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egarding Syria, some thoughts on our emerging, yet largely unplanned, political and governmental universe: 1. Has the world changed? Yes, the geopolitical universe can no longer be explained through Cold War paradigms, when every move, every event, reflected bipolar competition, complete with a cast of surrogates. Going back even before the Cold War, we had a world reduced to constellations of empires and colonies. 2. In this new, cacophonous world, do “grand strategies” have a future? Not as much as they did when we could count on the Cold War paradigm to reduce the number of variables. For sure, gunboat diplomacy has run its course — which makes all those the Republican “neocons” look ever more ridiculous. 3. After playing second fiddle to the Pentagon for decades, the art of diplomacy is emerging again. 4. It needs to be understood that diplomacy is both bureaucratic and social, often practiced during the well-known two-martini lunch — or on a tennis court. President Kennedy learned of Khrushchev’s interest in negotiating our way out of the Cuban Missile Crisis from ABC newsman John Scali, who had the message passed to him over lunch by a friend — who happened to be a top Soviet spy. Yes, diplomacy is a messy and always imprecise business. 5. We can’t understand the various quandaries the United States finds itself in on the world stage without understanding recent history. Consider: In succession we experienced Vietnam, the Six Day War, the Iran embassy debacle, Lebanon, the Bush I invasion, Iran-Contra, 9/11 and the Bush II invasions. As do all countries, America continues to react most to its recent and not-so-recent past — both successes and failures. (Why are the Germans are so stubborn on the matter of maintaining a high-value Euro? Because they remember the 1920s, the Weimar Republic, hyperinflation and Hitler, that’s why.) 6. Do the pundits and most politicians grasp all this? In this ambiguous new world, where time and space are compressed ever more? Timothy Egan gets to the nub of the matter: “But outcomes don’t really matter to those obsessed by who won and who lost, those who see all politics as up-and-down nonsense instead of a clash of ideas with real consequences. [Syria] has to be cast in the tired terms of the daily struggle for

sound-bite supremacy. It’s a debacle. A blunder. A humiliation.” 7. Moreover, the American public doesn’t want to wade into this mess, for reasons that should be obvious. Recent history again instructs those who are paying attention. Bush’s war left an imprint: Don’t believe the government out of hand whenever WMDs are mentioned, and don’t embrace any idea founded on the catch-all of “making the world safe for democracy.” We haven’t forgotten about all our challenges on the homefront, either. Why do we cut food stamps while pouring another $10 billion a month into Iraq and Afghanistan? 8. The president and his secretary of state have stumbled into tactics that can be summed up as “muddling through,” the term first used by Charles Lindblom, who was referring to unplanned incrementalism — taking baby steps toward big decisions instead of unleashing cataclysms. 9. Does “muddling through” represent a decline in American power? It does if by “decline” we refer to that Cold War world, which is no more. For one thing, the American economy relative to the rest of the world isn’t what it was a half-century ago — alone at the top. While still the largest single national economy in the world, ours is no longer the giant as it once was. Consider: The combined European Union economies taken together have recently surpassed the U.S. in GDP. (You know, “old Europe,” socialist Europe, universal health care Europe, gun control Europe, that Europe.) And aside from its ability to deliver pinpoint strikes (which makes Obama’s threat credible), our military can be more like a modern-day Gulliver when we task it with impossible missions like regime change or even culture change. 10. As for Obama’s leadership? Again, Timothy Egan: “The net result, accidental or not, is that Syria is no longer just an American problem. They say they will give up the poison gas that, wink, wink, was never used. The principle, as Obama said, ‘that with modest effort and risk we stop children from being gassed to death,’ is there on the table for a world that preferred to look the other way. And, added bonus: the neocon warriors are gone, homeless in both parties. All of this is a hugely positive leap from where we were a week, a month, or a year ago.” 11. One more thought: Might it be that we would all benefit if world leaders would have those two-martini lunches more often? 

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The Price of Coal by ted s. mcGregor jr.

y old office window looked out on the railroad. I got to watch train after train go by, brightened with graffiti applied who knows where. I’d see airplane fuselages, giant wind-farm rotors and boxcar after boxcar filled with who knows what. Of course, I’d also see open-top cars with a seam of black poking out — coal. Coal miners have hit paydirt in Montana and Wyoming, and as America is weaning itself off the dirty fuel in favor of comparatively clean natural gas, they’ve been looking for new buyers. With China and other parts of Asia in their sights, they brainstormed how to ship way, way more coal overseas. They’ve planned three new port terminals in Washington and Oregon, and estimates put the train traffic to feed them at 34 long coal trains per day, running through Sandpoint and Spokane. In Montana and Idaho, the silence of public officials has been deafening; fortunately, in Washington and Oregon, public pressure has recently prompted state and federal reviews of the plans. (British Columbia is taking a second look at expansion plans, too.) There are major health impacts to study, based on blowing coal dust, and increased traffic will require major infrastructure investments in cities and towns across the Northwest. When I watched the trains, I imagined where those cars were going — and that’s where this plan becomes untenable. Just as we’re trying to cut our greenhouse gas emissions, we’d be sending China the raw materials to create those same emissions. It’s just plain ridiculous. Reason, however, seems to be winning the day. First comes the recent BBC headline that China has finally had enough and plans to apply central state control to the use of coal. Why? Last January, a dark cloud literally descended on vast parts of China and just sat there for weeks, creating one of the biggest environmental crises in its history. Witnesses said you could not see 200 feet in front of you, and a recent study shows bad air is cutting the average Chinese lifespan by five years. Basic math is working against the coal ports, too. Three years ago, when these plans were hatched, the price of a metric ton of coal was topping $140; today, that price is $74. Without profit, there will be no project. Still, it’s no time to let up; our public officials — here, regionally and nationally — need to hear that we won’t put up with being exploited for a dying, dirty industry. Yes, we want jobs, but we’re not that desperate. n You can attend a public hearing on the plan to build a new coal-shipping terminal in Longview, Wash., at 5 pm, Wednesday, Sept. 25, at the Spokane Convention Center. For details, visit millenniumbulkeiswa.gov.

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t is difficult to know what’s sacred nowadays because, somehow, money has come to top the list. Why else would anyone consider drilling around Chief Mountain in northwest Montana, along the border of Glacier National Park and the Blackfeet Nation? Elk, bighorns, pronghorn, badgers, wolverines, lynx, mountain lions, wolves all thrive on this land. Clear, clean rivers along the Rocky Mountain Front sustain some of the last remaining healthy populations of west slope cutthroat trout. And grizzlies still wander out onto the plains as they did when the explorers Lewis and Clark came through in 1805. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, this is the place that contains the “top 1 percent” of wildlife habitat remaining in the Continental United States. So if anything can be called “sacred,” I think this is the place. Seven years ago, I assisted a coalition of local hunters, anglers, ranchers, outfitters, businessmen and tribal leaders in a successful effort to protect a significant chunk of the Rocky Mountain front from gas and oil development. As a professional conservationist, I had to be cautious about using emotional arguments. But then at a community meeting, I had to wholeheartedly agree with Stoney Burke, a local man from Choteau, who was accused of being “emotional” about Montana’s Rocky Mountain Front. In reply, he pounded his fist on a table and shouted, “I you can’t be emotional about a place like this, then what the hell can you be emotional about?”

I thought then: If only everyone were as passionate and emotional about sacred places. The mountain has been sacred to the Blackfeet for centuries, and it remains sacred to many First Nation people throughout North America who travel to the mountain for sweet-grass ceremonies, placing prayer flags and other religious rites. When white settlers came through in the early 1900s, they observed Native burial sites along the base of the Chief. But what protection does a sacred place have these days? Recently, the Bureau of Indian Affairs allowed leasing a large swath of land around Chief Mountain for gas and oil development, with the blessing of some tribal leaders and members eager for profit. Others were angered, sickened and saddened. The Blackfeet can be as divided and conflicted as the rest of us when it comes to such things. These days, our society is so divorced from our planet that we forget that clean air, clean water and wild places continue to sustain us all. Elders from southern Alberta’s Siksika Band pass on this tale: Near the end of days, a Great White God will appear from the top of Chief Mountain, and upon his departure the mountain will crumble and be destroyed. I wonder what drilling, what attack on the mountain, will have occurred before the mountain crumbles. I hope we can avoid this atrocity.  Dave Stalling is a writer and wildlife advocate living in Missoula. A version of this editorial first appeared in High Country News (hcn.org).

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en. John McCain (R-Arizona) was harshly critical this week of President Obama’s nationally televised address about Syria last week, telling CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, “The President’s decision to think before attacking another country flies in the face of American foreign policy.” “The United States of America has been involved in countless armed conflicts since this great nation was founded,” McCain said. “Many of those would never have happened if we’d stopped to think about them first. Sadly, the President seems not to have learned this lesson of history.” Calling the President “an Ivy League law professor who never met a thought he didn’t like,” McCain said that he was urging Obama

“to please take thinking off the table.” “The stakes for America couldn’t be higher right now,” he said. “Our global reputation for rushing into war with no advance planning is hanging by a thread.” McCain said that he is attempting to schedule a meeting in the Oval Office, where he plans to deliver a “strong and clear” message to Obama: “Mr. President, what you are doing is playing into the hands of the enemy. Thinking solves nothing.” n For more fake news from Andy Borowitz, visit borowitzreport.com.

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nvironmental groups tend to be a bit grim-faced, since they’re constantly confronting industrial uglies that range somewhere between awful and apocalyptic. So it’s a treat when one of them turns impishly playful, as a group of climate change activists called 350 Action recently did. In an act of “serious fun,” this bunch has launched an online petition calling on the World Meteorological Organization to alter slightly the way it names hurricanes. Instead of the generic “Bob” or “Juanita,” 350 Action wants the more numerous and more powerful storms we’ve been getting for the past several seasons to be named after head-in-the-sand politicos who — in mindless defiance of science — are climate change deniers. Thus, we’d have Hurricane Boehner, in honor of the House Speaker who goes to extremes to derail regulations that would stop profiteering polluters from wreaking havoc on the globe’s climate. In standing against needed policy changes, Boehner has been like a rock — only dumber. So he deserves

to have a particularly destructive hurricane branded with his name. Also, since the Weather Channel now attaches monikers to other big weather events, opportunities abound for tagging scientifically challenged politicians with public accountability for their irresponsibility. It would be a useful learning experience, for example, to see the damage done by Tornado “Oops” Perry, or to witness the severe flooding caused by the Michele Bachmann Unstable Air Mass over Minnesota. And Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, who constantly huffs that climate change is a “hoax,” should be credited with the Inhofe Drought of Biblical Proportions parching the Southwest and Great Plains. For more on the Climate Name Change campaign, go to climatenamechange.org. n

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Emily Harpel, a first-year firefighter with the Department of Natural Resources, digs out a burning stump during mop-up on the Depot Springs Road fire in late August.

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cattered across a rocky wasteland of charred pine and scorched brush, stubborn flames flicker against the blackened earth. Yellow-clad firefighters carve trenches into the smoldering hillside, their bent silhouettes breaking the ghostly ribbons of smoke still hanging in the trees. Crew leaders call out work orders over the clinking of shovels on stone. Behind a pair of rhinestone-studded sunglasses, Emily Harpel’s face is streaked with ash. A first-year wildland firefighter, she adjusts her pack and crosses the fire line into “the black.” Heat bakes through the soles of her work boots as she hikes up the incline. “It was a pretty big fire,” she says. Driven by high winds and dry weather, the Depot Springs Road fire burned 50 acres of ponderosa and

pastureland in late August. Wildland firefighters with the Department of Natural Resources and other agencies contained the blaze along this small ridge, about 7 miles east of Cheney. In the two months since she completed her initial training, the 21-year-old Harpel has worked dozens of fires on Engine 446 out of the DNR’s Arcadia District in Deer Park. With the help of her crewmates, she has learned to run a chain saw, operate an engine, decipher radio chatter and identify fire hazards. But Harpel says she also found a new confidence amid a tight-knit community where people work hard, where firefighters can depend on the crew members next to them and where the worst situations often bring out the best in the team.

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First-season firefighter Emily Harpel stands in formation with her fellow firefighters-in-training in June. JACOB JONES PHOTO

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“A SUMMER ON ENGINE 446,” CONTINUED... height of activity between June and mid-September. A 2013 graduate of Whitworth University, Harpel says she joined the DNR this summer for a challenging and exciting new experience. In June, she spent a week at the DNR’s introductory guard school, learning fire behavior and safety protocols. Alongside more than 40 other recruits, she soaked up PowerPoint presentations on command structures and exercises on different hand tools before getting cleared for duty. “I like doing something a little different,” she said in June. “If you’re adventurous and willing to learn, firefighting’s a great thing.” After guard school, she became one of about 12 first-year firefighters assigned to the Arcadia District. She found herself on Engine 446 with engine leader Roger Holloway and firefighter Chris Whitfield. Holloway, an eight-season firefighter, says Harpel always shows up ready to work and excited to learn. She has proven a quick study at sharpening saw blades and stripping hose. An informal mentor, he often stops to quiz her on safety issues or proper firefighting techniques. With a chuckle, Holloway recalls how psyched Harpel was to first see the column of smoke rising from the Depot Springs Road fire as they approached. “She was jumping up and down inside the truck,” he says. “She was pretty excited.”

ropping their gear in the tall grass, the soot-stained crews spread out in the shade for a quick lunch break. The Depot Springs Road fire still smolders nearby, but they have dug out a fire break all around the head of the fire by now. It’s not going anywhere. Harpel, Holloway and Whitfield perch on the open tailgate of a pickup truck. They wipe sweat from their foreheads with their sleeves and relax. Whitfield pops open a can of dip. Holloway munches an apple, saying it’s the best way to brush your teeth out on a fire. Engine 446 has spent almost every day together this summer. Once strangers, Harpel says they’ve grown close through the fires, work projects, long drives in the engine and other assignments. They chat about the effects of the day’s weather and the strategy used to contain the Depot Springs fire. Every job is a chance to learn.

“Is this the hottest part of the fire?” Harpel questions, referring to the head of the fire. “It’s all like this,” Holloway says. Ed Lewis, a DNR fire suppression forester and supervisor for the Arcadia engine program, soon roars up on a four-wheeler and checks in with each crew on their work assignments for the afternoon. Looking back at the end of the season, Lewis says the Arcadia District has seen more lightning strikes that sparked fires, but fewer new fire starts overall. He estimated Arcadia had responded to about 145 fires by mid-September, well below the average of about 170 fires. “It was just enough to keep us busy and keep the troops busy,” he says. Recounting the season, the crew of Engine 446 ticks off specific fires and memorable moments: Getting doused by aircraft dropping water on the Bluebird fire in July, staging overnight outside a fire near Omak, spending 27 hours straight on a fire line at the Homestead Way fire. “There are times it really stretches you,” Harpel says. “I’ve learned a lot about hard work. … The adrenaline rush of working on a fire really keeps you going.”

ust two weeks after Harpel finished guard school, 19 welltrained firefighters died in the Yarnell Hill Fire near Prescott, Ariz. As the country grieved, fire investigators worked to piece together how the experienced hotshot crew was overrun. Not since 1933 had so many wildland firefighters died in a single blaze. Arcadia District dedicated a day to mourning the lost crew, emphasizing safety precautions and discussing the deadly ramifications of fire danger. Harpel says the day of reflection helped reinforce the stakes of her work as well as the kinship of the fire community. “It really was eye-opening, I think, to know that those kinds of things still happen,” she says. “It ... hit us pretty hard.” Lewis says Harpel worked hard to rise to the expectations of the job. As the wildfire season starts to wind down, Lewis says he hopes to see her return to firefighting in the future. “She’s a great worker, great work ethic,” he says. “She will be missed.” With a bittersweet excitement, Harpel has already started on her next adventure. She checked in her firefighting gear and bid farewell to her crew on Aug. 31. A few days later, she flew to Tanzania in southeastern Africa to teach English for the next year. Harpel says firefighting helped build her sense of independence and self-reliance as she prepared to work overseas for the next 12 months. The money she earned will help her get reestablished when she returns, but the experience was the true reward. “It goes fast,” she says. “I feel like I just started at guard school, and now it’s over.”

aking on a wildfire can make a person feel small, Harpel says, but it also offers some staggering perspective. Disaster brings people together, ranks of crew members labor together at something bigger than themselves. Thousands of firefighters, shoulder-to-shoulder, working saws and shovels to push back an unwieldy inferno. In those moments, she’s learned to trust the firefighters next to her — the often grimy and good-natured crew of Engine 446. She’s tried to return that same support. “I feel like they’re my brothers now,” she says. “No matter what, we were always there for each other.” On long shifts and late nights, the crew stood together, far from home and surrounded by flames. They traded jokes and shared secrets. Those were some of the best times, she says, when the intensity of the work cleared away all of life’s other distractions. In the darkness, she could occasionally look up from her shovel and gaze out over acres of glowing embers, counting herself lucky to behold such an overwhelming sight. “It’s just kind of incredible how powerful fire can be,” she says. “When we’re working sometimes, we’d take a moment and just be like, ‘Wow.’ It’s kind of hard not to watch.” n jacobj@inlander.com

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Aaron Alexis, a 34-year-old military contractor, shot and killed 12 people Monday during an attack on an office building at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. Alexis was killed during a gunbattle with police.

Spokane police have arrested Kalen J. Bedford, 23, and Carlos A. Fuentes, 25, on charges of first-degree murder in the death of Julian D. Morrison outside the Hop! music venue on Aug. 8. See p. 83.

As diplomatic negotiations continue, United Nations investigators confirmed Monday the use of chemical weapons in a recent mass killing outside Damascus, releasing new details implicating the Syrian government in the attack.

A federal judge ordered an injunction last week to halt “megaload” shipments of oil company equipment along Highway 12 through the Nez Perce Reservation in central Idaho.

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Mayor David Condon, left, reads a city proclamation about Constitution Day during a reenactment of the creation and ratification of the U.S. Constitution. Organized by local members of Daughters of the American Revolution, the event, complete with period costumes and a town crier, drew about 40 people to Riverfront Park on Saturday.

Spokane community leaders have again expressed frustrations over downtown public safety issues after a KXLY cameraman captured footage showing a group of youths assaulting a man outside the Satellite diner.

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You’re on Camera! Spokane police change course and decide to buy body cams; plus, clashing over the Ridpath EYES ON COPS

Citing an ongoing court case over dashboard-mounted cameras, the Spokane Police Department says it plans to buy BODY CAMERAS instead as part of the first phase of implementing recommendations from the Use of Force Commission. The $797,000 purchase also includes a new set of Tasers for the department. In its final report this spring, the commission recommended equipping officers with body cameras and standardizing equipment. The purchase includes 220 body cameras, 220 Tasers and three years of service from “Evidence.com,” the system the department will use to store the videos and Taser use data. The money is part of $1.1 million the City Council took from the city’s reserves in April to spend on the commission’s recommendations. Carly Cortright, the department’s business service director, says a case in Seattle, where KOMO News has sued the Seattle police over release of dashboard camera video, raises questions about a contradiction in state law: While the videos should be available under the Public Disclosure Act, a state privacy law specifically classifies dashboard video as not public until three years have passed (the time a citizen has to file a civil suit against

a city for, say, an officer-involved shooting.) The case is currently before the state Supreme Court and a decision could be months away. Cortright says the department’s legal advisor suggested Spokane police should buy body cameras instead, since they’re not included in the law in question. — HEIDI GROOVER

DUELING VISIONS

As the RIDPATH HOTEL has sat empty, it’s drawn a number of different suitors. Most recently, Ron Wells, a developer known for restoring historic properties, has declared his vision to turn most of the hotel into an apartment complex, featuring some traditional apartments and a number of very small, inexpensive units. But there is also Art Coffey, a former CEO of the Red Lion hotel chain, who wants to keep it as a hotel, expanding rooms and restoring some of the Ridpath’s old grandeur. Wells’ group had most of the pieces, but Coffey purchased five of the condominium units from controversial developer Greg Jeffreys, mere days before Jeffreys was indicted on dozens of counts of fraud. It sparked a

lawsuit earlier this year from Wells’ group, which Wells said found that “the Jeffreys units were created illegally with trumped-up votes.” Coffey is appealing the decision. “My first motivation is to clean up that part of downtown,” he says. “I think it’s really sad what’s happening there. But I’m not going to be taken advantage of in the meantime.” Either way, Wells says his plans are moving forward. The lawsuit may influence the precise makeup of hotel rooms and apartments, but he says it “won’t change what we’re building in either event.” Wells estimates that construction on the Ridpath may start by January. — DANIEL WALTERS

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TRUTH MINISTRIES, a Spokane men’s homeless shelter, will close its doors at the end of the month unless donors can raise enough money to keep it afloat. The decade-old shelter sleeps 50 men per night and even more as the nights get colder, on a shoestring $50,000 yearly budget. It’s one of three men’s shelters in the city. According to its founder, Marty McKinney, Truth Ministries, which relies solely on donations, has been running on a $2,800 monthly deficit ever since the economy tanked four years ago. McKinney says he and his wife, Julie, have scraped together enough money to cover September’s mortgage bill and insurance costs, but they still have utilities to pay for, a leaky roof to replace and a gas stove to repair. “What are we going to do? How are we going to pay the bills?” McKinney says. “We believe we’ve come this far, there’s no reason to back it in yet, but it’s kind of hard not to feel depleted.” You can help keep lights on at Truth Ministries by donating online at gofundme.com/4a1q50 or sending a check to P.O. Box 901 Mead, WA 99021. — DEANNA PAN

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Fault Lines The East Valley School District got the “seismic change” it was looking for, but it may cost school board members their seats BY DANIEL WALTERS

ast Valley School District parent Stacy focused around the decision to extend elementaMontoya pounds the podium, delivering a ry schools from kindergarten through the eighth sermon lambasting the board and superingrade, eliminating separate middle schools. tendent for their transition away from the middle And though he wasn’t the one who initially school system. proposed it, Glenewinkel led the way forward “I am sorry, but I cannot wait for this next on the change, he’s defended it, and he’s become election, because I will speak my mind with my the target for its tireless critics. vote,” Montoya says. “I cannot sell upper-end “It’s been a lot of sleepless nights,” Glenehomes in this market anymore. Do winkel says. “I’ve ground my teeth to you know that? ... If you think this is a nubs. I’ve spent long hours [meetgood plan, then vote for these people ing] with people who are personally Send comments to again.” editor@inlander.com. invested in helping me fail.” Superintendent John Glenewinkel, He argued that the district needed a big, brawny man with a full beard a “seismic change” to rock the status speckled with white, peers over his glasses, quo. East Valley got that. But as the aftershocks scrawling on paper. He isn’t writing notes. are still reverberating, the upcoming school Instead, he’s sketching — diamonds and squares board election could determine whether the and circles, with lines and patterns inside them. changes last. “It’s called graphotherapy,” Glenewinkel f there’s a symbol of the district’s abandonsays after a snapshot of his doodles ended up on ment of traditional middle schools, it can East Valley’s Citizens for Accountable Education be found at Mountain View Middle School, Facebook page. “What it allows me to do — it where windows have been boarded up with allows me to focus on the comments without plywood in an attempt to stop vandals. But if becoming emotionally involved in the personal there’s a symbol of the challenge of that transiattacks.” tion, it could be found in the number of students It’s not unusual for a group of community from East Farms STEAM Magnet School who activists to tirelessly target one aspect of a disstill take band, orchestra and gym classes in that trict: In Spokane, it was the math curriculum; in boarded-up building. Coeur d’Alene, it was the International BaccalauTammy Fuller, principal at East Farms, says reate program. But in East Valley, the outcry has

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it was a way to let students use the middle school’s quality facilities and reduce crowding. Glenewinkel says the district could have kept the building closed to “avoid any political fallout,” but chose to use what was best for students. But to critics of the transition to K-8, the boarded-up windows represent an outrage. “The district has absolutely pushed full steam ahead into implementing a system that our district does not have an infrastructure to do,” parent Mindy Stewart says. She also laments how East Farms lacked lockers, forcing middle-grade students to carry heavy bags from class to class. Fuller says that’s the one complaint she heard from students. “They’ve wanted lockers for three years,” Fuller says. “Lockers are lovely.” If the recent bond proposal had passed, Fuller says, she’s absolutely confident that lockers could have been installed. But many opponents of K-8 campaigned against it, and it failed miserably. Nationally, the evidence over K-8 has been inconclusive. Some studies suggest it benefits students by eliminating the academically risky transition from elementary to middle school; others found no significant difference. But in East Valley, the setup is a unique hybrid, an attempt to capture the best of both worlds. As students approach the middle grades, they start taking classes from separate teachers, like they would in middle school. On Mondays, eighth graders and some seventh graders are bused over to the old East Valley Middle School building, where they

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hile the current board has been unanimous in its votes to move to do away with middle school, that could all change this November. East Valley’s long, hard journey over the past few years could be completely reversed. With three positions up for grabs, the two incumbents are the only candidates supportive of the K-8 transition. The rest fall between skepticism over the process and outright antagonism over the changes. At least one change on the board is guaranteed. The two new candidates in District 5, Mike Novakovich and Deanna Ervin, have nearly identical positions on K-8. They aren’t necessarily opposed to the idea behind the change, but believe the implementation has been a disaster and would support carefully returning to traditional middle schools. Glenewinkel, for his part, chuckles when asked what he hopes to bring to the district in the next three years. “As much as I want to be here, I’m pretty realistic that the odds of me being here three more years are pretty slim,” he says. “Any time you have a board that turns over, then the superintendent is at risk. … [But] overall, the work I’ve done here has been pretty powerful.”  danielw@inlander.com

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“Mayor” for Sale The Coeur d’Alene Press continues to let politicians own individual words in its news stories BY DANIEL WALTERS

oeur d’Alene businessman Steve Widmyer isn’t “That’s crazy. That’s very confusing,” says Kelly mayor. Not yet. But for now, in the Coeur d’Alene McBride, a faculty member at the Poynter Institute, a Press, he owns the word. nonprofit school for journalism, after hearing about the “Coeur d’Alene, meet your next mayor,” begins a Press’ in-text ad practices. “It wouldn’t be confusing if the Press editorial previewing its mayoral coverage. Like every Coeur d’Alene Press had given up on the idea of indepenmention of the “mayor” since the first week of September, dence, and was clearly the word is underlined and highlighted in blue. But click and transparently going on the link, and it doesn’t lead to mayoral candidate proto be taking sides. But if files, the City Hall website, or previous Press articles. they want to embrace the Instead it links directly to Widmyer’s campaign site. notion of independence, The context doesn’t matter. Stories menthen that form tioning Coeur d’Alene mayor Sandi Bloem, of advertising New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, mayors compromises the audience’s perception they are in Rathdrum and Post Falls — all had the word Send comments to independent.” “mayor” linked to Widmyer’s site. So did a While some sites identify ad-purchased editor@inlander.com. story about the Sept. 11 memorial, and one links with a different color or by double underabout a St. Maries mayoral candidate whose lining them, those in the Press are indistinguish18-year-old daughter was murdered. Even in letters to the able from a conventional hyperlink. And the Press specifieditor critical of Widmyer, “mayor” linked to his site. cally promotes its use for political contexts, advertising As media outlets continue to search for how to make “Political ‘HOT’ Link Word/Phrases” for $80 a week on websites profitable, the development of “in-text advertisits website. ing” has worried some media critics. Earlier this year, the Press’ in-text links came under

fire when it linked Coeur d’Alene school board member Brent Regan’s name to the website of Balance North Idaho, the PAC that endorsed his opponent. McBride calls the notion of selling a person’s name to a group supportive of his opponent “completely deceptive” and “inexcusable.” Regan says he called up Press managing editor Mike Patrick to tell him he thought the use of his name was unethical and illegal. “You’ve got to ask yourself, ‘Is this journalism or are you just prostituting yourself to make a buck?’” Regan says. Ultimately, he says Patrick agreed to stop letting groups buy the names of politicians they haven’t endorsed. Patrick did not respond to repeated requests for comment. But Adam Graves, co-founder of Range NW, the marketing firm working on Widmyer’s campaign, is unapologetic. The practice, he says, began during last

“That form of advertising compromises the audience’s perception they are independent.”

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year’s recall campaign, where it was employed by Mary Souza, one of Widmyer’s mayoral opponents. He says it’s not only cost-effective, it works. “My guess is the Inlander and Spokesman will follow suit once your bosses see the revenue potential,” Graves writes in an email. “Unethical would be advising our clients to spend their money hitting people who do not vote. We are simply using technology to better use marketing dollars.”  danielw@inlander.com

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Reviving Tradition Washington State and Idaho play football on Saturday — and the loser is going to have to walk 8 miles BY MIKE BOOKEY

hen Flip Kleffner was the president of the University of Idaho’s student body in 1954, he made one hell of a promise on the eve of the school’s biggest football game of the season. “At the pep rally the night before the game, I said that if we beat Washington State there would be no school on Monday,” recalls Kleffner last week. “I got back to school and I told the president what I’d said.” The Vandals did beat Washington State the next day, by a score of 10-0 in Pullman. The upset win (Idaho was 0-5 going into the game) was their first victory over their 8-miles-away neighbor in 29 years, and the Idaho admin-

istration figured they could honor Kleffner’s promise and shut things down for a day. After all, for the first time that pretty much anyone on campus could remember, about 1,000 Washington State students — cheerleaders and members of the marching band included — were about to make the hike from Pullman to Moscow on foot in a ritual known as the Loser’s Walk. “It was a fierce rivalry. There wasn’t much lost,” says Kleffner. “But we welcomed them with open arms and had a good time.” That 1954 walk was a big deal. It even got a little national press. But it had been a tradition since the

1930s, when the editors of the two schools’ newspapers wagered an 8-mile hike on the outcome of the football game. Soon, student leaders got in on the bet and the conglomeration of losers trekking across the rolling hills that separate the two small-town campuses became ritual. Most of the walks went from east to west, Idaho students cheerfully marching over to Pullman, as you can see on archival film from the WSU library. Kleffner, who played football for the Vandals until injuries sidelined him, went on to serve as the alumni director at Idaho. He still lives in Moscow and follows Vandals football, but acknowledges that the football rivalry, known as the Battle of the Palouse, has cooled — if not completely fizzled — since those years. “I think it lost the fierceness of it that it used to have,” says Kleffner. “Sometimes it feels like they’re just neighbors.” It’s tough for a rivalry — and a tradition like the Loser’s Walk — to survive when the results are so lopsided. Since the Battle of the Palouse began in 1894, Washington State leads the series 70-16 (with three ties) and most of those Idaho wins came before 1930. Since the 1954 stunner, Idaho has won only four matchups, including consecutive games in 1999 and 2000. WSU then reeled ...continued on next page

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CULTURE | FOOTBALL “REVIVING TRADITION,” CONTINUED... off seven in a row. The rivalry, which went dormant after 2007, will be resuscitated Saturday night in Pullman. That was the third time the teams put the Battle of the Palouse on extended hold. Between 1979 and 1997, Idaho and WSU matched up only twice. “Rivalry? To me, a rivalry is when the teams line up for the kickoff, nobody can be sure which one will win,” former Idaho coach Jerry Davitch told reporters before the 1978 game that effectively put the Battle of the Palouse to bed for the next two decades. The Loser’s Walk had ceased nearly a decade before. These days, Washington State plays in the illustrious Pac-12 Conference while Idaho has struggled to simply remain in the game on the FBS side (you might remember this as I-A) of Division I. Before that, Idaho was in the Big Sky Conference and Western Athletic Conference, fueling a heated rivalry with Boise State that overshadowed the one just across the state border. WSU, of course, had the Huskies to deal with. But on Saturday, the Battle of the Palouse returns to Martin Stadium. Washington State is 2-1, with a solid victory at USC under its belt; Idaho, though winless, is showing signs of improvement. Among the universities’ student bodies, there’s a feeling that the rivalry between the students (forget what happens on the field for a moment) is reawakening. Over the summer, both schools’ student governments met up and thought they’d breathe some life into the competitive spirit between Pullman and Moscow. “We agreed that we wanted to bring the student rivalry back to this unique situation that we have being so close together,” says Kevin Massimino, vice president of the Associated Students of WSU.

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In 1957, Idaho students made the trek to Pullman. WSU LIBRARIES’ MASC WSU and Idaho student bodies plan to compete in food drives, a service hours contest, and at some point a tug-of-war set on the Idaho-Washington border that they hope will set a Guinness World Record. Then, just this week, student leaders decided to up the ante. The Loser’s Walk, at least in some form, would return. “It’s a handshake agreement between [the two student governments]. It’s nothing super-official, but we’re of the opinion that you have to start somewhere,” says Associated Students of the University of Idaho President Max

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t’s no exaggeration to say that Douglas Webster knows Les Misérables inside and out. He was first introduced to the musical around 1987, when a mentor mailed him the original cast recording as a double LP that bore a Post-It note with the simple instructions, “Check this out.” Eighteen months later, he was onstage playing Jean Valjean as an understudy in the third national touring production, which, incidentally, brought him to Spokane for the first time. Over time, Webster would be called on to perform the lead role in various productions of Les Mis again and again. As recently as 2008, he was Valjean in the Coeur d’Alene Summer Theater production of Les Mis, and the musical has been a cornerstone of his teachings as a university professor. With so much of his on- and offstage career rooted in Les Mis, it’s no wonder that Webster feels a strong personal connection to this particular musical, which is based on Victor Hugo’s epic (and epically digressive) 1862 novel of the same name. In a pinch, Webster might even admit to seeing some cosmic harmony between this “opera with a pop sensibility” and his own life trajectory as “an actor that went to opera school,” just as he sees an uncanny happenstance between the director position that opened after Yvonne A. K. Johnson’s departure from the Civic and his being asked to fill it. “I got a phone call after the big upheaval here, saying, ‘Are you available to help us out?’ I checked my schedule, and literally to the day I was available,” he says. “It’s just freakish how that worked. I don’t take it as odd when things like this happen and it’s coincidentally perfect. This is a charmed production.” He says that enjoyment is palpable, and that is due in large part to the Civic’s volunteer actors, who are as talented as many professional casts he has worked with. Natalya Ferch in particular has impressed him with her “organic and smart” acting choices in her role as the adult Cosette. “She said, ‘I don’t want her to be just a kept pet, a trophy. I want to find a way for her to be

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One part of former Spokane Civic Theatre executive director Yvonne A.K. Johnson’s lawsuit against the organization attempted to stop Les Mis from being performed, due to Johnson’s “substantial intellectual property rights” regarding the performance. But two weeks ago, her attorney Bob Dunn says, Johnson decided to stop pursing the injunction. “Yvonne really didn’t really want to interfere with the community’s ability to enjoy theater,” he says. stronger than that.’ And she has. She’s found a few specific physical actions that the audience will either see or feel. All of a sudden, her Cosette is stronger than most I’ve ever seen.” The strengths of the individual actors have allowed Webster to direct with closer attention to detail instead of concentrating on broad spectacle “where everybody times it to be looking left, and gradually center, and gradually to the right.” “At any given point, an audience member may zero in on one of our actors and track them. And if I’ve done my job right, and if the actors are doing their job right, there will be no point in which that actor just holds space. They are always going to be in the process of going from one place to the next without looking busy; they just have purpose.” Webster is directing for the audience members who “are there to look deeper — the people that love the show but want to watch Cosette the whole time, or figure out why Marius winds up with Cosette and not Éponine.” Ultimately, in the face of any residual tension at the Civic, “it’s got to be fun. It has to be an enjoyable experience for people. This should be joyous. And that’s what the audience is going to see,” Webster says and laughs. “They’re going to see as joyous a production as you can have where everybody dies in the end.”  Les Misérables • Sept. 20 to Oct. 20: Thu to Sat, 7:30 pm; Sun, 2 pm • $26-$33 • Spokane Civic Theatre • 1020 N. Howard St. • spokanecivictheatre.com

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NOVEMBER DECEMBER

JASON ALDEAN ................................................ 30 100,000 POETS FOR CHANGE ....................... 30 BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS ......................... 29 LES MISERABLES .............................................. 29

LITTLE SPOKANE RIVER STUDIO TOUR........ 31 MADE IN THE USA ............................................. 30 JAY OWENOUSE ................................................ 30 ZEDD ..................................................................... 31

THE ACT OF KILLING .........................................39 SHERMAN ALEXIE ..............................................39 ARCHIE BRAY FOUNDATION SHOW ..............37 ART FROM THE HEART .....................................37 AUTUMN HISTORIC HOME TOUR................... 42 THE AVETT BROTHERS .................................... 42 BON JOVI .............................................................39 CARRIE: THE MUSICAL .....................................43 HUMANITAS FESTIVAL .....................................33 LES LE PERE ....................................................... 42 LEND ME A TENOR .............................................43 MACKLEMORE AND RYAN LEWIS ................. 42

ANDY McKEE .......................................................33 NEVER THE SINNER...........................................43 POET LAUREATE PANEL.................................. 42 SISTER HELEN PREJEAN .................................. 41 RENAISSANCE FAIR AT GREEN BLUFF .........39 SPOKANE IS READING......................................39 SPOOKY SPOKANE............................................39 SYMPHONY IDOL .............................................. 42 TERRAIN...............................................................37 VISUAL ARTS TOUR ...........................................37 WELCOME TO ZUILL .......................................... 41 WORLD POETRY SLAM FINALS ......................33

AMERICAN IDIOT................................................ 51 THE CHRISTMAS SCHOONER .......................... 51 EPICUREAN DELIGHT ....................................... 45 GELAH PENN ...................................................... 50 GLBT FILM FESTIVAL ........................................ 45 JOHN STOCKTON BOOK SIGNING................. 46 JUDY CARMICHAEL ...........................................47 LAYERED HISTORY AT WHITWORTH ............47

LETTERS HOME ................................................. 50 MAC ART AUCTION ........................................... 46 MOMIX: BONTANICA ........................................ 45 MOSCOW BALLET’S NUTCRACKER .............. 50 NINE INCH NAILS .............................................. 50 PEARL JAM .......................................................... 51 SANDPOINT FILM FESTIVAL ........................... 45 SPOKANE STRING QUARTET .......................... 51

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hannon Roach Halberstadt is new to Spokane, but she’s already proud to be here. On a recent chilly morning, she’s wearing a denim jacket — one that already has a metal Spokane Expo ’74 pin affixed to the collar. Halberstadt isn’t even on the job yet as the new executive director of the Spokane Arts Fund — she’s finishing up her MOVER position this week with the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (which helps put on the Grammy awards) — but she’s already immersing herself in Spokane’s culture. She’s bought

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new records at local shops, eaten out at Mizuna and Santé, sipped coffee at the Rocket, watched the Terrible Buttons play at nYne and rocked out to the Postal Service at the Knitting Factory. Her move to Spokane and finding a job in arts administration here was all serendipitous. As a longtime Seattle resident who was a vital part of the art and music scene there, she says she was planning to move to Spokane “for love.” She would be with her husband, but, as an arts administrator, she wasn’t sure where she would land professionally. But then the position with the Spokane Arts Fund opened up. She applied. And she landed it.

Halberstadt’s entrance onto the Spokane arts stage is a highly anticipated one, and not only because of her extensive résumé. She’s worked on the front lines of the Seattle arts scene through grassroots movements and nonprofit organizations. She’s not a stuffy arts gazer: She came up in the underground music scene, has posters of hardcore bands in her house and truly believes that art is vital to a city’s identity. To her, a vital arts scene is everything from white-walled galleries to gritty punk clubs. After working at the University of Washington’s Henry Art Gallery and as the house manager at On the Boards theater, Halber-

stadt quickly became known for her work in the underground music scene in Seattle — particularly at Redmond’s Old Firehouse and as the managing director of the Vera Project, a nonprofit, all-ages music venue. “Especially in the ’90s and early 2000s, there was a lot of stigma against popular music and young people and everything else,” she says. The Firehouse and the Vera Project were “intentionally breaking down those barriers.” At those venues, Halberstadt and her colleagues focused on connecting with youth through art — and not just the traditional mediums. In addition to hosting

live music, the venues hosted silkscreening workshops, graffiti classes, photography instruction. And the venues trusted kids, depending on youth volunteers to even be able to operate: Kids ran sound, took tickets and cleaned up after shows. In the 1990s, Halberstadt was on the front lines of a fight against the infamous Teen Dance Ordinance, which gouged so deep into the all-ages music scene, it threatened its existence altogether. But through the Vera Project, she helped forge relations with government officials skeptical of why punk rock was so vital to the city’s identity. Roach says the groundwork

T H E AT E R

BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS

Nich Witham, who recently trod the Interplayers boards in Speech and Debate and Sirens, returns to star as teenaged Eugene Jerome in Neil Simon’s semi-autobiographical coming-of-age play set in 1937 Brooklyn. This Woody Allen-esque comedy of SEPT. 19sexual awakening and the crazy merryOCT. 12 go-round of family dynamics — the first in the playwright’s famed and acclaimed “Eugene Trilogy” — picked up two Tony Awards when it debuted in 1983 and ran for almost 1,300 performances. Michael Weaver directs what looks to be a promising opener to the theater’s 33rd season. (EI) Interplayers Theater, $12$28, show dates and times vary.

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is already laid in Spokane for the arts scene to explode — she says amazing work has been done here by the Arts Fund and city Arts Commission. And there’s tons of talent. “I don’t think I need to tell you that there’s no shortage of creativity here. People are making really great art, really great music, really great visual art, good performance — across the board, it’s good stuff,” she says. “I think we can really start to articulate the impact of how arts are a part of Spokane’s identity, and how arts can really help to make Spokane a great place to live, a great place to work, a great place to attract talent.” She says part of her initial work will be creating strategic plans for the Spokane Arts Fund and figuring out how to creatively match art with economic development, education and civic engagement.

“How can we make sure that art is a part of all of these conversations, so it becomes part of the overall identity of Spokane? So it’s just integrated — it’s part of every conversation, it’s part of what people think of when they think of Spokane,” she says. Her longtime home of Seattle eventually came to realize that punk rock was a part of what made the city so special. She thinks she can help make something similar happen in Spokane. “That’s not easy to do. … How do we make arts, just — indispensable? Part of the fabric of who we are?” she says. “I think that shift takes time.” She’s nothing but optimistic. She already sees that Spokane is something special. “We need to brag outside of our borders,” she says. “I think that Spokane could be a really good lesson in mid-sized cities and the arts.” n

T H E AT E R

LES MISÉRABLES

When Victor Hugo wrote Les Misérables in 1860s France, he probably never imagined that singers around the world would enact his story onstage in 2013. But the musical has been a sensation for nearly three decades, and now it’s coming to Spokane. The SEPT. 20Spokane Civic Theatre’s cast and crew OCT. 20 will perform Hugo’s internationally acclaimed story in all of its musical glory, with Broadway veteran Douglas Webster taking the reins as director. You’ll have 19 opportunities to see the theater’s season opener this fall. (BN) Spokane Civic Theatre, $43, Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm

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VISUAL ARTS

MADE IN USA: ROSENQUIST/RUSCHA

SEPTEMBER

James Rosenquist grew up in Minnesota during World War II and left for New York. Ed Ruscha grew up in Oklahoma about the same time and ended up in Los Angeles. SEPT. 20Both started their DEC. 14 careers as commercial artists, then appropriated the words and imagery of advertising, quickly becoming known as masters in the pop art movement. Prints from throughout the two artists’ careers (so far), loaned from the collection of Northwest collector Jordan D. Schnitzer, are displayed together for a bicoastal retrospective that chronicles more than half a century of distinctly American work. (LW) WSU Museum of Art, free, gallery hours at museum.wsu. edu

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C U LT U R E

JASON ALDEAN

JAY OWENHOUSE

Country acts are the hottest ticket these days — selling more seats than any other musical genre. There’s an hard-to-explain quality about the music that speaks to the gut of this nation. Amongst the pop country acts hitting up the Inland Northwest this year, JaSEPT. 25 son Aldean is one of the most fascinating. He may come off as just another crooning cowboy in a hat with a guitar, but 11 No. 1 country hits don’t lie. He brings the good looks to get ladies’ juices flowing, but has the attitude to keeps the guys around too. No doubt this show will bring many boots through the door. (LJ) Spokane Arena, $29-$55, 7 pm

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100,000 POETS FOR CHANGE

It’s no secret that North Idaho has long been at the center of intense controversy and polarization. There was Ruby Ridge. There were the white supremacists. It’s a shame that this is what gets the attention SEPT. 28 in Idaho, and not things like 100,000 Poets for Change. It’s a global event happening on Sept. 28, where poets and musicians in 800 cities around the planet will gather to “promote social, environmental, economic and political change.” Kind of like a modern day “We Are the World.” Poets and musicians interested in being a part of the event can contact Lost Horse Press. (LS) Oak & Fourth Streets, across from the Sandpoint Farmers Market, free, 10 am-1 pm

This Montana-based magician is making a comeback, and it all starts here in Spokane. After losing his wife to illness in 2009, Owenhouse took the past few years off, but is now debuting his new show, which SEPT. 28 features his four children, ranging in age from 9 to 23, and their two tigers. You’ll see Owenhouse levitate, get chopped in half and generally attempt to blow your mind in any way possible. Before his hiatus, Owenhouse toured the world with his show that’s totally family friendly. There’s even an early show, so you can bring the kids and still get them home with plenty of time to spare before bed. (MB) INB Performing Arts Center, $34-$43, shows at 4 and 7:30 pm

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LITTLE SPOKANE RIVER ARTIST STUDIO TOUR

Looking at a completed work on a gallery wall often leaves many of us Sept. 28 wondering how did the artist make this? Where? How long did it take? The sixth-annual Little Spokane River Artist Studio Tour answers many of those questions, providing curious attendees an intimate glimpse into the working process of several recognizable names in local art: Melissa Cole, Kay O’Rourke, Larry Ellingson, Sheila Evans and more than two dozen others. Groups of participating artists set up workspaces and offer artwork for sale at four host studios in the scenic Little Spokane River area. (CS) Map at littlespokanestudios.com, free admission, 10 am-5 pm

This fall, the Knitting Factory hosts the most promising lineup of electronic dance music Spokane has ever seen, with electrohouse DJ Zedd kicking off the season. Spokane has been graced by big names like Sept. 30 Skrillex and Kaskade, but these shows make it known that EDM has arrived in Spokane. Zedd and Krewella breached mainstream radio with their hits “Clarity” and “Alive,” respectively. This late-September show is likely to get the most buzz out of this EDM bonanza, but keep an eye out for other shows this season by Zeds Dead, Disclosure and Adventure Club. (BN) Knitting Factory, $15-$35, 7 pm

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rin Haskell’s hats aren’t for wallflowers. Women who wear her creations, adorned with sweeping feathers, light-reflecting crystals and delicate lace, will stand out in a crowd and should be prepared to be approached with compliments and curious inquiries of “where did you get that?” Since the 29-year-old Spokane marketing specialist-turnedinterior designer launched her boutique, Olive + Boone SHAKER Custom Millinery, about a year ago, her retro-inspired yet modern and thoughtfully designed headwear has been — quite literally — turning heads

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across the Inland Northwest and beyond. On a muggy late summer evening, a contemporary, stark white room on the first floor of a brick building tucked off Browne Street in downtown Spokane is packed with high-heeled women and dress-shirted men, all crowding around a long black stage running through the room. As heavy bass beats start thumping out of speakers on either side of the stage, a lanky model wearing a beige trench coat steps out from behind a wall and saunters down the runway with purpose. All eyes are on the small, structured oval-shaped pillbox hat perched on her pixiestyled brunette hair that doesn’t

move an inch as she marches in towering platform heels. More trench-coated models emerge, each wearing similarly shaped yet entirely unique headpieces. Some are bright and bold while others are neutral beiges and grays; a few feature large, stiff bows while others are unadorned. Just when the audience thinks the fashion show unveiling Olive + Boone’s fall collection is almost over, another themed group of hats emerges, bobbing on the models’ heads as they march down the stage: fascinators, wedding veils, poufy lace crowns, English-inspired hats, and finally, heavily adorned headbands of fresh roses and greenery. At the

end, a parade of models in short white dresses lines either side of the runway as milliner and designer Haskell emerges, a wide smile stretched across her face, a black lace crown over her forehead and long, wavy auburn hair. The free-spirited designer has only been making and selling her handmade headwear since last summer, but she’s already been discovered by clients as far away as Paris, New York and Los Angeles. In the beginning, Haskell says she struggled with the decision to keep the business in Spokane because of her products’ appeal to a higher-end, edgier fashion demographic. That all changed when she realized how supportive her friends and even

complete strangers were of her vision to create and sell custom, handmade hats out of Spokane. “I feel like Spokane has your back in that sort of sense — people appreciate others taking a chance,” Haskell says. “If you believe in [Spokane], it will believe in you.” Haskell’s designs are partly inspired by a bygone era during the first half of the 20th century when hats were more of a wardrobe staple, combined with the recent revival of high fashion headpieces sparked by the royal wedding of Kate Middleton and Prince William in 2011. Haskell’s formal education in architecture and an admiration of mid-century modern design elements also

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Andy McKee ranks among the world’s most talented acoustic guitar soloists, coming from humble beginnings as a YouTube sensation. The online community brought his clips to somewhere around 80 million views, OCT. 2 blasting him into stardom and inspiring guitar players around the world. If you can believe it, his real strengths lie in his compositional skills — even with his insanely adept picking and strumming ability, he sometimes finds it difficult to play his own compositions. On his website, Andy writes of his Spokane concert: “It will be rocking!” (BN) Bing Crosby Theater, $25, 8 pm

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Models (left and top right) display the headwear of Olive + Boone Custom Millinery, designed by Erin Haskell (right). YOUNG KWAK PHOTO influence her designs. Haskell strives to always use high-quality materials to convey her creative philosophy that each piece is intentionally created and meant to last far beyond the special occasion it was first worn to. Olive + Boone (named after her two dogs) hats are constructed from material like Spanish and Chantilly lace, organza and merino wool, and embellished with bird feathers from a local taxidermist, spun horsehair netting and European crystal beads. Each piece is handmade by Haskell or one of three local seamstresses she’s hired to produce hats for the millinery. Because Olive + Boone’s pieces are handmade from high-end materials, each ranges, on average, between $150 and $300. As much as they’re a fashion accessory, Haskell’s creations are also works of art. A permanent downtown showroom for the millinery is currently in the works, in a space on West Sprague Avenue that

Haskell hopes to have open by October. Although she creates pieces to be worn, Haskell doesn’t consider herself a fashion designer, but a product designer. “This is architecture for your head. I strive to take into consideration the geometry of someone’s face and the angles of their face. It’s more about thoughtful design, and that less is more,” she says. Even though she continuously hears doubtful comments from local residents who say they’d never have an occasion fancy or special enough to wear an Olive + Boone hat, it doesn’t hamper her goal to shake up people’s perceptions of when and where hats can be an appropriate or even unexpected accessory. “You don’t have to live in fabulous New York City to wear something fabulous,” she says. “It’s about taking risks and believing in yourself, and that you are confident in that risk.” 

Slam poets from across the U.S. and Canada are set to hit Spokane and hit it hard. There will be bouts between poets, workshops for the poetically inclined and enough thoughtOCT. 3-5 provoking verbiage to carry both the sensitive and the boorish through 72 hours of soul-searching. The event concludes at the Bing Crosby Theater, where the final 12 wordsmiths will sweat, pace, stomp, speak and cause your emotions to flit from laughter to sorrow to empathy and back with their clever phonemes and heartfelt intonations. (AF) Schedule of events at iwps.poetryslam.com

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HUMANITAS FESTIVAL

The African diaspora has left footprints throughout the Western world, and WSU’s Humanitas Festival is set to celebrate this influence with performances by Step Afrika!, Okaidja & Shokoto and Aché Brasil. Okaidja & Shokoto’s three musicians perform Afro-Cuban, Afro-Brazilian and Afro-Peruvian compositions alongside AmeriOCT. 3-5 can blues, jazz and tap. Aché Brasil, a musical, acrobatic and dance ensemble, celebrates Brazil’s diverse culture. Step Afrika! tours internationally, showcasing stepping, an African-influenced dance style that features footfalls, claps and spoken word. This form of dance first gained popularity in African-American sororities and fraternities, but has since gained a worldwide following, picking up influences from many cultures. On Saturday, the Cougar World Party and Outdoor Festival provides daylong entertainment. (AF) WSU Pullman Campus and other venues, free

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Art lovers, listen up. The Coeur d’Alene Arts & Culture Alliance hosts its 11th annual arts festival, Art from the Heart, in October. If you’re into any type of art, you can’t miss this event. The local arts nonprofit pulls out all the stops, bringing an orchestra, multiple theater companies, bands and musicians, dancers and visual artists. Regional artists and enthusiOCT. 3-12 asts gather to celebrate, share their craft and teach the community in performances and workshops. It continues through a full week at multiple venues, so attendees can choose a day when the whole family can find something they’re interested in. The aim is to build friendships and share opportunities to foster a stronger art community. (BN) Locations throughout Coeur d’Alene, free admission, event times vary

Yes, Spokane’s grassroots cultural event is growing up — turning 6 years old, in fact. The juried art show/performance art/music showcase/ celebration of anything and everything creative returns to the old Music City building during the Visual Arts Tour. Sorry for those backslashes, but this is an event that requires OCT. 4 a few of those to accurately explain. Featuring artists from around the region, Terrain is as good a sampling of Spokane’s creative culture as you’re going to find anywhere in the city at any time of the year. Here’s proof — they received some 700 submissions for the show. You can see 200 of those on display. Not bad. (MB) Music City Building, begins at 5 pm, free

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As you likely know, on the first Friday of every month, galleries (and places serving as galleries for that night) around Spokane exhibit the works of our numerous local artists. But that monthly show is supersized twice a year, in October and February, when it becomes the Visual Arts Tour, a weekend-long celebration of creOCT. 4-5 ativity. This time around, you’ll find 31 different exhibitions spread throughout downtown Spokane and other spots around the city. There will be painting, sculptures, performance art and a sampling of just about any other medium you can think of. It’s a good way to get into gear for the region’s bustling fall arts season. (MB) Throughout downtown Spokane, begins Fri, Oct. 4 at 5 pm

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The annual Archie Bray Foundation Resident Show has become an October institution here, and it’s the best place to see some of the most seriously kick-ass ceramic work around. Jim Kolva and Pat Sullivan, connoisseurs of great, edgy, groundOCT. 4-25 breaking art, invite residents from Montana’s Archie Bray Foundation — an incredible educational institution focused on ceramics — to show their works here each year. The show takes on many different forms: everything from micro-works to coffee cups and giant installations, often with great narratives and heavy explorations of irony. (LS) Kolva-Sullivan Gallery, free, opening reception Oct. 4 from 5-9 pm; on display through Oct. 25

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pend half a minute in the company of Inland Northwest actors, whether professional or amateur, and you’re bound to hear them mention the name Troy. That’s it — just Troy, a mononym like Madonna or Morrissey, caSHAKER sually and inevitably dropped into conversation. The assumption is that the surname, Nickerson, is superfluous. And that assumption is usually valid, especially among this region’s close-knit theater community, which Nickerson, now 47, has been a part of since his teens. “I did theater and danced as a kid,” says Nickerson in a voice so soft-spoken that his words are muffled by an ambient breeze. His first show at the Spokane Civic Theater was at the age of 13, and it wasn’t long before he’d jumped from acting to cho-

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reography and finally to directing, starting with Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat. “I was choreographing a show for Patrick Treadway — I think it was the original Nunsense — and they [the Civic] saw what I was doing and asked me to direct the next show,” he says. “And I’ve pretty much done stuff steadily since then.” “Steadily” is at once the operative word and an understatement. Nickerson estimates the tally of shows he’s helmed is somewhere in the nineties — many of those while still holding down his day job as a stylist at Frenz Hair Design. In the not-too-distant past, it was rare to see a season at the Civic that didn’t feature multiple Nickerson-led productions on the main stage. Around the end of 2012, at the height of the exodus of longtime Civic cast and crew due to the increasingly fraught creative atmosphere there, Nickerson’s name frequently began

TROY NICKERSON HAS BEEN DIRECTING SOME OF THE REGION’S MOST POPULAR MUSICALS FOR 20 YEARS, AND HE’S ONLY PICKING UP STEAM BY E.J. IANNELLI appearing on other playbills, primarily at Lake City Playhouse, where he has overseen acclaimed productions of Rent, K2 (which went on to compete regionally, then nationally in AACTFest), and Into the Woods, starring other Civic émigrés like Andrew Ware Lewis and Abbey Crawford. The quality of those productions made it clear that Nickerson’s reputation among actors as well as theatergoers doesn’t rest on his longevity alone. He has a knack for spectacle that comes across as effortless and unostentatious, although his priorities have changed over time. “When I first started directing, I really came to it from a position as a choreographer,” he says, “and with the shows I was doing, it was actually kind of appropriate. Everything was visual. And definitely during the last period of growth in my life — especially within the last year or so — I come from a different

place. I try to have something to say. Something honest. Even with the goofiest of shows.” Like the actors who omit his surname in conversation, Nickerson holds some things to be universally understood. In this case, it’s the death of his husband, David Gigler, of a heart attack in June 2012. The event continues to affect him in a way that, in his capacity as a director, any shift of emphasis from spectacle to substance seems like an inexorable one. “I was able to do so much, and part of that was because I had someone in my life who picked up the slack. So when that was gone, I didn’t realize it right away, and I jumped right back into those shows: Woods, K2, Bat Boy. And it was tough. I want to slow down a little bit,” he says, though it’s doubtful that this means his forthcoming shows will forego their customary lightning pace for leisurely philosophical forays.

At the moment, Nickerson is working with Ignite! — his first-ever production with the community theater troupe — on Little Shop of Horrors. “I said, ‘If you can build those puppets, go for it.’” Now that the theater has a dedicated facility and is no longer nomadic, Nickerson hopes that their branching out to include musicals will “bring in another audience that will help the theater thrive.” Further on, Nickerson will experience a homecoming of sorts when, after two years of self-exile, he returns to the Civic next spring to direct Gypsy. “I’m totally known for big production musicals,” he says, and he aims not to disappoint any audience members who are equally looking forward to his return. “My whole goal is that they take away something. Nothing’s worse than leaving a production feeling like you’ve just spent two hours of your life that you won’t get back.” n

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There are still about 150 days until the Season 4 premiere of Game of Thrones, so you might need to get your swords-and-knights fix elsewhere. Though the jousting on Green Bluff may not be as bloody and vindictive as that on Westeros, winter is coming, and sometimes you have to do what you have to do OCT. 5-6 to make it ’til spring. Actors, minstrels, storytellers and nobles have headed for the hills of Green Bluff, ready to welcome us non-artisan peasants with activities like jousting, dancing and that crazy new game the Europeans call bocce ball. So break out that bodice and live your historically romantic fantasies. Men, spruce up those jerkins. Bring the kids (scouts in uniform get in for free) and enjoy the joust. (AF) Back of the Bluff, Green Bluff, $5-$25, 10 am-5 pm

Author Maria Semple, whose credits include writing for Arrested Development and Saturday Night Live, injected her newest book Where’d You Go, Bernadette with wit that requires Seattleites to not take themselves too seriously. Just as Semple did, the story’s protagonist, Bernadette, moved OCT. 10 from L.A. to Seattle and found much to loathe. Haphazard five-way intersections, Keens, snobby Queen Anne housewives and compulsory small talk about the possibility of rain all plague the neurotic ex-architect who lives with her Microsoft husband and gifted daughter. Spokane is Reading presents two opportunities to meet the author, who will read from Bernadette and field questions. The events are free, but seating is first-come, first-served. (BN) Spokane Convention Center Auditorium, free, 1 pm; CenterPlace Event Center, free, 7 pm

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In 1965, after a failed coup attempt in Indonesia spurred a military crackdown against suspected communists, low-level gangsters became a feared squad of executioners. Now middle-aged (and older), they happily reminisce about the killings with a documentary filmmaker. At his invitation, they re-enact scenes of violence in the styles of their favorite film genres, until memory bleeds into fiction and becomes too real. Werner Herzog and Errol Morris both liked early versions of the documentary enough to sign on as executive producers; it’s won a ridiculously long list of awards and critics have been almost unanimously awed. But everyone also agrees it’s a raw and difficult film — watch it in the theater, with other people who will want to talk about it afterward. (LW) Magic Lantern Theatre, $7, 7 pm

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BON JOVI

Before Jersey Shore flushed the state of New Jersey’s barely-hangin’-on-reputation down the toilet, Bon Jovi was its No. 1 advocate. (OK, Bruce Springsteen was there, too.) After releasing the seminal New Jersey — which included the chart-toppers “Lay Your Hands On Me” and “Bad Medicine” — back in 1988, OCT. 6 the hair-metal band, with the exception of a few breaks in the ’90s, hasn’t stopped since. Gracing Spokane with their presence as part of the “Because We Can” tour, the Jon Bon Jovi-fronted act continues to wail — because, yes, they can. (LJ) Spokane Arena, $59-$179, 7:30 pm

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SHERMAN ALEXIE

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This Spokanite long ago left this side of the state, but every once in a while he’ll hop on over to remind us why he’s still one of the most significant literary figures ever to emerge from our region. Sherman Alexie has been riding high off the success of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian for a while now, making him perhaps the premier Native American writer at this moment in time. He’s coming to town with his most recent book, OCT. 9 Blasphemy, in tow. The new collection of short stories features 15 tales fans have come to love, with another 15 brand-new pieces featuring his experiences from a youth spent on an Indian reservation, and more of the humor and wry observations that have made him a mega-famous writer. He’ll read from the book, probably make you laugh and then sign your copy. (MB) Auntie’s Bookstore, 7 pm

In the weeks leading up to Halloween, get chills up and down your spine during the Spooky Spokane walking tours, which feature some unusual and surprising tales regarding the Lilac City’s scarier, lesser-known history. Even for those who scoff at the idea of ghosts, the guided tours OCT. 10-11, through downtown Spokane reveal a darker 17-18 AND past in some of the city’s most recognizable 24-25 historic places. Sure, some of these tales are long-surviving urban legends, but that doesn’t mean they’re any less fascinating or entertaining. The 90-minute tours take place after dark, for obvious reasons, and start at the historic, Art Deco Fox Theater, which apparently has been known to host a ghostly spirit or two. (CS) Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, $15, 7 pm

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rogress is in full view. Tubing, rubble piles, sawhorses, electrical cords — one has to be careful not to trip MOVERS over jagged edges while meandering through the Bartlett, Spokane’s soon-to-beopen all-ages music venue.

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Envisioning where the stage and bars will be isn’t too challenging while touring the downtown old-brick structure — unfinished slats stand as placeholders. This dusty space is Caleb and Karli Ingersoll’s baby. They want the feel to be modern. Exposed walls, white and black

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space, minimal artwork. But the building hasn’t been occupied in 10 years. Last week, Caleb made the leap and quit his job as a sound technician. He and his wife are now official business owners of a place that won’t be open until November. The vision: to cultivate the local music scene,

help it evolve, make sure young people can get involved. “It’s a no-brainer for us to create an all-ages venue,” Caleb explains. “We both grew up going to shows, and we want the next generation of Spokane to be able to experience that too.” This will not be just another place hipsters go to hang

out and drink Pabst Blue Ribbon. While there will be alcohol (only wine and beer), the venue will not focus on the beverages — it’s about the music. That’s why everything will be set up with musicians in mind. From the state-of-the-art sound system to the built-in merchandise booth, the pair is

going off of what they expect of a venue. As touring performers, both as solo acts and with their band Cathedral Pearls (currently on hiatus in lieu of the Bartlett), they’ve catalogued a wish list of what they require. “It’s important the music sounds good,” Karli says. “We’re really catering to the sound.” They’ve had this dream — to have a venue of their own — even before they got married three years ago. After waxing poetic to enough friends and family about it, they were encouraged to start an Indiegogo account, which raised $21,000 to throw at the idea. But the toughness of the industry isn’t lost on them. They’ve watched as numerous live music clubs shut down in this town. “We expected this thing to be impossible,” Caleb says. “We looked at eight or nine different buildings and found the process discouraging. We weren’t sure we’d find something.” But then their friend Dan Spalding stepped in. The wellknown local artist had just bought a property and thought it would make a great space for live music. The couple agreed. While the neighborhood doesn’t cater to the country club set, with nYne next door and Mootsy’s and Jones Radiator, among others, coloring in the Sprague Avenue blocks, the Ingersolls believe it will work well for their operation. But how will they succeed where countless others have failed? The plan is to open the front part of the space every day at noon, sell coffee and choice nib-

bles during the day, then turn into a bar at night. The back area, with the stage, will host four or so acts a month along with a weekly open mic. “From touring around, we’ve seen that having a separate part is huge,” Karli concludes. “Dual income with a separate café allows us to make money, as the shows won’t.” Cover charges will be a bit more substantial than the usual $3 to $5 range you might find at a dive bar. They see the 200-capacity space as a stepping stone to the Knitting Factory. The goal is to bring in more national acts with local openers. “We want this to be a higher quality experience,” Karli says. “There won’t be that many shows happening every month, so we want this to be more of the ‘fine dining’ venue of the music scene.” There’s already been a setback. The soft opening, scheduled for Oct. 6 and featuring Pickwick, has been moved next door to nYne, but the Ingersolls aren’t deterred. They’ve booked multiple shows, including Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside and Shelby Earl, for the end of the year. They’re charging ahead. “We care about this scene,” Karli says. “We come into this business with a musician’s perspective. We’re almost there.” n lauraj@inlander.com

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SISTER HELEN PREJEAN

You might not know it, but there are some nuns out there who are serious badasses. Leading that pack is Sister Helen Prejean. After witnessing the execution of a death row inmate in 1982, she wrote the book Dead Man Walking: An EyewitOCT. 11 ness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States — which then became a movie and a play. But she didn’t stop there: Prejean has done what few others will, standing beside six men as they were executed and continuing to fight for the banishment of the death penalty. She has also written extensively about, and continues to fight for, the wrongfully accused. (LS) Gonzaga University Globe Room, free, 7 pm MUSIC

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Zuill Bailey, classical heartthrob and recently appointed artistic director of Northwest Bach Festival, takes cello in hand for both Robert Schumann’s “Cello Concerto in A minor” and Tchaikovsky’s “Rococo Variations” in this chock-full concert program that also OCT. 12-13 features Andrew Norman’s modern piece “The Great Swiftness” and the entirety of Beethoven’s “Seventh Symphony.” Eckart Preu will conduct. The “Welcome to Zuill” title of this second concert in the symphony’s Classics series is either painfully matterof-fact or a head-scratching shot at a pun; if the latter, it might have something to do with the fact that Bailey’s holding a free master class (get it? Zuill/school?) at 3 pm on the Friday before the concerts. (EI) Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, $15-$54, Sat at 8 pm, Sun at 3 pm

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MUSIC

SYMPHONY IDOL

In this clever, genre-spanning concert with the Spokane Symphony, a trio of recent American Idol finalists — LaKisha Jones, pictured, (from Season 6), Haley Scarnato (Season 6) and Matt Giraud OCT. 19 (Season 8) — bring their voices to the Spokane stage. Expect to hear hits from Celine Dion, Journey, Whitney Houston, the Charlie Daniels Band, Evita and more — all backed by instrumental arrangements performed by our city’s resident symphony orchestra. Morihiko Nakahara, who also serves as music director of the South Carolina Philharmonic, will conduct this entertaining start to the symphony’s SuperPops concert season. (EI) Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, $26-$62, 8 pm MUSIC

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THE AVETT BROTHERS

Mere months after the bluegrass/folk-loving Avett Brothers took on the Festival at Sandpoint, the group announced they would rather not skip the stop between Seattle and Montana on their upcoming tour. For fans of banjo-infused anything, the announcement of the OCT. 19 Spokane stop was most thrilling. Even better is the fact the Avetts’ latest disc Magpie and the Dandelion (let’s be honest, there could not be a more girly name for an album) comes out earlier the week they perform, meaning Spokane will be one of the first places to hear all of the new music live. (LJ) INB Performing Arts Center, $34.50-$45, 8 pm C U LT U R E

14TH ANNUAL AUTUMN HISTORIC HOME TOUR

Last fall, with the National Trust for Historic Preservation Conference held here in town, Spokane Preservation Advocates organized a special tour of the impressive South Hill homes on Sumner Avenue and Cliff Drive. This year, the tour explores a less-traveled area of OCT. 20 historic significance: Millwood. The self-guided tour begins on North Marguerite Road and includes the Rosebush House, a unique example of the cottage-inspired French eclectic style built in 1923 for the general manager of the Inland Empire Paper Company, now listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The ticket price gets you the tour brochure with a map of the locations and information about each home. (LW) 3303 N. Marguerite Rd., Millwood, $15, noon to 4 pm

VISUAL ARTS

LES LE PERE

With a penchant for pencil sketches and drawings, Les Le Pere has been an artist for most of his life. The Magic of the Objects exhibit is a collection of a lifetime of his work, “from some of his first scribblin’s to pieces created especially for this show.” A native of EastOCT. 22 ern Washington, Le Pere earned his MFA from WashingDEC. 20 ton State University. This influence may be seen in his outdoor backgrounds, but the foreground tends to be pure Americana. If his intricate, quirky and almost always narrative drawings seem familiar, then you may own a few Tom Robbins novels — Le Pere’s work graces the covers of several. (AF) Jundt Art Museum, free, reception Oct. 25 at 5 pm, lecture at 7 pm WO R D S

PANEL OF POET LAUREATES

For someone who pens lyric and rhymes, perhaps the utmost career achievement is being named a poet laureate; meaning he or she has been appointed by a government or institutional body as its official poet. The U.S. has one, states have them and many major cities also have designated poet laureates. Spokane is currently in the market for one, and the person who takes that title will be OCT. 23 revealed sometime this fall. Aptly timed with the upcoming announcement is Auntie’s Bookstore’s regional poet laureate panel, featuring Washington state Poet Laureate Kathleen Flenniken, Boise’s Poet Laureate Diane Raptosh and U.S. Children’s Poet Laureate and Spokane resident Kenn Nesbitt. They’ll be joined by Spokane’s to-beannounced, first-ever poet laureate. The panel discussion centers on answering the question of what role poetry plays in modern life. (CS) Auntie’s Bookstore, free, 7 pm MUSIC

MACKLEMORE AND RYAN LEWIS

Nothing can hold these two down. Not whacked-out music videos, not bad haircuts, not the absence of a major record label — nothing. Instead, Macklemore’s rapping paired with the producer/DJ skills of Ryan Lewis keeps getting bigger and bigger, thanks to relentless radio play of their OCT. 23 various singles. Thankfully, because Lewis originally hails from Spokane, the act never fails to stop here while on tour. For them, it really is giving back to the bedrock fans, the ones who always believed. As The Heist — much of which was performed at last year’s smaller-venued Spokane show — has been out for a year now, it will be interesting to see if the duo pulls out new material for this tour. Either way, fans will be thrilled by their presence. (LJ) Spokane Arena, $32.50-$45, 8 pm

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CARRIE: THE MUSICAL

Yes, there’s a musical version of Carrie. It first hit Broadway in 1988, not starring Sissy Spacek. At the time it was one of the most expensive flops ever to hit the stage, closing after only five performances. Last year, offOCT. 23-24 Broadway dusted off the relic of a production. This year, the brandnew local theater company Lilac City Performing Arts follows suit. Raising funds for its cause on Indiegogo.com and by other means, the community group is built on the philosophy of producing plays that will provoke thought and inspire discussion. This will be the company’s first show. (LJ) Bing Crosby Theater, $20-$25, 7:30 pm T H E AT E R

NEVER THE SINNER

Interplayers, Spokane’s professional theater, showcases some of the region’s best acting talent every year, and its 33rd season will be no different. This October brings Never the Sinner, a theatrical recreation of the historic 1924 Chicago trial of Leopold OCT. 24and Loeb. The two wealthy university stuNOV. 9 dents kidnap and murder a 14-year-old in an attempt to commit the perfect crime, and lawyer Clarence Darrow comes to their defense in a stand against capital punishment. The Interplayers cast brings the drama to life, starring Michael Weaver as Darrow. (BN) Interplayers Theatre, $12-$28, opening night, Oct. 24, 7:30 pm

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LEND ME A TENOR

You can’t have a farce without a few mistaken identities, and Lend Me a Tenor has them in spades. There’s also the jealous wife, the slamming of doors and ludicrous costumes. To go into the ins and outs would require far more space than we’re allotted here OCT. 25(this is farce, after all), but let’s just say NOV. 10 in a suitably breathless way that there’s a nervous tenor who’s supposed to play Othello in a Cleveland Grand Opera Company production, but then someone gives him a tranquilizer and he falls asleep and everyone thinks he’s dead but the show must go on so someone else fills in for him and earns rave reviews, resulting in confusion. Phew… and any disclosure more risks being a spoiler. (EI) Lake City Playhouse, $11-$17, Thurs-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm

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eyond the Linux-based computer lab, windows into smaller rooms reveal computer towers in various states of disassembly, tables of soldering tools and tiny microcontrollers, loose cords and wrenches. Shelves hold beige printers and an old brown telephone, stored in the building for years before the current DOERS tenants moved in. On every surface, assorted bits of technology lays unveiled, dissected and reimagined. “You wouldn’t know it, but we’ve done a lot of cleaning and sorting and throwing stuff away,” says Nathan Cutler.

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“Yeah, this is about a thousand times better than it was when we started,” Dan McGee says. McGee and Cutler are board members, along with David Freiberger, of Spokane Create!, housed a few blocks off East Sprague Avenue in a low-profile building that trembles when trains rumble by on the neighboring tracks. Imagine a high-tech nerd clubhouse — then forget the glassy surfaces, rounded corners and high ceilings of an Apple Store. Forget The Matrix. Here, between these paneled woodgrain walls — “the beautiful wood grain,” McGee jokes — aesthetics

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matter less than potential. Here, everything is seen for what it could become: A boxy old printer becomes a treasure chest of motors and parts. A siren sitting atop a filing cabinet is a challenge to come up with a good use for it. In the next room, members are calibrating a 3D printer made of 3D-printed parts. “One of the things we always love is building things that build other things,” McGee says. Each Wednesday evening, members stop by to work on their own projects and see what other guys are working on — and so far it is pretty much guys, though wives and girlfriends often tag along. The word “play” gets used

a lot. Don’t be intimidated by enthusiastic conversations about Arduinos and Raspberry Pi, CNC mills and step motors. These are nerds who want to teach you to nerd out with them. “We really want to encourage people to just try to do stuff,” Cutler says. “A lot of times people are so afraid to fail. And we want to give them skills on how to troubleshoot, so they can try to fix something on their own, and we want to encourage people to work together.” The idea for a space like this had been simmering online for some time when the group first got together the last weekend of January. Other cities have thriv-

ing community workshops — often called hackerspaces or makerspaces — grounded in the value of actual, physical places where people can collaborate and create actual, physical things. Most are tech-focused, but some have branched out into other types of making things, like sewing, cooking and more traditional art. A central idea is peer learning, which can mean classes and lectures or something much less formal. In Spokane, the word spread online through Reddit and Craigslist. The group started meeting regularly, but it was an exciting day in April when the owner of Banner Fuel said they were wel-

Nate Cutler (left) and Dan McGee work on a spark gap ignitor at Spokane Create! YOUNG KWAK PHOTO

come to set up shop in the building that hadn’t been used recently for anything but storage. Once a month, the group holds a meeting for any business and some type of learning activity, and Wednesdays are always open for whatever projects people have in mind. A recent project made a front door lock that members can access through wireless to get into the building whenever they want. Other projects are more about seeing what’s possible. Alan Chatham, who’s been promoting interactive art through events like Art Up Weekend and his organization Laboratory, is a bridge between the group’s more technical side and Spokane’s artistic community. Right now, Cutler says, someone who wants to learn how to machine something or design a circuit board pretty much has to sign up for a college class. The

hope is to get more tools and “cool stuff,” along with building a community of members who bring in new skills. “If we can get all these people with different backgrounds together, we can really learn from each other,” Cutler says. Anytime someone has knowledge others don’t becomes an opportunity for sharing. It’s a frustration McGee says he’s shared with others in the group, that learning new things isn’t a priority once you leave college. “It’s like you’re expected to just move on, and not to learn anymore,” he says. “And that’s one thing I think is very different about this group of people, that everybody has a real hunger for knowledge and really wants to keep pushing themselves.” n Find out more at spokanecreate.org.

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For the past 15 years Spokanites have been able to watch short films about one-night stands, drag queens, mistaken identities, mistaken genders, confused lovers and befuddled families, and longer films about identity and purpose, NOV. 1spirituality and religion, the aftermath NOV. 3 of AIDS, the horrors of hate crimes and the joy of marriage and children. The GLBT community has many faces and many art forms through which to express the complexity of the GLBT experience, but film, especially these independently funded works created by passionate directors, showcases GLBT humanity, in all of its shades, in a very real and tangible way to a wide audience. (AF) Riverpoint EWU Auditorium, prices and times vary

For dance enthusiasts and theater lovers alike, Momix: Botanica brings just the right amount of dazzling fantasy to the stage, all through the use of the human body. Creating scenes of nature via costumes, puppetry, lighting, custom-made props and music, Momix, a Connecticut-based dance company, attacks the senses by making the viewer wonder, “How in the heck did they manage that?” The multimedia experience will be held at the Fox and promises viewers raw and inventive dance at its best, exploring the seasons and senses through tantaNOV. 6 lizing imagery and thought-provoking expression. The company features Spokane native Amanda Hulen, making her first appearance in her hometown since becoming a professional dancer. (ER) Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox, $28-$38, 7:30 pm

It seems these days every community wants to have its own take on Sundance. And for the fourth time around, Sandpoint is no exception. Local and international filmmakers alike are celebrated at this one-day event, while vying NOV. 2 for the coveted Audience Choice Awards along with first-, secondand third-place cash prizes. A Lifetime Achievement Award also will be given. Chances to mingle with the films’ creators are offered at pre- and postproduction parties. Submissions for the festival are open until Sept. 30. (LJ) Panida Theater, Block 1: Free; Block 2 and 3: $5, noon, 3 pm and 6 pm

Spokane is a great place to eat. Not buying it? Well, then get yourself to the 32nd installment of Epicurean Delight — which benefits the Inland Northwest Blood Bank — at the Spokane Convention Center and taste the food of more than 30 restaurants from around the Inland Northwest. The black-tie (or as close to black-tie as you can get) event allows you to load up on hors d’oeuvres, first courses, entrées and desserts created by a wide range of local chefs, all of whom will be on hand. There’s also a selection of local wines and beer to wash down NOV. 8 all this scrumptious fare. By the end of the night, judges announce the winners in each category, adding a little friendly competition to the evening. (MB) Spokane Convention Center, $150/person, 6 pm to midnight

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This NBA Hall of Famer and Spokane native didn’t say much when he was out on the court with the Utah Jazz, setting NBA career records for both assists and steals. He didn’t talk to reporters all that often, and even now, back living in Spokane, he keeps NOV. 9 a low profile. But this fall, Stockton releases his autobiography, appropriately titled Assisted, and finally opens up and tells the story of a life that began in Spokane’s Logan neighborhood and took him through Gonzaga and into the annals of basketball history. At this event, he’ll be on hand to sign his book just a few weeks after its release. If you ever wondered what was going through Stockton’s mind when he was slinging half-court passes to Karl Malone all of those years, here’s your chance to learn. Speaking of Malone, he penned the book’s foreword. (MB) Auntie’s Bookstore, 2 pm

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Our local arts community has certainly taken a few big blows this year, with organizations in just about every form of artistic expression struggling to maintain past levels of funding from both public and private sources. Those circumstances make events like the Northwest Museum of Arts NOV. 9 & Culture’s annual gala and juried art auction ever more important to continue preserving the arts community. This annual event is fancy — it’s blacktie optional and takes place at the swanky Davenport Hotel. All work up for auction this year is by Inland Northwest-based artists, and each piece was personally selected by Chris Bruce, director of the WSU Museum of Art. Part of the proceeds from the art sale benefit the MAC’s mission. (CS) Davenport Hotel, $100/person, 5 pm

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Rose Bond’s innovative animations explore “the notion that buildings hold accretions of memory; how the brain seems to process multiple projections; and comments upon the archive and narratives that reshape them.” Her work has been described as “large scale architectural animation” and holds NOV. 12a dreamlike, unFEB. 7 canny edge. But because the images she reveals are so familiar and the renderings so vivid, the viewer can’t help but feel as if they have been to these places before, and this resultant sense of return is somewhat comforting and tangible. (AF) Whitworth’s Bryan Oliver Gallery/Lied Center for the Visual Arts, free, MonFri 10 am-6 pm, Sat 10 am-2 pm

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“It got pretty scary here for a couple of days. The day after we started bombing, Saddam began launching scuds. The air raid sirens sound, everyone puts on their gas mask and then goes to the scud bunkers. It was pretty scary the first couple of times, but it started getting old. Especially when we shot them all down.” That’s from a letter a friend of mine wrote on NOV. 15March 23, 2003, and posted onNOV. 16 line earlier this year to mark 10 years since that date. Letters Home, performed by the traveling Griffin Theatre Company, is a play composed of similar letters from troops during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. With minimal set design, the show presents soldiers’ experiences of the uncertainty and comradeship of war, in their own words. (LW) Jones Theatre at Washington State University, 7:30 pm, $9-$18

The sinewy, abstract installations by New York City artist Gelah Penn fall somewhere between sketch and sculpture. The site-specific works don’t hang politely on walls or ignore them completely — they take over, as if they grew organically on the gallery walls like alien plants, both utterly beautiful and unsettling. Penn, who has described what she constructs as a “kind of NOV. 13meaty ephemerality,” is the visiting NOV. 14 artist of this year’s Visiting Artist Lecture Series. Penn is influenced by film noir and fiction; you know those uneasy sound effects they use in movies at tense moments? Looking at her works can feel sort of like that, in the most fascinating way possible. (LW) Nov. 13: Spokane Falls Community College, 11:30 am; Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 6:30 pm; Nov. 14: Eastern Washington University, noon. All free

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MOSCOW BALLET’S GREAT RUSSIAN NUTCRACKER

Each year a touring ballet company from some larger metropolitan area stops in the Inland Northwest to perform the traditional and beloved story of The Nutcracker in the weeks leading up to the holiday. And this year, Nutcracker fans are in for a treat. The Moscow Ballet — as in the capital of Russia — is set to perform NOV. 13the classic holiday ballet for two NOV. 14 nights at the Bing. Though the performance may be a little early in the season for some, it’s unknown whether or when Spokane will get another opportunity like this, as the award-winning Russian company usually sticks to bigger cities on its annual North American tour. It’s bound to be an experience unlike any other Nutcracker performance Spokane has seen. (CS) Bing Crosby Theater, $30-$177, 7:30 pm

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NINE INCH NAILS, EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY

Trent Reznor, the multitalented singer, writer, instrumentalist and composer behind rock outfit Nine Inch Nails, has been busy in the past five years. Since indicating that NIN was no more, he started a music project with his wife, wrote movie scores, won an Oscar and a Grammy and performed at summer festivals. The ever-evolving artist delivered fans NOV. 19 a shocking surprise by releasing an eighth NIN album, Hesitation Marks, in August and announced a massive tour that stops in Spokane. A night of Reznor’s haunting industrial rock is paired with opening act Explosion in the Sky’s self-described “cathartic mini-symphonies.” (BN) Spokane Arena, $29.50-$69.50, 7:30 pm

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Billie Joe Armstrong and the men of Green Day wrote the rock opera American Idiot circa 2004, inspired — or pissed off — by the political climate of the Bush era. In 2008, they began a collaboration with Tony Award-winning director Michael Mayer to bring Saint Jimmy and Whatsername to life in a musical adaptation. The punk-rock characters have kicked traditional Broadway NOV. 22characters off the stage with their NOV. 23 leather studded boots, taking hundreds of audiences on an emotionally exhausting ride that still leaves them with enough energy for a standing ovation. The tale follows three disaffected suburban youth who flee to the city and find love, addiction, war and apathy. (BN) INB Performing Arts Center, $30-$75, 8 pm

The string quartet is arguably the best formation of classical instrument ensembles ever created. It contains the proper amount of brilliant voices — the rafter-seizing of the first violin, the meaty middle of the second violin and viola and the steady rudder of the cello. Back for their 35th season, the Spokane String Quartet employs this perfect formation to its highest capabilities, showing off the deeper cuts of the NOV. 24 quartet repertoire: John Pickard’s “String Quartet No. 5” and Sir Edward Elgar’s “Quartet in E Minor, Op. 83.” Pay no attention to the boring sound of the piece’s titles; they reflect nothing of the magic that will happen on stage when performed. (LJ) Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox, $12-$20, 3 pm

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THE CHRISTMAS SCHOONER

What’s Christmas time without a elegantly adorned, aromatic evergreen tree to brighten the long winter nights? This holiday season, the Spokane Civic Theatre attempts to answer this question through its performance of the holidaythemed musical A Christmas Schooner. The story, based on real historic events, tells NOV. 22the tale of a 19th century schooner DEC. 22 on the Great Lakes whose captain risks his life to transport fir trees across the frigid winter waters from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to Chicago. There, the captain sold the trees mostly to the city’s German immigrants, who celebrated the long-practiced holiday tradition of decorating them inside their homes. The award-winning musical ran for 12 consecutive seasons in Chicago after its original debut in 1996. (CS) Spokane Civic Theatre, $22-$30, Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm

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The gods of rock and roll have smiled upon Spokane and — perhaps thanks in part to a Hail Mary request by the Inlander earlier this year — Pearl Jam is coming to Spokane for the first time in 20 years. You probably think Pearl Jam is a ’90s band about which we should care little. Wrong. They’re one of the biggest arena rock acts left in the country, and the fall tour that drops them off at the Spokane Arena is almost totally sold out in every city where it stops. Their new album is called Lightning Bolt. It comes NOV. 30 out on Oct. 14, and from the few tracks we’ve got our ears on, it’s a return to the aggressive, in-your-grill Pearl Jam of the Vitalogy era. This is going to be a hell of a show. (MB) Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena, $69.50, 7:30 pm

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not unusual for them to do it in places that might serve a beer or two. They’re talking about how it’s a good time to be a writer in Spokane. Local authors are releasing excellent books. Poetry readings have popped up all over

THE CREATIVE WRITING PROGRAM AT EWU IS THE ENGINE OF SPOKANE’S THRIVING LITERARY SCENE BY MIKE BOOKEY town. Young people are getting excited about literature and writing. And whether these four men and one woman will admit it or not, they all have something to do with this as part of the creative writing Master of Fine Arts

program at Eastern Washington University — which has served as an engine of sorts, powering the literary surge you’ll find in the city and beyond. “The writing scene is vigorous in Spokane. And the artistic scene is really strong in this town,

and it really wasn’t 10 years ago,” says Sam Ligon, a novelist and EWU associate professor in the program who also serves as the editor of Willow Springs, the university’s literary magazine. “But we’re not the whole scene,” says Ligon after a pause.

Next to him, the poet Christopher Howell, an EWU professor and former Washington Book Award winner, chimes in. “It’s a natural attitude of the community, which is a creative and integrated community. No one is saying, ‘Hey, we need to make an impact,’” says Howell. But at the head of the table, John Keeble, nursing a pint of beer, knows how much the literary landscape has changed in Spokane since the advent of EWU’s creative writing program, the Inland Northwest Center for Writers. He’s now semi-retired, serving as the program’s professor emeritus as he prepares for the release this fall of his latest novel, The Shadows of Owls, but in the early 1970s he arrived at EWU from Rhode Island to find hardly a writer in sight. “There were no readings in Spokane. None. It’s hard to believe everything there is going on now,” says Keeble. Around the table, everyone nods. Across the table from Ligon, Keeble and Howell sits Natalie Kusz, a widely published memoirist who heads up the program, and Shawn Vestal, a SpokesmanReview columnist who studied under those around the table when he got his MFA about five years ago. This year he released his debut collection of short fiction, Godforsaken Idaho, which received positive reviews from regional and national publications. The two-year MFA program, conducted out of EWU’s Spokane branch, features about 50 students ranging in age from 22 to 58. Very few are from the region, Ligon notes. “About 90 percent of the students are from elsewhere in the country — all over the country.

That’s good for Spokane,” says Ligon. The program’s most visible public element is its Get Lit! literary festival, bringing big names to town each spring for a week of events including workshops, lectures and something called Pie and Whiskey — which is exactly what it sounds like — served with a chaser of readings from excellent wordsmiths. But the MFA students are out in the city beyond that festival — they enroll in internships with local organizations, and teach at prisons, nursing homes and schools through the Writers in the Community program. Kusz’s own child experienced one of the elementary school poetry sessions, giving her an inside perspective on what her own program is doing in the community. “At that age, the more physical-type kids are the safe people. When kids read their poetry in front of the class and realize it’s something they’re good at, that is powerful,” she says. With all this outreach, combined with a staff that includes award-winning novelist Gregory Spatz, creative nonfiction writer Rachel Toor and poet Jonathan Johnson, the school’s literary impact is hard to ignore. Add the graduates and local writers who serve as guest teachers, including Shann Ray and others, and that impact is even more discernible. Vestal has another way of measuring the boom in the Spokane literary scene. He just looks up at his bookshelf. “I decided that I should put all the books by people I know on one shelf. By the time I got the poetry and the short stories and the chapbooks, the books from Spokane people wouldn’t fit on that shelf,” he says. n

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COEUR D’ALENE SYMPHONY

Would the Christmas holiday be complete without music from Mannheim Steamroller? A resounding no! And Coeur d’Alene Symphony knows it. That’s why the second half of their two ChristDEC. 4 mas at the Kroc concerts will include arrangements by these popular re-inventors of Yuletide favorites. The first half will feature Brahms’ Violin Concerto in D major, which has only tenuous Christmas links at best (it debuted on New Year’s Day in 1879), yet was catchy enough to serve as the inspiration for “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina” from the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice musical Evita. The symphony’s very own Karen Hoatson will solo. (EI) Salvation Army Kroc Center, $40-$80, 7:30 pm T H E AT E R

CHRISTMAS BELLES

Jessie Jones, one of the co-writers of Dearly Departed, which Lake City Playhouse staged just over two years ago, clearly has an itch to scratch. He’s a co-writer of this holiday-themed farce that gleefully wallows in the same comedic milieux: a dysfunctional Southern family and a ridicuDEC. 6-22 lously over-the-top cast of supporting characters that includes an ornery Santa and an Elvis impersonator. Every trailer park stereotype you can think of gets draped in tinsel and lights as the Futrelle Sisters (Frankie, Twink and Honey Raye) attempt to stage a Christmas program for the town to remember. Suffice it to say, it should be refreshingly chaotic holiday fare. (EI) Lake City Playhouse, $11$17, Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm

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Perhaps you remember Loretta Swit from the 1980s television version of one of the greatest Christmas stories ever — about a family full of badass little hoodlums who end up being cast in the annual Christmas Pageant. (Mary had a dirty face! And the shepherds said swear words!) Yes, there are antics galore and neighborhood gossips, but eventually the good Christians (after DEC. 12a bit of healthy shaming) relearn the true meaning DEC. 20 of Christmas. The JACC’s theater troupe may not have Loretta Swit, but it’s hard to imagine the cast will lack the charm necessary to pull off this heartwarming story. There’s a happy ending and a moral, so bring the kids. (AF) The Jacklin Arts & Cultural Center, $10-$15, 7:30 pm

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FIRST NIGHT

Downtown Spokane will transform into a massive extravaganza on Dec. 31 to welcome the first moments of 2014. First Night is more than just a New Year’s party, inviting families and their kids to mingle for a night of art and culture. Nearly 40 venues host around 150 of the region’s dancers, singers and visual artists. This year, cabaret singer Abbey Crawford brings Miss Abbey’s Steampunk Spectacular at the Convention Center, complete with a steam engine-era art exhibit and bellydancing. A karaoke competition called “Singing in the New Year” holds all-ages auditions on First Friday events at the STA Plaza in October, November and December. After a DEC. 31 public vote, the top eight face off at the New Year’s party, with the winner crowned king or queen of karaoke. (BN) Downtown Spokane (multiple venues), $13, 6 pm

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NEW YEAR’S AT THE SYMPHONY

You could ring in the New Year surrounded by a bunch of drunks at a bar, or you could make a more classy evening of it. The Spokane Symphony and Chorale is here to help with that. Their New Year’s Eve ode to joy begins with a performance of Beethoven’s DEC. 31 spectacular Ninth Symphony, a holiday tradition from Germany introduced by music director Eckart Preu, followed by a “Puttin’ on the Ritz” party at the Davenport. These tickets have sold out every year, so act accordingly. (LJ) Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, $16-$23, 7:30 pm

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9/20-22 Valleyfest, Mirabeau Park and CenterPlace 9/21-10/27 Apple Festival at Walter’s Fruit Ranch 9/21 Equinox Artists’ Fair, Revel 77 Coffee 9/21 From Hell to Healing: Song & Stories of Iraq War

veteran Jason Moon, Unitarian Universalist Church

9/21 Pyrate Revel, Northwest Renaissance Festival 9/22 Moscow Food Co-op 40th Anniversary Carnival

Film

SEPTEMBER 19-25 Classical

9/19 Faculty Chamber Music Series, University of Idaho 9/20 Jazz Band and Choir concerts, University of Idaho 9/21-22 Spokane Symphony Classics: Virtuosity Required, The Fox Theater

9/22 A Grand Interlude, Harrington Opera House 9/24 WSU Faculty Artist Series: En Chamade and the WSU Brass Quintet, Bryan Hall Theatre

9/25 Spokane Symphony Ensembles, Spokane Valley Library

9/24 French Film Festival: “Rust and Bone,” Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre

9/24 “Gasland Part II” documentary, Bing Crosby Theater 9/25 “Age of Champions,” Garland Theater 9/25 SpIFF Professor Series: “Pan’s Labyrinth,” Bing Crosby Theater

Music 9/19 9/19 9/20 9/20 9/20 9/20

Dizzy Wright and Emilio Rojas, The Center Ray Wylie Hubbard, Chateau Rive Colby Acuff and Justin Sherfey, The Phat House Diesto, Rasputin and Bloody Gloves, Carr’s Corner Green Jelly and Xingaia, The Hop! Spokane Songwriters feat. Dirk Lind, Allen Surdez, Dave McRae and Brett Dodd , Grande Ronde Cellars 9/20 Table Top Joe, Mootsy’s 9/21 Adrenaline Rush, The Center 9/21 Brothers ov Midnite, NOBE, MJ + Inhuman Beatbox and Tear Free, Mootsy’s 9/21 Kid Rock, Northern Quest Casino 9/21 Rock Hard in the Park feat. Five Finger Death Punch, Greyhound Park 9/21 Walking Corpse Syndrome, Ruines Ov Abaddon and

The Center The Vibrators and Collateral Damage, The Hop! Jaeda + Half Zodiac and Jonny October, Mootsy’s Matt Nathanson and Joshua Radin, Knitting Factory The Queers and others, The Center Jason Aldean and Jake Owen, Spokane Arena Plain White T’s, Knitting Factory The Contenders, University of Idaho

9/19-11/3 Two to Tango: Artist and Viewer, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture

9/20-12/14 Made in the USA: Rosenquist / Rushcha, Museum of Art/WSU

9/20-10/6 Melissa Cole, Manic Moon & More 9/20-11/8 Wood & Watercolor Show, The JACC 9/21 Free Family Saturday at the MAC 9/23-10/18 Mapping the Spokane (River) installation and community project, SFCC Fine Arts Gallery

9/25 Lecture by artist Paul Vexler, WSU Pullman

Theater

9/19-22, 9/25 Brighton Beach Memoirs, Interplayers 9/19-22 Damn Yankees, Lake City Playhouse 9/20-22 Les Misérables, Spokane Civic Theatre 9/20 Spokane Civic Theater 67th Anniversary Gala 9/20-22 The Box Production: Asylum, Theater Arts for Children

9/20-22 The Importance of Being Earnest, Pend Oreille Playhouse

Visual Arts

9/19-9/27 All Media Juried Show, Chase Gallery 9/19-11/2 American Prints from the Permanent Collection, Jundt Art Museum

9/19-30 Casey Klahn , Arbor Crest Tasting Room 9/19-11/1 Compulsive Continuation, A Celebration of Her 90th: Pauline Anderson Haas, Bryan Oliver Gallery

9/19-30 Dennis Smith, Pottery Place Plus 9/19-10/12 Drawn to the Wall V, Jundt Art Museum 9/19-10/5 Harold Balazs: Alive at 85, and Mel McCuddin:

Lately 80, The Art Spirit Gallery 9/19-10/9 Julene Evert, Moscow Food Co-op 9/19-28 Margot Casstevens & Carrie Scozzaro, Saranac Art 9/19-28 Tresia Oosting, Tinman Gallery 9/19-10/12 Robert S. Neuman: Definition of Place, 19522012, Prichard Art Gallery 9/19-27 Sarah Beaty, Kolva-Sullivan Gallery 9/19-12/31 SPOMa: Spokane Modern Architecture, MAC

The Plain White T’s come to town on Sept. 25.

Words 9/19 9/20 9/21 9/21 9/21 9/25 9/25

Author Kathy McIntosh, Auntie’s Bedtime Stories Spokane: “Pillow Talk,” Spokane Club Author Mark Porter, Auntie’s Author Scott Elliott, Auntie’s Local Author Saturday, BookPeople of Moscow Dinty W. Moore, University of Idaho Law School Broken Mic, Neato Burrito

This FALL, set your Pace www.VisitSandpoint.com

Scenic Half Marathon

WaCanId Bike Tour

Draft Horse and Mule International

Harvest Wine Walk

Oktoberfest

It’s a fall full of frenzy Toast the season at Fall Fest, Aug. 31Sept. 2 at Schweitzer Mountain Resort. Gawk at the scenery in the Scenic Half Marathon, Sept. 15, and in the WaCanId bike ride, Sept. 16-21.

Then watch gentle giants at the Idaho Draft Horse and Mule International, Sept. 19-22. Come October, celebrate the season all month during Harvest Wine Walk, Oct. 3-Nov. 2, plus at Oktoberfest,

Beautiful MOST

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Oct. 5, and Harvest Fest, Oct. 12. Then Oct. 19 the Warren Miller Ski Film primes the pump for ski season. Go to www.VisitSandpoint.com to set your pace this fall!

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SEPTEMBER

26-OCT.2

Classical

9/26 WSU Symphony Orchestra, Bryan Hall Theatre, WSU 9/27 Brad Richter & Vicktor Uzur, The JACC 9/27 WSU Faculty Artist Series: “Dawn to Dusk in Song,” 9/28 9/28 9/29 10/1 10/1-2 10/1

Bryan Hall Theatre Spokane Jazz Orchestra: “Cabaret,” The Bing Washington Idaho Symphony, Jones Theater WSU Washington Idaho Symphony, Clarkston High School John & Gerald Clayton, University of Idaho Spokane Symphony: Chamber Soiree, Spokane Club WSU Jazz Band Concert, Bryan Hall Theatre

Comedy

9/27 Before It’s In Theaters, Blue Door Theatre 9/28 Safari, Blue Door Theatre

Culture

9/26-28 78th Annual Greek Festival, Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church

9/26 Annual Gala and Fundraiser, The Kenworthy 9/27 10th annual Courtyard step show, University of Idaho 9/27-28 Mad Hatter Vintage Flea Market, Five Mile Grange 9/28 Jay Owenhouse, INB Performing Arts Center 9/28 “Under the Sky Light” Fall Equinox dinner and concert, Bank Left Gallery 9/28-29 Inland Empire Philatelic Society Apple Harvest Stamp Show, Hilton Garden Inn, Airway Heights 10/2 “Are You an Inlander?” trivia competition, The Viking

Film

9/26 “Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia-Abu Jamal,” Magic Lantern

9/26 “Waiting for Superman,” The Book Parlor 10/1 French Film Festival: “Chicken with Plums,” The Kenworthy

Music 9/26 9/26 9/26 9/26 9/27 9/27 9/27 9/27 9/27 9/27 9/27 9/27 9/28 9/28 9/28 9/28 9/28 9/28 9/28 9/28 9/28 9/29 9/29 9/29 9/29 9/30 10/1-2 10/1 10/1 10/2 10/2

Frightened Rabbit with Augustines, Knitting Factory Nicole Lewis, Arbor Crest Winery Steve Earle & The Dukes, The Mastersons, The Bing The Dodgy Mountain Men, Jones Radiator Andre Feriante & the Bohemian Entourage, The Bing Carey Brazil, LeftBank Wine Bar Citizen Cope, Knitting Factory Dick Hensold, Pend d’Oreille Winery Guitars for Kids benefit concert feat. The RBC Band, Junkyard Duo, Republic Brewing Co. Lavoy, nYne Bar Learning Team, Mootsy’s Ra the Rugged Man with guests, The Center Beyond Belief, Evolved and others, The Center Dick Hensold, Caridwen and Greg Spatz, Mosaic Fellowship Elton Jah and others, Knitting Factory Flaamingos with Mirror Mirror, Jones Radiator Hog Heaven Big Band, Dahmen Barn Inland Northwest Blues Society feat. VooDoo Church and Lonesome Lyle Morse, The JACC Lei Majors CD Release Party, The Hop! Maroon 5 with Kelly Clarkson, The Gorge Satriarch, Skinwalker and more, Carr’s Corner Common Ground, Arbor Crest Winery Gin Blossoms, Coeur d’Alene Casino Natty Vibes with The Steppas, The Center Psyclon Nine and Dawn of Ashes, The Hop! Zedd with Oliver and Alex Metric, Knitting Factory Caravan of Thieves, John’s Alley Dark Star Orchestra (Grateful Dead Tribute), The Bing Tech N9ne with guests, Knitting Factory Andy McKee, Bing Crosby Theater Datsik with guests, Knitting Factory

Interplayers’ 2013-2014 main stage season opener is Brighton Beach Memoirs, which runs through Oct. 12.

Theater

9/26-29, 10/2 Brighton Beach Memoirs, Interplayers 9/26-29 Damn Yankees, Lake City Playhouse 9/26-29 Les Misérables, Spokane Civic Theater 9/27-28 Hit and Run Playwrights Festival, Stage Left Theater 9/27-28 Missoula Children’s Theater: Robinson Crusoe, Beasley Coliseum

9/27-28 The Counselor, Panida Theater 9/27-29 The Importance of Being Earnest, Pend Oreille Playhouse

9/28 Heart for the Arts Gala, Liberty Lake Theatre

Visual Arts

9/28 Little Spokane Artist Studio Tour, North Spokane 9/28 Spokane Valley Arts Council Artist Showcase and Auction, CenterPlace Event Center

10/1-12/31 “Birds in Art” group exhibition, Chase Gallery 10/1-11/5 Landescapes Exhibition, WSU Pullman 10/1-10/31 The ArtFall Season, Gallery Northwest

Words

9/26 Author Jan Martinez, Auntie’s 9/26 Lecture: Building for War, Civilian Contractors and Marines of Wake Island, North Spokane Library

9/27 Poet Janee Baugher, Auntie’s 9/27 Washington state Poet Laureate Kathleen Flenniken, Chewelah Civic Center

9/28 100,000 Poets for Change, Sandpoint 9/28 Inland Northwest Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators’ 9th Annual Conference, Spokane Club

9/28 Lecture: Building for War, Civilian Contractors and Marines of Wake Island, Spokane Valley Library

9/29 Palouse Country Cowboy Poet Association, Dahmen Barn 10/1 North Idaho Reads: Food and Memories with Chef 10/2 10/2 10/2 10/2

Adam Hegsted, Coeur d’Alene Casino Broken Mic, Neato Burrito F-Word Live Poetry Slam, The Kenworthy Lecture: The Magnificent Peutinger Map, The MAC Visiting Writers Series: Bruce Holbert and Shawn Vestal, Gonzaga University

Sept 20 – Oct 20, 2013 The

Christmas Schooner

Nov 22 – Dec 22, 2013

Second Samuel

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Crazy for You

The

Jan 17 – Feb 9, 2014

April 4 – 19, 2014

The Tempest

Becky’s New Car

The Mousetrap

Gypsy

Oct 25 – Nov 24, 2013

Jan 31 – Feb 23, 2014 Feb 28 – March 16, 2014

March 14 – April 13, 2014

Three Musketeers

May 2 – June 1, 2014

May 16 – June 15, 2014

Apple Festival

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OCTOBER 3-9 Classical

Comedy

10/3 Laugh for the Cure feat. Shaun Jones and Drew Barth, 10/4 10/5

Culture

10/3-5 Humanitas: World Arts Festival, WSU 10/3 Step Afrika!, Beasley Coliseum 10/4 African Music Concert, Dahmen Barn 10/4-6 Custer’s Fall Antique Show, Spokane County Fair &

10/3 Spokane Symphony Ensembles, Airway Heights

10/4

10/3 10/4 10/5

10/5 10/5 10/5

10/5 10/5 10/5 10/8

Library WSU Wind Ensemble & Symphonic Band, Bryan Hall WSU Faculty Artist Series: “Basso Continuum,” Bryan Hall Live simulcast of The Metroplitan Opera’s “Eugene Onegin,” Regal Cinemas Northtown & Riverstone KPBX Kids’ Concert: Baroque TubaFest, River Park Square Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Jacklin Arts & Cultural Center Spokane Symphony Ensembles, Cheney Library WSU Faculty Artist Series: Solstice Wind Quartet, Bryan Hall Theatre, WSU

The Lincoln Center Short Stacks and No Clue!, Blue Door Theatre Safari, Blue Door Theatre

Expo Center Spokane Valley Rotary Men of Fashion Show fundraiser, CenterPlace Event Center German-American Society Oktoberfest, Deutsches Haus Nordic Spirit Concert, Dahmen Barn Spokane Beard & Mustache Epic Beard Competition, The Vault Social Club

Film

10/3 “Not My Life” screening hosted by Sandie Morgan, 10/3

Bing Crosby Theater “GMO-OMG,” The Magic Lantern

10/3 10/5 10/7 10/8 10/10

Manhattan Short Film Festival, The Kenworthy G-Dog, Panida Theater Cult Film Festival, Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre French Film Festival: “La Pirogue,” The Kenworthy “The Act of Killing,” Magic Lantern

Music

10/3 Bullet for My Valentine with guests, Knitting Factory 10/3 Nick Grow, LeftBank Wine Bar 10/3 The Novocaines, Exile Parade and The Copper Gamins, The Center

10/3-4 The True Spokes, John’s Alley 10/4 Authority Zero with Storm Normandy, The Center 10/4 Carey Brazil, LeftBank Wine Bar 10/4 Okaidja & Shokoto, African music performance, WSU 10/4 Ron Keiper, Pend d’Oreille Winery 10/4 The Alliance, Bing Crosby Theater 10/4 The Coalition, The Hop! 10/5 Battle of the Bands Toys for Tots Fundraiser Concert,

Spokane Valley Eagles 10/5 The Family Band feat. Ricky Raccoon and Rusty Nail, LeftBank Wine Bar 10/5 The Valley with guests, Mootsy’s 10/6 Bon Jovi, Spokane Arena 10/6 Hooligan Records, The Hop! 10/6 The Bartlett soft opening feat. Pickwick and Tomten, nYne Bar 10/6 Thomas Rhett, WSU Pullman 10/7-8 Fox Street Allstars, John’s Alley 10/8 Krewella with guests, Knitting Factory 10/9 Douglas Cameron, John’s Alley 10/9 K.O.E., Dirty Savage, Mutiny Inc. and others, The Hop!

Performance

10/4 “Bad Girls, I’m Talking ‘Bout Them Bad Girls,” SCC Lair 10/4 Veggie Tales Live, The Fox Theater 10/5-6 Spokane Renaissance Faire, Green Bluff 10/5 Star Searchin’ Finals, Knitting Factory Veggie Tales Live stops at the Fox Theater on Oct. 4

The 201 3 Spokane

10/6 “Costly Desires” feat. the Dry Bones Arts Collective of Seattle, Bing Crosby Theater

10/7 Festival Dance: Aché Brasil, Beasley Coliseum

Theater

10/3-5 Damn Yankees, the musical, Lake City Playhouse 10/3-6 Les Misérables, Spokane Civic Theatre 10/3-6 Ordinary Time, Hartung Theater, U. of Idaho 10/4-5 “Ax of Murder,” Circle Moon Theater 10/4-5 The Counselor, Panida Theater 10/5-6, 10/9 Brighton Beach Memoirs, Interplayers Theatre 10/6 Capitol Steps, the Musical, INB Performing Arts Center 10/6 Frosh on Stage, Whitworth University

Visual Arts

10/3-9 Art from the Heart, Coeur d’Alene 10/3-27 Palouse Watercolor Socius exhibition, Dahmen Barn 10/4-25 Annual Archie Bray Foundation Resident Show, Kolva-Sullivan Gallery

10/4-31 Chris Kelsey, Mark Moore and Gina Freuen, Trackside Studio Ceramic Gallery

10/4-26 Dan McCann & Bernadette Vielbig, Saranac Art Projects 10/4-26 Intuitive Chaos: Larry Ellingson, Spokane Art School 10/4-31 Linda Lowry, Arbor Crest Tasting Room 10/4-31 Neil Clemons: “phoTEXTography,” Pottery Place Plus 10/4-11/16 Still Vertical: Harold Balazs & Mel McCuddin, Tinman Gallery

10/4 Terrain, Music City Building 10/4-5 Visual Arts Tour, Downtown Spokane

Words

10/3 Author Chet Caskey, Auntie’s 10/3-5 Individual World Poetry Slam, Downtown Spokane 10/4 Author Tess Taylor, BookPeople of Moscow 10/6 BootSlam, Boots Bakery & Lounge 10/6 Poet Melissa Lowdon, Auntie’s 10/7 Author Paul Bogard, BookPeople of Moscow 10/8 Visiting Writers Series: Garnet Hertz, WSU Pullman 10/9 Broken Mic, Neato Burrito 10/9 Sherman Alexie, Auntie’s

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OCTOBER 10-16 Classical

Comedy

10/11 No Clue!, Blue Door Theatre 10/11-12 Nuthouse Improv Comedy Troupe, WSU 10/12 Baby Boomer Comedy Show, The Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre

10/12 Safari, Blue Door Theatre

Film

10/11 Banff Radical Reels, Panida Theater 10/12 Radical Reels Film Tour, Bing Crosby Theater 10/13 “The Walking Dead” Season 4 Premeire, Bing Crosby Theater

10/11-12 Coeur d’Alene Symphony: Picture This!, Kroc Center 10/11 WSU Vocal Extravaganza, Bryan Hall Theatre, WSU 10/12-13 Spokane Symphony Classics: Welcome to Zuill,

10/14 “American Winter,” Bing Crosby Theater 10/14 Cult Film Festival, Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre 10/15 French Film Festival: “Romantics Anonymous,”

10/13 James Reid, classical guitar, St. John’s Cathedral 10/14 Gonzaga Symphony Orchestra wtih Arianna

10/16 Food for Thought Film Series: “Yogawoman,”

Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox

Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre

10/16 SpIFF Professor Series: “Amelie,” Bing Crosby Theater

Zukerman, The Fox Theater

Music 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/11 10/11 10/11 10/11

Blaze & Kelly, Panida Theater Diamond Head, Raven and others, The Hop! Disclosure with T. Williams, Knitting Factory Maria In the Shower, Jacklin Arts & Cultural Center Nick Grow, LeftBank Wine Bar Sun Blood Stories, John’s Alley Har Mar Superstar, The Center Heart, Beasley Coliseum Kid Ink, Knitting Factory Koffin Kats, Reason for Existence and Almost Home, The Hop! 10/11 Life in Color: 2013 Rebirth Tour, Spokane Arena 10/11-12 McTuff, John’s Alley 10/11 One Street Over, Pend d’Oreille Winery 10/11 Starlite Motel, LeftBank Wine Bar 10/12 Carey Brazil, LeftBank Wine Bar 10/12 The Radical Something with Down With Webster, The Center 10/12 Widower, Apollo, Perceptionist and others, The Hop! 10/13 Gwar with Whitechapel, Iron Reagan and A Band of Orcs, Knitting Factory 10/13 The Maxies and The Beat, The Hop! 10/14 Hemlock, The Hop! 10/14 Zeds Dead with Paper Diamond and others, Knitting Factory 10/15 Deicide, Disgorge, Broken Hope and others, The Hop! 10/16 Brothers Gow, John’s Alley 10/16 Carbon Leaf with Brian Wright, Knitting Factory 10/16 Sons of Providence, The Hop!

Performance

10/10-11 Spooky Spokane walking tours, The Fox Theater 10/11-12 Creepy Hallow, Northwest Renaissance Festival 10/13 Vicki Lawrence & Mama: A Two Woman Show, Northern Quest Casino

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Visual Arts

10/10-12 Art from the Heart, Coeur d’Alene 10/11 Beyond Pink Designer Bra Fashion Show and Auction at Spokane Convention Center

10/11-11/2 Allen and Mary Dee Dodge, The Art Spirit 10/11 ArtWalk, Downtown Coeur d’Alene 10/11-11/6 Ron Seiler, Moscow Food Co-op 10/12-11/2 Artist Dan Kiessling, Bank Left Gallery

Words

10/10 Author Mary Brooks, Auntie’s 10/10 Spokane is Reading feat. Maria Semple, Spokane Convention Center and CenterPlace

10/11 The Journey Toward Justice: Sister Helen Prejean, Gonzaga University

10/12 Author Eldon Taylor, Panida Theater 10/12 Author Liza Bley, Auntie’s 10/15 Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, Whitworthy University

10/16 Broken Mic, Neato Burrito

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OCTOBER 17-23 Classical

10/17 WSU Faculty Artist Series: “Heavy Metal,” Kimbrough 10/19 10/20 10/20 10/22

Hall Spokane Symphony Superpops: Symphony Idol, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox Palouse Choral Society: Encore!, St. Boniface Catholic Church, Uniontown Spokane String Quartet: Counterculture, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox WSU Faculty Artist Series: Collaborative and Solo Works for Violin and Viola, Bryan Hall Theatre, WSU

Comedy

10/18 No Clue!, Blue Door Theatre 10/19 Safari, Blue Door Theatre

Culture

10/17-18 Spooky Spokane walking tours, The Fox Theater 10/18-20 Bead Stampede, Spokane County Fair & Expo

Center 10/18-20 Washington State Quilters Show, Spokane County Fair & Expo Center 10/19 Brongaene Griffin: Celtic music, Dahmen Barn 10/19 The Pumpkin Ball, Spokane Convention Center 10/20 Spokane Preservation Advocates’ Autumn Historic Homes Tour, Millwood

Film

10/17 The Inlander’s Suds & Cinema film series, Dazed and Confused, Bing Crosby Theater

10/18-19 Wild & Scenic Film Festival, Panida Theater 10/23 Warren Miller’s Ticket to Ride, WSU Pullman

Music

10/17 Jonathan Warren & The Billy Goats, John’s Alley 10/17 Nick Grow, LeftBank Wine Bar

10/17 Red Fang, The Center 10/18 Carey Brazil, LeftBank Wine Bar 10/18-19 Industrial Revelation, John’s Alley 10/18 Passion Pit with The Joy Formidable, Knitting Factory 10/18 Ruff Shod, Pend d’Oreille Winery 10/18 Society 1 with The Maension, The Center 10/18 The Moody Blues, Northern Quest Casino 10/19 Living Colour, Knitting Factory 10/19 Nine Pint Coggies, Jacklin Arts & Cultural Center 10/19 The Avett Brothers with Nicholas David, INB 10/19 10/20 10/20 10/21 10/21 10/22 10/23 10/23

Performing Arts Center Tommy G., LeftBank Wine Bar El Katif Shrine Band, Harrington Opera House Monsters Scare You! with guests, The Hop! Joe Pug with Vandaveer, Mikey’s Gyros Joe Satriani, The Fox Theater The Used with William Control, Knitting Factory Songwriters in the Cellar, Grande Ronde Cellars The Freeway Revival Band, John’s Alley

Performance

10/18 Martha Redbone Roots Project, Daggy Hall, WSU 10/18-19 Creepy Hallow, Northwest Renaissance Festival 10/18-19 Stage One , Wadleigh Theater, WSU 10/19 “A Night of Edgar Allen Poe” with Lake City Playhouse, Bing Crosby Theater

Theater

10/17-20 Les Misérables, Spokane Civic Theatre 10/17-20 M*A*S*H, Pullman Civic Theater 10/18-19 “Ax of Murder” mystery dinner theater, Circle Moon Theater

10/18-20 Death by Chocolate, Liberty Lake Theatre 10/18-19 It Was a Dark and Stormy Night, StageWest

10/18-12/1 “Comic Art Indigene,” art from the New Mexico Museum of Indian Art, Prichard Art Gallery

10/18-11/16 “Life on the Lake” juried photography exhibition, Redtail Gallery

10/18 Mapping the Spokane lecuture and reception with Gregg Schlanger, SFCC Fine Arts Gallery

10/22-11/19 Bordering the Surreal: Photos by Jim Stone,

David Graham and others, SFCC Fine Arts Gallery

10/22-12/20 Leslie W. LePere: Magic of the Objects, Jundt Art Museum

Words

10/17 Author Sarah Conover, Auntie’s 10/17 Authors Jim and Linda Hunt: “Bold Spirited Travelers,” North Spokane Library

10/17 Cliff Barackman: Finding Bigfoot lecture, WSU 10/18 “You Are Next” feat. four teen literature authors, Auntie’s Bookstore

10/19 Authors Jim and Linda Hunt: “Bold Spirited Travelers,” Argonne Library

10/19 Local Author Saturday, BookPeople of Moscow 10/20 Authors Jim and Linda Hunt: “Bold Spirited Travelers,” Cheney Library

10/20 Investigative journalist and author Christian Parenti, Bing Crosby Theater

10/20 Spokane Poetry Slam, The Lantern Tap House 10/21 Author Steven Jimenez, Auntie’s 10/22 Visiting Writers Series: Washington state Poet

Laureate Kathleen Flenniken, Museum of Art/WSU

10/18-20 Sherlock Holmes, Theater Arts for Children

10/23 Visiting Writers Series: Lisa Olstein, Gonzaga

Lake City Playhouse performs A Night of Edgar Allen Poe at the Bing on Oct. 19.

Liza Bley 10/12 Sarah Conover 10/17 Steven Jimenz 10/21 Poet Laureate Panel 10/23 Laurie Frankel 10/25 Rosanne Parry 10/29 Marissa Meyer 10/30 3 Minute Mic 11/01 John Stockton 11/09 Carol Hipperson 11/11 Jeannie Opdyke 11/14 Nance Van Winckel 11/15 Brandon Cole 11/19 Kate McLachlan 11/22 Small Business Saturday Events 11/ 11/30

Visual Arts

10/18-20 Little Shop of Horrors, Ignite! Community Theatre

Chety Caskey 10/03 Fall Johny Keeble 10/04 Events Sherman Alexie 10/09 Preview: Mary Brooks 10/10

The Wakefield Mysteries, Whitworth University, Cowles Auditorium 10/23 Carrie the Musical, Bing Crosby Theater

10/23 Author Tyehimba Jess, University of Idaho 10/23 Broken Mic, Neato Burrito 10/23 Panel of Poet Laureates feat. Kenn Nesbitt, Kathleen

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Flenniken and Diane Raptosh, Auntie’s University

3 P.M. SUNDAY, OCT. 20, 2013 MARTIN WOLDSON THEATER AT THE FOX

3 P.M. SUNDAY, NOV. 24, 2013 BING CROSBY THEATER

3 P.M. SUNDAY, JAN. 19, 2014 BING CROSBY THEATER with Dawn Wolski, soprano and Larry Jess, trumpet

3 P.M. SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 2014 MARTIN WOLDSON THEATER AT THE FOX with Lydia Brown, piano

3 P.M. SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2014 BING CROSBY THEATER

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OCTOBER 24-30

Film 10/24 10/25 10/25 10/26 10/28

Warren Miller’s Ticket to Ride, WSU Pullman SpIFF Halloween Film screening, Garland Theater Warren Miller’s Ticket to Ride, Bing Crosby Theater Warren Miller’s Ticket to Ride, Panida Theater Cult Film Festival, Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre

Music

10/23 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis with Talib Kweli, Big Krit,

Classical

10/24 WSU Faculty Artist Series: “Art Songs of England,” Bryan Hall Theatre, WSU

10/25 Gonzaga Choir: The Luminous Soul, St. Aloysius Catholic Church

10/26 Gonzaga Men’s and Women’s Choruses, Gonzaga University, Chapel Hall

10/26-27 Spokane Symphony Classics: Angels are Among Us, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox

10/26 WSU Choral Festival, Bryan Hall Theatre, WSU

Comedy

10/25 No Clue!, Blue Door Theatre 10/26 Safari, Blue Door Theatre

Culture

10/24-25 Fall Craft Fair, Providence Sacred Heart 10/24-25 Spooky Spokane walking tours, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 10/25-26 Autumn Arts and Crafts Festival, Beasley Coliseum, WSU Pullman 10/25 Masque-your-aid Benefit for Communities in Schools of Spokane County, Red Lion Hotel at the Park 10/26 Odyssey Youth Masquerade: Werewolves of London, The Lincoln Center 10/26 Unity Spiritual Center Arts & Crafts Festival, Unity Spiritual Center

10/24 10/24 10/25 10/25 10/25 10/26 10/26 10/26 10/26 10/27 10/27 10/28 10/29 10/30

Spokane Arena David Nail, Knitting Factory Nick Grow, LeftBank Wine Bar Carey Brazil, LeftBank Wine Bar Federico Aubele with Lisa Alma and Bias, The Bartlett Steve Neff, Pend d’Oreille Winery Hog Heaven Big Band, Dahmen Barn Kari Marguerite, LeftBank Wine Bar Odyssey, Xingaia, Seven Cycles, Honey Badger and more, The Hop! Polyrythmics, John’s Alley American Me and Thick as Blood, The Hop! Styx, Clearwater River Casino Okkervil River with Matthew E. White, Knitting Factory John Wayne and The Pain, John’s Alley Hooligan Records, The Hop!

Performance

Warren Miller’s 2013 touring winter sports action film Ticket to Ride hits several venues in the Northwest this week. Theater at Emmanuel Lutheran

10/25-26 Creepy Hallow, Northwest Renaissance Festival 10/25-26 Stage One, Wadleigh Theater, WSU

10/25-27 Lend Me a Tenor, Lake City Playhouse 10/25-27 Little Shop of Horrors, Ignite! Community

Theater

10/25-26 Noises Off, Gonzaga University 10/25-27 Second Samuel, Spokane Civic Theatre 10/25-27 Sherlock Holmes, Theater Arts for Children

10/24 Carrie the Musical, Bing Crosby Theater 10/24-27 Death by Chocolate, Liberty Lake Theatre 10/24-26, 10/31 Never the Sinner, Interplayers Theatre 10/24-26 The Diary of Anne Frank, Schuler Performing Arts Center, North Idaho College 10/25-27 It Was a Dark and Stormy Night, StageWest

Theatre

Visual Arts

10/24-12/31 “Please Do Not Touch”: EWU Faculty

10/25 Reception for Magic of the Objects, by Leslie W. LePere, Jundt Art Museum

Words

10/24 Author Kurt Bubna, Auntie’s 10/24 Authors Jim and Linda Hunt: “Bold Spirited Travelers,” Spokane Valley Library

10/29 Author Rosanne Parry, Auntie’s 10/30 Author Marissa Meyer, Auntie’s 10/30 Broken Mic, Neato Burrito

Exhibition, EWU Gallery of Art

Internationally acclaimed and Grammy-winning jazz saxophonist

with the award-winning

Whitworth University Jazz Ensemble Dan Keberle, director

SATURDAY NOV. 2, 8 p.m.

Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox Admission: $17; $12 student/senior (62+). Tickets available through Ticketswest (www.ticketswest.com) and the Fox Box Office (509.624.1200 or www.foxtheaterspokane.com). Info: 509.777.3280

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OCTOBER

31-NOV.6

11/2 11/2 11/2 11/3

Classical 11/1

11/1 11/2

11/6

Symphony with a Splash: November First Friday, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox WSU Orchestra Festival, Kimbrough Hall Coeur d’Alene Symphony Musical Soiree and Dinner, Jacklin Arts & Cultural Center

11/6

Holy Names Music Center Performathon, River Park Square Washington Idaho Symphony feat. Inon Barnatan, Jones Theater at Daggy Hall, WSU Whitworth University Jazz Ensemble, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox Washington Idaho Symphony feat. Inon Barnatan, Clarkston High School Spokane Symphony Ensembles, Moran Prairie and Deer Park libraries WSU Jazz Festival, Kimbrough Hall

Comedy 11/1

Family Dinner and Short Stacks, Blue Door Theatre

11/2

10/31-11/2 The Diary of Anne Frank, Schuler Performing

Safari, Blue Door Theatre

Arts Center, North Idaho College

Culture

11/1-3 Disney’s Tarzan, the musical, performed by CYT-

Film

11/1-3 11/1-3 11/1-3 11/1-2

11/2

11/1-2 11/1 11/2-4 11/2 11/6

German-American Society Pioneer Day, Deutsches Haus

Horror Film Festival, Stage Left Theater “Into the Mind” winter sports film, Panida Theater GLBT Film Festival, Riverpoint EWU Auditorium Sandpoint Film Festival, Panida Theater SpIFF Professor Series: “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” Bing Crosby Theater

11/1 11/1 11/2 11/2

Visual Arts

11/1-30 Chris Kelsey, Mark Moore and Gina Freuen, Trackside

Music 10/31 10/31 11/1 11/1 11/1

11/6

Nick Grow, LeftBank Wine Bar Pest, The Hop! A Touch of Jazz, Pend d’Oreille Winery Carey Brazil, LeftBank Wine Bar Never Met Deadman, Cold Blooded, Skinwalker and more, The Hop! Roach Gigz, The Center Tom Catmull and The Clerics, The Cutter Theatre Tommy G., LeftBank Wine Bar Trapt with Devour the Day, Knitting Factory

Studio Ceramic Gallery

11/1 First Friday, Downtown Spokane 11/1-29 Julia Galloway ceramics exhibition, Kolva-Sullivan Gallery

11/1-30 Kurt Madison and Mariah Boyle, Saranac Art Projects 11/1-30 Patti Simpson, Arbor Crest Tasting Room 11/1-30 Randi Harris pop art exhibit, Pottery Place Plus 11/3-12/29 Home for the Holidays exhibition, Dahmen Barn

Words

Performance

11/1 11/3 11/4

11/6

11/6 11/6

11/1

North Idaho, The Kroc Center Lend Me a Tenor, Lake City Playhouse Little Shop of Horrors, Ignite! Community Theatre Noises Off, Gonzaga University Shrek the Musical by CYT Spokane, Bing Crosby Theater Disney’s Tarzan, the musical, performed by CYTNorth Idaho, The Kroc Center

The Improvised Shakespeare Company, Jones Theater at Daggy Hall, WSU MOMIX: Botanica, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox

Theater

10/31-11/3, 11/6 Never the Sinner, Interplayers Theatre 10/31-11/3 Second Samuel, Spokane Civic Theatre

11/6

Three-Minute Mic, Auntie’s BootSlam, Boots Bakery & Lounge Visiting Writers Series: W. Scott Olson, Museum of Art/WSU Broken Mic, Neato Burrito Lecture: Digitial Restoration of Antiquities: Medieval manuscripts and scrolls from Herculaneum, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture Robert Hastings: UFO’s, The Secret Story, WSU Pullman

SpIFF’s fall film series hosted by local professors features Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind on Nov. 6.

15th Annual Spokane

PRESENTS

GLBT Film Festival

Meet me at the Film Festival

November 1, 2, 3, 2013 SpokaneFilmFest.org Riverpoint EWU Auditorium 688 N. Riverpoint Blvd., Spokane Tickets available at the door

Friday, November 1st Saturday, November 2nd Friday, November 8th Saturday, November 9th Sunday, November 10th

7pm 3pm & 7pm 7pm 3pm & 7pm 3pm

901 W. Sprague Avenue

Tickets Available Online at www.cytspokane.com Adults $12 • Children (12 & Under) $11 • Seniors (65+) $11 Group Discount (10 or More Tickets) $10

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NOVEMBER 7-13 11/10 11/10 11/12 11/12 11/13

Jazz pianist Judy Carmichael, Bing Crosby Theater WSU Symphony Orchestra, Bryan Hall Theatre, WSU Spokane Symphony Superpops: Big Band, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox American Guild of Organists’ recital, St. John’s Cathedral Spokane Youth Symphony: Earth, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox EWU Composers Forum Concert, Music Bldg. Recital Hall, Eastern Washington University Music from the Palouse: Mozart!, University of Idaho EWU Woodwind Concert, Music Bldg. Recital Hall, Eastern Washington University

Comedy

11/8 Family Dinner, Blue Door Theatre 11/8-9 Nuthouse Improv Comedy Troupe, Wadleigh Theater, 11/9

Palouse Christmas open house, Bank Left Gallery Trauma Transformed to Art, Unitarian Universalist Church of Spokane

Film 11/8

Teton Gravity Research winter sport film, Panida Theater 11/13 Food for Thought Film Series: “A Place at the Table,” Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre

Music

Classical 11/7 11/7 11/9

11/9 11/9

Washington State University Safari, Blue Door Theatre

11/7 Nick Grow, LeftBank Wine Bar 11/7-10 The Bartlett grand opening weekend feat. the Cave

11/8 11/8 11/9 11/9 11/9 11/10 11/12 11/12 11/12 11/13

Singers, Radiation City, Terrible Buttons, Silver Torches, Dead Serious Lovers, Mirror Mirror, Scott Ryan and more, The Bartlett Britchy Folk Duo, Pend d’Oreille Winery Carey Brazil, LeftBank Wine Bar Brian Carter, Dahmen Barn Son of Brad, LeftBank Wine Bar The Fat Tones, Panida Theater Tyrone Wells, Chateau Rive Open mic, The Bartlett Rittz and others, Knitting Factory The Black Dahlia Murder with guests, The Center Soja with Common Kings, Knitting Factory

Performance

11/7-10 Disney on Ice: Rockin’ Ever After, Spokane Arena 11/13 Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker, Bing Crosby Theater

Culture

Theater

Presbyterian Church 11/8-9 Artisans Marketplace, The Spokane Club 11/8 Epicurean Delight, Spokane Convention Center 11/9-10 18th Annual Fall Folk Festival, Spokane Community College Lair

North Idaho, The Kroc Center 11/7-9, 11/13 Grease, Regional Theatre of the Palouse 11/7-10 Lend Me a Tenor, Lake City Playhouse 11/7-8 Mark Twain on Man and His World, Interplayers Theatre

11/8-9 25th Annual Jubilee International Marketplace, First

11/7-10 Disney’s Tarzan, the musical, performed by CYT-

Young actors from Spokane’s Christian Youth Theater perform Shrek the Musical at the Bing Nov. 8-10. 11/7-9 Never the Sinner, Interplayers Theatre 11/7-10 Second Samuel, Spokane Civic Theatre 11/8-10 Fiddler on the Roof, Pend Oreille Playhouse 11/8-10 Shrek the Musical by Christian Youth Theater Spokane, Bing Crosby Theater

11/9

Tears of Joy Theatre: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Jacklin Arts & Cultural Center 11/10-11 Mark Twain on Man and His World, Interplayers Theatre 11/8-10 Nora, Stage Left Theater

Visual Arts

11/8 ArtWalk, Downtown Coeur d’Alene 11/8-12/11 Naomi Gray, Moscow Food Co-op

11/8-30 Victoria Brace, The Art Spirit Gallery 11/9 MAC Art Auction and Gala, The Davenport Hotel 11/12-12/31 Poetics & Public Projection: Layered History -

Redrawn Memory by Rose Bond, Bryan Oliver Gallery, Whitworth University 11/13 Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Gelah Penn, Spokane Falls Community College and The Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture

Words

11/9 John Stockton autobiography signing, Auntie’s 11/11 Author Carol Hipperson, Auntie’s 11/12 Renee Montagne of National Public Radio’s Morning Edition, Bing Crosby Theater

11/13 Author Teju Cole, University of Idaho Law School 11/13 Broken Mic, Neato Burrito

SPOKANE FOLKLORE SOCIETY PRESENTS

Two Free presentations by

BEST-SELLING AUTHOR

-MARIA SEMPLE-

THURSDAY

OCT 10

Celebrating Our Area’s Cultural Diversity

November 9th & 10th 2013 Sat 11am to 10pm • Sun 11am to 5pm Spokane Community College | Lair Student Center | 1810 N. Greene St.

8 Stages featuring 100 Performances Dance| Music | Craft Sales Workshops | Jam Sessions New England Contra Dance Children’s Activities

For more info contact 828-3683 or SpokaneFolkFestival.org

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1pm | Convention Center Conference Theater Downtown Spokane

7pm | CenterPlace 2426 N. Discovery Place Spokane Valley Doors open 45 minutes prior to each event start time. An ASL interpreter will be present at the 7pm event.

NOVEMBER 14-20 Classical

11/14 Brass Extravaganza Concert, Music Bldg. Recital Hall, Eastern Washington University

11/14 Pianist Jason Farnham, The Panida Theater 11/15 Brass Chamber Music, Bryan Hall Theatre, WSU 11/16 KPBX Kids’ Concert: Happy Days are Here Again!, Bing Crosby Theater 11/16 Patrick Bell, Celtic harpist and storyteller, The Panida Theater 11/16-17 Spokane Symphony Classics: Dazzling Brilliance, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 11/17 Gonzaga Music Composition Recital, Gonzaga University 11/19 Gonzaga Jazz Ensemble, Gonzaga University 11/20 Guitarists Frank Vigola, Vinny Raniolo and Peppino D’Agostino, Bing Crosby Theater

11/15 Family Dinner, Blue Door Theatre 11/16 Safari, Blue Door Theatre

11/16 11/17 11/18 11/19 11/19 11/20

Nick Grow, LeftBank Wine Bar Carey Brazil, LeftBank Wine Bar Seth Walser & Tarrel Cripps, Pend d’Oreille Winery The Clumsy Lovers, Knitting Factory Carey Brazil, LeftBank Wine Bar Marshall McLean Album Release with Mama Doll and Bart Budwig, The Bartlett Morgan Page with guests, Knitting Factory Gramatik with guests, Knitting Factory The Casualties, The Hop! 3OH!3 with The Summer Set and others, Knitting Factory Nine Inch Nails with Explosions in the Sky, Spokane Arena Keller Williams, The Center

Performance

11/14 Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker, Bing Crosby Theater

11/15-16 Letters Home, Jones Theater at Daggy Hall, WSU 11/16 Spokane Aerial Performance Arts: Bang Bang!, Location TBA

11/17 Festival Dance: The Ballet Folklorico “Quetzalli” de

11/14-16 Frozen Dinner, Gonzaga University 11/14-17 Grease, Regional Theatre of the Palouse 11/14-17 Inspecting Carol, Spokane Falls Community College

11/16 Jingle Bell Run, Riverfront Park 11/15 “A Fierce Green Fire,” The Panida Theater

Marshall McLean releases a new album on 11/16 at the Bartlett. 11/15-17 The Fantasticks, Eastern Washington University

Visual Arts

Theater

Culture

’Tis the season for a holiday shopping tradition!

11/14 11/15 11/15 11/15 11/16 11/16

Veracruz, Beasley Coliseum, Pullman 11/20 Mannheim Steamroller: A Christmas Celebration, INB Performing Arts Center

Comedy

Film

Music

Spartan Theatre 11/14-17 Second Samuel, Spokane Civic Theatre 11/15-17 Fiddler on the Roof, Pend Oreille Playhouse 11/15-17 Nora, Stage Left Theater

11/14 Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Gelah Penn, Eastern Washington University

11/14 WSU Student Entertainment Board’s Arts 30 Year Celebration, WSU Pullman

11/15-12/31 Unique Gifts Show, Jacklin Arts & Cultural Center 11/15-17 Yuletide holiday arts festival, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture

Words 11/14 11/14 11/15 11/16 11/17 11/18 11/19 11/20

Author Melanie Thon, Whitworth University HUB Jeannie Opdyke: “In My Hands” book talk, Auntie’s Poet Nance Van Winckel, Auntie’s Author Jess Steven Hughes, Spokane Valley Hastings Spokane Poetry Slam, Lantern Tap House Poet Padraig O Tuama, Whitworth University HUB Brandon Cole: “Reel Life” book talk, Auntie’s Broken Mic, Neato Burrito

Custer’s 37th Annual

One of a Kind Jewelry • Wearable Fiber Art • Functional Pottery Original Paintings • Metal Art • Woodworking • Photography Mixed Media • Holiday Decor • Specialty Foods and much more!

Spokane Fair & Expo Center

404 N. Havana Rd. • Spokane, WA • Free Parking

November 22 - 23 - 24, 2013 Friday 10 am - 8 pm

Saturday 10 am - 6 pm

Sunday 10 am - 4 pm

Admission $7.00 • Good all weekend! • Kids 12 & under free Presented by:

Over 300 Professional Artists and Crafters! 5 0 9 - 9 2 4 - 0 5 8 8 • w w w. C u s t e r S h o w s . c o m

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NOVEMBER 21-27 Classical

11/21 Gonzaga Choir with Incendo: Bolivian Baroque Bravado, Gonzaga University, Jepson Hall

11/21 Instrumental and vocal jazz concert, Showalter Auditorium, Eastern Washington University

11/21 WSU Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band, Bryan Hall Theatre

11/22 EWU Music Faculty Concert, Bing Crosby Theater 11/22 From Rome to the New World: The Music & Drama of the Jesuit Baroque, Gonzaga University

11/24 Gonzaga Wind Symphony, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 11/24 Spokane String Quartet: The British Invasion, Bing Crosby Theater 11/25 SFCC Community Band, Spokane Falls Community College Music Auditorium

Comedy

11/21 11/22 11/22 11/22 11/23 11/23 11/23 11/23 11/23 11/27

Tera Melos with Zorch, The Center Carey Brazil, LeftBank Wine Bar Mike & Shanna Thompson, Pend d’Oreille Winery Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Lost Christmas Eve, Spokane Arena Aaron Carter, Knitting Factory Meat Puppets with The World Takes, The Center Odyssey, Honey Badger, Czar and others, The Hop! Shelby Earle, The Bartlett Truck Mills, LeftBank Wine Bar Thy Art is Murder with guests, The Center

Theater

11/21-24 Inspecting Carol, Spokane Falls Community College Spartan Theatre

11/21-24 Our Town, Interplayers Theatre 11/21-24 Second Samuel, Spokane Civic Theatre 11/21-23 The Fantasticks, Eastern Washington University 11/22-24 A Christmas Schooner, Spokane Civic Theatre 11/22-23 American Idiot, the Broadway Musical, INB

Give your Christmas an electric jumpstart with Trans-Siberian Orchestra at the Spokane Arena on 11/22.

Performing Arts Center

11/22 Family Dinner, Blue Door Theatre 11/23 Safari, Blue Door Theatre

11/22-24 Nora, Stage Left Theater 11/27 Our Town, Interplayers Theatre

Culture

Visual Arts

11/22-24 Custer’s Christmas Arts & Crafts Show, Spokane County Fair & Expo Center

11/22-12/31 Spokane Art School Faculty Show, Tinman Gallery

Music

11/20 Songwriters in the Cellar, Grande Ronde Cellars 11/21 Nick Grow, LeftBank Wine Bar 11/21 Pretty Lights with Odesza, Knitting Factory

Words

11/23 Author Jess Steven Hughes, South Hill Hastings 11/26 Authors Lisa Borders and Ron MacLean, Auntie’s 11/27 Broken Mic, Neato Burrito

Tera Melos (above) and Zorch play at the Center on Nov. 21.

One of Those Days

Shriners Hospital Duck Waddle 5k FUN RUN Sunday! September 29, 2013

THE ORDINARY LIFE OF A SUPERHERO

From ripping out your favorite pair of pants to stepping in poo, Even Superheroes can have “One of Those Days”.

Registration: 11 a.m. • Race Start: Noon Floating Dock in Riverfront Park - Spokane, WA

Or send us A CHECK with your name, address, email & T-shirt size to: (Checks Payable to SHC Spokane) SHC Duck Waddle - Public Relations 911 W. 5th Avenue Spokane, WA 99204 (509) 455 - 7844

Limited Edition Superhero inspired

Screen Prints By Local artist

Derrick King at

Proudly Supported by:

815 W Garland Ave

$15 Entry Fee (non-refundable) NO REFUNDS

NO TRANSFERS, NO ROLLOVERS, NO MEDICAL COMPS

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First Friday October 4th 5-8PM opening reception

Then check out

“No Clue!”

A murder mystery where the crowd gets to decide who the kille r is.

NOVEMBER

28-DEC. 4

Classical

12/2 SFCC Orchestra, Spokane Falls Community College

Music Auditorium Gonzaga Jazz Combos, Gonzaga University SFCC Choral, Spokane Falls Community College Music Auditorium Cheney Jazz Collaboration, Music Bldg. Recital Hall, Eastern Washington University Coeur d’Alene Symphony: Christmas at the Kroc, Kroc Center SFCC Jazz Band, Spokane Falls Community College Music Auditorium Coeur d’Alene Symphony: Christmas at the Kroc, Kroc Center

12/3 12/3 12/4 12/4 12/4 12/6

Comedy

11/29 Family Dinner, Blue Door Theatre 11/30 Safari, Blue Door Theatre 12/6 Short Stacks, Blue Door Theatre

Culture

11/30-12/1 Country Christmas Antiques and Arts and Crafts Show, hosted by Two Women Vintage Goods at Moran Prairie Grange Spokane Public Radio Open House

12/3

Film

11/29 Backcountry Film Festival, The Panida Theater

Music

11/29 Carey Brazil, LeftBank Wine Bar 11/29-30 Celtic Thunder: Mythology, Northern Quest 11/29 11/29 11/30 11/30

Resort and Casino Cold Blooded, The Hop! Powell Brothers, Pend d’Oreille Winery Emily Baker, Pend d’Oreille Winery Pearl Jam, Spokane Arena

Theater

11/28-12/1 A Christmas Schooner, Spokane Civic Theatre 11/28-12/1 Our Town, Interplayers Theatre 12/4 A Christmas Carol, Hartung Theater, University of Idaho

12/4 Our Town, Interplayers Theatre 12/4 Stage II Shorts, Whitworth University, Cowles

Celtic Thunder performs at Northern Quest Resort & Casino Nov. 29-30.

Auditorium

Visual Arts

11/29-12/1 Handmade Ornament Show, Tinman Gallery 11/30 Slighty West of Spokane Artist Studio Tour, Cheney and Medical Lake

Words

11/30 Local Author Saturday, BookPeople of Moscow 12/1 BootSlam, Boots Bakery & Lounge 12/4 Broken Mic, Neato Burrito Spokane Public Radio Open House on Dec. 3

d a e r b r e g n Gi F F O D IL CHRIST KITCHEN

, 2013 5 1 r e b m ce Sunday, De otel H t r o p n e The Dav Grand Hall of the Doges Pennington Ballroom

Gingerbread Build-Off | 10am - 1pm Culinary teams decorate enormous gingerbread structures, in just 3-hours, as the public watches... voting for their favorite!

Wa ch professtio gingerbr nal e hous ad being beus ilt VOTE UR FOR YROITE! FAVO ets $ 1 k o V te Ticfor $ 5 6 r o

2012 Gingerbread Winner

Kids Event | 10am - 4pm

‘Kids of all ages’ can make their own mini-gingerbread house GINGER Products sales & prices vary

BREA$D Pictures KITS 7 $5

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DECEMBER 5-11

12/6 12/7 12/7 12/7 12/7 12/7 12/8 12/8

Classical

12/5 EWU Symphony Orchestra, Showalter Auditorium,

Eastern Washington University 12/5-8 Spokane Symphony: The Nutcracker Ballet, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 12/5 Winter Classics Concert feat. Zuill Bailey and Natasha Paremski, The Cutter Theatre 12/6 EWU Choral Concert, Music Bldg. Recital Hall, Eastern Washington University

12/9

Gonzaga Music Flute Recitals, Gonzaga University De Colores Handbell Choir, The Cutter Theatre Gonzaga Music Piano Recitals, Gonzaga University Spokane Jazz Orchestra: A Glenn Miller Christmas, Bing Crosby Theater Winter Classics Concert feat. Zuill Bailey and Natasha Paremski, Barrister Winery WSU Holiday Concert, Bryan Hall Theatre, Washington State University Holiday Jazz Concert, Eastern Washington University Winter Classics Concert feat. Zuill Bailey and Natasha Paremski, Coeur d’Alene, private residence Gonzaga Symphony Orchestra with Natasha Paremski, Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox

Comedy

12/6 Nuthouse Improv Comedy Troupe, Wadleigh Theater, 12/6 12/7

Washington State University Season’s Greetings, Blue Door Theatre An Evening with Maria Bamford, Knitting Factory

12/7 Safari, Blue Door Theatre

12/5 Stage II Shorts, Whitworth University, Cowles

Culture

12/5-8 The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Pullman Civic

12/6 Winter Craft Fair, Providence Holy Family Hospital 12/7 Deck The Falls, The Cutter Theatre

Music

12/5 Adventure Club, Knitting Factory 12/5 Death by Stereo, No Bragging Rights and others, The

Hop! Nick Grow, LeftBank Wine Bar Carey Brazil, LeftBank Wine Bar Jake Robin, Pend d’Oreille Winery Smile Empty Soul with Acidic, Knitting Factory The Hot Club of San Francisco: Cool Yule, Jones Theater at Daggy Hall, Washington State University 12/7 Nightmare Before Xmas, The Hop! 12/7 Truck Mills, LeftBank Wine Bar 12/8 Chris Isaak, Northern Quest Casino 12/8 Jake Miller with guests, Knitting Factory 12/9 Oak Ridge Boys Christmas Show, INB Performing Arts Center 12/11 Tedeschi Trucks Band, Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox

12/5 12/6 12/6 12/6 12/6

Performance

12/5-7 Popvich Comedy Pet Theater, Bing Crosby Theater 12/6-7 Moby Dick, Wadleigh Theater, Washington State 12/7 12/8

University Festival Dance: Joy to the World, Administration Auditorium, University of Idaho Popovich Comedy Pet Theater, The Panida Theater

Theater

12/5-8 A Christmas Carol, Hartung Theater, University of Idaho 12/5-8 A Christmas Schooner, Spokane Civic Theatre 12/5-8 Our Town, Interplayers Theatre

The Spokane Symphony performs the score for The Nutcracker Ballet, at the Fox from Dec. 5-8.

THE

NUTCRACKER WITH LIVE ORCHESTRA!

The Spokane Symphony featuring the State Street Ballet

December 5 - 8, 2013 Five exciting performances!

A CHERISHED HOLIDAY TRADITION AT THE FABULOUS MARTIN WOLDSON THEATER AT THE FOX

Tickets/Info 509-624-1200 spokanesymphony.org

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