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oughly 64,000 Americans died last year of a DRUG OVERDOSE. That’s more than were killed during the entire Vietnam War. It’s rightly called an epidemic — the biggest drug crisis in our history, driven largely by opioids — and hardly a family in America will go unscathed. It understandably can feel overwhelming, but there are certain things that can be implemented right now to help. Yet, frustratingly, too little is being done. Staff reporter Daniel Walters investigates in this special report (beginning on page 22).

Also this week: justice reporter Mitch Ryals examines immigrationenforcement efforts, which local attorneys say have ramped up under President Trump, transforming Spokane’s Greyhound bus station into a de facto checkpoint. Don’t miss that story on page 13.

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WHAT DO YOU THINK COULD BE DONE TO WORK ON SOLVING THE OPIOID CRISIS? SHAWN COX

I’d like to see more of a health-care-type approach to it. I’m not a big proponent of incarceration for that kind of thing.

Do you know anyone that has been affected by the opioid crisis?

Yeah. I had an employee a couple years ago that died from an overdose, it was very sad for a lot of people in the community — it affects everybody.

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Probably the best thing to maybe be a little bit stricter on it — making so it’s not as easily accessible. Take it out at its source.

Do you know anyone that has been affected by the opioid epidemic?

Yeah — I have a few family members that have in the past. Just making sure you’re there for your family and trying to get them the help that they need.

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Trump’s Minefield The president has boxed himself in on Russia

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t was all so predictable. As the Russian noose tightens around President Trump’s administration, we knew that he’d revert to form and haul out his usual offensive strategies — obfuscation and misdirection, both underwritten by the usual stack of lies and deflections. It’s nothing new, just a continuation of his presidential campaign.

Trump has reverted to this script many times, whether it was dismissing his six bankruptcies, stiffing his workers or the phony Trump “University” (this outrage was so obvious that Trump settled out of court for $25 million — in other words, he was going to lose and possibly face fraud charges, so he cut his losses). It’s nothing new.

But his biggest lie, the one he continued to use, almost in the form of a barrage, over a five-year period? That was the lie that President Obama wasn’t born in America, which, according to a recent poll, 49 percent of Republicans still believe. Oh yes, we mustn’t forget all the orchestrated chanting from his adoring base: “Lock her up! Lock her up!” was his favorite.

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long the way, a compliant, money-driven press let him off the hook time after time — for not releasing his tax returns (something that all other recent presidential candidates have provided), blatant misogyny 2nd Lieutenant Robert S. Mueller (an example of III of the 3rd Marine Division in which was actually Vietnam, 1969; he won a Purple caught on tape, Heart and a Bronze Star, among then followed up other military honors. by women who accused him of harassment or worse), his Peeping Tom routine at his Miss USA pageant. And on and on.

Once in office, we suspected that if cornered for any reason, he would go back on the attack — and he has. He now demands that the Justice Department investigate Hillary Clinton again (by the way, this pressure does violence to our tradition of judicial independence). Whatever happens, his ultimate fallback, of course, will remain denial — “Fake news!”

He learned this strategy to always stay on the attack, and to never concede anything or apologize, from the late Roy Cohn, Joseph McCarthy’s chief legal henchman. Cohn went after homosexuals in the State Department when he himself was gay — he would die of AIDS, in fact. Cohn served as a kind of dirty-deeds mentor to Trump.

Now Trump’s target du jour is Attorney Gen-

eral Jeff Sessions, if the Senate doesn’t nail him first. Our senators don’t agree on much these days, but neither side of the aisle likes being lied to, which Sessions has done several times now.

So for the sake of argument, let’s assume Sessions leaves. This would allow Trump to go directly after his real nemesis, Robert Mueller.

If Trump follows the formal process, he likely would order his Deputy Attorney General to fire Mueller. That would be Rod Rosenstein. But Rosenstein is the very person who hired Mueller and drafted his mission, which is to investigate any links between Russia and the Trump campaign. His charge extends to “prosecuting any and all associated.” Well, Mueller is doing exactly what he was tasked to do, and by all accounts, doing it carefully and effectively.

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rump’s staff says the president has no plans to fire Mueller, but my guess is if the trail leads Mueller to Trump’s family business dealings, where the real Russian dirt is likely to be found, we’d best rig for heavy weather.

Let’s say that Rosenstein refuses to move on Mueller and is also fired by Trump. Should this happen, Trump would likely just move down the chain of command; we’ve seen this play before, with Richard Nixon during Watergate. Any version of the above, says Sen. Lindsey Graham, another Republican, would result in “holy hell to pay.” (Note it was another Republican, Barry Goldwater, who went to the White House in August 1974 and told Nixon that the jig was up.)

And Trump in these circumstances? Who knows? Some predict that he would just resign and head to his home away from home — the golf course. But suppose Mueller gets on to something much broader and deeper, something that might not allow Trump off the hook just by resigning. In that case, Mike Pence could pull a Gerald Ford and just pardon Trump — and maybe his entire family. Ford let Nixon off just this same hook, then lost the 1976 election.

In any case, should things come down to this scenario, my guess is that optics will kick in as never before. It’ll be Trump vs. Mueller. The differences are stark. Compare LETTERS any photos Send comments to you’ve seen of editor@inlander.com.

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fter a weekend of waffling, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declared that he believed the women accusing Alabama Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore of improper sexual behavior with teenagers when he was in his 30s. Appropriately, he finally called for Moore to step aside.

Did McConnell wait too long to declare what was obvious to anyone from a first reading of the Washington Post story that included multiple on-the-record statements and collaboration from others who were around at the time?

Yes, he did. But I think the delay, if it was a brief mistake

in the lust for political power, is forgivable.

(It’s worth mentioning that most Seattle and many Washington state Democrats made the same error as accusations of child abuse by former Seattle Mayor Ed Murray accumulated. They took months to abandon him and they were wrong — but not irredeemably so, though many still owe the public an apology for their error.)

There’s a case being made that McConnell also deserves a brief bit of recognition for forcefully opposing Moore’s nomination. I’d agree, except that Roy Moore is the direct result of McConnell’s politics. He is Mitch’s Monster.

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Nearly a decade ago, McConnell settled on a strategy of all-out opposition to any item proposed by Democrats, and especially President Obama.

The merits of any particular policy were irrelevant. It was a strategy based not on attacking what a policy did, but rather who proposed it. It was a cunning strategy that helped push Americans more squarely into “red” teams and “blue” teams and particularly mobilized McConnell’s base.

Now don’t get me wrong. Mitch McConnell didn’t create partisanship, but he did come close to perfecting it. In such a system, an angry voter is preferable to a thoughtful one.

The result was that politicians’ positions mattered less and less. Partisans were taught that it isn’t what you stand for, but who you stand against; that is the criteria by which you should be judged. Working across the aisle to get something done was a cardinal sin.

The demonization of the opposition as evil, rather than merely misguided, led to increasingly radical primary challengers. At first, this was mostly fine with McConnell — especially when his agitated base proved motivated to reclaim the House and then the Senate. His strategy was appearing brilliant. Or in other words, “It’s alive!!!”

But then the monsters began to turn on their creator.

His conservative record no longer mattered. His association with D.C. alone was reason to send right-wing ideologues to remove him from power.

So Mitch began to turn on his monster, trying to balance keeping it alive, as it was a key accomplishment of his life and essential to his power. But now that the monster — reflected in Donald Trump and Roy Moore, among others — threatens to destroy McConnell, he’s finally fighting back.

Mitch created a monster, then sought praise when he turned against it. But he only switched sides after that monster had harmed a lot of villagers, and finally became a threat to Mitch himself.

The moral of this story full of convoluted metaphors?

When you demonize your opponents, you end up filling your own ranks with demons who may even devour you.

The impact is most clearly seen in the Alabama GOP chairman who said he would support Moore, even if he was convicted of being a pedophile, rather than voting for a Democrat. That’s insane, and yet too many believe what they’ve heard about Moore, but are still prepared to vote for him.

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COMMENT | FROM READERS

NETHERCUTT STRIKES AGAIN n his latest column in the Inlander, “Cleaning the Houses” (11/9/17),

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George Nethercutt addresses the apparently terrifying problem of “too many laws on the books.” This is supposed to be the voice of experience from the former legislator.

He is, we are to assume, well-versed in such legislative things and we should pay attention to his wisdom. Too many old laws still on the books is a national problem, both at the federal and at the state levels. We should all be concerned and expect our representatives to go about removing many of these old laws and hence, “be seen as fully earning the salaries the public pays them.”

Mr. Nethercutt’s cry of alarm and indignation might bear some pondering except that, in a recent guest editorial in the Spokesman-Review on the topic of DACA, he exhibited a strange lack of understanding both of the issue that DACA addresses and the United States Constitution, which in its 14th Amendment makes very clear that all persons born in the United States LETTERS are citizens. Nethercutt, twice in that Send comments to Spokesman editorial, incorrectly editor@inlander.com. states that the children DACA addresses were “born on U.S. soil.”

This obvious error demonstrated that the former congressman 1) did not pay enough attention to the long-simmering discussion and debate about DACA about which he was pontificating; and 2) was not informed of or wellversed in the Constitution he once took an oath to uphold.

If any or many of the current group of legislators in this country are as well-versed in the important issues of the day and the Constitution upon which the nation stands, then is it any wonder we suffer from widespread distrust of government and a general malaise in regard to our national future?

He writes, “given the low approval rating of Congress (Gallup has it at 13 percent), expecting more accountability makes sense.”

Indeed, and expecting a former congressman to know the facts of an issue (like DACA) and the manner in which citizenship is defined in this country, is, at the very least, something desirable.

So when Mr. Nethercutt makes a big point about “too many laws,” it is reminiscent of the line from Amadeus when the king says to Mozart, “It is good, but there are too many notes!”

The highlighted phrase from the column, “Legislators are elected mainly to pass laws, but duplicity reigns” is true perhaps, but not in the way he meant it.

Duplicity, even in its legal definition, means primarily using deceptive words or actions, in other words, falsehoods or lies, and not, as he apparently meant, duplications.

This “duplicity” might cover things like campaigning on a promise of “term limits,” but certainly not the unnecessary duplication of rules or laws on the books.

What is really needed is not the removal of old, unused laws, but the removal of incompetent and ill-equipped legislators.

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Immigration attorney Vanessa Nelsen says it’s rare that detained immigrants get help from lawyers. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO

Local attorneys are seeing immigration enforcement ramp up — especially around the Spokane Intermodal Center

BY MITCH RYALS

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anel Perdomo struggles to stand from her seat on a Greyhound bus. A U.S. Border Patrol agent is waiting nearby. She’s just come from visiting her daughters in Seattle. It’s October and the bus stopped in Spokane on its way to Kansas, where she lives.

During her visit to Washington state, Perdomo, 43, suffered a stroke in February. She stayed in the hospital for about a month, she says. It took the better part of this year, recovering in her daughters’ care, before she was well enough to travel home.

But first, her bus stops at the Spokane Intermodal Center. Border Patrol agents climb on board.

“They asked everybody, ‘Where’s your papers?’”

Perdomo recalls. “And I say, ‘I’m illegal.’ I’m honest.

Then I say, ‘I’m disabled. Can you help me with my bags?’” ...continued on next page

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“You’ll stay in detention tonight,” she recalls one of the agents saying as they got off the bus.

The arrest set off a chain reaction of calls from Perdomo’s daughters to local immigration attorneys. They worried about their mother, who needed help with simple tasks. Vanessa Nelsen with World Relief Spokane and Alycia Moss, who is in private practice in Coeur d’Alene, scrambled to get Perdomo released.

Both attorneys say that Perdomo’s arrest is just one example of the wider net cast by executive orders handed down by President Donald Trump. With all the talk of travel bans and thus far empty promises to build a wall on Mexico’s dime, Trump is also targeting undocumented people already living in the U.S., regardless of whether they’re convicted, or even suspected, of committing any crime.

Trump’s campaign rhetoric disparaging Mexican people as drug dealers, criminals and rapists has manifested as an aggressive, hard-line policy to scoop up anyone who is in the country without permission, attorneys say.

“They didn’t have to detain her,” Nelsen says. “It used to be that criminals were a priority, and now we’re snagging disabled women off a bus after spending time with her daughters. It’s not like she’s a flight risk. We’re expanding a lot of government resources detaining and deporting individuals who should not be a priority.”

couple of years ago. The agent said “the priority was to look the other way unless they were involved in some kind of criminal activity,” she recalls now.

The administration’s shift in policy, coupled with Border Patrol’s unique legal authority to search for undocumented people without a warrant, seems to make Spokane’s bus station into a de facto checkpoint. Within 100 miles of the border, agents can legally ask people to prove that they’re U.S. citizens.

Spokane falls just within that 100-mile range, says U.S. Customs and Border Patrol spokesman Jason Givens.

“I’ve never been in jail before, and there was nobody there to help me.

I was all by myself.”

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ive days after Trump’s inauguration, he signed an executive order outlining his priorities for immigration enforcement inside America’s borders.

Whereas former President Obama dedicated resources to suspected terrorists, gang members, felons and those caught entering the country illegally, Trump’s priorities broadened to include minor crimes and those “charged,” but not yet convicted, of an offense.

Not long after, Moss, the Coeur d’Alene attorney, says she began noticing more people arrested at the Spokane Intermodal Center.

Nelsen, with World Relief Spokane, remembers attending a Border Patrol presentation a

“Anecdotally, I believe enforcement is higher during this administration because of stories and from what is happening to my clients, which includes more enforcement at the bus station,” Moss says. “I imagine the bus station is an easy place because of the I-90 corridor. People are traveling from big city to big city and the bus stops in Spokane. I think Spokane has a very robust enforcement program. And this increase in enforcement comports with the Trump administration’s rhetoric and recent executive orders.”

Border Patrol agents have routinely searched buses in Spokane for several years, Givens says.

The executive order regarding interior immigration enforcement has no bearing on the agency’s focus on bus stations.

“It’s business as usual,” he says, adding that the effect of Trump’s order is likely more prominent in arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE. Indeed, earlier this year reports began circulating of ICE agents milling around courthouse campuses around the country and arresting those suspected of being in the country illegally. Judges took notice.

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then-Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly. Immigration agents’ presence on courthouse campuses “impede[s] the fundamental mission of our courts, which is to ensure due process and access to justice for everyone, regardless of their immigration status,” she wrote.

By the end of April, 100 days after Trump signed the executive order, arrests by ICE nationwide had increased by nearly 40 percent over the same period in 2016, the agency announced.

While that effort netted more than 4,600 more arrests of convicted criminals, “more than half of the increase in arrests were of immigrants who had committed no crime other than being in the country without permission,” the New York Times reported.

And while arrests have gone up, ICE deported fewer people in the 2017 fiscal year, which ended in September, than in 2016.

Within ICE’s Seattle region, which includes Washington, Oregon and Alaska, agents arrested more than 3,100 people in the 2017 fiscal year, according to data provided by an ICE spokesperson. Arrests of people without criminal convictions — people like Perdomo — has nearly tripled, to 696.

OME M INTO OME MONEY. oss and Nelsen could not help Perdomo quick enough.

She spent two nights in the Spokane County Jail, she says, where her heart began to beat faster. With high blood pressure, she knew her risk of having another stroke increased.

“Really, really bad experience when I was in jail,” she says through an interpreter, holding back tears. “I’ve never been in jail before, and there was nobody there to help me. I was all by myself.”

Although she spent two nights behind bars, Perdomo’s situation is an outlier among others detained for immigration violations, Moss says.

Perdomo was released without any restrictions, which means she is free to travel back to Kansas. Many undocumented people are quickly transferred to the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma to await a deportation hearing, Moss says.

And because immigrants are not entitled to a governmentfunded attorney, most appear in LETTERS front of the judge with no lawSend comments to yer. This is changing in some editor@inlander.com. cities, and results are promising.

According to a study of the first public defender system for immigrants in America, those with legal representation are 12 times as likely to be successful.

Neither Moss nor Nelsen has officially signed onto Perdomo’s case. Both attorneys believe she has a good defense against deportation, but declined to elaborate. Eventually, she’ll stand trial in front of an immigration judge.

If she’s allowed to stay, Perdomo is considering a move to Washington to be with her daughters, attorneys say.

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A PATCHWORK OF LESSONS After a contentious process, Spokane Public Schools will not implement the Planned Parenthood-developed “Get Real” SEXUAL EDUCATION curriculum in its middle schools, instead opting to continue its old method of choosing sex ed material, the district administration told the school board last week. Rather than approve a comprehensive sex ed curriculum like “Get Real,” the district will piece together human growth and development curricula topic by topic, like it has in the past, says Adam Swinyard, Spokane Public Schools chief academic officer. But the decision has less to do with the curriculum itself than with the process that led to choosing it. Deana Brower, school board president, says she has concerns with the way district staff handled the process, and potentially compromised neutrality: “We’ve lost our ability to go back to a neutral place and look at these materials with a neutral eye.” (WILSON CRISCIONE)

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RIDIN’ ALONG WITH THE 5-0 Each week on Inlander.com you can catch up on law enforcement-related news from Eastern Washington, North Idaho and throughout the Pacific Northwest with THE FUZZ. In this week’s report: Spokane’s Police Ombudsman Bart Logue and Spokane Police Chief Craig Meidl announced they will begin to reevaluate the department’s use-of-force policy after a deadly police shooting last year; the woman who stole from vehicles of panicked Freeman High School parents pleaded guilty; and the Idaho State Police have a drug-testing problem. (MITCH RYALS)

FERGUSON V. TRUMP Washington state ATTORNEY GENERAL BOB FERGUSON has been busy in 2017. The Democratic AG has sued or joined other states’ lawsuits against President Donald Trump’s administration 17 times this year. Five of those cases have been resolved in Washington’s favor, according to the Washington AG’s website. Others are waiting to be resolved. Challenges from Ferguson and other attorneys general offices include Trump’s travel ban (versions 1, 2 and 3), the transgender military ban, rollback of environmental protections, student loans and access to contraception. We’ll be tracking other lawsuits from Ferguson’s office. Check Inlander.com for updates.

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MANAGING THE MONEY IN POLITICS On the blog, we dig into how City Council President Ben Stuckart’s proposed local campaign finance reforms could impact Stuckart’s POTENTIAL RUN FOR MAYOR. Stuckart (pictured) argues that rule only allowing donations to a candidate to occur during the year of the election would actually hurt him, by not allowing him to fundraise if he announces next year. A deeper analysis suggests the proposed rules would result in Stuckart having less of a massive advantage if he’s facing an underfunded underdog like John Ahern. But if he faced a business-backed Republican backed by the state GOP? Then the rules against city-contractor donations and the cap on party donations could help him. Ultimately, one of the biggest impacts of the rules would be closing off the routes that Mayor David Condon used to win two terms. No more megadonations from the state GOP, like Condon got in 2011. And no more spending three years fundraising for re-election, like Condon did successfully in 2015.

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state’s southeast.

“I wanted to build up Eastern Washington politics,” he says. “Help strengthen the infrastructure as far as the Democratic Party goes.” (DANIEL WALTERS)

Brown takes aim at McMorris Rodgers as Sutherland switches to state House race; plus, proposed tax abatement could spur growth in downtown Spokane TAKING THE FIFTH

It’s difficult to undersell just how much of an underdog any Democrat will be going up against U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers. A Democrat hasn’t held the seat since 1994, and in the past decade, Democrats haven’t topped 41 percent of the vote. The Cook Political Report considers the 5th District of Washington to be noncompetitive, as it leans 8 points more Republican than the rest of the nation. That’s an even bigger gap than Speaker of the House Paul Ryan’s district.

But this month, McMorris Rodgers opponent LISA BROWN got two good pieces of news: First, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced that McMorris Rodgers’ seat was on their list of targeted races. It means the Democrats will lend staffing support — though not necessarily financial support — to the race.

And second, at a Whitman County fundraiser Sunday, Brown’s last remaining Democratic opponent, 24-year-old Washington State University graduate Matthew Sutherland, announced he was dropping out of the race.

“We’re facing a lot of fracturing in our party,” Sutherland says. “That message of unity was extremely important.”

Lisa Brown is gathering early momentum in her congressional run.

In keeping with that commitment to unity, Sutherland declined to say whether he voted for Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders, and also declined to say if he would have supported Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart over Brown if Stuckart had remained in the race.

“It’s all fighting for the same goals,” Sutherland says.

Instead, Sutherland will run for the state House of Representatives in southeast Washington’s 9th Legislative District. He says he’s been bringing people from the westside over to rural Eastern Washington, drawing on more resources to improve the Democratic Party in the

LOTS OF DEVELOPMENT

Leaders in Spokane hope they can incentivize development on empty properties and surface-level PARKING LOTS throughout downtown by passing a new state law.

The proposal would save developers tax money by holding the local portion of their property tax the same for 10 years, says Andrew Rolwes, public policy and parking manager for the Downtown Spokane Partnership.

The idea came about at a presentation on the recent uptick in developers using a similar tax credit for new multifamily housing, Rolwes says.

“It kind of sparked the idea where if we want to see some transition in the fairly extensive use of surface parking lots in downtown, perhaps the best way to go would be to provide for a tax abatement,” he says. “They are commonplace and used fairly often by cities across the United States.”

The goal is to put the land to better use, rather than just one level of parking. As written, the city’s drafted legislation would apply only to cities with 150,000 to 250,000 people, Rolwes says.

City Council President Ben Stuckart is working with the DSP to try to sell the plan to local legislators and find a sponsor as they prepare for Olympia’s legislative session to start in January.

Rep. Marcus Riccelli, D-Spokane, says he passed the city’s draft to the Department of Revenue for edits and suggestions, which have since come back. He and his

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seatmates in the Third District — including Sen. Andy Billig, this week elected deputy majority leader, the second-ranking position in the leadership of the Democrats’ impending Senate majority — will wait to see what the city’s legislative priorities are before talking about what the next steps might be.

“I’m still in discussion with my seatmates and the council to see where this falls on their legislative agenda, and if it makes sense,” Riccelli says. (SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL)

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“We’re trying to ensure we have long-term viability and that we have sustained growth,” says Moody Global Ministries spokesman Brian Regnerus.

The school opened in 1993 just north of Gonzaga in a period when Moody saw ever-increasing applications. But those days are gone, and recently, interest in biblical-based education nationally has dropped, Regnerus says.

Moody Global Ministries will focus its efforts on its campus in Chicago and strengthen its radio network.

Moody Bible Institute’s Spokane campus has 442 undergraduate students as of this fall, compared to more than 1,500 students on the Chicago campus.

The Spokane campus will remain open through graduation in spring 2018. The students who do not graduate will have a chance to complete the program, either in Chicago or online.

Moody Aviation, which is based in Spokane and provides education on aviation technology, will remain open.

As for the Spokane faculty, Moody would not release how many jobs would be cut as part of the changes, though Regnerus says about 10 percent of Moody faculty will not have their contracts renewed. (WILSON CRISCIONE)

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The People Have Spoken Results and analysis from last week’s election MOVE TOWARD MODERATION

Ed Pace thought it would be a close race. He knew his opponent, Ben Wick, a former Spokane Valley City Councilman, had a chance. But even if Pace lost his race for SPOKANE VALLEY CITY COUNCIL, he thought the two councilmen who share many of his constitutionalist, libertarian political views — Caleb Collier and Mike Munch — were safe to carry the torch.

When the results came in last week, he was shocked. All three of them lost, and it wasn’t even close.

“I was surprised that all of us got beat so badly,” Pace says.

Spokane Valley residents sent a message that they wanted change in their city council. And in a shift from previous Valley elections, this time it was the more moderate candidates who fared better than the candidates further to the right.

Munch received just 43.5 percent of the vote in a loss to Linda (Hatcher) Thompson, director of the Greater Spokane Substance Abuse Council. Brandi Peetz, a member of the Spokane County Sheriff’s Citizen’s Advisory Board, racked up 57.2 percent of the vote against Collier. And Pace, who recruited candidates to run against him last year, lost to Wick by a 58.5-41.5 margin, according to results released Monday.

Even Mayor Rod Higgins finds himself in a dogfight, narrowly edging his opponent, Chris Jackson, by just 251 votes, or 1.6 percentage points, as of press time. Pam Haley, who describes herself as a moderate, is the only incumbent who had it easy, taking 61.3 percent of the vote against challenger LETTERS Angie Beem.

Send comments to The word editor@inlander.com. of County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich seemed to carry plenty of weight.

Knezovich endorsed four of the five winners of the elections, the only exception being Higgins.

“I think the sheriff’s endorsement was critical,” Thompson tells the Inlander.

Pace says he sees a shift to the left, both locally and nationally, as a major factor. But there were other factors, including Pace’s “parental rights” ordinance proposal, which received support from Munch and Collier. It would have restricted schools and health agencies from making decisions about whether or not students can come to school during an outbreak if that student hasn’t been vaccinated. It would also have restricted schools from making decisions on curricula and gender-neutral bathrooms.

Thompson says Valley voters sent a message “that folks want the City Council to focus on City Council business,” Thompson says.

(WILSON CRISCIONE)

QUO MAINTAINS STATUS

For all the hype and possibility of the three SPOKANE CITY COUNCIL races up for a vote

— each race potentially in doubt — the ultimate verdict was: Almost nothing changed.

Each time, the incumbent triumphed. Each time, the more liberal candidate won. The balance of power will remain wildly lopsided in favor of the left, with six liberals allied against Councilman Mike Fagan, ever the lonely conservative.

Yes, Councilwoman Candace Mumm was besieged by angry business owners and big billboards for her support — or at least acceptance — of the controversial plan to reduce a section of Monroe Street from five lanes to three. And

Councilwoman Candace Mumm fended off a challenge from Matthew Howes. yes, an inaccurate attack ad from a Mummsupporting, Spokane-firefighter-funded PAC was roundly condemned, increasing the chance of voter backlash against Mumm.

But it didn’t matter. Mumm pulled off a solid 53.1 percent to Matthew Howes’ 46.9 percent.

Sure, at 28, Kate Burke is young, something her opponents attacked her for. And sure, if there was any district that seemed willing to elect a conservative like Tim Benn, it was the one that twice elected Fagan, Benn’s conservative radio co-host. And sure, she chose to speak out about being sexually harassed by a former councilman — and call out two councilmen currently serving — despite allies warning her to keep quiet until after the election.

But when the final tallies came in, Burke won with the biggest margin of any council candidate: 58.4 percent to 41.6 percent.

Yes, Councilman Breean Beggs’ habit of floating ideas like soda taxes opened up plenty of avenues for attack ads. And yes, a flood of independent money spent by the conservative-leaning business PAC Better Spokane — funded by major real-estate players like the Wolff Company and Walt and Karen Worthy — rapidly overwhelmed Beggs’ fundraising advantage. And yes, his opponent, former Park Board member Andy Dunau, was able to tie himself to both skepticism over the Riverfront Park bond project and opposition to Beggs’ anti-oil-train initiative.

In the end, that didn’t mean squat. Beggs chugged away with 57.9 percent of the vote while Dunau was stuck at 42.1 percent.

On one hand, this tells you that, for all the

criticism flung at the city council for potholes, property crime and business regulations, voters remain satisfied — or at least apathetic — regarding the council’s performance. Spokane has plenty of experience with throwing the bums out. But over the past four years, not a single council or mayoral incumbent has been tossed.

It also reaffirms something that’s become increasingly clear: Despite our two-term moderate Republican mayor, Spokane — as a city — leans to the moderate left. While we’re not willing to get behind Shar Lichty for mayor, or vote for relatively untested liberal experiments like the “democracy vouchers” or Beggs’ oil-train ordinance, we voted for bus funding hikes, twice, and narrowly supported the state minimum-wage increase initiative.

(DANIEL WALTERS)

‘UNENFORCEABLE’

Voters handily rejected Spokane PROPOSITION 2, which would’ve made it a civil infraction to bring train cars of uncovered coal or untreated crude oil through the city.

The 57.6 percent rejection of the measure (as of Monday) was a victory for the handful of industry opponents who majorly outspent proponents on advertising and mailers.

The opposition committee, Citizens to Protect Spokane’s Economy, raised more than a quarter of a million dollars, mostly from six rail, coal and oil companies, and reported spending $161,797.59.

The proponent committee Safer Spokane, on the other hand, reported raising just more than $7,000, mostly from citizens, and spending $5,930.

Jim Lee, Safer Spokane chairman, thanked all their volunteers and supporters, and said while they knew it was a long shot, they hadn’t expected the opposition to raise or spend so much on advertising to defeat the measure.

“The staggering amount of misinformation issued by the no campaign, not surprisingly, created a lot of confusion among voters, and voters who are confused tend to vote no. They created enough fear and doubt to achieve their objective,” Lee says by email. (SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL)

‘GENERAL CONTENTMENT’

Eight months after he was chosen to fill a vacancy on the SPOKANE PUBLIC SCHOOLS board, Michael Wiser won the seat in last week’s election, receiving 63 percent of the vote.

“The solid support that I saw reflects good support for our school district overall, the work of the board and the staff and a general contentment in the community with the direction,” Wiser tells the Inlander.

Wiser, who currently oversees strategic planning and project management for CHAS Health, was challenged by Jennifer Thomas, director of business development for the Jonah Project.

The two disagreed on a couple of key issues: Thomas would have opposed sex ed curriculum for middle schoolers developed

by Planned Parenthood, while Wiser says Planned Parenthood’s involvement wasn’t a deal-breaker for him. And Thomas was open to arming campus resource officers, while Wiser does not want them armed. (WILSON CRISCIONE)

INCUMBENTS RULE

Of the four judicial races in Spokane this year, only two JUDGES drew challengers. Both incumbent judges easily retained their seats.

Spokane County public defender Jocelyn Cook lost to Judge Tony Hazel, who received 61.7 percent of the vote. Hazel spent most of his career as a prosecutor in Spokane before Gov. Jay Inslee appointed him to replace the late Judge Sam Cozza in May. In an interview, Hazel emphasizes his work on the Spokane Regional Law and Justice Council, a panel dedicated to exploring reforms to the criminal justice system. He says he intends to continue that work as a judge.

The second contested race went to Municipal Court Judge Tracy Staab, who defeated city prosecutor Adam Papini with more than 73 percent of the vote. Leading up to the election, Papini did very little campaigning after he was arrested for a DUI in June with his young son in the back seat. (MITCH RYALS) n

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collision with a logging truck, on a sunny December day abstinence-only rehab and toward swapping out deadly in 1999, broke Mindy Harris’ collarbone, lower back and addictive drugs for safer alternatives. three vertebrae in her neck.

So while the pharmaceutical industry has largely But the logging truck wasn’t how Harris lost her leg. been blamed for fueling the opioid epidemic — marketAt least, not directly. ing drugs like OxyContin as medical miracles while It was the flurry of prescription painkillers she got downplaying their risks for abuse — most experts now hooked on after the crash. It was the heroin agree that pharmaceutical medications are she turned to after doctors cut her off. It the only proven way to combat the resulting was the heart lining, infected from a bad addiction. batch of heroin, that broke off and blocked But trying to implement that solution This is the first in a series blood to her left leg — sending her into a isn’t easy. There’s the stigma of treating of stories examining three-month-long coma and, eventually, drug addiction with more drugs. Plus, an drug addiction, its toll under a doctor’s knife to amputate the leg. outdated bureaucracy and underfunded on our community and, That is what has led her, now in a health system make it easy to prescribe importantly, how people wheelchair, to the Spokane Regional Health painkillers — but hard to dispense drugs are finding a way out. Send District for a dose of legally prescribed that could fight related abuse. feedback and story ideas to methadone. But today, she’s smiling “It’s just weird! What, we’re worried addiction@inlander.com. broadly. She talks fast, with a frantic eagerabout too much addiction treatment?” scoffs ness, a happiness even. She says there’s hope.

Keith Humphreys, a professor of psychiatry at Stanford She says she’s been clean since April.

University who worked with the Bush and Obama “I told my mom, the reason I’ve been clean so long administrations on drug policies. “Why aren’t we worried was because I was on methadone,” Harris says. “It’s about the fact that we prescribe more opioids by a factor the best thing that has every happened to me. … I look of six than all other developed countries?” forward to tomorrow, instead of dreading it.”

Harris already has seen too many friends and family members killed by drugs. Nationally, more people died The doors to Spokane’s methadone clinic swing open at of drug overdoses in 2016 than all the murders and fatal 8 am, and Harris and dozens of others flood in, each of car accidents combined — even more than the number of them grabbing a red ticket.

Americans killed during the entire Vietnam War. When Harris’ number is called, she wheels into a Most of those deaths are from opioids. tiny room with a small window, where a nurse hands her Last year, overdose deaths in Spokane County a cup. Harris throws back her head and swigs it. The climbed to 111 — the most overdose deaths since 2008, cherry flavoring can’t hide the terrible taste, she says. according to the Washington State Department of Social Harris gets counseling and group therapy here. But and Health Services. More than half were opioid-related. this red liquid, in a tiny clear cup, is what’s made the And the problem has been shifting from prescription difference. drugs to heroin.

Today, the Health District’s methadone clinic has Across the country, the epidemic has forced a radical more than 960 clients, each with their own story of shift in drug rehabilitation — away from cold-turkey, addiction. For Harris, it was her car accident. For Kirk

A WAY OUT

TREATMENT, NOT A CURE

Abbott, a white-bearded 68-year-old, it was the horror of the Vietnam War. For Victoria Justice, a copper-haired 28-year-old, it was the hydrocodone she was given during the birth of her first child, coupled with the pain of an abusive relationship.

Each of them is here to swap out a dangerous drug for a safer one. While methadone is addictive and potentially deadly, it doesn’t produce the same rapid high as heroin. It lasts longer. Tightly regulated, it’s much less risky.

As the battle against the opioid epidemic rages, researchers and medical experts have converged on “medically assisted treatment,” using drugs like methadone and Suboxone, as the most effective way to treat opioid addiction and reduce the dangers of overdoses and relapses.

But many addicts aren’t offered this kind of treatment — and some say they don’t want it.

Matt Layton, former medical director of the opioid treatment program at the Spokane Regional Health District, says the stigma can scare them away.

“They have family members who are saying, ‘You’re just replacing one addiction with another,’” Layton says.

In May, Tom Price, then the Health and Human Services Secretary, made a similar comment, to the medical profession’s horror: “If we’re just substituting one opioid for another, we’re not moving the dial much,” he said.

(Price resigned under pressure in September after racking up at least $400,000 in travel bills for chartered flights.)

Price’s statement flies in the face of President Donald Trump’s own Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, which found that medicationassisted treatment was tied to “reduced overdose deaths, retention of persons in treatment, decreased heroin use, reduced relapse, and prevention of the spread of infectious disease.”

Yet according to a report by the presidential commission, a full 85 percent of counties in the United States ...continued on next page

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Some of that has to do with philosophy. Despite the growing medical consensus, many rehab facilities have been wary of using methadone or Suboxone.

Not only do many rehab centers refuse to prescribe opioid-replacement medication, they won’t admit some patients because of it.

Julie Albright, the Spokane methadone clinic’s treatment administrator, says that neither Union Gospel Mission’s women’s recovery program, nor Spokane Addiction Recovery Centers, accept patients from the Health District’s methadone clinic.

In an email, Linda Kruger, programs coordinator for Spokane Addiction Recovery Centers, says the clinic will work with some patients on medications, but remains abstinenceonly. Asked about the case for using pure abstinence instead of opioid-replacement medication, Kruger writes, “I would recommend attending any open 12-step meeting in our community.”

To explain the skepticism many treatment centers have about medication-assisted therapy, Keith Humphreys, the Stanford professor who worked on federal drug policies, points to the history of the drug treatment system. It wasn’t birthed from the world of medicine. It came from the criminal justice and social welfare systems, and from peer-self-help programs like Alcoholics Anonymous.

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“It’s got a long history of living in the shadows, being apart from medicine, not being well-covered, having a lot of underpaid staff,” Humphreys says.

And while traditional rehab may work for some drugs, opioids are different. They’re particularly difficult to kick and particularly dangerous when you do.

That’s because for heavy users, opioids alter the chemistry of the brain. The drugs lock on to the same pleasure receptors as those endorphins released after rigorous exercise.

But they’re far stronger than natural chemicals, overstimulating these receptors. So the brain compensates. You start to need bigger and bigger doses to reach the same high. Your cravings increase, and you feel more and more miserable without the drugs. The withdrawals are excruciating.

“If you’ve ever had a boulder bounced off your head,” Harris says, then you know what the withdrawal feels like.

Every bone in your body, down to your littlest finger, is aching, she says.

“I was pooping my brains out,” Harris says. “Throwing my brains up.”

Harris remembers gritting out opioid withdrawal symptoms for 18 days when she was cut off. Then she turned to meth instead, and when that didn’t work, bought opioid pills on the street.

“This is like the devil with your soul. Here’s your soul in his hands,” Harris says. “There’s absolutely nothing you can ...continued on page 26

Recently, several encouraging studies have looked into the effectiveness of a drug called Vivitrol (generically, naltrexone). Unlike methadone or Suboxone, it isn’t an opioid. Instead, it works by blocking the receptors instead of lighting them up. But it can be injected in a form that lasts a full 30 days, both removing cravings and effectively making heroin inert.

Users can take heroin, but it won’t get them high.

For certain users, the drug can be incredibly effective. Already, the oral form is being used for patients at American Behavioral Health Systems residential clinics.

And more cutting-edge research is being conducted in Spokane. Matt Layton, former opioid program medical director, and a team of doctors and nurses from WSU’s College of Medicine are running an experiment looking at a possible way to treat opioid addiction with oxygen. Studies have suggested that when flooded with oxygen, mice don’t suffer such severe symptoms from withdrawals.

This week, they’re testing it on humans: Volunteers from the methadone clinic will go inside a hyperbaric chamber that looks like a submarine, don a clear plastic oxygen hood, and then be flooded with pressurized oxygen for 90 minutes to see if it helps their withdrawal symptoms.

“We’re looking for any answers to help us to get people off of opioids,” Layton says.

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Nearly 90 percent of addicts relapse within nine months without medication, says Layton. And when they do, it can be deadly: They’ll have lost tolerance to the drug — the same dose of heroin they were taking before quitting can be fatal when they start using again.

Still, it’s true that medication-assisted treatment doesn’t work for everybody. Critics also point to how rapidly most addicts return to using illicit drugs if they stop using methadone.

Indeed, the Spokane Regional Health District acknowledges that for many addicts, methadone will be a lifelong regimen. But Humphreys says opioid-replacement drugs are like birth control pills — they only protect you while you’re taking them. He says we need to treat opioid addiction more like diabetes. Nobody shames patients for taking insulin for the rest of their lives.

For those at the methadone clinic, the drug has allowed them to climb out of homelessness, return to work or repair relationships.

“I don’t get high. I’m not after that high. I’m not chasing that high,” Abbott says. “I’m normal. Whatever normal is.”

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* * * Funding challenges have also stopped patients from getting methadone treatment. A few years ago, the clinic was capped at 550 patients and had a three-year waiting list.

Since then, Layton says, the methadone clinic has expanded dramatically. Credit state money from Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion.

Today, the clinic serves 950 patients and has whittled down the wait list to a month. But problems remain: Unlike Medicaid (for low-income people), Medicare (for those 65 and older) still won’t pay for methadone administered in a opioid-treatment center — meaning that the county has to dip into grant funding to help elderly patients. It’s a problem that Trump’s opioid-crisis commission says needs to be fixed.

There are other problems. For years, the Health District would watch their methadone clinic patients get arrested, go to jail and lose access to their methadone.

They’d go through withdrawals and often start using again after they were released.

In February, thanks in part to changes in Drug Enforcement Administration regulations, the clinic was able to expand to begin treating pregnant women and current methadone clinic patients at the Spokane County Jail.

Sabra Bouchillon, 31, cradles her newborn, Miles, in her arms. She was pregnant when she went to jail in February. Opioid withdrawals can kill an unborn child, depriving the fetus of oxygen and causing fetal seizures.

“I would have miscarried for sure,” Bouchillon says.

“I was so sick. When I got out of jail, I would have went right back to living in my car and using heroin. I know that for a fact.”

Instead, she says, she got to hear her baby’s heartbeat. It was the sound she clung to, a motivation that fuels her recovery.

Yet there are still prisoners who don’t have access to methadone treatment, despite an opioid addiction.

Inmates lose their Medicaid while they’re incarcerated, forcing the county to find other sources of money for methadone treatment.

Starting next month, $183,000 of state Criminal Justice Treatment Account grant funding will help provide methadone treatment for additional jail inmates for nine months.

“But it’s not a lot of money,” says Albright, the Spo-

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RED TAPE AND ORANGE PILLS

Unlike other medicine, many addicts needing methadone have to show up in person, six days a week, in order to get it. For Victoria Justice, who lives in Wellpinit, traveling to the clinic is like a full-time job. In the winter months, it means getting up before dawn and catching the 6:15 bus to make it to the clinic. The bus doesn’t come back until noon. That’s 36 hours over the course of six days a week. Still, she’s grateful to be there.

“It gave me my life back, literally,” she says.

For some patients, however, the time commitment can become a massive barrier, something that could stop them from sticking with treatment.

Only after months of successful visits without failing a drug test will state regulations allow methadone clinics to dispense additional “carries” — sealed bottles with multiple doses of methadone that patients can take home in a locked container.

There’s value, of course, in rules, Layton says. The structure can help keep patients accountable and safe.

But he also argues that doctors need the right to use their judgment to tailor their care to patients.

Earning the right to bring home two weeks worth of methadone can take two years, Layton says. Fail the wrong drug test, like testing positive for alcohol, and state regulations say that privilege can be lost in an instant.

Julie Albright has seen clinic patients drive hours from Moses Lake, Walla Walla or Montana, six days a week, to get methadone.

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drive daily to get your medication?” Albright says.

Rural communities, which have been hit hardest by the opioid epidemic, often don’t have a methadone clinic nearby.

There aren’t any methadone clinics at all in North Idaho, forcing addicts to come to Spokane, Albright says.

But since they’re enrolled in Idaho’s Medicaid program, instead of Washington’s, they’re charged cash. That’s $15.25 a day, more than $470 a month, over $5,500 a year.

“That’s a really nice car payment,” Albright says.

By contrast, it’s not hard to find doctors in Idaho willing to prescribe methadone pills for pain instead of addiction treatment.

That’s the really absurd thing, Layton notes. Most of these hurdles don’t apply to doctors prescribing opiates — including methadone — for pain relief instead of addiction. * * * The good news is there’s another opioid-replacement drug that isn’t quite as strictly regulated: Suboxone, generically buprenorphine, comes in the form of little orange tablets that light up the same mental receptors that methadone or heroin does, but not as brightly.

It’s not as dangerous or addictive as methadone — but it’s also weaker. Taken alone, without other drugs, you can’t overdose on Suboxone. For extremely heavy opioid users, it’s often not powerful enough. Some sell their pills on the street when it doesn’t work for them and use the money to buy heroin.

But Suboxone has the big advantage of being able to be prescribed by primary care doctors.

“That’s appealing to a lot of patients who don’t want the stigma of walking into a heroin clinic every day,” Humphreys says.

Six years ago, Ideal Option, a clinic that prescribes Suboxone, opened in the Tri-Cities. Today, the company has expanded rapidly, with more than 20 clinics in Wash...continued on page 28

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“If they want to just hand them a bottle of Oxy, that’s fine,” he says. “Those incentives are all screwed up.”

DEADLY DELAYS

When an overdose patient comes into Sacred Heart’s emergency room, Neven does what he can to save their life and get them stable. But some of them need more than that. Many of his patients don’t just need to get connected with a Suboxone or methadone clinic, he says, they need to go to rehab.

They might need to go to a detox clinic, or get help for addictions to multiple drugs, and work on other issues in their life.

“A lot of the most severe addicts need inpatient treatment with medication-assisted therapy,” Neven says. “There’s a tremendous amount of red tape and hoops you have to jump through in order to get into treatment.”

Those delays can be fatal.

Although there are a number of residential rehab facilities, medical detox facilities are rare in the region. Until American Behavioral Health Systems opened a new facility this fall, there wasn’t an acute medical detox center that took Medicaid in all of Eastern Washington.

One major insurance carrier in Spokane won’t pay for any inpatient treatment in the area, Neven says. There may be a weeks-long waiting list. Even if there is a bed available, it can take three to five days, minimum, to get approval, he says.

During that time, addicts often change their minds.

“That’s what breaks my heart,” Neven says. “I don’t know where they’re going to be at in 3 to 5 days.”

Spokane Police Capt. Brad Arleth, a 25-year veteran of the department, says police officers know how crucial it is for addicts to get treatment immediately.

“With addiction, no matter what kind it is, when somebody says they need help and they’re willing to go — ” Arleth snaps his fingers. “They got to go now. Like, an hour from now.”

Give addicts time to think about it, Arleth says, and their first stop isn’t going to be rehab. It’s going to be their drug dealer.

While Spokane’s drug and community courts often send addicts to rehab, Arleth says that, unlike King County, Spokane doesn’t have a program that allows cops to send offenders directly to treatment before they’re charged.

PUTTING OUT FIRES Victoria Justice has to take a bus daily from Wellpinit for methadone.

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“TAKING THEIR MEDICINE,” CONTINUED... ington, Idaho, Montana, Alaska and Maryland.

“We used to have a 500-person waiting list in that area about a year ago,” Jeff Allgaier, president of Ideal Option, says about the Spokane region. “We have made a priority of ours to not have a waiting list. These people need treatment right away, or they die.”

Increasingly, Suboxone is being seen as a crucial tool in the fight against addiction. Sacred Heart Medical Center starts some addicts on it in the emergency room after overdoses.

“It’s not abused in the traditional sense,” says Darin Neven, a Sacred Heart emergency room doctor. “I think Suboxone should be a behind-the-counter medication you can get from a consultation with a pharmacist.”

But it isn’t.

Doctors who prescribe Suboxone still face significant regulations. Practitioners are required to get a DEA license, extra training and a specialized waiver to prescribe it. Up until this year, nurse practitioners couldn’t prescribe Suboxone at all — only doctors could. And doctors still have a federal cap for how many patients they can have on Suboxone treatment — only 30 for the first year. Some insurance carriers don’t cover taking Suboxone or methadone treatment at all.

Humphreys, for one, doesn’t want Suboxone unregulated — he still believes it’s important to provide counseling instead of just shelling out pills — but he believes the balance is out of whack.

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Last year, the Spokane Fire Department used Narcan on 145 occasions, attempting to save the lives of people who seemed to be experiencing a severe overdose. This year, with less than two months left, the number is even higher, at 175.

Narcan wakes addicts up from an overdose. They can start breathing again. But it also rips them back into reality. Some addicts get angry at the paramedics who just saved their life for taking away their high — they ask to be left alone and try to leave.

Doctors at Sacred Heart Medical Center’s ER used to give Narcan to overdose victims to take home, training their loved ones on how to use Narcan to save their lives if they overdose again.

But in 2015, a state Pharmacy Quality Assurance Commission rule banned Washington state hospitals from giving patients prepackaged take-home medications. The legislature swiftly passed a bill to create an exception — but only for hospitals without access to 24-hour pharmacies.

— DANIEL WALTERS

* * * But even for those who do get into inpatient rehab, relatively few opioid addicts will receive scientifically backed, medicationassisted treatment. Even at clinics that support opioid-replacement drugs, the use of these medications is limited.

At Sun Ray Court, a Spokane inpatient facility for up to 54 men, only about 10 to 25 percent of opioid addicts are receiving medication-assisted treatment.

“We don’t have a Suboxone prescriber on staff,” says administrator Tom Cook. “I don’t have the funds to employ someone who would actually work here, who would have the credential.”

And of the nearly 100 patients being treated for opioid addiction at American Behavioral Health Systems in Spokane, only about 30 percent are on a full opioid-replacement treatment regimen.

Paul Means, a nurse practitioner who works with ABHS, says the biggest issue is that, while he can start patients on Suboxone during their short stint in rehab, he needs to have a Suboxone provider he can hand them off to afterward. And they can be hard to find.

“The bottleneck in the whole system is the numbers of providers who can prescribe Suboxone,” Means says. According to the opioid crisis commission’s report, nearly half of the nation’s counties last year didn’t have a single provider with a waiver to prescribe Suboxone.

Sometimes, the patients are the ones who refuse Suboxone.

“Half of patients don’t want to be on medication,” Humphreys says. “You can’t just tell them ‘Go to hell.’” ...continued on page 30

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But what Humphreys objects to are the drug courts and treatment centers, across the country, that refuse to even offer medicationassisted therapy. There are judges, he says, who say “no methadone in my courtroom,” despite having little medical expertise.

At Spokane’s Community Court, which often will refer addicts to treatment programs, coordinator Brianne Howe strikes a middle ground.

“I think the belief that all those addicted to opioids need medication-assisted therapy is misguided,” Howe says by email. “Some can obtain and maintain complete abstinence, while others may need a short term or long term medication-assisted therapy.”

But Allgaier, the president of Ideal Option, has a different objection. When traditional courts order drug treatment, they do so by requiring defendants to get a chemical dependency assessment to recommend the best treatment option. But Allgaier says the people who make these assessments have relatively little medical training.

“You get counselors that their main experience is that they’re former addicts themselves,” Allgaier says. And while some of them are great, he says that too many are hesitant to put patients on medicationassisted treatment.

“We’ve gone the chemical dependency professional route, for how many years?

We’ve gone that route,” Allgaier says. “And many people are dead because of it.”

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Vancouver, B.C. There, at “supervised injection sites,” heroin users are allowed to shoot up — in full view of medical staff who try to prevent overdoses and connect the users with services.

“I think it’s something we need to discuss,” says Dr. Bob Lutz, health officer for the Spokane Regional Health District. “To run away from the issue of IV drug usage is to play the ostrich, to bury your head in the sand.”

“We’ve gone the chemical dependency professional route, for how many years? ... And many people are dead because of it.”

For 26 years, Spokane has had a needle exchange program, but this would be more radical and expensive, and far more controversial. While research suggests that the model reduces the rate of overdoses and HIV and Hepatitis C infections, the backlash can be considerable.

After a King County opioid task force recommended the creation of two injection sites on the westside, Washington state Sen. Mark Miloscia warned that they would “literally turn Seattle and King County into

the heroin capital of America.”

Such efforts can be expensive, Layton acknowledges, but he compares the stigma against it to the stigma against passing out condoms.

“If you’re leaving bloody syringes in the playground? Would you rather someone go to a safe injection site than shoot up in the park and leave a needle?” Layton says. “I would say yeah.”

But for many, any policy change or miracle medication is already too late.

That much is evident in the waiting room of the methadone clinic, where a wall is decorated for the Day of the Dead.

Patients from the clinic and needle exchange have covered it with notes to friends and family members who’ve passed away.

Some are apologies: “I’m sorry my addiction led me to let you die of cancer all alone in that nursing home.” “I’m sorry my addiction couldn’t stop long enough to say goodbye at your funeral.”

But most of the notes are written to loved ones who’ve been lost to overdoses.

“You are my ‘Little Sunshine.’” “Hey Sharky, miss swimming around in this bigass pond we call livin’ life.” “Stew — I really, really miss you. Rest with the Lord now.”

Six years ago, Mindy Harris’ younger stepbrother, Will, died of a heroin overdose.

On Dec. 3 of last year, her older stepbrother, Donald, died of an overdose too. She says she misses his sense of humor, the way he laughs, his goofy Jim Carrey impressions.

“It opened my eyes: ‘Oh my God, that could have been me,’” Harris says. “I wasn’t clean for [nearly] 20 years… Since I’ve been clean, family means a lot.” n

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DANIEL WALTERS covers Spokane City Hall, business and development for the Inlander.

Since 2008, Walters has detailed Spokane’s ongoing fight to end homelessness, investigated the lack of mental health access across rural Idaho, exposed the flaws of the Washington state foster care system and dug into the causes of the region’s sky-high property-crime rate.

Reach him at danielw@inlander.com or 509-325-0634, ext. 263.

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Though set in the first half of the 20th century, the motifs and characters of A Christmas Story still resonate

with audiences of all generations. For many of us, it’s become a sacred and immovable part of our seasonal ritual.

That’s equally true for Tom Armitage.

“I watch it every year during the holidays,” he says.

“It’s stuck indelibly in my mind.”

But after close to 40 years as a local high-school drama teacher, Armitage has spent his recent retirement avoiding the movie. Not because he’s gone off it, but because he’s trying to escape its influence as he rehearses for A Christmas Story: The Musical, which opens tonight for a one-month run at the Spokane Civic Theatre. He’d rather take the 2012 stage adaptation on its own merits.

“Like you do any role, it comes out of the text.

That’s the No. 1 thing.”

Armitage plays the show’s narrator — no small task, given that so much rests on the role. He has to be worldly enough to appreciate the wonder and innocence of youth, knowing but not sarcastic, eloquent with an everyman aura, part of the cast while also existing outside of it.

“At first, I sound like a slick radio announcer and I’m literally in a radio studio. But soon I’m up on my feet and I’m actually on the set with the family. They can’t see me, but I’m right there among them. So I’m a radio announcer, but then I’m also this storyteller who has a direct relationship to the audience,” he explains.

“And then it goes to another level where I feel like I ...continued on page 36

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“There are some real interesting choices that have to be made about how to play it.

Am I acting like a kid? Am I making fun of myself?”

That’s where Kathie Doyle-Lipe’s direction has helped not just Armitage but the entire cast of A Christmas Story: The Musical, many of whom are grade-schoolers.

“She’s being true to what it’s all about.

I remember one of the early rehearsals was just [the characters of] Mother, Old Man, Ralphie, Randy MORE EVENTS and me, Visit Inlander.com for and we complete listings of sat there local events. and told Christmas stories about our own families. Because that’s the key to it. Everybody has a different childhood Christmas memory, but we’re telling a story that everybody in some way, shape or form identifies with.”

As a devotee of the film for those very reasons, Armitage understands why some audiences might be wary of a stage adaptation.

Brody Else as Randy and Tami Knoell as Mother in A Christmas Story.

“The nostalgia part of it is so important,” he says. Our parents’ all-too-human idiosyncrasies, the comedy of errors in a schoolyard dare, the single-minded anticipation of an upcoming holiday, the misplaced confidence that a fourth-grade essay is “a great work of rhetorical genius,” as the show’s narrator describes it — all of these are near-universal events of childhood that, with the benefit of a little time and distance, become the defining moments that we recall — sometimes fondly, sometimes wryly — as adults. Even if we didn’t experience those events exactly, there’s almost something about them that we would like to have experienced.

“The original story lends itself to the structure of a musical,” says Armitage, “an example being when Ralphie’s writing the essay about why he should have a Red Ryder air rifle. In the musical, it becomes this big production number called ‘Ralphie to the Rescue.’ So if you’re worried because this is a musical version of the movie, don’t worry at all. It strikes right where it should.” n A Christmas Story: The Musical • Nov. 17-Dec. 17 • Thu-Sat, 7:30 pm; Sun, 2 pm • $15-$32 • Spokane Civic Theatre • 1020 N. Howard • spokanecivictheatre.com • 325-2507

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ark Anderson has been named Spokane’s third poet laureate, following the tenures of Thom Caraway and Laura Read. A frequently active local poet and the founder of the weekly poetry open mic event Broken Mic, Anderson sat down with the Inlander in the days following the announcement of his new position to talk about the local poetry scene.

INLANDER: What do you hope to accomplish during your tenure as poet laureate?

I want to create a better framework for poets to grow in our community. I want to create more outreach opportunities so more people can find out about [local poetry]. I also want to create more performance

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THE BUZZ BIN opportunities. I don’t see why it’s a wild dream that everyone in Spokane knows that poetry is a cool thing to do here. Everyone in Spokane knows to run Bloomsday, and I don’t think poetry’s any more weird than running seven miles.

During your hosting stints, is there a single moment that sticks out as particularly memorable?

Any time someone comes up to the microphone and is reading for the first time, and is just terrified and thinking everyone’s gonna hate it. They’re shaking, and you can see the paper almost taking flight. And then the audience is warm and welcoming them to the stage.

Something changes, and they realize they can do this.

It’s like they’re having that feeling of being heard by an entire room.

BLISTERED EARTH In April, the Spokane-based Metallica tribute band Blistered Earth had a bunch of their equipment stolen after a gig in Portland. They took to social media about the theft and got enough attention that the members of Metallica stepped up and offered to replace the instruments that were taken, and eventually met the guys they’re impersonating when Metallica played Seattle in August (pictured above). Blistered Earth returns to their hometown with a show at the Jackson St. Bar (2436 N. Astor) on Saturday, playing with local hard-rock five-piece Children of the Sun. Be sure to keep an eye on their shiny new gear. (NATHAN WEINBENDER)

If you could put just one poem in a time capsule, which one would you pick?

I’m going to narrow myself down to just Spokane poets of the last 10 years. I’m going to say Kurt Olson’s “Lemon Pepper Chicken.” … The metaphor of the poem is that he’s making lemon pepper chicken for a girl he likes, and he’s seeing in the chicken things that remind him of being there for his mom when she was dying of cancer, and thinking about her and how she taught him how to cook. So much raw emotion and sincerity comes through in that poem.

Why did you automatically limit yourself to just Spokane poets?

I feel like that’s what’s most personal to me. I wanted it to be a personal answer, rather than, “I want this poem by William Shakespeare.” Anyone can pick that. But you have to be here to pick something from here. n

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ick Barr has been working on concepts for his original video game Ara of the Wanderers for just shy of a decade.

Considering the game’s intricate and expansive scope, both in setting and story, players of modern independent studio games should understand why. (For those less familiar, the short of it is that it often takes a long time for a small development team to produce a complex game on this scale.)

The immersive experience Barr is creating for Ara of the Wanderers explores the relevant and related themes of consequence and acceptance through puzzles, combat, character stories and worldbuilding. Now that he has a fairly solid idea of how the game will work mechanically and narratively, he’s asking for some help to get it all down into code.

The Spokane-based game developer (by day, a graphic designer in the advertising world) launched a Kickstarter campaign late last month so that he and his development team can devote more time to making the game a reality over the next year and a half. Barr and his main partner on the project, his girlfriend Kim Piper, who creates art and animations, both work full time, which means the game has mostly been a side project up to this point. They’re asking for a relatively modest amount (as far as video game projects go) of $35,000; the campaign runs through Nov. 24, and and as of this writing, $4,200 had been pledged.

Backer rewards include a base download of the game’s final version, up to packages that also include items like its soundtrack — Ara’s music and audio effects are by local musician Tobias Hendrickson — a game manual, art book, beta

access and even the chance to design a nonplayable character.

We recently sat down with Barr to talk about who Ara is, how the game will work from a player’s perspective, and why gamers near and far should get behind what appears to be a solid addition to the massive and diverse indie game genre.

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hough comparisons of original creative works with anything else are often feared by creators of all types, with so much content out there (and so little time), they tend to be necessary for consumers of any media. Barr concedes that Ara of the Wanderers takes heavy inspiration for its art and gameplay from indie hits like Fez and Sword & Sworcery; other comparisons of its mechanics can be made to classics like Zelda and bigger studio games like Dishonored and Deus Ex. Ara features interconnected environmental puzzles, like Fez, and various challenges in which a single decision can change the entire outset of the rest of the game, á la Deus Ex, Barr explains.

This consequence-based narrative is designed to make each completion of the game unique.

“In this game, you will have to play it many times to solve everything, and every play-through will be different. That is very important,” he says. “You can choose to go a different route and can find a whole different town or place, and it’s not open-world, so you can’t do that simultaneously. I want these to be small narratives, where you help this [character] and it sends you to this [other place], and then this happened. And it might be totally different for another player.”

This approach to the game boosts its replay-

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ability, and offers flexibility to fit a range of play styles and time constraints — some players might finish a game in four hours, while others might spend 16 hours total solving puzzles and interacting with story characters. Months or weeks after playing, Ara can still offer new puzzles and stories to explore.

“Any kind of game that takes you nine hours to complete and is a linear story, a lot of those games, not even casual gamers play for four hours. Then they drop it for months at a time and maybe never finish,” Barr says. “I like this being a full, complete experience in a shorter amount of time — players might go back later and explore all the puzzles and open all the doors and explore the lore.”

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he lore and scope of Ara’s world, a planet called Eras, have been main elements of Barr’s ongoing project to conceptualize the game over the past nine years. For the past two years, he’s also been working on programming the game visually and mechanically.

“Nine years ago, me and a buddy started writing a story, and what happens when people write stories is, you write 5 percent and realize it’s really hard,” Barr recalls, laughing. “I loved the world we were creating ... so I created the same world, and I created characters and creatures and things that I just was inspired by.”

The character Ara’s personal story and the background of her home world, a planet filled with different races of human-like beings and intelligent, imagined creatures, were influenced by the traditional narrative structure of Western (as in European and American) storytelling. The game’s narrative plot and its characters’ motives are revealed to players mainly through dialogue of the beings Ara encounters during her explorations, Barr explains.

“Ara is, in the beginning, not a very good person, and part of the consequence [element] is that she did some things, and now she is dealing with these consequences and accepting herself for who she is,” he says. “You discover what hap-

pened to her as the game goes on.”

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he game’s pixel art style is also reminiscent of games beyond Fez and Sword & Sworcery, including 2016’s Hyper Light Drifter. In addition to these modern contemporaries, Barr was inspired by the original animated worlds of Hayao Miyazaki’s films, like Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away and Howl’s Moving Castle.

“I love doing pixel art — it’s one of my favorites,” Barr says. “I want it to not feel like a cartoon world, and not like a real world, but somewhere in between.”

In addition to the game’s variety of puzzles — many of which can be solved in more than one way — interconnected narratives and hidden secrets, the game has an item system and combat elements that are more pattern-based than dexterity-reliant, Barr says.

“In general, it’s a game about thinking,” he emphasizes.

It’s vital to note that Ara isn’t Barr’s first foray into indie games. In 2015, he released a procedurally-generated action game called Pequod, about a rare white whale trying to avoid death as he’s hunted by hundreds of ships. That game was inspired by the epic classic Moby Dick.

He also previously designed a cooperative card game called To The Farthest Point, (unfortunately not available for sale) which is set on Eras and includes some of the characters from Ara. Barr plans to first release this newest game for PlayStation 4 or Xbox One; he’ll also eventually port the game over to PC. The reason for this consoles-first approach is to make the game’s puzzle solutions and other secrets harder to hack, and to be released widely on the internet.

Even if they don’t reach their $35,000 funding goal, Barr says he still plans to complete the game; however, if that’s the case, a release timeline is more likely to be two to three years out. n cheys@inlander.com For more on Ara of the Wanderers, visit araofthewanderers.com.

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TERRIFIC TUBERS Build a better understanding of the humble potato with insight from local chefs and farmers

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h, potatoes. They may not look like much — oddly shaped and dull in color compared to the rainbow extravaganza bestowed on other fruits and vegetables — but they’re an absolute powerhouse of potential.

One of the few crops grown in all 50 states, yearround in some regions, this hardy tuber is the fourthmost-consumed crop in the world after rice, wheat and corn. When stored properly, many varieties can last up to a year.

Nutritionally, a single potato provides 45 percent of the daily recommended value of vitamin C; it also has more potassium than both bananas and broccoli, and is a good source of iron, vitamin B6 and other trace minerals. They’re low-calorie, with negligible fat and plenty of fiber. And for cooks, potatoes are extremely versatile: boil or steam and serve whole, cut or mashed; slice whisper-thin, julienne or cube; fry, bake, sauté, braise, and even eat raw.

The impending holiday season might suggest that potatoes are only good for one thing: mashing, to be served in a cream-colored mound slathered in butter, or surrounding a lake of gravy. Determined to give spuds their due credit, we checked in to see how several area chefs make the most of Solanum tuberosum, as well as where to find some unusual varieties from local growers.

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aleb Bishop, owner of NORTH IDAHO BAGEL CO. (facebook.com/northidahobagelco), uses potatoes in his bagels, which range from the “everything” to jalapeño bacon cheddar and lemon blueberry.

“I purée fresh Idaho potatoes, water, and flour to gather wild yeast,” (basically the beginning process of making sourdough), says Bishop, who credits his mother and grandmother with kindling his interest in both cooking and science.

“The potatoes act as a natural dough hydrator, which keeps our product staying fresh much longer, without using chemical additives,” says Bishop, who

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Fresh or dehydrated, potatoes are also an ideal thickening agent, says PARAGON BREWING (paragonbrewing.com) chef Ryan McDonald, who uses Yukon Gold potatoes to make a thin yet sturdy potato crepe for his Boxty Pie, as well as the pie’s filling of beef, potatoes and veggies. He then tops the pie with a Scotch ale demi-glace for what’s become a wildly popular dish at this north Coeur d’Alene brewpub.

Boxty Pie is classic Irish fare from a country we’ve come to associate with potatoes (even though they actually originated in South America, which is home to some 3,000 varieties of the versatile tuber). Look to the Gaels for ways to maximize potatoes — soup, pie, hash, even candy — including combining them with other hearty ingredients to stretch the meal even further.

Colcannon, another Irish classic, combines potatoes with cabbage, a vegetable nearly as versatile as the potato. At SATAY BISTRO (sataybistro.com) in Coeur d’Alene, the “Beef and Chops” portion of the menu is filled with mentions of the root veggie; the espresso-rubbed steak, bourbon blueberry tenderloin and pork chops all showcase the Western trinity of meat, potatoes and vegetables.

As a side to the herb-encrusted rack of lamb, Satay chef and co-owner Robbie Elder uses purple potatoes and Napa cabbage, plus golden onion and cream, for his version of colcannon, a chunky and visually startling mash. Unlike some potatoes, whose color is only skin-deep, most purple potatoes are colored through and through. Colcannon can be made with many potato varieties, including Yukon Gold and Russet. Kale and Brussels sprouts can be swapped for cabbage, and by adding chopped boiled beef, you’re en route to making English “bubble and squeak.”

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t downtown Spokane establishment CENTRAL FOOD (eatcentralfood.com) chef-owner David Blaine is particular about his potatoes, having spent his life in the two leading states for U.S. potato output: Idaho and Washington. The southern Idaho native appreciates fingerling potatoes because they hold their texture, yet are still creamy.

Fingerlings look like smaller, elongated potatoes and should not be confused with “new” or young potatoes, which refer to age, not variety. True fingerlings range from 1 to 10 inches, with a typically waxy and edible skin (they don’t require peeling).

To accompany his pan-seared Idaho trout, Blaine uses Austrian Crescents and Russian Banana fingerlings, and relies on FULL BUSHEL FARMS in Medical Lake and OLSEN FARMS out of Colville. When he talks about recipes with Olsen Farms matriarch Merna Olsen, Blaine says she often recommends which potatoes would work best for a dish.

“She’s a potato sommelier,” Blaine jokes.

Olsen Farms, which also sells sustainably raised lamb, pork and beef, offers several dozen varieties of potatoes available seasonally at Spokane-area farmers markets, year-round in Seattle, and occasionally at Huckleberry’s Natural Market.

Coming up on Monday, Nov. 18, another local grower, TOLSTOY FARMS, will deliver the last of its autumn harvest to customers who’ve preordered produce (the deadline to do so is Nov. 16). In addition to squash, pumpkin, rutabagas and onions, they’ll have 5- to 25-pound allotments of select potatoes: Red Norland, Carola (similar to Yukon Gold), as well as Red Thumb fingerlings, which have a reddish flesh (imagine pink mashed potatoes on your holiday table.)

When it comes to using potatoes in new ways, all it takes is a little imagination. Take example from students at the University of Idaho’s Margaret Ritchie School of Family and Consumer Sciences, who recently competed to create Thanksgiving-themed recipes combining unusual ingredients. Using mashed potatoes (and with no cookie-baking experience), students Morgan Pearson and Dana Kujala created an impressive chocolate lava cookie, featuring dark chocolate and Yukon Gold potatoes to represent the University’s signature black and gold colors. Find their recipe and other creative combos, all ideal for holiday dining, at uidaho. edu/tday-recipes. n food@inlander.com

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Sweet and Savory Spokane’s new Lilac City Bakery covers all the cravings, from sugary treats to hearty, savory bites

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pace was getting tight at Amber and Joe Owens’ two Spokane bake shops.

Dwindling tabletop area, oven racks and refrigeration shelves at the couple’s two Celebrations Bakery locations had begun to present challenges in fulfilling their many wholesale accounts and custom orders, and keeping up on inventory for walk-in customers.

So when a lease came up in June for the former White Box Café and Pies space on the Division-Ruby corridor just north of downtown Spokane, the couple took the leap. Lilac City Bakery, the latest venture in the Owens’ growing collection of local food businesses, also including Casual Friday Donuts nearby on Division, opened its doors at the end of October.

“We weren’t really trying to expand, it just happened

Customers can get an inside look into Lilac City Bakery’s process. naturally,” Amber Owens says. “We were planning on it being a production facility with minimal retail, but throughout our time there doing construction, we had 15 to 20 people walk up during the day asking for sandwiches, salads and soups. So we thought, ‘Oh my gosh, we have to do this, because it’s what everyone wants.’”

Lilac City Bakery now serves as the primary baking kitchen for both Celebrations Bakery locations (Garland District and Spokane Valley) as well as a fulfillment hub for the businesses’ many wholesale accounts, supplying area coffee stands and other retailers with pastries and

baked treats.

The larger space also allowed for the customer-requested addition of a small café menu offering a selection of sandwiches, salads and paninis ($10 each), as well as a few shareable table plates and appetizers like hummus ($6) and antipasto plates ($12). Breakfast items include a yogurt parfait, housemade oatmeal ($4) and quiche ($6).

The bakery’s lunchtime offerings can be ordered in one of four ways; as a panini, mixed green salad, flatbread or cold sandwich. Paninis and sandwiches both feature the bakery’s new line of artisanal breads, which are

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also sold by the loaf and include a classic French loaf and a few rotating specialty breads.

“Bread is a natural transition for us,” Owens notes. “We’ll do fun seasonal rotators that are all scratch-made fresh daily, and that is my favorite part about this, because bread has limitless possibilities.”

Rounding out the bakery’s current savory offerings are two soups, one rotating and the daily standard of tomato basil.

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f course, any meal can begin or end with Lilac City’s many sweet treats: cookies, cupcakes, cake pops, donuts (from Casual Friday), quick breads, cheesecake, pie, muffins and scones. Lilac City also serves espresso drinks brewed from Wake Up Call coffee.

In coming weeks, customers will also be able to enjoy a glass of wine or bottle of beer, a move the couple hope will be another draw for customers from across town and the nearby Gonzaga University campus. The bakery is open until 8 pm every day except Sunday (until 6 pm), and serves its savory menu up to closing, along with what’s still available in the pastry case.

“We have a wide range of customers, from older retirees to the young GU students who come in and use the Wi-Fi to do homework for a couple hours,” Owens says. “This shop is unique [compared to our others] because it’s more of a coffee shop vibe, and we love it. We want to open a restaurant someday, so this is good baby steps for that.”

At 2,000 square feet, the new bakery offers nearly twice the space available to Celebrations

Bakery’s staff at each of its locations, so the couple moved all production — except for some decorating and finishing work — to the downtown space. Fresh-baked pastries and treats are now delivered daily to both Celebrations.

“The production plan there is minimal, but the business plan is the same — you can still place a custom order and get cupcakes and cookies,” Owens notes.

Core staff from those two bakeries were relocated to the new downtown storefront, which features an open floor plan and viewing area for customers to watch staff at work. Eventually, Owens hopes to also utilize that big workspace for baking classes.

Lilac City Bakery was designed with a contemporary, rustic feel, featuring finished cement floors and repurposed fence slats lining the pastry case and an accent wall. Owens also took pieces from her extensive collection of vintage bakeware and utensils to decorate a focal wall near the bakery’s front counter.

“I get a bundt pan and a cupcake pan for Christmas every year, and everyone has this vintage stuff that they give me,” Owens says. “I was fantasizing about that bakeware wall, and so I just nailed them to the wall.”

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Sink, Florida, Sink The Florida Project finds the winsome bliss of childhood in the underbelly of America

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isney World is billed as “the most magical place on Earth.” Orlando, Florida, is not.

Orlando is a city built around constructed happiness, delivered to those who don’t actually have to live there. If someone manages to wander outside the pristine theme-park bubble to outskirts like Kissimmee, they’ll encounter long stretches desperate to lure tourist eyes with a grimmer, but no less true, version of the American dream: the hollow America of broken, colorful, plastic garbage. The Florida Project delivers a snapshot of childhood in that Orlando.

Life isn’t as sunny as the weather would suggest at the

Magic Castle, a run-down purple motel that has largely performances across the board. The film simply wouldn’t become a welfare slum (an all-too-common reality). But work if either Moonee or Halley felt unnatural, but both don’t tell that to 6-year-old Moonee (Brooklynn Prince) Prince and Vinaite nail the spirit of their characters. and her friends who live there: it’s the young scoundrels’ Prince feels entirely authentic while conveying nusummertime playground. Moonee’s young, single and ances that are well beyond her years. She’s the kinetic, creatively tattooed mom, Halley (Bria Vinaite), lets the bouncy ball of joy at the center of everything, ignorant kids run around unsupervised and wild, creating their of some of the problems around her while blocking out own adventures. the ones she’s actually picking up on. She’s adorable, And these impolite little troublemakers have quite impolite and sassy without ever feeling forced. Vinaite the array of activities that they approach with lively (who Baker discovered on Instagram) finds the delicate childhood zeal: spitting on cars at neighboring hotels, sweet spot where the audience buys into her charm as begging for change at the ice cream stand so they can a wild, tough-luck mom who’ll do anything to scrap for buy a cone, flipping off the helicopters that constantly her daughter — from reselling wholesale perfume outside take off and land in the adjacent field, watching the old of tourist spots to less legal activities — but still dislikes lady who always sunbathes topless in the pool, explorher when she’s neglectful, jealous, dangerous and an ing the “Abandons” (dilapidated and overgrown child. abandoned foreclosed houses), going Meanwhile, Dafoe acts as the THE FLORIDA PROJECT on “safari” (looking at cows in a field) rock-steady anchor, quelling the Rated R and peer-pressuring new friends to hotel’s chaos, an established and comDirected by Sean Baker join their antics. manding sympathetic presence who Starring Willem Dafoe, When they inevitably get in radiates care for the hotel’s residents Brooklynn Prince, Bria Vinaite trouble, it’s usually up to the Magic despite their consistently frustratCastle’s kindhearted manager Bobby ing shortcomings. It’s a reserved but (Willem Dafoe) to set Moonee and company straight, a emotionally resonant performance that could very well task that’s more exasperating when he’s forced to have be bandied about for nominations come awards season. similar disciplinary talks about their parents’ actions.

The only place The Florida Project struggles relates to While the characters in The Florida Project might seem the plot, or the relative lack of one. It’s certainly slice-ofa world away from the transgender relationship drama life storytelling; scenes come and go like vaguely interof writer/director Sean Baker’s previous film, Tangerine, weaving vignettes, rather than forming a solid narrative. they’re drawn from the same artistic well. Baker’s films If Moonee was at the center of them all, that approach are free-form poems capturing the frenetic beauty of could be chalked up to mirroring a child’s memories, but the underclass. He takes the marginalized and destitute it can get a tad uneven and drag at times as scenes drift people that society either looks down upon or forgets enabout. tirely and forces viewers to mainline their colorful, flawed For what it lacks in narrative structure, The Florida and melancholy humanity. Baker and cinematographer Project artfully examines youthful exuberance in the face Alexis Zabe make Moonee’s world as vivid and vibrant of systematic childhood poverty. How can thousands as a child’s imagination, including a few stunningly bask daily in the escapism of the most magical place on gorgeous framings of the Florida sunset and the hotel’s Earth, while mere miles away, far more have to live in outdoor room lights flickering on at dusk. this downtrodden, inescapable reality? But in a child’s Baker also excels at getting the most from unknown sweet, blissfully ignorant mind, there is no divide beactors. The cast, including all the children, turns in stellar tween those two worlds. n

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Structured as a series of vignettes, it’s a winsome, bittersweet look at a childhood in poverty, following a 6-yearold troublemaker, her single mother and the kindhearted motel manager, played by a reserved Willem Dafoe. At the Magic Lantern. (SS) Rated R

JUSTICE LEAGUE

The latest DC blockbuster from Zack Snyder reunites Batman and Wonder Woman, then teams them up with Aquaman, the Flash and Cyborg to take down world-destroying supervillain Steppenwolf. That the movie runs just shy of two hours will likely be its

only form of restraint. (NW) Rated PG-13

THE STAR

This cheap-looking animated film finally answers the question no one has ever asked: What were the animals like at the Nativity? The huge voice cast includes Oprah Winfrey, Mariah Carey and Christopher Plummer. (NW) Rated PG

WONDER

A little boy with facial deformities (Jacob Tremblay of Room) is sent off to a public school for the first time, with his encouraging parents (Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson) looking on. A sweet and gentle adaptation of R.J. Palacio’s bestselling YA novel that nonetheless bashes you over the head with its themes and messages. (MJ) Rated PG

Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell and Kathryn Hahn are back as cinema’s most foul-mouthed mothers, and this time they’re throwing the middle finger at the most stressful aspects of the yuletide season. The other new addition to the mix: the bad moms’ moms (Christine Baranski, Cheryl Hines, Susan Sarandon). (NW) Rated R

BLADE RUNNER 2049

The long-awaited sequel to Ridley Scott’s 1982 sci-fi masterpiece expands upon the earlier film’s rich futuristic universe, a meditative, leisurely paced art film disguised as a franchise cash-in. Picking up the story 30 years later, L.A. cop K (Ryan Gosling) uncovers a dark replicant conspiracy, taking

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A sequel to the 2015 alpha-male comedy in which co-parents Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, having solved their differences from the previous film, come to blows again when their fathers — played by John Lithgow and Mel Gibson (yeah, they’re letting him be in movies again) — come to town for Christmas. (NW) Rated PG-13

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Set in the late ’80s in the fictional small town of Derry, Maine, seven adolescent outcasts team up to battle an evil force that takes on numerous terrifying forms, most notably the razor-toothed clown Pennywise. While it significantly streamlines Stephen King’s cerebral horror tome, the film still captures the spirit of his writing. (NW) Rated R

JIGSAW

Because the first seven (!) entries in the Saw franchise weren’t enough, here’s a reboot, resurrecting the demented killer who ensnares his victims in sadistic — and personalized — traps. It’s not among the worst of the series, but it reaffirms that the premise ran out of gas long ago. (NW) Rated R

THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER

Unsettling, provocative and certain to divide audiences, the latest from director Yorgos Lanthimos (Dogtooth, The Lobster) is as precise and cold as a scalpel. Colin Farrell plays a surgeon with an uncomfortable (and maybe even unexplainable) connection to a teenage boy, whose strange behavior begins to impact the doctor’s home life.

(ES) Rated R

LET THERE BE LIGHT

Kevin Sorbo, aka TV’s Hercules, directs and stars as (per the film’s IMDb page) “the world’s most famous atheist,” who’s in a car accident and miraculously finds faith. Co-produced by Fox News’ Sean Hannity; make of that what you will. (NW) Rated PG-13

LOVING VINCENT

Advertised as the first entirely handpainted feature, the look of this impressionistic animated drama is a thing to behold. Set in the 1890s, a postmaster’s son is sent to deliver a long-lost letter written by the late Vincent van Gogh, only to find himself questioning the circumstances of the influential artist’s suicide. At the Magic Lantern. (NW) Rated PG-13

MARSHALL

In 1941, years before he was the Supreme Court’s first African-American justice, attorney Thurgood Marshall (Chadwick Boseman) is called to defend a black chauffeur accused of raping a white woman. Though it hardly reinvents the biopic wheel, the film is a slickly produced courtroom drama anchored by pertinent messages about racial and social injustice. (NW) Rated PG-13

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ONLY THE BRAVE

This fact-based drama enmeshes us within the ranks of a group of Arizona firefighters known as the Granite Mountain Hotshots, specifically as they attempt to contain the deadly Yarnell Hill wildfire in 2013. Josh Brolin, Miles Teller and Jeff Bridges star. (NW) Rated PG-13

SAME KIND OF DIFFERENT AS ME

Based on the best-selling nonfiction book, this inspirational story considers the unexpected friendship between a violent homeless man (Djimon Hounsou) and the troubled married couple (Greg Kinnear and Renée Zellweger) taking on a terminal illness. (NW) Rated PG-13

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The third film in the Thor franchise is the best of the bunch, with the character’s comic energy getting a muchneeded jolt from director Taika Waititi.

This time around, the God of Thunder learns he has a long-lost sister (Cate Blanchett, snacking on scenery), who casts Thor and Loki off to a prison planet and steals the throne of Asgard.

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Everyone’s favorite foul-mouthed grandma (played by writer-directorproducer Perry) is back for another horror-comedy, and this time she’s after a masked killer filleting nubile teens. But who’s the real threat — the slasher or Madea? (NW) Rated PG-13

VICTORIA AND ABDUL

The heartwarming true story of the unlikely friendship that developed in the late 19th century between the widowed Queen Victoria (Judi Dench, who previously played the monarch in 1997’s Mrs. Brown) and her Indian secretary Abdul Karim (Ali Fazal). From director Stephen Frears (Philomena) and the screenwriter of the crowd pleaser Billy Elliot. (NW) Rated PG-13 n

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During World War II, a group of filmmakers sanctioned by the British government are assigned to develop a mostly-based-on-fact war movie that will boost the nation’s morale.

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e kind, for everyone is fighting a hard battle.”

This is one of the monthly “precepts” that Auggie Pullman’s fifth-grade homeroom teacher shares with his students, and just to be sure that no one has missed the fact that Wonder has not-very-subtly underlined this moral over and over again, Auggie will repeat it out loud for the audience at the film’s end.

I wish I felt worse about reacting churlishly to a movie that’s all about reminding kids to be nice to people, and about insisting that bullying is bad. But Wonder, based on the best-selling children’s novel by R.J. Palacio, is gentle and subdued but also ham-handed, bashing us over the noggin with its Themes and Messages till you want to scream, “Alright already, we get it!” It’s a weird middle ground for a movie to exist in, almost as if it simply doesn’t trust itself to tell its own story and be understood.

The appeals to be nice and not bully are needed because 10-year-old Auggie is going to school — a real school — for the first time as Wonder opens. He’s been homeschooled by his mom, Isabel (Julia Roberts), because he suffers from facial deformities that have required numerous surgeries to fix. It’s not clear, however, whether the constant hospital stays have kept him out of school or whether his mom and dad, Nate (Owen Wilson), have just been overprotective of him. His face is certainly unusual, but far from horrific; he’s pretty cute, in fact. But of course, kids have a remarkable ability to hone in like a laser on even the smallest difference in other kids, and Auggie remains an outcast and a target for quite a while in his new school.

Wonder seems as if it’s going to be purely Auggie’s story, but it takes sudden, almost jarring, detours into the stories of others around him, including his older sister Via (Izabela Vidovic),

his new friend Jack (Noah Jupe), and Via’s best friend Miranda (Danielle Rose Russell). These tangents, even when they’re dropped just as suddenly as they’re taken up, are meant to show us those hard battles that everyone else is fighting; Via, for instance, has always felt neglected by her parents because of all the attention that her little brother’s medical needs required.

That becomes problematic from a thematic standpoint beyond the narrative one, however, when Wonder posits that someone who is disabled or different can serve as an inspiraWONDER tion for others Rated PG to become better Directed by Stephen Chbosky people... like in Starring Julia Roberts, Owen learning not to be Wilson, Jacob Tremblay a bully! It’s more than a little offensive to suggest that’s where Auggie’s value as a person lies, why he should be celebrated, or why he’s the “wonder” his mother calls him.

The very effective and empathetic young actor Jacob Tremblay, who was so moving as the captive child of Room, is very good as Auggie; even the makeup required to create Auggie’s facial deformities cannot hide his warmth and intelligence, and he makes Auggie a delightful kid. And Wonder, the second feature from director Stephen Chbosky, avoids the sappiness it could so easily have wallowed in.

But some of the story’s simplicities do fall into cliché: The rich kids at Auggie’s fancy new prep school are mostly awful, and kind Jack is on a scholarship, so we may presume it’s Auggie’s disability that keeps him on the right side of niceness. That’s a little insulting, too: Disability doesn’t make people nicer or better. Putting Auggie on a pedestal isn’t as helpful — or as nice or as kind — as Wonder would seem to believe it is. n

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THE MEDIUM AND THE MESSAGE Gonzaga rap fans create a new club to express themselves and explore all aspects of hip-hop culture

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hances are Reece Stone’s finance professors have no idea about the diminutive 20-year-old redhead’s other life, one born a couple of years ago when a fellow student in his Gonzaga dorm introduced him to an addictive new habit. He’s only been drawn in further in the years since, and someday hopes to turn his obsession into a living.

Stone is a bedroom beat-maker with big dreams that started when “a kid down the hall had a beat pad” to create sounds. That evolved to his own laptop, loaded with software he’s using to show a room of about 30 fellow students just how easy it is — with a lot of practice and

time watching YouTube tutorials — to create the kind of beats they’re used to hearing on their favorite tunes from J. Cole, Joey Bada$$ or Jay-Z. Stone’s demonstration comes on a cold, drizzly night on campus, where it’s one of the highlights of a meeting of Gonzaga’s new Hip-Hop and Rap Club. The gathering of young men and women is racially diverse, and probably far more enthusiastic and joyful a meeting than those of, say, the school’s Actuarial Science Club (all due respect to our future insurance adjustors).

After Stone delivers one particularly buoyant series of sampled beats, several students show their appreciation

with common signs of hip-hop respect — hands thrown in the air and a few audible “Oh, yeahs!” Fellow student Jesus McCloskey (rap name: GRXTTY) gets a similarly enthusiastic response when he takes over the stage — er, classroom — to illustrate how he creates lyrics on the fly, inspired by some of his fellow students throwing out ideas like they’re at an improv-comedy show.

“Luckily, I have rhythm, but some people who want to rap don’t have rhythm,” says McCloskey. He also has an entrepreneurial spirit that belies his status as a broadcast major; at the end of the hour-long club meeting, ...continued on next page

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MUSIC | HIP-HOP “THE MEDIUM AND THE MESSAGE,” CONTINUED... he pulls out a box of T-shirts he’s selling (and currently modeling) to help fund his hip-hop aspirations.

Hands-on lessons in music-making are just part of tonight’s meeting, and of the original concept for the Gonzaga Hip-Hop and Rap Club. Gatherings bounce among topics for discussion: At various points so far this year, the group has analyzed classic rap albums (Nas’ Illmatic and OutKast’s Stankonia among them), talked about the members’ new musical discoveries, discussed the history of the genre, and dissected the music as a reflection of American culture’s attitudes on race, sexuality and class.

When friends and fellow Los Angelenos Gabriel Rivas and Evan Watson arrived in Spokane, they noticed a distinct lack of hip-hop on campus — in classes, the student clubs offered, or the concerts thrown at the school.

It took a while for them to get organized and figure out how to become officially recognized — a process involving writing a club constitution, recruiting officers, etc. — and this fall they started having meetings that have consistently grown, Rivas says.

“We really felt like over the two years that we’d been here, a lot of people when they talked about hip-hop or rap, it was in a negative light,” Rivas says. “Or they only knew what was on the radio, and didn’t listen to full albums, or analyze and critique. A lot of the music we discuss has importance, and discusses social issues that have affected large parts of society.”

Even professors he’s had have mocked hip-hop’s significance, Rivas says, only speaking of the music in terms of stereotypes about drugs, sex and money. At the same time, a freshman English professor allowed him to research and write about hip-hop’s roots, a paper that turned into the inspiration for the club’s first meeting discussion.

Rivas and his peers hope the club will not only educate the students about the genre’s diversity and social consciousness, but also open the eyes (and ears) of the community at large. Watson says getting people who aren’t necessarily well-versed in rap music to join the conversation is a major challenge, but the more visible the club is on campus, hopefully the more people will feel welcome.

To that end, the club is throwing a Fall Fest concert Friday featuring up-and-coming Seattle rapper Travis Thompson, as well as Gonzaga student performers like McCloskey and fellow club member and rapper Ronald Chan (aka Yung Kuan).

For Chan, a San Francisco native and senior studying finance and entrepreneurship, the show will be his first time performing a concert after years of learning instruments, creating rhymes and making videos. He credits the creation of the club for the opportunity to take his

Jesus McCloskey, also known as GRXTTY. hip-hop aspirations to a new level.

“I didn’t expect something like that at all on campus,” Chan says. “I’m really glad it happened, because it allows people who like hip-hop to come together and learn more about the genre and embrace the music together. And it [gives] people trying to make music themselves WEEKEND ... a platform to do C O U N T D OW N that.”

Get the scoop on this When Rivas and weekend’s events with Watson were first our newsletter. Sign up at searching for club Inlander.com/newsletter. officers, they hit up Stacey Hernandez, a junior psychology and pre-med major from Texas who they knew was into hip-hop, thanks to a lifetime of listening to old-school tunes inspired by her native New Yorker parents. Already an active member of Gonzaga’s Black Student Union and La Raza Latina clubs, she says she’s

never been as involved with a club on campus as she’s been with the hip-hop club.

And while she’s always delved into the social consciousness of the music she loves, assiduously exploring the lyrics of her favorite artists, she didn’t realize how many fellow Zags shared her interest until the meetings started to get crowded.

“I didn’t think a lot of people were really interested in hip-hop at our school, and the deeper meanings,” Hernandez says. “It’s interesting to see how many people were really interested in learning about the culture. You bond with people over music, so it’s always nice to get to our meetings and see what other people are listening to, and sharing with those people.” n GU Hip-Hop and Rap Club Fall Fest featuring Travis Thompson, GRXTTY, Yung Kuan and $wang • Fri, Nov. 17 at 7 pm • $12/$10 for Gonzaga students • Cataldo Hall Globe Room • 502 E. Boone

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oshua Bacha was never a slouch on guitar, but he didn’t truly devote himself to the instrument — or music in general — until about three years ago. He’s since made up for lost time by completely absorbing himself in practicing and performing; by no coincidence, his skills have improved by leaps and bounds.

Bacha is the frontman of Charcoal Squids, a bluesy, psychedelic rock trio out of Missoula, Montana. By his own assessment, he’s progressed, especially when it comes to improvising guitar solos.

“There have definitely been times where I’ve biffed it,” he admits, “but sometimes you just pull this solo out of nowhere, and when it goes really well it feels super awesome. I’m finally getting to the point where there’s less biffing and more, ‘Aww, sick.’ It’s like throwing a dart at the wall, but now I’m like, 10 feet closer to the board.”

Honing his chops is essential, he says, because improvisation plays a large role in the band’s live sound.

“I like the idea of improvising some parts, because it means nobody is going to see the same show twice,” he says. “There are structured sections of each song we all mutually agree upon, but we purposefully leave these holes so we can give people different experiences.”

Bacha explains that before he found his musical path, he was attending the University of Idaho “but didn’t really know what I wanted to do.” He dropped out of college, moved to Missoula and founded his own label, Ghost Carrot Records, which subsequently signed fellow psych-rock outfit Tiny Plastic Stars and the fuzzy, folky Tomb Toad. It’s all part of his scheme to pursue music and visual art full-time, and for the last couple of months he’s managed to pay rent through various creative gigs.

His short-term plan includes touring more heavily with Charcoal Squids and increasing the band’s exposure. Bacha is especially intrigued by healthy psych-rock scenes in California and Texas.

“It’s about making more connections, getting out of my comfort zone and meeting new people,” he says. “The more connections we make, that’s going to open doors. Eventually, I’d like to play some of the bigger festivals.”

The band has gone through several different lineups, but Bacha says the current trio has found a creative sweet spot. In fact, part of his motivation for moving to Missoula was to work with bassist Riley Roberts and drummer Dan Miller.

“We’re all people who care about our art and

spent a lot of our lives practicing our instruments,” he says. “I find of sense of happiness from music; it fulfills me, and I think it fulfills them, too.”

The band’s eponymous debut album was recorded without isolation in five or six different bedrooms, and consequently sounds super raw.

Still, it’s an immersive, swirling mix of lo-fi rock ’n’ roll and washed-out vocals, an ambitious (if loosely executed) effort in the mold of San Francisco garage-rock band Thee Oh Sees.

“I mixed and recorded the whole thing and put a lot of time into it,” Bacha says. “It turned out really awesome for the little amount of knowledge I had going in, and I learned a lot from recording that album. I learned how much I still don’t know.”

Looking ahead, Bacha is working on writing Charcoal Squids’ as-yet-untitled second album, which he says is shaping up to be far more polished and mature. He’s steering the band toward synthesizer-based arrangements on top of

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the usual guitar freak-outs. Of course, that means he’s teaching himself how to play keyboard as Charcoal Squids prepares to enter the studio.

After all, he only got serious about music a few years ago.

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merging from Toronto in the waning years of Nirvana’s Top 40 dominance, Our Lady Peace was essentially Canada’s attempt to out-smash the Smashing Pumpkins, with snarling-but-warm guitars nipping at the heels of songwriter and frontman Raine Maida’s Billy Corgan-esque, nasal howls. The band is currently on the road celebrating the 20th anniversary of its sophomore album Clumsy, which produced a hit title track and sold enough copies to get the band significant airplay outside its home country. Even if you haven’t been following OLP’s career into the 21st century — their most recent album, 2012’s Curve, was hardly met with screamingly positive reviews — this tour will be focused on the deep cuts from that 1997 record, which you likely still have on cassette somewhere.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER Our Lady Peace with SMSHNG HRTS • Fri, Nov. 17 at 8 pm • $22.50 • All-ages • Knitting Factory • 919 W. Sprague • sp.knittingfactory.com • 244-3279

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J J THE BARTLETT, Manatee Commune (see right), Dave B J BOOTS BAKERY & LOUNGE, The Song Project J BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB, Open Jazz Jam with Erik Bowen CORBY’S BAR, Open Mic and Karaoke CRAVE, DJ Freaky Fred CRUISERS, Open Jam Night J HOTEL RL AT THE PARK, Wonder THE JACKSON ST., Dave McRae J KNITTING FACTORY, Too Broke to Rock feat. Otherwise, Vyces, No Resolve J LAGUNA CAFÉ, Just Plain Darin LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Levi Daniel THE LOCAL DELI, Devon Wade J MONARCH MOUNTAIN COFFEE, Open Mic Hosted by Scott Reid NASHVILLE NORTH, The Band of Heathens NIGHTHAWK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), PJ Destiny J NORTHERN QUEST RESORT & CASINO, Travis Tritt THE OBSERVATORY, Vinyl Meltdown J THE PIN!, Origin, Dyscarnate, Rutah, Age of Neflim RED ROOM LOUNGE, Red Room Goes Boom with DJs Brainfunk, Macfie, Storme THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos feat. Christan Raxter & Steve Ridler ZOLA, Blake Braley

Friday, 11/17

219 LOUNGE, Truck Mills 3RD WHEEL, Blistered Earth, No Resolve BABY BAR, Feral Anthem and Ian L. Miles J THE BARTLETT, Kuinka, Planes on Paper

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anatee Commune is the project of producersongwriter Grant Eadie, a Spokane native who now lives on the other side of the state and creates lush, evocative soundscapes. Like fellow Bellingham-based electronica stalwarts Odesza, Eadie’s work features trippy, ethereal vocal samples, sun-dappled keyboards and thumping electronic beats that fill every corner of the room. And while his music is the definition of synthetic, Eadie has said it’s inspired by the natural scenery of his home state, and the sounds he chooses to sample are unusual, too — keys rattling in locks, beer fizzing in a glass, ping-pong balls clacking on tables.

Eadie was most recently in his hometown in October headlining Terrain’s Thursday night artist showcase, so expect him to play to another packed house again.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER Manatee Commune with Dave B and Jango • Thu, Nov. 16 at 8 pm • $15 • All-ages • The Bartlett • 228 W. Sprague • thebartlettspokane.com • 747-2174

BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn J THE BIG DIPPER, GS3 BLACK DIAMOND, DJ Sterling BOLO’S, Vern and the Volcanoes J BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB, Colby Acuff CEDAR STREET BISTRO, Denis Zwang & Mike Johnson CHECKERBOARD BAR, Rage Rabbit Presents DJs Toxic Toker, Sam Wize, Kid Kaotic, Jelttiks CHINOOK STEAK, PASTA AND SPIRITS (CDA CASINO), Echo Elysium COMMUNITY PINT, Ron Greene CORBY’S BAR, Karaoke CRUISERS, Karaoke with Gary CURLEY’S, Usual Suspects EAGLE’S LODGE, On the Walk Men of Rhythm EICHARDT’S, Mike Wagoner Trio J FEDORA PUB & GRILLE, Just Plain Darin FORZA COFFEE CO., Wyatt Wood

J GONZAGA UNIVERSITY, GU Hip-Hop & Rap Club Fall Fest (see page 49) feat. Travis Thompson, GRXTTY, Yung Kuan and $wang IDAHO POUR AUTHORITY, Bare Grass IRON HORSE (COEUR D’ALENE), Haze JOHN’S ALLEY, Sin Tax and The Bed Spins J J KNITTING FACTORY, Our Lady Peace (see above), SMSHNG HRTS LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Nick Grow MAX AT MIRABEAU, Mojo Box MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL, Brandon and Cole Show MOOSE LOUNGE, Chris Rieser and the Nerve NASHVILLE NORTH, Ladies Night with Luke Jaxon and DJ Tom NIGHTHAWK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), Smash Hit Carnival NORTHERN QUEST RESORT & CASINO, DJ Patrick

O’SHAYS IRISH PUB & EATERY, Celtic Music by Arvid Lundin & Deep Roots J THE OBSERVATORY, Charcoal Squids (see page 51), Indian Goat, Wayward West ONE WORLD CAFE, Dallas Higgins, Byron Flood, Tons and Tons PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Ron Kieper J THE PIN!, Walking Corpse Syndrome, Thunder Knife PRIME TYME BAR & GRILL, David Wolff Project REPUBLIC BREWING CO., The Novel Ideas, Jason Hawk Harris THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Pamela Jean RIPPLES RIVERSIDE GRILL, Dangerous Type THE ROADHOUSE, Dragonfly THE ROCK BAR & LOUNGE, DJ Steve Baker

SOULFUL SOUPS & SPIRITS, Jay Condiotti ZOLA, Sammy Eubanks

Saturday, 11/18

219 LOUNGE, The Somethings ARLO’S RISTORANTE, The Cole Show J THE BARTLETT, Typhoon, The Fourth Wall BEEROCRACY, Stella Jones BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn J THE BIG DIPPER, Elephant Gun Riot EP Release with The Broken Thumbs, December in Red, Drone Epidemic BLACK DIAMOND, DJ Stud BOLO’S, Vern and the Volcanoes J BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB, Upstairs Strangers CHECKERBOARD BAR, Hip Hop for Hunger feat. Willie B the MC, Rod Mac, Zany the Mic Smith, Dime City, Pest, Raw B

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Sunday, 11/19

DALEY’S CHEAP SHOTS, Jam Night with VooDoo Church GARLAND PUB & GRILL, Karaoke IRON HORSE (VALLEY), Phil N the Prescriptions LINGER LONGER LOUNGE, Open Jam NO-LI BREWHOUSE, Wyatt Wood O’DOHERTY’S IRISH GRILLE, Live Irish Music J THE PIN!, Primary Pulse THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Sunday Karaoke Night THE ROADHOUSE, Selwyn Birchwood J SPOKANE ARENA, Winter Jam feat. Lecrae, Mac Powell, Andy Mineo, Family Force 5, NewSong, Moriah Peters and more ZOLA, Lazy Love

J CALYPSOS COFFEE & CREAMERY, Open Mic EICHARDT’S, Monday Night Jam with Truck Mills RED ROOM LOUNGE, Open Mic with Lucas Brookbank Brown ZOLA, Perfect Mess

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Tuesday, 11/21

THE BULL HEAD, Rusty Jackson GARLAND PUB & GRILL, Karaoke LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Turntable Tuesday J THE PIN!, Dissolution: A Dark Club Experience feat. DJs Lunagoth, Killmore, Culture Bane POOLE’S PUBLIC HOUSE, Nick Grow RAZZLE’S BAR & GRILL, Open Mic Jam RED ROOM LOUNGE, Tuesday Takeover with Storme THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Open Mic/ Jam Night ZOLA, Dueling Cronkites

Wednesday, 11/22 J THE BARTLETT, Indian Goat, Wayward West, Bar Talk GARLAND PUB & GRILL, Usual Suspects GENO’S TRADITIONAL FOOD & ALES, Open Mic with Host Travis Goulding IRON HORSE (VALLEY), Maxie Ray Mills J KNITTING FACTORY, Free the Jester, Deschamp, Sin Circus, Of Truth, Nathan Chartrey LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Carey Brazil LUCKY’S IRISH PUB, DJ D3VIN3 MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL, Josh Hedlund J THE PIN!, Crowbar, Tombs, Incite POOLE’S PUBLIC HOUSE, The Cronkites POOLE’S PUBLIC HOUSE (SOUTH HILL), Dan Conrad RED ROOM LOUNGE, Blowin’ Kegs Jam Session THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, The Ronaldos feat. Ron Criscione, Ray Younker and Emily Ridler THE THIRSTY DOG, Karaoke J TWO SEVEN PUBLIC HOUSE, Matt Mitchell ZOLA, Whsk&Keys

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WORDS WILD AWAKENINGS

National Geographic TV host and Spokane native Hazen Audel ventures onto the theater stage to regale audiences with wild tales of his excursions to some of the globe’s most exotic and remote locations. From the rainforests of South and Central America to the islands of Southeast Asia, Audel spends much of his time away from Spokane, living and learning among indigenous peoples in faraway places. The cultural enthusiast and wildlife biologist shares his passion through an array of photography, film and anecdotes, presenting the audience an exploratory view of the many primitive places outside the Inland Northwest, and opening our eyes to show us where the wild things are.

— JASON STILL Hazen Audel: My Lives With Tribes • Thu, Nov. 16 at 7:30 pm • $24; $14/ages 12 and under • Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox • 1001 W. Sprague • foxtheaterspokane.org • 624-1200

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Are you into laser light shows á la Pink Floyd and Christmas music?

Get ready for Mannheim Steamroller’s 33rd anniversary tour, rolling into town this Saturday to wow crowds with their immersive Christmas crescendos. This spirited Yuletide spectacle is a must for those who can’t wait for the upcoming season of endless holiday jingles. The Grammy Award-winning new-age group’s live shows put a new spin on classical Christmas compositions, bringing songs to life with breathtaking visual effects, synthesizers and traditional instrumentation. Returning to Spokane’s INB Performing Arts Center, this show is a great way to begin the most wonderful time of the year.

— JASON STILL Mannheim Steamroller Christmas • Sat, Nov. 18 at 7:30 pm • $39.50-$99.50 • INB Performing Arts Center • 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd • inbpac.com

ARTS EAGLE ORIGINALS

Get a jump-start on your holiday shopping (or personal treating) and head out to the ongoing “Eagle Made” showcase and bazaar at Eastern Washington University’s Downtown Student Gallery.

Featuring a variety of original pieces made by 14 artists — all are EWU art program students or alumni — the showcase offers the public a chance to purchase one-of-a-kind, locally made, affordably priced art ranging from prints and stickers to zines and ceramics.

Participating artists include alums Remelisa Cullitan-Stillinger, Krystn Parmley and Michael Haynes, among others. Don’t wait too long, though, or the pickins might be slim. Check out the gallery’s Facebook page for a sneak peek at some of the fun artistic creations to be found.

— CHEY SCOTT Eagle Made: Student & Alumni Bazaar • Through Dec. 1; open Mon-Fri from noon-5 pm • EWU Downtown Student Gallery • 404 Second St., Cheney • ewu.edu/downtowngallery • 359-6802

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Best-selling writer Darin Strauss is next up in the lineup of authors coming to the Inland Northwest as part of Eastern Washington University’s MFA in Creative Writing and its Get Lit! Program’s Visiting Writers Series. Among his many accolades, the Guggenheim Fellowship author’s 2010 memoir Half a Life — which recounts how Strauss’ life was profoundly altered after a fatal auto accident involving his high school classmate — has been widely excerpted and won a National Book Critics Circle Award in 2011. His other works include the novels Chang & Eng (based on the lives of famous conjoined twins), and The Real McCoy (based on the life of boxer Charles “Kid” McCoy) and the contemporary novel More Than it Hurts You. Based in Brooklyn, Strauss’ other writings have been widely anthologized. Don’t miss a chance to meet the literary icon during his reading in Spokane.

— CHEY SCOTT EWU Visiting Writers Series: Darin Strauss • Fri, Nov. 17 at 7:30 pm • Free • Spark Central • 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. • getlitfestival.org

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Vikings at Bears - Post Falls Colts at Titans - Hayden Redskins at Eagles - 4th St. Broncos at Chiefs - Post Falls Lions at Packers - Hayden

THURS Nov. 9: Seahawks at Cardinals - 4th St. Nov. 13: Dolphins at Panthers - 4th St. Nov. 20: Falcons at Seahawks - Post Falls Nov. 27: Texans at Ravens - Hayden

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COMEDY LAUGHS & PUPPY LOVE

Kent, Washington, native Rebecca Corry cut her comedic teeth in Chicago in the hallowed grounds of the Second City improv theater after moving there as a teenager. The risk worked out, as her career as a comedy performer and writer has taken her into feature films, commercials and TV series, as well as hosting her own show on Oprah’s network. You might have seen her name most recently as one of the women who talked about being sexually harassed by Louis C.K. when their paths crossed a decade ago. (I’m guessing the Spokane Comedy Club will probably delete the Louis C.K. video they show before performances this weekend.) Besides doing her own stand-up shows, Corry is the featured entertainment for Sunday’s Stand Up for Pits, an event dedicated to ending the abuse of pitbull-type dogs and benefiting local animal welfare nonprofits Rescue4All, Higher Ground Animal Sanctuary and the Spokane Humane Society.

— DAN NAILEN Rebecca Corry • Thu, Nov. 16 at 8 pm • $8 men/women free • Fri, Nov. 17 at 8 pm; Sat, Nov. 18 at 7 pm • $14 • Sat, Nov. 18 at 9:30 pm • $8 • Stand Up For Pits • Sun, Nov. 19 at 7:30 pm • $40/$100 • Spokane Comedy Club • 315 W. Sprague • spokanecomedyclub.com • 318-9998

Steelers at Bengals - 4th St. Patriots at Dolphins - Post Falls Falcons at Buccaneers - Hayden WILD CARD ROUND - 4th St. DIVISIONAL ROUND - Post Falls AFC/NFC CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND - Hayden

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I SAW YOU BRUCHIS You with the red hair and luxury car for dinner looked superb.

GONZAGA HEADPHONES GIRL I see you walking through campus like every single day. You wear either green or pink ear buds and you belt your heart out every time you walk by. I have a class around 4 that gets out around when you walk by and I look forward fro seeing you every single day.

I SAW YOU, I SAW YOU, I’D BE LUCKY TO SEE YOU AGAIN I saw you for the first time at the Satellite. You walked in with your singlets, dimples and blue eyes and my life has never been the same. I truly thought it would never end. I hope it hasn’t. I will love you (more) for the rest of my days. I just hope that you give me that privilege.

PERFECTION TIRE We both were getting our snow tires on for the winter. YOU: Tall gentleman wearing a stocking cap, reading the paper and listening to Mantovani on the music channel. ME: Short lady hauling my laptop and an assortment of things on my “to-do” list. You offered me the newspaper since you had just finished it, I mentioned something about Mantovani, and that was the end of my “to-do” list!

We chatted for well over an hour about everything imaginable. The service guy came in to let me know my car was done, and as I was packing up my stuff to leave, you totally took me off guard by asking for my phone number! Well, we’ve chatted quite a bit since then. How about we put

a meeting on our joint “to-do” list in the same waiting room next week to celebrate a year of FUN?

YOU SAW ME THIRD EYE “MINE” “Can we talk about tomorrow? And the promise that it brings?” I was the blonde in the leather vest that ordered the whiskey at the T3B concert on Friday. I was belting out every single lyric. You didn’t seem annoyed by my excitement one bit. In fact, at one point, you even sang along with me. “I’ll show you how it ends, good” if you give a chance to take you out sometime?!

CHEERS DOWNTOWN BREWS BROS Cheers to the noontime barista at the Brews Bros coffee shop near the Plaza. You handled a negative, grumpy customer gracefully and with positive energy. She was telling you how much she didn’t like her flavored drink from the previous day and you were so patient with alternate suggestions. When you asked her if she’d like whipped cream and she responded, “Yeah, put it on top.”

I was groaning to myself about my tight schedule while this person held up the line and thinking, “No lady, this place has a policy of whipped cream at the bottom of the cup. Deal with it.” You let her know before she left when the coconut flavoring that she wanted would be in stock as you handed her her drink and didn’t miss a beat taking my order. Nicely done. Thanks for the lesson in slowing down and being patient.

WHITWORTH JAZZ Cheers to Dr. Dan Keberle and Whitworth University Jazz for an uplifting and outstanding concert featuring Ellis Marsalis on November 4th.

The concert was fantastic! It was nice to see such a classy man as Mr. Marsalis play with the band and to hear the accolades.

Rather than accepting applause for himself, he always referred to individual and collective members of Whitworth Jazz and asked the audience to applaud for them.

At one point, he said he’d been at the University of New Orleans for 12 years, but had “never heard a band like this one.” Total class all the way! Thank you Dr. Keberle and Whitworth University Jazz for

a great concert! Please keep the concerts coming each fall.

RIVERSIDE STATE PARK To who ever put an end to the illegitimate parking at 7 mile.

You have to pay to play. These freeloaders don’t understand $30/year for access to all the great state parks in WA is a bargain. I consider it another part of my gear. By the looks of the gear that was rolling out of

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ble things (you know, just everyday news).

You all were gems! You talked to him like a person and got him the help he requested in getting to the hospital. Thank you for being good humans. Thank you for proving my fears pointless. Thank you for exemplifying what policing should look like.

my sons for picking it up. Thank you all so much!!!

STRUMBELLAS DUDE I frequently cruise the Inlander in search of new bands than

WINTERS COMING, BRUSH IT OFF Winter has come early. Why is it people think they

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Thank you for exemplifying what policing should look like.

that lot it won’t break the bank and they might just feel a bit better about supporting the lands they recreate on.

CHEERS TO THE PLAY PLACE MOM! T o the mom of the “good” Theo at the mall play place on 11/10 at 11am: THANK YOU! Thanks for saying something to the mom of the “bad” kid. If you hadn’t, I would’ve stepped in and probably gotten myself kicked out, since I was already having an off day. You phrased it perfectly; hopefully the other mom got the message. I almost started clapping and cheering for you, btw.

I’m not a fan of parents that don’t intervene when their kid is being aggressive towards others. Also, I was very concerned that a smaller kid would choke or be allergic to the trail of peanut butter crackers the kid left behind. If you see her again, please mention that for me. Haha. Anyways, thank you for speaking up so I didn’t have to!

From the mom of the boy who got slapped and pulled down to the ground by that kid.

CATCHY CARTOONIST Cheers to Jen Sorenson for her witty, brutally honest portrayal of many of the rapings of social justice that occur in society. Get ‘em girl!

MIDNIGHT DECENCY Cheers to the police and first responders for your humanity with an agitated man. You came to the Cliff Cannon neighborhood Saturday 11/11 around midnight after I called. I stayed out of worry he might be body slammed, handcuffed, or any number of other terri-

I have not heard before. I love music, all kinds, from Slayer to Beethoven, and I have discovered some of my favorite bands reading the Inlander, from Shovels and Rope to Benjamin Booker. In last week’s, “Comment” section, when Nick Hamm was asked by the Inlander, “what musical artist would you like to see come and play Spokane?” his answer was, “The Strumbellas.” I dog-eared the page so I could check out the band and wow; what an amazing group! Check out these awesome lyrics... I put a banjo up into the sky, it keeps us moving, it keeps us moving...got a head full of darkness and darkness is good, cause if we all die young, then we don’t get hurt. Thank you real music lovers out there and for sharing your knowledge of real musicians with the rest of us. P.S. even though she’s not a new artist, my answer to who I would like to see play in Spokane is PJ Harvey. Come on Bartlett, can you make this happen?

GARTH BROOKS CONCERT Unbeknownst to me, I dropped my wallet on the way to Garth Brooks’ magical concert on Sat. afternoon. Someone found it and gave it to a police officer. When I returned home from the concert, I had a voicemail from Officer Christensen telling me he had my wallet, which held my money, my driver’s license and a credit card. My sons picked up my wallet from the officer for me. Here is a shout-out to the kind and honest person who found it and gave it to the officer, to Officer Christensen for the call and to

PLUGGING UP TURN LANE Are you driving on a road in which there are two lanes that you can chose to drive in? Are you approaching a red light knowing that you are going to go straight through the intersection once the light turns green? Is there ample opportunity for you to switch lanes so that all the people behind you needing to TURN at the red light can do so? Then please, have some common sense and decency to move over to the other lane so the rest of us can get home. n

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can drive their cars around with the tail lights and back windows covered in snow.

We can’t see you and how in the heck do you see us? If you are in good enough physical condition to drive, I would think you would be able to brush the snow off your vehicle. Or I forgot, the inconsiderate people just don’t give a rip. Better hope you don’t run into my car because you can’t see out of yours.

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BENEFIT

FIRST FOODS FEAST & FUNDRAISER The Rogers High School Native student leadership club Nk’wu Nation hosts a dinner featuring traditional indigenous foods. Come and enjoy venison, salmon, squash, elderberries, and more.

Proceeds support club activities. Nov. 16, 6-8 pm. $10/general; $5/elders, students (free/5 and under). Rogers High School, 1622 E. Wellesley. (354-6647) GLOBAL-BOOTS WAFFLE WEEK Boot’s is donating $1 to Global Neighborhood for every purchase of one of their delicious pumpkin waffles, topped with chai butter. Nov. 12-18. Boots Bakery & Lounge, 24 W. Main. globalneighborhood.org/events/ (703-7223) BOOKS NOT BOMBS: A PJALS BENEFIT The event offers live music, fair trade coffee, baked treats and lots of books. Nov. 17 from noon-6 pm and Nov. 18 from 10 am-3 pm. Nov. 17 and Nov. 18. Community Building, 35 W. Main Ave. pjals.org (232-1950)

COMEDY

REBECCA CORRY The L.A. based comedian, raised in Kent, Wash., has appeared on HBO, Oxygen, feature films, and other comedy specials and sitcoms.

Nov. 16-18 at 8 pm, Nov. 18 at 10:30 pm. $16-$22. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com BEFORE IT’S IN THEATRES Audience members choose a movie trailer and the BDT players try and fill in all the blanks. For general audiences. Fridays at 8 pm, Nov. 10-Dec. 15. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. (747-7045) THE SOCIAL HOUR COMEDY SHOWCASE The Social Hour returns for an evening with headliner Harry J. Riley, featuring Deece Casillas and hosted by Danny Anderson. Nov. 17, 8-9:30 pm. $5. House of Cards Bar & Grill, 830 N. Spokane St. (208-981-0056) COMEDY WITH FRIENDS A show blending storytelling, sketch comedy, and stand up comedy. Nov. 18, 8-10 pm. $8-$10. The Roxie, 3023 E. Diamond Ave. bit.ly/2yEFnUa (979-8830) SAFARI The fast-paced short-form improv show for mature audiences relies on audience suggestions to fuel each scene. Saturdays at 8 pm, through Dec. 30. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.com SPOKOMEDY’S COMEDY CONFESSIONS Host Deece Casillas is joined

by Steve Johnson, Mara Baldwin, and

Carl Shaw for a night of comedy, racy stories, and revealing all their bestkept secrets. Nov. 19, 8-9:30 pm. Free.

The Ridler Piano Bar, 718 W. Riverside.

(509-822-7938) STAND UP FOR PITS A benefit event featuring comedian Rebecca Corry.

Stand Up For Pits Foundation is dedicated to ending abuse, discrimination and saving the lives of pitbull “type” dogs. Proceeds support local nonprofit Rescue4All, Higher Ground Animal Sanctuary and the Spokane Humane Society. Includes a donation drive, silent auction, adoptable pets and more.

Nov. 19, 7:30 pm. $40-$100. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com COMEDY SHOWCASE The Monday night showcase lets the audience help pick the “Best Set” of the night from among four local comedians. Third Monday of the month, from 8-9:30 pm.

No cover; 2-item min. purchase. The Buzz Pizzeria, Bar & Lounge, 501 S Thor St. thebuzzspokane.com SPOKANE COMEDY MIXTAPE VOL. 2 LIVE RECORDING Be a part of a live recording featuring 11 area comics. Nov. 21, 8-9:30 pm. $9/$13. The Bartlett, 228 W. Sprague. thebartlettspokane.com

COMMUNITY

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF TOLERANCE Join the Gonzaga University and Spokane communities to stand in solidarity to support social justice. Nov. 16, 1212:45 pm. Free. Gonzaga Hemmingson Center, 702 E. Desmet Ave. (313-6368) MEET THE NEIGHBORS: TEMPLE BETH SHALOM Join Spokane Faith and Values to learn more about the rich history and legacy of the local Jewish community. Includes refreshments, Q&A and guest speakers. Nov. 16, 6:30 pm.

Free and open to the public. Temple Beth Shalom, 1322 E. 30th Ave. bit. ly/2zXlb0h (509-747-3304) POINSETTIA OPEN HOUSE See the 22 poinsettia varieties grown by second-year greenhouse students. Also includes refreshments and cookies.

Located in Building 10 (North Side of campus) on East Ermina Ave. Nov. 1617 from 10 am-5 pm. Free. SCC, 1810 N. Greene St. scc.spokane.edu (533-8167) TITANIC: THE ARTIFACT EXHIBITION This blockbuster exhibit features more than 120 artifacts recovered from the ocean floor. The objects, along with room re-creations and personal stories, offer haunting, emotional connections

to lives abruptly ended or forever altered. Through May 20, 2018; open TueSun 10 am-5 pm (Wed until 8 pm). $18/ adults, $16/seniors, $10/ages 6-17, $13/ college students w/ID. The MAC, 2316 W. First. northwestmuseum.org TITANOBOA: MONSTER SNAKE The Smithsonian shares an exhibit which features a full-scale model of Titanoboa, casts of the original fossil vertebrae, and more. Through Nov. 26; open Tue-Sat, 10 am-5 pm; Sun 11 am-5 pm. $8/admission. Mobius Science Center, 331 N. Post. mobiusspokane.org WATER, WIND & FIRE TOUR A presentation and community conversation about how we can strengthen the economy in Eastern Washington and sustain our health, farms, forests, and fish amid a changing climate. At the WSU-Spokane Student Academic Center. Nov. 16, 4-8:30 pm. Free. bit. ly/2ykeXqn (570-8485) CUSTER’S CHRISTMAS ARTS & CRAFTS SHOW The 41st holiday show features more than 300 artisans and craftspeople from around the region.

Shop for items including jewelry, fine art, gourmet and specialty foods, holiday decor and more. Nov. 17-19; Fri 10 am-8 pm, Sat 9 am-6 pm and Sun 10 am-4 pm. $7/weekend admission. Spokane County Fair & Expo Center, 404 N. Havana St. custershows.com (477-1766) NATIONAL ADOPTION DAY Local festivities take place at the Spokane County Courthouse for family and friends.

Many adoptions also be take place throughout the day. Nov. 17, 9 am-4 pm.

Spokane County Courthouse, 1100 W. Mallon. spokanecounty.org (328-0951) POINSETTIA TOURS & OPEN HOUSE Come see the local greenhouse awash in pinks, white and red shades of its specialty poinsettias. Tours on Nov. 10-11 and 17-18 at 11 am, 1 pm, 2 pm and 3 pm each day. Free. The Plant Farm, 14208 E. Fourth. (926-9397) FATHER DAUGHTER PRINCESS BALL Tickets to the 5th annual Whatever Girls Annual Princess Ball and Sonora Smart Dodd Father of the Year Award include a photo booth, dessert refreshments, sweets station, and a take-home gift.

The event is for girls of all ages. Nov. 18, 6:30-9 pm. $20-$50. Lincoln Center, 1316 N. Lincoln St. thewhatevergirls.com HOLIDAY FLOWER ARRANGING WSU Master Gardener Steven Nokes teaches how to make arrangements for the holidays using flowers and evergreens.

Nov. 18, 10 am. Free. Manito Park, 1800 S. Grand Blvd. thefriendsofmanito.org

Classical Virtuoso Meets Late Night Comedy With an ensemble of musicians, enjoy familiar works from classical and pop along with threads of comedy and film.

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Advice Goddess REIGN OF TERRIER

I know humans are typically your subject, but this is a relationship question, so I hope you’ll consider answering it. I have a new puppy (an 8-pound terrier mutt). I eventually want her to sleep in bed with me. However, she’s not toilet-trained yet, so I “crate” her at night in the laundry room (in a small dog cage). She cries all night.

It’s heartbreaking. Please help! —Sleepless In Dogtown

AMY ALKON

We call dogs “man’s best friend” and treat them just like our human best friends — if at 11 p.m. you say to your BFF, “Wow — wouldja look at the time,” gently remove her beer from her hand, and usher her to her cage in your laundry room.

Crate training, recommended by vets, breeders, and the American Kennel Club, involves confining a dog to a “den” — a cage or gated-off area — with her bed and her favorite toys to dismember. However, the crate is not supposed to be used for punishment — as a sort of Doggy San Quentin — but, say, for times you can’t watch her to keep her from using the $3,000 leather couch as a chew toy or the antique Persian rug as an opulently colored hand-knotted toilet.

The problem you’re experiencing in crating your dog at night comes out of doggy-human coevolution. Anthrozoologist John W.S. Bradshaw explains that over generations, we humans bred dogs to be emotionally dependent on us. Not surprisingly, dogs miss their owners, sometimes desperately, when they are separated from them — and other dogs don’t seem to fill the emotional void. In one of Bradshaw’s studies — of 40 Labrador retrievers and border collies — “well over 50 percent of the Labs and almost half of the collies showed some kind of separation distress” when left alone.

Fortunately, puppies can be trained to understand that your picking up your car keys isn’t human-ese for “Goodbye forever!” Bradshaw’s advice in “Dog Sense”: “Pick up keys, go to door, praise dog.” Next: Pick up keys. Go out door. Come right back in.

Praise dog. Next: Go out for increasingly longer intervals — and “go back a stage” (timewise) if the dog shows anxiety.

And good news for you: You probably don’t have to spoon with your dog to keep her from feeling separation distress at night. My tiny Chinese crested now sleeps (uh, snores like a cirrhotic old wino) on my pillow, resting her tiny snout on my neck. However, back before she had her bathroom business under control, I went through the crying-at-night-in-the-crate thing (actually a gated alcove by my office).

I felt like the second coming of Cruella de Vil. Then I remembered something about dogs: They have a sense of smell on the level of superhero powers. Maybe my dog didn’t have to be in bed; maybe near bed would do. I snagged a big see-through plastic container (maybe 4 feet long and 3 feet high) that my neighbors were tossing out. At bedtime, I put it next to my bed and put my dog in it with her bed and a pee pad. She turned around three times, curled up, and went to sleep — after giving me a look I’m pretty sure said, “Hey, next time you’re gonna throw me in ‘the hole,’ gimme some notice, and I’ll menace the mailman and chase the neighbors’ bratty children with a sharpened Nylabone.“

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I keep seeing men pushing dogs in baby strollers and carrying dogs as women do. What’s going on? An epidemic of sissified men? If I ever did this, I’d hope my family would have me committed. —Disturbed “Release the hounds!” does lose some of its punch when it’s followed by “… as soon as you can unzip them from their polka-dot stroller.”

Thankfully, the Centers for Disease Control lists no reports of an outbreak of Pomeranians poking their little heads out of man purses. However, you’re right; dog strollers are increasingly becoming a thing. As for why this is, think “Field of Dreams”: “If you build it…” and sell it at Petco, people will buy it so they won’t have to leave their old, tired, and/or disabled doggy home alone.

As for what pushing a doggybuggy says about a man, anthropologists and zoologists would call this a “costly signal.” This is an extravagant or risky trait or behavior that comes with a substantial price — which suggests that the quality being displayed is for real. An example of this is conspicuous waste — signaling vast wealth by using $100 bills as birdcage liners. Accordingly, it takes a man with masculinity to burn to not fear putting off all those women who previously announced to their friends, “We want sensitive men! -- though not, you know, ‘put their Shih Tzu in a baby stroller’ sensitive.” n ©2017, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. • Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405 or email AdviceAmy@aol.com (www.advicegoddess.com)

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EVENTS | CALENDAR OPEN HOUSE: ANIMALS WE’RE THANKFUL FOR Celebrate and learn about animals we all need to survive.

Includes games, craft tables, and a chance to interact with the center’s birds, reptiles and more. Nov. 18, 10 am-2 pm. $5 suggested donation. West Valley Outdoor Learning Center, 8706 E. Upriver Dr. (340-1028) PANIDA 90TH BIRTHDAY The Panida celebrates 90 years with an art show and reception in the Little Theater at 6 pm, followed by mainstage performances of music, theater, dance and film. Nov. 18, 6-9 pm. $25. Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave. panida.org TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE Join the Spokane community in commemoration with a screening of the documentary “The Death and Life of Marsha P Johnson.” Also includes a community resource fair and refreshments. Nov. 18, 4-7 pm. EWU Riverpoint Campus, 668 N. Riverpoint Blvd. bit.ly/2zGlknR WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE “WE CAN DO IT” is the theme for the sixth annual Women in Ag Conference, an engaging, interactive day of inspiration, learning and networking with other women farmers. The 2017 Conference is a one-day event held simultaneously in 40 locations throughout Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington.

Events held locally in Spokane, Coeur d’Alene, Colville, Ritzville, Republic, Bonners Ferry, Sandpoint and more; see site for details. Nov. 18, 8 am. $30. womeninag.wsu.edu CELEBRATING 10,000 REFUGEES Join World Relief Spokane to celebrate welcoming 10,000 refugees to Spokane over the last 25 years. Hear stories between songs from the Neema Choir and enjoy snacks made by refugees and World Relief volunteers. Nov. 19, 3-4:30 pm. Life Center Church, 1202 N. Government Way. (290-1036) HOLIDAY LIGHTS SHOW + JOURNEY TO THE NORTH POLE The 31st annual holiday event includes the “Journey to the North Pole” lake cruises. Official lighting ceremony, fireworks and parade Nov. 24 at 5 pm. Lights are on display through early January; cruises depart nightly on the lake. Nov. 24. The Coeur d’Alene Resort, 115 S. Second. cdaresort.com (208-765-4000)

FESTIVAL

INLANDER WINTER PARTY Get ready for winter — it’s coming — at the PowderKeg Brew Festival and the

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Snowlander Expo, and shop for lowpriced gear from local vendors, enjoy beer and cider, live music, activities, giveaways and more. Nov. 17 from 4-9 pm and Nov. 18 from 10 am-7 pm. $10/ adults; kids 12 and under free. Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. snowlanderexpo.com

FILM

BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL This year’s screenings feature the world’s best mountain sport, culture and environmental films. Nov. 18-19; Fri-Sat at 7 pm, Sun at 6 pm. $20/day; $54/festival pass. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. mountaingear.com NIGHT SKY PLANETARIUM FILM This extended show offers an in-depth look at the night sky. Seating begins 15 minutes prior to showtime. Tickets may be purchased over the phone or in-person at the cashier’s office. Nov. 17, 7:30-9 pm. $5-$10. SFCC (bldg. 28), 3410 W. Fort George Wright Dr. spokanefalls. edu/planetarium (533-3569)

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13TH SCREENING + DISCUSSION See the award-winning documentary on U.S. incarceration practices that disparately target African Americans, and stay for a post-film discussion with civil rights attorney Breean Beggs and Whitworth Dean of Students Rosetta Rhodes. Nov. 18, 1 pm. Free. Cheney Library, 610 First. (235-7333) MONDAY NIGHT MOVIES: PRIVATE VIOLENCE This film explores a simple but deeply disturbing fact of American life: the most dangerous place for a woman in America is her own home.

Every day in the U.S., at least four Nov. 20, 7 pm. $8. Magic Lantern Theatre, 25 W. Main Ave. magiclanternonmain.com UNITED BY WATER Presented by the Upper Columbia United Tribes, the film shows the first tribal canoe journey and gathering at Kettle Falls since the Ceremony of Tears in 1943. Narrated by Sherman Alexie, the film documents this journey in 2016 from the building of the canoes, the physical and spiritual journey and the landing at Kettle Falls.

Nov. 25, 4 pm. Free. Shadle Library, 2111

W. Wellesley. spokanelibrary.org

FOOD

FLANNEL FEST The Lantern’s annual fall celebration with beer from No-Li Brewhouse. Includes food specials, karaoke, live music and a burger challenge. The Lantern Tap House, 1004 S. Perry. bit.ly/2zZs3do (509-315-9531) HOLIDAY WINE FEST An event to mark the official release of Craftsman’s 2014 wines, including a Cabernet Sauvignon as well as a Syrah and Pinot Noir. Nov. 17-19. Craftsman Cellars, 1194 W. Summit Pkwy. bit.ly/2AHvWRg ICICLE BREWING BEER DINNER Enjoy six courses prepared by Chef Brian Hutchins, each paired with Icicle Brewing’s beers. Nov. 17, 6-8 pm. $50. My Fresh Basket, 1030 W. Summit Pkwy. myfreshspokane.com ONE DINNER A new series of benefit dinners from the Inland Northwest Food Network, featuring one ingredient prepared by one chef on one night.

Series kicks off with Chef Adam Hegsted preparing a dinner incorporating winter squash into each of the eight courses. Meal is served family style; limited to 40 people. Nov. 17, 6-9 pm. $65. Honey Co. (formerly the Cellar), 317 E. Sherman. inwfoodnetwork.org MARYHILL WINERY GRAND OPENING A weekend-long celebration of the winery’s new Spokane tasting room, with a live broadcast from KZZU 92.9, live music, wine for tasting and purchase and more. Nov. 18 from 3-7 pm and Nov. 19 from 2-6 pm. Maryhill Winery Spokane, 1303 W. Summit Pkwy. bit.ly/2muofer (509-773-1976) FRENCH BISTRO DINNER Chef David walks guests through essential French techniques for a salad along with a French-style slow-braised beef in red wine served with pasta. Nov. 19, 2-3:30 pm. $45. Kitchen Engine, 621 W. Mallon Ave. thekitchenengine.com INVEG THANKSVEGAN POTLUCK FEAST Join local vegans for a special Thanksgiving-style feast. Bring your favorite vegan dish to share with the community (see event link for details).

Nov. 19, 5 pm. Woman’s Club of Spokane, 1428 W. Ninth. bit.ly/2z0LkLw

MUSIC

GATHERING OF THE BANDS Featuring the North Idaho College Wind Symphony and area middle school bands under the direction of Bryan Hannaford. Nov.

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15-16 at 7 pm. North Idaho College, 1000 W. Garden Ave. (208-7693300) EWU JAZZ DIALOGUE FEST Featuring performances by the Pedrito Martinez Group with New York Voices. Nov. 17, 7:30 pm. $29-$75. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. foxtheaterspokane.com LILAC CITY COMMUNITY BAND A concert by one of the largest amateur community bands in the Northwest, consisting of 50+ musicians.

Nov. 17, 7-8 pm. By donation. Spokane Valley Church of the Nazarene, 15515 E. 20th Ave. (467-0999) FEED/ME Laboratory artist-in-resdience Tomer Baruch’s new audiovisual work transforms the Facebook news feed into a playable musical instrument. Nov. 18, 7-9 pm. Free.

Object Space, 1818 1/2 E. Sprague. laboratoryspokane.com KPBX KIDS’ CONCERT SPR explores the roots of the Jazz Age at the November kids’ concert, featuring the Hot Club of Spokane. Nov. 18, 1 pm.

Free. SFCC, 3410 W. Fort George Wright Dr. spokanepublicradio.org MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER A show featuring the band’s holiday classics, along with a selection from the Fresh Aire series. Nov. 18, 7:30 pm. $37.50-$97.50. INB Performing Arts Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. inbpac.com (509-279-7000) GONZAGA WIND ENSEMBLE Presenting Kurt Weill’s “Threepenny Opera Suite” and the premier of Robert Spittal’s “Blue Allusions – Divertimento for Trombone, Piano and Winds” with soloist Ross Holcombe on trombone. Nov. 19, 3-4:30 pm. $10. Gonzaga Hemmingson Center, 702 E. Desmet. gonzaga.edu/music SPOKANE YOUTH SYMPHONY The first concert of the 2017-18 season, themed “Inspired by Youth.” Nov. 19, 4 pm. $12-$16. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. spokaneyouthsymphony.org

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SPORTS & OUTDOORS

BLUFF TALKS Seven local figures share insights and stories that connect us all to the neighborhood open space of the High Drive Bluff Park. Nov. 16, 7-9 pm. $10 suggested donation. Lincoln Center, 1316 N. Lincoln St. (327-8000)

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Suds vs.

Bud How the beer and spirits market has implications for weed sales and legalization

BY TUCK CLARRY

W

hile the debate over medical marijuana continues and the potential of retrograde policies being reinstated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions persists, there is an understated cannabis battle being waged as more states decriminalize and legalize.

Beer companies have begun to see the writing on the wall as cannabis use begins to be normalized in legal states. Research firm Cowen and Company released their findings last year that in Washington, Colorado and Oregon, beer sales took a noticeable dip, below national sale averages.

The dip in sales follows a trend of decreasing millennial drinkers, who are more inclined to indulge in pot, wine or spirits than in beer. Earlier this year, the Cannabiz Consumer Group reported that 27 percent of beer drinkers said they have substituted marijuana for beer, or

would if it were legal in their state.

And you can count the former chief marketing officer for Anheuser-Busch as the latest investor in the potential end of cannabis prohibition. Chris Burggraeve joined the advisory board of GreenRush Group, a tech startup that hopes to be the Amazon of weed. He is also a cofounder of Toast, a pre-roll joint company. Burggraeve views pot as the next microbrew.

“This is one of the fastest-growing categories globally,” Burggraeve told Bloomberg. “When consumers want something, you ignore it at your peril.”

GreenRush hopes to make major investments and stakes into the market before corporate juggernauts like Amazon enter the fray. Burggraeve is the latest to make the switch, as last month saw Constellation Brands, the U.S. marketer for Corona, take a 9.9 percent stake in

Canopy Growth, a Canadian marijuana company.

Some beer distribution companies are not looking to make the switch, but instead wage war. Both the Beer Distributors PAC of Massachusetts and the Arizona Wine and Spirits Wholesale Association donated to the anti-legalization efforts of their respective states.

Massachusetts’ Beer Distributors PAC gave $25,000 to the Campaign for a Safe and Healthy Massachusetts, the third largest contribution to the anti-pot group. And the Boston Beer Company (owners of Sam Adams) told investors that marijuana legalization had the potential to “adversely impact the demand” for their product.

So while we wait to see how the United States’ relationship with pot develops, the economic relationships of capitalist venture and market competition may take the front seat as legalization and implementation proceeds. n

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KING OF THE CAGE The mma event includes the heavyweight match Rocko Sherwood vs. Jordan Currie of CdA and the women’s flyweight match with former UFC fighter Liz Phillips vs. Nikohl Johnson. Nov. 16, 7 pm. $25/$40/$60.

CdA Casino, 37914 S. Nukwalqw. cdacasino.com PRAY FOR SNOW PARTY The event benefits South Perry nonprofit T.E.A.M. Grant, and is a celebration of the upcoming winter season. Nov. 16, 6 pm.

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Nov. 17, 5:30 pm. Free. The Museum, 5225 N. Freya. (844-2187) SPOKANE CHIEFS The Chiefs host two opponents at home: the Victoria Royals on Nov. 17, and the Prince Albert Raiders on Nov. 18; both games start at 7:05 pm. $10-$22. Spokane Arena, 720 W. Mallon Ave. spokanearena.com

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EWU VISITING WRITER SERIES: DARIN STRAUSS The MFA at EWU and Get Lit! Programs present a reading with Darin Strauss, a recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship and a winner of the American Library Association’s Alix Award and The National Book Critics Circle Award. Nov. 17, 7:30-8:30 pm.

Free. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. sparkwestcentral.org READING: JANET COLLINS + CANDACE WELLMAN Collins reads from her book “On the Arctic Frontier: Ernest Leffingwell’s Polar Explorations and Legacy,” which lends insight into Leffingwell’s adventures, character, and values. Wellman reads from “Peace Weavers: Uniting the Salish Coast Through Cross-Cultural Marriages” which explores how 90 percent of all marriages in Whatcom County’s early decades were cross-cultural, connecting white men with Salish women.

Nov. 18, 7 pm. Free. Auntie’s Bookstore, 402 W. Main Ave. auntiesbooks.com READING FOR THE LIBRARY FEAT. EMILY RUSKOVICH The regional author discusses her novel “Idaho” in an event to benefit the library. Tickets include a soup dinner. Nov. 19. $20.

Coeur d’Alene Public Library, 702 E. Front Ave. cdalibrary.org BROKEN MIC Spokane Poetry Slam’s weekly open mic reading series, open to all-ages. Wednesdays at 6:30 pm.

Free. Neato Burrito, 827 W. First Ave. spokanepoetryslam.org SIGNING: SUE ELLER The local author signs her locally-set mystery novel “Meadowlark Madness.” Nov. 25, 11 am-1 pm. Free. 2nd Look Books, 2829 E. 29th Ave. 2ndlookbooks.com TWO POETS READ FOR NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH In this program for Native American Heritage Month, Shoalwater Bay Tribal member Misty Shipman-Ellingburg and Washington State Poet Laureate Tod Marshall explore poems about land, space and place, and life on an Indian reservation. Nov. 26, 3 pm. Free.

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THE FAIRYTALE LIVES OF RUSSIAN GIRLS This subversive story carries a powerful message about young women in a world where not everything ends happily. Through Nov. 19, Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $5-$10. Spartan Theater at SFCC, 3410 W. Fort George Wright Dr. tinyurl.com/ybxqa44o CINDERELLA The Ferris Performing Arts Dept presents Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Tony-Award-winning musical adaptation of the classic fairytale.

Nov. 16-17 at 7 pm, Nov. 18 at 2 pm. $10-$12. Ferris High School, 3020 E. 37th Ave. spokaneschools.org/ferris HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL A play based on the classic 1989 film about a menacing group of high school girls.

Nov. 17-18 at 7:30 pm, Nov. 16 at 5 pm. $10/general (cash only); free to EWU students. EWU Cheney, 526 Fifth St. facebook.com/ewutheatre FIDDLER ON THE ROOF JR. Out of the Shadows Theater’s fully-staged production is presented by cast of adult actors with special needs, supported by shadow actors. (ASL at Fri/Sun shows). Nov. 17-18 at 7:30 pm, Nov. 19 at 2 pm. By donation. Kroc Center, 1765 W. Golf Course Rd. (208-818-0953) 12 ANGRY JURORS A jury deliberates a seemingly open-and-shut case, which becomes more personal than they imagined. Through Nov. 26; FriSat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $12-$15.

Ignite! Community Theatre, 10814 E. Broadway. igniteonbroadway.org THE BUTLER DID IT A murder mystery parody performed by local youth. Nov. 17-18 at 7 pm, Nov. 19 at 3 pm. $7-$12.

Pend Oreille Playhouse, 236 S. Union. pendoreilleplayers.org A CHRISTMAS STORY, THE MUSICAL The endearing tale of Ralphie Parker comes to life in this whimsical musical adaptation. Nov. 17-Dec. 17; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. *(Nov. 25 show at 2 pm). $30-$32. Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard St. (325-2507) CDA MURDER MYSTERY THEATRE A holiday pageant director has only ever thought about murdering some of the cast in a… somewhat joking manner. Nov. 17, 7-9 pm. $25. Jacklin Arts & Cultural Center, 405 N. William St. cdamurdermysterytheatre.com

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EAGLE MADE The student and alumni bazaar features works by 14 past/ present artists from EWU’s Art Department, including prints, pottery, stationery, and more. Through Dec. 1; Mon-Fri noon-5 pm. EWU Downtown Student Gallery, 404 Second St. ewu. edu/downtowngallery (359-6802) ORNAMENT & SMALL WORKS SHOW The annual holiday-themed show features new pieces by more than 40 local and regional artists. Through Dec. 23; open Mon-Fri, 10 am-5 pm and second Saturday, 10 am-4 pm. Free. Spokane Art School, 811 W. Garland. (325-1500) HOLIDAY GIFT GALA Visiting artists and craftspeople from throughout the region join the Dahmen’s 22 resident artists, selling their handmade products at this event. Nov. 18, 10 am-4 pm.

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The theme of this year’s annual parade is “Oh, Christmas Tree.” The route starts at Eighth and Sherman and finishes in front of the Coeur d’Alene Resort with carolers, fireworks and the lighting of what USA Today has named one of the top 10 holiday light shows in America. Free; Parade starts at 5pm, Lighting Ceremony begins at 6pm.

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