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VOL. 27, NO. 14 | THE COVER: PIPELINE PIZZA; YOUNG KWAK PHOTO

COMMENT NEWS COVER STORY CULTURE

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EDITOR’S NOTE

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ure, people have strong opinions about their favorite PIZZA — plus, there’s a whole side debate about whether a knife and fork are appropriate — but in the end, pizza unites us way more than it divides us. On average, Americans eat 23 pounds of pizza a year — adding up to more than 6,000 slices over the course of a lifetime.

“Pizza is usually a pretty happy occasion, and even the shape of pizza is conducive to sitting around in a circle,” Brian Dickmann, owner of the local Pizza Rita chain, observes. We dive deep in the hot topic of pizza this week, beginning on page 24.

Also this week: We explore the most anticipated albums of 2020 (page 48), Oscar snubs and surprises (page 47), Beethoven’s birthday (page 40), a new contract for Sacred Heart nurses (page 20) and a small development proposal running into opposition and history in Spokane’s Browne’s Addition (page 13).

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I just like a little spice in my life. That’s why.

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I love Hawaiian pizza. That’s my favorite. But I think I’d be pepperoni with olives. Like every Thanksgiving, I eat like four cans of olives. I think I’m mostly made up of olives at this point so if I were to turn into a pizza it would be mostly olives.

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ne afternoon — in that hazy time period dubbed “the holidays” — I experienced a holier-than-thou moment with my television. Pontificating, punctured by swearing, I lectured Ms. Fiona (Fi) Gallagher, a character on Showtime’s Shameless. Memory of my exact words fails, but it went something like this: “What is wrong with you? After a literal lifelong-losing streak dating awful people, you finally partner up with someone who treats you well and you implode, blowing everything — a line of coke, your strong, interdependent family relationships and

your boyfriend’s brother.

Get. Your. Shit. Together.”

Now, I have gone on record before but this declaration bears (like a grizzly) repeating — we are at our most insufferable, judgmental-Judy-selves when witnessing reminders of the ways we’ve misbehaved. Walling off by luxuriating in the illusion of self-superiority is the ultimate projection. Quite

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cunning we humans be — capable of crafting elaborate justifications for ourselves while casting aspersions onto others.

Mid-sentence into a soliloquy, I recognized my misdirected anger. Akin to a Gallagher, I’m no stranger to derailment. Fiona’s actions hinged on questions of worthiness, fabricating an inability to accept being loved well, so she opted for a burn-it-down approach.

My actions hinge more on questions of freedom, fabricating an inability to sustain positive choices and so opting for death by small dumpster fires — the mounting of poor, daily, incendiary decisions.

For illustration, observe. During the TV tirade, I was embroiled in a self-induced-sugar-smog in addition to multiple cooccurring addictions, including a Netflix binge, incessantly checking on my Sims (the irony of obsessing over the Ziadi family’s well-being rather than my own is so noted), and a Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Basically Every Day in December buying frenzy fueled by a sense of “it’s such a good deal!”

Yes, I realize the season could suffice here as a scapegoat, a societally acceptable excuse. However, I’m really trying to develop better warnings, alarms that can only ring once I take responsibility for sussing out root causes. Wildfires do tend to smolder until you reach their systems underneath.

So, if one of your reactions when life is going well is to get the matches, or if you recognize a little Gallagher in you, or also suffer from chronic inflammation, then I’m inviting you into this joint investigation.

Why do we continue making choices that do not ultimately serve us well, especially ones so definitively destructive? Is there a balance somewhere between healthy habits and monotony? Can creativity coexist with routine? Are the real superheroes people who constantly survive chaos or those committed to a steady existence, building a life they find satisfying? Why does seeking peace within sometimes feel like selling out, abandoning the cause? Do stable relationships, startlingly devoid of sharp edges, precarious highs and lows, prove to be just as or possibly even more meaningful in the end? Is moderation a sign of mundanity or maturity? Does healing from our internal trauma always lead to so much less drama?

Though few answers exist, some have shared solutions. Containing requires tools. For example, a fireline or break is a barrier, either naturally occurring or created, to slow raging progression.

Yes, every situation is different but prevention or recovery all require positive and sustaining action. Personally, nonjudgmental observation, resetting an intention to nourish, reading good fiction, meditation and to-do lists help. Just like learning new skills, listening to podcasts (Happier by Gretchen Rubin), registering for and calendaring in tai chi and salsa classes, keeping a daily gratitude journal, and being in close proximity to people who make me light up, encouraging me to burn brightly without ever stoking a flame. n Inga N. Laurent is a local legal educator and a Fulbright scholar. She is deeply curious about the world and its constructs and delights in uncovering common points of connection that unite our shared but unique human experiences.

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Q&A PATRICK COGAN One of the Escape To Margaritaville stars talks theater tours, cheeseburgers and his preference for brown liquor

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atrick Cogan’s performing life started as an adolescent altar boy, and grew by watching his dad sing in a barbershop quartet. He eventually landed at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City in 1977. Now 61, and having enjoyed a career that mixed acting with work in the fashion industry and raising three kids with his wife, Cogan is one of the more experienced actors touring with Escape To Margaritaville, a Broadway musicalcomedy based around the songs of Jimmy Buffett that opens an eight-show run in Spokane Tuesday.

We talked to Cogan about the show and life as a touring actor; his responses have been edited for length and clarity:

it was another great Parrothead town. There’s actually an official Parrothead chapter. You can get a Parrothead vanity plate for your car.

They’re kind of rabid out there. He joined us on stage in D.C.

INLANDER: How would you pitch Escape To Margaritaville to somehow who isn’t necessarily a Jimmy Buffett fan, or doesn’t know his music?

COGAN: It’s just a great time. We like to say, “Set your mind on island time.” For two and a half hours, you’re sitting in Margaritaville. There’s audience participation. Even if you have just a passing acquaintance with Jimmy Buffett’s music, you’ve heard it in movie soundtracks and commercials. The show itself is part Jimmy Buffett concert, part, you know, party.

Do you actually like margaritas?

I love margaritas. They do not love me.

I’m a brown liquor fan. But I love them.

There’s nothing I like better than a golden margarita on the rocks. Don’t give me the blended stuff. Give me on the rocks, and with salt. But two of them will do me.

Are there shows around the country where the Jimmy Buffett superfans, Parrotheads, have been out in force?

Well, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, of course. Jimmy came out to join us on opening night in Fort Lauderdale. He’s come out twice. He’s Escape To Margaritaville • Jan. 21-26; very involved, Tue-Fri at 7:30 pm, Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun by the way. at 1 pm and 6:30 pm • $52-$100 • First He visited us Interstate Center for the Performing several times Arts • 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. • during rehearsbroadwayspokane.com • 279-7000 als. Super nice guy. Everything you’d want to hear about Jimmy Buffett is absolutely true. Very approachable. When we opened in D.C.,

Wikipedia describes your role as JD as a “one-eyed beach bum.” Is it hard to dance in an eye patch?

For me, dancing is a challenge regardless. The eyepatch is rigged, it’s a wide-open mesh, but it still doesn’t read from the audience. So I still have binocular vision, and that helps. I usually describe him as a one-eyed ukulele-playing lothario.

Are you a cheeseburger eater?

I am, indeed, a cheeseburger fan. And I like them just the way Jimmy describes them in his song “Cheeseburger in Paradise,” lettuce and tomato. I don’t know about Heinz 57, I’m more of a mustard fan. But yeah, lettuce, tomato, a big kosher pickle and a cold draft beer.

You did the national tour of The Full Monty.

Did you actually have to go “full monty”?

Oh, you betcha. A quarter-million people have seen my naked buns. But it was OK. After I graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, I moved to Sweden and was a singing waiter for about a year and a half. And in the Swedish culture, nudity is nothing. I quickly had to get over my American Puritanism when I was sitting in a public sauna with grandma, grandpa and all the grandkids, all of us buck naked and no one batting an eye. n

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River Park Square helped to halt downtown Spokane’s decline — and decades of downtown plans helped to usher in a renewal in the urban core. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO

Readers respond to an Inlander article about future projects in downtown Spokane (“Downtown By Design,” 1/9/20):

KIMBERLY HAGAN MURPHY: Could we please fix the roads first?

Spokane is drawing people to the area without being prepared for the traffic increase. Our freeway is so bad you can barely see the lane markings at night, especially when it’s wet. Is Street Design really going to be an improvement or something beautified?

MIKE COPLER: How about free parking downtown on Saturdays.

Most of the local businesses could use the business and it would help stimulate our downtown even more.

RAYMOND RAMOS: Yes, definitely another Parkade would be great but with retail options at the top floor and great rooftop restaurant/bar.

TED HILL: I love downtown Spokane, I’ve never had any real problem with parking. But I can walk.

Or skateboard. More bike-friendly places to park bikes inside. Just like a coat check.

MICHAEL McCARREY: Spokane is its own worst enemy. It’s led by a pack of incompetent nincompoops who do everything based on polls, leftist committee decisions and payments received from a myopic, inbred plutocracy. Spokane burned down its one chance for Victorian glory and class and never looked back. As the camel being referred to as a racehorse designed by a committee, so goes Spokane. Give it back to the Spokane Tribe. At least their traditional encampments were pleasing to look at, as opposed to the boxy, concrete, glass, and chrome buildings.

MATT BECKLEY: Maybe fix the homeless problem first so I want to come downtown?

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A small development at the edge of Browne’s Addition has come under fire, in part because of its proximity to a tribal burial site

BY SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL

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ow do you build something new in historic Browne’s Addition without raising hackles?

Not building near stately mansions helps.

Not building on a site that involves a steep slope concerning to uphill neighbors is better. And it’s probably ideal to avoid building near the site of a historic tribal burial ground that was discovered during construction for another development in the 1980s.

But you can’t win ’em all.

As he tells it, Asher Ernst really didn’t think his project would be controversial this time.

Unlike the modern Pacific Northwest-style townhouses he built near Coeur d’Alene Park in 2017, which

replaced a historic house that would’ve been too costly to upgrade, his new project at the western edge of Browne’s Addition wasn’t going to be replacing anything historic.

Dubbed the Forest Commune, the plan is to build a house for his family, another house for his wife’s parents, and eventually put in two other homes for friends who went in on the project with them.

The land rises from 2443 W. Riverside up the hill nearly to the corner of First Avenue and Poplar and has a few plateaus that hadn’t proven feasible for previous attempts at development, which ran into opposition over views and other issues. To Ernst, it seemed just right for the four homes.

But neighboring property owners, including dozens at the Ridge Condominiums at the top of the hill, are skeptical.

The slope of the site is concerning for some, as they worry excavation work downhill from their properties could destabilize the ridge underneath their homes.

Ernst says a geotechnical survey was done, showing the homes will be fine going in on the plateaus.

“To be honest we have a couple folks that are looking for any and all things they can do” to stop the project, Ernst says. “I think it got blown out of proportion by some folks.” ...continued on next page

The Forest Commune project would include four houses on the hillside above Riverside Avenue to the western edge of Browne’s Addition. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO

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But with the slope at 30 percent or more on some parts of the site, attorney J. Scott Miller, who represents about 100 Ridge condo owners, says there’s legitimate reason for concern, even with the geotechnical report.

“The geotech says — at least as I understand, I’m not an engineer — if you do the right soil stabilization, then it can be safe. But then I’ve had engineers tell me you can build a skyscraper in a swamp, the question is just how far down do you have to put the piles?” Miller says. “I’m not sure that concerns are gone. I’m sure people are being attentive. They just want to make sure their homes are safe.”

It’s not just the slope that has some of the neighbors concerned. Perhaps more significantly, the site is near a known tribal burial ground connected with the Spokane Tribe, discovered, somewhat ironically, during construction for the Ridge in 1987.

says, so he and his partners initially opted not to have a cultural survey done.

“We are aware of the law,” he says. “If you do come across anything, you need to stop.”

When an excavator pulled onto the site around New Year’s Day, neighbor Ron Tussey, who lives in a condo at the Ridge, says he felt compelled to reach out to the Spokane Tribe and make sure they knew about the project.

“In the case where you’ve been told, ‘There have been burials in this area,’ you should really look before you start digging.”

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ack in September, during a hearing with the city, Ernst was urged by the Spokane Office of Historic Preservation to do a cultural survey before starting any work.

The office cited Spokesman-Review articles and photos from February 1987, which show the accidental discovery and further archaeological dig finding remains from at least three to five bodies during construction of the Ridge (which went in where the historic Cowles family mansion and several other estates once stood).

But based on the slope of the Forest Commune site, it also didn’t seem likely they’d find anything, Ernst

“It just bothered me on an emotional level that once again we’re digging up Native American remains in the name of progress,” says Tussey, a licensed mental health counselor.

Randy Abrahamson, tribal historic preservation officer for the Spokane Tribe of Indians, hadn’t been notified about the project before that, and so on Jan. 6 Abrahamson sent Ernst a letter reminding him of the state and local historic preservation offices’ notices to him for the “high risk of human remains” at that site. With previous notice, should someone then stumble on remains or artifacts, they could run afoul of Washington state law making it a felony to disturb archaeological remains.

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“In the case where you’ve been told, ‘There have been burials in this area,’ you should really look before you start digging,” explains Spokane’s Historic Preservation officer Megan Duvall. “If you choose not to do that cultural resources survey, and you find something, it’s no longer considered accidental, because you’ve been warned.”

But even with state law protecting artifacts, historic preservation offices and tribes still can’t require developers to do a cultural survey before they start work.

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n this case, Ernst had Abrahamson out to the site the second week of January and has since agreed to work with the tribe on a cultural survey before continuing grading work on an existing driveway.

“It’s like a good opportunity,” Ernst says. “We got to meet up with the tribe and we’re trying to see how we could honor them.”

Still, the project is an example of how tribes and archaeologists are still limited in how much they can require developers to do before building, even when it seems likely they’ll find something.

“The city of Spokane is named after the Spokane Tribe, that was our wintering ground, our fishing area.

It’s sacred to the tribe,” Abrahamson says. “So just about anywhere you dig in town you have a high likelihood of finding something. Even today under the asphalt you still find stuff.”

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protection of cultural resources if private owners aren’t willing to work with you, Abrahamson says.

“Some of the private developments won’t even talk to you, they’re kind of rude,” Abrahamson says. “It’s really a good deal that [Ernst] gave us a survey, that was really good of him. He was concerned about the tribe’s issues on remains and artifacts.”

Detailed maps of archaeological sites are fairly protected, due to so-called pothunters or looters, who preservationists have good reason to want to keep away from sites.

Hundreds of thousands of relics have been looted from Pacific Northwest cultural sites over the last century, especially along the Columbia River System, Portland State University professor Virginia Butler noted in a 2007 talk.

In other cases, cities and developers may not believe there are still cultural remains under already-developed sites.

Duvall cites one of the biggest examples in Washington state when the city of Oak Harbor was warned by the state before a 2011 road construction project of the likelihood of remains in that area. But since the area had already been paved, the city went ahead and wound up unearthing a burial site with thousands of bones and bone fragments.

In 2014, Oak Harbor’s insurer paid the Swinomish Tribe $1.2 million for the desecration of Native American remains, and three contractors paid another $800,000, the Everett Herald reported.

The city later hired an archaeologist and contracted with other firms, spending hundreds of thousands more to ensure it had a grasp on the location of artifacts and had a supervisor for city projects.

That’s why it’s essential for developers to do research early and work with tribes from the get-go, Abrahamson says.

“Before you do a project, it’s important to do the consultation with all the agencies and tribes to make sure it’s in order before you start,” Abrahamson says. “That way, it’s easier going. That way, you don’t have to start and stop and back up.” n samanthaw@inlander.com

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COP CLEARED IN SHOOTING The Spokane County Prosecutor’s Office, which reviews local police shootings for potential criminal liability, declined to file charges against Spokane Police Officer Caleb Martin, who SHOT AND KILLED a suicidal man last October. The shooting was justified in the view of the Prosecutor’s Office because the victim, David Shafer, was armed and had pointed a gun at nearby homes, Officer Martin himself, and wasn’t responding to the officer’s commands to drop the gun. (It was later discovered that the gun Shafer was holding wasn’t loaded.) Previously, Martin had responded to a 911 call reporting that Shafer was threatening suicide. The caller, who knew Shafer personally, had disarmed him and attempted to restrain him before Shafer fled to his nearby home to retrieve a firearm. (JOSH KELETY)

THE BEGGS REPLACEMENT After Breean Beggs was elected Spokane City Council president, the Spokane City Council put the call out for someone to fill his empty council seat to represent the area encompassing the South Hill and downtown, District 2. Last Thursday, that list was narrowed to seven — on Inlander.com, we interviewed all of them. The council put the candidates through a battery of live interviews on Monday morning, and by Monday evening they’d unanimously voted to appoint Carl Maxey Center Board President BETSY WILKERSON as the city of Spokane’s newest council member. Wilkerson, the first black woman to serve on the City Council since Roberta Greene stepped down in 2003, became the recipient of a wave of early support from racial equity groups like Spokane Community Against Racism and progressive groups like FUSE Washington. (DANIEL WALTERS)

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that he’s already spoken with Coddington and doesn’t have any concerns. (DANIEL WALTERS)

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Spokane’s new city spokesman is its old

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n the summer of 2018, BRIAN CODDINGTON left his job as city spokesman for Spokane Public Schools, believing, with an inevitable change in mayors approaching, working for the school district would give him more job security.

He needn’t have worried. The new mayor, Nadine Woodward, has tapped him to return to his old role as director of communications and marketing.

Coddington has weathered his own controversies. An independent investigation in 2015 noted his involvement in the city’s initial efforts to keep the public from knowing about a sexual harassment allegation from former police spokeswoman Monique Cotton against ousted police Chief Frank Straub.

Asked by the Spokesman-Review in September of 2015 whether Straub’s job was in danger, Coddington played ignorant.

“I have not heard that,” he said. “I don’t believe that’s accurate.”

In fact, as public records later showed, Coddington had already drafted Straub’s resignation letter when he made that comment. The chief was fired later that day.

Brian Coddington is back.

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Coddington also tried to tamp down inquiries into why Cotton had suddenly been moved from the police to the Parks Department.

“Monique’s move was strictly managerial,” Coddington insisted to the Inlander in September of 2015. “End of story.”

In reality, Coddington knew there was far more to the story. Cotton had been moved at her request after she’d raised sexual harassment allegations. (In both cases, Coddington has maintained he’s told the truth from a certain point of view.)

Woodward dodged when the Inlander pressed her on whether she believed her new spokesman hire had been honest during the Straub saga.

“That’s in the past,” Woodward said on Monday night. “I’m not going to make any comment about the past. I’m only looking forward.”

Woodward said she didn’t consider or discuss the Straub scandal in her decision to hire Coddington.

“Brian is highly capable, experienced, and he has the respect of City Hall, and I believe he’s going to have the support of the City Council,” Woodward says.

Indeed, City Council President Breean Beggs says

This week, Spokane will provide an additional $45,000 for emergency WARMING SPACE for women downtown, partly in response to a cold snap.

Temperatures were expected to dip as low as 7 degrees earlier in the week, according to the National Weather Service, with the rest of the week maintaining highs in the mid-30s and lows in the 20s.

“For the most part, we’ve seen capacity at House of Charity most every night for both men and women, and with this cold weather we’ve also seen spikes at the warming centers,” says Tija Danzig, senior manager for the city’s Community, Housing and Human Services Department.

The warming funds will go to City Gate, which normally operates a daytime drop-in center downtown, Tuesday through Friday, at 170 S. Madison St., complete with a food and clothing bank, daily meals and Sunday church service.

With the additional money from the city, City Gate will open up overnight space for up to 40 women for at least two months. The overnight space was expected to open as soon as the middle of this week and should free up room for men at other warming centers and emergency shelters.

Other overnight options include House of Charity (men and women), Hope House (women), Crosswalk (teens), YWCA domestic violence shelter, Open Doors (families), Union Gospel Mission and UGM shelter for women and children, Truth Ministries, and the Rising Strong and Cannon Street warming centers.

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NEWS | CITY HALL

Woodward’s Right Hand Wes Crago, Spokane’s new city administrator, aims for stability and consensus before any dramatic reinvention

BY DANIEL WALTERS Wes Crago, the new city administrator, listens in on a council meeting. Crago, like Mayor Woodward, plans to regularly attend council meetings as part of his efforts to improve the relationship between the two branches.

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n these early days, one of the most influential figures shaping the direction of Spokane Mayor Nadine Woodward’s new administration isn’t, as some expected, a power player from the Downtown Spokane Partnership or the Washington Association of Realtors.

It’s the guy who’s best known for trying to defeat controversial Washington state Rep. Matt Shea a halfdozen years ago — and losing.

But during that 2014 race, Josh Arritola — a Republican from Spokane Valley — worked with one of the same political consultants who gave Woodward advice in her mayoral race last year. After her narrow victory in November, that consultant connected Woodward with Arritola.

“She came to office with no allies, no staff, no advisors. The bureaucracy was like, ‘Welcome to town. This is what you’re going to do,’” Arritola recalls. “Everybody was coming from every direction saying, ‘You need to make this decision or that decision… ‘She says, ‘I don’t know what to do.’”

Arritola says he wanted to help reduce Woodward’s stress, showing her that she could slow down before making big decisions.

He introduced her to two people who he thought could offer guidance: One was Tom Bartridge, an executive vice president of Arritola’s business consulting company. Bartridge became Woodward’s transition manager and ultimately, her pick for the city’s interim human resources director.

The other was Arritola’s uncle, Wes Crago, the longtime city administrator of the Central Washington town of Ephrata. And once Crago met Woodward, he came to believe that she was truly committed to collaboration.

“I probably wouldn’t have been as interested in the job if this was a highly partisan mayor,” Crago says. “We believe in things that work for the citizens. If that has a label attached to it, that’s irrelevant.”

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EXPERIENCE POINTS

In one sense, this new job is a huge leap up. Crago cites the difference in scale as one of the biggest challenges: Spokane is 27 times larger than Ephrata, which boasts a population of a little more than 8,000.

“It’s a much more complex issue,” Crago says. “But there’s a lot of people to help explain the complexities and provide the context and the details, and that’s pretty exciting.”

But in another sense, Crago comes in more experienced in government than almost anyone else at the upper echelons of the city.

Woodward, who readily acknowledged her lack of political experience during last year’s political campaign, says she was impressed by Crago’s 16 years as a city administrator.

“I especially like the fact that he was on City Council before that — that dual perspective,” Woodward says.

A high school history teacher and football coach, Crago was appointed to Ephrata City Council back in 1993 — becoming the youngest on record ever to hold office in the town. Then, in 2003, Ephrata’s mayor at the time, Chris Jacobson, appointed Crago as his city administrator.

“There were several business people who said ‘What the hell are you doing hiring a school teacher for city administrator?’” Jacobson says.

But Jacobson thought Crago being a teacher — savvy in dealing with flack from kids and parents, accomplished in explaining complicated concepts to anyone — gave him the perfect skills to run city government.

“Wes Crago probably is, in my experience, the most honorable guy I met,” Jacobson says.

That doesn’t mean running a small-town city government was easy. An 11-year-old drowned in the city pool.

Two kids brutally murdered another kid. Law enforcement officers shot a mentally handicapped man who

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turned out to have only been armed with a modified paintball gun. All this came in the span of their first few months.

“I felt like I got 10 years of experience in that first year,” Crago says. He faced additional challenges in the years ahead.

The Recession triggered massive spending cuts in taxpoor Ephrata. One year, the mayor and the City Council agreed not to take a salary at all, while two city unions agreed to forego scheduled raises.

But together, Jacobson says, he and Crago worked to repave the city’s pothole-pocked streets, regain the trust of the unions, improve the performance of the Police Department and bring order to chaotic City Council meetings.

“Ephrata became known as kind of a light,” inspiring cities throughout Central Washington, Jacobson says.

In a way, working for a little town simply meant that maintaining trust was all the more important.

“Coming from a smaller town where your proximity with everybody is so much tighter, accountability and transparency are baked into my DNA,” Crago says.

“That’s just how you do business. People have to trust the government. If you can’t trust the facts, then the system starts to fall apart.”

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Former Mayor David Condon’s city administrator, Theresa Sanders, had a reputation for being the sort of hard-charging leader who would move fast to make changes. But Woodward is shaping up to be a different sort of mayor, and Crago a different type of administrator. For now, Woodward has decided to seek stability and continuity, instead of immediately shaking up the status quo.

“I’ve always appreciated CEOs or managers when they came in new to an operation, that they observed

and learned the culture of a place before they started instituting changes,” Woodward told the Inlander last week. “And I think that’s what I’m going to be doing, too.”

The former TV anchor turned mayor even decided to bring back Condon’s former city spokesman, Brian Coddington, instead of bringing in any of the many current and former media personalities she’s close with.

Don’t expect major administration staffing overhauls, Crago says.

“I think the citizens and the staff expect us to be stable. I think this is an extremely well-functioning staff,” Crago says. “And if there’s going to be changes made, they’ll be something everybody collaborates on, they’d be telegraphed well ahead of time. They wouldn’t surprise anybody. I don’t like government surprising anyone.”

In Ephrata, Crago has been praised more for his ability to bring people together, rather than immediately pushing through sudden transformation.

“He looks for even ground and fair ground and how we can reach a solution that is reasonable and fair to everybody,” Jacobson says.

Jacobson says that Crago was an expert at cobbling together solutions.

“He’s a very cautious and careful guy,” Arritola says. “He’s not a firebrand or a bulldozer.”

But that doesn’t mean he’s soft. Efficiency is a big deal for him, Crago says, and that can lead to making difficult decisions, like firing a person or eliminating a department.

“I can be blunt,” Crago says. “There’s an issue and I tend to like to put it on the table, and be open and discuss it. That’s how I was raised.”

Councilwoman Lori Kinnear says she’s already met with Crago twice, filling him in on the city’s successes and her own frustrations, including with the ways that, at times, communication between the council and the previous mayor fell apart.

Together, she says, they talked about how the City Council and the Mayor’s Office could work together and walk the few dozen feet between their offices to share their concerns.

“I was really, really impressed,” Kinnear says. “He’s easy to speak with. He’s easy to talk to. He’s a good listener. Those are very rare traits, for anybody.”

Crago cites the council-mayor relationship as one of his major focuses — a priority that Woodward readily celebrates.

“Working with the council and then paving the way to an improved working relationship with them?” Woodward says. “I thought that was a great, great insight for him to have.”

Asked about Crago while walking out of last week’s council meeting, City Council President Breean Beggs reacted with a thumbs-up gesture.

Ephrata City Council members Kathleen Allstot and Matt Moore both celebrate Crago’s record of bolstering trust between the two branches of government.

He also had a moderating effect on the former Ephrata mayor himself. Jacobson recalls times when he was upset about something and wanted to take some dramatic or unilateral action — like firing a cop who just did something stupid — but Crago would be urging caution, asking him to think of the consequences.

“I remember walking with him to City Hall, and presenting pretty extreme positions, ‘There are things, goddamn it, I want to get done and I want to get done my way,’” Jacobson says.

Instead, they’d close the office door, and they’d battle it out, sometimes loudly. Time after time, Jacobson says, Crago convinced him to seek a more consensus position, to prioritize what was best for the city in the long term rather than what felt good in the moment.

That sort of relationship between the mayor and his or her city administrator is vital — they need to be able to feel free to speak freely and honestly with each other.

“The city administrator needs to be strong enough and ethical enough to stand up and say this is where you’re wrong, and here’s why you’re wrong,” Jacobson says. “And the mayor needs to be able to accept and appreciate that.” n danielw@inlander.com

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NEWS | LABOR

Sacred Heart nurses and members of the negotiation team outside the union hall in October.

Let’s Make a Deal Nurses and support staff at Sacred Heart Medical Center tout their new contract agreement as a victory

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ust two weeks ago, labor unions representing both nurses and hospital support staff at Sacred Heart Medical Center were gearing up to strike.

Now, after over a year of contract negotiations with Providence Health and Services — a large nonprofit that runs hospitals across the West Coast — and marathon bargaining sessions that went until the early hours of the morning, both unions have contract agreements, and they’re claiming a resounding victory.

“Nurses have been laughing and crying and cheering,” says Stevie Lynne Krone, a 28-year-old nurse at Sacred Heart and co-chair of the local branch of the Washington State Nurses Association, the union representing around 1,900 nurses at the hospital. “The nurses and the local Sacred Heart workers, there’s a lot of relief and thrill that this is over with.”

Negotiators representing the Washington State Nurses Association came to a tentative contract agreement with Providence officials at around 3 am on Jan. 7, according to a news release. The following morning, UFCW 21, the union representing hospital support staff at Sacred Heart, reached an agreement.

“It was a 33-hour marathon essentially,” Lynne Krone says. “It was a long couple days.

At 3:38 am was when we walked out and I was there when all that happened.”

In October, a majority of members of both the Washington State Nurses Association and UFCW 21 voted to authorize strikes, arguing that Providence wasn’t budging on key bargain-

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ing points, such as scrapping nurses paid time off and sick leave.

“We didn’t want to strike and we never did,” Krone says. “We kept saying, ‘Hey, we don’t want to do this.’”

However, union officials say that nurses and hospital support staff alike won significant concessions from Providence. For instance, the nonprofit eventually caved on the demand that nurses keep their earned benefits, such as paid time off and sick leave.

“We weren’t trying to get more [benefits],” Krone says. “We were trying to keep what we had when Providence was trying to reduce our paid time off, our sick days, and put us on the state plan.”

Additionally, the tentative agreement also features new language regarding workplace safety and safe staffing levels. Previous contracts haven’t featured language calling for workplace security or debriefing sessions for nurses or other hospital workers who are assaulted by a patient, Krone says.

“When you’re in a crowd of nurses, you can ask who has been assaulted by a patient and 90 percent of the room will raise their hand,” she says.

The new contract also features a wage increase of 10 percent over its three-year term and a ratification bonus of $2,100, according to a Washington State Nurses Association news release.

Members in both unions will vote to ratify the tentative contract agreements on Jan. 16.

Krone says that she expects the nurses to approve it.

“I believe we’ll be able to ratify the contract,” she says. “After all their hard work together after the last 14 months, it feels good.”

Providence spokeswoman Jennifer Semenza told the Inlander in an email last week that they would share more information about the contract after it was ratified.

The end in local contract negotiations comes as workers at other Providence-run hospitals across the state have either secured their own agreements or are still at the bargaining table.

Within 48 hours after UFCW 21 workers at Sacred Heart reached an agreement, UFCW 21 announced that health care workers at St. Mary Medical Center in Walla Walla, Providence Medical Center in Everett, and Saint Peter in Olympia had all reached tentative agreements with the nonprofit. n joshk@inlander.com

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NEWS | WEATHER

WINTER FINALLY ARRIVES

It wasn’t quite a snowpocalypse, but it had the Inland Northwest digging out PHOTOS BY YOUNG KWAK

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ver 13 inches. That’s how much snow has been dumped on the Spokane-area since last Friday, Jan. 10, when the Inland Northwest got socked in with a major winter storm. City crews have been out in force plowing roads, and the Spokane Police Department reported on Twitter that over 100 collisions occurred on Friday.

And there’s still more snow to come, according to a local meteorologist.

While the biggest single period of snowfall was last Friday, bringing in an estimated 7 inches, on and off showers have been ongoing since. And this weekend will likely bring more flurries, according to Jeff Cote, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Spokane.

“Friday might see some lingering snow showers towards the east side of Spokane and then we have additional snow chances coming in for Saturday into Sunday,” he says.

While the middle of the week dipped as low as the teens, it’s slated to warm up going into the weekend, meaning that there could be some rain mixed into any snow showers, Cote says. (JOSH KELETY)

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Scenes from the past weekend when more than a foot of snow dropped on many areas across the region.

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PIZZA PARTY A TALE OF TWO PIZZA KITCHENS Local delivery chains Pizza Rita and Pizza Pipeline have been sending tasty pies out across the region for three decades

BY CHEY SCOTT aunched in the late 1980s, the Spokane area’s two largest and oldest locally owned delivery pizza kitchens are still going strong.

Pizza Rita, opened in 1989, has four locations across Spokane today and makes the pizza served in several urban high school cafeterias.

Its local counterpart and competitor Pizza Pipeline debuted the year before, in 1988, and currently oversees six locations in the Inland Northwest, including a franchise in Pullman.

No matter which of the two you’re most loyal to, both reliably bring piping hot and affordably priced pies to local doors, and bellies. We sat down with co-owners of each to dig into their history, secrets to success and more.

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Name a dish more universally beloved than pizza.

Besides burgers, maybe, there’s not much else that rises to the same level of ubiquity. A dish borne from the resourcefulness of impoverished Italians who topped their focaccia bread with tomatoes, pizza has since become a vehicle of cultural and culinary fusion.

For the Inlander’s Pizza Issue, we set out to make sense of the expansive pizza offerings across the Inland Northwest. In the pages to come, find some lighthearted pieces about pre-made frozen varieties, and the pizza-ish flatbread. We also offer an overview of the main regional pizza styles, where to find a great deal on slices, and some of our own favorite pies on menus around the region.

It’s pretty impressive how many unique pizza creations are available to local diners these days, from standard delivery fare to fancier, wood-fired versions. So, tell us: What’s your fave? Drop us a line at food@inlander.com.

— CHEY SCOTT, Inlander Food Editor

izza Rita owner Brian Dickmann wants customers to call him.

His personal phone number is printed directly on coupons and is easy to find on Pizza Rita’s website. On the “contact us” page, beneath an old black-and-white photo of Dickmann next to his grinning eldest daughter, Rita, the pizzeria’s namesake (a play on “pizzeria”), is the heading “Contact Rita’s Dad.” “I’m on the phone a lot,” Dickmann notes. “My number is everywhere, and this is something pretty rare, but it’s easier for me.

Like, if there is a [bad] Yelp or Google review, I’ll say ‘Hey, I’m sorry, give me a call or text.’ People ask why I put my personal phone number out there, but it’s not like someone can punch me through the phone.”

That’s not to say Pizza Rita gets an unusual amount of complaints, but rather an example of the Dickmann family’s commitment to customer satisfaction and business transparency.

“We welcome any pizza coupons, offers or specials, and always have — it’s not just ‘take’ or ‘accept,’” he says to emphasize the policy. “It’s printed right on the box.”

Dickmann and his wife June opened the first Pizza Rita location in a building near North Central High School that no longer exists. Today its four locations include downtown Spokane (STA Plaza), Spokane Valley (Pines Road), North Spokane (Wall Street) and central Spokane (Indiana Avenue). The North Wall store is busiest, Dickmann notes.

Dough for its pan-style pizzas is made on-site at each store.

“Technically it’s more like bread dough than classic pizza dough,” Dickmann notes. “We use a ton and a half of flour a week.”

Pizza Rita’s resulting pizza crust is perhaps its most distinguishing asset — thicker and more bready, as Dickmann describes, and with a toastier finish on the bottom.

Out of its many traditional pies and house specials, Dickmann says Pizza Rita’s pepperoni remains its most popular, followed by the infamous Five Pounder ($24) loaded with 11 toppings.

At the end of each day, whether he’s taking calls, slinging dough or making deliveries around town, being in the pizza business, for Dickmann, is about fun and community connections. ...continued on next page

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LEFT: Pizza Rita’s Garden Delight pan pizza. RIGHT: Pizza Pipeline’s pepperioni with green peppers and olives.

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“I have a degree in accounting and finance, but I wanted to work at a place where people want to be there.

Pizza is usually a pretty happy occasion, and even the shape of pizza is conducive to sitting around in a circle,” he reflects.

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t may be counterintuitive to order pizza through a third-party delivery service from a local joint that’ll drive it directly to your door anyway — and for less

— but Pizza Pipeline has good reason for being listed with Uber Eats and DoorDash.

“We don’t need it, but we want to make sure we’re in their network so people coming in from out of town can find us,” explains Pizza Pipeline co-owner Mike Kight.

Indeed, these third-party apps have resulted in travelers to the area ordering from the local chain who otherwise might have missed it.

After more than 30 years in business, Pizza Pipeline

hasn’t stopped evolving and adapting to demands of the market and advances in technology that connect it with customers.

“The market trends are people’s taste buds,” Kight notes. “We haven’t changed the recipe for the pizza [sauce or dough], but we have changed the toppings, and move things in and out.”

He lists off a few trends that have come and gone over the years, including meatballs, linguica sausage,

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In preparation for this issue, the Inlander ordered four pizzas from Pizza Pipeline and Pizza Rita, one classic pepperoni and one supreme-style with lots of veggies and meat from each.

Our aim was to find out which of the two local chains are most favored amongst our staff, members of which appeared to have some nostalgia-driven loyalties to one or the other. We rated slices in several areas: toppings, crust, sauce, overall flavor and toppingsto-surface-area ratio.

After tallying up the points — one awarded to a pie in each category — our very unscientific survey showed some surprising results: Pizza Rita and Pizza Pipeline are pretty much equally enjoyed by our team, with a final score of 41-39. As to who eked out that two-point lead… well, we’ll leave that a secret. (CHEY SCOTT)

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“We’re always adapting flavor profiles,” he continues. “Right now our margherita is doing really well, and a surf-and-turf with shrimp. The margherita is just a fancy cheese pizza, and we never had it. But we said we could make it, and it seems to be working pretty well.”

The business also often experiments with non-pizza dishes, like its current promo offering a free half-pound of lil’ smoky sausages with any regular-priced pizza.

“Last year we did free popcorn chicken,” Kight says. “We like to bring in different specials and promos to try things. If it works, great. If not, let’s try something else.”

Pizza Pipeline’s top-selling non-pizza item, of course, is Tricky Stix, a cheesy twisted garlic breadstick.

Kight and business partner Gene Boik opened the first Pizza Pipeline location in 1988, at the intersection of Sharp Avenue and Washington Street in central Spokane.

“It all started with a dream and a good recipe, I guess,” Kight recalls. “Now we have 100-plus employees and all the food is made fresh. We have a production facility in Hillyard, and they make, slice and divide and do that daily to ship it to stores.”

While it’s since moved on from that first address, Pizza Pipeline’s central hub at 1403 N. Division St. is the Bar, a full-service, dine-in restaurant and bar with a connected ordering and pick-up counter. Customers come there to watch games and play in twice-weekly pub trivia while enjoying slices.

“Pizza has been around for a long time,” Kight reflects. “Everyone has grown up with it. Millennials haven’t seen a generation without Pizza Pipeline. We try and have fun with it.” n

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THE PIZZA ISSUE ANY WAY YOU WANT IT We took to social media to ask two divisive questions about what you love/hate for pizza toppings. Here’s what nearly 500 Inlander readers told us:

WHAT TOPPINGS SHOULD NEVER BE PUT ON A PIZZA?

43.5%

FRUIT (apples, pears, peaches)

32.7%

RANCH DRESSING (including for dipping)

24.9%

PINEAPPLE

11.6% SALAD GREENS (spinach and arugula, etc.)

7.7% CHICKEN

7.7% MUSHROOMS A lot of you picked “other” and said anything is fair game, while others noted ingredients like anchovies, potatoes, candy and seafood.

WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE THREE PIZZA TOPPINGS?

48.5%

PEPPERONI

44.5%

MUSHROOMS

39.7% SAUSAGE

36.5% OLIVES

26.8% ONIONS

23.2%

PROSCIUTTO

22.2%

GREENS Other mentions: ground beef, peaches, pineapple, fresh basil, peanut sauce, runny egg, artichokes, bacon, dates

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Odes to 11 favorite pies served at pizza spots across the Inland Northwest

BY INLANDER STAFF n the spirit of this collection of pizzafocused content, Inlander staff and contributing writers got seriously into the details of our personal favorite pies on local menus. From well-executed takes on simple classics to international flavor mashups, the following 11 pizzas offer something for everyone.

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PAPA GEORGIO

Pacific Pizza, 2001 W. Pacific Ave. I ordered the Papa Georgio on accident while having a couple beers at Pacific Pizza last year, and it’s been one of my favorites ever since. The specialty pizza can only be ordered as a whole pie ($18.50), which means bring a friend or be prepared for leftovers. Its slices barely hold together under the weight of their protein-rich toppings: pepperoni, salami, sausage, Canadian bacon and gooey cheese. The sauce hardly has a voice in this mess of meat, and that’s fine with me. I like veggies, but meat is better.

(QUINN WELSCH)

FAIRVIEW

The Flying Goat, 3318 W. Northwest Blvd. and Republic Pi, 611 E. 30th Ave. There isn’t a single time I’ve visited the Flying Goat and not ordered this beloved combination of cheese and cream. Read the menu description for the Fairview ($17), and try telling me you’re not craving it, too: heavy cream, house cheese blend, house back bacon, pears, gorgonzola cheese crumbles, and finished with white balsamic reduction. In response to fever dreams about this delectable mashup of sweet-meets-savory, salty and creamy sharpness atop a thin and crispy wood-fired crust, I’ve tried a few times to recreate it at home, only to find that it’s a prize far better left in the hands of its masterful creators. (CHEY SCOTT)

CHICKEN PESTO

Veraci Pizza, 1333 W. Summit Pkwy.

As a kid, I hated the idea of thin crust. Why less bread, when you can have more? But the older I get, the more I realize there’s

a beautiful art to the perfect bite from a crispy thin crust, letting the true stars shine: the toppings. That’s the case with Veraci’s delicious chicken pesto pizza ($23), which offers a protein-packed bite of — you guessed it — chicken and pesto, complemented with Roma tomatoes with the house three-cheese blend. Order it. Savor it. Love it.

(SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL)

THE BROOKLYN

South Perry Pizza, 1011 S. Perry St. You know how some pizzas are so good that you just… keep… eating, well past the point of sanity and comfort? The Brooklyn ($17) at South Perry Pizza consistently pushes me to that point of sheer gluttony. The reliably delicious crust and red sauce serve as the base, and the star for me is the excellent sausage from local CasaCano Farms. But the sneaky MVP just might be the peppadew peppers that bring a sweet (not spicy) zing to every slice. The balsamic drizzle across the whole thing is a nice touch, too. If South

Perry’s seasonal peach and prosciutto pizza was available year-round, I might choose that as my go-to, but the Brooklyn is always there when I need it. And yes, I said “need.” (DAN NAILEN)

MAPLE ST. BRIDGE

David’s Pizza, 803 W. Mallon Ave. While I couldn’t tell you the minute differences (if there are any) between the Gonzaga-adjacent OG David’s location’s recipes and the current iteration near the Wonder Building, I can confirm that they’ve still got it. David’s is my go-to spot after seeing a concert at the Arena or a play at the nearby Civic Theatre, and I almost always go for the Maple St. Bridge ($19/medium, $29/ large). It’s the ideal pizza, really: You get your pepperoni and sausage, and then it’s topped with a mountain of veggies — mushroom, pepper, onion, olive — that give it a nice, fresh crunch.

Pro tip: Always order the large so you’ll have leftovers for the next day, and don’t sleep on their addictive pesto-garlic cheesy bread, either.

(NATHAN WEINBENDER)

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Capone’s Pub & Grill, 751 N. Fourth St., Coeur d’Alene The perfect pizza does not yet exist in our region that would replace my fond memories of thin crust, New York-style cheese pizza by the slice from places catering to late-night college crowds.

Capone’s has managed to come the closest on two fronts: a simple, tomato-rich sauce and their dough, which, when cooked properly in their stone hearth, has a light char to it. And while several of their pies are good — roasted garlic chicken, pizza blanco, anything slathered in sausage — nothing beats their simple, 9-inch personal cheese pizza with red sauce ($10).

(CARRIE SCOZZARO)

PEPPERONI

Peace Pie Pizzeria, 19 W. Main Ave. Nestled in the back of the Saranac Commons adjacent to the cozy Black Label Brewing Co. taproom, this new pizza spot has potential. Aside from being near good beer, its slices are large with thin and crispy crusts — it seems like they’re going for New York-style ’za — and are priced between $4 and $5. On the joint’s well-attended opening night, I dug into a slice of classic pepperoni ($5/slice; $30/full). The safe bet paid off: The slice had nice flavor, texture and an equitable cheese-to-topping ratio. I would have definitely eaten more. (JOSH KELETY)

SPICY BANH MI

Iron Goat Brewing Co., 1302 W. Second Ave. One of the coolest parts of cultural diversity is the fusion, the way that food flavors and inventions from across the world can meld together into something great and new. And few inventions serve as better platforms for that fusion as a good slice of pizza. So sure, you say you like a good spicy banh mi sandwich? Well, then you’ve got to try the spicy banh mi pizza

($14.50) at Iron Goat Brewing, the perfect pizza pie for those long Iron Goat trivia nights. The pizza comes topped with pulled pork, mozzarella, house-pickled vegetables, serrano peppers, cilantro and sriracha aioli. It’s spicy enough to pack an enjoyable punch, but not so spicy it distracts from the zesty flavor of the trivia questions.

(DANIEL WALTERS)

ICE ICE BABY

Boombox Pizza, 221 N. Division St. White sauce pizzas are often hit-and-miss; sometimes they just don’t have the same level of taste that classic red sauce pies do. But once I stumbled upon this heavenly pie ($20) at a time of night when no one should be eating pizza, I knew at once it reigned supreme above all the other white sauce-chicken-bacon combos I’d previously tried. All Boombox’s crust options are solid (I prefer the pan), and the white sauce has just the right amount of garlic. The smaller cuts of onions, tomatoes, chicken and bacon maximizes texture and flavor without making the slice unwieldy. If you’ve been burned by white sauce pizzas before, allow this little number to redeem them in your heart. (CONNOR GILBERT)

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Fire Artisan Pizza, 517 Sherman Ave., Coeur d’Alene; 816 W. Sprague Ave. The pizza crust at Fire is a handcrafted work of beauty — slightly charred, crunchy, chewy, packed with flavor — but when it’s transformed into their Thai pie, it reaches a whole new level.

The Thai is a perfect mix of sweet (with cashew satay and sweet chili sauces), heat (with serrano chiles and sriracha), meat (roasted chicken), herbs (with cilantro and green onions) and crunch (with chopped cashews). Those who abhor spice and flavor might ask them to go easy on the sriracha; everyone else will think it hits all the right notes. (JACOB H. FRIES)

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Allie’s Vegan Pizzeria & Cafe, 1314 S. Grand Blvd.

Whether you’re a vegan or not, the Hot Mess (shown below) really is the ultimate comfort food. Allie’s is great at proving plant-based food can stand out against its dairy or meat counterparts, and this pizza definitely showcases that.

From the Buffalo ranch base to the cashew mac and cheese and fried chick’n, it almost sounds like too much. But trust me, reader, it’s worth every guilty bite. It’s also layered with Allie’s housemade vegan mozzarella to prove there’s still a pizza under all of that carbloaded goodness.

There’s even some red onions sprinkled on top to somewhat relieve your healthy conscience. (DEREK HARRISON) n

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PIZZA PRIMER An overview of the history and different styles of pizza

BY CHEY SCOTT o most of us, pizza is a simple concept: bready crust, tomato sauce, cheese and whatever extra toppings you want. Get it delivered, order it to-go, grab a quick slice, heat up something frozen, or get creative in the kitchen.

Though famously born in Italy, pizza’s sheer versatility has made it one of the most universally loved foods, and one that’s evolved across many centuries and cultures. The first pizza, a variation of topped focaccia bread, was born in Naples, Italy, sometime in the 1700s, most experts believe. Originally, pizza and its culinary ancestors were the food of the poor.

Tomatoes — and, by default, pizza with red sauce as we know it — didn’t exist in Europe, however, until Spanish conquistadors brought back the fruiting plant from South America in the 16th century. Pizza began gaining its foothold in the U.S. after World War II, as more Italian-Americans migrated west from the East Coast.

Here and in cities across the world, we now find pizza just about anywhere.

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NEAPOLITAN STYLE

There are exceptionally strict rules governing a true Neapolitan, or Naples-style, pizza. While many are familiar with its use of raw, crushed tomato sauce and fresh mozzarella cheese, an authentic Neapolitan pizza must be made with San Marzano or Pomodorino Vesuviano grape tomatoes (both native to region) and only moz-

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Locally, DiNardi’s Pizza & Pasta offers a close match to real New York-style pizza. zarella cheese made from the milk of cows (Fior di Latte di Agerola) or water buffalo (Mozzarella di Bufala Campana) raised in a designated locale. Pizza Napoletana must be cooked in a wood-fired stone oven, and its dough can only contain live yeast, sea salt, water and wheat flour (type 0 or 00 flour, specifically).

The traditional art of making a Naples-style pizza is considered so culturally important that it was added in 2017 to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) list of “intangible cultural heritage.” (To find a translation of the Italian government’s own definition and process of making the pizza, visit the website of pizza oven maker Forno Bravo, fornobravo.com, and click the “cooking” tab.)

While there are no pizzerias in the Inland Northwest making Neapolitan-style pizzas to this meticulous degree (to market itself as doing so, a restaurant must be approved as a member of the Vera Pizza Napoletana Association), several serve Neapolitan-inspired pies, with characteristic thin crusts, raw tomato sauce and use of a high-heat, wood-fired oven to cook.

LOCAL SPOTS: Veraci Pizza, Maialina Pizzeria Napoletana (Moscow)

NEW YORK STYLE

New York pizza, on the other hand, takes some liberties with the Neapolitan style, which it was derived from and remains very similar to, having been brought to the U.S.

by Italian immigrants around the turn of the 20th century.

The main characteristics of NYC pies are a thin, hand-tossed crust, with an outer edge that’s thicker and crispy, but becomes softer toward the center, allowing slices to be folded in half to eat. Slices of a NY-style pie are usually quite large, and, due to this foldable nature, are easy to eat on the go. Traditional toppings are tomato sauce (cooked instead of raw) and shredded, low-moisture mozzarella, though many creative and regional variations on toppings are acceptable.

Some argue the authenticity of an NYC-style pizza is due to minerals present in New York City’s water supply, while a high-gluten bread flour distinguishes its crust. In a variation from Neapolitan pies, some New York crusts also include a little sugar and olive oil in the dough.

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LOCAL SPOTS: Peace Pie Pizzeria, DiNardi’s Pizza & Pasta, Bab’s Pizzeria (Sandpoint)

CHICAGO STYLE

Unlike its thin and flat predecessors, Chicago-style pizza is characteristically hefty. Perhaps better known as deepdish pizza, this variant is marked by its tall, pie crust-like sides that are filled with layers of cheese, meat, veggies and sauce. In deep-dish pies, toppings/fillings are added in reverse order — the sauce goes on top — to prevent the cheese from burning.

While a deep dish pizza’s edges rise up 2-3 inches from the bottom of the pan it’s baked in, the crust itself is still relatively thin. Oil or butter in the dough provides a buttery, biscuit-like taste to the crust.

Deep-dish pizza originated in the 1940s at Chicago’s Pizzeria Uno, which still operates in a modern form.

Stuffed pizza, which has a crust on top, also originated in Chicago.

LOCAL SPOTS: Embers by the Lake (Hayden), Rocky Rococo Pizza & Pasta

OTHER PIZZA STYLES

There are many variations on pizza, and besides the main three variants — Neapolitan, New York and Chicago — other categories include California-style, which combines a thin crust with ingredients of regional Californian cuisine, like feta cheese, prosciutto, red pepper, chicken and salmon. California pizza rose to prominence in the 1980s, with several big-name chefs contributing to its popularity, including Ed LaDou, Alice Waters and Wolfgang Puck.

Sicilian pizza, meanwhile, is an ultra-thick, squareshaped pie, with two variations. The Italian-originating version has a spongy, breadlike base similar to focaccia, and is traditionally topped with a sauce made from tomatoes, onions, herbs and anchovies, then topped with breadcrumbs and a grated hard cheese. American spinoffs of Sicilian are square shaped, but can be topped with standard tomato sauce and shredded mozzarella.

Detroit-style pizza is also square shaped and very similar to Sicilian, but has a Chicago-inspired deep dish crust, and the sauce is also placed on top. Its thick crust is also notably crispy on the bottom. n

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Adelo’s Pizza, Pasta & Pints Allie’s Vegan Pizzeria & Cafe Babs’ Pizzeria (Sandpoint) Barrelhouse Pub & Pizza (Cheney) Bennidito’s Pizza The Boiler Room Boombox Pizza Brother’s Office Pizza Caruso’s Sandwiches & Artisan Pizza The Congress (Palouse) David’s Pizza DiNardi’s Pizza & Pasta Embers by the Lake (Hauser) Fieldhouse Pizza & Pub Fire Artisan Pizza Flame & Cork (Hayden) Flatstick Pub The Flying Goat Garlic Garden Bistro (Moscow) Gambino’s (Moscow) Iron Pizza Co. & Tap House (Coeur d’Alene) Jimmy B’s Pizza Parlor MacKenzie River Pizza Maialina Pizzeria Napoletana (Moscow) Market Street Pizza Mascot Pizza McClain’s Pizzeria Monterey Cafe Monterey Pub & Grub (Cheney) Nate’s New York Pizza (Post Falls) Northwest Pizza Company Rosa’s Pizza (Cheney, Airway Heights) Pacific Pizza Park Inn Peace Pie Pizzeria Pepe Caldo (Coeur d’Alene) Pete’s Pizza Piccolo Kitchen & Bar (Liberty Lake) Pizza Rita Pizza Perfection (Pullman) Pizza Pipeline Porchlight Pizza (Pullman) Powder Hound Pizza (Sandpoint) Republic Pi River City Pizza (Otis Orchards) Second Avenue Pizza (Sandpoint) Selkirk Pizza + Tap House Sella’s Calzone & Pizza (Pullman) South Perry Pizza Veraci Pizza

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RIGHT PRICE FOR A SLICE We showcase some of our favorite weekly pizza deals and happy hour specials

BY SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL AND NATHAN WEINBENDER ou love pizza. You love a good deal. But combine the cheesy, topping-delivery vehicle of a hot slice of pizza with the pleasure power of a discount and you’re gonna have a hard time telling who’s happier; your wallet or your tum tum full of yum yum.

OK, let’s be honest, pizza may be the food best known for being offered at great deals throughout the year. Seriously, is there any pizza place that doesn’t ever run a special? So you’ll understand that to list every deal or special in town would be nearly impossible. We’ve done our best here to guide you to a handful of awesome local choices you won’t likely see ads for on Super Bowl Sunday. From slices and sodas to slammin’ happy hour pie deals, here’s how to chow down cheap.

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Flatstick Pub’s Fairway pizza is availble for just $10 during happy hour.

VERACI PIZZA

1333 W. Summit Pkwy.

At this Kendall Yards treasure, slices are $4.75 to $5.75 all day, depending on the type of pizza, except during happy hour, from 3-5 pm, when they’re $1 off. Or, try the soup and slice combo, which will get you a slice of pizza and a cup of the tomato basil soup for $10.50. (SW)

TOMATO STREET

808 W. Main Ave., Suite 106 and 6220 N. Division St. Is there a better deal than free? That’s what you get at Tomato Street: During early happy hours at both the River Park Square and Division locations (3-6 pm downtown, 4-6 pm up north), they’ll serve you free pizza in the bar as long as you’re enjoying some beverages.

The kitchen usually has a couple two-topping options on hand, and the servers are more than happy to keep filling your plate until you say “uncle.” (NW)

FLATSTICK PUB

618 W. Main Ave. This new downtown pub offers fun with your food, with mini golf and “duffleboard” to keep you entertained for hours, with the venue shifting to 21 and older at 7 pm daily. All pizzas (14 inches) drop to only $10 during happy hour, 3-6 pm Monday through Friday, and daily from 10 pm to close. For pizzas like the Fairway, featuring pesto, chicken, sweet roasted red onion, tangy goat cheese, dressed arugula and mozzarella, that’s more than 40 percent off the normal $17 price! The sizable tap list also goes on discount during the weekday happy hour, with $1.50 off beer, wine and cider. (SW)

REPUBLIC PI

611 E. 30th Ave. Tucked away on the South Hill, this modern pizza joint offers delicious, reasonably priced wood-fired pizzas every day of the week. But it’s Tuesdays at Republic Pi that are truly special, because that’s when all the pies on their menu are just $10, so long as you eat in. Go for something classic but simple, like the Neapolitan-style pizza known as the Manito, or for one of their creative weekly specials, which have featured everything from

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chimichurri shrimp to cannellini beans. It’s a one-sizefits-all situation, so why not grab two while you’re there? (NW)

THE MASCOT PIZZA

730 N. Columbus St. For your lunchtime needs, the Mascot Pizza near Gonzaga and the U-District offers two slices of pizza and a soda for only $6, from 11 am-1 pm, Monday through Friday. For other options, there are always different specials running throughout the week, which can be found on Mascot’s Facebook page or by dropping by. Plus, they always offer the major bonus of free delivery within 5 miles of the store. (SW)

BENNIDITO’S

1426 S. Lincoln St. and 1909 E. Sprague Ave. Any time I’m on the South Hill, I always find myself wondering, “Do I have time to duck into Bennidito’s for a slice?” It’s a neighborhood institution, and along with its Sprague Avenue brewpub it’s the perfect stop-in for a quick pizza fix. During lunchtime hours, you can usually snag a hefty cheese or pepperoni slice for $3, and a beer for $5.50 a pint. That’s a solid lunch for under $10.

Splurge on an order of their famous bready beer buddies and your day just got a whole lot better. (NW)

MONTEREY CAFE

9 N. Washington St. Monterey Cafe is not only one of the best karaoke spots downtown, it’s also well known for its tasty, tasty pizza.

Every Tuesday, pizzas are half off, meaning for $8 to $11 you can get a full helping and then some of your favorite specialty. Plus, every day from 8-9 pm, Power Hour will get you a slice for just $1. (SW)

FLAME & CORK

9225 N. Government Way, Hayden Every week it’s twofer Tuesday at Flame & Cork in Hayden, when you can get two pizzas for $22. Or, come on Wednesdays and get $1 off wine and appetizers like the wood-fired mac and cheese or the chopped caprese salad. (SW) n

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BY DAN NAILEN ike many of you, I’ve spent most of my life obsessed with pizza.

And that didn’t even change when I found myself as a young adult making hundreds upon hundreds of pizzas as my job.

Granted, I’m not racing to a Little Caesars any time soon, but making those fast-food versions — two at a time for every order! — didn’t turn me against pizza in the way working at McDonald’s might make you never want to see another Big Mac. In fact, my high school job at Little Caesars and later gigs at Godfather’s and a non-chain Italian restaurant taught me how to make everything from deep dish to “New York” thin-crust pies.

What those jobs didn’t teach me was how to make “flatbread,” a dish whose ubiquitous menu presence throughout the Inland Northwest is somewhat confounding, speaking as a pizza lover. Given both options, my thinking goes, who orders oval-shaped “flatbread” when you could have a real pizza? Plenty of people, apparently.

No doubt that’s partly because any kitchen can knock out a thin crispy “flatbread” while honest, worthy pizza requires more work on the dough and seriously hot ovens.

I set out to eat a couple of local flatbreads — at North Hill on Garland and Saranac Public House — to see if I could discern their appeal, and determine if my pizza-centric ways are misguided. Here’s some of what I learned: u POSITIVE: Their thin crispy “crust” and general dearth of serious toppings makes it easy to eat a whole flatbread by yourself — something you probably don’t want to do with a real pizza,

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at least in public. North Hill on Garland’s caprese flatbread was delicious and light. u NEGATIVE: That lack of toppings! I like a pizza because you can load tons of cheese, meat and veggies on that bad boy and the crust can handle it. Not so with most flatbreads — although it should be noted that Saranac’s flatbreads (which are round, and therefore something I’d call a “pizza”) pushed the envelope and really loaded up their pesto flatbread with sausage. u POSITIVE: Most flatbreads are cut in such a way — lots of tiny little “slices” — to encourage sharing, and that’s really what great meals are made of. And with a pizza, you can’t (typically) eat an entire slice in one to two bites. u NEGATIVE: The fact that flatbreads are generally meant to be shared, and often appear as appetizers on menus, means you’ll be ordering more food for your meal. With pizza, one slice can be the whole meal if they do it right.

I suppose I can see ordering flatbread in a pinch — it seems to be an option almost everywhere. Thankfully, with ever more pizza spots opening in the Inland Northwest, I’ll never be too far from a legit slice, though. n

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THE PIZZA ISSUE

Use oil (instead of flour) on your hands when working with pizza dough.

THE DOS AND DON'TS OF DIY PIZZA Practiced pizza makers from Malvagio’s share top tips to make your own tasty pies at home

BY CARRIE SCOZZARO

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o you want to make pizza at home but don’t know where to start.

Is store-bought dough OK, or should you

CHEESIN’ AND

FREEZIN’ Frozen pizza isn’t fancy, but it’s cheap, convenient and always still good

BY QUINN WELSCH hen I was 9 or 10 years old, my neighbor had an old Ford Bronco with a bumper sticker that had been partially scratched out to remove a single three-letter word. It read: “--- is like pizza. Even when it’s bad, it’s still good.”

I didn’t know much back then, but I learned a valuable philosophical lesson from that bumper sticker: Pizza is never bad, even when it comes from the freezer aisle at your local grocery store. Some people will dispute this and argue that, on the contrary, frozen pizza is never good. But they are wrong. Frozen pizza haters are over-

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make your own? What about toppings — how much is too much? And how do you bake to get a nice, crispy crust without burning everything else?

For the dos and don’ts of DIY pizza, we turned to Matt and Svitlana Petersen, founders of Malvagio’s, a mobile catering company specializing in wood-fired pizza, focaccia and sourdough bread.

During warmer weather, Malvagio’s can be found at summer concert series in Coeur d’Alene and Bloomsday in Spokane, serving up 10-inch pies like the Popeye with artichoke, spinach, prosciutto and garlic-infused olive oil.

The couple got the idea for Malvagio’s while living in California, where Matt served as operations manager for Forno Bravo, a major manufacturer of wood-fired pizza ovens. The company sells both modular and fully assembled residential and commercial ovens like the one the Petersens now use for Malvagio’s.

While at Forno Bravo, Petersen was able to work with numerous high-profile chefs, like Peter Reinhart, a baking instructor and cookbook author who produces Pizza Quest on YouTube.

To perfect your own technique, Petersen recommends

looking some critical facts. Frozen pizza is cheap. It’s also easy. But most of all, it’s always still good.

You can go out and eat an “artisanal” wood-fired pizza and spend $40 and two hours in the company of strangers.

Or, you can pay $6 for two Red Baron Supremes at your nearest Rosauers, pop one of those bad boys in the oven for 13 minutes and devour the entire thing while watching people catfish each other on Netflix’s The Circle.

In late November, I read a series of articles and tweets about “visibly damp” Papa John’s founder John Schnatter, who had claimed to have eaten as many as 40 pizzas in 30 days. It was an impressive feat that he was mocked for on social media, but impressive nonetheless. Schnatter was complaining that the pizzas from the slumping Papa John’s pizza empire were no longer good.

Also — to reiterate for emphasis — he ate 40 of them in 30 days.

I decided to channel my inner Schnatter and attempt to eat just as many frozen pizzas in the month of December in preparation for this article.

The truth is that I failed.

I ate a lot of frozen pizza — probably too much. But do you know how much frozen pizza is out there? There

are dozens of brands and styles in any given grocery store, ranging from deep dish to gluten-free, fourcheese to margherita, thin crust to “Naturally Rising.” Our society is awash in frozen pizza.

Among all that I ate, Red Baron’s Supreme and Pepperoni “Classic Crust” pizzas still take the cake (pie?). Red Baron is simple.

He doesn’t go for gimmicks. You get a spicy pepperoni and sausage, a straightforward crust and a chewy cheese. And it all holds together nicely in a slice.

Without any real methodology, I (loosely) graded the following frozen pizzas on taste, price, structure and composition. Here’s what I found...

RED BARON PEPPERONI/SUPREME, $4

These pizzas are staples in my own freezer for a reason.

They aren’t anything special. They don’t come with fancy ingredients. Red Baron gives you a straightforward yet tasty crust, a chewy cheese, spicy pepperoni and sausage, and at an affordable price. It all holds together, too.

I typically get these on sale at Rosauers, two for $6.

CALIFORNIA PIZZA KITCHEN FOUR CHEESE, $6

This pizza was packaged in approximately the same size

following experts like Reinhart, experimenting with recipes and watching other food channels on YouTube to see how it’s done.

Malvagio’s wood-fired oven reaches up to 800 degrees, cooking very thin dough for 60-90 seconds at most, resulting in a desirable crusty base and puffier outer rim of the pizza called cornicione in Italian. Similar results at home can be obtained by using a pizza stone and cranking up a conventional oven as high as it will go, Petersen says.

The bigger deal when it comes to make-it-yourself pizza, however, is the dough. When Malvagio’s got its start, the Petersens turned to Reinhart’s recipes on Pizza Quest. Malvagio’s dough uses flour, olive oil, salt and cold water.

“It’s not as difficult as it might seem,” Matt Petersen notes.

If you do purchase store-bought dough, let it proof slowly, he advises. Malvagio’s allows their dough to rise in the refrigerator for about 48 hours.

“That’s how you get more of a sourdough taste,” he says.

Handling the dough is Svitlana Petersen’s area of expertise.

She recommends oiling — not flouring — your hands to work the dough, and to work with smaller pizzas until you become comfortable with the process. A 7-ounce dough ball makes a 10-inch pizza about one-eighth of an inch thick, Matt adds.

As for sauce, Malvagio’s pizza is Neapolitan style, which uses an uncooked sauce that’s easy to make at home: Pureed fresh tomatoes, olive oil and basil. Lighter, thinner sauces, versus the kind you’d use with spaghetti, are better on pizza.

When it comes to toppings, the Petersens say less is more.

Cook toppings ahead of time as needed — sausage, onions and mushrooms, if they’re very thick — and go easy on them, since too many toppings can make a soggy pizza.

As for cheese, and until the Petersens can make their own, they like the consistency and flavor of Kirkland brand shredded mozzarella. Again, don’t overload the pizza with cheese.

The couple has one final secret to making pizza at home, a cheat Svitlana does in a pinch: Coat tinfoil with olive oil, lay down a raw tortilla, top lightly with sauce, cheese, etc., and bake at 375 degrees until you can see the tortilla crisping up.

“It’s probably the closest you’ll get to our dough,” Matt says. n

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TRADER JOE’S ORGANIC ROASTED VEGETABLE PIZZA, $4.50

This was a more adventurous option on my frozen pizza list. While most frozen vegetables tend to lose their flavor, this Italian import, which included eggplant, zucchini, peppers and mushrooms, was still rockin’. Though, it was a little soggy after the oven.

FRESCHETTA SUPREME, $6

Remember when Digiornio was good? Those days are long behind us, but Freschetta does a good job filling in. The crust of this pizza is thick and fluffy. (My box says it’s “Naturally Rising,” as opposed to “Unnaturally Rising,” I suppose.) The ingredients might be more lively than the others, but the slices don’t hold together well. Expect cheese slippage.

CAULIPOWER MARGHERITA PIZZA, $8.50

I only eat gluten-free foods on a dare or when I’m literally on the verge of starvation, so this was a leap for me. But it was good!

The toppings were a little bland, but the crunchy, thin, cauliflower crust was enjoyable and a little different.

Other pizzas on my list that I don’t have time or space to dive into: Trader Joe’s Bambino Pepperoni Pizza, Oprah’s O! That’s Good, Digiorno’s pan pizzas, Bagel Bites, Tombstone, Whole Foods 365, Wild Mike’s.

Just remember, even if it’s bad, it’s still good. n

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THEATER

HOME BITTERSWEET HOME Adapted from Alison Bechdel’s acclaimed graphic memoir, Fun Home is a musical of self-discovery and reconciliation

BY E.J. IANNELLI

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ublished in 2006, Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir Fun Home chronicled her coming of age, her coming out as a lesbian and her coming to terms with the tumultuous relationship she had with her father. Until his death at the age of 44 from what was suspected to be suicide, he played an outsized role in her life — as a closeted gay man and a frustrated domestic tyrant whom Bechdel viewed as a kind of existential counterpoint.

Fun Home resonated with readers as a work of nuance, honesty and intelligence. Within just a few years, playwright Lisa Kron and composer Jeanine Tesori set about adapting it to the stage, which was no small task, given that Bechdel’s illustrated tale is nonlinear and revisits the same episodes from different perspectives. By most

metrics, they succeeded. Fun Home ended up garnering as much acclaim on the stage as it did on the page.

Lake City Playhouse in Coeur d’Alene is currently putting on a new production of Kron and Tesori’s Fun Home. The fact that it marks the regional premiere of a recent Broadway hit is enough to make the show noteworthy, but director Brooke Wood views it as a larger milestone on account of its content as well as its unconventional approach to storytelling. Fun Home was the first Broadway musical to feature a lesbian protagonist. And, like the original graphic memoir, the live stage adaptation doesn’t follow a tidy, sequential through-line.

“We had applied for this last year because I fell in love with the music,” Wood says. “We knew that it would

be a challenge on our stage in the sense that the original is done in the round, which made the time-hopping a little bit easier for people.”

To translate Fun Home’s fragmented chronology to Lake City’s proscenium stage, Wood has the adult Alison root things in a particular timeframe by paralleling other characters’ actions. In one scene, when she pulls an item out of a box of trinkets, her father Bruce picks up a similar object at the opposite end of the stage. They also share props. “So if she’s thinking about, for instance, a tree that they had planted as a family, she actually puts the pot down for him to plant the tree in. The magic of lighting is going to be helpful as well.” ...continued on next page

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As part of its narrative design, Fun Home uses what Wood describes as the “three Alisons.” Each represents Bechdel at a different age and a different phase in her life. Ann Benson, a veteran mezzo-soprano of the Inland Northwest’s operatic stage, is playing the eldest of the trio. She considers her own role to be the audience’s “guide to this nonlinear story.”

“I’m the 43-year-old Alison, and then there’s a 19-year-old Alison and a 9-year-old Alison. On the one hand, maybe it takes a minute for audiences to get it. But once you get that, you don’t need a screen card to come up and go, ‘20 Years Earlier.’ And the Alison that I play, I do provide some narration and some transition. It’s very clever because it doesn’t feel pedantic. The show is very well written.”

“Along with making her life prickly and full of obstacles, he also made her very strong and very smart. He gave her quite the eye for beauty.”

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Benson also says there are subtle forces at work to help establish continuity with Alison’s younger incarnations, played by Ruby Krajic and Olivia Davies.

“The writer actually uses a lot of the same words for each of the three of us. It’s really interesting, and I don’t even know if you would pick up on it if you hadn’t read the script 500 times like I have. But the way Alison talks is the same in all three eras.

And we trade music a lot. Many of the things that I sing, one of the two of them will sing later in a different song and vice versa.”

Dialogue and costuming aside, Wood has encouraged the three actresses to “sit down and come up with something that Alison does” — a physical gesture, for instance — that links her different selves.

But even though Fun Home is primarily Alison’s story, it isn’t exclusively about her. It’s also an extended meditation on her father Bruce (played by Josh Koester): who he was behind his public persona, why he behaved the way he did and how those qualities profoundly affected those around him.

“There are a lot of moments between him and Alison as a young child,” Wood says, “but it’s more her realizing that he wasn’t this monster as much as she may have remembered. He was a very tormented man because he was closeted and not allowed to be who he was supposed to be. The point of this show is not to capitalize on the fact that he had these demons. It’s to talk about why he had these demons and why we can’t go back.”

Benson says the heartbreaking and heartwarming duets she shares with Koester toward the end of the show function as a turning point and a takeaway in Fun Home. They signal the kind of reconciliation and mutual understanding that’s possible WEEKEND between those who once C O U N T D OW N viewed themselves as adversarGet the scoop on this ies. weekend’s events with “By the end of the show, our newsletter. Sign up at she realizes that his life was Inlander.com/newsletter. incomplete. That pain crippled him in a way and had a ripple effect on his family. Along with making her life prickly and full of obstacles, he also made her very strong and very smart. And he gave her quite an eye for beauty,” she says.

“They had a complicated and beautiful relationship, and that’s ultimately what this show is about.” n Fun Home • Jan. 17-Feb. 2; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm • $25 • Lake City Playhouse • 1320 E. Garden Ave., Coeur d’Alene • lakecityplayhouse.org • 208-676-7529

CULTURE | DIGEST

FAILING UPWARD The last image many of us will have of Mike Leach will be the former WSU football coach’s temper tantrum after losing yet another Apple Cup (his seventh straight loss to rival UW), calling the SpokesmanReview’s John Blanchette a “sanctimonious troll” while refusing to answer reporters’ questions at a press conference. For those who bothered to watch the Cheez-It Bowl, maybe their last memory is the Cougs getting run over

by Air Force to secure a losing season. The repercussions for the state of Washington’s highest-paid employee? An even bigger paycheck from Mississippi State University, where Leach will make $5 million a year, with incentives for more. Ugh. (DAN NAILEN)

Mr. Robot’s human connection

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t’s natural to be skeptical when a television show returns after a long hiatus. Will there be continuity in the writing and cinematic style? Or will it be so warped that fans find it unrecognizable?

So when the fourth and final season of Mr. Robot — creator Sam Esmail’s edgy thriller about a young, mentally unstable vigilante hacker who takes on a corrupt corporation by trying to erase all debt — aired last fall after a two-year hiatus, I was apprehensive.

The previous three seasons were a big draw. There was the phenomenal acting of Rami Malek, who plays the hacker Elliot; the bold and creative cinematography and music; and the show’s nuanced treatment of mental illness, trauma and drug use. It didn’t shy away from criticisms of corporate power, greed and its corrupting influence on democracy and society in general. The

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DELLA MAE, Headlight. The Grammy-nominated band includes Spokane’s own Kimber Ludiker, and pushes beyond bluegrass on their new set. … AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD, X: The Godless Void and Other Stories.

We will also know you for the album title nearly as long and nonsensical as the band name. (But seriously, folks, this crew rocks). (DAN NAILEN)

show doesn’t ever invoke Karl Marx, it still channels a leftist-anarchist critique of contemporary capitalism. It’s a bleak and fascinating ride that feels current.

Fast forward to season four, now streaming on Amazon Prime: Elliot’s past attempts to bring down the world’s most powerful corporation — which he calls “Evil Corp” — have largely failed. A Chinese government minister who leads a double life as White Rose, the trans leader of a shadowy hacker-terrorist group, is actually pulling the strings at Evil Corp and Elliot is on the warpath to take them down. At first, the season doesn’t seem to take great effort to either explore Elliot’s complex mental state or any substantive political ideas. But, thankfully, I was mistaken.

The latest season skillfully uses superbly acted one-on-one dialogue scenes with intense and varied emotional range as a way to discuss the vital role that social connection and community play in enriching the human experience. A climactic scene between Elliot and White Rose spells out how the absence of human connection and acceptance has, at least partially, motivated White Rose’s psychotic and violent tendencies. Elliot, meanwhile, who has projected an antisocial and nihilistic personality throughout the show, articulates how his personal relationships, however flawed, are what keep him going. It’s a heartwarming moment and out of character for the show, but it works.

There was no high-minded screed on class consciousness and the ills of private property at the end of the series, as I’m sure some lefty viewers hoped for.

As it turns out, many of the characters’ most important struggles were figuring out how to connect with other people. n

BOULEVARD ON THE MOVE Five years after opening its doors in a historic building at the corner of Monroe and Northwest Boulevard, popular local vintage and home decor shop Boulevard Mercantile is on the move. Owners Dan Webb and David and Joellen Jeffers recently announced that the shop is soon moving to a new, completely renovated space at 1012 N. Washington St. Shoppers can find their favorite vendors at the store’s current home, 1905 N. Monroe St., until Feb. 22. A grand reopening celebration at the new location is set for Friday, March 6, from 5-9 pm. (CHEY SCOTT)

LEGENDARY NIGHT Who can fill the Fox to the rafters on a cold, snowy Monday evening? None other than virtuoso Itzhak Perlman, with sparks seeming to fly off his Stradivarius violin. A production of Connoisseur Concerts arranged by music director Zuill Bailey, the crowd was treated to sonatas by Beethoven, Grieg and Dvorak, but the highlight was when Perlman, accompanied by pianist Rohan de Silva, leafed through his pile of music and played little nuggets of musical genius, culminating with the haunting theme from Schindler’s List by John Williams. Bravo!

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SPOKANE AT SUNDANCE The Deepest Hole, the latest from local documentarian and Gonzaga professor Matt McCormick, has been accepted into the Sundance Film Festival, one of the most prestigious and longest-running independent film events in the country. The 12-minute short details a bizarre urban legend surrounding a Cold War-era drilling project, during which Russian scientists were rumored to have discovered the underworld. It’s possible The Deepest Hole will show up at the upcoming Spokane International Film Festival, so keep an eye out. Sundance kicks off Jan. 23 in Park City, Utah. (NATHAN WEINBENDER)

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Out of This World The adventurousness of Beethoven’s music is still there, 250 years after he was born

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ugustin Hadelich is steeped in the repertoire of classical violin concertos and travels the globe to perform them with the world’s major orchestras. The cosmopolitan violinist — born in Italy to German parents, now an American citizen — is also a proponent of modern works by a more current generation of composers like György Ligeti and Thomas Adès.

Some might see a contradiction in his embrace of old and new. But Hadelich identifies a certain freshness in all of these works. Before the classics became classics, they were often on the cutting edge of music.

Beethoven’s Violin Concerto is a prime example. First composed in 1806, it initially met with skepticism from the public as well as performers.

“The great composers were always pushing the envelope on the technical challenges that they threw at violinists of their time. By the time you get to Tchaikovsky and Sibelius, the pieces are more technical. You have to play octaves and double stops and other crazy things, which Beethoven doesn’t ask for,” says Hadelich.

“But in another sense Beethoven is much more challenging, because the solo part is so exposed that you’re incredibly aware of every single note. If anything isn’t totally perfect, it’s quite obvious.”

One possible reason for its stringency is that Beethoven was approaching the work as a pianist, not a violinist.

“Things that sound quite simple are really finger-twisters to play on the violin, which Beethoven didn’t really care about. Or maybe he was aware that it was uncomfortable, but that would not have concerned him very much,” Hadelich laughs. He recounts an anecdote about a violinist complaining to Beethoven about the impossible physical demands of his music.

Beethoven supposedly replied that his source of inspiration, the gods, gave little thought to the violinist’s miserable instrument.

After a lackluster debut, it wasn’t until the concerto was championed some 40 years later by star violinist Joseph Joachim that its reputation was reassessed — although Beethoven was no longer alive to witness the revised reception.

“People were often confused by the new stuff he wrote. This piece has a kind of classical simplicity [but] it was very revolutionary at the time it was written in terms of how it advanced the form of the violin concerto. It’s much longer, much bigger, much more grand than the concer-

“Hmm. How might I torture a violinist today?” tos that had been written previously, and it has a violin part that’s also much more exposed. You’re often playing in the very highest register. It has very beautiful, delicate, luminous, singing lines, so it has its own kind of sound world,” he says.

“Of course, now it’s one of the works that every violinist grows up listening to and wanting to play.”

Hadelich is scheduled to perform Beethoven’s Violin Concerto this weekend as part of the Spokane Symphony’s commemoration of the composer’s 250th birthday. This marks Hadelich’s first return to Spokane since 2011.

Mark Russell Smith of the Iowa-based Quad City Symphony Orchestra will conduct the orchestra in a program that also features Beethoven’s Egmont Overture and his Symphony No. 7.

Although the celebration of Beethoven’s life and legacy might sound like it’s geared solely to classical aficionados, Hadelich says its reach is much broader than that.

“It’s music like this, the very greatest works in the repertoire, that touch our emotions in a way that doesn’t require any expert knowledge.

They weren’t really written for experts. Sometimes with classical music, there’s not as much instant gratification as if you went to a movie, but what you get out of it can be very meaningful and leave you refreshed and changed and better off somehow,” he says.

“To someone who has never heard [the concerto], I think it’s a particularly beautiful piece. It’s not a difficult piece that showcases its difficulty. There’s a transparency to it, a purity.

It’s almost not quite of this world.” n Masterworks 5: Beethoven’s 250th Birthday • Jan. 18-19; Sat at 8 pm, Sun at 3 pm • $21-$66 • Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox • 1001 W. Sprague Ave. • spokanesymphony.org • 624-1200

Head brewer Sam Milne (left) and general manger Brian Carpenter.

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BRICK by BRICK OPENING

Backed by a team of service industry pros, Brick West Brewing Co. is now open in downtown Spokane’s west end

BY DEREK HARRISON

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fter more than a year in the making, Brick West Brewing Co. started pouring beer for the public earlier this month.

The brewery and taproom is the project of owners Matt Goodwin, a well-known local restaurateur (Backyard Public House, Fast Eddie’s, Press, Remedy and others), and Jordan Tampien, co-founder of 4 Degrees Real Estate. It started when the duo, along with their brothers, acquired the vacant Watts Automotive Building on West First Avenue.

The all-ages taproom features 13 beers on tap, plus

guest cider and kombucha, multiple TVs and a projector.

Brick West is also leasing the adjacent plaza — built by the city last year above a sewer overflow tank — to use as its patio.

As far as food goes, a small kitchen serves gourmet hot dogs, which can be ordered from one of two tablet stations or an app on your phone. The menu includes premium choices like Sonnenberg’s Italian sausage ($9) and even a Beyond Meat vegetarian sausage ($9). Each item has the option for add-ons such as cream cheese or a spicy housemade spread and comes with a bag of Tim’s

Cascade chips. When the new Watts 1903 Spirits and Eatery opens next door, sometime in the next month, Brick West will expand its menu to include various items from the neighboring restaurant.

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arly on, Goodwin and Tampien brought on Sam Milne as Brick West’s head brewer.

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He got his start at Pyramid Brewing in Seattle before moving to Bellingham, where he’d previously attended Western Washington University.

There, he got a job with Kulshan Brewing as a keg washer and became head brewer five years later.

“I just worked my way up doing everything,” Milne says. “From scrubbing the floors to packaging, there’s not a job you could list that I haven’t done.”

Milne went on to earn the 2018 Glen Hay Falconer Foundation Brewing Scholarship, which sent him to two prestigious brewing schools: The Siebel Institute in Chicago and Doemens Academy in Munich. After graduating from the World Brewing Academy, he knew he next wanted to help build a brewery.

“I was really looking for a ground-up opportunity to come in and help some people start a brewery and kind of build it to how I want to brew my beers,” he recalls.

Brick West was that exact opportunity. Milne was hired in December 2018 and was responsible for building the brewery. He planned it on paper for months before moving here with his family in April. During that time, he dreamt up ideas for the 15-barrel brewhouse like the silo on the roof that will eventually hold 40,000 pounds of grain for his base malt.

With his brewing background and training, it’s no surprise he wants to focus on creating world-class German lagers, but Milne also wants to explore more contemporary styles. The

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taproom opened with various lagers on tap, like the My Town American-style lager (4.8 percent alcohol by volume), Lucky Penny copper lager (5.6 percent), pilsner (5.1 percent) and dunkel (5.3 percent).

Those brews are accompanied by a vast amount of other styles. If ales are more your speed, the Helping Hand hazy IPA (5.7 percent), Brick by Brick West Coast IPA (7.1 percent) and First Step nitro breakfast stout (5.5 percent) are some of the popular options available.

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he next big hire by Goodwin and Tampien was Brian Carpenter as the taproom’s general manager.

Carpenter has become a widely recognized face in the local beer scene over the last decade;

Brick West celebrates its grand opening on Saturday, Feb. 1, from 11 am-2 am, with games and giveaways. Compete in a rock, paper, scissors tournament, and enter a raffle to win prizes such as a beer tour and tasting with head brewer Sam Milne.

many simply know him as “Fro.” He got his start as a bartender and manager at the Flying Goat and helped open Republic Pi. Most recently, he was the sales director for One Tree Cider, but for several years before that, he was a sales representative at No-Li Brewhouse.

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TOP: Milne monitors a batch of a hazy pale ale as it transfers to the fermenter.

ABOVE: Paul Cleveland prepares an order in the Brick West kitchen, which offers a variety of gourmet hot dogs. DEREK HARRISON PHOTOS He’s now running the Brick West taproom, and in charge of sales and distribution. With the doors finally open and all the preparation behind him, he says his priority is filling the taproom and making sure it’s a place for everyone to hang out.

Starting next week, the taproom will host a weekly bingo night on Tuesdays. He’s also starting to plan on ways to utilize the patio in the coming warmer months — think outdoor concerts and collaboration events with other local breweries.

Next up for Carpenter is launching distribution, which he says should happen around springtime. His goal is to spread the word about the brewery by putting beers on tap throughout Spokane. n Brick West Brewing Co. • 1318 W. First • All ages • Open daily from 11 am-close • brickwestbrewingco.com • 279-2982

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FOOD | Q&A

Chef Chats: Kadra Evans The new chef at North Hill on Garland talks goals, her love of Vietnamese pho and influential local chefs

BY CHEY SCOTT

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hef Kadra Evans took over the kitchen at North Hill on Garland several months ago, and has since been bringing creative weekly fresh sheets and a Friday pho special to the small restaurant and bar in the heart of the Garland District.

Before North Hill, Evans worked in the kitchens of Cochinito Taqueria, Clover, the Wandering Table and other local eateries. Mostly trained on the job, Evans got her start in the culinary industry about two decades ago as general manager of a now-closed Asian eatery on the South Hill.

We stopped by to chat about what influences her cooking, what’s coming up at North Hill and more.

Responses have been lightly edited for clarity.

INLANDER: Tell us about your current role, and how you got here.

EVANS: I’ve been sous chef for a few places around town, now it’s back to being a chef at North Hill. I

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LEFT: Steamer clams and a peppered chicken banh mi. RIGHT: Chef Kadra Evans. learned from some of the best [chefs] in town.

I live a block away, and bought my house 15 years ago. When North Hill first opened, I was so excited to have a nice bar with better options of food, not just sandwiches and fryer food. When it opened, they were doing pizzas and nachos and sandwiches, which you could get down the street. I said ‘I want to take over your restaurant and make it match the front of the house.’ We have great cocktails and craft bartenders, but the food should match it in the back. We’re in the process of changing the menu.

We do fresh sheets every Wednesday, and those step outside of the box of what’s around here. We also do Pho Fridays; it’s my favorite to cook, and I do a lot of catering for just pho.

Who’s a chef you look up to, and why?

Travis Dickinson [Cochinto Taqueria]. He’s been the most influential chef I’ve worked with. He’s such a great guy; so nice and so informative, and he teaches things in a great way. He never makes you feel stupid for learning.

What’s a dish or ingredient you hated as a kid, but love now?

Brussels sprouts. That is my favorite thing to do now.

Even for Thanksgiving, I do a creamed Brussels sprout with chicken liver pate. My family was like ‘that sounds so awful,’ and they love it and make me bring it every year. I was very picky as a child, but now I try everything.

What’s your favorite kitchen gadget?

Probably the immersion blender.

What’s the hardest thing about your job?

Getting consistently good cooks with the cost of labor going up, and trying to get them hours. For me, person-

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ally, it’s been a little tough to get my name out there, being in smaller restaurants and not under the big chefs like Jeremy Hansen or Adam Hegsted.

Name one restaurant in the Inland Northwest you return to over and over.

Ruins.

Where would you travel just for the food and why?

Vietnam. I really want to learn the food straight from the source, since that is one of my favorite things to cook.

I plan on going there in the next year, and hope to try all the street food.

What’s next for you, in five to 10 years?

To own my own restaurant. Here in Spokane, in the Garland District.

What’s coming up with North Hill in the next few months?

We’re doing a Pacific Northwest-focused menu. Even though not all the products will come from here, locally, the idea is more seafood. There’s not really anything in the neighborhood or close to us doing seafood.

We’re doing a six-course bitters dinner on Jan. 19 with Skidmore Alchemy bitters. I’ll cook with the bitters and they’ll make cocktails.

Brunch is new on Saturday and Sunday from 10 am-2 pm.

We’re also teaming up with Kris Kilduff for Secret Burger on Feb. 6. [Evans is making a Vietnamese “phoritto”; find details and tickets, $18, at secretburger.com.] n North Hill on Garland • 706 W. Garland Ave. • Open Mon-Thu noon-11 pm; Fri 11 am-1 am; Sat 10 am-1 am; Sun 10 am-9 pm • facebook.com/ drinkeatnorthhill • 279-2054

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In the Not Too Distant Future

Robot roll call: Joel Hodgson and his robot friends are set to dock the Satellite of Love in Spokane.

Joel and the ’bots of Mystery Science Theater 3000 come to town, and we pick some essential episodes from the series’ golden years

salesman in rural El Paso, in which a family is menaced in a desert cabin by a twitchy groundskeeper named Torgo and his polygamous master.

Why it’s a classic: It’s considered one of the worst movies in MST3K history, and its appearance on the show got the film a cult itself: A recent crowdfunding campaign to remaster the film and release it on BluRay successfully raised $48,000.

Best riff: “Every frame in this movie looks like someone’s last known photograph.” (NW)

BY PAUL SELL & NATHAN WEINBENDER

MITCHELL (S5, E12)

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ven if you don’t know it by name, you’ve definitely seen Mystery Science Theater 3000: It’s that show with the little silhouettes in the bottom right-hand corner that crack wise about what’s on screen.

The premise is a bit more complicated than that: Over 200-plus episodes and a Netflix revival, a series of hapless humans — Joel, then Mike, then Jonah — were trapped on a spaceship by various mad scientists, and forced to endure bad movies. Rounded out by quippy robots Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot, the trio would provide hilarious commentary to dull the cinematic pain.

MST3K creator and original host Joel Hodgson is bringing a live version of his series to Spokane this week, and in anticipation we’ve picked some of our all-time favorite episodes. We no doubt overlooked some of your favorites (it’s just an article — you should really just relax), but hopefully there’s enough cinematic cheesiness for you to chew on. Riff away!

POD PEOPLE (Season 3, Episode 3)

What it’s about: In this Spanish rip-off of E.T., an alien chased by poachers befriends a little boy who names it Trumpy. There’s also a traveling rock band involved (don’t ask).

Why it’s a classic: It’s like a bad movie bingo card: incompetent effects, terrible musical numbers and jumbled plotlines.

Best riff: “Trumpy, you can do stupid things!” (NW)

MANOS: THE HANDS OF FATE (S4, E24)

What it’s about: A 1966 horror film made by a fertilizer

What it’s about: Joe Don Baker stars as a slovenly ’70s cop who loves beer and women almost as much as he loves taking down pushers and thugs. Dirty Harry, he… isn’t quite.

Why it’s a classic: The jokes are mostly at Baker’s expense, and he was reportedly so offended (his 1985 film Final Justice was lampooned in a later episode) that he threatened to beat up anyone associated with the show. This is also Hodgson’s final episode as host.

Best riff: A dig at the funk guitar soundtrack: “Waka-chicka, waka-chicka, waka-chicka — MITCHELL!” (NW)

SPACE MUTINY (S8, E20)

What it’s about: Aboard a spaceship filled with pipework, a war rages between treacherous rebels in mini Zambonis, their Santa Claus-looking captain and an evil flight commander.

Why it’s a classic: The ultra-macho names they create for the main character are some of the best strings of jokes the show ever achieved.

Best riff: “Thick McRunfast! Punch Rockgroin! Big McLargeHuge! Bob Johnson… oh, wait.” (PS)

THE PUMAMAN (S9, E3)

What it’s about: Before the MCU, there was Pumaman. Gifted by aliens with the powers of a puma — goofy flight, slightly less intelligence than your average college student — he’s up against scenery-chewing Donald Pleasence, begging for world domination.

Why it’s a classic: It’s a study on incompetence, and it goes hand-in-hand with the snappy riffs. This movie and MST3K were made for each other.

Best riff: “He has the power to rear-project major cities!” (PS)

WEREWOLF (S9, E4)

What it’s about: Archaeologists discover the bones of a werewolf, and it doesn’t raise any eyebrows when one of them becomes psychotic and turns random citizens into lycanthropes in the name of science.

Why it’s a classic: The absurdity and utter randomness of werewolf security guards driving cars — and Dictator Santa Claus — have Mike and the bots laying it on thicker than ever.

Best riff: “It’s economical to not have a storyline, then you just film people saying things.” (PS)

THE FINAL SACRIFICE (S9, E10)

What it’s about: When a young Canadian man fails to reach puberty, he tries to find out what happened to his father and is thrown into a war between cults, prospectors, an ancient advanced civilization and the mysterious Zap Rowsdower.

Why it’s a classic: Every staple of MST3K is on display: a massive scale with no budget, villains with brain-dead thugs, and a drunk drifter who wants to play hero.

Best riff: “I wonder if there’s beer on the sun.” (PS)

MERLIN’S SHOP OF MYSTICAL WONDERS (S10, E3)

What it’s about: Tired of helping King Arthur create a prosperous kingdom, Merlin travels to the modern age and does the sensible thing — opens up a medieval trinket store and attempts to bring magic back into the world through terror and destruction.

Why it’s a classic: As one of the last broadcasted episodes, they went out on a high note with this wildly inconsistent bedtime story turned gruesome horror fiasco.

Best riff: “Remember to believe in magic, or I’ll kill you.” (PS) n Mystery Science Theater 3000 Live • Thu, Jan. 16 at 7:30 pm • $39.50-$59.50 • All ages • First Interstate Center for the Arts • 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. • inbpac.com • 279-7000

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FILM | SHORTS

Bad Boys for Life

OPENING FILMS BAD BOYS FOR LIFE

Will Smith and Martin Lawrence return for a third team-up, and here they’re partnered with a much younger crew to take down a Miami cartel. (NW) Rated R

DOLITTLE

Everything that’s old is new again, as Robert Downey Jr. plays yet another version of the whimsical veterinarian who can talk to the animals. (NW) Rated PG

IP MAN 4: THE FINALE

Already a smash in China, this is supposedly the last entry in the martial arts series starring Donnie Yen as the grandmaster who taught Bruce Lee. (NW) Not Rated

WEATHERING WITH YOU

An animated fable from the director of the Japanese hit Your Name, about a teenage boy’s unlikely relationship with an orphaned girl who can control the weather. (NW) Rated PG-13

NOW PLAYING 1917

Sam Mendes’ WWI epic, which took the Golden Globe for best picture, is made to look like a single unbroken take, with a couple of WWI soldiers sent to deliver a message across enemy lines. (DH) Rated R

A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

A lovely ode to the power of kindness, with an Esquire journalist learning to live more authentically after writing about none other than Mister Rogers.

Tom Hanks, Hollywood’s nicest man, plays the beloved TV personality. (MJ) Rated PG

BOMBSHELL

A mostly toothless but well-acted exposé in the Big Short mold, uncovering the sexual harassment allegations swirling around Fox News and former CEO Roger Ailes. Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman and Margot Robbie star. (NW) Rated R

FANTASTIC FUNGI

The culinary, medicinal and psychotropic properties of mushrooms are explored and celebrated in this scientific nature documentary. At the Magic Lantern. (NW) Not Rated

FORD V. FERRARI

From director James Mangold, a slick dramatization of the relationship between the Ford auto designer (Matt Damon) and the pro driver (Christian Bale) who set out to beat Ferrari in the ’66 24

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CRITICS’ SCORECARD THE INLANDER

FROZEN II

Solid sequel to the Disney juggernaut, with Queen Elsa, Princess Anna and friends venturing into the wintry wilderness to save their kingdom from a mysterious force of the past. There’s no “Let It Go,” but it’s good enough. (NW) Rated PG

THE GRUDGE

The early 2000s J-horror hit gets another American remake and, yes, there are more creaky, stringy-haired ghosts haunting a murder house. Even more pointless and incompetently plotted than its predecessors. (NW) Rated R

HARRIET

The abolitionist Harriet Tubman finally gets a biopic deserving of her legacy, anchored by an electric performance by Cynthia Erivo. Old-fashioned filmmaking of the highest order. At the Magic Lantern. (MJ) Rated PG-13

JOJO RABBIT

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

JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL

Another week, another unnecessary

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JUST MERCY

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LIKE A BOSS

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LITTLE WOMEN

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THE RISE OF SKYWALKER

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Hours of Le Mans race. (ES) Rated PG-13

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WORTH $10

sequel. The teens from the first Jumanji return — with their grandpas this time — and leap back into the video game realm to rescue a missing friend. (MJ) Rated PG-13

JUST MERCY

Inspired by true events, a defense attorney (Michael B. Jordan) takes on the case of a convicted murderer (Jamie Foxx) railroaded by lawyers and attempts to exonerate him. A powerful statement on legal and racial injustice.

(MJ) Rated PG-13

KNIVES OUT

Rian Johnson’s all-star whodunit centers on the death of a wealthy patriarch, and the craven relatives that would profit off his demise. As a mystery, it’s merely OK. As an evisceration of the one percent, it’s satisfying. (NW) Rated PG-13

LIKE A BOSS

Hacky sitcom jokes abound in this lame comedy about cosmetics entrepreneurs (Tiffany Haddish, Rose Byrne) whose friendship is tested when beauty magnate Salma Hayek invests in them. (NW) Rated R

LITTLE WOMEN

Louisa May Alcott’s literary classic about four sisters growing up during and after the Civil War gets a brilliant modernist twist courtesy of Greta Gerwig. A film that’s as timeless as it is timely. (MJ) Rated PG

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PARASITE

Satire, slapstick and secrecy collide in Bong Joon-ho’s twisty, Palme d’Orwinning contraption, about a poor South Korean family that insinuates itself into the lives of an upper class clan.

Surprises abound. At the Magic Lantern.

(NW) Rated R

SPIES IN DISGUISE

In this animated caper, a superstar secret agent (voiced by Will Smith) is accidentally turned into a pigeon and finds it’s the ultimate camouflage. (NW) Rated PG

STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER

The nine-episode saga goes out with a few big bangs and even more whimpers, as Rey and company jet across the galaxy to not only find the origins of her powers but stop Kylo Ren. (NW) Rated PG-13

UNCUT GEMS

Adam Sandler is getting raves for his star turn in the Safdie brothers’ nailbiting New York odyssey, a night in the life of a jeweler who makes one harebrained decision after another. (MJ) Rated R

UNDERWATER

Alien meets The Abyss meets Sphere in this sci-fi thriller, which finds a crew of deep-sea scientists trapped in their submersible and menaced by slimy creatures. (NW) Rated PG-13 n

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Gold Rush The good, the bad and the Joker: Snubs and surprises in this year’s Oscar nominations

BY NATHAN WEINBENDER

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he recent Oscar nominations featured a lot of the usual suspects... and a whole lot of disappointments.

Todd Phillips’ Joker, the Martin Scorseseinspired super-villain origin story, leads the pack with a whopping 11 nominations, followed closely by an actual Scorsese film — The Irishman — and Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood.

Amongst the biggest slights: No women were recognized for directing… again. The acting categories are overwhelmingly white.

Robert De Niro wasn’t nominated for The Irishman, despite being the Irishman. Movies like Booksmart, Her Smell, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, The Lighthouse and A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood — either thrown a single nomination or ignored completely.

You can either take these nominations as proof that the Oscars are as clueless as ever, or as validation that you were right all along. This is nothing new. But there were some pleasant surprises mixed in with the eye-rollers, starting with:

THE GOOD: FLORENCE PUGH NOMINATED FOR LITTLE WOMEN

This rising star had a real breakout year, delivering three performances that revealed a complete, well-rounded actor: She mastered pure physicality as an aspiring wrestler in

Little Women, Uncut Gems, Us and Parasite: The Academy loved two, but not the others.

Fighting with My Family, and mental anguish in the horror freakout Midsommar. Hers is my favorite performance in Greta Gerwig’s Little Women because she takes a character we thought we understood and finds new, unexpected complexities in her.

THE BAD: JENNIFER LOPEZ SNUBBED FOR HUSTLERS

Remember all those grassroots “Jennifer Lopez deserves an Oscar” campaigns that happened when Hustlers opened in September? Well, apparently they didn’t take. That’s a shame, because it was a really terrific performance — earthy and grounded, but also physical and magnetic and commanding. Lopez made you believe she could be just as comforting as calculating, a surrogate mother who’s also an opportunistic, well, hustler.

THE GOOD: ANTONIO BANDERAS NOMINATED FOR PAIN & GLORY

It’s rare that the Academy goes for a nonEnglish language performance, not to mention a non-English language performance that’s so subtle and ruminative. Banderas has been collaborating with writer-director Pedro Almodovar since the 1980s, and in Pain & Glory he plays a fictionalized version of the great filmmaker, who’s now in the twilight years of his life and begins reflecting on his childhood, his career, his failed relationships and his deteriorating body.

THE BAD: ADAM SANDLER SNUBBED FOR UNCUT GEMS

In fact, Uncut Gems, my favorite movie of 2019, wasn’t nominated for a thing. I know it’s a divisive film, but how could you not recognize the intensity of its swirling sound design and cinematography, or the pulsating insistence of the musical score? I thought Sandler had a chance: He’s gener-

ally beloved in Hollywood, and his work in Uncut Gems reveals a side of him we haven’t seen in years. I guess this wasn’t a bet I should’ve taken.

THE BAD: LUPITA NYONG’O SNUBBED FOR US

Horror movies: Add it to the list of things that the Academy doesn’t have much patience for. Every once in a while, they make an exception — Get Out a couple years ago, for instance — but Jordan Peele’s follow-up Us was totally forgotten. It’s the lack of a nomination for star Lupita Nyong’o that sticks out most egregiously: Hers was a raw, risky, put-it-all-out-there performance that the Academy inexplicably didn’t go for.

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THE GOOD: PARASITE!

Bong Joon-ho’s ingenious satirical thriller got six nominations, something of a surprise considering the Academy’s general anathema for anything not in English. It’s the first South Korean film ever nominated for Oscars, and the sixth film in history to be nominated as both Best Picture and the newly renamed Best International Film. It will for sure win the latter category, but I think it also has a shot at the night’s biggest award.

THE BAD: THE FAREWELL?

But the same love wasn’t extended to another acclaimed foreign-language hit. Lulu Wang’s funny, melancholic The Farewell was completely ignored by Oscar voters, despite its staying power at the box office and star Awkwafina winning a well-deserved Golden Globe last weekend. Perhaps the movie seemed too modest or indie for them, which is really too bad. Seek it out — it’s worth it. n The Oscars air on ABC on Sunday, Feb. 9.

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Add to Playlist The 2020 albums we’re most looking forward to

BY BEN SALMON AND NATHAN WEINBENDER KIWI JR., FOOTBALL MONEY (OUT NOW)

In a world full of drum machines and bedroom R&B, discovering a new band that makes rollicking, guitar-driven indie-rock is an increasingly difficult task. But here’s one: Kiwi Jr., a fresh-faced Toronto quartet whose debut album Football Money gets a worldwide release this month.

In just over 27 minutes stretched across 10 tracks, the band — which includes a member of Canadian indie-pop perfectos Alvvays — fuses Pavement’s pouty deadpan, the Strokes’ barbed garage-rock, the Clean’s droning surf-pop and R.E.M.’s gorgeous guitar jangle into one perfectly punchy package. (BS)

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KVELERTAK, SPLID (FEB. 14)

With 2013’s Meir and 2016’s Nattesferd, this raucous Norwegian hard-rock band released two of the best heavy albums of the 2010s, both built around their uncommon combination of punk ruckus, pop sensibility and Erlend Hjelvik’s howling, growling vocals. But Hjelvik left the band a couple years ago, and he’s been replaced by Ivar Nikolaisen. So have things changed on their fourth album Splid? Well, lead single “Bråtebrann” reveals Nikolaisen has a pretty sturdy growl of his own, and that the rest of the band may be leaning into more of a classic rock sound. I always said Kvelertak was just one melodic

vocalist away from sounding a lot like Foo Fighters. Well, they had their chance to make a change… and they chose to remain Kvelertak. (BS)

THE 1975, NOTES ON A CONDITIONAL FORM (APRIL 24)

This polarizing British emopop-funk-rock band could use an editor. Both of their last two albums — 2016’s I Like It When You Sleep for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It and 2018’s A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships — were packed with thrilling songs, but also padded with momentumkilling forays into ambient music and soft jazz. It’s exactly

MUSIC | FUNK that ambition, however, that makes magnetic frontman Matty Healy and his mates one of the world’s most interesting bands… and maybe the world’s best singles band. They’ve been teasing this, their fourth album, for what seems like forever. It’s finally, almost here. (BS)

MOSES SUMNEY, GRÆ (MAY 15)

After a couple of buzz-worthy EPs, shapeshifting singer-songwriter Moses Sumney made a huge splash in 2017 with his debut LP Aromanticism, a concept album about the absence of love that carried his stirring brand of art-pop and electro-soul to a much larger audience. Later this year, he’ll return with a sprawling double album, græ, which has been described as “a conceptual patchwork about greyness.” The three singles that have already been released reveal a new maturity to Sumney’s sound that bodes well for the album. Expect to see græ on just about every “Best of 2020” list in just under 12 months.

(BS)

Finding the Groove

KATHLEEN EDWARDS (TBA)

Funky Unkle are sure to get you movin’ on their debut album Funkle

Kathleen Edwards owns and operates a coffee shop just outside Ottawa, the capital city of Canada. But before she did that, she was one of the most celebrated folk-rock singer-songwriters of the early 21st century, a master connector of notes and strings and stories and feelings, and a rising star with a loyal and growing fan base. Her 2012 album Voyageur was her fourth consecutive excellent full-length, and its broadening sonic palette hinted that she was just getting started. Then, in 2014, she walked away from it all and opened the coffee shop. (Ever the jokester, she called the cafe Quitters.) Five years later, Edwards appears to be edging ever closer to a return. She plays the occasional gig, she co-wrote a song on Maren Morris’ album GIRL, and in March, she signed a record deal and started working on a new album. No release date has been announced, and who knows if new Kathleen Edwards songs will come out in 2020. But if they do, they’ll be very, very welcome. (BS)

AND KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED…

FIONA APPLE. In fall 2019, shortly after her ’90s hit “Criminal” was used to memorable effect in the film Hustlers, the singersongwriter agreed to a rare interview with Vulture wherein she teased a followup to her great 2012 LP The Idler Wheel… “I go off and I take too long making stuff,” she said of an impending release. “It’s hard to say.”

FRANK OCEAN. No less reclusive than Apple is this R&B crooner, who hasn’t released a full-length album since 2016’s acclaimed Blonde. He premiered a couple new songs during concerts in late 2019, Frank Ocean and diehard fans have even used vague social media clues to speculate on a potential LP’s track listing. If it does drop in 2020, expect the unexpected.

RUN THE JEWELS. The hip-hop duo has left a four-year gap since their most recent album, the longest wait for a Jewels LP yet.

They’ve said the album should be out before they play this year’s Coachella music festival, which gives them less than four months; a deadline should encourage them. “I’m not mad at people wanting the record,” producer El-P said on Twitter. “That’s love.” (NW) n

Funky Unkle as octet: The band celebrates its debut album this weekend.

BY NATHAN WEINBENDER

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f you’ve seen Funky Unkle in a live setting, you know a couple things. First, they know how to get a room moving. And second, there’s a lot of them. Nine members, to be exact.

A stage can barely contain them.

The instrumental funk collective met while most of its players were music students at Eastern Washington University, either studying music education or getting degrees in performance. Future Funky Unkle saxophone player Austin Long got the project rolling, and it started when he began transcribing songs by the funk-jam band Lettuce in his free time.

The intention was to start a cover band, he says: “I didn’t even really think about writing originals.”

“That’s why we put it together, because we were all backing [other] people,” says drummer Kenny Sager. “We were like, ‘Let’s make our own goddamn band.’”

Funky Unkle began playing in earnest in late 2016, with their first show at nYne in January of 2017. It was a change of pace for most of them, because they were so used to serving as background players or being called in by other artists for one-off appearances. Now they get to take the spotlight in a band of their own, and they’re celebrating the release of their first album, appropriately titled Funkle, this weekend.

Recorded in just three days at the local Amplified Wax Studios, Funkle was the product of the band saving up the money they were making from gigs, and they raised an additional $3,000 through a Kickstarter fund.

“Recording an album is so special, and it’s so cool when you get to do that with your friends,” says percussionist Bailey Sager. “I wish everybody could experience it.”

The album features 10 tracks of original compositions they’ve accumulated over the years, and it’s an audio document of how much they’ve improved as a group since they started playing as Funky Unkle.

“It’s not that our first few gigs weren’t good, but if we listened to them now, it’d be rough,”

Long says. “As we played more together and figured out our style, it got a lot better.”

“It was this cool, almost nostalgic feeling,” says Bailey Sager of getting back together with old friends. “We were playing in college, all of us together, and then we kind of went on with our lives, then realized that that was something that we really missed. So getting back together, it felt the same as in college. We didn’t skip a beat.”

Having nine members can prove difficult for purely logistical reasons: When you’re setting up a show, for instance, MORE EVENTS you have to Visit Inlander.com for find a date, complete listings of time and place local events. that works for everybody. But playing with a lot of people also means that the grooves are more locked in, more disciplined.

“You’ve just gotta know your role,” Kenny Sager says. “There’s a little bit less freedom in a nine-piece, because three people looking to communicate a new idea is way easier than trying to get nine people on board.”

And although the songs themselves are written and structured in advance — Long typically puts the basic parts to paper, then allows each section of the band to play around with them — elements of improv and jamming sometimes sneak in when the band is performing live.

“It’s like improvisation in slow motion,” Long says.

“We want people to dance. That’s how we know we’re doing our job,” Bailey Sager says.

“Funk music, you can’t help but move to. So if people are moving to it, that’s how I know we found it. If people are just kind of standing there and not doing anything, I know I haven’t found the groove yet.” n Funky Unkle Album Release with Jason Perry • Sat, Jan. 18 at 9 pm • $8-$10 • 21+ • Lucky You Lounge • 1801 W. Sunset Blvd. • luckyyoulounge.com

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legit country music legend, Wynonna Judd first gained notoriety in the ’80s alongside her mother Naomi, racking up 14 No. 1 singles on the country charts in a span of just five years. But as a solo artist, Wynonna is just as prolific. Her current backing band is called the Big Noise, which features her alongside a number of Nashville lifers, including her husband Cactus Moser. The collaboration produced a 2016 album that was Judd’s first collection of original tunes since 2003, and boasts cameos from Jason Isbell, Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks. Expect a setlist of those new tracks alongside well-worn classics.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER Wynonna and the Big Noise • Thu, Jan. 23 at 8 pm • $45-75 • All ages • Bing Crosby Theater • 901 W. Sprague • bingcrosbytheater.com • 227-7638

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Thursday, 01/16

A&P’S BAR AND GRILL, Open Mic Night with KC Carter BERSERK, Vinyl Meltdown BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn BOOMERS CLASSIC ROCK BAR & GRILL, Unplugged Series: Dan McFadden J BOOTS BAKERY & LOUNGE, The Song Project BRIDGE PRESS CELLARS, Charles Swanson J BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB, Open Jazz Jam with Erik Bowen CRUISERS, Open Jam Night THE GILDED UNICORN, Gil Rivas J HOUSE OF SOUL, Jazz Thursdays J LAGUNA CAFÉ, Just Plain Darin LION’S LAIR, Karaoke J MONARCH MOUNTAIN COFFEE, Open Mic Hosted by Scott Reid MOOSE LOUNGE, Country Night with Last Chance Band MOUNTAIN LAKES BREWING CO., Joel Haugen & Sarah Jean MY PLACE BAR & GRILL, DJ Dave NASHVILLE NORTH, Rodney Atkins J J NORTHERN QUEST RESORT & CASINO, The Commodores THE NYC PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos NYNE, DJ Storme THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos feat. Christan Raxter & Steve Ridler THE ROCK BAR & LOUNGE, The Rock Jam Series STEAM PLANT KITCHEN + BREWERY, Nick Grow YAYA BREWING COMPANY, Jonathan Tibbetts ZOLA, Blake Braley Band

Friday, 01/17

219 LOUNGE, Crooked Tooth 1210 TAVERN, Jan Harrison Blues Experience

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he swagger of a rock band, the twang of bluegrass, the soulful grit of old blues — the Portland duo Hillstomp gives you all of that in its rootsy sound. They call themselves punk-blues, which seems about right, considering they’re layered in the kind of sonic fuzz that you’d expect from either a garage-rock cassette or an old blues 78 record. Henry Kammerer and John Johnson also bring banjo and downhome percussion instruments into the fray, and the songs from their recent album Monster Receiver alternate between late-night party atmospheres and gentle harmonies. And, yes, you’ll find yourself stomping along.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER Hillstomp with Atari Ferrari • Fri, Jan. 17 at 8 pm • $10 • 21+ • Lucky You Lounge • 1801 W. Sunset Blvd. • luckyyoulounge.com

ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS, Mark Holt BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn BIGFOOT PUB, Into the Drift BOOMBOX PIZZA, Karaoke J BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB, Palouse Forro Experience CHINOOK STEAK, PASTA AND SPIRITS (CDA CASINO), Cris Lucas CORBY’S BAR, Karaoke THE COUNTRY PLACE BAR & GRILL, Gil Rivas CRUISERS, Karaoke with Gary THE FISCHIN’ HOLE SALOON, 3D Band J FORZA COFFEE CO. (VALLEY), One Trick Pony: Paul Simon Tribute FREDNECK’S SALOON AND BEANERY, Just Plain Darin HAPPY TRAILS TO BREWS, Alisha K & The Boys IDAHO POUR AUTHORITY, Turn Spit Dogs IRON GOAT BREWING CO., Heat Speak

IRON HORSE (COEUR D’ALENE), The Rub JOHN’S ALLEY, Tylor & The Train Robbers LEFTBANK WINE BAR, LBB & Friends J LUCKY YOU LOUNGE, Hillstomp (see above), Atari Ferrari; DJ Official Caleb MARYHILL WINERY SPOKANE, Ron Kieper Jazz MAX AT MIRABEAU, My Own Worst Enemy MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL, Devon Wade MOONDOLLARS BISTRO, Dallas Kay MULLIGAN’S BAR & GRILLE, Pat Coast MY PLACE BAR & GRILL, DJ Dave NASHVILLE NORTH, Ladies Night with Luke Jaxon and DJ Tom NIGHTHAWK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), Smash Hit Carnival THE NYC PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos OLD MILL BAR AND GRILL, James Motley with Meghan Sullivan PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Truck Mills and Carl Rey

J THE PIN, Free Fridays Metal Edition w/Dysfunktynal Kaos, Smiles, 3113 PRIME TYME BAR & GRILL, Vinyl Tendencies THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos feat. Christan Raxter & Steve Ridler J RIVER CITY BREWING, Uh Oh and the Oh Wells J SARANAC COMMONS, Kevin Partridge J SHAWN O’DONNELL’S AMERICAN GRILL & IRISH PUB, Floating Crowbar STORMIN’ NORMAN’S SHIPFACED SALOON, DJ Danger UP NORTH DISTILLERY, Bill Bozly ZOLA, Whack A Mole

Saturday, 01/18

219 LOUNGE, Nights of Neon 1210 TAVERN, Roundabout A&P’S BAR AND GRILL, DJ Kevin THE AGING BARREL, Shawnna Nicholson

ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS, The Ronaldos BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn J THE BIG DIPPER, Dirtbag, Children of the Sun, Psidium BIGFOOT PUB, Into the Drift BRIDGE PRESS CELLARS, Dave Allen Band J BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB, AEngel THE BULL HEAD, Bobby Patterson C.B. QUENCHERS, Wild Card Band CHINOOK STEAK, PASTA AND SPIRITS (CDA CASINO), Cris Lucas THE FISCHIN’ HOLE SALOON, Joey Anderson GARLAND PUB & GRILL, Still Kickin’ J HUCKLEBERRY’S NATURAL MARKET, Tin Cup Monkey IDAHO POUR AUTHORITY, Larry Mooney J IRON GOAT BREWING CO., Eliza Catastrophe IRON HORSE (COEUR D’ALENE), The Rub

THE JACKSON ST. BAR & GRILL, Karaoke J LAGUNA CAFÉ, Diane Copeland LION’S LAIR, Local Hip-Hop Showcase J LUCKY YOU LOUNGE, Funky Unkle Album Release (see page 49) with Jason Perry; DJ WesOne MARYHILL WINERY SPOKANE, Katie Fisher MAX AT MIRABEAU, My Own Worst Enemy NASHVILLE NORTH, Ladies Night with Luke Jaxon and DJ Tom NIGHTHAWK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), Smash Hit Carnival THE NYC PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos ONE SHOT CHARLIE’S, Down South ONE TREE CIDER HOUSE, Nick Grow J ONE WORLD CAFE, One Trick Pony PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Justin Lantrip THE PIN, Pandamonium THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos feat. Christan Raxter & Steve Ridler STORMIN’ NORMAN’S SHIPFACED SALOON, DJ Danger ZOLA, Whack A Mole

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Sunday, 01/19

THE BULL HEAD, Bobby Patterson CHEAP SHOTS, Rev. Yo’s VooDoo Church of Blues Jam CRAVE, DJ Dave GARLAND PUB & GRILL, Karaoke HOGFISH, Open Mic HONEY EATERY AND SOCIAL CLUB, Jazz Hour with Brian Sacco IRON HORSE (VALLEY), Mike McCafferty LINGER LONGER LOUNGE, Open Jam LUCKY YOU LOUNGE, Zonky Jazz Night MARYHILL WINERY SPOKANE, Dallas Kay THE NYC PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos O’DOHERTY’S IRISH GRILLE, Traditional Irish Music PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Piano Sunday with Peter Lucht RED ROOM LOUNGE, Jason Perry Trio THE ROXIE, Hillyard Billys J SHAWN O’DONNELL’S AMERICAN GRILL & IRISH PUB, Floating Crowbar J SOUTH HILL GRILL, Just Plain Darin ZOLA, Glass Honey

Monday, 01/20

THE BULL HEAD, Songsmith Series J CALYPSOS COFFEE ROASTERS, Open Mic CRAVE, DJ Dave EICHARDT’S PUB, Monday Night Jam with Truck Mills THE NYC PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos

RED ROOM LOUNGE, Open Mic with Lucas Brookbank Brown ZOLA, Perfect Mess

Tuesday, 01/21

219 LOUNGE, Karaoke with DJ Pat BOOMBOX PIZZA, Karaoke CRAVE, DJ Dave GARLAND PUB & GRILL, Karaoke THE NYC PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos RAZZLE’S BAR & GRILL, Open Mic Jam THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Country Swing Dancing THE ROXIE, Open Mic/Jam THE VIKING, Songsmith Series feat.

Ashley Pyle ZOLA, Desperate 8s

Wednesday, 01/22

219 LOUNGE, Truck Mills & Carl Rey J 291 BREWHOUSE, Just Plain Darin BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn J BLACK DIAMOND, Songsmith Series feat. Dan McFadden CRAVE, DJ Dave CRUISERS, Open Jam Night Hosted by The Jam Band GENO’S TRADITIONAL FOOD & ALES, Open Mic with Host Travis Goulding IRON HORSE (COEUR D’ALENE), Open Jam IRON HORSE (VALLEY), Take 2 THE JACKSON ST. BAR & GRILL, Karaoke LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Carey Brazil LUCKY’S IRISH PUB, DJ D3VIN3

MAD BOMBER BREWING COMPANY, Open Mic J MILLWOOD BREWING COMPANY, Nick Grow THE NYC PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Dwayne Parsons THE PIN, Pest the Menace with NKNGS, Amerikane Poetz, Savvy Rae, Y.M.G RED ROOM LOUNGE, Blowin’ Kegs Jam Session THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos feat. Christan Raxter & Steve Ridler ZOLA, Cruxie

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BABY BAR, BaLonely, Frosty Palms, Bitwvlf, Forester, Jan. 23 J J BING CROSBY THEATER, Wynonna and the Big Noise (see facing page), Jan. 23 KNITTING FACTORY, Black Tiger Sex Machine, Jan. 23 DI LUNA’S CAFE, Thom & Coley, Jan. 24 THE BIG DIPPER, Tomorrows Bad Seeds, Tunnel Vision, The John Dank Show, Pacific Roots, Jan. 25 J MARTIN WOLDSON THEATER AT THE FOX, Pixar in Concert with the Spokane Symphony, Jan. 25-26 J KNITTING FACTORY, The Green, Jan. 26

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MUSIC | VENUES 219 LOUNGE • 219 N. First, Sandpoint • 208-2639934 A&P’S BAR & GRILL • 222 N. First, Sandpoint • 208-263-2313 ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS • 4705 N. Fruit Hill • 927-9463 BABY BAR • 827 W. First • 847-1234 BARLOWS • 1428 N. Liberty Lake • 924-1446 BEEROCRACY • 911 W. Garland BERSERK • 125 S. Stevens • 714-9512 THE BIG DIPPER • 171 S. Washington • 863-8098 BIGFOOT PUB • 9115 N. Division • 467-9638 BING CROSBY THEATER • 901 W. Sprague • 227-7638 BLACK DIAMOND • 9614 E. Sprague • 891-8357 BOLO’S • 116 S. Best • 891-8995 BOOMERS • 18219 E. Appleway. • 755-7486 BOOTS BAKERY & LOUNGE • 24 W. Main • 703-7223 BRIDGE PRESS CELLARS • 39 W. Pacific • 838-7815 BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB • 201 S. Main, Moscow • 208-882-5216 THE BULL HEAD • 10211 S. Electric • 838-9717 CALYPSOS COFFEE & CREAMERY • 116 E. Lakeside, CdA • 208-665-0591 CHEAP SHOTS • 6412 E. Trent • 535-9309 COEUR D’ALENE CASINO • 37914 S. Nukwalqw, Worley • 800-523-2464 COEUR D’ALENE CELLARS • 3890 N. Schreiber Way, CdA • 208-664-2336 COSMIC COWBOY GRILL • 412 W. Haycraft, CdA • 208-277-0000 CRAFTED TAP HOUSE • 523 Sherman Ave., CdA • 208-292-4813 CRAVE• 401 W. Riverside • 321-7480 CRUISERS • 6105 W Seltice, Post Falls • 208-7734706 CURLEY’S • 26433 W. Hwy. 53 • 208-773-5816 EICHARDT’S PUB • 212 Cedar, Sandpoint • 208-263-4005 FIRST INTERSTATE CENTER FOR THE ARTS • 334 W. Spokane Falls • 279-7000 FIZZIE MULLIGANS • 331 W. Hastings • 466-5354 FOX THEATER • 1001 W. Sprague • 624-1200 THE HIVE • 207 N. First, Sandpoint • 208-457-2392 HOGFISH • 1920 E. Sherman, CdA • 208-667-1896 HONEY EATERY & SOCIAL CLUB • 317 E. Sherman, CdA • 208-930-1514 HOUSE OF SOUL • 25 E. Lincoln • 598-8783 IRON GOAT BREWING • 1302 W. 2nd • 474-0722 IRON HORSE BAR • 407 E. Sherman, CdA • 208667-7314 IRON HORSE BAR & GRILL • 11105 E. Sprague, CdA • 509-926-8411 JACKSON ST. BAR & GRILL • 2436 N. Astor • 315-8497 JOHN’S ALLEY • 114 E. Sixth, Moscow • 208-883-7662 KNITTING FACTORY • 911 W. Sprague • 244-3279 LAGUNA CAFÉ • 2013 E. 29th • 448-0887 THE LANTERN TAP HOUSE • 1004 S. Perry • 315-9531 LEFTBANK WINE BAR • 108 N. Washington • 315-8623 LION’S LAIR • 205 W. Riverside • 456-5678 LUCKY YOU LOUNGE • 1801 W. Sunset LUCKY’S IRISH PUB • 408 W. Sprague • 747-2605 MARYHILL WINERY • 1303 W. Summit Pkwy, Ste. 100 • 443-3832 MAX AT MIRABEAU • 1100 N. Sullivan • 924-9000 MICKDUFF’S • 312 N. First, Sandpoint • 208-255-4351 MONARCH MOUNTAIN COFFEE • 208 N 4th Ave, Sandpoint • 208-265-9382 MOOSE LOUNGE • 401 E. Sherman • 208-664-7901 MOOTSY’S • 406 W. Sprague • 838-1570 MULLIGAN’S • 506 Appleway Ave., CdA • 208- 7653200 ext. 310 NASHVILLE NORTH • 6361 W. Seltice Way, Post Falls • 208-457-9128 NORTHERN QUEST RESORT • 100 N. Hayford, Airway Heights • 242-7000 THE NYC PIANO BAR • 313 Sherman, CdA • 208930-1504 NYNE • 232 W. Sprague • 474-1621 O’SHAY’S • 313 E. CdA Lake Dr. • 208-667-4666 PACIFIC PIZZA • 2001 W. Pacific • 443-5467 PEND D’OREILLE WINERY • 301 Cedar St., Sandpoint • 208-265-8545 THE PIN • 412 W. Sprague • 385-1449 POST FALLS BREWING CO. • 112 N. Spokane, Post Falls • 208-773-7301 RAZZLE’S BAR & GRILL • 10325 N. Government Way, Hayden • 208-635-5874 RED ROOM LOUNGE • 521 W. Sprague • 838-7613 REPUBLIC BREWING • 26 Clark Ave. • 775-2700 RIDLER PIANO BAR • 718 W. Riverside • 822-7938 SEASONS OF COEUR D’ALENE • 209 E. Lakeside • 208-664-8008 THE SHOP • 924 S. Perry St. • 534-1647 SOULFUL SOUPS & SPIRITS • 117 N. Howard • 459-1190 SPOKANE ARENA • 720 W. Mallon • 279-7000 STORMIN’ NORMAN’S SHIPFACED SALOON • 12303 E. Trent • 862-4852 ZOLA • 22 W. Main Ave. • 624-2416

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Local women and their families, friends and supporters are turning out this weekend in downtown Spokane for the fourth annual Women+s March, coinciding with (but independently organized of) the national march in Washington D.C. “This is an important year. Roe v. Wade is being challenged in the courts again, as are the rights of many socially vulnerable groups,” says Spokane march organizer Murphy Sullivan. “Also, 2020 marks the 100-year anniversary of when the first women won the right to vote in this country.” Before and after the march, gather in the park near the red wagon for speakers, live music and free coffee donated by First Avenue Coffee. Don’t forget to bring signs and wear your pussy hats!

— CHEY SCOTT Spokane Women+s March • Sat, Jan. 18 at noon • Free; online donations accepted • All ages • Starts at Riverfront Park • 507 N. Howard • facebook.com/MarchOnSpokane

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Spokane Public Radio 40th Anniversary • Wed, Jan. 22 from 3-6 pm • Free • 1229 N. Monroe • spokanepublicradio.org • 328-5729

River City Sessions with KYRS: Uh Oh and the Oh Wells • Fri, Jan. 17 at 7 pm • Free • River City Brewing • 121 S. Cedar St. • kyrs.org

Terrestrial radio has obviously made a lot of changes over the last four decades, but one constant of the Inland Northwest airwaves (since 1980, at least) is the steady presence of Spokane Public Radio. The station is celebrating its 40th year on the air this week with an open house at their current studios, located inside a former firehouse that’s still complete with fire poles. Whether you’re a donating member or simply a longtime fan of their content, you can show up and enjoy refreshments, hear live music from Brent Edstrom and Brian Flick, and take a chance to put some faces to your favorite local voices.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER

You’ve got to love how much Spokane’s businesses and community groups collaborate. Case in point? The new “River City Sessions with KYRS” kicking off on Friday. Tasty beers and live music obviously go hand in hand for many, so catching a gig by Spokane band Uh Oh and the Oh Wells at the River City Brewing taproom is a fine evening on its own. Add in a live broadcast of the proceedings on community radio station KYRS and you have something altogether new in Spokane nightlife. River City will be hosting, and KYRS broadcasting, these sessions every third Friday of the month, so be sure to pay attention to the ever-changing lineup.

— DAN NAILEN

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VISUAL ARTS GRAND OPENINGS

An easy way to dismiss the winter blues at least for a little while? Hit Gonzaga’s Jundt Art Museum for A Grand Tour: Images of Italy, a new show drawing on the museum’s permanent collection that will take you across the country and across time through its works. Through pieces created as far back as the 16th century, explore the canals of Venice, the Renaissance architecture of Florence and scenes from Rome, Milan, Naples and more. While you’re there, check out another show opening Jan. 18, From the Collection on the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment: Prints By Women. It’s part of the school’s 19th and Counting celebration of women gaining the right to vote, and features 20 images by American female artists like Dorothy Dehner and Alice Neel that span the 100 years since the amendment passed.

— DAN NAILEN

WHEN WOMEN RULED THE WORLD

FERNANDO G. BAPTISTA

A Grand Tour: Images of Italy and Prints By Women • Jan. 18-May 9; open Mon-Sat from 10 am-4 pm; opening reception Fri, Jan. 17 from 4-7 pm • Jundt Art Museum • 200 E. Desmet Ave. • gonzaga.edu/jundt

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As we head into what’s expected to be a lasting cold spell, seek out the comforting warmth found in a hot bite of mac and cheese at Coeur d’Alene’s annual noodle nosh. At the event, held across more than a dozen downtown locations, ticket holders can sample creative spins on the classic comfort food as prepared by local chefs vying for the “Golden Noodle” and People’s Choice awards. On this year’s mac sampler menu are variations with elk sausage, smoked mac in a waffle cone, spicy recipes and more. If you haven’t grabbed tickets yet, don’t wait too long. VIP packages and a kids’ sampler are already sold out. Still available as of this writing, however, are the all-ages “Mac Pack” which includes six tasters, and the 21-and-up “Mac & Beer,” which adds beer tastings to the experience.

— CHEY SCOTT Mac & Cheese Festival • Sat, Jan. 18 from 12:30-5 pm • $25-$35 • All ages • Downtown Coeur d’Alene • cdadowntown.com/mac-cheese-festival

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CHEERS TO LOCAL BUSINESSES Cheers to local businesses trying to stay afloat with minimum wage going up every year! If you love local businesses you should frequent them often or they may close their doors.

If you do frequent local stores, bars, or restaurants please don’t complain about high prices. Raising prices to stay with increased wages is the only way they will still be there for you.

HI BEAUTIFUL! I just want to say cheers to you for everything you do to make our lives great! I know I don’t say it enough, but I appreciate everything you do for us, and I love you more than anything! Love, Me

I SAW YOU COMPASSION NEVER GETS OLD I saw you at Walgreens on Division last weekend. You made a recommendation for my hands and I am so thankful for your kindness and consideration. Even though I looked like a mess, you made me feel special.

IF YOU WERE A POTATO YOU’D BE A SWEET ONE Saw you in produce area of Winco. Your fruit-themed pick up lines were a hoot. Maybe I owe you a meal sometime?

A BOY (DOG) NAMED SUE Our dogs “met” (Sunday, Jan. 5 on Centennial Trail by the blue bridge) and you said yours is named “Sue” ... then I noticed it was a male and laughed — “A boy named Sue — you must like Johnny Cash!” We laughed and I’m still smiling. Wanna walk our pups and see what else is funny?

RE: LOST YOU Sounds to me like you never had them in the first place. And as for snake sounds to me like you’re the one who knows about her not the other way around who’s the snake. And they obviously love her too. So get your own.

CHEERS 1/8/2020 @ MCDONALDS ON ARGONNE. Thank you to the kind person who paid for my breakfast. It was promptly paid forward. Way to spread the good. Peace we be with you.

A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE Cheers to the two kind ladies who picked us up Christmas Eve, 10 miles south of Ritzville and got us safely to the Texaco in Ritzville and waited to see we got things handled. Cheers to the lady at the Texaco for letting us use your gas can and helped us look for a ride back our pick-up. Cheers to the gentleman who gave us a ride. Thank you all for your kindness on a busy holiday eve.

PATRIOTIC SAFEWAY COURTESY CLERK Not too many youngsters these days would give up their hard earned paycheck to help out complete strangers and buy their groceries for them, but the one at Liberty Lake payed it forward to a Vietnam Vet and family during hard times. Take a lesson people, set a good example for all.

SPOKANE’S SNOWMEN / SNOWWOMEN Cheers to the amazing men and women who plow our streets and keep us safe during the snowstorm. Thank you for everything you do to make sure this city can keep moving, and thank you for bringing peace of mind to all of us nervous drivers this winter.

CHEERS TO PLOW DRIVER With its history of poor efforts at snow removal, I was pleasantly surprised this past weekend by the city of Spokane’s efforts to clear my neighborhood (Eagle Ridge). Clearing our streets before Monday morning was a huge help. Credit should go to the men and women working long hours behind the wheel of those plows and trucks, especially the one who waited for my neighbor to move her car so she wasn’t plowed in. The driver not only waited while she loaded her grandson in a car seat, but then made a second pass to clear the snow from her driveway entrance. Big thank you!

THE WORLD COULD USE A LOT MORE OF YOU Thank you for being such a constant support — ranging from sweeping up broken glass to shopping at Claire’s and picking out punk coats — you are always willing to do the things not expected of you or that you might choose not to otherwise.

I deeply respect your willingness to put others, especially me- first.

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plow our streets and kept us safe during the snowstorm. Thank you for everything you do

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to make sure this city can keep moving.

VIVA EL SON CUBANO A warm thank you to Cuban guitarist Kiki Valera and his Son Cubano musicians for a beautiful performance 1-11 — fabulous percussion, great vocals, bright trumpets. So amazing to see everyone, young and old, dancing in the aisles. However, really wish the Fox engineer had done a better job balancing the sound. Hope to see another Festival de Musica Cubana next year... Cheers to the Inlander for their good article on Kiki last week !

HOLIDAY LIGHTS AT MANITO Cheers to the Friends of Manito for volunteering your holiday season evenings and bringing this free beautiful holiday light event to the Gaiser Conservatory in Manito Park. Your passion and advocacy for our beloved park are commendable beyond words. Keep being awesome!

JEERS TAILGATING TOSSER I truly don’t understand the need to tailgate people. Does it really get you where you need to go that

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

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

a semi truck and was attempting to pass another car that was also going rather slow, but apparently me going almost 10 miles over the speed limit to pass the other car just wasn’t good enough for you. Yet once I was able to get the distance I needed to get over, that’s when YOU decided to just pass me from the right lane. I’m sure you had a super important place to be, but you need to calm the hell down. One of these days, someone IS actually going to need to slow down or suddenly break with you hugging their bumper like a jackass, and then you’ll have no one to blame but yourself.

RE: EDUCATE YOURSELF I couldn’t agree with you more. The problem is the median IQ for Spokane is very low (including you).

I actually had a hard time reading your “jeers” because of the poor phrasing. Here is an example. “She said Spanish being funny.” Is that a sentence? Do you expect people to follow your line of reasoning when you can’t write? Spokane is a pretty city, but the people who live in it seem to be inordinately dumb. Related to the stupidity: when it snows and the roads are slick, here is a word to ye Spokane morons. Slow the

are too stupid to avoid being eaten by those more intelligent beings in that nature”. Go Cougs (and Bears)!!

JEERS TO THE GHOST IN OLYMPIA Matt Shea, have some respect for your constituents and resign. The 4th District is being short-changed with one less legislator in the state capitol. Oh, you’re there… but you’ve been stripped of any ability to do your job. Leave now and let someone else step up, someone without your personal agenda. Valley voters, you deserve so much more. n

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NONPROFITS IN BLOOM A three-course dinner by Bloom Cafe, with a no-host bar and paired wine, to support the nonprofit Kenworthy PAC. Jan. 17, 6-9 pm. $45.

Bloom, 403 S. Main. moscowbloom.com BINGO & CHILI FEED A fundraiser to support the missions and ministries of Veradale UCC. Includes bingo with prizes, a silent auction, and meal of chili, cornbread, dessert and beverages. Admission includes two bingo cards. Jan. 18, 4-7 pm. $10. Veradale United Church of Christ, 611 N. Progress Rd. (926-7173) MISS SPOKANE FASHION SHOW & AUCTION Support the Miss Spokane Scholarship Organization and cheer on 2020 Miss and Teen candidates while they model fashions from local stores.

Jan. 19, 2 pm. $10-$15. Ruby River Hotel, 700 N. Division. rubyriverhotelspokane. com (326-5577) LITERARY TRIVIA NIGHT An inaugural event to benefit the library. Competition open to teams of four, with prizes for winners and tasty food and beverages. Jan. 21, 6:30 pm. $40/team. Coeur d’Alene Public Library, 702 E. Front Ave. cdalibrary.org (208-769-2315) UNEMPLOYMENT LAW PROJECT BENEFIT A celebration of the nonprofit’s work with music, drinks and appetizers, and a silent auction to benefit Unemployment Law Project. Jan. 23, 5 pm. $20-$30.

Community Building, 35 W. Main Ave. community-building.org (232-1950) MAC MOVEMENT CARNIVAL Local artists and organizations offer games, crafts, dancing, a cake walk, prizes, beverages, treats and more. Entry is a $5 donation, or any new or gently used chalk, pastels, and charcoal, or thee canned food items. Jan. 25, 6-10 pm. Spitfire Collective, 304 E. Third. facebook.com/ Spitfirecollective/

COMEDY

2.0PEN MIC Local comedy night hosted

by Ken McComb. Thursdays, from 8-10 pm. Free. The District Bar, 916 W. First Ave. facebook.com/districtbarspokane/ GUFFAW YOURSELF! Open mic comedy night hosted by Casey Strain; Thursdays at 10 pm. Free. Neato Burrito, 827 W. First Ave. (509-847-1234) COMEDY OPEN MIC Tell some jokes, share some laughs. Signups at 6, funnies start at 6:30. Third Friday of the month from 6-8 pm. Free. Calypsos Coffee Roasters, 116 E. Lakeside Ave. bit. ly/2LVJXET (208-665-0591) JESSIMAE PALUSO Jessimae, best known from MTV’s “Girl Code,” can be heard weekly hosting the “Sharp Tongue” and “Highlarious” podcasts. Jan. 17-18 at 7:30 pm; Jan. 18 at 10 pm. $12+. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com (509-318-9998) THE RANT The BDT take your pet peeves, annoying habits and exasperating events that derail your day and turn them into chortles and laughs. Fridays in January at 7:30 pm. For general audiences. 7:30 pm through Jan. 31. $8. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. bluedoortheatre.com SAFARI The BDT’s version of “Whose Line,” a fast-paced, short-form show that’s generally game-based and relies on audience suggestions to fuel each scene. Saturdays at 7:30 pm. $8. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.com (747-7045)

STAND-UP COMEDY Live comedy featuring established and up-and-coming local comedians. Fridays at 8 pm. No cover. Red Dragon Chinese, 1406 W. Third Ave. reddragondelivery.com HAHA DAVIS AKA Mr. Big Fella, Davis began his career as a comedian/ internet sensation in 2013 by creating funny Vine videos and Instagram clips. Jan. 19, 7:30 pm. $25/$40. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com THE SOCIAL HOUR COMEDY SHOWCASE Featuring comics from the Northwest and beyond, and hosted by Deece Casillas. Sundays, from 8-9:30 pm. Free.

The Ridler Piano Bar, 718 W. Riverside Ave. socialhourpod.com (509-822-7938) OPEN MIC A free open mic night every Wednesday, starting at 8 pm. Doors open at 7 pm. Free. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com THE VALLEYFOLK The Valleyfolk consists of Joe Bereta, Steve Zaragoza, and Elliott Morgan, all original members of SourceFed, a comedy news YouTube channel.

Jan. 22, 7:30 pm. $25. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. (318-9998) JP SEARS Sears is a YouTuber, comedian, emotional healing coach, author, speaker, world traveler and curious student of life. His work empowers people to live more meaningful lives. Jan. 23-25 at 7:30 pm; Jan. 25 at 10 pm. $16+. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com

COMMUNITY

COLLEGE FINANCIAL PLANNING NIGHT This workshop covers the FAFSA form and other important information to understand in order to maximize the amount of financial aid your student is eligible for. Jan. 16, 7 pm. Free. Northwood Middle School, 12908 N. Pittsburg St. (509-465-7500) HOMEBUYING WORKSHOP Discuss factors to consider when deciding whether to buy or rent, learn how to find the right home for you, what happens between making an offer to buy and “closing” the deal, and find out what it really means to be a homeowner. Includes a light meal.

Register at stcu.org/workshops. Jan. 16, 6 pm. Free. Coeur d’Alene Public Library, 702 E. Front Ave. cdalibrary.org MT. ST. HELENS: CRITICAL MEMORY An exhibit commemorating the 40th anniversary of the eruption on May 18, 1980 of Mount St. Helens, which remains the most destructive volcanic event in U.S. history. Through July; Tue-Sun 10 am-5 pm; third Thursdays until 8 pm. Tues.-10 am-5 pm through July 31. $5-$10. Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org NORTH IDAHO JOB FAIR A job and career fair for area candidates seeking work to meet with North Idaho and Spokane companies. Jan. 16, March 26 and May 7 at noon. $0-$325. Lake City Center, 1916 N. Lakewood Dr. lakecitycenter.org ORGANIZE YOUR FINANCES Experience the benefits of getting your files and money organized. Great for emergencies and everyday living. Registration required at stcu.org/workshops. Jan. 16, 6-7 pm. Free. Spokane Valley Library, 12004 E. Main. scld.org/events TRANSCEND THE BULLSHIT: A COMMUNITY DISCUSSION Join the INBA, members and friends from the transgender and non binary community for a round table discussion about how we can all be better allies. Jan. 16, 1-2:30 pm.

Free. Community Building, 35 W. Main Ave. bit.ly/2ukAJt7 (232-1950) CARROUSEL STORY TIME An early literacy activity to engage young imagination with stories, songs and preschool activities. Free rides are offered to those who attend. Third Friday, from 11 am-noon, through May 15. Riverfront Park, 507 N. Howard. spokaneriverfrontpark.com NEW JACC LOGO REVEAL & RECEPTION 2020 marks 15 years for the Jacklin Arts & Cultural Center, and it’s celebrating with a new look for its logo. Join as we unveil the logo followed by a reception upstairs in our gallery featuring work samples from NIC Graphic Arts & Design students.

Jan. 17, 5:30-6:30 pm. Free. Jacklin Arts & Cultural Center, 405 N. William St., Post Falls. thejacklincenter.org STRONG FEMINIST MAY ARKWRIGHT HUTTON Kay Lester introduces us anew to Spokane’s own voting rights hero who fought not only to get the vote for women, but also for the rights of miners, as detailed in her book about the terrible conditions of miners at the hands of mine owners. Jan. 17, 3 pm. Free. Rockwood Retirement Community, 221 E. Rockwood Blvd. (995-2264) CHINESE FOLK DANCES In celebration of Chinese New Year, the Spokane Chinese Association Dance Troupe perform traditional Chinese dances ushering in the Year of the Rat. Jan. 18, 3-4 pm.

Free. To Be Continued: A Spokane Public Library, 4750 N. Division St., Suite 1074. spokanelibrary.org (444-5300) CODE KIDS At Code Kids, get a passport to discover new computer science concepts, and a new sticker for each concept you master. Sign up online. Grades 3-6.

Third Saturdays from 10 am-noon. Free; registration required. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. spark-central.org DROP IN & CRAFT Join Spark for crafting projects for all ages and making art as simple or complex as you like. Supplies and some project inspiration provided.

First and third Saturday of the month from 5-6:30 pm. Free. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. spark-central.org DROP IN & SCIENCE Our resident mad scientist shares experiments from the gross to the glorious, inspiring a sense of wonder. This program is free thanks to community support and sponsorship from WSU Health Science Center. Third Saturday from 3-4:45 pm. Free. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. sparkcentral.org (279-0299) JIGSAW PUZZLE SWAP Trade those jigsaw puzzles you’ve completed for a new challenge. Please only bring puzzles that have all of their pieces. Puzzles can be any difficulty level. Jan. 18, 10 am-noon.

Free. North Spokane Library, 44 E. Hawthorne Rd. scld.org/events (893-8350) MAGIC THE GATHERING: LEARN TO PLAY Get a free deck and learn the most popular card game in the world during this weekly session, Saturdays from 1-2 pm. 1-2 pm through Jan. 30. Free. The Comic Book Shop (NorthTown), 4750 N. Division St. thecomicbookshop.net MLK HUMAN RIGHTS COMMUNITY BREAKFAST The event includes a full breakfast; presentation of the Rosa Parks Awards for Human Rights Achievement; announcement of winners in the Martin Luther King Art and Essay Contest; entertainment by Adrian Crookston; and a keynote address by Jeremy Woodson, Manager of Community Engagement for ACLU Idaho. His address will deal with “The Right to Vote: Access and Challenges. All profits help provide human rights

and diversity programs for Latah County schools. Jan. 18, 9 am. $5-$10. Moscow Middle School, 1410 E. D St. humanrightslatah.org (208-882-3577) OPEN OFFICE HOURS WITH FUTURE ADA Drop by with any general technology or computer-related questions during open office hours, as local IT professionals assist the public. This service is free, and is offered on a first come first serve basis. Offered Jan. 18 and Feb. 15 from 2-4 pm. Free. Downtown Spokane Library, 906 W. Main. spokanelibrary.org TAI CHI MARTIAL ART DEMO Yang Style Tai-Chi is the world’s most popular and widely practiced style of Tai-Chi martial art. Steve Wang, 7th generation disciple of this uniquely Chinese art and master instructor for Spokane’s Tai Chi Culture House, sheds insight into this long and successful art form with various health, spiritual aspects. Jan. 18, 2-3 pm. Free. To Be Continued: A Spokane Public Library, 4750 N. Division St., Suite 1074. spokanelibrary.org (444-5300) WATERCOLOR BASICS Practice watercolor techniques and create abstract art from unique gradients and patterns using just brushes and a pinch of salt (with a bit of washi tape thrown in). Beginning and experienced watercolorists alike will enjoy splashing some color around in this class. Dress appropriately as watercolors can stain. Ages 12 and up; registration required. Jan. 18, 2-4 pm. Free. Indian Trail Library, 4909 W. Barnes Rd. (444-5300) WOMEN+S MARCH SPOKANE Celebrate the spirit of democracy at the 4th annual Women+s March Spokane, which unites the power of women+ in the community to engage in collective action for equity, freedom, inclusion and justice. Bring your signs to the Rally at the Red Wagon at 12:30 and enjoy live music and speakers. Then march for human rights with of like-minded friends and neighbors through the streets of downtown. Return to the Red Wagon for a big party to wrap it up. Any proceeds over expenses benefit Mujeres In Action. Jan. 18, 12:30-3:30 pm. Donations accepted. facebook.com/ MarchOnSpokane/ (879-4752) DROP IN & READ Read great books from Spark’s collection and play games based on what you’ve read! Repeat participants can earn prizes and have their picture displayed at Spark with their favorite books. Grades 1-8. First and third Tuesday of the month from 3:30-5:30 pm. Free.

Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. spark-central.org (279-0299) HOMEBUYER EDUCATION SEMINAR In this free seminar, explore major aspects of the home-buying process in an unbiased format with SNAP Spokane instructors certified by the Washington State Housing Finance Commission.

Registration required. Sessions on Jan. 21 and Jan. 23 from 6-8 pm. Free. North Spokane Library, 44 E. Hawthorne Rd. snapwa.org/education-calendar PFLAG SPOKANE EDUCATIONAL & SUPPORT MEETING This month PFLAG Spokane has invited guest speakers from three local political organizations. Join us for a conversation about issues facing LGBTQ+ community. PFLAG is a nonpartisan nonprofit and does not support or endorse political parties or candidates.

Also includes the group’s standers support meeting. Jan. 21, 6:30-8 pm. Corbin Senior Center, 827 W. Cleveland Ave. (509-327-1584) DOLLARS & SENSE: NAVIGATING YOUR CREDIT Learn how to get free access to and understand your credit report in this

workshop. Explore ways to improve your score, establish good credit, and deal with collection agencies. Jan. 22, 6-8 pm. Free. Spokane Valley Library, 12004 E. Main. scld.org/events (509-893-8400) PROTECT YOUR CREDIT SCORE Learn how a credit score is determined, how to earn and maintain a healthy credit score, and where to go for help. Registration required at stcu.org/workshops. Jan. 22, 6-7 pm. Free. Argonne Library, 4322 N. Argonne Rd. stcu.org/workshops SPOKANE REGIONAL MENTAL HEALTH COURT: COMMUNITY RESOURCE FAIR The Spokane Regional Mental Health Court, a collaborative therapeutic court, hosts this weekly event on the second floor of the Public Safety Building every Wednesday morning from 9 am-noon.

Individuals with court proceedings are welcome to meet with community agencies to obtain resources to assist in overcoming their personal and legal challenges. 9 am-noon. Free. Spokane County Public Works Building, 1100 W. Mallon Ave. spokanecounty.org SPR’S 40TH ANNIVERSARY & OPEN HOUSE This year Spokane Public Radio celebrates 40 years of broadcasting. As part of the celebration, SPR holds an open house for visitors to tour the station, have light refreshments, and enjoy live music by Brent Edstrom and Brian Flick. Jan. 22, 3-6 pm. Free. Spokane Public Radio, 1229 N. Monroe. spokanepublicradio.org (509-328-5729) MLK COMMUNITY CELEBRATION W. Kamau Bell is the keynote speaker for WSU’s 33rd Annual MLK Community Celebration, held in the CUB Junior and Senior Ballrooms at WSU Pullman. Bell is a sociopolitical comedian and the host of the Emmy Award-winning CNN docuseries “United Shades of America.” He recently made his Netflix debut with a new stand-up comedy special, “Private School Negro.” Bell is also an author and podcast host. Jan. 23, 6:30-8:30 pm.

Free. Washington State University, Pullman. mlk.wsu.edu/ (335-2517) SENIOR RESOURCE FAIR: GOLDEN YEARS Seniors and/or their caregivers and family members can compare active adult retirement communities, home health care services, and home care agencies. Find senior living options including senior housing, assisted living, Alzheimer’s care, retirement homes, independent living, skilled nursing, home healthcare and additional services in one convenient location. Includes educational workshops every half hour. Jan. 23, 11 am-3 pm. Free. Lake City Center, 1916 N. Lakewood Dr. (208-704-2790) DROP IN & RPG If you’ve ever been curious about role-playing games, join us to experience this unique form of game-playing, and build a shared narrative using cooperative problem solving, exploration, imagination, and rich social interaction. Second/fourth Friday of the month, from 4-7 pm. Free. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. spark-central.org ALTERNATIVES TO CABLE TV & SATELLITE Many are choosing non-traditional ways of getting their entertainment.

Come learn how you, too, can save money and still watch TV. Jan. 25, 1-2:30 pm.

Free. Hillyard Library, 4005 N. Cook St. (509-444-5300) CHINESE NEW YEAR FAMILY FUN Join us to learn about Chinese New Year, make a craft and enjoy a snack. Children under 6 should be accompanied by a caregiver.

Jan. 25, 3-4 pm. Free. Hillyard Library, 4005 N. Cook St. (509-444-5300)

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EVENTS | CALENDAR EASTERN WASHINGTON LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE This year’s theme is “Making It Happen.” The conference includes presentations on tenants’ rights, housing and homelessness, gun violence, and other issues coming before the state legislature, plus workshops on shareholder advocacy, homelessness, climate change, racism, the census and refugees. Soup lunch is included, with an invitation to donate to the church’s mission work. Jan. 25, 8:30 am-3:30 pm. $15-$20. Spokane Valley United Methodist Church, 115 N. Raymond Rd. (535-4112 or 535-1813) FRIENDS OF THE SPOKANE VALLEY LIBRARY BOOK SALE Proceeds support library programs, activities and services.

Pre-sale 8:30-9:30 am ($10 admission) followed by regular sale. Jan. 25, 8:30 am-3:30 pm. Free. Spokane Valley Library, 12004 E. Main. scldfriends.org

FILM

PAIN & GLORY The latest film from Spanish director Pedro Almodovar (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown).

Starring Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas, the film is about a movie director reflecting on the choices he’s made in life as past and present come crashing down around him. Jan. 16-19; times vary. $5-$8.

Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave. panida. org (208-255-7801) BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL WORLD TOUR Presented by Burger Express and Mountain Fever, join the Panida for three nights of films celebrating high octane mountain fun. Jan. 17-18 at 7 pm, Jan. 19 at 6 pm. $18-$20. Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave., Sandpoint. mountainfever.us (208-255-7801) STAGE TO SCREEN: ALL MY SONS Broadcast live from The Old Vic in London, Academy Award-winner Sally Field and Bill Pullman star in Arthur Miller’s blistering drama. Jan. 19, 2-4:45 pm. $10$15. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. friendsofthebing.org (227-7638) AT THE RIVER I STAND The Washington Federation of State Employees is showing the film “At the River I Stand” on Martin Luther King Day. The film is about the Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike in 1969, and Martin Luther King Jr.’s support for the striking sanitation workers, and their efforts to unionize with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). Jan. 20, 2 pm. Free. Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland Ave. garlandtheater.com JOJO RABBIT Writer and Director Taika Waititi brings his signature style of humor and pathos to his latest film, a WWII satire that follows a lonely German boy whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother is hiding a young Jewish girl in their attic. PG-13. Jan. 23-26; times vary. $5-$8.

Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave. panida. org (208-255-7801)

FOOD

LUNCH & LEARN LECTURE SERIES WITH WSU Spokane Public Library, in partnership with WSU College of Medicine and De Leon Foods, present this lecture series delivered by WSU students of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology Department. Topics cover all aspects of nutrition and exercise and how they relate to your health and daily life. Lunches provided by De Leon Taco and Bar. (First come first served.) Sessions on: Jan. 16, Jan. 30, Feb. 6, Feb. 27, March 5 from noon-1 pm. Free. Hillyard Library, 4005 N.

Cook St. (444-5300) SCOTCH & CIGARS Select a flight of whiskey, scotch or bourbon paired with a recommended cigar during an event on the outdoor patio. Thursdays, from 6-10 pm. $15-$25. Prohibition Gastropub, 1914 N. Monroe. (474-9040) UNCLE NEAREST WHISKEY DINNER Watch a short film and hear the story of the great whiskey maker the world never knew. Enjoy a paired whiskey flight and custom cocktails. Jan. 16, 6:30 pm. $54.

Honey Eatery and Social Club, 317 Sherman Ave. facebook.com/honeyeateryandsocialclub (208-930-1514) WINTER CHEER TOUR Join Wander Spokane for a guided walking tour combining aspects from its food, wine and beer tours with a bonus craft cocktail stop. 21+.

Offered Jan. 16 and 18 from 2-5:30 pm. $45. Historic Davenport Hotel, 10 S. Post St. wanderspokane.com (279-2929) BEST OF ITALY SUPPER CLUB A dinner with five to six courses, including antipasto, soup, salad, stuffed pasta, Involtini di Pollo and dessert, paired with wines from Antinori. Jan. 18, 6:30 pm and Jan. 19, 4:30 pm. $75. Petunias Marketplace, 2010 N. Madison St. petuniasmarket.com CHAMPAGNE TOUR & BRIDAL TASTING Savor small bites inside the main venue, indulge in a cocktail by the bar, attended a guided Estate tour, and take a peek at our designer table scapes. Jan. 18, 1 and 2:30 pm. $0-$10. Commellini Estate, 14715 N. Dartford Dr. commellini.com ENJOY A PLANT-BASED DIET A local nutrition educator covers how a plantbased diet is good for people, animals and the planet. Take home practical tips for healthy diet changes. Jan. 18, 2-3 pm.

Free. East Side Library, 524 S. Stone St. (444-5300) GERMAN AMERICAN SOCIETY ROULADEN DINNER A rouladen dinner prepared with the culinary skills of Heiderose, Helga, and Elke. Includes an entree, vegetables, potatoes, salad and dessert.

Call for reservations. Includes dancing to follow with music by Norm Seeberger.

Jan. 18, 6:30-9 pm. $18. Deutsches Haus, 25 W. Third Ave. germanamericansociety-spokane.org (954-6964) MAC & CHEESE FESTIVAL Celebrate this favorite dish with variations by Coeur d’Alene chefs, who also compete for the Golden Noodle awards. Attendees enjoy tastings of different cheesy dishes with craft beer pairings, and can vote for their favorite dish to help award the People’s Choice Trophy. Jan. 18, 12:30 pm. $10$35; $50/VIP. The Coeur d’Alene Resort, 115 S. Second. bit.ly/2X7IxZH WINE TASTING & MURDER MYSTERY Ivanna Katenka, the mysterious airport security clerk, is hosting a wine tasting party at her home in the little town of Gladerock. Ivanna’s known for having excellent taste in wine and for providing a relaxing atmosphere for friends to come together. Nevertheless, since the last get together, many scandalous things have happened among this group of friends.

Jan. 18, 5-9 pm. $35-$85. Coeur d’Alene Fresh, 317 Coeur d’Alene Ave. (208-3693695) DINNER WITH MAGIC Calypsos is transformed into a upscale restaurant after hours, featuring a special high end menu and dinner performance by magician Srikar. Jan. 19, 6 pm. $60. Calypsos Coffee Roasters, 116 E. Lakeside Ave. calypsoscoffee.com (208-665-0591) INSTANT POT COOKING Instant Pot maven Meegan Ware shares basic tips for

pressure cooking, how to create at least two recipes and hands out additional recipes that can be prepared and cooked quickly. For adults. Jan. 19, 3-4 pm. Free.

Cheney Library, 610 First St. scld.org INVEG POTLUCK Join the local group for a community potluck on the third Sunday of each month, offering food and time to connect with others. After each potluck is a featured guest speaker on topics such as sprouting, nutrition, animal rights, cooking, and more. Please bring a plantbased dish to share (no honey, eggs, meat or dairy). Free. Woman’s Club of Spokane, 1428 W. Ninth. inveg.org FRIED CHICKEN BEER DINNER Celebrate the new year with fried chicken and beer in this collab with 509 dine. Menus TBA, and will include choice of a hoppy or non-hobby beer pairing. Jan. 20, 6 pm. $35. Bellwether Brewing Co., 2019 N. Monroe. bellwetherbrewing.net CURRY & WINE PARING DINNER A Thai curry and wine pairing dinner, with a portion of proceeds benefiting Crosswalk teen shelter. Jan. 21, 6:30 pm. $35. Kuni’s Thai Cuisine, 101 E. Hastings Rd. kunisthai. com (509-290-5993) INSTANT POT COOKING Instant Pot maven Meegan Ware shares basic tips for pressure cooking, how to create at least two recipes and hands out additional recipes that can be prepared and cooked quickly. For adults. Jan. 22, 6-7 pm. Free.

Medical Lake Library, 3212 Herb St. scld. org/events (893-8330) PREMIUM TASTING WITH PEPPER BRIDGE & AMAVI Sample premium red wines with Walla Walla’s Pepper Bridge and Amavi wineries. See ticket link for complete tasting list. Seating limited to 14 guests. Jan. 22, 4:30 pm. $20. Nectar Wine and Beer, 1331 W. Summit Parkway. nectarkendallyards.com (509-290-5239) SIP WITH A SOMMELIER This class showcases different kinds of healthy wines and explains the difference between kosher, organic, biodynamic and natural wines. Class is limited to 12 seats.

Jan. 22, 7 pm. $30. Brandywine Bar & Bottle Shop, 2408 W. Northwest Blvd.

(509-309-3962) TABLAS CREEK WINE DINNER The first wine dinner the decade, featuring a premeal cocktail hour, and a five course dinner with wine pairings. Jan. 22, 6 pm. $80. Dish at Dover Bay, 1319 Highway 2, Dover, Idaho. dishatdoverbay.com WINE WEDNESDAY Stop in for wine tastings and light appetizers every Wednesday from 4:30-6 pm. $25-$140.

The Culinary Stone, 2129 N. Main St. culinarystone.com (208-277-4166) WINE WEDNESDAY DINNER SERIES 2020 marks the 9th year and 15th session of Nectar’s popular dinner series, which began as a way to get people downtown during the deserted summer but has turned into a educational and delicious way to explore culinary creations from around the world. Wednesdays at 6 pm, through Feb. 19. $25-$140. Nectar Catering and Events, 120 N. Stevens St. nectartastingroom.com (509-869-1572) INSTANT POT COOKING Instant Pot maven Meegan Ware shares basic tips for pressure cooking, how to create at least two recipes and hands out additional recipes that can be prepared and cooked quickly. For adults. Jan. 23, 7-8 pm. Free.

Spokane Valley Library, 12004 E. Main. scld.org/events (509-893-8400) WINE EDUCATION CLASS: FRANCE RHONE VALLEY Discuss the grape that goes into making these deliciously

friendly wines and look at how these very same grape varietals fare in Washington soils. Light snacks served. Jan. 23, 6:30 pm. $25. Petunias Marketplace, 2010 N. Madison St. petuniasmarket.com GHANIAN NIGHT Inland Curry’s international dinner series continues with a celebration of Ghanaian food and culture with guest cooks Dorkus and Yvonne.

Jan. 25, 6 pm. $5-$25. Woman’s Club of Spokane, 1428 W. Ninth. womansclubspokane.org (509-838-5667)

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YOUNG MEN IN SONG The WSU School of Music hosts the 6th annual Young Men in Song Festival. Each year we invite high school and middle school directors to bring their tenors and basses to campus for a day of rehearsals, sectionals, sessions on technique, a quiz bowl, and a final informal performance. Jan. 16, 3:30-4 pm. Free. Bryan Hall Theatre (WSU), 605 Veterans Way. (509-335-7696) AN EVENING OF PIANO MUSIC WITH YOON-WHA ROH Proceeds from ticket sales in the Faculty Artist Series benefit the School of Music Scholarship Fund.

Tickets are on sale one hour before performances in the lobby. Performance will be live-streamed. Jan. 17, 7:30-9:30 pm.

Free/$10. Bryan Hall Theatre (WSU), 605 Veterans Way. (335-7696) BOGDAN OTA: REVERIE The European piano sensation’s classical crossover and epic symphonic genre albums were acclaimed by music critics. Jan. 17, 7:30 pm. $25. Jacklin Arts & Cultural Center, 405 N. William St., Post Falls. (208-457-8950) SATURDAYS WITH THE SYMPHONY The next concert in the series features a tuba/ euphonium performing classical, light jazz, polkas, novelty pieces and popular tunes of all kinds. Jan. 18, 10:30 am. Free.

Coeur d’Alene Public Library, 702 E. Front Ave. cdalibrary.org (208-769-2315) SPOKANE SYMPHONY MASTERWORKS 5: BEETHOVEN’S 250TH BIRTHDAY Celebrate the 250th birth year of Beethoven!

Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony marked a turning point in his career, establishing him as one of the great masters of his day. Grammy Award-winning violinist Augustin Hadelich performs Beethoven’s lyrical Violin Concerto, a musical journey filled with sweeping melodies, dense knots of sound and a jubilant finale. Jan. 18 at 8 pm; Jan. 19 at 3 pm. $21-$66. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague Ave. foxtheaterspokane.org JACOB MAXWELL & JACKSON ROLTGEN Jacob Maxwell has teamed up with Jackson Roltgen for a night of live music.

Jan. 22, 7 pm. $30. Kroc Center, 1765 W. Golf Course Rd. kroccda.org AUDITORIUM CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES: PACIFICA QUARTET The series presents concerts by some of the world’s finest performers and brings these extraordinary musicians to university and public school classrooms and communities around the Palouse. Jan. 23, 7:30 pm. $10-$25. University of Idaho Administration Building, 851 Campus Dr. uidaho. edu/class/acms/ (888-884-3246)

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SKATE RIBBON COLLEGE NIGHT Show your student ID to receive free skate rentals with admission. Thursdays from 4-9 pm. Riverfront Park, 507 N. Howard St. riverfrontspokane.org (509-625-6600)

LEARN TO SKATE! Lilac City Figure Skating Club coaches offer fun and fitness with programs for skaters of all ages and abilities. Classes offered Wednesdays, 6-7 pm, or Saturdays, 10:30-11:30 am. through Feb. 15. $99/6-week class, $148/ private lessons, $20/drop-in. Eagles IceA-Rena, 6321 N. Addison St. lilaccityfsc. org (599-3974) FREE ICE SKATING LESSONS Weekly ice skating lessons at the Numerica Skate Ribbon, skate rentals included. Registration is available on-site and lessons are on a first come, first served basis. Sundays at 11 am through February. (Paid lessons also available; see website for details). Riverfront Park, 507 N. Howard St. riverfrontspokane.org (509-625-6600) SPOKANE BADMINTON CLUB Meets Sundays, from 4:30-7:30 pm, and Wednesdays, from 7-10 pm. $5+/visit.

West Central Community Center, 1603 N. Belt St. spokanebadminton.com CHEAP SKATE MONDAY Admission to the ice ribbon includes free skate rentals all day. Mondays from 11 am-8 pm through the season. $5.25/$7.25. Riverfront Park, 507 N. Howard. spokaneriverfrontpark.com STATE PARKS FREE DAY Visit Washington State Parks without a required Discover Pass ($10/day or $30/year). Mon, Jan. 20. Includes day access locally to Riverside, Mt. Spokane and Palouse Falls State Parks. Free. Riverside State Park, Spokane. parks.state.wa.us/281/Parks BECOME A SOFTBALL UMPIRE The Spokane Softball Umpire Association is looking to train and retain umpires for the upcoming season and beyond. Positions offer part-time work on a schedule determined by you. Learn more at a noobligation meeting. Jan. 21, 6-8 pm. Free.

Corbin Senior Center, 827 W. Cleveland Ave. (509-327-1584) PROTECT THE CLEARWATER: FOREST PLAN WORKSHOP & OPEN HOUSE Help protect the wild backcountry and freeflowing rivers of the Clearwater basin.

This is an opportunity to provide public input directly to the Forest Service and help protect the Great Burn and other wild places and wild rivers. Jan. 22, 4:306:30 pm. Free. Human Rights Education Institute, 414 W. Fort Grounds Dr. idahoconservation.org (208-265-9565) BACKCOUNTRY FILM FESTIVAL Celebrating the human-powered winter experience since 2005, Winter Wildlands Alliance produces the fest toured every winter to raise funds for local communities and spread the message about preserving our wild winter landscapes. Jan. 23, 6 pm. $12.54. Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland Ave. garlandtheater.com

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“FUN HOME” THEATER NIGHT Join North Idaho Pride Alliance for a special evening at Lake City Playhouse to experience this award-winning musical with character. Jan. 16, 5:30 pm. $0-$25. Lake City Playhouse, 1320 E. Garden Ave. facebook.com/lakecityplayhouse/ MANDELSTAM Osip Mandelstam was a great Russian poet who was persecuted and sent to Siberia for writing a poem about Stalin’s mustache. Nigro’s dark comedy pulls us into the world of despotism, following Mandelstam into a nightmarish world where one wrong word can strip you of everything, even your life.

Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. through Jan. 26. $15-$25. Stage Left Theater, 108 W. Third Ave. spokanestageleft.org

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Advice Goddess CHARMIN SCHOOL

Yesterday, my roommate picked up some household supplies (toilet paper, sponges, etc.) and asked me to split the cost. I’ve bought plenty of household supplies in the two years we’ve lived together without ever asking for any money. It feels weird and cheap that he’s suddenly doing this. Am I being unreasonable in feeling this way, or is he being seriously petty? ­—Annoyed Weird conflicts like this make you start seeing your roommate differently, and not in a good way — kind of like Joan of Arc on horseback, brandishing an empty bottle of Lysol.

As for what might’ve gotten your roommate so testy about the division of expenses, the human mind seems to have a built-in bookkeeping department. This is the force at work when an irate 8-year-old announces — “J’Accuse!” — that her sister’s slice of cake is a full three-hundredths of a millimeter bigger than hers. We seem to expect 50-50 splits (which we perceive as “fair”) and get unhinged when another person gets a bigger share.

Our emotions are an essential part of our mind’s accounting staff, driving us to take action to correct imbalances. Neuroscientist Matthew Lieberman has found that fairness seems to read as emotionally “rewarding” to us — that is, feelgood. Unfairness, on the other hand, leads to “aversive” emotions (the feelbad kind), motivating us to even out the balance of things so we can feel better.

The sort of scorekeeping your roommate’s engaging in seems to be triggered when people perceive they’ve been treated unfairly. Their perception may be wrong — and that may actually be beneficial for them. Though we tend to assume we evolved to perceive things accurately, research by evolutionary psychologists Martie Haselton and David Buss suggests that we make self-protective errors in perception — sometimes seeing things as greater than or less than they actually are. It seems we evolved to err in whichever direction would be least costly to us in terms of our ability to survive and mate.

In harsh ancestral times, for example, letting somebody take advantage of us, like by freeloading, would likely have posed a greater threat to our survival than perceiving (perhaps incorrectly) that they weren’t pulling their weight. Putting them on notice that we wouldn’t just roll over for their slackerhood showed them (and others) that we’d stand up for ourselves, telling them that we’d make a poor choice of victim.

Even if your roommate is wrong in perceiving you as some rubber-gloved, Dranoand dish soap-poaching freeloader, as long as he feels the cleaning supplies split is unfair, it’s likely to make for a toxic living situation. You could suggest using an app like Splitwise to tally up what you each spend on household supplies and then reimburse each other. (This might even show him that you are spending more or that things are close to equal.) What’s important is that it makes the spending transparent and, ultimately, transparently 50-50. Because people cling to injustice (or perceived injustice), this, compassionately, allows him to have something a little more commemorative on his tombstone than “Shared living quarters with a leech. Moving on to the maggots.”

AMY ALKON

TO THE BETTER END

My boyfriend and I just ended it. We had fun together and sex was great, but we’re bad for each other. He’s emotionally withholding, and I want love and openness in a relationship. Breaking up was the right thing, but I miss him horribly. Are there any hacks to make a breakup less devastating?

—Miserable You say it yourself: “We’re bad for each other.” Staying together on these terms is like being lactose intolerant and going on a fondue cleanse.

Unfortunately, understanding this probably doesn’t make amputating your partner any less devastating. But research by psychologist Lauren C. Howe suggests your perspective on the breakup matters: whether you see the breakup as an indictment or an opportunity.

Howe finds that emotional recovery after a breakup comes out of treating it “as a learning experience ... embracing rejections as opportunities for growth.” Contrast this thinking — seeing a breakup as opportunity for self-improvement — with seeing a breakup as “self-defining,” a sort of confirmation of some ugly “core truth” about oneself. Howe explains that this belief can cause the breakup to have a lingering impact, making people fear rejection and even “feel haunted by their past.”

In other words, using your breakup as a conduit to the sort of relationship you want should dial down its negative effects. Focus on what you’ve learned and figure out what you need to do differently, like, say, quickly identifying and weeding out men who can’t give you the openness and affection you’re looking for. This, in turn, should help you land a man whose emotional expressiveness suggests his location on the Great Chain of Being is not directly above pictures of a cinder block and moss. n ©2020, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. • Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405 or email AdviceAmy@aol.com (www.advicegoddess.com)

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EVENTS | CALENDAR MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 LIVE Join show creator and original host Joel Hodgson and the world’s greatest movie-riffing robots, Tom Servo, Crow, and Gypsy, as they take you on a ride through some of the cheesiest films ever made. Jan. 16, 7:30-9:30 pm. $39.50-$59.50. First Interstate Center for the Arts, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. broadwayspokane.com PRESENT LAUGHTER This play Ppremiered in the early years of WWII, just as formerly privileged lives were threatened with fundamental social change. Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm through Feb. 2. $15-$25. Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard St. spokanecivictheatre.com (325-2507) AUREUM An adventure tale told through heart-stopping aerial routines and amazing acrobatics. A time traveler meets the beautiful defender of nature’s power, only to find that power threatened by dark forces. Featuring original music, choreography and some never-seen-before aerial performances. Jan. 17, 7:30 pm. $25-$35. Kroc Center, 1765 W. Golf Course Rd. kroccda.org (208-667-1865) FUN HOME When her father dies unexpectedly, graphic novelist Alison dives deep into her past to tell the story of the volatile, brilliant, one-of-a-kind man whose temperament and secrets defined her family and her life. Jan. 17-Feb. 2; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $23-$25. Lake City Playhouse, 1320 E. Garden Ave. facebook.com/lakecityplayhouse/ (208-673-7529) THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST In this popular Oscar Wilde classic that pokes fun at Victorian society, two bachelors create alter egos to escape their tiresome lives and attempt to win the hearts of two women who, conveniently, claim to only love men called Ernest. A Readers Theater production.

Jan. 17-18 at 7:30 pm, Jan. 19 at 2 pm. $13-$15. Ignite! Community Theatre, 10814 E. Broadway Ave. igniteonbroadway.org (795-0004) ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE Welcome to Margaritaville, where people come to get away from it all, and stay to find something they never expected.

With a book by Emmy Award® winner Greg Garcia and Emmy Award® nominee Mike O’Malley, the musical comedy features both original songs and most-loved Jimmy Buffett classics.

Jan. 21-26; times vary. $52-$100. First Interstate Center for the Arts, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. broadwayspokane. com (800-325-7328) A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER When the low-born Monty Navarro finds out that he’s eighth in line for an earldom in the lofty D’Ysquith family, he figures his chances of outliving his predecessors are slight and sets off down a far more ghoulish path. Jan. 24-Feb. 23; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $10-$35. Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard St. (325-2507)

VISUAL ARTS

PAULA LEWIS On exhibit in the JACC’s Fireplace Room, Paula Lewis shows mixed media art, primarily using acrylic pigments, paper clay and found objects. Fascinated with organic forms, Lewis likes to render biological likenesses combined with manufactured bits and pieces to construct paintings and assemblage. Through Jan. 21, open Tue-Sat; times vary. Jacklin Arts & Cul-

tural Center, 405 N. William St. thejacklincenter.org/artist-of-the-month/ COZY Welcome the winter season with the Third Street Gallery’s fiber art invitational. Mon-Fri from 8 am-5 pm through Jan. 31. Free. Moscow City Hall, 206 E. Third St. (208-883-7036) DANIEL SHIEH: GAZING A 3-minute immersive-experience inside a completely dark room that involves four or more participants. Jan. 16-18 and Jan. 23-25 by appt. only. Free. KolvaSullivan Gallery, 115 S. Adams St. kolvasullivangallery.com (509-458-5517) HONEST MYTH A mischievous yet mysterious show featuring the artwork of artist and sculptor Chris Bivins. This January also marks the gallery’s third annual loft sale, which runs for the duration of “Honest Myth.” Through Feb. 15; open Tue-Sat from 11 am-6 pm. Free admission. Art Spirit Gallery, 415 Sherman Ave. theartspiritgallery.com PAREIDOLIA The SFCC Fine Arts Gallery presents this exhibition of nine artists from the Portland, Oregon, area working in a variety of media. Through Feb. 11; open Mon-Fri 8:30 am-3:30 pm in Building 6. Closing reception and gallery walk through Feb. 11 at 11:30 am with a workshop from 1-3 pm. Free.

SFCC Fine Arts Gallery, 3410 W. Fort George Wright Dr., Bldg. 6. spokanefalls.edu/gallery (533-3710) WAVEFORMS: ON RISING AND FALLING An exhibition of lens-based works

by Joshua Hobson. Jan. 15-Feb. 20; Mon-Fri 9 am-5 pm. Free. EWU Gallery of Art, 140 Art Building. ewu.edu/art EMBROIDERY HOOP WEAVING Accomplished textile artist Sue Tye teaches techniques required to create a weaving on an embroidery hoop, helping you complete a project of your own to take home. Jan. 18, 12-3 pm. $40.

Emerge, 208 N. Fourth St., CdA. (208818-3342) A GRAND TOUR: IMAGES OF ITALY This exhibit utilizes the Jundt’s collection to present artistic imagery of the canals of Venice, the Renaissance architecture of Florence, and the classical ruins of Rome but also sites in Milan, Pisa, Assisi, Naples, and Palermo as well as other cities and towns. Jan. 18-May 9; Mon-Sat from 10 am-4 pm. Free. Jundt Art Museum, 200 E. Desmet Ave. gonzaga.edu/jundt (509-313-6843) PRINTS BY WOMEN As part of the University’s recognition of the anniversary, 19th and Counting: Celebrating 100 Years of Women’s Right to Vote, “Prints by Women” features 20 images

by American female artists from each decade since 1920. The display includes prints created by internationally known artists such as Dorothy Dehner, Corita Kent, Alice Neel, Alison Saar, and Cindy Sherman. Jan. 18-May 9; open Mon-Sat from 10 am-4 pm.Free. Jundt Art Museum, 200 E. Desmet Ave. (313-6843) AMERICANS & THE TRADITION OF THE GRAND TOUR OF ITALY Dr. Paul Manoguerra, director and curator of Gonzaga’s Jundt Art Museum, examines the tradition and history of the Grand Tour (the custom of a trip to Europe taken primarily by upper-class young men to socialize and gain experience), by focusing on American artists and asking a few seminal questions: Why visit and depict Italy? Why were American artists traveling abroad making images of Italy for U.S. patrons and audiences? What does the art with Italian subject matter, rooted in travel, say

about the beliefs, values, ideas, and assumptions of Americans? Jan. 19, 2 pm. $10 suggested donation. The MAC, 2316 W. First. northwestmuseum.org RIVER RIDGE ASSN. OF FINE ARTS Meet the new board of directors and hear what’s planned for the new year.

Bring something new you’ve created and tell the group how you made it.

Jan. 22, 10 am-noon. Free. Spokane Art Supply, 1303 N. Monroe St. (325-0471)

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BOOTSLAM Spokane Poetry Slam’s allages performance poetry competition with a $50 grand prize. Third Thursday of the month; sign-ups at 7, slam at 7:30 pm. $5. Boots Bakery & Lounge, 24 W. Main Ave. spokanepoetryslam.org MEMOIR WITH WINE: A CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP This memoir writing course with Jenny Davis covers the how-tos of storytelling from life. Include a complimentary glass of wine. Jan. 16, 5:45-7:45 pm. $36/$40.

The MAC, 2316 W. First. northwestmuseum.org POMPEII IN THE 21ST CENTURY In this Archaeological Institute of America lecture, Dr. John Dobbins, University of Virginia, offers a talk in connection with the upcoming “Pompeii: The Immortal City” exhibition (opening February), which takes you into the world of this first-century Roman town, buried under volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.

Jan. 16, 6:30 pm. Free. The MAC, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org EWU VISITING WRITERS SERIES: CHRISTOPHER DOMBROWSKI The author three books of poems, most recently Ragged Anthem. His nonfiction debut Body of Water made numerous Best Books lists, and was named a Bloomberg News Book of the Year in 2016. His essays and poems have appeared in Orion, Outside, Poetry, Poetry Northwest, The Southern Review, The Sun, and more. Jan. 17, 7:30-8:30 pm.

Free. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. spark-central.org POP-UP OPEN MIC An opportunity to showcase local and guest literary talent, featuring Seattle poet Carolyne Wright as the evening’s guest host. Jan. 17, 6 pm. Free. Pend d’Oreille Winery, 301 Cedar St., Sandpoint. powine.com BROKEN MIC Spokane Poetry Slam’s longest-running, weekly open mic reading series. Wednesdays at 6:30 pm; sign-ups at 6:15 pm. Free. Neato Burrito, 827 W. First Ave. bit.ly/2ZAbugD SUNSET STORY SLAM: FRIENDSHIP A live storytelling event where anyone can come and sign up to tell a story.

Signups at 7:30, show at 8 pm. Jan. 22.

Free. Lucky You Lounge, 1801 W. Sunset Blvd. luckyyoulounge.com HISTORIC COEUR D’ALENE HOMES – THEN & NOW The new series, presented in partnership with the Museum of North Idaho, features some of the historic homes built on East Sherman Avenue in the early 1900s. Jan. 23, 7 pm. Free. Coeur d’Alene Public Library, 702 E. Front Ave. cdalibrary.org PUNDERGROUND There are spots for 12 to compete; get there early to get your name on the list. The top three improvised punners, plus an audiencevoted MVP get punny prizes. Sign ups start at 7, show at 7:30. Jan. 23. Free.

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hether you’re looking to stay active or just want to get out-of-doors, you don’t have to ski or snowboard to welcome winter. With 4-5-inch tires and mountainbike-like frames, “FAT BIKES” are a great way to cruise through winter, says Coeur d’Alene Bike Co’s Chris Caro. They’ll rent you a fat bike by the hour or daily, up to seven days (cdabikeco.com) and when you return, visit their Post Ride bar next door to Coeur d’Alene Bike Co, and celebrate your first fat ride.

Vertical Earth doesn’t just rent bikes; how about SNOWSHOES for $20 a day? For an easy intro, try the Centennial Trail, along Coeur d’Alene Lake Drive, or Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes. In town, Tubbs Hill gets you climbing, while Fourth of July pass (visit fs.usda.gov and search Fourth of July),

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Nearby, Vertical Earth has two fat bikes: medium and large. “Trail grooming has begun at Pine Street trails in Sandpoint, and will start at Canfield in Coeur d’Alene, Riverside in Spokane and Farragut in the next week,” reports owner Mike Gaertner.

Join Vertical Earth for their free, weekly, evening fat bike rides on Canfield Mountain throughout the winter (verticalearth.com).

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Bike, hike or ride your way through winter in North Idaho

Tickets are nearly sold out — so don’t delay getting yours if you want to indulge in a day of cheesy goodness.

Sample creative takes on our favorite comfort food or book a mac and cheese themed dinner cruise or overnight stay. Details at cda4.fun.

Uncle Nearest Whiskey Dinner JANUARY 16

Join the folks at Honey for a threecourse whiskey dinner hosted by Uncle Nearest. Watch a short film and hear the incredible story of the great whiskey maker the world never knew. Plus enjoy whiskey flights and custom cocktails.

6:30-9:30 pm; Honey Eatery and Social Club.

Lookout Ski Area (skilookout.com) and Silver Mountain (silvermt.com) all welcome snowshoers. At Schweitzer Mountain, try a hosted snowshoe hike on the mountain (schweitzer.com/play/snowshoeing).

Get your fill of both snowshoes and fat bikes at the duathlon sponsored by the Trail Maniac Foundation at Farragut State Park, Feb. 1 (Facebook: Trail-Maniac-Foundation).

The holidays may be over but the sledding has just begun. Rent a radical sled from Summer Snow Outfitters (summersnowoutfitters.com). They have Polaris one- or two-seat trail snowmobiles for rent, which includes helmets, maps and instruction. Don’t have your gear? No problem. Rent gloves, hats, pants, even boots. Pick up your sled or have it delivered locally. It’s all good.

For the ultimate adventure, rent an ATV or UTV from Adventure Sport Rentals (mtspokanerentals.com), located conveniently nearby to the Fernan Saddle trailhead. Rent a single, double or quad machine, trailer included and get to snowbound places others only dream about.

Fun Home

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Fun Home took home three Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Score in 2015. See Lake City Playhouse’s adaptation of this wholly original musical about seeing your parents through grown-up eyes. $23-25; Fri 6:30 pm, Sat 7:30 pm, Sun. 2 pm; Lake City Playhouse.

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