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ast month, former Idaho Attorney General and Lieutenant Governor David Leroy turned 69. He has stayed in good shape — he obviously exercises daily — and except for his all-white, perfectly coiffed hair, one might think he was in his late 40s. With apologies to Irish poet Dylan Thomas, Leroy is not quietly going into the good night, nor with apologies to General Douglas MacArthur, is he like an old soldier fading away. Still bursting with energy, a ready smile, a sense of humor and just plain smarts, you can see why he came so close to winning Idaho’s governorship in 1986. Early in his political career, the Boise resident idolized former governor and U.S. Senator Len B. Jordan, a principled but reasonable conservative. The Leroys even named their first child, a daughter, after Jordan. In addition, he gave an eloquent and heartfelt eulogy at Grace Jordan’s funeral services.
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omewhere along his political path, Leroy became more and more enthralled with the 16th president, Abraham Lincoln. He stumbled, metaphorically speaking, across the factoid that Lincoln had signed the legislation creating the Idaho territory back in 1863. The more he read, the more he became hooked on everything Lincoln. It truly can be said that he is a self-educated Lincoln scholar. He has traveled the state talking about Lincoln and his impact on Idaho. He easily won a grant from Idaho’s Humanities Council to support some of the expenses for these lectures. The grant, however, does not cover all his expenses, so he donates his time as well as his treasure to the cause. During these past years, he and his wife Nancy accumulated a decent collection of Lincoln memorabilia, which they have donated to the Idaho Historical Library; a wing of the Idaho Archives contains a fine display of much of their donation. In early September, Leroy announced the formation of the Idaho Lincoln Institute, a nonprofit that will be dedicated to public education, opinion research and presentations taking educated guesses on where Lincoln might be on divisive political issues of our time. Early next year, he intends to announce the formation of an advisory board and to begin fundraising. With the announcement, Leroy sent out several pages of quotes from Lincoln on issues still under debate today, such as amending the Constitution and holding a constitutional convention. Oddly, however, Leroy had no quote touch-
ing on one of the major issues still dividing Idahoans today — the grants of every other section of public land to the routes railroad companies constructed across the West. The grants were incredibly generous incentives to the timber firms that emerged from these railroad firms — companies such as Weyerhaeuser, Potlatch and Plum Creek can trace their lineage to these grants, which, in places like Idaho’s upper Lochsa and the upper St. Joe, have become management nightmares. This has led to often controversial land swaps in which the public land agencies, such as the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management, try to work out land swaps equitable in value and block up holdings for more efficient management. Leroy does mention Lincoln’s equally important signing of the Homestead Act that, especially in southern Idaho, spurred economic growth as settlers received 160 acres of land to farm.
This stance by Lincoln would put him at odds with the Republican nominee for president today.
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Leroy’s selection of quotes does make it clear that Lincoln had no problem with selling public lands to private interests; and he clearly believed in public/private partnerships.
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‘Locker Room Talk’ THE AUDACITY OF GROPE
The release last Friday of the 2005 behind-the-scenes Access Hollywood tape of DONALD TRUMP bragging that his fame gave him the power to sexually assault women — Google it for the vulgar details — left voters with two ugly, ugly possibilities. One: The Republican presidential nominee did, in fact, make a habit of sexually assaulting women. In prior instances, he has been accused of groping women and kissing them without their consent. Two: The Republican presidential nominee was so desperate to impress Access Hollywood host Billy Bush that Trump, despite his reputation for “telling like it is” and “being himself,” decided to lie in order to make it seem like he had a habit of sexually assaulting women. During Sunday’s presidential debate, Trump — after dodging the question several times by dismissing the video as “locker room talk” — claimed that he hadn’t actually sexually assaulted anybody. But his campaign, already ailing, had likely been dealt a fatal blow: A slew of prominent Republican politicians, including Idaho Rep. Mike Simpson, Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo, and former Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain “unendorsed” Trump or explicitly told voters they wouldn’t be voting for him. Spokane’s U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers joined the chorus condemning Trump’s remarks, but, like Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, refused to pull her initially tepid endorsement. (DANIEL WALTERS)
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COMMENT | ELECTION 2016 — not who is the most worthy based on merit, business acumen, knowledge of foreign and domestic affairs or diplomatic skill. One of the ways that Trump has been successful thus far is because he has money. Money has a way of buying undeserved space in the world of politics. It also has a way of making people seem like they are more worthy than someone without it. I can tell you that I know countless people more worthy of being our president than Mr. Trump. I much prefer my national leaders to be educated, knowledgeable and skilled diplomats. I also prefer them to have a modicum of respect for every race of people, for women, for our environment and certainly for our armed forces and veterans. I can assure you that Trump in no way respects anyone, not even himself. He lacks any attributes of a good leader, and yet he stands before us as the Republican nominee, a man not worth the silk tie he had made in China.
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Money for President Our biggest problem isn’t Trump; it’s too much money in politics BY TARA DOWD
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merican voters can probably all agree that this year’s election is the biggest crap show that ever was. The whole world is watching us, wondering if we’re going to elect the biggest racist, misogynistic, unintelligent crybaby in the world. And I’ve never felt more disillusioned by our democratic system than now. If we elect Donald Trump, we will deserve what he does to us. I have a much more jaded view of the Constitution than most people. I believe the Founding Fathers were vested in their own self-interest and in no way wanted
this to be the land of the free, except if you were a landowning white man. Despite that, the Constitution does have ideals that can guide us as a nation, and one of those ideals is that any U.S. citizen, 35 years old or older, can become president. We tell our children they can become president one day, and we even believe it ourselves. But the reality is far from the dream we sell our children. Even if they do well in school, go to an Ivy League college, become elected in some local political race, then maybe advance to the state level, the likelihood of one of our children becoming president is slim. Do you want to know the reason why it’s so unlikely? We’ve allowed politics to become a race of who has the most net worth
I believe the Founding Fathers were vested in their own selfinterest and in no way wanted this to be the land of the free There is a solution to keeping idiots like Trump and corporate shills like Hillary Clinton from the White House, and from Congress too. We have to make elections publicly funded, we have to eliminate super PACs and we must overturn Citizens United. The influence of money in politics is not a new problem, it’s an ages-old problem. I think it’s high time that we do something about it. Publicly funded elections would allow politics to shift from being about who has money to who has the most innovative strategies in making our country, and our world, better. I can’t imagine anyone, either on the right or left, being against making politics about actual policies for our country. I know that I would certainly prefer a country where it’s not a fairy tale to tell my beautiful, intelligent daughter that her work ethic, her intelligence, her grit, her honor and her ability to be a leader is what counts. And that is a worthy dream for every American child. n Tara Dowd, an enrolled Inupiaq Eskimo, was born into poverty and now owns a diversity consulting business. She is an advocate for systemic equity and sees justice as a force that makes communities better.
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Rodgers’ refusal to address our warming planet and burning forests. I’ll just add this: Cathy’s claim that our record wildfires are due to fire suppression and fuel buildup ignores the fact that fires are growing even more intense in places that have never seen fire suppression, such as Siberia, whose exploding firestorms make ours look like campfires. This is a climate issue. We now have far longer fire seasons, much drier forests, more diseased trees, and more lightning. When I was a firefighter in the 1970s, the U.S. Forest Service spent 15 percent of its budget on fires; it now spends 50 percent and rising. And the science is clear: this is merely the beginning. The forests surrounding Spokane may be half gone by century’s end, when Spokane summers are forecast to be as hot as those of Fresno. How many trees do you see in the hills outside Fresno? It’s time for Cathy — and all of us — to fight climate change. As it happens, we have a great opportunity to do just that with Initiative 732 on this November’s ballot, giving ourselves a sales tax cut in return for making polluters pay. That’s why I’m voting “yes” on I-732. DAVID CAMP Spokane, Wash.
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The Jay Walk Jay Inslee probably will be re-elected governor — but how effective has he actually been during the past four years? BY DANIEL WALTERS
Critics of Gov. Jay Inslee say that the successes of the last four years, like lowering college tuition, have happened in spite of Inslee, not because of him. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO
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here’s no question about it: Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has a good shot at being re-elected. The most recent poll last week showed him 10 points ahead of his Republican rival Bill Bryant, a former Seattle Port Commissioner. And that was before GOP nominee Donald Trump — who Bryant will not be voting for — looked to blow up the entire Republican Party. But the clash between the two isn’t just about the policies Inslee has pursued — it’s how effective he’s been at pursuing them. Talk to a Republican like state Sen. Michael Baumgartner and he’ll mock Inslee as a governor disengaged on everything but climate change, who occasionally manages not to screw things up. But talk to
a Democrat like state Sen. Andy Billig, and he’ll praise Inslee as a “relentless champion” for smart, progressive legislation. So which is it? Let’s go issue by issue:
THE ECONOMY
Inslee campaign spokesman Jamal Raad rattles off a list of shining economic statistics during Inslee’s term, as the state has come roaring out of recession. “Over 250,000 new jobs,” Raad says. “The lowest unemployment rate since 2008. Unemployment has gone down in every single county. ... Median household income has gone up. Exports have gone up nearly 20 percent.”
In January, Business Insider ranked Washington’s economy the best in the nation, while other publications have also praised the state’s fast growth. Inslee launched the Office of Economic Development and Competitiveness in order to recruit new businesses to Washington. And — this is huge — he signed into law a $16 billion transportation package that included funding for the North Spokane Corridor freeway project. But Bryant says the economic picture in the state is skewed toward the Puget Sound: Seattle is indeed thriving, mainly due to tech jobs, while the rest of the state lags. “We have the eighth worst unemployment rate in America,” Bryant says of Washington state. “We’re right up there with West Virginia.” ...continued on next page
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Inslee has called those who don’t recognize climate change’s threat “lethal to the prospects of our grandchildren.” But many of his proposals to fight it have struggled to get traction in the legislature. “It’s got to be frustrating for him,” Bryant says about Inslee’s focus on climate change. “He has nothing to show for it.” In 2015, a Seattle Times article listed all the ways that Inslee’s green dreams had been punctured, with most of his long list of proposed environmental reforms, like a cap-and-trade program for limiting carbon, failing to even make it out of the Democratic-controlled House. A “poison pill” in the transportation package last year handcuffed his ability to push forward clean fuel standards by executive order.
Still, this year, Inslee signed an executive order intended to reduce carbon emissions, by penalizing businesses that emit too much. “It’s a sound rule, it’s a fair rule, it’s something we need to do,” Raad says. Bryant warns that the rule will dramatically undercut the economy without helping the environment much. While, unlike many Republicans, Bryant says he believes climate change is real and manmade, he believes Inslee’s obsession with it has distracted him from other important environmental issues, like salmon recovery.
EDUCATION
School districts and teachers unions paint the image of a radically underfunded education system — so objectively terrible that the Washington State Supreme Court has been fining the legislature $100,000 a day for contempt of court for failing to meet the “paramount duty” laid out by the state’s constitution. “Gov. Inslee promised an education plan — no excuses,” Bryant said at a debate in September. “Four years later we still have no education plan. We failed.”
Bryant proposes directing revenue growth toward education spending — but as Inslee’s campaign points out, he, too, hasn’t created a detailed plan to address education underfunding. Inslee points to $5.5 billion poured into basic education, higher education and early eduLETTERS cation over his tenure. “For the first time, every single child is Send comments to going to have access to full-day editor@inlander.com. kindergarten,” Inslee said in a debate last month. The rhetoric over education has been heated. Inslee has said that Republicans “must have been abused as a first-grader or something by a teacher” for opposing teacher pay increases, while Bryant has slammed Inslee for refusing to either sign or veto a bill to keep charter schools open, quipping that “Dante said that the hottest circle in hell is reserved for those who, in times of crisis, maintain neutrality.”
PUBLIC SAFETY
The past two years have been defined by public safety scandals for Inslee’s administration: First, the revelation that thousands of prisoners had been released early over the course of a dozen years due to state Department of Corrections miscalculations. Then, reporters revealed that massive mismanagement had led to at least 185 escapes from Western State Hospital in Inslee’s first term. Inslee has highlighted his leadership in responding to the problems, firing the Western State Hospital CEO and initiating an independent investigation into the DOC.
“Under Governor Inslee, our mental health system is in shambles.” But Bryant argues that the governor ignored blatant red flags that should have warned him about serious problems with DOC and Western State. “Under Governor Inslee, our mental health system is in shambles,” Bryant charged in a debate. By contrast, little attention during the campaign has been focused on Washington state’s ranking as one of the top two worst states in the nation for property crime. During his tenure, a task force formed by Inslee discovered a huge problem: Washington state did essentially nothing to supervise most property crime inmates after their release. This time, Inslee can’t blame Senate Republicans for failing to pass his reforms: The Senate voted in favor of his bill last year to increase supervision of property-crime offenders, but it couldn’t get out of the Democratic-controlled House. This year, there was no attempt to revive it. Yet Bryant hasn’t been focusing on this issue, either: While he suspects that the state’s issues with the mental-health care system and homelessness are related, he doesn’t present a clear theory for why property crime is so high in Washington state. n
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WSU coach Mike Leach FOOTBALL Of the four Washington State University football players arrested on felony charges since late August, none had been formally charged with any crime — until now. The Whitman County Prosecutor’s Office has charged sophomore linebacker LOGAN TAGO with second-degree robbery (a felony) and fourth-degree assault after a man identified Tago as part of a group who mugged the victim in Pullman for a pack of beer in June. According to university policy, Tago cannot play on the team because he’s been charged with a crime. But in comments to the media, Cougars head coach Mike Leach suggested he’ll attempt to defy the policy: “If I have anything to do with it, he’ll play till he’s proven guilty.” (WILSON CRISCIONE)
ACCIDENT Last week, Spokane’s Waste-to-Energy Plant’s long safety record was broken by a serious accident that left two employees with serious BURNS. It’s not uncommon for the high temperatures to create a pinhole leak in one of the water tubes that insulate the two boilers and produce steam. The boiler was shut down, and two employees descended into it in order to weld the hole shut. This type of repair was routine for the employees, who have a combined 23 years of experience. But this time, something went wrong. It appears as if the employees suffered serious steam-related burns when water — used to locate the small hole in the tube — reacted to molten waste that had been left in the boiler, shooting out hot steam. They were taken to Providence Sacred Heart, and later to the burn unit at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. (DANIEL WALTERS)
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ELECTION 2016 Judges wield great power. Charged with making decisions on incarceration or release, guilt or innocence, life or death and everything in between, these officers of the court are supposed to separate themselves from individual or personal ideology. In reality that can be difficult, especially when we ELECT JUDGES in the same way we elect politicians. On the one hand, judicial elections give the public more respect for the justice system. But they also present some problems. For example, studies have found that judges hand down harsher sentences as election season approaches, and those decisions can potentially impact racial and social minorities disproportionately. Also, with the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision Citizens United, financial contributions have poured into judicial races, and research suggests that money can impact judges’ rulings. Read more about issues in judicial elections and alternative solutions on Inlander.com. (MITCH RYALS)
NEWS | BRIEFS
No More Sanctions The Supreme Court’s decision on education funding disappoints Dorn; plus, the Spokane City Council backs a trio of resolutions ‘KICK THE CAN’
Since the state Supreme Court ruled in 2012 that Washington was failing in its duty to amply FUND BASIC EDUCATION — a decision known as McCleary — justices have hit lawmakers with ongoing sanctions for failing to come up with a plan to fulfill the obligation. Those include holding the legislature in contempt, and fining the state $100,000 per day until a plan is figured out. But this year, the court decided there will be no more sanctions — at least for now. That’s something that troubles perhaps the most outspoken critic of the state’s failure to fully fund education: State Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn. Dorn, in a statement, said that the court did little more than “kick the can” in its ruling. He said he was “disheartened” by the court, which he considered one of the few entities that understood the importance of the issue. “But now I can count them as more leaders in this state who don’t want to push the hard button to ensure equity in education for all students in Washington,” Dorn said.
The legislature set a 2018 deadline for itself to comply with the McCleary decision. While lawmakers have added more than $2 billion to address aspects of McCleary so far, they have yet to fully provide funding for teacher and employee salaries. Several districts use local levies to help pay teacher salaries, but the court and Dorn argue that several property-rich school districts benefit from those levies, creating inequities in quality of education throughout the state. The $100,000 per day fine will continue, the Supreme Court ruled, but even that penalty has not played out as expected. The court has directed that the penalty be held in a segregated account, but the legislature admits that no such account has been created, and no money for the fine was included in the 2015-17 operating budget. Still, the court decided not to impose any further sanctions, even after Chief Justice Barbara Madsen’s opinion last week argued that the state continues to put off fulfilling its obligation. “The State continues to provide a promise — ‘we’ll get there next year’ — rather than a concrete plan for how it will meet its paramount duty,” she wrote. (WILSON CRISCIONE)
COUNCIL ROLLS SIXES
Perhaps it’s not surprising that Spokane City Council President BEN STUCKART voted in favor of a resolution to support Initiative 1464, an initiative that, among other things, would allow Washington state residents to personally direct three $50 donations of taxpayer money toward certain political campaigns. After all, Stuckart is the prime sponsor of the initiative. “I just want to point out that the unions are all opposed to 1464,” Stuckart said. “As well as [political action committees]. As well as the business lobby, but the people are for campaign finance reform.” The resolution passed 6-1, with conservative Councilman Mike Fagan opposed to it. The city council also passed a resolution 6-1 supporting Initiative 735, which pushes for the legislature to amend the constitution to overturn free-speech rights for corporations and clarify that money is not speech. It aims particularly at the 2010 U.S. Supreme Court Citizens United decision, which eliminated the cap on corporate contributions, intending transparency to be a check on corporate spending. But without clear rules requiring donor disclosure, nonprofits funded by unknown donors have thrived since, donating increasingly large sums of so-called “dark money” to elections. “I shouldn’t have to say much more, because we should get it all out of politics,” Stuckart says. Finally, the council, again 6-1, endorsed the Spokane Transit Authority’s Moving Forward ballot measure, which increases sales taxes in order to fund a slew of bus service improvements. (DANIEL WALTERS)
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NEWS | ELECTION 2016
Candace Mumm and Josh Kerns
Meeting in the Middle In the race for a Spokane County commission seat, have Candace Mumm and Josh Kerns shifted their political leanings? BY WILSON CRISCIONE
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n a county that leans Republican, Candace Mumm will need to overcome a demographic challenge to win a spot on the Spokane County Board of Commissioners. It’s been six years since the county commission had a Democrat on the board, and Mumm, a Spokane city councilwoman, wants that to change. But Mumm insists she isn’t running to serve as a progressive voice. Instead, Mumm says she’s “a moderate” who has always listened to the community she represents. And with the city and county having been at odds on growth and land-use issues, Mumm thinks her experience in that area can help. “I represent a very economically diverse [Spokane city] council district,” she says. “I think my experience representing such a diverse district is really a good fit for Spokane County.” Her opponent, Josh Kerns, has focused on bringing economic growth to the county, something he argues would increase tax revenue needed to fund criminal justice reform and roads. “It goes back to people I meet when I’m out doorbelling — all the people who know someone unemployed, underemployed,” Kerns says. “Jobs will help solve problems in our community.” But as the candidates vie to replace county commissioner Nancy McLaughlin — who was appointed to the seat earlier this year but lost in the primary — Mumm and Kerns are questioning just how far to the right, or the left, their opponent’s political views lie. It’s forced Mumm to defend her record as a member of the left-leaning city council, and Kerns to explain his association with Spokane Valley Rep. Matt Shea.
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n a debate last month, the candidates had a chance to ask each other one question. Kerns went first. He asked Mumm why she supported the Spokane City Council’s sick leave ordinance requiring businesses to pay for up to five sick days each year. Kerns argues that the ordinance could cost businesses millions of dollars a year. Mumm replied that the policy protects workers. She went on to cite stories of unnamed local employers abusing workers, and said she fought for business owners during the process of crafting the ordinance. For Kerns, who wants the county to do more to attract business, the answer was unsatisfying. “The best way she could have stood up for businesses is she could have voted no,” Kerns says. He’s also criticized her for the city council initially passing a resolution to put a measure on the ballot to fine railroads for sending oil and coal trains through Spokane, even though the city policy advisor warned that could open them up to legal liability. Mumm says she initially voted for the ordinance to give the city more time to research it. She then was one of five councilmembers who voted to take it off the ballot. Last week, however, Mumm was the only councilmember to side with right-wing councilmember Mike Fagan in opposition to a resolution in support of the Dakota Access Pipeline protests, which the Standing Rock Sioux tribe
argues would harm ancestral lands and cause environmental damage. Kerns argues that vote was a “politically safe vote” for a county commissioner candidate. “I think I could say, with a pretty clear conscience, that, yeah, if she wasn’t running for [commissioner], she would have been a ‘yes’ on that,” Kerns says. Mumm says she’s neutral on the issue, but there was no option to abstain. She points out that in 2014 she also voted for the the city to take a neutral stance on the Spokane Tribe Economic Project, a mixed-use development on 145 acres in the county’s West Plains. When it comes to economic growth, Kerns says he would continue the current county commission’s work in speeding up processes for business. He says the county needs to engage in more “good, old-fashioned recruiting” to attract businesses. Mumm argues that improving public transportation and helping with transportation costs is another key part of attracting new employers. Unlike Kerns, she supports the STA sales tax measure on the ballot this year. “Having a very high level of public transportation is something my opponent and I differ on greatly,” Mumm says. They also disagree on the county’s future growth. Mumm, who spent years on the city’s plan commission and was twice elected its president, urges that the county make sure it knows how to fund expansions. She says the lack of planning for growth has led to overcrowding in schools on the fringes of the county, and also led to a series of lawsuits against the county that resulted in a settlement locking in the current urban growth boundary until 2025. Kerns says he would have hoped to be able to push the urban growth boundary out more. “We’re a welcoming community. We need to, through our policies, be pushing that idea forward,” Kerns says.
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hen she got her chance, Mumm’s question for Kerns touched on an entirely different issue. She asked Kerns about his ties to state Rep. Matt Shea, who is part of the Coalition of Western States and led a “fact finding” mission to support armed militants engaged in a standoff at eastern Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in January. COWS attempted to negotiate on behalf of the Ammon Bundy-let militants. Shea also recently accused a sheriff’s deputy and Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich of being involved in a triple homicide this year — a claim that was swiftly debunked. Mumm says it concerns her that a potential county commissioner, who would spend significant time working on public safety, may have a strained relationship with the county sheriff. “The association, and support that he has from a legislator who is accusing the sheriff and sheriff’s department of some very serious things — I think that relationship would be difficult as a commissioner, where you spend most of your time working on public safety,” Mumm says. Kerns has said that just because one of his supporters believes something, it doesn’t mean he does. He has said he wouldn’t have made a trip down to the refuge, and that if a situation like that happened locally, “we need to make sure that we’re there behind our sheriff.” But Kerns defended Shea when the Inlander asked about the topic, pointing out that Shea later posted on social media that the deputy in question did nothing wrong. Yet Shea, in the same post, speculated that Knezovich has political ties to the murder suspect. When the Inlander asked if there were any issues Kerns disagrees with Shea on, Kerns, after a pause, said, “I mean, I honestly have not had conversations with him about county issues. I don’t want to put words in his mouth.” (In fact, Shea had Kerns join his podcast in July, and the two talked at length about county issues.) Mumm stopped short of criticizing Kerns for sharing viewpoints with Shea on any other county issues. “If Matt Shea is re-elected, I look forward to working with him,” Mumm says. “If he is one of our legislators, then absolutely we will have a professional working relationship.” n wilsonc@inlander.com
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THE FASHION ISSUE
THEY’RE JUST CLOTHES! O
ver the past few weeks of working on this fashion issue, I’ve had to grapple with why we put certain clothing on our bodies. At its most basic, we wear clothes because we don’t want to be naked. They’re made for function (warmth, speed, flexibility), but also to help us express ourselves (show up to any kind of music concert to see the gamut). Yet after living here for three years, I’ve observed that we play it safe in our Inland Northwest bubble. Never pushed to adapt too much to new trends, people here have found what is comfortable and what works. I’m torn between two thoughts: Does fashion really matter? And what if, just as with any music/arts/design/food scene, caring about clothing could push the Inland Northwest to new heights? This issue explores the current state of the Spokane fashion scene. We tried to introduce new people working to enhance the fashion scene in the region — including designers, bloggers, fashion buyers and fashion show directors. Within these pages, you’ll meet locals who’ve gone on to create successful fashion companies in other parts of the country. We also explore the hot trends for fall. Hopefully, through these stories, you’ll be inspired to try something new. — LAURA JOHNSON, SECTION EDITOR
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Fall trends, like velvet fabrics, can be found at Echo Boutique.
Echo Boutique Owner Suzy Gage recently moved her consignment shop to First and Madison in Spokane.
Confessions of a Spokane Buyer How those selecting the clothes and accessories coming to the Lilac City have learned to work with a more casual clientele BY LAURA JOHNSON
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pokane likes to wear casual clothes, even to work and the symphony and high school graduations. Neither men nor women like getting too dressed up, say local boutique owners, wholesalers and buyers. The problem, then, for local shop owners is deciding what to sell. Collectively, they agree that interest in new styles seem to hit the Inland Northwest at least a year or two after they originate from Los Angeles or New York. Finding the balance between classic and trendy is challenging in any market, but especially for women’s clothing here. There are no clear answers, says Trish Thoen, owner of Cues Boutique in downtown Spokane. “Spokane has somewhat of a West Coast style, just like in L.A., where people are more casual than in New York. People like jeans and a top that they can wear to anything throughout the day,” says Thoen, who worked retail in Spokane for 20 years before opening her highend shop a decade ago. “I have to remember that when I select clothes for my shop.” Attending Los Angeles trade shows about five times a year to keep up with trends, she says she tries to bring in some fashion-forward items each season — clothes that wouldn’t be out of place in Paris or Milan. But pushing people who may not be ready for a new dress style can be tricky. “I don’t know how you elevate Spokane style to a different level,” she says. “People want items that fit their lifestyle, and in Spokane that’s not fancy. Other than a handful of annual fundraiser events, we don’t have the places that require that.” Nordstrom, the area’s most high-end department
store, does not have a specific Spokane or even Pacific Northwest buyer. Instead, the same clothes are shipped out nationally to all stores, though some smaller locations, like Spokane, don’t receive as much high-end merchandise such as Manolo Blahniks and Christian Louboutins in the shoe department. That’s because that’s not what sells here, says Eco Chic Designs owner Alyssah Perez, who plans to open up a salon/boutique within the next couple of weeks. Perez, 28, says that people in the Inland Northwest want simple, and her clothing, which she showed at multiple New York Fashion Weeks and includes a lot of sleek-looking gowns, wasn’t realistic in this market. While going back to school the last of couple years, she’s adjusted her business to focus mostly on handcrafted fashion jewelry, which is sold wholesale in more than a dozen local boutiques and will be included in her new shop (along with other local jewelry makers). Perez says she makes more money on 25 necklaces priced at $20 than she does making more elaborate pieces that sell for $100. “I don’t count on my customer getting that,” she says. “To be honest, I don’t care what other people are wearing. Those more fancy items weren’t working here.” Echo Boutique owner Suzy Gage can afford to take some of those more expensive labels in her shop, as she sells them used and on consignment. “There are a lot of compulsive shoppers here,” Gage says. “Women come in and say they have four closets full of clothing, so through our store we can give clothing another life. It’s sometimes sad to see what people throw
away in this town.” Many of these women have shopped all over the country and bring in purchases that Spokane may never have seen brand-new. When selecting items from a customer, Gage looks at quality of fabric and craftsmanship, not size or profitability. Brands do play a factor in decisions (she doesn’t accept mall brands), but again, quality trumps all, and items need to appear barely worn. Gage started her shop in 2011 when the recession was hitting and everyone at the furniture store she worked at was let go. As she’d always liked clothes and had a background in interior design, a boutique was a logical step. After reopening last weekend at her shop’s more roomy new location on the corner of First and Madison, Gage is looking forward to being a part of a burgeoning downtown revival, despite all of the current road construction. “Right on this block, there’s a new coffee shop opening up and art and music space, and Orlison Brewing and Brooklyn Deli recently reopened here,” she points out. “Fashion, of course, can be a part of this revitalization.” Perez, who grew up here, agrees, saying she’s done trying to look outside of the region for recognition. Instead, she wants to focus on keeping commerce in the community. She says she plans to continue her annual benefit Strut fashion show, and wants to inspire people to have fun with style. “It starts with the artists and the fashion-forward people,” Perez says. “It’s people dressing the way they feel. The more outlets, the more fashion will flourish here.” n
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FASHIONABLE PEOPLE
Teddi Cripps shows off her Hustle & Hide Medina satchel and wrap bracelet.
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n the backyard shop at Teddi and Tyler Cripps’ southeast Spokane home, the rich, earthy scent of leather permeates the air. In the middle of the utilitarian space, a large swatch of buttery soft cognac leather is spread across a table. Winter is coming, and the holidays with it. On this October morning, Hustle & Hide’s three-person team is trying to get ahead. “We can’t keep up on inventory right now,” Teddi Cripps says, adding that most of their products are made to order, which means that catching up during busy seasons can be hard. Using a box knife and a long metal ruler, her husband Tyler slices off long strips of the pliable leather that will become bag straps. Across from him, the venture’s newest and only employee, Kaarin Howard, is attaching shiny brass clips to pieces of chocolate-brown leather. Three industrial sewing machines sit along the back wall, ready to stitch up Hustle & Hide’s minimalist leather bags, wallets, totes, clutches, backpacks and other styles. The trio is expecting the next few months to be the young company’s best ever in its barely two years of existence. Hustle & Hide was, like many creative endeavors, started somewhat by accident. After moving back to Spokane for graduate school at Gonzaga University, Teddi had some free time and decided to try hand-stitching a leather clutch. “I posted it on Instagram and got really good feedback, so I started an Etsy shop in the interim. It took off, and I fell in love with leather goods and handcrafted goods,” she explains. “We became very passionate about the whole craft behind it.” The petite Spokanite (her husband is from Southern California) has now designed about 30 different bag styles currently offered in Hustle & Hide’s online store and on Etsy. One of the most popular is a clutch-sized pouch called the “festival pack” ($90 to $140) that can be clipped around the wearer’s waist like a fanny pack, either with a strap or directly to belt loops. The long strap lets the wearer also carry the pouch over the shoulder, or across the body. “Our core is to make functional and minimalist design. There are no linings in the bags, it’s just pure leather, polyester thread and solid brass hardware. None of the bags have more than 10 components,” Teddi explains. “We don’t believe you need a lot of extra bells and whistles for a bag to be functional and durable, so that gives us a lot of inspiration to make things that last.” Basing their operations in Spokane has been a major asset for Hustle & Hide, which sells most of its bags to customers outside of the Inland Northwest, with the majority of products heading to California and New York, Teddi says. “The cost of living here is very inexpensive, and we’re able to have a shop like this,” she says. “You don’t have to physically be in the place you’re trying to connect with people.” Hustle & Hide has sold its bags locally at the nonprofit Terrain’s summer arts market Bazaar. The company was also just accepted into the Creative Enterprise business program offered by local arts nonprofit Window Dressing, which Teddi hopes will culminate in Hustle & Hide organizing pop-up retail shops around Spokane. “We think that good things come with hard work, and the name Hustle & Hide is a representation of what we do — we’re working hard and hustling to make awesome goods for people who are going to enjoy them,” she says.
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Globetrotting
Fashion
Annessa Smith has made Spokane her permanent home and inspiration for her blog, even while traveling the world BY LAURA JOHNSON
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hree weeks ago, Annessa Smith found out that her small family was moving again. Her husband had been asked to join a German hockey team at the last minute, and that meant packing up their bags quickly and leaving their South Hill home behind. Smith is used to this. A Spokane resident for two years now, she and her hockey-playing husband, Jeff, have already lived in Denmark, Germany and all around the U.S. Through it all, she’s blogged on her site Seeking Sunshine about the styles she’s been inspired by across the world. Originally from New Jersey, the 28-year-old appreciated the laidback feel here in Spokane, Jeff’s hometown. She likes that you can get any place in about 20 minutes. She says the area has improved dramatically from the first time Jeff brought her here on college break. But she still hasn’t met any other fashion bloggers. Mom-preneur and wedding bloggers, sure, yet no one strictly focused on style and how it applies to the Inland Northwest woman. “Fashion doesn’t seem to be as big here, I don’t know what the deal is,” she admits. “But I do like that the style is unpretentious. That you can wear whatever, whenever. “I dress up more than a lot of people here,” she continues. “One time I wore sweats to Target and was feeling frumpy, and no one gave me a second look. That’s the norm here in Spokane.” While overseas, she tends to dig in and make the blog her job. She usually posts stories about three times a week, with at least one being more personal. Her pictures, snapped by Jeff, often feature items that will work with a variety of outfits while still being fashionforward — she’s recently been into A-line skirts, ripped skinny jeans and bomber jackets. “It’s like one big experiment,” she says. “It depends how I’m feeling that day; that’s what I’ll wear and put on the blog.” Once she gets back from Lindau, Germany, probably in March, she plans to build her online presence (she currently has 3,000 Instagram followers, but only about 800 on Facebook) even more. She also wants to continue showing off Spokane to the rest of the world. “Blogging creates a community,” Smith says. “This is my consistent community. Even though I’ve never met most of my followers and collaborators, these are people I’m interacting with socially. It helps, when I move somewhere new, to have them.” Admittedly, keeping up with trends can get expensive. Through the beautiful street-style photos on her site, she says she tries to show off her personality. She wants people to see her as a real person, and that she’s not perfect. “You can’t really do this unless you’re confident,” Smith says. “This has helped me to come out of my shell a lot.” Find out more at seekingsunshine.com.
Annessa Smith models her favorite trends and styles of the season on her Seeking Sunshine fashion blog. JENNIFER DEBARROS PHOTO
FASHION FORWARD
Old is Hot Five updated women’s trends for fall and the freezing months beyond BY LAURA JOHNSON
JEANS
Yes, we have to discuss this American fashion staple, because you need to know your options. Recently, a Bloomberg’s Material World podcast concluded that skinny jeans, reigning supreme now for about 10 years, aren’t going anywhere — much to the frustration of retailers who want to keep us buying. Now, I’m not suggesting that you throw out your skinnies entirely, but change is afoot. Wider pants are also making their way back into the mainstream, whether that be the boyfriend cut or the elongated bell-bottom, overalls, or my favorite, the culotte, which admittedly isn’t prime winter gear. Also making a comeback in recent years are mom jeans (straight from the 1990s, like Levi’s 501s), complete with the high waist and slightly baggy fit. This means we’re no longer living in a time where you have to look like the rest of your friends, with the skinny jean tucked into a boot and paired with a scarf. Instead, find freedom in owning multiple styles and cuts of jeans. Vintage stores await!
TURTLENECKS
The turtleneck, a look that’s faded in and out of fashion for nearly a century, is back with a vengeance, keeping your neck nice and toasty. These tight-fitting knit, cotton or wool tops especially look fly tucked into a higherwaisted jean or pencil skirt. Looking for even more warmth? Borrow your grandpa’s cableknit fisherman’s sweater for a charming chunky effect.
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People in the Pacific Northwest will always have to own boots for the winter months. It snows here. The problem is deciding between functional and stylish. This season, style dictates that the sturdy-heeled, 1960s go-go boot is back — either rising up to mid-calf, or, for those more daring, over the knee. Looking for comfort? Go for the shortest heel you can find.
VELVET
It’s a luxurious fabric often associated with royalty. As metallics have had their day in the sun, it’s time to pull out that musty velvet again and give it a 2016 update. This time around, the fabric is applied to tops, skirts, dresses and even boots, adding texture to your wardrobe.
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People stop Joel Barbour, the Great PNW founder, all the time wondering where he got his hat or T-shirt.
Sights Unseen Spokanite Joel Barbour has survived, while his casual-wear clothing company has thrived BY LAURA JOHNSON
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oel Barbour doesn’t remember the crash. Waking up four days later in a hospital bed, he had to be told that his motorcycle was damaged beyond repair by a car, that eight of his ribs were broken and a titanium rod had been installed in his leg. Miraculously that week, his 30th birthday still came quietly to greet him. “I’m a mover, so to have to stay in one spot at first was torture,” says Barbour, whose apparel company, the Great PNW, had just moved to a new spot on Monroe Street prior to his accident. “Not being able to pick up my kids in my arms, that’s even worse.” But he’s alive, and nearly three months after the collision, he can walk with the aid of a metal cane. He expects a full recovery within a year but now is back at work, with the help of his wife, Tori, and two other employees, fulfilling orders and getting out the next line of clothing, which he still designed in full. The inside of the company’s hoodies read: “For best use expose to wild air and sights unseen.” Even though the Great PNW makes tees and sweatshirts that people could wear comfortably on a lazy Saturday morning, his brand wants wearers to get out in the world, one that is sometimes scary. “This is a casual-wear company, not performance gear. I want people to be stoked when they find this shirt in the laundry pile,” Barbour says. “We don’t care if you camp, but people who wear our stuff love it here in the Pacific Northwest, and a lot of that has to do with the outdoors.” An avid skateboarder, Barbour designed the undersides of boards for many of his friends and even a couple of local shops. He decided to apply those graphic design talents to T-shirts, and hats and mugs and koozies and stickers. First aided by a Kickstarter campaign in 2013, Barbour has grown his company from his dining room table to being able to go full time a year ago. After selling at REI regionally for a year, the Great PNW finally came to Spokane’s store last month. Many of their items are also sold at Powell’s Books in Portland and around a dozen other spots in Seattle and Spokane. Over the years, he’s discovered that simplistic designs — his favorite — are not always what sells. Colors have a major impact on whether an item speaks to his audience. Red usually does quite well, as do black and gray. Yet there’s no magic solution to know which designs — all of which are printed in Spokane Valley — will sell. “That balance is hard to find,” Barbour says. “Is it the color? Is it the design? It’s impossible to gauge. Every season when we get a new line out, it’s fingers crossed. You put so much work into each design, and you don’t know.” Barbour is well aware that plenty of millennials like him have started their own T-shirt and cap companies, but many of those have fizzled out. “It’s a trendy thing to do right now,” Barbour says. “But so many want to make a business first, and forget about the passion aspect of it. I think the way to make this successful, it has to happen organically.” Find out more at thegreatpnw.com.
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Angelena Campobasso’s Creative Native jewelry will be featured in the upcoming Creative Native Fashion Show.
Walk This Way Jewelry maker Angelena Campobasso brings a local Native American fashion show to the stage this weekend BY LAURA JOHNSON
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he last time her picture was taken professionally, she was 27. Now, on the cusp of 50, a fresh-faced Angelena Campobasso is trying to recall the old poses and once-simple expressions for her upcoming Inlander fashion shoot. “It’s been so long,” she says, brushing away her dark, flowing hair. “Are you sure we can’t have one of my models do this instead?” Used to being behind the scenes these days, the entrepreneur has taken her former modeling training and jewelry business and turned it into a whole new realm, Creative Native Consulting. This weekend, Campobasso takes the brand further, putting on the Creative Native Fashion Show, the first Native American fashion show of its kind in the Pacific Northwest. Having showed at the Runway Renegades fashion show last month at the Convention Center, Campobasso’s Airway Heights ranch-
well. “We have so many talented people, and I’m always telling them they should start a business,” Campobasso says. “This offers a good start.” Growing up on the Colville Indian Reservation, there was no makeup or boyfriends allowed in her home, and Mass was required every Sunday. But art was always encouraged, and after learning to make traditional jewelry — “it’s not just fashion, some of it is weapons, too,” she says — she started her own business at 18, fusing styles old and new. “I’ve always liked bling,” she says. “My grandma bought me a tray of rings when I was little, and I can’t remember not being enamored with it.” Her own jewelry, crafted carefully on her dining room table, weaves in buffalo bones and leather and things that sparkle. She also works with silver and gets her beads from as far as Albuquerque and Denver. Pieces take anywhere from hours to Proceeds from the Creative Native Fashion Show go weeks to complete, depending to Hearts Gathered immersion schools, which work how intricate the beadwork. to revitalize Native languages of the Colville Indian That the Native American Reservation. influence is so prevalent in style house is overflowing with intricate earrings today’s fashion trends — whether that’s fringe, and necklaces and garment bags full of evening feathers or tribal patterns — doesn’t bother her. gowns and furs. On a recent morning, with her She sees ethnic diversity in clothing as a positive, two kids at school, one of her models is set to and says that some of her own work has been swing by soon for a fitting. influenced by African cultures. “This is really hard,” admits Campobasso, As her next appointment walks through the her own handmade pieces glimmering on her door, Campobasso reflects. arm. “I’ll wake up at 2 am worried about things, “I look at these models as my daughters,” she that it won’t get done. I’m exhausted. But I also says. “Through this, I’m meeting more Native know I need to do this, because a show like this people and talent is flowing.” n has never been done before.” The fashion event includes Native men, Creative Native Fashion Show • Sat, Oct. 15, women and children as models (all of varying at 7 pm • Adult $30-$40/senior $20/12 and sizes, Campobasso says) showing for a dozen under free • Spokane Convention Center • 334 Native designers, including her own jewelry line. W. Spokane Falls Blvd. • ticketswest.com • Some traditional designs will be on display as 279-7000
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Going Global Meet Spokane natives whose distinct brands are buzzed-about around the worldorld BY CHEY SCOTT
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ou don’t have to leave the Inland Northwest to make a name for yourself in the fashion industry. Sure, it helps to be based in major metropolitan areas like L.A., New York City or even Seattle, but that can also be expensive, and competitive. While the following people and their creative ventures are seeing success far from their hometown roots, the choice to leave, or even get into fashion, wasn’t necessarily intentional.
Krochet Kids International founders (from left: Kohl Crecelius, Stewart Ramsey and Travis Hartanov) started their nonprofit apparel line nearly 10 years ago.
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Founded by Melinda Maria Spigel (née Raney) melindamaria.com Melinda Spigel remembers saving up her babysitting and allowance money at age 10 to spend it on supplies from longtime Spokane jewelry supplier Rings & Things. “I’ve been obsessed with all things jewelry since I was really young, and I continued to make it throughout the years,” says Spigel on the phone from Los Angeles, where she lives and operates her international jewelry company, Melinda Maria. Spigel originally left Spokane after graduating from Ferris High School, moving to Seattle, New York and then L.A. While designing jewelry on the side, Spigel also worked as a production assistant and makeup artist. Founded in 2005 as a one-woman company, Melinda Maria now has retail stores around the world. Julia Roberts, Taylor Swift, Gwen Stefani and dozens of other celebrities are wearing Spigel’s chic designs. “When I first started I wanted to have a line that was for cool, hip, sophisticated and edgy women, and I wanted my price points to be something that someone could get on their own — they didn’t have to save up,” she explains. “I felt in the market there was the really high end, and the really low end… I wanted it to be a fashion jewelry company, but that was made like it was fine.” The result of that mindset is Melinda Maria’s diverse spectrum of elegant to edgy designs, offered in gold and silver finishes and with semi-precious stones. From stud to dangling earrings, chunky and stackable rings and bangles, and necklaces of all styles, Melinda Maria’s jewelry appeals to women of all ages. Prices range between $25 and $275. Collections are available at Nordstrom, with the full line available on the brand’s website.
SQN SPORT
Founded by Megan Murphy Lengyel sqnsport.com The trend of wearing comfy, stylish and functional athletic apparel beyond the gym has made athleisure wear one of the fastest-growing apparel categories. Despite what the windows of some popular retailers may indicate, though, not all women want to wear flashy neon tanks or ’80s-inspired printed leggings. So professional artist and Spokane native Megan Murphy Lengyel took matters into her own hands, founding the luxury activewear brand SQN Sport in 2013. “I could never find anything that I wanted to wear,” Lengyel says. “It wasn’t how I dressed, so I started designing what was meant to be a little cult line for women who dress contemporary with minimal aesthetics, and it snowballed into what it is now.” Based in Sun Valley, Idaho, SQN has two other stores in Aspen, Colorado, and Malibu, California, as well as an online store. The brand is an acronym for sine qua non, Latin for “only the essential.” That philosophy is applied to Lengyel’s designs: minimalist pieces that are made in the U.S. out of high-quality, performance fabrics in solid, neutral tones; gray, black, white, and soft blues. “We fill a niche in the market. We’re not trying to take on Lululemon or Athleta. We’re looking at making pieces that are functional and designed well,” Lengyel explains. “We really try to look at what looks good on women.” SQN also produces stylish pieces that can be worn over those basics (average prices are $45 to $90), like ponchos and wraps.
KROCHET KIDS INTERNATIONAL
Founded by Kohl Crecelius, Travis Hartanov and Stewart Ramsey krochetkids.org Locals may be most familiar with Krochet Kids International, the nonprofit apparel line founded by three Spokane natives that’s been operating out of Costa Mesa, California, since 2009. Started nearly 10 years ago, while the three friends and avid beanie crocheters were studying at different colleges, Krochet Kids began as a venture that taught 10 Ugandan women in a destitute government camp how to crochet, so they could be hired to make trendy coldweather hats sold as the nonprofit’s first line. Five years ago, Krochet Kids began producing lines of men’s, women’s and kids’ casual apparel, bags and other accessories. This allowed the nonprofit to expand and hire women in Lima, Peru, to manufacture the goods from materials sourced there. All of Krochet Kids’ goods feature an inner tag that’s signed by the woman who made the item. “We really believe that there is power in knowing that your items are made by people,” says co-founder Kohl Crecelius. “We want to introduce customers to the people who made the product. We want to bring a face and a human element to a really faceless industry.” Shoppers can learn the stories of the women who made their hat or bag with profiles on the nonprofit’s website, where they can also leave thank-you notes for those women.
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Jurassic Quest is set to fill about 100,000 square feet of the Convention Center with dinosaurs. DAVID WERNER PHOTO
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Jurassic Glee More than 50 dinosaurs are coming to Spokane, and don’t pretend like this doesn’t excite you BY MIKE BOOKEY
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here’s a question that people keep asking Chris Arnold, and it’s about dinosaurs. Because Arnold’s career revolves around dinosaurs, you might think he knows the answer, but no matter how many times it’s asked, he can’t articulate exactly why we’re so fascinated by the prehistoric giants. “I was that way. I had dinosaur books and dinosaur toys. Until I got into sports much later, I think it was my first obsession,” says Arnold, who oversees the installation of Jurassic Quest, a massive animatronic touring dinosaur exhibit taking over more than 100,000 square feet of the Spokane Convention Center this weekend. The show now features more than 50 life-size dino-
saurs, having expanded significantly since its previous stop in Spokane. Kids can ride some of the dinosaurs. They can go on a “fossil dig” or a guided tour, and learn all the names of the dinosaurs and walk away probably more obsessed than they were upon entry. Their parents aren’t going to mind seeing any of this, because they probably love dinosaurs, too.
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was a dinosaur-obsessed kid. I slept beneath a triceratops bedspread and dried off with T-rex towels and scoured library shelves for whatever books had the most pictures of the brontosaurus (more on that later). I forced my parents to buy me terrible B-movies like Planet
of the Dinosaurs out of discount VHS bins, which taught me little about the Jurassic age, but a lot about gratuitous bikini scenes. Like Arnold, baseball cards and comic books took my obsessions in different directions, sending my collection of dinosaur toys, books, movies and T-shirts to the hand-me-down pile. But then there was Jurassic Park, the 1993 film that reignited the dinosaur preoccupation in not just me, but much of Western civilization. When I saw that movie, I couldn’t have been the only one who assumed that it was a matter of time before some scientist found the right mosquito holding the right DNA to ...continued on next page
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Jurassic Quest employs a paleontologist to ensure the exhibits are realistic.
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“JURASSIC GLEE,” CONTINUED... recreate a dinosaur — despite the film franchise’s continued insistence that doing so will lead to a catastrophic loss of human life. In his 2013 book My Beloved Brontosaurus, science writer Brian Switek grappled with his own dinosaur fixation, which has followed him to adulthood. In a companion essay for a National Geographic blog post, he tried to answer that question that Arnold gets so frequently — why do we love dinosaurs? Here’s his thoughtful response: “Dinosaurs can be kitsch and kids stuff. But they are not only that. We have felt the persistent beckoning of their bones and found our own place in Earth’s history by trying to unravel Mesozoic mysteries. Not only did dinosaurs shape the evolution of our ancient mammalian ancestors, which skittered around for over 150 million years in a dinosaur-dominated world, but they have been a milestone for us to gauge our own history and evolutionary success against. Without dinosaurs, we would not be who we are.”
Swetik goes on to say that this fixation isn’t going anywhere. It’s true today. While our world has changed drastically since my 1980 and ’90s childhood, kids are drawn to dinosaurs, even if that means looking at them on an iPad rather than digging through library stacks. My son is 3½ and he loves the hell out of a T-rex. His little sister is proud of her triceratops jammies. And while last year’s Jurassic World was a horribly written story, helplessly lazy on the scientific details, you have to believe it awakened this fascination in a lot of adults. The movie sold half a billion dollars in tickets in its first weekend.
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same kid comes again, there’s going to be different stuff,” says Arnold. Part of those improvements was devoting more resources to making the exhibit scientifically accurate. Jurassic Quest brings in a paleontologist to help advise on the construction of the models and the production of the show’s tours and other features. “At first we had some flaws that were inaccurate to time periods, and we’ve been able to fix that,” says Arnold of their expert help. The fact that dinosaurs are a scientific moving target is, perhaps, part of our obsession. When kids first began getting interested in them, Luis and Walter Alvarez had yet to advance their hypothesis that the dinosaurs were wiped out by a massive asteroid impact. And for a long time, my favorite dinosaur was the brontosaurus. Later in life, I was told that the long-bodied sauropod was actually an Apatosaurus. “The dinosaurs we meet as children don’t stay around for long,” says Switek in his book. “Skeletal reconstructions and restorations are often taken as the last word when they are really working hypotheses, open to change and revision.” So guess what happened last year? Scientists
made a good argument that the brontosaurus was actually a different dinosaur and warrants its own name. It was a win for my youth, and maybe yours, too. Jurassic Quest • Fri, Oct. 14, 3-8 pm; Sat, Oct. 15, 9 am-8 pm; Sun, Oct. 16, 9 am-7 pm • kids (2-12) $15, seniors (65 and up) $18, adults $20, VIP $24 • Spokane Convention Center • 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. • jurassicquest.com/ spokane
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James Marsden (left) and Evan Rachel Wood are just a few of the big names in Westworld.
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f you’ve seen the 1973 Michael Crichton movie Westworld — or, more likely, the “Itchy & Scratchy Land” episode of The Simpsons it inspired — the basic premise of the plot of the TV series Westworld (9 pm, Sundays, HBO) won’t surprise you: Lifelike robots go haywire in a futuristic Old West-styled theme park, endangering guests. The brilliant evolution of the TV series, however, is that it flips the script: Here, the humans are wearing the black hats, while the robots are the victims of the villainy. Here, we’re rooting for the robots to finally take that leap into sentience, and fight back against the torture visited upon them by sadistic tourists. That role reversal continues as Westworld offers twists on other iconic scenes. An abducted, vulnerable woman runs terrified through an alien facility — but here she’s a machine. A monstrous killer slowly advances on a hero as the weapons of the victims do nothing — only here, the Terminator is human. On top of that, much of the problems of period drama — the hokiness, the clichés, the anachronisms, the leaden dialogue — become strengths when they’re placed in the artificial park of Westworld. The moments of schlock, the show cleverly posits, are put in this world because the writers — not of the TV show,
but the writers scripting robotic dialogue within the show — are schlocky. The same goes for HBO’s tendency toward titillation and gore. Here, in a way that would feel a bit too cute if it weren’t executed so seamlessly, the titillation and gore is an indictment of the immoral park creators, and — in a small way — of the audiences of HBO shows for being so easily amused. Westworld does a fine job of welding the who’s-the-robot guessing game of Battlestar Galactica with the terrifying moral specter of minds being erased and personalities rewritten of Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse series. Still, there’s a missed opportunity for tightly constructed, self-contained episodes, Twilight Zone-type stories complete with a macabre twist. Unfortunately, HBO seems to be relying more on the weaknesses of the modern serial-television structure, complete with arcane clues about a mysterious “game within a game.” Any time a show’s writers start talking about a “5-year-plan,” expect the show to turn into a poorly paced slog down the road. But for now, the show is a thrill ride, succeeding as both highbrow goatee-stroker and dime-novel pulp. — DANIEL WALTERS
EVENT THINK AND DRINK The election of America’s first African-American president eight years ago didn’t put the country’s racism to rest. Between police shootings, Black Lives Matter, a rise in white nationalism and widespread suspicion and fear over immigration from south of the border and refugees arriving from the Middle East, race remains a hot-button issue. Join Humanities Washington’s latest Think and Drink discussion, “We Gon’ Be Alright? The State of Race in America” Thursday at 7:30 pm at Lindaman’s Gourmet Bistro (1235 S. Grand Blvd.) along with Seattle Central College humanities professor Daudi Abe and Pacific Lutheran University sociologist Teresa Ciabattari to explore this conundrum. (DAN NAILEN)
ALBUM Not many bands hit their creative peak 11 albums and 20 years in, but the Drive-By Truckers did it on their searing new album AMERICAN BAND. Rooted in the straightforward guitar rock and hyperliterate lyrics fans have long known from songwriting partners Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley, American Band is a bold step into the present from a band often mining the country’s past for inspiration. Subjects range from border paranoia (“Ramon Casiano”) to school shootings (“Guns of Umpqua”) to police racism (“What It Means”) and, of course, the progressive Alabama natives address what they call the “duality of the Southern thing” in “Surrender Under Protest” and “Darkened Flags on the Cusp of Dawn.” The songs are ultimately more life-affirming than the bummer such serious topics suggest. That’s a trick few of the Truckers’ peers can pull off. TV It’s not news that Donald Glover is a multitalented dude, as evidenced by his jobs writing for 30 Rock, acting on Community and blowing up in the rap world under his Childish Gambino moniker. Even so, there was no reason to think ATLANTA, the FX network show he created and runs, would be as brilliant as it is. The languidly paced show lands somewhere between sitcom and drama as it tells stories never seen on broadcast TV involving music-biz wannabe Earn (Glover), as he tries to manage his rapper cousin to riches while dealing with being underemployed, trying to support his daughter and the trials of life in the low-income side of the ATL. READ This presidential campaign is unlike any we’ve seen before, thanks to a highly entertaining, if utterly frightening, TV star/businessman taking over the Grand Old Party. Donald Trump’s rise has exposed rifts in the Republican Party between the old-school conservative establishment and the rabid rising tide of Tea Partiers and newly engaged voters who won Trump the party’s nomination. The New York Times Magazine delves into how that schism within the GOP played out among conservative pundits in a great read, “HOW DONALD TRUMP SET OFF A CIVIL WAR WITHIN THE RIGHT-WING MEDIA” n
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Pies, Poetry and Prose Inside the pie-centric world of local writer Kate Lebo BY CARA STRICKLAND
Author Kate Lebo crafts a pie crust in her kitchen.
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ate Lebo and I sit at her kitchen table, under a framed Ladies’ Home Journal magazine page. Set within a shopping story, opposite a giant ad for a coffee pot, is one of Sylvia Plath’s first published poems. “The poem doesn’t matter so much as the fact that Sylvia Plath valued getting her poem into Ladies’ Home Journal as much as into a literary journal,” she says. “Both were places she thought were appropriate for poems. I like that Ladies’ Home Journal used to also think that. They don’t anymore.” I am there to watch Lebo make a pie, and talk with her about her work in the food and literary scene in Spokane. She’s the author of two books, A Commonplace Book of Pie, which is a collection of slightly subversive poems about a sweet subject, and a cookbook called Pie School. These days, she teaches pie-making classes around
the Northwest, including at Pike Place Market, piecing together an entrepreneurial living so that she can write essays and books (not all of them about food). Sometimes you can catch her working the Batch Bakeshop booth at the South Perry Thursday Market. Her first introduction to Spokane was as a collaborator on the popular Pie & Whiskey event held annually during the Get Lit! festival. (She and her co-founder and partner, Sam Ligon, are currently collaborating on a Pie & Whiskey book of essays, poems, fiction, and recipes set to be released in fall of 2017). She moved to Spokane from Seattle in February of last year. A native of Vancouver, Washington, Lebo went to college in Bellingham, and worked in arts administration in Seattle. She started a food blog in 2008 to find her prose voice. When she wrote about pie, she noticed a
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difference in reader response. “It was like ‘Holy shit, there’s an audience for this,’” she says. “People like pictures of cats and sweet things, and I’m delivering sweet things, and cats occasionally.” Although the blog ended when she began graduate school, pie became an obsession, and also her calling card. She held the first Pie Schools at Dani Cone’s High 5 Pie shop (then on Seattle’s Capitol Hill), learned some tricks of the trade with Kate McDermott, a highly regarded pie teacher, and visited the American Gothic House in Iowa, where she connected with Beth Howard, also a well-known pie guru. Her first teacher of pie making, Lebo is quick to point out, was her mother. “As it should be,” she says. She bakes apple pie, her favorite, during my visit. She’ll only make it when the apples are in season (this ...continued on next page
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batch is fresh from Green Bluff). “And then no more apple,” she says. “I’ll refuse to make it.” She narrates her actions as she prepares the filling, perhaps not unlike a session of Pie School. She slices the apples thinly with a mandoline, keeping the skins on. “That’s part of my secret,” she says. “Do you know about baking apples?” she asks me. I shake my head. “They tend to be heirloom varieties. They won our affection by being easy to store and tasting good when they were baked,” she said. She adds sugar, grinds fresh nutmeg and sprinkles cinnamon, squeezing a lemon over everything. She mixes the filling with her hands, stopping to taste it (a step that militant recipe followers often skip). “No matter how we try to standardize it, it always resists,” she says. We decide it needs more lemon, taste again. She smiles. “The crust is my other secret,” she says. “You’ll have to come to Pie School to learn that.” She rolls out the dough and forms it into a crust in a pie pan, adding the filling. The top crust is next, and she lets me pick out a pie bird from her extensive collection. She tells me that, along with slits in the top crust, it’s meant to help the pie not to fill with steam and puff in the oven. “That’s what I love about baking,” she says. “Anything cute must also be functional.” She tops the pie with vanilla sugar and places it in the oven.
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For Lebo, the Plath poem on her wall is a reminder of the lines she is trying to walk as a woman who bakes and writes about food as part of her work. She writes, cooks and eats in her kitchen, under that poem, remembering that Plath loved to cook, wrote prolifically, “and she ended her life in an oven.” The timer dings and we dig into the hot hand pie she’s made for us to share. With one taste, I understand why they call her the Pie Lady, and why the label is so hard to resist. 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 Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children’s Hospital.
Visit a Soup for the Soul restaurant this month and help bring art therapy to local hospital patients: • The Barrel Steak and Seafood House* 6404 N Wall St, Spokane • Fieldhouse Pizza and Pub* - both locations
4423 W Wellesley Ave, Spokane & 1235 North Liberty Lake Road Liberty Lake
• High Nooner - all locations
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• Take Five/Café Fresca (Holy Family Cafeteria) • The Little Garden Café • Maple Street Bistro
2901 W Northwest Blvd, Spokane
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• Morty’s Tap and Grille*
5517 S Regal St, Spokane
• Picabu Bistro 901 W 14th Ave, Spokane • The Café at Sacred Heart (Sacred Heart Cafeteria) • The Screaming Yak*
118 W Francis Ave, Spokane
• Selkirk Pizza and Tap House* • Something Else Deli
12424 N Division St, Spokane
152 S Sherman St, Spokane
• Steelhead Bar and Grille* 218 N Howard St, Spokane • Waterfall Café (St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute)
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Mediterranean Munchies The new Kabob House packs its menu with Middle Eastern flavors BY DAN NAILEN
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ig” is the name of the game at the new Kabob House Mediterranean Grill in Spokane. It’s true with the food, as sandwiches arrive with generously overstuffed pitas and dinner plates full of delicious Greek rice and salad underneath the entrées. And it’s true with owner Ahmed Baqer, who says the opening of the third Kabob House, and first in Spokane, is the start of some serious expansion, including franchising more Kabob House outlets in Spokane and throughout the Inland Northwest. “We plan to grow,” Baqer says. The 34-year-old Bahrain native opened the first Kabob House in a 600-square-foot space in Yakima in 2009, and was successful enough to have to move twice to accommodate the local fans of his falafel and shish kabob. The Yakima restaurant is now in a 2,100-square-foot spot, and Baqer opened a second location in Ellensburg
last fall. Spokane’s population made it a natural next stop, he says, and in September, Kabob House opened in the former Ruby Street home of Williams Seafood. The physical transformation is dramatic, with a large dining room of about two dozen tables taking the place of grocery racks and fish coolers. A long, open kitchen lines one side while artwork from the Middle East dots the walls. “We worked very hard to make it beautiful,” Baqer says, noting that it took two months to get the space ready. If you go to many Mediterranean spots on the westside, he says, “it’s not going to be this nice.” It definitely won’t be as good a deal. Baqer takes pride in delivering a “quality product at a reasonable price, healthy, grilled, lots of vegetables,” and that’s what I found on a recent visit. The gyro sandwich ($9) was tender and flavor-
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ful, tzatziki sauce a perfect complement. Delivered with herb-seasoned fries, it proved a meal in itself. Likewise, the chicken shawarma dinner ($10) was tender and the marinade delicious. The accompanying Greek salad was full of hearty cucumbers, green peppers, tomatoes and plenty of feta cheese, and the mound of Greek rice was too big — if that’s possible. The highlight of the meal might have been the babaganoush ($4.85). I’ve had various versions of the eggplant dish that have been puréed into a hummus-like spread. At Kabob House, it was chunkier, and it was delicious.
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Rebecca Ferguson plays the new wife in the Girl on the Train.
Missed Connections
Jumping between time frames and the perspectives of the three women, they’re linked by their preoccupation with babies — Megan doesn’t want one; Rachel can’t have one; and Anna, the former mistress, now a wife, is feeling territorial about her own, considering Rachel’s unhealthy fixation on her daughter. But all this baby talk amounts to little more than a red herring in a wan thriller already starved of compelling clues the audience might latch onto. Director Tate Taylor previously made the spirited The Help and the James Brown fever dream Get On Up, both ments herself by riding the commuter train every day showcases for standout performances. That spiritedness past the house she used to share with ex-husband Tom and attentiveness to his actors’ strengths are (Justin Theroux). From her window seat, she here. Blunt ably embodies an alcoholic watches Tom with his new wife Anna (ReTHE GIRL absent — the stumbling walk, the extra millisecond it becca Ferguson), frolicking in the yard with ON THE TRAIN takes for the addled brain to push words out their new baby, and also the idyllic-seeming Rated R of the mouth — but the considerable charisma couple two doors down, Scott (Luke Evans) Directed by Tate Taylor of Blunt and her castmates gets sucked into and Megan (Haley Bennett). But when Megan Starring Emily Blunt, the same black hole where Rachel’s brain goes missing the same night that Rachel is Justin Theroux cells go to die. It’s a tedious watch, inferior in seen trolling her old neighborhood, drunk as a every way to David Fincher’s slick, grinningskunk (she wakes bloodied and bewildered, all ly grim Gone Girl. Any chance of lightning striking twice memories lost to a blackout), Rachel becomes a suspect is going, going, gone. n in the case.
The Girl on the Train isn’t the next Gone Girl BY KIMBERLEY JONES
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one girls are very big business. Certainly Paula Hawkins’ bestseller The Girl on the Train benefited from the tailwind of Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl, with their overlapping interests in missing women, unfaithful men and unreliable narrators. But well-drawn characters are essential in making that leap from book to screen profitable, and screenwriter Erin Cressida Wilson (Secretary) translates this knockoff with about the same specificity of the title: The Girl on the Train is joined by the Dude With Anger Issues, the Therapist With Boundary Problems, the Wife With a Wandering Eye, and so on. Emily Blunt plays Rachel, a sad alcoholic who tor-
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The man who was Batman is now an accountant... but there’s a twist! Sure, Ben Affleck is a math savant CPA with no people skills, but his clients are super evil criminals from around the world. Didn’t expect that, did you? When a Treasury agent (J.K. Simmons) closes in on him and the CPA takes on a big-time client, people start getting shot all over the place. (MB) Rated R
KEVIN HART: WHAT NOW?
Currently the highest paid comedian in the world, Kevin Hart is back in the multiplexes with a new live stand-up show. This time he performs in front of a sold-out hometown crowd of 50,000 at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field. On stage, Hart emotes with everything he’s got, playing even to the nosebleed seats, all the while mining his personal life — expect jokes about his kids, fiancée, sexual prowess and a whole lot more. But before he reaches the stage, the film starts with a James Bond opening spoof, which features cameos from the likes of Halle Berry and Don Cheadle. (LJ) Rated R
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Max McGrath moves with his mother back to his hometown. There he learns that his father was working on a way to harness energy and was on the edge of a breakthrough. He is confronted by Steel, a powerful extraterrestrial, who tells him that his father gave Max the ability to conduct the most powerful energy in the world. Through combining their unique powers, they become Max Steel and are charged with saving the world from hostile aliens wishing to destroy the planet. (EG) Rated PG - 13
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Based on a true story, this drama follows the story of James, a man who has lost his way. In need of funds to be reunited with his daughter and gain custody of her, James agrees to deliver a van cross country for cash, unaware that there are two women inside. Discovering the sisters, he decides to do whatever it takes to save them. Directed by Ben Smallbone, starring Joel Smallbone (James) and with executive producers Luke and David Smallbone, this is the first film from the Smallbone Brothers. Smallbone for everyone! (EG) Rated PG-13
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NOW PLAYING APPARITION HILL
In this documentary, seven strangers travel to Medjugorje, a hill in Bosnia that hosts one of the greatest paranormal mysteries in the world — the alleged appearance of the Virgin Mary. The individuals were selected for this documentary via a video contest, where they stated why they wanted to go to this place of alleged miracles. The individuals selected for the trip by the filmmakers are from all walks of life: a mother fighting cancer, a man struggling with addiction, a couple from conflicting faiths, a widow raising nine children, a skeptical Catholic, a man with ALS who has only years to live, and a husband wanting to experience what his wife did on the hill. (EG) Rated PG-13
BEN-HUR
Hollywood insists that this is not a remake of the classic 1959 film of the same name, but rather a re-imagining of the original 1880 novel, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. The story centers on a Roman prince named Judah Ben-Hur who’s betrayed by his brother and cast out of his homeland. Judah must chariot-race his way back to love and glory, and encounters Jesus himself along the way. (IH) Rated PG-13
THE BIRTH OF A NATION
This is the story of Nat Turner (played by Nate Parker, who also directs), the Virginia slave/preacher who eventually led a slave uprising in August 1831, in
which several slave-owning families were killed. Parker follows Turner’s story from his childhood on the Turner plantation, where he played with the owner’s young son Samuel, to adulthood in which Samuel (Armie Hammer) has become Nat’s master, occasionally renting Nat out to neighboring farms so he can preach a gospel of accepting their servitude to pre-empt any unrest. (SR) Rated R
DEEPWATER HORIZON
Director Peter Berg’s Deepwater Horizon deals with the April 2010 events on the offshore oil-drilling rig that made national headlines. The focal point of the story is Mike Williams (Mark Wahlberg), an electronics technician who is just starting a 21-day stint aboard the rig when trouble begins. The site’s supervisor, “Mr. Jimmy” Harrell (Kurt Russell), questions the way that BP executives have taken shortcuts around safety tests as the creation of the well runs over budget and behind schedule. Soon, a massive eruption of oil and gas leads to an explosion that threatens the lives of everyone on board. (SR) Rated PG-13
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THE LEGEND OF TARZAN
The newest big-screen incarnation of the legendary jungle-dwelling, apebefriending hero is a new spin on the character. In the film, Tarzan (Alexander Skarsgård) returns to his home in Africa after years of living in London with his wife, Jane (Margot Robbie). (IH) Rated PG-13
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THE MAGNIFICENT
In this remake, a town is under siege from a ruthless big shot — in this case, mining boss Bartholomew Bogue (Peter Sarsgaard) — and his personal army of enforcers. Widowed Emma Cullen (Haley Bennett) tries to hire men willing to accept the likely suicidal job of protecting the town, and one man, bounty hunter Sam Chisolm (Denzel Washington), agrees to assist. Then, he has to find six more to make the title of this Western work. (SR) Rated PG-13
MASTERMINDS
Based on the true story of the 1997 Loomis Fargo robbery in North Carolina, this crime and action comedy tells the tale of armored-car driver (Zach Galifianakis). Galifianakis’ character David Ghantt is enticed into a massive heist by his co-worker (Kristen Wiig), who is aided by a criminal (Owen Wilson) in making the plan. Ghantt successfully steals $17 million in cash, hands it over to his co-worker and her criminal friend and is double-crossed. From there, Ghantt must run from authorities and a hit man. (EG) Rated PG-13
MIDDLE SCHOOL: THE WORST YEARS OF MY LIFE
Cool kid Rafe is stoked to finally arrive at middle school. The bad news for Rafe is that his middle school is the absolute worst with mean teachers and a jerk principal who doesn’t like fun, internet memes and other cool stuff that hip middle schoolers are into. So Rafe and his equally victimized classmates hatch a plan to take down this dorky principal and free themselves from a life of tyranny in this hyperbolically titled children’s movie. (MB) Rated PG
MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN When outcast Florida teen Jacob (Asa
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Queen of Katwe
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THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN
Emily Blunt stars in this mystery/thriller, playing the role of Rachel Watson, a devastated alcoholic divorcee. Rachel takes the train every day, fantasizing about the life of the strangers whose house she passes by every day. One day, she sees something shocking in those strangers’ backyard. Rachel tells the authorities what she thinks she saw and becomes entangled in a missing persons investigation, resulting in her trying to sort through her memories to discern what happened that day on the train. (EG) Rated R
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Butterfield) goes to check on his beloved grandpa (Terence Stamp) after a distressed phone call, he finds the old man dying and sees monsters nearby. Based on his cryptic dying words, Jacob follows the path of his granddad’s fantastical bedtime stories about his time at Miss Peregrine’s (a wonderfully stern Eva Green) orphanage. After events lead Jacob through a time portal, he discovers that the children (known as peculiars) do exist, possessing powers like super strength and the ability to rapidly grow plants. (MJ) Rated PG-13
NINE LIVES
Let’s start by saying that everything about this film — in which a workaholic dad played by Kevin Spacey gets trapped in the body of his daughter’s cat — is oozing with cheese and slapstick comedy (from a CGI cat, nonetheless). Spacey’s character Tom Brand is too busy building his business empire to pay attention to his wife and daughter, so quirky pet store owner (Christopher Walken) casts a spell on him with the requirement that he reconnect with his family, or be trapped in the cat’s body for the rest of his life. Antics ensue. (CS) Rated PG
PETE’S DRAGON
Park ranger Grace (Bryce Dallas Howard) discovers Pete (Oakes Fegley) living in the woods where he’s been alone for six years, after an outing with his parents ended in a car wreck that killed them. But then he reveals that he’s had the companionships of a big green dragon named Elliot. (MJ) Rated PG
THE QUEEN OF KATWE
Young Phiona (Madina Nalwanga) and her family live in Katwe, a poor neighborhood in Kampala, Uganda. Phiona wants to do big things despite being from a small place. She gets her chance after a missionary teaches her to play chess and she discovers she has a talent for it. Despite all who tell her she can’t succeed, she becomes a world chess champion. This Disney and ESPN joint film is based on a non-fiction book written by ESPN sportswriter Tim Crothers. (EG) Rated PG
SULLY
Clint Eastwood’s Sully tells the story of Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger (Tom Hanks) piloting a commercial airliner to a water landing on the Hudson River with zero casualties (dubbed
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“The Miracle on the Hudson”) in January 2009, and the ensuing investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board to determine if Sullenberger was at fault. Rated PG-13 (SS)
THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS
Created by the team behind the Despicable Me films, The Secret Life of Pets tells the story of a dog named Max (voiced by Louis C.K.) suddenly forced to welcome another pet to his apartment in the shaggy, sloppy Duke (Eric Stonestreet). Mayhem naturally ensues, and the two pups get lost in the city and have to find their way home with the help of a pack of Max’s friends. (DN) Rated PG
SNOWDEN
Oliver Stone’s new biopic thriller about the infamous intelligence workerturned-government hacker wants to remind us that what Snowden did still matters. The star-studded film — starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the title role — doesn’t necessarily break any new ground, but is nevertheless a thrill ride. Rated R. (CS)
STORKS
This animated movie reimagines babydelivering storks that are now tasked with delivering retail packages. Top delivery stork Junior (Andy Samberg) is about to become the next leader of the company when he accidentally activates the baby making machine and creates a baby girl. Junior and his human friend Tulip (Katie Crown) must find the baby a home before the boss finds out. Featuring the voices of Jennifer Aniston, Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele. (EG) Rated PG
SUICIDE SQUAD
The premise of Suicide Squad is kind of a nifty spin on the concept of antiheroes, building a team of incarcerated “meta-humans” who have to be threatened, blackmailed and cajoled by a shadowy government operative (Viola Davis) into forming a team of disposable villain/heroes for particularly dangerous missions. They include Deadshot (Will Smith), Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), the Joker (Jared Leto), Killer Croc (Adewale AkinnuoyeAgbaje) and El Diablo (Jay Hernandez). (MB) Rated PG-13
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afe Khatchadorian (Griffin Gluck), a she still manages to make fresh in every instance) budding artist, is starting over at his third is working frequent double shifts and leaves middle school, a place governed by the much of the child-tending to the stepfather-to-be rules-obsessed Principal Dwight (Andrew Daly) (Rob Riggle), a lout who’s comically caricatured and his chief enforcer (Retta). As a tonic to the in Rafe’s sketches as Bear. His sister Georgia school’s rigidity, Rafe and his only friend Leo (Alexa Nisenson) is all right (as younger sisters (Thomas Barbusca) embark on a plan to break go), but the family still feels the ache of the every one of the rules in the school’s Code of absent middle child, Rafe’s younger brother who Conduct handbook. Their plots died a couple of years previously. are quite ingenious and creative, At school, Rafe experiences his first MIDDLE qualities that make the perpetrators pangs of love for the like-minded SCHOOL: THE WORST Public Enemy No. 1 to the humoryoung rebel Jeanne Galleta ( IsaYEARS OF MY LIFE less martinets that run the school. bela Moner). Rated PG Based on one of the books Deft filmmaking moves quickly Directed by Steve Carr in James Patterson’s best-selling past the film’s implausibilities (like young-adult Middle School series, the Starring Griffin Gluck, Andrew how Rafe pulls off some of his more film mixes vivid cartoons coming to Daly, Lauren Graham elaborate stunts in the limited overlife from the pages of Rafe’s sketchnight hours, or how he even physibook with the live action. The film is reminiscent cally gets back to school), and particularly good of some of the best aspects of John Hughes’ teen performances by the cast’s younger members movies: playful, albeit with strong emotional help make the story credible. The animation that centers that ground their suburban teen rebels. breaks into the live action on occasion enlivens Rafe sublimates his troubles at home into his the material as well. Any pubescent kid ought to artwork; when Principal Dwight liquidates Rafe’s find plenty to relate to in this portrait of middle sketchbook, the middle-schooler takes out his school as a cradle for petty tyrants, nonsensical frustrations with defiant actions in which each rules, and standardized testing. Middle School: The school infraction is practically an art installation. Worst Years of My Life invites kids to thumb their At home, single mom Jules (Lauren Graham, noses at their socially validated oppressors. Ferris in another of her perpetual maternal roles, which Bueller would, no doubt, join their ranks.
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Act Naturally After a brain tumor, one local man’s recovery was aided by listening to classic rock. This weekend, he gets to meet Ringo Starr and his All-Star Band BY LAURA JOHNSON
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ance Norman’s telling the story for the second time, because he can’t remember telling this bit 20 minutes prior. He had emailed Toto guitarist Steve Lukather’s PR people, telling them his experience of suffering a traumatic brain injury five years ago, and how through the recovery process he listened to tons of music like Toto and the Beatles. He wanted to thank Lukather for the songs that kept him going when learning to walk again seemed insurmountable. Moved, Lukather personally replied to Norman, offering two tickets and backstage passes to meet the Ringo Starr and his All-Star Band, of which Lukather is a member, at their INB Performing Arts Center show on Sunday. “I’m going to meet a Beatle,” says Norman, in a low, whisperlike voice, “and Steve Lukather, who I highly respect as a guitar player.” Norman’s memory condition is kind of like Drew Barrymore’s character in 50 First Dates, he explains. He often tells stories multiple times within a conversation, but he doesn’t mind when people say he’s repeating himself. “I could be sensitive, but that’s not going to be healing,” he says. Today at a Perkins in downtown Spokane, Norman says between sips of Coca-Cola that he wouldn’t have remembered to come to this interview if he hadn’t written it down in a pocket-size notebook and set a reminder on his phone. Each day, he gets up and checks the large calendar mounted on his bedroom wall for the day’s schedule. Here, he also marks down each time he eats. He could go days without eating otherwise, says the 51-year-old with piercing cornflower-blue eyes and salt-and-pepper hair. Norman — wearing a black T-shirt that reads: “I survived brain tumors, what’s your superpower?” — says the focus of the meet and greet with the ex-Beatle has changed from a mere fan handshake to something more important. He recently discovered that Starr’s own daughter, Lee Starkey, has had two brain tumor removal surgeries, the most recent in 2001. “Now it’s about talking with a fellow person who has experience with this,” Norman says. “I plan on giving him one of these shirts, too. To give to his daughter.”
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he nasty head cold hadn’t gone away for a couple of weeks, but as the busy general manager of a large department store in the Tri-Cities, Norman brushed the symptoms aside. One morning, it was like ice had taken over his body. He couldn’t move a muscle. His wife called the paramedics, who were able to snap him out of it. The next morning, he again went catatonic. This time he was whisked to the ER, where doctors rushed him into a six-and-a-half-hour surgery. Had he waited any longer, his doctors said his brain tumor ...continued on next page
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could have killed him. The brain is a fickle organ. Even though the doctors removed only the tumor and water buildup from Norman’s skull, leaving the rest of his brain whole, his life was significantly altered. He remembered Lance Norman how to speak and drive a car, but other skills like walking and playing guitar had evaporated. The motivated and driven person he once was no longer existed. Painful anxiety set in. With all the changes, he split from his wife, and he moved back home to Spokane to attend therapy at St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute. Now on disability, Norman lives with his father, and his brother serves as his guardian. These days he solves as many crossword and jigsaw puzzles as possible, hoping to help regain brain function and redirect those misfiring synapses to their original pathways. He’d like to be able to read a whole book again without forgetting main plot points, but for now he’s content at his dog-washing job at a groomer’s and attending multiple support groups a week. And he still listens to rock music blasting in his headphones, especially on hikes or when he
wants to forget about the realities of his existence. He’s gotten reacquainted with old friends, including Bob Gallagher at 4000 Holes record store, who he’s taking to the concert. “This traumatic brain injury made me a better person. I’m infinitely more compassionate,” Norman says. “How many people get to start over?” Just then, Ringo Starr’s cover of “You’re Sixteen” comes on in the restaurant. “Wait, listen,” he says, pointing upward. “It’s like they knew we were talking about him.” Ringo Starr and his All-Star Band • Sun, Oct. 16, at 8 pm • $39.50-$124.50 • All-ages • INB Performing Arts Center • 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. • inbpac.com • 279-7000
ALL OF THE ALL-STARS
They may not be as recognizable as Ringo Starr, but the rest of the ex-Beatle’s crew have storied résumés as well: • Todd Rundgren: Played with Utopia and helped produce albums for the New York Dolls, the Band and more • Gregg Rolie: Co-founded Santana, Journey and Abraxas Pool • Steve Lukather: Original lead guitarist for Toto • Richard Page: Mr. Mister frontman • Warren Ham: A multi-instrumentalist who’s toured with Kansas, Olivia Newton-John and Cher • Gregg Bissonette: A longtime studio drummer
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Oct. 14,15, 21, 22 at 7:30 p.m. oct. 16, 23 at 2 p.m.
AND THE WHITWORTH JAZZ ENSEMBLE DAN KEBERLE, DIRECTOR
Tickets: $12; $10 students and seniors (62+) 509.777.4374 WHITWORTH.EDU/THEATRETICKETS
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Saturday, Nov. 5, 8 p.m. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox Admission: $25; $20 students/seniors www.martinwoldsontheater.com 509.624.1200
MUSIC | FOLK-POP
More than 30 years in, Indigo Girls are still challenging themselves musically.
It’s Complicated
The Spokane Symphony and Indigo Girls’ one-night stand BY DAN NAILEN
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iven that Indigo Girls’ Emily Saliers and Amy Ray have performed together for more than 35 years in venues as small as a living room and as large as a football stadium, it’s hard to think that much could throw them off their game. The first time they took the stage with a symphony, though, a few years ago to perform orchestral versions of their songs, there were serious nerves. “Amy would tell you that she almost threw up. It was a big deal for us. We were excited and we wanted to do a good job,” Saliers says via phone from Atlanta.
Now, having performed collaborative shows with both small community orchestras and big-city symphonies, the duo has their “sea legs” when it comes to playing the string- and horn-laden versions of favorites like “Galileo” and “Least Complicated.” Even so, Saliers says, “it’s never a thing that you can just glide through, because each town and each symphony and each hall is so different.” Saliers and Ray jumped at the chance at having their songs orchestrated by arrangers Sean O’Loughlin and Stephen Barber, having heard their work with the likes of
the Decemberists, John Legend and Rosanne Cash. But having charts and putting on a great show are two different things, and the gigs are challenging for the touring veterans. At each stop, Saliers says, “we meet with the conductor for 30 minutes and go through spots to look out for, we have one two-and-a-half hour rehearsal, and then it’s showtime.” Their comfortable headlining gigs and the bond between the two — Ray of the more raucous voice, Saliers of the more beautiful — helps them weather moments when things get “off” with the orchestra on stage. More often, though, there will be a “perfect storm” when the conductor, symphony and duo pull it all together and “we’ll feel integral to the arrangement, and we won’t really have to think about anything.” Some songs, like Ray’s rocking “Go” and “Compromise,” are dramatically reimagined in the symphony shows, Saliers says: “There’s no drums, there’s no bass, it’s just symphony and me and Amy.” Other arrangements that fans might expect to work well with an orchestra, like Saliers’ “Ghost,” take already emotional songs to a whole new level. “It’s just stellar,” Saliers says of the haunting concert staple. “I almost don’t want to be playing it. I want to be listening to it because the arrangement is so beautiful.” That’s the zone they’ll look for Saturday night in Spokane, their only orchestra show this fall, which takes place two days after they play a benefit show in North Dakota to support the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and their pipeline protests. n Symphony Special: Indigo Girls • Sat, Oct. 15, at 8 pm • $40/$50/$60/$85 • Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox • 1001 W. Sprague • spokanesymphony.org • 624-1200
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J = THE INLANDER RECOMMENDS THIS SHOW J = ALL AGES SHOW
Thursday, 10/13
J AARON HUFF MEMORIAL CULTURAL CENTER (499-5575), An evening with Chris Trapper BARLOWS AT LIBERTY LAKE, Sunny Nights Duo J THE BARTLETT, Courtney Marie Andrews, Jeffery Martin BOLO’S, Inland Empire Blues Society Monthly Blues Boogie, Usual Suspects BOOMERS CLASSIC ROCK BAR & GRILL, Randy Campbell acoustic show J BOOTS BAKERY & LOUNGE, The Song Project J BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB, Open Jazz Jam with Erik Bowen BUCKHORN INN, The Spokane River Band J CHAPS, Spare Parts J CHATEAU RIVE, Sing Along With Norman Foote COEUR D’ALENE CASINO, PJ Destiny CRAVE, DJ Freaky Fred FEDORA PUB & GRILLE, Dan Conrad FIZZIE MULLIGANS, Kicho JOHN’S ALLEY, Luke Winslow-King J KNITTING FACTORY, Common Kings, Ballyhoo!, Ras Omy K J LAGUNA CAFÉ, Just Plain Darin LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Jay Condiotti O’SHAYS IRISH PUB & EATERY, Open mic with Adrian and Leo THE OBSERVATORY, Vinyl Meltdown THE RESERVE, Cowgirls and Cocktails Ladies Night with Garrett Barkley and The Ryan Larsen Band RIVELLE’S RIVER GRILL, Truck Mills and special guests Jam Night J SPOKANE ARENA, Chris Young, Dan+Shay, Cassadee Pope
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ith their new EP, Throw Your Head to the World!, local act Boat Race Weekend is still taking their emotional style of pop-punk quite seriously. As frontman Evan Kruschke explained in an email, the title is inspired by Dave Eggers’ 2002 novel You Shall Know Our Velocity! “It’s about ridding yourself of all the negative mental processes that act as a barrier and a weight,” Kruschke says. “But also sharing the struggle and putting yourself out into the world so that you might be grace to others.” The busy group — childhood best friends who formed a band in 2013 while attending Gonzaga University — will share the four-track EP in its entirety at Saturday’s release show. The EP was produced and recorded by Dawson Scholz of the Idahobased the Ongoing Concept. — LAURA JOHNSON
ROCK ERIKA WENNERSTROM
Boat Race Weekend EP release show with Fighting Sides, Griffey and Wind Hotel • Sat, Oct. 15, at 7:30 pm • $6 • All-ages • The Big Dipper • 171 S. Washington • bigdipperevents. com • 863-8098
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he first time I heard Erika Wennerstrom, she was leading her band the Heartless Bastards through a mind-blowing set in an Austin, Texas, bar during South by Southwest. They were tucked into a corner, so you could barely see the tiny singer/guitarist through the gabbing crowd of music-industry folks. But as soon as Wennerstrom unleashed her gargantuan pipes on a set of blues-rock originals, there was nothing to do but shut up and take notice of the singular talent on display. That was 15 years ago, and I’ve seen Wennerstrom many times since. Her songwriting has evolved, but she’s still a bluesy belter at heart. See for yourself at this weekend’s solo show. — DAN NAILEN Erika Wennerstrom • Sat, Oct. 15, at 8 pm • $12/$15 day of • All-ages • The Bartlett • 228 W. Sprague • thebartlettspokane.com • 747-2174
J THE PIN!, Being As An Ocean, Comrades, Ghost Heart, Velafire, 37 Street Signs ZOLA, Donnie Emerson and Nancy Sophia Band
Friday, 10/14
BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn J THE BIG DIPPER, Chung Antique, Summer in Siberia, Flannel Math Animal, Sea Giant BLACK DIAMOND, DJ Stud BOLO’S, Tell the Boys THE CELLAR, Echo COEUR D’ALENE CASINO, Donnie Emerson & Nancy Sophia Duo CRAVE, DJ Q CURLEY’S, Chris Rieser and the Nerve
FEDORA PUB & GRILLE, Just Plain Darin FIZZIE MULLIGANS, Phoenix J IRON GOAT BREWING CO., Folkinception recording fundraiser IRON HORSE BAR, The Cronkites JOHN’S ALLEY, Andy Sydow J KNITTING FACTORY, Hopsin J LAGUNA CAFÉ, Pamela Benton LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Kari Marguerite J LOFTY SKIES & BREWED STREAMS (276-4085), Stella Jones MAX AT MIRABEAU, Bakin’ Phat MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL, Ron Greene MOOSE LOUNGE, YESTERDAYSCAKE MULLIGAN’S BAR & GRILLE, Dan Conrad
NASHVILLE NORTH, Luke Jaxon with DJ Tom NORTHERN QUEST CASINO, DJ Patrick THE OBSERVATORY, Anna Rose, Fat Lady, Third Seven PATIT CREEK CELLARS, Ken Davis In Transit PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Truck Mills J THE PIN!, Electric dance party with Brandon Deane and Ant Eye THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos feat. Christan Raxter & Steve Ridler SWAXX, You Don’t Know Me, Heart Avail, Burning Clean, Dammit Jim THE ROADHOUSE, My Own Worst Enemy
ZOLA, Uppercut
Saturday, 10/15
BARLOWS AT LIBERTY LAKE, Just Plain Darin J THE BARTLETT, Erika Wennerstrom (of Heartless Bastards) (See story above), Petter Ericson Stakee (of Alberta Cross) BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn J THE BIG DIPPER, Boat Race Weekend EP release show (See story above) with Wind Hotel, Fighting Sides, Griffey BLACK DIAMOND, DJ Stud BOLO’S, Tell the Boys THE CELLAR, Echo CHECKERBOARD BAR, Idol Hands,
Blue Canoe COEUR D’ALENE CASINO, Donnie Emerson & Nancy Sophia Duo CRAVE, StoneyHawk CURLEY’S, Chris Rieser and the Nerve FEDORA PUB & GRILLE, Nate Ostrander FIZZIE MULLIGANS, Phoenix IDAHO POUR AUTHORITY (208-5977096), Truck Mills IRON HORSE BAR, The Cronkites THE JACKSON ST., DJ Dave JOHN’S ALLEY, Scott Pemberton Band with guests LA ROSA CLUB, Open Jam LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Karrie O’Neill MARTIN WOLDSON THEATER AT THE FOX, Indigo Girls with the Spokane Symphony (See story on page 49) MAX AT MIRABEAU, Bakin’ Phat MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL, Riff Hangers MOOSE LOUNGE, YESTERDAYSCAKE MULLIGAN’S BAR & GRILLE, Kosh NASHVILLE NORTH, Luke Jaxon with DJ Tom NORTHERN QUEST CASINO, DJ Patrick
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NYNE, Camille Bloom THE OBSERVATORY, The KLAW, Six State Bender, Super Villain THE PALOMINO, Blistered Earth, Children of the Sun, Kingdom Under Fire, Resurgence PANIDA THEATER (208-263-9191), Blaze and Kelly THE RESERVE, The Alienated THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos feat. Christan Raxter & Steve Ridler THE SHOP, Steve Mauer THE PIN!, Mickey Avalon, DJ F3lon, Raskl, CCB Krew, CXMagik, Slim Rick, Brain Dead Scholars THE ROADHOUSE, Smash Hit Carnival ZOLA, Uppercut
Sunday, 10/16
238 BREWING (238-2739), Just Plain Darin COEUR COFFEEHOUSE, Jazz morning COEUR D’ALENE CASINO, Kosh DALEY’S CHEAP SHOTS, Jam Night with VooDoo Church HARVEST HOUSE (238-6970), Donnie Emerson & Nancy Sophia Duo INB PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band (See story on page 47) KNITTING FACTORY, Anthrax, Death Angel, Children of Atom LINGER LONGER LOUNGE (208-6232211), Open jam NORTHERN QUEST CASINO, Tanya Tucker O’DOHERTY’S IRISH GRILLE, Live Irish Music THE PIN!, Extortionist, Distinguish-
er, Insurgence, Straight To Our Enemies, Rot Monger, the Hallows ZOLA, Blake Braley Band
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CALYPSOS COFFEE & CREAMERY, Open Mic EICHARDT’S, Monday Night Jam with Truck Mills KNITTING FACTORY, Halestorm, Lita Ford, Dorothy RED ROOM LOUNGE, Open Mic with MJ The In-Human Beatbox THE PIN!, Alestorm, Nekrogoblikon, Aether Realm, Alcohology, Age of Nefilim ZOLA, Kellan Rowe
Tuesday, 10/18
THE JACKSON ST., DJ Dave KELLY’S IRISH PUB, Arvid Lundin and Deep Roots LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Turntable Tuesday MIK’S, DJ Brentano POOLE’S PUBLIC HOUSE (SOUTH HILL), DJ Charley THE RESERVE, Deschamp’s Artist Showcase THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Jam night with Gil Rivas SWAXX, T.A.S.T.Y with DJs Freaky Fred, Beauflexx ZOLA, Bucket List
Wednesday, 10/19 EICHARDT’S, Charley Packard GENO’S TRADITIONAL FOOD & ALES, Open Mic with T & T JOHN’S ALLEY, T.V. Mike and the Scarecrows THE LANTERN TAP HOUSE, DJ Lydell LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Carey Brazil LUCKY’S IRISH PUB, DJ D3VIN3 THE OBSERVATORY, Dodgy Mountain Men, PÉRENNE POOLE’S PUBLIC HOUSE (SOUTH HILL) (413-1834), Just Plain Darin RED ROOM LOUNGE, Hip Hop Is A Culture THE RESERVE, EDM Wednesdays with DJs Ayzim, Radikill, Gestut THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Piano Bar with Christan Raxter THE PIN!, North by North, Supervillain, Buddha Slave, Lucky Chase, Peru Resh, DJ Freaky Fred THE ROADHOUSE, Open mic with Vern Vogel and the Volcanoes ZOLA, The Bossame
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KNITTING FACTORY, Too Short & Suga Free, Lee Haze, King Skellee, Oct. 21 THE OBSERVATORY, Isamu Jordan Benefit: The Flying Spiders, The Smokes, Bandit Train, Oct. 21 CHECKERBOARD BAR, Wandering I, Over Sea Under Stone, Oct. 22 KNITTING FACTORY, The 1975 [SOLD OUT], Oct. 22 THE OBSERVATORY, Daniel Champagne, the Holy Broke, Hymn & Her, Oct. 22 RED ROOM LOUNGE, The Winter Warmup featuring Itz Jaaken, Change & Matisse, The Naturalystics, Skellee and more, Oct. 28
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315 MARTINIS & TAPAS • 315 E. Wallace, CdA • 208-667-9660 ARBOR CREST • 4705 N. Fruit Hill Rd. • 927-9463 BABY BAR • 827 W. First Ave. • 847-1234 BARLOWS • 1428 N Liberty Lake Rd, Liberty Lake • 924-1446 THE BARTLETT • 228 W. Sprague Ave. • 747-2174 THE BIG DIPPER • 171 S. Washington St. • 863-8098 BIGFOOT PUB • 9115 N. Division St. • 467-9638 BING CROSBY THEATER • 901 W. Sprague Ave. • 227-7638 BLACK DIAMOND • 9614 E. Sprague • 891-8357 BOLO’S• 116 S. Best Rd. • 891-8995 BOOMERS • 18219 E. Appleway Ave. • 755-7486 BOOTS • 24 W. Main Ave. • 703-7223 BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB • 201 S. Main, Moscow • 208-882-5216 BUCKHORN INN • 13311 Sunset Hwy.• 244-3991 CALYPSOS • 116 E Lakeside Ave., CdA • 208665-0591 THE CELLAR • 317 E. Sherman, CdA • 208-6649463 CHAPS • 4237 Cheney-Spokane Rd. • 624-4182 CHATEAU RIVE • 621 W. Mallon Ave. • 795-2030 CHECKERBOARD BAR • 1716 E. Sprague • 535-4007 COEUR D’ALENE CASINO • 37914 S. Nukwalqw Rd., Worley • 800-523-2464 COEUR D’ALENE CELLARS • 3890 N. Schreiber Way, CdA • 208-664-2336 CRAFTED TAP HOUSE • 523 Sherman Ave., CdA • 208-292-4813 CRAVE• 401 W. Riverside Suite 101. • 321-7480 CRUISERS • 6105 W Seltice Way, Post Falls • (208) 773-4706 CURLEY’S • 26433 W. Hwy. 53 • 208-773-5816 DALEY’S • 6412 E. Trent • 535-9309 EICHARDT’S • 212 Cedar St., Sandpoint • 208263-4005 FEDORA PUB • 1726 W. Kathleen, CdA • 208765-8888 FIZZIE MULLIGANS • 331 W. Hastings Rd. • 466-5354 FOX THEATER • 1001 W. Sprague • 624-1200 HOGFISH • 1920 E. Sherman, CdA • 208-667-1896 IRON HORSE • 407 E. Sherman Ave., CdA • 208-667-7314 THE JACKSON ST. • 2436 N. Astor • 315-8497 JOHN’S ALLEY • 114 E. 6th, Moscow • 208-8837662 KNITTING FACTORY • 911 W. Sprague Ave. • 244-3279 LAGUNA CAFÉ • 2013 E. 29th • 448-0887 THE LANTERN TAP HOUSE • 1004 S. Perry St. • 315-9531 THE LARIAT • 11820 N Market St, Mead • 4669918 LA ROSA CLUB • 105 S. First Ave., Sandpoint • 208-255-2100 LEFTBANK WINE BAR • 108 N. Washington • 315-8623 LOON LAKE SALOON • 3996 Hwy. 292 • 233-2738 LUCKY’S IRISH PUB • 408 W. Sprague Ave. • 747-2605 MAX AT MIRABEAU • 1100 N. Sullivan Rd. • 924-9000 MICKDUFF’S• 312 N First Ave., Sandpoint • (208) 255-4351 MONARCH MOUNTAIN COFFEE • 208 N 4th Ave, Sandpoint • (208) 265-9382 MOOSE LOUNGE • 401 E. Sherman • 208-6647901 MOOTSY’S • 406 W. Sprague • 838-1570 MULLIGAN’S • 506 Appleway Ave., CdA • (208) 765-3200 x310 NASHVILLE NORTH • 6361 W. Seltice Way, Post Falls • 208-457-9128 NECTAR• 120 N. Stevens St. • 869-1572 NORTHERN QUEST • 100 N. Hayford • 242-7000 NYNE • 232 W. Sprague Ave. • 474-1621 THE OBSERVATORY• 15 S Howard • 598-8933 O’SHAY’S • 313 E. CdA Lake Dr. • 208-667-4666 THE PALOMINO • 6425 N Lidgerwood St • 242-8907 PEND D’OREILLE WINERY • 301 Cedar St., Sandpoint • 208-265-8545 THE PIN! • 412 W. Sprague • 368-4077 RED LION RIVER INN • 700 N. Division St. • 326-5577 RED ROOM LOUNGE • 521 W. Sprague Ave. • 838-7613 REPUBLIC BREWING • 26 Clark Ave. • 775-2700 THE RESERVE • 120 N. Wall • 598-8783 THE RIDLER PIANO BAR • 718 W. Riverside . • 822-7938 RIVELLE’S• 2360 N Old Mill Loop, CdA • (208) 930-0381 THE ROADHOUSE • 20 N. Raymond • 413-1894 SEASONS OF COEUR D’ALENE • 209 E. Lakeside Ave. • 208-664-8008 THE SHOP • 924 S. Perry St. • 534-1647 SOULFUL SOUPS & SPIRITS • 117 N. Howard St. • 459-1190 SPOKANE ARENA • 720 W. Mallon • 279-7000 SWAXX • 23 E. Lincoln Rd. • 703-7474 TIMBER GASTRO PUB •1610 E Schneidmiller, Post Falls • 208-262-9593 ZOLA • 22 W. Main Ave. • 624-2416
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Amber Fiedler as Janet (left) and Shawn Michael Hunt as Brad in the Rocky Horror Picture Show. JEFF FERGUSON PHOTO
THEATER DO THE TIME WARP
In the midst of autumn activities, take a break from the wholesome and join the Spokane Civic Theatre for a delightfully ill-behaved, live version of the cult classic Rocky Horror Picture Show. Join young couple Janet (Amber Fiedler) and Brad (Shawn Michael Hunt) as they seek out help after a flat tire and are drawn into the sordid world of hedonistic Dr. FrankN-Furter (Alexander Edmonds), his monster, Rocky (Chris Hansen), and a host of other leather-clad and rambunctious characters. For the first time on the Studio Theatre stage, the raucous and unabashedly naughty musical graces the Spokane Civic Theatre with its presence. Dig it if you can. — HAYLEE MILLIKAN The Rocky Horror Show • Oct. 14-Nov. 5; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Fri-Sat at 11 pm, Sun at 2 pm • $25 • Spokane Civic Theatre • 1020 N. Howard • spokanecivictheatre.com • 325-2507
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COMEDY LOCAL LAUGHS
WORDS WRITING BOLDLY
Microbiography IV • Fri, Oct. 14, at 8 pm • $12 • Ages 17+ • The Bartlett • 228 W. Sprague • thebartlettspokane.com • 747-2174
EWU Visiting Writer Series: Kristin Dombek • Fri, Oct. 14, at 7:30 pm • Free • Auntie’s Bookstore • 402 W. Main • getlitfestival.org/ visiting-writers
Get ready to laugh your butts off at what this writer personally considers one of the funniest local comedy events there is. The Freedom Association’s three-person crew — Mark Robbins, Pat Thomas and Mara Baldwin — is back and at it again with the fourth iteration of Microbiography. The live improv show takes inspiration from real-life stories and memories told on the spot by two guest monologists, whose stories are in turn inspired by audience suggestions. This time, the trio uses bits from stories told by local couple Ryan and Lindsay Tucker to perform skits that’ll make your sides ache for days. The previous three versions of the show all sold out, so get tickets early if you don’t want to miss this truly original, occasionally scheduled series (the most recent one was back in March). — CHEY SCOTT
Award-winning essayist Kristin Dombek is the next notable writer to share her advice, wisdom and excerpts from her work with the reading public of the Inland Northwest as part of Eastern Washington University’s 2016-17 visiting writer series. Dombek’s prose has been printed in esteemed publications such as Harper’s, The Paris Review, The New York Times Magazine and n+1, for which she also writes an advice column called “The Help Desk.” Her seven-chapter treatise The Selfishness of Others: An Essay on the Fear of Narcissism was just released this summer; Dombek has also written boldly and candidly about abortion, addiction, religion and sex. Expect an enlightening and insightful talk from Dombek during her Spokane stop, and perhaps to walk away feeling prompted to deeply reflect on the modern world we live in. — CHEY SCOTT
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FILM NICE MARMOT
Few films capture the thrills of bowling leagues, the chills of having a war veteran as a best friend, the oddity of porn-making nihilists or the joy of really, really hating the Eagles like the Coen Brothers comedy The Big Lebowski. The modern cult classic is full of memorable lines and characters, hence the Inlander’s third edition of a Dude-fest for our Suds & Cinema series. This one takes place at Riverside Place (the old downtown Masonic Temple), and includes costume contests, free White Russian-flavored ice cream from Brain Freeze and Wild Dawgs (while they last). No-Li will be pouring some tasty beverages starting at 6 pm, and the film starts at 7 pm. Get your Jesus outfit ready to roll, and we’ll see you there. — DAN NAILEN Suds & Cinema: The Big Lebowski • Thu, Oct. 20, at 6 pm • $5 • Riverside Place • 1110 W. Riverside (free parking entrance at 1121 W. Main) • bit.ly/ SudsLebowski
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VIKTOR UZUR FRI OCTOBER 14TH 7PM @ THE JACC
Enjoy a gourmet three-course meal, dancing, silent auction and prohibition style cocktails.
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THEATER NEW OLD MEDEA
The University of Idaho’s original adaptation of the Medea myth examines the title character’s backstory, peeling back her image as a destructive and vengeful sorceress who betrays, murders and rages. First told in ancient Greece when women didn’t have much of a voice, original versions of the Medea myth don’t explore the complex emotions that led her to commit infamous treacheries (including killing her children as revenge on her former lover), yet this new adaptation does. Starring theater professor Kelly Quinnett in the title role, Medea: Her Story also explores women’s issues as it weaves the myth’s numerous versions into a cohesive, modern story. With a cast and crew of more than 30 students, along with fire-breathing bulls, an 80-gallon pool, two choruses and a live band, this staging of the Medea myth matches the intensity of her story. — EMILY GOODELL Medea: Her Story • Oct. 13-23; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm • $10$15 • University of Idaho Hartung Theater • 625 Stadium Dr., Moscow • uidaho.edu/class/theatre
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BEYOND PINK The annual fundraiser raises funds for women who cannot afford thermography. The event includes a “designer bra” fashion show, silent auction, food and drink and more. Oct. 14, 5-9 pm. $50/person. Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. beyondpink.net (863-7776) RACE FOR RECOVERY: MISSION POSSIBLE Join Pura Vida Recovery in its mission to raise awareness of the disease of addiction and celebrate those living in recovery by participating in a fundraiser race. Oct. 16, 9 am-noon. $35. puravidaraceforrecovery.com 2016 SPOKANE PHILANTHROPY AWARDS This event recognizes and celebrates the individuals and organizations who are doing good for oth-
ers. Presented by the Spokane County United Way Emerging Leaders Society. Oct. 19, 11:30 am-1 pm. $50/person; $500/table. Davenport Grand, 333 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. (324-5027) SOUP FOR THE SOUL Enjoy a bowl of soup and support the Arts in Healing program at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children’s Hospital. Wednesdays in October, at participating restaurants (see link for list). bit. ly/2dHh4qJ GOLF FOR PINK The tourney benefits the Kootenai Health Foundation and the cancer patient support fund and is the last day of golfing before the course closes for the season. Oct. 20. $80/person. Circling Raven Golf Course, 27068 S. Highway 95. (800523-2464)
For more information or to purchase tickets: habitat-spokane.org or 509.534.2552
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OCTOBER IS CRUISE MONTH AT AAA Join us for a fun and informative presentation to learn about the ® Princess “Come Back New” Experience – a series of onboard innovations to give you more enriching new experiences. Best of all, take advantage of reduced deposits, onboard spending credits and other special offers on select sailings. RSVP today! SPOKANE CRUISE & TRAVEL STORE - 1314 S. Grand Blvd. DATE: Wednesday, October 26 TIME: 5:30 p.m. RSVP: (509) 358-7039 AAA COEUR D’ALENE STORE 296 W. Sunset Ave., Suite 33 DATE: Tuesday, October 25 TIME: 1:30 p.m. RSVP: (208) 666-5715
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I SAW YOU BE MY POLAR BEAR You are the handsome white haired gentleman at the credit union in the grocery store. Every time our eyes meet I can feel the attraction. You have stolen my heart. AT THE HAUNTED HAYRIDE You... one of the creepy zombies, me running like a little girl! Who knew a haunted hayride would be where I met the “ghoul of my dreams?” I already have plans to see you again next weekend or maybe the next few weekends!! I need to know your name! I need to see what is under all that makeup! I’m a Spokane Valley, kid, too! Perhaps a little Monster Mashing??
YOU SAW ME HANDSOME MAN IN THE CAR ON WEST CARSLILE.. you saw me and my son on our way to a birthday party on sunday sept 25th out of town we were walking by the adult ed center on monroe and carslile you got my name but i didnt get yours i was in such a hurry to not miss my ride.. you drove passed me a few more times i wish you would have stoped again as we could have exchanged info please contact me @ echomarie05141981@gmail.com just let me know its you.
CHEERS TO THE GATHERING HOUSE Many thanks to all the people at the Gathering House coffee shop. When my husband and I were rear-ended on Garland with our sixmonth-old baby in the car, you invited us inside (even though you were closed) and helped us calm down while we sorted out insurance and ensured our baby was okay. It was a scary experience for new parents, and we are very thankful for everyone at the Gathering House! TREEHOUSE CLUB STAFF You guys are awesome! Some of the most knowledgeable budtenders in town with some of the friendliest staff I’ve encountered at any store in Spokane Valley or Spokane. Congrats on your article in Dope magazine and being their store of the month for October! Keep up the good work and don’t let them Haters get to you! THANK YOU! I was walking downtown with my daughter and grand daughter when I was approached by a young man with a red beard. He told me I looked beautiful, smiled and walked away. I’m a 71 year old woman who feels younger. He made my day. My daughter and grand daughter were impressed. Thank you. Women my age still want to be appreciated. ROBERT MY KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOR ON A DARK ROAD Thank you to Robert that came by when I ran out of gas after a wedding at green bluff. It was really dark and no one around! Thank you for getting me gas then jump starting my car after the battery died. Thank you from the bottom of my heart and possibly saving me from any scary clowns! Rhonda TO MY WONDERFUL SON Thank you to my darling 25-year-old son who gave me my first ride on a motorcycle ever. You knew how apprehensive I was yet you were able to keep me calm on your brand new Harley Davidson Softail. You knew I wanted one experience, and you came through and gave it to me. I had such a great time on our day road trip; stopping at a small café for breakfast; enjoying how graceful you were on that motorcycle; talking and laughing; sharing in wonderful moments; just spending quality, precious time with you; my only
child. The skies might have been overcast, but there was no rain in sight, and I only felt the warmth of sunshine on my face as we left the cares of the world behind. I hope we can have another mother/son date soon when you return to me in my dreams. I love you, my son.
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looked to be walking into city hall, who may have something to do with my detour, you should have easy access to Section 16A.61.787 of the Spokane Municiple Code, since you brought it up. Maybe you’ll read it and not just the first line. I can’t wait for the park to open back up. I’d rather slalom
of the expertise and presence of off-duty police. But, no. So, Criminals (for whom, by definition, the rules do not apply,) take note: the Arena is open for business. Public: beware.
Not one single person in the whole theater bought a ticket so they could listen to you warble along.
JEERS RE: TRUCK DRIVERS this is to the PERSON WHO wrote the nasty msg to the truck drivers a couple weeks ago you complain about their driving, do you know what it takes to drive a big rig? to deal with ppl like YOU! you stated you were gonna start cutting them off, bad move for you they cant stop like us in a car it takes them time so i guess when you get ran over youll understand you need to respect the men and wemon who drive the trucks as they ARE the ones who brimg food and other items to us! CHEERSTRUCK DRIVERS YOU ARE AWSOME!! NORTHBOUND PACHYDERMS To the two large mammals walking past the Spokane City Hall building telling me that bikes don’t belong on sidewalks. saw you two staring at me from half a block away, both of you veering towards me as I rode slowly on the side of the sidewalk. I get it, you want to make a point, the sidewalk is for walkers, hence the name. But you were intentionally trying to run me off as you huddled together and oozed over into my path. It was early and there was no other foot traffic around, I would think you’d be a little more understanding when someone invades your 20 foot bubble. Riverfront park is closed off due to construction and the Chinese Festival, some of us downtown employees are forced to to around. And since you
SOUND OFF 1. Visit Inlander.com/isawyou by 3 pm Monday. 2. Pick a category (I Saw You, You Saw Me, Cheers or Jeers). 3. Provide basic info: your name and email (so we know you’re real). 4. To connect via I Saw You, provide a non-identifying email to be included with your submission — like “petals327@yahoo.com,” not “j.smith@comcast.net.”
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the grubby gack heads than listen to some know it all behemoth, spouting their self righteous and ignorant opinion. Next time I’m not slowing down. LITTERBUGS! I am so disgusted with all the litter in and around Spokane. Please STOP littering! This is where we live. USE THE TRASH CANS!!! GOOD GUYS NEED NOT ATTEND My husband is a police officer. He takes very seriously his duty to serve and protect, both in uniform and out. Like most officers, he carries his weapon concealed while off duty. You would never know seeing him run down the street or passing him at the grocery store. But, should the need to use it arise, you would be grateful for his presence and extensive training — instead of needing to wait for police to arrive. My husband is also an avid Chiefs fan — ever since he learned about hockey. He has even been a past season ticket holder. He very excitedly took our son to opening night only to be turned away by new security measures at the Arena. He politely showed his police identification, which, according to Federal law (HR 218; LEOSA,) allows him to carry, but was still denied entrance. The metal detectors now in place serve as a sort of deterrent, but mainly gives Arena administration a false sense of security. Given that security personnel are unarmed and hardly prepared for a shooting emergency, one would think they would be appreciative
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STFU AT CONCERTS! You were drunk. You heckled the opening act, you talked through the main act, even after we asked nicely if you would just not talk quite so much during the show. Oh, but you had MORE STUPID TRICKS up your sleeve. You SANG ALONG to the main act, and I promise, honey, not one single person in the whole theater, NOT ONE SINGLE PERSON bought a ticket so they could listen to you warble along OR to see YOUR PATHETIC DRUNK SHOW. You have no clue how obnoxious you were. We had to sit next to you. We have to tell you something: YOU SUCK. SCUMBAG WHO STOLE TIP JAR To the scumbag who stole the tip jar from the girls at Hot Toddys coffee shop on Francis. You circled a few times on your bike before riding up and grabbing their jar of tips. Did it ever occur to you that this is how they pay their bills and eat! Get a job don’t steel from others! Carma will get you! Maybe you’ll crash your bike!
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2.0PEN MIC Local comedy night hosted by Ken McComb. Thursdays, from 8-10 pm. Free. The District Bar, 916 W. First. facebook.com/districtbarspokane DAMIEN LEMON Damien has worked at all of the top comedy clubs across New York City as well as many of the top clubs across the country. Oct. 13-15, 8 pm; also Oct. 14-15, 10:30 pm. $10-$22. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com (318-9998) GUFFAW YOURSELF! Open mic comedy night; Thursdays at 10 pm. Free. Neato Burrito, 827 W. First. (847-1234) MICROBIOGRAPHY Local couple Ryan and Lindsay Tucker tell stories from their real lives, and local comedy troupe The Freedom Association, led by Mark Robbins, improvises scenes loosely based on their stories. Ages 17+ Oct. 14, 8-11 pm. $12. The Bartlett, 228 W. Sprague Ave. thebartlettspokane.com STAND-UP COMEDY Live comedy featuring established and up-and-coming local comedians. Fridays at 8 pm. No cover. Red Dragon Chinese, 1406 W. Third Ave. reddragondelivery.com ROD MAN Best known as the winner of “Last Comic Standing: Season 8, this award-winning comedian is also celebrated for his unique delivery and voice. Oct. 15, 8 pm. $23. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. friendsofthebing.org/rod-man (534-5805) SAFARI Fast-paced, short-form improv games based on audience suggestions. (Recommended for ages 16+) Saturdays at 8 pm, through Dec. 17. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.com (747-7045) MONDAY NIGHT COMEDY A weekly comedy open mic on Mondays, hosted by Nick Cavasier. Sign-up at 7:30, show at 8 pm. Free. The Reserve, 120 N. Wall St. facebook.com/spokomedy SPOKANE COMEDY’S STANDUP SHOWDOWN A friendly local comedy competition. Comedians get a topic and have four minutes to perform; the crowd then votes for a winner. Tuesdays, from 8-10 pm. Free. The Observatory, 15 S. Howard. (598-8933)
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BODIES HUMAN: ANATOMY IN MOTION Mobius hosts more than 100 individual organs, and transparent body slices that have been preserved through plastination, a technique that replaces bodily fluids with reactive plastics. Exhibit runs through Dec. 31; hours are Tu-Sat, 10 am-5 pm and Sun, 11 am-5 pm. (Recommended for ages 10+.) $15. Mobius Science Center, 331 N. Post. mobiusspokane.org (509-321-7137) COLVILLE CORN MAZE & PUMPKIN PATCH The 7th year of the local, 12-acre corn maze, with a pumpkin and squash patch. Through Oct. 31; Sat-Sun, 11 am7:30 pm and Mon-Fri, 4-7:30 pm. $5-$7. At 73 Oakshott Rd. colvillecornmaze.com LOST EGYPT: ANCIENT SECRETS, MODERN SCIENCE Explore ancient Egypt with hands-on activities, human and animal mummies and real Egyptian artifacts. Through Jan. 6; open TueSun, 10 am-5 pm (until 8 pm on Wed; half-price admission on Tue). $5-$10/ admission. The MAC, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org (456-3931) SCARYWOOD HAUNTED NIGHTS: The North Idaho theme park transforms into a place of Halloween-themed nightmares. Open Sept. 30-Oct. 29; Thu, 6:30-11 pm and Fri-Sat, from 7 pm-1 am. $26-$40. Silverwood Theme Park, 27843 U.S. 95. scarywoodhaunt.com SPOKANE WOMAN’S CLUB RENOVATION CELEBRATION Tour the newlyenhanced community facility. Includes a ribbon-cutting ceremony, music, activity stations, class demos and kids’ activities. Complimentary light refreshments and cash wine bar on site. Oct. 13, 4:30-6:30 pm. Free and open to the public. Woman’s Club of Spokane, 1428 W. Ninth. womansclubspokane.org WASHINGTON STATE CHINESE LANTERN FESTIVAL The festival returns for a second year, filling the park with colorful and elaborate handmade Chinese lantern sculptures. All new displays are featured this year, along with the artisan vendor village, a dinosaur fossil dig, cultural and acrobatic performances, food and more. Through Oct. 30; SunThu, from 5-10 pm; Fri-Sat, from 5-11 pm. Performances Sun-Thu at 6:30 and 8:30 pm; Fri-Sat at 7 and 9 pm. $10$15/entry; $40/family pass (2 adults,
S i lv e r w o o d T h e m e Pa r k P r e s e n t s 2 youth) and $60/all-access pass. Kids three and under are free. Riverfront Park. spokanelanternfestival.com CONTRA DANCE & POTLUCK A potluck and dance for all ages and dancing abilities. Dinner begins at 6:30 pm and dancing concludes by 8:30 pm. In the Great Hall. Oct. 14, 6:30 pm. St. John’s Cathedral, 127 E. 12th Ave. (838-4277) JURASSIC QUEST The immersive event features realistic, life-size dinosaur models, fossil digs, kids’ activities and more. Oct. 14-16; Fri, 3-8 pm; Sat, 9 am-8 pm; Sun, 9 am-7 pm. $15-$24. Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. jurassicquest.com SANDPOINT CONTRA DANCE Featuring live music by Out of the Wood, with Emily Faulkner calling. Contra dancing is an old New England dance form that has experienced a tremendous revival in the last 50 years. Oct. 14, 7-10 pm. $5 suggested donation. Sandpoint Community Hall, 204 S. First Ave. cityofsandpoint.com (509-263-6751) WASHINGTON STATE QUILTERS QUILT SHOW The 38th annual show features nearly 600 quilts in a museum-like format. Also see free demos, and shop from 50+ vendors. Oct. 14-15, 10 am-6 pm, Oct. 16, 10 am-4 pm. $8. Spokane County Fair & Expo Center, 404 N. Havana. wsqspokane.org THE PUMPKIN PROJECT Project Hope’s patch offers pumpkins by donation, with the added opportunity to buy a pumpkin for a neighbor. Suggested donation is $5, $7.50 or $10, depending on size. Proceeds benefit Project Hope’s mission of creating opportunities for youth through community engagement, job training and education. Patch is located in the 700 block of North Ash St., in West Central. Oct. 15-30; Sat-Sun from 9 am-6:30 pm; Thu-Fri, 3:30-6:30 pm. spokanepumpkin.com (704-7433) REFOREST SPOKANE DAY The 6th annual community-wide tree planting event will place hundreds of trees across Spokane watersheds to restore riparian zones to better clean and protect local waterways. 600 volunteers are needed. Oct. 15. landscouncil.org STAR WARS READS DAY The fifth annual event encourages participants to come in costume for games, Star Wars crafts, a costume contest, and refreshments. At 3 pm is a free screening of “Star Wars Episode VII – the Force Awakens.” For younger viewers, the “LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles” is also shown. Oct. 15, 1 pm. Free. CdA Library, 702 E. Front Ave. cdalibrary.org
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A female friend of mine just broke up with her billionaire boyfriend. She told me she wasn’t happy. The guy is super-picky about whether you put things back in exactly the right spot and doesn’t have the greatest sense of humor. Still, I think she’s making the biggest mistake of her life. Doesn’t she know how hard it is to find a decent and wealthy man? I’m a happily married woman, so why does this make me so mad? —Irate
The way you see it, your friend found that mythical leprechaun with the pot of private jets and beachfront property — and she was all, “Too short! Too green! NEXT!” Okay, you concede, she was a little miserable, but hey — happiness can’t buy money! And no, money isn’t unimportant — and it’s especially vital when you don’t have enough to get lunch from the grocery store instead of from the dumpster. But even money is subject to what economists call “diminishing marginal utility.” This is a term for how the benefit (“utility”) we get from each “unit” of a thing we’re consuming — like a good or service — decreases for us once we’ve filled our basic need for it. Norman Li, an evolutionary psychologist who started out in economics, explains this pretty simply: “Enough oxygen to breathe is a lot better than no oxygen, but extra (“marginal”) oxygen is not much better than enough. Thus, oxygen has” diminishing marginal utility. Li, helpfully, took an economist’s look at mating preferences, meaning he didn’t just ask the open-ended question, “So…what would you like in a mate?” — which leads people to shoot for the moon (“Oh…ringer for Hugh Jackman, funnier than Chris Rock, annual earnings matching the GDP of France...”) Here in the real world, most of us have to settle — at least somewhat. So Li tested which attributes people would consider necessities (versus luxuries) in a long-term relationship by giving subjects either a tight budget or a generous one to “spend” on various qualities they’d want in a partner. When women (the childbearers and carers of the species) had limited mateshopping dollars, they allocated most of them to having a Mr. Provider — a man with status and resources -- saying “Oh well!” to hunkaliciousness and other qualities. Men on a tight budget disproportionately allocated their mating dollars toward hotitude — not surprising, because beautiful features are like a flashing “Fertile Myrtle!” sign. However, even on a constrained budget, women and men each saw kindness as a must-have — ranking it a close second to their top priority. Getting back to your friend, who’s dumping what you see as a perfectly serviceable billionaire, consider that his pickiness and humorlessness may play out as unkindness. Apparently, for her, having, oh, 100 bedrooms on four continents to cry herself to sleep in doesn’t make up for that. And consider the view from diminishing marginal utility: “Okay, a billionaire is nice, but maybe I could make do with a funny, easygoing millionaire.” To stop being mad, focus on what you have to be grateful for instead of what she’s, uh, squandered — a lifetime of 26-hour arguments about how she failed to use the micrometer calipers to return the loofah to its rightful position.
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I’ve been with my girlfriend for over a year, and I love her and think she’s beautiful. However, she is very insecure about her looks, and she asks me all the time whether I think she looks pretty. It’s getting tiring constantly reassuring her. Is there some tool I could be using to help her feel more secure? —Stumped I’m sure it’s exhausting doing the daily “Hi, gorgeous!” skywriting and cleaning up after the rented elephant that pulls the “You’re beautiful, baby!” billboard. Only — oh, wait…you’re actually just tired from verbally “reassuring her,” which, admittedly, probably takes at least several words and a whole 10 seconds — if you include the time it takes for her to beam and go, “Reeeeally?!” Yes, it is important for you to reassure her — but, in doing that, motivation counts. Social psychologist Shelly Gable finds that relationships tend to be happier when those in them are guided by “approach” rather than “avoidance” goals. In normal-person terms, this means striving for positive outcomes rather than trying to avoid negative ones. In this case, an avoidance goal would be telling your girlfriend she’s beautiful in order to keep her from nagging you, but taking the “approach” approach would be doing it because you want her to feel good. And here’s a secret: Break out the compliments before she asks and you might keep her from starting to worry that she needs “extra-coverage” makeup — the kind that involves scaffolding, three workmen, and $200 worth of drywall. n ©2016, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. • Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405 or email AdviceAmy@aol.com (www.advicegoddess.com)
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EVENTS | CALENDAR FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY FALL BOOK SALE Proceeds from the sale of donated used books and former library books supports library programs. Oct. 18-22. Downtown Spokane Library, 906 W. Main. spokanelibrary.org I AM A TOWN: SPOKANE POETRY PROJECT In this workshop lead by Spokane Poet Loureate Laura Read, attendees write poems about specific places in Spokane that are significant to them because of the memories they have attached to them. Oct. 11 and 18, 6-8 pm. Free. Downtown Spokane Library, 906 W. Main. spokanelibrary.org REFLECTIONS ON THE CURRENT ELECTION SEASON Pete Wehner writes widely on political, cultural, religious and national-security issues. Since leaving the White House, in 2007, he has written for Commentary, The Weekly Standard, National Review, The Washington Post, The Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal. Oct. 18, 7-8:30 pm. Free and open to the public. Whitworth HUB, 300 W. Hawthorne Rd. whitworth.edu (777-4424) APPLEWAY TRAIL (SULLIVAN TO CORBIN) OPEN HOUSE Learn more about, and share your questions, comments and concerns, upcoming construction of the Appleway Trail between Sullivan and Corbin. Oct. 19, 6:30-8 pm. Free. Greenacres Middle School, 17409 E. Sprague. (720-5411) MINECRAFT DROP-IN HOURS Explore randomly generated worlds and build amazing things from the simplest of homes to the grandest of castles. Oct. 19, 26, Nov. 2 and 9, 3-5 pm. Free. Medical Lake Library, 3212 Herb. (893-8330) SPOKANE TRIVIA CHAMPIONSHIP The annual competition benefits the Spokane Public Library’s STEM programs; and is open to three-person corporate or individual teams from the community. Emceed by Mark Robbins and Kevin Benson. Oct. 19, 7 pm. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. spokanelibraryfoundation.org (227-7404)
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CHINA ON FILM SERIES A series presented by Lindaman Chair Anthony E. Clark, showcasing Chinese films that represent China’s angst and acceptance during decades of transition. Oct. 13, 20, 27 and Nov. 3, at 6:30 pm. Free and open to the public. Whitworth University, 300 W. Hawthorne. whitworth.edu TETON GRAVITY RESEARCH: TIGHT LOOSE The 21st annual winter sports film from Teton Gravity Research. Oct. 13, 8 pm. $12. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. bingcrosbytheater.com MATILDA See the film based on the Roald Dahl book about a super-smart little girl who’s woefully misunderstood. Oct. 14, 3 pm. Free. Shadle Library, 2111 W. Wellesley. (444-5390) CREATED EQUAL SERIES: “FREEDOM RIDERS” As part of the library’s “Created Equal” series, watch the PBS film “Freedom Riders” and join Dr. Marc Robinson of Whitworth University after the movie for a rich discussion. Oct. 15, 2 pm. Free. South Hill Library, 3324 S. Perry. spokanelibrary.org THE DESERT OF FORBIDDEN ART: A SPOKANE IS READING EVENT Are you reading this year’s Spokane Is Reading book, “The Tsar of Love and Techno,” by Anthony Marra? If so, you’ll enjoy this movie, which details the work of Igor Savistky, who managed to save thou-
sands of artworks by Russian artists who had fallen out of favor with the Soviet authorities. Oct. 15, 2 pm. Free. Hillyard Library, 4005 N. Cook. (444-5331) MOZART AND THE WHALE This film deals with the emotional dysfunctions of two people suffering from the autistic disorder known as Asperger’s syndrome, which threatens to derail the pair’s emerging romance in this affectionate tale of love among the mentally afflicted. Oct. 15, 2 pm. Free. Downtown Spokane Library, 906 W. Main. spokanelibrary.org THE ADDAMS FAMILY Head to the library for a free screening of this season-friendly film. Oct. 18, 6 pm. Free. South Hill Library, 3324 S. Perry St. spokanelibrary.org (444-5331) PALOUSE FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL Each Tuesday in October, the Kenworthy screens a different French film, with English subtitles. Tuesdays at 7 pm. $5/ film; $15/pass. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main. kenworthy.org (208-882-4127) PLANETARIUM SHOW: SECRET LIVES OF STARS This show highlights the life cycles and diversity of stars in the universe around us. Narrated by Patrick Stewart. Recommended for ages 6+. Showing Oct. 20-23 (times vary). $6/adults; $3/CCS students, ages 3-18. Spokane Falls Community College, 3410 W. Fort George Wright Dr. spokanefalls. edu/planetarium (533-3569) SUDS & CINEMA: THE BIG LEBOWSKI The Inlander’s annual screening of the cult classic, with beer from No-Li Brewhouse, Brain Freeze ice cream, a costume contest and more. Doors open at 6 pm. Oct. 20, 7 pm. Riverside Place, 1110 W. Riverside. bit.ly/SudsLebowski
FOOD & DRINK
CHOC-TOBER FEST An evening of gourmet chocolate sampling with microbrew pairings. Oct. 14, 5-8 pm. Free. Essential Art Gallery & Fine Gifts, 203 S. Main. essentialglassworks.com REPUBLIC BREWING OKTOBERFEST Includes the release of several Bavarian style beers, giveaways, games, prizes, food and more. Oct. 14-15. Republic Brewing Co., 26 N. Clark Ave. republicbrew.com (775-2700) WINE TASTING Sample varieties from Liberty Lake Cellars. Tasting includes cheese and crackers. Oct. 14, 3-6:30 pm. Vino!, 222 S. Washington. (838-1229) FOOD PREP, SAFETY & NUTRITION All who complete the class will be eligible to take one free test for their Food Service Worker’s Card, sponsored by Spokane Regional Health District’s Neighborhoods Matter program. Oct. 15, 11 am-1 pm. Free. Airway Heights Library, 1213 S. Lundstrom. (893-8250) GREEN BLUFF APPLE FEST Orchards at Green Bluff celebrate the harvest with fresh apples for sale, plus cider and other produce during the harvest season. Events around the farms include live music, corn and straw mazes and more. Weekends through Oct. 30. greenbluffgrowers.com A BARBARIAN FEAST A four-course “barbarian-style” meal highlighting roasted pig, beer and mead, with live music and a keynote presentation. Dinner menu by Chef LJ Klink. Oct. 16, 4:30-7:30 pm. $65/person. Mont Lamm Events, 7501 Enoch Rd. bit.ly/2d2tiuW COMMUNITY PANCAKE BREAKFAST An all-you-can eat breakfast with
eggs, sausage, applesauce and drinks. Sundays, October 2, 9, 16 and 23, from 8-11 am. $3.50-$6. Green Bluff Grange, 9809 Green Bluff Rd. greenbluffgrowers.com (979-2607) BREAD WITH CHEF VIRA MELENDEZ-REDMAN Learn to make garlic parmesan bread and cinnamon and asiago-apple bread with Chef Vira Melendez-Redman. Oct. 17, 5 pm. $45. Kitchen Engine, 621 W. Mallon. thekitchenengine.com ARTISAN PIZZA WITH NICOLE FRICKLE This hands-on class covers making dough, sauce, types of cheese and toppings, with vegetarian and meat options. Oct. 18, 5:30 pm. $45. Kitchen Engine, 621 W. Mallon. (328-3335) COOKING CLASS: BOEUF BOURGUIGNON Join Chef Jean-Pierre as he teaches this French classic stew. Oct. 19, 6-9 pm. $40. Gourmet Way, 8222 N. Gov’t Way. gourmetwayhayden.com PUMPKIN BEER & CARVING CONTEST The bar taps a pumpkin keg filled with pumpkin beer, with a pumpkin carving contest offering prizes. Oct. 19, 6-8 pm. $40. EPIC, 100 N. Hayford. (242-7000) THE TOFU TRANSFORMATION A hands-on class offering cooking techniques to preparing tofu perfectly. Oct. 19, 5:30 pm. $45. Kitchen Engine, 621 W. Mallon. (328-3335)
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HABILIS An exploration of inhabitable spaces, from the point of view of comfort and security, and grown from the woven seed of text. Featuring work from Alexandra Iosub, Cole Chandler, and Janine Wood-Bokman. Oct. 14, 5-8 pm. Free. Emerge, 208 N. Fourth. emergecda.org (208-818-3342) INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT MARKET PLACE & ARTISAN TINKER TOWNE: For three weekends this fall, local artists, craft and food vendors and a farmers market set up in Oasis Park at Sprague and Perry, next to the gallery. Oct. 14-15; Fri 10 am-5 pm, Sat 11 am-6 pm. New Moon Art Gallery, 1326 E. Sprague. newmoonartgallery.com MICHAEL HORSWILL & ALLIE VOGT: An exhibition of 64 new paintings, sculptures and drawings by the two local artists. Oct. 14-Nov. 5; opening reception Oct. 14, from 5-8 pm; artist talk Oct. 15, at 11 am. Gallery open TueSat, 11 am-6 pm. Art Spirit Gallery, 415 Sherman Ave. theartspiritgallery.com ART IN THE MAKING See 11 regional artists draw, paint and sculpt from two live models, along with live music and more in this annual event hosted by the Art Spirit Gallery. In the CdA Plaza Shops. Oct. 15, 1-4 pm. Free. CdA Resort, 115 S. Second. (208-765-6006)
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A Happy Place
The author has a confession: He loves Disneyland, and he had to write a book about it (below).
Why an almost 50-year-old film critic devotes himself to Disneyland and Disney World BY SCOTT RENSHAW Our main film critic, Scott Renshaw, has spent the past few years exploring his own love of the Disney theme parks, while also digging into why so many people — young and not-so-young — are captivated by these attractions to the point of obsession. The result is Renshaw’s first book, which was released this week. Here’s an exclusive excerpt.
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was born and raised in California, migrating steadily northward over the course of 30 years from my birthplace of San Diego, through Orange County into the San Joaquin Valley, and eventually to the San Francisco Bay Area. And throughout that time, there was Disneyland, which feels as though it has always been a part of my memories. As a child, there were family visits with my parents and brother where the first glimpse of the artificial-snowcapped Matterhorn from Anaheim’s Harbor Boulevard would produce a surge of adrenaline that we were here, we were finally here. In my tweenage years, my brother, closest cousins and I engaged in early experiments in independence, as we took off through the park to find our own adventures and meet up with our parents later in the day. I celebrated the end of high school there at Grad Night 1985, and then the end of college four years later, with my best friends and significant others of the moment. I visited in the early ’90s with the wonderful woman who would become my wife, and again a decade later with our children, watching them get their first picture taken with Mickey Mouse. Memories are Disneyland’s unbreakable souvenir, and for me they spill into dreams and into days when I need to recall times of renewal and transition, or moments of pure bliss. It’s not easy to come out of the closet as a nearly 50-year-old Disney parks junkie. The assumption is that once you’ve reached a certain age, these Magic Kingdoms become something to be endured rather than enjoyed. You do it for the children or grandchildren, perhaps, gritting your teeth all the while, but you certainly shouldn’t
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find the experience too enjoyable. Such an admission carries with it a variety of other assumptions about one’s maturity, sanity or, maybe, just plain creepiness. Yet, there it is: I adore Disneyland. It has never, ever ceased to enthrall me, and by all logic, this should not be the case. Those who know me well can attest to the fact that there are few things I hate more than being in massive crowds, and that one of those few things is waiting in lines. The Disneyland experience that frustrates so many visitors appears to have been designed on a dare to create the kind of day that, under almost any other circumstances, I would do everything in my power to avoid. Instead, it has become a slightly obsessive facet of
my personality. The end of one visit generally finds me lamenting how long it might be until the beginning of the next. One trip even became reality because my wife, as she went through a job search, promised we could go to Disneyland if and when she got hired. And no, I’m not too proud to admit that such an anecdote makes me sound vaguely like a 6-year-old; I also agreed to move from California to Utah only if my wife promised that I could have a puppy. (True story.) It would be easy enough to attribute my love of Disneyland to simple nostalgia. Indeed, it would be silly not to acknowledge that there’s at least a little of that going on, even as the place now officially called the “Disneyland Resort” has evolved and expanded to become something radically different from the way it looked in my 1970s childhood — ditching the old-school lettered ticket books and adding the Disney California Adventure sister park on the spot where I once remember my mother pointing out which Disney character silhouette marked our parking place. But I think there’s also something more fundamental going on, something that has never happened in trips to other amusement parks. The older I’ve gotten, the more I’ve appreciated the way Walt Disney planned his park as a thoroughly immersive experience, with the entire surrounding world shut off from view. To enter Anaheim’s Disneyland is to experience one of the most ingeniously designed anticipation-building machines ever created. From the entry gate, very little of the park itself is visible — just the Mickey Mouse-shaped flower beds beneath the tracks of the Disneyland Railroad, part of the high landscaped berm that hides the rest of the park from the outside world. Disneyland entices you: There’s something amazing in here; you know you want to see it. n Happy Place: Living the Disney Parks Life is available through Amazon, IndieBound, Powell’s and Barnes & Noble.
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