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o we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” So goes the final line of The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s breakout book on the Roaring Twenties, a novel still studiously taught every year in classrooms across the country. It’s an ending that speaks to the struggle between the future and the past, between the American ideal and the lessthan-glamorous reality.

The 1920s were indeed messy — a foxtrot step forward and a shimmy back — and this week’s dive into Inland Northwest history (on page 22) bears that out. The world was in flux: fashion, music, movies, partying, politics and power. In some ways, as our reporters came to appreciate, it was not dissimilar to the ’20s we’re living through now.

Also this week: Reporter Daniel Walters looks at an effort to make the inner workings of Spokane City Hall more transparent to the public (page 20).

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ecently, a group of Eastern Washington University faculty released a report examining and giving their perspective of EWU’s athletic department and its value to the university. This is an age-old conflict that presents itself every time there is a budget downturn or enrollments sag.

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revenue and donations. Like most every other college athletic program, the two key sources are the general fund and student fees. What the faculty fails to mention is that a lot of those funds go right back into the university in the form of tuition, books, housing and dining.

Here is where I can agree with the faculty report. Trying to quantify athletics’ impact on enrollment and donations gets fuzzy for most colleges, Eastern included. Eastern athletics, however, has a significant impact on the student life experience. No other department on campus connects to almost every other department. This is done in two ways: student athletes’ chosen fields of study and university traditions. Those traditions also lead to stronger alumni ties.

Even though the department’s budget is among the smallest in the Big Sky Conference, the success on field, on court and in classrooms is hard to ignore.

EWU athletic events are estimated to bring over 100,000 alumni, fans, media and supporters to campus each year.

Perhaps the most overlooked, and one of the most important aspects of Eastern athletics, is the opportunity it provides student athletes who might not otherwise get this type of educational opportunity. Some student athletes come from at-risk backgrounds and take advantage of academic support services to become firstgeneration college graduates — one of Eastern’s primary missions.

EWU has a winning tradition. Even though the department’s budget is among the smallest in the Big Sky Conference, the success on field, on court and in classrooms is hard to ignore. Just in the past decade the department has earned a national title in football, multiple conference titles, NCAA tournament berths and numerous Big Sky presidential awards for the best overall academic and athletic performance during an academic year. I don’t think any other conference school gets more out of its resources.

We should be very proud of that.

Finally, what I think the faculty get wrong at its core is that Eastern is not a job for us alumni. It was an important experience in our lives. It helped build our careers, make lifelong friends and for some of us, start families. Athletics were not the most important aspect of that experience, but it was an important aspect where many of our Eastern traditions originate and what brings us back to campus and keeps us connected. That is invaluable.

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Q&A IAN PISARCIK The Spokane novelist talks about the themes of empathy and trust at the heart of his rural mystery Before Familiar Woods

BY NATHAN WEINBENDER

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an Pisarcik was raised in a part of northwest Connecticut that’s known somewhat affectionately as “the Icebox,” an area that’s remote, wooded and, for most of winter, ridiculously cold. Although he moved to Spokane in 2015 to be closer to his wife’s family, Pisarcik’s upbringing in rural New England informs his debut novel Before Familiar Woods, hitting bookstore shelves March 10.

A tale of trauma, loss and empathy, the book is set in the small Vermont town of North Falls, a community plagued by a heroin epidemic. As several seemingly disconnected mysteries interweave, we meet a reclusive middle-aged woman whose teenage son was involved in a bizarre murder case that still haunts the town, and an Iraq War veteran whose own child is experiencing issues of abandonment.

Pisarcik, who also works as an attorney, spoke with the Inlander about his writing process, how to create a believable character who’s nothing like yourself, and why Before Familiar Woods is such a timely story. Responses have been edited for length and clarity.

INLANDER: What was the inspiration behind this story?

PISARCIK: All of my stories have started with an image that I can’t shake. In the case of Before Familiar Woods, the image was an old woman sitting on a porch with a deer rifle in her lap staring out at an empty gravel drive. From there, I started asking questions. Who is this woman? Why is she holding a deer rifle? Who is she waiting for? After several drafts and many more wrong turns, the character’s voice developed, and at that point the questions became deeper. That’s always the goal — the point where you’re not so much actively coming up with a story as listening to one unfold.

What are some of the overarching themes that drive the novel?

When we’re faced with something we fear or don’t understand, the only way through it — the only way to reach a more truthful and harmonious place — is to engage with it. More often than not, that engagement takes the form of communication. When we don’t communi-

cate, we grow cold. The other major theme of this book is toxic masculinity, and with that the broader idea that we as a society want to put people in boxes. The problem, of course, is that people don’t fit in boxes, and when they don’t fit we get scared and our instinct is to try harder to shove them into that box or to declare them somehow defective.

What are the challenges of creating believable characters who are unlike yourself?

Annie Proulx said the worst writing advice she ever received was “write what you know.” I tend to agree with her. Writers constantly exercise the empathetic part of their brain. Readers do the same. It’s one of the reasons I think books are so important and one of the reasons it scares me that we have a president who brags that he doesn’t read. There’s a tremendous amount of responsibility that comes with writing a character who is not you. I think the challenge and the solution is to proceed with caution and respect. I don’t think it’s a process that can be rushed and it’s probably one of the reasons this book took me more than five years to write. The other thing you can do, of course, is research. One of the main characters in this book is an Iraq War veteran. I read hundreds of interviews with Iraq War veterans and spoke to many of them. The other main character in this book is a potter. I didn’t know anything about throwing on a pottery wheel when I started this novel, but I read about the craft and I took an eight-week class at the Spokane Potters Guild so I could write those scenes more accurately.

How do you think this story will be particularly relevant to readers in 2020?

I think the overarching themes of communication and acceptance are particularly relevant today. There’s always been — and continues to be — voices among us that are silenced. But, we’re living in a time when a lot of previously silenced voices are starting to be heard. And so, as a society, we have a decision to make. We can seek to engage, understand and accept the people around us, or we can attack and silence them. It probably goes without saying that I hope we do the former. n

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SONYA HARPER: Called it a “hoax” — like the Mueller investigation, the impeachment hearing, the charges against Roger Stone, global climate change (a Chinese hoax to be more specific). … The only hoax is the one he’s perpetrated on a large swath of the American public.

BYRON ASH: Every intelligence agency in the country says it’s happening but Trump says it isn’t so his cult members believe him lol.

TYLER BRICENO: God, can everybody just be over his bullshit already?

TERESA STEWART: I don’t know who to believe. All I know for sure is Trump is not the kind of person I ever want to be around. I think he is horrible. n

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Protests outside Spokane Planned Parenthood, captured by a police body camera.

Readers respond to an article on Inlander.com about Spokane police officers’ attitudes toward noise-complaint issues at a Planned Parenthood protest revealed by body cam footage (2/181/20):

CALVIN ULBRICHT: People seem to forget that the Constitution only allows for peaceful protest. They get carried away — it’s completely ridiculous. It’s one thing to protest.

It’s a completely different thing to make an ass of yourself like that.

The message completely gets lost.

RYAN FISHER: Nobody is being stopped and it is not a hospital.

People have the right to protest even if you don’t agree.

ED GUISE: How come Spokane constantly monitors the sound level from local bars and shuts them down whenever it gets too loud. It’s been happening for decades. When my wife calls to complain about the neighbor’s loud parties, cops always show up inside of 20 minutes.

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CHUCK BOWERS: These cops are just making excuses for not enforcing the law. Too many rightwing cops more concerned about freedom of speech for Republicans than for doctors.

SHANE MABREY: If protest was the goal, it wouldn’t need to be at their front door. Disruption of services and intimidating people trying to access them is the real goal of these pro-birth people. n

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hen Washington State University chose Mitzi Montoya as its new provost and executive vice president last spring, the university appeared ready to shake things up.

The university, still reeling from a budget deficit that drained most of its reserves, chose Montoya after a lengthy nationwide search. In Montoya, WSU found someone who not only had experience in university leadership roles (most recently at Oregon State University), but who was also an expert in innovation strategies. Starting Aug. 1, she would work closely with WSU President Kirk Schulz to shape the direction of the university and oversee academics.

“When we hired Mitzi, we wanted a change agent,” says Greg Crouch, chair of WSU’s faculty senate and a part of the provost search committee.

But Montoya didn’t last two months as provost.

Instead, university emails involving President Schulz — obtained by the Inlander in a public records request — describe how Montoya was met with swift resistance as she raised questions about the administrative structure

and budget at WSU. In a message days before she stepped down, she sent Schulz an email summarizing the feedback she’d received during a performance review.

“I learned that there are major concerns about me — I need a personality transplant, I need to be more feminine and conforming in my communication style, and I need to be less intelligent,” Montoya writes. (She declined comment when contacted by the Inlander, referring questions to a WSU spokesperson.)

The email, first reported by the website Whitman County Watch, prompted Schulz to authorize an external review contracted through the state Attorney General’s office looking at how Montoya was treated during her short time as provost and whether administrators exhibited gender bias. And it has faculty questioning whether the WSU administration has been transparent.

Meanwhile, additional emails the Inlander obtained offer insight into how Schulz managed Montoya as she described the opposition she encountered. In a message weeks into her new job, Schulz urges Montoya to

“approach meetings with folks in listening mode” and reminds her that despite the challenges WSU faces, “they all don’t need to be fixed immediately.”

Then, he says he had faced similar “weirdness of WSU” when he arrived from Kansas State University in 2016.

“About 80% of WSU was nearly identical to K-State — but the other 20% was different and can be downright bizarre at times — including people’s perception of reality,” Schulz writes. “I have had to ‘ease’ people towards the ‘actual’ situation several times which seems frustratingly inefficient — but is a bit of the culture here.”

Schulz, through a university spokesperson, declined to comment for this article.

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Montoya had concerns about that model, emails show. One of her first moves was to have Craig Parks, who she made WSU’s vice provost for system innovation and policy, conduct an analysis that looked at other top institutions with multiple campuses. The 15-page white paper — finished in November — found “considerable duplication of administrative functions and services” across WSU’s campuses.

While other universities either give more autonomy to its satellite campuses or they centralize services, the analysis found, WSU operates as a sort of hybrid unlike any other top university.

“The root cause of our problems is that we have misaligned governance, misaligned control of budget and competing administrations,” Montoya writes to Parks after seeing a draft of the paper in September.

It would be the root cause of many problems Montoya faced as provost, too.

Montoya expressed to Schulz her concerns over administrative structure, emails show. In one August email to Schulz, she references WSU Spokane Chancellor Daryll DeWald, suggesting that either he should be fully enabled to manage the campus, or the provost’s office should be.

“The split/misaligned model is confusing to everyone at every level, and this confusion is playing out daily,” she writes.

Records indicate that Montoya and DeWald butted heads almost as soon as she took over as provost. That’s evident by a message Montoya sent Schulz last August, in which she says she received a round of feedback from Jean Frankel, who WSU hired in 2018 as a consultant to coach administrators.

“Just got a lot of feedback and coaching from Jean that I need to work on my communication style, specifically that I hurt Chris and Daryll’s feelings,” Montoya writes, likely referring to Chief of Staff Christine Hoyt and DeWald. “The feedback was focused on how my values are not aligned, and that I talk too much, etc.”

“I got the message and will work on fitting in better,” she says.

That’s when Schulz discusses his own challenges when starting at WSU. After referencing the “weirdness” of the culture, Schulz ends the note complimenting Montoya for being able to come across like she’s been at WSU for years, adding, “I am glad you are here and we are going to do great things! Don’t get too frustrated by any of this.”

Yet Schulz has his own frustrations having to do with the Everett campus, records show. In an Aug. 28 email, he writes an eye-opening message. Everett, he writes, hasn’t added any academic programs since the day Schulz started there in 2016. He points out that “I didn’t create this campus — but I certainly want it to be successful.” He then adds, “I am super happy to engage in any kind of process on what we can do to Everett. If this comes across as me being tremendously frustrated — it is because I am. I just want something to happen.”

Montoya uses the opportunity to again call for better alignment throughout the WSU system.

“I’m excited about the consensus on frustration because that usually signals readiness to change,” she tells Schulz.

But weeks later, Montoya finds herself in another position for which she’ll apologize. When discussing possibly adding new positions at the Spokane campus, Montoya evidently sends the thread to deans. The records don’t reveal exactly which deans were included, but she writes a note of apology for doing so, saying her intent was only to discuss difficult budget issues openly, and that “if my comments or who I included caused problems or hurt feelings, I sincerely apologize.” When a WSU vice president tells Montoya to include others in the apology, Montoya seems irritated.

“Shall I continue apologizing. Just checking on my role here,” she asks Schulz.

That weekend, on Sunday, Sept. 22, Montoya has another feedback session with Frankel, the consultant. It’s then that Montoya says she learns she needs to be “more feminine.” And significantly, Frankel indicates that Schulz won’t make any changes that affect the chancellors on satellite campuses “in any way,” the email says.

WSU President Kirk Schulz (left) and Mitzi Montoya “It seems I need to quickly stop a lot of projects,” Montoya says to Schulz. “I think the conclusion is that I am not a fit for what you need here.”

The next day, she sends Frankel a link to a book called In Defense of Troublemakers: The Power of Dissent in Life and Business. It includes a note written by Montoya: “The core message of this book is not that we should create dissent, but that we should permit dissent and embrace it when it is present, even if we don’t like it or agree with it, because it will increase the quality of our decisionmaking process,” Montoya writes.

By the end of the week, Montoya steps down.

SELECTIVE TRANSPARENCY

In a letter to campus — approved by Montoya before it’s published — WSU announces on Sept. 26 that the new provost would “return to the WSU faculty.” Schulz describes it as a mutual agreement, but offers no reason for the demotion.

It’s not until the Whitman County Watch website publishes emails roughly six months later that faculty members start to get an idea of what happened. Crouch, the faculty senate chair, tells the Inlander that he immediately sent the link to other members of senate leadership when the article came out. They spoke with Schulz that night, and Crouch says Schulz quickly agreed to commission an external investigation into the matter.

“I have a tremendous amount of respect for Mitzi Montoya,” Crouch says. “I think she’s a very competent person. I think she identified problems really quickly.”

Yet Schulz isn’t necessarily the one to blame here either, Crouch says.

“I think it’s fair to say that faculty has a great deal of respect for Kirk as well,” he says. “I don’t think he’s the villain here.”

Still, the faculty is upset with the lack of transparency. During a faculty senate meeting last week, Joe Compeau, a clinical associate professor, questions the timing of the investigation.

“Would we be having an investigation if that article didn’t show up in the Whitman County Watch?” he asks.

It’s a troubling pattern at WSU, he says.

“There is this pattern that, at a certain level, when people are behaving badly, nothing happens. And then when it becomes public — I’m thinking about a former [athletic director], and I’m thinking about people in the athletics department, I’m thinking about these other things that until these become public, then all of the sudden we go, ‘Oh, we’re going to be transparent,” he says.

“But we’re not transparent unless we’re forced to be transparent.”

Crouch says the faculty now wants everything to be made public as soon as possible. That, he says, is the only way they’ll get answers.

“There’s a lot that we just don’t know,” Crouch says. “I mean, it’s known. We just don’t know it.” n wilsonc@inlander.com

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HOW DANGEROUS IS YOUR BIRTHDAY? Ever since the anti-union Freedom Foundation has been sending out public-records requests for lists of state employees — including their BIRTH DATES — state employees have been raising fears that the information put them at greater risk of identity theft, stalking and harassment. After the Washington state House passed a bill to add “birth dates” to public records exemptions, the Inlander took a look at the issue and found that while security experts say that you shouldn’t publicly spread your birth date around, the birth dates and home addresses of nearly every voter in Washington state are already publicly available on the state voter database.

(DANIEL WALTERS)

NEW DOWNTOWN PRECINCT On Monday, Spokane Mayor Nadine Woodward announced the new location of the DOWNTOWN PRECINCT: the former Umpqua Bank building on Riverside Avenue and Wall Street. The space will cost about $295,000 to renovate and the lease demands roughly $13,000 in monthly rent, according to city staff. (The city also plans to dedicate seven more officers to the downtown precinct.)

Woodward, who called for moving the downtown precinct fromt the Intermodal Center, framed the move as her quickly fulfilling a campaign promise. She also described downtown in positive and optimistic language at a Monday press conference, calling it “thriving” and “awesome.” It was a notable shift from her campaign rhetoric, where she decried the state of downtown as crime-ridden and unsafe. (JOSH KELETY)

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VIOLENT COMMENTS CONDEMNED North Idaho Rep. Vito Barbieri (R-Dalton Gardens), who once made headlines for asking if women could swallow cameras for gynecological exams, is now in the news for what some say is a threat against PLANNED PARENTHOOD. During an abortion town hall over the weekend, Barbieri noted he believes abortion is murder but it’s difficult to talk about prosecuting doctors or women. He then said, “to quote someone down there, I don’t know why Planned Parenthood hasn’t been nuked off State Street.” His comments have been condemned by Planned Parenthood and the Idaho Statesman editorial board, which noted that abortion providers around the country have been the target of very real violence over the years, from murders to bombings and arsons.

(SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL)

Abby Baker, 15, says there should be more options for mental health like the Providence RISE program.

RISE TO THE OCCASION Today in Washington state, partial hospitalization or intensive outpatient programs like the Providence RISE program aren’t covered by Medicaid.

But that could change soon. The Washington State Hospital Association has asked the state Legislature to fund access to such programs through Medicaid. The state Senate’s budget proposal includes funding for intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization. Programs like RISE are more structured than typical outpatient treatment but not quite an inpatient stay. WSHA says these programs can prevent hospitalizations and facilitate quicker discharges from psychiatric units. “When people talk about the BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS, a lot of attention is paid on the inpatient side,” says Shirley Prasad, policy director of government affairs for WSHA. “If we want to move the needle in behavioral health, we have to look at the entire continuum.”

(WILSON CRISCIONE)

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Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson (above) filed a lawsuit in 2017 against anti-tax crusader Tim Eyman.

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im Eyman, longtime anti-tax activist and our campaign finance laws,” Ferguson says in a current Republican gubernatorial candinews release. “Eyman will say anything to avoid date in Washington state, violated state accountability for his conduct, but his lies won’t CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS by concealing work in a courtroom.” over $766,000 in political contributions, a judge When contacted for comment, Eyman ruled last week. referred to a statement issued last Friday by his In his ruling, Thurston County Superior attorney, former Washington Supreme Court Court Judge James Dixon found that Eyman Justice Richard Sanders. effectively served as a “political committee” and “My attorney calls this ‘bizarre and unprecthat he failed to register as such. Dixon also ruled edented’ — he’s right,” Eyman writes in a text that Eyman failed to report $766,447 in contribumessage. “It’s also just plain weird. AG & judge tions that were solicited over the say that I, Tim Eyman, am a years to support anti-tax ballot PAC.” LETTERS measures and that he therefore “Contributions to a politicalSend comments to “concealed” the donations. ly outspoken individual intended editor@inlander.com.

The ruling stemmed from and used to survive the AG’s a lawsuit filed against Eyman attacks on him and his family in 2017 by Washington state Attorney General are not reportable under the statute,” Sanders Bob Ferguson, who alleged that Eyman solicited writes in a statement. “It is an effort to ruin hundreds of thousands of dollars in contributions Mr. Eyman’s reputation and prevent him from for ballot measures but used the money for perspeaking out. ... This proceeding was designed sonal expenses or completely different political

by Attorney General Robert Ferguson to silence initiatives.

Mr. Eyman’s dissent to big government and high Last September, Judge Dixon ruled that the taxes.” over $766,000 in donations were indeed contribuAny penalties stemming from last Friday’s tions to support ballot initiatives, not “gifts” as ruling will be determined following the July 13 Eyman previously argued. He also found that trial on the remaining issues in the case.

Eyman “willfully and deliberately” defied court (JOSH KELETY) orders compelling him to produce documents, according to the Office of the Attorney General.

“Eyman is being held in contempt of court Last week, four people with the new coronavi— and today’s ruling reveals his contempt for rus arrived at Providence SACRED HEART

CORONAVIRUS PATIENTS IN SPOKANE

MEDICAL CENTER for treatment. But health officials say that shouldn’t worry you.

“The residents of Spokane County are safe,” says Bob Lutz, Spokane County Health Officer.

More than 80,000 people globally have been infected by the virus that began spreading in China, and the death toll is nearly 2,700. There are 14 confirmed cases in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The first U.S. patient was treated in Everett.

Providence Sacred Heart is one of 10 hospitals in the country with a specialized treatment center designed to treat highly infectious diseases like coronavirus. The treatment center is away from the general patient treatment area, and it has 10 airborne infection isolation rooms.

The four patients in Spokane had been aboard a cruise ship in Japan. They were flown to the Spokane International Airport from Sacramento. Lutz says the process of transferring patients is “well-practiced” and a “controlled situation.”

“Individuals from our Spokane community and across the region come to us every day needing specialized care. It is what we do.”

Peg Currie, chief executive of Providence Sacred Heart, says the hospital was asked by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to care for the patients.

“We have one of the most advanced, highly-specialized hospitals in the country. Individuals from our Spokane community and across the region come to us every day needing specialized care. It is what we do,” she says in a statement.

As of Tuesday, the patients in Spokane were in satisfactory condition, according to the Spokane Regional Health District.

The virus spreads through the air by coughing and sneezing, personal contact, and touching a surface with the virus on it and then touching your face. As with any viral infection, health officials recommend washing hands, avoiding contact with sick people, covering your mouth when you cough or sneeze, and staying at home if you’re feeling sick. (WILSON CRISCIONE)

“NO KILL” ORDER

After Lindsey Soffes became the director of the Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Service — or SCRAPS — the agency officially became a “no-kill” shelter, eliminating the use of euthanasia unless it’s determined to be in the best interest of the animal.

But Monday night, as the Spokane City Council passed an ordinance that allocated an additional $110,000 to the shelter, they also amended the contract to mandate the no-kill policy.

“The operating policy of SCRAPS will be to restrict euthanasia to only those cases in which the animal in the care of the facility is found to be in the process of dying or determined by a licensed veterinarian or animal behavioral specialist to suffer from an irremediable prognosis,” the amendment reads. It also bans SCRAPS from sending their animals to any shelters without that policy.

Soffes, who became director in March of 2018, says that adding that to the contract means that even if the leadership or the political climate around SCRAPS changes, the no-kill policy will remain in place.

“I think that’s a really important thing to do, especially as a public entity, making sure we’re good ethical stewards of our domestic pets,” Councilman Michael Cathcart said Monday night.

“I can recall a couple years ago, adopting a cat from SCRAPS who had some health issues, who would have certainly been put down under normal circumstances. I was able to give that cat a few extra years of life in a loving home environment.”

(DANIEL WALTERS) n

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NEWS | POLITICS

Transparent Motivations Spokane City Councilman Michael Cathcart says he wants to make it easier for you to figure out what the hell’s going on inside City Hall

BY DANIEL WALTERS

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wo years ago, when Councilwoman Kate Burke first took her seat on the Spokane City Council, she immediately made her mark with a slew of “no” votes. Any time an ordinance got a substantive lastminute amendment, Burke would vote against it.

To Burke, it wasn’t about the policies — it was about process. Altering legislation shortly before voting on it, she argued, denied the public the chance to weigh in on the revised proposal.

Her hardline tactics didn’t win her very many friends on the council dais, and Burke relented after a few weeks, considering the battle lost. Yet her stand won her support from an unlikely source: conservative Michael Cathcart, director of Better Spokane, the right-leaning business advocacy group.

“He had reached out to me saying, ‘No, we should totally do something about this,’” Burke recalls.

Today, Cathcart sits next to Burke on the council, the two seatmates representing northeast Spokane. In one sense, nobody’s politics are further apart.

“She probably is the most progressive on the council,” Cathcart says. “I’m clearly the most conservative on the council.”

Yet Cathcart says they’ve quickly found common ground on issues like “openness, free speech, accessibility and transparency.”

In April, the two plan to hold a “transparency town hall,” gathering citizen feedback on what they think should be changed about the City Council itself. They want to talk about everything from which meetings get broadcast, to when they’re held, to what the public gets to talk about.

And in Cathcart’s case, he’s tackling the issue on two fronts — from his office in City Hall and from his role as the director of a political action committee that can persuade voters to do what the City Council won’t.

WHAT YOU DON’T SEE

“There’s a lot of little things that have driven me crazy for years,” Cathcart says. “I believe they drive other people crazy.”

He argues that council agendas should be released sooner, that citizens should be able to sign up to speak at council meetings digitally and that the council should do more to explain wonky proposals before they come up for a vote.

Many of the council’s most important negotiations and illuminating conversations aren’t made at Monday night meetings, he says. They happen in the committee meetings and study sessions that aren’t broadcast to the public on City Cable 5. Some committee meetings — like those grappling with issues like finance, homelessness

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Conservative Councilman Michael Cathcart has found common ground with left-leaning Councilwoman Kate Burke. and public safety — aren’t even audio-recorded, says Spokane City Clerk Terri Pfister.

“If not broadcast live, they should at least be filmed and screened after the fact,” Cathcart says. He and Burke have been brainstorming ways committee meetings could be scheduled to allow for citizens — many who have work during the day — to be a part of those discussions.

Right now, members of the audience are banned from discussing upcoming council legislation at the council’s open forum until the night the issue is voted on. Ironically, that means that when a major issue is coming up, it gets less discussion at council meetings.

“Let’s take the landlord-tenant deal, for example,” Cathcart says, referring to a particularly controversial rental regulation ordinance. “It gets scheduled in December, then it’s postponed until March, which means for four months, nobody can comment on it directly.”

Cathcart says that encouraging the public to speak in front of the council about issues early on could allow flaws to be addressed and problems identified long before a vote is taken.

But while City Council President Breean Beggs supports the idea of recording more meetings — as long as it isn’t too expensive — he draws the line at allowing everybody to talk about upcoming ordinances. He notes that citizens can already email and call their councilmembers whenever they want, and now that anyone can talk at council meetings for three minutes every single week, he’s worried about those meetings dragging on.

“For weeks and weeks on end, they could continue to talk about one issue, and just that issue,” Beggs says.

But to Burke and Cathcart, the prospect of spending more time listening to the public at council meetings isn’t something to be avoided.

“Honestly, I feel like that’s our job,” Burke says.

A “BETTER” WAY

Even though Cathcart is the council’s sole conservative, he has a powerful tool that a politician like Burke doesn’t: control of a political action committee.

Even before he was elected in November, Cathcart managed to get sweeping transparency legislation put into the law — something other council members had opposed. Last year, voters overwhelmingly approved a Better Spokane-championed initiative to require the city’s public unions to hold negotiations in the open.

As it stands, the city has gone three years without a police contract — but the public has no idea who or what is causing a holdup. All the bargaining has taken place behind closed doors.

“This is supposed to be public, right?” Cathcart says.

“So theoretically, I should be able to tell you, and not have an ethics violation.”

But for now, he’s restricted: Despite the plain language of the initiative, the city hasn’t thrown open the doors of

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current ongoing union negotiations to the public eye.

While Beggs opposed Cathcart’s initiative, believing it was a violation of state law, he says the city should try to implement the ordinance swiftly, even if they have to go to court to defend it.

“Voters said they wanted it,” Beggs says. “That means Spokane should be doing everything we should to get it.”

He praises Cathcart’s curiosity, approachable mindset and willingness to communicate. Still, he has questions about Cathcart’s role as a paid director of Better Spokane. Better Spokane has campaigned against income taxes, oil train regulations and, in 2017, unsuccessfully spent over $15,000 to try to defeat Beggs’s city council bid.

“He has a financial interest in an organization that influences city law and he’s a lawmaker for a city,” Beggs says. “It is an open question of whether you can serve on the City Council and work for an organization that says it’s going to influence city politics.”

In fact, former Council President Ben Stuckart once attacked Better Spokane as an avatar of what was wrong with politics — money that came from obscured sources.

“Groups like Better Spokane exist to mask political activity,” Stuckart wrote in a January 2018 op-ed. “Better Spokane uses its nonprofit status to hide the identities of individuals and companies that spend thousands of dollars to fund attack ads against Spokane citizens seeking public office.”

Today, Cathcart says Better Spokane has voluntarily disclosed most — though not all — of their top donors, and says the group’s lawyer assures him that there’s no conflict of interest with him serving on the council as long as he recuses himself from issues that could financially benefit a Better Spokane board member.

For the last year, Better Spokane has spent around $8,000 to upgrade its website, attempting to develop software to make it easier to track council votes, ordinances and proposed amendments.

“If you are ‘Joe Blow Citizen’ or even, frankly, ‘Mr. Reporter,’ there’s really no way to go on the city’s website and see how everybody’s voted on one issue or to find issues in an easy way,” Cathcart says.

A crude beta version of the local “Vote Tracker” recently went live on Better Spokane’s website. One potential category tag for council votes — “anti-business” — has already raised some eyebrows. But Cathcart tells the Inlander that that particular category is just a placeholder, and the final Vote Tracker product will refrain from editorializing.

“This is something people have been clamoring for for years,” Cathcart says. “There’s a lot of people that have no clue, for better or worse — and I’d typically say for worse — have no idea what’s going on in City Hall.” n danielw@inlander.com

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ROARING BACK TO LIFE Liberty, libations and letting loose in the Roaring ’20s

The ’20s are back, baby.

Finally, our nostalgia-obsessed culture has caught up with a truly iconic American decade. The looks, the sounds, the feels and the utter chaos of the 1920s still inspire us today… mostly when it comes to getting “zozzled” or, in modern speak, “wasted.” But hey, we have 40 more years until the ’60s, so soak it up.

The ’20s might seem like the Dark Ages, but in reality, the issues of the time still resonate. Prohibition impacts what and where we drink to this day. Jazz was escaping the basements and dens of speakeasies and making its way to the main stages in our biggest cities.

And for the first time across America, women were a political force to be reckoned with. Of course, these ideas weren’t entirely new. But the ’20s represent a culmination of those things to the point of sweet excess — until it all came to a spectacular end with the stock market crash of 1929.

So raise a glass to another decade of people drinking, dancing and exercising their rights.

— QUINN WELSCH, section editor

The Schade Brewery in Spokane c. 1909. After 1920, Bernhardt Schade (in front, on the sideways keg) would be out of a job.

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DRY SPELL In Spokane, Prohibition meant the poor got jailed while the rich got drunk

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BY DANIEL WALTERS

owntown Spokane was beset by disorder, addiction, crime and public intoxication, many of the loudest local voices argued. There were police records to back it up — 80 percent of arrests in Spokane, these sober-minded voices argued in the local newspaper, were due to one substance in particular: alcohol.

You could say the choice that Washington state voters made was about compassion. Saving lives and saving souls didn’t mean allowing troublemakers to feed their addiction, to drive themselves to ruin and death — it meant saving them from themselves. Think of the children.

In November of 1914, five years before nationwide Prohibition, Spokane voters were asked to ban the sale and manufacture of alcohol. By then, they’d already been exposed to at least two decades of arguments about the dangers of beer and liquor.

Ax-wielding feminist temperance movement leader Carrie Nation had hyped her 1910 visit to Spokane in the newspaper by teasing the possibility of smashing local saloons, while traveling preacher Billy Sunday decried establishments that sent men home to their wives as “maudlin, brutish, devilish, vomiting, stinking, blear-eyed bloated-faced drunkards.”

The Spokesman-Review — which bragged in its pages about how the “permanent, earning classes” made up its readership — championed the temperance cause.

West Valley High School history teacher Ned Fadeley, who dug into Prohibition in Spokane for his 2015 master’s thesis, says opposing liquor was a way of signaling that you were sophisticated and respectable. You’re different from all those immigrants and Catholics and unruly laborers.

“By voting dry you’re conspicuously asserting you’re not part of that lower class,” he says.

But plenty of locals just as passionately argued against Prohibition. A Lutheran reverend argued that “it is a psychological fact that prohibited joys tempt the strongest,” and pointed to all the wine consumed — in moderation, of course — in the Bible.

“Those addicted to the curse of alcohol get it anyhow,” one Spokesman-Review letter-to-the-editor read, and damage done by alcohol paled in comparison to the damage done by “corsets and high heels.”

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ost city-dwellers — those supposedly victimized by alcoholrelated crime — opposed Prohibition. But rural voters — and the state as a whole — overwhelmed the skeptics, passing the 1914 vote in favor of, as supporters put it, “sobriety and decency.”

And you know what? At first, it actually appeared to work.

Arrests plummeted. Bankruptcies fell. But the predictions of the skeptics also held true. People still managed to find alcohol.

Speakeasies soon popped up in downtown Spokane, including in buildings that today hold the Ridpath, Atticus and Garageland. Alcohol still flowed through Trent Alley, and Trent Alley continued to be portrayed in the press as a den of depravity. Underground tunnels originally built for pedestrians to avoid streetcar traffic became routes for smuggling liquor. The police repeatedly conducted raids and posed proudly for photos of smashed stills.

But not everybody got raided.

For his thesis, Fadeley plotted out all the Prohibition-related arrests on a map. It was what wasn’t there that stood out.

“I plugged in the addresses, and I noticed that none of the addresses corresponded with any of the affluent neighborhoods in Spokane,” Fadeley says.

It wasn’t, of course, that rich people didn’t drink. Even once the 18th Amendment banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor nationally in 1920, it wasn’t hard to find alcohol.

The authorities wouldn’t dare bother a wealthy man like mining magnate Amasa Campbell, says local American drinking history expert Renee Cebula.

“Mr. Campbell carried a flask in his pocket and it was full of whiskey his entire life,” Cebula says. A speakeasy in a home in the swanky Cliff-Cannon neighborhood wouldn’t get raided.

If you were poor, you might have had to settle for homebrewed moonshine. But with money and the right connections, it was easy to get your hands on some quality whiskey.

Blame Canada.

With the Canadian border less than 100 miles away from Spokane, a whole new industry of amateurs-turned-rum-running smugglers got rich selling Canadian whiskey at a 400 percent markup.

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ormer liquor smuggler Edmund Fahey wrote a whole memoir, Rum Road to Spokane: A Story of Prohibition, brimming with feats of rum-runner shenanigans, including bribes to corrupt law enforcement officers and bullets fired at the radiators of pursuing Border Patrol vehicles.

Sure, you could get caught. But the penalty for rum-running was a lot higher than the penalty for moonshining. Fadeley compares it to the way that, for decades, crimes involving crack were punished so much more harshly than crimes involving cocaine.

A poor man’s drink gets you just as drunk as a rich man’s drink — but society was a lot more scared of the poor man.

In fact, Fahey writes in his memoir, the smuggling business thrived precisely because of the demand from “honest, respectable citizens.” He writes about how professional men introduced women to the illicit pleasures of drinking.

“That first drink was taken for the thrill of defying a law they considered as intruding on their personal rights,” Fahey writes in his memoir. “But the defiance soon developed into a fondness for alcohol.”

Even the most successful people, of course, were victims of Prohibition. German immigrant Bernhardt Schade had been the owner of Spokane’s Schade Brewery, which once pumped out around 80,000 barrels of beer per year. Prohibition forced him to innovate, turning his brewery into a manufacturer of soda and “near beer,” a non-alcoholic beer.

By the 1920 census, Schade was officially out of a job. By 1921, struggling with illness, Schade committed suicide. A decade later, as the Great Depression hit, the vacant Schade Brewery building had become a campsite for transients. It took Prohibition ending for the building to be resurrected as Golden Age Brewing, which quickly became one of the biggest breweries in the region. Schade’s tragedy, however, is one that got recorded.

The fate of “the poor woman who was arrested, fined, and jailed for selling beer out of old tomato cans to thirsty duffers at Spokane’s Downriver Golf Course in the late ’20s,” as Fadeley writes about, is a lot more obscure.

Fadeley suggests the surge of Roaring ’20s nostalgia, with high-priced cocktails and faux speakeasies, is almost offensive, white-washing a policy that “succeeded primarily in turning ordinary citizens into overnight criminals, and in so doing sent countless scores of Americans to jail, the poorhouse or an early grave.” n

CRAFTING SOLUTIONS

W

hen the 1920 ban on alcohol took hold with passage of the National Prohibition Act (aka the Volstead Act), we know drinkers didn’t go dry until the ban was lifted in 1933. They got creative.

Besides hatching new ways to transport (hello, rum runners) and make liquor (greetings, bathtub gin), they came up with delicious ideas to stretch their booze as far as possible, using sodas, fruits and sugar to invent new cocktails or update pre-Prohibition ones.

The most popular drinks of the Jazz Age are now among the highlights of the modern craft cocktail movement. When you order a French 75 (gin, lemon juice, simple syrup and champagne), a Last Word (gin, lime juice, green chartreuse and maraschino) or Gin Rickey (gin, lime juice and club soda), you’re drinking like they were 100 years ago.

I popped into the Volstead Act, a downtown Spokane cocktail station, and ordered up a Bee’s Knees (gin, honey, lemon juice), one of several selections on the menu you might have found a century ago. Gin has enjoyed a boom the last few years.

Kaycee Keller’s been bartending at Volstead Act for five years, and she says people have been getting more educated on all eras of cocktails. The gin drinks have gained popularity, as has the Gold Rush (a Bee’s Knees but with whiskey taking the gin’s place).

“If people come in and say they don’t like gin, I ask them to let me make them a cocktail,” Keller says.

“Because if you make it with fresh juices, it’s so different from that pine taste people think of.”

A booze lesson first learned 100 years ago is still making our lives better today.

— DAN NAILEN

You can find a Bee's Knees, along with other Prohibition-era cocktails, around town today.

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FLAPPER FASHION

ashion has come a long way in the last 100 years, beginning with the liberated clothing choices of 1920s flapper girls who could newly vote, loved to dance and were entering a booming post-war workforce.

To throw things back at your next Jazz Ageinspired party, we’ve put together a few tips for creating an authentic ensemble.

Throughout the decade, hemlines rose all the way up to the knee, and silhouettes became looser and less movement-restricting.

Other trends in the 1920s set norms still in the fashion industry today, including celebrity influence, the “little black dress,” and women owning several pairs of shoes for different functions. Legendary fashion designer Coco Chanel notably embraced wearing pants, and women began regularly wearing makeup.

Likewise, some of the stuffier elements of men’s fashion in prior decades eased up, ushering in more casual “sportswear,” like sweaters, knickerbockers and short suit jackets.

While blackand-white photos of the era can be deceiving, 1920s clothing was actually quite colorful, notes local vintage fashion reseller Fay Ripley of Red Leaf Vintage.

Take, for COURTESY OF NORTHWEST example, one of MUSEUM OF ARTS & CULTURE the many pieces of 1920s attire in the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture’s collection. From 1924, the deep teal chiffon dress features intricate beading and lacework with an Egyptian-esque motif, inspired by the then-recent discovery of King Tut’s tomb. The formal dress was purchased at the time by 18-year-old Spokane resident Helen Huneke during a trip to Paris with her aunt and was last displayed in the MAC’s 2011 exhibit Dress Code.

While wearing an authentic gown from the 1920s isn’t recommended — 100-year old fabrics are incredibly fragile — replica 1920s gowns are fairly affordable and easy to find and won’t tear to shreds as you attempt the Charleston.

Don’t forget about accessories: a headband or cloche hat, long faux pearl necklace, T-strap pumps and an embellished clutch. Pin up long hair into a bob-like updo, don a smoky eye and some dark red lipstick. ­— CHEY SCOTT

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‘FREE IN ALL THE WORD IMPLIES’ Pacific Northwest women were among the first to win the vote, laying the foundation for women’s movements to come

BY SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL

Three women from the Washington Equal Suffrage Association post signs in 1910.

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ne-hundred years after women around the U.S. won the right to vote, women’s causes have once again taken center stage.

After the 2016 election, the country was met with the most visible expression with an explosion of now-annual women’s marches. While plenty of attention was paid to pink “pussy hats” knitted for the cold weather and to the bright red smocks and white blinders worn in imitation of dystopian handmaids, many of the women (and their allies) marched to remind the country they’d fight to protect their rights, which had been hard-won in incremental steps over the better part of two centuries.

In many ways, the modern marches hearken back to the foundation laid by the women’s suffrage movement. And while that movement started in 1848 in New York, it’s undeniable that the swiftest progress to enfranchise women’s rights occurred in the West.

Washington Territory could have been the first to give women the vote back in 1854, but that bill failed to move forward by one vote. After a visit from suffragists Susan B. Anthony and Oregon-based Abigail Scott Duniway in 1871, Washington women got the vote in 1883. But the territorial Supreme Court overturned that. Women got the right again in 1888, but it was overturned again, the Washington Secretary of State’s office notes, “because women voters were making sales of liquor more difficult with their votes,” leading the liquor lobby on a rally to repeal their rights.

By 1910, Washington and several other Western states had enfranchised women, but not always for the right reasons, explains Veta Schlimgen, associate professor of history at Gonzaga University.

Wyoming became the first territory to let women vote in 1869, partly to attract more women to the territory where men outnumbered them six to one, and partly because some were incensed that black men could vote in a post-Civil War America, according to the Wyoming Historical Society.

“In Utah, the idea was that women should be allowed to vote to help support the Mormon faith in Utah, to outnumber non-Mormon men,” Schlimgen says. “In other places, they wanted to enfranchise women because they were worried the non-white population of men was going to outnumber white men.”

Women’s efforts in the West and across the country at the time weren’t limited just to temperance and suffrage, but the two were

closely linked. On top of those causes, African American suffragist Ida. B. Wells fought lynching, while Native American Zitkala-Sa, aka Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, preserved her Lakota heritage at a time when Native Americans were told to assimilate, Schlimgen says.

“The only way to have power was being able to vote,” she says.

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The country would eventually let women vote with the 19th Amendment in 1920, preceded by decades of work by women in the Pacific Northwest who lobbied for suffrage around the U.S. The most famous of the Inland Northwest’s leaders was May Arkwright Hutton, who worked not just to improve the status of women but also laborers.

May was known for her big personality and physical presence, an affinity for flashy hats and clothes and her unflinching humor and independence. She got her start working 14-hour days running boarding houses and kitchens in North Idaho mining camps before meeting her husband Levi “Al” Hutton. The couple invested about $5,000 in the Hercules Mine and became millionaires, soon moving to Spokane to live in the upper crust, according to James Montgomery’s 1974 book Liberated Woman: A Life of May Arkwright Hutton.

May entertained union leaders and famous politicians (even once hosting a dinner for President Teddy Roosevelt), making her the prime Eastern Washington stop for suffragists such as Carrie Chapman Catt, who led the national women’s movement after an elderly Susan B. Anthony stepped down in 1900.

Shortly after moving to Spokane, May told the Spokesman-Review, “I believe in woman suffrage for the reason ‘that taxation without representation is tyranny.’ … That man is not woman’s keeper, and has no more inherent right to think and vote for her than he has to suffer for her crimes. That woman is intellectually, morally, and physically qualified for citizenship.”

While she wouldn’t live to see suffrage get its national day in 1920, May lived to see Washington women get the right to vote in 1910. Shortly after, she went on to be a delegate to the national Democratic convention in 1912.

“The West will lead the East in this reform as it has in many others,” May wrote in another letter, “and I predict the time is not far distant when all American women will be free in all the word implies.” n

GET INVOLVED

Gonzaga University is hosting a series of events focused on women’s rights this year called “19th and Counting.” Some include speeches on influential suffragists, how iconography and fashion have been used over the years, and on March 25 there will be a public parade on campus including characters dressed as suffragists of the past, as well as some modern-day icons. The full slate of events can be found at gonzaga.edu/womenvote.

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THE ARCHITECTURE THAT SHAPED SPOKANE

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hen the Great Fire tore through downtown Spokane in 1889, it created a void in the heart of the city — one that needed to be rebuilt. In the next few decades, that’s exactly what happened.

During that period, driven by famed architect Kirtland Cutter, Spokane would see some of its most iconic structures pop up: The Glover Mansion, Patsy Clark Mansion, Spokane Club, Monroe Street Bridge and, in 1914, the Davenport Hotel. It was a period of tremendous growth that formed the foundation of unique, beautiful buildings that would come to define the city’s look for years to come.

And in the ’20s, Spokane’s busy downtown was poised for more.

To be sure, there was work to do in the early part of the decade.

A 1921 edition of Architect and Engineer magazine says “while a few fine buildings were evidently designed and superintended by trained architects,” that wasn’t always the case. In fact, the magazine says, many “seem to have been put up without the help of any competent architects at all.”

Still, the magazine praised the Davenport Hotel, saying it featured “few if any finer lobbies in America.”

As was the case across the world, the ’20s brought along with it its own style of art deco, which can be seen most strikingly with the construction of the Fox Theater (finished in 1931).

Another historic building, the Chronicle Building — home to the Spokane Daily Chronicle — was finished in the late ’20s as well.

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1920 BY THE NUMBERS

AMERICAN MADE A century ago with “Rhapsody in Blue,” George Gershwin pioneered a sound still celebrated today

SPOKANE COUNTY

141,289

Spokane County population

1,214

Illiterate persons aged 10 years or older

776

African Americans

117,735

native-born whites

22,247

foreign-born whites

551

Native American, Chinese, Japanese and all other races

30,961

Dwellings in Spokane County

16,228

Pigs in Spokane County

1,491

Beehives in Spokane County

KOOTENAI COUNTY

17,878

Kootenai County population

221

Illiterate persons aged 10 years or older

7

African Americans

15,079

native-born whites

2,679

foreign-born whites

113

Native American, Chinese, Japanese and all other races

4,508

Dwellings in Kootenai County

2,737

Pigs in Kootenai County

319

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BY QUINN WELSCH

he short, playful “glissando,” or “glide,” up the scale was meant as a sort of joke by the clarinetist before beginning one of the hurried rehearsals in 1924.

George Gershwin, the classical American composer, wasn’t joking, though. He loved it, and that little bit of improv became the iconic introduction that was billed as “An Experiment in Modern Music,” a combination of classical orchestra and jazz music.

Legend has it that Gershwin’s older brother, Ira, a lyricist himself, was reading the New York Tribune one morning when he came across the note that his younger brother had been commissioned to write a “jazz concerto” ahead of a performance that was scheduled in less than six weeks. All of this was news to George Gershwin, who, at the moment, was buried in a different music project.

Originally titled “American Rhapsody,” Gershwin completed the new piece, albeit hastily, in time for a Feb. 12 premiere in New York. In attendance were the musical heavyweights of the time, Russians Sergei Rachmaninoff and Igor Stravinsky and Austrian Fritz Kreisler, to name a few.

At the last-minute suggestion by his brother, Gershwin changed the name to “Rhapsody in Blue,” in an ode to the paintings of James McNeill Whistler, to reflect the joining of the classical European style and the burgeoning jazz-swing of American music, says Dr. Jody Graves, an EWU professor who will be performing the concerto on March 14 with the Spokane Jazz Orchestra.

“We had a few American composers, but not at the national level like this,” Graves says of the ’20s. “This is where Gershwin plays a huge role here, in establishing not only his name and music, but that Americans were contributing significantly to the music scene.”

In a musical sense, Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” was Americans “claiming our countryhood,” Graves says.

“Bringing the jazz idiom into the light of day on the concert stage, out of those clubs or speakeasies and things like that, that was huge,” she says. “It rattled the cages of all the traditionalists about what a quote-unquote ‘concerto’ was supposed to be, let alone what genre of music you would put on a regular concert stage.”

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he man responsible for commissioning Gershwin to compose “Rhapsody” without his knowledge was the conductor Paul Whiteman, sometimes referred to as “The King of Jazz.” Whiteman was also responsible for helping launch the careers of Spokanites Bing Crosby and his musical partner Al Rinker.

Inspired by Rinker’s older sister, jazz singer Mildred Bailey, Crosby and Rinker decided to give up on the

“high school dances and illicit bathtub-gin-fueled parties” and left Spokane in a Model-T Ford in 1925, according to Washington state history website historylink.org. Through Whiteman, Crosby and Rinker formed a trio with Harry Barris, known as the Rhythm Boys in 1927. Whiteman would also hire Bailey in 1929 “on the spot,” after hearing her perform at a house show, and become “the first national-level orchestra leader to feature a female vocalist — a historic moment that soon caused ‘other dance bands in the copycat fashion of show business’ to add ‘female singers too.’”

Spokane itself wasn’t known for being a thriving jazz hub in the ’20s the same way that Chicago, New Orleans and Kansas City were. But Spokane had a number of music venues. Most notably, there was the Auditorium, formerly at Main and Post, where in 1917 a young Crosby would allegedly decide to become a professional musician. There were other venues too, like the Manito Park Social Club, the Pekin Café, Lareida’s Dance Pavilion and speakeasies like Charlie Dale’s.

Radios were also quickly becoming popular consumer items in the ’20s, and improving kilowattage throughout the country was crucial to the spread of jazz, says Spokane Jazz Orchestra Director Don Goodwin, who’s responsible for arranging the Gershwin tunes for the upcoming show, with the added help of the SJO’s Michael Gerety.

Blues, jazz, ragtime and country musicians were all gaining in popularity around this time, too.

“All of this is happening at the same time and they’re all kind of borrowing from each other and learning from each other as well,” Goodwin says, which is very much in the spirit of “Rhapsody in Blue.” “You can’t overstate how important it was for [Gershwin] and American music and the idea of crossing genres.”

In addition to “Rhapsody in Blue,” Goodwin says the orchestra will also be performing variations of other Gershwin pieces, like “Summertime” and “I Got Rhythm.”

“Conductors are always thinking, ‘How can we make music a more collaborative experience from all walks of life to enjoy?’ In the art form of ‘high art music’ in this sense, there are traditions that I think are continually being stretched and pushed, and Gershwin was one of those,” Graves says. “I think that’s part of what Gershwin would appreciate today: How many people have taken his songs and just gone crazy with them.” n Rhapsody In Blue: The Music of George Gershwin • Sat, March 14 at 7:30 pm • $32/$19 student • Bing Crosby Theater • 901 W. Sprague • 227-7638

THE SILENT YEARS

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t the dawn of the ’20s, the motion picture industry was heading into its second decade, and it made big strides before 1930 rolled around. Here are a few films that show off the stars, styles and obsessions of the 1920s.

THE KID (1921) & SHERLOCK JR. (1924)

Which superstar 1920s comedian was better — Charlie Chaplin or Buster Keaton? It remains the great debate amongst silent cinephiles, but a double feature of Chaplin’s The Kid and Keaton’s Sherlock Jr. might help you pick a side.

SAFETY LAST! (1923)

Another silent-era comedy genius was Harold Lloyd, and he’s best known for this film’s central stunt: Pushed out of a 12th-story window, he dangles from the hands of a giant clock that can barely support his weight. Tom Cruise, eat your heart out.

SUNRISE (1927)

Sometimes called the greatest of all silents, F.W. Murnau’s fable of heartbreak and forgiveness contains the most ingenious visuals of its era, and a fantastical sequence set in a bustling city center shows off the cars and clothes of the time.

WINGS (1927)

The first-ever Best Picture Oscar winner, this WWI melodrama is influential in the realm of spectacle cinema. Its thrilling flying sequences laid the groundwork for all action filmmaking.

IT (1927)

No killer clowns here, just ’20s icon Clara Bow (also the star of Wings) as a working woman fending off men entranced by her je ne sais quoi. Bow became a superstar, and the film helped popularize the term “it girl.”

PANDORA’S BOX (1929) The story of a laissez-faire flapper and her many dalliances scandalized audiences at the time, cementing lead actress Louise Brooks and her distinctive bob haircut as a symbol for an entire era.

THE BROADWAY MELODY (1929)

1927’s The Jazz Singer is the first movie musical, but to avoid that pioneering film’s blackface numbers, check out this one instead. It also features an early use of Technicolor, a true harbinger of the innovations of the ’30s.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER

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OUTDOORS

KICKING

CABIN FEVER How Spokane Parks & Recreation can get you out of the house and into the great outdoors

BY MACIE WHITE

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now appears out of nowhere just as my phone loses service and Google Maps is no longer a reliable source of directions. I miss my turn and have to double back, driving through the snowmobile parking lot toward the Nordic center on Mount Spokane, windshield wipers aggressively clearing the fat flakes from my view.

Parking in front of Selkirk Lodge, I go through my mental checklist: water bottle, backpack, mittens, hat, signed waiver. Somehow, I managed to remember everything the Spokane Parks & Recreation recommends for the Moonlight Snowshoe adventure I’m about to experience.

Spokane Parks & Rec has an impressive list of winter outings, with the “Moonlight Snowshoe Dinner Tour” being one of the most popular according to Ryan Griffith, assistant recreation director.

“Unfortunately, sometimes we have to turn people away,” Griffith says. “They’re tremendously popular.”

Snowshoeing expeditions aren’t the department’s only

Snowshoeing trips are just one option to get outdoors while it’s still cold outside. winter offerings, though. There are a variety of sports programs offered in the winter, as well as art and music programs, cooking courses and more. The city even has a personal interest department, which offers classes like martial arts and yoga. Of course, there’s also a variety of snowy classics like cross-country skiing and snowshoeing tours, oftentimes accompanied by dinner or wine tasting, at both Mount Spokane and 49 Degrees North.

“Winter can be especially challenging for people and Parks is a great place to find something new and get out of the house,” Griffith notes. “Parks programs are great because you don’t have to invest a whole lot.”

He’s right about the parks department being a great way to dip your toes in the water. I walked into Selkirk Lodge with only my winter jacket and snow pants and walked out fully equipped with all the snowshoeing essentials.

Before venturing into the woods, our tour guides Amy Lutz and Josh Crowe give our group a quick

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rundown on how to navigate with snowshoes strapped to our feet and headlights secured to our heads. With that basic knowledge, we’re ready to go.

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his trip is ideal for socialized introverts like me.

There’s plenty of time to hike in silence, admiring the snowy landscape, broken up by easy chatter about the trail, our lives and everyone’s love of the outdoors.

Walking single file, it’s like a game of follow-theleader, wandering up and around the mountain in Crowe’s footsteps. I end up right behind him, pestering him with questions about his job. Crowe has a master’s degree in outdoor recreation and has been working for Spokane Parks & Recreation leading trips for the last three years. He loves all things snow, and he turns out to be a goldmine of information on backcountry skiing and splitboarding in the Spokane area. ...continued on next page

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“I have more gear than I can use,” Crowe admits about his collection of splitboards, the snowboarder’s solution to backcountry outings — basically a snowboard split in two that acts as both a board and skis. I’m jealous.

Crowe is also an avid water sports enthusiast and spends the summer guiding kayaking, canoeing and paddleboarding Parks & Rec trips. Of course, the department offers hikes around Mount Spokane in the warmer months, just without the snow.

If the winter options seem impressive, summer is absolutely killer. There are bike and winery tours in Walla Walla, and whitewater rafting, kayak and coffee tours on the Spokane River, just to name a few.

“Summer is always the busiest time,” Griffith says.

“We try to get out in March and April when the weather’s warming up and people are getting cabin fever.”

Spring programming kicks off with hiking trips around Fish Trap and evolves into summer kayak cave tours around Metaline Falls, where they will lead you through Gardner Cave, a 1,000-foot limestone cavern.

And new trips are constantly in the works it seems, as Griffith talks about a possible huckleberry hike, accompanied with a homemade huckleberry ice cream workshop, in late summer.

“We’re always looking to offer new programs, stay on top of the trends, and always trying to think outside the box with our programming,” Griffith says.

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hile February normally has me jonesing for sunshine and 80 degrees, snowshoeing in the dark is enough to completely drive the desire for summer from my mind.

Crowe points out a trail marker as we hike quietly

through the darkness, illuminating the blue diamond with his headlamp. It sits just a few feet off the ground, stuck to the trunk of an evergreen.

“Hiking in the summer, you have to look up above your head for the trail signs,” he says. According to our guide, the snowpack on Mount Spokane is about 4 feet right now, putting that trail marker almost 8 feet up a tree.

“I inhale deeply, snow and winter greens fill my nose. I fall into a rhythm as my snowshoes carry me toward the lodge.”

Ian Hansen, a fellow snowshoe novice, treks along the side of the trail, venturing into the deeper snow off the beaten path.

“Got to try it all out, see how this all works.”

Hansen is referring to the snowshoes, but his tryanything attitude clearly covers all aspects of life as I soon learn he ran the Boston Marathon not long ago.

“I get the parks department magazine, and when I saw the recent cover I thought ‘That looks awesome,’ so here I am,” Hansen says about the snowshoe tour.

His prediction was accurate, the moonlight snowshoe is awesome.

We stop to catch our breath every so often and our guides fill those times with facts about the mountain.

Crowe and Lutz know Mount Spokane well, and I learn the land was originally staked to be a national park.

Lucky for the Inland Northwest that plan never came

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to fruition; we’ve been spared the hordes of tourists that plague Yellowstone and Yosemite.

The land was saved by a group of women who believed, despite the mountain not being distinct enough for national attention, it should still be protected. Using $40,000 in bake sale profits, they managed to help make Mount Spokane a state park instead.

The park is more than just a mountain, and the history of Mount Spokane goes way beyond the 1920s. The nearly 100 miles of trail that crisscross the mountain today overlap sections of trails sacred to the Spokane Tribe. This land is special, and like so much protected wilderness, you’re transported out of the busyness of everyday life here among the trees and snow.

It’s quiet. So quiet, that when Crowe has us pause for a minute of silence, all you can hear is the falling snow.

When the moment is over we head back down the trail, turning off our headlamps and continuing on in comfortable darkness.

“If you pay attention, you can smell the trees,” someone says behind me.

With that exclamation, it falls silent again.

I inhale deeply, snow and winter greens fill my nose.

I fall into a rhythm — right, left, right, left — completely relaxed as my snowshoes carry me over the snow back toward the lodge where a hearty dinner, hot cocoa and happy conversation awaits. n For more information about Spokane Parks & Recreation programs, visit my.spokanecity.org/recreation/ outdoor.

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CULTURE | DIGEST

A KOONTZSPIRACY Add this one to your list of super-duper-ultra-probablecould-be-maybe-but-likelynot conspiracy theories: The coronavirus was predicted 40 years ago by none other than American suspense author Dean Koontz. In his book The Eyes of Darkness (1981) a similar disease dubbed “Wuhan-400” also strikes in 2020. Coincidence?!?! Probably. The big difference between Koontz’s fictional virus and the coronavirus is that his was 100 percent fatal, according to fact checker Snopes, while the coronavirus is only about 2 percent fatal. But that won’t keep me and other tin-foil wearing truth seekers from digging deeper…

Just who are you, really, Mr. Koontz? (QUINN WELSCH)

Ode to Dead Fashion

BY CHEY SCOTT

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n the rare occasion I find myself at NorthTown Mall, I’m struck with a sense of eeriness at how empty it’s become — both in shops and shoppers. Malls’ heyday arguably ended at least a decade ago, and the “retail apocalypse” continues to bring closures and mass vacancies. In 2019 alone, more than 9,300 U.S. retail locations closed, a 59 percent jump from the year before.

This trend and NorthTown’s dismal vibe got me thinking about when it used to be the place to go on weekends with your girlfriends, especially when I was in middle and high school in the early 2000s. Only a handful of stores we were once loyal to are still there: American Eagle, Claire’s, Hot Topic. I felt it was fair time to pay tribute to a few once-beloved mall brands of the past.

THE BUZZ BIN LIMITED TOO Though it was later rebranded as Justice (which is still open), I’ll always remember this “tween” brand by the cutesy catalogs I’d save in order to recreate models’ outfits and hairstyles, and its ridiculously expensive clothes I could only afford on clearance. My middle school best friend’s closet was packed with Limited Too pieces, and she let me borrow her clothes often. Ironically, after I’d outgrown the brand, I landed my first job as a Limited Too sales associate.

THIS WEEK’S PLAYLIST Some noteworthy new music hits online and in stores Feb. 28. To wit: SOCCER MOMMY, Color Theory. Sophie Allison’s new one sounds like a winning follow-up to her breakthrough Clean.

THE SECRET SISTERS, Saturn Return.

Brandi Carlile produced these Americana aces, right in Carlile’s own WA home studio.

ROBERT CRAY BAND, That’s What I Heard. The Washington blues dude’s new one features a guest spot by Ray “Ghostbusters!” Parker Jr. Weird.

(DAN NAILEN)

BEEF TO BEEF Do you love beef? Do you love dairy? Well, if you aren’t already listening to it, I highly recommend subscribing to the monthly Beef and Dairy Network podcast ASAP. I recently stumbled on the podcast not knowing what to expect, but five minutes into the “Ken Bicton memorial pig run” scandal and I was hooked. Each episode plays like a newscast set in a surrealist bovine-centric world, but the spoof commercials are the icing on the beef. My favorite, however, is a very real advertisement for job seekers at ziprecruiter.com/beef. That’s Zip Recruiter dot com… slash beef.

Slash beef… S L A S H B E E F… (QUINN WELSCH)

F(IGHTING) CANCER When a touring punk band featuring a member credibly accused of sexual assault scheduled a Spokane show, Kelly Fay Vaughn didn’t simply post something on Facebook and move on — she organized a show just a few doors down featuring a bunch of Spokane’s best femalefronted bands, donating the proceeds to the YWCA and the local chapter of the National Organization for Women. Shorter version: Vaughn was a total badass and inspiration for the community. She lost a lengthy battle with cancer over the weekend, and some friends are hosting “F Cancer: A Benefit for Kelly Fay Vaughn,” Sunday 6-10 pm at Jedi Alliance, 2024 E. Boone Ave. $12 bucks gets you unlimited pinball and arcade games, and proceeds will help with Vaughn’s family’s costs. (DAN NAILEN)

WET SEAL This fast-fashion teen brand was across from Payless ShoeSource, and played loud, bumping music as shoppers struggled to reach its unnecessarily high, floor-to-ceiling displays. I was obsessed with a neon, pink and green paisley print miniskirt I got here because of its retro, 1960s look.

RAVE One of the cheapest of the cheap teen brands (sort of like Forever 21 now), Rave was in a corner space by JC Penney. For a middle school pajama dance (before those got banned for being too “suggestive” to prepubescent kids), I purchased some cheap PJ pants that came with a baby-style tee with the word “Angel” on it.

AÉROPOSTALE For a couple Christmases in early high school, my mom let my sister and I pick out all our gifts here during one of the store’s half-off Black Friday sales. Aéropostale was sort of a more affordable version of American Eagle, which has somehow managed to stay alive when all its competitors floundered. I was surprised to learn that Aéro, as we called it, recovered from a 2016 bankruptcy and is still operating; there’s a store at Spokane Valley Mall. n

DRUG WAR PORN In the second season of Narcos: Mexico — the reboot of Netflix’s gritty crime drama series that originally focused on Colombian cocaine traffickers — viewers eager for more of the same won’t be disappointed. The show tracks the rise and fall of Mexican drug trafficker Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo and how his cartel established Mexico as a coveted smuggling route for Americanbound narcotics. It’s a familiar story arc that is still more concerned with the drugs and the violence than anything else. But with nods towards future seasons depicting the reign of a more contemporary and well-known Mexican drug kingpin, Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, we’re all bound to keep watching. (JOSH KELETY)

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CULTURE | THEATER

Space Exploration

Aubree Peterson (front) as Sally Bowles and Mathias Oliver as the emcee in Spokane Civic’s Cabaret.

The Civic’s studio production of Cabaret seats its audience right at the tables of the Kit Kat Klub

BY E.J. IANNELLI

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he Firth J. Chew studio in the lower level of the Spokane Civic Theatre has always been a small space with big possibilities. Over the years its interior has been rearranged for performances that faced north and east, for stages in a three-sided thrust format or in the round, and for players entering and exiting from every direction.

The different physical configurations have allowed audiences to experience familiar productions in novel ways. They’ve also allowed directors, actors and set designers to approach shows from unconventional angles.

Quite literally.

A new production of Cabaret directed by Heather McHenry-Kroetch is continuing the studio’s tradition of spatial exploration by redrawing the usual boundaries between the action and the audience.

“Denny Pham designed the set after we’d had a couple conversations about how we could open it up,” she says. “It’s going to be really interesting. It’s never been set up like this before. The [seating] risers are all gone. It’s all cocktail tables, and the audience is seated at the tables.”

Without doing anything more than taking their seats, Cabaret’s theatergoers will become the patrons of the musical’s Kit Kat Klub, complete with its own purpose-built stage, catwalk and live band. The show, which is more broadly set in 1930s Berlin during the insidious rise of Nazism, will more or less envelop them.

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“Some things will be happening right in front of you, and some things will be happening behind you, and some things will be happening up above to your right. It’s very immersive. You have an opportunity to really feel the atmosphere.”

That same immediacy and intimacy opened up new opportunities for the cast and creative team. With a show like Cabaret, it can sometimes be difficult to escape the shadow of the show’s many Broadway revivals or the 1972 film version directed by dance legend Bob Fosse.

But in shrinking the traditional buffer between performer and spectator, the set design has invited the choreographers to reimagine the characters’ movements and the actors to make “different choices,” says McHenry-Kroetch.

“I can’t tell you how cool it is to be able to work on it and discover things about it. I think most of the extra challenges in this are because none of us have ever worked in this space the way it is right now. It changes everything. It changes sound configuration, lighting configurations and costumes. It changes hair and makeup because you’ll be right next to people.”

In the leading role of Sally Bowles, an ex-pat cabaret singer at the Kit Kat, is Aubree Peterson. Bowles falls in love with the American writer Cliff (Joshua Baig), but neither their relationship nor their circle of friends is immune to the growing social and political unrest.

Though she’s no stranger to the local stage, Peterson says that this Cabaret is new territory for her, too.

“It’s the scariest thing I’ve ever done in my life.

When we’re out on the stage, we could reach out and touch somebody,” she says. That proximity creates an uncommon sense of vulnerability — for actors and audience members alike.

“It’s very raw. I think it allows for people to relate to the characters more because they’re so involved in the show,” Peterson says. “But being that close to some of the characters can also break your heart. And with Cabaret being such a huge dance show, you expect it to be a large space — which we don’t have — for a lot of dancers to do a lot of things. So it’s making the choreography really tight.”

There are, however, core components of Cabaret that stay the same across venues and versions. This production, based on the 1998 Broadway revival, will naturally still feature the emcee (played here by Mathias Oliver), a group of bawdy Kit Kat girls and boys, and earworms like “Two Ladies” and “Willkommen.” The strains of hedonism, prejudice, fatalism, willful ignorance, fear and Gleichschaltung (the process of Nazification in Hitler’s Germany) that flow through its narrative have a timelessness — and timeliness — as well.

From McHenry-Kroetch’s perspective, those strains were best left to speak for themselves. Very early on she decided not to go searching for any contemporary parallels and chose to concentrate instead on Cabaret’s universal themes and character-driven plot.

“I don’t think there’s really anything you have to add or subtract or highlight to make this seem relevant. The story is powerful even if it was just an historical statement,” she says.

“It’s really about, do you act out of fear? Do you become apathetic? Do you take a stand for something?

Do you live your life passionately? As the cast and crew and I go through it, it all has something we can identify with.” n Cabaret • Feb. 28-Mar. 22; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm • $25 • Spokane Civic Theatre • 1020 N. Howard St. • spokanecivictheatre.com • 325-2507

MaK Bread owners Krystle (middle) and Matt Toman at the Lumberbeard Winter Markets.

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FARMERS MARKETS

BEYOND SUMMER Organizers in Spokane and North Idaho hope to make farmers-market season a year-round thing

BY CARRIE SCOZZARO

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lthough Happy Mountain Mushrooms’ website refers to itself as a “cultivator” versus “farmer,” the local grower faces challenges similar to other regional food growers that rely on farmers markets to sell their goods: What to do in the “off” season?

“People kept asking us where they can get mushrooms when the market closes [in the fall],” says Krysta Froberg, who started the Spokane-based company with partner Tanner McKinlay last spring.

Although Happy Mountain Mushrooms participated in pop-up market events like the Sober Sunday Winter Market hosted by Slate Creek Brewing last November (before the brewery permanently closed), Froberg hadn’t found any reliable opportunities to proffer their lion’s mane, shitake, chestnut, oyster and other mushroom varieties.

The recent opening of Lumberbeard Brewing Co. (25 E. Third Ave.) in downtown Spokane, where McKinlay is also a brewer, however, presented an opportunity. Noticing a trend among other local breweries hosting community-building and pop-up events like beer yoga, Froberg approached Lumberbeard about starting a market.

The brewery was all in. The first “Winter Markets at Lumberbeard” event was held Feb. 23, with subse-

quent events scheduled every other Sunday from 2-4 pm through May. “We created Winter Markets as a way to support other local businesses and provide an opportunity for [residents] of the area to gather and spend time together,” says Lumberbeard co-owner Hannah Gordon, who opened the brewery with her husband Bret Gordon.

Those who attend can walk around and shop with a beer in hand and have some food (or bring their own), while vendors can focus on customers.

Froberg called numerous local vendors she met while selling at summer markets to sign on to the modest 10-booth market, many of them ambitious and creative 20- and 30-somethings like herself, including Lucid Roots and MaK Bread, both from Idaho. Spokane-based Well Grown Farms’ microgreens, Spangle’s Browning Beef and a few rotating artisan vendors have also signed on for the biweekly market slated to end when other spring/summer markets kick off for the year.

That’s when Froberg hopes to participate in another Spokane market startup. The newly restored Wonder Building recently put out an application call for its new Wonder Saturday Market (wondersaturdaymarket. com). The plan, says organizer Kim Deater, is to host the

indoor market every Saturday from 12-4 pm, from May through October.

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n North Idaho, two farmers markets have been ongoing through the winter, with another launching recently.

In Plummer, the One Sky/One Earth Coalition has hosted several monthly markets at the Marimn Wellness Center (1100 A St.) since last fall. The final event of the season is March 4, from 4-6 pm, and includes vendors of home decor, toys, canned goods, baked items and more, says market organizer and University of Idaho Extension Educator Shaina Nomee.

In the summer, Moscow’s regular farmers market is a sight to behold, covering several city blocks. After it closes in October the Heart of the Arts market kicks in, running on Saturdays, from 10 am-2 pm, from November through March at the city’s 1912 Center (412 E. Third St.). Currently celebrating its fifth season, the market features produce from regional vendors, including Royal City, Washington-based Tonnemaker Hill orchard and farm, Gourmet Foragables of Spokane, and Brush Creek Creamery of Deary, Idaho. ...continued on next page

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Further north in Sagle, the Only Local Farmers Market (464138 Highway 95; facebook.com/onlylocalcocolalla) took over a handsome, two-story barn last year to start an ambitious year-round market with the vibe of a country store. Open daily, Only Local offers a variety of goods from more than 70 regional vendors, according to owner Thomas Fletcher.

The market carries a small cadre of crafters — soaps, jewelry, textiles — and a larger cache of nonperishables, like lard and stone-ground flour from Bonners Ferry-based Farm to Market Grains, as well as hearty, coldENTRÉE weather crops from vendors Get the scoop on local like Homestead Produce, also food news with our weekly in Bonners Ferry. In the cold Entrée newsletter. Sign up case, look for conventional at Inlander.com/newsletter. items like eggs, cheese and grass-fed beef from Cocolalla’s Heritage Farms, but also surprises like ground yak and the always-welcome splash of green by way of McKerracher Family Farms’ microgreens, herbs and other leafy goodies.

Situated on a well-traveled portion of Highway 95 with distinct signage bearing a green tractor, Only Local isn’t hard to spot, providing those whizzing by know to be on the lookout for this unexpected venture looking to promote the panhandle’s bounty.

When it comes to an increase in farmers markets across the Inland Northwest, Spokane mushroom grower Froberg sees both sides of the dilemma: If there were more markets, there are definitely enough farmers who’d be able to support them, and if there were more farmers there might be more markets. That’s what makes the new collaboration with Lumberbeard a win-win, she says.

The same might be said for all the markets working to extend the selling season beyond summer. n

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Restaurant Week Winners Some highlights and favorite dishes so far during Inlander Restaurant Week 2020

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s most of you are reading this, there are only a few days left to explore some of the three-course menus offered this year for Inlander Restaurant Week. Hopefully you’ve had a chance to visit a local establishment or two already, but if you need some inspiration for the final nights, here are some staff recaps.

COCHINITO TAQUERIA ($22)

10 N. Post St., 474-9618 Walk-ins only; menu available daily from 11 am to close This first-time participant is one of a handful of counter-service spots that joined Restaurant Week in 2020 as the event continues adapting to changes in the industry. Opened two years ago

by Justin Curtis and chef Travis Dickinson, Cochinito is known for using fine dining techniques to create Latin-influenced flavors and dishes, from tacos to ceviche. Restaurant Week offers a chance to sample a wide range of Cochinito’s menu, especially if you pick the three-taco option for your second course, which includes any three tacos on the restaurant’s menu, from its melt-inyour-mouth 20-hour carne asada or fried maitake mushroom, to slow-poached octopus or duck confit. For dessert, the churros, with chocolate or caramel sauce to dip into, are perfect for sharing.

(CHEY SCOTT)

TABLE 13 ($33)

334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd., 598-4300 Reservations recommended; menu available daily from 5-9 pm This Davenport Grand restaurant is showcasing some bright citrus options this year. On Monday, we tried the burrata and beets (actually an arugula salad with some small pieces of burrata, beets and heirloom tomatoes) and the grapefruit salad, which was a surprisingly refreshing way to start the meal. The scallops were well-seasoned and buttery soft after just kissing the pan, and the lemon-tarragon risotto almost outshined its main star. The caramel chocolate rolo dome was a decadent

sweet finish, but if you want a perfectly balanced tart, sweet, salty dessert, go for the blood orange cheesecake. (SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL)

THE BLUEBIRD ($33)

816 N. Fourth St., Coeur d’Alene, 208-665-3777 Reservations recommended; menu served from 4 pm to close Owners Autumn and Viljo Basso opened this bistro in the heart of Midtown Coeur d’Alene in spring 2016; it’s since become a popular spot for its seasonally and globally inspired menu. Bluebird’s Restaurant Week menu offers a snapshot of what the eatery does best. For course one, my guest and I ordered the scallops (two, with a small green salad) and chicken liver pâté; both rich in flavor and perfectly presented. We chose the salmon and duck confit for our main courses.

The salmon, served over a savory bed of white beans, carrots, onion, celery and wilted romaine, and topped with mint pesto and green onion, is one of the best preparations I’ve ever had — perfectly seared on the outside and juicy inside.

The duck leg confit was a rich and comforting dish, with Brussels sprouts, potato hash and pork belly. (CHEY SCOTT)

RÜT BAR & KITCHEN ($22)

901 W. 14th Ave., 241-3165 Walk-ins only; menu available daily from 5-9 pm This all-vegan gastropub is experiencing Restaurant Week for the first time, and it’s safe to say many diners are experiencing Rüt’s incredibly flavorful menu for the first time, too. On Monday, the place was hopping, but the service remained great and the food arrived quickly and looking beautiful. Featuring primarily dishes one can find on their regular menu, Rüt offers everything from Mexican, Asian and German-inspired dishes to good ol’ American comfort food. The bratwurst bowl, made with a Beyond Meat sausage, was a highlight, thanks in large part to the accompanying warm potato salad. The kung pao cauliflower bowl packed pleasing heat, with perfect broccolini and cooling pickled cucumber on the side. The crispy Brussels sprouts are a must-get first course, but bring a friend so you can also enjoy the Buffalo or Thai ginger wings. (DAN NAILEN)

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his year’s Oscars broadcast had a notably international flair (at least more so than in the past), and you can continue indulging that adventurous cinematic spirit at the upcoming Spokane International Film Festival. Starting this Friday, SpIFF 2020 will showcase dozens of features and shorts — documentaries, dramas, comedies and animation — from all over the world, including some from right in our own backyard.

Below is a rundown of the features you can see over the next week; all screenings are at the Magic Lantern Theater unless otherwise noted. For a full schedule of films, including short film programs, visit spokanefilmfestival.org.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER

FEB. 28 AT 7 PM

QUIET EXPLOSIONS: HEALING THE BRAIN (U.S.)

Genre: Documentary Athletes and veterans, including longtime Spokane resident and Super Bowl champion Mark Rypien, speak about the process of recovering from traumatic brain injuries. The festival’s opening night gala is at the Garland Theater and will also showcase the Best of the Northwest shorts program. (NW)

FEB. 29 AT 11:30 AM

BAMBOO & BARBED WIRE (U.S.)

Genre: Documentary Docs about criminal justice and racial inequality don’t typically center on the Inland Northwest, but Karen Day’s film does. It follows 17-year-old Syrian refugee Minidoka as she attempts to make a life for herself in Idaho and demonstrates just how far systemic racism reaches. (ISAAC HANDELMAN)

Anne Innis Dagg, whose studies of South African wildlife paved the way for Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey. (NW)

FEB. 29 AT 3 PM

EAGLE BOY (U.S.)

Genre: Documentary Every summer in Omak, Washington, equestrian enthusiasts gather for the Suicide Race, so called for a particular 70-meter downhill stretch that sits at a comfortable 62-percent grade. (IH)

FEB. 29 AT 3:30 PM

THE WOLF HOUSE (CHILE)

Genre: Animation An abstract fairy tale told through stop motion animation, with papier-mache figures and wall paintings telling a Red Riding Hoodtype story. A mixed media art project that took five years to make.

(NW)

FEB. 29 AT 1:30 PM

FEB. 29 AT 5 PM

Genre: Documentary A portrait of pioneering zoologist, animal activist and feminist icon

Genre: Comedy In the great tradition of educational dramedies, an English

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BOOK WEEK (AUSTRALIA)

teacher’s professional confidence is thrown into jeopardy after a publisher passes on his novel… opting instead to publish one of his student’s works. (IH)

FEB. 29 AT 5:30 PM

SONG LANG (VIETNAM)

Genre: Drama This romantic/historical drama chronicles the budding relationship between two men, a debt collector and an opera performer, against the tumultuous backdrop of 1990s Saigon. (IH)

FEB. 29 AT 7:30 PM

BALLOON (GERMANY)

Genre: Drama In Michael Herbig’s historical drama, a pair of families attempt to flee East Germany during the height of the Cold War. The catch?

Their chosen transportation is a hot air balloon. (IH)

MARCH 1 AT NOON

BIAS (U.S.)

Genre: Documentary This plainly titled documentary makes no attempt to hide what it is: An exploration of the implicit biases that govern our society. In a world dominated by divisiveness, a confrontation of our deepseated, subconscious beliefs should prove worthwhile. (IH)

MARCH 1 AT 3:30 PM

MARONA’S FANTASTIC TALE (FRANCE)

Genre: Animation If you’ve got room in your heart for another big-screen canine, this French animated offering about a cute dog passing from owner to owner begs for your attention. (IH)

MARCH 1 AT 5 PM

CLIMBING BLIND (U.K.)

Genre: Documentary Climber Jesse Dufton may not go ropeless a la Free Solo’s Alex Honnold, but there’s a different kind of edge to Dufton’s hobby: he’s blind. This British film tracks his ascent up Old Man Hoy, a famous Scottish climbing destination.

(IH)

MARCH 1 AT 5:30 PM

STITCHES (SERBIA)

Genre: Drama This fact-based drama centers on a Serbian seamstress’ steadfast search for the child she believes was taken from her at birth, more than 20 years prior to the film’s events. (IH)

MARCH 1 AT 7:30 PM

SAINT FRANCES (U.S.)

Genre: Drama Carrying on the proud tradition of films about disgruntled adults softened by adorable children, Alex Thompson’s family drama follows a reluctant nanny whose personal life gets even more complicated thanks to the spunky titular child. (IH)

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CHANGING THE GAME (U.S.)

Genre: Documentary Michael Barnett’s critically acclaimed documentary chronicles the trials and tribulations faced by transgender high school athletes. The feature will be paired with a program of shorts concerned with LGBTQ themes. (IH)

MARCH 3 AT 6:15 PM

BURGERS, FRIES & FAMILY TIES (U.S.)

Genre: Documentary Since Richwine’s Burgerville opened in 1962, the family-owned fast food stand in Polson, Montana, is still running in its original location and headed by the daughter of the original owners. Meet the people behind its delicious patties. At Movie & Dinner in Airway Heights. (IH)

MARCH 3 AT 7:30 PM

BUILDING THE AMERICAN DREAM (U.S.)

Genre: Documentary Filmmaker Chelsea Hernandez spotlights the Latinx immigrants at the core of America’s construction industry, which is sure to prod at important and uncomfortable issues surrounding the country’s poor treatment of, and extreme dependence on, immigrant families. (IH)

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MARCH 4 AT 7:30 PM

STORIES OF US AND THE HIDDEN HOMELESS (U.S.)

Genre: Documentary A pair of short-form documentaries focused on homelessness: Stories of Us is set in a Seattle homeless camp preparing for winter, while The Hidden Homeless profiles homeless families living in Spokane. (NW)

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MARCH 5 AT 7:30 PM

CHINA LOVE (AUSTRALIA)

Genre: Documentary Director Olivia Martin-McGuire’s film begins as a peek behind the curtain of China’s pre-wedding photo industry, but it also explores the country’s increasingly capitalist economy and its strict expectations when it comes to matrimony. (NW)

MARCH 6 AT 7 PM

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SUPER FRENCHIE (U.S.)

Genre: Documentary SpIFF closes with this white-knuckle portrait of professional daredevil Matthias Giraud, who becomes one of the world’s preeminent BASE jumpers. But the birth of his son and a shocking accident change his priorities. (NW) n Tickets for individual screenings are available at spokanefilmfestival.org. Passes for the opening night gala are $15; general admission for most screenings is $12, and matinee screenings cost $10.

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OPENING FILMS THE INVISIBLE MAN

H.G. Wells’ classic story gets a maniacal twist, as Elisabeth Moss is menaced by her malicious ex-boyfriend, who has faked his death and taken an invisibility serum. (NW) Rated R

MY HERO ACADEMIA: HEROES RISING

The popular anime series gets a second film spin-off, with a precocious gang of teenage superheroes facing an allpowerful villain called Nine. (NW) Rated PG-13

SEBERG

A portrait of actress Jean Seberg, played here by Kristen Stewart, that focuses on the period when the FBI was investigating her involvement with the Black Panthers in the 1960s. (NW) Rated R

The Invisible Man

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

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. A decent action-comedy that could spawn a new franchise. (NW) Rated R

BRAHMS: THE BOY II

Remember the 2016 horror film The Boy? No? Well, the creepy porcelain doll from that movie is back again anyway, menacing another dumb family. (NW) Rated PG-13

BIRDS OF PREY

Margot Robbie returns as Harley Quinn in her own Suicide Squad spinoff, and it’s a step up, a colorful and violent neonoir involving a teenage pickpocket, a diamond and Ewan McGregor’s delightfully scummy kingpin. (NW) Rated R

CALL OF THE WILD

Jack London’s classic is nicely translated into a rousing, old-fashioned family adventure, starring a gruff Harrison Ford and his CGI dog friend. Even snarky adults will be won over. (MJ) Rated PG

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

DOWNHILL

An unnecessary remake of the brilliant

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Swedish film Force Majeure, starring Will Ferrel and Julia Louis-Dreyfuss as a couple forced to reassess their marriage after avoiding a natural disaster. (NW) Rated R

FANTASY ISLAND

Want four or five wildly different movies for the price of one? Take this tacky horror spin on the ’70s TV show about a tropical paradise that fulfills its guest’s deepest desires. (NW) Rated PG-13

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

GRETEL & HANSEL

The fairy tale gets a modernist horror twist by director Oz Perkins, as two hungry orphans are taken in by a seemingly friendly old woman after getting lost in the woods. (NW) 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 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

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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

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

THE LODGE

Implausible doesn’t begin to describe this thudding thriller, in which a troubled woman is isolated in a cabin alongside her fiance’s kids and some pesky supernatural forces. (MJ) Rated R

PARASITE

Satire, slapstick and secrecy collide in Bong Joon-ho’s twisty, Oscar-winning contraption about a poor South Ko-

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THE PHOTOGRAPH

A relationship from the past merges with one from the present in this intelligent Nicholas Sparks-esque romance starring the effortlessly charming Issa Rae and Lakeith Stanfield. (NW) Rated PG-13

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG

Kids should get a kick out of the first movie featuring Sega’s speedy blue rodent, who gets stuck on Earth and is hunted by government scientists led by Jim Carrey’s insane Dr. Robotnik. (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 n

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ven though it’s nonfiction, the documentary Super Frenchie follows the arc of a riveting sports drama. We meet a man whose greatest passion is insanely dangerous, and we watch as he’s forced to choose between a life of risk and one of domesticity.

“Everybody has a story,” says the film’s director, Chase Ogden, “but not everybody has a story this wild and intense.”

It’s the first feature directed by Ogden, a professor at Eastern Washington University and a former director of the Spokane International Film Festival, and it closes out this year’s SpIFF with a screening on March 6. The film focuses on the gravity-defying exploits of professional daredevil Matthias Giraud, whose primary vice is BASE jumping, an extreme sport in which you leap from a high place, free-fall for a bit and then activate a parachute. Acrophobes need not apply.

Giraud seems to be moving up the ranks within the BASE community, but then there’s a crash just days before his son is born, and it forces him to reassess his priorities. This trajectory will no doubt inspire comparisons to 2018’s Oscar-winning doc Free Solo: Both films are about men whose very obsessions could kill them, and both feature harrowing footage that might have you digging your fingernails into your palms.

Ogden was a producer for KXLY when he first met Giraud in 2008, who was living in Spokane while his wife attended Eastern Washington University. After filming a segment where Giraud jumped from Mount Hood, Ogden thought there was more to his story. They kept checking in with each other and collecting footage of Giraud’s exploits, and Ogden decided to start putting a film together in 2011.

Super Frenchie closes SpIFF on Fri, March 6 at 7:30 pm at the Magic Lantern Theater. Ogden will participate in an audience Q&A following the screening. Tickets are $12, available at spokanefilmfestival.org.

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The movie that followed was nearly a decade in the making, and in that time Ogden accrued about 350 hours of footage from more than a dozen sources. A lot of Super Frenchie’s most gripping shots come from Giraud’s and friends’ GoPro cameras, but Ogden and his small crew were at several of the craziest jumps you see in the film.

“It’s way different in person than it is on film,” Ogden says from Montana, where Super Frenchie screened at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. “It’s a lot more terrifying. There’s a chance your friend could die in front of you, with your cameras rolling.”

As he was putting the film together, Ogden says he wasn’t sure when he should stick a pin in it. Following Giraud’s 2013 accident, he had found a compelling dramatic structure, but he still didn’t have a satisfying ending.

“I could only move at the speed of life,” he says.

Without giving anything anyway, Super Frenchie does, indeed, have a third act resolution. But it’s more than just an epilogue to this particular narrative: It’s also the final chapter of a filmmaking saga that began more than a decade ago.

“It’s been in the background percolating for two-thirds of my career,” Ogden says. “It requires patience and persistence. Over the course of 10 years, there have been times where I thought, ‘I’m done with this.’ But I felt like there was more story, I just had to wait for it. You have to stay diligent and motivated.”

So how does Giraud feel about festival-goers peering into his life?

“He’s seen it many times and has seen it with a couple audiences now,” Ogden says. “It’s hard to see yourself on camera, so no matter how accurate it is to him, there are still some parts I think he wishes were a little more sugar-coated.

But he really likes watching it with people and hearing the audience react to it. You hear these open-mouthed gasps.” n

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Gravity is defied in the locally produced documentary Super Frenchie, SpIFF’s closing night film

Matthias Giraud skis right off a peak in Super Frenchie.

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n the realm of musical supergroups, Cream is generally considered to be the first — and one of the best. The trio of drummer Ginger Baker, bassist Jack Bruce and guitarist Eric Clapton successfully fused psychedelia with blues-rock over the course of a couple years and four albums, and they remain a major influence on rock despite their short lifespan.

So it makes sense that they’d eventually inspire a tribute act, but the currently touring Music of Cream isn’t a mere cover band. In fact, it’s something of a supergroup itself: It features Kofi Baker, son of Ginger, on the drums, while guitar duties are taken by Will Johns, whose father Andy Johns engineered albums by the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin. His uncle also happens to be Eric Clapton.

Baker and Johns got together as the Music of Cream in 2017, and they first toured the states the following year. They were originally teamed with Glenn Hughes of Deep Purple and renowned blues guitar-

MUSIC | MIXTAPE ist Robben Ford — “They wanted to hedge their bets and be sure they sold tickets, because we were kind of unknown,” Will Johns tells the Inlander — but the rock ’n’ roll relatives have since become the headliners and play alongside musicians Sean McNabb and Chris Shutters.

The quartet performs all of those great Cream songs — “Sunshine of Your Love,” “Badge,” “I Feel Free,” “Strange Brew,” “White Room,” “Crossroads” — and more. It’s the logical conclusion from Johns’ adolescence, when he taught himself guitar while listening to the greatest-hits compilation The Cream of Clapton on his Discman over and over again.

“It all seems like a dream. It was the highlight of my career, albeit under somewhat sad circumstances.”

“We’re all really, really excited about this tour,” Johns says over the phone as he walks down Seventh Avenue in New York City. “We just can’t wait to get out there and rock the audiences and give them what they need.”

Just a few days prior, Johns and Baker had performed as part of a star-studded, Clapton-hosted tribute to Ginger Baker, who died in October. The event also featured (among others) the Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood, Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters, and Steve Winwood, and Johns is still buzzing from the experience.

“It all seems like a dream,” Johns says. “It was the highlight of my career, albeit under somewhat sad circumstances.”

At the same time, he says, the concert had a loose, inviting feel, even if he and Baker were rubbing elbows with artists that influenced their own styles of playing.

“Having the kind of life that both Kofi and I have had, we’re not easily impressed by people by how big a star they are,” Johns says. “We’re more MORE EVENTS impressed by how they Visit Inlander.com for are as a person. And complete listings of everybody involved in local events. that concert, they’re really good human beings. There wasn’t any sort of opportunity to be completely starstruck, although it was slightly nerve-wracking to play with people like Eric on that level.

“I didn’t want to mess it up. But I didn’t. And at the concert, I found I was less nervous than I thought that I might have been. It all just seemed very natural.”

The band’s upcoming Spokane show will feature two separate sets of songs: The first will be a front-to-back performance of Cream’s great 1967 album Disraeli Gears, and the second is a collection of other Cream hits mixed in with songs from Blind Faith, another Clapton-Baker project, and Clapton’s solo career. The music is complemented by “psychedelic imagery with a contemporary slant,” Johns says, mixed with photos and video from their own archives.

It’s obviously a personal endeavor, because not only is the show a tribute to Johns’ and Baker’s late relatives and family friends, it’s a way of keeping their music alive.

“We’ve been lucky in that we’ve been able to interpret the music our way. We’re not like copycat guys,” Johns says. “That’s been a freedom within playing this music. As it’s progressed, it has become not a responsibility or a burden but definitely a legacy to continue. And obviously we’ve proved that we’re the guys to do it.” n The Music of Cream • Wed, March 4 at 8 pm • $29.50-$48.50 • All ages • Bing Crosby Theater • 901 W. Sprague • bingcrosbytheater.com • 227-7638

Local singer-songwriter Eliza Johnson performing her now-viral tune “Sardines.”

Spokane Idol

Local songwriter hits American Idol, Peart remembered, and an extra day of music

BY NATHAN WEINBENDER

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ack in November, we wrote about local singersongwriter Eliza Johnson’s musical project Eliza Catastrophe and her new album You, which she released on preloaded MP3 players. One thing we weren’t able to mention in our interview — for contractual reasons — is that she had only a couple months prior auditioned for American Idol, and her performance finally aired on the ABC reality competition show Sunday night.

Idol producers first visited Spokane back in September, which is when Johnson was selected to head to L.A. to audition for the show’s judges — Lionel Richie, Katy Perry and Luke Bryan — on camera a few weeks later.

On Sunday’s episode, Johnson, appearing under her Eliza Catastrophe moniker, performed her original song “Sardines” — among the gifts she brought the judges were actual tins of sardines, much to Perry’s chagrin — a catchy ode to the tinned fish that’s sung partly in French.

As far as moving on to the next stage of the competition, all three judges gave Johnson a “no.” But their criticisms weren’t entirely negative, and Bryan seemed most enthusiastic about the performance, noting that the song would undoubtedly be stuck in his head.

“I don’t know where this... fits, not that you’re not entertaining,” Richie says in a clip of Johnson’s audition that’s available on YouTube.

“You make us laugh,” Perry adds, “and it’s super unusual. It is weird. I’m weird, too, just a different kind of weird.”

“Would you ever want to hang out socially?”

Johnson retorts, and she’s met with silence.

If you’ve ever seen Johnson live, you’ll know that this kind of deadpan self-deprecation is totally her style, and it continues into her post-audition interview: “Maybe Katy Perry will be opening for me someday,” she tells the camera.

Following the airing of the episode, the American Idol YouTube channel shared a singalong version of “Sardines” with a follow-the-bouncing-fish lyrical scrawl at the bottom, which has, as of press time, been viewed nearly 270,000 times. (Johnson tells the Inlander there’s actually a typo in the lyrical captions: She’s singing “pesca,” not “Pescal.” Make note.)

Despite the judges’ somewhat perplexed reception, most of the user responses on the YouTube video of Johnson’s audition are overwhelmingly positive.

The top-voted comment, in all caps: “SARDINES IS KINDA A BOP THO.”

PREMIUM RUSH

Prog-rock fans came together to mourn the death of Rush drummer Neil Peart last month, and what better way to pay tribute to a legend than a concert celebrating the music he left behind? On Saturday night, the Bigfoot Pub (9115 N. Division) is hosting a tribute to the late rock icon, featuring performances from Jacob VanKnowe alongside local tribute act Piper’s Rush. Luxuriate in those time signaturetwisting melodies, powerhouse vocals and, of course, killer drum breaks.

TAKE THE LEAP

It’s no secret that 2020 is a leap year, which affords us an extra day in February, and we suggest you spend it listening to some great local music: Allow us to recommend a couple downtown concerts this weekend that are specifically taking advantage of the rare Feb. 29, aka Leap Day. First up, a trio of local hard rock bands are hitting the stage at the Big Dipper: Civiliance, Old Friends and Gotu Gotu are all relatively new to the Spokane scene, but they’re already making names for themselves. Admission is just $8. Berserk, meanwhile, is hosting three Spokane punk bands — Sentient Divide, Greying and Headless/Heartless — to help get your thrashin’ on. n

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BLUES TOMMY CASTRO & THE PAINKILLERS

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rowing up in San Jose, it was inevitable that the touring musicians coming through the Bay Area would have an effect on guitarist Tommy Castro. Blues-rock was his sweet spot, but soon enough the soulful sounds of Tina Turner and Janis Joplin started working their way into Castro’s own style. Decades later, Castro leads a rocking quartet, the Painkillers, that joyfully leans into blues, rock and soul, and they’re up for Band and Album of the Year at this spring’s Blues Music Awards.

— DAN NAILEN Tommy Castro & the Painkillers with Jesse Weston Band • Wed, March 4 at 6 pm • $24 • Bridge Press Cellars • 39 W. Pacific Ave. • bridgepresscellars.com • 838-7815

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Thursday, 02/27

A&P’S BAR AND GRILL, Open Mic BERSERK, Vinyl Meltdown BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn BOOMERS CLASSIC ROCK BAR & GRILL, Tin Cup Monkey J BOOTS BAKERY & LOUNGE, The Song Project BRIDGE PRESS CELLARS, Sara Brown J BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB, Open Jazz Jam CRUISERS, Open Jam Night J J KNITTING FACTORY, Alter Bridge, Clint Lowery, Deepfall J LAGUNA CAFÉ, Just Plain Darin LION’S LAIR, Karaoke LUCKY YOU LOUNGE, Light in Mirrors, Enamity, Ten Speed Pile Up THE MONROE ROOM, Brent Edstrom Trio feat. Carl Allen MOON TIME, Kori Ailene MOOSE LOUNGE, Country Night with Last Chance Band J MOUNTAIN LAKES BREWING CO., Okay, Honey MY PLACE BAR & GRILL, DJ Dave NIGHTHAWK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), Pat Simmons THE NYC PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos NYNE, DJ Storme J THE PIN, Bored with Fire, Those Damn Kids THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos feat. Christan Raxter & Steve Ridler THE ROCK BAR & LOUNGE, The Rock Jam Series ZOLA, Blake Braley Band

Friday, 02/28

ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS, Craig Catlett Quartet J BABY BAR, Clarko, Balonely BARLOWS AT LIBERTY LAKE, The Kevin Shay Band BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn J THE BIG DIPPER, Children of Atom, Casket Key, Twin Void, Hobo Hangout

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ELECTRONIC HIPPIE SABOTAGE

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evin and Jeff Saurer, the brother duo behind Hippie Sabotage, have been mixing music and creating beats together since they were 12. Categorized as both indie and EDM, Hippie Sabotage is most popular for their remix of Tove Lo’s “Habits (Stay High),” and their song “Devil Eyes” blew up on Tik Tok. Having headlined music festivals like Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo and Electric Zoo, and recently dropping the single “Wrong Time,” the talented brothers are bringing their electronic, hip-hop and indie blend to Spokane.

— MACIE WHITE Hippie Sabotage with Ilo Ilo • Tue, March 3 at 9 pm • $29.50 • All ages • Knitting Factory • 919 W. Sprague Ave • sp.knittingfactory.com • 244-3279 BIGFOOT PUB, Gavin James BOLO’S BAR & GRILL, Kosta La Vista BRIDGE PRESS CELLARS, Last Chance Band J BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB, Open Jazz Jam CHINOOK STEAK, PASTA AND SPIRITS (CDA CASINO), Kicho THE COEUR D’ALENE RESORT, JamShack CORBY’S BAR, Karaoke COSMIC COWBOY GRILL (SPOKANE), Ron Greene CRUISERS, Karaoke with Gary CURLEY’S, Tuck Foster & The Tumbling Dice THE FISCHIN’ HOLE SALOON, Sidetrack GOODTYMES BAR & GRILL, Alive and Kicking J HEARTWOOD CENTER, Dodgy Mountain Men with the Brendan Kelty Trio THE HIDDEN MOTHER BREWERY, Dave DeVeau IDAHO POUR AUTHORITY, Ron Kieper Jazz Trio J IRON GOAT BREWING CO., Miller’s Sun

THE JACKSON ST. BAR, Rock Candy JOHN’S ALLEY, Mother Yeti, Sultry Swines, Help Yourself, Willy Jay Tracy J KNITTING FACTORY, Jordan Davis, Hailey Whitters LUCKY YOU LOUNGE, DJ ROSETHROW MATCHWOOD BREWING CO., Colby Acuff MAX AT MIRABEAU, DA & The Blue Notes MY PLACE BAR & GRILL, DJ Dave NASHVILLE NORTH, Ladies Night with Luke Jaxon and DJ Tom NIGHTHAWK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), Royale THE NYC PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos PACIFIC PIZZA, DJ Donuts PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, BOCA THE PIN, Friends with Benefits RED ROOM LOUNGE, Vintage Pistol THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos feat. Christan Raxter & Steve Ridler RIVERBANK TAPHOUSE, Nick Grow J SARANAC COMMONS, Kevin Partridge

J SEASONS OF COEUR D’ALENE, Just Plain Darin STORMIN’ NORMAN’S SHIPFACED SALOON, Karaoke THE VIKING, Joey Anderson ZOLA, Karma’s Circle

Saturday, 02/29

219 LOUNGE, Down South ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS, Pat Barclay & Danny McCollim BABY BAR, Sleepspent, BITWVLF, Matt Lakin BARLOWS AT LIBERTY LAKE, Kevin Shay Band J BERSERK, Sentient Divide, Greying, Headless/Heartless BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn J J THE BIG DIPPER, Leap Year Show feat. Civiliance, Old Friends, GOTU GOTU J BIGFOOT PUB, Neil Peart Tribute with Piper’s Rush & Jacob Vanknowe BOLO’S BAR & GRILL, Kosta La Vista BRIDGE PRESS CELLARS, Luke Yates Band BROTHERS BAR, Wildcard, The Real Dead Poet

J BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB, Open Mic with Katie Saunders CHINOOK STEAK, PASTA AND SPIRITS (CDA CASINO), Kicho J COSMIC COWBOY GRILL (SPOKANE), Just Plain Darin CREATE ARTS CENTER, Carl Rey and Truck Mills CD Release CURLEY’S, Tuck Foster & The Tumbling Dice J HUCKLEBERRY’S NATURAL MARKET, Todd Milne IDAHO POUR AUTHORITY, John Daffron J IRON GOAT BREWING CO., Bandit Train, The Maple Bars THE JACKSON ST. BAR & GRILL, Karaoke J J KNITTING FACTORY, Hell’s Belles 20th Anniversary with Elephant Gun Riot & Dogtown LUCKY YOU LOUNGE, DJ Night w/ DJ Donuts MARYHILL WINERY SPOKANE, Dallas Kay MATCHWOOD BREWING CO., Birds of Play MAX AT MIRABEAU, DA & The Blue Notes

MUSIC | VENUES NASHVILLE NORTH, Ladies Night with Luke Jaxon and DJ Tom NIGHTHAWK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), Royale THE NYC PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos PACIFIC PIZZA, DJ Amor PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Chris O’Maruchu J THE PIN, Rock Club Winter Showcase; Must Die with AyZiM, Plugzbunni and more POST FALLS BREWING COMPANY, Nick Canger THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos feat. Christan Raxter & Steve Ridler RIVERBANK TAPHOUSE, Nick Grow J THE SHOP, Uh Oh and the Oh Wells STORMIN’ NORMAN’S SHIPFACED SALOON, Karaoke T’S LOUNGE, DJ Mark Thomas THE VIKING, Echo Elysium ZOLA, Karma’s Circle

Sunday, 03/1

CHEAP SHOTS, Rev. Yo’s VooDoo Church of Blues Jam

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CRAVE, DJ Dave CURLEY’S, Karma’s Circle GARLAND PUB & GRILL, Karaoke HOGFISH, Open Mic IRON HORSE (VALLEY), The Ronaldos MARYHILL WINERY, Dave McRae THE NYC PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos O’DOHERTY’S IRISH GRILLE, Traditional Irish Music J J OBJECT SPACE, Nachyn Choreve with Arrington de Dionyso PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Piano Sunday with Annie Welle RED ROOM LOUNGE, Jason Perry Trio J SOUTH HILL GRILL, Just Plain Darin ZOLA, Glass Honey

Monday, 03/2

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 J THE PIN, The Cryptics with The Dead Channels, Crusty Mustard, Better Daze RED ROOM LOUNGE, Open Mic with Lucas Brookbank Brown ZOLA, Perfect Mess

Tuesday, 03/3

219 LOUNGE, Karaoke with DJ Pat J CALYPSOS COFFEE ROASTERS,

Slowwalker, New Brighton CRAVE, DJ Dave GARLAND PUB & GRILL, Karaoke J J KNITTING FACTORY, Hippie Sabotage (see facing page) with Ilo Ilo THE NYC PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos J THE PIN, Happy, Fine Line, Valhalla, Hanford RAZZLE’S BAR & GRILL, Open Mic Jam THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Country Swing Dancing THE ROXIE, Open Mic/Jam SWEET LOU’S RESTAURANT AND TAP HOUSE, Ron Greene THE VIKING, Songsmith Series feat.

Meghan Sullivan ZOLA, Desperate 8s

Wednesday, 03/4

BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn J THE BIG DIPPER, Ghost Heart, Newbrighton, thrpii J J BING CROSBY THEATER, The Music of Cream (see page 40) J BLACK DIAMOND, Songsmith Series feat. Brian Hoffpauer J BRIDGE PRESS CELLARS, Tommy Castro and The Painkillers with Jesse Weston Band (see facing page) 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 (VALLEY), Just Plain Darin THE JACKSON ST. BAR & GRILL, Karaoke JOHN’S ALLEY, Mike Dillon Band LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Carey Brazil LUCKY’S IRISH PUB, DJ D3VIN3 MAD BOMBER BREWING COMPANY, Open Mic THE NYC PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Piano with Dwayne Parsons RED ROOM LOUNGE, Blowin’ Kegs Jam Session THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos feat. Christan Raxter & Steve Ridler STORMIN’ NORMAN’S SHIPFACED SALOON, Sara Brown ZOLA, Cruxie

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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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COMEDY LAUGHS, EXTRA SPICY

Their publicists’ best intentions to the contrary, not every standup comedian can be labelled as a “pioneer” in the art form. But with Margaret Cho, it fits, thanks to a decadeslong career in which she fearlessly explores society and politics through the prism of her Korean-American upbringing in the diverse Bay Area. She’s easy to love just for her support of LGBTQ and Asian American communities, and for her presence acting in film classic Face/Off, but where Cho really shines is on stage in front of a live audience. Fierce and relentlessly unpredictable, Cho kills every time — a streak that goes back to when she won an American Comedy Award as “Best Female Comedian” way back in 1994. Her current tour, she says, “is all about being fresh off drugs and drinking and suicide and coming back to life.” You can trust her to make even those serious subjects howlingly funny.

— DAN NAILEN Margaret Cho • Thu-Fri, Feb. 27-28 at 7:30 pm; Sat, Feb. 29 at 10 pm • $25-$35 • 21+ • Spokane Comedy Club • 315 W. Sprague Ave. • spokanecomedyclub.com • 318-9998

THEATER 100 YEARS LATER

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of women landing the right to vote, the MAC is hosting performer Rachael McClinton, co-founder of Living Voices, a Seattle-based nonprofit that uses solo performances paired with archival film and sound to bring historical moments to life. In her one-woman show, McClinton pays homage to suffragettes of the early 1900s through the role of Jessie, daughter of a political columnist who becomes deeply involved in the suffrage movement. Jessie compares women’s fight for the right to vote to the sacrifices and commitment of men, including her brother, who were fighting overseas in World War I. — MACIE WHITE Hear My Voice • Sat, Feb. 29 at 2 pm • $15 suggested donation • Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture • 2316 W. First Ave. • northwestmuseum.org • 456-3931

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BENEFIT WISH GRANTERS

Don something sparkly and head to Northern Quest this weekend for Wishing Star Foundation’s 14th annual Taste Spokane fundraiser gala, this year embracing some 1920s vibes for the theme “A Little Party Never Hurt Nobody.” The popular annual event invites local culinary purveyors to prepare tasty food samples — like fried mac and cheese — paired with local beer, wine and spirits from regional makers like Maryhill Winery, No-Li Brewhouse and Dry Fly Distilling. You can feel good about all that indulgence knowing that proceeds from the event help Wishing Star fulfill the dreams of area kids, teens and young adults living with life-threatening conditions.

— CHEY SCOTT Taste Spokane • Fri, Feb. 28 from 7-10 pm • $75-$100 • Northern Quest Resort & Casino • 100 N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights • wishingstar.org • 744-3411

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MUSIC JAZZ IT UP

For the hundreds of music students who descend on Moscow, Idaho, every year, the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival is an opportunity to hone their skills, meet their peers and learn from some masterful musicians with real-world experience. Even if you’re not one of those students, a visit to the fest is worthwhile to catch one (or more) of the 400+ student performances happening across the University of Idaho campus, or one of the headlining gigs at the Kibbie Dome featuring legit big names in the jazz world. This year, those names are Vertical Voices, performing Friday night with the UI jazz choir and band, various competition winners and the festival’s own “rhythm section all-stars,” and sax master Joshua Redman (pictured) on Saturday with some competition winners and the Lionel Hampton Big Band featuring Jason Marsalis.

— DAN NAILEN Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival • Fri-Sat, Feb. 28-29, evening concerts start at 7:30 pm • $22-$45/individual nights; $50-$75/weekend passes • University of Idaho Kibbie Dome • 1000 Stadium Dr., Moscow • uidaho. com/class/jazzfest

STAGE OL’ RAZZLE DAZZLE

It’s been nearly a century since Roxie Hart, the aspiring actress turned opportunistic murderer, was first introduced on the stage as a satirical symbol of 1920s social mores. But it was Kander and Ebb’s 1975 musical adaptation Chicago that really cemented the character’s legacy, and the show’s blend of retro style and post-modern edge, as well as its influential Bob Fosse choreography, made it an instant classic. It’s also one of the longest-running shows in Broadway history and inspired an Oscar-winning film adaptation.

This touring production should breathe new life into the timeless story of vaudeville vamps, bloodthirsty lawyers and nosy gossip columnists.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER Chicago • Sat, Feb. 29 at 7:30 pm and Sun, March 1 at 1 pm and 6:30 pm • $44.50-$87 • All ages • First Interstate Center of the Arts • 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. • inbpac.com • 279-7000

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I SAW YOU FIT GIRL MUV NORTH You, blonde hair and pink sweater with black tights. Me, tall with long hair, orange shoes and a blue shirt. We made eyes a couple of times on the “grass.” You’re beautiful.

Think we’d vibe?

I WAS IN A PICKLE I saw you at the Shadle Subway last week. Thank you for helping me when I got flustered and for making sure I got those excess pickles. Your smile and candor was unforgettable!

CHEERS SHELVING SUPERHERO Thank you for unloading, loading, picking up and building so much shelving for us this week.

You are and always will be my superhero.

And you look good doing it too! ;) RESTAURANT WEEK PALM COURT Enjoyed an evening with friends at the Davenport Palm Court for Restaurant Week last night. We have been going every year and have enjoyed many great meals; however, this was especially memorable. The asparagus salad, Cioppino and chocolate ganache was to die for. Others had the steak and burnt cream and the comments were all extremely favorable. Our waiter, AJ was very attentive and had a great personality. Overall, I highly recommend the Palm Court!

POLKA DOT Play polka. After everything through and through you are still my polka dot in my world of stripes. I love you from the first day I met you very proud of you. I think you’re an amazing artist, a talented, sexy man, that you’re hardworking. However I just wish that you could see yourself the way that I see you and how wonderful you are. I stay up late at night sometimes praying that you’ll see yourself the way that I see you and the way that God sees you and that you would have more self-esteem. You definitely worthy of all the good things in your life. Thank you for being there with me through this hard time for helping me get to my appointments and things your support means the world to me that’s just another good thing that you do. I know I don’t always show it. Just know that you always have my heart polka.

And I love you very much. Everybody in this world deserves to have somebody like you in their their lives. Just love you to pieces. From Susan with all my love.

GOODWILL AT THE GOODWILL I always seem to come up short when I’m at the store, be it for groceries, clothes, or the thrift store. There is a gal at one of these stores that always makes it work for me.

I never have to put something back back because she will apply the extra Goodwill to make it work for me... thank you for being you. You are a valuable asset and because of your kindness towards your fellow man, your store is the only one I shop at. I encourage the people I know to shop there as well, and to support your store, because the way a customer is treated, I feel is the heart of the way a business operates. Cheers to you Toni for being part of the Greater Goodwill towards your fellow man!

ANCHORED DRAGONFLY It has been a roller coaster of events. Thank you all.

JEERS HOW YOU TREAT SERVICE WORKERS SAYS A LOT ABOUT YOU So I was on the train going to another city from Spokane.

There was a washout on the tracks and we had to get towed back to Spokane, better safe than sorry. Well, not everyone was just happy to have been saved from being derailed. I get that it’s frustrating not getting to the place you wanted on

time but the workers and service knows what they are doing. There was no way to tell the complete damage done to the rails, and I would rather not risk going over broken rail ways just to get somewhere. But that’s not my issue; at least two people, grown adults that should know better, who were just out of line to attack the workers aboard and customer

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and the Spokesman-Review for using sensationalistic, clickbait-style images of the Corona virus in stories about the transfer of a handful of virus patients to SHMC’s specialized national Pathogen Center. Passing up the opportunity to focus on the reasonable, even predictable, role of the SHMC unit in assisting with gathering data and knowl-

- Asheville, NC - Bend, OR - Boulder, CO - Kalamazoo, MI - Vista, CA - Greenville, SC - Portland, OR - Pensacola, FL - and Missoula, MT. Spokane actually doesn’t make even the top 25. Many cities in Colorado and California do, as well as Seattle. But, Spokane is nowhere close.

If you want a superior pint, skip Spokane and get a better brew in Seattle and at

We made eyes a couple of times on the ‘grass.’ You’re beautiful. Think we’d vibe?

service workers. I understand, it’s frustrating that this happened, but it is not the fault of the workers. Wanna get mad about something? Get mad at mother nature, but really, no point. Both of the people I am referring to felt entitled to treat the workers poorly, snarling and snapping at them like it would do some good. The only thing it did was shed light on your characters, and how little empathy you have for what must have already been a stressful day for them. I get it, you’ve places to be, things to do, people to belittle. But you were not the only one that had a bad time on that train and not the only ones who were disappointed. It’s perfectly alright to get mad about the situation, it’s normal. But tearing down people just doing their jobs is a habit I’ve seen too often and it really bothers me. The two characters I saw on that train made me grateful to have been raised to treat people better. Try putting yourself in another person’s shoes and see how you’d feel getting screamed at for something out of your control.

NO TALKING So, you cut my hair. You do a great job, and I intend on staying with you. As you have said a few times, “you are a discounted therapist,” however, I do not want to talk nonstop, I do not want to answer all of your questions about myself, please, just cut my hair, no talking.

CLICKBAIT JOURNALISM Jeers to KHQ

SOUND OFF

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

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

edge about this virus while it treats the patients sent to it, both those local news sources chose to slam us visually with huge, dramatic images of the virus enlarged many thousands of times. Read the online reader responses to the stories and note all the emotional, misconstrued, uninformed, panicky nonsense, impervious to reliable medical advice and common sense. I can almost picture a movie crowd of vengeful peasants armed with pitchforks and rakes marching on Sacred Heart with torches, prepared to burn the place down for endangering their lives by bringing a deadly plague into our safe, germ-free town. KHQ & the S-R have to take responsibility for these reactions, for cultivating fear and the spread of rumors, due to their irresponsible (faux) journalism choice of graphics. But, hey, clickbait works, right? Gotta pull in readers and viewers to feed that bottom line, eh?

JEERS TO JEERS Look, first of all, as a born and raised Spokanite, I’ve read the Cheers and Jeers section for years, but I HAVE TO SAY that lately the Jeers section has been reduced to no more than angry drivers and clearly made up scenarios. Clean up your act, the Inlander, or else... n

RE: JEERS TO “IT’S JUST BEER”. I totally disagree with your statement “there is so much to offer here” with respect to “craft beer.” I haven’t found Spokane to be a good beer place. Just the opposite.

When compared to other cities, it’s actually uninteresting beer at expensive prices. Also, with regard to “also has one of the highest-densities of breweries” in the country, where do you get your data? You are completely wrong. Spokane doesn’t come anymore close to “highest densities of breweries.” Here are the top 10 breweries “per capita”: Portland, Maine

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a cheaper price. If you want a marginal beer, get one in Spokane and pay more for it. Someday, they’ll begin to disappear. Instead of “Spokane: Near Nature, Near Perfect”, how about “Spokane: Average Beer, High Prices”? Seattle or Portland could use: “Seattle/Portland: Quality Beer, Reasonable Prices”. Hawks!

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EVENTS | CALENDAR

BENEFIT

CCS INTERNATIONAL STUDENT TALENT SHOW Funds raised from the event support the Jacqueline Hanke Memorial Scholarship for international students. In the SCC Lair. Feb. 28, 5-8 pm. $5. Spokane Community College, 1810 N. Greene St. scc.spokane.edu (509-533-4131) TASTE SPOKANE: A NIGHT AT THE SPEAKEASY Wishing Star Foundation’s 14th annual benefit gala. The evening includes live entertainment, sips and bites.

Feb. 28, 7-10 pm. $75-$100. Northern Quest Resort, 100 N. Hayford Rd. auctria. com/auction/TasteSpokane2020 SPOKANE PUBLIC MONTESSORI INSPIRE BENEFIT AUCTION The 6th annual event supports the K-8 program in Spokane Public Schools. Includes dinner

by Wiley’s Downtown Bistro and music

by The Merry Makers and The Sara Brown Band. Feb. 29, 6-11 pm. $40-$75. Shriners Event Center, 7217 W. Westbow Blvd. spm.schoolauction.net/inspire NORTHWEST BACHFEST FUNDRAISING CELEBRATION Includes a catered dinner by Fery’s Catering, culinarythemed silent auction items, a cork pull featuring wines, auction and special performance by Artistic Director Zuill Bailey.

March 1, 6 pm. $69.24. Barrister Winery, 1213 W. Railroad. nwbachfest.com HEART STRINGS FT. DEANNA CARTER MultiCare Inland Northwest Foundation’s second annual benefit concert, featuring Craig Campbell and Bryan White, joined

by Wade Hayes and headliner Deana Carter. All proceeds benefit cancer patients through MultiCare’s INW Founda-

tion. March 5. $30-$150. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague Ave. foxtheaterspokane.com (509-624-1200)

COMEDY

BRETT HOLLIS STAND-UP COMEDY BENEFIT SHOW A fundraiser for Books to Prisoners and Kiwanis Paint A Helmet. Feb. 27, 7:30 pm. $16.74. Lucky You Lounge, 1801 W. Sunset Blvd. luckyyoulounge.com MARGARET CHO The American standup comedian, actress, fashion designer, author and singer-songwriter is known for her stand-up routines, through which she critiques social norms, politics, race and sexuality. Feb. 27-29 at 7:30 pm, Feb. 29 at 10 pm. $25+. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com LATE LAUGHS A variety show featuring improv duos/teams, sketch comedy and special guests. First/last Friday of the month at 9:30 pm. $8. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. bluedoortheatre.com PLAYTIME Nostalgia and comedy collide in this new take using audience suggestions of favorite childhood games and toys. Fridays at 7:30 pm through March 6. $8. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.com SAFARI BDT’s version of “Whose Line,” a fast-paced, short-form show. Saturdays at 7:30 pm. $8. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. bluedoortheatre.com COMEDY OPEN MIC Come show off your comedic skills, every Tuesday at 8 pm.

Free. T’s Lounge, 703 N. Monroe St. facebook.com/TsLoungeSpokane

COMMUNITY

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. $5-$10.

Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 2316 W. First. northwestmuseum.org PNBA AWARD CEREMONY FOR SHARMA SHIELDS Join Wishing Tree Books for the 2020 PNBA award ceremony for Sharma Shields’s novel, The Cassandra. Feb. 27, 6-7 pm. Free. Wishing Tree Books, 1410 E. 11th Ave. (509-315-9875) POMPEII: THE IMMORTAL CITY Explore the heart of the drama and the ruins of this ancient city. Artifacts and artworks excavated from Pompeii and interactive mechanical models take you into the world of a first-century Roman city.

Through May 3; Tue-Sun from 10 am-5 pm; until 8 pm on Fridays and third Thursdays. $10-$19.50. The MAC, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org PROPAGATION FROM SEEDS & CUTTINGS Discover easy ways to propagate seeds with or without a greenhouse and to propagate plants using cuttings. Feb. 27, 6:30 pm. Free. North Spokane Library, 44 E. Hawthorne Rd. scld.org/events THE WIRELESS & 5G FORUM Spokane Wired, a local citizen based organization, is sponsoring an educational event on wireless technology and the upcoming roll-out of 5G networks in Spokane. Feb. 27, 4-6:30 pm. Free. Gonzaga University Hemmingson Center, 702 E. Desmet Ave.

spokanewired.org (775-848-2927) VERTICAL GARDENING Master Gardener Marilyn Lloyd shares the ins and outs of starting and maintaining your own vertical garden, using wall space to grow vegetables, herbs, flowers or even root crops. Feb. 29, 10:30-11:30 am. Free. Argonne Library, 4322 N. Argonne Rd. scld. org/events (509-893-8260) CDA MAKERS MARCH MARKET A community gathering of local artists, jewelers, bakers and crafters staging an open marketplace with activities for kids, food samples and more. March 1, 10 am-4 pm.

Free. The Coeur d’Alene Resort, 115 S. Second. (208-765-4000) KSPS EVERY CHILD READS STORYTIME Spark a love of language and literature in children ages 3-5 during a fun-filled hour dedicated to reading, interactive stories, songs, crafts, and free take-home educational resources. March 2, 10:30-11:30 am.

Free; registration required. KSPS Public TV, 3911 S. Regal St. ksps.org/storytime DOLLARS & SENSE: NAVIGATING YOUR CREDIT Learn how to get free access to and understand your credit report in this workshop from SNAP Spokane. March 3, 6-8 pm. Free. North Spokane Library, 44 E. Hawthorne Rd. scld.org/events PROPAGATION FROM SEEDS & CUTTINGS Discover easy ways to propagate seeds with or without a greenhouse and to propagate plants using cuttings with Master Gardener Steve Nokes. March 3, 6:30-7:30 pm. Free. Fairfield Library, 305 E. Main St. scld.org/events ST. PADDY’S DAY PREFUNK SOCIAL Join North Idaho Pride Alliance for its March social to foster community, con-

versation and connection. The evening includes games, festivities, food and more. Please bring a savory or sweet dish or appetizer of choice. All are welcome.

March 3, 6-8 pm. Free. Human Rights Education Institute, 414 W. Fort Grounds Dr. (208-352-3518) PROGRAM ON BUMBLEBEES Joel Sauder, Regional Wildlife Biologist, has presented a number of programs educating the public about bumblebees and to encourage citizen scientists to help monitor bumblebees. March 4, 7-8:30 pm. Free.

1912 Center, 412 E. Third St. (878-1363) CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF DRESSES People from different countries display their traditional attire in a vibrant and stylish fashion show. March 5, 12:30-1:30 pm. Free. SFCC, 3410 W. Fort George Wright Dr. (533-3546 / 533-4331) GENEALOGY: RESEARCHING YOUR FAMILY HISTORY Donna Potter Phillips shares how to find information about your family’s history from online resources. March 5, 1-2 pm. Free. Deer Park Library, 208 Forest St. scld.org/events

FILM

1917 Two soldiers race against time to deliver a message that will stop 1,600 men from walking straight into a deadly trap.

Rated R. Feb. 27-March 1; times vary. $7.

The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St., Moscow. kenworthy.org (208-882-4127) UNCUT GEMS A fast-paced drama about a gambling-addicted jewelry store owner. Rated R. Feb. 27-March 1; times vary. $5-$8. Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave., Sandpoint. panida.org (208-255-7801)

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RELATIONSHIPS

Advice Goddess GRISLY BARE

I hooked up with a really good friend a few times. We both agreed to forget about it to preserve our friendship, but he’s been really distant. I don’t want to be the one to reach out and say something. How do I get things back to normal?

—Upset Woman

AMY ALKON

Sure, they say a really good friend is someone who knows everything about you — though, ideally, stopping short of how your sex face is a ringer for a pug having a

seizure.

Chances are, this stretch of awkward silence between you has two interconnected causes: 1. “Eek, too much naked!” with somebody who isn’t a romantic partner, and 2. The fog of uncertainty over what sort of relationship you and he now have.

Problem 1, “Eek, too much naked!” comes out of how, when you two “just friends” hooked up, you abruptly and unwittingly vaulted across the boundaries of friendship into romantic territory. Major features of a romantic relationship — an intimate relationship — are vulnerability and openness. We look to find someone we can trust with our most embarrassing flaws and deepest fears, along with other stuff we don’t put out to the world with a bullhorn: “Hey, everybody on this bus, let’s have a chat about what I like in bed!”

Sex tends to feel less like sexual overshare after the fact if it was preceded by some starter romance — talking flirty, lite touchyfeely, making cartoon heart eyes at each other. This stuff signals a transition to a deeper relationship (or at least sincere hopes of one).

However, when we get naked without any romantic prep, our feeling weirded out — overly exposed — probably comes out of our evolved motivation to protect our reputation: our public image, the sort of person others perceive us to be.

Back in the harsh, 7-Eleven- and Airbnb-free ancestral environment that shaped the psychology still driving us today, our social survival and, in turn, our physical survival were dependent on whether people believed we were a good person and somebody good to keep around.

Welcome to the origins of our longing for privacy — to keep some info about ourselves out of the public eye (everyone we don’t have intimate relationships with) and to manicure the info we do release. Social psychologist Mark Leary refers to this as “impression management.” Others’ evaluations of us affect how we’re perceived and treated, so, Leary explains, we’re driven to “behave in ways that will create certain impressions in others’ eyes.” Regrettably, it’s difficult to keep up the role of steely image manager while naked and barking like a coked-up elephant seal.

Moving on to problem 2, the fog of uncertainty over what sort of relationship you and this guy now have, getting naked together is also a defining act of sorts — or rather, a possibly redefining one. Before you two had sex, your relationship was clearly defined as a friendship. There’s comfort in this sort of clarity. It’s like a sign over a business. When we see “Laundromat,” we know what to expect, and it isn’t Thai takeout or stripper poles, watered-down $20 drinks, and loose glitter.

Right now, there’s probably an uncomfortable question looming over the two of you: Does one want more of a relationship — a romantic relationship — than the other’s up for providing? Psychologist Steven Pinker explains that people get uneasy when they’ve had one type of relationship with somebody — say, a friendship — and they aren’t sure whether that person wants a different type of relationship.

A changed relationship has changed terms and behaviors that go with it, and they need to know which set they’re supposed adhere to.

And sure, you do say you both agreed to ditch the sex to preserve the friendship, but people say lots of things, because it’s not like a dude in some control room somewhere gives us an electric shock whenever we tell a lie.

Ask yourself whether you might want more than a friendship. If so, figure out whether you want it enough (and whether it’s possible enough) to risk making it too uncomfortable to remain friends — which could happen.

If friendship is really all you want, you don’t have to “reach out and say something.” In general, guys don’t want to talk about it; they just want life to go on. And there’s your answer. Start asking this guy to do “just friends” things, like hanging out with you and other amigos. To stay on the clothed and narrow, schedule these outings at “just friends” times — in unsexy bright daylight — and in “just friends” locations: places you’d get arrested if you stripped down to “Yo...check out the wild birthmark that looks like Lawrence of Arabia crossing my labia on a camel!” 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 SPOKANE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL The 22nd annual SpIFF features the very best features, documentaries and shorts made around the world in the past two years that haven’t yet been commercially released for wide distribution. Many events feature guest filmmakers and performers. Feb. 28-March 6. $10-$15. Magic Lantern Theatre, 25 W. Main. spokanefilmfestival.org A LETTER FROM MASANJIA This documentary begins when Julie Keith finds an SOS note in a box of ‘Made in China’ Halloween decorations from an Oregon Kmart. Feb. 29, 1 pm. Free. South Hill Library, 3324 S. Perry. spokanelibrary.org LUNAFEST WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL This national film festival showcases original short films by, for and about women. March 3, 6:30 pm. $8-$15. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main, Moscow. (208885-2777)

FOOD

COMFORT STEWS & BRAISING Learn the secrets of a good stock or broth and make Irish Stew, chicken fricassee with a modern twist and oven-braised barbecue pork shoulder. Feb. 27, 6-8 pm. $59. Spokane Community College, 1810 N. Greene St. (279-6030) INLANDER RESTAURANT WEEK The eighth annual, 10-day culinary showcase features more than 100 restaurants in the Spokane-Couer d’Alene area offering fixed-price, ($22 or $33) three-course menus. Thorugh Feb. 29.

See all menus online at InlanderRestaurantWeek.com.

COFFEE CUPPING A coffee educator leads a tasting of coffees from different origin countries and answers questions on how to make your next cup of coffee taste out of this world. Feb. 28, 9 am. Free. DOMA Coffee, 6240 E. Seltice Way, Post Falls. (208-667-1267) IRANIAN DINNER Inland Curry’s International Dinner Series continues with a celebration of Iranian food and culture featuring guest chef Shakiba. Feb. 28, 6:30 pm. $10-$25. Unitarian Universalist Church, 4340 W. Fort George Wright Dr. uuspokane.org (509-325-6283) BEAN & PIE GRAND OPENING Specials include $12 6-inch take-andbake savory pies. Pies are baked fresh throughout the day, served alongside coffee from Evans Brothers in the new joint space. Feb. 29, 10 am-1 pm. $5$30. Bean & Pie, 504 E. Sherman Ave. beanandpie.com (208-930-4065) WINEMAKER DINNER FT. BRIDGE PRESS CELLARS Featuring five courses paired with Bridge Press wines sourced from Seven Hills, Red Mountain and Pepper Bridge vineyards. Feb. 29, 6:30 pm. $85. Petunias Marketplace, 2010 N. Madison St. (509-328-4257) ELLA’S SUPPER CLUB A classic threecourse dinner and live jazz; see ticket link for complete menu options. March 4, 6 pm. $45. Montvale Event Center, 1017 W. First. montvalespokane.com

MUSIC

NW BACHFEST: BEETHOVEN STRING QUARTETS The Attacca String Quartet presents some of Beethoven’s greatest compositions. Feb. 28-29 at 7:30 pm. $15-$35. Barrister Winery, 1213 W. Railroad. nwbachfest.com BEATLES VS. STONES: MUSICAL SHOWDOWN Two tribute bands face-

off against each other in a musical showdown. Feb. 28, 7:30 pm. $30-$40.

Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave, Sandpoint. panida.org FACULTY ARTIST SERIES: THE PALOUSE TRIO A concert of Romantic and early 20th Century works for piano trio. Tickets are available in the lobby 30 min. before concert time. Feb. 28, 7:30 pm. Free-$10. Bryan Hall Theatre (WSU), 605 Veterans Way. (335-7696) LIONEL HAMPTON JAZZ FESTIVAL With over 400 student performances, a dozen world-class jazz artists and nearly 100 workshops, clinics and special exhibits, the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival honors the music, dance and history of jazz music and one of its most honored artists, Lionel Hampton.

Feb. 28-29; see website for complete schedule. $18-$45/event. University of Idaho, 709 S. Deakin St. uidaho.edu/ class/jazzfest (208-885-6111) SPOKANE SYMPHONY MASTERWORKS 7: APPALACHIAN SPRING Enjoy music from American visionaries Copland, Gershwin, Bernstein and Glass. Feb. 29 at 8 pm and March 1 at 3 pm. $21-$66. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague Ave. foxtheaterspokane.org (624-1200) WSU SCHOOL OF MUSIC AT THE FOX This showcase features the following ensembles and directors: WSU Concert Choir with Lori Wiest, Jazz Big Band I with Greg Yasinitsky, Symphony Orchestra with Danh Pham, and Opera Workshop with Julie Anne Wieck.

March 3, 7:30 pm. Free/$15. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague Ave. (509-335-7696) EWU SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: THE MOUNT SAINT HELENS SYMPHONY The Orchestra commemorates the 40th anniversary of the 1980 eruption by performing the Mount Saint Helens Symphony, accompanied with images of the mountain. In Showalter Auditorium. March 4, 7:30-9 pm. $5-$10. Eastern Washington University, 526 Fifth St. ewu.edu (509-359-2241)

SPORTS & OUTDOORS

PROVING GROUNDS MMA FIGHTS Check out the local MMA fight scene as athletes face off in the cage. Feb. 28, 7 pm. $20-$400. HUB Sports Center, 19619 E. Cataldo. hubsportscenter.org SPOKANE CHIEFS VS. SEATTLE THUNDERBIRDS Shriners Hospital for Children Night and a jersey lunch bag giveaway. Feb. 28, 7:05 pm. $11-$25.

Spokane Arena, 720 W. Mallon Ave. spokanearena.com (279-7000) MEGADEMO AT SCHWEITZER At least 20 brands are represented with over 400 pairs of new skis and boards.

Test gear and support the Panhandle Alliance for Education. Feb. 29, 7 am. $40-$95. Schweitzer Mountain Resort, 10,000 Schweitzer Mountain Rd. schweitzer.com (208-263-9555) CABIN FEVER SERIES: REGIONAL CABINS TO HIKE TO! A presentation from Holly Weiler of the Washington Trails Association about great Inland Northwest cabins one can visit via trails, some for day trips and some as overnight rentals. Feb. 29, 3:30-4:30 pm. Free. To Be Continued: A Spokane Public Library, 4750 N. Division St., Suite 1074. spokanelibrary.org SPOKANE CHIEFS VS. TRI-CITY

AMERICANS Chiefs Fight Cancer Night presented by Pizza Factory. Feb. 29, 7:05 pm. $11-$25. Spokane Arena, 720 W. Mallon Ave. spokanearena.com OPEN CLIMB AT REI SPOKANE REI provides certified belay staff, shoes and harnesses. JMarch 1 from 1-4 pm.

Free. REI, 1125 N. Monroe St. rei.com/ spokane (328-9900) WIAA HARDWOOD CLASSIC: BOYS & GIRLS 1B/2B BASKETBALL State basketball tournament for girls and boys 1B and 2B high school teams. March 4-7. March 4-7. $13.50-$51.50. Spokane Arena, 720 W. Mallon. wiaa.com

THEATER

LONELY PLANET A play exploring friendship and fear in the age of the AIDS crisis. Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm through March 1. $15-$20. Stage Left Theater, 108 W. Third Ave. spokanestageleft.org THESE SHINING LIVES A story chronicling the strength and determination of women considered expendable in their day. Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. through March 8. $20-$22. Lake City Playhouse, 1320 E. Garden Ave., Coeur d’Alene. (208-673-7529) CABARET Cabaret explores the dark, heady and tumultuous life of Berlin’s natives and expatriates as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich. Feb. 28-March 22; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $10-$25. Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard St. spokanecivictheatre.com (325-2507) CYT NORTH IDAHO: PETER PAN The classic J.M. Barrie tale of a young boy who refuses to grow up. Feb. 28-29 at 7 pm and Feb 29-March 1 at 3 pm. $12$17. Kroc Center, 1765 W. Golf Course Rd. cytnorthidaho.org FIREFLIES A moving story about how the unexpected might bring something more to the life of retired schoolteacher. Fri-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm through Feb. 28. $15. Ignite! Community Theatre, 10814 E. Broadway. igniteonbroadway.org CHICAGO This hit musical has won six Tonys, two Oliviers, a Grammy, and is now the #1 longest-running American musical in Broadway history. Feb. 29 at 7:30 pm, March 1 at 1 and 6:30 pm. $44.50-$87. First Interstate Center for the Arts, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. inbpac.com HEAR MY VOICE In celebration of the 100th anniversary of women being granted the right to vote in the U.S. Living Voices co-founder Rachael McClinton performs the story of Jessie, who becomes deeply involved in the early 20th century suffrage movement, comparing women’s fight for democracy to the one her brother Will stands for when he goes overseas as a WWI soldier. Feb. 29, 2-3:30 pm. Free. The MAC, 2316 W. First Ave. (456-3931) MET LIVE IN HD: AGRIPPINA As the imperious title empress, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato leads the Met premiere of Handel’s tale of deception and deceit. Feb. 29 at 9:55 am; encore March 2 at 6:30 pm. $15-$20. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org (208-882-4127) ROAD TO NOWHERE A staged reading of the new script by Matthew Weaver and Juan Mas. March 4, 6:45 pm. Free.

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UNSETTLED TIMES: ART IN AND AGAINST CRISIS The MAC continues its Visiting Artist Lecture Series (VALS) collaboration with SFCC and EWU by hosting this special panel discussion on the unsettling times for the arts, moderated by m Johanna Gosse, Assistant Professor of Art History and Visual Culture, University of Idaho. Feb. 27, 6:30-8 pm.

Free. The MAC, 2316 W. First Ave. (456-3931) JO HOCKENHULL DISTINGUISHED VISITING ARTIST: ARSHIA FATIMA HAQ Through social practice, video, sound and performance, Arshia Fatima Haq works with archives and aesthetic production rooted in the Muslim world that have been marginalized both within conservative Islam and in the Western imagination. Immersive artist installation/ performance March 4, 4-7 pm. Artist lecture/reception March 5, 4:30-pm.

Free. WSU Fine Arts Center, 1615 NE Wilson Mall. finearts.wsu.edu SALMON SOIRÉE: ART, COMMUNITY, ACTIVISM An evening of local artwork, community fellowship and opportunities for activism. Highlighted artists include Shawn Brigman and Lonnie Hutson. March 5, 5-9 pm. Free. New Moon Art Gallery, 1326 E. Sprague. (515-230-9003)

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JERICHO BROWN The award-winning poet visits Pullman as a guest of the WSU Visiting Writer Series.

Brown is an associate professor and director of the Creative Writing Program at Emory University in Atlanta.

Feb. 27, 6:30 pm. Free and open to the public. WSU Elson S. Floyd Cultural Center, 405 SE Spokane St. english.wsu.edu/visiting-writers EWU VISITING WRITER SERIES: DANIELLE DUTTON Dutton is the author of the books “Attempts at a Life,” “SPRAWL” (a finalist for the 2011 Believer Book Award), and “Margaret the First,” a best book of the year by The Wall Street Journal, Vox, Lit Hub, St. Louis Magazine, etc.. Organized by the Creative Writing MFA program at EWU. Feb. 28, 7:30-8:30 pm. Free. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. spark-central. org (509-828-1435) MY JOURNEY THROUGH THE SACRED BLACK COSMOS Local author James Wilburn reads from and discusses his recently published book about his experiences growing up during the Jim Crow era. Feb. 29, 4-5 pm. Free. South Hill Library, 3324 S. Perry St. spokanelibrary.org MONSTER WRITING WORKSHOP Young authors are invited to write and illustrate monstrous stories and poems with local novelist Sharma Shields. Open to grade-schoolers who love to read, write and draw.

Feb. 29, 1-2 pm. Free. Wishing Tree Books, 1410 E. 11th Ave. (315-9875) POETRY RISING A program featuring poetry, prose, music and art presentations. March’s featured guests are poet Mika Maloney, author Cookie Robertson and musician Alexander Manzoni. March 3, 6:307:30 pm. Free. South Hill Library, 3324 S. Perry. spokanelibrary.org n

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But in recent years, Coeur d’Alene’s Under the direction of executive chef culinary scene has been proving itself Justin Klauba, Honey features modern worthy of visiting on its comfort food, with an own merit — resplendent emphasis on seasonal, with farmers markets full regional flavors. “Justin of fresh local produce, specializes in taking new restaurant openings ingredients and making and exciting new culinary THROUGH FEB. 29 the best out of them,” events like the Mac and 3 COURSE MEALS | $22 OR $33 Hegsted explains. “He’ll Cheese Festival, the INLANDERRESTAURANTWEEK.COM look at the markets and Food and Wine Festival, see what’s fresh and to Inlander Restaurant Week, which is great, and then make it into something happening now. that’s approachable and comfort food related. He’s a really great chef.” Just this At the heart of Coeur d’Alene’s up and fall, Food Network named Honey’s fried coming culinary scene are the chefs. chicken the best in all of Idaho.

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The Bluebird. A Midtown Eatery and Syringa Adam Hegsted and Justin Klauba Viljo Basso at Syringa and the Bluebird Honey Eatery and Social Club also makes Hegsted’s list of chefs to Since opening Wandering Table in watch in North Idaho. “His food is always Spokane six years ago, chef Adam top-notch and he pops out great service,” Hegsted has gone on to build a culinary Hegsted adds. Basso trained at Westen dynasty, while at the same time garnering Culinary Academy in Portland before national and international accolades. he and his wife Autumn opened Syringa Hegsted was named a James Beard (named after the Idaho state flower) and

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Chef Josh Pebbles Vine & Olive Like Basso and Klauba, chef Josh Pebbles was fortunate to train under skilled chefs. His influences span all around the globe — from California to Mario Batali’s kitchen in Tuscany.

His passion for pasta and charcuterie are the perfect match for Naomi Boutz’s Vine & Olive Eatery and Wine Bar in Riverstone, which features European-inspired shared plates, with an emphasis on seasonal ingredients.

“All of these great cooks and servers are coming from all around the country, and you’re getting a top-notch experience in the heart of Coeur d’Alene, in this beautiful lakefront setting,” Hegsted explains. He credits the cost of living, the blend of urban amenities in a stunning natural setting and the up-and-coming culinary culture for attracting such top tier talent.

Jim Barrett Beverly’s Of course, no discussion of chef-driven dining would be complete without including Beverly’s in the conversation and its longtime executive chef, Jim Barrett. Barrett has spent more than two decades at the helm of the Coeur d’Alene Resort hospitality team and has set the standard for fine dining in Coeur d’Alene. Beverly’s remains the only restaurant in Idaho to land on AAA’s Four and Five Diamond list and has remained on that list for close to 30 years.

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CYT presents a new take on the beloved classic Peter Pan. This delightful musical features a rich new score and is filled with magic, delight and just a fairy dusting of heartbreak. $15.26 (adults), $12.96 (children 12 and under); Kroc Center; visit cda4.fun for show times.

Fourth Street Fire Benefit Concert FEBRUARY 29

Great music and great community combine when the Rub plays a benefit concert for the businesses and families affected by the Fourth Street fire. $25; doors open at 7 pm, concert 8:30-11 pm; Coeur d’Alene Resort.

Your Everyday Getaway Escape to Coeur d’Alene this week and find live music, art galleries, ski hills, hundreds of shops... and that’s on Wednesday! Check out our online calendar and plan your Tuesday or Wednesday or any day! There’s always something fun going on. coeurdalene.org

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