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ivic pride, it seems, builds on itself. Believing that a place is special does, in a way, make it so. People who think their community is on the rise want to stick around, lay down roots, and new people — with new ideas and new enterprises — inevitably want in on the action, too. Of course, there is no perfect measure of civic pride, but for the past 25 years, the Inlander has asked its readers to declare the BEST OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST. This year, in particular, readers answered en masse, voting in greater numbers than ever before, and in your hands, you hold the biggest Best Of issue in our history, cataloging all the people and places that make the region unique. Assembled altogether in one place, it’s hard, even for a crotchety cynic, not to feel a twinge of pride for this place we call home.

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Ah the perfect four seasons, brother. Hell yeah.

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What’s your favorite season?

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Which season is your favorite?

Summer. All of the sunshine and vitamin D. We go to the lake, Deer Lake. I have family that lives out there and they have a boat slip. The people here are great, too. We’re lucky to have different varieties of people.

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Anything Goes

No construction rules in Kootenai County? What could go wrong?

BY MARY LOU REED

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epublican Kootenai County Commissioners have been threatening to hang a “Why Bother?” sign on the county building codes. Maybe “Don’t Tread On Me” will hang there, too.

So just what is a building code anyway? Engineer Jim Meckel gave me the simplest explanation: Building codes are the minimum — and he stresses minimum — requirements for the structural integrity of a building.

In December 2017, the Board of Commissioners held a routine vote on endorsing the update of the International Building Code (IBC), which had already been adopted by the state of Idaho.

In a show of defiance, two members of the Kootenai County Board, Bob Bingham and Marc Eberlein, voted no on the motion. The third commissioner, Chris Filios, voted yes to adopt the standard code.

Please know this is not a united revolt. The two commissioners voting to not accept the building codes, Bingham and Eberlein, do not agree on alternatives. Each offers his own option.

Bingham, an incumbent commissioner, is introducing an “Opt-Out Program” for residences on 5-acre or larger rural parcels without a building code inspection system. I take it that means the folks who own a 5-acre lot in the countryside could follow the building codes — or then again maybe they wouldn’t. And who would choose to be inspected if they didn’t have to?

Commissioner Bingham’s position paper states: “At the core of this is personal freedom.

Our founding fathers formed our governmental structure to be limited. When government mandates itself into our home without an invitation, it crosses a boundary.”

Reportedly, Commissioner Eberlein has a version — and vision — to make all building codes entirely voluntary. His position paper states: “Many folks moving to Idaho expected to escape California’s excessive rules…”

Neither option would impact Coeur d’Alene, Post Falls, Hayden Lake or other cities within the county, just the wide open spaces of the county that have not yet been covered with houses.

his show of late 18th century individualism is definitely stirring the political pot.

After the deadline for filing for office passed on Friday, March 9, it was revealed that the two incumbents and five other people have filed to run for the two Kootenai County Commission spots. Six Republicans and one brave Democrat.

Are the candidates running for office to stop the rout on the building codes, or do they want to cause further damage? The Democrat, Ruben Miranda, has already announced he opposes the Eberlein-Bingham building code revolt.

We have also been told that Idaho is the fastest growing state in the union, and that Kootenai

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is the fastest growing county in Idaho. With the hordes knocking at the door to get in, is this a time to forget about standards?

The third county commissioner, Chris Filios, supports keeping the codes in place as they have been for years and years. Filios, a realtor, goes beyond the “if-it’s-not-broke-don’t-fix-it” stance. He’s concerned about the negative impact for individuals if the codes are not in place. Worries about bank loans and insurance might spoil the fun of doing just whatever you damn well please.

Lots of words spouting pros and cons have been recorded as this kerfuffle unfolds. (Maybe we should call it a Coeurfuffle?) Tom Torgerson, president of the Coeur d’Alene Association of Realtors, says in the Coeur d’Alene Press that his group supports remaining in compliance with updated codes. He says he has been contacted by worried engineers, surveyors and architects — all the on-the-ground folks who understand the complexities of construction.

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he pro-code line is getting longer: Timberlake Fire Protection District Fire Chief Bill Steele was also quoted in support saying building code and fire code go hand in hand for the public safety.

Sharon Bosley, executive director of the Kootenai Environmental Alliance, has written an environmental response to the code confusion, pointing out that up-to-date energy efficiencies are saving homeowners real dollars. One example: “Comparing 2012 code to 2006 code shows a 50 percent savings of the cost of heating, lighting and cooling of homes,” she writes. Saving energy saves money.

Bosley also stated concern that codeless buildings might further endanger local lakes as people would be more apt to build without obtaining a site disturbance permit or pay attention to the 25-foot setback from the water.

Another environmentalist pointed out that the current county commissioners don’t enforce current regulations pertaining to site disturbance or setbacks, not to mention code infractions.

“Why worry about codes,” she asked, “when no one is enforcing them anyway?”

Good question, but sad.

Four hundred or so concerned citizens turned out for a public hearing on building codes on Monday, March 19. Much testimony was heard, but no decision was made. It appears that the final decision on building codes will be made in November when Kootenai County voters choose two county commissioners. n

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Friends, partners and supporters of YWCA Spokane’s mission are encouraged to join in a celebration of the agency’s 115th birthday and a reflection of successes in 2017. The event also includes acknowledgement of the organization’s “Shining Star” award honorees: staff, volunteers and community partners who made an outstanding contribution in the previous year. Wed, March 28, from 8:30-9:30 am. Free and open to the public. SIERR Building at McKinstry Station, 850 E. Spokane Falls Blvd. ywcaspokane.org. n Tell us about your event or other opportunities to get involved. Submit events at Inlander.com/getlisted or email getlisted@inlander.com.

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SOLUTION: Cheeseless pizza from Little Caesars You want to torment your body but don’t think you deserve any pleasure, so you come to the horrific compromise of eating something that tastes terrible and is still bad for you. It might initially seem like a lose-lose but it’s actually a big WIN for your self-fulfilling prophecy that everything is, and always will be, terrible.

ANXIETY: Several large looming deadlines that you’ve been putting off SOLUTION: Homemade vegan double-down sandwiches A complicated and very greasy endeavor that will take forever to make and cause your entire apartment to smell like a fryer. It will all end up tasting great, as fried food always does, and for a few blissful hours you’ll have forgotten about all those pressing matters, which are now even more urgent.

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hen literally everything feels like a source of anxiety and you don’t have time to examine any real solutions to your problems because you’re stuck in front of a screen 19 hours a day, slowing down for some self-care is of utmost importance. “Self-care” just means showing yourself you care, and in my family we show we care with cheap indulgences that feel good in the moment but make things worse in the long run.

ANXIETY: Political angst SOLUTION: Hot dog from the corner store Refreshing Twitter over and over for hours doesn’t make environmental-protection legislation happen.

Sometimes the best thing to do is to go outside, see that the world is still turning, and find some local business to support. The 7-Eleven on the corner counts as local, right? Their awful food will remind you that you are incapable of even mildly responsible decisions about your own body, let alone figure out how to prevent impending natural disasters. Takes the pressure off!

ANXIETY: Social anxiety at a party SOLUTION: Herbed goat cheese and rice crackers Junk food isn’t really junk food unless you eat a lot of it. Stand next to the cheese platter and don’t stop until your body is 40 percent herbed goat cheese. And don’t think you’re finished just because you’ve depleted the current supply. In all likelihood, someone will replenish it and you can get back to work.

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ANXIETY: There’s so much going wrong you don’t even know what to be anxious about SOLUTION: Boneless hot wings and fried pickles Going out for hot wings is one of the most reckless junk food choices. It’s not cheap, it doesn’t taste very good, and you feel extremely bad in almost every conceivable way afterwards. But that reckless feeling is precisely what’s so great about it. You dgaf. You’re living like a rock star. Sex, drugs, and Medium Sauce. n Chelsea Martin is a Spokane-based author of five books, including Caca Dolce: Essays from a Lowbrow Life. Her website is jerkethics.com.

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Readers respond to our story about Spokane Police Sgt. John Gately, who tipped off a fellow officer accused of rape about an impending investigation (“Refusing to Take the Stand,” 3/16/18):

SHAY EDWARDS: Despicable behavior that makes it look like it is… The Police Department has “different” rules that they get to live by. The rest of us would be in court facing charges.

This is the kind of behavior that makes trusting our local law enforcement difficult. The rules are bent for you if you wear a uniform.

Disgusting.

Readers respond to our story about local student demonstrations against gun violence (“The Disruptors,” 3/16/18):

SABRINA SORGER: Loving what the future looks like.

SCOTT WELDON: Bad cops covering for bad cops. And they wonder why they lost respect from a lot of people. Most police departments suffer from this and worse. I will never again respect any police officer just because of a tin badge.

Too many crooked ones and too many willing to condone crimes committed by police.

STEVE BERDE: Most SPD are a credit to their profession. A few like this guy are a blight on the good officers. If he had any self respect, he’d resign. n

VICKI BIRKLAND: People are afraid for good reason. Guns have killed so many people in wars, gun accidents, used in mental issues. But they are your right and and it’s not a crime to bear arms. There will always be dangerous people on this earth and it’s your right to choose firearms that you feel will keep you and your family safe. Emergency personnel cannot always be there soon enough. You and your family are just as precious to keep safe from harm as government officials or celebrities are.

HEATHER KRATT: Kudos to this generation of youngsters for being politically engaged! You are doing what my generation failed to do. I stand with you! n

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AND THE ELK Elkfest faces its biggest challenge yet this year — the city’s permitting process

BY DANIEL WALTERS

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or 13 years, Marshall Powell, general manager of the Elk, has put on Elkfest, the annual music festival that draws thousands of fans and neighbors to the Browne’s Addition neighborhood. But it was this year — the 14th — that Elkfest has run into trouble.

It wasn’t because of snafus with bands or vendors. It was because of the city’s permitting process.

Since 2012, the stage has been the exact same size in the exact same spot — but it was only this year that the city’s fire marshal said the stage setup was breaking the fire code.

But even after the Spokane Fire Department, with a nudge from City Council President Ben Stuckart, found rationale to let Elkfest continue as is, the event faced

another setback: The city determined that Elkfest would be required to pay the cost of four Spokane police officers to provide additional security at the festival, at a cost of $4,500.

For an event like Elkfest, it represents a major financial blow.

“It’s about 12 percent of our entire budget for our event,” Powell says. “And the event’s free.”

With the first day of the festival scheduled for June 10, Powell is appealing the city’s decision.

During the last six months, city departments have tried to hammer out a new special-events process to provide more simplicity, clarity and consistency for major events like Elkfest, Terrain and Hoopfest.

But in the process, some like Powell and Stuckart have raised questions about whether the city is making it easier for events like Elkfest to happen — or whether they’re throwing hurdles in the way.

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Since 2004, Elkfest has continued to grow, moving from a two-day event to a three-day event and drawing bigger and bigger crowds. But success comes with additional problems.

“As it just kept getting bigger, it was just a matter of dealing with those logistics, of more people and more city attention,” Powell says. ...continued on next page

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By now, Powell has enough experience under his belt that the permitting process has become second nature. Elkfest has outlasted three different special-event coordinators at the city.

But in the last few years, says Carly Cortright, the city’s most recent special-event coordinator, the city has been trying to improve its confusing permitting process. An event like Bloomsday had to apply for separate permits through Riverfront Park, the Spokane Police Department and the Spokane Fire Department.

“They are basically filling out an application three separate times and paying three separate fees,” Cortright says. “We wanted to improve that.”

Spokane has moved toward centralizing the whole complicated process under the city’s permitting center. But as a result of more communications between departments, events like Elkfest got more scrutiny.

“We’ve come across inconsistencies in how we have dealt with events,” Cortright says. “That’s part of this event process — making sure we are being fair.”

Over the years, Elkfest’s gradual, incremental growth had allowed it to skate by, Cortright says, despite potential issues. But this year, the city flagged a potential fire code violation: The stage blocked off the Fire Department’s access through Cannon Street for several days at a time.

“It has always been an event that’s been unique,” says SFD Fire Marshal Mike Miller says about Elkfest, “And not optimal for us.”

But while the Fire Department suggested alternate stage arrangements, Powell says, none of them were viable. Placing the stage with its back to the Elk or Italia Trattoria would undercut the exact businesses paying to put the event on.

Holding the event in nearby Coeur d’Alene Park wouldn’t work either.

“We can’t sell alcohol in Coeur d’Alene Park,” Powell says. “And that means we can’t make money.”

So Powell petitioned his elected representatives, like Stuckart, for help. Stuckart reached out to the fire chief. The fire marshal dug deeper into the code.

“They found a loophole,” Powell says.

Cannon Street is short enough that, even

while blocked by the Elkfest stage, fire trucks can still access each building. The three-story building nearest to the Elkfest stage was outfitted with sprinklers. Those facts gave the fire marshal room to be a little more flexible.

“We can make it work. It’s not optimal, but it is acceptable,” Miller says. “I was able to use a little bit of latitude that the code allows me.”

To Cortright, it’s an example of the way the city seeks to strike a balance between entertainment and public safety.

But Stuckart, frustrated with the way the fire-code ruling was initially handled, suggests that a mentality at the city needs to change. He’s been irritated with the fire marshal’s decisions elsewhere, including the mandate to shut down the fire pit at Riverfront Park’s ice ribbon, until safety upgrades could be installed.

“I think it’s a people problem, versus a code problem. I think we need people who are problem solvers.”

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“It depends on if people think the world is black and white — or are there gray areas?”

Stuckart says. “I think it’s a people problem, versus a code problem. I think we need people who are problem solvers.”

After all, it’s not just the fire code that has created problems for Elkfest.

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Powell has the printouts of last year’s Police Department Compstat data in his hands. Compared to the week before and the week after, crime last year actually went down during Elkfest.

That’s one reason why he bristles at being asked to pay for four police officers, on top of his two private security officers, to be present at the event. Last year, the city requested Elkfest pay for the police, but didn’t mandate it. This year, they’re insisting on it.

“We should have added police, probably several years ago,” Cortright says. “We let it go longer than we should have. We probably should have stepped in sooner.”

It isn’t just serious crime that the city is concerned with deterring, she points out. It’s the nuisances.

“We’ve seen an increase over the years of reports of lewd conduct. Neighbors reporting after the event of people urinating or defecating in their alleyways, of trampling their flowers, their yards. People just lose self-respect,” Cortright says. “Last year we had a report from an attendee about the pervasive amount of pot smoke.”

Powell sits at a table toward the back of the Spokane City Council briefing room Friday, observing as city administrators, police officers and councilmembers debate the rules governing when an event has to pay for extra police officers and when it doesn’t.

For example, the music and art festival Terrain has an estimated 10,000 people walk through its doors — double the approximate size of Elkfest — but the group has never had to pay for extra police presence. There are a lot of factors the Police Department considers, including the location and prior history of the event.

“We know that some musical events actually require no police attention whatsoever,” Spokane Police Maj. Eric Olsen says. “Other musical events will require a heavy police presence, because of the type of audience the event attracts and the type of behavior the musical event incurs.”

In other words, in an example that Councilwoman Karen Stratton offered, an Ozzy Osbourne concert might require a bit more police presence than a John Denver concert.

But if the standards aren’t clear, objective and content-neutral, the city of Spokane could face legal problems. In 1992, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Forsyth County, Georgia, was violating the First Amendment by charging different permit fees to different groups, instead of establishing clear standards unconnected to political views or anticipated audience reaction.

LETTERS Right now, Stuckart sees Send comments to considerable inconsistencies, editor@inlander.com. noting that events deemed to be “regionally significant” receive a discount. Bloomsday and Hoopfest, for example, are only charged for 40 percent of their police presence — the Police Department pays for the other 60 percent out of the SPD budget.

The Lilac Parade isn’t charged anything.

“It’s unfair to say that the Lilac Parade is ‘regionally significant,’ so they don’t have to pay,” Stuckart says.

Massive, already-successful events don’t need as much help, he argues. It’s the smaller ones that still have a positive impact on the neighborhood that could be harmed.

“We don’t want to overprice them out of their community,” Stuckart says. “To charge $5,000 for a police service can be a burden on them so they don’t put on the event anymore.”

He asks the Police Department how much the council needs to add to their budget to prevent the rules from killing events.

“Quite frankly, I think we need to be doing more events where we close streets and celebrate everybody and have big parties,” he says. n danielw@inlander.com

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SPOKANE SYMPHONY’S 73rd SEASON IS THE LAST FOR MUSIC DIRECTOR ECKART PREU The Spokane Symphony announced its performance schedule for the 2018-19 season, which includes 10 classical concerts and several other special events. For the symphony’s long-time music director, ECKART PREU, this will be the 15th and final season. Preu (pictured) is scheduled to conduct five of the classics concerts. The five finalists to take over when he leaves will conduct the remaining five. Other programs on the books this year include Haunted Hallows: The Music of Harry Potter, The Nutcracker Ballet and broadway actor and musician Michael Cavanaugh in “The Music of Billy Joel.” (MITCH RYALS)

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SPOKANE’S PLANNING DIRECTOR OUSTED Spokane Planning Director LISA KEY was hired because her predecessor, Scott Chesney, was ousted. But now, Key (pictured) herself has been ousted in a sudden reorganization. City Council members were informed by Dawn Kinder, who replaced Jonathan Mallahan as the head of the Neighborhood and Business Services after Mallahan took a job with Catholic Charities. In an email to council members last Tuesday, Kinder argued that reorganizational changes would help make neighborhood services better aligned with planning, code enforcement and parking services. But doing that meant reducing three department heads to two, resulting in Key’s layoff. Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart and City Councilwoman Karen Stratton strenuously objected to the layoff, warning that it could put much of the recent progress the city’s made in peril. (DANIEL WALTERS)

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Cleaning Up History Will the so-called Father of Spokane be scrubbed from a neighborhood park? Plus, a new DUI court FROM FOUNDER TO FISH David Browneagle of Back in 2014, Spokane city founder JAMES GLOVER’S controversial past resulted in his name being rejected as the title for a new city plaza. Now, the same thing’s likely to happen to a historical park bearing Glover’s name.

Last week, the Peaceful Valley Neighborhood Council unanimously passed a resolution requesting that Glover Field, the marmot-packed ball field beside the Peaceful Valley Community Center, be renamed “Red Band Park.”

The recommendation will be sent to the Spokane Park Board for final approval.

James Glover, the first white settler in the Spokane area, was perhaps the most important person responsible for founding Spokane. He had a reputation for generosity. But he also had considerable ugly pieces in his legacy.

Several years after Glover divorced his wife, calling her “wholly impotent, barren and incapable of reproduction,” he committed her to an insane asylum.

“He divorced his wife; she’s buried out at Eastern State Hospital in an unmarked grave,” Stuckart said in 2014. “Is that somebody we want to honor as a city?”

The renaming proposal was sparked by comments from Spokane Indians Senior Vice President Otto Klein,

the Spokane Tribe, and several parks department employees as the field was being restored last fall.

Bill Forman, Peaceful Valley Neighborhood Council president, says his support for the renaming was less about the controversy surrounding Glover and more about celebrating the redband trout that spawn Spokane city founder James Glover nearby.

“It’s a cool idea to recognize the fish that spawn adjacent to that park,” Forman says. “I like the whole natural history idea… ‘Glover Field’ didn’t really appeal to me.”

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The city of Spokane recently began a new effort to address chronic drunk drivers. The Spokane Municipal

DUI COURT launched in January and aims to direct those who are repeatedly arrested for driving under the influence into treatment, rather than a jail cell.

“The theory, like other therapeutic courts, is to do intensive supervision in lieu of jail, and get to the crux of the problem as opposed to just warehousing people,” says Judge Tracy Staab, who presides over the DUI court.

The court requires intense supervision, treatment and drug testing throughout the five-phase program. Each person wears a bracelet that can detect whether they drink alcohol and will alert a probation officer. Participants also submit to frequent random drug tests.

The court secured a grant to help participants pay for the bracelets, random urinalysis testing and bus passes, Staab says.

Participants also get a mental health evaluation and could be required to participate in cognitive behavioral therapy, says Hans Horstketter, the court’s probation officer. The program is tailored to fit the individual needs of each participant.

“It’s all about ending the cycle of drinking and driving. It’s behavioral change,” Horstketter says.

In addition to the judge, a probation officer, the DUI Court team includes a prosecutor, a public defender, a WSU researcher, a treatment provider and two Spokane police officers, who visit participants at home.

The entire program takes at least 18 months to complete and in the end can result in less jail time for those who graduate. To qualify for the court, generally a person has to have two or three DUIs within seven years, or is accused of other crimes fueled by drugs or alcohol. There are currently only a handful of participants, Horstketter says, as the program is still in its infancy.

But he anticipates that the court will grow each month.

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Scenes from the walkout at Lewis and Clark High School.

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s hundreds of students spilled out of the front doors of Lewis and Clark High School on Wednesday, March 14, even the student who organized the walkout was surprised.

“This is a lot bigger than I expected it to be,” said Fiona Whitver, a senior at LC. Yet the walkout was just one of many in the region and across the country honoring the victims of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting last month. It lasted 17 minutes, one for each of the 17 victims of the shooting. Area high schools like Mead, Shadle, East Valley, Gonzaga Prep, Rogers, Ferris, Coeur d’Alene and Freeman — which in October experienced a shooting of its own — participated.

Younger students at Sacajawea Middle School and Wilson Elementary School also took part, demanding action for an end to gun violence in the United States.

“This is my first year of high school.

I’ve already felt a lot of the stress that comes with being in high school and one

of those stresses should not be, ‘Am I going to get shot today?’” says 15-yearold Larke Schaff, a student at Lewis and Clark.

It won’t be the last student-led demonstration against gun violence. A group of students from local high schools have a “March for Our Lives” planned for Saturday, March 24, that will lead students through the streets of Spokane.

And then, on the anniversary of the Columbine shooting on Friday, April 20, there will be another walkout protesting gun violence.

Ellary Lockwood, another LC student charged with organizing the March for Our Lives, says she and other students want to put pressure on lawmakers.

“We want to continue putting pressure on legislation,” Lockwood says. “This march is focused at a federal level, but at a state level too we want to make sure we have safety with our guns.”

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‘Ornery Old Cuss’ Sally Jackson’s been making people laugh for decades, and she finally brought her act to the stage

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ith kids, grandkids and great-grandkids regularly rolling through Sal Jackson’s Spokane Valley home, it’s not unusual for the lovable grandma to leave the door unlocked.

“I tell them, ‘Leave the lights on, and leave the door open in case George Clooney wants to come in,’” Jackson says with a big smile, sitting in her sunny living room on a recent Saturday afternoon. “And then I’m thinkin’ maybe I should say turn the lights out. In pitch black I’m not bad. When it’s light, it’s pretty frightening.”

The 86-year-old says a night with the hunky actor is next on her bucket list, since she was recently able to check another big item off her list: stand-up comedy.

At the end of February, Jackson took to the Spokane Comedy Club for her first-ever open mic, and with more than 100 friends and family members in the audience supporting her, the venue let her burn the light as long as she wanted. A 15-minute video of Jackson’s performance, posted by one of her grandchildren, quickly gained more than 14,000 views on Facebook, though the video has since been removed.

“They were cutting some people off Facebook with it because I dropped the F-bomb,” Jackson says. “I forgot to read the old lady manual on what’s acceptable language when you’re 86.”

Someone send George Clooney this woman’s phone number.

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From the start of Jackson’s hilarious set, still preserved on YouTube, it’s clear that, as she puts it, she’s an “ornery old cuss.”

“A few years ago a reporter said, ‘At your age, do you exercise?’” Jackson says, looking out at the crowd, the stage’s brick background behind her. “I says, ‘Hell yes I exercise! Every morning when I wake up, I roll over in bed, I do a push up, and if there’s no goddamn coffin lid I’m out the door!’”

With plenty of jokes about growing old and the ways her body has changed, Jackson has the crowd roaring with laughter. There’s a bit about needing a semitruck if she’s gonna haul ass, and another about using her old stripper pole to get out of bed in the morning.

“Living this long, you have to have a sense of humor,” she says from her armchair at home. “You can either look at life and see the bad side or you can look and see the funny side.”

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utside her house, she’s currently flying a pirate flag.

Jackson was the chair of the local Democratic Party for many years, and the flag is her protest against Donald Trump’s presidency.

“I don’t acknowledge him as president,” Jackson says. ...continued on next page

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Sally Jackson speaking at the 2017 Women’s March in Spokane.

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Jackson started an after-school intramural girls’ basketball league and students wound up regularly hanging around her office.

“The kids and I ended up having a great rapport,” she says.

“Teachers were afraid to stay after school, but I’ve always been too stupid to be afraid.”

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hroughout their 57 years together, she and Ron would often play off each other as a comic duo, swapping roles as straight man and comedian, to the joy of their family and the many children whose lives they touched.

“I lost my husband to Parkinson’s,” Jackson says. “I adored him. He was a professional baseball player and he was so funny. …

It was great being married to him because we just both thought fast and both thought funny.”

Though the comedy club has asked if she’d like to come back, Jackson says she’s not sure if she can make any commitments — she’s just happy to wake up every morning. She’d like to live to be 100, but realizes she’s got no control over it.

“The kids are trying to feed me all this damn health food. I said, ‘Hell, I’m 86 and still alive, I must eat healthy enough,’” Jackson says with a laugh. “God I hate health food. They cook healthy stuff now that I never even heard of. I said, ‘If you can’t put gravy on it, I don’t want it.’”

Whether or not she makes it up onstage again, Jackson says she had a wonderful time, and she doesn’t plan to stop cracking jokes.

“I guess I’m just a happy person,” she says. “If your goal in life is to be kind to people and to make ’em happy, and you achieve that goal often, it just gives you a good, good feeling.” n

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“I’m in no man’s land.”

It’s a friendly no man’s land, though, as 700 community kids roll through the property each summer to take swim lessons from Jackson in the pool she built 50 years ago. She’s been teaching even longer than that.

A few years ago, a woman stopped her at the store.

“She said, ‘You know, you taught me, you taught my kids, you taught my grandkids, and in two years, I’m bringing you my greatgrandson,’” Jackson says. “Isn’t that something?”

Born in the Valley, Jackson remembers not having electricity or running water until she was 5 and recalls when Pines was a dirt road. Between her political work, teaching swimming, coaching baseball, teaching P.E. and serving as a guardian ad litem through the court system, she’s become something of a community celebrity over the years.

Though her stand-up routine was a first, much of her life has been spent trying to make other people happy, especially children.

“I’ve had such a good wonderful life, honey. I’ve tried to cram everything I can cram into it, and I still do,” Jackson says. “And it’s mostly things I want to achieve helping people. That gives me really deep, deep, deep happiness.”

When she and her late husband Ron first married, they lived in West Oakland, where she taught in a mostly black school. That’s where she says she got her social conscience.

“I saw what it was like for kids not to have dreams, for kids not to have role models to inspire them,” she says. “And it was rough, because the kids didn’t trust. Rightfully so. But slowly, but surely, the kids got to trust me.”

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FUNNY, PERIOD. I’m a sucker for anything historical, especially works that lean feminist. And while Comedy Central’s Another Period is at least (kind of?) one of these, it’s also the opposite of my all-time favorite series, Downton Abbey. Now airing its third season, Another Period is the raunchy, Americanized version of Downton, but instead of fighting for women’s liberation á la Sybil Crawley, the daft and entitled Bellacourt sisters Beatrice and Lillian (showrunners Natasha Leggero and Riki Lindhome) are determined to maintain the status quo of their pampered, wealthy lives.

With a regular cast of familiar names, and plenty of fun cameos, this show is the Downton Abbeymeets-Keeping Up with the Kardashians satirical escape we all deserve. (CHEY SCOTT)

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’ve always loved reading. Throughout childhood, I devoured books in rapid succession, eager to get to the end and move on to the next title on my shelf. Time was nearly limitless, and books were a consistent answer to boredom and loneliness as a kid living in a rural area.

Back then, I read endlessly without much judgement, while sticking to genres I’d grown fond of early on.

I don’t distinctly recall deeply disliking any books I read.

Not anymore.

Now, I’m lucky if I read more than two books in a month. (The average American reads 12 a year, according to Pew). My reading list perpetually grows, but between other interests and the responsibilities of adulthood, time to get lost in another world is scarce. As such, I now

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choose titles carefully, reading reviews, talking to friends and sticking to authors whose work I know.

But even this rigorous vetting has proven itself unreliable in many instances. (It’s the same with films, TV, games and other forms of consumable entertainment.)

When, and why, did I become so picky? Am I really a book snob? Or just a well-read adult with more discerning tastes?

While I never before would have thought of setting down a book until the last word of the last page, I’ve done so several times lately, even returning a brieflystarted ebook on my Kindle. The act makes me feel guilty — like I didn’t give an author enough of a chance to hook me, or that I wasn’t opening my mind enough to want to read something outside of my fall-back genres.

Now I find “book-quitting” a thing of freedom.

I accept that it’s not me being a literary “snob,” or a bad friend if I don’t like a book someone told me they thought I would. Everyone has different tastes, and criteria for their time’s value.

I recently read an article published last year on Literary Hub headlined “How Many Books Will You Read Before You Die?” According to this, as a 30-year-old female with a self-proclaimed “voracious” reading level, I’ll read approximately 2,800 more books in my remaining projected lifespan.

See? There’s little time left — certainly not enough to waste it reading something I don’t enjoy. n

TRUE STORIES? Maybe you tolerate your rock stars behaving badly. Maybe you’ve even come to expect it.

For some musicians, it comes with the territory, and the stories can sound so fantastically depraved as to be unbelievable. Did Jerry Lee Lewis kill his fifth wife and get away with it?

How did influential soul singer Sam Cooke, “Mr. Wonderful,” come to be shot dead by a motel manager? And we know punk rocker Sid Vicious died of a heroin overdose. But did his mother actually deliver the fatal hotshot? Jake Brennan, host of a new true crime podcast, Disgraceland, recounts each of these stories in a compelling, across-the-bar style that’s fitting of the icons at their center. (MITCH RYALS)

SEA OF THIEVES Avast ye scallywags, Sea of Thieves launched on Xbox One on Monday night. And it. Is. AMAZING. Trading complex story structure and detail-oriented graphics for simple, playable swashbuckling fun, Sea of Thieves has plundered my heart with an immersive and visually striking atmosphere. Everything in the game is manual, from unfurling the sails to steering your sloop, dropping your anchor and exploring the many uninhabited islands on foot. Get the game for free with the Xbox Game Pass, a sort of Netflix-like service that costs $10 a month. Make sure you cancel your weekend plans in advance. (QUINN WELSCH)

FOR FILM FANS If you’re a world cinema buff and aren’t subscribed to FilmStruck already, get on it. The streaming service (filmstruck.com), which boasts a vast selection of international and arthouse movies, recently acquired more than 600 titles from the Warner Bros. archives.

Among the classics added to the site: Citizen Kane, Casablanca, Singin’ in the Rain and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? It’s a one-stop film history primer. A monthly fee of $10.99 lets you stream FilmStruck’s complete library, including hundreds of films from the Criterion Collection. (NATHAN WEINBENDER)

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CULTURE | MARCH MADNESS

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The Zags find their path in this year’s March Madness easier than in the past

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treaks have become commonplace for the Gonzaga Bulldogs.

Only Kansas, Duke and Michigan State have longer active NCAA Tournament streaks than Gonzaga’s current run of 20 straight. Last Thursday’s 68-64 win over UNC-Greensboro was Gonzaga’s 10th-consecutive win in the tournament’s opening round. On Saturday, with a 90-84 win over Ohio State, the Bulldogs advanced to their fourth-straight Sweet 16.

“We’ve got two guys in [Josh] Perkins and Silas [Melson] that have made it to four-straight second weekends,” head coach Mark Few said. “I don’t know how many players in college basketball can say they’ve been part of four-straight second weekends.

I know there’s obviously some, but that’s got to be some elite company.”

Elite indeed, with another win at least.

Gonzaga plays Florida State on Thursday with a trip to the Elite Eight on the line. The Zags made it to, and ultimately beyond, the Elite Eight last season. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves just yet. This tournament has been filled with upsets, after all.

The Zags, a 4 seed, have been the favorite in each of their two games to date.

That will be the case on Thursday as well, though it wasn’t supposed to be that way.

Gonzaga’s opponent in the Sweet 16 will be the 9-seed Seminoles of Florida State. The

Seminoles upset top-seeded Xavier on SunXavier and North Carolina, the top day to earn their trip to the tournament’s two seeds in the West Region, have already second weekend. been eliminated. Michigan, a 3-seed, is the With a 22-11 record on the season, and best remaining team standing between Gona 9-9 mark in Atlantic Coast Conference zaga and the Final Four. The Wolverines play, the Seminoles are, on paper, a far needed a buzzer-beating three-pointer over better draw for Gonzaga than the 29-win, the weekend to avoid defeat themselves.

Big East Conference champion Musketeers It makes Gonzaga’s final-minute would’ve been. comeback in the opening round seem like a Florida State just took down that Big cakewalk by comparison.

East champion, though, and did so with This madness isn’t contained to the some ferocious athleticism. The Seminoles West Region, though. In fact, it’s even more are long and they are strong. That said, so insane elsewhere. Namely, in the South is Gonzaga.

Region.

Both Gonzaga and Florida State are The Virginia Cavaliers, the top-seeded strong teams with solid offenses — though team in the south, lost by 20 points in the Gonzaga’s is considerably more opening round to 16-seeded efficient — that like to play an University of Maryland-BaltiGonzaga plays up-tempo style. Sounds like more County Retrievers. That Florida State Thursday a recipe for a high-scoring, region isn’t just without its top at 7:07 pm on TBS Hollywood-style game. Fitting, seed, it’s missing its top four. since the game will be played in Cincinnati, Tennessee and AriLos Angeles. zona all lost over the weekend. And that’s Should the Zags avoid the upset, they’ll good news for Gonzaga, too. be back in the Elite Eight for the fourth The winner of the South Region faces time in program history and third time the winner of the West Region in the Final since 2015.

Four. Should 4-seed Gonzaga win the West, In seasons like 2004, 2009, 2013 and they’d match up with either 5-seed Ken2015, Gonzaga had Final Four potential but tucky, 7-seed Nevada, 9-seed Kansas State fell short against tough competition. This or 11-seed Loyola-Chicago. year, when the Zags are talented enough After all the years of early exits and to make it without any help, they’ve been painful losses, it’s about time this program gifted an uncommonly easy path. was given an easy road in March. n

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hen we started a weekly newspaper, we always knew we had to do a reader’s poll, a staple of urban weeklies across the nation. On April 6, 1994, we published our first Best of the Inland Northwest issue — only our 25th issue, weighing in at a whopping 32 pages. Today you’re holding Inlander Issue No. 1269 here during our 25th anniversary year, with 132 pages for your reading pleasure.

It’s always fun to crack open an old Inlander and take a peek. Amazingly, many winners in 2018 were already ensconced in our collective notion of excellence back in 1994. Dick’s, Auntie’s and Riverfront Park are all winners this year and were winners then as well. Other 1994 winners live on only in the mists of our memory, like Harry O’s, Swackhammer’s and T.W. Fisher’s brewery.

We concluded that first Best Of with this question: What’s the best thing the Inland Northwest doesn’t have yet? Your answers then provided a clear marker of how far we’ve come since. “The north-south freeway,” “open minds,” “a new coliseum,” “civic pride” (aka “our inferiority complex about Seattle”) and “a classy after-Symphony restaurant” were a few of your answers.

Well, the freeway’s funded, minds are more open (I believe), the Spokane Arena is enjoyed by all (especially Garth Brooks), civic pride is on the rise (Spokane doesn’t suck) and we have multiple “classy” options for after the Symphony or any cultural event. Check, check, check, check and check.

Thanks to all of you who voted. We hope you enjoy another edition of our annual here’swhat-makes-this-place-so-great issue!

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Cascadia caters to both omnivores and vegans; the bean-and-beet burger and the chicken sandwich are pictured above.

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BEST NEW RESTAURANT OPENED IN 2017-18

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t didn’t take Cascadia Public House long to establish itself as a favorite new spot for both North Spokane’s Five Mile neighborhood residents and folks living a little further afield.

Less than a year after debuting to the local dining scene on May 4, 2017, Cascadia has nabbed the coveted designation as the best new eatery to arrive in our evergreen region during the past year.

“It’s exceeded expectations of what we could have initially anticipated,” says restaurant co-owner Jordan Smith. “The response from the community — we have so many reviews every week, at least seven to 10 reviews a week where people just want to tell us how great their experience was. That makes us feel so good to deliver the vision and mission of how we want people to feel when they come in to the restaurant.”

Smith and Cascadia’s four other partners, Justin Oliveri, Johnny Oliveri, Louis Oliveri and Rob Hatch,

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credit some of that success and these positive connections with diners to the fact that, on any given day, at least one of the five owners is usually working on site. And despite there being so many figurative cooks in the kitchen, Smith says everyone gets along well, and each has taken on specific duties in operating the restaurant.

Cascadia’s popularity not only stems from its welcoming, neighborhood feel, but its diverse menu offering scratch-cooked food for all diets, from omnivores to vegans. Each dish is made using ingredients carefully sourced from within the Cascadia bioregion of the Pacific Northwest, which includes Washington, Oregon and parts of Idaho, Montana and Northern California.

In its first year of business so far, Cascadia has expanded its menu offerings that cater to vegans, who’ve found a new go-to in the restaurant, thanks to an otherwise lacking presence of vegan food in this pocket of Spokane. Smith says the split between vegan and non-vegan

menu items is about 35-65 percent.

“We try and have something for all types, you can have someone gluten-free, dairy-free and two vegans and two meat-and-potatoes type people, and everyone can get something they really enjoy,” he explains.

Cascadia serves lunch and dinner daily, along with Sunday brunch from 9 am-noon. The restaurant offers family-friendly seating and a kids’ menu, as well as craft cocktails and 16 beer taps, the majority of which feature rotating craft beers from Pacific Northwest breweries.

“We’re so thankful for everyone supporting us this first year,” Smith says. “We’ve grown so much and learned a lot about the business, and it’s been so much fun.”

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BEST BURGERS

WISCONSINBURGER

The Inland Northwest is rich in delicious hamburgers, and this South Hill favorite manages to stick out from the crowd with its fresh-ground beef done daily on-site, creative array of ever-changing “grind of the week” special burgers and a cool vibe in which to chow down with a tasty beverage. There are always arguments about the “best” of an American classic, but Inlander readers have spoken and they love Wisconsinburger — this is their fourth straight win in this category. (DN) 2nd PLACE: D’Lish’s; 3rd PLACE: Waddell’s; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Hudson’s Hamburgers, Coeur d’Alene

BEST ITALIAN FOOD

TOMATO STREET

To win a category like “Best Italian Food,” you need to deliver the goods in the kitchen, for sure, but a friendly environment for diners doesn’t hurt, and Tomato Street handles its business at both its brick ovens and the front of the house. From fresh soups and salads to pizzas to old-school classics like Chicken Parmigiana and Manila Clams with Angel Hair, there’s something for everyone at Tomato Street’s three locations. (DN) 2nd PLACE: Luigi’s; 3rd PLACE: The Italian Kitchen

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BEST MEXICAN FOOD

RANCHO CHICO

When I was a new transplant to Spokane, in search of quality Mexican food, several people pointed me to Rancho Chico’s two locations, and clearly our readers agree. From mole to chile verde, tacos to fajitas, Rancho Chico tackles their traditional Mexican fare with flavorful style, and it doesn’t hurt that they know their way around a mean margarita. (DN) 2nd PLACE: Azteca; 3rd PLACE: De Leon Foods

BEST BARBECUE

LONGHORN BARBECUE

When folks in the Inland Northwest get a hankerin’ for some juicy, Southern-style, home-cooked flavors, they most likely make the choice to head to one of the Longhorn Barbecue’s two area locations, in Spokane Valley and Airway Heights. At both of the barbecue pit houses, you’ll find plenty of lip-smackin’ options, including its famous Texas-style chili “done right.” Longhorn originally got its start in Houston, after all. (CS) 2nd PLACE: Outlaw BBQ & Catering Market; 3rd PLACE: Chicken N More; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Famous Willie’s BBQ, Post Falls

Longhorn’s Texas chili.

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BEST CATERER

LONDON’S ULTIMATE CATERING

For more than a decade, London’s Ultimate Catering has been the first choice of brides, local businesses and party organizers alike. From its kitchen at Riverside Place in downtown Spokane, London’s prepares its visually appetizing dishes using seasonally and locally grown ingredients whenever possible. To ensure food served at all of its clients’ events is served fresh, London’s culinary team adds the finishing touches to each dish on site with its mobile kitchen approach. (CS) 2nd PLACE: Beacon Hill Catering and Events; 3rd PLACE: Couple of Chefs; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Black Tie Catering, Post Falls

BEST DESSERT

SWEET FROSTINGS

If you want to treat a girl right on her birthday, do as my guy did and order two dozen of Sweet Frostings’ cupcakes (two of each rotating flavor in the case that day) and have them surprisedelivered to her office. (Thanks, sweetie!) The entire staff will be glad you did, and no matter what delectable flavor everyone ends up with, they’ll all be happy and feel like it’s their special day, too.

Because, truly — who doesn’t love a cupcake!? (CS) 2nd PLACE: Dockside Restaurant at the Coeur d’Alene Resort; 3rd PLACE: Just American Desserts

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BEST FINE DINING

CLINKERDAGGER

With its sweeping, year-round views of the downtown skyline and the Spokane River (and covetable deck seating in the warmer months), paired with consistent quality of menu and presentation, there’s a reason locals choose Clinkerdagger as the spot to celebrate their most special and romantic occasions. A reputation so favorable is hard to come by these days, yet Clinkerdagger has definitely proven itself to its many loyal customers after more than 45 years and counting. (CS) 2nd PLACE: Churchill’s Steakhouse; 3rd PLACE: Wild Sage; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Beverly’s, Coeur d’Alene

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BEST ICE CREAM

BRAIN FREEZE CREAMERY

From its catchy marketing campaigns to its proprietary “Flavor Alert System” and the annual “People’s Flavor Awards,” Brain Freeze truly is the creamery for the people of the Inland Northwest. (Feel free to steal this slogan for your next campaign, guys.) With so many flavors (they literally have hundreds in their recipe book) to choose from on any given day or time of the year, thankfully Brain Freeze’s friendly employees are patient and well-trained in the art of flavor samplings.

And, no matter how weirdly picky you are about ice cream (yes, this is a real thing and, yes, I am one of those people: chocolate is king; nuts are the enemy), Brain Freeze surely has something for every taste and craving. (CS) 2nd PLACE: The Scoop; 3rd PLACE: Mary Lou’s Milk Bottle; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Roger’s Ice Cream & Burgers, CdA

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BEST FINE DINING, 1994-95

PATSY CLARK’S RESTAURANT

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n the 1980s and 1990s, Patsy Clark’s Mansion was the place to be. Even President George H.W. Bush thought so, when he ordered a steak and wine at Patsy Clark’s Restaurant with former House Speaker Tom Foley in 1989.

In 1995, it was no surprise that it won Best Fine Dining in the Inlander’s annual Best Of issue. “That old Browne’s Addition favorite Patsy Clark’s won this category for the second year straight,” the Inlander wrote at the time. “They aren’t resting on their laurels, though, they’ve just changed their menu for the first time since they opened.”

The mansion is the former home of mining baron Patrick Francis Clark in the 1800s. It operated as a hotel and restaurant until the 1970s, when a partnership of three men, including Tony Anderson — the developer of the Spokane Flour Mill — purchased the building and opened it as a fancy, romantic restaurant in 1982. They wanted to make it a restaurant that even Clark would be proud of.

In its heyday, it was the most popular upscale restaurant in the city while retaining the character the building had in its earliest days. But in 2002, it closed down, facing declining business. The space was sold to a

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BLAST FROM THE PAST law firm, Eymann, Allison, Fennessy, Hunter and Jones.

They bought it because it was rumored that it might get stripped down otherwise.

“We wanted to save the building,” says Richard “Dick” Eymann, an attorney with the law firm.

They made restorations worth more than $1 million, Eymann says, turning it into what it is now. Upstairs,

there are law offices. And downstairs, it’s returned to the way it was as a home. It’s still a popular destination for Spokanites, and it hosts catering events. Some visitors even remember when it was a restaurant.

“People come in all the time and say, ‘I had dinner here once,’” Eymann says.

— WILSON CRISCIONE

BEST FOOD EVENT/FESTIVAL

PIG OUT IN THE PARK

Pig Out’s feast for the senses.

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BEST PATIO DINING

TWIGS BISTRO & MARTINI BAR

Grab your sunglasses, pull up a chair and share a toast with friends (during happy hour!) this spring/summer on readers’ favorite patio — or rather, patios — to drink and dine upon. Three of the four Spokane-area Twigs boast outdoor dining on expansive patios that offer a pleasant mix of sun and shade. We guess you could consider the River Park Square Twigs location’s soaring catwalk seating area as something of a patio, too, considering the spectacular views offered of downtown Spokane’s twinkling streets. (CS) 2nd PLACE: Clinkerdagger; 3rd PLACE: Central Food; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: The Cedars Floating Restaurant, Coeur d’Alene

A week would ideally allow you to try all of the options Pig Out’s caravan of kiosks offer, but good luck. Azar’s selection of baba ganoush and falafels will sideline you for a day. Oh, you think you’re above ordering massive grilled cheeses a second time? Good luck landing on just one of the barbeque joints out there on the lawn. Does Mary Lou’s and that nitrous miracle dessert back-to-back count as a meal? (TC) 2nd PLACE: Epicurean Delight, INBC; 3rd PLACE: Crave NW; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Mac & Cheese Festival, Coeur d’Alene

BEST BREAKFAST

FRANK’S DINER

A Tour de Spokane must include a morning inside this little train car. The wait and the chance of sitting next to the mannequin conductor is well worth it, especially once you take your first bite of their blueberry muffin, French toast or spicy Creole benedict. Their conventional options are great too, just make sure you have enough space to put down their heaping portions. (TC) 2nd PLACE: The Cottage Cafe; 3rd PLACE: The Yards; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Garnet Cafe, Coeur d’Alene

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NORTH IDAHO’S BEST BBQ

FAMOUS WILLIE’S

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amous Willie’s is going to need to replace their old slogan: “We know we are not ‘the best,’ but we are the best we know!”

Yet even Inlander voters can’t sway the innate humility of Famous Willie’s owners, Willie and Debbie Spradley. Ask them what makes them great? “Her pies,” says Willie without hesitation (he swoons over her buttermilk pie), while his wife, Debbie, says it’s the meat that Willie smokes out back of the Post Falls restaurant and the Southern hospitality in their service.

Either way, diners can’t get enough of the Texas-style barbecue: ribs, pork shoulder, chicken, sausage and their ultra-popular brisket.

People love their sides, too, all house-made, from chili beans and corn to coleslaw and baked potatoes.

It’s not been an easy road, says Willie, who has a way of talking that always sounds like a smile. “We almost starved to death the first two years,” says Willie, who decided to open a barbecue place in 2010 after moving to the area and realizing that for locals, barbecue

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meant hot dogs and hamburgers.

Now they’re packing the cozy place, which is decorated with an eclectic mix of Western memorabilia — a giant set of Texas longhorns, painted sawblades, horseshoes, old signs — and examples of famous people named Willie.

A new addition to the place is Cajun food, like crawfish and shrimp étouffée, gumbo and Cajun-smoked meats. Cajun cooking is another facet of his background, says Willie, whose parents taught him to cook and who instilled in him an appreciation for using the whole animal.

Barbecue, explains Willie, is from the word barbacoa, meaning nose-to-tail, which is essential to Cajun cooking, which extracts every bit of flavor during the cooking.

So even though they call it ‘“BBQ,” say the Spradleys, it’s really barbecue. However you spell it, it’s plain delicious. Just remember to save room for dessert.

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BEST BURRITOS BEST TACOS

ATILANO’S

Give Atilano’s your hungry, your late-night masses in both Spokane and Coeur d’Alene, yearning to engorge themselves with the perfect heap of burrito to work out and absolve your evening of transgressions. But honestly, your California taco itch can’t be scratched until you order two, three or seven pollo asado tacos with the verde sauce that will keep you coming back. (TC) BEST BURRITOS 2nd PLACE: Sweeto Burrito; 3rd PLACE: Neato Burrito BEST TACOS 2nd PLACE: Borracho Tacos & Tequileria; 3rd PLACE: De Leon Foods

BEST BAKERY

ROCKET BAKERY

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Rocket Bakery is no stranger to this list. It’s definitely not the first time it’s been on here and in all likelihood it won’t be the last. Great pastries. Amazing food. Chill vibes. What else do you need in a local bakery? Founded in 1992, the Spokane-based franchise has seven locations between downtown and Spokane Valley. (QW) 2nd PLACE: Boots Bakery; 3rd PLACE: Sweet Frostings; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Bakery by the Lake, Coeur d’Alene YOUNG KWAK PHOTO

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BEST THAI FOOD

THAI BAMBOO

Thai Bamboo shares many qualities with its most popular dish, pad thai. Pad thai, of course, is the first dish people think of when they want thai food.

And Thai Bamboo, similarly, is the first place locals think of when they’re in that mood, with locations all around Spokane. And like pad thai, you can’t go wrong if you choose Thai Bamboo, with its huge array of menu options that even includes fried bananas. And it’s consistently good, likely the reason it keeps winning this category year after year. (WC) 2nd PLACE: Bangkok Thai; 3rd PLACE: Linnie’s Thai Cuisine

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THE FLYING SARANAC PUBLIC HOUSE GOAT The odds are good that you’ll remember the first time you try the mac and cheese at Saranac Public House. Odds are even better that you’ll reorder it every time you’re back. It’s rich and decadent, made with a five-cheese blend. The vegan option is just as good, swapping out the cheese for a sauce of cashew and soy milk. It’s filling as a main dish, but you also have the option of getting it as a side.

That’s the best of both worlds. (NW) 2ND PLACE: Manito Tap House; 3RD PLACE: Mac Daddy’s Gourmet Grub; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Meltz, Coeur d’Alene

It’s not hard to see why this artisan pizza place has been a go-to Audubon neighborhood destination since opening in 2010. Their Neapolitan-style pies, cooked in a roaring wood-burning oven, work wonders with unexpected toppings: peas, carrots and potatoes on the Walton; asparagus on the Wellington; pears and blue cheese on the Fairview; and coconut curry and cilantro on the D Street. Not even fruit-on-pizza cynics will balk at the sweet caramelized pineapple on the Waikiki pizza. (NW) 2ND PLACE: Veraci Pizza; 3RD PLACE: Fire Artisan Pizza, Spokane and CdA

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BEST SANDWICHES

DOMINI SANDWICHES

It’s no surprise that Domini snatched the sandwich crown for the 24th time this year. The beloved sandwich shop keeps things simple: You choose what kinds of bread, meat and cheese you want.

Mustard and mayo are optional. And that’s it, but we promise you won’t miss the usual sandwich fixings. Your standard Domini sandwich is seriously stacked — even their so-called “tiny” and “small” sandwiches are gut busters — and are served with fresh popcorn. You’ll become a regular for life. (NW) 2ND PLACE: The High Nooner; 3RD PLACE: Caruso’s, Spokane, Valley and CdA

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Yeah, its name might seem a bit strange at first — comedian David Cross even made cracks about it when he performed here in 2016 — but this downtown spot takes its sushi seriously. Their selection of rolls is varied and extensive (you’ve got more than 50 to choose from), and their sashimi, teriyaki bento boxes and noodle dishes are also musts. The warm, inviting atmosphere and friendly service are added benefits. (NW) 2ND PLACE: QQ Sushi and Kitchen; 3RD PLACE: The Wave; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Syringa, Coeur d’Alene

Pho should be at least a little bit of an adventure, and the prices at Pho Van are low enough, and the portions generous enough, that you can afford to take a bit of risk. Go for the full pho dac biet, a soup featuring eye-round steak, lean meat, meatballs and, yes, soft tendons. The tendons just might be the tastiest part.

Mix in the jalapeno peppers into the pho to give the broth an extra zing. (DW) 2nd PLACE: Vina Asian Restaurant; 3rd PLACE: Vien Dong; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Pho Thanh, Coeur d’Alene

A restaurant isn’t just about food, even — or especially — fancy ones. Anthony’s can smoke up a fine fillet of salmon. But the tastiest dish is the view right out the window of their Spokane location: The sun setting over the Spokane Falls, illuminating the frothing waters at night. (DW) 2nd PLACE: Zona Blanca; 3rd PLACE: Cedars Floating Restaurant

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In preparation for this write-up, I went to Churchill’s and ordered a mediumrare rib-eye steak, béarnaise on the side, for the express purpose of researching a few sentences. It was almost entirely worth of it for the crispy, outside sear alone. Steaks this good are rare. Or, at least, medium-rare. (DW) 2nd PLACE: Wolf Lodge Inn, Coeur d’Alene; 3rd PLACE: Spencer’s

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When I wanted to impress a date who’d just spent a year teaching in China, I knew that Panda Express, for all its wonders, wouldn’t cut it. So all the most learned culinary advisors directed me to Gordy’s. She ordered a delectable electric-purple eggplant dish called Yu Xiang Qiezi. That’s right — Gordy’s can make even eggplant delicious. (DW) 2nd PLACE: Red Dragon; 3rd PLACE: Ming Wah; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Syringa, Coeur d’Alene

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Funnyman Casey Strain is the host of the open mic night Guffaw Yourself at Neato Burrito.

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CASEY STRAIN

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is comedy career started seven years ago beneath the Tilt-A-Whirls of Spokane’s meticulously curated junk bar, Zola. Casey Strain entered his first variety show as a comic, not knowing how excruciating 10 minutes on the stage is.

He told a story about pooping his pants while walking home from the bar. His parents were in the crowd. He told jokes about the saving grace that was a newspaper to a barroom audience, typically comprised of business professionals who just want to dance.

“I didn’t know what the hell I was doing or how 10 minutes feels like an eternity if you’ve never done it before,” he says, trying to remember the details of a story he’s not sure he wants everyone to know.

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edented casualness and likability. He’s self-deprecating yet overly confident as he reacts — often in the most peculiar ways — to the world around him. He’s the host of the city’s longest-running open mic night, Guffaw Yourself at Neato Burrito, and can be seen hosting at the Spokane Comedy Club or performing twice a night at open mics across the Inland Northwest.

When he’s not working out new material at open mics, he’s hosting a live recording of his podcast Weed and Whiskey or producing comedy showcases at venues like The Bartlett and the Big Dipper.

“My material has progressed past pooping my pants,” he says, referencing everyday stories about riding the bus or obscure movies from 1987. “Somehow I think I come across sexier than I should. … Maybe readers should pick me as the most eligible bachelor in the poll next year.”

He rolls burritos by day and tells jokes by night, but is the same red-headed man with cherub-like curls and an affinity for dancing. There’s no persona on or off the stage — yet there’s a dedication to his craft. He writes jokes in a small notebook that fits in his pocket. He dedicates hours each week to writing material that will be heard across Spokane’s stages and in bigger markets across the Northwest.

In his back pocket, he has stories about pooping his pants.

“I’ve screwed up a lot and I think it’s funny,” he says.

“I think other people can relate to that on some level.”

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There aren’t many places around town where you can play Galaga, X-Men, Turtles in Time, air hockey, arcade basketball or any number of pinball games (Judge Dredd, Star Wars, Ghost Busters) to your heart’s content (or at least until the quarters run out). But for the second year in a row, Gamers is the No. 1 choice in the Inland Northwest for pre-home-console-era nostalgia.

(MR) 2nd PLACE: Jedi Alliance; 3rd PLACE: Garageland

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Call it a blip, an aberration or a fluke, if you want. But I think what we have here is the beginning of a good ol’ fashion rivalry. This year Hugo’s is back on top, and Lilac slid back into second place. Stay tuned next year, dudes. (MR) 2nd PLACE: Lilac Lanes; 3rd PLACE: Sunset Bowling Center, Coeur d’Alene

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It’s kind of like the Rookie of the Year award. They’re new to the league. They have something to prove, maybe a little swagger. Perhaps a little too much swagger. For the past few years, winners of the Best New Nightspot have gone on to solid sophomore seasons and beyond, including The Bartlett, Durkin’s Liquor Bar, the Observatory and Hogwash Whiskey Den. Now add to the list the craft beer and dog-friendly joint, Community Pint. The taps are rotating constantly. Trivia Wednesday nights. Live music sometimes. (MR) 2nd PLACE: The House of Soul; 3rd PLACE: GeeksNGlory Gaming Bar

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2018 was supposed to be the year Manito Tap House claimed Jordan status. But the elusive sixth Best Of championship (Michael Jordan won six NBA Final championships) has been denied. Frequent contender O’Doherty’s is on top this year. Have a Guinness and a Reuben. Then belt a tune from on top of the bar and they’ll let you tack a dollar to the wall for eternity. (MR) 2nd PLACE: Poole’s Public House; 3rd PLACE (tie): Manito Tap House and The Elk; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Capone’s, Coeur d’Alene

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Since 24 Taps is a sports bar, it’s probably fitting it’s the same as the jersey number of arguably the Northwest’s favorite sports star ever (Ken Griffey Jr., for those keeping track). If “The Kid” did come in, he’d not only like the beer selection, he’d want to try the Washington take on poutine (yum!). And shuffleboard. Who doesn’t like shuffleboard? (SAL) 2nd PLACE: EPIC at Northern Quest; 3rd PLACE: The Swinging Doors; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Capone’s

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The intimacy in the room is staggering. Whether it’s a local act or one of the country’s best indie bands, the brick-and-beam-lined venue gives each of its 150 or so occupants a front-stage view. The venue has been named Best All-Ages Venue and Best Live Music Venue. It’s here where up-and-coming musicians and connoisseurs witness first-hand the glory of live music. It’s here where bands and lifelong love affairs are formed, both real, eventual and imaginary. (JB) BEST ALL-AGES VENUE 2nd PLACE: The Knitting Factory; 3rd PLACE: The Big Dipper BEST LIVE MUSIC VENUE 2nd PLACE: The Knitting Factory; 3rd PLACE: Zola

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Colin Burk (who also hosts at third-place winner Press) has two major rules for his Tuesday-night Backyard trivia: 1. No phones whatsoever during play. 2.

Don’t be a dick. He’ll make the crowd repeat that maxim just to drive home the point. And, really, who cheats at trivia with a phone and yells out answers? Psychopaths, as Burk jokes. “That’s insane behavior for an adult. We don’t stand for it at this establishment,” he warns. With gift certificates (i.e., free booze) for winners on the line, it’s a fair — and necessary — warning. (SAL) 2nd PLACE: Iron Goat; 3rd PLACE: Press; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Moose Lounge, Coeur d’Alene

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Located on the third floor of the River Park Square shopping mall, the AMC Theater is conveniently located in the heart of Spokane for food and drink before or after your movie. The reclining seats are comfortable, spacious and relaxing, the sound is great and chances are you’ll find the movie you’re looking for. What’s not to like? (QW) 2nd PLACE: Garland Theater; 3rd PLACE: Magic Lantern; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Regal Riverstone, Coeur d’Alene

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Maybe it’s because of the basketball hoop. Maybe it’s because of the worn brick walls. There’s just something about nYne’s dance floor that makes you feel limitless, as if you’re back at a high school dance — the one that went really good — and everything in the world is just as it should be. Heart pounding, sweating and alive, all are welcome on the dancefloor at nYne. (JB) 2nd PLACE: Impulse at Northern Quest; 3rd PLACE: The Globe; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Nashville North, Stateline

This late-night local stalwart spins most weekends at nYne, and for good reason. It’s nearly impossible to stay off the dance floor during his set. From St. Patrick’s Day to Halloween to New Year’s parties, this DJ knows how to get the crowd moving and grooving for any occasion. (JB) 2nd PLACE: DJ MC Squared, Borracho; 3rd PLACE: DJ Zeastwood

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The Spokane Comedy Club brings some of the country’s best comedic talent to the Inland Northwest, from the likes of Tim Meadows and Bob Saget to lesser-known (but still hilariously funny) comics. The club offers an up-close experience with artists who would typically sell out huge theaters and gives local personalities the chance to open for some of the biggest names in comedy. (SW) 2nd PLACE: Blue Door Theatre; 3rd PLACE: Comedy Night at the Inn, Coeur d’Alene Best Western Plus

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ack when Kelly’s won our prize for Best Place to Meet Your Cowboy, we regaled the Stateline, Idaho, honkytonk with lines from “Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?” — a monster hit from that era by songstress Paula Cole.

While Cole is somewhere lost in the “where are they now?” dustbin of music history, Kelly’s is back to roaring life as Nashville North, and it’s owned by one of the guys from former owner Kelly Hughes’ band. Jeremy McComb joined Hughes’ crew when he was 16, a fortuitous leap that eventually led McComb to Nashville before Hughes talked his former protégé into a homecoming of sorts in 2014, when McComb and his buddy Bob Kreaman took it over.

Visitors to the current version of what used to be Kelly’s won’t find it so different from 1999.

Located on a desolate stretch of road, the parking lot fills with trucks for raucous nights of line dancing, boot scootin’ and live shows by McCombs as well as regional and touring acts.

A massive dance floor surrounded by bars, seats and pool tables make it a great place for the country-inclined to mingle. As we wrote in 1999, “If you’re a single someone seeking a hot guy in snug Wranglers and a cowboy hat, or a lovely lady in a jean skirt and red cowboy boots,” this could be your kind of place.

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JUNK

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here’s nothing junky about JUNK on Fourth Street. The displays are ahh-dorable from floor-to-ceiling with stuff for your home or workspace, indoors and out, even clothing.

It’s 7,200 square feet of good-smelling space (no musty odor here!) packed full with JUNK’s 30 vendor booths, including Coeur d’Alene Longboards, Westside Salvage, True Love Furniture, Homewreckers and a new clothing spot, Le Bear Boutique.

When people come in, they get inspired, says Megan Eatock, who took over the shop with her fiancée, Matt Bright, in January 2017. The prior owner had created JUNK from another vintage shop, Fray, which was located across from JUNK’s current location and is part of a corridor of thrift, secondhand and vintage shops along Coeur d’Alene’s midtown area.

“We focus on displays, using everyday things in unusual ways,” says Eatock.

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al or pithy sayings, dolls, books and plenty of intriguing, unusual finds.

And, she adds, because the vendors have a good time with the displays, so do shoppers.

Eatock tries to move the displays around a lot to keep the look fresh — current trends include cow-themed artwork and objects, as well as a section of plaid items — and she’s on hand to mentor other vendors as needed.

She says she got into refinishing furniture about six years ago and will be adding classes in a downstairs workspace to help teach others to do the same. There is also a display of DIY-brand paint, like the kind you can use to turn any surface into a chalkboard.

Eatock doesn’t spend near as much time as she used to thrifting or going to estate sales, she says. Because she and Bright are remodeling, she says, they don’t have room for more of what shows up, which she laughingly admits is a good thing.

“Otherwise I’d buy way more,” she says.

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Named after the literary character from How to Kill a Mockingbird, Boo Radley’s is one of Spokane’s most off-the-wall novelty shops. I dare you to try being bored while perusing its array of quirky items. It’s not uncommon to find a mug that might say something like “I drink the blood of my enemies” or a Shakespeare action figure. They’ll leave you begging the age-old question: to buy or not to buy? (AD) 2nd PLACE: Atticus 3rd PLACE: Simply Northwest NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Lucky Monkey, Coeur d’Alene

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The name Figpickel itself conjures up an image of a magical old man, not unlike Geppetto, welcoming kids in to test the latest and greatest models he himself must have engineered. Figpickel’s is precisely the kind of toy store most children dream of getting lost in. It’s the place where toys probably come alive at night. All fantasies aside, the reality is that both parents and progeny are equally charmed with it. (AD) 2nd PLACE: Whiz Kids 3rd PLACE: White Elephant

a new instrument or tuning an old one, Hoffman Music can do all that. It stands out from other music shops with a team who helps with various repairs, while selling new and thrifted instruments with accompanying musical accessories. Parents who have to pay for music lessons will be delighted to find frugally priced instruments that don’t break the bank. (AD) 2nd PLACE: Mark’s Guitar 3rd PLACE: Guitar Center NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Burt’s Music and Sound, Coeur d’Alene

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hether you’re stopping in to pick up the hottest new party game to play on game night, a couple booster packs of Magic: The Gathering, or another Y-Wing for your Star Wars: X-Wing squad, Uncle’s Games’ two Spokane locations have you covered.

For more than four decades, Uncle’s has been serving the local community’s needs for gaming fun of all types. While the online retailerwhich-shall-not-be-named has certainly added another layer of convenience and (sometimes) savings in the tabletop gaming industry, online shoppers won’t get recommendations from an actual person who knows games in and out, as Uncle’s’ staff do, its two Spokane store managers say.

“I feel like we put a lot of effort into trying to add a lot of value for our customers when they come into the store, and that takes on a variety of forms,” says Kyle Kemble, Uncle’s downtown store manager and a partner in ownership of the Spokane-based chain. In addition to locations in downtown Spokane and at the Spokane Valley Mall, Uncle’s has stores in Bellevue, Redmond and Tacoma.

“We have a lot of demo games, and one thing we try hard to do is give people space to play — that really takes on the form of organized events to play and win prizes, but also people who want to play a game on their lunch breaks downtown or at the [Valley] mall,” Kemble continues.

Uncle’s also regularly hosts events for families and homeschool groups, and its Valley store runs a popular after-school board game club at Seth Woodard Elementary.

“The awesome part of that is you go to the schools and talk to parents and kids, and they

come back to the store,” says Valley store manager Jackson Wesley. “It’s great for our business, but gives us a chance to connect with them, too.”

Both of Uncle’s Spokane-area stores offer many of the same products and in-store events (that schedule is always posted on its website, unclesgames.com), but the locally owned company is also able to tweak these services to meet the niche needs of customers at each location, Kemble says.

For example, the Valley store hosts regular Dungeons & Dragons gaming groups, including one for parents and kids, while the downtown store has a well-established group of players who regularly come by to play the various strategy games made by Fantasy Flight Games, including the popular Star Wars: X-Wing miniatures game, among other titles.

Perhaps one of the best perks of stopping into Uncle’s is the chance to test drive a game you’re considering adding to your own collection. Both stores stock a diverse inventory of demo copies, and its employees are happy to share their deep knowledge and love for a variety of board and card games.

“It’s a lot of fun, and when you share what you love with people having a good time, it makes for good days,” Kemble says. “I love seeing people learn and becoming friends. I think that is the huge benefit of working in the game store, being part of various communities of gamers… and getting to know people. It allows for a level of connection and interaction you don’t find in other jobs.”

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Brickyard Barbershop has only been open two years, and this is the second win for Best Barber Shop for owner Chris Banka and his team. Clearly, they’re doing something right at the comfy and hip Monroe Street shop where stopping for a cut or a shave is a pleasure rather than a chore, thanks to the sweet tunes playing, laid-back vibe and the friendly barbers. (DN) 2nd PLACE: The Man Shop 3rd PLACE: (tie) The Barbers; Porter’s NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Clean Cut, Coeur d’Alene

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Auntie’s Bookstore is the kind of dreamy institution that seems to exist only in movies. At once invitingly cozy and vibrantly immense, the iconic independent store turns 40 this year. Auntie’s plays a substantial role in promoting and supporting local authors and frequently provides avid readers with a chance to see and hear from notable contemporaries through seminars and readings. (JS) 2nd PLACE: Barnes & Noble 3rd PLACE: The Well-Read Moose, Coeur d’Alene

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For more than 20 years now, Huckleberry’s has been unmistakably synonymous with natural foods around these parts. Always up to date with what’s going on in the world of organic foods, Huckleberry’s is a great resource for eating conscientiously. They also have an incredible bistro and easily the best beer selection on the lower South Hill. (JS) 2nd PLACE: Trader Joe’s 3rd PLACE: Pilgrim’s, Coeur d’Alene

erything canine, including toys, apparel and food, but also services like grooming and doggy day care. (JS) 2nd PLACE: Prairie Dog Mercantile 3rd PLACE: Urban Canine NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: GoodDog, Coeur d’Alene

HUCKLEBERRY’S YUPPY PUPPY People really love to spoil their pets, and it’s getting everNATURAL easier to go all out for your animal friend. Yuppy Puppy, a local business with locations in downtown and North MARKET Spokane, is a lovingly dog-obsessed, one-stop shop for ev-

BEST PAWN SHOP

PAWN ONE

4,000 Holes keeps plugging along, going on 30 years.

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Few local chains have cemented a brand the way that Pawn One has, and if nothing else, it’s easy to be in awe of how they’ve cornered the market in Eastern Washington.

It’s justifiable. Pawn One prides itself on a culture of sincerity and transparency, and that genuine approach goes a long way when it comes to buying and selling secondhand.

(JS) 2nd PLACE: Double Eagle 3rd PLACE: Axel’s Pawn

BEST RECORD STORE

4,000 HOLES

How’s this for impressive? 4,000 Holes owner Bob Gallagher has managed to keep his local record store healthy and thriving through close to 30 years and at least three major record industrial revolutions. All formats are welcome under Bob’s roof, and you couldn’t ask for a more approachable guy to be in charge of getting you the sounds you need. (JS) 2nd PLACE: The Long Ear, Coeur d’Alene 3rd PLACE: Resurrection Records

SHOPPING BEST FLORIST

LIBERTY PARK FLORIST & GREENHOUSE

Nothing quite gets the point across like flowers, and suffice it to say that local business Liberty Park wins this category most every year for a damn good reason. They’re the real deal, a bar-setting floral shop with 90 years of experience and a gorgeous, fragrant greenhouse. (JS) 2nd PLACE: Appleway Florist 3rd PLACE: Beau K NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Hansen’s Florist, Coeur d’Alene

BEST LOCAL CANNABIS GROWER

PHAT PANDA

With more than 40 strains to offer, Phat Panda continues to be one of the largest I-502 grows not only in Eastern Washington but in the whole state. The farm has grown from 2014 into a supplier throughout the state with its high-quality strains like their Golden Pineapple, a mood elevator with a big aromatic profile and an even bigger THC count. (TC) 2nd PLACE: Fire House Productions 3rd PLACE: Growing Like a Weed (GLW)

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BEST BANK

WASHINGTON TRUST

From helping sponsor community events like Bloomsday, to donating food and raising money for charities around the Pacific Northwest, Washington Trust Bank does a lot more than offer commercial banking to customers in the city where it started (oh hey, Spokane). It’s grown to serve Washington, Oregon and Idaho with more than 40 locations. Maybe that’s why they’ve won so much praise from readers over the years, taking the Best Bank title every year since 2011. (SW) 2nd PLACE: U.S. Bank 3rd PLACE: Banner Bank

BEST CREDIT UNION

STCU

Way back in 1934, members of the Spokane Teachers Credit Union would ring a bell to get service from the Lewis and Clark High School classroom where the member-owned financial institution was started. Now, STCU’s 175,000 members can access their accounts at any time on their cellphones. It’s just one way the credit union has improved as it continues its long-time streak as a reader favorite with this 13th Best Of win. (SW) 2nd PLACE: Numerica Credit Union 3rd PLACE: Horizon Credit Union

BEST FURNITURE

WALKER’S FURNITURE & MATTRESS

With showrooms around Eastern Washington, North Idaho and Northeast Oregon, Spokane-founded Walker’s Furniture & Mattress has grown to be one of the most recognizable furniture sources in the region. With a commitment to have the most affordable everyday prices in the region (they’ll match a quote if you find one lower), Walker’s has earned plenty of reader support over the years. (SW) 2nd PLACE: The Tin Roof 3rd PLACE: Dania

BEST HAIR SALON

OASIS HAIR

With basic men’s and women’s haircuts starting at $13.99 and four locations in Spokane and the Valley, Oasis Hair offers affordable and approachable salon services, from cuts and colors to up-dos and waxing. They must be doing something right, because this is the sixth time readers have voted them top of the game. (SW) 2nd PLACE: House of POp 3rd PLACE: 14th and Grand NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Revive Salon, Coeur d’Alene

BEST LOCAL HARDWARE STORE

MILLER’S HARDWARE

On Spokane’s South Hill, Miller’s Hardware provides the oldschool customer service and feel of the mom-and-pop shops nearly gone extinct due to big-box competition, while still carrying all the stuff you need to fix everything from a leaky faucet to a burnt-out light bulb. People who sing the store’s praises online credit the wide variety of goods and the friendly staff for keeping them coming back. (SW) 2nd PLACE: River Ridge Hardware 3rd PLACE: The General Store NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Rathdrum Trading Post Hardware

BEST NEW CAR DEALERSHIP

LARRY H. MILLER

2018 is shaping up to be a big year for Larry H. Miller Downtown Honda Spokane. In just a few weeks, the dealership will open its brand-new location on Third Avenue, just a block away from its current spot, with an opening scheduled for April 9. And for the fifth year in a row, our readers ranked the dealership top dog.

(SW) 2nd PLACE: Dave Smith Motors 3rd PLACE: Wendle Motors

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e didn’t do so well on this one, you guys.

There was actually a tie for Best New Business in ’95, as well as an “overwhelming number of candidates,” an indication of the area’s booming economy, the Inlander blurb proclaimed.

Today, neither of the businesses that stood on the top of the pile are actually still doing business.

The Birkebeiner Brew Pub is gone from what is now the Community Building on Main Avenue.

And the Mars Hotel literally crumbled in a blazing inferno that damaged surrounding apartment buildings, displaced more than 100 downtown residents and nearly took out an entire city block.

Infamous casino gaming developer Robert Saucier purchased the historic Arlington Hotel in 1992 and renamed it the Mars Hotel after a Grateful Dead album.

By 1997, he filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in order to keep the doors open while dealing with $3.2 million in debt, according to news reports at the time. In November of 1998, a bankruptcy judge shuttered the hotel and casino and ordered the company to liquidate all its assets.

The building burst into flames just after 5 am on July 16, 1999, after Saucier had already skipped town to Las Vegas.

With the help of a gasoline-sniffing black

Labrador named Dolph, investigators quickly determined the fire had been set deliberately, though it does not appear anyone was ever held responsible.

Reached by phone recently, Saucier denied any involvement in the arson.

“People can speculate whatever they want, but I was removed as being a suspect because I lost a lot of investment in that building,” he says.

“I was a victim. The building was uninsured, so why would you burn your own building if it was uninsured?”

Saucier is still listed as the executive vice president and chief product officer for Galaxy Gaming, a company he founded based in Las Vegas. Since hightailing it out of Spokane, the elusive businessman’s career has been marred in controversy.

Saucier was denied a gaming license in Oregon following a state police investigation. An administrative judge in California declared him unfit to do business anywhere in the state, citing dishonesty about where he went to school, his criminal record and outstanding lawsuits. Saucier was recently ousted as CEO of his own company after a “train wreck” application almost cost Galaxy Gaming its license to operate in Nevada.

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SHOPPING BEST HOTEL

DAVENPORT GRAND HOTEL

Don’t mistake the big GH on the side of the building for General Hospital (of the soap opera fame). From the bold red carpets to the gleaming white lobby, Table 13’s small plates, and the rooftop bar, the Davenport Grand Hotel, is elegant sophistication in the heart of downtown, and it is the grandest of choices. (BT) 2nd PLACE: The Historic Davenport Hotel 3rd PLACE: Northern Quest Resort Hotel NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: The Coeur d’Alene Resort

BEST JEWELRY

JEWELRY DESIGN CENTER

Everyone knows the “4 C’s of Diamonds” (carat, cut, color and clarity), but Jewelry Design Center upped the ante by adding an additional “C”: customer service. They have custom-designed, oneof-a-kind pieces and beautiful diamonds, but it’s their incredible customer service that allows customers to become lifelong friends.

When it comes to being the best, Jewelry Design Center is a real gem. (BT) 2nd PLACE: Pounder’s 3rd PLACE: Dodson’s NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Clark’s Diamond Jewelers, Coeur d’Alene

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BEST KITCHEN STORE

THE KITCHEN ENGINE

Allllll aboard! The Kitchen Engine gets you on track outfitting your kitchen, but it’s the caboose — we mean the back — of the store that’s the best part. The cooking classes offered in their back kitchen are often waitlist only. Whether it is knife skills, creating vegetarian appetizers or a specific recipe, the classes are informative and fun — and often filling! (BT) 2nd PLACE: Williams Sonoma 3rd PLACE: The Kitchen Collection NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Culinary Stone, Coeur d’Alene

BEST SPA

SPA PARADISO

When “… a full day in paradise?” is teased as an option, it’s impossible to resist the relaxation temptation of Spa Paradiso.

Who would want to, with their full menu of beauty treatments, massage therapy and hair care as just a starting point? The only thing that could make it better is if Spa Paradiso would let us move in and stay. (BT) 2nd PLACE: The BrickHouse 3rd PLACE: LaRive, Northern Quest NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Zi Spa, Coeur d’Alene

BEST VINTAGE BOUTIQUE

VEDA LUX

In a land of mass-produced clothing, Veda Lux Boutique is bucking the idea that it’s OK to look alike. Tucked in the South Perry neighborhood, Veda Lux brings vintage-modern pieces to Spokane fashionistas. The unique fashion pieces are enviable enough, but don’t even get us started on the handcrafted, hair adornments and accessories which are masterpieces of proprietor Summer Hightower. (BT) 2nd PLACE: Boulevard Mercantile 3rd PLACE: Chosen Vintage NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: JUNK, Coeur d’Alene

BEST WEDDING VENUE

ARBOR CREST

If you are going to take the plunge (and we mean get married), it should be from the highest point, or the spot with the best view.

Arbor Crest, perched high above the Spokane Valley, checks both of those requirements, and adds a few more: gorgeous grounds, a historic home and some mighty fine wine from its namesake winery. Arbor Crest is completely plunge-worthy! (BT) 2nd PLACE: The Historic Davenport Hotel 3rd PLACE: Hagadone Event Center

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NORTH IDAHO’S BEST BARTENDER

RYAN ROBERGE of 315 MARTINIS AND TAPAS

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espite the name, martinis are only a sliver of what mixologist Ryan Roberge is asked to make at 315 Martinis and Tapas. Sure, he serves wine and beer, but what he makes the most of are cocktails, especially the classics.

“If you really want to get good at something, learn the basics first,” says Roberge, who has 13 years under his bartender’s belt, more than seven of them at 315.

Ask him for an Old Fashioned and he’ll use house-made bitters and 315’s own brandied cherries. He can wax rhapsodic over the unusual Absinthe of Reason, which contains not only the titillating absinthe, but also an egg white. Several trays of fresh produce and herbs await muddling, from the basil in their Basil Briar to the strawberries in their La Fresa Picante. Of course, Roberge can also make a martini that would satisfy James Bond.

And if it’s something custom you want, Roberge is happy to oblige there too. Although he’s competed in flare competitions — picture the bartenders in the movie Cocktail — he’s really focused on understanding bartending and alcohol better. That, he says, has enabled

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him to take his knowledge of the basics and experiment. A lot.

“My concept is: It doesn’t matter how weird the drink is, the question isn’t ‘Can you make it?’ but ‘How can you make it?’”

With three bartenders on staff, 315 can afford to participate in competitions, which not only give their bartenders an opportunity to strut their stuff, but also brings some panache to the restaurant.

As numerous plaques and trophies attest, 315 has indeed garnered plenty of awards, most recently at the Bartender’s Mixoff, where Roberge and his co-workers earned People’s Choice and Judge’s Choice.

There’s more to bartending than alcohol, however, which is something bar manager Mike Irby commends Roberge on.

“He’s got the best memory for drinks and names and faces,” says Irby.

Roberge demurs, saying that meeting people and talking with them is one of the best parts of the job.

“It’s taught me to listen better,” he says.

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BEN STUCKART, SPOKANE CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Stuckart definitely isn’t running for… Congress. At least not in 2018. He dropped out of the 5th District race last year, and fellow Democrat Lisa Brown has mounted a nationally noticed campaign against Republican Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (third place). But Stuckart is staying plenty busy heading the Spokane City Council. That’s a position and place — Spokane City Hall — he seems most comfortable in. It is, after all, just a few blocks from where he went to high school at Lewis & Clark. Stuckart is the kind of hard-charging civic booster you’d expect to run for mayor. Maybe. (SAL) 2nd PLACE: David Condon, Spokane mayor; 3rd PLACE: Cathy McMorris Rodgers, U.S. representative; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Steve Widmyer, Coeur d’Alene mayor

BEST TV ANCHORPERSON

NADINE WOODWARD, KXLY

With more than 30 years of experience, Nadine Woodward is the consummate local news anchor who has seen, said and covered it all. Name a significant regional news event of the last few decades and she’s likely covered it: 2015 wind storm. 1996 ice storm. 1991 firestorm. The list goes on… just like her days in the anchor chair. Does she ever take a vacation? Yes, and she’s likely to tweet pictures. See for yourself: @NadineKXLY. (SAL) 2nd PLACE: Stephanie Vigil, KHQ; 3rd PLACE: Kalae Chock, KHQ

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RUI HACHIMURA

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BEST ATHLETE

RUI HACHIMURA

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sually, a fan favorite is a player who tantalizes with his talent or works hard to be a spark plug off the bench. Rui Hachimura is that rare bird who does both. It’s hard to gauge which draws a louder roar from Gonzaga fans: Hachimura simply checking into the game or the inevitable moment, soon after, when he destroys the rim with a highlight-reel dunk.

The 6-foot-8 sophomore forward has a penchant for big plays and dominant performances, but comes across as a soft-spoken sweetheart off the court. Which no doubt helped endear him to the fans who won him over in the first place.

“Everybody here is really kind, you know,” Hachimura says.

“I don’t know how to describe it. I think that’s one of the reasons I chose to come here. I went to visit other colleges too, but when I came here I felt really comfortable.”

The value of finding comfort more than 5,000 miles from home cannot be overstated.

Hachimura came to Gonzaga from Toyama, Japan. When he committed to the program in 2015 he was still learning English.

Even now, as a sophomore in college with strong English skills, Hachimura largely avoids the media.

But that doesn’t keep the press from trying. There were more than a dozen credentialed media members from Japanese outlets at this year’s West Coast Conference tournament in Las Vegas.

They were there for one player: The best basketball talent Japan has ever produced.

“Of course I’m from Japan and people know about me,” Hachimura says. “There are a lot of fans, I guess.”

Averaging 11.3 points and 4.6 rebounds per game this season, despite coming off the bench, Hachimura’s fan base is growing rapidly on both sides of the Pacific.

Fans in Japan and Spokane have known, for a while now, what NBA fans will soon learn. Rui Hachimura is really good at basketball. Good enough to leave Gonzaga early and head to the pros.

When asked what would get his vote for best of the Inland Northwest, Hachimura perhaps tipped his hand regarding his future.

“The weather in the summer,” Hachimura says. “Here it’s only sunny.”

Maybe he’ll stay for another season, maybe not. Either way, Hachimura’s future is bright.

— WILL MAUPIN 2nd PLACE: (tie) Josh Perkins, Johnathan Williams

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ack in 2005 — early 2005, to be clear — Spokane Mayor Jim West was boring.

The good kind of boring. An Inlander Q&A with West in February that year talked about how the mayor, who had survived a bout with cancer, was “daring to be dull.” He was willing to plunge into the muck of complicated policy issues, like the city’s serious budget deficit and the tangle-turned-Gordian-knot of the city’s involvement with the River Park Square parking garage.

So when Inlander readers picked West as 2005’s Best Elected Official, the Boring But Diligent Public Servant was the archetype we chose to write about.

“He was willing to wade into the River Park Square quagmire, managing to emerge, if not unsullied, at least still intact,” the paper wrote at the time. “And with Principles of Government, he has rejuvenated a process — determining budgetary allocations — that’s usually, let’s face it, soporific.”

And besides, he was great with kids.

“Hizzoner pops up on local-access TV channels in an orange safety vest, helping little kids

cross the street and explaining those mysterious parking kiosks,” the Inlander wrote.

Just six weeks later, a blockbuster SpokesmanReview story gave that line a sickening irony: “West Tied to Sex Abuse in ’70s, Using Office to Lure Young Men.” The Spokesman, with the help of a consultant they hired to flirt with the mayor on Gay.com, persuasively laid out evidence that West had dangled internships and appointments to young men he was interested in online. As if that wasn’t scandal enough, the Spokesman alleged — but could never quite prove — that he might have molested young boys in the 1970s.

And with that, the 2005 Best Elected Official became a pariah. Before the first slew of 2006 Inlander Best Of ballots went out, the mayor was recalled in a landslide.

“For a man who’s fighting off cancer, he’s a regular Energizer Bunny of civic governance,” the paper had written in 2005. But for West, it was like the scandal sapped him of all that energy. The cancer came back. He died in July of 2006 of complications after surgery.

— DANIEL WALTERS

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BEST TV WEATHERCASTER

TOM SHERRY, KREM

Eventually this category will be renamed “Best TV Weathercaster not named Tom Sherry.” He’s a perennial winner… just like his annual winter ski season forecasts or famous turkey drive. And if you happen to bump into him at a certain downtown Spokane Irish pub on St. Patrick’s Day (or any other day), he’ll gladly toast to another year atop the rankings of the winner list of a long-time local institution… just like him. (SAL) 2nd PLACE: Leslie Lowe, KHQ; 3rd PLACE: Kris Crocker, KXLY

BEST TV SPORTSCASTER

Keith Osso, KXLY

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The ideal sports reporter is someone who understands the sports being covered and the region’s fan base. Keith Osso brings both, being a high school and college athlete (baseball) and a lifelong Spokane resident. He’s been at KXLY since 2003, going from a sports photographer to reporter to sports director. Which assumedly means he gets a good spot in the press box at WSU and EWU football games. And if so, Keith, share the love! (SAL) 2nd PLACE: Sam Adams, KHQ; 3rd PLACE: Darnay Tripp, KREM

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BEST BUDTENDER

SERGIO DELEON, LUCKY LEAF

Gracing our Best Of issue and aiding the Spokane cannabis community once again, Sergio DeLeon at Lucky Leaf is your go-to guy for any questions pertaining to pot. Be it flower, concentrate or edible, his extensive knowledge and personality has put the store on that map and kept people coming back.

(TC) 2nd PLACE: Hannah Dzuris, The Treehouse Club; 3rd PLACE: Danny Woodruff, The Treehouse Club

BEST BARTENDER

TRACEY TOUCH

Tracey Touch has been at Borracho Tacos and Tequileria since the bar opened four years ago. Named Best Bartender in town, Touch hardly considers her job work. “Doesn’t feel like a job when you get to hang out with your best friends every day,” she says. Ask for the bar’s craft margarita when you see her. “I absolutely think we have our recipe down to a T,” she says. (QW) 2nd PLACE: John Hensley, The Rock Bar & Lounge; 3rd PLACE: Patty Tully, Baby Bar; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Ryan Roberge, 315 Martinis and Tapas

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GREG JOHNSON

Greg Johnson says he’s just a normal, average “hard working man trying to climb to the top,” but his riders know that’s not true. The Spokane Transit bus driver was named Best Bus Driver of 2018. “It becomes hard sometimes to get off work or have a day off because I actually miss being at work,” says Johnson. (QW) 2nd PLACE: (tie) Jared Muller; Ryan Hess

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mall but mighty — that’s what Sandpoint is.

When the votes are tallied for Best Of categories, smaller towns sometimes don’t fare as well as others in the volume of votes or the variety of entries.

But not Sandpoint. Inch for inch, this little town on Lake Pend Oreille packs plenty of punch.

Justine Murray squealed with delight when she found out LA CHIC BOUTIQUE won for Best Boutique, and

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then she got a little emotional. It’s about community, says Murray, who has been planning a special five-year anniversary party with live models, entertainment and food.

“We can’t do this without each other,” she says, noting the clothes — high-end and funky-cool — come from the community. They are a resale shop with a boutique vibe, says Murray. La Chic also includes local and regional artwork, items Murray finds on buying trips, and ways

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to give back, like the big basket for socks she collects for Happy Feet for the Homeless.

Shopping for food and sundries in Sandpoint means a trip to WINTER RIDGE NATURAL FOODS, where you can grab lunch (or one of the best gluten-free chocolate brownies you’ve ever tasted) and run into most everyone you know from town.

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1st PLACE: La Chic Boutique; 2nd PLACE: Bella Terra Boutique and Carousel Emporium (tie)

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Best Organic/ Natural Foods

1st PLACE: Winter Ridge Natural Foods; 2nd PLACE: City Beach Organics; 3rd PLACE: Farmer’s Market, Sandpoint

Best Pizza

1st PLACE: Second Avenue Pizza; 2nd PLACE: Powder Hound Pizza, Schweitzer; 3rd PLACE: The Hound

Best Restaurant 1st PLACE: Hydra Steakhouse; 2nd PLACE: MickDuff’s Brewing Company; 3rd PLACE: Joel’s Mexican Food

Best Place to Drink Local

1st PLACE: MickDuff’s Brewing Company; 2nd PLACE: Eichardt’s Pub and Grill; 3rd PLACE: Laughing Dog Taproom

Best Live Music 1st PLACE: The Hive; 2nd PLACE: Panida; 3rd PLACE: Eichardt’s Pub and Grill

continues to serve as a hub for the community and is a leader in supporting organic, local and sustainable practices.

Another leader in the community, SECOND AVENUE PIZZA was making rice-flour doughs well before gluten-free became a buzzword, but it’s their 7-lb. pies that really impress. Favorites include the Schweitzer (feta cheese, spinach, tomatoes, black olives) and the Carolyn (artichokes, pesto, Canadian bacon) named for the founder. Local tip: Call ahead as everything is scratch-made and this place is popular!

There is no shortage of dining establishments in Sandpoint, which has a well-established reputation as a go-to for a wide range of food: fine dining, farm-to-table, fast casual, hole-in-the-wall joints and a range of ethnic-inspired places like Mexican, Japanese and Thai. HYDRA STEAKHOUSE has held its own for more than four decades and is especially known for its upscale comfort foods, steaks and huge salad bar.

When it’s time to play, Sandpoint has you covered there too.

Grab a pint at either of MICKDUFF’S BREWING COMPANY locations: the original pub, which serves food, or the Beer Hall, which is about big tables of friends gathering over drinks and good conversation. Of course their tap list features standard and seasonal beers from their 20-barrel brewhouse, including a sampler tray if you just can’t decide.

You’ve shopped, eaten, had a bit of liquid courage and now it’s time to get your groove on, which is where THE HIVE comes in. This 21-and-older club has reinvigorated the area music scene in a historic First Avenue building renovated to include two bars, a state-of-the-art sound system and stage and VIP booths.

Funk, folk, rock, reggae, techno, tribute bands… you name it and it’s probably appeared at the Hive. And during August when the Sandpoint Festival is ongoing, the Hive is the after-the-festival locale for even more great music.

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BEST RADIO STATION

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I OF L L A H E FAM ER WINN E

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t’s easier than ever to listen to music on the go, to procure playlists and podcasts that make your morning and evening commutes a little less hellish. But some of us still appreciate the personality and unpredictability of live radio, and 92.9 ZZU-FM is the station most of Spokane appears to have programmed on their car stereos.

The station’s musical roster runs the full spectrum of the current Top 40 — pop, rock, R&B, hip-hop, EDM. Whatever’s popular in the moment, that’s what ZZU’s gonna play.

Looking through the Inlander archives, we see that ZZU appeared as a first-place winner in the Inlander’s Best Of poll way back in 1999.

That win was for Best Radio Team and was awarded to ZZU’s longtime personalities Dave

Sposito and Ken Hopkins, better known as the Breakfast Boys, who have been a duo longer than the Inlander has existed. They’ve been the go-to pick for Best Radio Team ever since. ’99 was a simpler time. Britney Spears had just broken out with “Baby One More Time,” Cher’s “Believe” was the biggest single on the radio, and TLC’s FanMail was the country’s No. 1 album.

And while those have all been relegated to the oldies station, 92.9 has kept its finger on the pulse of what’s hip: Tune in today and you’ll hear Drake, Dua Lipa, Bruno Mars, The Weeknd, Ed Sheeran.

ZZU (or “the Zoo,” as it has been affectionately known) has changed with the times, remaining relevant in a cultural landscape that

isn’t always kind to terrestrial radio and adapting its style to reflect the biggest hits of the day.

Amongst the constants at the station are Sposito, Hopkins and Molly Allen, whose addition to the beloved drive-time show allowed them to drop that exclusively masculine moniker and simply go by “Dave, Ken and Molly.” But even when their voices aren’t being broadcast over the airwaves, ZZU possesses a personal touch that most radio stations don’t, as if they’re only picking the songs they know you want to hear.

That’s something Spotify can’t do for you.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER 2nd PLACE: KHTQ, Rock 94.5; 3rd PLACE: The Big 99.9 Coyote Country

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They’re not just a dance/rock cover band. They’re dancefloor mixologists, able to artfully combine songs like Journey’s “Faithfully” with Prince’s “Purple Rain” at roadhouses, casinos and nightclubs across the Inland Northwest.

Rather than relying on the classics, the four musicians rely on their skills — their craftsmanship when belting out hits from the likes of Candlebox, Led Zeppelin and Metallica. (JB) 2nd PLACE: The Rub 3rd PLACE: The Cronkites

BEST BAND, ORIGINALS

FOLKINCEPTION

Longtime favorites of the Spokane music scene, Folkinception (which recently changed its name to Trego) blends Americana with melodic pop.

Backed by multi-instrumentalists and folk-rock instruments, including a violin and mandolin, the band’s lively performances keep crowds guessing with original songs that don’t quite fit into roots or rock genres. It’s the blend — like smooth whiskey — that makes the music great. (JB) 2nd PLACE: Super Sparkle 3rd PLACE: Marshall McLean Band

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Garth Brooks is one of the most beloved musicians of all time, not only for his country hits but for his generosity. During one of seven sold-out Spokane concerts he serenaded Willie Gilmore, a 33-year-old diagnosed with breast cancer who recently endured surgery, chemotherapy and radiation. With a hand on her head, he sang “Standing Outside the Fire” and gave her his guitar. (JB) 2nd PLACE: Foo Fighters, Spokane Arena 3rd PLACE: Keith Urban, Northern Quest Casino

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BLAST FROM THE PAST The ’90s are still alive in Black Happy, which is playing the Knitting Factory in August.

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BLACK HAPPY

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n an era known for worshipping Kurt Cobain, crying over Radiohead’s “Creep” and skanking to Rancid and Less Than Jake, Coeur d’Alene’s Black Happy found a devoted audience by deliberately shirking genre labels.

Their blend of grunge and ska, squelching electric guitars and dextrous bass lines punctuated by muscular brass licks, found a following with local music fans in the mid ’90s (and, it must be said, were met with scorn by those who considered themselves true punks), making waves in the Inland Northwest and beyond.

The eight-piece was named favorite local band in our first-ever Best Of poll in 1994 (they won again in

’95). Black Happy was, according to our archives, the clear favorite, beating out the likes of defunct hard rockers OK Fine! and still-active comedy/variety band Men in the Making.

(Not for nothing, Black Happy also won best local band name that year, edging out stiff competition from the likes of Breast-Fed Cauliflower, Velvet Pelvis and Uncle Impy and the Exploding Fifi’s.)

“Rumor has it these boys have secured a major label recording contract and are moving to the other Washington (D.C.) to make it big,” we wrote about Black Happy back in ’94. “Good luck, guys, but don’t forget where you got your start.”

That doesn’t appear to have happened, because

the band broke up shortly thereafter, though a shortlived side project called Shoveljerk (named for a Black Happy track) took up the Best Band mantle in ’96.

And then, 15 years later, the original lineup of Black Happy reunited for a handful of regional shows in 2010, most of which sold out. The gigs kept happening, and the band raised more than $14,000 via Indiegogo to release their first two albums — 1994’s Peghead and 1995’s Friendly Dog Salad — on vinyl.

If you want to relive your grunge-era heyday with Black Happy, you may be out of luck: They’ve got shows scheduled in August at the Knitting Factory and Seattle’s Crocodile, and both are already sold out.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER

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Marshall McLean has held the title of Spokane’s Americana, folkrock sweetheart for more than a decade, both as a solo artist and in a band. As a self-proclaimed “unhurried songwriter,” he weaves tales of his grandfather, the long-haul truck driver, of long stretches of highway, the responsibilities of parenthood and the dark and illuminating corners of Spokane that have helped shape his career.

(JB) 2nd PLACE: Cami Bradley 3rd PLACE: Matt Mitchell

BEST TOURING BROADWAY MUSICAL OF 2017-18

MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL

The competition in this category almost isn’t fair. Sure, there was a solid slate of touring Broadway shows to choose from, but only one was jam-packed with dozens of classic hit songs that inspired the audience to get up and shake a tail feather. Motown: The Musical tells the story of Berry Gordy’s Motown Records, but this show thrilled, thanks to the presence and performances of actors in the roles of folks like Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye and Michael Jackson. Clearly, this crowd-pleaser stuck with people long enough to make it their favorite touring musical of the year. (DN) 2nd PLACE: Phantom of the Opera 3rd PLACE: Rent

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BEST RADIO DJ OR TEAM

DAVE, KEN AND MOLLY, ZZU

Mornings don’t truly begin until Dave, Ken and Molly hit the airwaves each weekday. Spokane’s top-rated, longest running show works on a level that’s hard to pinpoint — even for longtime listeners. It just works. The antics, banter and online chemistry of the hosts transcends your speakers, giving you a better start to the day. This win also marks 20 for the team. (JB) 2nd PLACE: Jay, Kevin and Slim, Coyote Country 3rd PLACE: GA and The Twice as Much Rock Show, 94.5

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BEST MUSIC FESTIVAL

ELKFEST

There’s something about the beer suds spilled on narrow streets, historic brick buildings and the smell of roasted corn pasta salad coming from the Elk Public House that makes the free annual music festival in Browne’s Addition so timeless and appealing. It’s a block party and a neighborhood festival. It’s a musical lineup that diversifies and gets better year after year. (JB) 2nd PLACE: Watershed 3rd PLACE: Sasquatch NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Festival at Sandpoint

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BEST LAKE

BEST HEALTH CLUB

Let’s be real. Just about any lake is better than no lake. Still, Priest Lake, “Idaho’s Crown Jewel” is a favorite destination for Inland Northwesters year-round. Resorts, cabins, boating, camping, fishing, hiking, skiing, snowmobiling — we could go on. They say it’s where Mother Nature herself takes a vacation. (MR) 2nd PLACE: Lake Coeur d’Alene 3rd PLACE: Pend Oreille Lake

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The YMCA has been winning Best Health Club since, well, since a while ago. We lost count. With something for toddlers to grandmas, lanky distance runners to beefcake bros and pingpongers to basketballers, it’s easy to see why. (MR) 2nd PLACE: MÜV Fitness 3rd PLACE: Planet Fitness

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BEST DANCE STUDIO

DONNA’S SCHOOL OF DANCE

In the world of pirouettes and plié, the people have spoken and named the dance studio in Spokane that rules them all. Offering classes like Bollywood, tap and hip-hop, to name a few, Donna’s School of Dance delivers fun instruction in a family-friendly atmosphere. Young ones can learn coordination and poise, while bonding with one another over the love of dance. (AD) 2nd PLACE: Spokane Elite Dance Studio 3rd PLACE: Academy of Dance NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Expressions School of Performing Arts, Post Falls

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With three locations (downtown, Spokane Valley and Perry District), there’s no excuse to avoid stopping in to at least chat with the friendly sales and service staff at the Hub. Some bike shops have a reputation for holier-thanthou attitudes, which can be off-putting to anyone less than a Tour de France wannabe (aka “spandex ninjas”).

But that vibe isn’t here. Particularly if you’re into trail or downhill, the Bike Hub crew is a worthwhile way to spend a Saturday (and a few hundred or more dollars). Check out their online calendar for a list of special events and group rides. (SAL) 2nd PLACE: Wheel Sport 3rd PLACE: North Division Bicycle Shop NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Coeur d’Alene Bike Co.

With two locations nestled on Pacific Avenue downtown and further north on Division, the Union team offers far more than yoga classes. Their TRX suspension exercises and cardio classes make a full profile of fitness options for those looking to increase their flexibility and general health. But their lighthearted music-themed spin classes suggest that fun is just as important to them as health and wellness. (TC) 2nd PLACE: Beyoutiful Hot Yoga 3rd PLACE: Spokane Yoga Shala NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Garden Street Yoga, Coeur d’Alene

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For a national company — er, co-op — REI does a fantastic job of making you think it’s a local operation. True, its mothership is in Seattle, but the Spokane location feels as much a part of the community as any other from the 509. The value of its $20 lifetime membership can’t be understated when it comes to discounts, deals and, yes, annual dividends. The used-gear garage sales for members are worth their weight in gold. If for no other reason, standing in the cold at 6 am for a coveted early-admission ticket is the perfect way to spend a weekend. (SAL) 2nd PLACE: Mountain Gear 3rd PLACE: White Elephant NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Cabela’s, Post Falls

BLOOMSDAY

Even if the “best of” parameters were extended to the entire country, Bloomsday still might win for the best running event. It brings in world-class runners from all over the world, casual locals and even people recovering from a night of drinking. It’s one of Spokane’s signature events, displaying the beauty of the city and the grit of its people as they run (or walk) up the famed Doomsday Hill. (WC) 2nd PLACE: The Dirty Dash 3rd PLACE: Windermere Marathon and Half Marathon NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Coeur d’Alene Marathon, Half & 5k

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RIVERFRONT PARK

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he amusement park rides are gone, at least for now. The Ferris wheel will be turned to scrap. The IMAX has been demolished. But those were never the true attractions of Riverfront Park anyway.

It wasn’t even the historic Looff Carrousel that gives Riverfront Park its magic — though there are few feats as heroic as a child as standing up on a horse (or giraffe) holding onto the pole, leaning, and then triumphantly coming away with a golden ring in their hands.

No, the wonder of Riverfront Park isn’t anything you have to pay admission for. That’s what’s so cool about it.

It’s standing with your kids on the bridge overlooking the thundering Spokane Falls during a spring runoff, shrieking and giggling with them as the spray surges up onto the bridge, soaking the whole family.

It’s that first time that you tell your son, “See that statue of the metal goat? Go grab that candy wrapper over there on the grass.” And then you hit the button and watch his eyes go wide as the goat statue sucks the garbage out of his hand.

Or, it’s something as simple as seeing the kids watch the ducks and the geese. The kids gawk. The ducks quack. The parents relax.

And then the kids get older. They start running through the park on the Centennial Trail with their high school cross-country team.

They go on walks through the park with their crushes — if they’re daring, they might even climb the Harold Balazs lantern sculpture to see the inscription at the top. One of them even proposes in front of the garbage-eating goat.

It seemed like just yesterday, you think, that the kids were sliding down the giant red wagon.

Forty-four years ago, the alchemy of Expo ’74 transmuted the rust and railyard into the sprawling meadows and gorgeous sculptures surrounding roaring waterfalls. The 6-year-old who stared up in wonder at the grandeur of the World’s Fair is 50 now. She has her own kid.

Her own kid might have her own kid.

The park is changing, of course. The $64.3 million bond is already transforming the park, resulting in a new ice-skating ribbon, a new carrousel building and — soon — an upgraded pavilion.

But traditions remain. Every winter vacation, whether it’s an ice palace or an ice ribbon, your whole family goes ice skating at Riverfront. All three generations.

— DANIEL WALTERS 2nd PLACE: Silverwood; 3rd PLACE: Mobius

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BEST PLACE TO SKI

BEST SKI/SNOWBOARD SHOP

Schweitzer, with its 2,900 skiable acres and 92 trails, retakes this category. No matter what level of experience, everyone in the Inland Northwest and around the country wants to ski at Schweitzer. The chairlifts are luxurious compared to other ski areas — they even named one Stella, and it’s Idaho’s only six-person, high-speed lift. When you get to the top, you can overlook three mountain ranges and the beautiful Lake Pend Oreille. Doesn’t get much better than that. (WC) 2nd PLACE: Mt. Spokane 3rd PLACE: 49° North

For anyone who has bought skis or a snowboard at Sports Creel, the thought of buying them anywhere else doesn’t even feel like an option. When the experience of picking out a pair of skis or a snowboard can feel overwhelming, the people at Sports Creel are there to help like nobody else.

They know what they’re talking about and you’ll end up with gear that fits and will last for a long time. (WC) 2nd PLACE: Alpine Haus 3rd PLACE: Ski Shack, Hayden

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Easy to get to for people in Spokane, Mt. Spokane offers options for everyone in the family. There are 1,425 acres of terrain and a vertical drop of 2,071 feet, and the mountain keeps adding new runs, and they keep making their lodges more inviting. With nighttime skiing and snowboarding available four nights per week, and 16 lighted runs, it’s easy for locals to enjoy the mountain any time of the week. (WC) 2nd PLACE: Schweitzer 3rd PLACE: 49° North

CAMP REED

As someone who has never been to YMCA’s Camp Reed but grew up hearing from everyone else about how great it is, I’m not at all surprised it took this category. Kids who come back from a summer at Camp Reed, on Fan Lake in Pend Oreille County, talk about it like it’s a magical experience that can’t be described. And there may be nothing more magical than Camp Goodtimes, the summer program at Camp Reed for kids affected by cancer. (WC) 2nd PLACE: Camp Spalding 3rd PLACE: Camp Sweyolakan

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wenty years ago, the early chapters of the Ryan Leaf story were still being written.

At the time it appeared, when the story was complete, it would be one of triumph and greatness.

When Leaf won Best Athlete in 1998, on the heels of a wildly successful final season as quarterback for the Washington State Cougars, the Inlander was smitten, as was everyone else.

Here’s what we had to say back then: “Take your team to the Rose Bowl and you’ll become the patron saint of the Inland Northwest.

Ryan Leaf found that out this year, when the Cougars went to the Rose Bowl for the first time in more than 60 years. Leaf enjoys popularity among both young and old, men and women…

In fact, about the only people who don’t like him are UW Husky fans. We predict great things from this guy in the pros.”

Our patron saint did start down the path to greatness as the second overall pick in the 1998 NFL Draft, but that was about the only thing that classifies as a great thing in his pro career.

From there, the Ryan Leaf story quickly transformed into an unpleasantly public fall from grace.

Leaf appeared in just 25 NFL games and

had completely flamed out just four seasons after being drafted.

Like many former athletes, Leaf turned to coaching. But an addiction to painkillers derailed his second career faster than his erratic behavior had sent him spiraling out of the NFL. In April 2012 Leaf was arrested in Montana for burglary, again relating to painkillers, and would spend 32 months in prison. It seemed like a sad end to the story about a quarterback from Great Falls.

But now it is Leaf himself who is writing the final chapters of this story, now featuring a protagonist on the road to redemption.

Leaf, now sober, has become a husband, father and advocate since his release from prison in 2014. He works as an ambassador for Transcend Recovery Community, a sober living community active in Los Angeles, New York and Houston.

And he’s still making time for the game that brought these highs and lows into his life.

Earlier this month, the former Pac-12 Player of the Year began hosting Pac-12 This Morning on SiriusXM channel 373.

Leaf’s back in the public eye, on his terms this time.

— WILL MAUPIN

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THE PALOUSE BEST OF

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ows of golden loaves pack the cooling racks along the back wall of the bakery inside the Moscow Food Co-op in downtown Moscow.

The four-person morning crew crowds around a butcherblock work station, prepping pizza dough and packing bread for the daily orders.

“What’s the temperature in here?” baker Olivia Grove asks, scooping balls of cookie dough onto a baking sheet. “Seventy-nine?”

Close. It’s 77 degrees, a co-worker calls back above the hum of the industrial ovens and the clatter of the adjacent deli kitchen. Despite its modest space, readers named the MOSCOW FOOD CO-OP BAKERY the Best Bakery on the Palouse this year. Bakery manager Anna Breed says they try to make the most of their small operation.

“I don’t think that anywhere else offers the volume or variety that we do,” she says.

The bakery makes everything from scratch, Breed

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says. They try to simplify recipes down to the fewest number of ingredients and then source as locally as possible. Customers hail their salted French bread, pesto rolls and old-fashioned cookies.

Breed says they plan to roll out a new line of artisan breads in the next few months, including a garlic sourdough that ferments for three days.

Down the block, JOHN’S ALLEY TAVERN again earns the Best Live Music Venue on the Palouse for its dedication to bringing in hard-hitting acts ranging from bluegrass to death metal. Dave Sturing says he prides himself on booking “working musicians” who know how to put on a good show.

“If they’re working on the road and I can help them out, that’s what I do,” he says, adding, “There are still fans of live music out there.”

With a new taproom location and larger production capacity, PARADISE CREEK BREWERY won readers over as the Best Brewery on the Palouse. Owner Tom Handy

CLOCKWISE (from top): Moscow Food Co-op Bakery, Porch Light Pizza and Paradise Creek Brewery’s Tom Handy.

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says the new Riverview Street site can put out more than 5,000 barrels a year and has room for more variety. Open just a few months, he’s already expanded the taps from 12 handles to 20.

“It’s been exciting,” he says. “We can have a lot more beer in-process.”

The new taproom draws a more casual clientele than the downtown restaurant, Handy says. They just launched a trail-running club and plan to put in outdoor seating this summer. A new series of “Culture Shock” barrel-aged sours and a new lager will also roll out soon.

Offering home decor for the modern farmhouse, rustic lodge or cozy cabin, HURD MERCANTILE & COMPANY in Rockford took first place for Best Gift Shop on the Palouse. Teresa Carbone, a partner with owner Jill Townsend for 13 years, says the shop works to build relationships with its customers and reinforce a tight-knit sense of community. And kids love their children’s section.

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1st PLACE: Moscow Food Co-op Bakery; 2nd PLACE: Dissmore’s, Pullman; 3rd PLACE: The Roost, Pullman

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1st PLACE: Paradise Creek Brewery, Pullman; 2nd PLACE: Hunga Dunga Brewing Company, Moscow; 3rd PLACE: Moscow Brewing Company

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1st PLACE: Hurd Mercantile, Rockford; 2nd PLACE: Ferdinand’s, Pullman; 3rd PLACE: Ampersand Oil & Vinegar Taphouse, Moscow

BEST LIVE MUSIC VENUE 1st PLACE: John’s Alley, Moscow; 2nd PLACE: Rico’s Public House, Pullman; 3rd PLACE: One World Cafe, Moscow

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1st PLACE (tie): South Fork Public House, Pullman; The Black Cypress, Pullman; 2nd PLACE: The Harvester, Spangle

“We have a passion for what we do,” she says. “It’s the commitment.”

PORCH LIGHT PIZZA in Pullman relies on crisp, flamecharred crusts and relatable customer service to earn Best Pizza on the Palouse. Manager Clayton Williams says they source local ingredients to craft fresh and flavorful pizzas — often utilizing peanut, pesto or barbecue sauce.

WSU students make up most of the staff and Williams says they look forward to seeing their friends come in to eat. “We can relate pretty well,” he says. “It’s a fun dynamic.”

In the evenings, the restaurant often shows movies. Williams says the namesake patio along the Palouse River reopens next month: “It’s a nice place to sit back with a beer.”

Two popular Pullman restaurants, THE BLACK CYPRESS and SOUTH FORK PUBLIC HOUSE, tied this year for Best Restaurant on the Palouse. Black Cypress chef owner Nick Pitsilionis says he strives to serve simple, straightforward dishes that ground people in their dining experience.

“We’re trying to get the fundamentals of service and food right,” he says. “The focus is on them.”

Pitsilionis doesn’t want intrusive waiters or aggressive sauces.

He wants customers to be able to appreciate the quality ingredients and the company of their dinner mates. Upcoming tasting menu events will let diners “geek out” on their food, he says, and a brunch menu is pending.

At South Fork, co-manager Sam Reebs says they aim to provide a casual atmosphere, quality food and a broad selection of regional beers. “It’s a public house in every sense of the word,” he says. “Everyone can come to South Fork.”

While the Cougar Cold mac and cheese is hard to beat, Reebs says customers can look forward to a new menu this month, featuring a BLT and a Jack Daniels chicken sandwich.

Another series of tap takeovers with Northwest brewers is in the works for this summer.

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n a gloomy, rainy day in Spokane, the glowing lamps from inside Vino! are a welcome sight from the wet streets. The small storefront is a misleading sight from Third Avenue.

The local wine shop boasts a large selection of wines, for both the serious connoisseur and the casual sipper, that you might not expect from its humble exterior.

Vino!’s local vibe is strong, from the moment you walk into its welcoming entrance, surrounded by bottles of Northwest wine, to the short stroll to the wine bar, art gallery and cellar, located in the back.

For more than 20 years, the wine shop has built a solid core of return customers, primarily through its wine subscription service. The key to Vino!’s success, according to owner John Allen, is engaging the customer in the entire wine experience.

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because we offer so many people the opportunity to have an experience with wine,” Allen says. “Our objective is to make sure people have as much fun with their wine as we do at the store.”

People who buy wine, buy it everywhere, Allen says, and when they find a type of wine they like, they tend to stick with it. That’s just human nature. And with the massive growth in wine sales over the past 20 years (especially at major retailers, such as Costco), wine shops have to stay ahead of the curve, Allen says, which is why the staff at Vino! taste more than 200 wines each month.

“We don’t sell anything at Vino! unless we taste it and approve it,” Allen says. “We guarantee them.”

Their wine of the month club is what makes Vino! the most unique, Allen says. Subscribers get orders of their favorite bottles and hand-selected wines based on their preferences. (You can join for as little as one $15

bottle per month.) Starting off with just a couple hundred subscribers in the ’90s, the wine shop has nearly 1,000 today.

Vino! also provides wine drinkers the chance to learn more about wine through tastings every Friday and Saturday afternoon and through classes by wine producers themselves, blurring the lines between consumer and producer and allowing greater exploration of the product.

“We’re sort of a bunch of wine geeks, and we really like wine and want people to enjoy what it is they like,” Allen says.

— QUINN WELSCH 2nd PLACE: Total Wine & More; 3rd PLACE, Nectar; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST, Pilgrim’s Market, Coeur d’Alene

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HOGWASH WHISKEY DEN

Over the past year and a half, Hogwash Whiskey Den has established itself as a joint worth obsessing over, and not only because of their late-night food and warm, underground locale. The Old Fashioned at Hogwash is something remarkable, a simple and traditional blend that cuts to the chase. Smokey, bitter and with a flawlessly sweet citrus finish. (JS) 2nd PLACE: Durkin’s Liquor Bar; 3rd PLACE: Bon Bon

BEST HAPPY HOUR

TWIGS BISTRO & MARTINI BAR

The Spokane-based restaurant chain consistently brings in top numbers for this annual Best Of category, and for good reason. Happy hour conveniently runs daily from 3-6 pm and 9 pm to close at all four of Twigs’ Spokane-area locations (downtown, Wandermere, South Hill and Spokane Valley), offering small plates for $6-$8, $2 off its signature martinis, $1 off draft beer and glasses of wine as well as a special for $5 glasses of the house wine. Cheers to that. (CS) 2nd PLACE: The Safari Room; 3rd PLACE: Zola; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Beverly’s, Coeur d’Alene

BEST COFFEE ROASTER

THOMAS HAMMER

When you’re ready to step above the plastic jug of flat joe that makes you contemplate how soon you can make it to the work bathroom while you’re in morning traffic, look no further than local roasters Thomas Hammer. Their Starry Night Sumatran and Signature Blend show their range of roasts with dark and smooth options. (TC) 2nd PLACE: Doma; 3rd PLACE: Roast House

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K N I R D l a c o l BEST CRAFT COCKTAILS

DURKIN’S LIQUOR BAR

When you descend to this speakeasy-styled lounge, the folks at Durkin’s are able to transport you to a cocktail bar that has all of the pomp and circumstance of top-notch handcrafted drinks with little of the pretension. Start your weekend or night out with a couple rounds of their stacked whiskey collection or range of crafted drinks. Gin fans: You can’t go wrong with their White Linen.

(TC) 2nd PLACE: Hogwash Whiskey Den; 3rd PLACE: Twigs; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: 315 Martinis & Tapas, Coeur d’Alene

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DUTCH BROS.

If you’ve driven down Division at any time from sun up to rush hour, you’ve seen the Logan area Dutch Bros.’s traffic backed up into the far left lane. And for good reason, the kind and sociable baristas jam pack enough shots into those behemoth cups to make the rest of your day and drive a breeze. Plus, their punch-card game is no joke. (TC) 2nd PLACE: Wake Up Call; 3rd PLACE: Jacobs Java

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Rotating nine seasonal and year-long ciders is a feat on its own, but to make each one uniquely delicious and robust like One Tree Cider’s selection is proof to why they’re the top dogs in the region.

Their Pumpkin and Cranberry ciders held you over through autumn just in time for their Lemon Basil and Ginger Apricot to let you coast into patio season. (TC) 2nd PLACE: Liberty Ciderworks; 3rd PLACE: Twilight Cider Works; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Summit Cider, Coeur d’Alene

Now more than 10 years in the game, Dry Fly Distilling remains a staple of spirit enthusiasts in the Inland Northwest. Their wheat vodka is world renowned and their gin is turning heads for its progressive look at American distilling with its use of locally produced botanicals. A bottle of Dry Fly notes you’re not only shopping local, but shopping with a discerning taste. (TC) 2nd PLACE: Up North Distillery, Post Falls; 3rd PLACE: Bardenay, Coeur d’Alene

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Prepare yourself for when you make the proper decision to visit the Arbor Crest Cliff House. The venue is about as scenic and breathtaking as its name would suggest and the cellar is a standout option for event planners. But even after you wrap your mind around the view, you’ll have to maintain your composure during flights of their collection. Their Dionysus would even make the god of wine and madness himself test his moderation. (TC) 2nd PLACE: Barrister Winery; 3rd PLACE: Latah Creek Wine Cellars; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Coeur d’Alene Cellars

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If quality beer is as high of a priority for you as gourmet food, Manito Tap House is more than likely your go-to pub. Think you will be overwhelmed by the number of options from their 50 tap handles and extensive beer cellar? Ask one of the certified cicerones — think sommelier of beer — on staff for suggestions. (DH) 2nd PLACE: The Viking; 3rd PLACE: Capone’s

No-Li has managed to continually be the first choice of regional craft beer lovers. Sure, it can be attributed to the consistent quality of their staple beers. But it could also be the copious amounts of speciality beer releases — like the barrel-aged Winter Games series last month — or the multiple tasting events they host throughout the year. Whatever the reason, it’s no wonder why it’s been dubbed the Best Local Brewery by our readers every year since its rebranding in 2012. (DH) 2nd PLACE: Iron Goat Brewing; 3rd PLACE: Perry Street Brewing; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Post Falls Brewing

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NO-LI BORN & RAISED IPA

The best-selling IPA in the region, No-Li Born & Raised is a long-standing local favorite. At 7 percent ABV, it’s a versatile beer found at supermarkets, fine-dining restaurants, dive bars and everywhere in between. No-Li drops in a variety of hops, giving it a perfect balance of citrus and piney flavors, making it exactly what you want from a Northwest-style IPA. It’s available in 12-ounce cans and bottles, as well as 22-ounce bottles. No-Li dominated this category, placing second and third as well, but the list of readers’ favorites runs long: 12 String’s Mango Mambo Hefeweizen, Daft Badger’s Blood Orange IPA, Iron Goat’s Trashy Blonde, Laughing Dog’s Dogfather Imperial Stout, Perry Street’s New England IPA, Post Falls’ Fat Lenny IPA, Orlison’s Orangelicious Golden Ale, River City’s Red and Whistle Punk’s Coast to Coast IPA. (DH) 2nd PLACE: No-Li Big Juicy; 3rd PLACE: No-Li Wrecking Ball

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A great coffee shop is a blend of quirk, comfort and caffeine, and Atticus, the Boo Radley’s-adjacent-cafe, has the perfect ratio of all three. Yeah, there’s coffee. There’s also a gift shop filled with books and oddities and a slew of Northwest branded loose-leaf tea selections. The only challenge is finding a seat on a weekend.

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t’s safe to say a lot has changed in the Spokane beer scene since 2000. Roughly 17 years ago, Fort Spokane Brewery earned the Inlander’s distinction of being the Best Locally Brewed Beer. Fast forward to today and Fort Spokane’s brewery and beer are no more, closing their

doors roughly a year after earning the Best Of accolade.

However, it’s worth noting that Fort Spokane Brewery laid the foundation for what Spokane’s beer scene would become.

Founded by four Spokane investors in 1989, Fort

Spokane was the first modern brewpub in Spokane. As far as local breweries went, the playing field was extremely empty. Only two other breweries existed in the region: Hale’s Ales in Colville and Coeur d’Alene Brewing Company in Idaho. Northern Lights Brewing (today, No-Li Brewhouse) would join the scene in 1993.

Despite a cramped basement brewing quarters and crumbling floors, Fort Spokane would go on to grow into a hub in the Spokane nightlife scene, offering food from its connected restaurant as well as becoming a notable live music venue. But after an 11-year tenure, Fort Spokane closed its doors in 2001. According to the brewery’s ownership, a number of factors lead to its closure, including the demand for their beer outgrowing their production capabilities. Fort Spokane also suffered a series of six bad batches of beer (a result of a baker’s yeast and brewer’s yeast mix up) that affected the public perception of their beer’s quality.

But Spokane’s craft beer scene did not die with the loss of Fort Spokane. Over the next decade, Spokane’s beer scene would explode, adding half a dozen new breweries to the scene by 2013. Today, the Inland Northwest Ale Trail boasts 37 craft breweries stretching from Central Washington into North Idaho, with the majority existing within 10 miles of Spokane proper.

Spokane beer drinkers should consider themselves fortunate in the growth and diversity that has developed with our region’s beer scene since Fort Spokane Brewery was first deemed the best. In the ever-evolving, growing world of craft beer, it’s important to remember its origins, so the next time you’re enjoying a pint of locally brewed suds, raise it in a toast to the beer trailblazers like Fort Spokane Brewery.

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ARTS

Students channel their inner artist at Pinot’s Palette.

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t is a truth universally acknowledged that wine helps people feel like they can master different feats. Even the non-artistic could find themselves feeling like Picasso took over their body. Herein lies the genius of Pinot’s Palette.

It provides an engaging and fun atmosphere to what could otherwise feel intimidating for those who haven’t taken an art class.

On a painting night, you can sometimes find Jackie Casey, the owner of both the Coeur d’Alene and Spokane locations of Pinot’s Palette, bartending while upbeat music plays, and attendees sip on their beverages and attempt to copy the painting showcased in front of them.

Casey herself was coerced by well-meaning friends into attending a Pinot’s Palette in Tulsa, Oklahoma, years back when painting seemed less like fun and more like a

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way to get easily embarrassed.

During the session, her disinterest quickly dissipated as she realized she was having a blast. Casey was proud of the peacock she painted that night. This experience encouraged her to open up her own studios in the Inland Northwest.

“It’s really kind of an empowering job, you know, to see people walk in who are so confused on why they even signed up for the class. You could tell they got dragged there by their friends or their spouse or for their work, and by the end people are so proud of what they created. They’re all so excited. That’s my favorite part of Pinot’s Palette,” Casey says.

The two locations have 13 artists between them.

They can select paintings for certain days from the franchise’s library, which houses around 5,000 pieces, or

create their own for others to reproduce. Paintings come in a variety of styles stemming from abstract to realistic.

“It’s a really hard job. It takes a really unique person to be able to excel at it, because you not only have to be an artist, but you have to be able to replicate someone else’s artwork and be able to articulate how to teach the painting, and articulate it in a way that makes sense to people,” says Casey. “You have to do all of that while being fun, entertaining and keeping it really light hearted.”

Pinot’s Palette isn’t so much about educating as it is about creating a party for everyone to enjoy, and that’s what has people coming back for more.

— ALLA DROKINA 2nd PLACE: Sip’n Paint Studios; 3rd PLACE: Paints & Pints

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This annual arts celebration, which takes over North Idaho College’s campus the first weekend in August, celebrates its 50th year this summer. Nearly 200 artists working in every medium imaginable will be selling their wares, but it’s more than just visual art: Take in live music, hang in the beer and wine gardens and even occupy the kids at various craft tables. (NW) 2ND PLACE: ArtFest; 3RD PLACE: Terrain

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BARRISTER WINERY

Barrister is known for its award-winning wines, but they’ve also embraced their proximity to local art galleries — and relationship with local artists — capitalizing on the joy that is taking in a painting while sipping syrah.

Barrister’s two downtown tasting rooms — one tucked away and another downtown near the Davenport Grand — are within walking distance of various galleries, and they always have local art on display and often play host to acoustic and symphonic music. (NW) 2ND PLACE: Marmot Art Space; 3RD PLACE: Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur d’Alene

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For many local theater fans, spending an evening with actress Ellen Travolta has become a yuletide tradition. Travolta has been staging Christmas variety shows at the Coeur d’Alene Resort for several years now, usually wrangling her sister Margaret and daughter Molly Allen into it. This most recent show, Christmas with a Twist, found Travolta relaying humorous and heartfelt holiday memories, and it also served as a memorial of sorts for her late husband, actor Jack Bannon. (NW) 2ND PLACE: A Christmas Story (Spokane Civic Theatre); 3RD PLACE: Die Hard: The One Man Show (Ryan Dean Tucker at the Bartlett)

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MARK ANDERSON

There aren’t many people who can hold a room captive with only their words, but Mark Anderson is one of them. The 29-year-old has long been a staple of the Spokane poetry scene, having represented the city in the World Poetry Slam and founding the Broken Mic open mic night, which has been packing Neato Burrito every Wednesday night since 2011. Anderson is Spokane’s current poet laureate, the youngest person yet to hold that position. (NW) 2ND PLACE: Devin Devine; 3RD PLACE: Tod Marshall

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With an increasingly vibrant visual arts scene bubbling throughout the Inland Northwest, Ben Joyce’s colorful works of what he calls “Abstract Topophilia” continue to engage art lovers near and far. And while he has some high-profile commissions stretching across the U.S., it’s his works looking at Spokane, Coeur d’Alene and the Inland Northwest that resonate with our readers — Joyce’s love of place dovetails nicely with our readers’ love of the region. (DN) 2nd PLACE: Harold Balazs; 3rd PLACE: Audreana Camm

“If you have an idea, act on it, pursue it with passion, be genuine and people will feel your authenticity and trust you.” So says @spokaneeats to all of us would-be Instagram artists. Voted Spokane’s best Instagram page, @spokaneeats boasts more than 15,000 followers and 800 posts. It’s mostly food, but curator Chandler Baird (@chanbaird) also frequently posts some cool pics from around town, too. (QW) 2nd PLACE: @spokanedoesntsuck; 3rd PLACE: @thegreatpnw

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he late Harold Balazs started a nearly unstoppable reign as Best Local Artist from the very first time Inlander readers weighed in for a Best Of poll back in 1994.

In fact, after dipping to third place the next year, the sculptor and multimedia artist from Mead took first place as Best Artist every year from 1996 to 1999.

“If Spokane were to have a patron artist, someone whose work enriched the community, someone with a long history of dedication to his craft, Harold Balazs would be it,” the 1999 accolades read. “Riverfront Park is home to one of his best known works, a metal sculpture that is both fluid and full of angles, rising from the Spokane River like a delightfully cubist sea serpent.”

The sculpture under the Washington Street bridge is just one of many distinct pieces the artist, who died in late December, left as a lasting legacy. Through decades of work, he created pieces that are displayed in Spokane and throughout the Northwest.

Balazs likely would’ve been inducted in the Best Of Hall of Fame, with 10 wins, had the Best Artist category not gone on hiatus for five years right after that. But in 2005, Balazs was back with another win.

“Harold Balazs has big hands. You see right away how he would be such a great sculptor. After his paws crush yours in a vise-grip, he fixes you with that toothy smile, throwing his head back and letting out a guffaw, his eyes taking in everyone around him with a bemused

grin,” the 2005 entry starts. “A real character, you think.

This old man must have plenty of stories to tell. He’s told them — in steel and stone and ceramic — all over town.”

He pushed for “percent for the arts” legislation, enabling public artwork to be included in the price of public projects throughout Washington, and was well known for making art from simple, $10 pieces to incredible towers of elaborate concrete — whatever it took to make art for a living.

And for those willing to buck the rules, by say, climbing to the top of the Lantern outside the INB Performing Arts Center, Balazs’ words of encouragement remain: “Transcend the Bullshit.”

— SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL

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CHEF’S NOTES Tracing the steps of Edward Mathieu, early chef and culinary mastermind of Spokane’s historic Davenport Hotel

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Early Davenport Hotel chef Edward Mathieu left behind his memories in this now rare memoir. YOUNG KWAK PHOTO

f you take the stairs to the second floor mezzanine of the Davenport Hotel and walk around the perimeter, you’ll come across a certain glass case. It’s easy to miss if you’re not paying attention, but if you lean in, you’ll catch a glimpse of a book called The Life of a Chef: Master Chef of Spokane’s Famous Davenport Hotel and of San Francisco’s Select Fairmont Hotel written by Edward F. Mathieu.

Who is Mathieu, and why is his book in the glass case? I’m glad you asked.

Crack the book’s cover and you’ll meet a young man growing up in the Savoy region of France, leaving home and family to become an apprentice in a French hotel kitchen. He works in grand hotels in Monte Carlo and Paris, including the Ritz, where he works alongside Auguste Escoffier, now recognized as one of the greatest chefs in history. At 23, Mathieu sails for New York in the company of another chef who’s taken him under his wing. He lands first in the kitchen at the St. Regis Hotel.

But it isn’t until much later, and part way through his time at San Francisco’s famous Fairmont Hotel, which he helped to open, that he finally earns the title of chef, at 33.

Chef Mathieu’s story intersects with Spokane in 1917 when he receives a letter from “Mr. L. M. Davenport, president and owner of the Davenport Hotel.” The letter contains a picture of the hotel and an invitation to meet at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco.

“Of all of the places I had in mind, Spokane was the last,” Mathieu writes.

Somehow, Louis Davenport succeeds in convincing chef Mathieu to throw in his lot with the Davenport. Mathieu and his wife Louise move to Spokane, sight unseen.

Since the hotel’s opening in 1914, three chefs had already come and gone. When he arrives in 1917, Mathieu becomes the fourth.

Still, Mathieu is skeptical of Spokane and the Davenport at first, but the city soon wins him over: “As far as I could see there was a tremendous area of natural beauty.

Spokane appeared to be a new, progressive city built on a solid foundation,” he writes.

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“My greatest interest was in the hotel. Would it justify my ambitions?” he writes. “I was soon to learn that I was in the right place and in a great hotel rightfully advertised as ‘America’s Exceptional Hotel.’”

The greatness of the Davenport largely stemmed from the care Louis Davenport put into running the business (including traveling to San Francisco to select a well-known chef).

“Mr. L. M. Davenport was a man with exceptional intelligence and ability in the hotel business. He was a man of refinement. In our 30 years of association, I had the privilege of knowing him well. In fact, we took our luncheons together almost every day during the last 15 years I was with him. I owe much to him.”

Though Mathieu doesn’t say it, it’s clear that the Davenport also owes much to him: “Mr. Davenport gave me full authority. ‘That is entirely your business and you are not working for me, but with me,’ he would say. He was extremely cooperative in every way.”

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lthough there were important guests and dignitaries visiting and dining (Mathieu’s little list includes “many presidents, the

queen of Romania, the ex-empress of Austria and her family of princes and princesses, great divas, Marshal [Ferdinand] Foch, governors, senators, Supreme Court judges and government secretaries”) he was deeply aware of the needs of those traveling for business and locals who wanted to come and dine on wonderful food surrounded by luxury. Mathieu brought elaborate and sumptuous French cuisine to Spokane that was served alongside a menu of American favorites.

Picture this: “We had a seating capacity of 2,300 without counting the lobby and mezzanine floor, where another 1,000 could be accommodated for special occasions. We had four dining rooms serving the public for breakfast, luncheon and dinner.”

It’s fair to say that things at the hotel were hopping.

Aside from daily meals, there were special events and parties. Pictures from the Davenport archives show delicacies in the shape of floweradorned straw hats and cakes festooned with edible ribbons and bows. Every dish is arranged with flair.

Chef Mathieu seemed to take pleasure in the creative challenges that special events and orders required. Near the book in the glass case is a picture of him next to a cake in the shape of the Old National Bank building.

He includes the story in his book: “In 1927

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we made one of the biggest and most beautiful cakes ever served for the Old National Bank. It was made to celebrate the bank’s 25th anniversary and was in the form of an exact replica of the bank building of 18 stories. It weighed 1,100 pounds. This was not a small undertaking. With Otto, my pastry chef, we adorned it with pieces of gold and silver and had a picture made, which was printed on the front page of the local newspaper and in hotel magazines. Many people thought it was the Old National Building itself. It was a remarkable piece of work and cost the bank $850, which was quite a sum for those days. We took it to the bank’s lobby where it took four cooks and several hours to cut and serve the cake to the multitude of people who had been invited.”

Chef Mathieu spent 30 years as the Davenport’s head chef, though he was laid off for a time during the Great Depression and sought his fortunes in California until being asked to return. After Louis Davenport sold the hotel, Mathieu stayed on only a short time, leaving in 1944 and running the catering department of “a large social club” in Spokane, which he notes as an uncharacteristic mystery in the memoir, until his retirement.

ribs, Chicken a la Reine (with peppers and Tabasco) and Mathieu Special soup (which includes squash and an entire sliced head of lettuce).

Earlier this year, he served a meal based on the fare passengers ate on the Titanic and hopes to continue probing into culinary history, with an eye to chef Mathieu’s legacy.

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tanding in the Davenport now, restored to a glory chef Mathieu might have recognized, it’s not difficult to picture the chef at work, surrounded by elaborate ice sculptures and sumptuous dishes served in courses.

Adam Swedberg, the latest to follow in chef Mathieu’s hallowed footsteps, is finding ways to make glimpses — and tastes — of that experience available to visitors today. Swedberg became aware of chef Mathieu only a few months ago, when a member of his staff showed him a copy of the memoir listed on eBay. At the time of this writing, only two books were available for sale online, both for more than $100. One rare copy is for sale locally at Atticus Coffee & Gifts for $75; you can also find a copy in the collection of the Northwest Room at the Spokane Public Library’s downtown branch.

Beyond the telling of his life’s story, chef Mathieu includes a few recipes in the book, including one for Louis salad dressing, the excellent topping for the Davenport’s signature Crab Louis salad.

Swedberg has since hosted a special brunch, revamping the brunch menu to include a few of Mathieu’s recipes, including barbecued short

Chef Adam Swedberg is reviving Mathieu’s legacy.

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“It’s great to look back and see how it all started,” says Swedberg. “I’d love to keep carrying on that tradition and designing some fresh sheets and some more multi-course menus.”

For Swedberg, it’s like discovering treasure in his backyard.

“For you to tell me that he worked with Escoffier, it’s so exciting, how many people can say that?” he says. “How did we not know about him?”

In 1958, when chef Mathieu wrote the story of his life, he wrote this in the preface: “My story was written in Spokane, Washington, the city I love and where I have spent the greatest part of my career, a lovely city of the great Northwest, where people still call me ‘Chef.’”

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REALITY CHECK Steven Soderbergh’s shot-oniPhones thriller Unsane is a jittery, disturbing psychological study

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In Unsane, Claire Foy is an office worker who finds herself committed to a mental hospital. But does she belong there?

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irector Steven Soderbergh announced his retirevery first film, 1989’s Sex, Lies and Videotape, cost almost ment in 2013, stating that he was frustrated 30 years ago. And that was considered low-budget then. with Hollywood, its focus on huge, supposedly Not that it’s like Soderbergh whipped his cell phone safe blockbusters and the subsequent squeezing out out of his pocket and made a movie off the cuff. If you of smaller, more challenging films. He also said at the didn’t know Unsane wasn’t shot in a more traditional time that he felt that “movies don’t matter anymore” as manner, you’d never guess it from looking at what ended cultural touchstones. He unretired last year to give us the up on the big screen. The movie does have a rough, edgy middling Logan Lucky, a blah imitation of his own Ocean’s energy; one that is perfect for its story, but it is, I suspect, Eleven; if that movie was intended to make at least as much a result of the freedom us nostalgic for those smaller films that that comes with not having a big corporaUNSANE the studios aren’t interested in backing tion breathing down your neck as what Rated R anymore, it failed. kind of gear was used.

Directed by Steven Soderbergh But Soderbergh may have found his (The quick-and-dirty filmmaking Starring Claire Foy, Joshua Leonard, groove again — or, rather, a new groove extends to the script, by Jonathan Bernstein Jay Pharoah, Juno Temple for a new movie environment — with the and James Greer, which was written in 10 unusually unsettling psychological thriller Unsane. days and serves as a smack to the often overly massaged, As a piece of craft, Unsane is a slap in the face to what endlessly reworked studio scripts that end up having to Hollywood has become in recent years, bloated with mecredit half a dozen writers, or more.) ga-budget action fantasies full of impossible monsters and Still, the dull colors and that certain video flatness superheroes that demand armies of CGI grunts to create. to the photography only underscore the plight of office Using off-the-shelf iPhones, apps, lenses and drones, worker Sawyer Valentini (an amazing Claire Foy), who Soderbergh (who served as his own cinematographer, goes for a brief consultation with a therapist and ends as he often does) shot the film mostly in one location, up accidentally signing a form submitting herself to a with a small cast and an almost impossibly tiny crew. “voluntary” 24-hour commitment at a mental hospital.

They prepared not so much in secret as under the radar, (Always read what you’re signing! Though how many of because that’s easy to do — it’s almost inevitable — with us really do?) such a small production footprint. Unsane’s budget? A Her horror, once she realizes what has happened, measly $1.2 million, which is exactly what Soderbergh’s and her inability to get anyone in charge to listen to her,

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to see that this is all a terrible mistake, is the stuff of bureaucracy-gone-mad, the medicalization of perfectly healthy anxieties and distresses and the deficits of mental health care we’ve seen before. But the film puts a terrific — in all senses of the word — feminist twist on the familiar tropes of these overlapping genres by framing its story from a woman’s perspective, and from this particular woman’s perspective.

For, you see, the issues that brought her to the therapist in the first place is that she is on the run from a stalker, and she’s having trouble coping with the stress of that. His face seems to pop up everywhere, like on the random stranger she brings home for a one-night stand.

And as her 24 hours in the psych ward gets extended for a week, she suddenly starts seeing his face on one of the nurses (Joshua Leonard).

Is it really him? Everyone in the hospital denies that he’s anyone but a carefully vetted psychiatric nurse and definitely not her stalker. Are they lying, and if so, why would they do that? Is this place making her crazy? It all becomes a horrifying metaphor for how women are not believed, how we are derided as crazy, how we gaslight ourselves into doubting the evidence of our own experience when we are subjected to harassment and abuse by men. The monsters here are all too real, all too banal and all the more disturbing for it.

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OPENING FILMS BOMBSHELL: THE HEDY LAMARR STORY

A documentary about the 1940s actress and pin-up model, who was more than just a pretty face: She also coinvented a radio guidance system that would later be utilized in Wi-Fi technology. At the Magic Lantern. (NW) Not Rated

MIDNIGHT SUN

Romance blossoms between a teenage girl (Bella Thorne) who’s allergic to sunlight and her hunky but sensitive next door neighbor (Patrick Schwarzenegger). A remake of a 2006 Japanese feature. (NW) Rated PG-13

PACIFIC RIM UPRISING

The sequel to Guillermo del Toro’s robots-vs.-monsters blockbuster promises to deliver even bigger robots and nastier monsters. John Boyega and Rinko Kikuchi return; del Toro, who gets a producer credit, has vacated the director’s chair. (NW) Rated PG-13

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PAUL, APOSTLE OF CHRIST

The biblical story of Paul, who went from persecuting Jesus’ followers to becoming his most trusted apostle.

Jim Caviezel turns up in this but, sadly, not as Jesus. (NW) Rated PG-13

SHERLOCK GNOMES

I’m sure they thought of the title first, then worked backward. An animated follow-up to 2011’s Gnomeo & Juliet, in which some sentient garden gnomes hire a detective to track down missing lawn ornaments. (NW) Rated PG

UNSANE

Steven Soderbergh’s latest stylistic experiment (he shot this on iPhones) finds Claire Foy as an office worker who lands in a mental hospital, trying to prove she’s sane. Or is she? A psychological thriller with a rough, edgy energy and a feminist twist on familiar tropes. (MJ) Rated R

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In 1976, an Air France flight was hijacked by German reactionaries, with Israeli Defense Forces swooping in to intervene. It’s an event that’s been dramatized many times before; Daniel Brühl and Rosamund Pike play the hijackers here. (NW) Rated PG-13

ANNIHILATION

Alex Garland follows up 2014’s Ex Machina with another cerebral sci-fi trip that’s gripping, eerie and a bit of a head scratcher. Natalie Portman fronts a team of badass biologists who infiltrate an environmental disaster area to determine what happened to the soldiers who went missing there. (ES) Rated R

BLACK PANTHER

Marvel’s latest is set in the nation of Wakanda, where its new king T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) must face war-

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ring factions who want to usurp the throne. As directed by Ryan Coogler (Creed), it’s more serious-minded than typical superhero fare, full of nobility and purpose without sacrificing fun and charm. (ES) Rated PG-13

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DEATH WISH

The Charles Bronson exploitation classic gets a 21st-century facelift with Bruce Willis taking the reins as a father who becomes an urban vigilante after his wife and daughter are attacked. As pointless and out-of-touch as you’d expect, and Willis isn’t even trying.

(NW) Rated R

GAME NIGHT

An evening of board games and merlot amongst friends is interrupted by violent thugs and kidnappers. The only problem is everyone thinks it’s all a gag. The comedy gets dark, but ...continued on next page

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NOW PLAYING it’s never nihilistic or mean-spirited, and the actors, particularly stars Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams, play to their strengths. (ES) Rated R

THE GREATEST SHOWMAN

A lavish, Moulin Rouge-y musical fantasy inspired by the life and career of P.T. Barnum (Hugh Jackman), the circus empresario who created modern show biz as we know it. The splashy songs are co-written by Oscar-winning La La Land lyricists Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. (NW) Rated PG

I CAN ONLY IMAGINE

A faith-based drama about Bart Millard, the frontman of Christian rock group MercyMe, who escaped his abusive childhood through music. The title is lifted from the band’s signature song.

(NW) Rated PG

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That magical board game becomes an old Atari-esque gaming console in this better-than-you’d-expect reboot, with a ragtag group of high schoolers getting sucked into a perilous video game world. Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan and a scene-stealing Jack Black star as the kids’ in-game avatars.

(NW) Rated PG-13

LOVE, SIMON

Popular teenager Simon (Nick Robinson) begins anonymous email correspondence with another boy, only to discover they’re both in the closet and they’re falling for each other. Overlooking a few unnecessary subplots, this is a funny, sweet and uplifting coming-out and coming-of-age comedy. (ES) Rated PG-13

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Beatrix Potter’s beloved children’s character gets the anthropomorphic, wise-cracking CGI treatment, voiced by James Corden and perpetually pestering Domhnall Gleeson’s bumbling Mr. McGregor. Sounds a bit unbearable, but, hey — it worked for the Paddington movies. (NW) Rated PG

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Vietnam War. A thrilling drama about the importance of the free press. At the Magic Lantern. (MJ) Rated PG-13

RED SPARROW

Jennifer Lawrence is a Russian ballerina-turned-assassin, hired to take down a CIA agent (Joel Edgerton) in possession of incriminating information on her government. A well-made but disappointingly rote grab bag of spy movie tropes; your average episode of The Americans has more intrigue and suspense. (NW) Rated R

THE SHAPE OF WATER

With apologies to Pan’s Labyrinth, this is Guillermo del Toro’s finest film to date, a grisly adult fairy tale about a mute cleaning woman’s plans to free a captive amphibious creature from the government facility where she works.

Weird, gory, eye-popping, disarmingly sweet and featuring a masterful star turn from Sally Hawkins. (SS) Rated R

THE STRANGERS: PREY AT NIGHT

That trio of masked home invaders from the 2008 horror hit return, menacing a road-tripping family in a desolate trailer park. Brief flashes of style and pitchblack humor don’t compensate for all its slasher movie cliches. (NW) Rated R

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When her daughter is murdered, an angry mother (Frances McDormand) erects a trio of uncouth billboards calling out the local police department, causing a stir in her tiny town. While the all-star cast delivers emotionally wrenching, Oscar-winning performances, writer-director Martin McDonagh’s inconsistent script occasionally veers into idiotic absurdity that undercuts the gravity of the drama. At the Magic Lantern. (SS)

TOMB RAIDER

Videogame heroine Lara Croft returns to the big screen, this time played by Oscar-winner Alicia Vikander, in a soso origin story detailing the famed treasure hunter’s first adventure on a fabled Japanese island. Indiana Jones lite. (NW) Rated PG-13

A WRINKLE IN TIME

Ava DuVernay translates Madeleine L’Engle’s beloved children’s book to the big screen, and the results are charmingly idealistic yet dramatically adrift.

Storm Reid plays a curious young girl who embarks on an interdimensional quest to find her missing scientist father, her every move guided by mystical beings. (NW) Rated PG n

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Paul Thomas Anderson explores the world of 1950s fashion, with Daniel Day-Lewis in his (supposedly) final screen role as a high-end dress designer whose relationship with a much younger woman (Vicky Krieps) becomes fraught. A sly, dark comedy sewn inside a stunningly beautiful costume drama. At the Magic Lantern.

(NW) Rated R

THE POST

Steven Spielberg’s latest concerns 1970s Washington Post publisher Kay Graham (Meryl Streep) and editor Ben Bradlee (Tom Hanks) fighting for the paper’s right to publish the Pentagon Papers, which detailed the Johnson administration’s lies regarding the

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ment-haunting spirit during a seance. You’ve seen this basic material done before (and done better), but it’s reasonably atmospheric and occasionally quite creepy. (NW) Not Rated

INDIE ROCK

STILL STANDING As Seattle band Kinski enters their second decade, they continue to expand upon their distinct sound

BY NATHAN WEINBENDER

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wenty years can sneak up on you. When the Seattlebased Kinski started playing shows in the late 1990s, the band didn’t have many aspirations beyond landing a few bar gigs. And yet here they are, still together. Barring a change in drummers in 2002, and a brief period where they performed as Herzog, it’s the same core group of musicians, experimenting with sound and structure and constantly sidestepping expectations.

“It kind of caught us off guard,” says Kinski’s primary songwriter Chris Martin (no, not that Chris Martin) of the group’s looming 20th anniversary.

But could Kinski make it another 10 years?

“I think so,” Martin says. “Everybody’s getting along well.”

Over the course of its two decades, Kinski has put out so many EPs, LPs, mixtapes and split albums that it’s easy to lose track of just how many; their most recent full-length album was accurately titled 7 (Or 8). None of those records sound quite the same, either: Their early work is spacey and expansive and mostly instrumental, terse bursts of hard rock sandwiched between ambient sprawls.

The band’s more recent recordings, however, have veered more in the direction of straight-ahead rock, closer to Queens of the Stone Age than, say, Stereolab. But those early sonic ...continued on next page

Seattle rockers Kinski hit the Observatory on Friday night.

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WIMPS Kinski’s Kill Rock Stars labelmates Wimps have been amassing fans in Seattle since 2011. The trio — guitarist/vocalist Rachel Ratner, bassist Matt Nyce and drummer Dave Ramm — have a witty, self-effacing nature about them, knocking out punchy songs about settling into your 40s and figuring out you’re the old guy at the young kids’ parties.

TISSUE Coincidentally, this newer crew happened to play its first show with Kinski a couple years ago. The latest project from two defunct Seattle faves — Gabi Page-Fort of Stickers and Dean Whitmore of Unnatural Helpers — is deliberately lo-fi and hypnotic, defined by wiry guitars and crashing drums.

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“STILL STANDING,” CONTINUED... explorations are still very much a part of their musical DNA. “We wanted to try a bunch of things,” Martin explains. “I just wanted to explore sounds and textures, so we went out in that direction. We come from a more pop background, so that songwriting structure’s always been there. But we wanted to push it in more experimental ways.”

The Seattle scene has changed around them, too, although Martin admits he’s not as clued in to what’s current as he once was. He moved to the city right as it was becoming the unsuspecting hub of American rock culture, an era that has become idealized by ’90s kids and yet one that Martin remembers as something of a downer.

“I moved here right before Nirvana’s first record came out,” Martin says. “Nobody knew the whole grunge thing was going to explode. … From my perspective, it wasn’t a very friendly vibe.

People were moving from all over the country to get signed, and when record labels are out looking to sign bands, it’s just a bummer.

“After grunge happened that’s when the scene became interesting to me, because there were so many different new styles.”

It was well after the grunge craze died down that Kinksi started releasing music, including three LPs and a handful of singles on the legendary Sub Pop label (which is also where a lot of those grunge pioneers got their starts). They’re now set to put out their third full-length album through the indie label Kill Rock Stars.

That new album, the band’s first since 2015, should be hitting shelves later this year, and Martin describes it as “big and loud and a little more direct,” a synthesis of early and late-period Kinski.

Although they’re not on the road as often as they used to be, primarily because of the members’ full-time jobs outside of music — bassist Lucy Atkinson is an elementary school teacher and Martin works as a talk radio producer — the band doesn’t have any plans to quit touring. During their next batch of shows, which also takes them to the Treefort Music Festival in Boise, they’ll be pulling out tracks from their early days.

“Since it’s our 20th anniversary, we’ve been trying to delve into our back catalog a bit more,” Martin says. “It’s nice — when we finish, people come up and ask about a particular song, and we direct them toward which album it’s on.”

Kinski’s upcoming Spokane show will be their second-ever gig here, having previously played the Inlander’s Volume Music Festival in 2013. And if things go as Martin hopes, it won’t be their last.

“Neil Young just did an interview and he said, ‘My farewell tour’s when I’m dead,’” Martin says. “Who knows what’s going to happen? But there’s no reason to slow down now.” n Kinski with Wimps, Tissue and Peru Resh • Fri, March 23, at 9 pm • $6 • 21+ • The Observatory • 15 S. Howard • observatoryspokane.com • 598-8933

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Bu d g a DREAM TEAM

Yin and Yang

Indie-rock duo Kolars uses tap dancing, behind-the-curtain magic to wow audiences

BY HOWARD HARDEE

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he Los Angeles-based rock duo known as Kolars has cultivated an image.

Frontman Rob Kolar digs sparkly guitars and pompadours, while drummer Lauren Brown rocks glitzy costumes on stage. The most visually striking aspect of their live show, however, is the way Brown plays drums. Get this: She turns a bass drum on its side, stands on it and tap dances. It recalls somebody playing Dance Dance Revolution in an arcade.

Asked to explain the origins of Brown’s unusual style, Kolar recalls playing acoustic guitar in her apartment, which had hardwood flooring: “Lauren’s been tap dancing since she was a kid, and she started tapping rhythm while we were writing a song. We were like, ‘This sounds kind of awesome.’”

That led to a series of experiments with different drum kit set-ups, and they settled on a using a kick drum with a custom-made, industrial-strength maple head so Brown doesn’t fall through it.

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“Everybody always looks a little scared when she’s jumping on the platform,” Kolar says, “like she’s going to kill herself.”

Speaking to the Inlander from the road ahead of Kolars’ upcoming Bartlett show, Kolar explains how he and Brown joined forces after playing together in the now-defunct folk group He’s My Brother She’s My Sister.

“That band went on indefinite hiatus,” he says. “We didn’t break up, but we stopped touring, and it was really heartbreaking. We put a lot of time and energy into it. We had this void of wanting to perform, and I was starting to work on what I thought was a solo album, but Lauren is such an incredible performer, I thought, ‘Could we turn it into a band of two?’”

Brown began contributing feedback on lyrics and song structures, while Kolar honed his skills as a producer and mixer, and they split the logistical duties evenly. They debuted as Kolars about two years ago and have released one self-titled album.

In the live setting, the first half of their set is raw and stripped down — just Brown and Kolar banging (and jumping) on their instruments. But about midway through, “additional production

Rob Kolar and twin Lauren Browns, of the band Kolars. elements” are infused into the mix: bass accompaniment, subtle piano parts or reverb-soaked background vocals that Kolar pre-recorded in a studio. He says it’s a trick to beef up the sound that also adds an element of mystery to their stage show.

“Some people don’t understand what’s going on and it’s kind of fun; kind of a Wizard of Oz vibe,” he says. “They’re like, ‘Wait, is there someone behind the curtain?’ But a lot of audiences don’t even notice, which is kind of interesting. I play around a lot with delays and space effects, just to give atmosphere to a live show, and we’ll do some looping live, but it’s kind of a hybrid of being a rock ‘n’ roll band and a producer.”

Kolar used to be more of a rock purist, but he’s come to embrace available technologies. He doesn’t want the electronic element to become a focus of Kolars’ stage show, however. It’s all about balance.

“Some acts completely embrace it, and it becomes like a sort of embellished karaoke, or something,” he says. “Some artists, like pop stars and rappers, can make that work. I’m not going to knock anybody. For us, it’s all about adding enough elements to boost it, but not so many it distracts from what we’re doing. ... We’re trying to keep the live portion as the focal point.”

Using backing tracks is also a business decision for Kolars. In the highly competitive music industry, they simply cannot afford to pay more musicians to tour with them. In fact, they’ve found that pretty much everything is more streamlined as a duo — even the creative stuff.

They’re able to make quick artistic decisions and put out albums at a faster pace than most bigger bands, Kolar says: “There aren’t as many cooks in the kitchen trying to pull the focus one way or another.”

That was a challenge in He’s My Brother She’s My Sister. Each member of that band came from very different musical places, Kolar says, and contrasting visions of the project inevitably emerged.

“Lauren and I work in such a cohesive way as just the two of us,” he says. “We can accomplish so much and we’re very much in tune with the same vision. There’s a yin and yang sort of situation with this project.” n Kolars with Escondido and Sammy Brue • Sat, March 24, at 8 pm • $12 • All ages • The Bartlett • 228 W. Sprague • thebartlettspokane.com • 747-2174

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he Commodores broke out of Tuskegee, Alabama, in the early 1970s, making a name for themselves with their live-wire shows and matching bedazzled leisure suits.

The group found their greatest success with singer and saxophonist Lionel Richie out in front, scoring Top 10 hits with heartfelt ballads like “Easy” and “Three Times a Lady,” and funk barnstormers like “Brick House.” Richie parted ways with the band long ago for a platinumselling solo career, but the Commodores’ current lineup still features R&B royalty, including founding member William King and original “Brick House” vocalist Walter Orange.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER The Commodores • Wed, March 28, at 7:30 pm • $59-$79 • Northern Quest Resort & Casino • 100 N. Hayford, Airway Heights • northernquest.com • 481-2800

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Friday, 03/23

219 LOUNGE, Trego 1210 TAVERN, Deez Nutz feat. Chris Kidd, Dee Senese J J THE BARTLETT, The Hoot Hoots, Lavoy J BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn

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oeur d’Alene becomes a roots music lover’s haven every year, when the annual Coeur d’Alene Blues Festival takes over the lakeside resort with a weekend full of concerts. It’s more communal than your average festival, with shows taking place on boats that cruise the lake, on rooftops, in local businesses and during Sunday brunch.

Some of this year’s biggest names include Grammy-nominated singer and pianist Marcia Ball (pictured) and Nashville’s Andy T Band, as well as the Seattle-based Rafael Tranquilino Band and Portland’s Rose City Kings. Regional acts include Charlie Butts and the Filter Tips, the Sidemen, the Doghouse Boyz and the MasterClass Big Band, featuring high school musicians alongside veteran performers.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER Coeur d’Alene Blues Festival • Fri-Sun, March 23-25 • $10-$60 • Coeur d’Alene Resort • 115 S. Second St. • cdaresort.com • 208-7654000 ext. 21

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MAX AT MIRABEAU, Mojo Box MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL, The Beat Diggers MOOSE LOUNGE, Whack a Mole MULLIGAN’S BAR & GRILLE, KOSH NASHVILLE NORTH, Ladies Night with Luke Jaxon and DJ Tom NIGHTHAWK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), NightShift NORTHERN QUEST RESORT & CASINO, DJ Patrick O’SHAYS IRISH PUB & EATERY, Arvid Lundin & Deep Roots J THE OBSERVATORY, Kinski (see page 113), Wimps, Tissue, Peru Resh PALOUSE BAR AND GRILL, Donnie Emerson PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Monarch Mountain Band PRIME TYME BAR & GRILL, The Skriptones

RED ROOM LOUNGE, The Imagine Collective, Ben X, Brotha Nature THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos feat. Christan Raxter & Steve Ridler SILVER MOUNTAIN SKI RESORT (NOAH’S), Larry Myer SOULFUL SOUPS & SPIRITS, Nathan Chartrey ZOLA, Chris Rieser and the Nerve

Saturday, 03/24

219 LOUNGE, Devon Wade J J THE BARTLETT, Escondido, Kolars (see page 115), Sammy Brue J BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn BLACK DIAMOND, DJ Kevin BOLO’S, FM CEDAR STREET BRIDGE, Oak Street Connection CHINOOK STEAK, PASTA AND SPIRITS (CDA CASINO), Wyatt Wood

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Sunday, 03/25

J J THE COEUR D’ALENE RESORT, Coeur d’Alene Blues Festival DALEY’S CHEAP SHOTS, Jam Night with VooDoo Church GARLAND PUB & GRILL, Karaoke IRON HORSE (VALLEY), Land of Voices

LINGER LONGER LOUNGE, Open Jam LUCKY’S IRISH PUB, Open Mic MARYHILL WINERY SPOKANE, Kyle Richard O’DOHERTY’S IRISH GRILLE, Live Irish Music ZOLA, Lazy Love

Monday, 03/26

J CALYPSOS COFFEE & CREAMERY, Open Mic EICHARDT’S, Monday Night Jam with Truck Mills HUMBLE BURGER, Motherhood, Lloyd and Saviour, Skinny the Kid RED ROOM LOUNGE, Open Mic with Lucas Brookbank Brown ZOLA, Perfect Mess

Tuesday, 03/27

219 LOUNGE, Karaoke with DJ Pat J J THE BARTLETT, Northwest of Nashville feat. Jenny Anne Mannan, Michelle Rivers, Brittany Jean, Brian Stai GARLAND PUB & GRILL, Karaoke HUMBLE BURGER, Kory Quinn, Elwood LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Turntable Tuesday RAZZLE’S BAR & GRILL, Open Mic Jam RED ROOM LOUNGE, Tuesday Takeover with Storme THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Open Mic/ Jam Night THE ROADHOUSE, Karaoke ZOLA, Dueling Cronkites

Wednesday, 03/28

219 LOUNGE, Truck Mills, Pamela Benton EICHARDT’S, John Firshi GENO’S Open Mic w/Travis Goulding THE JACKSON ST., Karaoke LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Carey Brazil LUCKY’S IRISH PUB, DJ D3VIN3 J J NORTHERN QUEST RESORT & CASINO, The Commodores (see facing page) POOLE’S PUBLIC HOUSE, The Cronkites RED ROOM LOUNGE, Blowin’ Kegs Jam Session THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos feat. Christan Raxter & Steve Ridler THE ROADHOUSE, Open Mic SOULFUL SOUPS & SPIRITS, Open Mic THE THIRSTY DOG, Karaoke TWO SEVEN PUBLIC HOUSE, Matt Mitchell ZOLA, Whsk&Keys

Coming Up ...

J THE BIG DIPPER, Casey Ryan, Danny Crimson, Hanna Rebecca, March 29 J MARTIN WOLDSON THEATER AT THE FOX, Fox Guitar Festival featuring Andy McKee, March 31 J THE BARTLETT, Soccer Mommy, Madeline Kenney, April 3 J NORTHERN QUEST RESORT & CASINO, Sara Evans, April 4 J THE BARTLETT, The Hasslers, Charlie and the Rays, Misty Mountain Pony Club, April 4

MUSIC | VENUES 219 LOUNGE • 219 N. First, Sandpoint • 208-2639934 315 MARTINIS & TAPAS • 315 E. Wallace, CdA • 208-667-9660 ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS • 4705 N. Fruit Hill Rd. • 927-9463 BABY BAR • 827 W. First Ave. • 847-1234 BARLOWS • 1428 N. Liberty Lake Rd. • 924-1446 THE BARTLETT • 228 W. Sprague Ave. • 747-2174 BEEROCRACY • 911 W. Garland Ave. THE BIG DIPPER • 171 S. Washington • 863-8098 BIGFOOT PUB • 9115 N. Division St. • 467-9638 BING CROSBY THEATER • 901 W. Sprague Ave. • 227-7638 BLACK DIAMOND • 9614 E. Sprague • 891-8357 BOLO’S • 116 S. Best Rd. • 891-8995 BOOMERS • 18219 E. Appleway Ave. • 755-7486 BOOTS BAKERY & LOUNGE • 24 W. Main Ave. • 703-7223 BRAVO CONCERT HOUSE • 25 E. Lincoln Rd. • 703-7474 BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB • 201 S. Main, Moscow • 208-882-5216 BUZZ COFFEEHOUSE • 501 S. Thor • 340-3099 CALYPSOS COFFEE & CREAMERY • 116 E. Lakeside Ave., CdA • 208-665-0591 CHATEAU RIVE • 621 W. Mallon Ave. • 795-2030 CHECKERBOARD BAR • 1716 E. Sprague Ave. • 535-4007 COEUR D’ALENE CASINO • 37914 S. Nukwalqw Rd., Worley, Idaho • 800-523-2464 COEUR D’ALENE CELLARS • 3890 N. Schreiber Way, CdA • 208-664-2336 CRAFTED TAP HOUSE • 523 Sherman Ave., CdA • 208-292-4813 CRAVE• 401 W. Riverside • 321-7480 CRUISERS • 6105 W Seltice Way, Post Falls • 208773-4706 CURLEY’S • 26433 W. Hwy. 53 • 208-773-5816 DALEY’S CHEAP SHOTS • 6412 E. Trent • 535-9309 EICHARDT’S PUB • 212 Cedar St., Sandpoint • 208-263-4005 THE FEDORA • 1726 W. Kathleen, CdA • 208-7658888 FIZZIE MULLIGANS • 331 W. Hastings • 466-5354 FOX THEATER • 1001 W. Sprague • 624-1200 THE HIVE • 207 N. First, Sandpoint • 208-457-2392 HOGFISH • 1920 E. Sherman, CdA • 208-667-1896 HOTEL RL BY RED LION AT THE PARK • 303 W. North River Dr. • 326-8000 HOUSE OF SOUL • 120 N. Wall • 217-1961 IRON HORSE BAR • 407 E. Sherman Ave., CdA • 208-667-7314 IRON HORSE BAR & GRILL • 11105 E. Sprague Ave., CdA • 509-926-8411 JACKSON ST. BAR & GRILL • 2436 N. Astor St. • 315-8497 JOHN’S ALLEY • 114 E. Sixth St., Moscow • 208883-7662 KNITTING FACTORY • 911 W. Sprague Ave. • 244-3279 LAGUNA CAFÉ • 2013 E. 29th Ave. • 448-0887 THE LANTERN TAP HOUSE • 1004 S. Perry St. • 315-9531 LA ROSA CLUB • 105 S. First Ave., Sandpoint • 208-255-2100 LEFTBANK WINE BAR • 108 N. Washington • 315-8623 LUCKY’S IRISH PUB • 408 W. Sprague • 747-2605 MAX AT MIRABEAU • 1100 N. Sullivan • 924-9000 MICKDUFF’S • 312 N. First Ave., Sandpoint • 208)255-4351 MONARCH MOUNTAIN COFFEE • 208 N 4th Ave, Sandpoint • 208-265-9382 MOOSE LOUNGE • 401 E. Sherman • 208-664-7901 MOOTSY’S • 406 W. Sprague • 838-1570 MULLIGAN’S • 506 Appleway Ave., CdA • 208- 7653200 ext. 310 NASHVILLE NORTH • 6361 W. Seltice Way, Post Falls • 208-457-9128 NECTAR CATERING & EVENTS • 120 N. Stevens St. • 869-1572 NORTHERN QUEST RESORT • 100 N. Hayford Rd., Airway Heights • 242-7000 NYNE • 232 W. Sprague Ave. • 474-1621 THE OBSERVATORY • 15 S. Howard • 598-8933 O’SHAY’S • 313 E. CdA Lake Dr. • 208-667-4666 PEND D’OREILLE WINERY • 301 Cedar St., Sandpoint • 208-265-8545 THE PIN! • 412 W. Sprague • 368-4077 RED LION RIVER INN • 700 N. Division • 326-5577 RED ROOM LOUNGE • 521 W. Sprague • 838-7613 REPUBLIC BREWING • 26 Clark Ave. • 775-2700 THE RIDLER PIANO BAR • 718 W. Riverside • 822-7938 RIVELLE’S • 2360 N Old Mill Loop, CdA • 208-9300381 THE ROADHOUSE • 20 N. Raymond • 413-1894 SEASONS OF COEUR D’ALENE • 209 E. Lakeside Ave. • 208-664-8008 THE SHOP • 924 S. Perry St. • 534-1647 SOULFUL SOUPS & SPIRITS • 117 N. Howard St. • 459-1190 SPOKANE ARENA • 720 W. Mallon • 279-7000 THE THIRSTY DOG • 3027 E. Liberty Ave. • 487-3000 TIMBER GASTRO PUB •1610 E Schneidmiller, Post Falls • 208-262-9593 ZOLA • 22 W. Main Ave. • 624-2416

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FROM LEFT: Andrew Biviano as Max Halliday, Patrick McHenry Kroetch as Tony Wendice and Molly Allen as Margot Wendice in Dial M for Murder at the Spokane Civic Theatre.

JEFF FERGUSON PHOTO

THEATER MAD MOTIVATIONS

For its next main stage production, the Civic takes a suspenseful turn with the 1952 crime classic Dial M for Murder

by Frederick Knott. If this title sounds familiar, it’s because visionary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock turned the script into a cinematic version two years later. The plot is twisting and complex, with plenty of suspense to keep theatergoers on the edge of their seats, whether they know the story’s finale or not. The spoiler-free gist is this: Tony Wendice finds out that his socialite wife, Margot, has been having an affair. In his resulting rage, he decides to kill her by hiring a hitman, both for revenge and to take control of her fortune. But when things don’t go as planned, and Tony decides to stop at nothing, who will win and who will lose?

— CHEY SCOTT Dial M for Murder • March 23-April 8; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm • $14-$29 • Spokane Civic Theatre • 1020 N. Howard • spokanecivictheatre.com • 325-2507

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118 INLANDER MARCH 22, 2018

SPORTS SWEET 16 IN SPOKANE

COMEDY COUNTRY CUTUP

March Madness in Spokane is heating up, and not just for Gonzaga fans. Four elite women’s teams are heading to the Lilac City to vie for an appearance in the Women’s NCAA Tournament Final Four.

The group coming to Spokane Arena includes three highly ranked favorites in 1-seed Notre Dame, 2-seed Oregon (coached by former Gonzaga women’s coach Kelly Graves) and 4-seed Texas A&M, and one Cinderella story in 11-seed Central Michigan, who knocked off Ohio State. Notre Dame and A&M face off at 1 pm Saturday, while the Chippewas and the Ducks face off later than afternoon. The two winners will play Monday night.

— DAN NAILEN

Bill Engvall was already a pretty successful comedian well before he co-founded the Blue Collar Comedy Tour with Jeff Foxworthy.

He’d landed spots on The Tonight Show and David Letterman, done some small roles acting on sitcoms and, in 1992, won the Best Male Standup trophy at the American Comedy Awards. The Texas native’s aw-shucks persona and family-friendly approach helped him reach mainstream success, and when the Blue Collar idea blew up, Engvall blew up with it. After starring in his own Bill Engvall Show sitcom for a while, he’s back on the road, including two shows in the Inland Northwest this weekend.

— DAN NAILEN

NCAA Division 1 Women’s Regional Basketball Sweet 16 • Sat, March 24, at 1 pm and Mon, March 26, at 6 pm • $50/all three games; $35/youth, seniors • Spokane Arena • 720 W. Mallon • spokanearena.com • 800-325-SEAT

Bill Engvall • Fri, March 23, at 7 and 9 pm • $35/$40/$50 • Coeur d’Alene Casino • 37914 S. Nukwalqw, Worley, Idaho • cdacasino. com • 800-523-2464

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BENEFIT

WORDS BIG BLUE MARBLE

So few people get the rare chance to see our precious planet from the heights that astronauts on the International Space Station do. But thanks to the photographic work by many of these space-bound scientists, those of us grounded back at home can still catch glimpses of that spectacular view from above. At the next installment of the Nat Geo Live! presentation series, NASA astronaut and photographer Terry Virts discusses his efforts to install the Cupola Module, a 360-degree view camera at the ISS, and the subsequent photographs he captured with it. Many of Virts’ images were used in the IMAX film Beautiful Planet and are centerpieces of the book View From Above. In addition to showcasing his stunning photography, the former ISS commander talks about how his time hovering above Earth’s surface significantly changed his life and point of view.

— CHEY SCOTT National Geographic Live! View From Above • Wed, March 28, at 7 pm • $21.50-$30 • INB Performing Arts Center • 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. • inbpac.com • 279-7000

JAM 4 CANS A local rail jam series open to skiers and snowboarders with the goals of collecting food for local charities and promoting community awareness of their needs. Entry is 15 cans of food/competitor. March 24, 7-9 pm.

Summit Northwest Ministries, 1486 W. Seltice Way. summitnorthwest.org MARCH OPEN HOUSE: SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW Join the OLC to learn about light interactions and investigate prisms, rainbow reflections and making rainbow slime (first 25 kids).

Also enjoy crafts, activities and meeting the center’s animals. March 24, 10 am-2 pm. $5 suggested donation. West Valley Outdoor Learning Center, 8706 E. Upriver Dr. olc.wvsd.org SECOND ANNUAL CHEF’S CHALLENGE Local chefs compete for the Golden Spatula award while raising money for Pullman’s Community Food Bank, Gardens and Kitchen. The event features a no-host bar, appetizers from local restaurants and caterers, a silent auction, drawings and prizes. March 25, 5-7 pm. $20/$25. Schweitzer Event Center, 1825 Schweitzer Dr., Pullman. cacwhitman.org (334-9247)

COMEDY

BILL ENGVALL The multi-platinum selling comedian brings the laughs to Coeur d’Alene. March 23 at 7 and 9 pm. $35. Coeur d’Alene Casino, 37914 S. Nukwalqw. cdacasino.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 fast-paced, shortform improv show in a game-based format relies on audience suggestions to fuel each scene. Ages 16+. Saturdays from 8-9:30 pm. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. bluedoortheatre.com THE DOPE SHOW! A comedy showcase where comedians joke, then toke, the joke some more. Last Sunday at 8 pm. $8-$14. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com 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

COMMUNITY THEATER BELOVED MUSICAL KIN

Spokane is alive with the sound of music as the singing Von Trapp family enchants audiences with its musical arrangements and journey through Austria during a tumultuous time. From Maria’s days in the abbey to her time nannying the Von Trapp children, watch this beloved character’s development as she charms the family and wins over their father through her love of music. Classic songs like “Favorite Things” and “Sixteen Going on Seventeen” can be recognized from the film The Sound of Music, which is, to this day, the most successful movie musical in history. This stage adaptation features classic music from the film by Rodgers and Hammerstein.

— ALLA DROKINA The Sound of Music • Thu, March 22, through Sat, March 24; times vary • $39.50-$79.50 • INB Performing Arts Center • 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. • wcebroadway.com • 279-7000

CREATING COLLABORATIVE COMICS Join local comic creators for a collaborative experience writing and illustrating comics. Artwork created will be unveiled at an event on April 25. March 22, 7-9 pm. $10. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. spark-central.org TITANIC: THE ARTIFACT EXHIBITION This exhibit takes visitors on a journey back in time to experience the legend of Titanic through more than 120 artifacts recovered from the ocean floor. The objects, along with room re-creations and personal stories, offer haunting, emotional connections to lives abruptly ended or forever altered. Through May 20; Tue-Sun 10 am-5 pm (Thu until 8 pm). $10-$18. The MAC, 2316 W. First. northwestmuseum.org 25TH ANNIVERSARY FIREWORKS CELEBRATION Fireworks light up the

sky to conclude a weekend celebration in honor of the casino’s 25th anniversary. March 23 from 4-6 pm and March 25 from 2-4 pm. Coeur d’Alene Casino, 37914 S. Nukwalqw. cdacasino.com GEM, JEWELRY & MINERAL SHOW The 59th annual show hosted by the Rock Rollers Club hosts more than 40 dealers selling fossils, crystals, minerals, gems and jewelry. March 23-24 from 10 am-6 pm, March 25 from 10 am-4 pm. $5-$6. Spokane County Fair & Expo Center, 404 N. Havana. rockrollers.org (509-477-1766) JUST BETWEEN FRIENDS SPRING SALE The local sale offers gently-used clothing, shoes, maternity, baby gear, books, games, movies and toys. Sign up to be a consignor ($12 fee) and earn 60% on sales. March 23 from 9 am-8 pm and March 24 from 9 am-4 pm; March 25 (half price day; free admission) from 8 am-1 pm. $5 on Fri/Sat; free on Sun. Spokane County Fair & Expo Center, 404 N. Havana St. spokane.jbfsale.com NORTH SPOKANE LIBRARY BOOK SALE Proceeds from book sales support various library programs, activities, and services. March 23 and 24 from 10 am-3 pm. Free. North Spokane Library, 44 E. Hawthorne Rd. scldfriends.org/events/ REBEL JUNK VINTAGE MARKET The two-day market showcases antique, vintage, repurposed and upcycled items long forgotten but that now serve new purpose in our homes and lifestyles. March 23 from 6-9 pm and March 24 from 10 am-4 pm. $10/ weekend admission ($5/Sat). Kootenai County Fairgrounds, 4056 N. Government Way. (360-979-0573) BEGINNING BEEKEEPING Learn the basics about how to set up a beehive and how to care for the bees. March 24 from 11 am-3 pm. $35. Pizza Factory, 123 S. Broad St. wpbeekeepers.org CABIN FEVER GARDENING CONFERENCE Topics covered range from caring for roses and lavender to the importance of soil biology and native pollinators. Each speaker addresses the overall theme of “Building Environmental Stewardship.” March 24, 7:30 am-4 pm. CenterPlace Regional Event Center, 2426 N. Discovery Place Dr. mgfsc.org FAMILY FUN DAY Events include karaoke, a climbing wall, selfie booth, raffle, door prizes, food, a flag-folding ceremony, bingo and a presentation from Spokane County Sheriff Knezovich.

March 24, 10 am-4 pm. Free. VFW Post 1435, 212 S. David St. (535-9315) NORTHWEST PET EXPO This new pet event features many area animal shelters and animal rescue groups, as well as pet-related vendors and events throughout the day. (Service animals only, please.) March 24, 10 am-6 pm. $7. Spokane County Fair & Expo Center, 404 N. Havana. northwestpetexpo.com SPOKANE MARCH FOR OUR LIVES On March 24, kids and families take to the streets of Washington DC, Spokane and other cities across the country to demand that their lives and safety become a priority and that gun violence and mass school shootings are addressed. Local event meets in Riverfront Park and will march to Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers’ downtown office.

March 24, noon. bit.ly/2G5QGrs A WALK THROUGH POVERTY A new documentary examining the complex nature of poverty in our region and an immersive experience that includes portrait sketches of some of the indi-

viduals who share their experience with the audience about poverty. March 27, 6 pm. Free. South Hill Library, 3324 S. Perry St. spokanelibrary.org (444-5331) ADHD: BEYOND THE ORDINARY APPROACH An informative discussion on using a collaborative approach to treating ADHD, hosted by Healing Spokane.

In the EWU Center Bldg. Auditorium Rm. 122. March 28, 6-7:30 pm. Free.

WSU Spokane, 412 E. Spokane Falls Blvd. bit.ly/2prxB9H (509-358-7500) MILLWOOD HISTORY ENTHUSIASTS GATHERINGS Attend lively discussions of the Millwood community’s past. The local group invites all to join the discussion and bring photos, interesting items, and memories. March 28 from 1-2:30 pm. Free. Argonne Library, 4322 N. Argonne Rd. (893-8250) SPOKANE CONTRA DANCE Spokane Folklore Society’s weekly dance, with the Jam Band playing, and caller Emily Faulkner. No experience necessary; beginner workshop at 7:15 pm. March 28, 7:30-9:30 pm. $5/$7. Woman’s Club of Spokane, 1428 W. Ninth. (598-9111) YWCA PARTNERS IN PROGRESS A celebration of the agency’s 115th birthday, a reflection of successes in 2017, and acknowledgement of the organization’s “Shining Star” award honorees.

March 28, 8:30-9:30 am. Free and open to the public. SIERR Building at McKinstry Station, 850 E. Spokane Falls Boulevard. ywcaspokane.org EXPERTS ON TAP: VISUALIZING SCIENCE Sally Machlis and Delphine Keim, from the U of Idaho’s Dept. of Art + Design, discuss how artists and scientists have partnered to visually display how aphids eat, grow, reproduce, adapt and evolve. Includes no-host beer. March 29, 5:30 pm. Free. Art Spirit Gallery, 415 Sherman. (208-765-6006) FEM+DRINKS FEAT. POWER 2 THE POETRY At this month’s meetup, Spokane Area NOW is co-hosting a special performance by Power 2 the Poetry on the Observatory stage. March 29, 6:30-8:30 pm. $6 suggested donation.

The Observatory, 15 S. Howard. bit. ly/2prhybQ (598-8933)

FILM

PHANTOM THREAD See this year’s Oscar winner for Best Costume Design.

March 22-23, 25; times vary. $5-$8.

Panida Theater, 300 N. First. panida.org CALL ME BY YOUR NAME In Northern Italy in 1983, seventeen year-old Elio begins a relationship with Oliver, his father’s research assistant. March 24-25; times vary. $7. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org (208-882-4127) FLY FISHING FILM TOUR 2018 The annual touring film offers 2.5 hours of fly fishing adventures. Proceeds benefit the Panhandle Chapter of Trout Unlimited. March 24, 7-9:30 pm. $12/$15.

Panida Theater, 300 N. First. panida.org POSH CORPS A documentary revealing the work and success of Peace Corps volunteers. Panel discussion to follow.

March 25, 2-4 pm. Free. Stage Left Theater, 108 W. Third. (868-0302) DR. STRANGELOVE Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility and Spokane Veterans for Peace present the classic film followed by a discussion about what we can do to minimize the threat and expense of nuclear weapons.

March 29, 7-9 pm. Free. Community Building, 35 W. Main Ave. (995-2264)

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I SAW YOU STEEL PANTHER/WHITE SWEATER GUY You were in the bar during Steel Panther wearing a white 1/4 zip sweater. I NEED THIS SWEATER. Please let me give you money for it.

MY EVERYTHING Ive loved you since the beginning but the timing was not right.

I’ve known that we would be together and it would just be a matter of time. God has his plans for “us”, so I knew in my heart and soul that one day he would bring us back together. I just want you to know that I couldn’t be happier. I love you with all that I am and everything in me. You are the most amazing man I have ever met.

I thank God for you everyday. Thank you for being you! YOU ARE MY EVERYTHING. I love you... Forever yours, “Ice Queen” SLICK ROCK You were short wearing a white shirt, you had tattoos on your arms.

You suggested a new tea that they have, that drops the flavoring in when you open it. You were extremly gorgeous. I was wearing gray flannel and blue jeans.

Maybe we could grab lunch, or a burrito from slick rock. :) respond in here with an email if your interested.

TIME CLICK/ELEVATOR MAN We see each other sometimes when we leave work. We work at a very large place in Spokane. There seems to be a spark between us. I don’t know your name or even if you are single.

But I do want to tell you that I am single and interested in getting to know you if you are

also single.

BEST MOM EVER Hey there Mrs. Newport, I couldn’t believe it the other day when I got to see you all dressd up and looking beautiful. I am the luckiest man alive getting to spend time with you and your kids every day. What an amazing mother and care provider for your family. I’m not sure how you fit in everything you do every day but the love you provide to your family speaks volumes. Your love is without bounds. Love the greatful Husky DREAMY PHO-REAL I saw you at Pho Thinh last Sunday. You were laughing joyfully and playing words with friends. Yoy enjoyed a large bowl of spicy soup. I loved your dimples and classy gray shirt. Maybe I can buy you a bowl sometime?

CHEERS MY STAR I can’t tell you enough just how much I love you AKat. We have our good days and not so good days. But through it all, I love you more than anyone. You are such an amazing momma, Ry adores you. I can’t imagine life without you by my side. I’m sorry I’m not the best at talking about things that need discussed.

I am slowly a work in progress, but I am truly grateful for your unconditional love and patience. You are such an inspiration to me And to more than you know. I see you spend countless hours doing hw, but when it’s over, you are going to change more lives that you’ll ever know. You are my rainbow when its raining, and you are the stars that light up my life. I love you more than all the stars in the sky boobear <3 *Kris* THANK YOU FARMERS AND FARM WORKERS No matter what your stance is on the issue of Immigration, a large part of the immigrant community puts food on our tables. There is Honor in that labor and the people and work they do should be respected for that. Thank You. CHICKEN STRIPS AND SWINGS I loved spending the day with you and the kids.

Even somethibg as simpleas DQ baskets and a stroll jn the park followed by swings, laughter and shopping is made better when you are near. The stresses I faced that day....that week...and as the kiddos had their moments, were met with

ease because of your strength, positivity, patience and love. You are amazing.

JEERS AND YOU WONDER WHY PEOPLE DISLIKE PUBLIC SECTOR UNIONS I am an Office Manager for a small business in Spokane.

I recently attended a state-required class

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TO THE IDAHO GUN-WAVERS Who felt it necessary to hold a gun waving “counter demonstration” to the High School’s peaceful walk outs. You may live in the U.S., but please don’t call yourselves Americans. Because all you do is put your selfish wants ahead of the welfare of our nation and children! Also, the right to own a gun is NOT “God given,” you ignorant, backward hillbillies!

Don’t be obnoxious about it. You owe your neighbor an apology.

SOUTH HILL SPEEDER Jeers to the individual speeding south on Grand by Manito Park around 8pm on St. Patrick’s Day. I saw you tap your brakes when the speed radar flashed 40mph but am 100% sure you sped up after that. Judging by the sound of your exhaust, you either think

To all the inconsiderate people who flush the toilet with the foot instead of the hand. It is called a handle for a reason. Notice… ‘Handle’ has the word ‘hand’ in it.

on health insurance reporting, which was very expensive for my employer. Most of the attendees were employed by small to mid-sized businesses and non-profits. Also attending the class were five employees from a local school district. These five employees were the only attendees who were Union members. Continually, through the presentation, one of the school district employees would interrupt to share how wonderful their Union benefits were, or how they get double time for overtime pay or all the time off the received, all the while bragging that the Union rep had mediated their demands or they would strike. I couldn’t believe their audacity. I finally had enough and so did everyone else. My taxes keep going up because of school bonds and levies. Finally, a brave person stood up and said, and I quote, “You work in my school district. I pay YOUR salary. You get those benefits and pay increases because of me and my neighbors. Because of your big mouths and your gloating, I will NEVER vote yes for a bond or levy, again.” With that, we all applauded.

KARMA POLICE To the person that got into my car and took all my sunglasses, two, CDs Carol King and Keith Urban and left the cases and a package with two outfits in it for my Grand the family just lost everything in a house fire. KARMA TO YOU! You’re on video.

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

COWARDLY COPS Here’s to the Parkland resource officer/ police who were armed, maced, and bullet-proof vested, but took up “defensive positions” outside the school until the shooting died down 4 minutes and 17 deaths later. I would like to hear from our local school districts/law enforcement as to what our plan would be. I say, go on the offense like Trump says he would do. And as far as guns in school, I say give the Vice Principal a hunting rifle with a scope and a vest in a locker in his office and let potential gunmen think about that.

MENDING FENCES You said you’d do a survey when you told your neighbor about the fence months ago. Why are you threatening the neighbor now with legal costs? It’s exciting to buy a house and fix it like you want, but that doesn’t excuse your impatience. You’ve gotten along for a few years with minor differences over barking dogs, etc. Why are you ruining that by accusing your neighbor of being rude when it’s you being that way? Do you realize your neighbor who has lived there almost twenty years didn’t know part of the fence was in the wrong place?

Why are you acting like your neighbor made the mistake? Just because you have to react quickly in your emergency work doesn’t mean that’s how fast everything else in life gets resolved. You’ll get your fence. Keep your word and do a survey.

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speeding is cool or can’t afford a new muffler. In either case, your behavior was not only reckless and dangerous but also stupid. The only people who think it’s smart to speed on St. Patrick’s day are people who are drunk or people who have had too much to drink.

FOOT FLUSHERS to all the inconsiderate people who flush the toilet with the foot instead of the hand. It is called a handle for a reason. Notice… ‘Handle’ has the word ‘hand’ in it. One person who cannot follow the basic rules of life, make it bad for the rest of us, who use the hand to flush. Now your foot funk is all over the handle… Basic directions for flushing public toilets… Get a small piece of toilet paper. Place it between the handle and your hand. Flush. Quickly Drop the piece of toilet paper into the toilet as it is flushing… Isn’t life grand… n

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DEANNA MINICH: THE RAINBOW DIET The nutritionist and health expert introduces a path to attaining physical, mental, and spiritual health through colorful whole foods and natural supplements. March 23, 7 pm. Free. Auntie’s, 402 W. Main. auntiesbooks.com ITALIAN SERIES: WINE DINNER An evening of Italian cuisine and wines for March’s Italian-themed series. Includes a six-course dinner with wine pairings.

March 23, 6-8 pm. $76.16. My Fresh Basket, 1030 W. Summit Pkwy. (558-2100) TASTING: SINEANN WINERY OF OREGON Tastings include cheese and crackers. March 23, 3-6:30 pm. $10. Vino! 222 S. Washington. vinowine.com VIVO IN THE SPEAKEASY: VINO + TAPAS An evening of wine and food in the historic Cutter Lounge. Includes a live DJ, tapas and a complimentary wine tumbler to enjoy wine chosen by club sommelier. March 23, 5:30-8 pm. $50 (guests welcome). Spokane Club, 1002 W. Riverside. (459-4239) BRUNCH & BUBBLES COOKING CLASS A hands-on class covering the basics of focaccia bread and the Italian eggbased frittata. March 24 and 25 from 10 am-1 pm. $50. Commellini Estate, 14715 N. Dartford Dr. commellini.com SLATE CREEK GRAND RE-OPENING The brewery’s grand reopening under new ownership includes live music by The Powers (6-8 pm), food and beer in the taproom. March 24, 2-10 pm. Slate Creek Brewing Co., 1710 N. 4th St., Ste. 115. bit.ly/2IED9Wr (208-664-7727) SUPPER CLUB WINE DINNER: NORTHERN ITALY A dinner featuring wine and cuisine from Piedmont and Veneto. March 24 at 5:30 pm, March 25 at 4:30 pm. $60. Petunias Marketplace, 2010 N. Madison. petuniasmarket.com TASTING: WAGNER FAMILY WINES Tasting includes cheese and crackers.

March 24, 3-6:30 pm. $10. Vino!, 222 S. Washington. vinowine.com 25TH ANNIVERSARY BRUNCH Enjoy Sunday brunch at the High Mountain Buffet to celebrate the Casino’s 25th anniversary. March 25 from 7 am to 2 pm. $15-$18. Coeur d’Alene Casino, 37914 S. Nukwalqw. cdacasino.com

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JOHN CRAIGIE DINNER CONCERT John Craigie carries on the legacy of classic singer-songwriters, while blazing a trail of his own. March 22-23 at 7:30 pm. $18/$20. Di Luna’s Cafe, 207 Cedar. dilunas.com THE TEN TENORS: WISH YOU WERE HERE The group from Australia returns with their new show and album. March 22, 7:30 pm. $42-$75. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague.

(624-1200) CLASSICAL GUITAR CONCERT: A specialist in standard classical guitar as well as various early guitars and lutes, Elizabeth C. D. Brown is an active performer throughout the Pacific NW. Highlights from recent seasons included a solo recital at the Northwest Guitar Festival, performing concertos

by Vivaldi and Sierra and premiering a new work for guitar and orchestra with the Seattle Symphony. March 23, 7:30 pm. $30-$35. Holy Names Music Center, 3910 W. Custer Dr. (326-9516)

FRIDAY MUSICAL A program featuring the Inland Northwest Saxophone Quartet playing baroque and modern music.

Also featuring flutist Sheri Jacobson and the We B Cellos quartet. March 23, 1-2:30 pm. Free. Rockwood South Hill, 2903 E. 25th Ave. (509-536-6656) LYSISTRATA Northwest Opera ends its 8th season with a musical adaptation of the ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes. March 23-24 at 7:30 pm, March 25 at 2 pm. $13. Spokane Children’s Theatre, 2727 N. Madelia. (327-3598) REQUIEM! Chorale Coeur d’Alene’s 70 member chorale presents a program of two masterworks accompanied by piano, organ and chamber orchestra.

March 23 at 7 pm and March 24 at 3 pm. $10-$20. Trinity Lutheran Church, 812 N. Fifth St. ChoraleCdA.com DILWORTH CHORAL FESTIVAL Crescendo Community Chorus hosts a concert with choirs performing from Sacajawea, Chase and Mountain Side middle schools. March 24, 4:30-5:30 pm. Free. Lewis & Clark HS, 521 W. 4th. crescendocommunitychorus.org SPOKANE SYMPHONY: SPANISH NIGHTS This concert conducted by Music Director Eckart Preu features guest violinist Aleksey Semenenko, performing Halo’s “Symphonie Espagnole.”

March 24 at 8 pm and March 25 at 3 pm. $17-$60. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. spokanesymphony.org WASHINGTON IDAHO SYMPHONY Chamber Winds features the music of Charles-François Gounod, Gordon Jacob, and Ludwig van Beethoven, exploring the sound world of the wind instrument family. March 24, 7:30 pm. $10-$25. Washington State University, 2000 NE Stadium Way. washingtonidahosymphony.org (509-335-3564)

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GONZAGA VS. FLORIDA STATE Cheer on Gonzaga in the next round of the NCAA basketball tournament and watch the game on the big screen, with food/drinks from the concessions and Bon Bon. March 22, 7 pm. Free. Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland. bit.ly/2prG9fL PACIFIC NORTHWEST QUALIFIER The USA Volleyball-sanctioned event offers women’s teams the chance to qualify to attend the USA Volleyball Girls Junior National Championships. Events at the Spokane Convention Center, EWU Cheney and HUB Sports Center. March 23-25 and March 30-April 1. $15 (12 and under free). pacificnwqualifier.org BLOOMSDAY TRAINING CLINICS Get ready for Bloomsday 2018 training clinics on Saturday mornings (9 am) through April 28. Free. Spokane Community College, 1810 N. Greene St. providence.org/bloomsday (474-2397) NCAA DIVISION 1 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP The Women’s Sweet Sixteen returns to the Inland Northwest with three games over two days. March 24 and March 26. $35-$40 session packages. Spokane Arena, 720 W. Mallon Ave. spokanearena.com I’VE PADDLED EVERYWHERE This month’s meeting of the Spokane Canoe & Kayak Club includes a talk by paddler and member Pat Harbine. March 26, 7-9 pm. Free. Mountain Gear Corporate Offices, 6021 E. Mansfield Ave. sckc.ws

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Through March 25; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $27. Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard. (325-2507) THE SOUND OF MUSIC A new production the spirited, romantic and beloved musical story of Maria and the von Trapp Family. March 22-24 at 7:30 pm, March 24 at 2 pm, March 25 at 1 and 6:30 pm. $39.50-$79.50. INB Performing Arts Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. inbpac.com (-279-7000) NORTHERN STARS RISING POAC Performing Arts Series’ first-ever showcase of local talent celebrates the quality and diversity of performing artists in our community. March 23, 7-9 pm. $10$20. Heartwood Center, 615 S. Oak St. artinsandpoint.org (208-263-6139) DIAL M FOR MURDER This search for truth results in a scene of nearly unbearable suspense. March 23-April 8; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm.

(Show on Wed, March 28 benefits local nonprofit Partnering for Progress.) $14-$29. Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard St. (325-2507) QUILTERS A play celebrating the lives of American pioneer women, blending a series of interrelated scenes into a mosaic capturing the beauty, terror and joy of frontier life. March 23-April 8; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $23-$25. Lake City Playhouse, 1320 E. Garden Ave. lakecityplayhouse.org

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SPOKANE POETRY STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOP Spokane Poet Laureate Mark Anderson and Spokane Arts host this workshop to give poets tools and connections they need to grow our literary community. March 24, 3-4:30 pm. Free. Fellow Coworking, 304 W. Pacific. bit.ly/2DG3NdG (280-7873) READING: SPOKANE WRITES ANTHOLOGY Proceeds from this anthology support the Friends of the Spokane County Library District, and help fund a library services and programs. March 26, 6:30-8 pm. Free. Moran Prairie Library, 6004 S. Regal St. scld.org GONZAGA READS: VISITING WRITERS SERIES An evening of readings from the student winners of the 2018 Michael & Gail Gurian Writing Awards in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. March 28, 7:30-8:30 pm. Free. Gonzaga Jepson Center, 502 E. Boone. (313-6681) NAT GEO LIVE! VIEW FROM ABOVE FEAT. TERRY VIRTS Former International Space Station Commander Terry Virts helped to install the outpost’s 360-degree observation module, and made good use of it, taking hours of video and hundreds of thousands of still image. March 28, 7-9 pm. $30. INB Performing Arts Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. wcebroadway.com SARAH MACKENZIE: THE READALOUD FAMILY A discussion of the benefits of parent and child relations and the power of reading within families with the author and host of the podcast “Read Aloud Revival.” March 28, 7 pm. Free. Auntie’s Bookstore, 402 W. Main Ave. auntiesbooks.com n

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For three months, things were going really well with this man I was dating. He’d introduced me to his daughter. We’d even planned a trip together. And then he just disappeared.

I eventually texted him to find out what happened, but he simply texted back, “Really busy, all good.” This isn’t the first time this has happened to me or my girlfriends. Why do men do this? Why don’t they tell you what’s really going on? —Upset

When a guy just cuts you off like a bad tree limb, it’s tempting to come up with ego-cushioning explanations: He’s in a coma! He’s trapped in a wooded gully in his crashed car! He’s being interrogated at a CIA black site! (“Sorry…Mr. Jones is getting a series of painful electric shocks to his nipples right now and cannot come to the phone.”)

However, the best explanation for this man’s disappearance is probably textbook stuff — psych textbook, that is, and specifically a couple of personality traits. One of these is “conscientiousness.” And the bad side of the spectrum is being “low in conscientiousness” — psychologists’ term for a person who is careless, irresponsible, impulsive, and lacking in self-control and who habitually ducks his obligations (as if they were flaming arrows).

The other trait is the unfortunately named “psychopathy.” Though it calls to mind shower-stabbing hobbyists, it doesn’t necessarily lead to murderous rampages. Still, it isn’t exactly the personality trait of angelic hospice nurses, as it’s marked by exploitiveness, aggression, poor impulse control, self-centeredness, and a lack of empathy.

Low conscientiousness and psychopathy partner up into an inability or unwillingness to admit to being wrong. Apologizing takes emotional strength and character strength — the conscientiousness and empathy that leave the wrongdoer feeling borderline queasy until they come clean and express remorse to the person they hurt.

It isn’t just men who do the disappearo thing; it’s anyone low on conscientiousness.

The problem is, when love appears to be on the horizon, we want to believe more than we want to see. It’s helpful to take an almost pessimistic approach to any new relationship: Assume a man has flaws; figure out what they are; and decide whether any are deal breakers. This takes observing his behavior over time (at least a year) in a variety of situations — especially crisis situations. You want to know that when the chips are down, a man’ll have your back -- and not just to use you as a human shield so the SWAT team snipers won’t pick him off.

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Every photo my boyfriend takes of me is horrific (one eye kind of shut, bad angle of my face, etc.). My female friends take decent pictures of me, so it’s not like it’s impossible. I know my boyfriend loves me and thinks I’m beautiful. Could he be trying to keep other men from being attracted to me? —Occasional Bride Of Frankenstein You’d think you wouldn’t have to give a man who loves you a detailed list of instructions for photographing you — down to “immediately erase any shots in which I look like I’m having a seizure or bear a strong resemblance to a surprised goat.”

In fact, you are far from alone in complaining that the man you love takes terrible pictures of you — or in worrying that it means something. However, this worry of yours probably comes out of what I call our mind’s neatfreakitude. Research by cognitive neuroscientist Michael Gazzaniga suggests we get so itchy over mental chaos — being in a state of uncertainty about someone or something — that we’re quick to sweep aside inconsistencies and ignore missing information in service of creating a coherent narrative. And then (conveniently!) we turn right around and go with the story we’ve created — in this case, the suspicion that your boyfriend is plotting to make you look uggo in photographs.

The reality is, if you aren’t a professional model being shot by a professional photographer, it sometimes takes dozens of shots to have even one you don’t want to delete in horror. (Shoot my long face from above, as my boyfriend sometimes forgets and does, and I look like a movie star — the horse that played Seabiscuit.)

Because men evolved to prioritize physical attractiveness in women and women coevolved to expect this, women are extremely sensitive to being photographed in ways that don’t show them off at their sparkliest. That’s probably why, if you glance at various 20-something women’s Instagram pages, you’ll see that many strike the very same pose in photo after photo (having figured out their exact best angle, to the micrometer). Sure, some men are as acutely sensitive about engineering their perfect pose — mostly those whose work attire is a sequined evening dress, a ginormous feather boa, and chandelier earrings the size of New Jersey. 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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Do you like hamburgers? Does the high version of you like hamburgers? Do you like cute little animal avatars running around and cooking things in a quirky game of “assemble the hamburger?” Of course you do. Sounds suspiciously too simple? You’re right. I have played Overcooked stoned. I have played it drunk. I have played it sober, depressed, manic, distracted, in Las Vegas, at home on the couch, with boyfriends, with friends, with girlfriends, with parents, and with children. Overcooked scales pretty well with your mental state — great for when you want to play something with your 7-year-old niece and also great to play when you’re Mary Jane-ed in another dimension.

THE SIMS 3

I spent a not-insignificant amount of time in college crafting a futuristic, propaganda-enlaced nightmare universe whilst under the influence of marijuana. But I am dark and brooding, so a modern hellscape from which no Sim can escape just really fit my vibe. You, on the other hand, could take The Sims a number of happier, less creepy directions. You can raise a family! You can craft a loving and happy community! This game is loosely centered around Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, which implies your Sims can inevitably reach full personal enlightenment. Coincidental, because you’ll be reaching a danker, greener version of enlightenment of your own.

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Farming Simulator, Goat Simulator, long-haul-trucking simulators, Rollercoaster Tycoon... the list is infinite. If you want a simulator for something, a simulator probably exists, just like porn and the variety of deep-fried foods at a county fair. After you’ve set down the bong, thoroughly blazed, simulators step in as that charming little helper to transcend consciousness. Your sense of self-awareness can get dangerously close to “I am a rollercoaster builder in an oddly ‘90s dystopia of OSHA regulations!” “I am a goat!” “I am a farmer, minus all of the manual labor and having to go outside!”

PROP HUNT

Hide-and-seek, with dangerously simple rules that requires the cognitive abilities of a 3-year-old, is, incidentally, quite well suited for inebriated adults. The premise of Prop Hunt, a PC game, is pretty simple. You disguise yourself as a simple household object (say, a potted plant). The rest of your pals scurry around and try to find you (hence, the hunting of props). This devolves into a rollercoaster of emotion. Your friends are smacking filing cabinets and kicking over chairs while you snicker in a corner as a ficus. You can get up and move around too. For high people, a potted plant shuffling around a corner is the epitome of hilarity.

MINECRAFT

Roll your eyes at the blunt obviousness of this choice, but Minecraft is the pinnacle of man’s achievements in gaming. Feeling artsy?

Get in creative mode and build the fairy princess tower of your dreams. Feeling antsy? Go explore new areas of the map. Feeling farmy (and you didn’t already install Farm Simulator 17 like I told you to)? Go wrangle chickens. Tame a horse. Set up a farm. Feeling extra, super-duper creative? Install a mod pack or jump on a modded server (when you’re sober-ish), and get lost in the extended, beautiful creativity of a lovingly crafted mod pack created by the most innocent of souls. Or suffer in the pure, uncut Machiavellian horror on someone else’s fighting arena survival server. It’s all there, my dankrupted friends.

GALAGA

Who hasn’t spent hours and hours on end shooting little space shippies out of the 2D, endless eternity of space? Galaga and weed are an obvious pairing. Luckily, Galaga usually comes as a bundle with other classic arcade games — as if you’d need anything else but Galaga. But whatever, plebes.

YE OLDE FIGHTING GAME

There are two thousand and one fighting games that harken from the dawn of gaming to the present hour. Everyone has That One Fighting Game that they’ve mastered. You know all the controls.

You have calculated the precise strengths and weaknesses of every character in the roster. You dressed up as one of those characters last year at Comic Con. You argue whether Character X pairs best when pitted against Character Y or Z. Pop that disc in and get high, baby. Pick friends who don’t know the game well and feel like the god you are as you smash their avatars and self-esteems into oblivion. n A version of this story first appeared in the Inlander’s glossy cannabis magazine, GZQ.

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The idea of cannabis kick-starting slumber comes from the chemical reaction within the body’s endocannabinoid system. The network of receptors affect loads of different body functions, from hormonal to pain, stress and appetite.

The psychoactive chemical in pot, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), activates the endocannabinoid system’s CB1 receptors, which curtails the time it takes for the subject to fall asleep and subsequently makes their sleep period longer. However, the complimentary chemical often found in cannabis, cannabidiol (CBD), has actually shown to keep subjects awake, or at least in a shallower level of a sleep cycle.

The major issue with cannabis as a sleeping agent is the reactions users could have to the complex and diverse terpenes in the plants. A terpene offers a range of components to marijuana, such as its smell or flavor. The consistency of terpene profiles is something that the medical marijuana industry is still wrestling with, as even plants of a similar strain can have divergent terpene levels.

And the positive effects of THC-induced sleep may just be a Catch-22 for its supposed beneficiaries. Similar to alcohol’s relationship to sleep, a cannabis user may fall asleep quickly yet still not achieve a deep level of sleep once there. THC is proven to be an inhibitor of rapid-eye movement (REM) sleep, a state in the sleep cycle that is necessary for a full level of rest.

And here’s where it gets trickier. While pot as a sleeping aid is lauded for its nonaddictive nature, many users have found that once they started smoking before sleep, they would need the ritual on a regular basis to achieve similar amounts of rest.

So, in essence, while you may be finally getting to sleep faster, you may not be getting the proper level of rest that will help you feel revitalized the next day. There are also questions on whether or not users could experience a “weed hangover” if they smoke late at night before an early morning.

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Start your blues-y weekend with free musical performances Friday, March 23.

Book a two-hour BLUES CRUISE, followed by the (free) after-cruise party in the RESORT PLAZA SHOPS. Tickets $25; Boarding at 7pm.

Saturday, get up and party on the COEUR D’ALENE RESORT’S rooftop.

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Then from 4-11 pm, be prepared to be blown away by five bands and two stages at THE RESORT CONVENTION CENTER. Tickets $39. Seven hours of music from some of the best blues bands in the region, including five time Grammy nominee Marcia Ball. Call 855-379-5478; cdaresort.com for details..

Come Sunday, feed your spirit and your body with a GOSPEL BRUNCH at DOCKSIDE RESTAURANT from 9 am-2 pm or take your nourishment on the water with a final BLUES CRUISE SUNDAY BRUNCH. Tickets $60.

And if missing any of the amazing acts leaves you feeling forlorn, consider a two-night overnight stay package. You’ll also get two passes to Friday’s cruise, all of Saturday’s festival entertainment and either Sunday’s brunch or cruise.

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Enjoy seven delicious courses paired with five Castaway Wines and five Founders Brewery Beers. Tickets: $125; 6 pm; Castaway Cellars; for reservations and to purchase tickets, call 208-819-1296.

This two-day market is more than an antique or craft show — it will feature thousands of upcycled, revamped items from carefully selected (juried) vendors.

Think vintage with a modern twist, farmhouse style, and shabby chic with some industrial mixed in. Admission $5 Saturday or $10/weekend; Friday, 6-9 pm; Saturday, 10 am-4 pm; Kootenai County Fairgrounds. Buy your tickets online at rebeljunk.com/schedule.

Bust a gut at back-to-back Comedy Nights at the Coeur d’Alene Inn. Each night features two comics. Friday night, Andrew Sleighter headlines. You may remember him from Last Comic Standing, Conan or Comedy Central. Saturday features Bengt Washburn who has also made appearances on Conan and Comedy Central. Tickets $17.50; Doors open at 7 pm, show starts at 8 pm; Coeur d’Alene Inn; Call 208-765-3200 for tickets and room specials.

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