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’m old enough to remember Sputnik. Very scary. The Russians were ahead of us. What to do? President John Kennedy would later ask what we could do for our country, vowing to beat the Soviet Union to the moon — which we did. Congress passed the National Defense Education Act, and, overnight, students headed into engineering, science or technology — it was the ’50s version of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).

These students took themselves so very seriously. One wrote a letter to the school newspaper urging fellow students to show more appreciation: “When you see a student with a slide rule in his belt, stop and say, ‘Hi engineer!’” It was that bad. Today we’re seeing the replay of postSputnik — with the same results. The humanities, arts and social sciences are being marginalized as STEM has the momentum.

But it doesn’t have to be one or the other.

Nor should it rest on stultifying and meaningless standardized tests. So how can we strengthen and integrate the traditional disciplines instead of, as STEM is doing, marginalizing all except those that have political heft at the moment?

To answer that question, I invite you to read the following excerpts from an actual 2015 school curriculum: ENGLISH: Building writing around strong central ideas or points of view; supporting the ideas with sound reasoning and evidence, precise word choices, smooth transitions, and different sentence structures… Learning how authors support their ideas through word choice, sentence and paragraph structure, and other methods…

MATHEMATICS: Work with radicals and integer exponents… Understand the connections between proportional relationships, lines and linear equations… Analyze and solve linear equations and pairs of simultaneous linear equations…

SCIENCE: Science is a way of knowing, a process for gaining knowledge and understanding of the natural world. Students will participate in a hands-on active curriculum where they “do” science, not simply read about science, to emphasize the importance of science in their daily lives.

SOCIAL STUDIES: Students will study United States history with an emphasis in the 18th and 19th centuries on the Age of Exploration through Reconstruction and the western movement. There will be ongoing studies of current events in the United States as time permits.

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his all comes from the academic curriculum of the Cathedral of Madeleine Choir School in Salt Lake City, Utah. (The complete curriculum, along with YouTube clips of their performances, can be found on the school’s website: www.utmcs.org.)

In addition to English, math, science and social studies, all students are required to take a rigorous religious studies sequence which calls for

them to view religion and faith as part of the endless “human search for meaning and purpose.” They learn the Catholic liturgy while studying theology and church history from the earliest days, through the Medieval and Reformation Church to the present.

Foreign language is extensive, too, and begins in kindergarten. The school stresses the importance of understanding across both language and cultural borders. They seek to turn out students who are bilingual and who, through their training, have come to better understand and appreciate cultural differences.

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nd now about music — this is a choir school, after all, one of only eight in the United States. Music education and training, to no surprise, is extensive — instrumental and vocal training, regular performances, touring and recording sessions. Students learn music history and music theory and come to better understand both through the “eras” — Baroque, classical, Romanticism and 20th century.

So instead of the usual compartmentalization and specialization now on the march, the Madeleine Choir school views education to be integration, harmony, exploration, experimentation, expression and, yes, discipline. Music, for example, can be viewed as both a language and discipline; about harmony and expression. It should never be marginalized.

And the thing is, in the “real world,” real people engaged in doing important things understand this, even if educators sometimes don’t.

There was the senior bank executive who told his three children that if they majored in English literature, he would LETTERS pay every dime.

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Spokane developer who told my Gonzaga students that while he has two degrees from GU — engineering and law — it has been the four philosophy courses he took that have had the biggest impact on his life.

Their mission statement reflects these sentiments: “The Madeleine Choir School, a Roman Catholic School in the Cathedral tradition, inspires young people to become engaged scholars, effective communicators, dedicated liturgical musicians, and responsible world citizens who seek to build a civilization of justice, mercy and love.”

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COMMENT | PUBLISHER’S NOTE

Kickstarting Charity

BY TED S. McGREGOR JR.

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e’ve been involved with local charities and nonprofits for years; publishing our Give Guide every year has given us an up-close look at this sector that is so crucial to our quality of life. So I can attest that the Inland Northwest has a big heart; people give here — a lot. But I always felt like there was an undersold element: volunteering.

Now I’m not saying there’s been no volunteering — there’s been tons. I’ve just felt we could do more. Our local charities need to be just as comfortable reaching out to people who want to roll up their sleeves and get to work as they are with people who simply want to write a check. So when we heard about Spokane Gives Week, and its focus on volunteering, we joined the effort to help connect you, the people, to our community. I love that it’s not just a chance to give, but to join together on a human level — and to nurture a lifelong devotion to doing for others. Young people, in particular, are strong candidates to pitch in.

Kudos to Mayor David Condon for adopting an idea he saw in other cities and reaching out to the United Way and the Empire Health Foundation here to make it happen. Think of it as a Kickstarter for our local charities; citizens can visit the website (spokanegives.org) to find a cause that fits them best.

It puts even the smallest organization on a level playing field with our most established charities.

I saw the power of volunteering at one of those small organizations this week during a visit to the West Central Episcopal Mission, where formerly homeless young people become volunteers at the mission. (You can read about my experience on page 62.)

Spokane Gives is a year-round effort to connect people to causes. Organizations post a need; volunteers answer the call. Spokane Gives, the Week, which runs through Saturday, is the cherry on top, and in just its second year is already taking off. Hundreds gathered on Saturday for Cleaning from the Core — a downtown cleanup that earned volunteers a cool Garbage Goat T-shirt. Gonzaga University students, led by Student Body President Connor House, participated in a Lidgerwood Neighborhood cleanup. And members of our Inlander team will join with staffers from the Empire Health Foundation this week to plant trees near the Spokane River as part of a citywide greening-up effort.

There’s still time for you. The North YMCA, for example, needs help building a garden for youngsters to learn in. Or you can help sort and pack food that’s been donated to the 2nd Harvest Food Bank. Spokane needs you, this week and every week of the year. n

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BY SCOTT A. LEADINGHAM

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id you see that latest video of an officer and unarmed civilian that ended tragically? If you missed it at 5 pm, catch it at 6, 10, 11, and on every website at any time.

After all, if it bleeds, it leads.

Even the most disconnected person knows this as a general criticism of news media. It’s not really criticism, either. It’s true.

This represents a classic dilemma of news, something every outlet encounters when deciding what stories to

cover. Do we give the people what we think is newsworthy? Do we report only what they want to see?

In reality, reporting the news is part pseudoscience, part art, part complete gut-check. The better question for news outlets is not what to report, but how to report ethically and fairly. And how to defend and justify coverage to the public.

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migrant farmworker who didn’t speak English, who they had chased through a busy intersection. He had been throwing rocks at passing cars and had prior run-ins with police. More recently, an officer in North Charleston, South Carolina, faces a murder charge after shooting in the back and killing Walter Scott, who was fleeing after a traffic stop and subsequent struggle.

The 2006 death of Otto Zehm after being beaten by Spokane police — caught on convenience store securitycam footage — brings the issue home.

Specifics in each case — and many others before and since — differ. But they’re all part of a larger societal narrative that news media both fuel and capitalize on.

That’s not a value judgment, but rather a recognition of the role news outlets still play in daily life. In all these cases, news outlets (and all “media”) benefit from the deaths of people.

That’s the nature of news. Again, it’s not so much an issue of what to report, but how to do it tastefully.

Believe it or not, journalists have ethical standards they’re encouraged to adhere to in these — and all — situations. Some highlights from the Code of Ethics of the Society of Professional Journalists (for which I work):  Be vigilant and courageous about holding those with power accountable. Give voice to the voiceless.  Pursuit of the news is not a license for arrogance or undue intrusiveness.  Recognize that legal access to information differs from an ethical justification to publish or broadcast.  Avoid pandering to lurid curiosity, even if others do.

Of course, you can name numerous examples that directly violate these guidelines. I sure can. That’s the tricky thing about journalistic ethics: They’re not legally enforceable under the First Amendment. Unlike doctors, lawyers and many other professions, there’s no license to revoke when journalists screw up.

The best that can happen is for the public to let news outlets know when coverage needs to be reined in. If you think showing a man’s death over and over is in poor taste, voice your concern.

Journalists aren’t beyond reproach. If news outlets are putting pressure on police departments to change — or aggressively advancing any social movement — they need to know how people respond to their coverage.

When you contact editors or reporters, remind them of the final point from SPJ’s ethics code — that journalists should “Abide by the same high standards they expect of others.” n Scott A. Leadingham is director of education for the Society of Professional Journalists and editor of its magazine, Quill. Interact on Twitter: @scottleadingham.

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ENERGY IS EVERYONE’S ISSUE few notes concerning the “No Coal Avista” [movement]. I’m a strong

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supporter for solar and alternative power. The point I want to make sure we all understand is that we all have to be a contributor to the cause. To be honest, Avista started me going on my project almost 10 years ago when they converted hybrids to plug-ins (the Avista Sun Car) and installed solar at their headquarters. That was way before Elon Musk’s Tesla and any mainstream solar. The project was expensive, but it showed the way. At least it did for me — my system has produced more than 20 LETTERS megawatt hours to date. If I’m not Send comments to mistaken, Avista is well on the way to editor@inlander.com. testing grid storage using UniEnergy, and I’m sure Avista community solar is just around the corner, as you can see Inland Power has done it. Avista will catch up.

I was also the catalyst in getting Avista to participate last Saturday at Earth Day. My point to them was “we are not here to prosecute anybody, however we need to collaborate on the issue of fossil fuel issue.” They came.

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Henry Pierce III next to a Spokane house that’s been in his family for three generations.

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ometimes Henry Pierce thinks about tearing down the house that’s been in his family for nearly a century. He thinks about pulling down the weatherbeaten pilasters, the porch that’s become littered with lumber and the remnants of the balcony that have become charcoal gray and stand in contrast to the white siding that lines the walls, interrupted by the black tar paper used to patch up a hole.

But he won’t. Instead, he continues to chip away at restoring the house to how it looked nearly a century ago. He dreams of a day when the house is restored and placed on the Spokane Register of Historic Places, perhaps even becoming a place where families taking their children to the Shriners Hospital, which his grandfather helped found, can stay for free.

He also dreams of a day when people will stop complaining about the house and the city stops placing liens on it.

Pierce doesn’t know when his dream will become reality. Neither do his neighbors, some of whom have complained for years that the house stands out as a property-devaluing eyesore in an otherwise tidy South Hill neighborhood.

The house has caught the attention of the local neighborhood council. The two members of city council who represent the area have consistently heard complaints about it since being elected. For nearly a decade, Spokane Neighborhood Services has been using carrots and sticks to goad Pierce into finishing the restoration since he took ownership of the house. The situation reveals the tense balancing act the city is tasked with in handling the competing rights of property owners. Now, an end to the saga could be in sight.

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This Old House If it could talk, it could tell stories of three generations, along with a lot of griping from neighbors

BY JAKE THOMAS

n 1921, Pierce’s grandfather and namesake purchased a two-story, Craftsman-style house in the Cliff/Cannon Neighborhood. He became editor of the now-defunct Spokane Daily Chronicle and served as chairman of the board for the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children.

He left the house to Henry Pierce Jr. after passing away in 1959.

Neighbors remember the elder Pierce as a kind eccentric, a father of two who built a carefully engineered seesaw that could hold an adult and child and a miniature choo-choo train in his front yard that he used to give neighborhood kids rides on.

But as he grew older, the house started to decline. The foundation sank. A tarp covered the battered roof. The porch sagged. A hole on the house’s north side let the elements in. Neighbors say someone stole the miniature train, and an old car, piles of lumber, bricks and other “junk” amassed at the property. In 2009, Pierce died. His son, Henry Pierce III, took over the property and all of its problems.

“I think about this every single day,” say Pierce, adding that “it would relieve a lot of pressure on my soul” if he could fix up the property to the satisfaction of city code enforcement and those who live nearby. ...continued on next page

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An affable 60-year-old who works as a contractor and property manager, Pierce says he’s sunk $200,000 into what he calls a money-losing project. He’s fixed the roof, hoisted the foundation with a support beam, pulled out rubble from the basement, done some work on the porch and given it a fresh coat of paint — all of which he’s done with little help. But despite all this work, the house remains dilapidated, with no heat and no water.

Some neighbors, such as Dia Maurer, who has lived down the block for two years, cut Pierce some slack. Maurer says she gives credit to Pierce for the progress he’s made, considering the restoration is a large, expensive project, but she would still like to see it completed. Other residents, however, aren’t as forgiving.

Bradley Bleck says the house has been a “disaster” since he moved to the neighborhood in 2001. He says that Pierce has made some progress, but it’s been slow and calls the idea of it being restored a “pipe dream.”

“If I knew a nice house would be built there, I wouldn’t mind it if it burnt down,” says Bleck.

Robert Herold, a Gonzaga University political science professor and Inlander commentator who has lived across the street from the house for more than 30 years, began filing complaints to the city about its condition in the mid-1990s, which he says has accomplished little.

In February, the Cliff/Cannon Neighborhood Council held a meeting at the Woman’s Club of Spokane to talk about “addressing problem properties.” Patricia Hansen, who chaired the

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meeting, attempted not to single out anyone’s property, but frustrations with Pierce, who had showed up grinning to hand out fliers about the restoration of the house, were evident.

“From a neighborhood council point of view,” says Judy Gardner, who left the meeting irked, “there hasn’t been any follow-up from the city or from Henry.”

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n Spokane, if someone complains about the condition of a house, code enforcement will take a look. If they determine it’s substandard, it’s placed in the “Building Official process,” with its owner given a list of things that need fixing, along with being assessed a $1,500 fee for each year it stays in the process.

According to a code enforcement report from December, Pierce’s house was first reported dilapidated to the city in 2006. The next year, it was placed in the Building Official process, according to Heather Trautman, director of Neighborhood Services and Code Enforcement, and has remained there since. Trautman says Pierce has made enough progress to avoid more drastic measures, such as demolition or the city performing the work and sending him the bill, but not enough to be released from the process.

“Ultimately, it still comes down to private property,” says City Councilman Mike Allen, who since being appointed to the council in 2007 has heard complaints about the house from perplexed residents who don’t understand why the property has remained in this condition for so long. “He can continue to bounce along and

Henry Pierce has been working to restore the house since 2009, but some of his neighbors and the city say he needs to do more. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO do the absolute minimum, and he’ll do fine with the retention of his property.”

In the meantime, Pierce’s unpaid $1,500 fees have become liens. According to Spokane County records, Pierce has been delinquent on his property taxes since 2012, owing, along with liens, $7,661.49. If a property owner remains delinquent for three years, the county will begin foreclosure proceedings.

Pierce isn’t giving up. He’s working on having the house nominated to be included on the Register of Historic Places.

If it’s accepted, he’ll get a property tax break while he finishes the restoration, which must be completed within two years. But Pierce says his goal isn’t cheap taxes.

“I want it done myself,” he says of the work. “I want to alleviate as much aesthetic pain for my neighborhors as possible.” n jaket@inlander.com

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BUZZKILLS | Much to the chagrin of Palcohol creator Mark Phillips, POWDERED ALCOHOL has been banned for everything but research by the Washington State Legislature. The Senate got the ball rolling with an effort to regulate the powder; then the House of Representatives did them one better, voting 91-6 to ban powdered alcohol for everything but research. Scheming to score some powdered alcohol in Idaho? The Idaho State Liquor Division intends to use its authority to keep the product out of the state. (LAEL HENTERLY)

SAVE OUR SCHOOL | While the proposed Washington state House budget provides enough to expand the University of Washington medical school class from 40 to 60 students in Spokane, the Senate budget only provides UW $2.5 million for medical education in Spokane over the next biennium. That, UW argues, would likely mean the eventual end of UW’s medical school in Spokane. The incoming class of Spokanebound UW MED STUDENTS is concerned about how that would affect them and future classes. Last week, the students sent a group letter to state lawmakers urging them to, along with funding WSU’s new med school, to keep supporting UW’s Spokane efforts. (DANIEL WALTERS)

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Among them was one that would prohibit employers of health care providers from limiting medical marijuana recommendations to patients and another creating new felonies for growing and selling medicinal pot outside of the new regulatory framework. (JAKE THOMAS)

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Idaho is many things. Beautiful, full of lakes, farmable.

It’s also about to be an OIL AND GAS PRODUCER. While out of state companies like Alta Mesa identified reserves and drilled wells, lawmakers and regulators spent four years pounding away at laws and regulations to govern the new industry. Experienced oil and gas lobbyists were on hand to steer the legislature, the Idaho Statesman reports. They successfully advocated for an exemption from an existing law that allows citizens to contest government decisions, among other things.

Now that the rules have been approved, Idaho is just waiting on a pipeline that should be completed next month to tap those reserves. It is unclear exactly how much oil and gas exist in Idaho. The Idaho Oil and Gas Conservation Commission will collect data from industry players six months after production begins.

Those records will become available for public inspection six months after that. The Idaho Conservation League is worried that residents’ rights are limited under the guidelines, as they’ll be a year behind the industry in receiving pertinent information about the burgeoning industry.

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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has signed into law legislation that will bring extensive changes to how MARIJUANA is regulated in the state, while vetoing seven sections of the bill.

One of the biggest and most controversial changes included in the new law are provisions that combine the medical and recreational marijuana markets, both of which will now be regulated by the newly dubbed Washington Liquor and Cannabis Board (formerly the Washington State Liquor Control Board). Proponents of the bill argued that the medical marijuana market was operating with too little oversight, allowing unscrupulous dispensaries to sell untaxed pot to minors and nonpatients, undermining the recreational market.

The bill also creates a voluntary registry for medical marijuana patients, who will be allowed to purchase more marijuana and receive a tax break if they sign up for it.

While Inslee’s signature on the bill was hailed by the Washington CannaBusiness Association, pro-medical marijuana group Americans for Safe Access called on the governor to veto the entire bill or at least slow the implementation of it out of fears that patients would be

Fifty years after opening, major demolition is finally underway at Spokane Valley’s UNIVERSITY CITY MALL. When University City opened, it showcased 29 stores and a parking lot for 1,500 cars. But times change.

The opening of the sleeker Spokane Valley Mall in 1997, which snagged University City’s anchor tenant, J.C. Penney, was a death knell, and the aging mall struggled with massive vacancy ever since.

At one time, officials considered the University City location as possible site of Spokane Valley’s downtown.

But James Magnuson, the mall’s owner, eventually became a strident opponent of the zoning that attempted to make that happen.

The zoning plan was ultimately eliminated, and the current council has no interest in creating a downtown.

But at least one element of that vision remains: Part of the parking lot at the mall is the future location for the new Spokane Valley City Hall.

“It’s a good prime location for the city,” Spokane Valley spokeswoman Carolbelle Branch says. “It’s already seeing some redevelopment. The Spokane Valley Tech center came in. There’s a new brewery there. The Appleway trail should be wrapping up construction this week.”

But she doesn’t have any information yet on what will go in the demolished mall’s place.

“We’re looking to the private sector to bring what they believe the community can support,” Branch says.

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hen Ziggy Siegfried and Valerie Waley, two of a handful of people still active in the Occupy Spokane movement, wanted to protest oil train traffic last October, they went big. Rather than simply painting slogans on tagboard or printing them on fliers, their message was blown up across the entire wall of the Spokane Convention Center.

As the Department of Ecology held their hearings regarding oil trains at the DoubleTree hotel across the street, they could see, in giant, stenciled letters lighting up the dark, “No Bomb Trains” and “Stop Dangerous, Deadly, Explosive Oil and Coal Trains!

PowerPastCoal.Org.” Employees at the Spokane Public Facilities District, which owns the Convention Center, asked Siegfried and Waley to turn off their spotlight. They refused. So when the police opted not to intervene, a PFD employee stood directly in front of their projector, blocking the image until the generator ran out of gas.

To Siegfried and Waley, that was censorship. Earlier this month, attorney Jake Brooks, representing Occupy Spokane through the Center for Justice, sent a letter to the PFD, threatening legal action unless the facilities district changed its “policies and practice that chill the Constitutional right to free speech.”

But the PFD, relying on separate legal analysis, disagrees with the fundamental assumption that the PFD is a pure public institution. “This is a proprietary operation,” PFD Director Kevin Twohig says. “We do not allow a facility to be used by an unaffiliated party of any kind.”

There’s one thing the Center for Justice and the PFD’s legal analysis agree on: The legal questions pertaining to protest slogans projected onto walls remain largely unexplored by the courts.

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he modern wave of light-projection activism began late one November night in New York.

As Occupy Wall Streeters marched to protest the Zuccotti Park evictions on Nov. 17, 2011, activist Mark Read found a family in the high-rise housing complex willing to let him use their apartment as a staging ground.

He opened their window, set up a video projector and pro-

jected a “bat signal” of sorts onto the Verizon building across the street. A series of slogans appeared — 99%; Occupy Earth; We Are Winning — as cops and protesters scurried about below.

Since then, the tactic has spread. The Backbone Campaign, an activist support group located in Washington’s King County, trains activists with “Light Projection As Protest” videos.

The group regularly sends Siegfried and Waley small stainlesssteel discs with stenciled-out slogans that the Occupy Spokane group slips onto a theater spotlight and projects against walls.

Other times, Waley makes her own stencils manually, cutting them out of aluminum service trays.

They’ve projected “Occupy Spokane” onto the Riverfront Park clock tower, “No Frack” at the Idaho Capitol in Boise, “Yes for Library” on the silos near Division Street, “Occupy Pig Out” at the Pig Out in the Park Festival, and “Don’t Fast Track a Trainwreck” — a slam against the forthcoming Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement — on City Hall.

Mostly, they haven’t had any trouble. “Any time the police do show up, they’re not sure about what to do about it,” Siegfried says.

In most cities, including Spokane, the issue isn’t specifically addressed in ordinances. “It’s certainly a major speech issue. They were standing in a traditional public forum,” says attorney Brooks.

“Sidewalks have traditionally been held to be a protected place.”

But Stewart Jay, who teaches constitutional law at the University of Washington, suggests that building walls have no such protections.

“I would be surprised if the Supreme Court held that a city was obligated to allow its public buildings to be projection screens for messages,” Jay says. He notes that the Supreme Court has upheld the right of cities to ban people from stapling fliers onto utility poles.

“The explanation was purely aesthetics — they’re just ugly,” Jay says. As long as the regulations are content-neutral and reasonable, public agencies can restrict the time, place and manner of speech.

In New York, Read says he initially didn’t know if his video projection on the Verizon building was legal. Since then, he’s had a chance to talk with many First Amendment lawyers.

“Their understanding of the law is that it’s First Amendmentprotected speech,” he says. “It’s considered free speech unless it’s advertising speech… then you’d have to be in a contract with the building’s owner.”

After he’d been projecting for some time, he says, New York City passed stringent new permitting requirements. City code, he says, now requires him to wind his way through the complicated bureaucracy of the New York City permitting “regime” in order to clear his “outdoor projections.”

“So we just ignore it,” Read says. “If they want to give us a fine for the violation, that’s something we’re willing to [pay].”

When he projected “Americans want democracy with Iran” onto the U.S. Capitol in March, he says the projection was only up for five minutes before the police told him that, without a permit, he had to shut it down. He complied without argument.

“Don’t make it a standoff with the police,” Read recommends to fellow activists. “Be agile, be prepared. If you only have five minutes, you get what you need in five minutes.”

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fter being revised in December, the PFD’s rules now clearly state that all “ …imagery… in or on the District Facilities” is subject to approval.

Last Thursday, PFD attorney Stanley Schwartz emailed the Center for Justice, explaining that he disagrees with the center’s analysis of case law, but offering to meet to discuss the issue. The center plans to take him up on the offer.

Either way, Siegfried and Waley plan to continue projecting.

They recently obtained an upgraded spotlight with zoom capabilities. This next week, they plan to test it out by projecting a slew of different slogans on the Federal Courthouse. The slogans, as they often do, will vary.

“It’ll be TPP. It’ll be ‘Corporations Are Not People.’ It’ll be ‘No Sit and Lie [Ordinance]’ — that’s another one I made,” Waley says. “We’ll do ‘Veterans for Peace.’ I’d like to get one that says ‘Declare Peace.’”  danielw@inlander.com

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t’s early afternoon on a Thursday, and Tony Partridge and his friend Racecar Willy are fixing to ride out the sun-drenched day with some high-octane malt liquor. They can’t get what they’re looking for downtown, so they walk across the Division Street Bridge to Zag’z Liquor and Wine, where the tall, cold cans can be had for $1.39. They swing through the glass front door of Zag’z and trade three crisp dollar bills for two 25-ounce cans of Hurricane.

Outside, the pair peel off their backpacks and plunk down on a rust-colored boulder amid the rocky outcrop behind Zag’z. They crack open the first can of Hurricane.

Willy’s blue eyes sparkle under the brim of his blackand-red stocking cap as he pours half the amber liquid over the ice in his blue water bottle. Ice helps the taste, he says.

“I’m an alcoholic. Living on the streets, it’s not easy,” says Partridge. “I’ve gotten into trouble, stole alcohol and went to prison for eight months.”

Partridge has been homeless or in prison since January 1, 2012. He had been sober for 10 months when his mother died, and things began to unravel. He started drinking again. Lost his home. Began cruising West Riv-

Spokane’s ban of certain alcoholic beverages downtown has had mixed results on public intoxication. erside Avenue with a water bottle full of Hurricane. The constant shuffle to nowhere in particular is easier with the malt liquor, when he can afford it.

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“Requests for Detox Transport” as well as fuzzier categories like panhandling, jaywalking and lewd conduct. So far, the results have been mixed.

Detox transport and panhandling calls have decreased substantially downtown. However, reports of disorderly conduct, arguments, welfare checks and trespassing all are on the rise.

Overall, the total number of alcohol-associated crimes increased by 20 percent from 2012 to 2013, and then by a modest 4.5 percent in 2014.

Year-to-year comparisons are tricky. The Spokane Police Department has beefed up its presence downtown since the ban was implemented, and in 2012 alcohol sales were privatized under Initiative 1183.

Data aside, support is strong for the alcohol ban, and Mayor David Condon’s spokesman Brian Coddington is confident that the ban will be renewed.

“Anecdotally, the feedback is that people really like it,” says Coddington. “The comments from Washington State University campus security and the Downtown Spokane Partnership ambassadors have been positive.”

No one else has commented, says Mary Segawa of the state Liquor Control Board. The three liquor board members will meet next month and decide whether to renew the ban.

“Privatization of liquor added another wrinkle to this, so you got rid of malt liquor and added hard alcohol,” says Spokane City Councilman Jon Snyder. “If we hadn’t had [the ban] and we had added hard alcohol, the problem would probably be worse.”

At the downtown Rite Aid, the strongest and cheapest alcohol option is the Monarch Vodka. A fifth of 100-proof Monarch was on sale for $7.99

plus tax last week.

“We sell a lot of the Monarch,” says clerk Doug McPhail, laughing. “We run out.”

Crossing bridges might not be a big deal to guys like Partridge and Willis. But for 67-year-old Bull Willis, it’s too much trouble this afternoon.

He settled for a $5.99 six-pack of 18-ounce cans of Bud Ice from the Shop Around the Corner by the STA Plaza. The cans swing from his right hand in a black LETTERS plastic bag Send comments to while his left editor@inlander.com. hand guides a roller suitcase the size of a small person. A country musician, Willis drifts between Missoula and Spokane, busking and passing the time.

“It’s not the most alcohol for the cheapest price,” says Willis in his unmistakable Texas twang. “But it’ll do the job.”

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ack at Zag’z, just across the Division Street Bridge, manager Andrew Swanson says he sells a decent amount of Hurricane, Earthquake and other high-octane beverages, but the store isn’t making a killing on these products.

Swanson has to compete with supermarkets and big-box liquor stores; he does so, he says, by offering the widest possible selection of alcoholic beverages, from the top-shelf liquors to the cans most commonly found crushed in gutters.

Outside, Partridge and Willy sit side by side on the boulder drinking the day away. No one looks, no one stops to chat. On this unlikely outpost across from downtown, it’s like they’re invisible. In that way, then, downtown’s Alcohol Impact Area is working as planned. 

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At his studio, Ben Joyce paints “Spokane” for Windermere City Group. Young Kwak photo

vqius ei sotn Philosophy meets style in Spokane artist Ben Joyce’s work, and the world has taken notice

By Dan Nailen rom the outside, you wouldn’t even know Ben Joyce’s art studio exists. It’s tucked inside the warehouse space of a nondescript one-story building that houses a flooring company, at a Spokane intersection where industrial and residential meet. It’s a rectangular room built within another, and it doesn’t look much more glamorous than any other cement box dedicated to storing linoleum and tile.

Step around some of the landlord’s inventory and through a padlocked sliding door into Joyce’s workspace — and it still doesn’t exactly look like Ground Control for a skyrocketing art empire. But that’s exactly what it is. There aren’t even windows in this room full of in-progress paintings that capture landscapes from points across the globe, as well as, increasingly, the eyes and dollars of art collectors.

For visual artists, the quest for a unique style typically comes with much personal struggle, several false starts and years of schooling. Along the way, if they’re lucky, they might hit on an approach to call their own. And there are still no guarantees anyone will care.

Joyce navigated the search for his own visual style for much of his 37 years, “always trying to find something a little different than somebody else.” And when he found it, creating mixedmedia paintings from an aerial view in a style he calls “Abstract Topophilia,” he discovered that a lot of people cared.

And a lot of those people wanted to buy a piece.

Collectors as far away as London have commissioned paintings from Joyce, while art lovers at fairs and festivals across the country have swooped on the bird’s-eye representations of their communities.

Closer to home, you can find large-scale pieces, signed simply “ben,” prominently displayed in the Gonzaga University Jepson Center, in the lobby of the Spokane Convention Center Exhibit Hall, and in homes and offices across Spokane and Coeur d’Alene.

While some might dismiss them as simply elaborate, exaggerated maps, there’s no denying the skill Joyce brings to his pieces. The finished paintings are a mash-up of everything from gels, tars, cement and burlap to different types of paint, from oil to acrylic and watercolor. He bristles a bit at the “map-like” description — “from my perspective, the only thing in common with maps is that they’re from aerial perspectives” — but the mildmannered artist recognizes that his commercial popularity is largely out of his paint-flecked hands.

“I love that people recognize that it’s my work,” Joyce says. “But I guarantee you that the reason people love it is because it’s a piece of them. It’s just one of those [ways] that people connect with their place.”

And Joyce is totally fine with that. The search for his style was largely based on his desire to find a way to paint that would help people connect to ...continued on next page

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their place — their literal, physical space — in the world. It’s an idea he started playing with nearly two decades ago, as a Gonzaga student studying in Florence, Italy, and traveling around Europe. Seeing the pride people there had in their homes and towns stuck with him when he returned to the States and worked toward starting an art career.

You might think that achieving the level of success Joyce already has would be the end of a feel-good story, that of a Spokane artist done good. But commercial success doesn’t always equate to creative satisfaction and can lead to an array of new obstacles and questions about the future.

How much work is too much work? What’s the perfect work/life balance? Can the family finances count on continued popularity of his art? These are stresses the weekend plein air hobbyist doesn’t have to worry about.

“Art is a very interesting business to be in, and everybody is different,” Joyce says. “I have a family to support, so there’s layers to that.” Among them is the fact his middle child, a daughter named Nora, has 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, a condition with more than 180 wildly divergent symptoms. “You have your passion to create and paint, but you have a

responsibility to yourself and your family.

“You’re working on both the passion and professional side of things. How do you combine business and creativity? It’s one of those equations that has taken time to figure out.”

The passion for place Joyce’s first sale nearly eight years ago was the result of a dare from his wife, Erin. With relatives visiting Spokane, she challenged him to put one of his paintings on the wall of a downtown restaurant where they were having a party. Dare accepted, he lugged the fourby-eight-foot piece to the party and put it on display. He left it behind that night, and got a call a few days later from Chuck Wilbert, a local contractor who’d discovered it while dining with his wife.

“He said they loved the colors, they loved the composition, loved that it’s not square. He said, ‘Man, there’s something so familiar about it!’” Joyce recalls. Then it dawned on Wilbert that it wasn’t simply a large piece of modern art, full of dramatic angles and bright colors.

It was Spokane, viewed from above, complete with railroad tracks, the interstate, Riverfront Park. As soon as he realized he was looking at his lifelong home, Wilbert had just one more

thing to say to Joyce: “What do you want for it, because we have to have it.”

“It was so strikingly different from anything we had ever seen before,” Wilbert says. “That’s what’s really attractive to us. I guess it’s more of a memory of places you’ve been, places you’ve visited, had fun at. So you buy it kind of as a memory of a certain good time.”

The conversations Joyce has with collectors now, years later, almost always revolve around the places they love, rather than the style he’s going to use on their paintings.

“I’ve been fortunate that I have a style that really connects with people,” Joyce says, noting the satisfaction he gets in hearing families’ oral histories of different places through his work.

“If you’re standing in Sausalito and looking at a piece of the San Francisco Bay, you have a connection to that piece. Whether you love it or hate it. There’s not many art forms that can say that.”

His secret warehouse space is at least the third studio Joyce has had since demand for his work started to heat up about six years ago, and even though it was basically built for him and he pays his rent in paintings instead of cash, it’s not hard to imagine him outgrowing it. Sure, it’s just Ben and his brother Jason

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with a depth now that wasn’t always there. It certainly wasn’t when he woke Erin in the middle of the night in their small post-collegiate apartment more than a decade ago to tell her he’d figured out his vision for a new style of painting: a “landscape that one could travel through.”

“How can you see what’s behind those hills?

What’s off in the distance? What’s behind you?”

Joyce says. “I was feeling claustrophobic in these [traditional] landscapes.”

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Mobley, for one, has seen obvious growth in Joyce’s skills, both with a paintbrush and in traversing the obstacles for young artists trying to make their mark. He’s a “pretty driven, focused” guy, she says, and all the work he’s done as he’s gained an audience has just made him a better artist.

“You see somebody who is working very hard, and they kind of pass over a certain place and all of the sudden, there’s a kind of maturity that comes with a lot of work. That’s very cool to watch,” Mobley says. “As he gets more experienced, I think he’s getting more sophisticated with the paint application and the understanding of the color.”

Applying and being accepted to the highly competitive Sausalito Art Festival on his first try five years ago gave Joyce’s profile the kind of

boost that selling his first piece to Wilbert did for his confidence. Getting into Sausalito opened doors to major shows in places like Chicago and Miami.

That first trip to Sausalito will always stick out for Joyce because of the group of guys “who looked like they were coming out of a fraternity or watching a ballgame.” They turned out to be employees of Google Geo, home to Google Earth and Google Maps, and they liked his work so much they sold their boss on installing some of Joyce’s landscapes around the office. Five years later, Joyce is a regular at Google, rotating new pieces in each year or so. The style appealed so much to Google VP and Google Earth inventor Brian McClendon that he hired Joyce to make three pieces for his house that pay homage to his hometown of Lawrence, Kansas, which serves, incidentally, as the default center point of Google Earth.

“Obviously, I’m deeply into maps, so it fit well,” McClendon says of first seeing Joyce’s work at his office. He was most struck by Joyce’s “subject matter, which is unusual, and the style and materials.” Of the four artists who have done geo-related exhibits at Google in the past five years, only Joyce has enjoyed more than one, McClendon adds, and his pieces enhance the experience of Google’s workers.

“It sort of reminds people that what we’re

working on is so inspiring in other dimensions that people will create great art about their location,” McClendon says. “We are all about reproducing the world exactly and precisely, and having this more flexible presentation is kind of fun.”

This way lies the future As Joyce’s name and the popularity of his “Abstract Topophilia” style continue to spread across the art world — quite literally; one recent commission was for a billionaire’s private 737 — Joyce and his brother have to constantly evaluate how to keep up with demand.

“There’s no way I can keep up with the pace of creating originals,” Joyce says. “To a point, you’re always trying to create this distance of time, like, when does that day come when you’re not as hot as you are now?”

Given the heat on Joyce’s vision right now, he and Jason are asking themselves a lot of questions. Do they need to keep attending the big art shows in faraway places? Would it be worthwhile to open a small gallery somewhere close to home, like Seattle, where the family travels regularly for Nora’s medical appointments?

Should they consider making prints, or putting Joyce’s images on calendars, coffee mugs and T-shirts?

One potential outlet is already in the works, a clothing line called LYP — short for “Love Your Place. Live Your Passion.” Still in its infancy, Joyce considers LYP a potential means of getting the message of his art onto new products without confusing collectors of his original works.

“How can you see what’s behind those hills? What’s off in the distance? What’s behind you?”

Some have suggested Joyce leave Spokane in the interest of growing his art business. But he has his own connection to this place, forged through his years in college, where he met his wife, and his love of the outdoors.

More important, Seattle is one of two U.S. cities with a clinic specializing in a holistic approach to treating kids with Nora’s condition. That means a lot of trips back and forth for doctors appointments, but it also means that 8-year-old Ava, 6-year-old Nora and their 4-year-old brother Cyrus can keep living in Spokane, where they are fourth generation natives on Erin’s side of the family.

The experience of getting to know Nora’s ailment inspired Joyce to create a remarkable painting, one that falls outside the Abstract Topophilia style into something more personal.

The painting, called “Nora,” is a kaleidoscopic view of a tree’s root system, with the trunk of the tree just barely visible at the top.

Joyce says he wanted to “represent the life and energy that creates the beauty we see. We see the tree,” which to Joyce represents the vivacious, beautiful little girl bounding around the house and backyard with Ava and Cyrus as her parents chat with a guest.

Over the course of an hour or so on a sunny Saturday morning, the kids will take turns joining the conversation to climb on their dad, who shares a quick cuddle before gently sending them off so he can focus on the task at hand. Later, he’ll join them in their playroom he graffitied with their names.

“The specialists and doctors who work with Nora, they see the roots,” he continues. “They see the beauty we don’t see. I can see my daughter in a way through their eyes, not just my own.”

Nora and “Nora” live together in the family’s home in the Ponderosa Ridge neighborhood. The painting might be a look at a different style Joyce could pursue in the future, away from Abstract Topophilia.

At the very least, it’s a striking image of a place no one will ever find on a map.  dann@inlander.com

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BLOOMSDAY 2015

Why We Run A sampling of what drives people to put one foot in front of the other, on Bloomsday or any other day

BY ELI FRANCOVICH

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hey run for different reasons. Laura Martin is wrestling with depression and the creeping effects of cerebral palsy. Heather LeFriec loves the burn of competition and the sense of community that comes after a race. Rachel Toor finds that the incessant pounding shakes words loose in her mind. After she runs, she writes. What they have in common is that running provides them with an outlet, be it creative, emotional, spiritual or physical. And on the eve of Bloomsday, they’re just a sampling of the vast cross-section of runners — be they hardcore racers or folks just trying to shed a pound or two — who take to the course every May. “You have a whole buffet of options, of ways of being a runner,” says Toor. “In each week you can be a different kind of runner.”

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hen Amanda Bellefeuille started running in 2008, she weighed 270 pounds and had heart problems. Her doctor warned her that if she didn’t change her ways she was going to have to resort to medication.

So she joined Weight Watchers and started jogging.

She hated running, but stuck with it, one step at a time.

Her beagle-terrier mix Shiloh proved to be an encouraging coach.

“Even on days when I was like, ‘I really don’t want to run,’ she’s like, ‘Let’s go,’” says Bellefeuille.

Over the course of three years, Bellefeuille lost 100 pounds. In 2010, she ran her first half-marathon. A year later, she ran a full marathon. Now, she’s run two marathons, is training for her third and is a proud member of

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“One of the biggest reasons I keep going back to races is the running community,” she says. “Everyone is supportive there.”

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unning and writing go hand in hand for Rachel Toor. The Eastern Washington University English professor started running when she was 30, prompted by her boyfriend at the time. Shortly after, she started writing. Since then, she’s run more than 60 marathons and ultramarathons, and written four books, two about running. She also writes a bimonthly column for Running Times. ...continued on next page

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“I write less when I’m not running,” she says.

“Things shake loose in my head when I run, especially when I’m working on a book and I’m stuck.”

As she gets older, Toor is focusing more on helping other runners. She volunteers as a pacer for marathons. Supporting competitors as they fight for their goals is a better feeling than winning her own races, she says.

“The only times I’ve ever cried after races is when I’ve been pacing and someone else meets their goal,” she says.

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In college, LeFriec ran for Gonzaga University.

When she graduated, the self-described “race junkie” missed competing and the cameraderie of team sports. So she started running marathons.

“I think we’re instinctively born to run,” she says. “I think people get hooked on it because it releases all those feel-good chemicals. For a lot of people it would be taking drugs.”

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“To be honest with you, I really hated to run when I was growing up,” Martin says. “It was the

worst feeling in the world. I just hated being out of breath.”

But much like Bellefeuille, Martin was told she needed exercise. If she didn’t, her doctor said, she’d end up in a wheelchair. So she started and quickly found it helped her deal with the chronic pain caused by her disease. More important, she found a way to deal with her depression. Running connected her with a new community of friends. Martin runs weekly with the Flying Irish.

“They’re like my second family,” she says. “I may not be very fast, but on the way back from the route they’re like, ‘High-five, high-five Laura.

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Beginning on Tuesday, pick up a copy of the Inlander’s official Bloomsday Souvenir Results Booklet, available at more than 1,000 locations across Eastern Washington and North Idaho. To have a copy mailed to you, visit www.bloomsdayrun.org or call the Lilac Bloomsday Association at 838-1579.

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here’s a reason some 50,000 runners, wheelchair racers, walkers and a few thousand more spectators flock to Spokane every May: Bloomsday and all the memory-making traditions that come along with it.

So you can understand why organizers aren’t compromising the 39th Bloomsday by adding too many new bells and/or whistles. The course is still 12 kilometers, the race still begins and ends in downtown Spokane and yes, Doomsday Hill is still part of the run. But there are a few new additions to the storied race this year.

The first new aspect of the race is something you’ll likely spot right off the bat. The new mile markers from TEAM SPINHEAD are inflatable stick figures with oscillating heads standing 10 feet off the ground. The Colorado company behind the towering markers calls the Spinheads “inflatable volunteers” capable of keeping folks on course and on pace.

If you’re running Bloomsday, you’ll want some photographic evidence of your athletic feat, and PHOTOBOXX is on hand to make that happen. All you have to do is include the hashtag

#BloomsdayRun on all your tweets and Instagram posts and those photos will be printed and available for pickup at the post-race festivities in Riverfront Park.

If you need to take your documentation a step further, this year Outside Interactive will be on hand to create a POINT-OF-VIEW VIDEO of the course. If you get the video, you can train in the off-season while the course plays in front of you on your TV screen or mobile device. Shot in high definition, the completed production is set to be available for purchase in July.

In other news, the CHARACTER CARDS, cartoonish drawings of Bloomsday stereotypes complete with race facts and statistics, are back again with eight new characters, including one called Bruce Sprintsteen. Get it? In other news, the MARMOT MARCH will begin at 9 am on Saturday, an hour earlier than the kids’ 1-mile race has typically started. Finally, another Bloomsday race means that another local charity benefits from a community outpouring of support; this year that charity is SPOKANE HOPE SCHOOL, an educational program for young children who are deaf or hard of hearing. n

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...Except One The Bloomsday Perennials are always celebrated, but what about runners who only missed one year?

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n our annual Bloomsday results book, which compiles the names and times of every participant — be they an elite racer or a casual walker — we usually pay tribute to the folks who have run every race since the event’s inception.

Considering the first Bloomsday was held in 1977 with only 1,198 finishers, it may come as a surprise that as of last year, there were 96 people who can proudly say that they’ve run in every single race. In Bloomsday parlance, these folks are called Perennials, and they’re celebrated after each race and run with a special race bib. It’s an honor for longtime Spokanites who remember the old days and continued coming out regardless of weather, personal schedule or maybe a nagging injury.

But we got to thinking: what about the folks who’ve run every race but one?

We went back to the numbers and, lo and behold, there’s a sizable contingent of the Only Missed One Club. Our research found that there are 158 Bloomsday participants who claimed they’ve missed just one year.

Cory Yost is a reluctant member of this club.

Yost has run in every Bloomsday since 1978, meaning he is one of the only racers to have participated in every race except the first one.

Cory Yost has run Bloomsday in all but the first year.

But as he explains, he didn’t have a choice back in the spring of 1977 when that first Sunday in May rolled around.

“It was my senior year at Ferris High School and I was on the track team,” recalls Yost, now the president of a Spokane-based construction business. “We had a meet the following Tuesday, so our coach did not want us to run.”

It’s understandable, considering that even today, local track coaches have been known to keep their student-athletes out of the Bloomsday field to save their legs for important meets near the end of the season. But Yost says the memory still stings.

“I will always regret not running that first race,” he says. 

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Local act Quarter Monkey will be playing along the course at Broadway and Madison.

Course Entertainment The bands to listen for while running (or walking) Bloomsday

BY LAURA JOHNSON

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or participants, the Bloomsday course can seem never-ending, but for the musicians performing on the sidelines of the 12-kilometer course, things can be just as challenging. It’s a grueling four hours of playing music without a break, working through vocal issues and hand blisters that can turn bloody. Yet year after year, local artists sign up to motivate nearly 50,000 racers up and around Spokane.

“This is a tough gig and many bands do trickle out,” says Laurel Warner, Bloomsday entertainment committee member. “But that we have 20 acts returning this year proves just how rewarding playing for Bloomsday can be.”

The 26-plus groups participating, whose ages range from teen through retiree, play everything from jazz and Christian praise to original heavy metal tunes. Warner says she works hard

to offer styles of music for everyone run/walking the annual event.

As always, athletes can vote for their favorite roadside attraction after they finish the race by going online to bloomsdayVO T E run.org. This Remember to vote for year, voters your favorite on-course can pick their band afterward, at top three fabloomsdayrun.org, to vorites rather help bands win the Best than just one.

Bloomsday Entertainer “These award. bands are essentially volunteering their time for Bloomsday,” Warner says. “Being named a crowd favorite is a big deal for them.” n

Look out for these acts along the route: 1. Rock Club (student rock stars): Riverside & Jefferson 2. Black Gingham (rock): Riverside at dentist office 3. Dawn of Life (rock ’n’ roll/ blues/ funk): Riverside & Cannon 4. Too Many Men (pop/rock): Riverside at the MAC 5. Rylei Franks (acoustic rock): Riverside & Clarke at open dirt area on the south side of Riverside 6. Good Old Stuff (oldies): Riverside past Marne Bridge at dirt pullout 7. Station 7 (alternative/classic rock covers): Government Way and G Street 8. Rockwell (rock/country): Government Way & Ft. George Wright Dr. at median 9. Student Jazz Ensemble (swing/ jazz/blues/old-time): Ft. George

Wright Dr. at parking lot of Unitarian Church 10. David Gordon (rock): Ft. George Wright Dr. & Randolph 11. Angela Marie Project (highenergy original music): Ft. George Wright Dr. at the curve in open grass area 12. Tori Whitten (solo singer): Ft, George Wright Dr. & Elliot 13. The Nixon Rodeo (hard rock): T.J. Meenach Bridge at Doomsday Hill 14. Summit View Swank (rock ’n’ roll): Front yard at 2509 E. Summit Blvd.

15. Burle Craven (singer/guitarist): Lindeke & Sinto 16. Chris Ellenberger (singer/entertainer): Lindeke & Gardner 17. In Tune (country/rock/oldtime): Lindeke & Dean

18. Strykewater (rock/blues): Lindeke & Broadway at turn 19. Grass Menagerie (bluegrass/ Americana): Broadway & Cochran 20. Stranglers of Bombay (classic/ original): Broadway & Elm 21. Fusbol (pop/rock): Broadway & Oak at Backyard Pub House 22. Curgloft (solo loopstation covers/improvised pieces): Broadway & Maple 23. The Donner Party Band (classic rock/blues): Broadway & Ash at the “T” 24. Random Generation (classic rock): Broadway & Adams 25. Quarter Monkey (rock): Broadway & Madison 26. Last Chance for Gas (’70s rock/Christian praise): Finish line water station

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BLOOMSDAY TRADE SHOW

Pick up your race packet, Bloomsday bus shuttle passes and any last-minute race day accessories at the huge, annual, pre-race trade show (pictured), which also offers demos, giveaways and great deals on running-related stuff. (Pro tip: don’t wear those brand-new running shoes on race day.) Also, the trade show will serve as the first opportunity to see the Convention Center expansion. Fri, May 1, from 11:30 am-8 pm and Sat, May 2, from 9 am-6:30 pm.

Free. Spokane Convention Center. bloomsdayrun.org

MARMOT MARCH

The 10th annual kids’ version of Bloomsday offers a 1-mile, noncompetitive run/walk/jog through Riverfront Park. This year’s event is already full, so if you missed it, make sure to check in early next year for a chance to sign up. Open to children in third grade or younger. Sat, May 2, at 9 am. $10/child. bloomsdayrun.org

BLOOMSDAY BIKE CORRAL

The Spokane Bicycle Club once again hosts attended, race-day bike parking open to both spectators and race participants. Store your bike, warm-up clothes, post-race snacks and rest assured that everything will be safe until you return. Sun, May 3, from 7:30 am-2 pm. Free. Riverfront Park, Central Meadow. (448-6271)

POST-RACE PARTY

Chill out in the park after the race and refuel your body at the food court, or hang out in the beer garden (don’t forget your ID and $3, the cash

entry fee). Sun, May 3, until 3 pm.

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BOOZERUN PUB CRAWL

The 5th annual Saturday-afterBloomsday pub crawl, with stops at eight downtown Spokane bars in eight hours. Participants get starter and finisher shirts; teams of 10 or more can get their team name on the sleeve of their shirts. Sat, May 9, at 6 pm. $15. Starts at nYne Bar, 232 W. Sprague. bestspokanebars.com — COMPILED BY CHEY SCOTT

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es, everyone knows that Mortal Kombat X is violent. Sometimes, the game’s brutality feels like a homage to all that is grotesque — the writers of MKX having a disturbing penchant for ripping organs out of bodies and giving us gaping holes where brains and torsos should be. Whether it’s whirligig-ing a samurai sword and slicing off an opponent’s face, or exploding an opponent’s jaw and taking a selfie, this sort of violence really should exclude the young, weak and elderly from the game. Plain and simple — don’t buy it for your kids.

But amid all the dangling intestines blowing softly in the wind lies a semblance of a story line, a touching plot sleeping softly in a nursery of brutality and bloodshed. Johnny Cage and Sonya Blade brought into the world a new character Cassie Cage (selfie girl). Jax, Kenshi and others also produced progeny in the expanse of timespace between previous Mortal Kombats and MKX. In total, eight new personalities join the ranks. Each character also has three unique variations, gameplay permutations that aid in cutting monotony.

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TV | Looking for something to binge-watch now that you’ve breezed through Season 3 of House of Cards and can’t control your impatience for the next Sunday night episode of GoT to arrive? Netflix has known for a while now that binge watching is the way to consume television, and proved that again with the release of the 13-episode original series DAREDEVIL. Based on the Marvel comic series of the same name, the series follows Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox), a blind lawyer by day/vigilante crime fighter by night, as he struggles to contain an evilness sweeping New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen. The tone is dark and the stakes are incredibly high. Welcome news to the already enamored fans and critics of the show — Daredevil has been renewed for a second season to premiere next year.

The addition of a “faction war” meta-game is an interesting way to combine humankind’s love for clubs and inclusion.

The faction war is a mechanic aimed at long-term playability — a bloody carrot on a bloody stick for nerds who have always wanted to rally with their peers to slay an indomitable evil. Basically, you choose a faction. The more you play, the more you help your faction. The best faction gets cool stuff.

The development of every nook and cranny of this game impressed me. Towers are cooler. The crypt is as spooky as ever.

Online play and multiplayers also saw enthusiastic expansion into harder, better, faster versions of themselves.

The faction war, combined with the investment and plot, as well as heavy content development, heralds a theme of wellrounded maturation. MKX isn’t just a fighter game anymore. It’s a fighter-hybrid Frankenstein that tastes like an MMO (massively multiplayer online game) and waxes poetic like a story-driven drama.

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MUSIC | While perhaps not as euphoric or dance-y as Passion Pit’s 2009 debut Manners, the Cambridge, Massachusettsformed synth pop group’s third full-length album, KINDRED, released last week, is no disappointment to fans who’ve stuck with them this long.

Their first single, “Lifted Up (1985)” dropped in midFebruary and has already received 4.8 million listens on Spotify. As a whole, Kindred sounds more like the “old” Passion Pit, before bandleader Michael Angelakos had openly shared his ongoing battle with mental illness preceding the release of sophomore album Gossamer.

In sum, Kindred is a retrospective look at where Angelakos has been and, optimistically, where the future may take him and his music.

While you’ve still got about two months to work on your jump shot and post moves before Hoopfest (June 27 and 28), you need to hustle your team together by MONDAY, MAY 11, the deadline to register for the biggest three-on-three tournament in the frickin’ world. Put your squad on the books by heading to hoopfestspokane.org and registering your hilarious team name.

WEB | Lovers of tech, music, men’s fashion (ladies, let’s change this!) and nerdy games/hobbies: MASSDROP may be the online retail community you’ve been missing out on. Though it offers a somewhat odd mix of product categories — from quilting supplies to high-end ink pens and trading-card game accessories — Massdrop is a site to buy stuff that’s either niche or hard to find, and for a fair price. Want the site to offer a fancy mechanical keyboard? Start a poll. Other users then vote for what item they’re most interested in, and (if it can), Massdrop will order 100 or so from a vendor and sell ’em. As more orders are placed, items’ unit prices drop.

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CULTURE | DISTILLED two. At a bar in Blue Point, out on Long Island, I sat for hours one night, drinking a bucket of Rolling Rock, three for five dollars, listening to a couple at the table behind me end their relationship. I could not tear myself away.

“But why?” the man kept saying. “I’m telling you why,” the woman said. “I’ll always love you,” the woman said.

“But why?” the man said. I sat listening, moved by their hurt, their emotion, the tenderness they were showing each other, relieved not to be them.

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t Tod & John’s in Urbana, Illinois, I found $60 Mug Club. The drinking age was 21 in Illinois, as it was on the floor at the base of my bar stool, three $20 in every state, but 18-year-olds were allowed to drink at bills wrapped around each other. I was 21 years Willy’s for some reason. old, Sunday evening broke. Adjusted for time, memory Willy’s had darts and pinball machines and a jukebox and the inflation of both, those $60 would be worth with songs decades out of date that everyone loved and $15,000 today. I looked around the place. Almost no one sang to: “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” at closing, and was there. I put the money on the bar, sipped my beer “Mack the Knife” all night long. I don’t think we loved and waited. Maybe 10 minutes passed. I asked Tod to those songs ironically, though we never listened to them break a $20 for cigarette change. I ordered bourbon and anywhere else. Maybe it was a relief from trying to be Coke. I bought a fresh pack of cigarettes, put it under my cool, loving those sort of ridiculous songs from another nearly empty pack, and settled in. era. Willy’s almost became my bar — I wanted it to Tod & John’s was the first bar that felt like my be — but I wasn’t old enough to have a bar yet, a dark place. It was too far from campus to be place to sit by myself, a place for adults that D I S T I L L E D wasn’t home or work or church. I stood a student joint, and being there felt like leaving the student life behind. At Tod & on that beaten wooden floor, chugging 20 A SHOT OF LIFE John’s, I was as happy to drink alone as ounces of Old Style, what everyone called with friends or a woman. The only time Dog Style, the beer running down my face, I remember going there with a date, we argued blindtrying to join the Mug Club. I didn’t realize yet how ness and deafness and which would be easier. “All things much I hated clubs. considered,” I said, “and because of music, I’d rather be When I was 19, I went with friends to Cochrane’s blind.” for Little Kings night, and near closing, we found This next part is too convenient for fiction, too ourselves along the second floor gallery rail, dropping manipulative of the moment and the reader, but just as I 7-ounce Little Kings bottles to the floor and watching said, “I’d rather be blind,” I noticed over Alison’s shoulthem explode, shattering and spraying beer amongst der, maybe five stools down, Blind George the drummer, the first-floor drinkers. We were not arrested for this facing me. George didn’t wear dark glasses, and his behavior or ashamed of it, and no one on the floor was eyes went in different directions. He smiled toward me. hurt. Years later, in the North End of Boston during the I didn’t usually feel like an idiot at Tod & John’s, but I Fisherman’s Feast, I would accidently drop an unopened knew I was an idiot that night. can of Molson from my brother’s third-floor roof to the sidewalk below. I cowered for a minute, terrified I’d killed hree years earlier at the Illini Inn, which everyone someone. But there were no sirens, no screams. When I called Willy’s, I stood chugging 20 ounces of finally looked over the edge of the roof, there was a wet Old Style, the beer running down my chin, until spot on the sidewalk, but no dead bodies. the bartender rang a bell making me a member of the Little Kings came three for a dollar, maybe three for

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n Providence, my bar was Babe’s, before students from Brown and RISD colonized the place. It was an old man joint, run by an old man, Babe, a former boxer with the nose to prove it, pickled eggs in a jar on the bar and pictures of Jack Kennedy on the wall. I’d sit there for an hour at night, maybe once every two weeks, watching the Sox on TV, the Pats, the Celtics against the Lakers.

In Portsmouth, at the State Street Saloon, I’d smoke cigarettes and drink bourbon next to Tony, the Vietnamvet chef, who, after closing the restaurant side each night, drank white Russians until he was incoherent. I always tried to be gone by then.

In Manhattan, there was a famous writer’s bar, Elaine’s, where I wanted to belong but never would or could. One night at Elaine’s, I was bumped repeatedly by a loud-mouthed lawyer in an expensive suit as I stood in the packed space by the bar. I finally held a lit cigarette against my leg, which the lawyer slammed into as he slammed into me. I watched the dislodged cherry burn a quarter-sized hole in the worsted wool of his jacket. Then I left. I don’t think I ever drank there again.

There were bars of joy in the city, Chumley’s, Cedar Street Tavern, McSorley’s, where my buddy Paul fell in love with an Irish barmaid a month or two off the boat.

We stayed for a long time that night, drinking creamy McSorley’s ale, and when we finally left, Paul wouldn’t ask the barmaid for her number. Didn’t want to ruin it, he said. There were fantastic urinals at P.J. Clarke’s, giant porcelain slabs the side walls of which would practically surround you as you stood before them, monstrous upright piss caskets. At the Royalton Hotel, the urinal was a steel-backed waterfall. There were rooftop hotel bars worth the price of the one drink you could afford for the view, and good bars on Hudson Street: Time, the Cowgirl Hall of Fame, the White Horse, where Dylan Thomas purportedly drank himself to death.

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With Coke.

With Coke is how I ordered it at Tod & John’s the night I found $60 on the floor at my feet. It was a Sunday night around Easter. Might have been Easter. Tod & John’s didn’t close for anything. Maybe that’s why hardly anyone was there — because it was a holiday. There was still a little light coming in through the big plate-glass window up front, pouring over the pool table. I had a book with me, a notebook too. I was going to have a couple beers and read a little, maybe try to write a little, until my money ran out. An hour maybe, two beers. I don’t know why I looked down. Maybe I dropped my matches.

On the floor at my feet were those three $20 bills, one wrapped around the other. I laid that money on the bar and let it sit. Nobody claimed it. I ordered bourbon and Coke, got a fresh pack of cigarettes. I ordered another bourbon and Coke. A beer. I bought Tod a drink. I ordered two sliders and fries, and ate and drank as the light went down, the world and everything else outside waiting. 

CULTURE | PERFORMANCE

The vibrant costumes of Cirque du Soleil’s new show.

Nomads of Now Cirque’s Varekai pays homage to the circus tradition of traveling wherever there’s an audience

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n the Romani language of the gypsies, varekai means “wherever.”

This weekend, wherever is the Spokane Arena, when Cirque du Soleil’s Varekai arrives for seven performances.

Members of Varekai’s internationally diverse, 50-person acrobatic cast coming to Spokane includes many renowned athletes and performers — a six-time world baton twirling champion from Japan (Arisa Tanaka), and a duo of Ukrainian acrobatic gymnasts (Kateryna Sytnikova and Anastasiya Melnychenko) who’ve won two world titles.

But chances are we wouldn’t recognize these women on the street, nor be able to pick them out on stage by skill alone.

Most of the Montreal-based troupe’s performers either competed at the elite level in their respective disciplines, grew up in the circus or went to circus school, says Vanessa Napoli, the show’s publicist. In part thanks to Cirque’s international prominence, finding daring, strong and dexterous acrobats and dancers has become much easier now, Napoli notes.

“Twenty years ago it was rare, and part of that was because circus was taboo in that time,” she says. “I find Cirque has changed that, and the way people view it. The circus nowadays doesn’t mean animal cruelty. Now it’s just these talented individuals who took a passion and went with it.”

Differing from the dozens of Cirque productions performed around the world since the

troupe’s rise to prominence in the 1990s and early 2000s, the different acts of Varekai are more linear in plot. Most of Cirque’s other shows usually don’t follow a distinct story line, but rather embody an overall theme or a loose message to be interpreted at will.

“The show itself is what we could consider a classic Cirque show... but it’s unique because it has a story, told through acrobatic language,” Napoli says.

That story is the imagined sequel to the Greek myth of Icarus, a character who attempts to flee his mortal life by taking flight with wings made of feathers and wax. When Icarus flies too close to the sun, the wax melts and he plunges to his doom, drowning in the sea. Varekai imagines that instead of plummeting to his death, Icarus lands in a forest inhabited by magical and mysterious creatures — acrobats who don intricate and brightly colored costumes inspired by the natural world.

“He meets these creatures who show him the way, and these key players give him tough love, guidance, nurturing, and he falls in love,” Napoli explains. “It’s a story about picking yourself up after a fall, which is something people can relate to.” n Cirque du Soleil: Varekai • Wed, April 29 through Sun, May 3; Wed-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sat at 4 pm, Sun at 1:30 and 5 pm • $35-$95 • Spokane Arena • 720 W. Mallon • spokanearena.com

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el Wood has a new best friend. Her name is Black Betty and she lives in her bar’s parking lot.

Betty is a 1982 Blue Bird short bus and she’s capable of pouring eight different beers wherever she’s parked. Her real name is the Tap Mobile, a mobile beer bar operated by the Hop Shop, and she’s unlike anything you’ll find in the region.

“Last summer I was sitting on the front patio doing some paperwork and a food truck drove by. I was thinking of how it’s such a shame that we can’t make the Hop Shop go mobile. But then I thought, why not?” says Wood, who bought the cozy South Hill craft beer pub about a year ago.

Wood was hot on the idea, and by that winter she was in Portland checking out what was once a shaved-ice truck. It ran well, or as well as any 1982 bus will run. She bought it, and with the help of friends drove it the entire bumpy way back to Spokane. Also a graphic designer and painter, Wood produced the layout for the truck’s sleek red-and-black exterior and decorated the inside with drawings of hop vines and typographical art. On Friday, it’s going to pour its first beers.

As the Tap Mobile heads onto the streets, Wood thinks it will largely be used for weddings and other private parties, but she also sees Betty heading to festivals and other events as a sort of ambassador for the region’s craft brewing industry.

“All our local craft breweries put [The Hop Shop] on the map, and how awesome would it be to go to places where people have no concept of 12 String or Iron Goat or Orlison and introduce them?” says Wood, whose dream is to have the Tap Mobile pour beers at the Gorge Amphitheatre. She’s been in communication with the venue, but nothing is official yet.

“Our ultimate goal is to go to places where we can introduce the beer to different people,” says Wood.

At other times, the truck will fully function without leaving the Hop Shop grounds. As you’ll see for its debut on Friday evening, the bar plans to use the Tap Mobile for parties in its own parking lot. Wood says they’ll also have occasional live music or maybe a movie night.

The Tap Mobile’s liquor permit allows the truck to participate or hold a dozen events throughout the year, but there’s no cap on private parties, says Wood. It’s been a little tricky figuring out all the laws; when she calls liquor control officials, they have to do some research considering there’s no real precedent. There are, however, mobile beer services in both Portland and Boise that frequent outdoor events, tailgate parties and more.

Space is precious inside Black Betty, which is why a custom-designed cooler was specially laid out to hold eight sixth-barrels, along with room for four extra kegs. There’s no wiggle room and taps can easily be switched, Wood says. And almost everything you’ll see on those eight taps will be locally made. “[The Hop Shop is] small, and we are who we are because of these small artisans who are amazing at their craft. And their craft just happens to be making amazing beer,” says Wood. n Tap Mobile Opening Party • Fri, May 1, at 6 pm • The Hop Shop • 3803 S. Grand • 21 and up only • Featuring live music and food trucks

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High-Octane Slices River Park Square is set to be the intersection of pizza and motocross

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evin McRae has lived in Spokane for more than 20 years, but he’s just now about to take his first leap into the city’s culinary scene.

McRae will combine a few of his passions to open Holeshot Pizza and Brew on the far end of the River Park Square food court, taking up some of the space left behind when Arbor Crest Winery closed in 2014. If all goes according to plan, Holeshot will be a flawless combination of two key ingredients: motocross and no-nonsense, thin-crust pies.

Though McRae has a few ties to River Park Square unrelated to his newest venture into pizza, his main reasoning for setting up camp now has much more to do with transitioning out of his previous occupation.

“I’ve been in the trucking business for 40 years now and I’m done,” McRae said. “I want to be home every day.”

Trucking might be his most recent profession, but it’s certainly not his only, nor will it be the one to influence the pizzeria’s design and décor. A term used regularly in the sport of motocross, the restaurant’s namesake “holeshot” is used to refer to the driver who reaches racing speed first in a race. That speed is a huge factor for McRae and the type of environment he wants to create.

“I just want to promote the sport of motocross, and how much it really goes with the the food court environment because of speed,” he said. “When you’re getting fast food, you don’t want to order a slice of pizza and be waiting around for it for 15 minutes.”

Customers can expect to get their food hot and quickly, but what exactly will they be getting? Holeshot’s menu will take not only speed, but simplicity, incredibly seriously. The menu won’t be extensive, but for McRae, quality trumps quantity, and everything will be a steal.

You can expect to find just four or five varieties of pizza available, with whole pies all coming in at 16 inches in diameter, or you can buy a slice (which McRae says will end up equaling almost a quarter of a pizza) for what shouldn’t be much more than $5. There’s only one size of fountain drink, just a handful of salad and appetizer options, but everything will come in heaping portions, chock-full of satisfying ingredients.

Holeshot’s opening day isn’t officially set, but McRae says it should be within the next week; spring in Spokane won’t pass before this local pizzeria is open to the public. n Holeshot Pizza and Brew • 808 W. Main • Open Mon-Sat, 10 am-8 pm; Sun, 11 am-6 pm • facebook.com/holeshotpizza • 939-9492

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“I’m just trying to bring the history of the area here and make it feel like home, like it’s a farmhouse for real,” Baker says.

A white, red and black aesthetic sets the café’s mood. Mismatched red chairs surround the tables; Baker’s friend painted giant roosters and a pig on the walls, standing in fields of black grass and red flowers.

Baker, who worked at Europa and then Cottage Café ENTRÉE over the past 15 years, lives Get the scoop on the local just a couple of miles down the food scene with our Entrée road. She’d been wanting to newsletter. Visit Inlander. open her own restaurant here, com/newsletter to sign up. a mostly residential area where the cities of Hayden, Coeur d’Alene and Post Falls meet.

“We’re just kind of in the middle of the whole community,” she says. “There’s not a lot of options over here, so I really wanted it to be family-friendly.”

One of Baker’s favorite things to recommend on the menu is the corned beef. It’s slow-braised in-house for 12 hours, and you can get it on the Reuben ($9) or the corned beef hash ($11) served with potatoes, onions, two eggs and toast.

Pastry chef Kari Bice bakes for Chomper’s catering service and makes all the biscuits and pies found on the breakfast and lunch menus, including the cinnamon roll special ($5.50). You choose a classic, maple pecan or seasonal cinnamon roll served with two eggs and either bacon strips, links or a patty. 

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D O GO GOES BAD The Avengers have to fight themselves in the CGI-happy Age of Ultron

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neaky superhero movie! It was another caped-crusader tradition which gave us the idea that heroes who don’t die in the line of duty live to become villains, but it took The Avengers to let it play out onscreen.

The bad guys in Age of Ultron? Tony Stark and Bruce Banner. For real.

In Tony’s case, his villainy is externalized in Ultron, an AI creation that he has been working on for years, which he can finally bring to fruition now that the Avengers have reacquired Loki’s wondrous scepter from what’s left of Hydra (this is the opening sequence of the film); something to do with the extra computing power the scepter offers. Ultron (the voice of James Spader) has some of Tony’s (Robert Downey Jr.) attitudes, but a glitch in its “birth” makes it go a bit cyber-insane, and it extrapolates Tony’s notion of world peace to mean “a planet without humans.”

Now it’s gotten loose and must be stopped. It’s not so much the twisting of Tony’s attitude that’s the nearvillainy here, but that Tony was keeping yet more secrets — and Ultron is a huge one — from the people who are supposed to be his partners in saving the planet. The rest of the Avengers learn about this new danger to the planet after it has tried to kill them all; this literally ruins the Avengers’ party.

In poor Bruce’s case, though, it’s he who has become a menace. Well, the Hulk has, anyway. In the middle of a battle rage that gets even more out of control than usual,

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the Hulk goes on a rampage that causes massive destrucother things we learn about the personal lives of the tion in downtown Johannesburg, one stopped only when Avengers: romance is budding between Natasha (Scarlett Iron Man (in Hulk-scaled power armor) steps in... and it’s Johansson) and Bruce, though she has to push it a bit; not an easy thing, either. and Clint, aka Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), turns out to It’s a fairly horrifying sequence, watching friend have a surprising secret. The finale is truly sci-fi superheforced to battle friend and knowing that Bruce doesn’t ro action-movie whackadoodle, taking urban destruction want to be doing this (never mind what the innocent, to a new (antigravity-assisted) level. injured people of Jo’burg must be feeling). His horror The film isn’t without problems. Urban destruction once he has transformed back into his human self, which — Seoul also takes a beating here — is getting old. The continues through the rest of the film, is palpable — Mark effects in the opening attack-on-Hydra sequence are surRuffalo is fantastic — but also prisingly cartoonish. And 45-minute tough for us not to share in. The battle finales have to go: it’s overkill, AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON Hulk is dangerous to everyone, and we’ve had enough. Can we find Rated PG-13 not just bad guys. something new for these movies to Directed by Joss Whedon Tony and Bruce have finally do?

Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, gone full mad-scientist. It’s a The cool thing is, Age of Ultron Scarlett Johansson fascinating upending of genre ends by suggesting that yes, maybe tradition that might make this we can find something new. Big flick work for non-fans, even though it assumes a lot of changes are initiated here indicating that the team, at familiarity with what’s come before in the series, includleast, is going to be very different next time out. This is ing that you’ll know what Loki’s scepter and Hydra are a franchise that isn’t afraid to move on from aspects that about without having to be told. aren’t working anymore, and any tiredness in some of But it’s not all gloom: Director Joss Whedon insures the characters here is confronted directly and dealt with. that Ultron continues the Avengers tradition of big, bold When I say that this is the weakest of the Avengers movies action blockbusters that don’t need to toss away thoughtso far, I don’t mean that it isn’t still hugely enjoyable. fulness to remain pure popcorn fun. Tony and Bruce’s Any complaints are mollified by the hint that this huge, second-guessing of their work is more comic-book soap ongoing story isn’t going to shy away from refreshing opera than serious drama anyway, as are some of the itself as needed. 

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OPENING FILMS THE AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON

Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) has made an AI creation that he calls Ultron with some nifty powers from the defeated Loki (from the last movie).

Ultron (the voice of James Spader) has some of Tony’s attitudes, but a glitch in its “birth” makes it go a bit cyberinsane, and it extrapolates Tony’s notion of world peace to mean “a planet without humans.” Oh, and the Hulk has gone bonkers, so the Avengers also have that mess to clean up. (MJ) Rated PG-13

SEYMOUR: AN INTRODUCTION

Seymour Bernstein had been a brilliant and highly praised concert pianist, but had given up performing at the age of 50 due to stage fright and his dislike of artistic commercialism, and took up teaching full-time — the better to spread his ideas about music and life.

When beloved actor/novelist/screenwriter Ethan Hawke struck up a friendship with Bernstein, this documentary (directed by Hawke) was born. (MB) Rated PG

CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA

Kristen Stewart breaks out of the Twilight shadows in what might be her most intriguing role to date alongside the always brilliant Juliette Binoche in this sleeper hit. Binoche is an esteemed actress, with Stewart as her assistant, who takes a role in a play that has her opposite of a young talent (Chloe Grace Moretz). But when the play’s material hits too close to home, Binoche’s character begins to crumble.

(MB) Rated R

WATER DIVINER

Russell Crowe directs and stars in this epic-sized historical drama about an Australian farmer with a gift for finding water in arid lands who travels to Gallipoli, a Turkish peninsula, to search for his three sons killed there during World War I. Along the way, he discovers a bond with his country’s former enemies, a potential new love interest in a Turkish innkeeper — and clues that not all of his children are dead after all.

(DN) Rated R

NOW PLAYING THE AGE OF ADELINE

Blake Lively finally takes a turn in a leading role as a young woman hurt in an accident and, upon recovering, realizes she is no longer subject to the aging process. She remains in perfect shape throughout the decades until she meets a super-hot dude for whom she might risk her immortality. Also starring Harrison Ford and Ellen Burnstyn. (MB) Rated PG-13

CINDERELLA

Director Kenneth Branagh’s version of the Disney animated classic goes heavy on the back story, introducing the beloved mother (Hayley Atwell) of young Ella (Lily James) before mom’s untimely passing and Ella’s merchant father (Ben Chaplin) remarrying, ultimately leaving poor Ella with a stepmother (Cate Blanchett) and two stepsisters (Holliday Grainger and Sophie McShera) who treat her poorly as Cinderella step-family characters are wont to do. (SR) Rated PG

DESERT DANCER

There aren’t many places left in America where dancing is prohibited, but for the entire country of Iran that’s the reality. Desert Dancer tells the true story (of course) of Iranian Afshin Ghaffarian and his friends, who risk their lives by starting an underground dance troupe.

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EX MACHINA

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The tagline of the latest installment of this series is: “Vengeance hits home.”

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by Kevin Hart, to show him how to “get hard” for prison. It’s not Ferrell’s (or Hart’s, for that matter) best work. (ES) Rated R

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In the second film of the Divergent series, Shailene Woodley returns as Tris Prior, a young woman living in a dystopian future in which people are segregated into a social caste system by personality.

As part of the Divergent class, Tris finds her group heading for annihilation at the hands of the nefarious leader of the Erudite class played by Kate Winslet. (MB) Rated PG-13

LITTLE BOY

Eight-year-old Jakob thinks his dad is a super hero, but when that dad is sent to fight in World War II, he finds his world shattered and will do anything to bring his father home. After a magic show, he soon learns that if he believes in something, he can make it happen. With his new magic powers, he tries to stop the war. (MB) Rated PG

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THE LONGEST RIDE

The latest adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks novel, The Longest Ride features Scott Eastwood (son of Clint) as a cowboy who falls in love with a city girl (the awesome Britt Robertson) but then gets

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Everyone wants him to quit, but he just can’t, because he just can’t. You know how these Nicholas Sparks charters are, right? (MB) Rated PG-13

McFARLAND USA

When he discovers his students’ amazing ability to run, Jim White (Kevin Costner) is determined to form a cross-country team that would one day be state champions. Inspired by the legacy of the McFarland High School runners of 1987, McFarland USA follows White and his team from a small farming town in California on their journey against the odds. (CB) Rated PG

MONKEY KINGDOM

Disneynature’s newest documentary surrounds the life of a newborn monkey and his mother in their journey to survive in the South Asian jungles. As is its way, Disney produces an experience that is both visually enthralling and pleasantly educational. Watch as the monkey duo faces the competition of social hierarchy and everyday dangers of the Sri Lankan jungle. (CB) Rated G

PAUL BLART: MALL COP 2

Paul Blart (Kevin James) has been a mall security master for six years now and it is finally time for a vacation. When he takes his daughter on a trip before sending her off to college, Blart discovers that safety never sleeps and he must protect the hotel from imminent danger. (CB) Rated PG

SONG OF THE SEA

Ben and Saoirse are left motherless, and as such, big brother Ben is tasked with babysitting his mute, 6-year-old sister while their father, Conor, shrouds his grief in his work manning the family’s lighthouse. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, Song of the Sea follows the children as they try to get back to their father. At Magic Lantern (CS) Rated PG

TRUE STORY

Michael Finkel (Jonah Hill), a New York Times writer recently fired by the paper for having fudged facts in a prominent cover story, and Christian Longo (James Franco), a prisoner in Oregon awaiting trial for the murder of his wife and three children, are an unlikely pair. But prior to his capture in Mexico and for reasons unknown, Longo had used the alias of Michael Finkel while he was a fugitive. Now,

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Finkel wants to get the real story in a series of prison interviews. (MB) Rated R

UNFRIENDED

In the same vein of I Know What You Did Last Summer, with Unfriended a group of hot teens are haunted for crimes of their past — in this case uploading a video of a drunken friend who later shoots herself because of the post. But what this film adds to the horror genre is in its telling.

Through Internet videos and Skype chat sessions, we watch as the young friends are terrorized by an online presence they believe is their dead friend. (LJ) Rated R

WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS

Jemaine Clement, best known as half of Flight of the Conchords, co-wrote and co-directed this hilarious mockumentary about a group of vampires living in a mansion together. It’s like The Real World for the undead. At Magic Lantern (MB) Not Rated

WHILE WE’RE YOUNG

Ben Stiller plays Josh, a serious New York documentarian who, along with his wife Cornelia (Naomi Watts), are the proverbial last couple to not have kids. When a 20-something aspiring documentarian named Jamie (Adam Driver) and his wife Darby (Amanda Seyfried) come into their lives, both couples learn a whole lot about the lives ahead of them. (SS) Rated R

WOMAN IN GOLD

History gives Woman in Gold all the drama required of a top-notch thriller in this true story of a woman trying to reclaim the humanity torn from her family by the Nazis. Helen Mirren plays Maria Altmann, an Austrian Jew forced to flee during World War II, who is navigating the international legal system in an effort to find her family’s possessions that were stolen

by Hitler’s regime. (DN) Rated PG-13

THE WRECKING CREW

In the 1960s, when rock music was coming into the mainstream, a group of hardworking musicians laid down the tracks that made a whole lot of people — other than themselves — very famous. They became known as the Wrecking Crew and could be heard on records by everyone from the Beach Boys and Sonny and Cher, as well as traditional musicians like Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra. At Magic Lantern (MB) Rated PG 

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We get some glimpses into Lately, however, Hawke tells us that the arts world in the latter half SEYMOUR: he was struggling with “Why I do what of the past century. All the while, AN INTRODUCTION I do.” Not only did Hawke discover with little intercession by Hawke, Rated PG Bernstein’s wisdom and insight to be Bernstein delivers philosophihelpful with his own artistic quandaries, Directed by Ethan Hawke cal gems about how music and Hawke found in Bernstein the subject of At Magic Lantern life will interact in never-ending his next documentary. Earlier in his life, cycles of fulfillment. However, Bernstein had been a brilliant and highly praised more direct involvement by Hawke would have concert pianist, but had given up performing at been welcome. So many follow-up questions are the age of 50 due to stage fright and his dislike of left unasked. The film is at its liveliest when the artistic commercialism, and took up teaching fullfilmmaker and his subject discuss the twofold time — the better to spread his ideas about music presence of human monstrosity and artistic gifts, and life. The two artists took a shine to each or the human propensity to value talent over other, and voilà: A documentary was born. craft. It’s lovely that Hawke shares this guru of Hawke chose his subject well; Bernstein is sorts with the world, but if we really want to indeed an intriguing master and paragon of auknow what makes Bernstein’s inner metronome thenticity. (Perhaps it’s at this level that the film’s tick, that’s not to be found in this movie. n

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Hitting the Right Note

The Spokane Falls Community College Jazz Festival returns as an outreach for everyone

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here are no auditions here. At wayside. Woods came on board in 2012 Spokane Falls Community Coland has since helped push to resurrect lege, jazz ensemble enrollment is the festival and ensure that it exists for open for all. An overachieving Running years to come.

Start program student will sit next to a The SFCC jazz ensembles won’t be 20-year-old just learning how to read performing this time around. Woods admusic, or a grandmother dusting off her mits it’s tough, with a revolving carousel saxophone for the first time in years. of students nearly every quarter. He’s Kevin Woods sees this as a beauticurrently playing the electric bass with ful dynamic, it’s one of the reasons he one group, an instrument he didn’t know says he loves teaching at a community how to play until a student dropped out. college — his students, coming from a “It’s hard to bring in some of the talwide variety of backgrounds, teach him ent of the four-year universities,” admits new things almost on a daily basis. But Pam Meyer, the advisor for Jazz Presents, he also wants to improve a jazz program a club that puts on jazz events throughthat’s currently the smallest of out the year, including Jazz Fest. the programs offered in the “We may be cheap, but we’re pristine, newly remodnot easy. We have really eled music building. great teachers.”

“We’ve been Growing up in an ebb and it’s with musician about to move parents, Woods into a flow,” didn’t know pop Woods says. music existed Enter the until a classmate resurrection of handed him an the SFCC Jazz MC Hammer Festival. Back for tape that rocked the first time since his world. But the 2011, Friday’s festifree-form coolness of val seeks to influence jazz always stayed with a whole new generation him, leading to a stint as a of jazz lovers. The event is music education major. Soon, Kevin Woods split into two sections: Clinics and he dropped out of school and headed noncompetitive performance opportunifor the high seas, where he performed ties for local middle and high school on cruise ships. Eventually, he returned jazz bands during the day, ending with to land and finished his education, this an evening concert from high-caliber time in jazz trumpet performance. Yet his national jazz talent Brian Lynch, Kathy yearning to teach never disappeared.

Kosins and Eyvind Kang.

As with recently learning to play the “My vision is to bring in clinicians bass, Woods is teaching his students that who are not only great players but great being a master of one thing is important, teachers,” says Woods, who also teaches but so is being able to do it all. music history and plays with the Bob “Maybe these kids will go on to Curnow Big Band. “And with this lineup, another program, maybe they won’t,” I’ve achieved that.”

Woods says. “But what matters is what In 1981 the SFCC Jazz Festival bethey learn while they’re here.” n gan as a partnership between the school and the Spokane Jazz Society. Over the lauraj@inlander.com decades, the Spokane Jazz Orchestra was connected Spokane Falls Community College to the event, along with Jazz Festival • Fri, May 1, public a parade of jazz stars. concert at 7:30 pm • $15/$10 students, But after some turnover seniors • SFCC Music Building 15 in faculty and administraAuditorium • 3410 W. Fort George tion, the festival fell by the Wright Dr. • TicketsWest.com

REGIONAL COLLEGE JAZZ FESTIVALS When SFCC began its jazz festival in 1981, it was the only one in the Spokane area. Now many colleges with jazz studies programs offer a festival or an outreach performance as a way to recruit new students and open the jazz scene to the local community.

Eastern Washington University: EWU Jazz Dialogue summer camp offers public concerts every evening. This year’s event runs from July 26-Aug. 1.

Washington State University: WSU Jazz Festival happens in November. Last year’s featured percussionist and composer was Tom Morgan.

University of Idaho: The Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival every February is one of the region’s oldest and most renowned festivals, bringing international talent to Moscow, Idaho.

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The Grammy award winner was last at the SFCC Jazz Festival in 2011. His playing constantly inspires and uplifts, which is why SFCC professors wanted him back. He’s especially skilled in the ways of Afro-Cuban jazz, melding the flair of more classic jazz with Latin coloring.

KATHY KOSINS, VOCALS

The Detroit-bred alto has a voice that reminds you of smoke-filled rooms with comfortable, dark corners. Kosins is sultry and sexy and above all, cool. Originally a composer, writing for commercial jingles and boy bands, she writes her own music while putting a new spin on old classics.

EYVIND KANG, VIOLA

There aren’t many jazz violists, and Kang isn’t necessarily trying to change that. The Seattle-based musician, who performed at SFCC last year with one of his many ensembles, simply proves that jazz transcends preconceptions.  The evening also features local artists Kevin Woods, Brent Edstrom, Scott Steed and Dru Heller.

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Orlison_043015_4S_EW.ai Mike Deni still thinks life is beautiful.

Geographer’s Mike Deni finds a new purpose on Ghost Modern

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hen you hit rock bottom, sometimes your only option is to claw your way out.

For Mike Deni, the powerhouse behind San Francisco-based, melancholic, synth-heavy indie-rock band Geographer, that meant finding something to strive for after realizing that life was essentially meaningless, a journey he explores on the band’s latest release, Ghost Modern.

The album picks up where its predecessor, Myth, left off, after Deni has come to terms with life’s lack of purpose and uncovered the lies he says our culture is built upon, including the idea that if you get what you want, you’ll be happy.

The dark period that spurred Myth began as Deni, who says he was full of optimism about life in high school, got older and realized there were no overarching questions or answers to consider.

“It just got bigger and bigger, blacker and blacker,” he says. “It took over more of my life.”

This, paired with the unexpected deaths of his father and sister within a year of each other, pushed Deni even closer to the edge.

“That’s when I lost my zest for life,” he says.

“That really killed my joy, and I’ve been trying to get back to it ever since. The closest I’ve come is being onstage and seeing people reacting to my work, and to who I am and who I’m trying to be.”

It was around this time that Deni moved from New Jersey to California and began focusing on music, which he initially used as a coping mechanism, to help rebuild his life and figure out his next move.

“I would take walks in the hills… and look down over the city and think, ‘One day everybody down there is going to know my name and my music.’

“Today, it’s not everybody,” Deni says with a laugh. “But a lot of people. I feel like I’ve gotten a couple rungs up in that dream.”

Pushing his band even closer is Ghost Modern, which chronicles a breakthrough Deni had at the urging of his best friend, who challenged him to see beyond his nihilistic view of the world.

“That basically changed my life, and I started thinking there’s got to be something there more for me, because I am still that optimistic kid,” he says. “I still think life is beautiful and glorious. I still think that it’s a playground and not a prison, but I started acting like I was an inmate, trapped here for no reason. And it’s like, ‘Well, you are, but you can enjoy it.’” n Geographer with Idlehands, Dead Serious Lovers • Thu, May 7, at 7 pm • $12/$16 day of • All-ages • The Big Dipper • 171 S. Washington • bigdipperevents.com • 624-4319

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ext week, fiddle champion Kimber Ludiker comes through her hometown with her Grammy-nominated bluegrass act Della Mae in tow. The Nashville-based four-piece has performed in the area on multiple occasions; this time the group is touting their forthcoming self-titled album (arriving May 12). The disc is a foray into an even more country-tinged sound than Della Mae’s previous two efforts. Incredibly organic production, including breaths and instrument scrapes, makes the music sound like it’s being played in your own living room. A portion of the proceeds from Thursday night’s concert will be donated to the initial Blue Waters Youth Camp happening this summer.

— LAURA JOHNSON Della Mae • Thu, May 7, at 7 pm • $15 adults/$5 kids • All-ages • Trent Elementary Auditorium • 3303 N. Pines Rd., Spokane Valley • brownpapertickets.com

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page 46) ThE VikiNg BAR & gRill, Carli Osika WOMAN’S ClUB OF SPOkANE (8385667), Uncle Bonsai zOlA, Shiner

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315 MARTiNiS & TAPAS, Truck Mills J BABy BAR, Boat Race Weekend, Sorority J ThE BARTlETT, Nora Jane Struthers & the Party Line BEVERly’S, Robert Vaughn J BiNg CROSBy ThEATER, Hot Club of Spokane CD release feat. Howard Crosby and Julia Rinker BlACk DiAMOND, DJ Major One BOlO’S, Tell the Boys BOWl’z BiTEz & SPiRiTz, Likes Girls ThE CEllAR, Roberson & BZ J ChAPS, Just Plain Darin with Tyler Coulston COEUR D’AlENE CASiNO, Harmony

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n an ocean of rock vocalists emulating far superior artists, T.J. McMillan sings in a way that easily lasers through his band’s wall of sound. His pure but gritty vocals pair well with Over Sea Under Stone’s style of classic rock with sludgy metal undertones. Guitars are quick to wail and the drums offer a good base for anyone trying to get in a headbanging session. Formed in 2013, the local act has crafted a set of catchy, energetic tunes soon to be released on their first EP. — LAURA JOHNSON Over Sea Under Stone CD release show • Fri, May 1, at 7:30 pm • $5 • All-ages • The Big Dipper • 171 S. Washington • bigdipperevents.com • 863-8098

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J CALYPSOS COFFEE & CREAMERY, Open Mic CHECKERBOARD BAR, Clint McCune Band EICHARDT’S, Monday Night Jam with Truck Mills J ONE WORLD CAFE (208-8833537), The Saturday Giant UNDERGROUND 15, Open Mic ZOLA, Nate Ostrander Trio

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315 MARTINIS & TAPAS, The Rub J THE BARTLETT, Open Mic CASA DE ORO FAMILY MEXICAN RESTAURANT (208) 245-3200), PJ Destiny FEDORA PUB & GRILLE, Tuesday Night Jam with Truck Mills JONES RADIATOR, Open Mic of

Friday May 8 th Grand Openin g!

At The Paint Buzz you don’t need experience.

J THE BARTLETT, R. Ring feat. The Breeders’ Kelley Deal & Ampline’s Mike Montgomery THE BOAT LAUNCH RESTAURANT & LOUNGE (447-2035), Scotia Road J CHAPS, Land of Voices with Dirk Swartz CRAFTED TAP HOUSE + KITCHEN (208-292-4813), Robby French J DI LUNA’S CAFE (208-263-0846), Trout Steak Revival EICHARDT’S, Charley Packard GARLAND AVENUE DRINKERY (3155327), Open Mic with DJ Scratch n Smith GENO’S TRADITIONAL FOOD & ALES (368-9087), Open Mic with T & T JOHN’S ALLEY, The Freeway Revival LA ROSA CLUB, Robert Beadling and Friends

THE LANTERN TAP HOUSE, Open Turntables Night with DJ Lydell LUCKY’S IRISH PUB, DJ D3VIN3 NYNE, Open Mic J PINNACLE NORTHWEST, The Ongoing Concept, It Lies Within, Nevada Rose, Icarus The Owl, We Rise The Tides SOULFUL SOUPS & SPIRITS, Open mic ZOLA, The Bossame

Coming Up ...

J TRENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Della Mae album release show (See story on facing page), May 7 J THE BIG DIPPER, Geographer (See story on page 48), Dead Serious Lovers, Idle Hands, May 7 THE BARTLETT, Inter Arma, Yautja, May 7 THE VIKING BAR & GRILL, Nicholas Peter, May 7 KNITTING FACTORY, Cash’d Out, Levi Daniel Band, Cursive Wires, May 7 KNITTING FACTORY, Wildcard album release show feat. Pops, Knothead, Overtime, Daethstar, May 8 THE PALOMINO CLUB, Royal Bliss, Wayland, May 8 THE BIG DIPPER, B Radicals CD release show feat. Real Life Rockaz, Smiles Davis, Andy Rumsey, May 9 THE BARTLETT, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, May 10 THE BIG DIPPER, D.O.A., May 14 KNITTING FACTORY, Less Than Jake, Reel Big Fish, May 14 THE BARTLETT, The English Beat, May 18

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MUSIC | VENUES 315 MARTINIS & TAPAS • 315 E. Wallace, CdA • 208-667-9660 BABY BAR • 827 W. First Ave. • 847-1234 THE BARTLETT • 228 W. Sprague Ave. • 747-2174 BEVERLY’S • 115 S. 2nd St., CdA • 208-765-4000 THE BIG DIPPER • 171 S. Washington St. • 863-8098 BIGFOOT PUB • 9115 N. Division St. • 467-9638 BING CROSBY THEATER • 901 W. Sprague Ave. • 227-7638 BLACK DIAMOND • 9614 E. Sprague • 891-8357 THE BLIND BUCK • 204 N. Division • 290-6229 BOLO’S• 116 S. Best Rd. • 891-8995 BOOMERS • 18219 E. Appleway Ave. • 755-7486 BOOTS BAKERY & LOUNGE • 24 W. Main Ave. • 703-7223 BOWL’Z BITEZ & SPIRITZ• 401 W. Riverside Suite 101. • 321-7480 BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB • 201 S. Main, Moscow • 208-882-5216 BUCKHORN INN • 13311 Sunset Hwy.• 244-3991 THE CELLAR • 317 E. Sherman, CdA • 208-6649463 CALYPSOS • 116 E Lakeside Ave., CdA • 208665-0591 CHAPS • 4237 Cheney-Spokane Rd. • 624-4182 CHATEAU RIVE • 621 W. Mallon Ave. • 795-2030 CHECKERBOARD BAR • 1716 E. Sprague • 535-4007 COEUR D’ALENE CASINO • 37914 S. Nukwalqw Rd., Worley • 800-523-2464 CURLEY’S • 26433 W. Hwy. 53 • 208-773-5816 DALEY’S CHEAP SHOTS • 6412 E. Trent • 5359309 EICHARDT’S • 212 Cedar St., Sandpoint • 208263-4005 FEDORA PUB • 1726 W. Kathleen, CdA • 208765-8888 FIZZIE MULLIGANS • 331 W. Hastings Rd. • 466-5354 THE FLAME • 2401 E. Sprague Ave. • 534-9121 FOX THEATER • 1001 W. Sprague • 624-1200 GRANDE RONDE CELLARS • 906 W. 2nd • 455-8161 HANDLEBARS • 12005 E. Trent Ave.• 924-3720 THE HOP! • 706 N. Monroe St. • 368-4077 IRON HORSE • 407 E. Sherman Ave., CdA • 208-667-7314 IRV’S BAR • 415 W. Sprague Ave. • 624-4450 JOHN’S ALLEY • 114 E. 6th, Moscow • 208-8837662 JONES RADIATOR • 120 E. Sprague • 747-6005 KNITTING FACTORY • 911 W. Sprague Ave. • 244-3279 LAGUNA CAFÉ • 4302 S. Regal St. • 448-0887 THE LANTERN TAP HOUSE • 1004 S. Perry St. • 315-9531 THE LARIAT • 11820 N Market St, Mead • 4669918 LA ROSA CLUB • 105 S. First Ave., Sandpoint • 208-255-2100 LATAH BISTRO • 4241 Cheney-Spokane Rd. • 838-8338 LEFTBANK WINE BAR • 108 N. Washington • 315-8623 LUCKY’S IRISH PUB • 408 W. Sprague Ave. • 747-2605 MAX AT MIRABEAU • 1100 N. Sullivan Rd. • 924-9000 MOOTSY’S • 406 W. Sprague • 838-1570 MOSCOW FOOD CO-OP • 121 E. Fifth St. • 208882-8537 NASHVILLE NORTH • 6361 W. Seltice Way, Post Falls • 208-457-9128 NECTAR• 120 N. Stevens St. • 869-1572 NORTHERN QUEST • 100 N. Hayford • 242-7000 NYNE • 232 W. Sprague Ave. • 474-1621 THE SHOP • 924 S. Perry St. • 534-1647 O’SHAY’S • 313 E. CdA Lake Dr. • 208-667-4666 THE PALOMINO CLUB • 6425 N. Lidgerwood St • 443-5213 PEND D’OREILLE WINERY • 301 Cedar St., Sandpoint • 208-265-8545 PINNACLE NORTHWEST • 412 W. Sprague • 368-4077 RED LION RIVER INN • 700 N. Division St. • 326-5577 RED ROOM LOUNGE • 521 W. Sprague Ave. • 838-7613 REPUBLIC BREWING • 26 Clark Ave. • 775-2700 THE RIDLER PIANO BAR • 718 W. Riverside . • 822-7938 THE ROADHOUSE • 20 N. Raymond • 413-1894 THE ROCK BAR • 13921 E. Trent Ave. • 43-3796 ROCKER ROOM • 216 E. Coeur d’Alene Ave. • 208-676-2582 ROCKET MARKET • 726 E. 43rd Ave. • 343-2253 SEASONS OF COEUR D’ALENE • 209 E. Lakeside Ave. • 208-664-8008 THE SHOP • 924 S. Perry St. • 534-1647 SOULFUL SOUPS & SPIRITS • 117 N. Howard St. • 459-1190 SPOKANE ARENA • 720 W. Mallon • 279-7000 SPLASH • 115 S. 2nd St., CdA • 208-765-4000 SWAXX • 23 E. Lincoln Rd. • 703-7474 UNDERGROUND 15 • 15 S. Howard St. • 290-2122 THE VIKING • 1221 N. Stevens St. • 315-4547 WEBSTER’S • 1914 N. Monroe St. • 474-9040 ZOLA • 22 W. Main Ave. • 624-2416

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Actors Emily Park Williams and Jeremy Gallardo

THEATER OLD IS NEW AGAIN

Shakespeare’s work has proven remarkably pliable to interpretation through the years, with directors and actors taking The Bard’s tales of love, lust and royal subterfuge and turning them into rock operas, flashy modern action flicks and the like.

The University of Idaho Theatre Arts production of Cymbeline is taking an elaborate risk by turning it into a multimedia show, complete with club music, live folk music, projected animation and artists drawing scenery live as the action unfolds on stage.

— DAN NAILEN Cymbeline • April 30-May 10; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm • $15; $5/ages 12 and under • U of Idaho Hartung Theater • 625 Stadium Dr. • uidaho.edu/class/theatre • 208-8856465

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COMEDY LADY LAUGHS

FILM NO SLEEP FOR THE WEARY

Ladies First: A Night of Funny Females • Fri, May 1, at 8 pm • $20 • Bing Crosby Theater • 901 W. Sprague • bingcrosbytheater.com • 227-7638

50 Hour Slam Audience Choice Screening • Sat, May 2, at 6 pm • $10 • Bing Crosby Theater • 901 W. Sprague • 50hourslam.com • 227-7638

There are some excellent female comics out there (Amy Schumer, Natasha Leggero, Chelsea Peretti, to name three), but we could always use a whole lot more. The Bing’s latest comedy show features a trifecta of funny women, including Spokane’s own Mattie Sobotka, an up-and-coming young comic who’s been earning her stripes in local open mics and showcases. Then there’s Kelsey Cook (pictured above), a WSU grad who has made a name for herself in the Seattle comedy scene. Headlining the night is veteran comic Susan Rice, who has been entertaining audiences in the Northwest and beyond since the 1980s.

— MIKE BOOKEY

The weekend of March 27-29, local filmmakers had 50 hours to write, film and edit a three-to-six-minute film. They chose to work their tails off with very little sleep — many of them repeat participants — because they liked the challenge. Saturday, the public can watch the finalists’ finished product at the annual 50 Hour Slam Audience Choice Screening. As the title implies, the audience will get to vote on their favorite film, an award handed out at the end of the evening along with the judges’ selection. But the evening isn’t all about film; expect live performance poetry and great indierock tunes from Pine League.

— LAURA JOHNSON

PREMIUM GARDEN SOIL

CULTURE FANTASY FREEBIES

A truly all-American art form, comic books have come a long way since their early 1930s origins. And with Hollywood’s blockbuster explosion of Marvel and DC story lines, the timing may never be better for newbies to jump headfirst into the epic world of superheroes and villains. Longtime fans and the uninitiated comics reader alike can find something to suit their tastes among the multitude of titles offered for the 14th annual Free Comic Book Day. Each participating shop in town offers a different selection, from kids’ titles (Pokemon, Avatar: The Last Airbender) and adventures with The Avengers, Street Fighter, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and more.

— CHEY SCOTT

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MUSIC TIMELESS TUNES

What’s the most famous Bing Crosby song of all time? Too easy: “White Christmas.” But as Spokane’s beloved musical son, shouldn’t we natives know at least one of Crosby’s non-holiday tracks? That’s the hope of the Hot Club of Spokane, a group of local jazz/swing/blues musicians who recently got together to record now lesser-known songs performed by Crosby and his Spokane jazz cohorts Al Rinker and Mildred Bailey. For the recordings’ release, the band performs live in combination with documentary-style footage about the trio’s musical careers. Bing’s nephew, Howard Crosby, and Al’s daughter and Mildred’s niece, Julia Rinker-Miller, also sing with the band.

— CHEY SCOTT Hot Club of Spokane CD Release • Sat, May 2, at 1 pm • $7-$12 • Bing Crosby Theater • 901 W. Sprague • bingcrosbytheater.com • 227-7638

EVERY CHILD’S PLACE BENEFIT Serving a special three-course dinner menu with proceeds benefiting the local nonprofit. April 30, 5-8 pm. $30/ person. The Boiler Room, 6501 N. Cedar. facebook.com/TheBoilerRoomPizza CATHOLIC CHARITIES GALA The theme of 2015’s gala, “Selflessness in a ‘Selfie’ World,” examines how to best use social media to spread the word of our own good works. May 1, 6 pm. $100. Davenport Hotel, 10 S. Post. catholiccharitiesspokane.org (358-4259) JAZZ UNDER THE STARS A fundraising event offering dessert and a silent auction to benefit the CVHS Band programs. May 1, 6:30-9:30 pm. $10/$15. Central Valley High School, 821 S. Sullivan Rd. (999-9880)

MAY DAY FLOWER SALE Members of the Southside Senior & Community Center are selling carnations ($1/stem) at locations on Spokane’s South Hill (at SSCC and Albertsons at Grand/37th and Regal/57th). Proceeds support programs and activities at the center.

May 1, 7:30 am. Southside Senior & Community Center, 3151 E. 27th Ave. sssac.org (535-0803) GUNS & HOSES BENEFIT HOCKEY GAME Local firefighters and police officers face off in the 5th annual benefit hockey game, with proceeds supporting the Inland Northwest American Childhood Cancer Organization. Also includes a 50/50 raffle, silent auction and chuck-apuck event. May 2, 5 pm. $5. Eagles Ice-A-Rena, 6321 N. Addison St. accoinlandnw.org (443-4162)

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Free Skin Cancer Screening May 11 - 15, 2015 Skin cancer can occur at any age, especially if you have risk factors such as: • Multiple or atypical moles • Fair complexion • History of severe sunburns This screening is provided to the community through a donation from Providence Health Care Foundation and donated time from physicians in Spokane.

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CourseRegistration.inhs.org Open to people of all ages. Appointment required.

Immaculate Heart Retreat Center A Peaceful Place to Pray and Ponder 6910 S Ben Burr Rd. Spokane WA, 99223

Mother’s Day Champagne Brunch All You Can Eat Buffet

Sunday, May 10

9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Proceeds Benefit Immaculate Heart Retreat Center Adults $30 Children $10 (ages 6-12) For Reservations: (509)448-1224 or www.ihrc.net

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W I SAW U YOU

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CHEERS JEERS

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I SAW YOU NORTH CENTRAL 1995 I first saw you in 1995 and fell in Love. You were a football player, smart, funny and always very sweet. You did not see me. Not until 1996, you were a senior and I was a junior. After a long (solo) courtship, you finally noticed me! We dated until 2000.

I left. You left (Iraq & Marriage). FF to 2008. Spokane. You on leave, divorced.

Me visiting Spokane. We made a baby.

You’re my husband. I am your Wife. I Love you the same as I did in 1995.

RE: JUNGLE MAN Yes, I saw you Jungle Jane, coyly grinning with a machete in hand. Those coconuts had no chance as your toned arms struck the mark, spot on. How can I resist the allure of a woman who cooks over an open fire, bathes in the river, and sleeps under a mosquito net? Shall we build a hut together and become the talk of the tribe? Meet me under the shade tree.

SAFEWAY ERICA heard u I did loud, when you said I was sweet. But when will I ever know that you are? Its been ringing in my ears me 4 some time now, but just cannot seem to call, as I dont wish to be bother as it may of been some other kind of sweet...? Sure wish I could see your text.... As it sure would be something nice to see you once again.

Like even a cup of coffee somewhere or something? Please email me erica... As I dont have your email, and if I called, it would remove dignity of myself and business under such circumstances. I

would not want to loose you as my customer if I had said something, and it turns out to be the other kind of sweet.

BEAUTIFUL MAN I met you in late March at Yoke’s on North Market. You text me around April 4th. Your text did not transfer to my text page so I was unable to text you back. I would love to hear from you again. “Beautiful girl” MONDAY NIGHT (4/27) AROUND 7:45 We first saw each other as you were turning onto NW Boulevard. You: a nice looking blonde with short hair, driving a white car. Me: I was driving a red Toyota truck. We smiles at each other as you were turning toward SFCC and I was

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NorthTown Mall branch of 'Fuego.' I had a pleasant chat with you on the best spots in Spokane, British TV shows and why neither of us are big on hiking.

So often I find store assistants to be either terse or phony, so it was a pleasant chance to meet someone who was friendly! Thanks!

COSPLAYERS ROCK! Big cheers to the Kuronekocon organizers and attendees at Friday's cosplay and dance. Everyone there that night made my daughter (the "youth entry") feel safe and welcome.

I've been to many local "family friendly" events where the music was inappropriate or too loud, the "adults" were smoking/drinking/swearing, and parents were

was not recovering. God took him home to be with Grandma on the morning of the 20th. The ""man"" went down at 4am to say good-bye to the grandpa that he loved and cared for, for so long. I referred to him here as the ""man"" because he would not want his (in my opinion) ""super-human qualities"" to be known.

He is that type of ""man."" We who know him are blessed to have him in our lives.I get to be married to him and thank god every day for this ""man."" I hope you can capture the beauty of this person I have described as, ""The Man Truly"". P.S. If you have an idea of who this person is please don't say anything to him. He deserves the accolades but would not

How can I resist the allure of a woman who cooks over an open fire, bathes in the river, and sleeps under a mosquito net?

turning on Alberta heading north. Let’s meet for a cup of coffee or an adult beverage!!

CHEERS THANK YOU! You found my dropped truck and house keys. You placed them on my windshield. That was indeed a perfect place to put them. Thanks for caring. Spokane has lots of great people!

YOU FOUND MY DOG Thank you so much for you kindness to our dog "Watson." We just recently adopted this amazing dog, and he ran away. We were heartbroken! And thanks to you and your family, we only missed him for just about 24 hrs. I cannot thank you enough for caring for him and reaching out to return him with his family! We wish you all the best! Thank you again! Thank you Anna M. for posting the Craigslist ad announcing he was lost. I love you!

LIMEY FINDS AMERICANS FRIENDLY, SHOCK HORROR Cheers to the store assistant I met on the Thursday in the

too glued to their technology to enjoy the moment with their children. I appreciate that you cheered my Chihiro on and several of you danced with her. All of you beautiful people are the kind of tolerant, creative, interesting role models that I want my daughter to look up to. Thank you so much. --No-Face THE "MAN" TRULY (CONT'D) In last weeks Inlander Cheers section you read about a ""man"" that had taken care of his grandpa. The ending did not make it in; here's hoping this ending does. The last line of last week's was, ""He became part of their family."" Talking about the ""man"" and the residents at the nursing home. Grandpa celebrated his 93rd birthday on April 9th. The brothers and other family members were there. Everyone in the dining room sang ""Happy Birthday"" to grandpa and cake was enjoyed by all.

Grandpa especially enjoyed the cake, and cookies and candy, anything sweet.

Grandpa was diagnosed with cancer about two weeks before his birthday. It made him very weak, very fast. He took a couple more falls the next week and

SOUND OFF 1. Visit Inlander.com/isawyou by 3 pm Monday. 2. Pick a category (I Saw You, You Saw Me, Cheers or Jeers). 3.

Provide basic info: your name and email (so we know you’re real). 4. To connect via I Saw You, provide a non-identifying email to be included with your submission — like “petals327@yahoo.com,” not “j.smith@comcast.net.”

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like the acknowledgement. He is also that ""humble man."" Just know that you are blessed too!

INTELLIGENT BICYCLISTS CHEERS to all of the bicycle riders that recognize the very real dangers of taking a lane on major arterials especially during rush hour traffic. I’ve ridden all over this town for years and almost everywhere you may be going, there is a safer, more sedate route that is usually much more enjoyable and substantially less risky.

And, to those of you whom insist on making a menace of yourself in order to make a point, show off, get your tax dollar’s worth or are just being snooty about the fact that you’re making a smaller carbon footprint than most, please know that you will NEVER win an argument with a motor vehicle. Those drivers that you are forcing to dodge you can and do cause other accidents that you can get caught up in. And, your demise can also end up being caused by the inattentive driver two lanes over that inadvertently turns into the well-meaning driver next to you. Smart riders don’t create danger-

ous situations, they avoid them and they also avoid those situations wherein those dangers are likely to arise. Ride safe! "

JEERS IRON MAN RACERS I frequently ride our amazing Centennial Trail between Mission Park and Post Falls every week.

I am concerned especailly as Iron Man draws near that we have so many competitors out on our trail. This would never be a problem as I often think that our Centennial Trail is underutilized. I love to see people out excercising and recreating on such an excellent resource that is generally safe and out of traffic. The problem here is when we have trainers out there on their road bikes cycling easily over 25 miles per hour at all times of the day. Folks, its just a matter of time that you are going to take a small child out or send another cyclist off the side of the bluff, and into the river. Im a relatively steady rider at 14-18 miles an hour, but I am always on the lookout and able to slow way down as I come apon young families, runners, pets, etc…

Please, people who like to ride fast out there on our Centennial Trail, the speed limit is 15 miles per hour for a reason!

You really need to slow down or train someplace else. Lets keep this trail safe for everyone!

WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS To the citizens of Sandpoint: Pick up your dog poop! Every street, every sidewalk, every pathway, there's no escaping the dog poop. Even when at the start of the trail they provide baggies and a waste basket. Have a little respect! There's no maid-service to clean up your filth for you. 

THIS WEEK'S ANSWERS

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EVENTS | CALENDAR HERO & PRINCESS PARTY A “fun”draiser for Elevations: A Children’s Therapy Resource Foundation. Children ages 2-10 can meet superheroes and princesses, get photos with characters, enjoy fun activities and more. May 2, 10 am-noon. $15/child (adults and under 2 free). Youthful Horizons Therapy Building, 325 S. University Rd. elevationsspokane.org (385-2116) KYRS CD & MUSIC GEAR SALE Thin Air Community Radio’s annual sale offers CDs, vinyl and gently-used music gear.

May 2, 9 am-2 pm. Community Building, 35 W. Main. on.fb.me/1ab8HAm SHOP FOR HOPE A multi-vendor shopping event offering local, hand crafted and direct sale items, as well as food, prizes/raffle. Proceeds help raise awareness about sex trafficking in America. May 2, 9 am-5 pm. $2 admission. Moran Prairie Grange, 6006 S. Palouse Hwy. thewhatevergirls.com UGM GATHERING: A FRIENDRAISER Over dinner, attendees can hear stories of how the mission has helped break the cycle of homelessness, abuse and addiction in the community. Tue, May 5, at 6:30 pm (CdA Resort) and Thu, May 7 in Spokane (Mirabeau Park Hotel).

Spokane event offers a noon lunch ($300/table of 10 only) or a 6:30 pm dinner. Dinner tickets $35/person or $300/table of 10. uniongospelmission. org/gathering (532-3809)

COMEDY

GUFFAW YOURSELF Open mic comedy night; every other Thursday at 10 pm. Free. Neato Burrito, 827 W. First Ave. (847-1234) STAND-UP COMEDY OPEN MIC Local comedians; see weekly schedule online.

Thursdays at 8 pm. Free. Uncle D’s Comedy, 2721 N. Market. (483-7300) IMPROV LAB The Blue Door players try out new material on stage, monthly on the first Friday, at 10 pm. Not rated. $7.

Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.com (747-7045) LADIES FIRST! A night of funny females to celebrate the growing female comedy scene in the Pacific Northwest. Features Spokane’s Mattie Sobotka, Seattle’s Kelsey Cook and Portland’s Susan Rice. May 1, 8 pm. $20.

Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. (227-7404) STAND-UP COMEDY Live comedy featuring established and up-andcoming local comedians. Fridays at 8 pm. No cover. Red Dragon Chinese, 1406 W. Third. (838-6688)

SAFARI Fast-paced short-form improv games based on audience suggestions.

(Not rated.) Saturdays at 9 pm. $7.

Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.com (747-7045) STAND UP / SHOW DOWN Live comedy, Mondays at 8 pm. Free.

Sapphire Lounge, 901 W. First. facebook.com/spokanecomedyfan OPEN MIC COMEDY Wednesdays at 8 pm. Ages 21+. Free. Brooklyn Deli & Lounge, 122 S. Monroe. (835-4177) MICHAEL GLATZMAIER: MOSTLY IMPROVISED Phillip Kopcyznski, Casey Strain and Nick Theisen opening for Glatzmaier’s one-man musical comedy show, which is being recorded and is set to be the comedian’s last show in Spokane. May 7, 7:30-9 pm. $15. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. on.fb. me/1CqOVMt (227-7404) TIM ALLEN Live comedy show featuring the Golden Globe-winning actor, writer and comedian. May 9, 7:30 pm. $65$95. Northern Quest Casino, 100 N. Hayford Rd. (242-7000)

COMMUNITY

SPOKANE GIVES WEEK The second annual community philanthropy week hosts volunteer opportunities around the city with various nonprofit groups, such as tree planting, work projects, fundraisers, city clean-ups and more.

April 25-May 3. Find all opportunities to get involved at spokanegives.org STAND AGAINST RACISM An annual event hosted by the YMCA/YWCA of Spokane, Center for Justice and Community Building Foundation to build community and raise awareness of the impact of institutional and structural racism. Features a keynote address by Lateefah Simon. April 30, 11:30 am. Free; registration required.

YMCA Central Spokane, 930 N. Monroe St. ymcaspokane.org (326-1190) FAMILY DANCE & POTLUCK Learn easy group dances taught by Susan Dankovich with music by the Family Dance Band. Potluck begins 6:30; dance begins at 7 pm. May 1, 6:30-8 pm. By donation. Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, 127 E. 12th. (533-9955) GEARS, (ROOT)BEERS, & ENGINEERS Meetups to help builders of all ages dream and design their mutant machine for Coeur d’Alene’s first annual Kinetic Festival (July 12). Mentors are available to answer questions and help design vehicles. May 1, 6:30-8:30 pm (adult session), May 2, 1-3 pm (kids session).

Free. Gizmo-cda, 806 N. Fourth St.

gizmo-cda.org (208-651-6200) HAYDEN LIBRARY BOOK SALE The semi-annual sale of former library materials benefits programs of the Community Library Network. May 1, 5-8 pm and May 2, 10 am-2 pm. Hayden Library, 8385 N. Government Way. (208-772-5612) FREE COMIC BOOK DAY To maximize availability, Merlyn’s hosts FCBD on both Saturday and Sunday, May 2-3.

Each person gets two free comics from this year’s selection. Merlyn’s also hosts a costume contest, character photos, store specials and local artists on site.

Merlyn’s, 19 W. Main. on.fb.me/1EoAag3 FREE COMIC BOOK DAY (NORTHTOWN) Each person gets three free comics. Also break out a costume for a contest at 4 pm with judging by organizers from KuroNekoCon, Spokane’s Anime Convention. May 2, 10 am-9 pm. Free. The Comic Book Shop, 4750 N. Division. thecomicbookshop.net FREE COMIC BOOK DAY Three free comics are offered to each person; other events include live music by Gorilla, Rabbit and Chicken and a special appearance by Spokane Batman around 11 am. May 2, 11 am-7 pm. Free.

The Comic Book Shop, 3207 N. Division St. thecomicbookshop.net (326-7018) NEWHS PET LOVERS’ DAY North Eastern Washington Humane Society hosts the Furry 5K Run/Walk/Waddle at 9 am ($5-$10). Also includes a lowcost pet vaccination clinic (10 am) and local vendors. May 2, 9 am-2 pm.

Free. At 202 W. Second, Chewelah. newhumane.org (935-6635) SILVERWOOD OPENING WEEKEND Also includes “Old No. 7’s Birthday Celebration,” celebrating the 100th birthday of the park’s 1915 Porter Steam Locomotive. Discounted admission for $19.15/person. Silverwood Theme Park, 27843 U.S. 95. (208-683-3400) SPIRIT OF THE EAGLE POW WOW Presented by the EWU Native American Student Association, offering a free dinner at 5 pm. All are welcome. May 2, 1-11 pm. Free. Eastern Washington University, Cheney. (359-6664) TURNBULL COMMUNITY PLANTING DAY A community work party to plant trees to restore native riparian habitat to benefit species on the wildlife refuge.

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I’ve always been a feelings stuffer, but I’ve been reading about vulnerability creating intimacy, blah, blah, blah, so I’m trying to be an open book. Though my boyfriend appreciates this, he keeps telling me there’s a line between expressiveness and my making everything an emotional issue to be hashed out. He last said this when I confessed that I had Googled his ex-girlfriend and felt threatened by how pretty she is. Should I have kept that to myself?

—Open

If you were any more open, you’d have squatters and roosters.

It’s great that you’ve thrown yourself into the trenches of Self-Improvementville, but the way you connect with someone is by letting them see who you are, not poking them in the eye with it every 20 minutes. Vulnerability shouldn’t be a fancy word for “everything you say or do hurts my feelings.” This Carnival Of Insecurities presented as problems for your boyfriend to solve turns his life with you into a never-ending emotional chorewheel. (Remember, he’s in a relationship with you, not a psychology internship.)

This isn’t to say you’re wrong to look to your boyfriend for soothing. But before you press a problem on him, ask yourself how it would affect him, whether he can fix it, and whether it’s really his business to know. Not all feelings are made for sharing.

Some need to go off in a corner and die a quiet death on their own. Still, you aren’t without help in ushering them there. (This is what therapists, best friends, and the Journaling-Industrial Complex were invented for.)

People think that keeping romance alive takes a $10,000-a-night Spanish castle package, complete with moonlight carriage rides with an aria-singing Placido Domingo jogging behind. But it’s actually the mundane daily stuff that matters — how you and your partner respond to each other’s seemingly unimportant remarks and gestures. It turns out that telling your partner “I can’t find the salt shaker anywhere” isn’t just an expression about a lost object; it’s what marriage researcher John Gottman calls a “bid for connection.”

In a study Gottman did with newlyweds, he found that the ones still married six years later were overwhelmingly those who consistently engaged with their partner and met those “bids” with “turn-towards.” Turning toward a partner means being responsive — soothing, encouraging, supportive, or maybe just showing interest. This involves, for example, replying to your partner’s remark about the lost salt shaker — even with “I hate when that happens!” rather than “Lemme finish this ‘Minecraft’ session” or saying nothing at all (effectively treating them like some old couch you stopped noticing).

This “turning toward” thing is something you and your boyfriend can each do.

Think of it as treating each other like you haven’t forgotten you love each other. It’s smart relationship policy and smart life policy — wiser than getting in the habit of responding to a partner’s “I’m starting a machete collection” with “That’s nice, dear.”

EVENTS | CALENDAR MOSCOW RENAISSANCE FAIR The 42nd festival is themed “A Celebration of Spring,” and features live music, entertainment, food, and arts and crafts. May 2-3; Sat, from 10 am-7 pm; Sun, from 10 am-5 pm. Free admission. East City Park, 900 E. 3rd St. moscowrenfair.org (208-310-3508) MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU The restaurant celebrates “Star Wars Day” all day, with a costume contest and trivia (6-8 pm), and Star Wars Battle POD arcade game high score prizes.

May 4. Free. Did’s Pizza and Froyo, 5406 N. Division St. (808-2090) FREE SWING CLASS Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with a free West Coast swing lesson, followed by a community dance.

Come dressed in comfortable clothes.

May 5, 8-10 pm. Free. Woman’s Club of Spokane, 1428 W. Ninth. (838-5667) INLAND NORTHWEST BLOOD DRIVE Sign up online; walk-ins also welcome.

May 5, 8 am-noon. Free. Kroc Center, 1765 W. Golf Course Rd., CdA myinbc.org CITY HALL AT THE MALL Event includes Mayor Grafos’ State of the City address, one-on-one conversation opportunities with City Council members, information about city programs and services, fun activities, and more. May 6, 12-5 pm. Free.

Spokane Valley Mall, 14700 E. (720-5411) COMMUNITY FORUM: COAL & OIL TRAIN TRAFFIC IN CHENEY Experts from the Cheney area explain and answer questions about the proposed Vancouver-Energy Oil facility and proposed Longview Coal Exporting Facility. May 6, 7 pm. Free. United Church of Christ, 423 N. Sixth St. (235-5458) THE HUMAN LIBRARY Everyone is an

expert at something — graphic design, boat-building, electronic wiring, knitting, coding, resume writing, poetry, vegan baking, drawing dragons, philosophy, even giving sound advice.

Learn about Spark’s Human Library at an informational night at the Welcome Center in Kendall Yards. May 6, 6-7 pm.

Free. on.fb.me/1OA7WDW MOTHER’S DAY HISTORIC HOMES TOUR The 26th Annual Mother’s Day Weekend Tour of Historic Homes features six homes on Manito Blvd. All proceeds benefit the MAC. This year, take a horse and carriage ride while learning about neighborhood’s history. May 9, 12-4 pm and May 10, 12-4 pm. $15-$20. northwestmuseum.org (456-3931)

FILM

SPOKANE FILM SOCIETY The local group screens a film to get audiences thinking, with each month focusing on a new theme. Thursdays at 9 pm. $5.

Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland Ave. THE WILD & SCENIC FILM FESTIVAL A night of 12 short environmental films, River City beer, and raffle prizes to benefit the Spokane Riverkeeper.

April 30, 7-9 pm. $12/$15 door. Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland. bit.ly/1DTkEqC DISABILITY FILM FESTIVAL A showing of the film, “Music Within” is presented by the Self-Advocate Leadership Network.

May 1, 7-9 pm. Free; also collecting food donations. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main.

(772-538-4404) MOCKTAIL MOVIE NIGHT: LINSANITY Gonzaga’s Unity Multicultural Ed. Center hosts a screening and postfilm discussion led by GU Sociology

Professor Nicole Willms. May 1, 7 pm.

Free. Gonzaga University, 502 E. Boone Ave. gonzaga.edu/UMEC (313-5863) 50 HOUR SLAM SHOWCASE Screening of the community-made films as part of the annual competition, in which filmmakers write/film/edit 3-6 min. film in 50 hours. May 2, 6 pm. $10.

Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague.

50hourslam.com WOMAN IN GOLD The remarkable true story of one woman’s journey to reclaim her heritage and seek justice for her family. May 2 and 7; show times vary. $4-$7. Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave. panida.org (208-255-7801) GRATEFUL DEAD MEET-UP AT THE MOVIES This year’s Meet-Up and third title in Fathom Events’ “Classic Music Series” features the Grateful Dead’s previously unreleased concert from the July 19, 1989 show at Alpine Valley. May 4, 7 pm. $12.50. Regal Cinemas, 4750 N. Division. fathomevents.com BACK TO THE ‘80S: THE BREAKFAST CLUB Tuesdays in May is ’80s night at the Kenworthy, as it hosts some of the decades most memorable classic films.

May 5, 7 pm. $3. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org (208-882-4127) SFCC INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL The 10th annual SFCC International Film Festival brings films from France, Spain, Hong Kong, Cuba and Italy to Spokane.

Screenings on Tuesdays at 7:15 pm, April 28-May 26. $5/public; free/SFCC students. Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland Ave. (533-3472) RIFFTRAX LIFE: THE ROOM Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett of Mystery Science Theater 3000 offer their

TOAD RASH

The guy I’ve been seeing for a month just told me that he doesn’t want a relationship or monogamy. I told him from the start that I was looking for something “real” and wanted to take it slowly. I did sleep with him too quickly — on the first date. Still, I feel that men don’t really respect what you say you’re looking for. They get what they want and then leave. How do I keep this from happening in the future? —Ouch Nothing like tearing off all your clothes on the first date to say “I want to take it slowly.”

(Your words said no, but your thighs had a marching band and a banner: “Welcome Home, Big Guy!”) Many women claim to be seeking something “real” — either because they are or because they don’t want it to seem like their exercise program is “the walk of shame.”

Guys are hip to this, so they nod their heads about the “real”ness-seeking and then nudge the woman to see whether she’ll tumble into bed. In other words, your problem was not that the guy didn’t “respect” what you said you wanted but that you didn’t.

(This might be a good time to notice that “blame” is just “lame” wearing a “b” as a hat.)

To avoid another Sexodus, match your behavior to your goals. Research (and common knowledge) finds that having sex pronto is a bad idea for a woman who’s looking for something lasting with a guy. This isn’t to say sex on the first or second date never leads to more. It’s just a risky strategy to sleep with a man before he’s emotionally attached to you — like when your answer to the question “So…how long have you two lovebirds been together?” is “It’s actually coming up on two and a half beers!”  ©2015, 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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VINO WINE TASTING Selections from Vino’s Wine of the Month Club are sampled. The shop also hosts the artwork of Robin Dare for First Friday events. May 1, 3-7:30 pm. Vino!, 222 S. Washington St. (838-1229) WOK & ROLL Learn about essential, affordable stir-fry equipment, how to season your wok for a natural non-stick surface and how to make vegetable stir-fry, fried rice and Kung Pao Chicken. May 1, 6-8 pm. $59. Inland Northwest Culinary Academy (INCA), 1810 N. Greene St. (533-8141) COFFEE & CHOCOLATE PAIRINGS Every chocolate and coffee is unique due to regional growth, soil composition, altitude and processing methods. Taste these differences with a guide from the Chocolate Apothecary.

May 2, 2-3 pm. Free. Argonne Library, 4322 N. Argonne Rd. (893-8200) GREEN BLUFF GRANGE CRAB FEED Proceeds support the Wounded Warriors project and the Grange’s scholarship fund. Seatings at 3 pm and 6 pm. No tickets sold at the door; reservations required. May 2. $20-$40. Green Bluff Grange, 9809 Green Bluff Rd. (389-7351) BIG BREW DAY Inland Brewers Unite home brew club and Nu Home Brew host a brewing day; BYO gear and brew or come to hang out to learn and chat. Discounts in store and for club memberships. May 2, 11 am-7 pm.

Free. Nu Home Brew & Bottles, 14109 E Sprague. on.fb.me/1O7btnI (869-6997) TEA TIME Sherri Davey, of Heavenly Special Teas, shares health benefits of tea, the differences between types of tea, and a demo on brewing loose-leaf tea. May 4, 7-8 pm. Free. North Spokane Library, 44 E. Hawthorne Rd. (893-8350) YOGA/PILATES + WINE Pilates/yoga instructor Larkin Barnett leads an evening of exercise and fine wine. Tuesdays at 5:30 pm. $15/class. Barrister Winery, 1213 W. Railroad Ave. (465-3591)

MUSIC

SPOKANE THEATRE ORGAN SOCIETY A “pops”-style pipe organ concert by international theatre and concert organist John Ledwon. April 30, 7 pm.

Free; donations accepted. First Church of the Nazarene, 9004 N. Country Homes Blvd. (467-8986) COEUR D’ALENE SYMPHONY The grand finale concert of the season includes a program of works by Beethoven, and features guest performers Bronwyn James (Seattle) and Timothy Angel. May 1, 7:30 pm and May 2, 2 pm. $11-$28. Kroc Center, 1765 W. Golf Course Rd. cdasymphony.org LATE NIGHT SWING EWU Social Dancers’ second late night swing dance of the quarter. Includes beginner lesson from 7-7:30 pm. The LLC Lounge is located between Morrison and Streeter halls. May 1, 7-11 pm. $2; open to the public. EWU Cheney. on.fb.me/1GfIaLm SFCC JAZZ FEST The inaugural music festival features music clinics and local student music groups performing,

along with concerts open to the public including headliners Brian Lynch and Kathy Kosins. May 1. $7-$15. SFCC, 3410 W. Fort George Wright Dr. (533-3500) GONZAGA CONCERT CHOIR The 68 singers of the Concert Choir are joined by Celeste Johnson and the Incendo Music Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Timothy Westerhaus to perform parts of George Frideric Handel’s Messiah. May 2, 7:30-9 pm. Varies. St. John’s Cathedral, 127 E. 12th. (313-6733) HOT CLUB OF SPOKANE CD RELEASE The local group debuts a recording of music by Spokane jazz icons Bing Crosby, Mildred Bailey and Al Rinker. Release party includes live music, documentary film screenings and presentations on local jazz history. Howard Crosby and Julia Rinker also appear. May 2, 1 pm. $7-$12. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. (227-7404) MARIACHI DIVAS DE CINDY SHEA Winners of two Grammy Awards for Best Regional Mexican Album, the Mariachi Divas are an all-female, multicultural ensemble that has its foundation and roots in mariachi. May 2, 7:30-9:30 pm. Free. Beasley Coliseum, 925 NE Fairway Rd. (335-8522) WHITWORTH SYMPHONY The spring concert program includes compositions

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SPOKANE ANARCHY WRESTLING: MEMORIAL SHOW SAW champion Rook “Gladius” Kelly takes on challenger Axel Ross. Also includes the annual Victor Norman Memorial Cup Tournament (card subject to change.) Doors open 5:30 pm. May 2, 6 pm. Free. Swaxx, 25 E. Lincoln Rd. spokaneanarchywrestling.com BIKE MAINTENANCE BASICS Routine maintenance on your bike can keep you riding smooth and prolong the life of your bike. Attend an introductory class to learn how to care for your bike.

May 5, 7-8:30 pm. Free. REI, 1125 N. Monroe. rei.com/spokane (-328-9900) HANDS-ON BIKE MAINTENANCE An intermediate session focusing on repairs and maintenance of your bike’s drive train. Bring your own bike. May 6, 6:30-8:30 pm. $40-$60. REI, 1125 N. Monroe. rei.com/spokane (328-9900) SPOKANE SHOCK VS. LA KISS Arena football game. May 8, 7 pm. $15-$60.

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CIRQUE DU SOLEIL: VAREKAI A production paying tribute to the nomadic soul, to the spirit and art of the circus tradition, and to the infinite passion of those whose quest takes them on the path to “wherever.” April 29-May 3; show times vary. $35-$95.

Spokane Arena, 720 W. Mallon Ave. spokanearena.com (279-7000) THE SOUND OF MUSIC Performed by the Oaks Classical Christian Academy at Mt. Spokane, feat. Spokane Scholar Fine Arts finalist Natalya Ferch as Maria. April 30-May 2 at 7 pm, also May 2 at 2 pm. $10-$12. Mt. Spokane High School, 6015 E. Mt. Spokane Park Dr. (536-5955) CYMBELINE Director Matt Foss leads a production of Shakespeare’s work that’s accessible and contemporary.

April 30-May 10; Thur-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $5-$15. University of Idaho Hartung Theater, 6th & Stadium Way. (208-885-6465) THE MUSICAL COMEDY MURDERS OF 1940 A comedy poking fun at the ridiculous aspects of “show biz” and the corny thrillers of Hollywood. May 1-17; Thur-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. The Modern Theater CdA, 1320 E. Garden Ave. themoderntheater.org SYLVIA Romantic comedy, directed

by Melody Deatherage. May 1-23; Thur-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. In the Firth J. Chew Studio Theatre. $22.

Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard St. (325-2507) THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES The award-winning Central Valley Theatre Dept. performs. May 6-9 and 11-13 at 7:30 pm. $8-$10. Central Valley High School, 821 S. Sullivan. cvtheatre.com

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THE ART OF GAY WALDMAN May’s featured artist show includes many of Gay’s latest and recent works, described as “intuitively-enhanced photo art expressions.” GReception May 1, 5–8 pm; show runs through the month. Gallery open Tue-Fri, 10 am-5 pm; Sat, 10 am-2 pm. Free. Pacific Flyway Gallery, 409 S. Dishman Mica

Rd. pacificflywaygallery.blogspot.com MIDWEEK MONET PAINT PARTIES Local artists provides a step-by-step introduction to acrylic painting, with themes ranging from landscapes to still life to abstracts. Glass of wine included in admission; all supplies provided. Upcoming classes: May 6, May 20, June 3, June 17; from 5:308:30 pm. $40/class. Jacklin Arts & Cultural Center, 405 N. William St. thejacklincenter.org (208-457-8950) ART & SOUL BENEFIT AUCTION Freeman HS Fine Arts’ 5th annual spring art festival to highlight student art and music. The event also hosts professional local artists Harry A. Green, Mario DeLeon, Karen Mobley, Ken Spiering, and Myra Crosby. Includes art demos, live/silent auctions, live music, food and public art participation. May 13, 5-8:30 pm. $5. Freeman High School, 14626 S. Jackson Rd. (509-291-3721)

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3 MINUTE MIC Auntie’s monthly poetry open mic series features “Remember the Word” guest reader Sharma Shields, author of “The Sasquatch Hunter’s Almanac.” Open mic readers can share up to 3 minutes’ worth of poetry. Free and open to all; content is never censored. May 1, 7-8:45 pm. Free.

Auntie’s, 402 W. Main. (838-0206) AUTHOR CINDY HVAL The local author signs copies of her book “War Bonds: Love Stories From the Greatest Generation,” telling the stories of 36 Inland NW couples who met/married during or shortly after WWll. May 2, 1-4 pm. Free. Hastings, 101 E. Best, CdA. (208-664-0464) AUTHOR RICH SCHAUS The Spokanebased author signs copies of his book “Hero Quest.” May 2, 1 pm. Free.

Auntie’s, 402 W. Main Ave. (838-0206) INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY The bookstore hosts its inaugural celebration with a community party of author readings, in-store events, and exclusive merchandise in celebration of the national event. May 2, 9:30 am-5 pm. Free. BookPeople of Moscow, 521 S. Main St. (208-882-2669) MICHAEL KOSTROFF OF “THE WIRE” The actor and author reads from his book “Letters from Backstage: The Adventures of a Touring Stage Actor,” about his time on the road with two Broadway tours. May 2, 2 pm. Free.

BookPeople of Moscow, 521 S. Main St. (208-882-2669) BOOTSLAM Competitive performance poetry, open to all. Poets have 3 min/round to present; highest cumulative score after two rounds wins a $50 prize. May 3, 7-10 pm. $5.

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The West Central Way Spokane Gives Week comes to West Central, revealing a spirit of service

BY TED S. McGREGOR JR.

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oly Trinity Chapel sits a couple of blocks west of where Ash loops down to the Maple Street Bridge — right in the heart of the West Central neighborhood. It’s been there for 120 years — in fact, it’s the city’s oldest continuing house of worship. Inside the chapel is a special place — cozy, a bit haunting, with a soaring ceiling held up by dark, hefty beams. The original wood-carved altar still presides. In historical photos, you can see the priests in all their finery conducting a mass in 1945; another, in faded color from the 1950s, shows the 1895 structure being painted.

That scene is being repeated during my visit Monday, as volunteers participating in Spokane Gives Week are slapping a fresh coat of “we care” white on the chapel’s trim and garden fence.

“This is fitting,” says Kris Christensen, the priest at what is now the West Central Episcopal Mission, “because we are completely dependent on volunteers.”

There’s no congregation here anymore; no regular services, either — just on Holy Days and for the occasional funeral. Today, this is a full-time outreach program of the Episcopal Diocese of Spokane. With the annual attention West Central gets from Bloomsday runners, and their participation in Spokane Gives Week, Christensen hopes citizens take a closer look.

“Jesus didn’t just heal people,” she says, her priest collar framed by a denim shirt, “he healed them of something that was separating them from their community.

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systemic than that. What we’re doing here, it’s really about breaking down the barrier between the giver and the receiver; it’s about dignity.”

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ast September, the Mission opened up the St. Lawrence House across the street from the chapel — a place where the homeless and needy can, in return for a couple of chores, drop in for a shower, do some laundry or grab some coffee and conversation.

When I walked in Monday, three young men were sleeping on the couch — perhaps a long night in the homeless camps. A few people are telling tales in the kitchen; an unfinished game of chess waits on the table. Tasheem Gresham is checking his phone. The 23-year-old pulls out his earbuds and tells me he volunteers and helps with outreach, handing out cards inviting people to the St. Lawrence House — often from his skateboard.

“I try to have a conversation with people on the streets,” he says. “When it seems like everyone hates you, having a friend can mean a lot.”

Christensen tells me later that Gresham is a military veteran; the Queens, New York, native came to Fairchild with the Air Force and stayed after his tour.

When Gresham and fellow volunteer Renee Ray show me the St. Lawrence House’s library, you see the pride of kids showing off their favorite room to a new visitor.

“We like to spread a little education, too,” says Gresham, pointing to the impressive wall of books.

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cross the street in the Holy Trinity Hall, I meet Matt David. He’s checking over the dining room, where every Saturday morning and Wednesday evening they host 100 or so at a free meal. He tells me more about his job — paid staff, he adds with a smile — and how he started as a client at the St. Lawrence House.

David, 21, loves the family style meal on Wednesday, where they pass the platters around the table to people who often need a lot more than food.

“I like talking to them all,” David says, a “Thy Will Be Done” pendant around his neck. “I myself just got off the streets. I know what goes on there.”

Trying to find common ground, I tell David how back in the ’90s the Inlander’s office was just two blocks away on Dean and Ash, and how we’re still part of West Central with our office in Kendall Yards. He finds common ground, too, telling me that of course he knows where our office is: “When I was homeless, I used to camp right below your building down on the river.”

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hristensen points out that her mission is located in one of the poorest neighborhoods in the state of Washington. She serves people on drugs, from broken homes, with mental illness and suffering a nagging poverty that spans generations. She’s been physically threatened and watched clients be taken away by ambulance. The level of need is profound. It’s a surprising place for someone who, 20 years ago, had left the church.

In 2010, she was ordained and took over as the leader of the dedicated team behind the West Central Mission.

“Ten years ago, I would have been afraid to come here,” she says as the painters’ classic rock plays from a pickup window. “This all started as a fluke — or by the hand of God, you might say. It’s amazingly hard, amazingly rewarding, and heartbreaking, too. It takes all kinds of patience and understanding.”

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Cinthia Galan Mexico City-based artist Cinthia Galan’s interactive work invites you to explore the

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Jon Swanstrom Painting/mixed media collection, “Look Around You” presents thought constructs that provoke, projecting new ideas and perspectives for the viewer.

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Karmen Naccarato Karmen’s Tale of the Invincible Machine, Steampunk Industrial photograph, Windows: The Eyes are the Windows to the Soul, Spokane Homeless series.

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Artist Shana Smith and Musician Rod Blackman Shana Smith is a Montana based artist who recently moved to Spokane. Smith is known for her eccentric style, large murals, and ability to paint using both hands. Her unique talent removes the borders that separate genres allowing her to work in a variety of styles. Each subject brings to the table different emotional backings and in her work Shana challenges herself to show those differences through size, execution and medium. She has done exhibitions throughout western Montana ,Chicago, Oregon, and Seattle and this will be her premier show in the Spokane area.

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