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The Sacred Arrow

CALEB WALSH ILLUSTRATION

Answering the prayers of forgiveness

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ecause I’m a disciple of restorative justice, I’m frequently placed in positions where people expect me to preach the gospel of forgiveness. Being anointed a spokesperson for anything, especially something so sacred, tends to be problematic. While I’m striving for growth, transcendence of difficult human emotions will be something I assume I’ll master in my next life or Heaven or when I am a tree. The future remains uncertain.

In preparation for a recent restorative discussion, I opened up The Book of Forgiving by Archbishop Desmond Tutu and his daughter Mpho, hoping to situate myself in a mind-frame focused on forgiveness. The Book, however, launched me elsewhere, into investigating past dramas, ensconcing me squarely in my own anger.

It has been said that my anger has some

heat on it though it comes off rather cold. I’ve been known to point it with great precision — a searing and steely, seething and silent, sulky projectile — arriving right on target. I am not proud of this, solely aware, self-scrutinizing and attempting advancement.

My anger derives mostly from pain (real or perceived), and nothing upsets me quite like a power imbalance, particularly in situations too close to my openly vulnerable heart. Ratchet up to threat level red when transparency or agency is low — little information or influence. I’d like to claim this agitation stems from a good place, a deeply seated belief that humans are stunning,

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possessing the capacity to work through anything after honest assessment. I am also keenly aware that I’m wired to seek control of my surroundings. So I keep working on it, religiously.

There is a Buddhist parable about a man shot with a poisoned arrow. Loved ones want to send for help immediately. He refuses.

Before seeking assistance, he wants to know, “Who is the man that wounded me?” The devil is in the details and so the victim demands to know the assailant’s name, clan, whether he was “tall, medium or short,” which bow was used, “one of fiber, bamboo threads, sinew, hemp, or bark.” Ultimately, his obsession with the inaccessible brings about his demise.

I’ve been known to point it with great precision — a searing and steely, seething and silent, sulky projectile — arriving right on target.

I’m learning but still struggling to understand that people aren’t always in a place to share information, and that even when they do, it’s likely I’ll receive answers I have trouble accepting. I still exhaust myself over-analyzing the absent.

There is also a Christian song that I remember from attending Mass, one of my mother’s favorites. The lyrics continue to conjure a sense of safety: “Blest be the Lord, blest be the Lord.

The God of Mercy, the God who saves. I shall not fear the dark of night, nor the arrow that flies by day.”

I wonder whether there will ever come a time when I’m more adept with arrows — dodging those shot off accidentally, quickly removing the jagged, broken pieces LETTERS of others, lodged in my flesh, piercSend comments to ing me deeply. I question whether editor@inlander.com.

I’ll ever fully acknowledge my own ability, achieving a steady hand that never needs an announcement, showing off or sending warning shots across the bow in an attempt to preemptively protect. I ponder whether expert status is ever attainable, if I’ll become an archer who can masterfully examine the ways I’ve misfired, taking into account my own miscalculations.

In The Book, they say that forgiveness — of others, of ourselves — is a difficult and nonlinear process and our intent is important.

To begin, they offer a “Prayer Before the Prayer of Forgiveness.”

Meditating on the lines “Grant me the will to want to forgive.

Grant it to me not yet but soon…” has been helpful, having that as an aim, feels like a fairly achievable target. n

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Q&A JEFF GLINSKI We rap with musician and show booker Jeff Glinski about the DIY rock scene he helped develop at Baby Bar

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f you’ve been to a late-night concert at the Baby Bar in the last five years, the odds are good that Jeff Glinski helped book it.

Glinski works full-time as a teen drug abuse counselor at Excelsior, but he’s also regularly booking about 40 to 50 shows a year at the downtown spot, bringing garage-rock and punk acts that he says would typically pass Spokane by.

A Spokane native, Glinski, 35, has been involved in the local music scene since he was a teenager, become an in-demand drummer as a member of surf instrumentalists BBBBandits and the psych-rock project Mirror Mirror. His newest band, Ex Pets, has its first show on Friday night at the Baby Bar. This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity.

INLANDER: Can you tell me about your musical background?

GLINSKI: It’s funny, my mom told me the other day that I used to watch The Monkees, and I would go, “I want to have my own musical show when I’m older.” I have no LETTERS recollection of that, Send comments to but I’ve just always editor@inlander.com. wanted to play music. I’ve just learned from doing it and watching people. It’s an excuse to hang out with my friends, and it’s definitely an outlet.

I’ve learned my values from the music culture.

Have you always been a drummer?

No, I started out as a guitarist. I’ve played bass in bands, I’ve sung in bands. But I like drums. That’s where I’m staying. I didn’t have my own set for a long time, so I called myself a weekend drummer, just playing on the side.

You’ve been a part of the music scene for two decades now. In what significant ways have you seen

it change?

Even five years ago, we were lucky to get 20 people out [to a show], and we were so excited. It’s hard in Spokane finding support and a reason to keep going on. A lot of people will start getting a little traction, and then they hit that slump, and it breaks so many bands. And then the Bartlett came, and the Big Dipper was starting to do stuff, and there was more of a demand.

Where do you see the scene going in the next few years?

With our increase in size, I hope people will still value the DIY aspect of it, where they don’t have to pay $20 for a ticket and can see bands before they’re another blip on the map. Just giving people opportunities to be themselves and do weird stuff.

What’s your process for booking a band?

It’s like a curation type thing. I reach out to them, and now that I’ve networked, it’s getting a lot easier.

I have so much support from my wife, because when we book, we do it European-style. So I not only try to get them paid and fed at the Baby Bar, I put them up that night, and a lot of times we do breakfast in the morning. I’ve also had friends step in and host bands, which is extremely helpful. I don’t want to bring somebody here and then say, “No, you can’t stay in my house.” It’s reaching out to them and offering that security, especially if they’re coming to a place where they don’t know anybody.

How do you decide which bands to reach out to?

I listen to my community. What are they listening to? What are they liking? What are they sharing on their social media? I will directly go to people and say, “You will like this band.” And usually they trust me and they come out. [Laughs] I’m trying to get diverse stuff, being able to bring weird art projects, stuff that has pop sensibilities to it but is still kinda weird. n DEREK HARRISON PHOTO

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CALEB WALSH ILLUSTRATION

WRIGHT OR WRONG? read Robert Herold’s article that labeled George Wright as a “murdering

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rat” and pretty much advocated removing his name from places in our area (“Airbrushing History, 3/14/19). Yes, Wright was a “get it done” military commander, but his orders stipulated that he was to come into this area and not only end the Indian War, but to punish the Indians for the route they had gone on Steptoe, just north of Rosalia. George Wright was a slash-andburn soldier, a remnant of the Civil War with possible PTSD, but he did LETTERS get the job done.

Send comments to By capturing the area Indian editor@inlander.com. tribes’ horses and slaughtering around 600 out by State Line, he put the Indians afoot and that spelled the end of the war. The hanging of subchief Qualchew (Qualchan) and the other sons of the chiefs, while forcing the fathers watch their sons die, took all of the fight out of the chiefs.

I feel the name George Wright is a part of our area history and should be remembered, and reviled for who he was.

Take a drive south of Spokane to historical Mount Hope, then southwest to the Old Kentucky Trail Road and look to the right and you will see the stone monument to Qualchew and the others who were hung on this site. If we erase George Wright, should we erase Qulachew and his history?

JAMES YOUNGMAN Millwood, Wash.

Readers respond to an Inlander article about Spokane’s historic landmarks and their tragic memories (“Airbrushing History,” 3/14/2019):

ADRINA G. WYNECOOP: “Qualchan’s death was only the beginning of what could be considered a hanging spree by Wright. … Wright was a busy man for the month of September as he had almost 1,000 horses and at least seven men murdered for the cause of westward expansion.” Need I say more. I pass by that street often and am annoyed that it’s still there since back six years ago, thought it was going to be changed then.

LISA WILLIAMS: I used to work on the Fort Wright campus. It’s an old U.S. military base and Mukogawa is doing a fantastic job taking care of it. Not once in the 15 years I worked at Holy Names Music Center did anyone complain about the name “Fort Wright”... In fact most were amazed to hear its history and that Clark Gable was stationed there! n

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homas Allison hasn’t worked in five years, but he needs more than a job. He also needs a stable place to live, a way to get to work and basic computer training.

Last week, Allison, 60, walked into a place that theoretically could help him with all those things. It’s called the Spokane Resource Center, a collection of local social service agencies all in one location in Spokane. As the city of Spokane says, it’s a one-stop shop that can reduce barriers for underserved citizens.

The resource center won’t officially open until April 16. But as it prepares to launch, it’s testing out how it will help folks like Allison, who didn’t know it existed until

he was referred by WorkSource Spokane located a floor below the Resource Center at 130 S. Arthur St. Allison is hopeful it will set him on a path forward.

“I know a lot more now than I did before I walked through that door,” Allison says.

The Spokane Resource Center is among the first few of 17 so-called Housing and Urban Development (HUD) “EnVision Centers” throughout the country. While some communities are reportedly struggling to get the ball rolling on the centers, Spokane had one in the works long before HUD threw in the “EnVision Center” label. Now, Spokane’s center could help serve as a model for others trying to get started around the country.

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be part of the first round of what it described as one of Secretary Ben Carson’s “signature initiatives” to open EnVision Centers.

The label came with no funding from HUD, but the idea was to improve access to HUD-assisted services and for those seeking to “achieve self-sufficiency,” according to a HUD press release. The centralized hubs would support “four key pillars of self-sufficiency”: Economic empowerment, educational advancement, health and wellness and character leadership.

By then, however, the city of Spokane had been working on a similar idea for roughly a year, says Alex Reynolds, community programs coordinator for the city.

“I think we had a huge advantage there, because everybody else was starting from scratch,” Reynolds says.

The plan originally was to put it in the Intermodal Center, where the Greyhound bus depot is, but council members feared that the Border Patrol immigration sweeps of Greyhound buses would deter some from accessing services. That set the city back roughly six months, Reynolds says, before the city then identified the WorkSource building as a possible location. That ended up being a much better option than the original plan. WorkSource already had an integrated services model focused on employment, and it was a logical pairing with an integrated social services site.

“The scope of what we were doing then was so much smaller than what we ended up getting into in the end,” Reynolds says.

Now, the center uses an entire floor that’s roughly 20,000 square feet. The main room where people can seek services is around 7,000 square feet. It’s an open concept, with signs hanging from the ceiling designating each pod or “neighborhood”: Housing, health care, justice/re-entry, peer mentoring and employment.

The rest of the floor will be used for training workshops and classes, a multicultural center and eventually a clothing closet.

The sheer amount of space separates the Spokane Resource Center from other similar centers in the country, Reynolds says; some of the largest EnVision Centers have less than half of the Spokane’s main room.

“What we’re doing is pretty unique compared to centers like that,” Reynolds says.

The center works with 15 different project partners, which are local organizations that meet a variety of needs. But here’s another area where the Spokane Resource Center differs from other one-stop shops for social services: People don’t walk in and choose which organization can help them like they’re stores at a mall. Instead, the goal is that anyone who walks through the door will be greeted by someone to address all of their needs, shrinking what could have been days’ worth of appointments into a few hours.

It’s not about enrolling into a certain organization’s program, says Jennifer Morris, site manager of the Spokane Resource Center. “It’s about helping whoever walks in that door,” she says.

A good example would be someone who is just getting out of prison. That person might need employment, but they may first need housing and food. The resource center could help with

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all of that. Morris says a few men have already told her that the resource center would have been helpful when they got out of prison, instead of having to figure it out on their own.

“It’s a hard thing to figure out,” Morris says. “And so this is a space for that.”

CHALLENGES AHEAD

Lee Jones, a HUD spokesman, highlights Spokane’s ambition in trying to have 15 providers all working under the same roof.

“That’s a lot of possible things that can go right,” Jones says.

“And a lot of possible things that can go wrong.”

That’s why he praises Spokane’s “methodical” approach in working out the kinks before officially opening the center.

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“I worry that folks won’t be there at the same time — that those resources won’t always be available.”

One challenge for the center will be having staff there from various agencies so that each pod or “neighborhood” has at least one person there. If someone comes in for pre-employment, and nobody in pre-employment is there, then that’s a problem, Morris says.

“It’s a hard thing, I think, that some of the providers are having: How do we have staff here, but still keep the funding streams that we have?” Morris says.

Ryan Oelrich, executive director of Priority Spokane and not part of the Spokane Resource Center, agrees that could be an issue with the tight budgets of some of the partnering organizations. He says that as someone who has tried to help young people get resources they need, it is difficult when you have to set up multiple appointments. Having everybody in one place, he says, “could be really advantageous,” if it actually works.

“I worry that folks won’t be there at the same time — that those resources won’t always be available,” Oelrich says.

And while the organizations currently partnering with the Spokane Resource Center cover an array of needs, there are a few organizations that have been left out. Reynolds, with the city, says some organizations have already reached out because they felt like they could have been part of the center. He encourages more to do the same if they feel like they offer a service that the center is missing.

“We want to hear from them,” Reynolds says. “It’s better to have that uncomfortable conversation than go on in our ignorance and fail to meet the needs of people in Spokane.”

Despite some of the questions, Oelrich is optimistic that it can work for Spokane if organizations are able to dedicate resources to the center.

“I really hope we can give this a chance,” Oelrich says. n wilsonc@inlander.com

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That would be high school seniors who work more than 11 or more hours a week, according to a study using data from the state’s Healthy Youth Survey led by Washington State University College of Nursing assistant professor Janessa Graves. For nonworking high school seniors, the number who said they used marijuana in 2016 is about one in five, and dropped by about 3 percent since 2010.

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The scene at the Garland Street Fair in 2017. A year and a half later, the event was dead.

Victims of Their Own Success

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The canceled Garland Street Fair joins the ranks of Elkfest as yet another community event that became too big to succeed

BY DANIEL WALTERS

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he Garland Street Fair, in its 16th year, was as crazy as it had ever been last August. Thousands packed a few blocks for hours. There were over 160 vendors, ranging from Steampunk artists to an electric bike rental shop to organic garlic farmers. Car lovers showed off their hot rods at Garland’s annual car show.

Bands played honky-tonk, country western, retro-pop, folk and marimba music. On Wall Street alone there were martial artists, acrobats, belly dancers, Irish dancers and breakdancers.

It would have been hectic enough, even if the antiabortion protestors hadn’t shown up. Julie Shepard-Hall, the street fair’s head organizer, says they were screaming through megaphones and waving grisly signs.

“Some of vendors left because it was so bad,” Shepard-Hall says. “We’ve got protesters showing mangled babies in the kids area and [animal-rights activists] writing in chalk on the street that ‘dairy kills cows’ in front of the Milk Bottle.”

The protests were just one more raindrop in the monsoon of stress pelting the street fair. And so earlier this year, Shepard-Hall and other organizers made a decision to cancel the fair this year.

In doing so, the Garland Street Fair joins the list of beloved cultural events that suddenly came to an end, including Elkfest, the Browne’s Addition music festival, and First Night Spokane, the New Year’s Eve event.

It wasn’t that last year’s event was unsuccessful. In many ways, it was the opposite, argues Garland area pastor and coffee shop owner Rob Bryceson, who helped put on the street fair. The Garland Street Fair had become

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too big of a hit, too massive for a handful of volunteers in a small Spokane business district to handle for long before being burned out.

“Last year’s festival was 14,000 people in the neighborhood,” says Bryceson. “I guess I’d use the phrase, ‘too much of a good thing.’”

TOO MUCH

For five years, the bulk of the Garland Street Fair had rested on Julie Shepard-Hall’s shoulders.

“I’m here from 4 in the morning to 11 at night,” Shepard-Hall says. “I have to make sure every barricade is picked up. Every piece of garbage is picked up.”

And that’s just for the event itself.

“It consumes your life for six months,” Shepard-Hall says. “Literally every day I was working on Garland stuff.”

Shepard-Hall had to manage hundreds of applications from vendors. The organizers had to recruit and coordinate bands, negotiate with the fire marshal, handle marketing, run their finances, coordinate volunteers and decide the layout of booths, portable toilets and barricades. On top of all that, Shepard-Hall owned two businesses — Integrity Insurance Solutions and a women’s consignment clothing shop.

“Last year I literally thought I was going to have a heart attack,” Shepard-Hall says. “Everything has to come together all at once and you don’t have enough chiefs you can delegate to. And everyone is going ‘Julie! Julie!

Julie!’ When all of that this coming on you all at once, it’s just overwhelming.”

Theoretically, the Garland Street Fair could have scaled back. Emily Wenzel, president of the South Perry Business and Neighborhood Association, says the Perry Street Fair eliminated its parade to cut down on the time and energy it took to plan their event.

But Bryceson argues that it’s difficult to not want to try to exceed fairgoer expectations by raising the bar every single year, until the event becomes unsustainable.

“There is a pressure to add more, add more: Let’s be better than next year than we were this year,” Bryceson says. “And then it just becomes massive issues of crowd control and restrooms and cleanup and safety.”

Those were all surmountable challenges, he says, if they had the volunteers. But finding them was becoming more and more difficult. It wasn’t just finding a few extra hands — it was finding organized people to help lead them. The street fair’s volunteer coordinator had been unable to do the event last year.

The struggle to find volunteers for a growing event was also a factor in last year’s demise of First Night Spokane, downtown’s New Year’s Eve block party.

“We can’t keep doing this without additional help, and to get additional help we can’t afford it,” says Lona Barnum, former executive director of First Night. “You surpass your ability to put on a good event.”

After years working with the Garland Street Fair, meanwhile, Shepard-Hall says, she just needed a break.

And this time, there was no one to take a hold of the baton. She says she talked to some of the paid professionals who put on Pig Out in the Park and Valleyfest about the possibility of taking over the reins.

“But then it no longer is a Garland District thing,” ShepardHall says. “It becomes another organization just using our space to have an event. Does it lose the Garland feel to it?”

And there was a bigger issue, she says, beyond volunteer or staffing levels. Maybe the street fair itself was the problem.

“Is it just not having enough people to organize or volunteer?” Shepard-Hall says. “Or is it about: Have we become too large? And do we need to step back?”

TOO BIG

The closest thing the Browne’s Addition Neighborhood had to the Garland Street Fair was Elkfest, the three-day music festival held near the Elk Public House for 13 years. That is, until last year.

At first, it seemed like the problem was all about the fire marshal and the Police Department. The city fire marshal said the Elkfest stage setup was breaking the fire code, while the city also determined the festival would need to start paying $4,500 for four police officers to provide additional security.

“So, in the end, it was like: Is the district as a whole really wanting this festival? Or is it becoming a little bit of a headache?”

But as Elkfest founder Marshall Powell began appealing with the city, they discovered something else: The festival wasn’t quite as beloved as they thought. Not only were some neighbors complaining about the noise and nuisance, neighboring businesses like Rosauers and Italia Trattoria had their own frustrations with the event.

“It had grown too big,” Powell says. “Had it stayed smaller, it wouldn’t have been on people’s radars.”

He wasn’t about to hire lawyers to try to force an event upon local businesses if they weren’t enthusiastic about it.

This year, Garland Street Fair organizers asked themselves similar questions: “There’s 80 businesses at the district. And there’s five of us doing the work to put that festival on,” Bryceson says. “So, in the end, it was like: Is the district as a whole really wanting this festival? Or is it becoming a little bit of a headache?”

There’s always a point where bigger crowds increase problems without increasing the profit. A restaurant can only serve so many tables at once.

Some restaurants, Bryceson says, were frustrated that they had to scale down their menus to be able to meet the demand — and were unable to showcase the full breadth of their restaurant experience. Other businesses felt they were buried behind a wall of food trucks and vendors set up out front.

“Some of the music stores were like, ‘I’m spending all day preventing shoplifting,’” Bryceson says. A few simply closed that day.

Maybe there was a tipping point, Bryceson speculates. Maybe 5,000 or 7,000 visitors is a boon for the neighborhood, but when you get to 14,000, it’s a nightmare.

Officially, the Garland Street Fair is dead. It’s possible it could be resurrected in a future year, Bryceson says. But for now the plan isn’t to revive the street fair so much as to divide it. The Garland District Business Association is thinking that instead of just one mega-event, why not have three or four smaller events throughout the year? A car show in April, maybe. An art show in June. A music festival in September.

The one date that Bryceson wants to be sure to avoid, however, is the second Saturday of August.

“If you do anything in the first two weeks of August, everybody is going to assume it’s the old festival,” he says. “And everyone will be disappointed.” n danielw@inlander.com

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Miller Cane keeps looking over his shoulder. He’s been on the run with 8-year-old Carleen, trying to keep her away from her estranged father, Connor, while the girl’s mother, Lizzie, rots in jail. Before this, Miller had been on the road with a different mission: conning the survivors of America’s mass shootings. One of those survivors, Heffner, has a score to settle with him. Miller and Carleen are now in Walla Walla, visiting Miller’s buddy Avery, who used to be a “Panther” (as in, a Black Panther). Meanwhile, back in Spokane, Miller’s sister, Dena, is trying to unload their ailing mother’s house when, out of the blue, a strange man shows up asking questions.

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iller called Dena back immediately, to find out what she knew and what she’d told Heffner, but his call went straight to voicemail. He texted — Call me as soon as you can. Carleen’s room was empty, her Barbie Care Clinic open on the bed. In the kitchen, a note from Avery explained that he’d taken Carleen to town for breakfast and a matinee. They wouldn’t be home until afternoon.

Miller made coffee and waited for Dena to call. It was time to get out of Washington, to head to Pendleton for the Roundup, and then to get out of the West entirely. Maybe they’d skip the rodeo, though he hated the thought of Heffner chasing them away from what they wanted to do. Miller read the newspaper online.

The entire state of California was on fire. A few hundred

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miles north, Canadians were being rounded up and shot along the border, and there was talk of installing a moat filled with boiling sewage to keep them out of the country. Maybe that was all rumor. Miller was having trouble thinking straight. Heffner had reasserted himself, but that didn’t mean he was on their trail, though it seemed like he was. Maybe getting a gun wasn’t such a bad idea.

But then he’d have to learn how to use it.

Dena called from their mom’s room at Fairhaven.

“He was outside when I got here,” she said.

“What?” Miller said, and Dena said, “Here — at Fairhaven.”

How was that possible?

“Was he frothing at the mouth?” Miller said, and Dena said, “Actually, he seemed — I don’t know — kind of normal.”

That definitely didn’t seem possible.

“Said he was Lizzie’s cousin,” Dena said, “that he’d been by the house and talked to McKay.” “Who’s McKay?” Miller said.

“The realtor,” Dena said. “Didn’t you sign that stuff?”

“What stuff?”

“The stuff he emailed us,” Dena said. “Come on, Miller!”

“Just tell me what happened,” Miller said.

“Nothing happened,” Dena said. “Except — I don’t know.”

“What?” Miller said.

“I got this feeling he didn’t know what he was talking about. And based on your text, I was on guard — like what’s this guy doing at Fairhaven? That’s what really got to me.”

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“Exactly,” Miller said.

“He spent an hour at the house with McKay three days ago and then again yesterday — apparently he’s talked to the neighbors and stuff. I mean, I’m guessing all this, putting two and two together, based on the serious buyer McKay told us about.”

“Jesus,” Miller said — Heffner in their house, at his mother’s nursing home, talking to the neighbor’s. Who knew what the man was capable of?

“But that’s after I talked to him here,” Dena said, “outside.”

“I need another towel,” Miller’s mom said in the background.

“Hang on,” Dena said to Miller.

“Is she hearing this?”

Miller said when Dena came back.

“No,” Dena said.

“And Heffner didn’t get inside Fairhaven?”

“I don’t think so. But I called McKay to see if I was right — that this serious buyer who’d been spending so much time at the house was actually our stalker, even though he seemed normal when I saw him. I stayed in the lobby at Fairhaven watching the dude, and after he walked to his car, I called McKay and said, ‘This buyer — does he drive a black Mustang?’”

“A black Mustang?” Miller said.

But that couldn’t be. That was — “And he was like, Yep.” “But that’s not him,” Miller said. “That’s Lizzie’s husband. Connor.”

“No,” Dena said. “This was Heffner.”

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“But if he was driving a black Mustang, that has to be Connor.”

Didn’t it?

“So they’re both here?”

“I don’t know,” Miller said.

Connor was supposed to be on the other side of the Cascades. Heffner was supposed to be stalking them in Spokane or somewhere else. Outside, there was nobody at Avery’s curb watching, though Connor and Heffner both knew the motorhome and its crazy stickers.

Soon the big open country would swallow Miller and Carleen, not that they were traceable now.

“Connor’s been in our house,” Miller said — the thought turned his stomach — and Dena said “I’ll tell McKay the guy’s not a real buyer — ” “Don’t tell him anything,” Miller said. “We don’t want the cops involved.”

“Why not?” Dena said.

Miller didn’t say anything.

“Okay,” Dena said.

“He doesn’t know where you live, does he?”

“I don’t know,” Dena said.

“Get out of town for a couple days,” Miller said.

“Heffner might be sniffing around, too.”

“Okay,” Dena said. “But there’s something else.”

“What is it?” Miller said.

There was still nobody outside, and the smoke hadn’t blown back in since blowing out the previous evening.

“Mom’s been really volatile,” Dena said, “up and down like I’ve never seen her before.”

“Like how?” Miller said.

“Like totally here one minute,” Dena said, “especially when she talks about Carleen.”

“Carleen?” Miller said.

“And then totally gone.”

“What about Carleen?”

“I don’t know,” Dena said. “I guess they’ve been talking on the phone.”

“What do you mean they’ve been talking on the

Soon the big open country would swallow Miller and Carleen, not that they were traceable now. phone?”

“What do you mean what do I mean? I mean she’s been calling Mom. I assumed you knew that. I assumed it was your phone.”

“Hang on,” Miller said. He checked his call log — and almost every time there was a call to Lizzie, there was a call to his mother as well.

“Why is she doing this?” Miller said.

“I don’t know,” Dena said, and then Miller heard his mom in the background. “Excuse me, miss,” she said.

“Can I help you with something?”

“Oh, Ma,” Dena said, and then she said to Miller, “I gotta go.”

He did, too. It was past time. Nobody knew where they were, but it didn’t feel that way, and when Avery and Carleen came back from the movie, Miller told Avery about Connor and Heffner right up the road in Spokane. If Heffner even was there.

“Okay,” Avery said. “But you’re jumping to conclusions.”

Carleen was out back with Waffles.

“We’re going to the Roundup,” Miller said. “Today.”

“It’s only an hour away,” Avery said. “You can sleep here if you want.”

“We have to get out of Washington,” Miller said.

“Thirty miles across the line’s going to make a difference?”

“Yes,” Miller said.

“How about I go with you?” Avery said. “I’ve got a friend in La Grande where we could park the motorhome — sleep there.”

Avery coming with them to the Roundup felt like a miracle, another pair of eyes to watch for Connor and Heffner, to watch Carleen, who banged in through the backdoor holding Waffles and pulling off her respirator.

“Is Avery going to the rodeo with us?” she asked, and Miller said, “How did you know?”

“Because I invited him,” Carleen said.

Avery shrugged. “I’ve never been to a rodeo,” he said.

“Me neither,” Carleen said.

Things were getting weirder, but so what? Miller was grateful to have a few more days of Avery’s calming influence. His judgment wasn’t distorted by all the craziness they were wrapped in.

“With me and Avery and Waffles,” Carleen said, “the cats will be taking over.”

Avery laughed.

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What teams are in Gonzaga’s path if the Zags want to make a Final Four run?

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he last time we saw the Zags on a basketball court, it was … not good.

After dominating the West Coast Conference through an undefeated regular season and pummeling Pepperdine in the conference tourney semifinals, Gonzaga saw their rival Saint Mary’s beat them in every facet of the game, and the final 60-47 score actually made the game look closer than it was. The Gaels dominated Spokane’s hometown heroes so thoroughly that many national prognosticators thought the Zags might lose their No. 1 seed for the NCAA tournament.

On Sunday as the tournament field was revealed, we found out that didn’t happen. The Zags’ 30-3 record still landed them the top spot in the West, and a potential path to the Final Four in Minneapolis that’s riddled with worthy opponents and familiar faces. Let’s break it down.

STEP ONE: Gonzaga is immediately at a disadvantage of sorts in that they didn’t find out until Tuesday night who they’d open against in Salt Lake City Thursday.

Fairleigh Dickinson, a team that shoots three-pointers at a Top 10 clip nationally, faced off against Prairie View A&M after the Inlander’s deadline. Suffice to say, it would take a near-historic upset for either to beat the No. 1-seeded Zags.

STEP TWO: The Zags will face either Syracuse or Bay-

lor to move on to the Sweet Sixteen in Anaheim. Baylor has lost four straight heading into the NCAA tourney, but has some big wins this season, including two against Big 12 champ Iowa State and another against a No. 3-seeded Texas Tech. Syracuse needs no introduction to Gonzaga fans. Coach Jim Boeheim and his annoyingly effective zone defense have knocked the Zags out of March Madness a couple times, including in 2016. The Zags should beat either of these teams, but March is “mad” for a reason.

STEP THREE: If the Zags reach the Sweet Sixteen in Anaheim, they’re assured of some difficult foes to take

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on before reaching the Elite Eight. Florida State, who knocked Gonzaga out of the tournament last year, lurks with a team of lanky, tall athletes fully capable of making life miserable inside for Zags stars Rui Hachimura and Brandon Clarke. Marquette could be waiting with four players all capable of lighting it up from outside, and potential Cinderella story Murray State boasts Ja Morant, averaging 25 points and 10 assists and an expected Top 5 NBA draft pick this summer.

STEP FOUR: If the Zags win their first three games and reach the West Regional Championship, they’ll likely tip off against one of the best teams they’ve seen all season.

That could be 2-seed Michigan out of the Big 10, arguably the best conference in the country this year. It might be Nevada, who was ranked in the Top 10 nationally for much of the year until a late-season swoon. Perhaps it will be 3-seed Texas Tech, who shared the Big 12 title, or a Buffalo Bulls team that went 31-3 before the NCAA tournament started, winning the MAC title.

There are no easy routes to the Final Four, and coach Mark Few and his Zags will need to play like they did all season to make it — minus that last debacle in Vegas. n Gonzaga vs. the winner of Fairleigh Dickinson and Prairie View A&M tips off at 4:27 pm Thursday on TruTV.

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eeing Zag-like student sections crowding UW’s Hec Ed Pavilion these past months has brought back lots of memories for Spokane’s Clay Damon, who played on Husky teams that made back-toback NCAA Tournament appearances in 1984 and ’85.

“We had a great, young team then, and we just developed a great environment,” recalls Damon, now an orthodontist in Spokane. “Getting to play on national TV against Reggie Miller [UCLA] and A.C. Green [Oregon State] was a big deal.”

That Husky team featured future NBA star Detlef Schrempf, from Germany, along with Damon, who was recruited by nearly every team in the PAC-10 after a standout career at Lewis and Clark High School.

“I narrowed it down to UW for a lot of reasons, but [coach] Marv Harshman was a big part of that.”

Harshman, who passed away in 2013, is a Northwest coaching legend: After serving in the Navy in World War II, he led the Pacific Lutheran basketball team for 13 seasons and Washington State for another 13. Then he put in 14 at UW, with his final season coming in Damon’s sophomore year. The floor the Huskies play on today is Marv Harshman Court.

“He was a four-sport athlete in college,” says Damon, “and he was very tough. But off the court, he was like a father. I was disappointed when he hung it up; it wasn’t the same after that.”

Perhaps Harshman’s greatest moment came 35 years ago this month, on March

18, 1984, when his young team took down mighty Duke in the NCAA tournament with a spot in the Sweet 16 on the line. The game was played at Friel Court in Pullman, named for the coach Harshman replaced in 1958. A Husky fan vote in 2002 named the game one of the three biggest wins in the first century of Husky basketball.

“In a sense, it was on our home court,” says Damon. “Still, it was a battle.”

Down by eight points at halftime, the Huskies rallied behind Schrempf, who wound up with 30 points. That Duke team was stacked with six future NBA draft picks, including Johnny Dawkins, Mark Alarie and Jay Bilas, now of ESPN. At the end of the game, down 80-78, Duke had a chance. The Huskies needed a stop. On the inbounds, Damon recalls being on the far side covering Dawkins, one of the nation’s best players. Schrempf was at the top of the key when some Duke motion pulled him away, and “kind of like in slow motion, I just see all that space opening up,” recalls Damon. “They throw an alley-oop pass over the top [to Dawkins]. I just walled him off as best I could, and he jumped — I mean, he really got up. It goes off his hand, and we win.”

A few years back, at a Coaches vs. Cancer event in Spokane, he met Bilas again. “I didn’t even know if he’d remember me, but he says, ‘Clay Damon, I’m sorry, but that was a foul.’ All those years later, it still was bothering him. I just said, ‘I beg to differ’ and we had a laugh.”

The Huskies lost in the Sweet 16 to red-

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Clay Damon played for UW in the 1980s. hot Dayton the following week. Two years later, that Duke team, with most of the same roster, came within three points of a national championship, falling to Louisville. And the Duke dynasty was up and running.

Damon is impressed with this year’s Huskies and proud to pull for them. “I love how they play with passion and how they’ve bought into the system. [Coach] Mike Hopkins, I think he’s kind of like [UW football coach Chris] Peterson. They both have a great system.”

The parallels continue, as another great team from the state of North Carolina could be next up for this Husky squad. n

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onzaga’s fall at the West Coast Conference’s women’s basketball tournament was heartbreaking, and not because the Zags lost to BYU for the third time this season in the championship.

No, it was the loss of senior guard Laura Stockton and top-notch reserve Jill Townsend to injury in the semi-finals, paired shortly thereafter with the death of coach Lisa Fortier’s brother, that made a stunningly successful season suddenly

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seem inconsequential.

The NCAA tournament gives the team a chance to write a happier ending, though. This year’s team reached a historic high in the polls when at full strength — No. 14 in the Associated Press poll — and despite their injuries, they were still awarded a 5-seed in March Madness. The Zags will travel to Corvallis, Oregon, to face 12-seed Arkansas-Little Rock, the Sun Belt Conference champs.

If the Zags get by the Trojans, they’ll play

the winner between No. 4 seed (and home team) Oregon State and 13-seed Boise State.

In 2015, the Zags memorably took a similar route to the Sweet Sixteen, beating Oregon State on their home court before falling to Tennessee in Spokane. The Zags will need a serious reversal of their recent luck to repeat that trick. (DAN NAILEN) Gonzaga plays Arkansas Little-Rock on Saturday at 12:30 pm on ESPN2.

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Starting in January, we put out our annual questionnaire. You filled it out, shared it with friends and we pulled together the whole enchilada into this issue. Thanks!

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The Best of the Inland Northwest is truly a celebration of the excellence we see all around us. Everyone has a personal favorite, and for some questions the tally sheets go page after page, reflecting how many different ideas of what’s “Best” are out there. So many people are deserving of your love, but here we have compiled the top three vote-getters for nearly 130 questions.

You’ll find the old favorites — Best Pizza, Best Singer-Songwriter — along with many new questions to reflect an even broader picture of the Inland Northwest — Best Mural, Best Escape Room, Best Ramen, to name a few.

You’ll also read about three new inductees to the Best of Hall of Fame, who have won 10 readers poll awards. We have special sections just for our many readers in the Sandpoint area and down in the Palouse. And as always, you can see the top Coeur d’Alene/Post Falls/ Hayden choices in many of the categories, listed as “North Idaho’s Best.” Finally, we’re offering your take on Inland Northwest Romance, detailing everything you need to know from the Best Place for a First Date to the Best Baby Doctor.

This is a great week to congratulate winners — and anyone who is Best in your heart.

Together, they all make this a great place to live!

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D O FO Best Cupcakes

SWEET FROSTINGS

With a tiny fondant heart topping off each treat on its extensive menu, Sweet Frostings’ cupcakes are instantly recognizable by sight. When one bites into the soft cake in combos like cookie dough, apple pie, chocolate peanut butter and orange creamsicle, the decadent flavors, too, are instantly memorable.

Which makes it no surprise that this local favorite takes tops in this Best Of category year after year. (CHEY SCOTT) 2nd PLACE: Celebrations Sweet Boutique; 3rd PLACE: Nothing Bundt Cakes; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Temptations Cupcakes, Coeur d’Alene

Best New Restaurant (Opened in 2018-19)

PARK LODGE

Raise your hand if you haven’t been given a recommendation to dine at Park Lodge, one of Spokane’s newest and most esteemed fine dining establishments, located in Kendall Yards overlooking the Spokane River gorge.

Countless rave reviews on social media and elsewhere praise the attention to detail and delivery of technique on display at chef-owner Philip Stanton’s seasonally driven eatery. Park Lodge’s culinary philosophy centers around the use of a traditional wood-fired hearth to develop complex yet familiar flavors of many dishes on the menu, from meat to seafood to veggies. (CS) 2nd PLACE: Elliotts, an Urban Kitchen; 3rd PLACE: Cochinito Taqueria; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Honey Eatery & Social Club, Coeur d’Alene

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Best Bread (By the Loaf)

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Home to both Culture Breads and Grain Shed Brewing, the Grain Shed co-op is one of the most hyper-local food systems we’ve seen so far in the regional food economy’s continued evolution. Ancient grains in each of baker Shaun Thompson Duffy’s naturally leavened loaves are harvested from fields less than an hour away, at Palouse Heritage farms. The kernels are then stone milled into fresh flour in a back room at the bakery that’s just steps away from its Old World-style brick oven, custom built to achieve ideal baking conditions to create the perfect rise, crust and flavor that Culture Breads’ loaves have quickly become beloved for. (CS) 2nd PLACE: Great Harvest Bread Co.; 3rd PLACE: Central Food; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: MAK Bread, Coeur d’Alene

Locally Owned & Operated Best Thai

THAI BAMBOO

Local diners love Best Of Hall-of-Famer Thai Bamboo for many reasons. Multiple locations (four total) across the Inland Northwest ensure that its popular phad Thai noodles, spicy curries and other traditional dishes remain easily accessible to all. A wide selection of gluten-free and vegetarian dishes allows customers with dietary restrictions to find something tasty, and affordable prices with huge portion sizes means dinner out with the whole family isn’t going to break the bank. (CS) 2nd PLACE: Bangkok Thai; 3rd PLACE: Sala Thai

Best Vegetarian / Vegan Food

MIZUNA

Since 1996, Mizuna has been a leader in the region’s restaurant industry, establishing an early focus on locally sourced, fresh, organic and seasonal ingredients that are now ubiquitous on menus. The fact that its care to these missions has not changed over the years is why Mizuna remains a top fine dining destination, paired with its commitment to serving a complete and separate vegetarian menu that’s tasty enough to tempt even the most steadfast omnivores. (CS) 2nd PLACE: Boots Bakery & Lounge; 3rd PLACE: Allie’s Vegan Pizzeria & Cafe; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Cosmic Cowboy Grill, Coeur d’Alene

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FOOD

Sure, you can cook steak at home, but you can’t beat this one.

BEST FINE DINING BEST STEAKS

CHURCHILL’S STEAKHOUSE

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ood steak is easy.

In the age of the Thermapen and the sous vide machine, getting home-cooked steak precisely as cooked as you want it is not exactly rare.

But for great steak? Swap your “Kiss the Chef” apron for a suit jacket and tie and trade your socks and sandals for your wedding shoes. Take me to Churchill’s.

You see, neither your little Browne’s Addition stove nor your discounted Home Depot barbecue grill gets up to the screaming hot 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit of the grill at Churchill’s.

Your steak, no matter how desperately you want it to, will never have the incredible Pittsburgh-sear char you get at Churchill’s. You won’t have that crunch of

fat-charred flavor surrounding every succulent bit of red meat.

It’s one reason why former Downtown Spokane Partnership president Mike Tedesco — an amateur steak cook himself — dedicated a gushing review on his Spokane Planner blog last week to why the steak he gets at Churchill’s is so much better than the more delicate fare at other restaurants.

“No I don’t want the mashed cauliflower with a sprig of rosemary paired with tortilla soup and some foreign cucumber infused cocktail; I want a perfectly aged, perfectly cut, perfectly cooked steak with perfectly charred crust paired with a perfect peppercorn sauce,” Tedesco writes. “If you’re looking for salvation, Churchill’s is like John the Baptist for Spokane’s food

scene. Hell, they even have church in the name.”

At first, the prices at Churchill’s can seem a little steep. But, then, when you have that first bite of medium-rare filet mignon, and you close your eyes to savor it, you’ll say: “Ah. That’s why.”

— DANIEL WALTERS BEST FINE DINING 2nd PLACE; Clinkerdagger; 3rd PLACE: Wild Sage; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Beverly’s BEST STEAKS 2nd PLACE: Wolf Lodge Inn, CdA; 3rd PLACE: Spencer’s for Steaks & Chops

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FOOD Best Food Truck

3 NINJAS

Feeding Spokane curbside, Steven, Mike and T-Dog, the Three Ninjas, take the cake. Or, in this case, the tacos for the best food truck.

Their American, Asian and Mexican fusion on tacos, wraps and salads bring a gourmet flair to their on-the-go cuisine. (ARCELIA MARTIN) 2nd PLACE: Tacos el Sol; 3rd PLACE: Couple of Chefs; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Meltz Extreme Grilled Cheese, Coeur d’Alene

Best Chef

Bring a big appetite when you head to De Leon’s.

CHAD WHITE, ZONA BLANCA

Some chefs would have been content to simply leverage their Top Chef celebrity into a generic fine dining establishment with a pretentious name and even more pretentious price points. But part of the reason that Zona Blanca’s Chad White keeps winning Inlander accolades isn’t just his culinary talent. It’s his ambition. He’s not satisfied with mere ceviche. The guy just launched a lobster bar. In Spokane. In a skywalk. (DANIEL WALTERS) 2nd PLACE: Jeremy Hansen, Inland Pacific Kitchen; 3rd PLACE: Tony Brown, Ruins; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Adam Hegsted, Honey Eatery and Social Club

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Best Mexican Food

Best Burgers

Anyone who’s visited either De Leon Foods stores or the family’s expanding array of De Leon’s Taco & Bar spots knows that proprietors Sergio and Marya De Leon know their way around a taco. And a chimichanga. And a burrito, bowl of pozole, tamale, tortas, etc. In other words, if you’re looking for some authentic, delicious dishes inspired south of the border (Mexico, not Oregon), you need to take the advice of Inlander readers and find the closest De Leon’s.

Pack an appetite. (DAN NAILEN) 2nd PLACE: Azteca; 3rd PLACE: Rancho Chico

Real estate is all about location, location, location. Being tucked away around a corner on the lower South Hill, Wisconsinburger might be hard to spot, but it’s difficult to leave. The neighborhood that surrounds it is perfectly situated, and customers are perfectly seated to have their choice of at least 15 burgers, fries or cheese curds, and, perhaps best of all, copious beer selection of 10 taps and 80 canned options. The Midwest never tasted so good in the Northwest. (SCOTT A. LEADINGHAM) 2nd PLACE: D.Lish’s Hamburgers; 3rd PLACE: Waddell’s; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Hudson’s Hamburgers, Coeur d’Alene

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Best Ice Cream

Best Donuts

Too many ice cream joints serve up ice cream flavors that are, well, vanilla. Your rocky roads. Your cookie dough. A moose track or two if you’re lucky. But at Brain Freeze?

They have your classics. But they also have flavors like Chocolate Cherry Bordeaux, Inland Grey Tea, Banana Pudding, an Oreo-like flavor called “Name Brand Cookie” (without all the trademark infringement). (DW) 2nd PLACE: The Scoop; 3rd PLACE: Sweet Peaks, Spokane and CdA

Donuts. They’re hard to screw up, no matter what flavor, shape or size. And at Hello Sugar, the donuts are tiny and delicious. Order a dozen donuts with the “Carousel” menu option and get one of every flavor on the menu. (QW) 2nd PLACE: Casual Friday Donuts; 3rd PLACE: Amy’s Donuts; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Gross Donuts, Coeur d’Alene and Post Falls

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FOOD Best Brunch

THE HISTORIC DAVENPORT SUNDAY BRUNCH You’ve got to admire a meal that dares to take the place of two.

Likewise, you’ve also got to admire the restaurant that perfects it. Each Sunday the Davenport does exactly that, providing diners with a spread that succeeds in simultaneously whetting — and sating — their breakfast and lunch appetites. Sumptuous seafood buffets, carvery meats and gourmet desserts are dished up in one of the hotel’s historic ballrooms. (E.J. IANNELLI) 2nd PLACE: The Yards; 3rd PLACE: Bruncheonette; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Dockside Signature Sunday Brunch, Coeur d’Alene Resort

Find food, flowers and fun at Kendall Yards Night Market.

Best Farmers Market

KENDALL YARDS NIGHT MARKET

My job at the Inlander’s office on West Summit Parkway makes a weekly stroll down the Kendall Yards Night Market hard to miss, May through September. I like to finish my evening run on the trail with a bite from one of the many food trucks at the market. If I’m feeling real good, I might buy a bouquet of flowers or some fresh produce. (QUINN WELSCH) 2nd PLACE: South Perry Farmers Market; 3rd PLACE: Liberty Lake Farmers Market; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Downtown Farmers Market, Coeur d’Alene

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Best Pub Food

WADDELL’S

Skip the formalities of a “dinner out” and instead grab a pint of beer and a hot plate of something yummy at Waddell’s. Waddell’s 6-ounce patty, corned beef and Swiss cheese burger was enough to excite the legendary Guy Fieri on his national television show Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives this past summer. Clearly, our readers agree. (QW) 2nd PLACE: Poole’s Public House; 3rd PLACE: O’Doherty’s Public House; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Capone’s

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Best Hole-in-theWall Mexican Food

TAQUERIA GUERRERO Located right next to Valley Bowl in Spokane Valley, Taqueria Guerrero looks more like a hole you may never escape than a hole in the wall. But if I were trapped there forever, I’d be perfectly happy. The service couldn’t be friendlier, the prices are more than reasonable and you get free chips and salsa with each order. You’d be hard pressed to find better Mexican food in Spokane. (WILSON CRISCIONE)

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BEST MILKSHAKE

MARY LOU’S MILK BOTTLE

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om Ritchie appreciates winning Inlander readers’ pick for the region’s best milkshake — truly, he does! — but the man who took over Mary Lou’s Milk Bottle from his parents Ed and Kris after their 20 years of ownership hopes those milkshakes act as a gateway to the rest of the homemade menu items at the historic spot on Garland Avenue.

“I just had a group of guys in here yesterday who all said, ‘These are the best burgers in town!’” Ritchie says. “Why can’t we win that category?”

Ritchie is fighting history on that one, because Mary Lou’s Milk Bottle is certainly best known for its incredibly creamy ice cream and the milkshakes in a sinful array of flavors. Ritchie’s favorite is the chocolate chip mint or cookies ’n’ cream, while his wife likes the chocolate and peanut butter blend. Customers lean toward huckleberry and the chocolate-forward River City Sludge.

No one knows more about Mary Lou’s ice cream than Tom, except for maybe his mom; the duo have made most of the house ice cream for several decades now. The key to that ice cream’s

distinct creaminess, and in turn those towering milkshakes’ deliciousness, he says, is using one of the highest butterfat creams he can find. Freshness is also key, Ritchie says.

“Some places [the ice cream] sits frozen for a long time,” Ritchie says. “I made ice cream yesterday that I’m pulling out [for customers] today.”

The freshness factor also figures in ice cream additions like bananas, and across the menu with Mary Lou’s freshly made burger buns and neverfrozen, hand-pressed patties.

It would take a lot of burgers sold to reach the Inland Northwest consciousness the way Mary Lou’s milkshakes have. Ritchie says the restaurant goes through 80-90 tubs of ice cream a week in the winter for its array of shakes, sundaes and scoops, and about four times that in the summer.

— DAN NAILEN 2nd PLACE: Zip’s Drive-In; 3rd PLACE: Wolffy’s Hamburgers; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Roger’s Ice Cream & Burgers, Coeur d’Alene & Post Falls

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The bread is called injera and you’ll want plenty of it to scoop up all the yummy flavors at Queen of Sheba.

Best Place To Get Handsy

QUEEN OF SHEBA ETHIOPIAN CUISINE

I was introduced to Ethiopian food just months before moving to Spokane where, reputation suggested, anything more exotic than a Red Robin would be hard to come by. That reputation proved bogus, of course, and happily I found Queen of Sheba Ethiopian Cuisine in the Flour Mill building to sate my new obsession. Whether I’m making another failed effort to go vegetarian, or satisfying a craving for a brilliantly spiced, remarkably tender bit of beef, lamb or chicken, chef/owner Almaz Ainuu is there for me, ready with rolls of spongy injera bread to scoop up her delicious concoctions. Nearly five years on, I can’t imagine Spokane without this Ethiopian outpost. (DAN NAILEN)

Best Pizza

THE FLYING GOAT

On weekends you’re well advised to get to the Flying Goat early, as it can fill up fast, especially in good weather when the masses come out to explore nearby Riverside State Park or Downriver Golf Course. After a hike or chasing a ball, sitting on the patio and enjoying the slightly charred “fire kissed� crust is sort of a Spokane tradition — since 2010, anyway. (SAL) 2nd PLACE: Veraci Pizza; 3rd PLACE: Fire, Spokane and CdA

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Best Burritos

ATILANO’S MEXICAN FOOD

If you’ve never made your way to Atilano’s in that beautiful witching hour after the bars close and before the restaurant shortly shuts down at 3 am, you’re missing out on what Inlander readers know are the best burritos in the Inland Northwest. There are dozens of affordable burrito possibilities; plus, did you know you can even get fried ice cream to go? You’re welcome. (SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL) 2nd PLACE: Sweeto Burrito; 3rd PLACE: Neato Burrito

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SUSHI.COM

Don’t let the name fool you, their website is actually mainsushi.com, but the real thing that matters at downtown’s Sushi.com is the huge selection of delicious seafood, with both raw and cooked options available. From nigiri sushi and rolls to noodles and bento boxes, the chefs have your Japanese dining desires covered. (SW) 2nd PLACE: QQ Sushi & Kitchen; 3rd PLACE: The Wave Island Sports Grill & Sushi Bar; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Syringa Japanese Cafe & Sushi Bar, Coeur d’Alene

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THE ROCKET BAKERY

A bakery and coffee shop is the de facto public space to get things done, be it in the PNW or Western world at large. But few get the workspace right quite like the Rocket Bakery does. If you need direct sunlight, they have a spot for you. Dark corner to hide and read? Look no further. Need some great tea or coffee to fuel you? Step right up. Need some food to maintain? PIZZA. BAGEL. RIGHT HERE. (TUCK CLARRY) 2nd Place: Boots Bakery & Lounge; 3rd Place: Bakery By the Lake, Coeur d’Alene

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Anthony’s knows their seafood, including this tasty Alaskan king salmon.

Best Seafood

ANTHONY’S, SPOKANE & COEUR D’ALENE

Living in the Inland Northwest and a lover of seafood? Fear not, Anthony’s restaurants on either side of the Washington-Idaho border have you covered. (Anthony’s knows what it’s doing: the founder opened his first restaurant in 1969 in Bellevue.) With menus that change regularly based on availability, feast on a variety of ocean delicacies. (JOSH KELETY) 2nd PLACE: Zona Blanca; 3rd PLACE: The Cedars, Coeur d’Alene

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Best Sandwiches

Best Ramen

Domini sandwiches are like a cheat code. While everyone else tries to stuff fancy ingredients between the bread, Domini enhances the best part of the sandwich and says to hell with everything else. You get bread, you get meat (and a lot of it) and you get cheese, plus the standard condiments. Done. It’s the recipe that’s won Domini Sandwiches this category for the 25th time. (WILSON CRISCIONE) 2nd PLACE: The High Nooner; 3rd PLACE: Brooklyn Deli; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Caruso’s, Coeur d’Alene

Slurping up a bowl of piping hot quality Japanese ramen can feel like one of the most wholesome and delicious acts in the world.

Nudo Ramen House, with its impressive array of appetizers and ramen staples such as spicy miso and shoyu at reasonable prices, will provide that experience and more. Go hungry, leave full and happy. (JK) 2nd PLACE: King of Ramen; 3rd PLACE: Pho Van

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Honestly, I can’t think of anything more “Spokane” than eating breakfast in the old-timey train car at Frank’s Diner. Frank’s is the one breakfast you can always rely on.

If an actual train car carrying oil explodes and leaves the city in ruins, Frank’s Diner would somehow still be there ready to serve you some eggs and hashbrowns. (WC) 2nd PLACE: The Yards; 3rd PLACE: Kalico Kitchen; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Garnet Cafe, Coeur d’Alene

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The menu at Tomato Street is a roster of Italian classics, featuring focaccia sandwiches, chicken parmigiana, pasta carne and tortellini al forno, to name a few. As one Yelp reviewer recently wrote: “The Smoked Gouda and Shrimp Mostaccioli was delicious! Saucy, perfectly salty, with lots of shrimp and artichokes.” And it’s family friendly! (JK) 2nd PLACE: Italia Trattoria; 3rd PLACE: Italian Kitchen; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Angelo’s Ristorante, CdA

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hen his parents sold him the donut business they’d run since 1978, they left a lot of themselves behind, says Dennis Gross. There were the recipes his father, Steve Gross, had been using for maple bars and apple fritters — their most popular donuts — but also sage advice like “A good donut doesn’t need a lot of sugar to mask the flavor” and “Charge more and make a better product.”

“We try to make our donuts with the best of care,” says Gross, who started helping out in the family business at age 9. His classmates, he says with a grin, used to tell him: “You smell so good.”

His parents relocated to the area in 2005, bringing their donut business know-how with them from California and starting Donut Dugout in Post Falls shortly after.

In addition to Donut Dugout, which he renamed Gross Donuts, Dennis runs a second Coeur d’Alene shop. While the Post Falls location includes a large meeting space that’s popular with crafters, church groups and other folks in search of a convenient place to gather (and treat themselves, if they wish), Coeur d’Alene’s Gross Donuts is within sight of the on-ramp to Interstate 90.

Both are open 24 hours, with nary a problem in all their years, says Gross, who typically arrives at 8:30 pm and leaves at 4:30 am when he’s done baking, occasionally stopping back by the store later in the day.

What kind of customers do they get in the middle of the night?

Plenty, says Gross, including cops. At this he can barely contain his laughter; his father, you see, was a cop… who opened a donut shop. More laughter.

Gross’ sense of humor manifests in other ways, too. Take the fritter selection, for example: bear scat (blueberry), roadkill (cherry-flavored) and monkey bum (banana).

All kidding aside, says Gross, they’re serious about providing a good product day in and day out in a welcoming location, both of which are dad-approved, says Gross. And his mother? She emphasized cleanliness, telling him that customers will notice: “If your bathroom’s clean, your kitchen’s clean.”

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A happy accident brought Deece Casillas to Spokane and, already, he has eyes on an even bigger platform within the city.

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BEST COMEDIAN

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inning Best Comedian in Spokane is one thing.

But Deece Casillas hopes to win your vote for something far more ambitious: mayor of Spokane.

“I actually genuinely want to run for mayor of Spokane one day,” Casillas says. “Not this time, because I like [City Council President] Ben Stuckart too much.

But after one term I might come after that mayoral belt.

Is there a belt? I think there’s a belt or something.”

Casillas, 36, does have a finger on what makes Spokane great, and what deserves to be made fun of. He’s able to leverage that for his stand-up comedy across the region and for his podcast and talk show, The Social Hour.

Casillas says it was a “happy accident” that he ended up in Spokane. He was born in Los Angeles, but he left and was a “vagabond” traveling around the country, he

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says. He landed here, met a guy in a bar who gave him some work and decided to stay. That was 10 years ago this month. “[Spokane] is a very different world from where I came from. But I like it,” he says. “I like being able to be aware of the things around me and make fun of them.

There’s some pretty quirky things we can make fun of.”

It’s proven a good place to start doing comedy, too.

Casillas recently opened for comedian Whitney Cummings, something he says is “almost cheating.”

“You have 320 people all there to have a great time,” he says. “It’s like a DUI checkpoint: All you can do is screw it up.”

He feels more rewarded when doing his monthly The Social Hour After Dark shows at the Spokane Comedy Club, a more intimate setting where he can do sketches,

monologues and interview community leaders.

Those are the kinds of shows that drew him to comedy in the first place growing up. Casillas remembers as a kid pretending to fall asleep in the living room while his dad was on the couch, just so he could stay up and watch The Tonight Show and Saturday Night Live.

His end goal is doing something similar to The Social Hour on a larger scale, potentially in a bigger city someday.

But maybe not too soon.

“I do have a love for Spokane,” Casillas says. “I think it would be fun to be involved in helping it grow as a city.”

— WILSON CRISCIONE 2nd PLACE (tied): Dan Cummins, Jared Munson

Best Escape Room

ESCAPE! SPOKANE

Decide your adventure. Break out before the warden gets back and sends you to Max, or infiltrate the central bunker to dismantle a missile coming toward the U.S., or escape the haunted manor or crack the code to return back from the galaxy in one piece. You have one hour to complete whatever mission you accept. Ready, set, Escape! (ARCELIA MARTIN) 2nd PLACE: Unit 55; 3rd PLACE: Key Quest Spokane; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: 59: Escape Adventures, Post Falls

Best Casino

NORTHERN QUEST RESORT & CASINO

One way to make sure you’re living up to your customers’ expectations is to never rest on your laurels, and Northern Quest Resort & Casino has taken that idea to heart. A regular winner among Inlander readers for Best Casino, Northern Quest didn’t let that stop them from adding several new features that surely helped it land in this spot again. From the expanded summer concert venue, to the new Riverbend Taphouse for beer lovers, and Windfall, A Kalispel Store for shopping (not to mention a new kids’ area, Movie & Dinner’s opening and more), Northern Quest seems determined to keep the people happy, and Inlander readers like what they’re seeing. (DAN NAILEN) 2nd PLACE: Coeur d’Alene Casino; 3rd PLACE: Spokane Tribe Casino

Best Bar for Reading and Not Being Bothered

Heritage Bar & Kitchen Tucked away on Railroad Alley in downtown Spokane with a solid food menu, full bar and decent lighting, Heritage Bar & Kitchen is one of the better watering holes for reading and knocking back a stiff one in blissful solitude. Of course, other people go there, and the bartender’s choice of tunes on any given night may be a bit disruptive. So, it’s not exactly a library. But, generally, it’s reasonably quiet and people keep to their own and won’t look sideways at you — let alone try to talk to you — while you sip a beer and bury your nose in whatever title is next on your reading list. (JOSH KELETY)

E F I L T H G NI Best Sports Bar

24 TAPS BURGERS AND BREWS

The Big Lebowski mural motif is enough for some of us to vote 24 Taps as our favorite sports bar in the region, but there’s so much more to the place than Dude worship. Start with those 24 taps of cold local and regional brews, continue to a menu with some of the best burgers in Spokane, and don’t forget to ask for a tabletop speaker so you can hear the commentary for your game of choice from one of the many TVs — including the screens outside on the heated patio. Game on. (DN) 2nd PLACE: The Swinging Doors; 3rd PLACE: The Ref Sports Bar; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Capone’s

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Best Place To Dance

Best Movie Theater

Best Bowling Center

Downtown hotspot nYne seemingly has a crucially simple recipe for dancing success: a huge dance floor, incredible sound and a welcoming charm that makes it easy to dance — even when it isn’t your thing. It doesn’t hurt that they have a second bar set up by the front door, so you can keep steady reserves of liquid courage.

(JORDAN SATTERFIELD) 2nd PLACE: The Globe Bar & Kitchen; 3rd PLACE: Zola; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Nashville North, Post Falls

As streaming services make watching movies at home more convenient, a superlative theatrical experience has become even more important to keeping the moviegoing industry alive. Luckily, Spokane’s 20-screen AMC Theater, occupying the top floors of River Park Square, is a film lover’s dream. They bring in all the major blockbusters you could want, but their Select program also makes space for indies, foreign films and documentaries, all from the comfort of those leather recliners. (NATHAN WEINBENDER) 2nd PLACE: Garland Theater; 3rd PLACE: Regal Cinemas

Hugo’s has some of the best bowling lanes in the city. Of course, you’re probably bad at bowling. At Hugo’s, that doesn’t mean you’ll have a bad time. Eat some tasty food, drink a fancy cocktail or split a pitcher of beer with some friends. I bet the sorrow and embarrassment you feel from bowling a 49 will wash right away.

(WILSON CRISCIONE) 2nd PLACE: Lilac Lanes; 3rd PLACE: North Bowl; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Sunset Lanes, Coeur d’Alene

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BEST NEW NIGHTSPOT

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ny time I’ve got out-of-town friends staying with me and I want to prove to them that Spokane is seriously, definitely, actually cool, I take them to Berserk. The plan always works.

The downtown bar opened last summer just in time to be a venue for Volume, the Inlander’s music festival, and it has quickly developed a regular clientele. Occupying the ground floor of an old industrial building on Stevens, Berserk has the kind of artsy-but-approachable atmosphere that helps it stand out.

The four owners of Berserk — Beth and Lon McRae, James Hunt and Josh Davis — collectively have years of experience in the liquor and bar industry under their belts, and they’ve been vocal about the fact that they designed the place in the mold of a watering hole that they’d want to hang out in. What they came up with really does offer the best of both worlds: Berserk has the cozy nooks where you can sit by yourself and enjoy a book, but it’s also roomy enough that you can bring a large group without having to

crowd anybody else’s space.

Berserk boasts a pool table and an impressive collection of retro pinball machines — it even has a regular pinball league — and it also hosts the occasional industrial/goth dance party and a Thursday night Vinyl Meltdown, where customers can play the coolest titles from their record collections over the bar’s speakers.

From the expressionistic painting of ’80s underground icon Klaus Nomi that adorns the far wall, to the corner that functions as a shrine to the nearby Baby Bar and its owner/drink slinger extraordinaire Patty Tully, to the monthly showcases of local artists, Berserk feels both like a big-city bar and a place that is distinctly Spokane.

Like we said, best of both worlds.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER 2nd PLACE: The Roxie; 3rd PLACE: The Tiny Tiki; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: The NYC Piano Bar, Coeur d’Alene

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For over 25 years, locally owned and operated, our award-winning restaurants and bars feature regional craft beers, wine and spirits, cuisine made from scratch yet modern in approach and “Italiano” in spirit.

Open kitchens, brick ovens and giant chalkboards help define our unique and fun dining experience that makes us “The Street”. Make your next business meeting, or family party easy with our Party Platters to-go menu and be sure to visit our new downtown location at RIVER PARK SQUARE.

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The guy behind so many trivia nights? Well, that’s Colin Burk.

Best Trivia Host

Best Live Music Venue

True or false: Colin Burk does trivia at every bar in Spokane. It’s false, but Burk does host trivia all around town at the Backyard, Press and the Boiler Room. Maybe he’s so ubiquitous because his trivia hits the sweet spot between pop culture, sports and academia. (WC) 2nd PLACE: Jonathan Bingle, Bent Trivia; 3rd PLACE: Mike Duke, Steel Barrel

Able to hold 1,500 of your fellow music fans, the Knitting Factory regularly packs in shows across a wide variety of genres, from country to EDM, folk to rock ’n’ roll. Inlander readers have long recognized the value of the downtown venue, voting it best in this category off and on for more than a decade. With more awesome shows already lined up this year, it’s no wonder why they keep getting the love. (SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL) 2nd PLACE: The Bartlett; 3rd PLACE: Zola; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Nashville North, Post Falls

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Best Spot for Gamers and Nerds to Escape

JEDI ALLIANCE

Get nostalgic as heck at this shrine to all things scifi, gaming and 1980s-related in East Central Spokane.

Jedi Alliance is a nonprofit arcade and pop culture museum that offers unlimited play on Friday and Sunday nights from 6-10 pm for $12 per person, giving access to more than 100 retro arcade games, old-school gaming consoles and pinball machines. Owned by brothers Tim and Tyler Arnold, the Alliance — legititmately registered as a Star Wars church — is open to all ages and is alcohol-free, with packaged concessions for purchase. Don’t miss the insane memorabilia on display around the space, including authentic movie props, vintage toys, art and more. (CHEY SCOTT)

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Best Credit Union

STCU

Credit unions pride themselves on being financial institutions that prioritize people over profit. Many of them have an unusual knack for making their money perform remarkable acts of good in their communities, and STCU, which famously started out in 1934 with a shoebox for a vault, has earned an especially distinguished reputation for its generosity and local involvement.

Small wonder that passion has been reciprocated and recognized with a Best Of win. (E.J. IANNELLI) 2nd PLACE: Numerica Credit Union; 3rd PLACE: Horizon Credit Union

Best Furniture

WALKER’S FURNITURE

For the past 39 years, Walker’s Furniture has been helping Inland Northwesterners turn their houses into homes courtesy of its huge selection of quality furnishings for every room. Yet it’s about more than the comfort, style and practicality of its products. The regional chain — which now numbers 14 stores throughout Oregon, Washington and Idaho — puts serious emphasis on excellent value and customer service. (EJI) 2nd PLACE: The Tin Roof; 3rd PLACE: Dania Furniture; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Runge Furniture, Coeur d’Alene

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Best New Car Dealership

Another Solid Number Two!

AUTONATION

Shopping for a new car is widely regarded as a stressful, time-intensive process, but maybe that’s because those car buyers haven’t yet visited one of the many AutoNation locations across the region. Specializing in brands such as Land Rover, Subaru, Chevrolet and Toyota, the Spokane-area AutoNation dealerships aim to provide a car-buying experience that’s truly customer oriented and as relaxed as possible. (EJI) 2nd PLACE: Larry H. Miller; 3rd PLACE: Wendle Motors; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Dave Smith Motors

Best Med Spa

Sarah Hamilton FACE

Frank Sinatra famously extolled the delights of remaining young at heart, but the skilled team of skincare specialists at Sarah Hamilton FACE knows that no one has ever complained about remaining youthful in appearance, too.

Their age-defying treatments and the importance they place on enhancing the natural beauty of their patients has helped this Liberty Lake spa notch yet another Best Of win. (EJI) 2nd PLACE: Werschler Aesthetics; 3rd PLACE: Whole Body Medi Spa; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Beyond Beauty Med Spa, Coeur d’Alene

Best Barber Shop

THE MAN SHOP

If you’re looking for the bells and whistles while receiving a classic cut, look no further. Not only does the Man Shop pride itself on their staff of stylists, they offer a space for dudes to get their locks lopped regardless of age. Also, popcorn and basketball hoops can help corral your little man before his cut or during yours. (TUCK CLARRY) 2nd Place: Brickyard Barbershop; 3rd Place: Weldon Barber; North Idaho: Bulwark Barber, Coeur d’Alene

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Best Vintage Decor Shop

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t’s nigh impossible to make a “quick” stop at local vintage shopping destination Boulevard Mercantile.

Experienced shoppers know to plan to spend at least 30 minutes there, slowly taking in all the delightful items on display, from racks of vintage fashion to amazing pieces of heirloom and mid-century furniture, retro business signage and home decor items galore.

In the past four years since opening inside the historic corner building at Northwest Boulevard and Monroe, Boulevard Mercantile has become known as a go-to treasure trove for vintage-loving home decorators and collectors. These aren’t only local shoppers — the store’s owners have even shipped pieces across the country to buyers who find them on Instagram, @boulevardmercantile.

“The store has been amazingly successful, beyond our imaginations,” reflects David Jeffers, who owns Boulevard with his wife, Joellen Jeffers, and partner Dan Webb.

“The story I would tell is that when we opened, we have a warehouse to supply the store and we thought we’d be good for a year,” Jeffers continues. “Within two months we knew we were in trouble.”

Boulevard’s inventory is also supplied by partner vendors, 12 in total, who rent spaces inside the store to display and sell their own curated wares.

“It does take all of us to make this successful, and we try to have a good selection of inventory that meets the needs of a very wide customer base, from vintage clothes to high-end antiques and advertising,” Webb says.

“We have people coming in multiple times a week just to see what is new,” Jeffers adds.

Beyond the many loyal customers decorating their homes with one-of-a-kind finds from its sellers, Boulevard’s owners also credit the local interior design community for elevating its profile.

“It’s exciting to see high quality vintage pieces

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elevating Inland Northwest homes,” says Joellen Jeffers.

“We also love seeing on social media how customers incorporate their vintage finds into their homes.”

Though Boulevard’s story may make it sound easy, finding success in the growing vintage resale market isn’t, especially as competition for quality items from decades past increases locally and nationwide. This realization is not lost on its owner trio.

“I was at a big show and was listening to a group of people talk about an incredible vintage and antique store,” David Jeffers recalls. “Then I realized they were talking about us. It’s just kind of surreal for us; we spend so much time making it happen, sometimes we don’t pay attention.”

— CHEY SCOTT 2nd PLACE: Paint in My Hair; 3rd PLACE: Tossed and Found; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: JUNK, Coeur d’Alene

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Best Budtender

JEREMY PAULSON, LUCKY LEAF

A good budtender knows their store, knows their clientele and knows their distributors. Lucky Leaf’s Paulson knows all three, setting up returning customers with further knowledge and a direction for their needs and making it easy for those who aren’t quite sure what they’re getting into. Be it flower, concentrate or otherwise, Paulson has answers for all of your questions. (TC) 2nd Place: Cameron Gibbons, Cinder; 3rd Place: Leah Pape, Treehouse Club

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The design of the Cinder stores is remarkable.

Streamlined for both new and returning customers, anyone can find exactly what they’re looking for immediately when they step into the store. Having a knowledgeable and helpful staff only makes the process easier, as you learn learning something new every time you visit. (TC) 2nd Place: Satori; 3rd Place: Lucky Leaf

Huckleberry’s is more than a Spokane institution.

When you walk in, you feel like you’re in a community apart from the rest of Spokane. Customers are reading the newspaper, discussing politics and drinking wheatgrass smoothies. If this is the future liberals want, it smells like fresh produce and natural supplements. (WC) 2nd PLACE: My Fresh Basket; 3rd PLACE: Main Market Co-op; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Pilgrim’s Market, Coeur d’Alene

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moving back to Spokane], they were a fairly large bank,” recalls Stanton. “I think they had something like $2 billion in assets. Our size was around $350 million then, and it took us 80 years to get there. I never thought I’d see us at $1 billion in my lifetime.”

Today Washington Trust has $6.5 billion in assets, with another $5 billion in their wealth management division; it’s the largest bank headquartered in Washington state and does business in Oregon and Idaho as well.

“All this success radiates from Pete and his family,” says Jack Heath, who started working at the bank in the eighth grade and has been WTB’s president since 2000. “They’re quiet leaders in the community. They believe in building really strong relationships. They believe in making a difference.”

The bank’s growth in recent decades has been remarkable, especially since national banks have gone on a consolidation binge and trust has been eroded by scandals like the mortgage crisis. How did Washington Trust weather those storms?

“I’ve got to give most of the credit to our outstanding employees and being a privately held company, and not publicly traded and bogged down in short-term thinking,” says Stanton. “It allowed us to grow organically, not by mergers and acquisitions. It creates such a

difference in our outlook and our culture. We’re also a very human place. The people who work here and who bank with us are my friends and neighbors.”

“During the last downturn, when people were under a lot of pressure, we were there for them as their bank,” adds Heath. “It’s easy when things are going great, but when times are tough, that’s where you really differentiate who you are and what you can do.”

Both leaders give credit to their team, pointing out that decisions are made here and not in some San Francisco boardroom.

“We’re hiring really good people, creating intellectual capital,” says Heath of their now 1,000-plus-strong workforce, “and we’re empowering them to make decisions.”

All that gives Spokane some much-needed financial firepower as it continues its growth spurt.

“Our region is scaling at an amazing rate,” says Heath. “This is a game-changing time for how Spokane and North Idaho are going to be positioned for the long term.”

“It’s really nice to see Spokane coming into its own,” adds Stanton. “It’s about time.”

— TED S. McGREGOR JR. 2nd PLACE: Banner Bank; 3rd PLACE: Mountain West Bank

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About 15 years after Washington Trust opened, Spokane’s E.H. Stanton sold his meatpacking operation to Armour out of Chicago, and the family parlayed the proceeds into the banking business. The family has controlled Washington Trust ever since, with their greatgrandson Peter Stanton serving as the CEO since 1982.

“The early 1900s were a boom-and-bust time,” says Stanton. “The story goes that my great-grandfather, like a lot of people then, could make a substantial amount of money in one activity and then would lose it all in the next venture. I guess my great-grandmother Cora got tired of the wild economic swings and wanted to invest in something more solid, like banking.”

Their operation has grown far beyond what E.H. and Cora could have envisioned. “When I worked at Rainier Bank in Seattle [before

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It’s hard to know who to trust when buying a car.

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(WILSON CRISCIONE) 2nd PLACE: CAL Cars; 3rd PLACE: Valley Auto Liquidators; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Dale’s Used Cars, Coeur d’Alene

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LAVISH SALON

It’s been a little more than two years since Lavish Salon moved into its new digs on First Avenue, where the salon’s stylists offer everything from balayage and other color services to bridal up-dos, blowouts and makeup. Men and kids can get a cut starting at $25, and a variety of women’s services start at $40 and up. (SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL) 2nd PLACE: Oasis Hair; 3rd PLACE: The House of POp; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Revive Salon, Coeur d’Alene

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SWANK BOUTIQUE

This women’s boutique across from NorthTown offers a wide range of fashionable clothing with new options received on the daily. The boutique also has a robust website featuring its latest gear and online shopping options, and new styles can also be peeped on Instagram @swankgirl. (SW) 2nd PLACE: Lolo Boutique; 3rd PLACE: Veda Lux; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Marmalade, Coeur d’Alene

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It says something that the Davenport Grand opened up and took over Inlander readers’ Best Hotel spot from its sibling, the Historic Davenport, shortly thereafter. Maybe it says Spokane was ready for something sleek, shiny and new, a place with top-notch dining like Table 13, and a luxurious summertime patio like the Grand Terrace Bar. A place with plush Frette Italian linens on the beds, L’Occitane of France products in the bath. A place that’s perfect to send friends and families visiting from out of town, or to take yourself for a high-end staycation. (DAN NAILEN) 2nd PLACE: Historic Davenport Hotel; 3rd PLACE: Northern Quest Resort Hotel; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Coeur d’Alene Resort Hotel

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ewelry Design Center opened in 1977 as Doug Toone Jewelry Manufacturing.

Doug was what you might call the guy behind the guy, providing wholesale services to other jewelry shops in the area.

After about a year, however, savvy folks realized they could create the jewelry of their dreams by going straight to the source. By 1979, Doug had taken his business in a new direction and was working with customers one on one. The Jewelry Design Center’s reputation would grow out of that bespoke, highly personalized service.

Doug’s son Brian, now the company’s president and CEO, says windows are the enduring symbol of the Jewelry Design Center philosophy — specifically the massive in-store windows that showcase the designers at work. Through them, customers can see rings, pendants, bracelets and necklaces being crafted to their exact specification right before their eyes.

“Originally, the windows were there for

functionality,” he says. “It was so the jewelers could see when people were coming into the store. That became our core, where people get to come and work directly with the people that are working on or making their jewelry.”

Toone himself was initially reluctant to follow his father into the family business. But during the summer of 1995, he agreed to lend a hand before heading back to college.

“A gal came in, and I worked with her to create a design. She was taking different rings and kind of combining them into one. We went back and forth through the normal custom process of drawing the picture, having her approve it, handcarving the wax and then casting,” he recalls.

“When we’d finished, I handed over the ring, and she started to cry. It wasn’t the diamonds or the metals, it was because of what it meant to her.

She had taken these parts from different stories in her life and united them.”

Suddenly his father’s devotion to this unique

line of work became clear.

“That’s when I realized it’s not about the material part of it. It’s about the emotions behind it.”

In the years since, an award-winning sister store has opened in Kennewick, Doug has taken a step back and Toone’s siblings have joined him in this potentially “lost art” of turning stories and emotions into gold — plus many other gems and precious metals — to the tune of about 1,200 tailor-made pieces per year.

“We’re lucky that our dad put us on this path and taught us all that it’s about more than just the jewelry,” he says. “That idea has carried on.”

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There are so many great vintage fashion resellers around the region, it’s hard to pick just one to recognize, but I have to give props to rising newcomer Horde Vintage. Selling its carefully curated wares in a corner space at 1889 Salvage Co. on North Monroe, Horde offers men’s, women’s and kids’ clothing and accessories, and a bit of home decor from the latter half of the 20th century. See highlights of Horde’s latest inventory on Instagram @horde_vintage. That’s how I was able to snag the most incredible 1960s red wool cape from Horde for a steal of a price, considering it’s a one-of-a-kind find. (CHEY SCOTT)

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You’re panicking because it’s your friend’s birthday and you haven’t gotten them anything. Boo Radley’s is there to save the day.

Named after a character in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, this quirky store describes itself as a “wild toy experience for kids as well as adults” with “off the wall weird stuff.” You’re bound to find something special and hilarious! (JK) 2nd PLACE: Atticus; 3rd PLACE: Simply Northwest; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Lucky Monkey, CdA

The winners of last year’s Best Tattoo Award, Anchored Art, continues laying down some of the best ink in Spokane since they opened their doors in 2011. The whole staff prides themselves in giving their customers what they want while helping bring brilliant ideas and exquisite execution to the tattoo table and chair. (TC) 2nd Place: Mom’s Custom Tattoo; 3rd Place: On The Level Tattoo; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Bleeding Hearts Tattoo Emporium, Sandpoint

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You don’t have to believe that crystals and stones have magical healing powers to think they are enchantingly stylish when paired with geometric shapes and hammered brass. Nearly every Zōmi necklace or pair of earrings highlights the natural allure of quartz, turquoise or another earthly gem in contrast with the rigid beauty of metal triangles, bars or semi-circles.

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The popular morning talk show trio — Dave Sposito, Ken Hopkins and Molly Allen — has entertained and enlightened listeners together for more than 20 years. The show also rallies support each holiday season for its Christmas Wish charity program. (JACOB JONES) 2nd PLACE: Jay and Kevin, 99.9 Coyote Country; 3rd PLACE: Gary Allen, Rock 94.5

Best TV Anchorperson

NADINE WOODWARD, KXLY

After nearly 30 years of sharing the news with Spokane viewers, KXLY News anchor Nadine Woodward signed off her last broadcast in February. She thanked her viewers for giving her the chance to connect with them in their homes as a sort of family over the years. Her final piece of advice: “Stay classy, Spokane.” (JJ) 2nd PLACE: Stephanie Vigil, KHQ; 3rd PLACE: Kalae Chock, KHQ

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As director of sports for KHQ, Sam Adams has helped tell the stories of champions big and small throughout the region. He joined the station in 2009, helped launch the SWX channel and loves calling a good play-by-play.

(JJ) 2nd PLACE: Keith Osso, KXLY; 3rd PLACE: Femi Abebefe, KHQ

Best Public Records OFFICER

TONY DINARO, SPOKANE COUNTY

A public records clerk is a thankless job. You’re constantly sifting through piles of documents, navigating entrenched bureaucracies, parsing vague and sprawling records requests for things like “every city email with the word ‘her’ in it,” and fielding harried phone calls from reporters facing down deadlines. Yet somehow, Tony Dinaro, a former project employee for the city of Spokane, still has that gleam of idealism. You get the sense he’s on your team, frequently asking you how he can get you exactly what you need as fast as you need it. (DANIEL WALTERS)

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From left: Steve Gleason, Rick Clark and Mandy Manning inspire Inlander readers in different ways.

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STEVE GLEASON, RICK CLARK, MANDY MANNING STEVE GLEASON: A Spokane native and former Na-

tional Football League star with the New Orleans Saints, Steve Gleason was diagnosed in 2011 with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a nervous system disease that weakens muscles and limits physical function.

In response, he went to work helping other people with ALS. Gleason founded a nonprofit, Team Gleason, which focuses on raising awareness about ALS and helping patients with ALS or other neuromuscular diseases. He also successfully lobbied for the passage of the Steve Gleason Act, which guaranteed Medicare funding for communication devices for ALS patients.

Then, earlier this year, he received a Congressional Gold Medal from federal lawmakers for his advocacy work. When it was announced that he was recommended for the medal by a unanimous vote in the U.S. House of Representatives, Gleason said that while he felt “undeserving” of it, he’d accept it on behalf of other people suffering from ALS and similar diseases, according to news accounts.

Locally, he collaborated with Washington State University to establish the Steve Gleason Institute for Neuroscience in the University District, a research center which will open in the second half of this year.

RICK CLARK, GIVING BACKPACKS SPOKANE: Four years ago, Rick Clark, a lifelong Spokane resident, was at the end of his rope. Born into poverty and a high school dropout who had struggled with drugs and alcohol, Clark, then 44, was living in a trailer in Medical Lake.

He was behind on his rent, unemployed, and in a rocky third marriage.

“It was like the worst day of my life,” he says.

Then he took a chance and got enrolled at Spokane Community College. Now, he’s two months away from graduating from Gonzaga University with a bachelor’s degree in communications and runs a small budding nonprofit, Giving Backpacks Spokane.

Through Giving Backpacks, Clark hands out backpacks to homeless people stuffed with everything from new pairs of socks to bus passes and library cards — all of which are donated by community members and institutions. So far they’ve given out around 3,100 backpacks, and, through financial donations, are expanding their services, such as paying for long-distance bus tickets.

But more importantly, he says, Giving Backpacks also gives people hope and human connection.

“I was doing my homework in my van with a flashlight at SCC, homeless, four years ago,” Clark says. “And now I’m at Gonzaga getting ready to walk across the stage. Homeless people, they hear that and they’re like, ‘Wait, so this might not define who I am as a person?’”

When Clark gave Michael Jones — a homeless man — a backpack and his business card on a recent sunny afternoon, the power of his work was evident. Jones, who suffered from frostbite and recently got out of the hospital, said he needed new boots, some money to pay his phone bill, and a winter jacket. Clark said he could get him those things.

“I love you man. You’re really gonna help me?” Jones asked.

“Yeah,” Clark said.

MANDY MANNING, NATIONAL TEACHER OF THE YEAR: Manning, who has been a teacher for the past 19

years, currently works at Spokane’s Joel E. Ferris High School, where she teaches English as a second language to immigrant and refugee students. She was also named Teacher of the Year in 2018.

In that capacity, she’s been travelling around the country advocating against the detention of migrant children by spearheading the Teachers Against Child Detention Campaign. She’s written newspaper op-eds and organized a recent teach-in with teachers from around the country in El Paso, Texas, on the incarceration of immigrant youth in America.

She also staged a silent protest at the White House when President Donald Trump presented her with her National Teacher of the Year award last year; Manning wore overtly political buttons — such as one supporting trans rights — to protest Trump’s policies. She also presented him with a stack of letters from her students discussing their experiences as immigrants in America.

“Most likely, I have had children in my classroom who in a different time would have been placed in detention,” Manning recently told the Inlander. “I would hope that people wouldn’t see locking up children as ‘Republican’ or ‘Democrat.’”

— JOSH KELETY 1st PLACE: Steve Gleason; 2nd PLACE: Rick Clark; 3rd PLACE, Mandy Manning

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Gonzaga Prep star Anton Watson just led the Bullpups to their second straight State 4A title.

The dude posted a ridiculous 33 points on 16-of-19 shooting in the championship game. The game before, Prep dispatched Federal Way and Jaden McDaniels, who is already atop NBA draft boards.

Watson, meanwhile, is committed to Gonzaga next year, so you can look forward to cheering for the 6-foot-10 versatile hybrid forward for years to come. (WILSON CRISCIONE)

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If you watch a home Gonzaga basketball game, men or women, chances are you’ll see two things: something to do with Riverfront Park and a stoic John Stockton found somewhere in the stands.

That’s as Spokane as Spokane gets. The all-time great point guard has left an imprint on the town and university and continues to do so. (TUCK CLARRY) 2nd PLACE: Chris Elam, Netflix’s Nailed It!; 3rd PLACe: Myles Kennedy, international rock star, NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Ellen Travolta, Coeur d’Alene, actress

Few athletes’ stories fit the narrative of superhero origin like Hachimura’s. Zag fans have seen the Japanese-born baller grow into his body and superhuman powers. A floppy headed freshman made special moments that seemed to not only surprise the crowd but himself. And now we see his trajectory finally met and wish him well as he (inevitably) looks toward the NBA and — hopefully — leads his country to the Olympics. (TC) 2nd PLACE: Gardner Minshew, WSU; 3rd PLACE: Josh Perkins, Gonzaga

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Begin at RIVERFRONT PARK, the best place in Spokane for a cheap first date.

You start out roller skating on the skate ribbon, and you try to pull off some fancy pirouette to impress her.

She laughs when you fall flat on your rear. Normally, you’d be embarrassed. But you love the way she laughs so much you don’t even care. You feed the garbage-eating goat statue together, her hand in yours.

You take a spin on the Looff Carrousel, her on the tiger, you on the giraffe. You lean out and snag a golden ring as the carrousel spins, good for one free ride. But instead, she tugs at the sleeve of your sweatshirt, pulling you toward the SPOKANE FALLS.

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You’ve lived here all your life, marveled at the falls countless times, but somehow right now, with the plunging water glistening in the sunlight, it’s never looked so beautiful. She shrieks as the springtime spray soaks you both, and in that moment, you have this crazy urge...

You kiss her, right then and there. She kisses back — one of those deep, one-leg-lifted, whole-world-aroundyou-melts-away kisses. The roar of the falls drowns out the jeers and whistles of the onlookers.

A year passes. It’s a year of impossible happiness, of long nights with her spent in dazzling conversation, sometimes without saying a single damn word.

To celebrate, you take her to one place in Spokane that can compete with Riverfront: MANITO PARK. There, with the cherry blossoms blooming in the Japanese gardens, you get down on one knee. Her eyes go wide. And that’s when you reach into your pocket and

pull the golden ring, the one from the carrousel on your first date.

She says yes. The kiss that follows is almost as good as the one by the falls.

You hire THE RUB to play the wedding. Year after year, you’d both seen the Rub play Elkfest, but somehow you never met. You even stumbled across an old Facebook photo from 2016: The Tambourine Man twists frantically as the Rub plays with a wild, gleeful abandon — and you’re both there in the same photo dancing along in the background.

You hold the reception at the DAVENPORT HOTEL, the one place that’s classy enough and Spokane enough for a classy Spokane couple like you.

So there’s love. There’s marriage. What’s next? Baby in a baby carriage. But the thought is a little scary. You’ve never been pregnant, and neither has she. She hasn’t

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Best Baby Doctor

1st PLACE: Dr. James Brasch, OB/GYN; 2nd PLACE: Dr. Kurt Fine, OB-GYN; 3rd PLACE: Dr. Stephen Pakkianathan, OB-GYN; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Dr. Andrew Henneberg, OB-GYN

even found an OB-GYN she’s happy with yet.

But finally, you two find JAMES BRASCH, a doctor with Associates for Women’s Health. You tell some people that it was because of the rave reviews online. You tell others that you heard about him through Brasch’s bookkeeper, who calls him the epitome of kindness, decency and intelligence.

But, in truth, you chose him because he was named the Best Baby Doctor in the Inlander’s 2019 Best Of issue, the guide that somehow has perfectly predicted every turn of your relationship.

The news comes a few months later: “I’m pregnant,” your wife says, beaming.

You’re elated. You’re terrified.

As soon as you get back home, you duck into the garage, pull away the loose brick in the back, where you have a dog-eared copy of the Inlander’s 2019 Best Of stored away. It always knows what to do. But this time, it doesn’t have any guidance to left to offer. You’ve finally read to the end.

This is where we part ways, the Best Of guide tells you.

“Don’t leave me,” you plead with the guide. “I don’t know how to live the Best Of life without you.”

Shh, the Best Of guide says, catching your tears with its pages.

It’s time. I’ve given you everything you need to know — the best date spots, the best restaurants, the best local Instagrams. Don’t you see? You’re going to be a dad. You’re going to become a Best Of guide. It’s your job to pass along what you have learned about the Best Of the Inland Northwest to your child. And someday, she will pass on that same sacred knowledge to hers.

She? You smile as you close the guide one last time. Apparently, you’re going to have a girl.

You’re going to be good parents, you think. Maybe even the Best.

— DANIEL WALTERS

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S T R A E H T Kids are welcome at the Well-Read Moose, which is marking its fifth anniversary in May.

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NORTH IDAHO’S BEST BOOKSTORE

THE WELL-READ MOOSE

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elissa DeMotte remembers going to the bookstore as a young girl with her sister, whose young children now delight in coming to DeMotte’s bookstore, the Well-Read Moose in Coeur d’Alene’s Riverstone development.

With its kids’ area and dedicated story time — Wednesday evenings, 4:30-5:15 — the Well-Read Moose is a cozy spot for kids and reinforces the importance of books and reading, she says. “It’s a lifelong foundation for kids.”

Parents know where to go, too: the café for coffee, but also beer and wine — all local — plus a small selection of tasty treats from early morning to evening.

Her goal, she says, was to create a welcoming place where people could meet, have a conversation, read a book and generally feel safe and relaxed. They continue to add events and look for ways to distinguish themselves from other places, Demotte says. In addition to book clubs and storytime, they’ve added events such as local author readings and a trivia night.

Coeur d’Alene needed an independent bookstore, says DeMotte, whose background was in finance. On business trips, she

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says, she always loved going to independent bookstores. When she finally relocated to the area in 2005, after years of visiting family here, she continued working in finance yet took notice of bookstores like Auntie’s in Spokane and Borders in Coeur d’Alene.

When Borders closed in 2011, DeMotte says, she remembered thinking, “Coeur d’Alene has this wonderful library and supports the arts. It’s missing its bookstore.”

In 2012, she was planning a New York City trip and noticed the American Booksellers’ Association seminar, “So You Think You Want to Own a Bookstore.” Something resonated with DeMotte, who signed up for it, returning the next year for more training, DeMotte says, who retired from finance to develop the store.

She remembers feeling like a bookstore could work well if she found the right location and did her homework. “I just kept thinking, you know, ‘There’s a place for this.’”

On April 27, they’ll celebrate Independent Bookstore Day and on May 31, the store will have reached an all-important milestone: their five-year anniversary.

— CARRIE SCOZZARO

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AUNTIE’S

For anyone whose bookshelf is overflowing with paperbacks that you swear you’ll get around to reading someday, Auntie’s Bookstore is heaven on Earth. Since it opened just a little over 40 years ago, the store has kept all the hottest new releases in stock, and it keeps reasonable prices on gently used books. Regardless of what you buy, one thing is certain — the people there really love books. (NATHAN WEINBENDER) 2nd PLACE: The Well-Read Moose; 3rd PLACE: Giant Nerd Books; NORTH IDAHO'S BEST: The Well-Read Moose

BEST FIRST FRIDAY / ARTWALK VENUE

BARRISTER WINERY

The fine folks at Barrister have always maintained a close relationship with the arts, and it’s both a stellar winery and a great place to check out the latest collection from a local artists. After all, a smooth merlot or an oaky cabernet makes browsing through paintings or taking in a show that much better. But the real reason Barrister is such an ideal First Friday stop is its strategic locations — a primary location on Railroad Avenue and a tasting room near the Davenport Grand. (NW) 2nd PLACE: Marmot Art Space; 3rd PLACE: Bridge Press Cellars; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Art Spirit Gallery

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THE ARTS

You can see Daniel Lopez's handiwork all around town, including his American Jesus with the pixelated Christ face on Second Avenue.

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While winters in Spokane can mean a near-constant visual field of dirty, sludgy snow and gray skies, the city’s public murals come to vivid, much-needed life by contrast. And the man behind many of the city’s most memorable massive art pieces is Daniel Lopez, whose works dot everything from the sides of buildings to Garland Neighborhood alleyways, religious centers to coffee shops. His American Jesus (the piece with the pixelated Christ face on Second Avenue near Division) is arguably the most striking, but I’m a big fan of his Eazy-E flying with E.T. piece on the side of River City Tattoo on Northwest and Cedar. (DAN NAILEN)

Since 2011, Wednesday nights at Neato Burrito has been the go-to place for poets young and old, aspiring and seasoned, to perform their work before an adoring crowd. It’s always crowded, and that adds to the sense of camaraderie. Weirdos, squares, introverts — everyone is welcome. And even better: Wednesday night means you can get grilled cheese sandwiches and PBRs for a dollar apiece. (NW) 2nd PLACE: Spokane Poetry Slam, the Bartlett; 3rd PLACE: BootSlam, Boots Bakery

It’s safe to say that just about every Spokane native has some story related to the Torchlight Parade, which has been taking over downtown every May since the ’30s. The traditions are myriad, from showing up early to get a primo spot with your folding chair to being over-prepared for inclimate weather. And then there’s the floats, the bands, the Lilac royalty and, of course, the moving tributes to our military. (NW) 2nd PLACE: St. Patrick’s Day Parade; 3rd PLACE: Spokane Pride Parade; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Fourth of July Parade, Coeur d’Alene

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THE ARTS

The official name for readers' favorite mural is Waste to Energy Facility 25th Anniversary Mural.

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BEST MURAL

‘EYES ON MAPLE’

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rban hubs across the Inland Northwest have seen an explosion of new public art projects in recent years. Whether by car, bus, bike or on foot, a trek through town is not made without sighting at least a few massive murals on buildings and walls, the colorful signal box wraps at street corners and other beautifying pieces.

One of these public art pieces is seen by thousands of commuters each day, making it a well known favorite of many.

The all-seeing “eyes” along a west-facing retaining wall where Maple and Ash meet on the north side of the Maple Street Bridge was installed back in July 2016 as part of a joint effort by the city of Spokane, Spokane Waste to Energy Facility and Spokane Arts. Designed by brother artists Todd and Cain Benson — known for several other eye-catching works in the area, including a mural on the Spokane Arena’s ceiling and portraits at the Maple and Second underpass — the massive artwork

commemorates the 25th anniversary of Spokane’s Waste to Energy facility. As such, it’s titled “Waste to Energy Facility 25th Anniversary Mural, but if you prefer the simpler name “Eyes on Maple,” that’s OK, and most Inlander readers do.

Stretching across the concrete wall are four pairs (and three more individual eyeballs on faces depicted in side profile) of enormous vividly hued eyes — green, amber, violet, cerulean and hazel — peering out from their gray-toned visages at all the traffic whizzing by. Artist Todd Benson says the emotionally expressive design was directly inspired by the residents of Spokane.

“The eyes represent the people and our consciousness as a community,” Benson says. “How we dispose of waste and how we look at energy is a conscious manifestation of how we manage ourselves. The color in the eyes represent that awareness.”

The Benson brothers’ mural was installed by a team

of six professional local artists, with help from dozens of volunteers. The bulk of painting took place at night due to Maple’s high volume. Around 100 gallons of paint were needed to complete the piece on a very tight sevenday turnaround, Benson recalls.

“Cain and I were both very surprised and very thankful for this honor,” Benson reflects. “We have to share this with all those who helped us: Spokane volunteers, the city of Spokane, the Waste to Energy Facility and Spokane Arts.”

Next up, the duo is looking forward to starting work on another public art project — a mural in Coeur d’Alene.

“Art is the soul of the city,” Benson notes.

— CHEY SCOTT 2nd PLACE: American Jesus (29 W. Second), Daniel Lopez; 3rd PLACE: Welcome to North Monroe (Brickyard Barbershop), Collaborative project

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THE ARTS BEST LOCAL PLAY OR MUSICAL OF 2018-19

MARY POPPINS, SPOKANE CIVIC THEATRE

Mary Poppins opened the Civic Theatre’s 2018-19 season, and by most accounts it was supercalifrag… well, you get the idea. Based on the beloved book series and 1964 Disney feature, the Tonywinning musical is a technical feat, with inanimate objects coming to life and actors flying all around the stage, and director Troy Nickerson and crew brought some fleet-footed magic to the Inland Northwest. No wonder the show was popular: It’s a spoonful of sugar in difficult times. (NW) 2nd PLACE: Elf the Musical, Spokane Civic Theatre; 3rd PLACE: Ellen Travolta’s Christmas Unwrapped, CdA Resort

BEST ARTS FESTIVAL

ART ON THE GREEN

It’s free, takes place over three days, is run by volunteers, is juried to ensure a wide range of professional-level artwork and handcrafted goods, and has taken place under the cooling canopy of trees on North Idaho College’s lakeside campus for more than 50 years. That’s Art on the Green. (CARRIE SCOZZARO) 2nd PLACE: ArtFest; 3rd PLACE: Terrain

We can't wait for Jess Walter's next novel, expected later this year.

BEST AUTHOR

BEST LOCAL INSTAGRAM

As fans of Jess Walter patiently wait for his next novel (it’s been seven years since Beautiful Ruins was published) or short-story collection (six years since We Live In Water), we grasp at anything that gives us a jolt of his vibrant literary voice, whether it’s a reading at Pie & Whiskey during Get Lit! or the occasional publication of a short story like “Motif,” which appeared in the Inlander last May. Clearly Inlander readers are a patient bunch, and haven’t forgotten what made Walter their favorite local scribe. (DAN NAILEN) 2nd PLACE: Sharma Shields; 3rd PLACE: Chris Crutcher

When a couple first moved to Spokane, the founders of the @spokaneeats Instagram wanted to know what there was to do in their new home. Now, they’re helping others discover hidden (or obvious) food gems in and around the Lilac City with regular posts that highlight everything from local bars and restaurants to eyecatching street murals. (JK) 2nd PLACE: @spokanedoesntsuck; 3rd PLACE: @hellosugarspokane; 3rd PLACE: @cdaresort

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Thank You Spokane & The Inland NW BEST CHARITY EVENT

EPICUREAN DELIGHT, Vitalant

When you pair incredible food from some of the area’s best chefs with regional wine, craft beer and cider for a night that raises funds to support life-saving health care services in the Inland Northwest, everyone wins. Since 1980, this annual gala has become a highlight of the year for attendees, who enjoy an elegant evening out with unlimited bite-sized samplings, friendly competition between chef-led teams and heartwarming stories that directly show why it’s so crucial to support nonprofits like this right here at home.

(CHEY SCOTT) 2nd PLACE: Polo Classic, Ronald McDonald House Charities; 3rd PLACE: Furr Ball, Spokane Humane Society; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Wine, Women & Shoes, Idaho Youth Ranch

BEST MEAL AND MURAL PAIRING

DAY OF THE DEAD MURAL,COCHINITO

Pulling from themes based on the Day of the Dead, Jeremy Vermilion’s 30-foot mural decorates a large wall in Travis Dickinson’s downtown restaurant Cochinito. Sugar skulls, guitar-slinging skeletons and bold, red flowers sets the mood for a fine-dining taqueria experience. I personally recommend pairing the view with the fried maitake mushroom tacos. (DEREK HARRISON)

AMC River Park Square Anthony’s Arbor Crest Winery Art on the Green Auntie’s Bookstore Azteca Boo Radley’s Clinkerdagger Dave, Ken and Molly Davenport Hotel & Tower David’s Pizza Dennis Patchin Dick’s Hamburgers Domini Sandwiches Dutch Bros.

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L A C O L K N DRI BEST LOCAL DISTILLERY

DRY FLY DISTILLING

Spokane distillery Dry Fly has been a point of pride among Inland Northwesterners for years thanks to its delicious array of products ranging from gin to vodka to an extensive array of whiskeys. Pretty soon, though, Dry Fly won’t be our little secret anymore. The distillery is prepping a new production facility that will allow it to make a lot more of that whiskey. That’s great news for Inlander readers who can’t get enough of this repeat winner. (DAN NAILEN) 2nd PLACE: Warrior Liquor; 3rd PLACE: Up North Distilling, Post Falls

BEST BARISTA

KAITI BLOM, REVEL 77

A mainstay at the South Hill gem Revel 77 since their inception in 2012, Kaiti Blom has made coffee her life. Not only has she spent the better part of a decade perfecting her skills at the aforementioned Revel, she’s also opened her own coffee shop in downtown Spokane, the cute and impeccable Spaceman Coffee. It should be fairly obvious that she knows what she’s doing. (JORDAN SATTERFIELD) 2nd PLACE: Abby Schmidt, NorthTown Thomas Hammer; 3rd PLACE: Becca Long, Long Bean Coffee, Coeur d’Alene

BEST BARTENDER

TRACEY TOUCH, BORRACHO TACOS & TEQUILERIA

In a town chock-full of bartending royalty, snagging this spot is definitely worth some immense bragging rights. No doubt through a combination of charisma, know-how, and a knack for getting people pretty damn buzzed, Tracey Touch has won over the hearts of thousands of taco-lovers alike. (JS) 2nd PLACE: Cabby Barnard, Bon Bon; 3rd PLACE: Drew Padrta, Bridge Press Cellars; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Jake Hill, Whispers, Coeur d’Alene

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BEST COFFEE ROASTER

DOMA COFFEE ROASTING CO.

Priding themselves on precision and sustainability, DOMA Coffee Roasters take the world of coffee very personally. Founders Terry and Rebecca Patano even went as far as to name their company after their own sons. When a roaster loves coffee that much, you can definitely taste it. (JS) 2nd PLACE: Thomas Hammer Coffee Roasters; 3rd PLACE: Roast House

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BEST LOCAL WINERY

ARBOR CREST WINERY

A family-owned business since the 1980s, Arbor Crest manages to make our own Spokane Valley feel a little bit more like Napa Valley. With as much class and as little pretension as you can imagine, Arbor Crest has no doubt introduced a few generations to the world of wine, and will continue to do so as long as there are grapes on this Earth. (JS) 2nd PLACE: Barrister Winery; 3rd PLACE: Maryhill Winery; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Coeur d’Alene Cellars

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BEST CRAFT COCKTAILS

HOGWASH WHISKEY DEN

Underground in the truest, most literal sense, Hogwash is a subterranean dream for anyone with a penchant for nice whiskey and rich food. Their signature cocktails have been lovingly designed piece by piece by each of the bartenders, and the menu even tells you which ones so you know who to thank. (JS) 2nd PLACE: Durkin’s Liquor Bar; 3rd PLACE: Bon Bon; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: 315 Martinis and Tapas, Coeur d’Alene

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Members of the award-winning team (from left): Abby Clayton, Connor Barbour, Kevin Parker, Kerry Parker, Mason Sutter and Jenny Sutter. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO

BEST DRIVE-THRU ESPRESSO

DUTCH BROS. COFFEE

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t was 2005. Kevin Parker and his wife Kerry had been in their custom-built home in Bend, Oregon, for just nine months. They liked the area. They adored the people. They loved their new home.

So, naturally, they abandoned everything and moved to Spokane to introduce a new brand of drive-through coffee to a market that was notoriously hard to crack.

“Everyone I talked to for advice — so many business leaders from Oregon and Colorado — with the exception of one said, ‘Don’t. It’s too competitive.’ I knew it was something larger, more difficult and more challenging than I would have ever undertaken, and that was really attractive to me,” says Parker.

The downtown location at the corner of Second and Washington was Dutch Bros.’ first presence not just in Spokane but the entire state. Initially the stand lost money, but Parker persevered in the belief that it should serve as a “lighthouse for the community” by creating

a welcoming environment that reflected the company’s ethos.

“From the very beginning, we wanted to be the company that gave back to the community. Through the years, that’s what we have fundamentally been about: What does it look like to be a company that makes a difference in the lives of others?”

Parker says that for Dutch Bros. (insider tip: it’s pronounced “bros,” not “brothers”) the praxis of making a difference is always threefold: taking a personal stake in the lives of its employees, cherishing its customers and investing in its community through charitable giving. That’s parlayed into economic success.

Today there are nine Dutch Bros. stands across Spokane, with a 10th scheduled to open this summer in Airway Heights.

It’s also led to the occasional brush with fame. The stand at Second and Washington was used as a backdrop in the 2006 film Home of the Brave starring Samuel L. Jackson and Jessica

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Biel, and it later had a cameo in Macklemore’s 2015 video for “Downtown.”

Strip all that Hollywood glam away, though, and you’ve still got a craveworthy signature three-bean dark roast and a team of baristas with a genuine stake in their customers’ wellbeing. Those customers have responded in kind by putting Dutch Bros. at the top of its Best Of category for 10 separate years. Parker genuinely considers that “a really big deal” because it affirms that Dutch Bros. is having a positive impact.

“We’re going to give you the best cup of coffee available,” he says. “We’re going to build a relationship with you. And when you come through Dutch Bros., a lot of those funds are going to be used to make a difference in someone else’s life.”

— E.J. IANNELLI 2nd PLACE: Wake Up Call; 3rd PLACE: Jacob’s Java

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BEST BLOODY MARY

BOOMBOX PIZZA

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’ve never been as intimidated and also intrigued as I was when I first saw the bloody mary at Boombox Pizza.

It landed on the table with a clank.

I gawked at the meat stick inside the 32 ounces of blood-red liquid and the piece of pepperoni pizza resting on top. Would this be the end of me? Maybe. Would it be worth it? Probably.

“Everyone sees it and goes, ‘whoa,’” says General Manager Carter Swedo.

That’s exactly the point. The drink, called “There’s Something About Mary,” will surely leave an impression on you.

And then you’ll tell your friends, and they will tell theirs, and they will come into Boombox Pizza just to try this $17 drink that doubles as a meal. (A dollar from each

drink is donated to the Humane Society.)

“People come in just for that bloody mary, and they don’t care how much it costs,” Swedo says.

Swedo says Boombox Pizza wanted to do something special and fun when it opened last year. They saw bloody marys in other cities that had hamburgers or fried chicken on top of it, but Boombox Pizza’s specialty, of course, is pizza.

It took awhile to figure out how to actually get the piece of pizza to stay on there, Swedo says. When it’s fresh out of the oven, the cheese falls off and into the drink. Boombox solved that problem by putting the pizza in the fridge for a minute before putting it on the drink with a skewer between the crust.

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They make their bloody mary mix inhouse and add two shots of alcohol. Then they stack some Canadian bacon, pepperoni and salami — the same meats they use for a pizza. They add pickled asparagus and green beans, olives, celery and the meat stick they get from a local sausage producer. And there it is: A signature drink.

“We wanted to try something new that we haven’t seen around Spokane yet,” Swedo says.

— WILSON CRISCIONE 2nd PLACE: Press; 3rd PLACE: Satellite Diner & Lounge; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: The Dockside, Coeur d’Alene

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NORTH IDAHO’S BEST LOCAL BREWERY

POST FALLS BREWING COMPANY

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he impressive list of North Idaho craft breweries continues to grow, but for the past three years, one brewery has stood out as a fan favorite.

Since its start in 2016, Post Falls Brewing Company has become no stranger to being dubbed “North Idaho’s Best” by Inlander readers.

They won the honor for North Idaho’s Best New Brewery in 2017, then secured North Idaho's Best Local Brewery last year.

The brewery and taproom, located across the street from the Post Falls water tower, has become a meeting spot for locals and a destination for visitors to the area. Co-owner Dan Stokes says he always wanted a “community vibe” for the brewery, and appreciates everyone who backs that idea.

“It’s awesome to get all the local support,” co-owner and brewer Alex Sylvain adds. “And people from Seattle all the way to the East Coast have came out to visit us.”

Larger than most regional breweries, the 15-barrel brewhouse produces a wide range of styles and is constantly experimenting with new ones.

In 2018, Sylvain added a new beer to the brewery’s core lineup — My Pony. It’s a New England-style IPA that clocks in at 7 percent alcohol by volume and is single-hopped with Simcoe. He’s also been producing an ongoing series of single-hop Hazy Double IPAs called the Stallion. Version four with Amarillo hops is currently on tap at the brewery.

“Rotating small batches gets people excited about our stuff,” Sylvain said.

Post Falls Brewing also amped-up Spokane distribution earlier this year. In the coming months, more local restaurants and bars will feature tap handles donning the water tower logo.

Next up for the brewery is a celebration for its third anniversary.

Sylvain says you can expect to see live music from local acts spread out between April 19 and 20, as well as special beer releases throughout the weekend.

— DEREK HARRISON

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Atticus’ peculiar gifts and warm, rustic atmosphere may be its most outwardly visible components through the shop’s front window, but make no mistake that this award means one thing above all: some incredible coffee — meticulous with a hint of renegade, kind of like that uncle who taught you how to curse but is also weirdly good at Trivial Pursuit. (JS) 2nd PLACE: Vessel; 3rd PLACE: Ladder Coffee; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: The Vault, Coeur d’Alene

Whenever you see a movie with an apocalyptic theme, you inevitably get a bunch of random characters thrown together in an ad hoc group trying to survive its imminent demise. If you’re going down among strangers, they might as well be the friendliest strangers imaginable, and that’s what I find every time I swing by the Hub on North Monroe. While far from a regular, I’ve always been greeted warmly with handshakes, hilarious conversations, even homemade banana bread! If you’re waiting to be eaten by zombies or destroyed by a meteor, you might as well be watching some hockey with new friends while you do it. (DAN NAILEN)

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INLAND NW CRAFT BEER FESTIVAL

There’s no doubt the Inland NW Craft Beer Festival has become a local favorite. Inlander readers have voted it the best beer event for three consecutive years, and it makes sense why. The event provides attendees the chance to sample a variety of beers from 40 different Washington breweries while walking the outfield of Avista Stadium. Produced by the Washington Beer Commission, the festival is celebrating 10 years this time around, so you won’t want to miss out. (DEREK HARRISON) 2nd PLACE: Schweitzer’s Fall Fest; 3rd PLACE: Spokane Brewers Festival

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MANITO TAP HOUSE

With 50 craft beers on tap at any given moment and a menu full of gourmet food, Manito Tap House has established itself as one of the premier South Hill gathering places. Beyond its extensive beer selection, the pub focuses on being environmentally conscious and is a Four-Star Certified Green Restaurant. The craft beer bar may have changed owners near the end of 2018, but it’s still business as usual — and that’s a good thing! (DH) 2nd PLACE: Community Pint; 3rd PLACE: The Viking; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Crafted Tap House + Kitchen

NO-LI BREWHOUSE

No-Li Brewhouse truly lives up to its motto “Spokane Style.” From community-focused events to charity fundraising, the brewery’s dedication to the region expands far beyond producing locally sourced beer — though, it’s pretty darn good at that, too. It’s safe to say No-Li’s accomplishments haven’t gone unnoticed by the craft beer drinkers throughout the Inland Northwest. (DH) 2nd PLACE: Iron Goat Brewing; 3rd PLACE: Post Falls Brewing Company

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MOUNTAIN LAKES BREWERY

Mountain Lakes Brewery owners Dave Basaraba and Tim Hilton quickly bonded over their passion for craft beer and homebrewing.

What started as hosting neighborhood parties led to the opening of a small-batch brewery in March last year. Since then, the pair and their brewery have become a downtown mainstay. (DH) 2nd PLACE: Humble Abode Brewing; 3rd PLACE: Millwood Brewing Company; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Matchwood Brewing Company, Sandpoint

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With bold flavors and eye-catching labels, One Tree sets the standard for hard cider in the Inland Northwest. Its sweet, crisp year-round selections include Lemon Basil, Caramel Cinnamon, Huckleberry and the latest addition, Staycation — the first of One Tree’s “core flavors” packaged in cans. These selections can be found in many grocery stores throughout Washington and three other states, stretching as far as Illinois. (DH) 2nd PLACE: Liberty Ciderworks; 3rd PLACE: Twilight Cider Works; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: North Idaho Cider, Coeur d’Alene

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hy Sandpoint? Maybe it’s because of proximity — an easy hour’s drive from several more populous areas — or it’s the lake or mountains that make it a travel destination for those inside the region and beyond. Maybe it’s the eclecticism of resort-town-meetsentrepreneurial-and-arts hub that make this town of just under 8,000 souls so special. Or maybe it’s places like the

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ones Inlander voters lauded with their “likes” in the form of votes.

In Sandpoint, for example, there are numerous places to grab a cup of coffee; there’s only one EVANS BROTHERS (not counting its other location in Coeur d’Alene), which won for Best Coffee Shop. Evans Brothers is a roaster, brewhouse, meeting place, event center

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Sandpoint has become a destination for art, music, good food and great drinks.

and community hotspot all-in-one. And the Sweater Weather? This nifty little beverage may have you kicking your Starbucks habit to the curb.

And this year, Sandpoint’s best community/arts event, FESTIVAL AT SANDPOINT, was also honored

by Inlander readers as the best music festival in the entire Inland Northwest. Not bad!

Best Bar

1st PLACE: 219 Lounge; 2nd PLACE: MickDuff’s Brewing Company; 3rd PLACE: Eichardt’s Pub and Grill

Best Burger

1st PLACE: MickDuff’s Brewing Company; 2nd PLACE: Dub’s Drive-In; 3rd PLACE: Eichardt’s Pub and Grill

Best Coffee Shop

1st PLACE: Evans Brothers; 2nd PLACE: Kokanee Coffee; 3rd PLACE: Monarch Mountain Coffee

Best Community/Arts Event 1st PLACE: Festival at Sandpoint; 2nd PLACE: Lost in the ’50s; 3rd PLACE: Schweitzer Fall Fest

Best Restaurant

1st PLACE: MickDuff’s Brewing Company; 2nd PLACE: Spud’s Waterfront Grill; 3rd PLACE: Joel’s

Best Sushi

1st PLACE: Shoga Sushi; 2nd PLACE: Thai Nigiri; 3rd PLACE: Kyoko Sushi

The voters’ choice for best bar is so cool that they have their own beer: 219 LOUNGE’S 219 Pilsner from Laughing Dog (another cool place). The 219 is where you play a game of pool, listen to live music — they’ve recently added comedy gigs — and get your pre-funk on, or just kick back in a larger-than-it-seems local bar where smoking is not allowed, but fun is. Insider tip: This is one of the few and best places to score a cocktail in Sandpoint.

Technically, SHOGA SUSHI is not in Sandpoint but rather in Sagle, the tail end of which cuddles right up to the Long Bridge linking Sandpoint with the rest of Idaho by water. And it’s actually tucked into the same location as its much larger sister, 41 South, both of which have a splendid view of the water any time of year. It’s a mixture of what you’d expect from a sushi place — hand rolls, sashimi, tempura, specialty rolls — with a few surprises like Vietnamese banh mi, Japanese curry and kakuni, a garlic-ginger-citrus cured pork belly served with teriyaki sauce.

Sandpoint has quite an assortment of restaurants, most of them packed into downtown, so it’s saying something that this year’s winner for best restaurant is MICKDUFF’S BREWING COMPANY, which also won for best burger. Their wins — two of them — might feel a little like being the kid whose birthday happens to coincide with another date involving significant gift-giving or celebration, like Christmas or New Year’s — a two-fer that never quite measures up. But win they did. Twice (three times if you count their second place win for best bar).

So in the interest of giving this local fave their due, congratulations to MICKDUFF’S for winning best burger and a nod to Wood’s Meats, a fifth generation supplier of the beef featured in every tasty MickDuff’s burger. Now picture gooey Gouda cheese over the top of the thick slab of burger, sautéed onions, bacon, a zippy little jalapeno sauce and a chewy mouthful of ciabatta bun — and that’s “best burger” know-how.

What’s better than a best burger? When it’s served in Sandpoint’s best restaurant: MICKDUFF’S BREWING COMPANY. Besides burgers, they do salads, snacks and entrees like cedarsmoked salmon. Oh, and did we mention they’re a pub, too? And they brew their own? Someone call food show host Guy Fieri; his trips to Spokane need to take a turn north and east… to Sandpoint.

— CARRIE SCOZZARO

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4000 HOLES

To the surprise of absolutely nobody, North Monroe landmark 4000 Holes continues to dominate this category another year in a row. No small part of the store’s continued success is indebted to owner Bob Gallagher’s supremely likeable and knowledgeable presence at the store front. Our ears are in good hands. (JORDAN SATTERFIELD) 2nd PLACE: The Long Ear, Coeur d’Alene; 3rd PLACE: Resurrection Records

Best Singer/Songwriter

MARSHALL McLEAN

Marshall McLean has made quite a name for himself in Spokane, but he’s also found striking success on a much larger scale. And how couldn’t he? His keen ear for folk melody and strong songwriting skills make Spokane proud to say he’s our Americana sweetheart. (JS) 2nd PLACE: Myles Kennedy; 3rd PLACE: James Elvidge

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Metallica has been a concert force for more than three decades now, and on their WorldWired Tour, they made their December 2018 show at Spokane Arena feel like an intimate gathering for generations of thrashers and headbangers. It was the thrash-metal pioneers’ first Spokane show in 14 years, and after stand-up comic/megafan Jim Breuer warmed up the crowd, they dotted the set with classics like “Seek & Destroy,” “Master of Puppets” and the show-closing “Enter Sandman.” (DAN NAILEN) 2nd PLACE: Chris Stapleton, Spokane Arena; 3rd PLACE: Eagles, Spokane Arena

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eading up to the 2018 summer concert season, Northern Quest was racing to put the finishing touches on its new and improved outdoor concert stage. The transformation was dramatic thanks to the addition of a towering new grandstand that expanded the venue’s capacity to 5,000, in addition to new concession and merchandise areas.

All the work paid off when Northern Quest delivered its biggest lineup since opening the outdoor stage, and none proved bigger than country up-and-comer Kane Brown.

The man Inlander voters say gave the best outdoor concert of the year was just 24 when he hit the stage in

Airway Heights, but he already had a couple of No. 1 country hits under his belt with “What Ifs” and “Lose It,” as well as a No. 1 country album with his self-titled debut.

A couple months after his September show at Northern Quest, his second album Experiment topped Billboard’s album-sales chart, too.

Brown is part of a new generation of country artists, and he brings a friendly swagger to the stage when he performs. He also likes to work beyond the boundaries of the country genre, and Brown has collaborated with the likes of pop stars Camila Cabello and Khalid in addition to working with country faves like Brooks & Dunn and touring with Florida-Georgia Line. That’s good for

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And for Northern Quest, booking young talent like Brown is good for drawing new audience members to a schedule often featuring classic rock and older country artists. Check out their lineup of young talent and old favorites performing in summer 2019 at northernquest.com.

— DAN NAILEN 2nd PLACE: Dave Matthews Band, The Gorge; 3rd PLACE: Willie Nelson and Alison Krauss, Northern Quest; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: ZZ Top, Festival at Sandpoint

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n a way, there are two Elijah Kilborns — the magnanimous 23-year-old who loves spending free time with his family, and the hip-hop rhyme slayer who dominates local stages as Jango. The Spokane-based hip-hop artist recently turned 23, but he says he threw himself so completely into his music that he didn’t really revel in the typical benefits of having reached the legal drinking age.

While sipping a beer at the bar in Central Food, he says he’s starting to enjoy that newfound freedom a little bit more, but he’s still hard at work on new music. Singles will likely be dropping throughout 2019, and there’s also a longer project in the works. Because he’s something of a perfectionist, he doesn’t just want to throw stuff up on SoundCloud hours after recording it. Whatever’s next has got to be just right.

Kilborn has a team of producers and publicists, as well as some regional brand sponsors, behind him, and he says he’s starting to see other Spokane artists taking their work more seriously.

“They’re actually taking a moment to educate themselves on the industry. They’re taking a moment to improve their lyrical ability, to improve their stage presence,” he says. “Not every artist is going to do it perfectly, but I’ve definitely seen a rise in artists attempting to play in this game.”

Since releasing his 2017 album Alone by Choice, Jango has kept himself busy. He was amongst a handful of Spokane artists on the lineup of last summer’s Upstream Music Festival in Seattle, an industry-focused event founded by the late Paul Allen. He also released a music video for his single “Legacy,” which featured Seattle duo Kung Foo Grip and an honest-to-God DeLorean.

He says now that he has more of a platform, he wants to promote the versatility of hip-hop to audiences that might not be as clued-in to the genre, and he says that the scene would grow “exponentially faster” if artists continue to support one another. That involves bridging the gap between Spokane’s hip-hop scene and those in Central and Western Washington — the “Upper Left U.S.A.,” as he and his team have branded it.

And now that Jango has taken first place in the Inlander Best Of’s first-ever hip-hop category, he’s hoping to be a messenger for those ideas.

“I feel like it’s bigger than me,” Kilborn says.

“It shows me that people are listening, and the public perception is changing. People are more open to hip-hop. The fact that we even have a nomination for hip-hop is a blessing. Spokane cares about what we’re doing.”

— NATHAN WEINBENDER 2nd PLACE: Brotha Nature; 3rd PLACE: Kung Fu Vinyl

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The beautiful lake and mountain in a well-designed outdoor venue, plus both stadium and bring-your-own-chair seating and a fabulous musical lineup equates to voters’ choice of best music festival for Sandpoint’s favorite event, which this year breaks out of its “Best of North Idaho” box to take top honors. (CARRIE SCOZZARO) 2nd PLACE: Pig Out in the Park; 3rd PLACE: Gleason Fest

We suppose you could stand stoically with your arms crossed at a Super Sparkle show, but why would you want to? And even if that was your intention, you probably wouldn’t stay still for long, because the band produces undeniably catchy pop songs with an R&B bent, complete with sax solos, synchronized dancing and a whole lotta glitter. They could probably also take the prize for most high-energy local band, too. (NATHAN WEINBENDER) 2nd PLACE: Sovereign Citizen and the Non Prophets; 3rd PLACE: Indian Goat

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THE LION KING

The award-winning musical has captured the hearts of fans for more than 20 years with exotic animal costumes and giant puppets that bring the classic Disney tale to life. Fans adore the exhilarating choreography, contagious sing-along music and a timeless story about love, family and redemption, and they packed Spokane’s First Interstate Center for the Arts on Jan. 23-Feb. 3. (JORDY BYRD) 2nd PLACE: Waitress; 3rd PLACE: Finding Neverland

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BaLonely’s style perfectly aligns with my musical taste, having inherited the DNA of so many of my favorite artists — the Velvet Underground, Pavement, Television, Jonathan Richman. The Spokane trio dropped its debut album Stories in November, and I’ve returned to it many times since: It’s a collection of melodic pop songs punctuated by bursts of manic energy from frontman and primary songwriter Norman Robbins, with melodies that never go where you anticipate but that lodge themselves in your brain anyway. Stories was a project several years in the making; hopefully we don’t have to wait as long for a follow-up. (NATHAN WEINBENDER)

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ozy and divey and just off campus, the Cougar Cottage serves as the first stop for after-class drinks for students as well as a home away from home for Washington State University alumni. Friends huddle on bar stools for beer and burgers while “Brown-eyed Girl” plays over the stereo.

Scribbles and signatures cover the walls behind them, thousands of them from floor to ceiling, marking multiple generations in Sharpie. Employee Lance Lijewski says the bar rotates through repainting some sections, but also preserves some doodles going back decades.

“There are some that date back to the ’90s,” he says.

“We try to keep as much as we can.”

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Readers declared Cougar Cottage, more often called simply THE COUG, the Best Bar on the Palouse this year.

Lijewski says the bar values tradition and invites people to be a part of its story. In addition to the graffiti, the bar also sells permanent personalized bricks for its outdoor patio.

With a diverse stable of regional beers, he says, the Coug also tries to offer elevated pub food composed of fresh and quality ingredients.

“We are very much a beer bar,” he says. “[But] we want the quality of the food to reflect the quality of the experience.”

Across campus, a gaggle of children crowd the glass

counter at FERDINAND’S ICE CREAM SHOPPE for the Best Ice Cream on the Palouse. Kids scramble for scoops of Cougar Tracks, Apple Cup Crisp ice cream or the shop’s most popular flavor — Huckleberry Ripple.

WSU Creamery Manager John Haugen says it gets its milk straight from the university dairy and makes everything on site. They produce about 22,000 gallons of ice cream a year.

“We’re not cutting corners on anything,” he says.

THE DAILY GRIND in downtown Pullman won reader support for the Best Coffee Shop on the Palouse with its homey mix of open space, plush chairs and exposed brick decor. Owner Tami Grady says the cof-

BEST BAR

1st PLACE: The Coug, Pullman; 2nd PLACE (tie): Etsi Bravo, Pullman; Rico’s Public House, Pullman

BEST ICE CREAM/ FROZEN YOGURT

1st PLACE: Ferdinand’s Ice Cream Shoppe, Pullman; 2nd PLACE: Jamms Frozen Yogurt, Moscow; 3rd PLACE: Sweet Mutiny, Pullman

BEST COFFEE SHOP

1st PLACE: The Daily Grind, Pullman; 2nd PLACE: One World Cafe, Moscow; 3rd PLACE: Roost Coffee & Market, Pullman

BEST RESTAURANT

1st PLACE: South Fork Public House, Pullman; 2nd PLACE: The Black Cypress, Pullman; 3rd PLACE: Harvester Restaurant and Lounge, Spangle

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feehouse tries to give students far from home a place they can feel comfortable.

“It’s gives them a safe place,” she says. “There’s something here for everyone.”

Since taking over seven years ago, Grady says she has worked to establish a welcoming culture and quality coffee. They serve a unique, handcrafted blend. They have also expanded the menu to include vegan, dairy-free and other healthy snacks.

“We’re not a big corporation,” she says. “We put in a lot of care. … You just surround yourself with great people.”

Whether its a first date or a retirement party, the SOUTH FORK PUBLIC HOUSE prides itself on having an atmosphere that fits the occasion. Readers again voted South Fork the Best Restaurant on the Palouse. Manager Sam Reebs says they offer 24 regional beers and ciders, an upscale menu and ever-changing specials.

“We try to make sure that we cater to everyone,” he says.

Over the Idaho stateline in Moscow, LA CASA LOPEZ takes top honors for Best Tacos on the Palouse. The restaurant and cantina, located along Main Street, has served traditional Mexican cuisine since 1994. Diners can enjoy fajitas, chimichangas, vegetarian dishes and, of course, plenty of tacos.

The Palouse comes together in late summer to celebrate the region’s agricultural heritage and welcome WSU freshmen with the NATIONAL LENTIL FESTIVAL, this year’s Best Community Event. Director Britnee Christen says this year will mark the 31st annual festival.

“We always try to keep it fresh,” she says.

More than 400 volunteers come together to provide free live music, carnival games, a beer garden, food vendors and a 350-gallon vat of lentil chili. Christen notes the festival has rescued thousands of pounds of unserved chili in recent years to distribute to local families in need.

When Christen looks around the festival, she enjoys seeing families playing, students exploring their new community and longtime volunteers pitching in to make sure everyone has a good time.

“That is a sign for me that we did it right,” she says. “We try to keep community at the forefront.”

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Best Fly Fishing (River Or Stream)

SPOKANE RIVER

The Spokane River boasts 111 miles of shoreline for novice and expert anglers alike. Rushing waters offer both stocked fish and wild trout populations. Whether wading or casting into deep pools, the fish are jumping best July through September when anglers can hook rainbow and brown trout. (JORDY BYRD) 2nd PLACE: St. Joe River; 3rd PLACE: North Fork of the Coeur d’Alene River

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TUBBS HILL

Tubbs Hill features 120 acres of wilderness and several miles of hiking trails overlooking Lake Coeur d’Alene. The most popular route is a 2.4-mile loop that offers plenty of places to swim and climb on boulders. June through September, the moderately trafficked loop offers picturesque views and terrain that’s accessible for families of all skill levels. (JB) 2nd PLACE: Bowl & Pitcher; 3rd PLACE: Liberty Lake Loop

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Best Place To Paddle Board

LAKE COEUR D’ALENE

Lake Coeur d’Alene showcases the bluest waters in the Northwest with 25 miles to navigate. There’s no better way to peacefully explore the lake. While paddling popular destinations like the North Shore area, the North Idaho College area and Tubbs Hill, you can soak up the sun and look for wildlife.

Nearby Coeur d’Alene offers numerous gear rentals. (JB) 2nd PLACE: Spokane River; 3rd PLACE: Liberty Lake

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Best Yoga Studio

YARROW HOT YOGA AND WELLNESS STUDIO

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arrow Hot Yoga and Wellness Studio is a place of healing. For current owner Lindsey Hoover, that quickly drew her into the studio.

Hoover began at Yarrow as a student, taking classes periodically and looking to find healing for herself. She began practicing at Yarrow and, quickly, the yoga and the community within the studio made an impact on Hoover’s life, emotionally and physically.

“There was no doubt that this was something I was going to do for the rest of my life,” Hoover says.

Hoover then began teaching, as she wanted to share with others what she had been learning through her practice. After working as an instructor, Hoover managed the studio, then took ownership of Yarrow three years ago. For Hoover, it’s been three years of fostering a community of healing at Yarrow.

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hold true to the studio, is Yarrow is a protected place of healing for everyone,” Hoover says. “It doesn’t matter how old you are, where you come from, who you are, you can let down your wall and cleanse yourself.

“Yoga is the glue that holds everything in life together,” Hoover says.

And Yarrow achieves this goal, in part, through its teachers.

“Our teaching staff is so fine-tuned and well-trained, and so deep in their practice, it’s truly unique to Yarrow,” Hoover says.

Also unique to Yarrow is the space — something Hoover recognized from her first day.

“I fell in love with studio from day one,” Hoover says. “The studio itself is stunning. It’s spacious, there are copious amounts of natural light that fill the space. I always say, ‘We love people and we love the Earth.’”

Yarrow was built with ecologically sustainable materials, from the wood, to the cleaning supplies, to the retail sold at the front. This is a lifestyle and business choice Hoover celebrates and adopted from the previous owner.

“She really did create a beautiful space, and I believe it is important to keep that true to the studio,” Hoover says.

The community at Yarrow calls each other family — growing and healing together in a safe and empowering studio.

— ARCELIA MARTIN 2nd PLACE: The Union Studios; 3rd PLACE: Beyoutiful Hot Yoga; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Garden Street Yoga, Coeur d’Alene

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Best Place To Ski

SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN RESORT

The region’s largest resort boasts 2,900 acres of phenomenal terrain and renowned tree skiing in the rugged Selkirk Mountains. The premier ski destination offers three terrain parks for every level of skier, twilight skiing for unique views of the mountain and a robust racing series.

True adrenaline junkies can even explore the slopes by snowcat, snowmobile or helicopter. (JB) 2nd PLACE: Mt. Spokane; 3rd PLACE: 49 Degrees North

Best Place To Snowboard

MT. SPOKANE

Mt. Spokane Ski & Snowboard Park is a winter playground for snowboarders with three unique terrain parks and plenty of night boarding options. Best of all, in 2019 the resort opened the new North Wood Chair which features seven new runs, a 1,500-vertical-foot drop and an additional 279 acres to explore on the resort’s northwestfacing side. (JB) 2nd PLACE: Schweitzer Mountain Resort; 3rd PLACE: 49 Degrees North

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Karina Kissick prefers a balanced approach: “I just show people it doesn’t take extremes to reach their goals.”

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Best Personal Trainer

KARINA KISSICK

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itness is a lifestyle. And no, you don’t need to exchange your entire wardrobe for yoga pants nor convert each meal into 24 fluid ounces of protein.

The lifestyle is about finding what works for you, Karina Kissick says.

Kissick, 24, is an independent personal trainer who runs her business out of Specialty Training Inc. in Spokane Valley.

“I help people learn a balance to health and fitness,” she says. “Everyone has a different lifestyle, so I help them find a routine that works for them.”

Her training, which includes one-on-one and group classes, focuses on lifting and circuit training, she says. If you don’t think that’s your thing, it’s OK. Her train-

ing is about “helping people learn,” she says. Especially women.

Growing up, she says she had struggles with her body image and fitness, “like most women.” But starting about eight years ago, she channeled her frustration into a passion for fitness and staying active.

With women, Kissick says she tries to focus on activating or reactivating their core.

“That will translate to all your other areas. It’s really important for women to have properly functioning core units. If it’s not functioning properly, you can do more to manage your core. … People tend to think [for] stronger cores they need to do situps and crunches, but it’s a lot deeper than that. It involves your pelvic floor and your

diaphragm.”

You can find some examples of her workout routines, plus some healthy recipes, on her Instagram page, @karina.kissick.

“I believe there are many misconceptions about health and fitness. I just show people it doesn’t take extremes to reach their goals,” she says. “People assume they need to go on a crazy diet or routine to reach their goals. It really just takes a balance for each person. So people can still enjoy their favorite foods.”

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Best Running Event

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The first Sunday in May is a holiday thanks to the Lilac Bloomsday Run. The annual timed road race has swelled to more than 40,000 runners, joggers, walkers and wheelchair racers since the first event in 1977. Bloomies hit the pavement to complete 7.46 miles through downtown Spokane and along the windy river. It’s an unforgettable day of costumes, fitness and fun. (JB) 2nd PLACE: Ironman 70.3 Coeur d’Alene; 3rd PLACE: Coeur d’Alene Marathon

Without fail, every January brings packed gyms as people looking for a fresh start scurry to make their health and fitness goals… only to fall off by, oh, February. But the parking lot and elliptical machines at Muv’s four Spokane-area locations are seemingly busy year round. That’s because for the price, availability, locations and value, Muv Fitness is the place to be — any month of the year.

(SCOTT A. LEADINGHAM) 2nd PLACE: YMCA; 3rd PLACE: The Union Studios; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Peak Health & Wellness Center, Coeur d’Alene

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KLO’STOK THE MARMOT KING

You don’t become king of the city of a million marmots without getting your paws bloody. Klo’stok, his incisors stained by the jugulars of his adversaries, knows that well. On the day of his ascension, from atop his Throne of Soil, Klo’stok let out a scream that echoed across the gorge.

At once, it was an elated shout of victory, and a battlecry, a warning that his enemies better start running as fast as four legs could carry them. Or two, for that matter. The humans say marmots are diseased. But to Klo’stok? Humans are the disease.

And he’s the cure. (DANIEL WALTERS) 2nd PLACE; Plonk-Tonk, Oracle of Peaceful Valley; 3rd PLACE: Chuck, Scourge of the Post Falls Walmart

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We’re pretty lucky to have a river and rocky bluffs running through the heart of downtown Spokane, but it can still be hard to see the forest for the trees living day-to-day in a built environment. When my soul is feeling that itch to get the hell out of town, I know it’s time to drive somewhere I can leave the internet behind and recharge in nature. At Farragut State Park, a hike along Lake Pend Oreille and a dip in the terrifyingly deep water is a perfect reminder that there’s more to this thing than our daily dramas on this pale blue dot. (SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL)

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Sporting goods stores come and go, especially when competing with big-name national chains. So to make it in this kind of market, you have to do something right, as Sports Creel has since 1954.

What’s right? They have darn good products with great customer service. It’s a place where everyone, from beginners to the most extreme powder hound, can find equipment and friendly, expert advice. If you need a custom ski boot fitting — and, really, it’s a good idea — this is your spot. (SAL) 2nd PLACE: Spokane Alpine Haus; 3rd PLACE: Sports Outlet; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Ski Shack, Hayden

It’s easy to think all bike shops are created equal. But like a coffee spot, each one brings its own unique ambiance, vibe and, dare we say, flavor. The Bike Hub isn’t the biggest, but it does have pretty much whatever you need — and the mechanics and sales staff who will keep you coming back. Riders can get intimidated at some shops if they’re not a speed-racing spandex “ninja.” But that’s not the kind of rider you need to be here. All riders — and wheels — are welcome to spin. (SAL) 2nd PLACE: Wheel Sport; 3rd PLACE: North Division Bicycle Shop; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Vertical Earth, Coeur d’Alene

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CENTER STAGE Spokane Civic Theatre has announced its 2019-20 season, and it’s a mix of modern musicals, beloved classics and plays by the likes of Noel Coward and Kenneth Lonergan. Here’s the lineup of shows and their premiere dates: Matilda the Musical, Sept. 13 The Book of Will, Sept. 27 This Is Our Youth, Nov. 15 It’s a Wonderful Life, Nov. 29 Present Laughter, Jan. 10 A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, Jan. 24 Cabaret, Feb. 28 The Humans, March 27 Exile, April 17 Funny Girl, May 15 Tickets for individual shows become available in July, though season ticket packages are now on sale at spokanecivictheatre.com. (NATHAN WEINBENDER)

The Complicated Horror of Leaving Neverland

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BY JOSH KELETY

didn’t grow up listening to Michael Jackson. Some memorable first encounters with his role in the broader American cultural milieu came in Bloom County comic books or in “The Jeffersons” episode of South Park. But I was never a big fan.

So when HBO dropped Leaving Neverland, the documentary featuring two men who say they were sexually abused as minors by Jackson, I wasn’t forced to reconcile with the notion that a (now deceased) personal cultural icon had allegedly done horrible things.

I figured I’d be able to isolate the experiences of calculated seduction and rape described by the two primary subjects, Wade Robson and James Safechuck, for what they were: disturbing and highly credible.

And, for the most part, I was able to do that, unclouded by any personal retrospection of my relationship with Jackson’s music. The level of detail from the two men, corroborating stories from their family members, and

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JENNY LEWIS, On The Line. The follow-up to her excellent Voyager album arrives five years later, promises more pop-rock treats.

STRAND OF OAKS, Eraserland. The brilliant Tim Showalter brings Strand of Oaks to Spokane April 28.

MOTLEY CRUE, The Dirt soundtrack. Four new songs for the metal band’s bio flick hitting Netflix March 22.

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the visible emotional reactions to reliving trauma that they exhibited on camera is sickening.

And yet, the film doesn’t simplistically stake out the immorality of Jackson’s abuse for the viewer. Rather, it illustrates the highly complex relationship that Robson and Safechuck had with Jackson, one that led to denial, self-blame and continued loyalty towards Jackson as they aged — such as when Robson testified in 2005 that Jackson never sexually abused him.

Through a hauntingly whimsical soundtrack, lengthy shots of sunny Southern California and Jackson’s Neverland estate and, of course, the interviews, the film highlights the positive experiences and feelings that the victims — and their families — associated with Jackson, such as his charm, generous gifts and boosting of their careers. (Their family members, meanwhile, described Jackson as a kind individual who they trusted to care for their kids.) As Robson says in the film: “He was one of the kindest, most gentle, loving, caring people I knew ... and he also sexually abused me.”

The film fluidly slips between nightmare and fairy tale — oftening blurring the two worlds together. It helps explain why the victims didn’t tell their parents about the abuse, and lied about it for years afterwards.

At times, the lack of bright lines in the film almost seems obfuscating. But that’s how it was for the victims, and it’s important for us, the viewers, to try to understand that.

So, even for someone who never really cared about Michael Jackson, I still walked away from Leaving Neverland with a slew of emotions aside from just blind rage and disgust. n

GREEK SPEAK The featured author for 2019’s Spokane is Reading program is a big get. Coming for two public talks in October is New York Times bestselling author Madeline Miller (above), whose 2018 novel Circe was a feminist fiction standout. The story is told from the perspective of Greek witch goddess Circe, a daughter of Helios exiled to a remote island and best known in classic mythology for her encounter with the tragic hero Odysseus. Copies of Circe are available at Spokane Public Library and Spokane County Library District branches, and for purchase at Auntie’s Bookstore. (CHEY SCOTT)

CHECKING OUT OUTDOORS Explorers who don’t have a Washington State Parks Discover Pass ($30/year or $10/one-time use) needn’t let it keep them from experiencing the region’s natural splendor. A new pilot program called Check Out Washington that launched this month allows local library patrons to check out activity backpacks, which include a Discover Pass, for up to one week from branches of the Spokane County Library District and Spokane Public Library. (CHEY SCOTT)

EMBRACING CATASTROPHE Knowing the six new episodes of the Rob Delaney/Sharon Horgan Brit-com Catastrophe posted to Amazon Prime recently were the series’ last, I naturally entered my last binge of the alternately sweet and sour show with some trepidation over whether they would stick the landing. All the characters we’ve come to know and love/loathe get a nice send-off, and new characters played by Michaela Watkins (as Rob’s newly religious sister) and Nat Faxon (her too-nice beau) keep the last season fresh. At its core, though, Catastrophe is all about Rob and Sharon’s relationship, and the final season finds the humor in all-too-real human interactions between the two that have been a hallmark of the show from the beginning. (DAN NAILEN)

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Conductor Arthur Arnold says silence is part of the music.

Classical Dating Game Meet Arthur Arnold, one of the Spokane Symphony candidates for next music director

BY E.J. IANNELLI

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uring the 2018-19 Spokane Symphony season, five candidates vying to take over for Eckart Preu as music director will lead shows at the Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox. As they do, we’re asking a few questions to get to know them a little better.

Next up is Arthur Arnold, currently the music director of the Moscow Symphony Orchestra in Russia. He will take the baton for this weekend’s program, “Classics 8: French Mystique,” which includes works from Francis Poulec, Camille Saint-Saëns and Bela Bartók and will feature violinist Simone Porter. The responses have been lightly edited.

INLANDER: TV execs bring you in as a consultant.

They want a must-see reality show that combines two things you love — sea kayaking and classical music.

What idea do you pitch to them?

ARNOLD: This episode involves a kayak, a storm, an airplane and “Beethoven 5” and it already took place.

One calm and cold January morning, I looked out of the window over the Strait of Georgia and saw a blue sky

and a calm ocean. I was going to take the ferry over to Vancouver Island that day to give a conducting masterclass. I thought I would take my kayak over the 18 miles distance instead. My wife, who grew up on this coast, thought I was insane, but the marine forecast was in my favor.

I was more than six miles out when the winter storm hit. It was wild out there, and my speed was cut in half.

With the wind head on I would not make it in time to the other side and had to turn around, surfing on the white caps and pushed by the wind.

Back on land, I called a friend on the island who owns a plane. He is a founding sponsor of my festival.

He was kind enough to come and get me. On the runway, ready to take off, he said, “When we go 80 you can pull’r up and don’t go under 80 or we will come down.”

What an adventure, I was flying!

You’ve taken a special interest in repressed Russian composers, in particular the futurist Alexander Mosolov, whose rediscovered works you’re recording

for Naxos. One work (or works) of his that deserves wider recognition is: a) Concerto for Spoon and Fork No. 3, Op. 36 b) Four Newspaper Announcements c) Symphonic Pictures from the Life of the Kuban Cossack Collective Farmers d) Other: _______ “Harp Concerto” for sure. This wonderful poetic piece is full of beautiful moments of joy and is in sharp contrast with Mosolov’s most famous piece, “Iron Foundry” ... The harp concerto was only performed once, in 1939, in the grand hall of the Moscow Conservatory with the famous Russian harp legend Vera Dulova and soon forgotten. Just a few months ago I performed it again in the same hall with the Moscow Symphony Orchestra and this time an American young harpist, Taylor Fleshman. We also included the third movement, “Gavotte,” which was not played at the concerto’s premiere.

It’s a very sweet and dancing movement and reminiscent of the “Gavotte” from “Prokofiev’s Classical Symphony.”

This rediscovered work is a great addition to the harp concerto repertoire.

If you weren’t involved in music professionally, you’d be doing: I always wanted to be a conductor, even before I knew what it was called, but once I wavered. We lived just outside Amsterdam in a part of a village that bordered on the farmer’s fields. I was 13 when I was helping the farmer to get the hay in before the rain, and because I was not strong enough to throw the hay bales up on the trailer, I was told to drive the tractor. Did I ever want to become a farmer after that!

Your elevator pitch on why everyone should come see the “French Mystique” concert.

Do you know those awkward silences in the elevator?

No one knows what to say. People start observing their own shoes, trying not to share the moment. In the contrasting pieces of “French Mystique,” the music takes you on an adventure up a floor or two. Poulenc’s exuberant partying at the fin the siècle in Paris, Saint-Saëns’ swaying lullaby surrounded by violin virtuosity, and Bartók’s live testimonial, painting Transylvania in haunting rhythms and sweeping melodies. Don’t be afraid, the silence is only part of the music. n Spokane Symphony: “Classics 8: French Mystique” • Sat, March 23 at 8 pm, and Fri, March 24 at 3 pm • $19-$60 • Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox • 1001 W. Sprague • spokanesymphony.org • 624-1200

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Our organization is seeking information on the political actions, the spiritual direction, and the troubling issues concerning the past Spokane Diocese administration of Catholic prelate Blase Cardinal Cupich, currently of Chicago.

Roman Catholic Faithful (RCF) is holding a meeting in Spokane on 3/30. We will be

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addressing Cardinal Cupich’s past behavior, asking if he can truly be Catholic if he: • Gives Holy Communion at the Requiem Mass of Cardinal George to the mayor and the governor neither of whom are Catholic • Locks traditionalist parishioners out of their church during the Easter Vigil in an attempt to force them to attend the Novus Ordo Mass • Suggests that he would have no

problem giving Holy Communion to homosexuals living in a “committed” relationship as well as divorced and remarried Catholics who have not first obtained a valid annulments • Persecutes an orthodox pastor simply for wanting to destroy a pro-homosexual flag, which was once used in that sanctuary for a Mass celebrated by the late Cardinal Bernardin in support of the homosexualist agenda

If you would like additional information on the abuses of power exerted by one of the most powerful prelates in the Catholic Church in America, or if you have more information to add to our investigation, join us on Saturday, 3/30/19 from 5-10pm at the: Centennial Hotel 303 W. North River Dr. Spokane, WA 99201 Visit www.rcf.org for more

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‘LOB MOB’ GREETS HIGH TIDE

Wave of lobster lovers nearly overwhelm Chad White’s new downtown Spokane lobster bar in first weeks

BY SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL

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n the silent open, a few dozen lobster rolls sold only to specially invited guests disappeared in less than 30 minutes. The second day, with no official opening announcement made, people were already lined up the moment chef Chad White and Josh Neumeier opened the door to High Tide lobster bar.

They sold more than 130 rolls.

News quickly spread through Instagram, where people saw photos of the toasted, buttered rolls stuffed with chunks of lobster claw and knuckle meat in a tarragon mayonnaise sauce, and by that third day, more than 160 rolls went out the door.

“The minute that door was open people were like, ‘Oh my god! Lobster rolls!’” White says.

With a business plan based on selling 30 or 40 rolls per day, the lobster for that first week was quickly gone.

The three-person crew that also includes Necole Flerchinger had to scramble. High Tide closed for a few days while more lobster was overnighted from Maine — and

Chef Chad White’s lobster bar has greatly exceeded expectations.

more rolls, also produced on the East Coast. The next several days after reopening were even more successful.

“I own restaurants in two different countries, in two different states, and I’ve never experienced a, let’s call it a ‘lob mob,’ you know what I mean?” White says. “We really didn’t expect to have this much success, so we had to, on the fly, find a way to fix it, which in my opinion is an incredible problem to have.”

High Tide’s official address is 502 W. Riverside, Suite 204, but one of the easiest ways to find it is to enter through the U.S. Bank building across the street. Take the escalator to the second floor, take a left past the coffee bar, cross the skywalk and you’ll spot the red and white tables and chairs just outside the counter-service space.

White’s menu is intentionally short and sweet.

There’s the traditional lobster roll, served with 3.5 ounces of lobster meat ($16), a surf-and-turf roll with beef short rib and lobster ($14), a short rib roll ($12) and a mushroom roll ($10). High Tide also serves clam chowder ($6+) and wedge salads ($9), with chips, drinks and ice cream also available.

White knows that some see the price tag and think it’s steep, but he’s really tried to keep it affordable.

“Lobster’s not cheap. It’s one of the most expensive creatures in the ocean. So when people come here and they say ‘it’s expensive,’ well yeah, it is expensive, it’s a luxury item,” White says. “If you go to Maine or anywhere in Massachusetts and you order a lobster roll,

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which we’ve done, we did our research … most lobster rolls on the East Coast cost between $20 and $25 for the same amount, same size bun.”

So when you factor in the cost of shipping the product across the country, White says he actually opted to take a smaller profit in order to make a more affordable roll.

While exciting, the lobster bar’s gangbusters success in its early weeks has also meant disappointment for some folks not able to buy a roll when they show up.

When they’ve sold out, they’ve really sold out, which White says he hopes people can understand. That’s how popular places operate in a lot of big cities. But he’s also quick to note that a few weeks in, most of the kinks have been worked out, and people are filling the restaurant’s 16-seat capacity and taking orders to go throughout the lunch rush.

Things will likely even out as time moves on, but for now, White says he and the team are riding the natural high and excitement of opening a new eatery.

“We’re just so thankful that Spokane has welcomed us, this has been an incredible start and we’re praying for it to continue,” White says. “It’s fun to see people so excited about it.” n High Tide Lobster Bar • 502 W. Riverside, Suite 204 • Open Mon-Fri 11 am-4 pm (or until sold out) • hightidelobsterbar.com • 315-8506

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The Son family competing on Family Food Showdown.

Momo Sushi on the Food Network

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he Inland Northwest continues to be a wellspring of culinary talent for the Food Network, which recently tapped the Son family of Coeur d’Alene’s Momo Sushi.Wok. Grill for its new series, Family Food Showdown.

When the network called, Grace McNiel thought it was a joke. She runs Momo with husband Scott McNiel and brother Hyun Son, serving pan-Asian food including favorites from the Son family’s upbringing, like Korean bibimbap, Thai coconut curry and Chinese kung pao stir-fry.

Grace, Hyun and a third brother, Richard Son, who runs a similar Momo restaurant in Colorado, competed on episode three of the show, a potentially hilarious hybrid of Chopped meets Family Feud.

Vying against them were the Lococos, a second-generation restaurant family from Northern California whose specialty is Italian food. When host Valerie Bertinelli challenged the teams to come up with tacos, over-the-top stuffed masterpieces and noodle dishes, the Sons responded with twists to traditional Korean dishes they grew up with: Korean tacos, crispy fish and sashimi with a spicy cold noodle dish called bibing nengmyun.

“When you’re forced to work with a pantry and fridge someone else stocked for you and asked to create a phenomenal dish within minutes for a $10,000 cash prize, your adrena-

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line skyrockets instantly,” says Grace. “It was stressful, but there were some deep moments between us that we wouldn’t have made the time for in our busy restaurant lives. It was a beautiful experience for us as a family.”

The Family Food Showdown episode “Siblings vs. Siblings” featuring the Sons premieres on Monday, March 25, at 10:30 pm, with additional showtimes scheduled (check your local listings).

(CARRIE SCOZZARO)

IRON GOAT + COCHINITO DINNER

The downtown brewery and popular taco spot are teaming up for a special beer dinner on Sunday, April 7, at 6 pm. For $69 (tax and gratuity not included), guests are treated to a six-course meal by Cochinito chef Travis Dickinson, each featuring a specially selected beer pairing from Iron Goat Brewing. Highlights of the menu include a corned beef torta with Oaxaca cheese and Thousand Island-creamed Brussels sprouts, paired with Iron Goat’s new seasonal Irish Kate, an imperial red ale. For course five, the brewery’s signature Goatmeal Stout is paired with a pancetta porchetta, smoked blackberry mole, sweet grits, chanterelle mushroom and braised leeks. To cap off the meal, a passion fruit and guava sour is served with an almond tres leches, guava caramel, coconut and candied hibiscus. Call Cochinito at 474-9618 for reservations. (CHEY SCOTT) n

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DOUBLE TROUBLE

Us is another unsettling, inventive and slyly subversive horror masterpiece from the mind of Jordan Peele

BY MARYANN JOHANSON

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here are so many things to love about writerdirector Jordan Peele’s second film, Us, and one of the most delicious is how it opens: with a positively early-Spielbergian flourish of childhood wonder smothered by sad reality.

Little Adelaide (Madison Curry), who is perhaps 7 or 8 years old, is at a seaside amusement park with her parents — an indifferent dad and a mom frustrated and distracted by him — when she wanders off. And as a thunderstorm is ominously brewing in the twilit sky, she meanders alone into the creepy and deserted Shaman’s Vision Quest funhouse, where she will endure a terrifying encounter with a very unexpected figure.

Everything after that is… let’s call it post-’80s Spielbergian. Almost literally: That opening segment takes place in 1986, while the rest of the film — with occasional brief flashbacks — is set today. Us could be seen, in the sense that it is partly about the lingering after-effects of childhood trauma, as a reply to early-Spielberg fantasies: How did the kids from The Goonies or E.T. grow up, and how did their experiences impact their lives? Looking askance at the pop culture of the past is all over Us with sneaky slyness: The Michael Jackson Thriller T-shirt little Adelaide’s dad won for her at a fairway game, and which she instantly dons, rings with a new kind of horror in retrospect, with the knowledge we have today about Jackson.

And yet Peele has only gotten started, in Us, on redefining horror and reworking notions of what should terrify and unsettle us. This isn’t merely a same-old horror movie about jump scares and blood-and-gore, though it does have a smattering of both. As with his previous genius movie, 2017’s Get Out, this one finds fear in places that are unexpected but which shouldn’t be, for they are right in front of us and around us all the time. We’ve just trained ourselves not to notice them. It all adds up to a deeply unnerving cinematic experience on multiple levels.

What happens is this: Present-day Adelaide Wilson (Lupita Nyong’o) returns with her family to the site of her childhood trauma, only to find herself in, ahem, what could be considered a sequel to it. That evening, the family — including her husband Gabe (Winston Duke) and their children, teen Zora (Shahadi Wright Joseph) and tween Jason (Evan Alex) — is subjected to a home invasion by a group of four people who are twisted mirror images of the Wilsons themselves. Who are they? What do they want? Where did they come from? How do they

US

Rated R Directed by Jordan Peele Starring Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex

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even exist? What the actual hell?

It’s so wonderfully rare for a horror movie to leave you unable to actually determine what sort of horror you’re in the midst of. Us does not fit into any existing paradigms, not even the home-invasion one it appears, at first glance, to be playing with. (This is, perhaps, a smidge adjacent to the zombie movie, but more reminiscent, at least obliquely, of the Purge series in its socialjustice resonances.) As Peele begins to answer questions he has raised, things get weird, funny, uncomfortable, damning and more disconcerting the more you think about them.

Us is a movie of complex moving parts that fit together in ways that aren’t always clear at first, and some of which become more intriguing the deeper you start to worry at them. For instance, at first it seems that perhaps Adelaide’s return to the scene of her trauma is what prompts the events that follow.

In retrospect, it’s plain that that’s not the case… so what did prompt those events?

Is it mere coincidence? Or is there nothing “mere” about it?

It’s not much of a spoiler to say that the Wilsons’ attackers are members of

an underclass that has been ignored and deprived and treated with cruel indifference, which is thrown into sharper relief by the fact that the Wilsons are seemingly quite well off; it is, in fact, their summer getaway home that is invaded. It’s not the bogeymen of “terrorists and perverts,” as Jason has been taught to worry about, whom they need to fear, but something much closer.

The undercurrent of Us is an anxious moan, a looming disquiet of a reckoning coming for Americans of wealth and privilege. Whatever other mysteries are unraveling here — and there are many — it is patently clear that Peele’s title is quite dauntingly literal: There is no Other, there is only Us. n

FILM | SHORTS

OPENING FILMS BIRDS OF PASSAGE

Set during the early years of Colombia’s cocaine boom, an epic tragedy about an indigenous family that becomes immersed in the drug trade. At the Magic Lantern. (NW) Not Rated

CRUEL INTENTIONS

Wanna feel old? This teen riff on Dangerous Liaisons, in which the idle rich play sexual mind games, turns 20 this month, and it’s returning to theaters.

(NW) Rated R

GLORIA BELL

Sebastian Lilio helms an English-language remake of his own 2013 Chilean film, starring Julianne Moore as a 50-year-old divorcee navigating the singles’ nightclub scene. (NW) Rated R

RUBEN BRANDT, COLLECTOR

A strange animated film from Hungary about a shrink who enlists a gang of

thieves to steal the works of art that haunt his dreams. (NW) Rated R

TO DUST

After his wife dies, a Hasidic prayer leader becomes fixated on the very idea of her decomposition. A dark comedy about faith and tradition. At the Magic Lantern. (JB) Rated R

TRADING PAINT

John Travolta is a retired race car driver who jumps back behind the wheel to go head-to-head with his estranged son. Co-starring Michael Madsen and, uh, Shania Twain. (NW) Rated R

US

A family is menaced by violent duplicates of themselves in Jordan Peele’s much-anticipated follow-up to Get Out, and it’s another deeply unnerving and brilliantly realized thriller. (MJ) Rated R

NOW PLAYING ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL

A junked cyborg is rebuilt by a futuristic scientist, discovering she was once an all-powerful warrior from Mars. It looks nifty, but James Cameron’s script is as clunky as can be expected. (NW) Rated PG-13

APOLLO 11

Right on the heels of First Man comes this acclaimed documentary about the 1969 NASA mission that landed on the moon. Demands to be seen on a big screen. (NW) Rated G

CAPTAIN MARVEL

The 21st Marvel feature goes back to the ’90s, introducing a superhuman fighter pilot (Brie Larson) who’s torn between warring factions of Earth and space.

Hardly revolutionary, but fun, nostalgic and empowering. (SS) Rated PG-13

CAPTIVE STATE

In the years following an alien invasion, a group of dissidents in Chicago rise up against an oppressive government. A promising sci-fi conceit that’s undone by vague worldbuilding. (NW) Rated PG-13

CAT VIDEO FEST

are hospitalized teenagers with cystic fibrosis who fall in love without being able to touch one another. (NW) Rated PG-13

GREEN BOOK

A white driver (Viggo Mortensen) ferries a black jazz pianist (Mahershala Ali) through the American South in the 1960s. Its racial politics are undoubtedly simplistic, but its central performances more than make up for it. At the Magic Lantern. (MJ) Rated PG-13

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD

The third entry in the hit DreamWorks franchise finds Hiccup and Toothless up against a hunter that wants to eradicate all dragons. Even for fans, this one’s a bit disappointing. (MJ) Rated PG Rebel Wilson is an unlucky-in-love architect who hits her head and finds herself stuck inside a rom-com. A good idea that doesn’t sustain itself, even at just 80 minutes. (NW) Rated PG-13

THE LEGO MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PART

In this sequel to the 2014 hit, Bricksburg is attacked by exploding Duplo toys and Batman is entrapped by a shapeshifting queen. It might not have the novelty of the original, but it’s still entertaining.

(NW) Rated PG

FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY

NANCY DREW AND THE HIDDEN STAIRCASE

FIVE FEET APART

Haley Lu Richardson and Cole Sprouse

FREE SOLO (HULU)

This year’s Oscar-winning documentary feature follows climber Alex Honnold as he attempts to successfully ascend Yosemite’s El Capitan rock formation sans rope and safety harness. Not for acrophobes, especially in its stunning final minutes, but it might be less stress-inducing on the small screen.

(NW) Rated PG-13

CRITICS’ SCORECARD THE INLANDER

ISN’T IT ROMANTIC

For anyone who has spent hours watching cat videos on YouTube, this curated collection of the cutest feline clips is for you. At the Magic Lantern. (NW) Not Rated

The true story behind the career of wrestler Paige, who left a British bluecollar town to become a WWE star. It hits every inspirational sports movie beat you can imagine, but it gets by on sheer charm. (MJ) Rated PG-13

NOW STREAMING

Literature’s most beloved teen detective hits the big screen, played by Sophia Lillis of It and solving a mystery in her new town. (NW) Rated PG

RUN THE RACE

A faith-based drama about teen brothers — one a football MVP, the other a track star — trying to escape their

NEW YORK TIMES

VARIETY

(LOS ANGELES)

METACRITIC.COM (OUT OF 100)

ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL

54

CAPTAIN MARVEL

65

FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY

70

GREEN BOOK

69

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 3

72

ISN’T IT ROMANTIC

60

WONDER PARK

46

DON’T MISS IT

WORTH $10

hometown and their drunkard father.

(NW) Rated PG

THE UPSIDE

A remake of the French hit The Intouchables, with Bryan Cranston as a paralyzed millionaire and Kevin Hart as the troubled man who becomes his caretaker. It thinks it’s a feel-good drama,

WATCH IT AT HOME

SKIP IT

but it’s actually manipulative trash. (ES) Rated PG-13

WONDER PARK

An animated fiasco from Nickelodeon about an animal-friendly theme park that springs from the imagination of a little girl. Despite its title, it has a severe lack of wonder. (JB) Rated PG n

MARCH 21, 2019 INLANDER 111

PSYCH-ROCK

Riffs for the Road Black Mountain makes music for cruising the cosmos on Destroyer

BY BEN SALMON

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tephen McBean is not an old man, but he’s also not at an age when people typically learn how to drive a car. He is a teenager at heart, but the rest of his body is closer to 50, or somewhere thereabouts.

Nonetheless, McBean — native British Columbian and longtime leader of psych-rock heavies Black Mountain — decided at some point over the past three years it

was finally time to dive into adulthood and get behind the wheel, for a couple of reasons.

“I moved to Los Angeles in 2010 but spent years not driving, just riding my bike around. And then I got a kick in the ass from a very close friend and I was like, ‘OK, I’m going to do this,’” McBean says in a telephone interview from the sundrenched front porch of his home. “It was kind of a matter of checking as many things off the bucket list while you still have time. And then as soon as I did it, it was like, ‘Oh, it’s not that hard. And it’s fun!’”

McBean’s other reason for learning to drive was artistically motivated. After writing, recording and releasing four Black Mountain albums in 11 years — not to mention four albums with his other band Pink Mountaintops, plus various other projects — McBean found himself in search of some new inspiration.

“A little bit of it is that I wanted to

NOT HEAVY ENOUGH FOR YOU? Sunday night’s show at the Knitting Factory features what might end up being the best bill of heavy bands to tour in 2019. Here’s a quick overview of those not named Black Mountain.

DEAFHEAVEN

Bay Area band blends the howls, growls and blast beats of black metal with the blinding fuzz of shoegaze into something harshly beautiful, building significant buzz along the way.

BARONESS

Led by champion scowler (and sweetheart) John Baizley, this East Coast outfit has spent the past 15 years shedding a layer of sludge and surfacing its considerable melodic gifts.

ZEAL & ARDOR

A Swiss-American visionary brings together the soulful chants of black spiritual songs and the aggression of extreme metal. It’s every bit as distinctive as it sounds. (BEN SALMON)

perhaps utilize driving as a muse for songwriting. Like, ‘What’s something I can do that’s new in life (and) that’s going to be exciting and challenging? Well, I haven’t driven yet, and I haven’t robbed a bank,’” he says. “So I started with driving. At least now if I rob a bank I can drive the getaway car.”

He got more than that. Black Mountain’s new album Destroyer, which comes out in May, sounds like the feeling that courses through your body when you’re racing toward the horizon with a bunch of friends: windows rolled down, cares tossed aside and fists pumping into the starry night sky. Also, you’re hurtling through the cosmos in a UFO, not a car, because Black Mountain’s synth-draped riff-rock rips a hole in the space-time continuum and will somehow both transport you back to the shaggy ’70s and jet you forward into a shimmering future at the same time.

Marrying heavy psych-rock, stylish synths and stony wisdom has long been Black Mountain’s approach. But McBean and his primary collaborator in the band, Jeremy Schmidt, weren’t even sure if they should continue with the name after former members Amber Webber and Joshua Wells left (amicably) a couple years ago. But they decided to write and record some songs and see if they felt right.

“We figured it was better to try and fail than not to try and wonder,” McBean says. “When it started, there was no name.

There was no decision as to if we were continuing. But as we went along, we were like, ‘This still falls under the spirit of Black Mountain, at least in our eyes and ears and hearts.’”

The songs on Destroyer are influenced not only by McBean’s recent car time (“I spent a lot of the last two and a half years rediscovering records, driving around and listening to Judas Priest or Hawkwind or whatever”), but also the new blood that helped record the album after Webber and Wells’ departure. That includes Rachel Fannan of the band Sleepy Sun, who contributes ethereal vocals (among other parts), as well as heavy hitting drummers like Adam Bulgasem (Dommengang, Soft Kill), Kliph Scurlock (Flaming Lips) and Kid Millions (Oneida), whose thundering rhythms give the album a particularly punchy feel.

“I guess it sounds cheesy to say, but if it sounds epic, that’s a good indicator” that it’s in the spirit of Black Mountain, McBean says. “Even though this is a concise album — it’s a single record, not as sprawling as the last one — there are a lot of little mini epics on it.”

And right now, we could all use a few more mini epics to take our minds off the current state of humanity, McBean says.

“Based around the anxiety of making this record and the anxiety of the world nowadays, perhaps [there’s a] need for things to get a little heavy again,” he says. “The world’s always been heavy, but everyone’s much more aware of its constant daily heaviness, unfortunately. Sometimes there’s nothing better than being washed over by a killer riff.” n Deafheaven, Baroness, Black Mountain and Zeal & Ardor • Sun, March 24 at 7:30 pm • $22 • All ages • Knitting Factory • 919 W. Sprague • sp.knittingfactory.com • 244-3279

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MUSIC | SOUND ADVICE

ROCK SWEET SPIRIT

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weet Spirit began as the brainchild of Sabrina Ellis and Andrew Cashen, perhaps best known for their punk outfit A Giant Dog, and this project is the poppier, more melodic yin to that other band’s much rowdier yang. That doesn’t mean Ellis and Cashen have mellowed. Far from it, in fact: Their live shows are raucous affairs that truly live up to the band’s name, and at one point Sweet Spirit had nine members crowding the stage at any given time. Ellis once described the music as “ELO went to a gospel revival,” and there are funk, soul and doo-wop inflections in there to keep you moving.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER Sweet Spirit with Atari Ferrari • Wed, March 27 at 8 pm • $8 advance, $10 day of • All ages • The Bartlett • 228 W. Sprague • thebartlettspokane.com • 747-2174

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Thursday, 03/21

A&P’S BAR AND GRILL, Open Mic with KC Carter J J THE BARTLETT, The Hoot Hoots, Dee-em, Lonesome Shack BERSERK, Vinyl Meltdown J THE BIG DIPPER, The Puscie Jones Revue, Icky Business, Tyler Alai THE BIG DOG BAR & GRILL, DJ Dave BOOMERS CLASSIC ROCK BAR & GRILL, TinCup Monkey J BOOTS BAKERY & LOUNGE, The Song Project BRIDGE PRESS CELLARS, Downtown Jam J BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB, Open Jazz Jam with Erik Bowen THE CORK & TAP, KOSH CRUISERS, Open Jam Night FIZZIE MULLIGANS, Country Dance THE JACKSON ST., Zaq Flanary and the Songsmith Series JOHN’S ALLEY, Coaster Clique LAGUNA CAFÉ, Just Plain Darin LIBERTY LAKE WINE CELLARS, Jimi Finn MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL, Scott Taylor J MONARCH MOUNTAIN COFFEE, Open Mic Hosted by Scott Reid J J NORTHERN QUEST RESORT & CASINO, Stephen Marley O’SHAYS IRISH PUB & EATERY, O’Pen Mic Thursdays THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos feat. Christan Raxter & Steve Ridler THE ROXIE, Music Challenge THE STEAM PLANT, Ron Greene ZOLA, Blake Braley

Friday, 03/22

219 LOUNGE, The Rub A&P’S BAR AND GRILL, DJ Skwish ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS, Sara Brown J BABY BAR, Bugg, Ex-Pets

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TRIBUTE EROTIC CITY

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ou might have noticed that we talk about Prince a lot here in the Inlander.

Any time we have the chance to opine on the late rock legend, we gladly take it, and this week it’s Erotic City, a long-running, Portland-based tribute to the Purple One. The band is fronted by Julian Stefoni, who looks and sounds the part of Purple Rain-era Prince, blazing through hits like “Little Red Corvette” and “Raspberry Beret” with ease. Stefoni even received a tip of the hat from Prince himself, who was known to bring Stefoni onstage during his shows and jokingly refer to him as his nephew. If that’s not a stamp of approval, we don’t know what is.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER Erotic City Prince Tribute Band • Fri, March 22 at 8:30 pm • $32-$50 • House of Soul • 25 E. Lincoln • soulspokane.com • 340-9370

J THE BARTLETT, The Emilys, Late for the Parade BIG BARN BREWING CO., Dylan Hathaway THE BIG DOG BAR & GRILL, DJ Dave BIGFOOT PUB, Into the Drift BOLO’S, The Happiness BOOMBOX PIZZA, Karaoke BRIDGE PRESS CELLARS, The Powers J BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB, Josh Skinner Trio THE BULL HEAD, Bobby Patterson Band CHINOOK STEAK, PASTA AND SPIRITS (CDA CASINO), Bill Bozly COEUR D’ALENE CIDER COMPANY, Nick Grow CORBY’S BAR, Karaoke COSMIC COWBOY GRILL, Just Plain Darin CRAFTED TAP HOUSE + KITCHEN, Donnie Emerson & Nancy Sophia CRUISERS, Karaoke with Gary CURLEY’S, Haze

EICHARDT’S, Bright Moments J HOUSE OF SOUL, Erotic City Prince Tribute Band (see above) IDAHO POUR AUTHORITY, BareGrass J IRON GOAT BREWING CO., Dario Ré with Michael Starry, Rick Culbertson and Zack Zuniga IRON HORSE (COEUR D’ALENE), Royale JOHN’S ALLEY, Dylan Jakobsen J KNITTING FACTORY, All That Remains, Attila, Escape the Fate, Sleep Signals THE LANTERN TAP HOUSE, Dive Bar Theology LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Olivia Brownlee MARYHILL WINERY, Ron Kieper Jazz Duo MATCHWOOD BREWING CO., Muffy and The Riff Hangers MAX AT MIRABEAU, Mojo Box MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL, Harold’s IGA MOONDOLLARS BISTRO, Dallas Kay

MOOSE LOUNGE, Whack a Mole MULLIGAN’S BAR & GRILLE, Rusty & Chrissy NASHVILLE NORTH, Ladies Night with Luke Jaxon and DJ Tom O’SHAYS IRISH PUB & EATERY, Arvid Lundin & Deep Roots J OUTLAW BBQ & CATERING MARKET, Songsmith Series PACIFIC PIZZA, DJ Lydell PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Reverend Doctor J THE PIN, Not My Weekend, Spilt Milk, Creek QUACKERS, Truck Mills THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos feat. Christan Raxter & Steve Ridler THE ROXIE, Karaoke with Tom SILVER MOUNTAIN SKI RESORT (NOAH’S), Sam Leyde SPOKANE EAGLES LODGE, Black Jack ZOLA, Karma’s Circle

Saturday, 03/23

219 LOUNGE, Off in the Woods A&P’S BAR AND GRILL, DJ Skwish THE AGING BARREL, Shawnna Nicholson ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS, Isaac Walton J THE BARTLETT, Soul Blend with Blake Braley, Spacedusters & DJ Josh Johnsson BELLWETHER BREWING CO., Brian Griffing J THE BIG DIPPER, Royal Coda, Kurt Travis, Body Thief, Ourselves and Others BIGFOOT PUB, Into the Drift BLACK LABEL BREWING CO., Guy C BOLO’S, The Happiness BRIDGE PRESS CELLARS, CD Release Party: Bobby Patterson Band J BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB, Phoenix Blues Band CHINOOK STEAK, PASTA AND SPIRITS (CDA CASINO), Bill Bozly

COSMIC COWBOY GRILL, Charisa Bareither CURLEY’S, Haze FREDNECK’S, Just Plain Darin GARLAND PUB & GRILL, Dangerous Type HONEY EATERY AND SOCIAL CLUB, Renei & Davis HOP MOUNTAIN TAPROOM AND GRILL, Kevin Gardner HOUSE OF SOUL, Nu Jack City J HUCKLEBERRY’S NATURAL MARKET, Christopher Kohut IDAHO POUR AUTHORITY, Ben Olson & Cadie Archer IRON HORSE (CDA), Royale THE JACKSON ST., Karaoke JOHN’S ALLEY, Cole and the Thornes J KNITTING FACTORY, 12th Planet, Gentlemens Club, MvrDa, VitaminV LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Kari Marguerite MARYHILL WINERY, Eric Neuhausser MAX AT MIRABEAU, Mojo Box MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL, Browne Salmon Truck MOOSE LOUNGE, Whack a Mole MULLIGAN’S BAR & GRILLE, KOSH NASHVILLE NORTH, Ladies Night with Luke Jaxon and DJ Tom

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ONE TREE CIDER HOUSE, Nick Grow PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Bridges Home THE PIN, Bombshell Molly & Yeti (6pm); Back 2 Earth Afterparty (11:30pm) THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos THE ROXIE, Second Annual Country Music Festival SEASONS OF COEUR D’ALENE, Ron Greene SILVER MOUNTAIN SKI RESORT (NOAH’S), Son of Brad STORMIN’ NORMAN’S SHIPFACED SALOON, Karaoke THREE PEAKS KITCHEN + BAR, Wyatt Wood WESTWOOD BREWING CO., Pamela Benton ZOLA, Karma’s Circle

Sunday, 03/24

DALEY’S CHEAP SHOTS, Rev. Yo’s VooDoo Church of Blues Jam GARLAND PUB & GRILL, Karaoke IRON HORSE (VALLEY), The Kevin Shay Band J J KNITTING FACTORY, Deafheaven, Baroness, Black Mountain (see page 112), Zeal & Ardor LINGER LONGER LOUNGE, Open Jam MARYHILL WINERY, Nicholas Schauer MATCHWOOD BREWING CO., Ken Mayginnes J ONE WORLD CAFE, Cody Wendt PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Piano Sunday with Glenda Novinger J THE PIN, Mechanismus Festival THE ROXIE, Hillyard Billys

J SOUTH HILL GRILL, Just Plain Darin STORMIN’ NORMAN’S SHIPFACED SALOON, Karaoke ZOLA, Lazy Love

Monday, 03/25

J THE BARTLETT, Stephen Kellogg, Pete Muller THE BULL HEAD, Songsmith Series J CALYPSOS COFFEE ROASTERS, Open Mic CRAVE, DJ Dave EICHARDT’S, Monday Night Jam with Truck Mills HOUSE OF SOUL, Karaoke Unlimited RED ROOM LOUNGE, Open Mic with Lucas Brookbank Brown ZOLA, Perfect Mess

J POOLE’S PUBLIC HOUSE (SOUTH HILL), Just Plain Darin J RED DRAGON CHINESE, Tommy G RED ROOM LOUNGE, Blowin’ Kegs Jam Session THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos SOULFUL SOUPS & SPIRITS, Open Mic STORMIN’ NORMAN’S SHIPFACED SALOON, Gil Rivas THE STEAM PLANT, Laurel Nakai ZOLA, Cruxie

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J THE BARTLETT, The Bright Light Social Hour, March 28 J THE BIG DIPPER, Lincoln Durham, Dapper Devils, March 28

J KNITTING FACTORY, Space Jesus with Buku, Huxley Anne, Eazybaked, March 28 J KNITTING FACTORY, Aaron Watson, Josh Ward, March 29 J THE BARTLETT, SUSTO, Frances Cone, March 30 J THE BIG DIPPER, Itchy Kitty, Indian Goat, Buffalo Jones, March 30 THE COEUR D’ALENE RESORT, Blues on the Water Cruises ft. Bobby Patterson, March 30 RED ROOM LOUNGE, Lyrics Born with Kung Fu Vinyl, March 30 J THE BARTLETT, Kolars, March 31 J KNITTING FACTORY, Brett Young with Adam Hambrick, April 2 J THE BARTLETT, Slothrust, April 3

Tuesday, 03/26

219 LOUNGE, Karaoke with DJ Pat J THE BARTLETT, Northwest of Nashville feat. lver Treason, Brittany Jean and Kevin Morgan BOOMBOX PIZZA, Karaoke CRAVE, DJ Dave GARLAND PUB & GRILL, Karaoke HOUSE OF SOUL, Karaoke Unlimited J JOHN’S ALLEY, Sweet Spirit, Smokey Brights KAIJU SUSHI & SPIRITS, Jan Harrison and Don Chilcott LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Turntable Tuesday LITZ’S BAR & GRILL, The ShuffleDawgs Blues Power Happy Hour J THE PIN, Humane Society Benefit with Bret Allen, Ariah Thunder & AA Bottom (6pm); Cold Hearts, Artificial Aliens, Rising Enemy, A Day on Earth (8pm) 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, Son of Brad THE VIKING, Songsmith Series ZOLA, Desperate 8s

Wednesday, 03/27

219 LOUNGE, Truck Mills BABY BAR, ings, Misty Mountain Pony Club, Ripe Mangoes J J THE BARTLETT, Sweet Spirit (see facing page), Atari Ferrari J BLACK DIAMOND, Songsmith Series feat. Dave McRae CRAVE, DJ Dave CRUISERS, Open Jam Night Hosted by The Jam Band GENO’S, Open Mic HOUSE OF SOUL, Karaoke Unlimited IRON HORSE (CDA), Open Jam IRON HORSE (VALLEY), Eric Neuhausser THE JACKSON ST., Karaoke THE LANTERN TAP HOUSE, Carter Hudson LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Carey Brazil J THE LOCAL DELI, Devon Wade LUCKY’S IRISH PUB, DJ D3VIN3 MILLWOOD BREWING COMPANY, Dylan Hathaway, Kori Ailene J ONE WORLD CAFE, Joshua Thomas THE PIN, America’s Most Blunted with D-Rado, Ponce Juno, Uneekint, D3 the Rocstar, Savage P

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Filmmaker Bryan Smith is a serious adrenaline junkie, risking his personal safety time and time again to capture not only the perfect shot but the biggest rush. The next guest for the Nat Geo Live! speaker series, Smith became hooked on the adventuring lifestyle right here in the Evergreen state, after graduating from Evergreen State College in Olympia.

His path afterwards took him from kayaking around the San Juan Islands to some of the planet’s most remote, untouched environments. Along with some amazing footage captured during these treks, Smith breaks down his personal philosophy for his devil-may-care attitude about living on the edge and experiencing all that life on our fascinating planet has to offer.

— CHEY SCOTT National Geographic Live! Capturing the Impossible • Wed, March 27 at 7 pm • $30 • First Interstate Center for the Arts • 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. • inbpac.com • 279-7000

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time • March 22-April 14; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm • $27-$29 • Spokane Civic Theatre • 1020 N. Howard • spokanecivictheatre.com • 325-2507

Timothy Egan • Mon, March 25 at 7 pm • Free • Gonzaga University Hemmingson Center • 702 E. Desmet Ave. • gonzaga.edu • 313-6942

The Civic is staging the regional premiere of this book-turned-drama about an autistic teenager named Christopher who investigates the strange death of a neighborhood dog. His investigation leads him to situations and secrets that would be challenging even under the best circumstances, but his difficulties with emotional recognition and social interaction add an extra layer of complexity to things. Mark Haddon’s novel won near-universal acclaim when it appeared in 2003, and Simon Stephens’ stage adaptation followed in its footsteps by scoring seven Olivier Awards during its debut run 10 years later. Nicholas Griep stars in this production as Christopher; Melody Deatherage directs.

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His most recent book, The Immortal Irishman, is about a 19th century Irish rebel who fought in the American Civil War, and he’s also tackled subjects ranging from forest fires to murder investigations. When he comes home for a lecture at Gonzaga, Egan will talk about the prickly state of modern American politics and how they reflect some historic truths about the ol’ U.S. of A. — DAN NAILEN

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As any Grateful Dead fan will tell you — repeatedly, for hours on end — the psychedelic rock pioneers were adept at handling virtually any musical genre they stumbled into. So it’s no surprise, really, that the Spokane Jazz Orchestra would decide to dedicate one of their shows to the Dead’s jazzier moments. SJO will be joined by the Andy Coe Band, which originally formed to pay homage to Dead singer/guitarist Jerry Garcia, so they’ll have some ringers on stage as they tackle tunes fully capable of spinning in myriad sonic directions, from “Truckin’” to “Terrapin Station,” “Dark Star” to “Estimated Prophet” (please note I have no idea if these tunes are in the setlist. Just guessing). The Spokane All-City Jazz Ensemble will join the fun for a night sure to please both Deadheads and jazz cats.

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I SAW YOU YOU TOOK MY BREATH AWAY You: Hot Dark Haired Man at Valley Applebee’s on Pines on Monday, March 11. You were sitting at the bar around 8:30 pm. I walked by you and you smiled your gorgeous smile at me. I felt an instant electrical connection! I have brown curly hair below my shoulders, hazel green sparkly eyes and wear glasses. I was wearing a maroon tweed blazer, multicolor orange/ maroon blouse, maroon pants tucked in my orange/blue cowgirl boots. I was with two of my friends and my oldest daughter, and we were sitting in the first booth on the east side of the building. You were staring at me, and when I looked your way, you flashed that huge smile again. Dang, I wish I would have talked to you but I was with my daughter and I felt a little awkward. Care to chat?

TEENAGE LOVE AND ROCKETS JB I saw you, in the hallways, in the high school. We embarked on a friendship, a romance, a teenage love and rockets.

And when the teardrop exploded it was louder than bombs. Now, drifting, falling, 30 years on, it’s a question of

time. With bells and horns in the back of beyond. If I could say anything, it would be I’m sorry, I tried to go beyond love and in the same deep water as you. Tonight, under the Milky Way, staring at the sea. I think about you with Tenderness.

CHEERS CALLED OUT ON THE 43 Yo u were sitting a couple seats in front of me on Sunday on the 43 with your son (?) when you called out a woman ranting about foreigners. You told her simply that she had to stop with her racist comments and they weren’t okay. When she tried to goad you in return, you didn’t give in and start conflict. I wish I had even a hair of your courage, and I applaud the example you set for the little boy with you. It was very heartening to witness that.

Thank you!

SNOWPACALYPSE There I was, snowbound in the Bowl and Pitcher car park. New to hiking, newer still to driving in snow. Through shoveling, cardboard, and gumption you unstuck both my Ford Edge and my sentiments. May the gods shine beneficence upon your every waking moment.

“THE KOOKS CONQUER IDAHO” W e all want to see our fellow Americans arrive into the 21st Century both in mind and matter, but as Zach pointed out, that remains as remote as finding life on the moon as it is in finding a politician in Idaho that has any intelligence when it comes to... dare I say it, pandering for the most expedient payoff politically over actually going to bat for the best of its citizens? Case in point being that a full decade after

refusing to expand its citizenry to the benefits of the ACA, it decided instead to let its people go bankrupt or die for that entire time rather than accept the notion that “ObamaCare” would actually be of help... ahhh yes the infinite wisdom of FOX News would never dare let actual data become part of the big picture. Let’s instead focus on Obama’s birth certificate and if he is

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a Muslim (spoiler alert he is a devout Christian) a law scholar and devoted family man without a whiff of scandal over an eight year term - That said I cannot understate the damage that this does overall to the state in regards to tourism. I spent 18 years during my entire time while living in Oregon that NO! Spokane was not home to the Aryan Nations and NO! Richard Butler was no longer alive and that yes people of all color and character are acceptable... I take it all back, I was wrong, to all you Oregonians and others, feel free to stay clear of Idaho.

VICTORIA’S SECRET - VALLEY MALL 3/16 Thank you to the lady who walked up to my mom and I shopping for perfume at the Valley Mall’s Victoria’s Secret Store on March 16th and gave us a 20% off coupon. I rarely pay full price for anything, but was cel-

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JEERS WINCO IN SPOKANE VALLEY To the people at the Winco on Spokane who decide it’s okay to take up the whole isle: it’s not. Learn how to stay on the side so others can pass. It shouldn’t be that hard, you drove yourself there and it works the same way. Do not sit in the middle of the pasta aisle for 5 minutes debating whether you want penne or spaghetti noodles, involving everyone in your conversation because they want you to pick, just to grab both boxes and do the same thing on the cereal isle.

WHAT THE HECK! Pardon me for selling my SoCal mini mansion and moving to Spokane and finding this. Everyday is flannel day apparently. I was in the drive thru of Starbucks yesterday and

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go! Anyone who can’t accept all of it, especially a rabbit tail, doesn’t deserve you. Don’t let Elmer Dudd ruin your day, doc. Bring on the tails! Life is way too short to not celebrate yourself. n

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couldn’t believe the tread of the tires in front of me. I took my daughter to take photographs of the city, do you know how many trees and birds got in the way of her perfect pictures? Also, the apples at the organic grocer are great with your added beard hair. Does no one shave?

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DIVINO FASHION RUNWAY SHOW + CANINES ON THE CATWALK The 9th annual fashion show benefits the Spokane Humane Society, and this year features a Roaring 20s theme. Local models and adorable pups strut the runway; attendees are invited to dress up in Gatsby-themed attire. March 23, 5:30-9 pm. $15-$25. Riverside Place, 1108 W. Riverside Ave. (850-0737) EMPTY BOWLS: A HUNGER AWARENESS LUNCHEON All proceeds support the Campus Kitchen at Gonzaga, a CCE Program that provides 3,000 meals every month to after school programs, low income seniors, and homeless shelters in the Spokane community. The event features handmade bowls from local artists, the Gonzaga Clay Club and community volunteers as well as a performance by Gonzaga’s Big Bing Theory (BBT). Soup choices have been donated by Sodexo. March 27, 11 am-1 pm. $15-$25. Gonzaga University Hemmingson Center, 702 E. Desmet Ave. bit. ly/2TgPFDn (313-6939) ISAAC BENEFIT NIGHT Tickets include a special production of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time,” three hors d’oeuvres by chef Chad White, beer from TT’s Old Iron Brewery followed by dessert from Hello Sugar and One Tree Hard Cider. Ages 21+.

March 27, 6-9:30 pm. $50. Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard St. theisaacfoundation.org (325-1515) OUR PLACE COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENT The annual fundraiser at Gonzaga’s Magnuson Theatre offers a silent auction, appetizers, wine and student production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” March 27, 6-9:30 pm. $25.

Gonzaga University Magnuson Theatre, 502 E. Boone Ave. bit.ly/2WthNSA

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2.0PEN MIC Local comedy night hosted

by Ken McComb. Thursdays, from 8-10 pm. Free. The District Bar, 916 W. First Ave. facebook.com/districtbarspokane/ BRENT MORIN Morin worked for the Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien and continues to work for the Conan show now on TBS. March 21-23 at 7:30 pm, March 23 at 10 pm. $15-$28. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com (509-318-9998) GUFFAW YOURSELF! Open mic comedy night hosted by Casey Strain; Thursdays at 10 pm. Free. Neato Burrito, 827 W. First Ave. (847-1234) COMEDY OPEN MIC NIGHT Tell some jokes, funny stories, hilarious anecdotes or whatever you think is humorous.

March 22, 5:30-8 pm. Free. Calypsos Coffee Roasters, 116 E. Lakeside Ave. (208-665-0591) CRIME SHOW Audience suggestions add twists and turns to an improvised comedic take on the TV staple - the whodunit. Fridays at 7:30 pm through March 22. $8. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. bluedoortheatre.com STAND-UP COMEDY Live comedy featuring established and up-and-coming local comedians. Fridays at 8 pm. No cover. Red Dragon Chinese, 1406 W. Third Ave. reddragondelivery.com SAFARI The BDT’s version of “Whose Line,” a fast-paced short-form improv show that’s generally game based and relies on audience suggestions to fuel

each scene. Ages 16+. Saturdays at 7:30 pm through March 30. $8. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. (747-7045) MICHAEL GLATZMAIER EXPERIENCE Michael has been improvising for 13 years and found early on that he had an incredible ability to make up songs on the spot. He’s now turned this talent into a live show. March 24, 7:30-9 pm. $16. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. (318-9998) THE SOCIAL HOUR COMEDY SHOWCASE Featuring comics from the Northwest and beyond, hosted by Deece Casillas. Sundays from 8-9:30 pm. Free.

The Ridler Piano Bar, 718 W. Riverside Ave. socialhourpod.com OPEN MIC A free open mic night every Wednesday, starting at 8 pm. Doors open at 7 pm. Free. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. (318-9998) LATE LAUGHS An improvised comedy show featuring a mix of experiments in improv, duos, teams, sketch and more.

First and last Friday of the month at 9:30 pm. Rated for mature audiences. $8. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.com (747-7045)

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MOM’S NIGHT WITH THE ISAAC FOUNDATION Moms can enjoy a glass of wine, beer, soda or water and socialize with others who have children touched by special needs. Pre-registration online requested. March 21, 5-8 pm. Free. Black Label Brewing Co., 19 W. Main. theisaacfoundation.org SPOKANE REACTS Join the Museum’s Curator of Special Collections and students from EWU to celebrate the opening of this student-curated interpretive archival exhibit to learn about how Spokane reacted to some of the nation’s biggest stories of the 20th century. Spokane Reacts will be open to Archives researchers and visitors during research hours through 2019. March 21, 6-8 pm. The MAC, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org (456-3931) THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE (TNL) On each third Thursday, the MAC offers evening entertainment including live music, activities, public talks, gallery openings, guided gallery walk-throughs and food and drink for purchase. Free/members, $5/non-members. The MAC, 2316 W. First. northwestmuseum.org A WALK THROUGH POVERTY The 30-minute documentary and accompanying art exhibit by Cameron Day explores the plight and complexity of poverty in the Inland Northwest. Exhibit open March 8-22. Free. Spokane Valley Library, 12004 E. Main. scld.org DROP IN & RPG If you’ve ever been curious about role-playing games, join us to experience this unique form of game-playing, and build a shared narrative using cooperative problem solving, exploration, imagination, and rich social interaction. Second/fourth Friday of the month, 4-7 pm. Free. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. sparkcentral.org (279-0299) REBEL JUNK VINTAGE MARKET A weekend gathering of hand-picked vendors selling their best vintage/antique/salvage goods and handmade items. March 22 from 6-9 pm and March 23 from 10 am-4 pm. $10/Fri; $5/Sat. Kootenai County Fairgrounds, 4056 N. Government Way. bit.ly/2UCxN3o WAR KNOW MORE A panel and discus-

sion looking to challenge assumptions about continual wars by posing questions such as “Why are we willing to participate in war?”, “How does war impact our society and psychology?”, “What are the historical and cultural roots of militarism in America?”, “How does war connect with racism?”, and “What is the moral cost of war?” March 22, 6:30-8:30 pm. Free. Unitarian Universalist Church, 4340 W. Fort George Wright Dr. peacejustice.org (838-7870) CABIN FEVER DANCE Includes a salsa lesson, followed by general dancing, refreshments, door prizes and more.

March 23, 7-10 pm. $5-$9. Sandpoint Community Hall, 204 S. First Ave. cityofsandpoint.com (208-263-3317) H2O HEROES OPEN HOUSE An open house all about water, with activities, live animals and a bake sale. Meet Aqua Duck, the mascot for the Spokane Aquifer Joint Board. March 23, 10 am-2 pm.

Free; $5 suggested donation. West Valley Outdoor Learning Center, 8706 E. Upriver Drive. bit.ly/2TkgHtM SCIENCE OF FLOWER GARDENING This hands-on workshop is all about annuals, biennials, perennials and bulbs.

Master Gardener Jan Baker discusses each type of flower, how to use them in your garden and what to look for before you buy transplants and bulbs.

March 23, 10:30-11:30 am. Free. Otis Orchards Library, 22324 E. Wellesley. scld. org (893-8390) EXPLORE COHOUSING Members of Spokane’s first cohousing community, Haystack Heights, share their vision for the old fashioned “village” they’ll be building in the South Perry District.

Childcare available. March 24, 1:30-3 pm. Free. South Hill Library, 3324 S. Perry. spokanecohousing.com VIETNAMESE HERITAGE DAY PROCLAMATION Spokane City Council present a proclamation to recognize Vietnamese Heritage Day, the Vietnam heritage/freedom flag and to honor Vietnam Veterans. Reception to follow with tea, cookies, egg rolls. March 25, 6 pm. Free. Spokane City Hall, 808 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. freevietnews.com DOLLARS & SENSE: GIVE YOURSELF A RAISE Learn how to take control of your money, make achievable goals, and recognize predators. Classes begin promptly; late arrivals may not be seated. March 27, 6-8 pm. Free. Argonne Library, 4322 N. Argonne. scld.org HOMEBUYING 101 Discover the factors to consider when you’re deciding whether to buy a home or continue to rent: what it means to be a homeowner, how to find the right home, and what happens after your offer is accepted, before closing. Registration required at stcu.org/workshops. March 27, 6-7 pm.

Free. Spokane Valley Library, 12004 E. Main. stcu.org/workshops SHOWING UP FOR RACIAL JUSTICE Join PJALS and members of the community to continue our work fighting white supremacy, supporting racial justice organizing led by people of color, and deepening our understanding of race locally. Second/fourth Thursday of the month, 5:30-7 pm. Community Building, 35 W. Main Ave. pjals.org FREE SHRED DAY Protect yourself from identity theft with free professional document shredding provided by DeVries Business Services. March 30, 11 am-3 pm. Free. North Spokane Library and Spokane Valley Library branches. scld.org

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The night prior to his announcement, Irving posted a comment on Instagram saying, “it’s bullshit how I have Xanax bars and hydros right next to me to take, given to me by the NFL of course. However, we can’t smoke the same weed the staff itself smokes.”

Currently, a player is allowed to have up to 35 nanograms of THC in their urine sample, which equates roughly to a joint per week, a minor margin of error for most athletes. Without spelling it out, the league appears to be ok with players using cannabis as long as they don’t get caught. ...continued on page 122

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Currently, the NHL has the most relaxed and innovative substance abuse policy, basically looking to help the offending athlete rather than levy significant punishment.

In a deal struck by the NHL and the NHL Players’ Association (NHLPA), hockey players are drug tested once during training camp and can be randomly drug tested throughout the season.

Players’ samples are screened and if they test positive for substances like marijuana or cocaine at a considerably high level, the player is contacted by league doctors to see if they would like to enter a substance abuse program or not.

If the player declines, it’s the end of the conversation and the problem goes no further. But league officials hope to incentivize and create a program that athletes would want to take part of.

“The thing we’re looking for is if there’s a guy that has an issue or a problem and he needs help — that’s what we’re trying to capture in that program,” former player and current NHLPA executive Mathieu Schneider tells ESPN. It’s hard to imagine a similar program for other leagues would not be beneficial, if the goal is ultimately players’ health. Perhaps it would keep guys like Irving in the league.

“Everyone questions my commitment to football,” Irving said. “Let’s get it straight here and now. I love football. It’s shaped me, you know? I wouldn’t be here without it… However, I don’t love the NFL. The NFL is not football.” n

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NORTHWEST PET EXPO This year’s expo has expanded into another exhibit hall of the fairgrounds to host more vendors, along with adoptable animals and activities, including a police K9 demo, canine fashion show and more. March 30, 10 am-6 pm. $3-$5.

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cated to enhancing knowledge and stewardship of wild nature, including fish and wildlife, the wild landscapes they depend on, and the communities that they sustain. March 28, 6:30 pm. $5 general. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org/calendar/fwff

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THURSDAY WINE SOCIAL The weekly complimentary wine tasting event features different wine themes and samples of the shop’s gourmet goods.

Thursdays, from 4-6 pm. Free. Gourmet Way, 8222 N. Government Way. gourmetwayhayden.com/wines COOKING CLASS: TIRAMISU A handson evening in the kitchen followed by a five-course meal of focaccia bread, a tomato basil salad, creamy garlic polenta, osso bucco and tiramisu. March 22, 6-9 pm. $80. Commellini Estate, 14715 N. Dartford Dr. commellini.com WINE TASTING Taste “What’s New” at Vino. Includes cheese and crackers.

March 22, 3-6:30 pm. $10. Vino!, 222 S. Washington St. vinowine.com SIP & SAMPLE The market’s weekly afternoon tasting, featuring 1-2 wines and something to munch on. Saturdays from noon-4 pm. Petunias Marketplace, 2010 N. Madison. (328-4257) WINE TASTING Taste Rhone-ish wines: France v. WA. Includes cheese and crackers. March 23, 3-6:30 pm. $10. Vino!, 222 S. Washington St. vinowine.com (838-1229) ITALIAN COOKIES & SWEETS Learn to make two Italian cookies: biscotti and Italian polenta cookies. While they’re baking, enjoy a tea and coffee party while tasting an additional three Italian sweets. March 24, 1-4 pm. $40.

Commellini Estate, 14715 N. Dartford Dr. commellini.com (466-0667) GETTING GEEKY WITH WINE Participants enjoy a game-show format, and given some background knowledge about either the varietal, sub-region, winery, etc. to guess correct answers.

Prizes given based on correct answers for each of the five rounds. March 25, 7-9 pm. $20. Nectar Wine & Beer, 1331 W. Summit Parkway. (290-5239) TORTA DE LA MUERTE Chef/owner Travis Dickinson’s special burger creation stacks red wine and Guajillo chile braised short ribs, a Mezcalcured torchon of foie gras, huitlacoche (corn truffle) aioli, butter lettuce and smoked tomato gel on a house made Telera roll. March 25, 11 am-8 pm. $19.

Cochinito Taqueria, 10 N. Post. bit. ly/2VKOXft (509-474-9618) REAL COOKING WITH REAL FOOD Join Main Market and Recipe for Self for a series of cooking and nutrition classes designed to take the mystery out of whole foods cooking and teach the skills to obtain optimal health. Upcoming classes: March 26, April 9 and 23, May 7 and 21, from 6-7 pm. $18/ class. Main Market Co-Op, 44 W. Main. mainmarket.coop (458-2667) WINE, FUN & WINNING WITH ISENHOWER CELLARS Denise Isenhower presents six Walla Walla wines. Also includes a prize raffle, with food from the cafe menu available for purchase at happy hour prices. Drop-in style event, please RSVP. March 27, 5-7:30 pm. $15. Petunias Marketplace, 2010 N. Madison St. petuniasmarket.com

350 SPOKANE PRESENTS: PARIS TO PITTSBURGH This film celebrates Americans across the country who are taking action into their own hands to fight climate change instead of waiting around for lawmakers in D.C. to do something about it. March 21, 6:30-9 pm. Free or $5 suggested donation.

Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland Ave. garlandtheater.com (327-1050) SCREENING: INTO THE ARCTIC Each Thursday and Saturday at 1 pm and 2:30 pm, the MAC screens this 47-minute film telling the compelling story of artist Cory Trepanier’s first leg of his multi-year quest to explore and paint the dramatic wilderness of the Canadian Arctic. Weekly through May 11. $5$10/admission. The MAC, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org VICE The political drama explores how a bureaucratic Washington insider quietly became the most powerful man in the world as Vice President to George W. Bush. March 21-24; times vary. $7.

The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org/calendar (208-882-4127) THE WEDDING GUEST A thriller set in Pakistan and India, starring Dev Patel as Jay, a man with a secret who attends a wedding and kidnaps the bride-tobe. Rated R. March 21-24, times vary. $5-$8. Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave. panida.org (208-255-7801) 50 HOUR SLAM KICKOFF Teams for this year’s Slam are invited to attend the kickoff meeting and learn what criteria are in store for the local filmmaking challenge. March 22, 6:30 pm.

Free. KSPS Public TV, 3911 S. Regal.

50hourslam.com FLY FISHING FILM TOUR The screening serves as a fundraiser presented by Panhandle Chapter of Trout Unlimited, Bonner County Soil & Water Conservation District and North 40 Outfitters.

March 23, 7-9:30 pm. $12/$15. Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave. vimeo. com/306051878 (208-255-7801) REINVENTING POWER: AMERICA’S RENEWABLE ENERGY BOOM UUCP Environmental Task Force, Palouse Environmental Sustainability Coalition, Palouse Sierra Club and Palouse CCL host a screening of the film, which takes the viewer across the country to hear directly from all the people making our clean energy future possible.

March 25, 7 pm. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org/calendar FOOD FOR THOUGHT: THE RELUCTANT RADICAL This film follows activist Ken Ward as he confronts his fears and puts himself in the direct path of the fossil fuel industry to combat climate change. Ken breaks the law as a last resort, to fulfill what he sees as his personal obligation to future generations. March 27, 7 pm. Free. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org FISH & WILDLIFE FILM FESTIVAL Presented by the U of Idaho College of Natural Resources, the festival is dedi-

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Advice Goddess EYE ANXIETY

I’ve been with my boyfriend for four years. I thought I was super happy, but I recently got a crush on a co-worker. Now I’m worried that maybe I’m not totally satisfied in my relationship.

If I were truly in love with my boyfriend, why would I be crushing on somebody else? Does this make me more vulnerable to cheating? Should we go into therapy?

–So Confused You’re in a relationship, not a coma.

That said, your worries are understandable. There’s been a belief, even amongst some researchers, that crushing (on somebody other than one’s partner) is the gateway to cheating – as well as lower commitment and lower relationship satisfaction. Obviously, crushy thoughts about, say, a co-worker can lead to a hookup (or more) in a way that matter-of-fact thoughts – “Why does he have four chargers?” – do not.

However, it turns out that researchers failed to make a distinction – between having a crush (an attraction to a person other than one’s partner) and having a high degree of what’s called “attention to alternatives” (basically, eyeballs ever on the prowl for “attractive alternatives” to one’s current partner).

In research by doctoral student Charlene F. Belu and psychologist Lucia F. O’Sullivan, 80 percent of the participants reported having a crush on somebody other than their partner while in a committed relationship. Only a small subset (17 percent) of those participants “reported they would leave their romantic partners for their crush if the opportunity arose,” suggesting that for many, their crushes “are not considered true viable alternative partners.”

The researchers found people’s crushes to be “of relatively long duration, although not as long as the length of” a person’s “current romantic relationship.” This “duration ... suggests that one’s crush endures in parallel to one’s primary relationship.” They even speculate that having a crush may even help sustain a relationship, by (mentally) “providing some variety to help cope with monotony” that’s a natural part of long-term relationships but “without the risks inherent to infidelity.”

So, getting back to you, as long as your relationship’s satisfying and the only sex vacations you take with your crush are in your mind, you’re probably okay. In short, “I only have eyes for you” sounds lovely but is probably only realistic if you wear special headgear whenever you leave the house – such as one of those stylish black bags favored by kidnappers and executioners.

AMY ALKON

WHO’LL STOP THE REIGN?

Out of nowhere, a male friend started criticizing me, telling me that I need to change careers to make more money. He does have a successful business (started with seed money from his extremely wealthy family). But I didn’t ask for his advice, and besides, I love my job, and I’m working on what I need to do to move forward. So I ended up snapping at him. He got mad and insisted that he just wants the best for me. –Steamed Criticizing someone does not make them want to change; it makes them want to google for listicles like “10 Foolproof Tricks For Getting Away with Murder.”

To understand your friend’s spontaneous outburst of unsolicited advice, consider that human communication is strategic – just like that of our earth-dwelling colleagues, from apes to insects. Honeybees, for example, do a little dance to tell their fellow bees where the nectar is; they don’t just go all twerky for no reason.

Back here in Humanland, evolutionary scientists Vladas Griskevicius and Douglas Kenrick find that seven “deep-seated evolutionary motives” – emerging from survival and mating challenges our ancestors faced – “continue to influence much modern behavior.” These evolved motivations still driving us today are 1) evading physical harm, 2) avoiding disease, 3) making friends, 4) acquiring a mate, 5) keeping that mate, 6) caring for family, and – ding-ding-ding! – 7) attaining status.

Yes, status. There’s a good chance that a dispenser of unsolicited advice has the best of intentions – like “I just want to help you...uh...help you (and others who hear about my help) think more highly of me!” (He then becomes the expert, the career seer, the swami of success.) But whatever this guy’s motive, you have no obligation to donate your attention to his cause.

The best time to set boundaries is before they’re needed. Or needed again. Gently inform your friend that you truly appreciate his desire to help but the only advice that works for you is the solicited kind. Should he wish to, uh, solicit your solicitation, he can ask: “Would you be open to hearing...?” If you accept, it might help you keep an open mind if you focus on what you two have in common – for example, a relative who proclaimed, “When I die, all of this will be yours!” Unfortunately, your grandma was making a sweeping gesture toward her salt and pepper shaker collection. n ©2018, 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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EXPLORE MUSIC WEEK The annual event allows the public to come try out an instrument or two. March 20-22; 3-5 pm. Holy Names Music Center, 3910 W. Custer Dr. (326-9516) MATABAN JAZZ EXPERIENCE This modern big band consists of young adults who play everything from Sammy Nestico jazz to Vulfpeck’s funk.

March 23, 7 pm. $15-$18. Kroc Center, 1765 W. Golf Course Rd. kroccda.org SPOKANE JAZZ ORCHESTRA FT. THE ANDY COE BAND The SJO teams up with the Andy Coe Band for “The Jazz Influences of Grateful Dead.” This concert explores how jazz influenced one of America’s most iconic bands, while performing some of the Grateful Dead’s songs in new ways. March 23, 7:30-10 pm. $25-$30. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. spokanejazz.org SPOKANE SYMPHONY CLASSICS 8: FRENCH MYSTIQUE Featuring music director finalist Arthur Arnold with guest violinist Simone Porter. Program includes music by Saint-Saens and Bartok. March 23 at 8 pm and March 24 at 3 pm. $19-$60. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. spokanesymphony.org (624-1200) THE GREAT FOLK SCARE: AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC REVIVAL, 1958–65 Explore the folk singers and songwriters of the late ’50s and ’60s, who rediscovered artists and songs from the 1920s30s that they then reintroduced to national audiences. March 26, 6:30-7:30 pm. Free. Fairfield Library, 305 E. Main St. scld.org (893-8320) SPOKANE SYMPHONY CHAMBER SOIREE A mix of baroque, classical and contemporary music introduced and performed by various ensembles from the Spokane Symphony. Enjoy table seating with wine and light bites or be seated in the gallery of the Marie Antoinette Ballroom. March 26-27 at 7:30 pm. $22-$62. Davenport Hotel, 10 S. Post St. spokanesymphony.org WEDNESDAY NIGHT CONTRA DANCE The Spokane Folklore Society’s weekly dance, with music by the Prestwold Players and Mitchell Frey calling. March 27, 7:30-9:30 pm. $5-$7. Woman’s Club of Spokane, 1428 W. Ninth. myspokanefolklore@gmail.com (838-5667)

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BIG HORN OUTDOOR ADVENTURE SHOW The 59th annual show features new events, as well as previews gear, fishing, boating, shooting sports, hunting, backpacking and more. March 21-22 from 12-8 pm, March 23 from 10 am-8 pm, March 24 from 10 am-4 pm. $10. Spokane County Fair & Expo Center, 404 N. Havana. bighornshow.com IFG DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES: FORESTRY 4.0 Learn how advances such as the Internet of Forests, automated vehicles, Lidar technology and sustainable wood are impacting the forestry industry in this first lecture of the Idaho Forest Group Distinguished Speaker Series. March 21, 5-7 pm. Free.

University Inn Best Western, 1516 Pullman Rd. (208-885-7952) PACIFIC NORTHWEST QUALIFIER The annual volleyball competition is held in Spokane for two weekends: March 22-24 and 29-31 at the Spokane Con-

vention Center, HUB Sports Center and EWU Reese Court. Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. pacificnwqualifier.org (279-7000) SNOWSHOE SHERMAN PASS Follow the famous Kettle Crest Trail North through high mountain forest slopes.

Schedule subject to change due to snow conditions. Includes snowshoes, walking poles, transportation (from Wandermere Rite Aid), instruction and guides. Pre-trip information emailed upon registration. Ages 18+. March 23, 7 am-6 pm. $49. spokaneparks.org LANDSCAPING WITH NATIVE & NOTSO-NATIVE PLANTS Explore the challenges of residential landscaping with native plants and discover creative solutions with local expert Kathy Hutton, of Plants of the Wild nursery. March 25, 6-8 pm. $10, pre-registration required.

University of Idaho Kootenai County Extension, 1808 N. Third. uidaho.edu/ extension/county/kootenai/garden

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THE FLICK In a run-down movie theater in central Massachusetts, three underpaid employees mop the floors and attend to one of the last 35 mm film projectors in the state. Through March 24; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $14-$27. Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard. spokanecivictheatre.com LEGALLY BLONDE: THE MUSICAL Elle Woods tackles stereotypes, sexism, snobbery and scandal in pursuit of her dreams in this award-winning musical.

March 21, 7:30-10 pm. $41.50-$71.50.

First Interstate Center for the Arts, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. wcebroadway. com (800-325-7328) SEUSSICAL JR. Favorite Dr. Seuss characters come to life in this delightful Seussian gumbo of musical styles.

Through March 23; Thu-Sat at 7 pm, Sat at 2 pm. $16. Liberty Lake Community Theatre, 22910 E. Appleway. bit. ly/2E6Y2cn TRUE WEST Sam Shepard’s character study examines the relationship between Austin, a screenwriter, and his older brother Lee. Through March 31; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $20$23. Lake City Playhouse, 1320 E. Garden Ave. (208-673-7529) THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME When a 15-yearold autistic boy falls under suspicion for killing his neighbor’s dog, he sets out to identify the true culprit, which leads to an earth-shattering discovery and a journey that will change his life forever.

March 22-April 14; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $29-$27. Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard. spokanecivictheatre.com (325-2507) LES MISERABLES (SCHOOL EDITION) Waldorf School presents a G-rated edition of Les Mis. March 27-28 at 6 pm. $7.

Panida Theater, 300 N. First. sandpointwaldorf.org LILAC CITY’S GOT TALENT The second annual event showcases high school talent from across Spokane County, with prizes for 1st-3rd place. March 27, 6:30 pm. $10-$15. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. bingcrosbytheater.com

ARTS

LUMINOUS: DALE CHIHULY & THE STUDIO GLASS MOVEMENT Partnering with Tacoma’s Museum of Glass and Portland-based collector George

Stroemple, the MAC presents its first all-glass art exhibition. Thirty-three international artists working in glass, including Dale Chihuly, are featured.

Through June 23; Tue-Sun from 10 am-5 pm. $5-$10. The MAC, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org MAD HATTER’S TEA PARTY PLUS Wearing creative hats is encouraged but not required, with prizes given for the top two hats. March guest artist Tom Quinn does caricatures for a fee.

March 22, 5-8 pm. Free. Avenue West Gallery, 907 W. Boone. (838-4999)

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KEETJE KUIPERS, ERIKA MEITNER & GEFFREY DAVIS A reading by authors Keetje Kuipers, Erika Meitner, and Geffrey Davis. March 22, 7 pm. Free. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. sparkcentral.org (509-279-0299) KATRINA CARRASCO (RESCHEDULED) Auntie’s hosts the author of new historical fiction hit, “The Best Bad Things.” March 23, 7-8:30 pm. Free.

Auntie’s, 402 W. Main. (838-0206) SHE TRAVELED SOLO: STRONG WOMEN IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY During a 5,000 mile solo bicycle ride, Tessa Hulls heard the same thing: women can’t travel alone. She began researching other women who traveled solo in different ways, and became fascinated with many in stories from the early 20th century: explorers, mountaineers, and even a circus performer; women who defied expectations and embarked on unprecedented journeys, but whose stories have remained largely untold.

March 23, 7:30 pm. Free. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. humanities.org WRITING WORKSHOP Join us for a workshop hosted by authors Keetje Kuipers, Erika Meitner and Geffrey Davis. March 23, 10 am-noon. $20-$30.

Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. spark-central.org (509-279-0299) TIMOTHY EGAN The acclaimed reporter and author discusses how the current U.S. political polarization has crystallized some of our nation’s common historical values in “Toward a Shared National Narrative.” March 25, 7 pm.

Free and open to the public. Gonzaga University Hemmingson Center, 702 E. Desmet Ave. gonzaga.edu (313-6942) HERSTORY FEM+FEST PREVIEW SHOW In honor of Women’s History Month, Power 2 The Poetry and Spokane NOW present a preview showcase of feminist poetry, performance and art. March 26, 6 pm. Free. Downtown Spokane Library, 906 W. Main. bit. ly/2HE0sl3 (444-5336) NORTHWEST PASSAGES: PAM HOUSTON The Spokesman-Review’s Northwest Passages Book Club welcomes Pam Houston, the best-selling author of “Deep Creek.” March 26, 7 pm. $4-$45.

Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. bingcrosbytheater.com MEMOIR WRITING WORKSHOP Author Chelsea Martin shares approaches to writing about your life, including ethical considerations when turning real people into characters in your stories. Program for adults. March 27, 1-3 pm. Free. Medical Lake Library, 3212 Herb St. scld.org (893-8330) n

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visitcda.org for more events, things to do & places to stay.

Stay Awhile North Idaho offers plentiful places to stay and play

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ocated less than 40 miles from the Spokane Airport, making a daytrip to Coeur d’Alene is a low commitment venture. While it’s easy to drive over for the day, it might just be a lot more fun to take advantage of all the Lake City has to offer and stay the night. Here are some ideas of where to stay in CDA and beyond.

In Coeur d’Alene’s charming downtown, you’ll find no finer accommodations than THE COEUR D’ALENE RESORT with 300+ rooms, all of which have been entirely updated with a fresh and modern twist during a three-year renovation process.

Everything is new — from the lighting, carpets, draperies and wall coverings to cozier beds, brand new Ultra HD televisions and charging stations. Unparalleled lake views, the world’s largest floating boardwalk, an outdoor infinity pool and private beach and amazing dining options also add to the appeal.

For a small additional fee, guests staying at the Coeur d’Alene Resort’s sister property BEST WESTERN PLUS COEUR D’ALENE INN AND CONFERENCE CENTER can also take advantage of the resort’s amenities, such as the pool, beach, fitness center and golf and tennis facilities. Families will also appreciate that kids eat free at the onsite restaurant, as well as the indoor pool and pet-friendly policies.

Right off the freeway, and just minutes from the trendy restaurants shops at the Village at Riverstone, is the HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS HOTEL & SUITES, which offers free

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hors d’oeuvres three evenings per week.

If you want to work off those appetizers, the Idaho stretch of the Centennial Trail, perfect for walking, jogging, skating or biking, runs right by the hotel.

Nearby, and also located on the Centennial Trail, SPRINGHILL SUITES BY MARRIOTT has all the amenities you need for a longer stay, including an allsuite setup and outdoor amenities like a splash pad, putting green, fire tables and barbecues.

For a boutique hotel experience, turn to the BLACKWELL HOTEL tucked in a leafy neighborhood just blocks from downtown Coeur d’Alene. This historic hotel features 10 luxury guest suites and romantic amenities like clawfoot tubs, a wrap around porch and fireplaces.

THE GREENBRIAR INN is also big on charm, and nestled in a neighborhood just minutes from Coeur d’Alene’s popular Sherman Avenue. All of the rooms of this 1908 inn are furnished with antiques, but offer modern amenities like free Wi-Fi. Guests can relax in the outdoor gazebo and enjoy the live summer music series put on by MARTINIS & TAPAS next door.

In Post Falls, explore the new menu at CURRENT KITCHEN AND BAR inside RED LION HOTEL TEMPLIN’S ON THE RIVER. The restaurant and patio are being overhauled and new owners also have new visions for the waterfront hotel situated right on the Spokane River.

And if recreation is as important as

relaxation, you won’t have to travel far from Coeur d’Alene for places offering both. In Hayden, stay and play at TRIPLE PLAY RESORT HOTEL & SUITES, where special offers include one night of accommodations and three two-day passes to the waterpark and family fun parks (starting at $279).

Families will never be bored at SILVER MOUNTAIN’S MORNING STAR LODGE, complete with its vibrant mountain village at the base of the ski resort, and its ginormous indoor water park open all year round.

While skiing and boarding are the draws in the winter, mountain biking, golf and ziplining make even the shoulder seasons tons of fun.

Southbound travelers might want to spend several days at COEUR D’ALENE CASINO RESORT HOTEL in Worley, Idaho, which has more places to eat and games to play than you can possibly accomplish in one day!

Can’t get away until warmer weather? No problem.

Put these two items on your list for summer: RED HORSE MOUNTAIN RANCH, a bonafide dude ranch, and WOLF LODGE CAMPGROUND within sniffing distance of the historic Wolf Lodge Inn Restaurant.

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Rebel Junk is a gathering of handpicked vendors selling all their best junkin’ goods like jewelry, signs, candles, garden art, antiques and more.

This is the top traveling vintage market in the USA, according to the editors at Flea Market Style magazine. $5-$15; Friday 6-9 pm; Saturday 10 am to 4 pm; Kootenai County Fairgrounds; tickets available online at rebeljunk.com/tickets or at the door.

Doug E. Fresh Weekend MARCH 23-24

This weekend is the fourth annual fundraiser for the Doug Johnson Memorial Fund. Doug was a father of four, a fixture of the Inland Northwest ski and bike industry and all around great dude.

The main event is a snowboard/snowskate race against the clock through a handbuilt banked course. To register or for an event schedule, go to visitcda.org.

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RELAXATION It’s closer than you think.

Spa Ssakwa’q’n at Coeur d’Alene Casino is the perfect place to escape with someone special. Surround yourself with beautiful views. Join us for a night’s stay and couples’ massage. Then relax in one of our award-winning restaurants.

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