Map of Days. He’ll be reading at the Spokane Public Library in conjunction with Auntie’s Bookstore, which means fans will need to preorder a copy of the new title in order to claim a seat at the event. (Don’t delay.) A Map of Days, which came out Oct. 2, reunites protagonist Jacob Portman with Miss Peregrine and crew, who find themselves facing a new discovery and many adventures to come.

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Ransom Riggs • Fri, Oct. 12 at 7 pm • $23 (book purchase required; good for two seats) • Spokane Public Library, downtown branch • 906 W. Main • auntiesbooks.com • 838-0206

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CLASSICAL SENSATIONAL STRINGS

For the first concert in its 2018-19 season, the Spokane String Quartet is performing a contemporary piece by the youngest-ever Pulitzer Prize winner in music. Caroline Shaw’s creations are innovative and often unexpected, perhaps more so when sandwiched between movements by classical greats Joseph Haydn and Antonín Dvorák, as done here. This is a good choice, though, as Shaw’s “Entr’acte” is simultaneously beautiful and, at times, jarring. It’s quite difficult to describe the technically diverse piece, so take our word that it’s worth hearing performed by the Spokane String Quartet’s four talented musicians: Amanda Howard Phillips, Mateusz Wolski, Jeannette Wee-Yang and Helen Byrne. “I love its beauty, and its uniqueness,” says Phillips. “I also feel strongly about programming music by young composers and by women composers in particular.”

— CHEY SCOTT Spokane String Quartet • Sun, Oct. 14 at 3 pm • $12-$20 • Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox • 1001 W. Sprague • spokanestringquartet.org

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I SAW YOU DESCENDENTS I saw you at the Descendents show at the Knit; lower bar near the steps down to lower seating. You: long brown hair, red plaid shirt. You were with a couple and another guy whose presence you didn’t seem thrilled with. We caught eyes briefly and you airtoasted me. You knew all the words. milogoestospokane@gmail.com THE KING IN THE EASTERN WA I saw you at the Spokane Renaissance Faire on Saturday. You were dressed in a Jon Snow lookalike outfit and coyly smiled when I told you that you ‘knew nothing’. You looked great in my crown, btw. I’d conquer the seven kingdoms for you!

MY HANDSOME MAN It wasn’t love at first sight, but I was charmed the moment I met you. That evening in Berkeley, I didn’t know that this Idaho man, who climbed an oak tree to impress me, would one day be my best friend and partner. I am grateful to share life with you. You challenge me to wholeheartedly embrace life,

supported me through family crises, devotedly co-parent our dogs, cheer me on in my career, moved across state lines with me twice, and show me your love in a myriad of expressions every day. I love your honesty, deep love of God, witty humor, resilience, brilliant mind, creativity, outgoing kindness, and courage. You never cease to amaze me. Life is full of both joys and unpredictable challenges, but I want to share it all with you - the mesmerizing, murky and mundane. More than four years later, you still give me butterflies. My Lion, My Love - will you marry me?

GREEN BLOUSE, BLUE JEANS I saw you working at the SNAP/ Avista heating assistance event at the Spokane County Fairgrounds on Tuesday, October 2nd. You were wearing a Green Blouse, and Blue Jeans. I was eating food they provided in the chairs that they provided on the SNAP side of the building.

If you’d like to have a cup of coffee somewhere, email me. :)

CHEERS FIRST WEEK Happy 1st week back at work! I hope this proves to be a great part of our amazing adventure together. I love you.

JEERS YIELD SIGNS Yield signs on Third and Cannon in Brown’s addition?

To the driver who complained last week about drivers ignoring the yield signs, the signs were removed from Second Avenue years ago, and there haven’t been any on Third

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You were dressed in a Jon Snow lookalike outfit and coyly smiled when I told you that you ‘knew nothing.’ You looked great in my crown, btw.

forever. Maybe someone else needs a drivers lesson. Or glasses.

GONZAGA BASKETBALL Jeers for putting half of your games on ESPN where half of the population in Spokane do not have cable or ESPN. Way to stab your fans in the back.

STA BOO BOO I’m a daily patron of the bus system in Spokane, and 99 percent of the time, I have great experiences. However, today, as I was walking to my bus stop for route 39, the bus came ahead of schedule, as I was crossing an intersection.

Stopped at a red light (about 20 feet away), I motioned to the driver, asking if I could get on. She shook her head no, and pointed forward to the next stop. At that point I ran, and as she pulled up to the next stop, she stopped, waited, and then proceeded to pull away before I could make it. I hope your milk is sour on your next bowl of cereal, you demon.

RICH OLD WHITE MEN I am tired of rich old white men running this country. I no longer want them making decisions for me. It is time for a change!

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NO MORE PROGRESSIVE ROT, THANK YOU! After the recent debacle with the Supreme Court hearings and the pillorying of an innocent man, how anyone could ever vote for a Socialist Democrat again is truly mind-boggling. The Dems have sank to unimaginably disgusting whale-poop levels to reveal their true colors and political mind-rot.

So sad that the left part of our state is sympathetic of these sorry ideals.

Note to the newcomers: Welcome to Spokane from this old timer (meaning pre-Expo 74 resident). And to those from liberal hellholes like California and Seattle, remember why you fled those places in the first place. Please leave the liberal mindrot behind, where it belongs. MAGA! STOP LITTERING I am tired of “The” newspaper company throwing their advertisements all over my neighborhood. How would the owners of said newspaper feel if the Inlander was thrown unsolicited in their yard and all over their neighborhood?

Please find another way to distribute your advertisement.

SORRY NOT SORRY FOR TEARING THEM DOWN Jeers to the local annual event that put my abuser’s

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face on their poster and for hanging them in every public space that I’d find myself in. You hung them at my work, at my school, and at every bar and theater I’d go to. It’s like your promo team was trying to torture me. This person was already on my mind more than I’d like due to constant reminders of abuse in the news, but to see their face at every place that I found safe or sacred was genuinely horrific. Your event is good for the community, so I hope it goes well, but I also kind of hope it gets hit by a tornado full of flaming bees. n

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THE EXTRA MILE Girls on the Run of Spokane County’s annual fundraiser, featuring raffle drawings, food from Nectar Catering and plenty of opportunities to learn about GOTR’s mission from our participants. Oct. 11, 5:30-7 pm. $15. Nectar Catering and Events, 120 N. Stevens St. bit.ly/2ClRMyR MASTER GARDENER FALL BANQUET The annual fundraiser benefits the WSU Master Gardener Program. This year’s banquet includes a silent auction, a “dessert dash,” a no-host bar and catered dinner, and a meet-and-greet with this year’s NYT Bestselling author and keynote speaker, Andrea Wulf. Oct. 11, 4-8 pm. $45. WSU-Spokane County Master Gardener Program, 222 N. Havana St. mgfsc.org (477-2181) JUNK2FUNK Kootenai Environmental Alliance hosts the 10th annual show for which local artists demonstrate their creative abilities on the runway by turning junk and recycled materials into fun designer outfits. Oct. 13, 5:30 pm. $40.

Coeur d’Alene Eagles, 209 Sherman Ave. bit.ly/2Qk7VYk (208-651-6950) BRIDGE TO BRUNCH Join MultiCare’s 5k run/walk along the Centennial Trail and after the race enjoy complimentary waffles, breakfast nibbles and brunch beverages. All proceeds support the Community Cancer Fund. Start/finishes at WSU Health Sciences (Lot 1). Oct. 13, 9 am-noon. $10-$20. multicare.org/ bridge-to-brunch FALL FOR SANDPOINT Downtown Sandpoint celebrates “Fall for Sand-

point” with sales, in-store games and prizes, kids’ activities and more. Participating merchants are teamed with local nonprofits, which receive a portion of proceeds. Oct. 13, 11 am-4 pm. Free. facebook.com/SandpointShopping INTO AFRICA AUCTION & DINNER Partnering for Progress’s annual fundraiser, featuring keynote speaker Nereah Obura, P4P’s project coordinator in Kopanga/Giribe. African themed and Western food will be served. Oct. 13, 5:30-8 pm. $75/person $550/table of 8. Mirabeau Park Hotel, 1100 N. Sullivan Rd. partneringforprogress.org 7TH ANNUAL EPIC BEARD COMPETITION Compete in one of 12 categories of beards and mustaches, or come watch. Proceeds benefit Embrace Washington and Teen/Kids Closet. Oct. 13, 6-10 pm. $10-$25. The Pin!, 412 W. Sprague. spokanebeardmustache.org PHOENIX CONSERVANCY BENEFIT Sanctuary Yoga leads a class and Paradise Creek is donating one dollar from every beer. Event includes two yoga sessions (1 and 3 pm) with a happy hour in between and after. Phoenix Conservancy works with endangered ecosystems globally. Oct. 14, 1-4 pm. $18/$40. Paradise Creek Brewery, 245 SE Paradise St., Pullman. donorbox. org/brewga-tickets (509-338-9463) STOP THE SILENCE An event in recognition of domestic violence, and in memory of a local victim. Proceeds benefit the YWCA of Spokane, NAOMI and Safe Passage. The family-friendly event includes live music, food trucks, live/silent auctions, games and more.

Oct. 14, 11 am-5 pm. Free, donations ac-

cepted. Peone View, 11515 N. Bruce Rd., Mead. bit.ly/2OM2PGr TMP IN THE COMMUNITY The Missing Piece Tattoo kicks off its new community involvement program by teaming up with The Jonah Project for a fundraiser at the studio. The event includes $50 flash sheets and piercings, a donation box, raffle and more. All proceeds will go towards rescuing, housing and rehabilitating victims of sex trafficking in Spokane as well as preventative outreach for at-risk youth. Oct. 14, 3-8 pm.

Missing Piece Tattoo, 410 W. Sprague. bit.ly/2xDZZtb (624-2467) THRILLUSIONIST DAVID DAVINCI From the venue: Not a magician, not just an illusionist, but a thrill-seeking, mind-bending master of prestidigitation who creates an alternate world of fascination. Proceeds benefit Green Feet Booster Club and The Local Deaf and Hard. Oct. 16, 7-9 pm. $20. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. bingcrosbytheater.com (227-7404)

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EVENTS | CALENDAR EE’S FALL COMEDY SHOW Featuring performances by Nate Jackson, Jenny Zigrino, and Gibran Saleem. In the Showalter Hall Auditorium. Oct. 12, 7 pm. Eastern Washington University, 526 Fifth St., Cheney. ewu.edu HOWL AT THE HARVEST MOON Mark Morris Comedy returns to Rockford with featured performer Spenser O’Neill and national headliner Susan “Cupcake” Jones, hosted by Mark Morris. Oct. 12, 8-9:30 pm. Harvest Moon Restaurant, 20 S. First St. (509-291-4313) NO CLUE! Audience suggestions start a night of mayhem for a group of quirky characters trapped at an inn with someone who has a grudge to settle.

Fridays at 8 pm through Oct. 26. $7.

Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.com (747-7045) BLUE DOOR THEATRE OPEN AUDITIONS No experience necessary. Registration from 2:45-3 pm; please arrive early enough to complete audition application and come prepared for a 2-3 hour group audition. Ages 18+. Oct. 13, 3-6 pm. Free. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.com GOOD TIMES COMEDY A night of comedy with comedian Spenser O’Neill and touring headliner Susan Jones, with special guest host Ronni Taylor. Oct. 13, 8-9:30 pm. $5. Goodtymes Bar & Grill, 9214 E. Mission Ave. (928-1070) SAFARI A fast-paced improvised show relying on audience suggestions to fuel each scene. Saturdays at 8 pm. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.com (747-7045) DRINK N DEBATE A monthly improve

competition featuring teams of comedians from across the Pacific Northwest who hit the stage given only a topic and 5 minutes to prepare their arguments.

Oct. 14, 7:30 pm. $5-$12. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com (318-9998) COMEDY SHOWCASE The Monday night showcase lets the audience help pick the “Best Set” of the night from among four local comedians. Third Monday of the month, from 8-9:30 pm.

No cover; two-item min. purchase. The Buzz Pizzeria, Bar and Lounge, 501 S Thor St. thebuzzspokane.com

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AFTER-HOURS OPEN HOUSE Unstrung performs, featuring cellist Karen Hawkins and violinist Lori DeGuire. A variety of samples from a local winery are also available for purchase. Proceeds support the Friends of the Argonne Library. Ages 21+. Oct. 11, 6:307:30 pm. Free. Argonne Library, 4322 N. Argonne Rd. scld.org (893-8260) GAME NIGHT Drop in to play a board game or two: Settlers of Catan, Pandemic and more, or bring your own game to share and play. For adults, teens. Upcoming sessions: Oct. 11, Nov. 8, Dec. 13 and Jan. 10; 5:30-8:30 pm.

Free. Spokane Valley Library, 12004 E. Main. scld.org (893-8400) SCARYWOOD HAUNTS: YOU’VE BEEN WARNED Silverwood transforms into a spooky, haunted experience through October, featuring zombie infestations, cursed tombs, a demented fun house and more. Through Oct. 27; Thu 7-11

pm; Fri-Sat 7 pm-midnight. $26-$45.

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Oct. 13, 5-7 pm. $5-$10. Veradale United Church of Christ, 611 N. Progress Rd., Spokane Valley. (936-7173) MORAN PRAIRIE LIBRARY BOOK SALE Proceeds from the sale of used books support various library programs and services. Oct. 13, 10 am-4 pm. Free.

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Mt. Spokane HS, 6015 E. Mt Spokane Park Dr. (456-0446) REFOREST SPOKANE DAY Lands Council volunteers set out to reforest Spokane by planting in Highbridge Park; efforts will provide needed shade, reducing traffic noise, support stormwater absorption for cleaner watersheds, create wildlife habitat and increase visual presence of the area. Oct. 13, 10 am-1 pm. High Bridge Park, Riverside Ave. and A St. landscouncil.org/reforestspokane-day (209-2407) UNITY IN THE COMMUNITY DINNER The North Idaho Pride Alliance hosts its third annual dinner, with a menu of spaghetti, salad, cornbread, Italian bread, beverage and a dessert bar. Oct. 13, 4-7 pm. $5. St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 501 E. Wallace Ave., CdA. nipridealliance.com EDUCATORS OPEN HOUSE Teachers, educators, and home school parents are invited to come for an open house to learn what Spokane’s creative reuse center is all about, tour the store, and get ideas for their classroom. Oct. 14, 1-4 pm. Free. Art Salvage Spokane, 1925 N. Ash St. artsalvagespokane.com FALL HARVEST CELEBRATION A celebration of the local harvest, featuring more than 500 lbs. of locally grown produce, food, wine, music and more. Proceeds support the Spokane Community Garden Alliance. Oct. 14, 3-6:30 pm. $20.

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EVENTS | CALENDAR SPOKANE MODEL TRAIN SHOW An event with 100+ vendors of all things railroad related, from model trains and train supplies to train memorabilia, operating modular layouts and more.

Oct. 14, 9:30 am-3:30 pm. $6. Spokane County Fair & Expo Center, 404 N. Havana. rivercitymodelers.org PEOPLE FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT Former Secretary of State of Washington Sam Reed is the featured speaker/presenter at the next PEG Public Forum, at the Walgreen’s Auditorium in the WSU School of Pharmacy Building (Building 4). Oct. 16, 7 pm.

Free admission. WSU Spokane, 412 E. Spokane Falls Blvd. pegnow.org SPOKANE CENTENARIANS LUNCHEON Local historian Richard Sola offers a snapshot of what Spokane was like 100 years ago when these centenarians were entering this world and of some of the changes they’ve experienced since. A Bavarian-style meal features beer cheese soup, roasted pork with applesauce and sauerkraut, German chocolate cake and more. Oct. 16, noon. $11-$13. Southside Community Center, 3151 E. 27th Ave. sssac.org 5TH DISTRICT CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE A debate between candidates Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Lisa Brown. Hosted by Greater Spokane Incorporated, the debate focuses on economic and business climate issues, and is moderated by Nadine Woodward and broadcast live on KXLY4News, the KXLY4 News Facebook page, and kxly. com. Oct. 17, 7 pm. [SOLD OUT]. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. greaterspokane.org FRIENDS OF THE SPOKANE PUBLIC LIBRARY BOOK SALE The members presale takes place Oct. 17 (4:30-7:30 pm); $10 membership required for entry. Sale is open to the public Oct 18-19 from 10 am-5 pm and Oct. 20 from 10 am-2 pm. Downtown Spokane Library, 906 W. Main. spokanelibrary.org MEET ROBBI KATHERINE ANTHONY Meet candidate for Spokane County Commissioner for District 3, Robbi Katherine Anthony, enjoy a coffee and discuss important topics impacting our community in the West Plains.

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BECK’S HARVEST HOUSE FALL FEST Enjoy fall activities with the family, including pumpkin donuts, apples, a farm “funland,” live music, pumpkin patch, crafts, apple cider and more.

Through Oct. 28, Sat-Sun from 10 am-5 pm. Free. Harvest House, 9919 E. Greenbluff Rd. greenblufffarms.com FALL FEST Join Downtown Spokane and River Park Square for the inaugural event on Wall Street across from Riverfront Park, featuring kid and familyfriendly activities, live entertainment, a beer garden, food trucks, petting zoo, vendors and more. Oct. 13, 11 am-10 pm.

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Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. bingcrosbytheater.com (227-7404)

BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL A collection of 8 films based on mountain culture, sport, life and environment. Oct. 12, 7 pm. $17. Kroc Center, 1765 W. Golf Course Rd. kroccda.org TRAILS OF HOPE & TERROR A film and discussion with Miguel De La Torre, professor of Social Ethics and Latinx Studies at Iliff School of Theology, in Denver. Oct. 14, 2-4 pm. Free.

Film screened at St. James Episcopal Church, 1410 NE Stadium Way, Pullman. interfaith-house.com PALOUSE FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL Presented by WSU, UI and the Kenworthy. Tuesdays in October at 7 pm.

Films presented in French with English subtitles. $5-$10. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org INLANDER SUDS & CINEMA: PULP FICTION Sponsored by Horizon Credit Union, with featured $5 beer pints and free popcorn (while supplies last) in celebration of the Inlander’s 25th anniversary. Includes a pre-show costume and dance contest. Oct. 17, 7:30 pm. $6.50. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. bit.ly/2NIrqfA (227-7404) RENT SING-ALONG Sing along with the film version of the Pulitzer and Tony Award winning musical about Bohemians in the East Village of New York City struggling with life, love and AIDS, and the impacts they have on America. Oct. 18, 7 pm. $5. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org

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Includes live music, food trucks and games. Oct. 13, 4-7 pm. $25-$30. Girl Scouts of Eastern Washington and N. Idaho, 1404 N. Ash. bit.ly/CBCFspokane FREMONT FRESH HOP WORKSHOP A Fremont rep presents fresh hops and the beers made with them. Attendees get to see, touch, smell and taste these magical plants that are responsible for the northwest’s favorite style of beer: IPA. Oct. 13, 1-3 pm. $25. Community Pint, 120 E. Sprague. bit.ly/2xSPwKL WINE TASTING Featuring Jones of Washington; includes cheese and crackers. Oct. 13, 2-4:30 pm. $10. Vino!, 222 S. Washington St. vinowine.com MIMOSA BRUNCH A Sunday brunch buffet with bottomless mimosas from the mimosa bar. Sundays at 9 and 10:30 am through Nov. 11. $20. Nectar Catering and Events, 120 N. Stevens St. nectartastingroom.com (290-5182) COMMUNITY COOKING CLASS: HEALTHY PANTRY STAPLES Build meals around beans, root veggies and soups. Oct. 16, 5:30-7 pm. Free. Second Harvest Food Bank, 1234 E. Front Ave. secondharvestkitchen.org VOLUNBEER WITH FREMONT BREWING Second Harvest partners with Fremont Brewing to host a 2.5-hour event of one part service and one part suds. Oct. 18, 5:30-8 pm. $25. Second Harvest Food Bank, 1234 E. Front Ave. secondharvestkitchen.org (252-6249)

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AMY ALKON

I’m a 29-year-old woman. My boyfriend of a year is a wonderful guy. I’ve always been a jealous person — very insecure about whether a guy really cares and is being faithful. I ruined my last relationship (with a nice, decent guy) by snooping in his email — finding nothing. I’ve started seeing a therapist, who tells me I am “anxiously attached.” She’s helping me work on this. My boyfriend suggested I also write you to see whether he could do anything to help. —Panicky

Many people find it comforting to believe there’s some benevolent force watching over those they love. You, on the other hand, favor a private detective with a fleet of drones who will also supply you with the video.

Your therapist’s assessment that you’re “anxiously attached” comes out of research on our “attachment behavioral system,” our emotional framework that guides how secure or insecure we feel about our bonds with others. According to the late British psychiatrist John Bowlby, we each have internalized working models — basically, expectations from childhood experience (with genes also playing a role) — for how much we can count on others to stick by us and respond to our needs.

Being “anxiously attached” seems to result from your mom or other early caregiver being intermittently cold or otherwise inconsistently comforting. It typically leads to needy, clingy, hyper-vigilant behavior, driven by fears of rejection and abandonment.

Though the clingaramousness and Nancy Drew tactics of the anxiously attached can seem like ways of acting out, they’re actually attempts to get a romantic partner to ramp up their level of commitment — or at least offer reassurance about their commitment.

Interestingly, it seems that the reassurance doesn’t have to come in spoken-word form. Psychologist Brooke C. Feeney found that (in the context of a close relationship) “affectionate touch ... was an effective buffer against jealous feelings” for relationship partners at times when they were experiencing high levels of anxious attachment.

In Feeney’s study, the “affectionate touch” just involved one partner putting his or her arm around the other’s shoulder. But presumably, hugs, hair-petting, face-caressing, and other forms of affectionate touch from your boyfriend would also help with the jealousy — shrinking the green monster to something more gecko-sized.

Sending the message physically like this takes advantage of how, according to research in “embodied cognition,” our body and actions — independent of conscious thought — are surprisingly powerful and efficient tools for changing our habitual emotional reactions. (See my “science-help” book, “Unf*ckology,” for more on this.)

Best of all, being regularly cuddly-wuddly with one’s partner isn’t exactly an odious chore. It’s surely preferable to the alternative — a relationship that feels like one long interrogation, though with better lighting and decorative accents from Bed, Bath, & I’d Better Not Catch Your Eyeballs Crawling Up My Sister.

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGGIN’ TATTOO

I’m a 38-year-old single man. There’s this very pretty, very nice female trainer I see at my gym. I’d ask her out except that she has a huge tattoo of a diamond on her neck. Ugh. Total deal breaker. If it were a hidden tattoo (leg, hip, etc.), I’d deal. But I just can’t imagine myself or any guy bringing a girl with a huge neck tat home to meet the parents. Why would a woman do this? —Hate Ink A tattoo is a flesh billboard — one that sends different messages to different people.

For example, there are those tattoos Westerners get in Chinese, which are sometimes deeply profound ancient sayings, such as “Lost ticket pays full day rate for parking.”

Tattoos are now more socially acceptable than ever. Three in 10 Americans have them, according to a 2015 Harris Poll. As for why, people often explain their tattoo or tattoos as a celebration or remembrance of something: “And there was my Everclear era in my early 20s — memorialized by this ‘No regerts’ tattoo.”

However, evolutionary researcher Haley Dillon and her colleagues reviewed findings from cross-cultural research on tattooing and concluded that there are two main underlying motivations (subconscious evolved motivations) for people to go all human canvas.

People get tats as symbols — interestingly, of either group membership or individuality or both. And they do it as a form of “costly signaling” — advertising to others that they are so crazy-healthy that they don’t need to worry about the health risks (which include bacterial infection and death, a rare serious bummer).

Each of these underlying motivations is what’s called a “fitness display,” promoting a tattooee’s excellence as a mate or cooperator, which should ultimately enhance their chances of reproductive success. Well, that’s the idea, anyway. You happen to favor virgin neck, which can lead to some awkwardness in asking a woman out: “Hey, can I treat you to dinner sometime — followed by two years of laser tattoo removal?” n ©2018, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. • Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405 or email AdviceAmy@aol.com (www.advicegoddess.com)

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EVENTS | CALENDAR

MUSIC

CASPAR BABYPANTS FAMILY CONCERT Sing and dance along to catchy and whimsical tunes, magical melodies, and even classics from the Beatles. All ages. Oct. 13, 10-11 am. Free. CenterPlace Regional Event Center, 2426 N. Discovery Place Dr. scld.org NATIONAL FIDDLE CHAMPION JAYDEAN LUDIKER JayDean Ludiker and her fiddle orchestra, “Group Therapy,” present an evening of foot stomping hoedowns, beautiful waltzes and tunes. Oct. 13, 7-8:30 pm. By donation.

Harrington Opera House, 19 S. Third St. bit.ly/2N9DCRr (253-4719) PACIFIC NW MARCHING BAND CHAMPIONSHIPS Regional high school marching bands compete in a day of pagentry and music. Presented by ​Greater Spokane Drum Corps Association and the Mead High School Band and Color Guard. Oct. 13, 9 am-8 pm. $10-$15. Joe Albi Stadium, Wellesley Ave. and Assembly St. pnwmbc.org SPEAKEASY ELECTRO SWING A night of retro swing dancing with Seattle’s Good Co., Spokane’s Hot Club of Spokane, dancing/lessons by members of Lindytown USA and performances from the cabaret dance troupe Rouge La Rue. Oct. 13, 7:30 pm-1 am. $10/$12.

The Big Dipper, 171 S. Washington St. bit.ly/2zzH8Rn SPOKANE SYMPHONY POPS: CIRQUE DE LA SYMPHONIE Gravity-defying cirque feats are set to classical masterpieces performed by the Spokane Symphony. Oct. 13, 8 pm. $39-$86. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. spokanesymphony.org SPOKANE STRING QUARTET The afternoon program features works by Haydn, Dvorak and contemporary composer Caroline Shaw. Oct. 14, 3 pm. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. spokanestringquartet.org GONZAGA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The orchestra’s season opener features legendary violin virtuoso Shlomo Mintz, who performs the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto. Also on the program is Symphony No. 4 by Tchaikovsky. Oct. 15, 7:30 pm. $13-$16. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. foxtheaterspokane.com (624-1200) JOE SMITH & THE SPICY PICKLES Denver, Colorado’s premiere swing and dance band performs with the Hot Club of Spokane. Oct. 15, 7-10 pm. $15/$20.

Woman’s Club of Spokane, 1428 W. Ninth. strictlyswingspokane.com

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BUG Set in a seedy Oklahoma City motel room, Bug centers on the meeting between a divorced waitress with a fondness for cocaine and isolation and a soft-spoken Gulf War drifter. Through Oct. 14; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $14-$27. Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard. spokanecivictheatre.com CLOSING IT UP The world premier of a new play written by local playwright Molly Allen. Oct. 11-21; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $20. Stage Left Theater, 108 W. Third. spokanestageleft.org JAMES & THE GIANT PEACH Roald Dahl’s fantastical tale of a boy, his insect friends and their amazing journey across the ocean on a giant piece of fruit is now a musical for the whole family to enjoy. Through Oct. 27; Thu-

Sat at 7 pm; Sat at 2 pm. Liberty Lake Community Theatre, 22910 E. Appleway Ave. libertylaketheatre.com MARCHING IN GUCCI: MEMOIRS OF A WELL-DRESSED BLACK AIDS ACTIVIST Chad Goller-Sojourner performs the work on National Coming Out Day. Set in NYC during the height of the AIDS Crisis, this multimedia oral history explores the paradoxical and precarious relationship between fighting AIDS while engaging in self-harming behaviors. Oct. 11, 4:30-6:30 pm. Free. Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, 1535 NE Wilson Rd. museum.wsu.edu MARY POPPINS One of the most popular Disney movies of all time comes to life on stage in a joyous musical.

Through Oct. 14; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $32-$30; Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard. spokanecivictheatre.com DISNEY’S BEAUTY & THE BEAST Based on the Academy Award-winning animated feature. Oct. 12-28; Fri at 7 pm; Sat-Sun at 2 pm. $10-$14. Spokane Children’s Theatre, 2727 N. Madelia. spokanechildrenstheatre.org EVERY LITTLE CROOK & NANNY A mystery comedy play with dinner theater options. Oct. 5-20; Fri-Sat at 7:30 pm (dinner at 6:30 pm). $10-$25. Circle Moon Theater, 3642 N. State Route 211. northwoodsperformingarts.com GASLIGHT As the curtain rises, all appears to be the essence of Victorian tranquility. It is soon apparent, however, that Mr. Manningham, a suavely handsome man, is slowly driving his gentle, devoted wife Bella to the brink of insanity with an insinuating kindness that masks more sinister motives. Oct. 12-14 and 18-21. Pullman Civic Theatre, 1220 NW Nye St. (509-332-8406) LOVE LETTERS A.R. Gurney’s touching romance comes alive through pen and paper and its characters. Through Oct. 13; Fri-Sat at 7 pm, Sun at 3 pm. Dinner theater show Oct. 13 at 6 pm ($30). $5-$12. StageWest Community Theatre, 639 Elm St., Cheney. (951-5818) THE OPEN HAND BY ROBERT CAISLEY A witty urban comedy that treads on the darkside, exploring the motivations behind generosity. Oct. 12-21; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. Free/$15. The Forge Theater, 404 Sweet Ave. uidaho. edu/class/theatre (208-885-6465) THE SPITFIRE GRILL Whitworth Theatre’s fall main stage production. Oct. 12-13 and 19-20 at 7:30 pm; Oct. 14 and 21 at 2 pm. In the Cowles Auditorium. $5-$15. Whitworth University, 300 W. Hawthorne Rd. whitworth.edu

ARTS

MEL MCCUDDIN The beloved local artist is back with over 40 new works for his solo October exhibition. Oct. 12-Nov. 17; open daily 9 am-6 pm. Opening reception Oct. 12 from 5-8 pm. Free admission. Art Spirit Gallery, 415 Sherman Ave. theartspiritgallery.com SURVIVE SERIES ART SHOW A project about suicide survivors in Spokane, documenting people who have lost loved ones or family to suicide, or those who have survived a suicide attempt.

Oct. 12, 5-8 pm. Free. West Central Episcopal Mission, 1832 W. Dean. westcentralmission.org (607-1863) VECINOS SHOW Emerge hosts its annual showcase of work by regional Hispanic and Latino artists, who explore

in their work (among other themes) inclusion in the U.S., immigration challenges and rewards, political unrest in Mexico and South America. Oct. 12-Nov. 3; reception Oct. 12 from 5-8 pm. Gallery open Thu-Sat, 12-4 pm or by appt.

Emerge, 208 N. Fourth. emergecda.org KATE GILMORE: IN YOUR WAY A collection of 10 works (9 performancebased videos and one live performance/sculptural installation) — by this New York-based artist known for synthesizing multiple artistic mediums including performance, video, sculpture and painting. Oct. 16-Dec. 22; open Tue-Sat 10 am-4 pm (closed holidays, WSU breaks). Artist talk and performance Oct. 18 from 4:30-6:30 pm. Free admission. Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, 1535 NE Wilson Rd. museum. wsu.edu (509-335-1910) CREATOR IN RESIDENCE: TIMOTHY ELY The artist makes unique painted and drawn manscript books and limited edition prints. While in residence, Timothy is building books, working on manuscript pages, and doing a variety of activities that connect it all. See him at work Wednesdays in October, from 10 am-2 pm. Free. North Spokane Library, 44 E. Hawthorne Rd. (893-8350) ART CHANTRY The graphic designer known for the grunge and punk rock album art of the 1980s and early 90s speaks about his design methods, including efforts to get young designers off the computer and into analog. Oct. 18, 5-6 pm. Free. University of Idaho, 709 S Deakin St. uidaho.edu/caa HENRY ROLLINS: TRAVEL SLIDESHOW 2018 Join Rollins for an intimate evening as he shows many of his favorites from Baghdad to Pyongyang.

Rollins presents a special performance drawing on experiences and his vast archive of photographs. Oct. 18, 8-10 pm. $36.27-$42.17. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. bingcrosbytheater.com

WORDS

RANSOM RIGGS: A MAP OF DAYS The author of “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” comes to Spokane to read from and sign copies of his next novel in the series, “A Map of Days.”

Oct. 12, 7 pm. $23. Downtown Spokane Library, 906 W. Main. bit.ly/2NIuwzj GARLAND LIT CRAWL Enjoy drink specials at participating bars and restaurants and hear new work from amazing local writers. Venue list and details TBA. Oct. 14, 4-7 pm. Free. Garland District, n/a. bit.ly/2OUwSvP SPOKANE POETRY SHOWCASE (SPOPOSHOW) A series debut featuring readings by Zan Agzigian, Lisa Conger, Lynn Rigney Schott, and Rev. Linda Whittenberg. Oct. 14 from 7-9 pm. Free.

Unitarian Universalist Church, 4340 W. Fort George Wright Dr. uuspokane.org ERA OF MEGAFIRES Join Spokane Regional Health District for a 60-minute multimedia presentation about the rise of highly destructive megafires; wildfires over 100,000 acres. Oct. 16, 6:30 pm. Free. Spokane Community College, 1810 N. Greene St. srhd.org (533-7000) LATAH BOOKS READING Join acclaimed authors Michael Gurian, Terry Trueman, Jon Gosch and Steve Raabe as they celebrate the launch of Latah Books and read from their latest books.

Oct. 17, 6-8 pm. Free. Downtown Spokane Library, 906 W. Main. spokanelibrary.org (206-883-6166) n

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COEUR D ’ ALENE

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Say Namaste to the Holidays

Two ways to gear up for the holiday season in Coeur d’Alene

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ake a relaxing transition from summer to fall at the first-ever LAKESIDE YOGA RETREAT featuring the Union Yoga and Bare Culture Kombucha with a one-to-two-night stay at the Coeur d’Alene Resort: Friday, Oct. 19, and Saturday, Oct. 20 ($199 one night; $378 both nights).

Includes choice of a spa massage or facial, $30 food credit to the espresso and juice bar and up to two days of events.

Friday kicks off with a social gathering.

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s summer turns to fall, our thoughts turn to the holidays. If that thought creates a feeling of panic, fear not. Here are two events designed to calm your nerves.

Start your shopping early at the CDA MAKERS MARKET at the Coeur d’Alene Resort and help them celebrate their oneyear anniversary. Check out all local and regional vendors offering a huge range of DIY, crafty, funky, fresh stuff for you to eat, wear or decorate your space with.

At the Kate Gattey Art booth, C O E U R

Wake up refreshed for Saturday’s events: sunrise yoga, a guided hike on Tubbs Hill, meditation class, time for you to be pampered in the spa, concluding with sunset yoga. You’re on your own for dinner and just steps away from excellent restaurants. Sunday also starts with sunrise yoga to set you on the path to a great week!

Visit cdaresort.com/discover/activities/ events or call 855-379-5478. for example, you’ll delight at her words of wisdom in watercolor calligraphy. Is there a baby in your life? Check out the super cute couture for the littles in your life at Willowee.

Find something for your favorite four-legged friend at Pawsitively Adorable. And to keep your strength up — or maybe a treat for later? — stop by Lake City Bakers for a sweet treat.

The Market is Saturday, Oct. 14, from 10 am to 4 pm. Visit facebook.com/cdamakers for more info, including upcoming market dates.

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Upcoming Events

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Artwalk

OCTOBER 12

Triple Play Country Music Night

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Grown ups get to have all the fun when Triple Play hosts its first ever 21+ event — a country music night featuring the Ryan Larsen band, dancing, drink specials and giveaways (Carrie Underwood tickets, anyone?!), not to mention bowling, laser tag, bumper cars and more. $20 + tax; 10

On Friday, more than a dozen galleries and downtown businesses open their doors for October’s Artwalk. Art aficionados take note, Art Spirit Gallery will be featuring 40 new works by Mel McCuddin. The opening reception is from 5-8 pm, in conjunction with Artwalk.

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Golftoberfest OCTOBER 13

End the golf season on a high note at the Coeur d’Alene Resort’s Golftoberfest.

Seasonal craft brews, Bavarian style bratwurst, sausages and hotdogs will be available throughout the world renowned golf course. Packages also include a special souvenir gift. $149 per player with resort accommodations.

Make your reservations at cdaresort.com/ discover/golf/events.

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