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Love is in the air. Can you feel it?
“Love is Love” month. Pride month. It’s so gay! A total drag.
Juno, goddess of marriage and childbirth, this is your month.
Literally, people not wearing shirts jump onto giant bandwagons and dance around as they move down a parade route, blowing kisses and waving flags.
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Is that Helios in his golden chariot still blazing westward at 9 pm? Perhaps some winged-booted partiers on a strobe-lighted parade float refusing to quit for the evening? That arching globe of glory might be the Hail Mary shot of a basketball finding its aim on the final second of the clock to win the last game of the day. What could it be?
Spokane has Pride. Yes, we do. We have Pride, how ‘bout you?! Come out (or not) to the Pride Parade and Festival that takes over downtown Spokane from noon to 10 pm on June 11. This is the 30th Anniversary of Spokane Pride. In Coeur d’Alene, there’s Pride in the Park from 10 am to 3 pm at Coeur d’Alene City Park and Bandshell. You can also catch some fun the following Saturday, on June 18th at the Pride Bar Crawl in Spokane, which starts at 4 pm at the Globe Bar & Kitchen (204 N Division St). (Some of us aren’t up for all-night parties, much less day trips. The last pub crawl I attended was at O’Doherty’s, where my grandson climbed down from the stroller and managed to scoot away in his diaper.)There is so much to do this month, Pride and otherwise. Hello, Hoopfest!
OnceYes! the drag queens have cleared the scene and the glitter swept away, the streets of downtown are closed to traffic and taped off into hundreds of makeshift half-courts. Spokane is transformed once again— after two long, dreary, silent years—into Hooptown USA.
by PAULETTE BURGESS
It’s dancing in the streets of downtown. It’s rainbows and unicorns and everything in between.Juneis the month when everyone jumps on the colorful bandwagon.
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Twenty-five years ago, Ellen DeGeneres on the cover of Time magazine announcing, “Yep, I’m gay,” was revolutionary. Pearls were clutched across America. Sponsors fled her popular sitcom. A year later her show was cancelled.DeGeneres went on to become every housewife’s favorite gal pal for an hour each weekday on television while beer and mouthwash brands annually co-opt rainbows to hawk their products. And nowadays the non-heteronormative enjoy the equal right to costly divorces and painful custody battles. That’s progress.
There are adults who grew up with this one weekend in June as a ritualized demarcation, a turning point in the year akin to how others mark their calendars by Christmas or New Year’s. There is always the buildup, the planning phase of assembling the team, deciding on the name and uniform, the frenzied crescendo of the first day of games, followed by the inevitable denouement of defeat, for in real Sport there is only ever one winner. Two years has been too long to wait. Oh, summer at last.
Why, it’s June, baby. It’s just June.
Like Pride, Hoopfest is celebrating its 30th Anniversary. For a brief, magical weekend, 250,000 people come together from all walks of life, from all over the globe, representing all ages and abilities for one purpose only: to shoot hoops. Now, that’sHoopfestprogressive.isthe most glorious spectacle of Sport that Sport has ever scene. This is the Superbowl of basketball: the noise, the bluster, the excitement, all of it symphonic in scale. Somehow thousands of players and their supporters shuffle through downtown Spokane, both on and off taped courts, to a choreographed schedule that is nothing short of organized chaos. It always works, year after year.
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Yes, Spokane. This area boasts an active aerial arts community. An aerial artist climbs and hangs from a piece of fabric in order to perform a sequence of poses and tricks, often choreographed to music. These fabrics may be single, double, or folded into a loop to make a hammock or sling. While this practice does require a significant amount of strength and
Aerial Arts is a flighty but solid performance art that allows one to master body awareness and overall strength. Think Cirque du Soleil or P!nk’s live shows? Now imagine Spokane.
Jazzercise? Yoga? Pilates?! Paleeze. The foot-and-derrière-onthe-floor routines are so yesterday, so pedestrian. So bipedal! The air is where the hip get fit.
Fly Through the Air with the Greatest of Ease
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Aerialist Ann Foreyt practicing her art
flexibility at higher levels, it’s very accessible to beginners, as well.
Aerial arts isn’t just a big-city niche exercise for hipsters. Kids who may have lost interest in traditional dance classes flock to the silks. Foreyt feels it’s an honor to coach students up through Level 1 and Level 2 classes, “helping them in refining their skills, getting stronger and more graceful in their movement, and finding the confidence to challenge themselves with poses or flows that had previously seemed out of reach.”
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In October of 2021, Foreyt performed publicly for the first time during Coil’s bi-annual student showcase, and they have since fully caught the performing bug. Who wants to learn how to fly? It’s easy to try.
One place to try out aerial arts is Coil (coilspokane.com), located in the Washington Cracker Co. Building community. Ann Foreyt is an instructor at Coil, where they specialize in teaching aerial silks and sling. They currently teach both an introductory level sling series as well as an advanced class. Foreyt found aerial by accident in 2016 while working across the hall from the studio and became sufficiently curious to sign up for a class. They began by learning silks before eventually falling in love with sling and the opportunities for dance and play to which this apparatus lends itself.“The beauty of aerial arts,” explains Foreyt, “is that it allows us to experiment with our surroundings in ways that we may not be able to in everyday life. Getting upside down, getting off-axis, and being suspended in air (even if it’s only a few inches off the mat). As adults, we often forget how to play, and aerial provides a great opportunity to help us get back in touch with a sense of joy and adventure.”
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Spokane Goes New Orleans
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Move over Starbuck’s Cookie Crumble Frappuccino®. It’s Boba Teatime. That former favorite of seventh graders everywhere—what preteen doesn’t love to get giddy on coffee, mocha sauce and Frappuccino® chips blended with milk and ice layered on top with whipped cream and chocolate cookie crumble and crowed with vanilla whipped cream, mocha drizzle and even more chocolate cookie crumble? Apparently plenty because the Cookie Crumble is losing its title as “Most Popular Cause of Tooth Decay Beneath Braces” to Boba Tea. Sometimes referred to as Bubble Tea, this longtime favorite in Taiwan since the early 1980s is a sweet, milky tea accompanied with chewy tapioca balls (aka ‘bubbles’ or ‘pearls’). Boba Tea shops are popping up everywhere in the last year. Both these drinks are highly caffeinated, super sugary and, drum roll please, far costlier than an average can of soda from a cafeteria vending machine. But Boba runs about $2 more per cup than a medium-sized Starbuck’s Frap, so get your pocketbooks ready, parents, because trendy kids love Boba.
Who dat! The Mardi Gras Growlers, that’s who! Every day is Fat Tuesday with these six dedicated, lifelong musicians. They know how to party New Orleans style. If you missed them last month at Stage Left Theatre, then book them for your next event, or find out where they’re playing next at MardiGrasGrowlers.com. Known as Masopust in the Czech Republic, Martedì Grasso in Italy, and Fettisdagen in Sweden, no matter what it’s called, Mardi Gras is all about the celebration!
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Local author James P. Johnson wowed the critics with his most re cent book, Spokane and Coeur d’Alene Freshwater Shark Attacks. “At first I thought this book was dumb, but it’s not,” praises Seattle Daily News. From the author of Fifty Hikes comes this history farce. Find out how 37 landmarks in the Spokane and Coeur d’Alene area came to be. We won’t spoil the surprise answers. The book is available for purchase around the Inland Northwest at Boo Radley's, Auntie’s, Giant Nerd, Garland Mercantile, Ritters Garden and Gift, 2nd Look Books, Crush Boutique, and in in Coeur d'Alene at Looking Glass, EntertainMart and Museum of North Idaho.
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At the end of a busy day, the chefs at your favorite local restaurants have a bunch of healthy, unexpired ingredients left over. They know all those fresh fruits and veggies will go bad if they don't get used up soon. Now imagine that chefs could log into an app on their phone, enter the food they have available and where it can be picked up—and instantaneously, your local food bank gets a notification. Before you know it, all of that delicious produce is being distributed to your neighbors. Well, there’s an App for that, and it’s called MealConnect. Sharing food is definitely “Buzzworthy.”
The Wonder Weekend Market
You wanted to get away to Europe. It would have been nice to fly to New York City to see a Broadway Play. Cancun was calling all winter long. But here you are, still stuck at home reading this magazine. So, you’re not a high roller, but with these Dorchester Collection items inspired by world famous, five-star hotels, you can pretend. Deliver the fresh and airy scent of Paris, France to your front door with the Hotel Plaza Athénée’s Plaza Candle ($60). Or wrap yourself in luxury with an exclusive, all-cotton bathrobe from the Hotel Bel Air ($160). Don’t forget your handmade velvet Friulane slippers from the Hotel Principe di Savoia in Milan ($150 Euro). No one needs to know you stayed home. Visit shop.dorchestercollection.com for more staycation finds. (Photos courtesy of the Dorchester Collection.)
Be a High Roller—or at least smell like one
Starting last month, The Wonder Building just north of downtown Spokane hosts the Wonder Weekend Market. This farmer and craft market is open every Saturday and Sunday through October 22nd. You'll find more than 20 local vendors, food, and drinks each weekend, and Wonder Weekend Market is the only market of its kind open on Sundays in the region. This gives the Inland Northwesterners more time to easily access and shop with local farms, artists, and companies. Stroll the market on Saturdays and Sundays from 9:30am-12:30pm and shop with vendors like How Glorious Olive Oils & Balsamics, Inland Empire Beef, Sweet Frostings, North Side Candle Company, Liberty Ciderworks, Caili Hartman Creative, The Lucky Crumb, Flowers for People, Spokane Sugar Candy, and more. The Wonder Building is the former site of the historic Wonder Bread Bakery and is located at 835 N Post St, Spokane.
Speaking of food. . .
Food Waste? There’s an App for that!
Plant CPR
Come west, Idahoans and visit BARK, a Rescue Pub in downtown Spokane. Open since 2020, these bold animal lovers teamed up with the Human Society at the height of the Pandemic to serve food and find homes for shelter animals. And they’re still in business! BARK guests can interact with rescue cats and dogs who live in a separate but accessible area from the restaurant before, during or after their dining experience. All profits from adoptions, reservation fees, donations and a portion of some food and beverage sales go to support the work of The Spokane Humane Society. Book your visit today at barkrescuepub.com.
Plant CPR? Not really. It is a plant clinic, though. As part of the Spokane Library’s Gardening Resources, WSU Spokane County Master Gardeners will regularly hold plant clinics where you can ask the experts your gardening questions on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of every month from 11am-3pm, now through September 25 at the Shadle Park Library. Other gardening resources include the Shadle Park Library Discovery Garden, where you can learn about the full cycle of food, from garden to table. The Discovery Garden features organic produce, native plants, pollinator-friendly plants, and waterwise options you can put to use in your very own garden. Or kickstart your garden with a variety of seeds available at Hillyard Library. The Seed Library is a cooperative project with the goal of building community around sharing seeds that are appropriate for our climate. Library customer can take as many as 12 packets per visit! And consider donating any seeds you harvest or have leftover at the end of the season to the Seed Library for next year.
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Lemons to the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office for sitting on a rape kit for 20 years. The alleged perp sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl at the Elk Community Park in 2002—in front of at least one witness. He got to walk free for two decades while she waited for justice. According to the Spokesman-Re view, which reported on the alleged rapist’s recent arrest in May, “Detectives were able to collect the victim’s clothing, evidence in a sexual assault kit and chewing tobacco the man left at the scene. A suspect was not identified at the time and the sexual assault kit remained untested. The case then went cold.” Why was this ever a cold case? The evidence was there the entire time. The state crime lab recently ran the kit through the state crime lab and got a hit instantly. How many more rape kits are sitting in storage?
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LILACS to the Kalispel Tribe and its Northern Quest Resort & Casino for raising awareness of the 60 Indigenous women currently missing in Washington state; their Red Dresses display featured 60 dresses hung empty to symbolize the missing women who should be wearing them and living full and happy lives. And last month, the Kalispel Tribe Charitable Fund matched any donations made to the Spokane Regional Domestic Violence Coalition up to $2500. According to a 2016 National Institute of Justice report, more than four out of five American Indian and Native Alaskan men and women experience violence in their lifetime. In addition, Native American women are murdered at more than 10 times the national average. These Native women deserve to have a voice and to have their stories heard.
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Lemons to the absent workers. Where is everyone? A local ac counting firm reportedly had to turn away tens of thousands of dollars in accounts because they didn’t have enough ac countants on staff to do the accounting. The lack of an available workforce is also the reason the downtown YMCA closes its pool at 2:45 on weekends (not enough lifeguards). It’s hard to grab an afternoon pick-me-up when the cafés shutter right after lunch—and some of us need that caffeine to keep working until dinner time.
perform better with minority teachers.” Visit TheEdAdvocate. org for more information on improving the lives of students and their teachers.
Lemons to the lack of diversity Spokane Public Schools. Ac cording to a recent report, in the Spokane metro area only 8.2 percent of teachers are non-white, while 30.6 percent of students are non-white. Of the 100 most populous U.S. metros, Spokane has the second-fewest minority teachers. According to the organization TheEdAdvocate, “Students will perform better when they can identify with and relate to their teachers. Minor ity teachers are in a position to put a stop to negative stereo types and act as role models and mentors for students of color. Teachers who can relate to their students’ backgrounds usually are better able to look past biases of their abilities. … study in Economics of Education Reviews tells us, minority students
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LILACS to the Joyful Heart Foundation, the nonprofit organization for survivors of sexual assault, which lobbied tirelessly to get legislation passed in Washington state mandating funding be in place to test the backlog of rape kits. According to Joyful Heart, every 68 seconds someone is sexually assaulted in the United States. As actress Melissa Hagerty, its founder, explains, “To me, the backlog is one of the clearest and most shocking demonstrations of how we regard these crimes in our society. Testing rape kits sends a fundamental and crucial message to victims of sexual violence: You matter. What happened to you matters. Your case matters.” Track how Washington and other states are progressing in reform efforts by visiting EndTheBacklog.org.
Lemonade to Spokane Mayor Nadine Woodward. In 2019 she campaigned on a ‘zero tolerance’ policy regarding the home less population, going so far as to grumble about homeless people in public libraries (a ban on such would have been unconstitutional). Prior to entering public office, Woodward’s political expertise entailed reading the news from teleprompt ers, but experience is a great teacher, and thankfully Woodward is learning. At her State of the City Address last month, she made several newsworthy announcements, including her “next evolution” of her homelessness plan that involves a partnership with Catholic Charities to relocate its House of Charity from downtown. Homelessness: It’s like Healthcare, “Who knew it was so complicated?” I won’t answer that.
Ildiko Kalapacs at work in her home studio
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The Journey on Water
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her to go to an art high school. However, when Kalapács applied to an art university, she was not accepted. This prompted her to move to Budapest, Hungary, where she met her future husband, Wayne Kraft, who was there on a Fulbright from the US. Before long, the newlyweds were living in Spokane.
When she crossed the waters nearly 35 years ago, the cultural differences between Hungary and America were stark. Not only did Kalapács have to learn English, she also
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n a home tucked behind the lush greenery of Spokane’s South Hill lives a native Hungarian who is a passionate folk dancer, artist, and anthropologist.culturalInside the home, the artwork of the artist is displayed. Bursts of green and blue with hints of the colors of the sunset jump from the paintings so much so that the room is filled with vitality. Seated at the dining room table among her art sits Ildikó Kalapács, an artist ready to tell her story. Kalapács was born to a middle-class working family in Szeged, Hungary, to parents who were the first ones to receive a formal high school education. Her oldest sister, a ceramic artist, studied at an art high school and later went on to study at an art university, which had a significant influence on Kalapács. Kalapács originally wanted to be a psychologist, but her sister convinced
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Artist Ildikó Kalapács continues her Journey
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cultural expectations, at the same time allow some cultural and self-expression by the newcomers. To me, it is quite a delicate balance.”Thistalk of change, of moving to a new country, resonates with the current conflict in Ukraine, where millions of people have suddenly become refugees. Hundreds of them are now here in Spokane. Although Kalapács chooses not to be political in her
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Floating, mixed media, 2019
The idea she wants to paint for her new project is a journey—an unknown one. When talking about the project, she has aspirations to mix, as an artist combines paint, people, and the nature that surrounds them. Nature plays a vital role, especially water; as Kalapács put it, “[T]he importance of water as a natural resource was more on my mind, as it is life-giving and so precious.” Kalapács explains that the boat and water paintings “are part of a bigger ‘investigation’ of journey, mine and also the journey of refugees.”
The creation of her new collection led her to interpret water and boats in a more meaningful way. Kalapács explains, “Water can be nurturing or destructive in the form of floods. Drinkable water is an urgent issue for the survival of any life. . . . Boats, to me, mean safety and adventure, and I wonder if we will have them for the new generations to keep going and build sustainable and fruitful lives.”Her current project resonates closely with her previous exhibition, “Unwanted Journeys,” which she describes as “the most complex work I’ve done so far, as it involved multimedia, community participation, and refugee participation.”
Her new project also compares to “Unwanted Journeys” in its use of words, boats, and water. Kalapács says, “We have seen hundreds of thousands of war refugees for decades, some of whom risked life
and limb when they got into rickety boats in order to flee destruction. Many never made it to any shore. I have names of dead refugees embroidered onto white shawls as part of my ‘Unwanted Journeys’ refugee exhibition. Some were rescued and arrived at their destination of safety, but it does not mean that they will not be at the mercy of a new culture as they were at the mercy of the waters.”Herpassion for art and dialogue motivates her when creating new works of art. She says, “I have a set of skills, and I can put all of these floating images in my head into something tangible. And it is kind of a relief too when you finish the [idea that] you dreamed about . . . and when it is finished, you move on.”
work, she does have hope for those fleeing their homes in Ukraine.
As she is working on her paintings and sculptures, her concern makes her passionate and agitated over the issues she is trying to depict, which is why her work portrays so much emotion. When asked if
those emotions came from her past, Kalapács agreed without hesitation. “Definitely,” she replied. “I saw lots of dysfunction in my life, especially in eastern Europe, and I think that I am still dealing with it somehow, but I am trying to shift the focus toward not just posing difficulties but also where we could find some solutions.”
With her art, she feels the sense of “responsibility to ‘engage people verbally,’ to help start the conversation . . . “like a catalyst,” and in turn “prompt a dialogue between people or groups.” She thinks that “it’s not about right or wrong or how you react to the artwork because it’s influenced by your background, how your mood is at the moment, what your cultural experience is, your focus, what is the most important for you at that stage in yourTherefore,life.” as each individual connects to her art, that connection creates a dialogue of varying perspectives. Kalapács is not looking for approval but rather to bring ideas into the open to have a meaningful conversation.Afterearning her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1991 from Eastern Washington University, she’d been busily focused on teaching and publicly performing folk dances while working as an instructor at Spokane Art School and volunteering in the art community. As time went on, it became too much. She says her husband was very supportive of her passion for art and doing it full time. In fact, they are in the process of building a studio for her in their backyard. Looking back, Kalapács says, “I am not sure that I would have had the leisure or the money to be in the studio [full time] in Hungary.”
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“I aimed to make my works universal, although some have specific cultural references. Holding onto the key of your home in the hope of returning to your house, walking on foot to safety, not giving up your ethnic dresses, combining your native culture with the new one, and keep speaking your mother tongue, are all in my art pieces,” she says. “I hope the Ukrainian refugees will feel that I and many of us in this community are open to understanding their needs.”
She adds, “The water and boat images indicate, to me, the process of life's journey, how one is at the mercy of the elements (water, wind), and this course is full of surprises.” And like a boat at sea during a roaring storm, “One might not know or can control where he or she will end up.”
. I don’t think I was very mature when I got out of school, but then I found what was important to me.” And so, she advises, “When you find that joy, don’t let it go.”
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Gloria Nikityuk is a senior at EWU about to graduate with a BS degree in Journalism, emphasis on Public Relations, and a minor in Design.
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Art has transformed her. “I matured a lot, and that is what one hopes in life. You become a more mature person, a more mature artist, and try to strive toward giving something of a contribution to society. .
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Thanks to its stellar basketball teams, both the men’s and the women’s, pretty much anyone situated in the United States with a television or radio knows about Gonzaga University. (Just ask comedian Jimmy Kimmel. He’s now a believer!)
conflict between those who oppose drinking alcohol and those who support the moderate use of Evenalcohol.”thisbasic premise requires something of a history lesson.
The temperance movement picked up steam in the 1800s. As early as 1838, the state of Massachusetts passed a temperance law banning the sale of spirits in any quantity less than 15-gallons (to avoid home-based drinking, presumably); Maine followed suit in 1846 with a prohibition. By the 1900s, many were on the bandwagon (or just plain wagon). At about the same time that everyone probably needed a good stiff drink following the Great Flu Pandemic of 1918/19, the ratification of the 18th
“It is the most complicated area of law I have ever encountered,” says Nodland. “First, alcohol is the most highly regulated industry, more than machine guns and explosives, as far as on the producer side.”
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Watch out. This lawyer turned wine afficionado is about to get wonky.
But GU has something else besides basketball to brag about, and that’s its Wine Institute.TheWine Institute is designed to be a premier resource for lawyers and business professionals involved in the wine industry. How newsworthy is this? As part of the Wine Institute, GU offers the only wine law program in the country. Students work toward a “Certificate in the Legal and Business Aspects of Wine” through a suite of
Wine law, explains Nodland, is especially nuanced and complex because of “the
Tim Nodland, GU Law School alum, jazz guitarist, former wine maker, and fulltime attorney has been instrumental to the success of this program, and now he can add adjunct professor to his list of titles. He teaches the class Wine Law and Business.
classes related to the business, management, and legal aspects of the wine industry.
GU Wins with Wine, and Nodland on the court
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The Wine Institute is designed to be a premier resource for lawyers and business professionals involved in the wine industry
over 50 medals in regional, national, and international winemaking contests; and in 2018, Nodland Cellars Malbec 2014 beat out 2,400 other wines from around the world to win the Wine of the Year at the Indy International Wine Contest. It’s usually best to end on a high note, and that’s precisely what he did. Nodland Cellars closed its doors after 21 consecutive vintages of making wine.
We have the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms enforcing laws passed by Congress crossing paths with each state’s Liquor Board enforcing laws passed in their respective capitols. In other words, it’s complicated. All the reason more that a savvy lawyer like Nodland should be teaching the Wine Law and Business class to aspiring professionals.Hehappens to know a thing or two about wine.After building a successful personal injury practice, Nodland moved from curious wine enthusiast to full scale commercial wine maker and winery owner. His eponymous Nodland Cellars reached 90 points and above in Wine Spectator, Wine Advocate, and Wine Enthusiast magazines; garnered
And “Thisnow?wasa natural evolution, as I had done over 100 speaking engagements as a ‘wine expert,’ and now I can mentor and teach wine to law students, which is one of the most satisfying jobs I have ever had,” says Nodland.“Ijustfinished teaching the historic first wine law class at Gonzaga this spring of 2022. I will teach the class again next Spring 2023. It is limited to 24 upper class students, and the syllabus covers U.S. wine law, Prohibition, Repeal, interstate shipping, and the conflict between the 21st Amendment and the Commerce Clause. It also includes labeling requirements, establishment of American Viticultural Areas, land use, environmental issues. And we also cover the great wine regions of the world and their laws regulating the production of quality wine.”Imagine the ultimate study abroad class. In conjunction with the Gonzaga in Florence program, the GU Wine Institute’s inaugural
“I had accomplished everything that I set out to do, and more,” he says.
“I am getting ready right now for a hearing today on a personal injury minor settlement case,” he says, before adding, “Did you know that [Franklin D. Roosevelt] ran on a platform to repeal Prohibition, and of course won?”Well, now you know. Let’s drink to that.
This is federalism run amok, as in, ‘Who’s on“Andfirst?’since 1933, the Supreme Court has grappled with this, going back and forth,” notes Nodland.
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“It is the most complicated area of law I have ever en countered; first, alcohol is the most highly regulated industry, more than machine guns and explosives, as far as on the producer side.”
group traveled to Italy during Summer 2019 to learn about the business side of wine from leading experts. The program was a resounding success and a great way to kick off Gonzaga Law’s new venture. Activities included a Master Class at Marchesi Antinori winery.Forfour years up to COVID, Nodland organized a young lawyer mentoring program called “Lawyer’s Night,” which was a monthly wine tasting meeting with a speaker.“Wehosted two [State] Supreme Court justices, the entire panel of the Court, a federal judge, the mayor, Gonzaga Basketball stars, the U.S. Attorney for Eastern Washington, top litigators in all fields, and other dignitaries to give the new lawyers contacts and support as they started their careers.”Transitioning into teaching allows Nodland the opportunity to continue mentoring the next generation of lawyers. But first and foremost, he’s still a lawyer. His legal practice has expanded into mediation, making up a little of over half his workload; the remainder of his caseload entails representing injured plaintiffs.
Amendment meant than in January of 1920 the country was ‘dry.’ Prohibition was the law of the land. Imagine men after golf without their scotch. Women at a book club without their“Articlewine!I Commerce Clause, and the doctrine of the Dormant Commerce Clause, gives all power over interstate commerce to the federal government,” explains Nodland. “But when Prohibition was repealed by the 21st Amendment, Section 2 [therein] gave all power to regulate alcohol to the states.”
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Tiger Tattoo - Sienna Jacobsen
On the Level Tattoo - Caleb Frey
Jan Tyvan got her first tattoo at 74 years of age. She and six other ladies decided to commemorate 30-plus years of friendship with matching tattoos. Because their group motto is “birds of a feather flock together,” each chose a small bird tattoo in different colors.“What a fun afternoon at the tattoo parlor,” she exclaims. “Lots of squinting of the eyes,
While she was there, Jan asked the tattoo artist if she was his oldest first-timer. Nope, his oldest customer to receive a first tattoo was 80 years old. Turns out there’s no age limit to decorating your body with an artful symbol.Inking skin is hardly new. Tattoos have been a symbolic art form for thousands
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of years. These permanent marks are meaningful, sentimental, cultural, and religious to many. According to Smithsonian Magazine, the oldest recorded tattoo was found on a 5,200-year-old frozen mummy known as Obviously,“Iceman.”alothas changed in the last five millennium, but the human impulse toward body modification has remained.
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Sienna Jacobsen
Swilling describes what she makes as the “epitome of an urban art form.” Using human skin as an artist’s medium means the art is a moving piece, a moving piece that not only sparks conversation but also creates diversity in society. One of the most significant aspects of getting a tattoo is the customer’s right to exercise choice. The customer chooses what they want, where they want it on their body, how many they want, and who gets to put it there. Swilling believes every tattoo is unique and should be appreciated for its ability to diversify the human race while still uniting us. Swilling specializes in photorealism and illustration but does not limit herself to those two styles and loves to take on almost any subject matter.
“I don’t think I could ever stick to one style of tattooing. That’s like eating one meal for the rest of your life, and there are just too many juicy bits I towanttry”
Caleb Frey has been tattooing since 1994. Throughout his years as an artist, he has observed the attitudes toward tattoos change. In the 90s, many people looked down on tattoos, and it was hard for people to make the decision to get them done. He saw a shift of attitudes with younger generations where, ironically, the appeal of tattoos was their taboo nature. As the years have gone by, skin art has become more widely accepted and appeals to almost every generation. While talking to Frey about his observations about the opposing
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Long gone are the days when tattoos were solely the purview of sailors and biker gangs. Today, body art is widely accepted. Throughout her years as a tattoo artist, Jacobsen has tattooed doctors, teachers, restaurant workers, and every profession imaginable.
Swilling considers the tattoo experience “a vulnerable place for people to be,” explaining that a tattoo bonds an artist and a customer, and there should be a level of trust between both parties because of the meaning and permanence of the tattoo.
Mom's Tattoo - Beth SwillingOn the Level Tattoo - Caleb Frey
Beth Swilling, owner of Mom’s Custom Tattoo & Body Piercing in Kendall Yards (momstattoo.com), is all about self-expression, choice, and safety. Swilling opened Mom’s because she wanted to create a safe environment where people felt comfortable expressing themselves through the art of tattoo. The shop advertises itself as a “safe and welcoming space…[where] all persons regardless of age, sex, race, body shape, or size, religion, ethnicity, ability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression should be treated with respect.”
“Self-expression doesn’t make anyone less capable at their job, but it definitely makes them happier to be alive,” she insists.
Sienna Jacobsen knows a lot about the history of tattoos. A tattoo artist herself since 2009, she currently practices her art at Tiger Tattoo in Spokane (tigertattoospokane. com). She gladly regales listeners with the history of tattooing throughout the centuries and across different cultures. Her knowledge of tattoos has also influenced her tattoo style in the sense that she does not have just one.“I don’t think I could ever stick to one style of tattooing. That’s like eating one meal for the rest of your life, and there are just too many juicy bits I want to try,” sheJacobsensays. can do a broad style of tattoos, including American traditional, black-and-grey, fine line florals, watercolor, and more. She has recently been working on the Scythian tattooing style, which comes from tribal cultures in Asia dating back to the Bronze Age.
Tiger Tattoo - Sienna Jacobsen
On the Level Tattoo
Caleb Frey
Heide Tyvan is a third-year student at Eastern Washington University majoring in Technical Communication.
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Frey currently works at On the Level Tattoo on North Hamilton Street. He likes to “give people what they want” and therefore, like the other artists interviewed, doesn’t like limiting himself to one style of tattooing. In addition to working at On the Level Tattoo, Frey also works at Plastic Surgery Northwest, where he does reconstructive nipple tattoos for women who have had mastectomies due to breast cancer. He can tattoo realistic reconstructed nipples for women within one hour (including set up and tear down). Examples of his work for varying skin tones on reconstructed breasts can be viewed on his Instagram @calebfreytattoo.Oneneedn’thave a tattoo to appreciate the skill and technique behind each piece. And if you’re tattoo-curious, the internet is a great place to educate yourself before entering a tattoo shop. Research the styles you like most and which artists have done previous work in that style. Come ready with ideas of what you want, how big or small you want it, and where you want it. It could be as significant as representing your culture or a fun matching tattoo with your best friends.
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views towards tattoos, he says, “I am saddened by the unappreciation of people towards tattoos…tattoos are one of the oldest forms of art and one of the only things [people] take to the grave.”
“I am saddened by the unappreciation of people towards tattoos…tattoos are one of the oldest forms of art and one of the only things [people] take to the grave”
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and come back more often. In other words, vibrant public places are great forUnfortunately,business.
These social spaces are critical “third places” that help residents, workers, and visitors come together for shared experiences outside of the home and the workplace. Urban policy researchers have proven that such places make people more likely to visit a city, stay longer, spend more money,
Spokane currently has a fragmented public space ecosystem. Riverfront Park does a fantastic job of hosting events and activations almost every day from May to October. Out on the west side of downtown, Brick West Brewing has created something special at the West End Plaza, bringing in farmers’ markets, live music multiple days per week, food trucks, and cultural events.
It may not seem like much to put out tables and chairs or perhaps a cornhole set, but in the long term these types of interventions can make our city a more exciting place to live and, in a postpandemic world, help independent businesses grow their customer base.
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Spokane needs to do far more to activate and program these public spaces.Weshould do a public spaces study to analyze the types of spaces available across downtown and throughout our business districts, how they are managed, and how they could be better utilized to encourage social experiences.TheDowntown Spokane Partnership should work with property owners to take over management of these spaces so that the areas could be more actively programmed with pop-up retailers, vendors, food trucks, or even just tables, chairs, and umbrellas. This could build on the DSP’s successful Food Truck Fridays on Wall Street in downtown, but it would include more active management and programming. In other areas of the city like Garland and South Perry, the neighborhood business associations should be provided with the resources to do likewise.Andin
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Over the years, I’ve written about ways we could take better advantage of Spokane’s unique natural assets such as the river, mountains, and our abundant park space. Even before the pandemic, I exhorted local businesses to embrace outdoor dining to make the most of the inland Northwest’s long summer days. I’ve encouraged business owners to consider making downtown alleyways less of a neglected backdoor and more of a creative social space, with art, unique lighting, dining areas, and small retail shops.
But other areas of the city core remain chronically underprogrammed. The area of Main Avenue near Zola and the Community Building, for example, was supposed to be a vibrant community space that could be closed to vehicles for events and programming, but no such programming has occurred. Plazas on private property downtown such as the Wells Fargo and Chronicle buildings are woefully underutilized. And while de facto community plazas
exist in Garland and on market days in South Perry, these rely on the fickle generosity of private property owners.
One common thread among these ideas was—and still is—the pressing need for more active streetscapes, plazas, and earmarked sections for congregating across the city.
the long-term, the city should explore ways to ease the process for businesses that want to take over public space management on their own. Could a group of two or three business owners on a street get together, for example, and host a parklet? Extend their patio areas into the parking lane? Stage a street festival? We need to make it easier for businesses to come together to create community space.
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Anthony Gill is an economic development professional and writer at Spokane Rising, an urbanist blog focused on ways to make our city a better place to live. Find Spokane Rising online at Facebook (search “Spokane Rising”) or @spokanerising.
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The last weekend of June in Spokane has not been the same these past two years. The usual reverberation of balls bouncing between buildings, cheering fans, and the humming vibration produced by 250,000 people have been absent from the streets of downtown. Up until the COVID-19 pandemic canceled the yearly spectacle
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Since the age of eight, I’ve been lacing up my sneakers and heading downtown to lose myself in the sweltering madness of the largest 3-on-3 basketball tournament in the world.Asa little kid, I’d count down the days
(twice), I had played in every single Hoopfest since being able to register.
until registration, nervously checking the live ticker on the Hoopfest website to make sure my team was good to go and that we wouldn’t miss the deadline—which happened to be two months away. I’d leave nothing to chance. The minute registration opened, I’d fervently fill out my team’s information so as to avoid the catastrophe of
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limping septuagenarians marred by battle make for a kaleidoscopic weekend that arguably rivals Burning Man. This is contained mayhem on 25-minute rotations (or 20 points, whichever comes first).
not playing. I did this every year.
Henry Burgess-Marshall is co-founder and head of marketing of Mirabel Agency (maribelagency.com). When not helping companies reach their goals, he can be found slaying his competitors wherever nets are hung.
has to offer.But Hoopfest is so much more than tenacious games of basketball played on uneven pavement in the suffocating heat with free-throw lines demarcated by haphazardly placed yellow duct tape.
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I was there everythingsorethebankbreaking(literally),calls,game-winners,formissedanklebreakersrecord-temperatures,shots,behindbackpasses,muscles,andthatHoopfest
While for many of us team sleepovers have turned into family barbecues and wrist bands replaced with knee braces, next month’s Hoopfest marks the return of a tradition unlike any other.
I was there when the event’s boundaries sprawled out onto the north side of the Spokane River, too many people wanting to participate to be contained by the confines of the downtown’s core. I was there when tensions flared, and a gang rivalry gone wrong led to the brandishing of firearms and stricken bystanders. I was there when Kevin Durant stopped by, crowded by adoring fans and jeering hecklers alike.
But these rituals were not promised for those of us who’ve been waiting these past two years. Due to the Covid-induced backto-back cancellations, the nonprofit Spokane Hoopfest Association was under financial
One of my favorite Hoopfest traditions is pouring through the organization’s online database, scouring the corners of every bracket to find the most creative team names. Cohorts such as “Call me Swishmael” and “Hounds of Basketville” are a literary swish.
Teams like Princess Lei’up and “Let Qui-Gons be Qui-Gons” evoke a more fantastical vision.
The past few months have been a gradual return to normalcy. Mask mandates lifted, concerts planned, and people going back to the office mark the near end of the pandemic. But in my household? Things will finally seem normal when I walk up the hill from Peaceful Valley as the familiar sounds of Hoopfest weekend fill the downtown air.
Another aspect to this extravaganza is the people watching. With participants from 44 states and six countries, the eclectic mix of people mingling around their love of the game is a sight to behold. Downtown becomes Hooptown, USA. The resplendent homemade team uniforms—from simple, matching t-shirts to incredible costumes (think Disney characters and dayglow body paint)—combined with the dynamic groupings of young kids bumping alongside
strain, and the promise of the world’s largest 3-on-3 tournament returning for its 32nd year was up in the air. However, due to the generosity of the community (and a last-minute sponsorship check), Hoopfest has been able to stay afloat and make it through the pandemic.
June 10-12: Good Guys’ Great Northwest Nationals Car Show
They don't call it the "Great" Northwest Nationals for nothing. Check out some cool cars, cool people, and good times at America’s Favorite Car Show while indulging in over 1,500 1997-and-older hot rods, customs, muscle cars, trucks and classics. This event also features an Indoor Car Show, Nitro Thunderfest Vintage Dragster Exhibition, Vendor Exhibits, Swap Meet, Cars 4 Sale Corral, a free Kids Zone, Burnout competition, Goodgal’s Gallery, Live Entertainment, Model Car Show— and so much more! Cruise on out Sunday morning and check out late-model American-made or powered muscle cars, customs, and trucks for their All American Sunday celebration. General Admission for ages 13+ for Friday and Saturday $22, Sunday $17, ages 7-12 $10, six and under are free. Free parking. Spokane County Fair & Expo Center, 404 N Havana St, Spokane
Have your kiddos come join High Country Orchard for a Farm Work Day. Kids will be given jobs such as animal care, general clean up, raking, gardening, fruit care, etc. Drop them off at 10am, and they will be split into groups with our farmers for an hour. Parents, feel free to stick around for an hour or drop off and pick back up. All ages welcome. At the end of their workday, kids get a free ice cream cone. Parents can peruse the gift shop and
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June 10: Sanders Youth Fishing Derby
June 12: Kids’ Farm Work Day
enjoy coffee at the café. High Country Orchard, 8518 E Greenbluff Rd, Colbert
June 19: Juneteenth
June 11: Spokane Pride Festival
June 17-18: Car d’Lane Classic Car Weekend
June 16: Sunset Spin (part of Car d’Lane Classic Car Weekend) Take a joyride to the oldest restaurant in Idaho, The Snake Pit. Experience scenic views as you travel to the fork of the Coeur d’Alene River. Passing by Lake Coeur d’Alene and over 4th of July Pass you will get your car in cruisin’ form ahead of the main event on Friday. Enrich yourself into the deep history of the Silver Valley and indulge in The Snake Pit’s great BBQ food. This one-of-a-kind experience is limited, so register early to reserve your spot. Cruise begins at 5pm. Visit CdADowntown.com or call 208-667-5986 for registration details.
Dressage, “the art of riding and training a horse in a manner that develops obedience, flexibility, and balance,” is lovely to behold. Celebrate Father's Day at the Spokane Sport Horse Farm and enjoy the riding show. Visit spokanesporthorse.com or call 509-999-6611 for details. 8am-5pm both days. 10710 S Sherman Rd, Spokane
Jump back in time at Car d’Lane and experience the largest classic car cruise in North Idaho Friday night. Then, get up close at the show on Saturday and take a look under the hoods of these one-of-a-kind classics. Fun for the entire family will be taking place all day Saturday, including a Poker Walk, People’s Choice Voting, Young Builders Alley and more. Join the festivities for a full weekend of classic fun with some new events, including Tour d’Lane. Visit CdADowntown.com or call 208-667-5986 for registration details. Downtown CdA
Jun 18-19: Dad’s Day Weekend Dressage
Juneteenth is celebrated on June 19 and commemorates the liberation of the last slaves in Texas, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation had abolished slavery in the Confederate States in 1863. First recognized as a federal holiday in 2021, many observe the date with local celebrations, including parties, parades, picnics and festivals. Around these parts, Spokane's 10th Annual Juneteenth Celebration is upon us once again. In honor of this historic event in history, the Inland Northwest Juneteenth Coalition (INWJC)
Celebrate 30 years of Pride in Spokane as we challenge ourselves to “REIMAGINE,” the 2022 Spokane Pride Parade & Festival theme. Spokane Pride Parade kicks off at 12pm. Spokane Pride Festival starts at noon, runs until 6pm. All Ages Programming will begin at 6pm. Throughout Downtown Spokane
Enjoy two days of chivalry, excitement, and fine entertainment. There will be performers and musicians on stages throughout the day, and Epona Equestrian Team will be holding their jousting tournaments at noon and 5 pm both days. (Please, no outside food or drink, and leave pets at home.) Tickets at the gate, $15 for adults, $10 for seniors and children 5-17, 4 and under are free. Adult tickets are $13 for those who bring a bag of canned food to donate to the Bonner County Food Bank. Prepare thyself for merriment! 10am-6pm, both Bonnerdays.County Fair Grounds, 4203 N Boyer Road, Sandpoint
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The family will enjoy The 5th Annual Sanders Youth Fishing Derby. Kids of all ages welcome and prizes will be awarded in various categories. A free BBQ hot dog lunch will be served beginning at 10am. Derby runs from 7-11am. Heyburn State Park, 57 Chatcolet Lower Rd, Plummer
June 11-12: Sandpoint Renaissance Faire 2022
in the small town of Mesquite along the Mexican-American border, but there still might be time for another score. Choose your faction: Residents of Mesquite, US Calvary, Bounty Hunters, Bandits, or the Non-aligned (people who just want to have a place in the community such as newspapermen, photographers, farmers, ranchers). The battle starts at 9am, $20 per player. Visit pegasusmilsim.com for dress code and safety protocols. 11121 N Ritchey Road Spokane
This once-a-month flea market features over 30 vendors selling local hand-made goods, vintage, antiques, and artisan foods. From 11am-3pm, The Roosevelt Inn. 105 E Wallace Ave, CdA
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June 25: Coeur d’Alene Flea Market
June 23: Pride on the Runway
Don’t forget to bring your $1 bills! Limited VIP Tickets: 30 Tickets Available ($60.00), which include drink tickets, exclusive pride swag, and other great items. Limited G/A Tickets: 80 Tickets. Audience costumes are encouraged! Dress for Pride, or just be fabulous. PRIDE on the RUNWAY offers a celebratory evening of drag, fashion, food, and festivities all to benefit North Idaho Pride Alliance in continuing its work supporting LOVE and EQUALITY. Proceeds raised from this major event will allow NIPA to continue growing its programming and expand its services and resource network. nipridealliance.com/prideontherunwayVisit for a full list of performers. This event is open to ages 18+. Children must be accompanied by a parental guardian. All guests, regardless of age, will be carded at the door. 6-9pm at the Archwood Hall. 618 E Wallace Ave, CdA
will be presenting a series of events June 18th through June 20th. Come out to appreciate African American history and culture while commemorating the official ending of slavery in the United States (June 19, 1865). This year the celebration has moved from the "PARK" to the "BLOCK," but still celebrating the end of slavery, so come out and celebrate! DJ K-Phi will have Block jumping along with various other cultural performances. Also present and performing will be the artist and multi-Platinum/Grammy Nominated Songwriter & CEO of SKYMOVEMENT Records, Clemm Rishad. Near the Martin Luther King Jr Center, Lee St, between 6th Ave and Hartson St, Spokane
June 16-19: 32nd Playwrights’ Forum Festival
June 25: Mesquite: A Wild AirsoftWest-ThemedEvent
June 25: 10th Annual Soldiers Poker Run Happening at Curley's Hauser Junction, playing begins at 10am. Set the date; it’s for a Great Cause. All proceeds go to Operation Zero, Newby-Ginnings, and Veterans of Idaho. 26433 W Highway 53, Hauser
A benefit for the Idaho Youth Ranch, come visit multiple vendors and sip wine. Live auction, Best in Shoe Contest, and lots of fun for a good cause, from 5:30-9pm, at the Coeur d’Alene Golf Resort. 115 S 2nd St, CdA
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fantastic drag performers from around the Pacific Northwest. This immersive artistic event exemplifies the beauty, hard work, talent, and commitment of the LGBTQ Community within the Coeur d'Alene, Spokane and Moscow areas.
Experience the performance of a lifetime! PRIDE on THE RUNWAY will be complete with music, light shows, costumes, dance, food options, beverages, and incredible raffle wellasEntertainmentRubyDejaiEmcee,IdahoMoscow,DeLustyAquashaextraordinairedragFeaturingprizes.artistfromasourDJfromFrogourDJ,asasnineother
July 5-10: Hadestown, Best of Broadway Welcome to Hadestown, where a song can change your fate. Winner of eight 2019 Tony® Awards including Best Musical and the 2020 Grammy® Award for Best Musical Theater Album, this acclaimed new show from celebrated singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell and innovative director Rachel Chavkin (Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812) is a love story for today, and always. Intertwining two mythic tales—that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone—Hadestown is a haunting and hopeful theatrical experience that grabs you and never lets go. Call 800-438-9705 or visit BroadwaySpokane.com. First Interstate Center for the Arts, 334 W Spokane Falls Blvd, Spokane
June 19: Spokane Symphony’s Free Family Concert
Join The Spokane Symphony at The Fox Theater for a free family concert. Lobby
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Spokane Civic Theatre is proud to present its celebrated Playwrights’ Forum Festival, which, since 1983, has showcased new oneacts by playwrights from across the region. The festival is performed in two separate sets on alternating days. Tickets vary from $10$30, depending upon rotation and student status. Visit spokanecivictheatre.com dates and times for certain rotations or call 509325-2507. 1020 N Howard St, Spokane
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June 30: Wine, Women and Shoes Show
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The Spokane Symphony loves its summer tradition of performing atop the Cliff House Estate grounds of Arbor Crest Wine Cellars. It’s the perfect outdoor setting for classical music. Arbor Crest offers a variety of food options and you may pair your choices with Arbor Crest wines by the glass or bottle, and a variety of other beverages as you take in the lovely sunset views of Spokane. Doors open at 5:00 p.m., concert begins at 7:00. $55 table seating, $25 lawn seating are available online at spokanesymphony.org or by calling the Fox box office at 509624-1200. Arbor Crest Wine Cellers, is located at 4705 N. Fruit Hill Road, Spokane Valley, 509-9279463
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The “Let’s Make a Love Song” American country music artist, Casey Donahew will grace the Coeur d’Alene Casino stage on June 30 at 7pm. With 21 No. 1
singles, fans will have plenty to sing along to. Donahew has been touring for more than 18 years and saw critical acclaim with his sophomore effort, “All Night Party” reaching No. 3 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart. Fans might know him for hits like “What Cowboys Do,” “3 A.M.” and “Bad Guy.” Tickets start at $40 through cdacasino.com, the Casino Box Office, or call 800-523-2464 for more details. Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort Hotel, 37914 S Nukwalqw Rd, Worley
Hang out on the West End Plaza at Brick West Brewing Co. with friends, family and a cold one, while an ensemble of Spokane Symphony musicians entertains you with great music. Add a meal from Brick West’s kitchen when purchasing your ticket and dine al fresco in this family-friendly outdoor spot. 7:30pm, 1318 W. First Ave., Spokane
June 21: Summer Solstice with the Spokane Symphony at Brick West Brewing Co.
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The show, subtitled The Unfortunate Return of the Ridiculously Self-Indulgent Ill-Advised Vanity Tour, is a chance for an intimate evening of music. “Weird Al” Yankovic burst onto the scene over three decades ago and never looked back. For the second time in his storied career, the world’s foremost musical satirist and five-time Grammy winner foregoes his usual, high-octane, bigproduction show for an intimate evening of music, focusing on original (non-parody) songs from his 14-album catalog. Marking his highly anticipated return to the concert stage after his hugely successful Strings Attached Tour in 2019 tour where Weird Al performed each night alongside a full symphony orchestra at venues such as Colorado’s famed Red Rocks Amphitheatre and iconic Forest Hills Stadium in New York City, this is a rare opportunity to get up-close and personal with this legendary performer. Buy tickets asap before they sell out. Show starts at 8pm.
Doors open at 1:30pm. Come early to enjoy activities including an Instrument Petting Zoo (Please don't sneak up on the Oboes; they're very skittish.) and a chance to win a piano for your school (Pianos are the key to popularity.). On Father's Day, join the Symphony for more dad Jokes like that and of course, great music. The concert is free, but seating is limited so it is a ticketed event. Visit spokanesymphony.org or call 509-624-1200 to reserve tickets, which will go fast. 3pm at the Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox. 1001 W Sprague, Spokane
June 29: Spokane Symphony Summer at Arbor Crest Wine Cellars
June 24: Weird Al Yankovic with Emo Philips
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Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox, 1001 W Sprague Ave, Spokane
June 10-12: Quilters Guild Quilt Show
Visit the Kootenai County Fairgrounds, Jacklin Building #25, to see beautifully crafted, quilted artwork. Doors open at 8am. Call 208-691-2023 for more details. 4056 North Government Way, CdA
Reese is a trans woman in her mid-thirties who longs to be a mother but fears she’ll never have the opportunity, and who tries to distract herself from her depression by dating truly awful men. Her ex-partner Ames is a former trans woman now living as a cisgender man, and his boss-turnedlover, a cis woman named Katrina, is pregnant with his child. When Ames finds out about the pregnancy, he’s unsure if he can be a “father,” with all the gendered baggage that word entails, so he comes up with an odd
by Torrey Peters
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June is Pride Month across the globe. When I ponder Pride, I always think of the Stonewall Riots. Those spontaneous protests in June of 1969 followed yet another police raid on the gay and trans patrons of the Stonewall Inn bar in lower Manhattan, and, because the gay community finally fought back and insisted they had a right to exist, they are considered the start of the Gay Civil Rights Movement.Thefollowing novels are, in their own way, little riots. They upend what we tend to believe about gender, sex, religion, and family. And they do so with humor, pleasure, and subtlety.
Rebecca Gonshak is a Spokane-based fiction writer, essayist, and playwright. She has an MFA in creative nonfiction from Eastern Washington University. Her work has been published in Prairie Schooner, The Account: A Journal of Poetry, Prose, and Thought, The Swamp, and Alien Magazine. Her one-minute play, "First Trip," was performed during Stage Left’s Fast and Furious Festival 2020. Her flash fiction piece “Hypnosis” was selected for the Wigleaf Top 50 Very Short Fictions 2021.
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solution—invite Reese to be a coparent, so that the three of them can raise the child as a queer family outside of the restrictions of the straight nuclear family structure.
In this intergenerational story, a Jamaican couple, Norman and Claudette, immigrate to an industrial part of England called the Black Country in the 1950s. Norman is a talented gardener who has to leave a good job working for a wealthy Englishman due to his coworker’s racism. In 2001, a young, gay Black man named Jesse is “disfellowshipped” from his Jehovah’s Witness community because he’s accused of having made a sexual advance toward a male friend. He moves to London, leaves his faith and the only life he’s ever known, and becomes a sex worker, and—even more scandalously—a writer.Ialways love a book with a good soundtrack, and this book has
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by Paul Mendez
Underneath the humor is a sharp, nuanced exploration of gender identity and all the ways in which cis and trans people alike “perform” their genders, as well as an exploration of what it means to create a truly “queer family,” instead of simply a nuclear family where the parents are gay.If I were to identify the layers of this book, I might say: “romantic comedy à la Sex in the City but with trans women” meets “coming of age story about finding and losing one’s identity” meets “feminist manifesto on trans femme identity and motherhood.” The book is rich at every layer, like a good chocolate cake. No wonder it has become a popular book club pick; Detransition, Baby is the kind of novel that will stimulate great discussions among every kind of reader.
Jesse was preaching from door to door when he heard about the September 11th attacks, an event that causes his pastor to speculate at church, “Is this the Great Tribulation?” The beginning of the End Times? Jesse has been taught to dedicate his life to preparing for the End Times and not to live for himself. Instead, he creates a life for himself as an artist and an openly gay man in London in this powerful comingof-age story.
one. Jesse is a music lover, and his experiences are colored by the songs he’s listening to at the time. When he drinks and smokes with his friend Fraser in a derelict apartment building—an illicit act since they’re both Jehovah’s Witnesses— Fraser introduces him to Jay-Z’s new album, The Blueprint . When Jesse goes home with a white man named Rufus soon after moving to London, Rufus, an expert in R&B and Soul music, says to Jesse, “Inside every gay man is a fabulous Black woman.” Music allows the characters to feel the emotions they don’t dare to express in words. It allows them to show who they are and who they would like to be.
Ten years ago, the literary theorist Michael Mack published a groundbreaking book, How Literature Changes the Way We Think (Continuum, 2012). As one reviewer of Mack’s work explained, “[W]e are accustomed to thinking of literature as mimetic, as a representation of reality such as it exists, while literature is in fact, according to [Mack], a disruptive force, breaking up our fictions about the world we live in and showing us new possibilities for the future.” Books such as Detransition, Baby and Rainbow Milk do just that.
Detransition, Baby is packed with wit and keenly observed humor, especially in Reese’s sections. Peters provides this character with laughout-loud funny ways of skewering straight culture. For instance, when Reese is invited to a party at Katrina’s real estate agent’s house, where they are going to be pitched essential oils products from a multilevel marketing company called dōTERRA, Katrina explains, “We’ll have to sit through a presentation, but at the end, I think we make face scrubs.” At which point Reese observes, “Making face scrubs with a real estate agent? Is this cis culture? What’s next week? Nail art with your financial planner?”
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Alfredo Arreguin, in his basement studio, photo by the author.
Arreguin’s “Emerald Island” was the “earliest clear and unequivocal example of American Pattern Painting that I have ever seen.” The art critic David Schaff pointed out that, “[Arreguin’s] development of a ‘pattern style’ as early as 1974 firmly establishes him as the first American painter in this mode.” Last year the Washington State Supreme Court commissioned him to paint three of the justice’s portraits in his unique ‘pattern painting’ style.
Seattle transplant and Mexican native Alfredo Arreguin’s artwork is important, so important in fact that in 2017 when he last exhibited in Spokane for a First Friday, the Spokesman-Review heralded him as a “legendary painter.” Well, Arreguin’s work is back again for First Friday at Marmot Art Space in Kendall Yards.Arreguin is a leading master within the “pattern painting” movement, and some would consider him its originator. Art historian Robert Wilson noted that
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since the 1940s, when at age 12 he was given permission to take art classes at the local university. Seventy years later he still paints each day. It’s his favorite thing to do. It’s the reason he’s here. The artist laughs at this work ethic and explains that as soon as he leaves the house, he’s already counting down the minutes until he can paint again. I recently had the pleasure of sharing lunch with Arreguin over on the west side of the state, and he was his usual lighthearted and social self, but anyone who knows Alfredo knows that no matter how much fun you’re both having together, really he’d rather be painting. Theresult of such dedication has been much success, particularly in his later years. Alfredo’s art is in the collection of the Smithsonian, as well as on permanent display in two separate galleries, one piece in The National Museum of American Art and the other in the National Portrait Gallery.
“Arreguin paints the natural world not as a scientist, but with the unbridled enthusiasm of a child fascinated with
The more you look, the more you find. To fully understand his paintings, one must be willing to explore them with great diligence and patience.infinite
by MARSHALL PETERSON
But this 87-year-old has been painting
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The artwork of Alfredo Arreguin
–Professor Lauro Flores, GARDEN
Alfredo’s art is on permanent display in The National Museum of American Art and the National Portrait Gallery
by celebrating both the ethereal and the tangible in the contested world around us.”Born in Morelia, Michoacan, located in the central part of Mexico, Arreguin often
“His paintings unleash our imagination and free us to envision an ideal world
Arreguin’s official portrait of Washington State Supreme Court Chief Justice Steven C. González
paints lush scenes that reflect his time spent in the jungle. For various reasons and at various times during his childhood, Alfredo was sent to spend time in the densely forested mountains outside of
FIRST spotlight every detail and the will to believe in forms that are unseen but sensed,” gushes the Smithsonian’s Andrew Connors.
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Besides the Smithsonian, his work has been featured at the Cadiz Museum in Spain, the Museum of Northwest Art, the Bainbridge Art Museum, and the Inland Empire’s crown jewel the MAC, as well as numerous traveling national exhibitions.
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Morelia and the jungles of the Mexican state of Guerrero. Surrounded by thick vegetation, brightly colored flora and the nightly symphony of the wild creatures, the forest made an indelible impression on Alfredo. He still paints these scenes from childhood but now adding to his repertoire is the incredible scenery of the Pacific Northwest, where he has lived for the past 50-plus years. His morning nature walks in the Seattle area inspire him daily. He’s happy to paint both our region as well as that of his birthplace, explaining that his hope is that his
Writing about that Bellview Art Museum retrospective, The Seattle Times described his work as thus: “Wily and calculated, his paintings glisten with myriad symbols drawn from preColumbian, Aztec and Mexican folk-art images, Asia and the Pacific Northwest. Meshed in kaleidoscopic puzzles, his work appears disarmingly simple. But, like the jungle, its complexity lures
paintings make the viewer ponder how man is treating the earth.
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Several books have been written about Arreguin, including one by American Book Award winner professor Lauro Flores, Alfredo Arreguin: Patterns of Dreams in Nature, which was published to coincide with the artist’s 30-year
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retrospective at the Bellevue Art Museum."Themore you look, the more you find”, writes Flores. “To fully understand his paintings, one must be willing to explore them with great diligence and infinite patience. One muse read, again and again, approaching it from various angles, the world of symbols that the artist has traced with a firm and masterful hand. One must search every corner, and even guess, using intuition, what lies hidden beneath the surface of each finished work. Under each finished painting there are many others that Arreguin has modified, transformed, and ultimately ‘erased’ with his last strokes.”
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beyond the decorative to broader universal beliefs.
–Seattle Times
The late Washington Supreme Court Justice Charles Z. Smith
Alfredo Arreguin’s pictorial works inhabit an elusive zone that lies between the real and the marvelous, between dream and wakefulness. All that is magic, the ungraspable, acquires shape, form, and color on his canvases. Yet mystery never ceases; something always remains hidden there.”
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Marshall Peterson owns and operates Marmot Art Space, which was voted Best of the City 2021 for art galleries by the readers of this magazine.
Wily and calculated, his paintings glisten with myriad symbols drawn from pre-Columbian, Aztec and Mexican folk-art images, Asia and the Pacific Northwest. Meshed in kaleido scopic puzzles, his work appears disarmingly simple. But, like the jungle, its complexity lures beyond the decorative to broader universal beliefs.
He fell in love with the Pacific Northwest and its natural beauty after first visiting the area as a student. He’d been attending the National Preparatory School in Mexico City where the renowned muralist Diego Rivera taught and Frida Kahlo studied; it was there that he met the Dam family, who invited him to their home near Seattle. And because he now makes the PNW his home, the Mexican government bestowed upon Arreguin the Ohtli Award, which is the highest recognition for Mexicans who have contributed to promoting Mexico while abroad. The Washington State Legislature honored him with its Humanitarian Award. These are only a few of his many accolades; in fact, his hometown of Morelia awarded him the key to the city. Only one other person had received a key, and that’s PopeTakeFrancis.theopportunity to view the work of this “legendary artist” up close at the next First Friday on July 1, at Marmot Art Space in Kendall Yards.
ment last year, it’s exciting to have the Epson Tour return for the 2nd Circling Raven Championship,” said Laura Penney, CEO, Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort Hotel. “The Tour and the Coeur d’Alene Tribe both are committed to helping create opportunities through golf for females, which is one of objec tives the Tribe set when it decided Golf
Circling Raven Golf Club, home of the nationally honored course in Worley and an amenity of Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort Hotel, is hosting the 2022 Circling Raven Championship presented by KXLY News 4 Now in August as part of the Epson Tour, the LPGA’s official qualifying tour. The Tour enters its 42nd year
The Epson “#Road2LPGA” Tour’s Circling Raven Championship in August
The Epson Tour will award LPGA Tour membership to the top-10 players on the Race for the Card money list at the end of each season.“After an incredible tourna
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of structured competition in 2022 and is the most established wom en’s qualifying tour in the world as the one “Road to the LPGA.”
third at -14 last year, a career-best fin
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to build Circling Raven and host a women’s professional tourna ment.”The inaugural Circling Ra ven Championship presented by KXLY News 4 Now was played last August, the first in the 3-year agreement with the LPGA. Com petitors from nearly 20 countries and four continents battled for $200,000 in prize money which was one of the highest purses on the Tour last year.
Peiyun Chien (Chinese Ta pei) won the 2021 championship shooting 66-67-67 for a total score of 16 under par. Eight play ers who competed in the inau gural Circling Raven Champion ship went on to earn their LPGA membership – underscoring the exceptional quality of the Epson Tour LemieuxIdahocompetitors.nativeGabbyfinishedtiedfor
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“The Circling Raven Championship is a wonderful event to experience, with the beautiful setting and weather and some of the best players in the world, it’s a great way for families and avid golfers to spend a few summer days.”
Casey Danielson
The players last year lavished glowing praise on Circling Raven, the Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort Hotel, and the gorgeous Northern
ish in her home state. “It feels fantastic,” she said. “The fact that I was able to make a birdie on the last hole and feel everybody kind of cheer and rally for me felt
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so great. It made me feel right at home. I knew a lot of people here and a lot of people were support ing me. To have them and the people I love most around me
made it super special.”
Laura Penney, CEO, Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort Hotel.
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Idaho summer weather and Palouse terrain.
There are 2022 Circling Raven Championship sponsor opportunities now available. For more details about this year’s tournament, including how to obtain tickets or volunteer, contact Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort Hotel and Circling Raven at 800-523-2464 or visit cdacasino.com.
“The Circling Raven Championship is a wonderful event to experience,” said CEO Pen ney. “With the beautiful setting and weather and some of the best players in the world, it’s a great way for families and avid golfers to spend a few summer days.”
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Hill’s Resort
This may not be Min nesota, but the Inland Northwest is pretty much a land of lakes and rivers. And if you’re not fortu nate enough to have a family cabin, getting out onto the water doesn’t require an investment in boat ownership or pur chasing of a second home. A quick internet search can find myriad places within an hour-and-half drive to rent a cabin and boat along the water’s edge.
Or consider cruising the beau tiful, world-class waters of Lake Coeur d’Alene. Whether you’re off on a three-hour tour (eh?) or a day-sail with family and friends,
Hill’s Resort is an oasis from the city heat and traffic. Sur rounded by forest, this down-toearth resort is situated alongside
the beaches of Priest Lake (4777 W Lakeshore Rd, Priest Lake, ID). Accommodations, which range from condos to chalets and cabins, all feature rustic decor such as wood-paneled walls, as well as kitchens or kitchenettes
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Lake Life Land of lakes and rivers
and lake or forest views. Some units add stone fireplaces. Their seasonal lakeside dining room serves breakfast as well as American cuisine such as steaks and seafood. Other amenities include tennis courts, a pickleball court, beach volleyball and play grounds. Loaner boats and kayaks are available, and there are beaches and a marina on-site. Call (208) 443-2551 or visit HillsResort.com.
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without the hassles and expense of actually own ing a boat. With a onetime membership fee and affordable monthly dues, members can choose from an entire ready-toboard fleet including pon toon boats, open-bow ski boats, 27’ sailboat, even kayaks, paddle boards and jet skis. An online reservation system makes spur-of-the-moment outings a breeze. And don’t worry if you’re
Carefree Boat Club of North Ida ho gives members all of the plea sures of being out on the water
Rental cabin, Elikins Resort
a landlubber; instructors will get you underway with training in safety, navigation, and on-thewater handling skills. Carefree Boat Club of North Idaho has two locations: Templin’s Resort & Marina in Post Falls and Willow Bay Resort Marina on the Pend Oreille River. Members also have access to watercraft at more than 100 Carefree Boat Club locations including Lake Chelan, Seattle, even Canada and the Virgin Is lands. Visit Northidaho.carefree boats.com for more information.
1950s Clubhouse of th Kalispel Golf and Country Club
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One of the best ways to take in the scenery is with a round of golf. Celebrated for its competitive challenge and impeccable care and beauty, the Kalispel Golf and Coun try Club, nestled along the Little Spokane River, is where the region’s most passionate golfers call home. The 72-par course has remained largely unchanged since its first tee time more than 100 years ago.
tion, and equipment demo days. Visit CdACasino.com/golf for more infor mation—and be sure to check out the story on its Epson Tour involvement in this Whileissue.it’s nice to belong to a coun try club, and a necessity in big urban centers such as Los Angeles if one wants to play on a gorgeous course, that isn’t the case in these parts. Spo kane county has world-class, public golf courses: Latah, Liberty Lake, and MeadowWood courses. Within the city limits there are four municipal golf courses: Indian Canyon, Esmer alda, Downriver, and the Creek at Qualchan. These courses are afford able and offer something for both beginners and professionals alike. But above all, they are gorgeous.
Take in the scenery with a round of golf
Visit KalispelGolf.com for more information.CirclingRaven, part of the Coeur d’Alene Casino in Worley, Idaho, is another course designed around natural landscaping. Measuring 7,189 yards from the rear tees, the 18-hole layout sprawls magnificently through 620 acres of woodlands, wetlands,
Liberty Lake Golf 7th hole Below: Latah Creek Golf Course Signature 11th hole, courtesy of Spokane County Park Department
and Palouse grasses. Be on the look out for deer and moose wandering across the fairways. Stay-and-Play packages are paired with the resort, and an array of programs are de signed to provide a variety of expe riences ranging from competitive tournaments and leagues, couples’ events and wine tastings, instruc
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n Whether going out for brunch or a night out, Osprey Restaurant and Bar’s (700 N Division St, in Ruby River Hotel) view is breathtaking. This location sits alongside the Spokane River and presents a spacious outdoor seating area that is also pet friendly and the perfect place to enjoy their American cuisine and drinks.
n What better way to enjoy seafood than to eat it out on the waters of Lake Coeur d’Alene! Stop by Cedar Floating Restaurant (1514 S Marina Dr), which offers locally sourced ingredients, including daily fresh fish, locally sourced beef, and a full-service bar on its floating location. Of course, boat lovers are more than welcome to pull up at the dock to be part of the fun!
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n How can one resist the mouth-watering smell of fired pizza? Porch Light Pizza (200 NE Kamiaken St), a locally owned restaurant in Pullman, Washington, is a must-try for pizza lovers! You can order from a menu, or better yet- create your pizza! They offer vegetarian, vegan, and
n Twigs Bistro and Martini Bar has it all for a classic American restaurant. With four locations in Spokane (4320 S Regal St on South Hill; 808 W Main Ave in River Park Square; 14728 E Indiana Ave, in Spokane Valley Mall; and 401 E Farwell Rd in Wandermere) and one in Ken newick (1321 N Columbia Center Blvd Suite 901A, in Columbia Center Mall), all locations boast a fantastic outdoor patio, perfect for enjoying the warmer weather and available outdoor heaters. The restau rant serves a menu of delicious American foods that are locally sourced and have vegan and gluten-free options.
flour mill, this restaurant’s historic loca tion has a menu of American classics such as seafood specialties, prime ribs, steaks, sandwiches, drinks, a kid menu, and more!
gluten-free options and a selection of fresh salads. With kid-friendly portions, this is the perfect spot for a family lunch or din ner with a charming outdoor patio!
n Overlooking the beautiful Spokane River in Downtown Spokane, Clinkerdag ger Restaurant (621 W Mallon Ave) is the place to be. Located in what used to be a
On bright sunny days, with the air filled with the smell of food that makes your mouth water, the Inland Northwest offers some best eating spots. Take your outdoor meal to the next level by visiting these visitor-worthy locations that also happen to offer outdoor seating areas.
n If on the lookout for Mediterranean food, Baba (1242 W Summit Pkwy) marks the spot. Baba checks all the boxes with a cozy patio perfect for those hot summer days out with friends and family. More over, the restaurant does not limit itself to serving just Mediterranean food but also offers Middle Eastern and Asianinfluenced meals-perfect for a wide range of personal tastes!
Summer Outdoor Dining in the Inland Northwest
n John Fogerty with Hearty Har – June 17 – Ticket prices are $49/$59/$79/$99
Northern Quest Resort & Casino has changed the local landscape for the better
is no different. The lineup begins with John Fogerty in June, followed by current hitmakers such as Brad Paisley.
n Goo Goo Dolls with Blue Oc tober – July 22 – Ticket prices are $59/$69/$79/$99
n I love the 90s – August 31 – Ticket prices are $49/$59/$79/$99 – (On sale May 27)
n Tesla, Buckcherry & Great White – August 21 – Ticket prices are $49/$59/$79/$99
seats, including 3,000 individual sta dium seats, premium box seats, and VIP terraces, along with more than 11,000 square feet of space, a 60’x40’ stage, as well as food and beverage vendors to accommodate guests. BECU Live is un like any other venue in the area with its intimate set-up, breathtaking sunsets, and close-up experiences with each performer.Bestofall?
n Jon Pardi with Lainey Wilson and Hailey Whitters – July 24 – Ticket prices are $59/$69/$89/$109
But the three-hour drive to The Gorge makes seeing one’s favorite band something of an excursion. We want our music, we want it outdoors, and we want it nearby.
n Tenacious D with Puddles Pity Party – June 20 – Ticket prices are $49/$69/$89/$109
n Flo Rida and T.I. – June 23 – Ticket prices are $59/$69/$79/$99
Dear Summertime Readers,
n Rockzilla Tour: Papa Roach, Falling in Reverse, Hollywood Undead with Bad Wolves – August 20 – Ticket prices are $49/$59(General Admission)/$79/$99
n Barenaked Ladies, Gin Blossoms, and Toad the Wet Sprocket – June 18 – Ticket prices are $49/$59/$79/$99
The drive time changed for accessing big venue acts 11 years ago when North ern Quest Resort & Casino began its Pepsi Outdoor Summer Concert Series.
n Brad Paisley with Chance McK inney – June 26 – Ticket prices are $89/$99/$109/$129
n The Australian Pink Floyd Show – August 14 – Ticket prices are $39/$49/$59/$79
n Bretty Young – August 6 – Ticket prices are $39/$49/$59/$79
The beginnings were admittedly humble. Their first setup was outside on a grassy field with folding chairs lined up around a temporary stage. But the music lovers kept coming, the stage got big ger, the acts more famous, and now the Kalispel Tribe offers its guests entertain ment at the beautiful BECU Live outdoor concert venue.
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n Dwight Yoakam & Emmylou Har ris – August 5 – Ticket prices are $59/$69/$89/$109 – (On sale May 27)
n Larry the Cable Guy with special guest Josh Blue – August 18 – Ticket prices are $39/$49/$69/$89
n Bret Michaels & Jimmie Al len – September 8 – Ticket prices are $49/$59/$79/$99 – (On sale May 27)
n The Avett Brothers with Calder Allen – July 15 – Ticket prices are $59/$69/$79/$99
Live, outdoor music? Yes, please!
The warm season is short but oh-sosweet in the Inland Northwest. Since 1986, when The Gorge Amphitheater first opened for business (at that time as part of the Champs de Brionne win ery), big, outdoor concerts have been a summer tradition east of the Cascades. It’s sunny, dry, and perfect for friendly crowds and live music.
It’s only a 10-minute drive from downtown Spokane to the casino’s Airway Heights location (100 N Hayford Rd).Several incredible improvements were made to the BECU Live venue this past summer, including the addition of Coors Light Cold Rail technology in the Coors Light Landing sponsor area. Northern Quest is one of the first concert venues in America to install the Coors Light Cold Rail, providing an outstanding guest experience.Theacts appearing at BECU Live as part of the casino’s Pepsi Outdoor Con cert Series have attracted ticketholders from 48 states and ten countries. This is largely due to the diversity of genres on offer. Fans of rock, pop, comedy, coun try, and more find themselves in front of their favorite artists each summer. Big names in the past have included hitmak ers such as Pat Benatar, and this summer
n Stone Temple Pilots and Daugh try – July 17 – Ticket prices are $49/$69/$89/$109
The BECU Live theater provides 5,000
As of press time, the current lineup is as follows:
wisely choose where to sit, depending on what they expect from fellow concertgo ers. “If you don’t like people standing up or dancing near you, please consider choosing a spot set back from the stage with good sight lines (like the grand stands),” cautions the organizers.
you can hear live music for free in our beautiful region, look no further! There are several events in the Spokane –Coeur d’Alene area offering live enter tainment at little to no cost throughout the summer.
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What’s unique about the Festival at Sandpoint is that one can either dine on the fabulous food and beverages on “Fes tival Street” or bring one’s own picnic basket and cooler from home. “You can stretch out on a blanket, cruise in a lawn chair, sit in the grandstands or let loose in our dancing areas. Best of all, The Festival at Sandpoint is intimate. It feels as though the artists are playing in your backyard, a private concert just for you andThisyours.”year the festival runs from July 28 through August 7, with nine shows in total. Ticket prices vary depending on the acts performing each evening. Visit FestivalAtSandpoint.com for more details.
n Sam Hunt with Travis Denning – September 17 – Ticket prices are $79/$99/$129/$149
Starting in June is Live by Five in downtown Spokane. Taking over Post St. at 5 pm on June 16, July 14, and August 11, Live by Five hosts food vendors, beer gardens, and free live music.
Tickets for the above shows are on sale now, and the Box Office hours are 10_am-2_pm, Monday through Friday. All concerts require guests 16 years of age and under to be accompanied by an adult. Visit NorthernQuest.com or by phone, 877-871-6772, for more details. Tickets are on sale now.
Humble beginnings: Northern Quest Casino and Resort's very first outdoor summer concert
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In Coeur d’Alene, there will be free summer concerts at Riverstone Park (1805 W Tilford Ln) every Thursday starting in July at 6 pm. Each week is a different music genre, including Jazz, R&B, Country, and more. So, look out for your favorite genres and mark your calendars.Don’tforget about Pig Out in the Park making its comeback for the first time since COVID 19. From August 31 to September 5, enjoy an abundance of food options and free live music in Riverfront Park (507 N Howard St).
Summer is one of the best times to enjoy outdoor activities like swimming, hiking, and going to concerts. However, you can usually find trails and swimming spots freely accessible to the public, a show can sometimes get pricey.
On the Idaho side of the state line, Seasons of Coeur d’Alene (209 E Lake side Ave) is an American-style restaurant with seasonal menus, colorful martinis, and of course, live music.
But music shouldn’t be cost-pro hibitive
The acts booked play upbeat music, and people at this festival love to dance! However, festivalgoers are warned to
Sandpoint, Idaho has been putting on a music festival for the last 39 years. It’s small, intimate, and non-profit. The Festival at Sandpoint Summer Concert Series is held at War Memorial Field, located at 801 Ontario St., Sandpoint, Idaho.This is old-style, classic, outdoor sum mer music. Seating is a lawn chair, picnic blanket, or grandstand, on a first-come, first-served basis—which is probably why diehard festivalgoers tend to line up so early that the organizers have asked fans to “please refrain from coming be fore 6 am the day of your show.”
LeftBank Wine Bar (108 N Washing ton St), located in downtown Spokane, has live music to listen to while eating. You can check out their lineup for the night on their Facebook page to see who will be performing and when.
Zola (22 W Main Ave) is another res taurant in downtown Spokane where you can eat, drink, and jam. They also post their entertainment for the night on their Facebook page. However, they do charge a $5 cover fee at the door, but it is still a reasonably affordable cost to hear some talented musicians.
Do not miss out on these fun summer activities in the Inland Northwest! Hope to see you all there.
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There are also several bars in the area that offer live music with your meal.
n Lynyrd Skynyrd – September 26 –Ticket prices are $89/$99/$109/$129
From Spokane to Sandpoint, more outdoor music
If you have been wondering where
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In the Coeur d’Alene area, Tubbs Hill, Canfield Mountain, Fernan Lake natural areas, Black Bay in Post Falls, Cougar, Blue Creek Bay, a com munity forest, and a former naval training station turned state park are all featured.
No one knows the outdoors in these parts better than Rich Landers. He’s been hiking around since before the Millennial generation existed, and thankfully he’s put it down in writing. He is the author and/or co-author of several books on inspiring regional hikes and climbs. We highly recommend 100 Hikes in the Inland Northwest. The di verse hikes in this collection are all within a three-hour driving radius of Spokane, Washington, including trails in Washington, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and British Columbia, and it includes detailed hiking maps with trail elevation profiles.
The Inland Northwest bursts with these makeshift gathering spots from spring through autumn. Snack on a bunch of leafytopped carrots or still-warm baked bread while looking through handmade soaps and jewelry, then snap up a bouquet of freshly cut flowers to take home for sprucing up the house. Better yet, in vite over for dinner the neighbor you ran into at the pie table. You can serve some quiche with those brown eggs you just bought.
Spokane Parks and Recreation have options galore when it comes to activities and day camps for your little ones this summer. Sewing, swim ming, sculpting, drama, horseback riding, skateboarding, and treasure hunting are just a few of more than 200 different themed activities on offer for kids of all ages and (dis)abilities. Visit Tinyurl.com/spokanekidscamps for a brochure.
ported in time to an actual Renaissance Faire, folks find them selves bartering with growers and craftspeople as kids run around playing while dogs bark at shadows.
Hiking and climbing, just do it!
out Landers’ most recent publication, Urban Trails: Spokane and Coeur d’Alene (2020). In addition to the paved 63-mile Centennial Trail described in seven approachable segments, Spokane-area highlights include several city parks, the Finch Arboretum, the Fish Lake railtrail, High Drive Bluff, Riverside State Park, Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge, Mount Spokane State Park, plus regional parks, and several conservation areas.
Trails, trails, and more trails. How many hiking trails are in this part of the ‘Upper Left,’ you may wonder. Maybe there are 20? Perhaps 50? Try over a 100!
According to Spokane County’s Community Services, Hous ing, and Community Development department, our area has over 28,000 farms! No wonder there are so many farmers markets to visit.
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Farmers Markets are places for learning how to cook unusual vegetables, discovering new crafts, and of course people watch ing. A farmers market is a temporary space where, as if trans
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But they are so much more than that.
Landers’ books are available on Kindle or paperback through Amazon.com or in the tangible world at most local booksellers and REI.
If your kids are the adventurous kind, they’ll really enjoy Mt. Spokane’s new day camp. Located at the top of our region’s iconic mountain, campers will spend their days exploring, playing hard, making friends, and getting dirty, but always with an emphasis on protecting our natural resources and environment. Visit MtSpokane.com/summercamps for the details.
Farmers Markets
The kids are out of school and whining, “I’m bored,” “There’s nothing to do!”Send them away—to camp, that is.
According to the National Farmers Market Coalition, “a farm ers market is a public and recurring assembly of farmers or their representatives selling the food that they produced directly to consumers.”Thecoalition makes bold claims. “Farmers markets fa cilitate personal connections and bonds of mutual benefits between farmers, shoppers, and communities. By cutting out middlemen, farmers receive more food dollars and shoppers receive the freshest and most flavorful food in their area and local economies prosper.”
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Attention adrenaline junkies! Want to mix some high-flying excite ment with fresh air and gorgeous views? Ziplining will give you a new perspective (literally) on summer fun. For those who’ve been stuck on the ground, ziplines are steel cables mounted high up between two trees. Riders wear a harness between their legs and around their torsos, then clamp onto the zipline with a carabiner. Using heavy-duty leather gloves, you jump and push off from a platform and zip down the mountain through the trees. Think of ziplining as a roller coaster — minus the loops — but with all the bloodpumping thrills! Ziplining was famously used by explorers to traverse the jungles of Central and South America, but you get the same rush closer to home with Mica Moon Zip Tours, in Liberty Lake (MicaMoon.com); Timberline Adven tures, in Coeur d'Alene (ZipTimberline. com); and Schweitzer Mountain Resort, in Sandpoint, where a 700-foot zipline takes you on a scenic cruise through the air toward Lake Pend Oreille fulStreetadventurerswouldbridge.downtownaddingzip-line).weitzer.com/events-activities/summer-(SchMaybebynextsummer,we’llbeinformationonaziplineunderSpokane’sMonroeStreetTheproposed1,400-footziplinestartnearcityhallandhurdlefromundertheMonroeBridgeallthewaydowntoPeaceValley.
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Nature never fails
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Life doesn’t cease to exist when one comes home from work and locks the front door. It’s right there. How a house is built and in whichever architectural style matters, but so does the space it inhabits, the land around it. We live in environs, not within walls.
architecture…“Landscapeshares an interest in aesthetics, pleasure, and amenity with gardening, which links it, not only to the earliest settlements and cultivations, but also to ancient dreams of paradise.”
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The landscape is as important to the dwelling as the dwelling itself. Perhaps the best example of this is “Fallingwater,” the Pennsylvania home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935, which was built partly over an actual waterfall. Here in the Inland Northwest, we see this idea of integrating the natural world with the built world in the example of Bella Terra Garden Homes, which recently sold the second to last of the units for its first phase of development. Bella Terra is the brainchild of Roger Fruci, who believes the key to his planned community’s success is due to its approach to landscape.
Landscape Architecture: A Very Short Introduction
Imagine home: No, not its walls, floors, or décor; but rather, the trees, plants, flowers and rocks, the water features and garden gate. Picture not the house but the world right outside it, a continuously shifting still life framed by the living room window.
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“Usually, the buildings go in, or the home is built, and then the landscaping is added to complement it,” Fruci explains. “In the case of Bella Terra, we took the opposite approach, which was to plan the basic garden concept and then to design everything else around that.”
The first phase of this master-planned, gated community on Spokane's South Hill was designed around a Central
Garden that measuring 500 feet by 120 feet, essentially two football fields end to end.
Fruci, a native-Spokanite, is likely better known in connection with his family’s accounting firm, Fruci & Associates than as a developer. He followed in the familial tradition and is a CPA and Certified Financial Planner, but then in 2006, Fruci founded Light & Nature, LLC, the mission of which was, and still is, to develop real estate in harmony with nature.
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“When I left the CPA firm and thought about what kind of real estate I wanted to develop, it was very clear that I
Anne Hanenburg, a principal at SPVV Landscape Architects of Spokane, was an early adopter of creating gardens as a healing environment. She was among the first group of landscape architects to attend a special program to earn healthcare certification from the Chicago Botanic
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“I don't divide architecture, landscape and gardening; to me they are one.”
“At that time when we first spoke, healing gardens were not so well known, but since then they have become widely used in healthcare facilities especially, and Anne has developed quite a respected practice in that specialty, well beyond the Spokane market.”
Hanenburg and the other designers at SPVV incorporated the principles of meditation and memory
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wanted to create an environment that would be healing and peaceful,” says Fruci. “So, that was a starting point for everything else. The very first person I talked to, before any architect or contractor, was Anne Hanenburg.”
Gardens and is considered an expert in that field, having been recognized with numerous awards.
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SPVV has worked on myriad projects, always with an eye toward purpose of place, whether an assignment is a small, single residence or a larger public works project such as the Spokane Falls Boulevard endeavor. The firm created the landscape and irrigation plans for the central
“Ultimately we need to recognize that while humans continue to build urban landscapes, we share these spaces with other species.”
gardens into the vision for the Central Garden at Bella Terra.“People tend to focus on the sense of sight when thinking of a garden, but there are so many sensory nuances: the fragrances, the sounds of a gentle waterfall and the birds singing, the feel of the bark, the taste of edible plants," explains Hanenburg.
branches or grasses when there is a breeze, the layers of fragrance, and the succulence of freshly picked fruits, vegetables, and herbs work together. The garden changes with the rhythm of the day.”
“The landscape will create beauty throughout the seasons. Different shapes, colors, the movement of the
terms of the way the units opened to the garden so that the natural healing qualities of the garden opened right into theSPVVtownhomes.”integrated permaculture principles in Bella Terra's gardens but was careful to make its design look ornamental while incorporating plants that provide food.
“With Bella Terra, instead of coming up with a plan for some housing units and doing a site plan and the layout, we came up with a kind of unique garden environment that we wanted to create. Then, once we decided what we needed to do to make that happen, we adapted the design of the units both in terms of their placement but also in
traffic islands of Spokane Falls Boulevard running through Spokane’s University District. This latter project included traffic calming concerns, lighting, and pedestrian usage.
"The bones of the landscape are the trees and shrubs,” says Hanenburg. “I select the trees for many different reasons. Some create interesting shapes in the snow, such
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“The enjoyment of scenery employs the mind without fatigue and yet exercises it; tranquilizes it and yet enlivens it.”
Frederick Law Olmsted
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as hemlocks, or have bark that is beautiful against the white of winter. Some trees are for bearing fruits and nuts. Others have berries for color and to attract birds. Evergreens provide winter color and help screen the residents from each other Permacultureyear-round."requires that certain types of plants be grouped with others for the benefit of all, which requires careful consideration given to soil profiles that support a healthy site and use less water. It’s a holistic approach that is both sustainable and beautiful.“‘Inaworld that can be noisy, hectic, filled with multiple distractions, and lacking any sense of natural order, Bella Terra provides a home base that will enable you to relax, refocus and
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So, no matter where one sits within the artificial world—be it comprised of concrete or cedar, but always a roof, walls, and floor—the aim should be to bring nature within. This is evident from the interior photos of Bella Terra. The design incorporates large picture windows that are laid out to look upon the gardens.
It’s the theory Frank Lloyd Wright put into practice, which he explained succinctly as thus: “Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.”
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reenergize.’ That quote encompasses everything that we did, to the extent that we could do so within the constraints of the economics and other practicalities of construction,” says Fruci. “The layout and design of the units were adapted to the healing garden.”
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The idea of sustainability, both in reusing and repurposing natu ral materials from the site, was the goal for another project on the South Hill that Spokane SPVV created.“Wesought to maximize the panoramic views and blend [the architecturally landscaped portion] with the surrounding native land scape,” says Principal landscape architect Anne Hanenburg.
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The result: planted trellising flowers act as a picture frame for the natural landscape of the rolling Palouse.
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As a centerpiece for backyard gather ings, the ideal firepit is weather-resistant, functional, and unique in design. When it comes to quality, you might think metal is metal, but you’d be wrong. Many big box stores sell imported firepits that tend to be manufactured in countries where the regulations are much more lenient than those here in the United States, and the sub-standard materials are more susceptible to rusting through with each fire, with a lifespan of a few
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Few things compare to a relaxing evening with family and friends around a fire while sipping a glass of good wine as you watch the flames dance in the moonlight. It’s an even better experi ence if you can do it in the comfort of your own backyard. Of course, there are two things you’ll need (not counting the wine), chairs and a firepit.
Many big box stores carry outdoor chairs and firepits, which can be ordered online. But in a recent survey by the In ternational Casual Outdoor Furnishings Association, a resounding 88 percent of respondents said they were dissatisfied in some way with their outdoor space, cit ing a lack of style, comfort, and quality.
When you purchase inexpensive, mass-produced outdoor furnishings, the materials used to manufacture the products reflect the price you’re paying. Cheap materials create cheap products. And cheap products perform poorly.
ity, though; in fact, it provides several advantages over wood and metal. Plastic composite stands up to weather, doesn’t chip, stain or rust, is colorfast, and easy to clean using soap and water. In fact, modern outdoor chairs such as those from Polywood and Seaside Casual are made from materials similar to high-per formance composite decking. Not only is this high-density polyethylene (HPDE) plastic ultradurable, but it’s eco-friendly because it’s made from recycled materials such as milk jugs and detergent bottles.
According to Dave Jacobs, owner of Jacobs Custom Living, which carries Polywood and Seaside Casual brands, the manufacturers cut and assemble products made with plastic ‘lumber’ just as they would if they were using real wood. The durability is so superior that HDPE chairs are tested and proven to withstand weight of up to 300lbs. Being heavier than everyday plastic chairs, they’re not going to be blown off the
deck or around the yard with the slight est gust of Becausewind.HDPE doesn’t warp or bend, the style of chair, be it Adirondack or lounge, keeps its classic form and com fortable
“Oncedesign.you've sat in a quality piece of furniture, you realize that it’s not just something on the deck for when people come over,” says Jacobs. “It’s a destina tion, and you start looking for reasons to use this extra living space in your home.”
firepits from Kalispel Metal Products can include unique views of the flames through graphic cutouts such as animals, trees, and cityscapes. The ideas are end less. One customer in Puget Sound had fish and eagle silhouettes added to the metal ring, and requested pedestal feet designed to look like crab claws.
“Fire isn't just about heat, there's something about a firepit that draws people to gether and creates conversation; people can sit around a campfire and be completely silent, too, and there's a comfortable peace about that.”
Kalispel Metal Products also makes park-style BBQ grills, picnic tables, and benches of such high quality that they are used at the RV parks of the Kalispel Casino and Northern Quest Resort.
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seasons. Another concern is that inex pensive materials and finishes in import ed firepits can cause health risks from toxic chemical Custom-builtsmoke. firepits, on the other hand, not only use high-quality materi als, but are designed to match and en hance the existing style of your outdoor living space. Kalispel Metal Products, a sheet metal fabrication shop in Cusick, Washington, crafts their pedestal and octagon-shaped firepits from 1/4” steel with hand-welded seems. The octagon shape incorporates a hinged spark guard made from ¾” expanded metal.
“Fire isn't just about heat,” Rubertt says. “There's something about a firepit that draws people together and creates conversation; people can sit around a campfire and be completely silent, too, and there's a comfortable peace about that.”
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Colene Rubertt, director of special projects for Kalispel Metal Products, says that safely containing the fire is the chief function of a firepit, but the fun comes when you personalize it to truly make it a special element of your outdoor living space.Being hand-fabricated or forged, as well as cut out using Computer Nu merical Control machining, custom
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The average person with hypertension has no symptoms until they develop a disease
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Women who drink two or more drinks per day and men who drink three or more drinks per day tend to have high blood pressure. What is a drink? Twelve ounces of regular beer, 5 ounces of wine, or 1.5 ounces of distilled spirits is considered a serving.-Smoking: Smoking, nicotine pouches, chewing tobacco, and vaping nicotine each raises blood pressure, heart rate, and how hard your heart must work for about 20-30 minutes after each exposure. Decreasing or stopping nicotine use is the best long-term goal for blood pressure control. Stopping can be overwhelming, and you can only quit when you are ready—not when your spouse, children, or provider wants you to. Start cutting back by not smoking or chewing out of habit. It’s helpful to put your nicotine in an inconvenient place. Next cut back
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the AHA recommends that everyone with hypertension eat a low salt diet. If a low salt diet is palatable to you, that’s great. If it is not a change you are willing to make, try checking your blood pressure after resting for five minutes before a high salt meal and again 1 hour later on multiple occasions. If your blood pressure consistently increases by at least 5 points, you may then feel compelled to limit your salt intake. Making positive diet changes can reduce your blood pressure by approximately 5 points.
High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a silent killer because the average person with hypertension has no symptoms until they develop a disease. Imagine a bicycle tire pumped with too much air and your blood vessels as the tire. This is akin to high blood pressure. Now consider that the average body houses 60,000 miles of blood vessels. That high pressure inside these vessels causes disease by damaging the organs the arteries feed. Some of the most devastating consequences include heart attack, stroke, kidney disease, and erectile dysfunction.
Do you know what your blood pressure numbers mean? The top number (systolic blood pressure) represents the pressure in your arteries each time your heart beats. The bottom number (diastolic blood pressure) pertains to the pressure in your arteries between heartbeats. If one or both of those numbers are too high, your arteries have too much pressure. (See sidebar for details.)Riskfactors for high blood pressure that you can’t control include increasing age, strong family history, and African American heritage. Thankfully, there are many modifiable risk factors that you can control. Eating a healthy diet, routinely exercising, weight loss if needed, drinking alcohol in moderation, and refraining from nicotine products all contribute to improved blood pressure and many other health benefits.
alone can lower your blood pressure an average of 5 points, independent of weight loss. If you are slightly short of breath when exercising, you are getting aerobic exercise. You can start with just 10 minutes a day and slowly increase the time you exercise to increase your endurance and lower your risk of injuries.
HYPERTENSION, THE SILENT KILLER
-Exercise: If you exercise aerobically for 30 minutes five days a week, this
-Weight loss: Weight loss can lead to a significant fall in blood pressure independent of exercise. As many of you know, it is often the most frustrating of the lifestyle interventions since our bodies don’t always cooperate with our efforts. In addition, it’s important to tailor your meal plan based on the genes your body expresses, your lifestyle, and your relationship with food. For this reason, my practice offers an individualized weight loss program. For every 10 pounds you lose, you can lower your blood pressure by approximately 5-10-Alcohol:points.
rich foods while limiting saturated fat, cholesterol, and trans fat. In addition, it consists of a diet low in sodium, sweets, and red meat. A primarily whole foods diet is ideal but is often difficult. Start by finding small ways to cut back on processed foods and continue to make improvements from there. Also, if you are insulin resistant or a diabetic, you will want to limit carbohydrate dense foods, such as fruit and whole grains. In addition, up to half of those with hypertension are salt sensitive, meaning salt intake increases their blood pressure. Unfortunately, there is no genetic test to determine if you are salt sensitive yet, so
Nearly half of American adults have high blood pressure. More concerning, many people don’t even know they have it.
-Diet: The DASH diet is the most widely accepted hypertension diet and is promoted by the American Heart Association (AHA). The DASH diet encourages more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and low-fat protein-
Jessica Blackwell owns eVillageHealth, a local primary care practice serving patients from Washington and Idaho. “I created eVillageHealth so that I could meet people where they are, no matter their level of health or illness, and partner with them to maximize their state of wellness.” Blackwell is a family nurse practitioner with 24 years of experience. Visit eVillageHealth. com or call 509.960.6527 for new patient information.
The body is like a train, and when one train car derails, it’s often because others also have. A common cause of hypertension, heart attacks, and many other illnesses is insulin resistance, otherwise known as metabolic syndrome. We recommend you undergo a complete evaluation with your provider. During my patients’ annual wellness visits, I screen for insulin resistance and prediabetes for those with risk factors, just as I screen for certain cancers. Visit eVillageHealth.com and scroll to the bottom of the home page to learn more about insulin resistance.
n Stage 2: 140/90 or higher
The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) recommend a blood pressure lower than 120/80. The average blood pressure to start medication varies based on your overall health. It’s important to check your blood pressure after resting for five minutes intermittently at home. The frequency is based on how high your blood pressure runs and your risk factors. Ask your healthcare provider how often you should be checking yours. High blood pressure is broken down into stages. The higher number determines the stage, so if your blood pressure averages 130s/90s, you have stage 2 hypertension.
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to smoking or chewing only for severe cravings. Reach out to your provider if you need assistance quiting. By quitting or cutting back significantly, you can potentially decrease your blood pressure by 20 Althoughpoints.it may be easier to take medication for high blood pressure instead of modifying your lifestyle, simply taking medication does not address the root cause of the problem. We recommend you undergo a complete evaluation to see the bigger picture of your overall health. Taking mindful steps now increases the odds that your healthy
n Hypertension:
life expectancy, or years that you enjoy good health, will more closely match your actual life expectancy.
n Elevated blood pressure: 120 to 129/<80
n Stage 1: 130 to 139/80 to 89
n Emergency: 180/120 or higher
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If you are looking for the safest way to get that bronze glow that you love so much, sunless tanning is the way to go. With sunless tanning, a light mist is sprayed onto your body. The active ingredient in sunless tanning solutions is derived from beets infused with moisturizing botanicals, meaning it won’t dry out your skin.
“If you're going be active this summer, go get a tune-up or two,” Valente says. “If you wait until you're already broken, you may have to come in multiple times to address the problem.”
You bring your car in for regular maintenance, so why not treat your body just as well?
As soon as warm weather hits, it’s easy to want to hit the ground running as you get back into your active lifestyle. But in the same way you would plan ahead to ensure a vacation goes smoothly, it’s as equally important to get your body ready for fun in the sun.
“A month of sessions in the tanning bed,” Treperinas says, “will keep you from going outside with really white skin and frying your buns off.”
Sunny Buns Tanning Salon and Spa offers two methods of sunless tanning. Choose either a private, automated booth equipped with nozzles that spray
Experts estimate that going out in the sun with a base tan is equivalent to wearing a sunscreen with a sun protection factor of three to four. This means the skin can be exposed to up to four times more sun before burning.
Get Your Body Ready for Summer Fun VACATION PLANNING
Especially at the beginning of summer, Sunny Buns owner Deena Treperinas explains, many clients who are golfers opt to darken only their legs so that they don't look ghostly in shorts. Spray tanning, she says, is also effective for covering tan lines left from swimsuits and dress straps.
If you’ve been sitting around all winter, you’re going to need some lotion in your motion. Even doing simple outdoor activities like gardening can become a chore if muscles and joints aren’t working properly. Seeing a chiropractor can help you increase mobility, prevent injuries, and enjoy the sports and activities you love. “When you’re suddenly active on a joint that hasn’t been moving, the ligaments and tissue surrounding that joint can swell. I refer to swelling as ‘joint glue,’” explains Dr. Michael Valente, DC, of Valente Chiropractic. “You don't want joints to be locked up because that's going to cause pain, which in turn causes your muscles and your back to tighten up. When this negative spiral happens, it's really tough on your body.”
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So get outside and enjoy the sunshine— carefully.
The one drawback of sunless tanning is that it is temporary, typically lasting about a week. If you’re going to be in the sun for prolonged periods, Treperinas suggests getting a base tan in a tanning bed.
your entire body (front and back), or a handheld airbrush which a technician uses to spray the tanning solution onto specific areas of your body.
Get Moving
Chiropractic adjustments not only allow the joints and muscles to move better but also help the nervous system to better coordinate complex movements. Swinging a golf club, for example, requires collaboration on the part of many joints from the feet up to the hands, including ankles, knees, hips, spine, elbows and wrists. A great golf swing relies on repetitive motion. But if you continue to stress tight joints and play through the pain, the front nine may be your last.
Get Glowing
Being outside with the sun on your skin is invigorating, but a common misconception is that a glowing tan indicates good health. While there are some health benefits to being in the sun, such as an increase of immunityboosting Vitamin D, a natural tan takes time, and prolonged exposure to UV rays can damage skin, increasing the risk of premature aging, wrinkles, brown spots, and more serious health conditions such as skin cancer.
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Deglaze pan with white wine and reduce by half. Add vinegar, honey and oregano; cook until reduced by half.
Warm weather means grilling season is back, but evenings spent around the grill are no longer just for hot dogs and burgers. This summer, impress family and friends with creative new recipes that put a spin on your traditional go-to meals.
In heavy-bottomed pot, whisk stock and polen ta; bring to boil. Cook, stirring frequently, about 15 minutes, or until thick and creamy.
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1/4 cup white wine
Whether you’re grilling for neighbors or gather ing the family for a weeknight meal, the sausage is convenient, easy to prepare and can help turn any occasion into a memorable one. Made from 100% pork and loaded with traditional Italian herbs and spices, it pairs perfectly with this creamy polenta, as well as pizzas, sandwiches, kebabs and more.
1 package Carando Sweet Italian Sausage
1 yellow bell pepper, julienned
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3 tablespoons olive oil
Sweet Italian Sausage Polenta
2 cups dry polenta
To start, try bringing other cultural influences to the table. Get inspired by this Sweet Italian Sau sage Polenta, starring flavor-packed Carando Sweet Italian Sausage and vinegar-laced peppers over soft, creamy polenta. Simple and satisfying, this recipe may just earn a permanent spot on your summer menu.
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Add sausages to pan to warm.
Heat grill to medium-low. Grill sausages 15-20 minutes, using tongs to turn frequently; reserve.
When sausages are warm, place polenta on large platter then top with sausages, peppers and onions.
Heat pan over medium-high heat. Add olive oil, peppers, onions and garlic; and saute until veg etables soften and just begin to color.
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1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1 red bell pepper, julienned
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
Remove polenta from heat and whisk in butter and cheese. Reserve until ready to serve.
8 cups chicken stock
1 tablespoon fresh garlic, minced
2 teaspoons oregano
1 medium yellow onion, julienned
2 tablespoons honey
Servings: 4
Total time: 35 minutes
8 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 12oz can Sweetened Condensed Milk
I started looking into old southern cookbooks to find recipes for this banoffee pie. It seemed like some thing that would have been created in the south, but I was surprised to learn that it's not a southern dish at all. It was created in the ‘70s by an English restaurant, which, come to think of it, makes perfect sense be cause toffee is about the most English candy there is. The fact that there's a biscuit crust should have been a dead giveaway for this Anglophile. As we all know, the English are known for their fantastic cuisine, another reason to have assumed this was English (I hope you got the sarcasm there). Turn on some Downton Abby and pair this classic English dessert with a nice pot of Earl Grey tea.
Instructions Pour the can of sweetened condensed milk into a small shallow baking dish, cover it with foil and then place that into a bigger dish, then (this is important) place that dish into the oven before you fill the bigger dish with water to about halfway up the small dish. Bake at 400˚ for an hour.
pan with nonstick spray or coat with a thin layer of butter. Pour the crumb crust into the
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Ingredients
1 tablespoon powdered sugar
1 cup heavy whipping cream
1 package of Graham Crackers
2 tablespoons Butter, melted
Dark Chocolate Shavings
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Place graham crackers into a food processor until they turn to crumb, or place the crackers into a bag and bang them with a hammer (meat mallet). Mix in the meltedSpraybutter.atart
2-3 ripe Bananas
I must admit that the idea of banoffee pie is a new concept for me. It came to me this summer in the form of an ice cream from my favorite local ice cream shop, The Scoop. I love anything and everything toffee candy, so for there to be a toffee dessert that I hadn't heard of made me sad that I've lived 30-plus years without this in my life. After that afternoon, I started seeing banoffee everywhere, which I took as a sign that I needed to figure out how to make this.
pan and press into an even layer, making sure to go up the sides a little. Then bake at 350˚ for 5-7 minutes or in your 400˚ oven for 3-5 minutes, but don't go far and let that crust get too brown. Let cool completely. Once the toffee has thickened and become a deep golden brown, pour the toffee into the cooled crust and refrigerate for a minimum of 4 hours to overnight.Slicethebananas about 1/4 of an inch thick and place decoratively on the top of the cooled toffee. Place the heavy whipping cream into a bowl with the powdered sugar and beat until it becomes whipped cream. Garnish the pie with dark choco late shavings and serve with a big dollop of whipped cream.
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Trying out Spokane’s tastiest BBQ One Night Stand's Meat Fight & sides Betty Jean's Pork Fries & Ribs TT's Smoked Bologna Sandwich
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Father’s Day Pit Stops
One Night Stand BBQ Food Truck and Catering
your grill, or if you’re needing a break from the challenges of dialing down to the perfect temperature for cooking your meats, here is our run-down of three spots in town to find amazing barbecue.
With summer quickly approaching, many of us are eager to whip off those grill covers and start honing our barbecue skills. An outdoor feast of grilled ribs or tender brisket, accompanied by an array of delicious sides, is the quintessentially American ways to celebrate Father’s Day, graduations, Fourth of July, and any other celebratory summer event.
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Tami and Bob Watts have been running this successful barbecue food truck for
But if you’re not quite ready to tinker with
six years—after retiring from the BBQ competition circuit, where they’ve won in all four categories (brisket, ribs, pork, and chicken). You can find them in their food truck at the Kendall Yards Night market, the Spokane Valley Farmers’ Market, and every other week until October at Big Barn Brewing in Green Bluff. They are also active at beer festivals around town, and on Father’s Day you will find them at the Valley
The Smoked Bologna Sandwich: Thick slice of smoked bologna, Memphis-style mustard BBQ sauce, lettuce, tomato, onions, and pickles.
“The Whole Stand,” another musttry, comes with all the meats (pork ribs, chicken, pulled pork, and jalapeño cheddar sausage) and your choice of three sides (pictured are coleslaw, potato salad, and baked beans). If you’re going to go barbecue, you might as well go all out!
TT’s Old Iron Brewery and BBQ
The Sampler Plate: 1/4lb of Brisket, Ribs, Pulled Pork, Turkey, Chicken Thighs & Spicy Sausage with two sides
As with One Night Stand, Betty Jean’s is a family affair. Six years ago, Dee and Omar Jones opened Betty Jean’s BBQ
Beer Festival at Centerplace Regional Event Center. They practice their BBQ art central Texas-style, with dry rub and long hours in theCustomersmoker. favorites include “The Meat Fight,” a massive meat sandwich, loaded with brisket, pulled pork and jalapeño cheddar sausage slices, topped with a jalapeño cheddar sausage cap.
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TT’s namesake, Travis Thosath, joined forces with celebrity chef Chad White (of Top Chef fame) to open TT’s Old Iron Brewery and BBQ in Spokane Valley on Father’s Day, 2019. This year, they are celebrating their third anniversary with a special event on Father’s Day. The menu will include their now famous Kansas Citystyle BBQ with a Northwest twist: They spray their brisket and chicken with a 50-50 mix of apple cider vinegar and beer wort, or “hoppy sugar water,” as they describe it. Some of their specialty sides include cheesy corn, house-made smoked pinto beans, and corn bread with honey butter. Don’t let the celebrity chef connection fool you; TT’s is classic goodness, solid Americana BBQ. Pictured here are the Smoked Bologna Sandwich and the Sampler Plate. TT’s is located at 4110 S Bowdish Rd, Spokane Valley.
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(named after Dee’s grandma) in a small food court at the Main Exchange inside Fairchild Air Force Base. After retiring from the Air Force, Omar enrolled in culinary school, where he honed his meat cooking skills. The Jones’ 11-year tour in North Carolina exposed them to the rich flavors of Carolina-style BBQ, with its thick and tangy but subtly sweet flavor profile. When they decided to move back to Spokane and settle down, they started Betty Jean’s to fill a void in the area’s BBQ food culture. Their restaurant quickly grew in popularity among the military families who frequented the Airway Heights location. Now, civilians also can enjoy Betty Jean’s BBQ at the Jones’ brand-new second location in Spokane on the South Hill, at 2926 E 29th Ave.
The Boss's Grandma'sFriesFavorite: with Grandma's baked beans, Southern style green beans, pork brisket, sausage, and ribs Spokane’s barbecue culture is thriving. Lindsay’s husband, Ryan, tagged along to make sure these spots for BBQ were Father’s Day-worthy. He says they are (and we agree).
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Hill’s Resort Restaurant and Lounge. On Priest Lake, the view is a perfect accompaniment to a filet mignon and glass of wine. Whether you’re in the mood for locally picked huckleberries or craving comfort food, Hill’s has something that will delight all tastes. Breakfast and lunch are casual menu and a dinner menu seven days a week from Mid-May through Early October. Restaurant open Friday evenings through Sunday evenings Mid October–February. Restaurant and Lounge closed March and April. Dinner reservations are always recommended and can be made by calling the front desk at. 4777 W Lakeshore Rd, Priest Lake, ID, (208) 4432551, HillsResort.com.
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EPIC Sports Bar. From the nachos and buffalo wings to prime rib dip and epic burgers, EPIC is serving up a full menu of upscale pub fare, craft beers, and cocktails inside Northern Quest. With its thirty-foot LED HDTV, you can enjoy sports for breakfast, lunch and dinner every day. 100 N Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, (509) 481-2122, Sunday-Thursday
7am-12am, Friday-Saturday 7am-2am, NorthernQuest.com.
Gander and Ryegrass. An Italianinspired restaurant in downtown Spokane with a menu featuring coursed meals based around whole animal butchery and homemade pasta. Their robust beverage program includes a full bar and wine cellar delivering a variety of pairings for each course. They would love to welcome you for your birthday and other celebrations, as well as offer you the best service for a great night out on the town. À la carte options available, too. 404 W Main Ave, (509) 315-4613, daily 12pm–9pm, GanderAndRyegrass.com.
High Tide Lobster Bar. Chef Chad White is all about bringing the flavor, but this time he’s bringing some of that East coast flavor to the West Coast with New England Style Lobster Rolls. Also try clam chowder by the pint or quart. 835 N Post St, (509) 381-5954, Wednesday-Sunday 11am-8pm, HighTideLobsterBar.com.
Clinkerdagger. A downtown institution, this is the place for taking out of town guests when showing off Spokane. Located in the historic Flour Mill, overlooking the river, its English Gothic décor creates the perfect ambiance for enjoying their signature, slow-cooked choice prime rib meal. 621 W Mallon Avenue Spokane, (509) 328-5965, Sunday 3-9pm, Monday-Thursday, 11:30am-9pm, Friday-Saturday 11:30-10pm, and Happy Hour Monday-Thursday 3-5pm, Clinkerdagger.com.
Chinook crafted by Chef Adam Hegsted. Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort Hotel’s signature “upper casual” restaurant had its grand reopening on November 11, with a reimagining of its menu and cocktail offerings thanks to Chef Adam Hegsted. The restaurant still features items diners have grown to love—such as a delicious steak dinner—but has added new items at a lower price point. There is something for everyone to love at Chinook. 37914 S Nukwalqw St, Worley, ID, (800) 523-2464, Monday-Sunday 7am-3am, CdACasino. com.
Maryhill Winery. The winery draws more than 75,000 guests annually, while the region offers warm summer days, year-round appeal and excellent winemaking and continues to gain recognition as an emerging wine destination. Each location offers beautiful scenery, frequent live music and special events, food menus featuring small plates and charcuterie, and an expansive selection of award-winning wines. 9774
1898 Public House. With a nod of respect to the year Kalispel Golf and Country Club was established, 1898 Public House combines a storied history with modern flair. The culinary team takes pride in preparing classic foods with a fresh twist, while using the finest ingredients. From hand-pressed gourmet burgers and house-cured bacon, to house-made rolls and charcuterie, dining at 1898 will be an exciting culinary tour for your palate. 2010 W Waikiki Rd., (509) 466-2121, Monday-Thursday 11am-9pm, Friday 11am-10pm, Saturday 9am-10pm, Sunday 9am-9pm, 1898publichouse.com.
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Crafted Tap House. Excellent outdoor dining with firepits on a large patio make for an ideal setting to enjoy their 62 rotating taps from breweries near and far. The house-made, giant pretzels with five-cheese, beer dipping sauce made with red pepper syrup and sea salt is a must. Burger lovers will die for the #42 as well as the other gastropub fair. 523 Sherman Ave, CdA, Id, (208) 292-4813, Bar is Monday-Sunday, 11am-close, kitchen is Sunday-Thursday, 11am-9pm, FridaySaturday 11am-10pm, CraftedTapHouse. com.
Luna. An amazing, neighborhoodbased, white-table cloth establishment with international cuisine and a wine list longer than a table for four, Luna is a locally owned mainstay on Spokane’s South Hill. Happy hour every day from 3-6pm is surprisingly affordable. Dinner reservations are encouraged. 5620 S Perry St, Spokane, (509) 488-2383, MonThurs 4pm-8pm, Friday 4pm-9pm, Saturday 4pm-9pm, Sunday 4pm-8pm, LunaSpokane.com
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as $2 drafts with 20 taps to choose from. Visit spokanetribecasino.com for menus, details and to make a reservation. 14300 W SR-2 Hwy., Airway Heights, (509) 8181547, Monday-Thursday 11am-9pm, Friday 11am-10pm, Saturday 9am-10pm, Sunday 9am-9pm, SpokaneTribeCasino.com/ dining.
TT’s Brewery & Barbecue. TT’s Brewery & Barbecue is proud to offer the highest quality barbecue and beers brewed onsite. From their family to yours, they put lots of love and careful attention in each item. 4110 S Bowdish Rd., Spokane Valley, (509) 919-4798, Tuesday-Saturnday 12pm-9pm, ZonaTTsBreweryBBQ.com.Blanca.ZonaBlanca brings the flavors of coastal Mexico to Spokane.
The Fat Pig. Enjoy their outdoor dining and seasonally rotating menus made with local ingredients and a perpetually rotating craft beer and wine list. 301 Cedar St, Suite 102, Sandpoint, ID, (208) 265-PORK (7675), Tuesday-Saturday 4-10pm, closed Sunday-Monday, SandpointFatPig.com.
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Masselow’s Steakhouse. With nine prime-grade steaks and the best seafood oceans and rivers have to offer, Masselow’s Steakhouse continually provides the “wow” factor. With an outstanding array of mouth-watering cuisine, an extensive wine selection, and true Kalispel hospitality, Chef Tanya Broesder and her team create a special experience you won’t soon forget. 100 N Hayford Rd., Airway Heights, (509) 481-6020, 5pm-10pm, Masselows.com.Wednesday-Sunday
Flavor comes first, and ceviche, entrees, tacos, tostadas, and more await you. 157 S Howard St, (509) 241-3385, TuesdayThursday 4pm-9pm, Friday-Saturday 4pm-10pm, LineFishSalt.com. Let us know of any new restaurants by email at editor@spokanecda.com.
411 N Nettleton St, (509) 340-9347, 5pm-9pm, ParkLodgeRestaurant.com.Tuesday-Saturday
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Highway 14, Goldendale, (509) 773-1976, Sunday-Friday 11am-6pm, Saturday 11am-8pm, 1303 W Summit Pkwy., Ste. 100, (509) 443-3832, Monday-Thursday 12pm-8pm, Friday 12pm-9pm, Saturday 11am-9pm, Sunday 11am-7pm, 801 Waterfront Way, Ste. 105, Vancouver , (360) 450-6211, Monday-Thursday 12pm-9pm, Friday-Saturday 11am-10pm, Sunday 11am-8pm, 14810 NE 145th St #A, Woodinville, (425) 481-7925, Monday-Thursday 12pm-8pm, FridaySaturday 12pm-9pm, Sunday 12pm-7pm, MaryhillWinery.com.
Park Lodge. A fine dining restaurant featuring a relaxing atmosphere and locally inspired comfort meals from its awardwinning chef, uniquely prepared on a wood-fired grill.
Three Peaks Kitchen + Bar. Named after the three prominent peaks outlining the Spokane Tribe’s homeland, Three Peaks is the Spokane Tribe Casino’s premier dining destination. This upscale casual eatery features weekend brunch, as well as lunch and dinner specials all week long. Discover your new favorite Happy Hour from 3-7pm every day with amazing patio seating, local and regional wines, as well
“When did you get here?” This is sure to be followed up with, “What made you move?” Beware. These questions are code, and assump tions will be immediate. Newer transplants, basically anyone not fourth-generation North Idahoan, are not always aware that Cali fornians have been relocating to North Idaho since the 1960s. So, the “I’m so glad I just discovered this place,” or “I love it as it is and
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by TONYA SHERMAN
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North Idaho is not as simple as it seems. The stereotypes about an ti-government separatists, granolamunching grannies, gun-loving outdoorsmen, and all other man ners of cliché are accurate—and completely wrong. The Panhandle is complex in beliefs, backgrounds, experiences, and expectations. The Kardashians have taken to vaca tioning here, so that explains how unexplainable this region is.
Our family, originally from Spokane, imagined making Sand point home for years before we finally drove across that long bridge and stayed without turning back. Now we’re ‘locals.’ If you too have thought about making North Idaho your permanent home, you’ll need a primer on “how to be a local,” lest you upset the wrong feathers.Onequestion you’ll be asked is,
com).You can also enjoy the world's largest ice cream cones and greasi est, tastiest, double patty, double bacon, extra cheese cheeseburger at Dubs Drive-In on Highway 2, where one child learned to count by watching the logging trucks passYouby.can wear your indoor slippers that look like mocca sins to buy groceries at Winter Ridge (winterridgefoods.com), where one visitor claimed, “I've been all over this great world, and I have yet to find a better natural foods market and café than this one. They hire pleas ant, warm people who care about each other and our com munity. They do an exceptional job of welcoming everyone in, from the logger to the artist, from the cop to the activist. All with love. All without judgment. This is my grocery store, my first choice for the food I need to feed my body, bones to spirit.” (That same person is prepared to decapitate a zombie withoutPleaseblinking.)remember to tip for services and know that both good conversations and good food take a little extra time. If you are tired and don't want to talk, then wear your hat low and only look at your toes. Otherwise it is expected to make eye contact and of fer a “Hello” to everyone you meet.In closing, Patagonia is acceptable to wear to a semiformal dress fundraiser. And anywhere else in North Idaho.
Which brings us to the zombie apocalypse. Everyone here is prepared for it: Genera tors, canned foods, gasoline reserves, weapons, whiskey,
don’t want to see it change,” and other such claptrap will be deemed nonsense. Too little, too late, not feasible. N. Idaho, and Sandpoint in particular, is quickly
Tonya Sherman and her hus band, Scott, have been chasing their dream of living ski town lifestyles. Together they built a house in 2006 on acreage outside Priest River and then moved in 2019 to downtown Sandpoint. They have a love of “Place” and the Outdoors. You can find Scott on Strava sibilityandstrava.com/athletes/90224223atTonyawhereverthepostakesher.
Forgivechanging.meifI grumble about sharing the local roads, trails, and ice cream line as they grow ever more crowded. I stopped checking my mailbox to avoid the latest property tax increase notice due to the skyrock eting real estate prices, and may I take this moment to beg for more parking at Schweitzer? Just know that if you’re coming here from Arizona, California, or Washing ton, please change those license plates ASAP, as we cannot help our triggered reactions—even those of us who aren’t fourth-generation Idahoan feel entitled to our prickli ness.So, advice on living local and blending in: Sandpoint’s downtown parking is for people who don’t have a bike. If you insist on driv ing, here are your Cliff Notes: Don't bother washing your vehicle in the snow/mud sea sons, i.e., every month except July and August. It is perfectly acceptable to park your ex tended cab pickup in the com pact spaces, but you may not park your tire gently on the curb or facing the wrong way because both will earn you a ticket from the Community Resource Officers. No one uses their blinkers, but do drive slowly; we know each other's vehicles, the stickers on them, and the dogs within.
And while we wait, we like to live life to the fullest, especially when it comes to food.
You’ll love our Sandpoint Farm ers Market, now open on Saturdays from 9 am until 1 pm and Wednes days from 3 pm until 5:30 pm, rain or shine, every week until midOctober (sandpointfarmersmarket.
wooden stakes, and lots of dogs.
become frequent visitors to our gardens and yards. They feed on our landscaping and linger in the leaves. During the peak of the pandemic, when many people were isolating, moose strolled our streets. Complete attention extends our utmost devotion to them, to their size and power. One cow moose I’ve seen along my bike rides wears a blond chest and a forehead blaze. Other moose are chewed bald in spots by ticks – parasites that overwinter these days due to climate change.Hidden within our Spokane home a decade ago, I watched a young bull nibble at the leaves of a river birch I had planted as a sapling. The animal shoved
by PAUL LINDHOLDT
On the west side of Spokane where we live, moose have sometimes spooked us. They stand at shoulders six feet high. We almost collide on bicycle rides or backroad scrapes. At night they have outsized our compact cars. Woe to the motorist who slams into one.
its considerable weight into that topheavy tree. It bent the whole birch to the horizontal and ransacked it leaf by leaf.
It must have been a rush when that tree sprang back up between the moose’s hind legs. Next year the leaves sprouted again like revelation. Soon that tree grew too sturdy to subdue.
Moose are ruminants. They chew cud like cattle do. Their stomachs divide
Photo by Paul Lindholdt
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Approaching them on foot is risky. Moose wound citizens every year. They tower over witless wanderers and strike like horses with the forefeet. We surrender our domestic spaces to them without being told. We lavish them with gratitude for the wildness they typify so nearby.Living on the edge of Palisades Park, like my family and I do, means moose
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Farther up the trunk it heaved itself and chewed. In its power and determination, it appeared to me to be colossal. It straddled the trunk and bent the sapling back to Earth, much like Robert Frost’s young swinger of birches did for sheer sport in his poem “Birches.”
In nearby Palisades Park, five different moose hung around that spring and summer. It was a record, said Craig Volosing, director of Friends of Palisades, from the vantage of his forty-five-year residence by that park, which covers more than 700 acres of trees, brush, and cliffs.Maybe the mild winter had been ideal for moose survival. Maybe those creatures came to populate our urban yards just because their population had
"I don't know if these are the revenge of nature,” Pope Francis observed, “but they are certainly nature's responses.” What a fascinating thing for a pope to
outstripped more isolated environs. Or, more likely, they came because the dust had settled from our harried comings andAsgoings.internal combustion throttled down amid the pandemic, as humans traveled less for work and pleasure, air pollution began to precipitate from the skies. Noise pollution fell. Industrial smells settled. Water quality improved when factories shuttered and shipping ebbed.
week in August 2020, though, a cow moose and her two calves took the place of that young bull and fed on our cherry trees. We hope they or others like them will return, but we have no certainty that day will come around again. Soon afterward, the skies began to fill again with contrails, streets and freeways with cars and trucks, seas with raucous commerce.
say. No religious leader before has ever intimated that nature might need to take revenge for the ravages of humankind. Our yard moose browsed on apple branches, willows, rose bushes, and saskatoon shrubs in March of 2020. He would not scare. When a dog barked or a car started, the neck swiveled, the great head swung up, and the ears turned like antennae dishes to triangulate the sound.
into four chambers. Each chamber successively helps to digest the woody biomass they feed upon.
Wildlife came out of hiding around the world in 2020. The reasons were plain to see. Humans were not traveling or congregating as much as we did before the virus swept the globe. We stayed home. In ways we’re rarely aware, our cars, boats, planes, and clatter banish wildlife.Ourcomings and goings make us the noisy neighbors. When we shelter in place, nature ventures back. Early in the pandemic, the shores grew tranquil, the skies cleared, the streets quieted. For certain birds and animals in certain places, it must have been like the dawn of Intime.my household we woke during the pandemic’s peak to view a yearling bull moose ten feet from a window. We had never seen one up so close. From our sure catbird seat, we oversaw his every move with no risk to life or limb. The limbs of our dogwood did undergo a pruning.Themoose fed upon that ornamental tree, whose mid-March branches had yet to bud. His nozzle of a snout draped over twigs and nipped them off. How, we wondered, can those massive animals sustain themselves on such scant roughage? Seeds and stems make up their routine feed.
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Paul Lindholdt’s most recent book, Interrogating Travel, is due out in 2023. He can be found online at https://inside. ewu.edu/plindholdt/.
It was clear he was a bull by the nubs of antlers between the ears. It was clear he was a yearling by his hint of a bell or dewlap – the flap that wags beneath the chin like a biker’s beard.
In that time, travel traffic dropped to a 60-year low. That moose felt enough at ease to take a nap in our yard. The forelegs buckled at the knees, the haunches followed, and the cud rumbled up to chew. After a week of relaxation in our midst, that moose disappeared like smoke.Fora
Visibility from outer space was the best it’s been since the 2001 terrorist attacks blacked out commercial airline travel for three days. Normally smoggy Los Angeles, which is favored by coastal breezes, enjoyed some of the cleanest air of any city in the world, however brief it was.Bears, bobcats, and coyotes began to reclaim Yosemite Park in the absence of traffic. Citizens in Punjab, India, could see the Himalayas for the first time in decades. From Thailand to Florida, beachcombers reported increases in leatherback turtle nest sites. Wild boars were filmed on the run through the streets of Italian cities. Reports of such proliferations spanned the globe.
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