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Also, we’ll be covering local election results on Inlander.com and in next week’s issue we’ll try to make sense of it all.

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indsey Graham might well be the closest that Donald Trump has come to owning a dog, but even the sycophantic senator from South Carolina was momentarily outraged by the president’s decision to betray America’s Kurdish allies in Syria. Graham promised that he would not sit on the sidelines and watch “a good ally, the Kurds, slaughtered by Turkey” before he dutifully returned to the sidelines to watch.

About 11,000 Kurdish fighters have died in the brutal five-year war against Islamic State in Syria. Turkey’s close ties with Russia led the Pentagon to expel them from the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter project out of fear that Ankara would share defense secrets with the Kremlin. Yet Trump didn’t hesitate to sell out our battle-prov-

en allies to curry favor with Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the autocratic president of Turkey.

Kurdish homelands span portions of Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey. Turkey has long feared the emergence of a Kurdish state, and Erdogan argues that Kurdish fighters are supporters of PKK terrorists in Turkey. Trump gave Erdogan space to launch an offensive against the Kurds that could all too easily descend into ethnic cleansing.

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but the United States has a long history of abandoning its allies in the Islamic world.

President Thomas Jefferson launched America’s first war on terror in 1801. Yusuf Karamanli, the bashaw of Tripoli, demanded a hefty protection payment from the United States. If the U.S. didn’t pay up, Tripolitan corsairs would prey on American sailors and merchant shipping in the western Mediterranean. Jefferson refused to be extorted and decided instead to dispatch a U.S. Navy squadron to North Africa.

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Even Cathy McMorris Rodgers has criticized Trump’s strategic blunder.

As with the fight against ISIS in Syria, American success in Tripoli depended on local allies. In 1805, U.S. Army Capt. William Eaton signed an agreement with Hamet Karamanli — Yusuf’s older brother. Eaton promised to support Hamet to depose his brother as bashaw, as well as to help him recover his family, whom Yusuf held captive in Tripoli. With the assistance of a U.S. naval bombardment, Hamet’s force of Tripolitans and Arabs captured the key port city of Derne. But as Eaton prepared for the final assault on the city of Tripoli, he was horrified to learn that the U.S. had exploited the victory at Derne to negotiate an advantageous peace with Yusuf. With their usefulness over, the U.S. abandoned Hamet and his followers.

Jefferson could count on the loyalty of his own party when the Federalist opposition attacked his administration over their mistreatment of Hamet in the run up to the 1806 midterm elections. But some Republicans have broken ranks with Trump over his betrayal of the Kurds. Mitch McConnell, Liz Cheney and even Cathy McMorris Rodgers have all criticized Trump’s strategic blunder in Syria before the 2020 election.

There is no question that the Jefferson administration hung Hamet out to dry in 1805, but at least his administration’s duplicity did advance the American national interest: The ill-gotten treaty with Yusuf protected U.S. sailors and merchant ships.

By contrast, Trump’s abandonment of the Kurds benefits his own fragile ego at the expense of our national security. The Kurds remain critically important to defeating Islamic State. The recent death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi only reinforces this point. Kurdish intelligence made possible the U.S. special forces strike against the ISIS leader.

What sets Trump’s betrayal of the Kurds apart from the other acts of duplicity by his predecessors is not that it is dishonorable or immoral, but that it unnecessarily imperils the lives of ordinary Americans. n Lawrence B. A. Hatter teaches early American history at Washington State University. He is the award-winning author of Citizens of Convenience: The Imperial Origins of American Nationhood on the U.S.-Canadian Border.

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Q&A AMELIA CLARK Amelia Clark, the Spokane Regional Health District’s new administrator, aims to chart a course towards a healthier regional community

BY JOSH KELETY

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aving just moved to Spokane from Indiana about two months ago, Amelia Clark, the Spokane Regional Health District’s new administrative officer, is still getting her bearings. But she’s excited to help chart the agency’s long-term, big-picture vision for its public health work while she completes her doctorate in public health at Indiana University.

And to her, metrics for public health take a variety of forms, including the prevalence of grocery stores and family violence rates. The Inlander sat down with Clark to get a sense of how she will approach tackling health issues in Spokane.

This interview has been lightly edited for space and clarity.

INLANDER: What does the Health District’s administrator do?

CLARK: As the administrator I’m going to be looking at things like funding. I want to make sure that we always have the right [grant and state-level] funding coming in to work with.

I’m going to be looking at what our community needs assessment will look like and whether our strategic plan is aligning with that. We recently brought in community partners to help us do system mapping, looking at different issues. A lot of times when you ask someone “is my community healthy?” they don’t really talk about going to the doctor. They talk about access to grocery stores, access to a safe place to walk — things that are outside of traditional “health.”

What brought you to Spokane? What were you working on in Indiana?

I’ve lived in Indiana since I was 6 years old so this is a big move across the country.

My background has all been in health care for underserved populations and working in public health. Prior to coming to Spokane I was working as a consultant and before that I had spent

six years as the regional vice president of Meridian Health Services which is a federally qualified health center. When I read the job description, a lot of what is embodied in the position is a lot of stuff that I’m interested in health equity, like disease prevention and environmental health.

What are the big public health issues in Spokane?

Our strategic plan is focusing on three areas: cardiovascular health, mental and behavioral health and family violence and trauma. A lot of cardiovascular issues stem from nicotine and nicotine consumption. There are things you can do to lessen the impact that it can have on you later in life, so it’s starting healthy habits like walking.

A lot of the domestic violence and intimate partner violence conversation right now is asking, “What are the upstream causes?” People who abuse or get into domestic abuse situations typically witness those [behaviors] as children.

And there’s different levels of homelessness: someone couch surfing versus someone who is chronically homeless.What’s a substance abuse issue and what is someone who is severely and persistently mentally ill? At the Health District, we definitely understand that addiction substance-use disorders are a disease. It’s a chronic disease.

What’s surprised you about Spokane so far?

One thing that I’m really impressed with is the walkability and kids being outside. Where I lived in Indiana, there are not a lot of sidewalks.

We were driving around [in Spokane] and we’re just like, “Look at all these kids outside and playing!” I was just thinking, “Man, if I were in Indiana everybody would have driven.” It’s a very car-centric place. I’ve been really impressed that the city puts aside money for parks here. n

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Core Elements,” 10/31/19). Downwinders are much like any American who has been exposed to toxic agents by the government or large corporations. The effects last for generations. When I worked at NASA in Houston, several cancer treatment centers worked to address illnesses of workers from chemical plants and refineries surrounding the city. Another sad WWII story was shipyard workers being exposed to asbestos. NASA strictly enforced rules set up to prevent exposure to hazardous materials generated by the space program.

The notion that occupational exposure will kill or sicken workers and the public that live near plants is not acceptable because politics and profits are being placed over people. We have the means and technology to protect workers and the public from government or corporate created exposure to toxic materials. The time and cost to remediate hazardous sites should LETTERS be factored into public policy for our Send comments to national defense and economy. editor@inlander.com.

Getting rid of environmental regulations is foolhardy. That is, unless you value your money more than your life or the lives of your children.

Millions of Americans have suffered and died from exposure to hazardous agents used by the government in our defense industry or by corporations making and distributing consumer products. None of it is necessary or acceptable. People who want to get rid of environmental regulations might have a different view if they live down wind or work at a place like Hanford.

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From the interstate with its 2-inch deep ruts to cracked main arterial roads, to side-streets pocked with holes, gaps and ridges that have become unintended speed-bumps, I remain surprised at the lack of care and maintenance given to our roadways in these cities. I have lived and worked in 10 different states, in 19 different communities spanning the country. I have not once encountered roads as bad as these. More than an embarrassment, they are hazardous.

This is where Initiative 976 makes no sense. The lure of paying less to the state in fees will only result in further neglect of our roads and abuse of our vehicles on these shabby roadways.

As citizens, we take part in constructing the communities, states and nation that we inhabit. What kind of communities do we want to build together?

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f recent wildfires and other natural disasters have made anything clear to insurance providers, it’s that they can no longer look to the past to guess what risks the future holds — not with climate change influencing the frequency and severity of costly disasters.

Globally, the world saw its largest year for natural disaster insurance payouts in 2017. And in 2018, it saw the single most expensive natural disaster it has known: The expansive Camp Fire in Northern California killed 85 people, destroyed the town of Paradise, and caused an estimated $16.5 billion in damages. It also was cited in the bankruptcy filing in January this year by Northern California’s Pacific Gas and Electric company (PG&E), whose faulty transmission line sparked the fire. The utility said in its filing it could be expecting billions of dollars in liabilities from wildfires.

Events once considered rare have been happening regularly the past few years, meaning the pot of money insurance companies set aside for the scarce huge payout might be dwindling faster than expected. More payouts means higher costs, and insurers around the world are now warning that rates for things like homeowner’s insurance could quickly get out of hand for average people.

That’s why state insurance regulators like Washington State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler say that insurers need to examine how climate change is, in many cases, throwing old meth-

ods of basing future decisions off historical factors out the window.

“Insurance looks in the rearview mirror — the actuaries do — they look and say, ‘OK, what’s happened in the past?’ and they come up with 500-year storms, and what you can predict for flooding and what history we have with fire in a particular geographic area,” Kreidler says. “We’re seeing 500-year floods happen almost back-to-back years. … Things are changing. Why are they changing? Because the climate is getting warmer and having a very distinct and devastating impact.”

To stay affordable, insurers need to change their thinking when it comes to managing risks, he says.

“So you’re taking into account the changes that you’d have to be deaf, blind and stupid not to figure out were taking place a long time ago, which has not been recognized by [the Trump] administration,” Kreidler says.

Secondly, the country’s roughly 6,000 insurance companies don’t just sit on their money, but invest it, to the tune of “literally $5.5 trillion,” Kreidler notes. Insurance regulators like him are also tasked with ensuring that investing isn’t done in an overly risky manner so insurance companies remain solvent. In today’s world, accounting for climate change on the investment side is absolutely necessary, too, he says. ...continued on next page

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“It’s a brave new world out there for insurance companies, both from the standpoint of risk and where they’re going to insure, and where they’re going to put their investments,” Kreidler says.

As insurance companies adapt, the question is how state regulators like Kreidler will encourage and enforce the affordability and availability of plans in areas that are most at risk, especially as some states are already seeing insurers drop coverage in areas that have been hit hardest by disaster.

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he threat of having to pay out large sums of money after climate-influenced disasters isn’t just impacting insurance, as residents in Northern California can attest.

Since mid-October, PG&E has been conducting intentional rolling blackouts affecting up to 2 million customers in what it says is an attempt to avoid starting more wildfires, prompting backlash from customers who were given little notice. Residents have scrambled to keep food from perishing and businesses have had to shut down, sometimes for days. Meanwhile the company had no plans to reimburse customers (other than a modest bill credit in some cases) for what some estimates put at $1 billion or more in losses, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

In the Spokane area, the risk of having “public safety power shutoffs” to reduce the likelihood of wildfires is low at the moment, with Avista saying its plans don’t currently include shutoffs to avoid fire liability. Instead, Avista regularly trims vegetation along its power lines, with a program to identify trees that become a problem faster than their scheduled maintenance; the utility also

is switching to more steel power poles instead of wood, says Heather Rosentrater, Avista’s senior vice president of energy delivery.

“Another process we have is dryland mode, where seasonally, based on the wildfire risk, we change the protection settings on our circuits to be more sensitive and not close back in when they experience an outage,” Rosentrater says.

Meanwhile, Avista’s internal teams are assessing their wildfire and climate change resiliency plans, and watching what’s happening in California to see what lessons they learn there, she says.

On the insurance side of things, there are major lessons to be learned from the Camp Fire and the devastation at Paradise, says Kreidler, who visited after the fire.

“The devastation there was one that left me speechless. I mean, it was apocalyptic,” Kreidler says. “These were lower income individuals, this wasn’t people from the tech industry.”

Understanding that some of the lower income residents there only had liability coverage for their homes, and no coverage for the fire, left Kreidler LETTERS worried for what could Send comments to happen in Washington. editor@inlander.com.

With one-third of the state population tied up in King County, and housing prices pushing people further away from city centers and closer to forested areas prone to fire, risks are increasing for those under economic pressure, he says. “[With Paradise] you all of a sudden said, ‘Wow, how did this happen and could it happen in Washington?’”

Kreidler says. “The answer is yes it could … given the changes taking place with climate.”

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reidler, the longest serving insurance commissioner in the country, chairs the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Climate Risk and Resilience Working Group, which works to identify climaterelated issues and help protect the insurance-buying public.

Since 2010, his office has also partnered with other states to require insurers that offer more than $100 million of premiums in the state (reduced from a $500 million minimum in early years), to answer a yearly survey outlining their practices related to climate risks. Generally, it shows insurance companies are taking climate change more seriously now, Kreidler says.

“Society is telling the insurance companies, ‘You better be sensitive to these climate change issues if you want me to be your policy holder,’” Kreidler says. “I can see it in the survey results.”

Almost 80 percent of the 1,256 companies that responded to the 2018 survey said they have a process for identifying climate change-related risks and assessing the degree that could affect their finances and the way they do business. That’s up from the 72 percent who said they assessed climate change risks in 2014, with the percentage holding steady around 80 percent the last three years or so.

While there’s buzz in the insurance community that the industry could soon stop offering standard coverage for events tied to climate change — requiring separate plans for that or letting some natural disaster coverage go the same way as flood insurance — Kreidler says he wouldn’t expect that to happen any time soon.

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What’s more pressing are potential changes to specific types of coverage, such as for wildfire, and whether insurers might consider dropping coverage in high-risk areas.

That’s partly why this year Kreidler put out a mandatory survey to collect fire coverage information from insurance companies that operate in Washington state. He wants to know things like where they were already providing coverage in wildfire prone areas and whether they have plans not to renew coverage in certain areas.

“Not that I expect to see any major openings right now where people are having problems finding insurance — right now we’re not aware of that being an issue,” Kreidler says.

California’s Department of Insurance, meanwhile, put out a report in August that found insurers were dropping coverage for homeowners in the areas most prone to wildfires from 2015 to 2018, with a 10 percent increase in insurer-initiated “non-renewals,” or dropping of policies.

In some states, Kreidler says, insurance commissioners have the ability to prevent an insurer from dropping coverage in a riskier area by saying they can’t provide coverage in the rest of the state if they do so. But that’s not a power Kreidler says he wants at this point.

“I’d much rather work with the industry to establish appropriate standards so everybody is playing by the same rules,” he says.

“Part of that is local zoning and building codes and things that can have a very distinct influence.”

Working with companies, Kreidler hopes to make sure Washington customers won’t face huge spikes in their monthly payments or see insurers who are willing to offer a cheaper, riskier plan with their eyes set on leaving at the first whiff of trouble.

“You can’t just be somebody that comes in to make a buck today and then leave the market,” he says. “You’ve got to look at what’s it going to be like 10 or 20 years from now, so you’re appropriately pricing and reserving for your potential losses.” n samanthaw@inlander.com

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n Monday morning, City Councilman Mike Fagan says, he came to work to find an envelope with his name misspelled on the outside, and two documents on the inside. One document was the articles of incorporation listing Jason Green as the cofounder for Jewels Helping Hands, the organization the city chose to lead its newest warming shelter.

The other was a 2015 press release from the FBI, detailing Green’s part in a 2009-10 EMBEZZLEMENT scheme. According to the FBI, Green and a friend stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from Green’s employer, U.S. Foodservice, including by approving expenditures for work that was never done and falsifying accounting records.

In light of the revelation, Fagan argued the decision to award the warming shelter contract to Jewels Helping Hands — instead of the much more experienced Salvation Army — was particularly suspicious.

“My heart tells me the council failed, and the administration failed also,” Fagan says.

But Green tells the Inlander that the reason why Jewels was awarded the contract was simple: Jewels promised they could run the warming center for much less money and get started much faster. Green says he will be doing accounting work for Jewels’ with the city contract, including processing receipts and payroll, but also says there are multiple levels of scrutiny his accounting will go through.

“Our financials go out to seven other board members” as well as the Smith-Barbieri Foundation, Green says. The organization will have to submit receipts to the city before it’s approved. And if the city lets him, he says he plans to release the financials publicly as well.

“I work with complete transparency because I do not want to be doubted and I know my past will always haunt me,” Green writes on Facebook, noting he spent 21 months in prison and paid back the money in restitution.

Green says the issue didn’t come up during his discussions about the city running the warming center. But City Council President Ben Stuckart says he was well aware of Green’s past.

“I’ve known that since they’ve started working in the community,” Stuckart says. “He’s been honest and open about his past.”

Stuckart stresses the importance of “banning the box” — preventing employers from asking about felonies early in the interview process — and points out that Green, in his day job, is a controller handling $1 million for 11 restaurants.

“His current employer trusts him,” Stuckart says. “I think this is a last-minute smear campaign.”

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NEWS | POLICE

‘This Guy is Unfit’ As Spokane reels from a graphic video of a violent arrest, some law enforcement experts and attorneys say the involved officer went too far

BY JOSH KELETY

“I

’m going to f---ing kill you.” That’s what Spokane Police Officer Dan Lesser shouts at a man five times during a controversial arrest. And this is after he had used his baton to smash out the driver’s side window of a truck that the man is in.

The man, 29-year-old Lucas Ellerman, had led officers on a car chase after fleeing a traffic stop before his truck got pinned in a snowbank. Ellerman initially wasn’t being compliant and had told Dan Lesser that he had a pistol. Eventually, Dan Lesser tells another officer on the scene, Scott Lesser, his nephew, to get his canine. “You’re going to get bit right now, get the f--- out here,” Dan Lesser tells Ellerman, who had retreated to the backseat.

“I’m going to put a bullet in your brain.”

As the officers hoist up the police dog to the truck window, Ellerman starts moving towards the driver’s seat, saying, “I’m coming, I’m coming.” Then the of-

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A screenshot from police video of the controversial Feb. 12 arrest. ficers push the dog in. Ellerman starts screaming as he is mauled by the dog. No gun was recovered at the scene.

Footage of the Feb. 12 incident, recorded on the officers’ body cameras, was released last week, along with the Police Department brass’ determination that the force used in the incident was justified. Local politicians and community members were outraged. Now, some attorneys and policing experts around the country are reacting with shock.

“Wow. That’s pretty bad. That’s pretty bad,” Seth Stoughton, a former cop and current associate professor of law at the University of South Carolina who specializes Officer Dan Lesser in policing, says as he watches the footage. “I don’t think there is any real question that the officer had lost control of the situation and lost control of his ability to self-regulate. He is expressing his rage.”

“God. There are so many things wrong here,” says Donald Cook, a Los Angeles-based attorney who has decades of experience bringing lawsuits over police-canine incidents. “This cop has got a problem. He has got a real anger and violence problem.”

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an Lesser has been with the department since 1995; efforts to reach him for comment were unsuccessful. He has been involved in five

officer-involved shootings since 2003, and in 2013, Lesser was cited for failing to announce a canine deployment when his dog attacked a bystander, according to documents obtained by the Inlander through a public records request.

“This department has got a real problem for standing up behind this guy,” Cook adds. “This guy is unfit.”

“The behaviors looked more like a tantrum than a trained police officer,” says Jeffry Finer, a local attorney who helped successfully sue the city of Spokane over the death of Otto Zehm, an unarmed man who was fatally beaten and tased by Spokane Police in 2006. “Police don’t have the luxury of losing their patience like that.

That is unprofessional. It gets people hurt.”

Stoughton argues that Dan Lesser’s initial decision to run up to the truck and bust out the driver’s side window was a reckless tactical error since Ellerman may have been armed.

“What they know is they have a guy in a vehicle who is not coming out of the vehicle who may have a gun. That’s a barricaded subject at this point. And the professionally appropriate [strategy] for a barricaded subject is not to rush forward and break the windows,” he says. “The officers are awfully lucky that the guy didn’t have a gun.”

Stoughton adds that “good police training” tells officers to not run up on cars they’ve been pursuing and keep a safe distance from which they can yell commands like, “Put your hands outside of the vehicle.”

“You stand back, you take a couple of breaths, you wait for other officers. Time is on your side in policing in most situations,” he says. “You take a position of relative safety using cover and concealment and you start issuing, maybe with a loud speaker, verbal commands, while you wait for additional officers.”

Cook, the attorney, concurs: “You never go rushing up to a car like this idiot did,” he says. “This is how cops get shot and killed.”

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pokane Police Capt. Tom Hendren, one of the high-level officers who deemed Dan Lesser’s uses of force during the episode justified, also seems to agree on this point.

“The initial decision to approach the suspect vehicle and smash out the driver’s window placed Officer Lesser in a dangerous position,” Hendren writes in a use-of-force review report obtained by the Inlander through a public records request. “When he is in the process of breaking out the window he is completely vulnerable to an assault with a firearm.”

“Additionally, by placing himself at the door, he does not have any cover and greatly reduces his time to react if the suspect did brandish a deadly weapon,” he adds. (Before the traffic stop, police had received a tip that Ellerman might be armed.)

As for Dan Lesser’s use of profanity and threats — such as “I’m going to put a bullet in your brain” — Stoughton says that his language illustrates how untethered he was in the moment.

“This isn’t just an incidental use of profanity in the course of an officer giving instructions,” he says. “The officer, at that point, has lost control of himself. The officer can’t self-regulate. And if an officer loses control of themselves and their own emotions and adrenaline, how can they possibly expect to effectively control the situation?”

“It doesn’t show restraint to say, ‘I’m going to f---ing kill you, I’m going to put a bullet in your head,’ that is not de-escalation.”

At a press conference last week, Hendren instead painted Dan Lesser’s threats as a form of de-escalation: “He wasn’t doing this with the intent to intimidate or harass,” he said. “He was doing this with the intent to de-escalate and not have this subject provoke him into deploying deadly force.”

Finer, however, criticized this characterization.

“It doesn’t show restraint to say, ‘I’m going to f---ing kill you, I’m going to put a bullet in your head,’ that is not de-escalation,” he says. “And then to call that ‘de-escalation’ makes me doubt that they have any idea what that word means. It’s not the de-escalation that this [police] force has promised the community they would work on.”

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an Lesser’s decision to hoist a canine into the cabin with Ellerman after he indicated that he was coming out also drew condemnation.

“What he was doing was he was out of control, he was going to punish this guy for not doing what he wanted him to do fast enough,” Cook says.

“One big problem is the guy appears to be doing what the officer is telling him to do right before the dog is introduced,” Stoughton says. “Even if he was noncompliant or resistant, you don’t get to use force based on what he was doing before — you only get to use force if the current situation justifies it.”

In contrast, Don Slavik, executive director of the United States Police Canine Association, thought Lesser’s tactics were reasonable given the circumstances.

“A dog is used as a compliance tool,” he says. “You saw a guy with two felony warrants, known to have a gun, he’s in the back seat, he isn’t coming out, they told him [that they would] send in the dog and they finally did. I think it’s good.”

In his police report, Dan Lesser claims that Ellerman was “looking for a way to escape and feigning cooperation” before he used the canine. He adds that he was concerned that Ellerman had a pistol and there was no safe way to enter the truck because it was pinned.

Cook says that the courts wouldn’t look favorably on Lesser’s use of the canine during Ellerman’s arrest: “I think a court, in this particular case, because of the video, would look at this and say, ‘This crosses the line.’” n joshk@inlander.com

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Evan Weaver (89) could be in the NFL next year.

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With a boulder on his shoulder, the Cal linebacker from Spokane is hyped for the final stretch of his senior season

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ny parent with a kid in sports knows the routine.

When they’re little, you toss the football or kick the soccer ball out in the yard. Pretty soon you’re driving them to practices, road trips to far-away fields, searching the garage for that missing cleat, freezing in the rain, guiding them through the setbacks and successes.

These are the scenes of a great American childhood.

For most parents, it fades at some point, as other interests flare up and it gets harder to win a spot on the team. For Todd and Christine Weaver — longtime friends of mine — it just kept going… and is still going.

Christine says their son Evan was born with a nuclear stockpile of energy. “When he was little, we had to put a lock way at the top of the front door. He figured out how to get out, and he’d just take off down the road.

He did not want to be inside — no interest, none.”

At Cataldo middle school, Evan started pushing around older, bigger kids when he was in sixth grade. In high school at Gonzaga Prep, he wound up as the best player in the state.

Evan is now 6-foot-3 and about 235 pounds of muscle — an icon of the University of California gridiron,

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where he piles up tackles with Old Spice-levels of swagger. With four more regular season games to go, he’s putting the finishing touches on what could stack up as one of the best two-season runs of any college linebacker.

For Todd and Christine, and often Evan’s big sister Tess, the road trips these past four years have been to places like Los Angeles, Mississippi, even Australia. In January, they’ll go watch him at the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama. In April, perhaps they’ll be making a trip to the NFL draft in Las Vegas.

“Evan’s always loved football,” Todd says. “He loves the bonding, loves the challenge. Evan’s internally driven to be the best guy out there.”

And so grows the legend of Evan Weaver.

EVAN LEARNS TO CHUCK IT

When he was baby in his crib, Evan would take his empty bottle and chuck it across the room. “He was probably 8 months old,” Todd says. “Then he’d go, ‘Mom… Mom… Mom…’” “That kid was always starving,” Christine says. “We’d hear ‘clunk!’ and find his bottle way across the room.”

EVAN SCHOOLS THE TEACHER

One day in first grade, Evan’s teacher was reminding him he needed to work hard to learn to read. “I don’t need to learn to read,” his teacher later recounted Evan telling her. “I’m going to play pro football.”

She answered something to the effect of, “Well, you’ll need to read your contract then!”

“Oh,” Evan answered, “my mom’s an attorney, so she can read it for me.”

EVAN BEATS BASEBALL

When Evan was about 7, during a coach-pitched baseball game, he somehow made a quadruple play. His coach at the time, Kelly Graves, now the Oregon women’s basketball coach and still kind of in disbelief, recounted the tale for a recent profile of Evan in The Athletic.

“Those baseball parents,” Christine recalls, “they were so mean, sitting there saying, ‘How old is that kid?’”

“They’d be like, ‘No way he’s only 10!’” adds Todd.

“And we’d say, ‘You’re right, he’s 8.’ Evan always had to play up with the older kids.” ...continued on page 22

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WEAVER: Nothing really like that, but my pregame music is kind of psychotic: I listen to Adele, John Legend, Mumford & Sons. It’s kind of the opposite of what you’d think.

What’s your favorite Marvel Universe character?

Iron Man — he’s the OG. I love Robert Downey Jr. You got offered a scholarship to play at WSU when you were a sophomore at G-Prep. Just think, you could have majored in pirate culture…

Yeah, I looked into it when I got down to Cal, but they don’t have any pirate classes…

Visit Inlander.com for an extended Q&A with Spokane native and Cal defensive star Evan Weaver The WSU game this week feels kind of like a full-circle moment for you. Plus, Mike Leach’s offense versus Justin Wilcox’s D. Give us a preview.

They’ve been battles these last two years. It’ll be two crazy-good coaching staffs doing what they do best. They both scheme each other so well, it’s like a boxing match.

That’s honestly what it’s going to be again.

This interview was edited for length and clarity.

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LEFT: As a senior, Evan Weaver has become a team leader: “Everybody wants to be a leader, but not everybody can. You have to be yourself.” RIGHT: Todd, Christine and daughter Tess Weaver.

“THE LEGEND OF EVAN WEAVER,” CONTINUED...

EVAN THE BULLPUP BULLBEAST

At Gonzaga Prep, Evan was ready to roll.

“They put Evan in for a senior on the defensive line the second series of his sophomore year,” recalls Todd. “He never left after that.”

Going into his senior year, the coaches felt they needed a little help at running back; Evan wound up with more than 1,000 yards and 17 touchdowns, to go with his career 45 sacks and 393 tackles.

The Bullpups won the state championship his senior year, never losing a game. He was the Seattle Times Washington Defensive Player of the Year and had 13 scholarship offers, including from Oregon and Washington.

EVAN GOES TO COLLEGE

Evan’s first tackle as a California Bear was a sack of QB Shane Buechele, then of the University of Texas, now of SMU. Evan languished as a freshman, playing special teams and trying to break into the rotation as an undersized defensive end. The D that year was a mess, finishing 125th out of 130 college teams. After the season, the coaching staff was fired and Justin Wilcox took over.

“For fall camp, they moved Evan to outside linebacker,” says Todd. “The week before the North Carolina game [their first that year], they moved him inside.” Again, Evan never left that position.

EVAN TORMENTS THE HUSKIES

Evan’s dad is a Husky. Evan went to a lot of Husky games as a kid. But when No. 15 UW visited Berkeley last October, there was no mercy. Evan’s pick-six, perhaps the highlight of that Pac 12 season, still lives in Husky fans’ nightmares.

“All I remember is dropping back in coverage and catching it,” Evans says now. “I don’t remember anything else until guys were jumping on me in the end zone.”

Cal won that game 12-10, then, just to rub it in, beat the Huskies again this September, 20-19.

As a member of Husky Nation myself,

I can say we are all so happy to see Evan graduate. Go Evan!

No, really, like go already.

EVAN VERSUS THE KIA

While driving to Seattle last May, Christine took a call from Berkeley. “Don’t worry,” Evan told her, “but I got hit by a car.”

Next, some woman grabbed the phone and said, “We called 911, and the ambulance is on the way. We think he’s going to be fine.”

Her son, it turns out, was calling while laying in the intersection, covered in road rash. “I’m like, ‘What! You think he’s going to be fine?!’” Christine says.

Evan was driving to work out — on his moped — when an 81-year-old woman driving a Kia Soul (?!) blew through a red light; they found her three blocks away, clueless, thinking she had a flat tire.

“First responders called him the ‘miracle kid,’” Todd says.

Evan, who looks a lot like Mr. Incredible, had no broken bones, no internal injuries and was lifting weights three days later.

The day after, Evan and his mom did go back to collect his wrecked moped (and yes, the city of Berkeley had given him a parking ticket). Evan opened the storage compartment and pulled out a prized hat. It belonged to his uncle Tommy, Christine’s brother who passed away in 2015.

“This,” Evan told his mom, “is what pulled me through.”

EVAN’S PET ROCK

Believe it or not, you can be the leading tackler in the nation and still have people questioning your speed, your weight, even how skinny your legs are. Evan once told his parents he doesn’t have a chip on his shoulder — he has a boulder. So one day, he and his dad went out behind their home and unearthed a fine chunk of Spokane bedrock.

“When he hears this stuff, even if it’s not a slight, he turns it into a slight,” Todd says.

“He wants to be booed. He wants the energy.

He feeds on it.”

The boulder lives in Evan’s Berkeley

apartment; with a Sharpie, he and his dad jot down the disses right there on the rock as they roll in.

It seems to be working, as accolades for Evan pile up. He’s been named a midseason All-American first teamer. He’s a quarterfinalist for the Ronnie Lott IMPACT Trophy, a semifinalist for the Chuck Bednarik Award and he’s on the watch list for both the Bronko Nagurski Trophy and the Butkus Award. If he averages 17 tackles a game over his last four games, he would surpass Luke Kuechly’s all-time NCAA single-season tackles record of 191.

Despite all the success, the Weavers do worry every time Evan takes the field.

“It’s a brutal sport,” says Todd. “Before every game, I start to get excited, then I get nervous. Whenever I see a kid get hurt, then give the thumbs up and people clap, I know it’s a long road back.”

Still, Todd and Christine take comfort in how much safety and recovery are a part of the sport today.

“They spend a lot of time teaching proper tackling and how to recover after the game,” Todd says. “Heat, cold, stretching, yoga, sleep, eating the right foods — it takes a high level of awareness to avoid being injured.”

Todd and Christine say it was important to talk about football with Evan.

“Every year, starting in about fifth grade, we had a serious talk. ‘This is what you, Evan Weaver, want to do? We love watching you, but we’re not making you do this.’ You want to make sure you support them and not push them,” says Todd. “It’s a fine line.”

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ow, as Evan Weaver writes the next chapters of his legend, he’s buckling down for the stretch run.

“It flies by,” says Evan looking back on his college career. “It feels like only yesterday I was playing at Prep. So I’m letting it all soak in. I’m enjoying it.”

Up here in Spokane, so are we. n The Cougs play at Cal on Saturday, Nov. 9, at 4 pm on the Pac 12 Network.

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Five Disney+ and Apple TV+ Streamers

FORGOTTEN FILM As Disney+ is set to suck up more of your streaming dollars, you may have heard some titles from the studio will be conspicuously missing. One is the 1946 live-action/animation hybrid Song of the South, which won Oscars for the song “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah” and its star James Baskett, and inspired the theme park attraction Splash Mountain. Oh, and it’s also super racist, which is why it’s never been available on any media format in the U.S. The new six-episode season of You Must Remember This, Hollywood historian Karina Longworth’s podcast about Tinseltown’s dark past, delves into the saga behind Song of the South, from the controversy surrounding its initial release to its insidious influence on other animated properties.

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hink you’re already oversubscribed to streaming TV services? Bend over and grab your HDMI cables, because November has just dropped two more: Disney+ and Apple TV+. Also, HBO Max, Peacock and Quibi are coming in 2020. But the Purge may happen first.

Disney+ costs $7 a month, while Apple TV+ goes for $5. Are they worth it? Here are five new original series that may or may not sway you to subscribe to yet another app.

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: THE MUSICAL: THE SERIES (Disney+) Right below Twilight and Saw on the list of 2000s reboots no one asked for rests High School Musical, the 2006-08 series of Disney Channel movies (though I’m all in for a Twilight/Saw mashup). In mockumentary HSM:TM:TS, students meta-stage a production of the classic High School Musical. That sound in the distance is the universe imploding — catchy beat, no?

THE MANDALORIAN (Disney+) If you’re among the nerd faction that’s completely onboard with Disney owning all things Marvel, Star Wars

THE BUZZ BIN and Fox Studios, I’m sure your benevolent corporate overlords will never screw you over. It’s fine, just fine. In the meantime, here’s The Mandalorian, about a bounty hunter somewhere in the Star Wars universe. Look, dust and droids! It’s fine, just fine.

SCENE OF THE CRIME Perhaps you’ve seen the reports of a literary ne’er-do-well visiting Coeur d’Alene Library and hiding books they consider too politically liberal. (Let’s pause for a chuckle at the expense of this ostensibly “freedom-loving” self-appointed censor). One of the books is Rick Reilly’s Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump, a tome in which the former Sports Illustrated columnist writes about Donald Trump’s propensity for cheating at golf (among other things). Reilly, having heard about the book hider, is coming to the scene of the crime for a chat about Commander in Cheat on Thursday, Nov. 21 at 7 pm. (DAN NAILEN)

HARDCORE FANS Fans of Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History podcast have undoubtedly burned through his latest marathon episode “Supernova in the East” — part examination of Japanese warrior culture and part retelling of WWII in the Pacific. But they may have missed the big announcement at the end. If you’ve wondered why old Dan’s history podcasts have been less frequent since 2018, it’s because he’s been working on a book titled The End Is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses. I imagine the title sums it up. It was released last week. (QUINN WELSCH)

THE MORNING SHOW (Apple TV+) Apple spent millions of dollars to lure beloved comedy stars Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon and Steve Carell to streaming TV to headline… a preachy drama about media politics? Bring on the yucks! To be fair, The Morning Show works better than 80 percent of Aaron Sorkin’s similar The Newsroom, mostly by treating women as, stay with me here, humans.

THIS WEEK’S PLAYLIST Some noteworthy new music arrives online and in stories Nov. 8. To wit: LUKE COMBS, What You See Is What You Get. A mere week after selling out Spokane Arena, a new album from the country up-and-comer.

JOHN FOGERTY, 50 Year Trip: Live At Red Rocks. The former Creedence frontman still sounds great on these 19 tunes.

ALLEN STONE, Building Balance. The Chewelah-raised R&B man is releasing his first new album in four years. (DAN NAILEN)

FOR ALL MANKIND (Apple TV+) What if Russia had reached the moon before the USA in the ’60s? Would Joe Rogan still be taking bong hits with moon-landing conspiracy theorists on three-hour podcasts? Probably. For All Mankind presents a science-y, alternate reality of an arguably better world — considering Ronald D. Moore’s previous work (Battlestar Galactica), things could have gone worse.

DICKINSON (Apple TV+) Hailee Steinfeld (Between Two Ferns: The Movie) stars as poet Emily Dickinson in a coming-of-age dramedy that pits 19th century societal constraints against modern Millennial ’tude. In other words, why the hell isn’t this on the CW? As she does in every role, Steinfeld delivers winningly as Dickinson, and you can’t argue with a series that casts Wiz Khalifa as Death. n

RETURN OF THE CHICKEN I don’t think it would be an overstatement to say the Popeyes fried chicken sandwich changed the world as we knew it when it debuted earlier this year. The simple announcement of the sandwich — fried chicken, pickles and special sauce on a soft bun — was enough to terrify competitors like Chick-fil-A and Wendy’s, sparking what will forever be known as the Great Chicken Sandwich Wars of 2019. The Popeyes sandwich not only lived up to the hype, but exceeded it. Popeyes ran out within weeks, and the sandwich is only now returning, months after its debut. There’s one Popeyes location nearby in Post Falls, so you can count on a long wait. But it’s well worth it. (WILSON CRISCIONE)

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Grieving takes a variety of forms in The Cemetery Club.

Ignite!’s new production of The Cemetery Club is a dramatic comedy about the ways we grieve and recover

BY E.J. IANNELLI

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lthough we’ll probably debate the existence of an afterlife right up until the last two of our species remain, one thing we do know about death is that life continues afterwards for the living.

But that might also be where any certainty ends. Losing a close friend or loved one affects each of us differently, and the ways we grieve and recover from that loss will depend very much on the person.

Ivan Menchell’s The Cemetery Club is a play very much about those very individual responses to the death of a partner. It centers on three late-middle-aged Jewish widows — Doris, Lucille and Ida — who meet regularly and visit their husbands’ graves.

Outwardly, they’d seem to have a lot in common. Privately, though, each of them has very specific ideas about love, marriage, loyalty and mourning, and problems arise because those ideas aren’t mutually shared.

In a new Ignite! Community Theatre production of The Cemetery Club directed by Troy Heppner, Gail Cory-Betz plays goodnatured Ida, who lost her husband Murray a little over two years before the play opens.

“As far as what stage of grieving she’s at, she has come to terms with the fact that Murray is gone and not coming back. But she’s lonely. She and her husband had a great relationship, a wonderful marriage.

She describes him as a wonderful man,” Cory-Betz says.

“Once a month, she meets with her friends. They have tea, they go to the cemetery, they play canasta, they see new

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movies. And even though she enjoys her friends’ company, for her that’s not enough.

She would really like to have a relationship or at least open herself up to that possibility.”

Soon Ida meets Sam (Jerry Uppinghouse), a local butcher and a widower himself. The two hit it off and slowly find themselves falling for one another.

“In one scene with her friend Doris, Ida describes when she had a chance to sit down and visit with Sam, just the two of them. She says that was the first time since Murray’s death that she had felt alive. And she felt a little guilty for feeling that good, but she wasn’t going to give in to that feeling because she didn’t want to feel guilty for wanting to be held by another man.”

Ida grows increasingly conflicted, and the advice from disapproving Doris (Phedre Burney-Peters) only magnifies that inner conflict. Doris believes that marriage extends beyond “till death do us part” and honors the memory of her late husband Abe by remaining committed to him even after his passing. In her opinion, Ida should do the same.

Meanwhile, Lucille, played by Lauralynn “Lulu” Stafford, insists on offering her own advice.

“She’s trying to push her to start dating and play the field,” Cory-Betz says. Ida also hears about Selma, a casual friend who “remarries every time she loses a husband,” and thinks that “maybe Selma has the right idea.”

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The budding romance between Ida and Sam and the increasingly unsettled dynamic among the trio of friends aren’t the only forces that have an effect on these characters.

There’s also Mildred, played by Kris Behr.

“She’s definitely an outsider. She’s nobody’s best friend because she’s extremely annoying,” Behr laughs. “And the girls like to talk about her behind her back because she talks incessantly and she’s loud and weird.”

While Mildred might come up quite a bit in conversation, her actual stage time is short. Yet the brevity of her appearance shouldn’t downplay its importance.

“I’m just in one small scene but it turns and takes the play in a different direction.

Mildred actually provides a pretty pivotal part in the play where one of the characters is kind of not sure if she wants to start dating again. She sees me with a fella that she kind of likes, and I’ve got my hands all over him.

That’s when she’s like, ‘OK, I’m going to fight for my man.’”

Scenes and characters like that are what make The Cemetery Club “touching” as well as “extremely funny,” Behr says. Which is one reason why she’s going all in with a thick New York accent.

“There’s a lot of humor,” Cory-Betz agrees. “Just in the way they talk, the way they tease each other.”

Along with humor, she adds, there’s something universally recognizable in what each of the characters is going through.

“When a marriage ends due to death, we all have our own opinions as to what the person left behind should do. Sometimes you need to listen to both sides of that argument and keep your mind open. Yes, there’s a lot of humor in this play. But there’s also a lot of honesty.” n The Cemetery Club • Nov. 8-24; Fri-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm • $15 • Ignite! Community Theatre • 10814 E. Broadway Ave., Spokane Valley • igniteonbroadway.org • 795-0004

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We talk to Spokane’s own Noah Wallace about his career, inspiration and his latest gig coaching in China BY BOB LEGASA

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t’s 5 am Pacific Standard Time on a Thursday morning, and I’m Facetiming with Noah Wallace who just finished up a bowl of authentic Chinese noodles over 6,000 miles away in Beijing.

Noah grew up in Spokane just a few blocks away from Gonzaga. On most any winter weekend, you could find Noah and his buddies sessioning the jumps at Schweitzer Mountain’s Stomping Grounds Terrain Park. It was there that Noah started perfecting his craft of flying and spinning through the air with skis. Each jump brought Noah one step closer to achieving his dream of being a professional skier. That was more than 10 years ago, and now, at 28, Noah is a professional slopestyle skier who has made his dream a reality.

Noah recalled, “I think it all started with ski movies when I was younger, I just had this thought of, ‘That’d be really, really sweet.’ I could see myself doing that.

When I started out, my main goal was to be in the X Games.”

Well, Noah certainly outperformed his expectations and then some with three X Games appearances, a second place podium at the European Open in Laax, Switzerland, a third place finish at the FIS World Championships in Austria, and an invite to one of the more unique FIS World Cup Big Air Events, which was held inside the legendary Fenway Park.

Noah got a big grin on his face when he recounted that event.

“I got to ski in Fenway Park, that was huge. It was a World Cup Big Air site in February that was built on scaffolding in the stadium and covered in snow,” he says.

“I did a double cork in Fenway, that was amazing. I have a cousin that plays baseball, so he was always joking, ‘How the hell did you beat me to Fenway?’”

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s a professional skier, Noah has been racking up well over 200 days a year on snow training, competing and coaching kids at summer camps like Windell’s at Mount Hood. It was during these coaching periods that Noah realized he would get just as much stoke coaching the kids as doing the tricks himself. ...continued on next page INSIDE

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Noah Wallace at Mt. Spokane in 2012. BOB LEGASA PHOTO

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Noah described it like this: “When we started learning how to jump, some of the best days were when your friends were landing new tricks, because it would motivate you to learn new tricks, so that energy keeps on coming through when I’m coaching kids. An example: They’ve been getting frustrated and beat up as they battle it out learning new tricks, and when they’re finally able to land it, you get as excited as they do.”

Because of Noah’s incredible ski abilities, coupled with his excitement for helping and coaching kids, he was asked if he’d like to share his skiing and coaching expertise with aspiring slopestyle skiers in China.

“This past year, I started coaching with the Chinese National Team, traveling around with the World Cup Team for China, coaching the Chinese National Team athletes who were competing in the World Cups and other major events,” he says. “We had three girls who finished in the top 10 last season with a couple of boys starting to crack the top 20.”

This past summer, Noah’s coaching kept him busy traveling with the Chinese National Team to various trampoline and ski camps throughout China, Les Deux Alpes, France, and New Zealand, where he had just previously returned from three weeks of snow training session with the team. I asked him if there were any challenges with communication.

“Gosh, I’ve used so much Google Translate in the last year, it’s funny. I’ve been learning

some Mandarin as well, but when I’m coaching the athletes, for example, if we’re on a trampoline or something and they don’t understand it fully, I’m able to actually still do a lot of the tricks so I’ll show them. They’re like, ‘Oh, OK, that makes sense,’ and then they’re able to pick it up a little quicker.”

Isn’t there a saying, “A picture is worth a thousand words?” Speaking of pictures, photography is Noah’s newest passion.

“I love doing images and I like doing videos,” he says. “I’m getting way more into photography lately, so wanting to see where that path takes me. Just creating.”

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oah has been doing an exceptional job writing and visually documenting his travels over the years, as you can see on his social media pages and personal website. He has a unique perspective on capturing images that pulls the viewer in or makes the viewer think, how’d he get that shot?

And he isn’t taking his skiing career for granted.

“Honestly, there’s so much. There’s the friendships acquired, the travel, and now there’s the chance to experience the new culture of China.”

Sometimes the teacher is the one learning, like in Noah’s case.

“There was a guy who was on the previous team who I was able to travel with. He was really

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an awesome teacher, who was able to explain to me all the questions I’ve had on the country as we traveled around,” Noah says.

“I got to learn so much more about the actual history that China’s been through in the last 10, 20 years, from an actual Chinese perspective, which was pretty cool.”

The travels, friendship and experiencing different cultures are all lessons learned and memories that will last a lifetime. I was curious to what has been Noah’s most memorable experience in his ski career.

“Growing up, Matchstick Productions was one of those films that we all aspired to be in, and there was always an amazing, iconic Whistler segment that would happen, and in 2016, I got my very first invite to that shoot KEEP UP WITH through Under Armour,” he says.

NOAH WALLACE “We had three amazing days of ONLINE: weather. On the second day, the Noah_Wallace helicopter came in. And holy Noah Wallace crap, man, I had goosebumps that entire shoot. Especially because noah-wallace.com I was the first guy to drop. I had the thought, ‘Don’t fall, don’t fall, don’t fall’ the whole way down the in-run because the helicopter is following you with a really expensive camera. The whole way down you can hear the whoo, whoo, whoo. I vividly remember this one shot where the chopper is flying into the sunset, that was just mind blowing. I still get goosebumps thinking about that.” n Bob Legasa is an avid skier and for the past 30 years has worked as a producer, videographer and writer covering snowsports and the outdoors. Legasa, who first contributed to the Inlander in 1994, lives in North Idaho.

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REGIONAL RESORTS 49 DEGREES NORTH

Chewelah, Washington • ski49n.com 1,851 vertical feet • 82 runs First-timers and thrill-seekers alike will find plenty to rave about among the groomers, glades and long ridges that make up 49 Degrees North, now under the ownership of CMR Lands LLC. Carved from the flanks of Chewelah and Angel peaks, the resort blends big mountain appeal — 2,325-acres worth — with an approachable, downhome atmosphere.

Lean into some serious turns on the nearly 3-mile-long Dutchman run, soak in the surrounding Colville National Forest along 10 miles of Nordic trails, and wash it all down with a craft beer at the base area’s Boomtown Lounge at the end of the day.

ANTHONY LAKES

North Powder, Oregon • anthonylakes.com 900 vertical feet • 21 runs What’s the secret to accumulating drool-inducing amounts of powder?

Having the highest base elevation in Oregon is a good place to start, but Anthony Lakes doesn’t end there.

The area’s 1,100 acres attracts an average of 300 inches of snow

a season, meaning every rider is sure to find a fresh stash among the mix of intermediate and expert runs. And if plunging downhill isn’t your shtick, Anthony Lakes has more than 18 miles of nearby Nordic trails to explore.

APEX MOUNTAIN RESORT

Penticton, British Columbia • apexresort.com 2,000 vertical feet • 79 runs For the past half-century, snowsports devotees have been drawn to Apex Mountain Resort in south-central British Columbia for a chance to shred the Pacific Northwest’s storied champagne powder. Apex Mountain averages upwards of 20 feet of snowfall annually, making its groomers and steeps a true rider’s paradise.

The more adventurous out there can also use the resort, just a 30-minute drive from the town of Penticton, as a springboard to access more than 12,000 acres of backcountry terrain.

BIG SKY

Big Sky, Montana • bigskyresort.com 4,350 vertical feet • 300 runs Big Sky Resort sprawls about the base of southwest Montana’s

Lone Peak like an endless web of chutes, groomers, open bowls and ridge runs. Endless is the key word here, too, considering Big Sky boasts a jaw-dropping 5,850 skiable acres across four mountains, accessible from 24 chairlifts and 12 surface chairs. An annual average of 400 inches of snow makes every descent decision the right one, and a town teeming with après-ski activity just down the road guarantees that the party will continue even after the lifts shut down.

BIG WHITE SKI RESORT Kelowna, British Columbia • bigwhite.com 2,550 vertical feet • 119 runs Big White Ski Resort’s official slogan cuts straight to the heart of what every skier and snowboarder is looking for: “It’s the snow.” And with an annual average of 25 feet of champagne powder, Big White delivers. The resort boasts 2,765 acres of steeps, glades and groomers, as well as 38 acres of night skiing — the most night skiing

in western Canada. Big White is just a short 35 miles from Kelowna, and once there, a village with more than 20 restaurants, cafes and nightclubs will give you every reason not to leave.

BLACKTAIL

Lakeside, Montana • blacktailmountain.com 1,440 vertical feet • 24 runs Blacktail Mountain was tailor-made to trigger envy in every Instagram follower. Thanks to Blacktail’s upsidedown design, with the “base” area perched on the summit, every day here starts with a breathtaking view of western Montana’s Flathead Lake and the Mission Mountains. From there it’s a shredfest to the base of Blacktail’s three chairlifts, spread out over 1,000 acres. Choose from the powderladen glades beneath the Thunderhead Double or the rolling groomers off the Crystal lift, then polish off the day with a cozy cocktail in the lodge or cruise back down the road to nearby Lakeside for dinner and a local craft beer.

BLUEWOOD

Dayton, Washington • bluewood.com 1,125 vertical feet • 24 runs If you’re looking for proof that smaller is better, look no further than Bluewood, nestled in the Umatilla National Forest 52 miles northeast of Walla Walla. The ski area’s roughly 400 acres pack a powdery punch, with 300 inches of average annual snowfall and the second highest base area elevation in Washington. A trio of terrain parks, immaculate groomers, gladed tree skiing and a summit yurt with a brand new deck are sure to give every member of the family exactly what they’re looking for this season. ...continued on next page

Big Sky in southwest Montana boasts 300 runs.

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REGIONAL RESORTS BRIDGER BOWL

Bozeman, Montana • bridgerbowl.com 2,700 vertical feet • 75 runs It’s not unusual for ski areas to build a loyal following, but the fandom around Bridger Bowl is something else. Locals can’t wait to rave about their latest descents down the resort’s numerous powder bowls, or about their thrilling trek into the transceiverrequired Ridge Terrain. Bridger’s numerous chutes, bowls and groomers get pounded with an average of 350 inches per season, and a thriving après-ski culture in the base village and nearby Bozeman (20 minutes away) put a cherry on this particular snowsports sundae.

BRUNDAGE MOUNTAIN RESORT

McCall, Idaho • brundage.com 1,921 vertical feet • 51 runs Nestled in the southwest corner of the Payette National Forest near McCall, Idaho, Brundage Mountain offers a diverse array of snowy faces, treed glades and groomers across more than 1,900 skiable acres. Winter is kind to the area, dumping an average of 320 inches of annual snowfall on its slopes as well as the 18,000 acres of guided backcountry terrain accessible by snowcat. Younger riders will get a thrill from the beginner-centric Beartopia portion of Brundage, and a shuttle system to and from McCall makes it that much easier to relax when the day is done.

CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN

Crystal Mountain, Washington • skicrystal.com 3,100 vertical feet • 57 runs With the jagged, snowy peaks around Mount Rainier dominating the horizon, it’s hard to believe Crystal Mountain Resort is just a two-hour drive from Seattle. But there it is, all 2,300 life-accessed acres of it, boasting a dizzying selection of bowls, moguls, groomers, chutes and glades. Crystal gets its fair share of winter too, with an average annual snowfall of 486 inches, and a bevy of lodging and dining options in the village mean riders can stick close to the slopes all weekend long.

DISCOVERY

Anaconda, Montana • skidiscovery.com 2,388 vertical feet • 67 runs Few things make winter more annoying than lift lines. Fortunately those are a foreign concept at Discovery Ski Area, or “Disco” as the locals call it. The area is spread across multiple aspects of Rumsey Mountain above western Montana’s Georgetown Lake, making it a prime 2,200-acre playground for skiers and snowboarders at all skill levels. Cruise down long groomers off the backside Granite Chair, charge the steeps in the Limelight basin, or take a slow, easy ride down greens like Gold Bug and Red Lion. When the lifts stop turning, there’s no better place to soak up the local color and boast about the day’s highlights than the brewery in nearby Phillipsburg.

FAIRMONT

Fairmont, British Columbia • fairmonthotsprings.com 1,000 vertical feet • 13 runs Snow and hot springs are a winning wintertime pairing. Fairmont Hot Springs Resort in southeastern British Columbia keeps both close at hand, with a mountain full of family friendly terrain and an expansive natural mineral springs just waiting to soothe those weary muscles. Nordic ski trails, a tubing park and the Bear’s Paw Bar & Grill add more opportunity to round out the day, and Fairmont’s “Ski and Soak” deal guarantees that anyone with a lift ticket gets a complimentary dip. ...continued on page 10

Brundage gets an average of 320 inches of snow. CHAD CHASE/BRUNDAGE MOUNTAIN RESORT PHOTO

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REGIONAL RESORTS

FERNIE ALPINE RESORT

Fernie, British Columbia • skifernie.com 3,550 vertical feet • 142 runs plus 5 alpine bowls Fernie is one of those resorts that generates buzz on chairlifts across the Pacific Northwest. And it’s a reputation well earned, as Fernie boasts 2,500 acres of truly epic terrain blanketed by an average of 30 feet of snow annually. The resort’s base village has a variety of lodging and dining options for weekend visitors, and the nearby city of Fernie looks every bit the quaint Western mountain town, from its historic brick storefronts and streetlamps to its art galleries and après-ski bar scene.

KICKING HORSE

Golden, British Columbia • kickinghorseresort.com 4,314 vertical feet • 120 runs Fans of steep, snowy terrain don’t need to look any further than Kicking Horse this winter. The resort is a double-black paradise where 3,400 acres of chutes and open bowls combine with an annual average of more than 20 feet of tantalizing champagne powder. For those with a more mellow day in mind, Kicking Horse’s base village features

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opportunities to snowmobile, crosscountry ski, ice skate or simply relax with a hot meal and a cool beverage while soaking in a view that includes the towering and impressive Terminator Peak.

KIMBERLEY ALPINE RESORT

Kimberley, British Columbia • skikimberley.com 2,465 vertical feet • 80 runs If Kimberley’s known for anything in snowsports circles, it’s tree skiing.

More than half of the mountain’s 1,800 skiable acres are punctuated by secret stashes and shreddable glades, which get covered with an average of 150 inches of snow each season. Kimberley is also home to the longest lit run in North America, and night skiing is included with every full-day lift ticket. The base area offers plenty of opportunities beyond skiing and snowboarding as well, from fat bike trips through the surrounding forest to a slopeside snowshoe tour that ends with chocolate fondue inside Kimberley’s iconic Kootenay Haus.

LAKE LOUISE

Lake Louise, Alberta • skilouise.com 3,250 vertical feet • 145 runs Set against the breathtaking

backdrop of the Canadian Rockies, Lake Louise Ski Resort is as picturesque as it is skiable. Groomers rule the resort’s lower reaches, while its upper peaks and ridges host an array of powder bowls and expert-level chutes. All told, skiers and snowboarders have 4,200 acres of terrain to choose from, including a 5-mile-long run that’s guaranteed to get the muscles burning. Numerous on-mountain dining and lodging options allow for a full weekend of slopeside fun, and the resort’s proximity to the town of Banff opens the door to even more après-ski adventures.

LOOKOUT PASS SKI AREA

Mullan, Idaho • skilookout.com 1,150 vertical feet • 35 runs Lookout Pass has made lapping even easier heading into the 2019-20 season, upgrading the old frontside double chair in favor of a fixed-grip quad. Don’t expect the change to alter the mom-and-pop vibe, though.

Lookout’s 540 skiable acres and 400 inches of average annual snowfall have a tendency to put everyone in a friendly mood, and getting to the slopes is a breeze given Lookout’s location just off Interstate 90 on the Idaho-Montana border. Snow may be

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LOST TRAIL POWDER MOUNTAIN

Sula, Montana • losttrail.com 1,800 vertical feet • 60 runs You don’t need first tracks to find powder at Lost Trail. This particular swath of the Bitterroot Mountains, located roughly 90 miles south of Missoula, gets hit with an average of 325 inches annually, and Lost Trail’s 1,800 acres are littered with enough stashes to keep every powderhound happy well after the latest storm has passed. The locals are friendly, the lift lines are short, and for those who truly want to keep the powder turns coming, the yurt at the area’s eastern edge offers a chili-dog respite without ever leaving sight of the nirvana that is Chair 4.

LOUP LOUP SKI BOWL Okanogan, Washington • skitheloup.com 1,240 vertical feet • 10 runs Don’t let size throw you. Loup Loup Ski Bowl, cut from the forested slopes of Little Buck Mountain in Washington’s Cascade Range, has plenty of terrain to challenge beginners and expert riders alike.

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The nonprofit that operates the 300-acre area is dedicated to educating the public through outdoor recreation — a mission every skier and snowboarder can get behind — and the more than 7 miles of groomed luge trails accessible from Loup Loup’s parking lot offer a chance to learn something new about playing in snow.

MISSION RIDGE

Wenatchee, Washington • missionridge.com 2,250 vertical feet • 36 runs Encircled by steep chutes and snowy bowls just 12 miles from Wenatchee, Mission Ridge is the type of resort that lives up to its name. Intermediate and advanced riders won’t have to look hard for shred-worthy terrain, but neither will beginners, given that Mission Ridge’s 2,000 acres include more than a few wide and gentle groomers. History buffs should be on the lookout for the B-24 bomber wing perched on the slope above Bomber Bowl — a remnant of the Liberator, which crashed into the mountain during a training exercise in 1944. ...continued on next page

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REGIONAL RESORTS MOUNT BACHELOR

Bend, Oregon • mtbachelor.com 3,365 vertical feet • 101 runs When it comes to snow, Mount Bachelor has plenty of it — an average of 462 inches a year, to be exact, meaning the season can extend well into spring. Nearly every aspect of the mountain is skiable too, with 4,318 acres of summit descents, snaking groomers, terrain parks and spacious glades surrounded on all sides by the Deschutes National Forest. The town of Bend is just a 22-mile drive away, and along with it a host of cozy lodging options and numerous breweries to post up in for that irreplaceable après-ski refreshment.

MOUNT BAKER

Glacier, Washington • mtbaker.us 1,500 vertical feet • 32 runs Tucked amid the towering peaks of Mount Baker and Mount Shuksan, Mount Baker Ski Area is an expert rider’s dream made real. Craggy faces mingle with steep bowls, and the spaces between lifts contain stashes of out-of-bounds backcountry for thrillseekers looking to take full advantage of the 650 inches of snow that fall here on average each year.

Those in the mood for a mellower day will find plenty of groomers to shred

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on the area’s Shuksan side, while three lodges scattered across two base areas give families and friends a chance to reconvene over tales of harrowing descents.

BALDY MOUNTAIN RESORT

Oliver, British Columbia • skibaldy.com 1,300 vertical feet • 35 runs Sometimes the view from the top of a chairlift makes you suck in your breath. Baldy Mountain is one of those sometimes, with the Okanagan Valley stretching out to the edge of the horizon. Closer at hand are two mountainsides carved with an intricate network of blue groomers and snowy glades that get hit with an average of 25 feet of snow a year. Three miles of nearby Nordic trails give visitors a chance to venture deeper into the forests of southern British Columbia, and Baldy Mountain’s disc golf course remains open year-round for an extra bit of fun.

MOUNT HOOD MEADOWS

Parkdale, Oregon • skihood.com 2,777 vertical feet • 85 runs Gazing up at Mount Hood, the first word that usually comes to mind is “gnarly.” A 2,150-acre playground

Half of Panorama’s runs fall in the advanced and expert categories. blankets the slopes below its summit, promising skiers and snowboarders a smorgasbord of steeps, chutes and winding groomers all topped with an annual average of 430 inches of snow. Gated access allows those with expert skills and backcountry savvy a shot at the cliffs, gullies and glades in Mount Hood’s Heather Canyon, Clark Canyon and Private Reserve areas.

When you’ve had enough, curl up with a cold microbrew in one of several on-

mountain eateries, or cruise the mere 90 minutes to Portland.

MOUNT HOOD SKIBOWL

Government Camp, Oregon • skibowl.com 1,500 vertical feet • 69 runs Diversity is how Mount Hood Skibowl rolls. Families that ride at different paces will find beginner- and intermediate-friendly groomers

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perched below enough steep descents to quench the powder thirst of any expert skier and snowboarder. Freestylers can jump and grind to their heart’s content in the area’s terrain parks, and the littlest cruisers can live it up on the tubing hill or inside the heated indoor play zone. Before the day is done, everyone can come together for some final turns down 34 lit runs — one of the country’s largest night skiing operations.

MOUNT NORQUAY

Banff, Alberta • banffnorquay.com 1,650 vertical feet • 60 runs One of the Banff area’s fabled Big 3, Mount Norquay packs a lot into its modest 190 acres. Wide groomers, treed gullies, heart-racing steeps, all situated underneath a visually stunning ridge of rock in the heart of Banff National Park. For a truly spectacular view, stop into the resort’s Cliffhouse Bistro, situated at 6,900 feet, for a cold beer and an upscale lunch.

2,412 vertical feet • 79 runs Three decades ago, Nakiska played host to a number of alpine events during the Winter Olympics. These days, though, it’s all about glades, with roughly one-third of the resort’s 1,021 acres dedicated to a host of treed blues and blacks that are sure to get riders whooping and howling.

Long steady groomers occupy Nakiska’s lower flanks, while the nearby Kananaskis Village offers a number of spas and dining options to fill up those off-slope hours.

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Mead, Washington • mtspokane.com 2,000 vertical feet • 52 runs Mount Spokane may sit in the heart of a state park, but with downtown Spokane a mere 28 miles away, getting there is a breeze. The area offers skiers and snowboarders 1,425 acres worth of powdery steeps, lazy groomers and terrain parks, as well as five and a half hours for just $23.

Wrap the day up with a drink at the Foggy Bottom Lounge, then hop on the mountain’s bus for an easy, stress-free ride back to Spokane.

NAKISKA

Kananaskis, Alberta • skinakiska.com

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Panorama, British Columbia • panoramaresort.com 4,265 vertical feet • 129 runs If you’re a fan of heart-in-your-throat skiing, Panorama Mountain Resort has just the terrain you’re looking for.

Half the resort’s runs fall squarely in the advanced and expert categories, and all 750 acres of the Taynton Bowl are double-black diamonds.

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REGIONAL RESORTS PHOENIX

Grand Forks, British Columbia • skiphoenix.com 800 vertical feet • 18 runs Overseen and operated by the nonprofit Phoenix Mountain Alpine Ski Society, this area keeps alive the community-minded spirit that sets skiing and snowboarding apart from so many other sports. Skiing at Phoenix is a bit like traveling back in time, with a single T-bar ferrying riders to the top of 18 runs and a breathtaking view of south-central British Columbia’s Monashee Mountains. This particular cocktail of fun terrain and hometown feel that is what earns ski areas the status of hidden gems.

RED MOUNTAIN

Rossland, British Columbia • redresort.com 2,919 vertical feet • 119 runs When it comes to maximizing terrain, Red Mountain is at the top of the game. Riders can shred all 360 degrees of the resort’s Granite Mountain, and nearly as much of neighboring Grey Mountain. Snowcats even offer rides from the top of the latter to the summit of nearby Mount Kirkup, where skiers and snowboarders can cruise down open powder fields or sniff through the trees for fresh tracks. With an average of 300 inches of annual snowfall at Red Mountain, fresh tracks should be easy to find no matter where you turn.

REVELSTOKE MOUNTAIN

Revelstoke, British Columbia • revelstokemountainresort.com 5,620 vertical feet • 75 runs Set below the imposing spur of Mount Mackenzie, Revelstoke Mountain Resort definitely puts the “stoke” in winter. The groomers and mogul alleys of Revelstoke’s lower reaches gradually give way to chutes, cliffs and expert-caliber bowls. An average annual snowfall of more than 34 feet combines with 3,121 acres of lift-accessed terrain, guided backcountry tours and catskiing and heliskiing operations to make for an unforgettable ski season experience.

Two different beginner slopes located in the base village ensure that every member of the family has a chance to hone their snowsports game.

SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN RESORT

The first resort opened in Sun Valley in 1936; it would later draw celebrities like Ernest Hemingway and Marilyn Monroe.

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Sandpoint, Idaho • schweitzer.com 2,400 vertical feet • 99 runs Schweitzer has been catering to powderhounds in the Idaho Panhandle since the early 1960s, offering up a glut of glades and groomers that now encompass 2,900 skiable acres above Lake Pend Oreille. And the resort still

isn’t done trying to make winter even better. Schweitzer replaced its classic Snow Ghost chairlift with a high-speed quad and a fixed-grip triple ahead of the 2019-20 season, making it even easier to shred the Outback Bowl. The resort’s village is packed full of activities as well, including Saturday morning yoga classes and a complimentary movie theater.

SILVER MOUNTAIN

Kellogg, Idaho • silvermt.com 2,200 vertical feet • 73 runs A day at Silver Mountain Resort starts with a gondola ride from a parking lot just off Interstate 90 and quickly escalates to a series of thrilling descents down Kellogg and Wardner peaks. Choose from snaking ridge runs, snowy glades and mogul fields, all of which benefit from an average annual snowfall of 340 inches, then drop in at one of two on-mountain lodges or ride the gondola back down for a dip in the resort’s Silver Rapids Indoor Waterpark.

SILVER STAR MOUNTAIN

Havillah, Washington • skisitzmark.org 650 vertical feet • 10 runs There’s something delightfully retro and unpretentious about Sitzmark Ski Area, nestled on an 80-acre swath of the Okanogan Highlands less than half an hour from the towns of Tonasket and Oroville. This is what skiing was a half-century ago, with its lone double chair, enchanting views and open, snowy faces. It’s also what skiing, at its most fun and family-centric, still is.

SNOQUALMIE PASS

Snoqualmie Pass, Washington • summitatsnoqualmie.com 2,280 vertical feet • 62 runs Snoqualmie Pass unfolds bit by bit along Interstate 90 — or, rather lift by lift. The ski area, just 54 miles east

Missoula, Montana • montanasnowbowl.com 2,600 vertical feet • 42 runs There’s a fierce loyalty to Snowbowl among locals, one that’s not hard to understand. The area is just a short 12-mile drive from downtown Missoula, and the bowl below its summit hides stash after stash of untracked powder. Snowbowl’s LaVelle Creek chair offers a mix of moguled steeps and open cruisers, and when the hunger builds mid-day, all that stands between riders and a wood-fired pizza in the Snowbowl bar is a steady, picturesque descent down the summit-to-base Paradise run.

STEVENS PASS

Skykomish, Washington • stevenspass.com 1,800 vertical feet • 52 runs Set against a rocky crest in the heart of the Cascades, Stevens Pass has everything skiers and snowboarders spend their winters hunting for.

Steep lines, open bowls, rolling groomers and lots of powder. The 1,125-acre resort averages 460 inches of snow a season, and offers night skiing five nights a week. From Stevens Pass’ perch between Seattle and Leavenworth, riders will find plenty of lodging options within a couple hours of the slopes.

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Vernon, British Columbia • skisilverstar.com 2,500 vertical feet • 132 runs British Colubmia’s third largest ski resort offers an all-in-one experience, with 3,282 acres of shreddable slopes and a quaint, colorful, Western-style village. Silver Star gets an average of nearly 23 feet of crisp, dry champagne powder per season, enhancing the appeal of the black and double-black diamonds that dominate its back side. The village itself is home to enough spas, shops, bistros and pubs to fill every second of a rider’s off-slope hours.

of Seattle, is split into four distinct sections totalling 1,994 acres and offers a bit of everything for riders of all levels. Experts will certainly want to hit the steeps and chutes at Alpental, while more advanced and intermediate riders will find challenging faces and easy groomers at Summit East. For the complete Snoqualmie experience, take advantage of the extensive night skiing available at both the Summit West and Summit Central areas.

SUN VALLEY RESORT

Ketchum, Idaho • sunvalley.com 3,400 vertical feet • 100 runs Sun Valley’s slopes are steeped in history. The resort first opened in 1936, less than a year after Austrian Count Felix Schaffgotsch recognized the mountain’s potential, and in the decades following it drew celebrities like Marilyn Monroe, Ernest Hemingway and Warren Miller. Today Sun Valley gives riders a chance to shred 2,054 acres on the Sawtooth National Forest, with a mix of gentle groomers and steep bowls. The town of Ketchum sits at the base of Sun Valley’s Bald Mountain, ensuring visitors ample lodging choices and world-class après-ski dining. ...continued on next page

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REGIONAL RESORTS

Timberline in Oregon features 41 runs.

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SUNSHINE VILLAGE

Banff, Alberta • skibanff.com 3,514 vertical feet • 137 runs Rounding out Banff’s Big 3 is a trio of mountains sprawled across the border of Alberta and British Columbia, all under the welcoming name of Sunshine. The resort encompasses 3,358 acres of rolling blues and greens, extreme chutes and basins and the Delirium Freeride Zone between Lookout Mountain and a pair of peaks called the Eagles. Winter dumps an average of 30-plus feet of snow a year on Sunshine’s many slopes, and the nearby Sunshine Village is home to plenty of cozy bars, eateries and a gourmet burger joint.

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TAMARACK

Tamarack, Idaho • tamarackidaho.com 2,800 vertical feet • 45 runs Perched above the crystal waters of Lake Cascade, Tamarack Resort fuses impressive vistas and breathtaking descents across 1,100 acres of skiable terrain. Riders can enjoy mellow groomers off Tamarack’s summit or venture beyond the resort’s boundaries for a taste of powder in one of numerous backcountry glades and bowls that feed back to the lifts.

The Mile High Cantina is a prime spot to fuel up over tacos and soak in the summit scene.

TIMBERLINE

Timberline Lodge, Oregon • timberlinelodge.com 3,690 vertical feet • 41 runs Scheduling is hardly an issue at the iconic Timberline Lodge. The resort operates yearround, though winter is certainly the time to take full advantage of its 1,415 acres.

Timberline’s upper reaches are open, steep and treeless while further

down, terrain parks and groomers weave through Mount Hood’s forested flanks. Numerous bars, restaurants and breweries in the surrounding area offer a dizzying array of après-ski options.

black diamonds that charge straight down the fall line. It’s not unusual to find locals tailgating in the parking lot, and the nonprofit that runs Turner rents the mountain out on any day that it isn’t open for the public.

TURNER MOUNTAIN

WHISTLER/ BLACKCOMB

Libby, Montana • skiturner.com 2,110 vertical feet • 22 runs One of western Montana’s best kept secrets is Turner Mountain, a laid-back community ski area nestled deep in the Kootenai National Forest 22 miles north of Libby. A single chairlift gives skiers and snowboarders access to a veritable winter wonderland, with several gentle blues and a bevy of

Whistler, British Columbia • whistlerblackcomb.com 5,280 vertical feet • 200+ runs The possibilities at Whistler/Blackcomb are staggering. Two massive peaks connected by a gondola, 8,171 skiable acres that include 16 bowls and scores of lengthy groomers, and access to an endless sea of backcoun-

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try in British Columbia’s Garibaldi National Park. Whistler’s village isn’t so much a village as a town, teeming with shops, restaurants, cultural activities and a lively nightlife.

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WHITE PASS

Naches, Washington • skiwhitepass.com 2,050 vertical feet • 45 runs A family-friendly atmosphere and big mountain descents are what White Pass is all about. The area’s 1,402 acres include groomers, glades and steep, treed alleys that get hammered with an average of 400 inches of snow annually.

There are 11 miles of nearby Nordic trails for the flatter-track crowd, and White Pass’ summit gives riders a stunning view of Mount Rainier.

WHITEFISH MOUNTAIN RESORT

Whitefish, Montana • skiwhitefish.com 2,353 vertical feet • 105 runs From the steep faces of the East Rim to the powderladen Hellroaring Basin, every inch of Whitefish Mountain Resort’s 3,000 acres screams weekend shredfest. Winter dumps an average of 320 inches of snow a year on the slopes just west of Glacier National Park, and the resort’s corduroy-rich groomers are perfect for laying down fast turns. On-mountain lodging options and the classic Bierstube make for an incredible slopeside weekend, while an adventure into downtown Whitefish mixes ski culture with a true Western vibe.

VISITSANDPOINT.COM Sandpoint is the kind of place to really find yourself. Of course, there’s plenty of deep powder skiing at Schweitzer Mountain. But when it’s aprés ski time, there is so much more: Amazing entertainment, award-winning breweries and wineries, art galleries, live music and performing arts and outstanding restaurants.

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WHITEWATER SKI RESORT

Nelson, British Columbia • skiwhitewater.com 2,044 vertical feet • 82 runs Pure, simple and real deep.

That’s how Whitewater bills its winter offerings, and the resort, located just 20 minutes from Nelson, British Columbia, doesn’t disappoint. This mix of groomers, glades, chutes and bowls gets nearly 40 feet of light, dry powder on average a season. Neighboring snowcat and heliskiing operations opens the Selkirk and Purcell mountain ranges to the more adventurous snowsports rabble.

And with Nelson’s collection of hopping bars, restaurants and nightclubs, the après-ski entertainment is guaranteed to be as abundant at the snow. n

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GETAWAY It’s impossible not to enjoy the awe-inspiring views at Whitefish.

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FINDING ‘INSPIRATION’ Taking in the views, and enjoying the journey to northwestern Montana’s Whitefish Mountain Resort BY JOHN GROLLMUS

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lk!” proclaims my co-pilot loud enough for me to immediately pump the brakes, swerve and narrowly avoid the majestic beast in the darkness and pounding snow.

My immediate thought being that perhaps the next time I head from my home in Sandpoint and travel to Whitefish, Montana, I might just want to leave in daylight and not during a late evening snowstorm.

A couple hours and another dozen or so close calls with other deer and elk, we roll into Kalispell hoping to find something to eat at this late hour. A short conversation and a couple of quick turns later, we pull up to Moose’s Saloon. As we pass through the door, it is quickly apparent that the place is an institution.

The first thing I notice is the smell of freshly cut wood emanating from the sawdust-covered floor. Roughhewn timber lines the walls, and the worn wooden tables look like they may have been here since the place first opened in 1957. Every inch of the walls and tables are covered in carvings that tell the story of the many weary travellers and hungry locals who have stopped by to refuel through the years. A cold pint and tasty Rueben later and it was back on the road to finish up our short jaunt north to our destination of Whitefish

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Mountain Resort.

Tired from the day, we check in and head for bed eagerly awaiting a morning of exploring the slopes.

We wake to the rumbling sound of snow grooming machines and know immediately it’s going to be a great day. Our slope side location makes it possible for us to roll out the door, clip into our skis and head straight for the lifts.

Boarding the Big Mountain express, we feel the wind on our faces as we are whisked to the top of the mountain at 6,817 feet. From here it’s impossible not to stop and enjoy the awe-inspiring views, which come into focus in every direction. Looking one way we are staring into Glacier National Park; a different direction and we are staring into rugged Canadian peaks; back toward the base of the mountain and we see the gleam of the sun bouncing off Whitefish Lake; and finally to the west where our journey began lay the snow-covered peaks of Idaho.

We begin the skiing part of our adventure by seeking out what fresh snow is left among the tight trees of the upper portion of the mountain and find ourselves bouncing in and out of the soft pillows of snow hiding amongst the tall larch, pine and fir. Moving farther

down the mountain we choose to explore the views afforded by high-speed cruising the seemingly endless miles of smoothly groomed corduroy.

A particularly fun adventure run led us through the many beautiful homes lining the slopes. Sliding past giant plate glass windows reflecting the sunny slopes, hot tubs snuggled in huge piles of snow and stone chimneys as tall as the surrounding trees led us to daydream about a life in which we might inhabit one of these wonderful mountain castles.

As our day came to an end, we headed back to the top of the hill and turned to the trail map to locate a long run that would take us from the highest point on the mountain, back down to the base. As we progress down the slope, the incredible quality of the snow beneath our skis, warm sun on our faces and a view to take your breath away made us stop in the tree-filtered light and take a moment to reflect upon why this particular run earned the name “Inspiration.”

When we reached the chairlift again it was with only a few words spoken that we knew we had no choice but to return to the top, ski that same run again and continue to find inspiration high on this northwestern Montana peak. n

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SKIING IS THE EASY PART An ode to the greatest ski movie of all time, Aspen Extreme BY NICK PONTAROLO

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t. Spokane Ski Swap; September ski magazine deliveries; ski movie premieres; pray-for-snow parties; snow in September, then more in October. ’Tis the season in Spokane for celebration or hibernation.

I choose to celebrate.

Since high school, I usher in ski season with ritualistic fervor. I peruse the buyer’s guides of each ski magazine.

This leads to highly technical conversations about camber profiles and which ski boot liner will make your feet cramp less on opening day. I dust off the ski tuning kit, waiting for the inevitable core shot. Maybe even do a wall sit with my boots on, fully buckled, cold Rainier in hand. But the true crescendo is when Aspen Extreme is unveiled for viewing.

I don’t standardize the viewing party for the 1993 cult classic about two friends from Detroit, T.J. Burke and Dexter Rutecki, who are the best skiers on the mountain.

Searching for something more, they head for the glitz, glamor and powder of Aspen, Colorado, to be ski instructors. In their quest to ski big mountains on skinny skis, their friendship is tested to the extreme.

In 2012, the inaugural viewing was held on the floor of a Coors-soaked tent on an iPhone 5 atop Schweitzer in a blizzard, with my ski buddy and I cocooned in our sleeping bags. For many years I would pack my tattered DVD to my annual “guys ski trip,” forcing them, even the snowboarders, to watch Aspen Extreme… from start to finish.

To add to my viewing authenticity, I once called Michigan’s Mt. Brighton, where in the movie one of the protagonists — Dexter Rutecki — worked (before his ski partner, T.J. Burke, convinced him to leave his deadend job stringing chairlifts and the Midwest hills for the Rocky Mountains) to inquire about Dexter’s rust-colored Mt. Brighton Maintenance hat. To my surprise, not only does the ski area actually exist and still operate (all 230 vertical feet), they sell the felt hat the fictional Dexter wore and skied in the entire film. This not only reaffirmed my faith in humanity but cemented Aspen Extreme’s status as more than a cult classic, but the best ski movie of all time.

Aspen Extreme melds all that is good in skiing in a powerful 1-hour-58-minute punch. To start: Jean skiing (with gators). I cannot guarantee that you can air a 720 iron cross and stomp the landing in a mogul field like Dexter, but it’s worth a shot. A caboose. In a bit of skitown housing crisis foreshadowing, T.J. and Dexter live not only in a van, preceding the ubiquitous #vanlife, but they live in a train caboose. Skinny skis. Put on a pair of jeans, grab some skinny skis, and hit the hill to try and charge like T.J. and Dex. Ski bunnies. Of course, this being set in Aspen, T.J. and Dex fall in love (or lust) with the

The ’90s are alive in Aspen Extreme. likes of the fur-coat-wearing Bryce Kellogg, Aspen local and K-High radio DJ Robin Hand, and Tina, who has no last name and was the girlfriend of the local coke dealer (after all, this is ’90s Aspen).

Writer Patrick Hasburgh must have been a proverbial boss in town. His powerplay of characters can only come from reality. And the skiing. In 1993, Scot Schmidt and the late Doug Coombs were not yet household names, but these two legends skied a few scenes as stunt doubles for T.J. and Dexter, sending huge iron crosses and linking pristine powder eight turns that even Vail skiers can’t

beat. To boot, the famous icefall scene skied by Coombs became a K2 poster. And lastly, loss. You will have to watch it for that cliff note.

As the saying goes in the film, “seasons change” in the Inland Northwest. So, dial up some buddies, download Aspen Extreme (or dust off the DVD or VHS), and enjoy. For those adventurous souls, make the pilgrimage to the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen, where every year Aspen Extreme is played on the big screen.

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LEARN TO SKATE Learn to skate with coaches from Lilac City Figure Skating Club at sessions for adults and kids ages 5 and up. Classes teach fundamental skills, including safe falling, gliding, stroking forward and backward, stopping, turns and beginning spins and jumps. Wednesdays from 6-7 pm and Saturdays from 10:3011:30 am through Dec. 14. $20/drop-in, $99/six-week class; $148/private lessons. Eagles Ice-A-Rena, 6321 N. Addison St. (489-9295) U OF IDAHO OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT SALE & SWAP The University of Idaho’s annual gear swap offers new and used gear for sale.

Attendees are also welcome to bring their stuff to sell or barter ($5 fee).

Thu, Nov. 7 from 6-8 pm. Free to shop.

University of Idaho Student Recreation Center, Multi-Activity Court, Moscow campus. (208-885-6810) WINTER CAMPING WORKSHOP In this hands-on workshop, get experi-

ence managing the freezing temperatures and staying comfortable outside in the cold, including tips and tricks for setting up camp in the winter and sleeping warm, even on the chilliest of nights. Offered Thu, Nov. 7 and Wed, Dec. 11 from 5:30-7:30 pm. $20/$40; registration required. REI Spokane, 1125 N. Monroe. rei.com/spokane (3289900) SKI & SNOWBOARD WAXING WORKSHOP Learn how to choose the best wax for the conditions, and have expert guidance as you clean and wax your personal equipment. Experts recommend waxing your alpine gear every five trips to the mountain. Offered Thu, Nov. 7 from 5:30-7:30 pm; Sun, Nov. 10 from 2-4 pm; Thu, Dec. 5 from 5:30-7:30 pm; Sun, Dec. 8 from 2-4 pm. $35/$55; registration required. REI Spokane, 1125 N. Monroe. rei.com/spokane (328-9900) SARS SKI SWAP The winter recreational equipment and clothing sale benefits the Schweitzer

Alpine Racing School’s programs for more than 200 local athletes ages 5 and up, offering new and used items and experts on hand for shopping assistance.

Sat, Nov. 9 from 9 am-2 pm. $2/person; $5/family. Bonner County Fairgrounds, 4203 N. Boyer Ave., Sandpoint. sars.net

positions at the mountain this season.

Employment includes a free season pass, discounts throughout the resort and more. Tue, Nov. 12 from 5-7 pm.

Silver Mountain Resort, 610 Bunker Ave., Kellogg, Idaho. silvermt.com (866-344-2675)

SNOWSHOEING BASICS Join experienced REI staff for a class focusing on the appropriate selection of gear as well as the basics on what you need and where to go to get started.

Sun, Nov. 10 from 2-4 pm and Thu, Dec. 5 from 5:30-7:30 pm. Free, registration required. REI Spokane, 1125 N. Monroe. rei.com/spokane (328-9900)

CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING BASICS Join REI to discuss the fundamental differences between backcountry, telemarking and touring ski styles. In addition, the session covers proper clothing and information on where and how to get started in this winter activity. Wed, Nov. 13 from 6-7:30 pm.

Free, registration required. REI Spokane, 1125 N. Monroe. rei.com/spokane (328-9900)

STATE PARKS FREE ACCESS DAY Visit any Washington State Park without the required Discover Pass ($10/ day or $30/year). Includes day access locally to Riverside, Mt. Spokane and Palouse Falls state parks. Mon, Nov. 11. parks.state.wa.us/281/Parks SILVER MOUNTAIN WINTER JOB FAIR Come to Noah’s Loft to interview for all

BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL The festival’s 2019-20 World Tour features a collection of films that explore the mountain world, highlighting new landscapes and remote cultures, exciting adventures and adrenaline-packed sports. Nov. 15-16 at 7 pm, Nov. 17 at 6 pm. Ticket price TBA. Bing Crosby

Theater, 901 W. Sprague. bingcrosbytheater.com INLANDER WINTER PARTY The Inlander’s annual winter season kickoff hosts local retailers offering deals on winter clothing, gear and accessories, plus more than a dozen regional resorts. The event also features more than 40 varieties of craft beer and cider, live music, activities and more. Fri, Nov. 15 from 4-9 pm and Sat, Nov. 16 from 10 am-7 pm. $10 admission (good both days; kids under 12 free). Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. winterparty.inlander.com TRI-CITIES SKI SWAP & GEAR SALE Snow sport lovers in southeastern Washington can get ready for the season at this annual outdoor gear and clothing sale. Nov. 22-24; Fri 5-9 pm, Sat 9 am-5 pm, Sun 11 am-3 pm. Free admission. Holiday Inn Event Center at HAPO Center, 4525 Convention Pl., Pasco, Washington. theskiswap.com (522-1443)

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THANKSJIBBING Start off the winter season during the first night of operations at 49 Degrees’ terrain park. Bring three cans of food with your entry ($10).

Also includes live music and more.

Sat, Nov. 23. 49 Degrees North, 3311 Flowery Trail Rd., Chewelah. ski49n. com (935-6649) THANKSGIVING DINNER BUFFET Fuel up for opening day (also Nov. 28) with a buffet-style dinner at Noah’s Loft: herb roasted turkey, honey glazed ham, roasted sirloin and all the traditional sides and desserts.

Thu, Nov. 28 from 3-9 pm. Silver Mountain Resort, 610 Bunker Ave., Kellogg, Idaho. silvermt.com (866344-2675) BIG WHITE OPENING WEEKEND Head north of the border to celebrate both the start of the skiing season (Nov. 28) and the holidays as the resort turns on its colorful lights during a celebration (Sat. Nov. 30) with a laser show, caroling, live music, fireworks and more. Nov. 28-30.

Big White Ski Resort, 5315 Big White Rd., Kelowna, B.C. bigwhite.com (250-765-3101) SCHWEITZER OPENING DAY The mountain kicks off the 2019-20 winter season, weather permitting. Check in closer to this date for the latest weather and operations updates. Fri, Nov. 29. Schweitzer Mountain Resort, 10000 Schweitzer Mountain Rd., Sandpoint, Idaho. schweitzer.com (208-263-9555) CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING FESTIVAL Kick off the holiday season with a parade through Kellogg ending at the resort for a tree lighting in the gondola village, fireworks, a visit from Santa and more. Sat, Nov. 30.

Silver Mountain Resort, 610 Bunker Ave., Kellogg, Idaho. silvermt.com (866-344-2675)

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LET’S GO SNOWSHOEING! Join Holly Weiler from the Washington Trails Association for a fun and informative class on how to get ready for snowshoeing, covering equipment, preparation and places to go. Tue, Dec. 3 from 6:30-7:30 pm.

Free. East Side Library, 524 S. Stone St. spokanelibrary.org (444-5331) BACKCOUNTRY SKIING: BEYOND THE GROOMED Join REI staff for an inspiring and educational presentation on how to use the ski skills you already have to make the transition to backcountry skiing. This session covers backcoun-

try specific skills, needed equipment and safety considerations in order to enjoy backcountry travel on skis. REI Spokane, 1125 N. Monroe. rei.com/ spokane (328-9900) 15TH ANNUAL BACKCOUNTRY FILM FESTIVAL Selkirk Outdoor Leadership & Education (SOLE)’s annual fundraiser screening event supports getting underserved youth in our community unplugged and connected to their winter wildlands. Fri, Dec. 6 at 5 pm. $7-$25. Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave., Sandpoint. panida.org (208-255-7801) NICE TURNS FREE TRIAL RUN This annual clinic is designed to help existing skiers get out of a rut and improve their skills with personalized coaching with a small group at a similar level, intermediate or above.

Offered Dec. 8, 14 and 22; Feb. 16-17.

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Class covers cross-country skiing, snowshoeing and winter running.

Thu, Dec. 12 from 6-7:30 pm. Free, registration required. REI Spokane, 1125 N. Monroe. rei.com/spokane (328-9900) MOONLIGHT SNOWSHOE HIKE Quietly explore the meadows and woods around Mount Spokane.

Guides, transportation (departs from Mead Yoke’s, 14202 N. Market St.), headlamps, walking poles and snowshoes all provided. Additional information emailed after registration. Ages 16+. Offered Dec. 13, Jan. 10, Feb. 7 and March 6 from 6-9 pm. $29. Register at spokanerec.org (755-2489) ...continued on next page

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COMMUNITY DAY FUNDRAISER Schweitzer’s annual day of giving back, with $10 lift tickets available all day. Details TBA. Fri, Dec. 13 from 9 am-3:30 pm. Schweitzer Mountain Resort, 10000 Schweitzer Mountain Rd., Sandpoint, Idaho. schweitzer. com (208-263-9555) NIGHT SKIING KICKOFF Mt. Spokane’s night skiing schedule has expanded to four nights a week, every Wednesday through Saturday, from mid-December through midMarch. The mountain’s full-service cafeteria stays open late, and live bands play most Saturday nights.

Offered Wed-Sat from 3:30-9 pm, Fri, Dec. 20 through Sat, March 14. $23. Mt. Spokane Ski & Snowboard Park, 29500 N. Mt. Spokane Park Dr. mtspokane.com (238-2220) CROSS-COUNTRY SKI LESSONS (MT. SPOKANE) Learn the basics of cross-country skiing at Mt. Spokane Selkirk Nordic Area, taught by Spokane Nordic Ski Association certified cross-country ski instructors. Fee includes skis, boots, poles, ski area fees, instruction and transportation (departs from Mead Yoke’s, 14202 N. Market St.).

Ages 13+. Offered Dec. 22, 29 and 31;

You can learn to snowshoe with one of the many events offered around the region.

Jan. 5, 25 and 26; Feb. 15, 16, 22 and 23 from 9 am-3 pm. $51-$53. Register at spokanerec.org (755-2489) MT. SPOKANE SNOWSHOE TOUR Learn the basics of snowshoeing during a guided hike on snowshoe trails around Mt. Spokane State Park.

Pre-trip information is emailed after registration. Includes snowshoes, instruction, walking poles, trail fees, guides and transportation (from Mead Yoke’s, 14202 N. Market St.).

Ages 13+. Offered Sat, Dec. 21 and 28; Jan. 5 and 18; Feb. 16 and 23; March 1 and 21 from 10 am-2 pm. $29. Register at spokanerec.org (755-2489)

DRESS LIKE SANTA, SKI FREE Bring your red Santa suit, hat, white beard and black belt, or a Mrs. Claus outfit, to the mountain and wear it to qualify for a free lift ticket for the day. Santas are then requested to join in the mountain’s annual Santa Downhill ride at noon. Sun, Dec. 22.

Lookout Pass, I-90 Exit 0 at Mullan. skilookout.com (208-744-1301) SKI WITH SANTA Make some turns with Santa who stops by for a quick break to visit good girls and boys of all ages. He’ll hit the slopes one last time for the holiday balloon parade on Christmas

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#skiwhitewater Eve. Dec. 23 from 1-4 pm and Dec. 24 from 1-5 pm. Schweitzer Mountain Resort, 10000 Schweitzer Mountain Rd., Sandpoint, Idaho. schweitzer. com (208-263-9555) SANTA SKIS AT LOOKOUT Kids are challenged to find Santa on the slopes before the big day and make a run with him. He’ll also hand out treats and take photos. Dec. 24 starting at 10 am. Lookout Pass, I-90 Exit 0 at Mullan. skilookout.com (208-744-1301) CHRISTMAS AT SILVER Spend the holidays on the lifts or in the Silver Rapids Waterpark, and see if you can catch Santa himself taking a turn or two after a long night of work. Wed, Dec. 25. Silver Mountain Resort, 610 Bunker Ave., Kellogg, Idaho. silvermt.com (866344-2675) SHEJUMPS INTO CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING Back by popular demand, this event is hosted by Fitness Fanatics and Spokane Nordic to offer a day of cross-country skiing to skiers of all ages and abilities, with mentors and rental gear available. Sat, Dec. 28 at 10 am. $20. Mt. Spokane Nordic

Center, 26017 N. Mt. Spokane State Park Drive. shejumps.org

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YOUTH WINTER ADVENTURE CAMP Kids (ages 9-12) can learn to crosscountry ski and snowshoe at Mt. Spokane State Park, as well as spend time building snow caves and searching for animal tracks.

Transportation, snowshoes, skiing equipment, trail passes and instruction provided. Bring a sack lunch.

Offered Jan. 2-3 from 9 am-4 pm.

Departs each morning from Mountain Gear, 2002 N. Division. $69.

Register at spokanerec.org (7552489) CROSS-COUNTRY SKI + MOONLIGHT DINNER Wander peacefully through the woods on snowshoes and then enjoy a meal of lasagna, salad, bread and more from Greenbluff Fresh Catering. Cost includes equipment, dinner and guides; some crosscountry ski experience is recommended. Sno-Park and Discover Pass required. Ages 18+. Offered Jan. 4, Feb. 8 and March 7 from 6-9 pm. $50. Meet at Mt. Spokane State Park Selkirk Nordic Lodge. Register at spokanerec.org (755-2489)

CROSS-COUNTRY SKI LESSONS (49 DEGREES NORTH) Learn to cross-country ski and tour the trails of 49 Degrees North Nordic Area with the mountain’s certified P.S.I.A ski instructors. Ticket includes equipment, trail pass, instruction and transportation (departs from Wandermere Rite Aid, 12420 N. Division). Additional information emailed after registration. Ages 13+. Offered Jan. 11 and 19; Feb. 9 and March 8 from 9 am-4 pm. $55. Register at spokanerec.org (755-2489) AVALANCHE AWARENESS Whether you ski, snowshoe, snowboard or snowmobile in the backcountry, recognition of avalanche danger is an essential and potentially life-saving skill. This session introduces and explains where and why avalanches occur and provides a basic approach to managing risk in the backcountry. Learn to access local avalanche bulletins and weather reports, recognize basic signs of avalanche danger, and learn simple ways to help avoid avalanche danger. Thu, Jan. 16 from 6:30-7:30 pm. Free; registration required. REI Spokane, 1125 N. Monroe. rei.com/ spokane (328-9900) n

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ver the past few weeks, my social media feeds have been lousy with ads for last-minute ski pass deals. I’ve come close to pulling the trigger a few times too, dreaming of mornings where I simply cruise into a parking lot, slip into my Technicas and hop right on a lift. It’s a tantalizing fantasy, one that reminds me of how I used to roll in high school and college.

I haven’t bought one, though. Heck, I haven’t owned a season pass in more than a decade. And I know exactly how most readers will react to that statement. Like so many fellow die-hard skiers I run into on the slopes or at the breweries, they’ll arch an eyebrow, exhale with a bit of force, and shake their heads. How could anyone make it through a season without that slip of laminated paper that tells the liftie, “Yo, I’m here, and I’m all paid up”?

Let me be clear: I’m not judging anyone who buys a season pass. It’s a savvy, money-saving move with the added edge of inspiring people to get out and fill their days. But I have a tendency to approach winter the

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same way I do a Thanksgiving meal. A bit of turkey, a bit of mashed potatoes, a bit of stuffing, a lot of gravy.

When you live two hours away from four different ski areas, and four hours away from several more, there’s a strategy to filling your plate with modest portions of everything.

A few seasons back, I had the great fortune to make turns on seven mountains in a single winter. Some were local stomping grounds like Snowbowl above Missoula, which I can see from my apartment, and Lost Trail, where I know I can find powder even days after a storm. Others were delightful one-off trips: Great Divide outside Helena, tiny Maverick Mountain in southwest Montana’s Grasshopper Valley, Colorado’s fabled Aspen Snowmass. Each had its own special sauce, a mix of unique runs and distinctive après-ski atmosphere that made me want to stick around longer. Variety, as my mom is fond of saying, is the spice of life, and that season proved her right beyond all doubt.

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The Northwest is about as diverse as it gets skiingwise. Those spaces on the map between larger resorts like Whistler, Kicking Horse and Mount Hood Meadows are full of mom-and-pop mountains that cut straight to the fireside heart and soul of what we all love about winter. Some of the Spokane area’s best offerings — Mt. Spokane, Schweitzer, 49 Degrees North — have been on my to-ski list for years, and I’m hoping this will finally be the season I check one or two of them off.

I’m also aware that there will be days when the snow is deepest in my backyard. It’s nice to have a homebase.

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Fruity hop blast. Tropical notes of lime, coconut, pineapple and passion fruit. Citra, Sabro, Simcoe and Sultana hops used.

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This imperial octopus ink stout is not Loads of citrus, tropical fruit, and pine, Treat yourself to juicy aromas of tropione to be taken lightly. Brewed in a this beer features the wonderful hops cal fruits and citrus. Bursting with the once illegal process this stout boasts that grow in our region. An assertive bright flavors of orange and mango. a full body that coats your mouth with bitterness and just enough malt to This beer finishes smooth and refreshevery sip. Malt sweetness counters bring balance, this IPA is the right ing, and will have you coming back for the heavy roasted grains perfectly choice for any occasion. more. Brewed year-round as a salute making this imperial stout surprisingly to farmers in warmer climates. drinkable.

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A balanced addition of ginger contributes to a sharpened pear flavor that makes this perry great for any occasion.

Extremely unique harvest cider brings subtle vanilla and balanced cinnamon while retaining all you love from a great perry.

ABV: 5.5%

ABV: 5.3%

IBU: 60 ABV: 7.5%

IBU: 40 ABV: 6.2%

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Watermelon Pear CIDER Let summer happen anytime. Enjoy juicy watermelon refreshingly blended with pure pear. Refresh with flavor not sugar.

ABV: 5.2%

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This Mocha Milk Stout is traditional with a twist, brewed in collaboration with Spaceman Coffee Company... try it with the Eggnog Float for a real seasonal treat!

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2018 DESIGNS Saint Helen’s IPA IPA Full bodied and brimming with NW hops, this IPA is a tamer version of it’s original Imperial recipe... a little lower ABV, and just a smidge less bitter, it’s tasty and surprisingly approachable for ANY craft beer lover with a bountiful bouquet of Columbus, Chinook, Equinot, Amarillo & Cascade hops.

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Bright citrus and tropical fruit hop aromas lead the way. A light malt foundation provides a platform for Citra, El Dorado, Belma and Azacca tropical and citrus flavors to shine.

Mellow bitterness just balances the fruity notes in this hop forward, golden-colored IPA.

Crisp and refreshing, No-Li’s first hard seltzer is a semi-sweet, easy drinking huckleberry seltzer. Big huckleberry aromas hit your nose when you pop open the can, and a genuine huckleberry flavor comes through each sip. 2 carbs, 100 calories and 5.0% alcohol.

We pulled out all the stops on this big Imperial Stout. Five types of dark, roasted malt are added to this beer to give it a complex flavor of coffee, chocolate and brown sugar. That much maltiness requires plenty of hops for balance. Two large hop additions prevent the dark malt from totally dominating this monster of a beer.

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A doughnut in pint, this beer was originally a table blend of the Maple Syrup Christmas Beer and our Word to Your Mother Vanilla Cream, but stands well on it’s own now. It was the standout winner at the INW Craft Beer Festival at Avista Stadium this year!

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The newest IPA from No-Li Brewhouse.

Jet Juiced IPA, available in six-pack cans and draft, stands tall at 7.5% alc/ vol but drinks so smooth you would never know. A five hop blend gives this beer an aromatic, sweet and juicy flavor, and with real mango added to the brew, an unobtrusive sweetness creates a unique flavor experience.

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This year, you’ll find mini pubs throughout Inlander Winter Party, where you can sample specialty beers, ciders and seltzers, meet the brewers and continue shopping.

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Mammoth Barleywine Brewed exclusively with grain from Skagit Valley Malting, this beer’s rich malt character is sure to cut through the winter cold. Boasting aromas and flavors of toasted bread, toffee, and candied orange, Mammoth finishes with a pleasant warmth that will invite you back for another sip.

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Great nose and a true to the blue IPA. Lighter ABV is what our Head Brewer was aiming for and he nailed it.

Take your taste buds to the tropics where roasty malts with a hint of choco-coffee meet an infusion of Coconut. This is a put your toes higher than your nose summertime classic that will not disappoint.

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This coppery brown Wee Heavy is aged Pale gold in color, this Juicy IPA boasts This fruit forward, slightly saline, gose for over one year in Dry Fly Bourbon bold, dank aromas of grapefruit and is light, tart and refreshing. and Wheat Wheat Whiskey barrels re- pineapple with mango, papaya, and sulting in a rich, malty, slightly boozy citrus flavors. beer with a hint of sweetness and subtle herbal notes from the addition of heather.

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3/4 Ton Scotch Ale SCOTTISH ALE A super smooth traditional Scottish Ale. This one hits the palate as if it was barrel aged.

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hey say variety is the spice of life, and this year’s Coeur d’Alene Casino Stage is taking that timeless idiom to heart. It’ll be jampacked with artists of every stripe — from the folky Americana of singersongwriter Matt Mitchell, to the R&B flavors of Blake Braley, to the deep well of covers courtesy of the Rub. Turn up the volume!

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Covering over a half-century of songs everyone loves, the Inland Northwest’s beloved power trio the Rub conjures vinyl, heavy-footed grooves, martini dance steps, stereo-up, windows-down drive-bys, coffeehouse head-hums and anthemic lighter-lit halls. From hi-fi intensity to feather-light touch, their performances are an eclectic mix of titles and eras — originals and improvisation. They have become known as the favorite from the mountain top of Schweitzer Mountain Resort, where their licks are hot enough to melt snow.

If you’ve ever seen Blake Braley work the stage during one of his weekly Zola gigs, you’ll know a couple of things: Dude’s got serious pipes, his backing band is tight, and they make quick work of originals and R&B classics you didn’t realize you wanted to hear covered. But this is no mere tribute act, as Braley recently released a slickly produced EP of original tunes called Better that’s somehow retro and contemporary at the same time.

BALONELY

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Songwriter Norman Robbins has gone by multiple aliases in his short career, most notably with his one-man bands Jan Francisco and Walker. But he’s really found his voice with BaLonely, where his lyrics are Lou Reed droll and his frontman energy has the he-could-explode-at-any-moment volatility of young Elvis Costello. We’ve had his 2019 release Staples in heavy rotation these days.

THE EMILYS

5:30 - 6:30 PM

Pulling inspiration from the Strokes and the Vaccines, Spokane natives the Emilys are focused on live, energetic, pick-up-and-play rock ’n’roll. The band officially launched in 2018 with the release of Speeding Kills, their debut EP mixed by Pete Robertson, formerly of the Vaccines.

MATT MITCHELL

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Matt Mitchell has been one of the dominant creative forces behind the shifting lineups of the long-running band Trego (formerly Folkinception), which straddles the line between rock, folk, country and blues. His latest solo venture dives headlong into rustic Americana, with finger-picked guitar, world-weary vocals and a little brass flare.

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Matt Bogue knows how to get a room moving. The drummer-turned-DJ incorporates everything from old-school hip-hop to electro-fueled dance tunes when he gets ready to rock a crowd.

It’s more difficult than you might think to learn a diverse array of cover songs and then pull them off, but local singer-songwriter Kyle Richard does. From Alicia Keys to John Mellencamp to Maroon 5, Richard uses acoustic guitar, keyboards and looping effects to create a personal spin on those artists’ biggest hits.

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S’MORES ROAST & GAMES Discover the outdoors this winter with REI! Roast S’mores and drink gourmet hot cocoa in a winter camping scene. Play snowball pong and snowman snowball toss.

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usting off your old gear and seeing it’s dated and doesn’t fit right is a real buzzkill. Thankfully, Inlander Winter Party has the fix — bringing all your favorite outfitters into one place where they can offer deep discounts and deals.

Spokane’s Shred Sports Outlet recently rebranded themselves with a remodeled storefront and new service department. “We’ve added many new products from past great brands as well as begun working with new ones like Armada skis and outerwear,” says store manager Chad Ohman. He says this year’s Winter Party booth will feature products from brands like Libtech, Line, Ride, K2, Saloman, Armada, Rome, Capita, Rossignol, Head, Dynastar, Volkl and Elan. “We’ll be doing custom foot beds for $100, buy-one-getone-free Lorpen socks, and 30 percent off all last year’s product,” says store owner Ben Owens. “Visitors can also bring their Snowlander Shred receipt to the shop and get 50 percent off a ski or snowboard tune.”

Drew and Rachel Harding, owners of local specialty ski and snowboarding store Spokane Alpine Haus,

say they plan to offer several specials at their booth, but visitors will have to stop by and check them out in person. “We’re focused on building customer relationships and promoting our kids and adult season lease programs,” Rachel Harding says. “Our goal is to outfit people in the right gear for an affordable price, so they can have an amazing mountain experience.”

Harding says the store features products from clothing and outerwear brand Arc-teryx, as well as Icelantic skis and snowboarding gear from Nitro and Ride.

“Our booth will offer drawings for gift bag assortments that will include smaller items like chapstick, as well as larger things like a certificate for a free snowboard wax,” she says. “We’ll also be offering a bootfitting seminar that Saturday morning at 11 am.”

The Great PNW has once again partnered with Inlander Winter Party, and owner Joel Barbour says the store will have its new holiday line ready for the event, including T-shirts, beanie hats, hoodies and stickers. You can also win a T-shirt on the PowderKeg prize wheel .

“In previous years we’ve designed the Snowlander

T-shirts for Winter Party staff,” Barbour says. “This year is the first time we’ll be offering them for general purchase.” You can find them at the Inlander booth.

Stacey Ellis, assistant store manager with the North Face, says the company’s booth will feature its latest winter accessories, with T-shirts, hoodies, gloves and hats.

“We offer a 10 percent discount to military members and students, and our booth will also be equipped with iPads to make it easy for customers to make online orders,” she says. The North Face has recently launched a new brand of outerwear jackets, parkas and overalls called Futurelight and is anticipating a strong winter season.

This year the team at the General Store is offering deals on snowboards, boots, bindings, helmets and more. There will be special offers on Yeti, Traeger and Carhartt, as well as a drawing for three prize bundles: a snowboard package, a Traeger giveaway, and a YETI giveaway. 

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Don’t forget to check in with all of the other resorts coming to the party. SilverStar Mountain Resort, from British Columbia, will be handing out swag and maps and giving away the ultimate SilverStar Getaway package valued at $6,500. Schweitzer Mountain Resort will be offering a special ticket deal so good you’ll have to stop by their booth for details and be sure to enter to win a Lake Louise Plus card.

Whitefish Mountain Resort plans to have stickers and koozies on hand and will be offering ski-andstay packages. At Big White’s booth, you will find maps, deals and an opportunity to win a two-night stay. Bluewood Ski Area is offering up a chance to win one of two ski-and-stay packages that include lift tickets, lodging and dinner.

Pop over to the Whitewater Ski Resort booth to take a selfie in front of its roaring “fireplace” and enter to win two lift tickets. Silver Mountain is ready to help you get ready for the season, pick up your season pass and trail maps there, then stop by the Fernie Alpine Resort booth and pick up your 2 for one lift tickets.

At Lookout Pass’ booth, get your discounted season pass, a trail map, stickers and enter to win two lift tickets. Brundage, meanwhile, will be doing a raffle for three days of lift tickets and will have plenty of stickers, trail maps, along with lots of information about how cool McCall is!

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ORE THAN A DOZEN RESORTS FROM WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA AND BRITISH COLUMBIA will offer show-only specials on tickets, rentals and gear. You can even get prizes for showing up early.

The first 1,500 attendees each day will receive a free lift ticket from Inlander Winter Party partners Mt. Spokane Ski & Snowboard Park or 49 Degrees North Mountain Resort.

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Last season brought a lot of hype to Mt. Spokane as the resort unveiled a new lift and seven new north-facing runs. The expansion upped the mountain’s skiable acreage to 1,704, ensuring skiers and snowboarders even more of a shot at the kind of thrilling terrain Mt. Spokane has become regionally renowned for.

The 2019-20 season marks the return of the resort’s Saturday shuttle service from Spokane.

From Dec. 28 to March 7, riders can hop a 55-passenger bus from multiple in-town locations straight to the Mt. Spokane parking lot.

“We’ve had lots of people ask about it, so we’re excited to offer that,” says marketing and guest services manager Brenda McQuarrie. At Winter Party, passes will be on sale for up to $200 off — a deal you can’t find anywhere else.

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Six lifts scattered across 2,325 acres of skiable terrain make for a truly shreddable experience, and on-area amenities like the Boomtown Lounge and Cy’s Cafe offer all the hot chocolate, cinnamon rolls and craft beer riders need to stay fueled. Add to all that, four Saturdays of night skiing per season and it’s easy to see why 49 Degrees North belongs on this season’s must-ski list.

Marketing and communications director Emily McDaniel says the resort’s new ownership has “brought new energy and ideas to 49 Degrees North and we’re excited to continue providing great skiing and riding to our guests with many new improvements.” Stop by at Winter Party to print your season pass, play games and ask questions.

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2. SHOPPING THE WAY IT’S MEANT TO BE.

Your favorite outfitters in one place, offering crazy deals just for Winter Party attendees. Best of all you get to meet the people who know what’s new, what’s hot, what’s not and what would be perfect for you.

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3. CIDER AND BEER.

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5. THE MOUNTAINS COME TO YOU.

More than a dozen regional ski resorts are dropping by to share the latest news about skiing their spots in Washington, Idaho, Montana and Canada. Better yet, they’re also packing some great deals that you won’t get anywhere else, like specials on season passes, singleday lift tickets and stay-and-play packages.

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Newly discovered ruby chocolate is a sweet and colorful addition on many local dessert menus

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This lava cake at Masselow’s Steakhouse features ruby chocolate disk on top.

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ove over milk chocolate, there’s a new sweetie in town and her name is Ruby.

Like a “citrusy white chocolate” is how Hay J’s Bistro pastry chef Hayley Fechser describes the taste of the world’s newest chocolate — ruby chocolate — which she uses at the Liberty Lake restaurant to dip raspberry chocolate truffles.

“The chocolate is pretty similar to other chocolates I work with as far as the consistency of it,” says Fechser, who’s served as pastry chef for the restaurant and its connected artisan market, Hay Jay’s Butcher Block, for the past four years.

Ruby chocolate, which is distinctively pink-colored, comes from cocoa beans harvested in Ecuador, Ivory Coast and Brazil, according to Barry Callebaut, a worldwide cocoa and chocolate manufacturer that first introduced audiences to the new color and flavor in 2017. It brings the number of distinct chocolate varieties to four, including white, milk and dark chocolate. Ruby is the first new chocolate variety to be introduced in more than 80 years, after white chocolate came onto the market in the 1930s.

When it was first introduced two years ago, Callebaut touted ruby chocolate as a new cacao bean (the pods are sometimes referred to as cacao until processed into cocao), yet chocolatiers were quick to determine the source of the product’s pinkness. Similar to how coffee beans start out bright red and brown up during roasting, ripe cacao pods can be handled so that they retain their inherently reddish tint and citrusy flavor through processing.

Northern Quest Resort & Casino pastry chef Kristina Stephenson saw this firsthand while visiting Bali, an upand-comer in the international chocolate market, where she tried a Balinese ruby cacao pod fresh from the tree.

“It was very fruity and ventured on the tart side of my palate — nothing you’d expect when comparing to chocolate as we know it,” Stephenson recalls.

She got her hands on ruby chocolate after attending a launch party for ruby chocolate this summer hosted by regional food distributor Sysco Spokane, and began playing around with recipes.

“The ruby adds a brilliant pop of color and flavor and pairs well with many different ingredients,” Stephenson says. “I tend to incorporate a savory aspect in many of my desserts, so ruby being so versatile makes it virtually effortless to integrate into dishes.” ...continued on next page

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She features it in Masselow’s Steakhouse’s “Lava Cake: Reimagined,” a flourless chocolate cake with dark chocolate mousse, cacao nibs, vanilla bean ice cream, raspberry sauce and a decorative ruby chocolate disk on the top layer.

“Servers will then pour warm chocolate sauce table-side into one of the decorative holes of the ruby disk, filling the center of the mousse with the warm ‘lava’ associated with the classic dessert,” she explains.

At MiFlavour bakery in East Spokane, pastry chef and co-owner Ella Piskun is making ruby chocolate bars. Look for them at My Fresh Basket later this year, as well as in specialty drinks when MiFlavour opens its new full-service cafe in November.

“It has been very popular and people love how beautiful it is along with the delicious, unique taste,” Piskun notes.

Fresh Plate Market Catering’s Barbara Pagarigan has also incorporated ruby chocolate into her recipes, like fondue, and in frosting for sugar cookies and buttercream for cupcakes.

“People are liking the color and nuances of it,” says Pagarigan, who’s currently visiting England, where ruby chocolate has been on store shelves for years.

In America, however, ruby chocolate is still something of a novelty and has only been available through such outlets as Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods since early summer of this year due to some rulings by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration.

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Spokane chef Ricky Webster orchestrated this summer’s regional launch of ruby chocolate through his role as Sysco Spokane’s business resource consultant.

Webster has been an ardent fan of ruby chocolate since he first heard about it three years ago, yet he didn’t get to work with it until this spring, while attending a product launch party at the National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago.

“It was a phenomenal event where we got to break into some ruby bark with a hammer to signal the official beginning,” he says, likening the event to the opening bell at the stock exchange.

One of the first things Webster made with it may also be one of the most unexpected: Ruby “mortadella,” similar in appearance to salami, yet actually a ganache-based treat he remembers from his youth.

“Chocolate salami is an Italian and Portuguese treat, especially during the holidays, and is basically chocolate, butter, egg, nuts and sweet biscuits combined and shaped into what resembles salami,” Webster says. “It is then set and rolled in powdered sugar before being sliced and resembles the charcuterie we all adore.”

Webster continues to sing ruby chocolate’s praises, experimenting with new recipes while staying mindful to preserve its unique flavor and color.

“You want people to know that they are consuming something special,” he says. “After all we didn’t wait a lifetime for pink chocolate for nothing!” n

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Fast Fall Dinner This hearty, vegetarian mushroom stroganoff comes together quickly in an Instant Pot or on the stove top

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ere’s a deliciously addicting weeknight dinner that will go in our regular rotation. I love how simple and fast this is to make, while not compromising depth or flavor. And the nice part is, this can also be made vegan. Truth be told, I’ve never really been a huge stroganoff fan, so I was a little skeptical about this one. It was such a surprise when I realized I couldn’t put my fork down.

I admit, the vegetarian version using real sour cream is better than the vegan version, but the vegan version is pretty good, too. Serve it up with a large healthy green salad and give it a go this week and see what you think.

And yes, of course, you can make this recipe on the stove top (see the recipe notes).

To make this vegan, simply sub vegan sour cream.

Keep in mind, you want the vegan cream to have a bit of tang, so if you go the cashew cream route, you’ll probably need to add a tiny splash of lemon juice or vinegar to give this the traditional “stroganoff” tangy flavor.

INSTANT POT MUSHROOM STROGANOFF

Prep time: 10 Cook time: 20 Total time: 30 Serves 4; approx. 450 calories per serving with 3/4 cup full-fat sour cream INGREDIENTS 3 tablespoons olive oil 1/2 red onion, diced 3 garlic cloves, rough chopped 16 ounces mushrooms, sliced (cremini, shiitake, button) 3/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon pepper 1/4 cup cooking sherry (or sub white wine) 2 cups veggie broth 2 tablespoons mustard (whole grain or dijon) 1 tablespoon flour 8 ounces pasta (rotini, penne; or about a scant 3 cups) To stir in after cooking: 1/2 to 3/4 cup sour cream (or sub vegan sour cream) INSTRUCTIONS (Instant Pot or other pressure cooker) 1. Heat oil on the sauté function. Add onion, garlic, mushrooms, salt and pepper and saute for 7-9 minutes or until mushrooms release their liquid.

2. Add sherry wine, broth, mustard and flour and stir well. Add the pasta, stir.

3. Set Instant Pot to pressure cook on high for 3-4 minutes. (See notes) 4. Manually release (place a towel over the steam).

5. Stir in the sour cream, and keep on warm setting

To make this dish vegan, simply sub the sour cream for a vegan sour cream. for 5-10 minutes. Sauce will thicken slightly, but will remain “saucy” enough for dipping garlic bread. Sometimes for extra depth, I’ll add a teaspoon of soy sauce at the end.

NOTES Instant Pot cooking times can vary depending on pasta. A good rule of thumb is to halve the cooking time directions on the pasta package and subtract one minute. For example, 9 minutes on the package would be 4 minutes

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You can make this on the stove top, following the same directions, just cook the pasta separate. Cook the sauce down to desired consistency, drain the pasta, add it to the pot and stir in sour cream last. Save some pasta water in case you want to loosen up the sauce a bit. n Find this recipe and other delicious dishes from Spokane chef, caterer and former Mizuna restaurant owner Sylvia Fountaine at feastingathome.com.

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he third time might be the charm (again) for Spokane chef Ricky Webster, who’s appearing on the Hallmark Channel’s new original baking competition, Christmas Cookie Matchup, premiering Wednesday, Nov. 13 at 9 pm.

During last year’s holiday season, Webster appeared on two of the Food Network’s holidaythemed baking specials, Holiday Gingerbread Showdown and Christmas Cookie Challenge, the latter of which he won, taking home a $10,000 prize.

The five-episode Christmas Cookie Matchup is the Hallmark Channel’s first original, unscripted baking show. It features six professional or home bakers, each paired with an actor from the network’s top-rated drama When Calls the Heart.

Webster is paired up with actress Pascale Hutton, who’s also starred in several Hallmark original movies.

At the end of five weekly episodes, one baker will win a $25,000 prize. Judges are food and lifestyle entrepreneur Chadwick Boyd and blogger and recipe creator Emily Hutchinson.

Ahead of the series premiere, Webster tells the Inlander that the new series has a magical and wholesome feel. “[Hallmark] did a fantastic job of making us feel extremely welcome and secure, and they encouraged us to go back and forth with each other and have fun and talk,” he says. “Sure it’s a competition, and there is definitely some banter about that, but it’s friendly and none of it is envious or mean spirited.”

While he can’t say how far in the show he advances, a preview video on Hallmark Channel’s website has featured actors reflecting about their experiences, and a few mention Webster’s serious cookie baking and decorating talents.

“The biggest competition is definitely Pascale and Ricky,” says actor Kavan Smith. “I think Ricky is the most experienced of everybody and he and Pascale have a really nice dynamic together.” (CHEY SCOTT)

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Third Time’s the Charm (Again)

It took a few months longer than owner Mike DeTar expected, but the doors are finally opened at the Hidden Mother Brewery near the Spokane Arena. The 3,700-square-foot building at the corner of Washington and Sharp is the new home

Ricky Webster competes on the Hallmark Channel’s new show. of the five-barrel brewhouse and is DeTar’s first taproom.

At first look, the place is peppered with unique details. Light fixtures made out of glass growlers and stainless steel kegs hang from the ceiling. More kegs, etched with the Hidden Mother’s logo, are split vertically and used as wall lighting. The long wooden bar wraps around a corner with a river-shaped carving from end to end, which will eventually have water running through it.

Behind the bar, 24 taps are split around the two walls, 12 on each side. A few of the taps will be dedicated to Selkirk Abbey, the Post Falls brewery where the Hidden Mother has been brewing during its move to Spokane.

DeTar plans on announcing a grand opening once they’ve added more seating. For now, the Hidden Mother is open Monday through Thursday from 1-9 pm, Friday from 1-10 pm, Saturday from 11 am-10 pm and Sunday from 1-7 pm.

In other brewery news, Lumberbeard Brewing was recently approved by the state to start production and brewed its first batch this week. The brewery and taproom, located at 25 E. Third, is tentatively set to open on Nov. 22.

On the west end of downtown, two changes are underway at the Steel Barrel brewery incubator and taproom. Golden Handle Project has begun brewing and is set to open soon. Meanwhile, state records show Young Buck Brewing is in the process of transferring ownership and changing its name to Hello Brewing Company. (DEREK HARRISON)

KALICO KITCHEN’S NEW HOME

After 15 years at the base of the North Division Street hill, Spokane breakfast house Kalico Kitchen is moving on to new digs. The restaurant recently announced on its Facebook page that it’s moving into a building on North Monroe that was most recently home to Monroe Street Grill, which closed recently after two years of business there. Kalico Kitchen, meanwhile, closed for the move last week, on Oct. 31, and plans to reopen in the new space at 1829 N. Monroe sometime soon, though no date has yet been announced.

(CHEY SCOTT)

IMAGINARY FIEND In the dark comedy Jojo Rabbit, a little boy and his pretend pal — who happens to be Hitler — grapple with the horrors of WWII

BY ERIC D. SNIDER

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he attention-grabbing pitch for Jojo Rabbit — a little German boy near the end of World War II has an imaginary friend, and it’s Hitler — is ultimately secondary in importance to the film’s more serious, sentimental themes. That the film, adapted and directed by Taika Waititi from Christine Leunens’ novel Caging Skies, uses dark humor to mock the absurdity of Nazism and takes the Nazi atrocities seriously may make it an uncomfortable fit for some viewers.

But if you can take some rough chuckles, starting with imaginary Adolf coaching the lad on how to deliver a “Heil, Hitler!” with gusto (“Don’t overthink it. You’re overthinking it”), it’s a wonderfully spirited and deeply humane story that revels in ridiculing anti-semitism and small-mindedness.

Our 10-year-old hero, Johannes “Jojo” Betzler (Roman Griffin Davis), is a timid boy in 1945, fully committed to the Hitler Youth program but taunted by the other kids for his lack of machismo and his absent father, who is rumored to be a deserter. He gets the “rabbit” nickname when he hesitates to kill a defenseless animal on the orders of Captain K (Sam Rockwell), the boozy, one-eyed Nazi who runs the youth training camp, and he’s left with scars after an attempt at bravado literally

blows up in his face. His mother (Scarlett Johansson) is friendship with Captain K, whose bitterness at having to loving and devoted, but his gentle, supporting imagined babysit instead of being on the front lines is matched only version of Adolf (played by Waititi) is his real confidant by his certainty that Germany is about to lose the war and cheerleader. (spoiler alert, he’s right).

What’s funny about the situation is that it’s not the Waititi peppers the fringes of his screenplay with real Adolf Hitler following Jojo around giving him advice funny side characters — Rebel Wilson as Captain K’s and encouragement, but “Adolf Hitler” as filtered through assistant, Stephen Merchant as a Gestapo leader — and Jojo’s 10-year-old mind, an Adolf who’s no smarter, throwaway jokes related to the Third Reich. His own knowledgeable or mature than Jojo is. When Jojo discovperformance as imaginary Adolf is full of simpering softers that his mother is hiding a Jewish teenness, making Mr. H a laughable buffoon. age girl, Elsa (Thomasin McKenzie), in their But there are also moments of bracing, sudJOJO RABBIT den somberness, when the realities of Nazi house, he’s terrified because of all the things Rated PG-13 he’s been taught about Jews’ supernatural Germany are confronted.

Directed by Taika Waititi powers — and his Adolf is just as scared, This mixing of the satirical and the agreeing with him that they should heed her Starring Roman Griffin Davis, historical will be jarring for some viewers, threat not to reveal her hiding place or she’ll Thomasin McKenzie, Scarlett perhaps a complete turnoff. That’s fair, and Johansson, Taika Waititi behead him. “Hitler,” it seems, has never I don’t begrudge anyone who doesn’t like actually encountered a Jewish person. the sound of any of this, who doesn’t want The real story is about Jojo gradually learning that to hear even comically exaggerated anti-semitism. But for Elsa is not an evil reptilian monster (“We’re like you, but me, the underlying sweetness of the Jojo-Elsa story and human,” she deadpans) while struggling with his conflictthe delightfully silly humor of Waititi’s script are a nearing loyalties to his mother and his fatherland. Meanwhile, perfect blend of comedy and drama. It sounds strange to he continues youth training with his gentle-souled best say you found the Hitler comedy so rewarding, but we friend (Archie Yates) and develops something like a live in strange times. n

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FILM | SHORTS LAST CHRISTMAS

Paul Feig directs this holiday dramedy about a reckless 20-something (Emilia Clarke) who starts to get her act together after falling for a mysterious, handsome stranger. (NW) Rated PG-13

MIDWAY

The 1942 Battle of Midway gets the noisy epic treatment from schlock king Roland Emmerich, with a sprawling cast that includes Woody Harrelson and Dennis Quaid. (NW) Rated PG-13

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A documentary portrait of psychologist and spiritual guru Ram Dass, best known for his ’70s self-help book Be Here Now. At the Magic Lantern. (NW)

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PARASITE

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A reclusive girl befriends an escaped yeti and gets suckered into taking him across China to Mount Everest. Scenic animation, righteous violin solos and unexpected voice acting by Eddie Izzard make it worthwhile. (QW)

THE ADDAMS FAMILY

America’s creepiest and kookiest clan gets the toon treatment in an episodic story that finds them moving to the decidedly un-spooky suburbs of New Jersey. Forgettable animated fare. (NW) Rated PG

ARCTIC DOGS

A cartoon fox voiced by Jeremy Renner dreams of becoming a mail courier, but first he must stop an evil scientist from melting the ice caps. Yes, this is a real movie. (NW) Rated PG

THE CURRENT WAR

In the late 19th century, Edison and Westinghouse race to popularize their dueling electrical systems. This 2018 film was lost in the Weinstein scandal and is now being released in a director’s cut. (NW) Rated PG-13

DOWNTON ABBEY

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Two Will Smiths for the price of one?

If only it were worth the admission.

Here’s an anemic sci-fi thriller about an assassin whose greatest nemesis is a younger version of himself. (MJ) Rated PG-13

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Spanish master Pedro Almodóvar reflects on his own life and career in this autobiographical meditation, starring Antonio Banderas as an aging movie director. (NW) Rated R

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JOJO RABBIT

In Taika Waititi’s WWII-set satire, a little boy with an imaginary friend who looks just like Hitler befriends the Jewish girl being hidden by his mother. Its juggling tones and bleak subject matter might not work for everyone. (ES) Rated PG-13

Satire, slapstick and secrecy collide in Bong Joon-ho’s acclaimed and twisty contraption, about a poor South Korean family that insinuates itself into the lives of an upper class clan. Surprises abound. (NW) Rated R

PLAYING WITH FIRE

John Cena stars as the captain of an elite firefighter squad that meets its match when it takes in a trio of troublemaking kids. (NW) Rated PG

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THE GREAT ALASKAN RACE

Set in the mid-1920s, a band of dog sled racers travel hundreds of miles in subzero temperatures to deliver diphtheria medicine to a remote village. (NW) Rated PG

HARRIET

The humanitarian and abolitionist Harriet Tubman finally gets a biopic deserving of her legacy, anchored by an electric performance by Cynthia Erivo.

Old-fashioned filmmaking of the highest order. (MJ) Rated PG-13

JOKER

The Clown Prince gets his own origin story, with Joaquin Phoenix as a failed stand-up who violently lashes out at society. A Scorsese pastiche that’s not nearly as edgy as it thinks it is. (MJ) Rated R

JUDY

Renée Zellweger disappears into the role of legendary torch singer Judy Garland, whose career is falling apart in the final year of her life. The central performance is revelatory; the film itself is not.

(ES) Rated PG-13

THE LIGHTHOUSE

Robert Eggers’ follow-up to The Witch is another slow-burn period piece, with Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson as isolated lighthouse keepers going stir crazy. But unlike The Witch, this unnerving sea chantey is more bemusing than terrifying. (ES) Rated R

LINDA RONSTADT: THE SOUND OF MY VOICE

The towering rock vocalist receives the affectionate career retrospective treatment, looking back at her ground-

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The Sleeping Beauty villain returns, again played by Angelina Jolie and here going cheekbone to cheekbone with wicked queen Michelle Pfeiffer. The few good ideas of the original are traded in for endless spectacle resembling a video game cut-scene. (NW) Rated PG

MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN

Edward Norton directs and stars in this adaptation of Jonathan Lethem’s bestseller, a ’50s-set noir following a private dick with Tourette’s and his search for his mentor’s murderer. (NW) Rated R

THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON

A young man with Down syndrome and pro wrestling aspirations runs away from his care facility, teaming up with a down-and-out fisherman (Shia

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TERMINATOR: DARK FATE

The sixth Terminator installment finally brings Sarah Connor back into the fray.

Too bad it’s another rehash of what we’ve seen before, more evidence that this franchise remains stuck in the past.

(MJ) Rated R

WHERE’S MY ROY COHN?

A documentary portrait of controversial lawyer and political figure Roy Cohn, who held more behind-the-scenes clout than anyone could have imagined. At the Magic Lantern. (NW) Rated PG-13

ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP

A decade after the horror-comedy hit, our ragtag quartet of apocalypse survivors is back for more bloody adventures.

It’s hardly painful to sit through, but it’s not particularly funny and most of the jokes are retreads. (NW) Rated R n

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BY MARYANN JOHANSON

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id we need a sequel to The Shining, Stephen King’s novel or Stanley Kubrick’s iconic 1980 movie mounting of it? I would have said no. Doctor Sleep is, at least, based on a new-ish (2013) novel by King, but that’s nothing to get excited about lately: Hollywood’s recent attempts to bring the writer’s work to the big screen have been underwhelming — looking at you, Pet Sematary and both chapters of It. So I settled in, expecting a cinematic endurance test. And I was stunned and delighted to discover that that never happened. Writerdirector Mike Flanagan has made a film that is actually beautiful and unexpectedly delicate, one that defies current Hollywood notions of what constitutes horror.

Flanagan takes his time introducing us to his characters and their world, lets them breathe and live, yet is never less than totally engaging while doing so. It is simultaneously shocking and a huge relief to see a movie that doesn’t feel the need to rush, to jump right into plot. It feels grownup in a way that too few movies bother with nowadays.

It’s a solid hour into Doctor Sleep before anything approaching “horror” happens. It’s at least that long before you start to grasp how seemingly divergent story threads are going to interact, what these characters (who are not yet even aware of one another’s existence) are going to mean to one another, and even whether anyone is solidly villainous.

Not that there isn’t plenty unsettling here. For this is the tale of Danny Torrance — that’s right, the little boy from The Shining — now all grown up, and not coping at all well with the legacy of what happened in that remote, snowed-in hotel in the Colorado Rockies when he was a little boy.

Much of the early bits of Doctor Sleep are given

over to adult Danny’s navigation of his own trauma, self-medicating the PTSD that has come from his paranormal ability to communicate with the dead, his “shining.”

Ewan McGregor, as the adult Danny, turns in one of his best performances in ages, bringing a tenderness to Danny’s distress. Perhaps the most unnerving aspect of Doctor Sleep is how McGregor draws us so profoundly into Danny’s suffering, makes it so plausible even as the cause of it is entirely fantastical. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a story do better at making the fictional dichotomy between the invented uncanny and the human response to it feel so real.

Anyway, Danny finds a way to manage the supernatural shit he has to deal with. But then he encounters a tween girl, Abra Stone (newbie Kyliegh Curran, who almost steals the movie from McGregor), who shares his talent for the shining.

Because of it, she is being targeted by a group of supernaturally talented people led by Rose the Hat (Rebecca Ferguson, who is... chilling), who prey on children like Abra.

Doctor Sleep is too straightforward in style, too free of pretense and artsiness to be called Kubrickian — and DOCTOR SLEEP it seems obvious that there was Rated R no attempt on Directed by Mike Flanagan Starring Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Flanagan’s part to even aim for such Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran a mood — but this seems a worthy follow-up to the 1980 film nevertheless. There’s an honesty here that feels rare for a horror film, and it cements the strange and supernatural as undeniably authentic. Usually we have to suspend our disbelief to buy into a movie like Doctor Sleep. The fact that that seems unnecessary here — that’s really scary. n

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MUSICIANS — AND BARTLETT FANS — ON THE VENUE’S CLOSING Karli and Caleb Ingersoll, owners of the Bartlett.

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FACING THE MUSIC As the Bartlett prepares for its final concert, Karli and Caleb Ingersoll reflect on the highs and lows of owning a venue

BY NATHAN WEINBENDER

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hen Karli and Caleb Ingersoll announced in September that they were closing the Bartlett, the all-ages music venue they opened in late 2013, it was sort of a long time coming. Yes, it was a difficult decision. It was also an inevitability.

Each of them had proposed it at different times in the last couple years, only to have the other shoot it down. But for whatever reason, they finally found themselves on the same page, and took to Facebook to announce the closure.

“The only explanation we can give,” they wrote, “is that it’s time for us to move on.”

A month later, the Ingersolls are sitting in an orange vinyl booth in their other business venture — the Browne’s Addition nightlife spot Lucky You Lounge — and preparing for the Bartlett’s final shows. They talk about the venue with the bittersweet wistfulness of someone who has just called it quits on a long, tumultuous romance: They’re sad to see it end, but end it must.

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Both Karli and Caleb had been musicians within the local scene for years by the time they launched the Bartlett, envisioning it as the space they’d most like to play themselves. It hasn’t been a money-making venture for either of them — they estimate they’ve taken $15,000 in paychecks in nearly six years — but they say they’ve kept it open through a combination of personal stubbornness and a genuine affection for the space.

And so it has been a love-hate relationship, because the Bartlett is really a case of unavoidable in-betweens.

Consider that the venue needed to be full most nights a week in order to break even financially, but that required more hands-on help than was affordable. Throwing too many shows, however, has a tendency to oversaturate the market, which meant that some concerts would only draw audiences of 20 or fewer.

“It’s always been a weird middle ground — the more we do, the more it costs,” Caleb says. “And so there’s a point

ROB KOLAR OF CALIFORNIA ROCK DUO KOLARS It’s kind of everything you want out of a small club venue. Some venues feel like you’re on a conveyor belt.

The production staff treats the band like a commodity.

Music is about the community and the expression and the art. When venues start stripping that away, it takes the fun out of it. The Bartlett always maintained that authentic artistic mindset, which is really cool.

LOCAL HIP-HOP ARTIST DEVONTE PEARSON, AKA T.S THE SOLUTION The Bartlett was the example of how to take care of artists at every level. They provided an intimate setting, quality sound and a fun environment. They set the bar high for other venues; [they] made those who performed there feel like upper echelon. I’m thankful to be a part of their story.

JESSICA DOBSON OF DEEP SEA DIVER Karli and Caleb are also musicians, and they have that perfect combination of understanding how to create a really warm business environment. Obviously, you need to make money to keep things going, but there are venues in the country that go either of two ways — they’re artist-friendly, or not artist-friendly. The artist-friendly venues are the ones where you can tell someone there has been involved with music before, and they’re looking for those extra details. They wouldn’t have opened another venue if they didn’t love it, and I think they’ve learned a lot from the Bartlett.

LOCAL SINGER-SONGWRITER CAMI BRADLEY I think the Bartlett opening was one of the best things that’s happened to the music scene in Spokane. They care about the artists. Their sound was really good. I honestly think they had a hand in making the scene what it is now. I brag about it when I tour around the country. The care they put into what they do is way beyond what any other venue does.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER AND HOWARD HARDEE

MUSIC | VENUE where it doesn’t really matter.”

“We always had a hard time finding that sweet spot,” Karli says. “We love the Bartlett, but it is an enormous amount of work.

Daily upkeep is busier and more intense than this.” She’s referring to Lucky You, which has already settled into a comfortable groove since opening in May. The food menu has been successful, the stage has been graced by rock vets like Son Volt and Mudhoney, the basement bar hosts popular DJ sets on weekends and the weekly trivia nights have found an audience. Once the Bartlett shutters, all the Ingersolls’ focus will turn here.

“It’s endless amounts of potential, which is awesome and also kind of scary at the same time,” Karli says. “But we have a lot of time to figure out what works.”

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o if they could go back, what would they do differently with the Bartlett?

For starters, they never would have launched the shortlived Bartfest, a weekendlong festival that happened a mere 10 months after the venue first opened. It seemed like a good idea at the time: The Ingersolls say they were surpassing their financial progressions, and one concert after another was selling out.

But Bartfest, with its steep ticket price and steeper production cost, was a bust: “The bands that played had a great time, and the people that were there liked it, but there was hardly anybody there,” Karli says. “We just had no idea what we were doing and we really messed up.”

“It took us a long time to emotionally recover from that,” Caleb says. “And then financially, it was a really difficult blow to an already tiny business. That mistake has lived on.”

The layout of the Bartlett itself — not so much the performance area as the small attached bar — is also somewhat problematic.

“The way we designed the room is amazing for a live music experience, but not for selling product,” Caleb says. “It’s tough to get a drink in there when it’s busy.” They also considered remodeling the place, “but then you’re investing more money into this thing that might not actually show the return that you think it needs,” he says.

“It has made no business sense to keep it open. But we love it,” Karli says. “It’s so hard to close it because it leaves this huge hole. It’s my favorite place to see music.”

They’ve seen some of their favorite bands there, and have hosted a number of artists — including Angel Olsen, Future Islands, Whitney and Mandolin Orange — before their star power rose significantly. The Bartlett has also been on the frontlines of a recent boom in the local music scene: Karli says she’s particularly proud of artists who were open mic regulars that later headlined their own ticketed shows, and of the hip-hop scene that developed under the Bartlett’s roof.

“We’re seeing people collaborating and connecting over music that wouldn’t otherwise,” she says. “Our last show lineup is all over the map as far as genres, and I think that’s super cool.”

That final show, an all-evening shindig happening this Friday, will be something of a free-for-all, but it will also serve as a handy guide to the Bartlett’s short WEEKEND musical history. The lineup will C O U N T D OW N be fronted by acts that preGet the scoop on this date the Bartlett itself — Dead weekend’s events with Serious Lovers, Bandit Train, our newsletter. Sign up at Bristol, the Ingersolls’ own Inlander.com/newsletter. band Cathedral Pearls — as well as solo artists who were Bartlett regulars, including Kent Ueland of the Holy Broke and Northwest of Nashville founder Jenny Anne Mannan.

“It’s gonna be fun. I’m sure there will be some collaborating and some crying,” Karli says. “All the booze will be on sale.”

“And,” Caleb adds, “we’ll probably get another hole in the bathroom wall.” n Farewell to the Bartlett feat. Dead Serious Lovers, Bandit Train, Cathedral Pearls, Bristol and more • Fri, Nov. 8 at 5 pm • Free; donations accepted • All ages • The Bartlett • 228 W. Sprague • thebartlettspokane.com • 747-2174

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Object Space owners Bruce Hormann and Stephanie Roulet.

Object Space may be an art gallery first, but it’s also a welcoming venue for offbeat, experimental musicians

BY DARCY CAPUTO

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estled in the area of East Sprague that has been going through a period of revitalization resides a unique art gallery and music space, with a singular mission of providing a venue for noncommercial artists who would otherwise be neglected. One might be forgiven for having missed the spot, as it only recently established an online presence, and the doorway to the venue is almost hidden amongst the many small businesses and the ongoing facelift on the strip.

Located at 1818 1/2 E. Sprague in a secondfloor loft, Object Space has been welcoming artists of various mediums — locally and from around the world — to its 50-person-capacity venue since about 2003. Admittedly, the husband-and-wife team of Bruce Hormann and Stephanie Roulet are not entirely focused on promotion.

“Both of us work full-time jobs,” says Roulet.

“So we’re not able to give it all the absolute focus that maybe we would like.”

Nonetheless, the venue has been booking shows for over 15 years, whether it be visual or auditory, and reachable only by a single landline phone, which says a lot about the networking skills and word-of-mouth references they’ve depended on over the years.

“It’s all very random,” Roulet says. “Sometimes we won’t have a band show for six months, and then all of a sudden we’ll have three band shows in a week. It just happens!”

“We’ve had artists contact us to perform here from as far away as New York and Siberia,” Hormann adds. “In fact, I would consider these Siberian artists as my most recent favorite show that

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we hosted. And they were essentially referred to us

by Arrington de Dionyso, the experimental artist from Olympia, who came through town as part of his ‘This Saxophone Kills Fascists’ tour, which was a response to the ‘Pizzagate’ controversy, which is a bit of a long story.”

Initially, Object Space was Hormann’s brainchild until he joined forces with Roulet. Spending his high school years in Spokane, Hormann started creating cartoon-style work, which eventually evolved into doing band flyers, T-shirt designs, comics, fanzines and paintings in either acrylic or oil. He continued his studies at the Art Institute of Seattle and became inspired during this time with the potential that a collective art space in Spokane could provide the local arts scene.

“There’s always been a lot of creativity in Spokane and much of it can come out in noncommercial ways,” Hormann says. “There’s something fascinating to me about making specifically noncommercial art. My original idea for the space was to have my own livable personal art studio, as well as a collective space to showcase local art. Over the first few years I came to the realization that it was somewhat unfeasible to sustain a collective.”

While it is a full-time art gallery, Object Space’s take on music as performance has set it apart from other venues in town. Hormann continues his love for oft-overlooked musicians by hosting Psychic Radio on KYRS Fridays at 10 pm. The gallery’s next exposition, on Nov. 8, features Skygreen Leopards member Donovan Quinn opening for Six Organs of Admittance, both of San Francisco, performing what has been described as “new folk” and “psych folk” with experimental elements.

“I’ve always been fascinated by experimental music, or otherwise referred to as noise music,” Hormann says. “As a visual artist, I was always interested in this medium because of the crossover appeal. To me, experimental music is more akin to art in general — or rather performance art. … And there were already plenty of venues around town for music, but there weren’t any venues in town for noise artists.

“And that limits expression for a lot of creative types. We wanted to have a space where artists could propose something, which could be anything, really. We try to be supportive of the artists as much as possible and let them do what they want to do. The point for us is a passion for art.” n Six Organs of Admittance and Donovan Quinn • Fri, Nov. 8 at 7 pm • $10 • All ages • Object Space • 1818 1/2 E. Sprague • 340-3934

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MUSIC | SOUND ADVICE

SOFT ROCK RICHARD MARX

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ichard Marx is as synonymous with ’80s adult contemporary as luxurious manes of hair and soft-focus music videos, and those things no doubt helped him secure massive hits with “Right Here Waiting” and “Hold On to the Nights.” But what you might not know is that Marx has worked behind the scenes as well as in the spotlight, writing and producing songs for dozens of artists, from Kenny Rogers to Toni Braxton to NSYNC to Keith Urban. He’s also quite the cut-up on Twitter, poking good-natured fun at the (admittedly cheesy) excesses of his solo output.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER Richard Marx • Sun, Nov. 10 at 7:30 pm • $49-$69 • All ages • Northern Quest Resort & Casino • 100 N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights • northernquest.com • 481-2800

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Thursday, 11/7

A&P’S BAR AND GRILL, Open Mic BABY BAR, Lashes, Wasted Breath, Ghostdivorce J THE BARTLETT, Polyrhythmics, Nat Park and the Tunnels of Love BERSERK, Vinyl Meltdown BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn J THE BIG DIPPER, We Were Giants, Ghost Heart, In-Flux J BOOTS BAKERY & LOUNGE, The Song Project BRIDGE PRESS CELLARS, Open Mic J BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB, Open Jazz Jam with Erik Bowen CRUISERS, Open Jam Night FIZZIE MULLIGANS, Country Dance J J MARTIN WOLDSON THEATER AT THE FOX, Kip Moore, Kylie Morgan J HOUSE OF SOUL, Jazz Thursdays J LAGUNA CAFÉ, Just Plain Darin LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Jonathan Tibbitts LION’S LAIR, Karaoke LUCKY YOU LOUNGE, The Holy Broke J MONARCH MOUNTAIN COFFEE, Open Mic Hosted by Scott Reid MOOSE LOUNGE, Last Chance Band MY PLACE, DJ Dave THE NYC PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos PACIFIC PIZZA, DASH, Mountains in the Sea, Ray Badness THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos THE ROCK BAR & LOUNGE, Jam Series TAPP’D OFF, Karaoke on the Patio ZOLA, Blake Braley Band

Friday, 11/8

219 LOUNGE, Harold’s IGA 1210 TAVERN, Jan Harrison Blues Experience ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS, Justin James BARLOWS AT LIBERTY LAKE, Into the Drift Duo

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here are a lot of bands floating around dedicated to paying tribute to Pink Floyd, but Portland’s Pigs on the Wing brings a distinctly Northwest flavor to their shows. Made up of ace indie musicians, these Pigs deliver aggressive takes on the classics, nodding to the originals’ precise structures while adding some improvisational energy to the proceedings. At this show, they’ll be performing Pink Floyd’s Animals album in one set, then selections of their favorites from the Roger Waters era in another, all accompanied by a spectacular light and projection show.

— DAN NAILEN Pigs on the Wing: A Tribute to Pink Floyd • Sat, Nov. 9 at 8 pm • $25 • All ages • Bing Crosby Theater • 901 W. Sprague • bingcrosbytheater.com • 227-7638 J J THE BARTLETT, Farewell to The Bartlett feat. Cathedral Pearls, Dead Serious Lovers, Blake Braley, Jenny Anne Mannan, T.S The Solution & more (see page 32) BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn J THE BIG DIPPER, CobraJet, Jacob Vanknowe, Three Sixty BOLO’S, Alley Cat BOOMBOX PIZZA, Karaoke BRIDGE PRESS CELLARS, Sara Brown Band J BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB, Brothers from Other Mothers CALYPSOS COFFEE ROASTERS, The Guitar Students of Son of Brad CHINOOK STEAK, PASTA AND SPIRITS (CDA CASINO), Nick Grow CORBY’S BAR, Karaoke COSMIC COWBOY GRILL, Ron Greene CRUISERS, Karaoke with Gary CURLEY’S, Tuck Foster & The Tumbling Dice THE FISCHIN’ HOLE SALOON, Dallas Kay HONEY EATERY AND SOCIAL CLUB, Dawna Stafford

IDAHO POUR AUTHORITY, The Locals IRON GOAT BREWING CO., Dario Ré with Tim Gales and Starry IRON HORSE (COEUR D’ALENE), Gigawatt LUCKY YOU LOUNGE, DJ Storme MARYHILL WINERY, Nic Vigil MAX AT MIRABEAU, Kosta La Vista MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL, The Other White Meat MOOSE LOUNGE, The Cruizers J MULLIGAN’S BAR & GRILLE, Just Plain Darin MY PLACE, DJ Dave NASHVILLE NORTH, Ladies Night with Luke Jaxon and DJ Tom NIGHTHAWK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), Haze THE NYC PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos J J OBJECT SPACE, Six Organs of Admittance & Donovan Quinn (see page 33) PATIT CREEK CELLARS, Ken Davis In Transit PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Ron Kieper THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos

THE ROXIE, Karaoke with Tom J SARANAC COMMONS, Kevin Partridge STORMIN’ NORMAN’S SHIPFACED SALOON, DJ Danger T’S LOUNGE, Tyler Alai, Jason Perry ZOLA, Sammy Eubanks

Saturday, 11/9

12 TRIBES RESORT CASINO, The Company Band 219 LOUNGE, P.B. & Jam ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS, Spare Parts Duo BARLOWS AT LIBERTY LAKE, The Kevin Shay Band BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn J J BING CROSBY THEATER, Pigs on the Wing: A Tribute to Pink Floyd (see above) BOLO’S, Alley Cat BRANDYWINE BAR & BOTTLE SHOP, Starlite Motel J BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB, Jake Hanchey THE BULL HEAD, Last Chance Band, Joey Anderson

CHINOOK STEAK, PASTA AND SPIRITS (CDA CASINO), Nick Grow COSMIC COWBOY GRILL, Rusty Jackson CRUISERS, Drastic Down, Wandering I, Day in Eternity CURLEY’S, Tuck Foster & The Tumbling Dice GARLAND PUB & GRILL, Roundabout HAPPY TRAILS TO BREWS, Geoff Lake THE HIVE, Dodgy Mountain Men, Moonshine Mountain, Baregrass HOGFISH, Toy Boat Toy Boat Toy Boat, Scatterbox, Almost Anything HOP MOUNTAIN TAPROOM AND GRILL, Christy Lee J HUCKLEBERRY’S NATURAL MARKET, Tin Cup Monkey IDAHO POUR AUTHORITY, John Firshi IRON HORSE (CDA), Gigawatt THE JACKSON ST., Karaoke JOHN’S ALLEY, Scott Pemberton Power Trio J KNITTING FACTORY, Gramatik, Opiuo, Balkan Bump LUCKY YOU LOUNGE, Wovenhand; DJ True Justice

MARYHILL WINERY, Katie Fisher MAX AT MIRABEAU, Kosta La Vista MOOSE LOUNGE, The Cruizers MULLIGAN’S, Son of Brad NASHVILLE NORTH, Ladies Night with Luke Jaxon and DJ Tom NIGHTHAWK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), Haze THE NYC PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Perfect Mess J THE PIN, Nekromantix, Stellar Corpses, The Dead Channels, The Lucitones POST FALLS BREWING COMPANY, Kicho REPUBLIC BREWING CO., Nathaniel Talbot and Benji Nagler THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos ST. MARIES EAGLES LODGE, JamShack STORMIN’ NORMAN’S SHIPFACED SALOON, DJ Danger THE VIKING, Thrown Out Bones, The Sovereign Trio TRAILBREAKER CIDER, Jan Harrison Blues Experience WESTWOOD BREWING, Sam Leyde ZOLA, Sammy Eubanks

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Sunday, 11/10

CRAVE, DJ Dave DALEY’S CHEAP SHOTS, Rev. Yo’s VooDoo Church of Blues Jam GARLAND PUB & GRILL, Karaoke HOGFISH, Open Mic LINGER LONGER LOUNGE, Open Jam LUCKY YOU LOUNGE, Zonky Night feat. Zonky Jazz Band & Hot Club of Spokane MARYHILL WINERY, Joshua Belliardo J J NORTHERN QUEST RESORT & CASINO, Richard Marx (see facing page) THE NYC PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos O’DOHERTY’S, Traditional Irish Music PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Piano Sunday with Bob Beadling RED ROOM LOUNGE, Jason Perry Trio THE ROXIE, Hillyard Billys J SOUTH HILL GRILL, Just Plain Darin ZOLA, Glass Honey

Monday, 11/11

BABY BAR, John Calvin Abney, Eliza Catastrophe THE BULL HEAD, Songsmith Series J CALYPSOS COFFEE ROASTERS, Open Mic COSMIC COWBOY GRILL, Kyle Swaffard CRAVE, DJ Dave EICHARDT’S, Monday Night Jam with Truck Mills THE NYC PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos RED ROOM LOUNGE, Open Mic with Lucas Brookbank Brown ZOLA, Perfect Mess

Tuesday, 11/12

219 LOUNGE, Karaoke with DJ Pat BOOMBOX PIZZA, Karaoke CRAVE, DJ Dave GARLAND PUB & GRILL, Karaoke LITZ’S BAR & GRILL, The ShuffleDawgs Blues Power Happy Hour THE NYC PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos J THE PIN, Romaro Franceswa, Perry Porter, YoungSmoke, Daniel Taylor, Jay Avenue RAZZLE’S BAR & GRILL, Songsmith Series feat. Tommy G THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Country Swing Dancing THE ROXIE, Open Mic/Jam SWEET LOU’S RESTAURANT AND TAP HOUSE, Gemeni Dei TAPP’D OFF, Karaoke on the Patio THE VIKING, Songsmith Series ZOLA, Desperate 8s

Wednesday, 11/13

219 LOUNGE, Truck Mills & Mike Thompson BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn J BLACK DIAMOND, Songsmith Series feat. Darren Eldridge CRAVE, DJ Dave CRUISERS, Open Jam Night Hosted by The Jam Band DI LUNA’S CAFE, Isabelle Stillman, Ben Olson & Josh Hedlund GENO’S TRADITIONAL FOOD & ALES, Open Mic IRON HORSE (COEUR D’ALENE), Open Jam THE JACKSON ST., Karaoke LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Carey Brazil LION’S LAIR, Storme LUCKY YOU LOUNGE, SoDown with Megan Hamilton LUCKY’S IRISH PUB, DJ D3VIN3 MAD BOMBER BREWING COMPANY, Open Mic THE NYC PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos ONE WORLD CAFE, Romaro Franceswa with Perry Porter J POOLE’S PUBLIC HOUSE (SOUTH HILL), Just Plain Darin RED ROOM LOUNGE, Blowin’ Kegs Jam Session THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos SOULFUL SOUPS & SPIRITS, Open Mic STORMIN’ NORMAN’S SHIPFACED SALOON, Steve Starkey ZOLA, Cruxie

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J KNITTING FACTORY, Matisyahu, Nov. 14 J MARTIN WOLDSON THEATER AT THE FOX, Ray LaMontagne, Nov. 14 J THE BIG DIPPER, Hirie, RDGLDGRN, Tunnel Vision, Nov. 15 THE HIVE, Sugarhill Gang, Grandmaster Mele Mel, Nov. 15 LUCKY YOU LOUNGE, Tyrone Wells, Dan Rodriguez, Nov. 15 J KNITTING FACTORY, Hippo Campus, The Greeting Committee, Nov. 16 LUCKY YOU LOUNGE, Trego, Mother Yeti, Nov. 16 LUCKY YOU LOUNGE, That 1 Guy, Nov. 19

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MYRTLE WOLDSON PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AT GONZAGA

UNIVERSITY presents

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CALIFORNIA GUITAR TRIO + MONTREAL GUITAR TRIO THURSDAY, NOV 14, 7:30 PM

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

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COMEDY WHAT A VOICE

What hasn’t Gilbert Gottfried done? He was a cast member on Saturday Night Live. He’s been a character actor and a game show personality and a podcast host. But it’s his trademark voice — somehow raspy and squeaky at the same time — that made Gottfried instantly recognizable, and it has translated into countless voiceover gigs, including stints as the parrot Iago in the Aladdin movies and the Aflac duck. But long before he found crossover fame — and before he developed that screeching delivery — Gottfried was a stand-up comedian, and you might be struck by how edgy and subversive and downright funny his material is. He’s no mere cartoon character.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER Gilbert Gottfried • Thu-Fri, Nov. 7-8 at 7:30 pm • $18-$30 • 21+ • Spokane Comedy Club • 315 W. Sprague • spokanecomedyclub.com • 318-9998

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WORDS WELCOME, NEIGHBOR!

COMMUNITY GET FOLKY

Tiffany Midge • Thu, Nov. 14 at 7 pm • Free • Auntie’s Bookstore • 402 W. Main • auntiesbooks.com • 838-0206

Spokane Fall Folk Festival • Sat, Nov. 9 from 11 am-10 pm and Sun, Nov. 10 from 11 am-5 pm • Free • All ages • Spokane Community College Lair • 1810 N. Greene St. • spokanefolkfestival.org

Tiffany Midge is the poet laureate of Moscow, Idaho, and a noteworthy Native voice among Pacific Northwest writers (she’s a citizen of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe). She’s also pretty hilarious in the way she blends humor and social commentary in everything from the columns she once wrote for Indian Country Today to her poetry and essays that have landed her spots in McSweeney’s and other literary journals. She’s swinging through Spokane for a reading and discussion of her new memoir Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese’s, which Midge uses to address pop culture, feminism, politics and race in ways that should make for a fascinating and highly entertaining live event.

— DAN NAILEN

Celebrate traditional and ethnic art in all its many forms during the 24th annual Spokane Fall Folk Festival. Taking over the Spokane Community College’s Lair, the annual event attracts several thousand spectators and performers who come together to share their love for all genres of regional folk music: Celtic, bluegrass, blues, African, Asian, Middle Eastern and then some. Attendees can enjoy more than 100 performers of music, dance and other art forms on eight stages throughout the venue, which also hosts a live radio show taping for KPBX (91.1 FM) on Saturday and a traditional New England-style contra dance to close out festivities on both evenings.

— CHEY SCOTT

SPORTS WORLD-TRAVELED HOOPERS

There’s no other show quite like the Harlem Globetrotters’ exciting blend of athleticism, comedic antics and theater on the hardwood. Watching the Globetrotters handily defeat the Generals (with a bag of tricks in hand) once again is something that really needs to be seen to be understood. Spokane is getting its chance on Nov. 14, when the Globetrotters return to the Spokane Arena. This year’s event boasts even more opportunities for fans to get in on the action, with over 20 chances for fans to interact with the athletes before, during and after each game, a 30 percent increase from last year. Maybe you’ll be able to say that you got to participate — but you’ll only know if you go.

— CONNOR GILBERT Harlem Globetrotters • Thu, Nov. 14 at 7 pm • $25.50-$103.50 • Spokane Arena • 720 W. Mallon • spokanearena.com • 279-7000

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MUSIC A DIFFERENT SOUND

Calling a performance by Nights of Grief and Mystery a “concert” probably sells the experience short. The group isn’t a band, exactly, but rather a collective loosely gathered around author/theologian Stephen Jenkinson and musician Gregory Hoskins. Jenkinson wrote a book called Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul that addressed grief, death and living a full life. He’s a natural storyteller, and the performances blend spoken word and music, much of it revolving around death and surviving loss, all of it informed by his years working as director of children’s grief at Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital.

If it sounds intense, well, it undoubtedly is, but Jenkinson’s been touring for a quarter-century because of the joy in his shows.

— DAN NAILEN Nights of Grief and Mystery • Wed, Nov. 13 at 7 pm • $39 • All ages • Bing Crosby Theater • 901 W. Sprague • bingcrosbytheater.com • 227-7638

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mystery man, I asked myself? What’s the cool story here? I hope one day to find out your cool story here and or see you downtown again, making the streets come alive.

One rarely meets someone who looks like they stepped right out of a movie in real life. Amazing!

CHEERS

I SAW YOU SERIOUSLY CUTE SIRIUS I saw you at Tony’s annual Halloween party, looking Seriously amazing as Sirius Black. The outfit was on point as was your taste in grub. It’s no trick that it was a treat spending time with you.

A CHEESY GOOD TIME I saw you at the Onion on Saturday night. Amidst the crazy, you were calm and collected. That flirtatious grin was pretty great too.

Bourbon drinks and cougar gold dip on me next time?

HEY BABE Just wanted to say I love you Gub! <3 since you always look at this section. Love you soooo much baby. You’re the man of my dreams and most amazing person ever!!!! XOXO :* -Your loving Fiance <3 STREET QUAKING BLACK HOT ROD I was slowly gliding up to a red stop light in my gray silver bullet Prius. I had black hair, blue eyes. I could hear and feel the engine and muffler on your black hotrod quaking and vibrating the street, the car and even my body. Your hot rod was black. I figured it was an older guy at first since I saw gray hair. Then you turned my way as the light turned green with your cigarette. I was shocked you looked more my age as I quickly went ahead at the green light.

I wondered if you were a ghost cruising downtown looking for a race. Who is this

GIRL IN WINCOS IN VEGETABLE SECTION Hey didn’t catch your name, I was shopping with my fiance and trying to figure out which spaghetti squash was the best to buy and you helped me, just wanted to say thanks a lot!!! Was literally THE BEST thing I’ve ever tasted!!! Thanks for suggestion. <3 . -Fellow girl shopper :D CHEERS TO THE COMCAST EMPLOYEE! On Wednesday, Oct. 30th at approximately 1:20 PM, I was waiting at the light at the intersection of Knox and Argonne. To my horror, I saw a young toddler slip away from his caretaker and run towards traffic.

A Comcast employee jumped out of his company van and grabbed the child just before he ran into the road! I wish I knew who you were because you deserve the highest praise for your heroic action!

ST. PATRICK’S DAY = MADCAP MARCH! Within 5 minutes of meeting, you pulled me onto the dance floor — and what a metaphor for living fully that will always remain...! From Priest Lake to Sandpoint, from this fair city to yours, from me to you, I will always toast to you, Monsieur Amazing! I will always wonder, too, if you’re the story behind the story Doug Block is telling — and will forever miss you, and dream of Paris, and French paintings... with you! Meet me at Limerence Craft Brewing Fellowship for more shenanigans sometime...

EXCELLENT LOCAL EMBROIDERY BUSINESS Thank you for the wonderful experience with my embroidery order! I recently had a hard time finding a company that would take my small order. When I reached out to Royal Threads Embroidery, Spokane Valley, I was met with compassion. My order was handled quickly, the

cost was less, and the quality surpassed what I was expecting. I would highly recommend anyone who needs embroidery for personal or professional reasons go and ask for Dave. You won’t be disappointed!!

JEERS WELCOME TO SPOKANE! For those of you newer to Spokane, more than likely due to either your employer or education, here’s an introduction or perhaps a challenge!

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HOMELESSNESS IS NOT AN ILLNESS I am a registered nurse, with 40 years experience. I own my home and 2 other properties. Yet 30 years ago after fleeing an abusive marriage I found myself homeless and unable to get a job as I was 7 months pregnant. Thankfully I had family that was able to take me and my two children in. I had been a working member of society since the age of 15. For the first time in my life I was on Welfare and food stamps. It was a harrowing and shameful experience for me. I don’t know what I

ment of social health services. It is deeply flawed and promotes unemployment for people who are diagnosed with many of the debilitating mental illnesses. They are “signed up” for SSI without any provisions or stipulations to be emerged back into society that would actually help people instead of fearing them and just wanting to get rid of them. Why can’t Spokane be the city of second chances instead of ZERO TOLERANCE? ALL CAN BE FORGIVEN To whoever is

One rarely meets someone who looks like they stepped right out of a movie in real life. Amazing!

1. Try to get through any large grocery store without hearing over the intercom the following or similar phrase: “Can we get a security scan on aisles 12, 13, and 14”. 2. Try to get through downtown (and increasingly in other areas of the city) without hearing the following or similar question from a complete stranger hanging out on the street: “Hey...do you have a couple bucks so I can get a beer?”. 3.

Try to make it past most or all box stores without seeing someone who has access to cardboard and good quality permanent black markers holding up a sign asking for money (perhaps for more markers). 4. Try to have a run on trails by the river without seeing multiple tents and garbage piled up outside those tents along it. 5. Try to make it into a grocery store without being asked by someone standing around outside if you don’t have any money that you can give them. 6. Try to spot any type of security presence in any of the above mentioned areas. Welcome to Spokane!

Be sure to keep plenty of cash on hand.

Also, don’t go close to the river. It’s pretty, but the garbage and needles make the areas hazardous.

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would have done if our city had said “get out” instead of holding us together with the assistance I had to accept. My good friends brother just passed away at age 48 in California. She’s a nurse as well and went to be by his side and noticed the staff’s judgmental attitude towards him, as he was a recovering alcoholic and homeless just out of rehab. She called a meeting and told them this: “I just want you to know that he matters to us. We are a family of second chances. Second third and fourth chances. However many it takes. It doesn’t matter the choices he has made we know his heart and he is part of our family.” If Spokane really wants to help out the homeless, provide the much needed warming shelters. It doesn’t necessarily mean buying land and building a new facility. There are 2 empty KMART stores that would be perfect location for warming shelters. Churches and charities would be more than willing to provide food and bedding, as well as supply volunteers to man the soup kitchen. until permanent shelter could be assigned.

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ripping me off. Not understanding the why for stealing my Ryobi Auto-Hammer nailer with 2 new batteries, charger, case and literature and leaving a pair of size 12 Adidas sneakers in the back porch of my house where you stole my equipment.

What’s the message here? If this is a game I don’t want to play it...I need that equipment to help another good soul fix my roof. Lost my wife 5 months ago and have had gas stolen 2 months ago. I’m sort of reaching a point where I can’t afford to be as forgiving any more. My neighbors will be watching. Bring back my property and we’ll move on... you’ve been warned. n

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BENEFIT

GENERATION ALIVE IGNITE! FUNDRAISER An evening of food and spirits, an auction and a unique, hands-on experience as guests take part in packing 5,000 meals to feed families in the Spokane area. Nov. 7, 6-9 pm. $100.

Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. generationalive.org ARTISANS & CRAFTERS SHOW Local artisans and crafters display creative wares at the 6th annual show. Items include bath/skin care, books, cards, clothing, encaustic media, herbs/tinctures/oils, jewelry, ornaments, paintings, pottery, prints and more. Proceeds benefit the Woman’s Club. Nov. 9, 10 am-6 pm and Nov. 10, 10 am-4 pm. $2.

Woman’s Club of Spokane, 1428 W. 9th. womansclubspokane.org (838-5667) LITTLE BLACK DRESS FUNDRAISER The fourth Annual Bonner Homeless Transitions fundraiser helps the nonprofit provide transitional housing and program management services to homeless families and victims of domestic violence in Bonner County.

Event includes hors d’oeuvres, silent/ live auction and no-host bar. Nov. 9, 5 pm. $25. Ponderay Events Center, 401 Bonner Mall Way. (208-263-0271) BREAKING BARRIERS SPOKANE Disability Rights Washington’s inaugural fundraiser features appetizers, local beer/wine and a raffle. Also meet DRW staff, learn more about what DRW does, make community connections, and more! To request other accommodations, email info@dr-wa.org. Nov. 13, 5-7:30 pm. $25. Nectar Catering & Events, 120 N. Stevens St. disabilityrightswa.ejoinme.org (206-324-1521) SPOKANE WRITERS SUPPORTING KIDS IN NEED OF DEFENSE Twenty Spokane writers each read a poem or two at this fast-paced smorgasbord of words with the goal to raise money for KIND, an organization that works to protect the rights of children migrating alone or who are caught in the crosshairs of our current immigration crisis.

Nov. 13, 7-8:30 pm. Community Building, 35 W. Main. bit.ly/33r0N2J WOMEN AGAINST HUNGER An evening to end hunger and poverty in our community, featuring gourmet fare by the American Culinary Federation Chefs de Cuisine of the Inland Northwest.

Also includes silent auction packages, a wine pull and the first annual VS Hunger award presentation. Nov. 13, 5:308:30 pm. $75. Spokane Club, 1002 W. Riverside. WomenAgainstHunger.org

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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 Ave. facebook.com/districtbarspokane/ GILBERT GOTTFRIED After spending years mastering the art of stand-up comedy, SNL producers became aware of Gottfried and, in 1980, hired him as a cast member. Nov. 7-8 at 7:30 pm. $18-$30. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com PAULA POUNDSTONE LIVE! The comedian and frequent panelist on NPR’s “Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me!” returns to the Bing. Nov. 7, 7:30 pm. $50. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. bingcrosbytheater.com (227-7404) AGT COMEDIAN RYAN NIEMILLER Despite being born with a disability

in both arms, Niemiller, the self-proclaimed “Cripple Threat of Comedy” shares his views of the world from the perspective of the handicapped. Nov. 8, 8 pm and Nov. 9, 9 pm. $26-$35. Bridge Press Cellars, 39 W. Pacific Ave. bridgepresscellars.com (838-7815) JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER Pick a genre, subject matter, time period, and the world wide web will help us find the book. Fridays in November at 7:30 pm. $8. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.com (747-7045) SAFARI The BDT’s version of “Whose Line,” a fast-paced short-form improv show with a few twists added. Fridays at 7:30 pm. $8. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.com DRINK N DEBATE A monthly improv comedy competition featuring four teams of three comedians from across the Pacific Northwest. Nov. 10, 7:30 pm. $5/$10. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com SHARK TANK & THE BISCUIT The local podcast records and streams live every Monday night at 6:30 pm from the Checkerboard. Free. Checkerboard Bar, 1716 E. Sprague. facebook.com/sharktankandthebiscuit THE UGLY MIC A no-host, open-mic comedy show every Monday night at 8 pm. Message facebook.com/theuglymic to sign up for one of ten, 10 minute sets. Free. Checkerboard Bar, 1716 E. Sprague. facebook.com/theuglymic B SIMONE & SPECIAL GUEST PRETTY VEE Braelyn Greenfield, better known as B.Simone, hails from Dallas, and spent the majority of her adult life in the south. Simone is cast member on the MTV hit tv show Wild N’ Out. Nov. 12, 7 pm. $30-$50. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. (318-9998) NYC COMEDY NIGHT The NYC Piano Bar presents a night of comedy with headliner Deece Casillas, recently voted Inland NW Best Comic. Nov. 12, 7-8:30 pm. $8. The NYC Piano Bar, 313 Sherman Ave. (208-930-1504)

COMMUNITY

EXHIBIT: THE HANFORD SITE This exhibit shares what it was like to live in a town centered around a top secret project and what is done at the decommissioned Hanford site today, exploring the science and history behind Hanford.

Nov. 1-30; open daily during library hours. Free. North Spokane Library, 44 E. Hawthorne Rd. (893-8350) RIGHTFULLY HERS An exhibit commemorating the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, on display at the Colfax, Colton, Endicott, LaCrosse, Malden, Palouse, Rosalia, St. John, Tekoa and Uniontown branches of Whitman County Library.

Open daily through Nov. 30 during library hours. whitco.lib.wa.us HOLIDAY CRAFT FAIR The annual fair features locally made crafts and art.

A portion of each sale benefits the Friends of the Library. Nov. 8-9 from 10 am-5 pm. Free. Coeur d’Alene Public Library, 702 E. Front Ave. cdalibrary.org JUBILEE INTERNATIONAL FAIR TRADE MARKETPLACE An annual celebration of fairly traded handcrafts from around the world. Dozens of vendors from all corners of the globe display goods, the sale of which supports women in difficult circumstances who are starting businesses, adults with

disabilities gaining new life skills and a way to make an income, and communities who want to share their culture and make a fair wage. Nov. 8, 10 am-7 pm; Nov. 9, 9 am-4 pm. Free. First Presbyterian Church, 318 S. Cedar St. bit. ly/2AYOGgw (509-747-1058) CHRISTMAS FAIRE & BAZAAR The annual holiday bazaar offers baked and canned goods, ornaments, bath products, candles, vintage items and more, including a raffle, silent auction, pastries and tea, lunch and photos with St. Nicholas. Nov. 9, 9 am-2 pm. Free admission. St. John’s Cathedral, 127 E. 12th Ave. stjohns-cathedral.org (838-4277) FATHER DAUGHTER BALL The 7th annual ball and presentation of the Sonora Smart Dodd Father of the Year Award. The event’s purpose is to bring awareness to the vital role dads’ play in their daughter’s life, and to create a fun and memorable event for dads and daughters. Nov. 9, 6:30 pm. $0-$50.

CenterPlace Regional Event Center, 2426 N. Discovery Place Dr. (688-0300) INLAND NW TOY SHOW CLASSIC Buy, sell and trade vintage, new and collectible toys. Kids 12 and under are free.

Nov. 9. $4-$10. Spokane County Fair & Expo Center, 404 N. Havana St. facebook.com/InlandNWToyShowClassic/ NORTHWEST UNDERGRADUATE CONFERENCE IN HUMANITIES The annual conference celebrates the intellectual and creative achievements of undergraduate students from around the region and allows them an opportunity to present their work in a public and professional academic setting. This year’s keynote speaker is acclaimed Spokane author Jess Walter, author of eight books including the No. 1 New York Times bestselling novel “Beautiful Ruins.” Nov. 9, 9 am-7:30 pm. $30-$35.

North Idaho College, 1000 W. Garden Ave. nic.edu/nwhumanitiesconference FACES OF VALOR A preservation project dedicated to memorializing the legacy of the “Greatest Generation” through the collection of oral history accounts from the last veterans of World War II and the Korean War. In commemoration of Veterans’ Day, Scott Davis, project creator and a GU history student, shares inside story of his efforts and video highlights of his collected stories of our local war heroes. Nov. 10, 2-4 pm. Free. Shadle Library, 2111 W. Wellesley Ave. spokanelibrary.org SPOKANE FALL FOLK FESTIVAL The 24th annual festival of the Spokane Folklore Society features eight stages of traditional and ethnic dance, music, workshops, special entertainment, crafts and jamming, along with an artisan vendor area, live KPBX Radio show and New England contra dance. Nov. 9 from 11 am-10 pm and Nov. 10 from 11 am-5 pm. Free. Spokane Community College, 1810 N. Greene St. spokanefolkfestival.org (533-7000) THE LAKOTA OF THE PINE RIDGE INDIAN RESERVATION The Pine Ridge Reservation is located among some of the poorest counties of the U.S. and has the lowest life expectancy and highest infant mortality rate of anywhere in America. Gail Lesperance of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa speaks about the assistance she’s been able to provide to the Lakota on the reservation. Held as part of SPL’s events celebrating Native American Heritage Month. Nov. 11, 6:30-7:30 pm. Free.

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noop Dogg — one of the most successful people in history at straddling the line between being high out of his mind while also completely accepted by a mainstream audience — is in a great place to make educated commentary on the legalization of marijuana.

On Oct. 26 at the Revolt Summit in Los Angeles, while speaking on a panel about the cannabis industry, Snoop Dogg called for the implementation of a “minority clause” in legislation legalizing cannabis.

“I think there should be some sort of minority clause, the way that they do in sports with the NBA and the NFL, where they make certain rules where the minority has to get the first dibs,” Snoop said.

In August, the Washington Liquor and Cannabis Board said basically the exact same thing.

As part of a set of proposed changes to the state’s regulation of legal marijuana, referred to as “Cannabis 2.0,” the Liquor and Cannabis Board proposed implementing what it calls a “social equity” program. The state initially allowed for 500 retail marijuana li...continued on page 42

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Under the proposed changes, those 11 licences could be reissued to businesses owned by minorities, veterans, women or members of another protected class. It would also bar applicants who are majority owners in another licenced cannabis business from being considered.

Which is exactly what Snoop Dogg called for in the second half of his statement.

“Like, you gotta be somebody of color or somebody from that community to get first in action and then the rest of you [expletive] with money get action,” Snoop said. “Because it shouldn’t be based on no money.”

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Nov. 11, 5:30 pm. Free/$20. University of Idaho, 709 S Deakin. (208-885-6111) VETERANS DAY CEREMONY: HONORING THOSE WHO SERVED The Spokane VA Medical Center joins leadership and members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 51 for Spokane’s annual Veterans Day Ceremony. Includes a display on the concourse for viewing after the ceremony. Nov. 11, 10 am.

Free. Spokane Arena, 720 W. Mallon Ave. spokanearena.com (279-7000) VFP RECLAIMS ARMISTICE DAY Spokane Veterans For Peace hosts an open mic session, opening with the traditional ringing of the bell 11 times at 11 am.​Members give brief descriptions of their organization and positions on issues involving war, veterans and cultural violence before opening the mic for remarks, readings, poems or songs, up to three minutes. Nov. 11, 11 am. Free. Community Building, 35 W. Main. community-building.org SCIENCE CAFÉ: FROM BATTERIES TO THE COSMOS Hear about science from the everyday to the celestial. The chemistry Nobel prize this year was awarded for key developments in the lithium-ion battery. The physics Nobel prize was awarded for advances in our understanding of the cosmos. Nov. 12, 6-8 pm. Free. Bene’s, 24 W. First St., Cheney. (706-461-1627) WHY THE BLACK PRESS IS MORE IMPORTANT NOW THAN EVER This presentation looks at the role that Black newspapers, like Spokane’s Black Lens, play in addressing media bias and racism. Nov. 12, 6-7:30 pm. Free. East Side Library, 524 S. Stone St. (444-5331) DIABETES DAY The event includes a Q&A with a healthcare provider, food demonstrations, information booths, blood glucose checks and risk assessments are also be available. Nov. 14, 3-6 pm. Free. Kootenai Health Campus, 2003 Kootenai Health Way. DiabetesDay2019.eventbrite.com

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Panida Theater, 300 N. First. panida.org SFP PANEL: WHAT IS A DIRECTOR? A discussion about directing in television and film, and the variety of director types in the business. Nov. 9, 10 am.

Free. Community-Minded Television, 104 W. Third. community-minded.org WARREN MILLER’S TIMELESS Presented by the Alpine Shop, watch the world’s best skiers and riders cover ground in some of the most legendary destinations. Nov. 9, 7-10 pm. $15. Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave. warrenmiller.com (208-255-7801) MOVIE NIGHT: OBIT. LIFE ON A DEADLINE The first documentary to explore the world of obituary writers and their subjects, focusing on the legendary team at The New York Times, who approach their daily work with journalistic rigor and narrative flair.

Nov. 13, 6-7:30 pm. Free. Downtown Spokane Library, 906 W. Main Ave. spokanelibrary.org (444-5300) THURSDAY MATINEE MOVIE CLASSICS: PALE RIDER The second of four films based on “The Western: Myth, Legend and Reality.” All showings in the Eric A. Johnston Auditorium. Nov. 14, 1:30 pm. $7. The MAC, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org

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Nov. 9, 3:30-4:30 pm. Free. Hillyard Library, 4005 N. Cook St. (444-5300) HOLIDAY WINE BARREL TASTING Taste 2019 wine and compare with samples of wine aging in barrels in the cellar. Also includes live music, wine tasting Music, appetizers and more.

Nov. 9, 12-5 pm. Free. China Bend Winery, 3751 Vineyard Way, Kettle Falls. chinabend.com (509-732-6123) INDABA’S 10-YEAR CELEBRATION Celebrate at a party and latte art competition at the Riverside location.

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Advice Goddess A LABOR OF LEAVE

I haven’t had sex since my last breakup, and I’m all lusty.

I really like this guy, but he seems to have some intimacy issues. We went on a coffee date, and the chemistry made things go further than I would have wanted or expected (making out like crazy in the car). My friends keep reminding me to build trust and friendship before sex. But can you really go backward? Like, is it possible to just hang out and chat once things have gotten hot and heavy? —Lustbucket

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A nice thick pane of bulletproof glass between two people is an underappreciated chastity helper, which is to say, in a perfect world, you’d plan your dates around one of you getting a job in a check-cashing place or getting arrested and held without bail.

There’s a tendency when you’ve initially gone a little too heavy into the heavy petting to be all: “Oh, well...cat’s out of the bag. Let’s just go straight to the sex dungeon.” However, for women especially, having sex right away can lead to a sort of psychological blinding to their sex partner’s shortcomings.

Women seem more prone to getting attached when they have sex. This is thought to result from surging oxytocin, a hormone associated with emotional bonding between mothers and children, as well as lovers. Oxytocin is released in both men and women through cuddling, kissing, and especially through orgasm. However, in men, having sex also sets off a big blast of testosterone. Testosterone goes all nightclub bouncer on oxytocin, blocking it from getting to its receptor. So just as a woman’s going all melt-o about a guy, if the guy has no pre-sex emotional attachment to her, his neurochemistry is prodding him to say something sweet and romantic, like “Thanks for the ride! Have a great life!”

In other words, the bulletproof glass suggestion isn’t all that outrageous. It’s a form of “precommitment,” a strategy by economist Thomas Schelling that involves preparing in advance to make it difficult for you to break a promise or duck a goal.

Incorporating precommitment could mean only scheduling lunch dates in restaurants and only on days when you have a work meeting right afterward. Another idea is getting to know each other over the phone more than in person -- with the caveat that you only do it in relatively public places, where turning FaceTime into PenisTime is likely to lead to, um, jail time.

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I’m a very obsessive person. I went on one date with this guy, and it was immediately apparent that he’s emotionally unavailable and broken. I deleted his number but soon dug it back up. I texted, but he never responded. I know he’s bad news, but I still think about him constantly. It’s especially bad when I’m trying to go to sleep. How do I stop these intrusive thoughts? ­—Besieged It’s like that spinning teacup ride, with Satan as the carny: “Wanna get off? Too bad!”

You’re doing your best to avoid thinking about the guy. Unfortunately, there’s a problem with that. Research by psychologist Daniel Wegner on “the paradoxical effects of thought suppression” suggests our minds have something in common with a defiant 2-year-old, meaning that telling yourself not to think about something gets your mind doing exactly the opposite: thinking about that thing with a vengeance.

This is just how the mind works. When you tell yourself not to think about something, it’s an immediate fail. The mind sweeps around to monitor how well you’re doing at not thinking about it, which of course involves thinking about whatever you’re not supposed be thinking about.

Helpfully, Wegner and his colleagues found a possible way to stem the flood of intrusive thoughts: distraction. This requires thinking of something positive and unrelated to the thoughts you’re trying to suppress. Even a red Volkswagen ­— the example they used in their experiment ­— could do the job.

What’s more, psychologists Jens Forster and Nira Liberman found that you can keep your mind from constantly bouncing back to a thought if you shift your focus: admit that not thinking about it is hard. As I explain in “Unf*ckology,” “Removing the need to patrol your thoughts ... removes the mental sticky note that tells you to keep going back into Thoughtland with a flashlight to see how well you’re doing at it.”

Finally, because the mind cannot multitask, meaning think two thoughts at once, it might be helpful at bedtime to tire yourself out reading aloud or following a guided meditation on your phone: You’re walking down a beach...you’re looking out into the waves...and...um...oops! Just remind yourself that not thinking about something is hard and yank your mind back to Swami Doodah after you inevitably picture yourself holding the guy down and drowning him in the ocean. n ©2019, 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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ANDRE FERIANTE The award-winning Segovia-trained guitarist and composer is back for a performance featuring his eclectic blend from Bach to Leonard Cohen. Nov. 8, 7-9 pm. $25. Jacklin Arts & Cultural Center, 405 N. William St., Post Falls. thejacklincenter.org BALLET ROCKS A vibrant performance set to the rock hits of Roy Orbison, Jimmy Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Queen. Performed by Ballet Victoria, hosted by Festival Dance and Performing Arts. Nov. 9, 2 pm. Free$25. Jones Theatre at Daggy Hall, WSU Pullman Campus. festivaldance.org SPOKANE SYMPHONY POPS 2: A CELEBRATION OF VETERANS A musical salute to veterans, with patriotic music and popular songs from each era of American military involvement.

Guest vocalists are Abbey Crawford, Derrick Parker and Jim Swoboda. Nov. 9, 8-10 pm. $43+. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. spokanesymphony.org (624-1200) MUSIC WITH A MESSAGE: SONGS OF SOCIAL CHANGE Acoustic trio Trillium-239 highlights notable social movements from the past 150 years that have been powered by song. Nov. 10, 11 am. Free. Spokane Community College, 1810 N. Greene. humanities.org SPOKANE STRING QUARTET The second concert in the quartet’s 40th anniversary season includes works by Jessie Montgomery, Mozart and Edvard Greig.

Nov. 10, 3 pm. $12-$20. SFCC, 3410 W. Fort George Wright Dr. spokanestringquartet.org WHITWORTH WIND SYMPHONY Music includes American composer Mason Bates’ exciting work for winds, SeaBlue Circuitry, in a program with works

by Bach, Oscar Navarro, Percy Grainger and Fisher Tull. Nov. 10, 3 pm. $5-$7.

Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. whitworth.edu/music GATHERING OF THE BANDS Featuring the North Idaho College Wind Symphony, under the direction of Bryan Hannaford with guest conductor Dr. Michael Keepe and student guests from area middle schools. Nov. 13-14 at 7 pm.

Free. North Idaho College, 1000 W. Garden Ave. nic.edu (208-769-3300) A NIGHT OF GRIEF & MYSTERY Part poetry, part lamentation, part book reading, part ribaldry, part concert, part lifting the mortal veil and learning the mysteries there. Nov. 13, 7 pm. $39. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. bingcrosbytheater.com (227-7404)

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SNOW QUEST Channel your inner Viking and get stoked for the upcoming season at Mt. Spokane. Admission includes a brät, two sides, one beer/wine ticket, and raffle for a free season pass.

Nov. 8, 6-9 pm. $10/$12. Mt. Spokane Ski & Snowboard Park, 29500 N. Mt. Spokane Park Dr. (238-2220) SPOKANE CHIEFS VS. EVERETT SILVERTIPS Promo special is princess and heroes night. Nov. 8, 7:05 pm. $16-$25.

Spokane Arena, 720 W. Mallon Ave. spokanearena.com (279-7000) SPOKANE CHIEFS VS. KELOWNA ROCKETS Promo specials include the team poster giveaway and full team au-

tographs post game. Nov. 9, 7:05 pm. $11-$26. Spokane Arena, 720 W. Mallon Ave. spokanechiefs.com (279-7000) STATE PARKS FREE DAY Visit Washington State Parks without a required Discover Pass ($10/day; $30/year). Upcoming free days are Nov. 11 and Nov. 29. Includes day access locally to Riverside, Mt. Spokane, Palouse Falls State Parks. parks.state.wa.us/281/Parks

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MATILDA THE MUSICAL The story of an extraordinary girl who, armed with a vivid imagination and a sharp mind, dares to take a stand and change her own destiny. Nov. 7-17; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sat-Sun at 1:30 pm. $20. Regional Theatre of the Palouse, 122 N. Grand Ave. rtoptheatre.org (509-334-0750) THE BIG BE-BOP BANDSTAND AMATEUR NIGHT TALENT SHOW An original melodrama written and directed

by Terri Robinson. Fri-Sat at 7 pm, Sun at 2 pm through Nov. 17. $13-$15.

Sixth Street Theater and Melodrama, 212 Sixth St., Wallace. sixthstreetmelodrama.com (208-752-8871) GONZAGA THEATRE: ROMEO & JULIET This new adaptation explores how an event can be two very contradictory yet simultaneous moments. Juliet lives as she dies. She heals as she kills. FriSat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm through Nov. 10. $10-$20. Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center, 211 E. Desmet Ave. gonzaga.edu (313-2787) MOSCOW COMMUNITY THEATRE: I NEVER SAW ANOTHER BUTTERFLY Over 15,000 Jewish children passed through the concentration camp Terezin; about 100 were still alive when it was liberated. There were no butterflies at Terezin, but for the children they became a symbol of defiance. Fri-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm through Nov. 10. $10-$15. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. moscowcommunitytheatre.org MURDER MYSTERY: TRAILER PARK TRAGEDY An interactive event: Well known in the community and by the law enforcement agencies for its fights, double-crossings and illegal happenings, this trailer park’s barbecue is a recipe for disaster. Nov. 8, 7-11 pm. $25$80. House of Cards Bar & Grill, 830 N. Spokane St., Post Falls. (208-369-3695) OUT OF THE SHADOWS THEATER: THE MUSIC MAN JR. This performance features a cast with special needs, each accompanied by a shadow actor. Nov. 8-9 at 7:30 pm, Nov. 10 at 2 pm. $12$15. Kroc Center, 1765 W. Golf Course Rd. outoftheshadowstheater.com THE CEMETERY CLUB In this tender comedy, three Jewish widows meet monthly for tea before going to visit their husbands’ graves. Fri-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm through Nov. 24. $12$15. Ignite! Community Theatre, 10814 E. Broadway. igniteonbroadway.org THE LONELY SOLDIER MONOLOGUES: WOMEN AT WAR IN IRAQ The story of women in uniform from a front closer than the sands of the Middle East. Presented in a reader’s theater format as part of Stage Left’s Folio series. Nov. 9, 7:30 pm. $5. Stage Left Theater, 108 W. Third Ave. spokanestageleft.org STAGE TO SCREEN: ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS Richard Bean’s English adaptation of “Servant of Two Masters,” a 1743 Commedia dell’arte style comedy play. Nov. 10, 2-4:30 pm. $10-$15. Bing

Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. friendsofthebing.org (227-7404)

ARTS

AN EVENING WITH ABIGAIL ROCKWELL A special evening of conversation and personal insight into the life and art of American artist and illustrator Norman Rockwell. Program includes a reception and private viewing of the “Norman Rockwell’s America” exhibition followed by a book signing and opportunity to meet the author. Nov. 7, 5:30-8:30 pm. $25. The MAC, 2316 W. First. northwestmuseum.org 21ST ANNUAL SMALL ARTWORKS INVITATIONAL The Art Spirit unveils its annual holiday exhibition featuring small artworks by over 50 local and regional artists. Nov. 8-Jan. 4; receptions Nov. 8 and Dec. 13 from 5-8 pm, open through Jan. 5. Art Spirit Gallery, 415 Sherman Ave. theartspiritgallery.com ORNAMENT & SMALL WORK SHOW The Spokane Art School’s annual holiday showcase features art by more than 40 local artists, with most items priced under $50. Nov. 8-Dec. 23; Mon-Fri 10 am-5 pm. Spokane Art School, 811 W. Garland Ave. spokaneartschool.net THAT WHICH IS: DRAWINGS OF THE PRESENT MOMENT Whitworth welcomes Matthew Whitney to the Bryan Oliver Gallery. His series of drawings and paper-based experiments form a body of explorations into existential spirituality beyond representations and into that which is really real. Lecture, reception Nov. 12, 5-7 pm. Open through Jan. 24, Mon-Fri 8 am-5 pm, Sat 10 am-2 pm.

Bryan Oliver Gallery, Whitworth, 300 W. Hawthorne. (777-3258)

WORDS

HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR SPEECH FT. ANNE FRANK’S STEPSISTER Hear the true story of the experiences of Eva Schloss, Ann Frank’s stepsister. Eva survived her concentration camp experience and made her way to England.

Since 1985, Schloss has devoted herself to holocaust education and global peace. Nov. 7, 7-9 pm. Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. jewishspokane.com (279-7000) READING HANFORD: POETRY & PROSE Author Sharma Shields and investigative journalist Karen Dorn Steele read from their published work.

Poet Kathleen Flenniken shares poems centered around the Hanford Site.

Downwinder activist Trisha Pritikin discusses her family history at Hanford and her upcoming book. Nov. 9, 2 pm.

Free. North Spokane Library, 44 E. Hawthorne Rd. (893-8350) AN EVENING WITH DAVID SEDARIS [SOLD OUT] Featuring all new stories and observations, along with an audience Q&A and book signing. Nov. 11, 7:30 pm. $46-$51. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. bingcrosbytheater.com WOMEN OF SUFFRAGE A discussion with Dr. Sally Roesch-Wagner about the heroic and often untold stories of the suffrage movement. Nov. 11, 6-8 pm. Free. Gonzaga University Hemmingson Center, 702 E. Desmet Ave. gonzaga.edu (313-3572) ECOLOGY OF HANFORD WSU professor Richard Zack talks about his work with insects at the Hanford Site. Nov. 12, 6:30 pm. Free. Moran Prairie Library, 6004 S. Regal. (893-8340) n

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