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s communities grow, they must inevitably decide whether to build outward (sprawl) or up (density). Both strategies carry costs and benefits, but as the city of Spokane pushes toward greater density, it’s revealing fascinating fault lines.

In this arena, it turns out, liberals sometimes sound like libertarians. Take Ben Stuckart, the left-leaning council president: “I’m like, dude, part of living in the community is if there’s private land, they can develop it.”

Don’t miss staff writer Daniel Walters’ report, beginning on page 22, which also digs into the keystone projects that are currently transforming the Inland Northwest. (We have a related guest editorial on page 8 that the explores “The Woods” of Spokane’s South Hill.)

Also this week: Culture editor Dan Nailen takes a look at one of the most buzzed-about new artists, Soccer Mommy, who’s coming to town this week.

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onald Trump has forged himself from American popular culture. He has participated in various entertainment forms: beauty pageants, casinos, reality TV and professional sports. He has also intuitively tapped into a number of long-developing entertainment themes concerning, for example, the self-made individual, the power of positive thinking, celebrity, identity, the American dream, patriotism, consumerism, loners who challenge the system, the gospel of wealth, winners and, of course, losers. Trump exemplifies how amusements have shaped what has become “The Age of Show Business,” as the cultural analyst Neil Postman has dubbed it. The merger of politics and entertainment has been developing for some time, but Trump, always proclaiming his talents, has sealed the deal.

The problem with politics, according to Trump, has been that it’s “boring.” Or, in the words of his friend Roger Stone, “Politics is show business for ugly people.” It’s an arena that the “never-boring” Trump believed he could change.

In that regard, Trump has pointed to P.T. Barnum (1810-1891), America’s foremost pioneer of popular entertainment. Starting out in the 1830s as one of many “hawkers and walkers” who trudged the country with various exhibits and acts, Barnum soon purchased a dime museum in New York City, turning it into the 19th-century equivalent of Disneyland.

LETTERS Then, with Send comments to James Bailey, editor@inlander.com. he transformed what had been lowly traveling circuses into The Greatest Show on Earth. Many years later, Trump hailed Barnum as a model: “We need P.T. Barnum… because we have to build up the image of our culture.”

Like Barnum, Trump has ingeniously promoted his businesses and himself. Hucksterism, bravado, spectacle, exaggeration and a slippery handling of facts have characterized both men’s careers. Barnum described himself as the “Prince of Humbug,” the era’s popular term for flimflam, chicanery, duplicity and swindle. In that spirit, he urged customers to pay to see a “man-eating chicken” who turned out to be a man eating chicken. “Vive la humbug,” Barnum chuckled, admitting that such “blarney” filled his pockets with money. In that spirit, he wrote The Art of Money Getting, a book that presaged Donald Trump’s The Art of the Deal.

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killful implementation of humbug can translate into smart business, financial success and popular amusement. Barnum took pride in his deceptions, as Trump does in his. Humbug, for Barnum, was a crucial aspect of merchandising. He practiced it with an implicit nudge and wink, assuming that his customers were eager participants in the joke and enjoyed

being fooled. Such a perspective was, of course, itself deceptive, making it easier to ignore humbug’s harmful effects on the customer (or mark).

Barnum’s inflated sense of importance — he published three versions of his autobiography — muted his feelings for others. Although he thought he treated well the “human curiosities” and “freaks” in his museum and sideshows, he nevertheless displayed them for profit. But even Barnum’s fascination with himself may not match that of Trump, who, according to some observers, reaches the level of unbridled narcissism.

Certainly both men craved the center stage.

But the stakes are substantially higher for President Trump than they were for Barnum. When customers left Barnum’s circus tent, sideshow or museum, they could praise him for entertaining them or curse him for having duped or fleeced them. Trump’s newest venue is much larger. The New York Times nevertheless reported that, “Before taking office, Mr. Trump told top aides to think of each presidential day as an episode in a television show in which he vanquishes rivals.”

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nation — let alone the larger world — is not a palace of amusements. As the leader of an entire nation, Trump can no longer settle for the role of wealthy entertainment impresario. Matters of social policy and international relations require far more than self-promotion, ostentatious display, bravado and sensationalism.

In that context, the art of the hustle can all too quickly lose any playful innocence. On the world stage, rhetorical grandstanding can exact terrible results.

“Now and then,” Barnum recalled, “someone would call out ‘humbug’ and ‘charlatan,’ but so much the better for me. It helped to advertise me.” Years later, in that vein, Donald Trump would write: “I play to people’s fantasies. People may not always think big themselves, but they can still get very excited by those who do. That’s why a little hyperbole never hurts.” Trump’s words would have made Barnum proud. “I call it truthful hyperbole,” Trump said of his merchandising style. “It’s an innocent form of exaggeration — and a very effective form of promotion.”

Humbuggery and “truthful hyperbole” are two sides of the same coin — or con. n LeRoy Ashby is regents professor emeritus at Washington State University, where he taught for 36 years. He is the author of six books on American history, most recently With Amusement for All: A History of Popular Culture In America since 1830.

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No Man’s Land Can development actually preserve “The Woods” for all to enjoy?

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ne day, 20 years ago, hot pink spray-painted X’s and plastic tape popped up on the ponderosa pines in the area the neighbor kids and I called “The Woods.” On Google Maps, the land doesn’t have a name; it’s just the blank spot on the map between Pittsburg and 32nd(ish) Avenue on Spokane’s South Hill. Even as a kid in the late ’90s, I knew what the X’s meant, having seen FernGully: The Last Rainforest. The city was going to build. In doing so they would bulldoze trees

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and erase trails, taking with them the fort the neighbor kids, my brothers and I spent years building on a boulder shrouded in wilting trees left by Ice Storm.

The other kids and I saw ourselves as the protectors of the land. We spent our afternoons picking up litter and building our forts with the crap people dumped there.

A mattress with only the springs left became a wall, matched by the second wall made of an old wooden kid’s kitchen set. We played like someday we were going to live off the land.

To save our woods, we picked the painted bark off trunks and pulled plastic tape from limbs. In my mind,

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we were hardcore, and I planned to get arrested if we were caught. I started a petition to block construction and went door to door to get signatures. In the end, I got six, which was the same number of houses away I was allowed to go alone as an 8-year-old.

You probably know we were unsuccessful. After school let out for summer, the neighborhood crew and I sat in the dirt watching as an excavator picked up our boulder fort to drop it 10 feet away, shattering the rock into shards and chunks. I remember the hot tears on my face.

Now, almost 20 years later, Greenstone (the developer of Kendall Yards), wants to build 230 residential units and commercial space on a portion of The Woods.

According to Greenstone, the project will feature a “small urban mixed-use neighborhood with a pedestrian focus and extensive trails and open space.”

I hold in my heart two steadfast beliefs that conflict where shovel meets dirt: I believe that all people deserve access to an affordable housing. I also believe that the places that make Spokane special are open and accessible public lands.

Here’s the rub: The Woods isn’t open and accessible to all. Neighbors against Greenstone’s proposal say they want to keep the land as it is, which operates like a public park — except it isn’t LETTERS public. It’s privately Send comments to owned with a few editor@inlander.com. faded “No Trespassing” signs that people who live in the primarily white neighborhood have no trouble ignoring, but would people from other neighborhoods or of other races feel so safe? Other neighbors argue that the development will raise crime rates, which is unfounded and downright classist.

To fulfill my childhood dream of keeping the land open and accessible to all means developing it. It’s privately owned, so unless it’s deemed a wetland, development is inevitable.

In a time with scary-low rental vacancy rates, Spokane needs housing. Greenstone’s plans include trail systems that maintain some of the open wooded lands with trails.

I don’t have blind trust in developers ever, but there is something for Greenstone to gain in building pedestrian-friendly natural spaces.

If I get a say, I demand Greenstone save land for the buttercups and balsamroots. Save the secret pond. Save the trails on the hills. In development, I hope we can preserve. n Alayna Becker is a writer and comedian who splits her time between Portland, Seattle and the place that has her heart, Spokane.

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GENE BRAKE: I’m looking forward to the project completion and plan to continue shopping at the businesses on Monroe as I always have. I live just a couple blocks off Monroe and it will be a mess for the next few months, but it will be worth it in the end.

THOMAS BEER: Eight months? It should take them two or three at the max. Crews 24-hour revolving schedules. Stop bidding projects out to companies who will purposely and unnecessarily draw out the project.

MICHAEL D’ESTERRE: I will still make the trek to the best barber in town, Jay over at ClassicCuts! I’ve said it before and I will say it again, the businesses that will struggle are the ones which are more concerned with themselves than with the good of the neighborhood and the community. n

Readers respond to a story about the Patriot Prayer rally held in Spokane Valley on Sunday, which is known for attracting violence (3/23/18):

CARRIE FERRAN: Just let the 12 of them stand on a corner and completely IGNORE them. They are trying to elicit a response, so if people engage, they are getting exactly what they want.

They may be very loud but there are far fewer of these ass hats than they want us to believe. n

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FINDING STABILITY After years of flux, a recent report has outlined how Spokane Public Schools can improve special education

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isa Pacheco took over as director of special education at Spokane Public Schools in a period of upheaval.

She succeeded Laura Pieper, who resigned in 2016 after a brief stint as special education director where she accused her own district of discriminating against special education students. Yet some community activists and parents agreed with Pieper that special needs students were often mistreated. And when Pacheco took over, the direction of special education in Spokane Public Schools, where more than 16 percent of students receive special education services, was unclear.

Pacheco didn’t seek to silence criticism of the district.

Instead, she sought it out.

“I wanted to create community and create trust and

BY WILSON CRISCIONE make sure people have a voice,” Pacheco says.

Two years after Pacheco became the district’s special education director, the community still has concerns about special education in Spokane. But now, there’s a sense of optimism that comes with it. The district, after an outside agency conducted a study of special education, knows what problems need to be addressed. And now it has a road map for a structural change.

The study was conducted by Urban Special Education Leadership Collaborative, a national network that aims to improve outcomes for students with disabilities.

It validated many concerns raised by those involved with special education in Spokane: that high turnover of department leadership leads to communication problems with teachers; that students with behavioral problems

are often not provided the support they need; and that students with disabilities are subjected to classroom environments not conducive to their needs.

It was exactly the kind of input Pacheco and the district wanted.

“We felt like, as a system, that we needed to have a strong vision — what is it that we believe as a system around meeting the needs of students with special needs?” Pacheco says.

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Others will prove more difficult, he tells the Inlander.

“I think this study is highlighting where we are and where we need to go,” he says.

The most significant issues involve the behavior intervention (BI) programs in Spokane schools. The district has been trying to include BI students into general education classes. But the report backs up what teachers have been saying about the move to inclusion in elementary school: There’s a “lack of clarity” on how to support those students, either in BI classes or general classes.

“What our teachers want to see is the necessary supports and resources to be able to deliver instruction to our students,” says Katy Henry, president of the Spokane Education Association.

“Not every student is the same — some require more supports than others.”

The Urban Collaborative highlights one school in the district that has a BI program students can use throughout the day as they need them, instead of having students separated from BI classrooms and general classrooms. Addition-

ally, the report recommends that teachers receive more training in de-escalation techniques and alternatives to suspensions and restraints.

But perhaps the biggest area in question raised by the report was Eagle Peak, a school that aims to provide extra resources for students with special needs. It’s a school where students with more severe behavioral issues often attend, but parents have complained that it’s too restrictive and ends up punishing students for their disabilities.

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Indeed, the study took issue with Eagle Peak’s practice putting BI students with other students of special needs at Eagle Peak and other schools. Essentially, the report says students with special needs who do not need BI services are receiving it anyway, possibly in violation of federal regulations. That can lead to students being punished more harshly than they would be otherwise.

Nikki Lockwood, a parent who has led efforts to reduce exclusionary discipline in Spokane Public Schools, says she’s heard similar complaints from other parents for years.

“I think the report is really reflective of the need for some work,” Lockwood says. “I’m happy that the district took that step and they’re putting staff time around addressing issues brought up in the report.”

Lockwood’s idea is that if schools support BI classrooms more in earlier grades, then they won’t need to end up at Eagle Peak at all.

That thinking falls somewhat in line with the district’s goals.

Pacheco, as a former special education teacher for 12 years, says kids shouldn’t be in BI classrooms or schools like Eagle Peak if they don’t need to be.

“We believe it’s important for students to learn skills so they can be more successful in a gen-ed setting,” Pacheco says.

Spokane Public Schools plans to address each recommendation in the report, with one exception: an Urban Collaborative suggestion that the district create a new alternative school for students at risk of failing out of their regular school. Nearly twothirds of districts nationwide offer such a school, but Spokane doesn’t. And that can lead to students with special needs but not in a BI program being placed in a more restrictive BI setting at Eagle Peak.

Jordan says creating such a school would be no small undertaking, and the district needs to do further study before deciding on that as an option.

On a larger scale, impleLETTERS menting any changes means Send comments to changing the culture of special editor@inlander.com. education in all of Spokane’s schools. For Pacheco, that means clearly identifying system-wide issues, and communicating a vision to address them.

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ELKFEST’S HABITAT The city of SPOKANE would prefer if the three-day music festival Elkfest wasn’t in front of the Elk on Cannon Street, where the event has recently raised neighborhood complaints. It would prefer if it moved to nearby Coeur d’Alene Park, where ArtFest is held the week before. But the Elkfest can’t move there, according to both parks department policy and state liquor laws. That’s because Elkfest is run by the Elk, and the Elk is a for-profit business. Currently, state liquor board law doesn’t grant special occasion licenses for events on public property for for-profit businesses. That means that Elkfest could only serve alcohol at Coeur d’Alene Park if it was being run by a nonprofit — and the Elk wouldn’t get to keep a chunk of the money raised. “We’d be paying $30,000 to throw a really awesome party with no way to make any profit,” Powell says. “I love a good party, but no thanks.” (DANIEL WALTERS)

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JOEY TO THE WORLD Violence, of one kind or another, tends to follow JOEY GIBSON, a Sen. Maria Cantwell opponent and leader of the controversial Patriot Prayer group. So when Gibson (pictured) planned to speak at Centerplace in Spokane Valley on Sunday at a “Freedom First Rally,” a number of people were worried. Patriot Prayer has a strategy of marching into left-wing strongholds, like Portland, Seattle, Evergreen State College and Berkeley, California — where violence often ensues.

Though Gibson has fervently denied being a white supremacist himself — and has condemned Nazis — his rallies have tended to attract both white supremacist groups like Identity Evropa and left-wing groups who’ve engaged in brawls with his followers. His sparsely attended rally in Spokane Valley, however, was uneventful. The organized protest against him was held at Spokane City Hall, 11 miles away. No blows were exchanged. (DANIEL WALTERS)

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Recently, the ACLU has taken notice, and in a letter to Greyhound Lines Inc. is asking the company to stop allowing the practice that lawyers say is a “blatant disregard of passengers’ constitutional rights” and rife with the potential for racial profiling. The ACLU’s letter cites examples of agents arresting passengers from Washington to Vermont. In 2017, at least 34 people were arrested from buses in the Spokane area, the letter says. Greyhound released a statement saying it must follow federal law, but will “do everything legally possible to minimize any negative experiences” of its passengers. (MITCH RYALS)

Home Equity Line Of Credit MISUSE OF PUBLIC MONEY State auditors found that a West Valley High School football coach CRAIG WHITNEY opened an unauthorized bank account and inappropriately used thousands of dollars in district money. The YMCA wrote checks made out to “West Valley Football” each summer for up to $3,480 to fund a summer camp. Whitney then put that money into a bank account that he also used for personal expenses. The result was an unauthorized bank account that mixed personal and district funds. But the district remains convinced there was no ill intent on Whitney’s part. “Coach Whitney openly acknowledges that he should have handled the funds according to district protocol,” says district Superintendent Gene Sementi. “While it was inappropriate, I believe and accept his explanation that he commingled the money out of efficiency, not any intent to gain personally.” (WILSON CRISCIONE)

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Democrats and Republicans agree that something should be done to compensate the Spokane Tribe; plus, Spokane County wants a Kendall Yards-type development PAYING FOR DAM DAMAGES

U.S. Secretary of the Interior RYAN ZINKE met with Spokane Tribal Business Council leaders in Wellpinit last week in part to discuss legislation that would pay reparations to the tribe for land that was flooded after construction of the Grand Coulee Dam. For years, the tribe has asked for compensation for the loss of historic salmon runs, tribal lands, schools, roads, farms, burial sites and culturally important river access after the dam’s construction, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke but legislation has stalled in Congress.

“The Spokane Tribe has, in our opinion, not been properly compensated,” Spokane Tribal Chairwoman Carol Evans says. “So every year we continue to go back and ask for congressional leaders to support that legislation.”

Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, has

introduced legislation that largely mirrors a settlement the federal government came to with the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation in 1994. Under the bill, the Spokane Tribe would get a one-time payment of $53 million and annual payments based on the value of power sold

by Bonneville Power Administration.

“This is one area where Maria Cantwell and I can work together,” Zinke says. “Clearly the tribe, in my judgment, was wronged.”

Reached for comment after Zinke’s visit, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Washington, says she also believes the Spokane Tribe was wronged, and that she has worked on legislation to identify a settlement with them and other property owners.

“Senator Cantwell and I have had many discussions about a possible path forward in Congress, and are working with the tribe to go through the settlement process,” McMorris Rodgers says by email. “I appreciate Secretary Zinke taking the time to visit Wellpinit to hear firsthand the concerns and look forward to working with him on a settlement agreement that would recognize the impact of the Grand Coulee Dam on the Spokane’s Tribal lands and livelihood.”

(SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL)

FILLING A VACANCY

A 41-acre property in the Wandermere area once used as a gravel pit could soon turn into a development with residential and commercial buildings.

Spokane County plans to sell the property so it can become a MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT, with the bidding process beginning next month. The land is located at 12807 N. Mayfair Road, off U.S. Highway 395. It’s surrounded by a shopping area, homes and Mead High School.

“We’d love to see kind of a north-side version of a Kendall Yards or some other type of mixed-use development,” says County Commissioner Josh Kerns.

The county has owned the land since the 1970s and historically has used it as a gravel pit with a maintenance shop on site.

But eventually the county stopped using it as a gravel pit, so it’s turned into a piece of land it doesn’t need.

Kerns says the Mead School District expressed concerns about turning the property into a apartments, alone, since the influx of population growth could put a strain on the district. That’s why in recent months, the county settled on using it for a mix of apartments and commercial uses. The county will choose the winner of the bidding process on that basis. Kerns says it’s also an opportunity for the county to generate more revenue growth to help balance the county’s tight budget.

Chad Coles, Spokane County engineer, says turning it into a mixed-use development would fit the character of the surrounding neighborhood.

“It would be nice to generate some more revenue for the county, but I think the major driver is to build up the neighborhood to have a destination where folks want to go and be,” Coles says. (WILSON CRISCIONE)

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Some transgender people would be disqualified from serving in the U.S. military, according to policy recommendations adopted

by President DONALD TRUMP last week. Other transgender people could be required to serve according to their gender at birth.

“Transgender persons with a history or diagnosis of gender dysphoria — individuals who the policies state may require substantial medical treatment, including medications and surgery — are disqualified from military service except under certain limited circumstances,” according to a memo signed by Trump last Friday.

The memo adopts recommendations by Trump’s Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, and is intended to replace the administration’s attempt last summer to ban transgender people from the military.

Judge Marsha Pechman in the Western District of Washington, along with other federal judges, blocked Trump’s initial ban.

The case in front of Pechman Defense Secretary Jim Mattis was brought by trans and queer rights groups Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN. The Washington State Attorney General’s Office later joined in. During a hearing this week, Pechman declined a Justice Department request to terminate her previous ruling that blocked the original ban.

Pechman has yet to decide on the constitutionality of banning transgender people from the military.

Following the hearing, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson released a statement saying, “President Trump’s last-minute maneuvering does nothing to save his unlawful and discriminatory policy.”

The recommendations from Defense Secretary Mattis state that allowing some transgender people to serve would mean excusing some sexual, mental and physical standards and “could undermine readiness, disrupt unit cohesion and impose an unreasonable burden on the military that is not conducive to military effectiveness and lethality.” (MITCH RYALS)

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Keeping Up with the Hybrids As cars get more efficient, Washington is testing how it could charge drivers for miles they drive in order to keep up state roads

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wo thousand Washington drivers, living everywhere from busy cities to rural communities, have volunteered to keep track of how many miles they drive over the next year as state leaders explore alternative ways to pay for the upkeep of state roads.

Currently, Washington’s roads and bridges are largely funded by the state gas tax of 49.4 cents per gallon.

But in the next 20 years, the average gas mileage for Washington drivers is expected to increase from 20 miles per gallon to 35 mpg, meaning cars will keep wearing down roads, but the state would get 45 percent less revenue per mile driven, according to the Washington State Transportation Commission.

So at the direction of state lawmakers, the commission is studying a “road usage charge,” to instead charge drivers for the miles they drive.

“This is very promising, but it’s certainly not being sold as a done deal or the magic bullet,” says Reema Griffith, the transportation commission’s executive director. “It may just be one of the solutions that emerge to make sure infrastructure can be not only maintained, but grow and improve.”

So why not just increase the gas tax?

Gas taxes largely fund Washington’s roads and bridges.

“Our commissioners asked that,” Griffith says. “Each year it gets weaker and weaker: Our revenues are essentially flat right now. There’s a slight uptick, less than a percent, and that’s fine for now, but when you consider our economy is booming, for the gas tax to be flat, to barely be growing, is not a good sign.”

The Legislature would have to raise the tax about 1.5 cents every year over the next 20 years just to keep revenues where they are today, according to commission staff analysis. That could mean paying 60, 70, 80 cents a gallon in gas tax and getting less in return when you factor in inflation, Griffith says.

“It’s like a boat with a slow leak,” Griffith says. “If you have a cup, you can scoop out the water for a while and stay afloat, but eventually, you sink. That’s the long view on gas tax sustainability.”

HOW IT WORKS

Volunteer drivers started enrolling in the Road Usage Charge Pilot Project in February, with the commission targeting invitations to people with diverse incomes, vehicle types and driving habits to get a representative mix of the state’s drivers.

Though not selected as a statistically representative sample, the participant pool largely mirrors the state’s demographics, Griffith says.

“We’re coming in with a really good, balanced sample,” she says. “This is a really rare opportunity for the general public to be involved in something that will help, on the front end, shape a major policy that will impact everyone’s lives.”

Participants have a few options for how to report their mileage on a quarterly basis:  Prepay for a set amount of miles, then submit photos of actual odometer readings or have a Department of Licensing employee note the mileage.  Pay after reporting odometer readings the same way.  Submit odometer photos via smartphone app.  Use an in-car device without GPS to automatically report mileage.  Use a GPS-enabled mileage meter that tracks in-state and out-of-state travel, ensuring out-of-state travel isn’t taxed.

Under the pilot, volunteers won’t actually pay the 2.4-cent per-mile fee, which was set based on what average drivers currently pay under the

gas tax. Instead, they get a regular report showing how much they actually paid in gas tax and how much they would still owe or be reimbursed under the per-mile program and are asked for their feedback.

Though it may seem like the usage charge could disincentivize more efficient vehicles, gas prices, lower maintenance costs and environmental concerns would still make electric and hybrid vehicles more cost-effective and attractive, Griffith says.

“We’ve all gotta pay for the roads,” Griffith says. “This is just making the tax equal for everybody.”

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The state realizes there won’t be a one-size-fits-all solution, Griffith says, which is why they’re testing various reporting methods.

“We realize some people are comfortable with technology — they like the information they get from it — but also there are a lot of people that don’t want that and want minimal technology involvement,” she says.

For those that opt for high-tech, the state is testing off-the-shelf DriveSync GPS devices, already in use by insurance companies that let drivers base their premiums off their driving habits.

Among those who volunteered for the GPS device is Mariya Frost, a transportation policy analyst with the Washington Policy Center, a nonprofit think tank that’s a member of American Legislative Exchange Council, which drafts conservative legislation nationwide.

Frost, who was glad to get the chance to participate, says she chose the device because it was the most invasive and concerning option. While she says she knew she was consenting to share information about her “trip patterns” with the state, she wasn’t expecting to be scored for her trips.

On one trip, a phone app connected with her device reported she got an 84 out of 100 because she was speeding at 21 points along her route on Interstate 5 and had one incident of “harsh cornering.”

“I was very surprised that my trips are graded,” Frost says.

“What the app does not recognize is why I make those choices on the road, whether or not I’m passing a semi for example. … I drove by several law enforcement vehicles who had no issue with the speed I was going.”

The state is not collecting that additional data, Griffith says, and the private company is not allowed to collect or share it during the pilot either.

In official practice, however, lawmakers would have to decide if and how that data could be used.

Frost has reported on the potential switch away from gas tax for more than a year. She points out that while fuel efficiency increased 12 percent from 1995 to 2015, and Washington drivers traveled 21 percent more miles, the state fuel tax went up 115 percent during the same time frame.

“I would argue that fuel efficiency is not the real problem,” Frost says. “You could argue that inflation is the larger problem.”

Frost also questions how the revenue might be spent. Currently, the state constitution dictates that gas tax revenue can only be spent on state highway purposes, but it’s not clear if a mileage tax would fall under that same protection.

Indeed, Griffith also says that after state lawmakers get the pilot results in 2020, they’ll have to decide whether to move forward with the tax and then tackle questions like how the transition would work, what’s needed to be cost efficient, whether there should be exemptions, how it should be collected and more.

“They’re going to have to wrestle with a lot of very sticky policy issues,” Griffith says. “It’s opening Pandora’s box a bit, because the gas tax is one dimensional. Most people aren’t even aware of how much they pay.”

Under a mileage tax, however, people would be very aware, Griffith says, and lawmakers would have to decide whether to only use the revenue for road infrastructure or if some of it should go to other transportation programs not related to building roads.

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ore than 75 neighbors are packed into the Southside Senior Activity and Community Center — far more than the seating allows. They shift impatiently as the Lincoln Heights Neighborhood Council discusses neighborhood cleanups, police ride-alongs and Community Development Block Grants.

Finally, Jeff Overholser, a Lincoln Heights neighbor crossing his arms in a bright green T-shirt in the back, jumps in.

“When you guys are done with these topics, can I just ask this question? How in the hell can we not have this thing, that we’re here for, built in this neighborhood? Why can’t they go out in the Palouse?” Overholser says, as other neighbors begin to murmur in agreement. “I mean, really? I mean, I know ‘progress.’ But let’s get down to it, this is going to destroy this neighborhood.”

The “thing” Overholser is referring to is Greenstone’s “Garden District” proposal. Eight years earlier, the developer had turned vast swaths of railroad land near downtown Spokane into Kendall Yards, one of the biggest urban infill developments in the city.

Now, it’s looking to do the same on a property a third of the size: Turn the 25 acres of vacant woods southwest of 29th and Southeast Boulevard into an urban mixed-use development, with 233 residential units and 70,000 square feet of office, retail and commercial buildings.

In isolation, it’s exactly the sort of walkable, diverse project the city’s 2015 Comprehensive Plan envisioned when it described the “best patterns of urban development — infill and mixed-use development.”

But the same plan also calls for neighborhoods to be protected from incompatible uses. A representative of Greenstone leans quietly against a wall at the council meeting, listening as, one by one, neighbors lay out arguments against the development. That it would make traffic on Crestline Street a horror show.

That it would pack more students into an already overflowing Hamblen Elementary. That multifamily complexes would bring more crime. That it would irrevocably change the personality and ambiance of the neighborhood.

As one neighbor begins listing off all the wildlife in the vacant lot — quail, skunks, moose — a chorus of other neighbors joins in, calling out other animals they worry the development would force off the property.

“They’re trying to put so much in such a tiny spot, in such a fine neighborhood,” Overholser says. “And it doesn’t make sense to me.”

And that’s the dilemma the city has been wrestling with for years: Leaders claim to want more dense, infill development. But what do they do when neighbors are standing in their way?

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transforming farmland and countryside into miles and miles of suburbia, as sprawl cranks up commute times, carbon emissions and infrastructure costs. Or it could grow up, building taller apartment and condo buildings, constructing townhomes and tiny houses in smaller spaces, filling in the gaps with new development.

Or it could choose not to grow at all. Either housing prices skyrocket out of control, like they have in San Francisco, as too many people compete for a limited number of spaces, or the economy stagnates.

“All these people who don’t want sprawl can’t at the same time oppose development in the city,” Stuckart tells the Inlander. “I’m like, dude, part of living in the community is if there’s private land, they can develop it. We need the density. We need more. We need all those vacant lots to be built on.”

The city’s finances depend on it, Stuckart argues. Rich cities may be able to simply raise taxes to raise revenue, but the city of Spokane still depends on bringing in more people to raise more revenue.

You don’t get to complain about crime or bad roads, Stuckart argues, if you oppose the sort of development that would grow the tax base — paying for more police officers and more road repairs — and allow city services to be delivered more efficiently.

After years of task forces, planning sessions and infill committee meetings, the city of Spokane has begun to trickle out reforms to make that sort of density easier.

That’s meant extra goodies to encourage developers to build housing.

Last year, Spokane sweetened its multifamily tax-incentive policy standards to make building mixed-income housing more attractive to developers.

And that’s meant cracking open the foundations of the city’s zoning policies themselves, the rules governing what can be built where — and what they have to look like. In January, the city passed a “cottage-housing ordinance,” allowing developers to get permission to build slightly more housing units in a single-family-zoned lot.

Not only that, but in single-family zones a quarter-mile or less from the city’s high-density “centers and corridors,” developers can build up to 14 “tiny homes” per acre.

Stuckart wants to do more. He wants to replace downtown’s surface parking lots with apartments, office buildings and parking garages. He even wants to loosen restrictions on how big front lawns need to be. It’s an area where the left-leaning Stuckart can sometimes sound almost libertarian.

“If you go to a place where the houses are built out to the front, is that really so bad?” Stuckart says. “Some people want lawns, some don’t! Why is it something that we’re regulatorily requiring?”

But inevitably, there’s a downside to density: You can only put people so close together before they start stepping on each other’s toes. Density means traffic. Density means fewer parking spaces.

And density can mean demolition of beloved spaces. Done wrong, density can be hellish.

Spokane City Councilwoman Lori Kinnear — who represents the neighborhood that would be impacted by the Greenstone development — can ...continued on next page

“WE NEED THE DENSITY. ...

WE NEED ALL THOSE VACANT LOTS TO BE BUILT ON.”

UP OR OUT

At a forum about homelessness last year, City Council President Ben Stuckart laid out Spokane’s housing crisis with stark numbers: Spokane needs 11,000 more affordable housing units within the next four years.

“Our rents are increasing because we have no availability,” Stuckart says. “That’s creating an affordable-housing crisis.”

Every city faces a choice: It could grow out,

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COEUR D'ALENE'S SELTICE WAY The city of Coeur d’Alene knew it needed to improve the road along Seltice Way, says Chris Bosley, city engineer and project manager. But instead of just repaving the road, the city thought it could do a little bit more.

“We saw this as an opportunity not just to rehabilitate but to revitalize,” Bosley says.

Early this summer, the city will finish construction on the $4.5 million Seltice Way Revitalization Project on the west side of the city heading toward Post Falls.

The 3-mile stretch of road on Seltice Way from Riverstone Drive to Huetter Road is being reconstructed, and the city is adding bike lanes, shared-use paths, better street lighting and two roundabouts. The completed project will have two lanes on each side separated by a wide median. It will include landscaping and artwork along the street, and the city says both two-lane roundabouts — at Grand Mill Lane and at Atlas Road — will help slow down traffic.

The city hopes it will spur more development in the area.

“Putting in the two double-lane roundabouts and having buffered bike lanes and shared-use paths is going to make it a more desirable corridor to encourage more growth to occur,” Bosley says.

The bulk of the construction on the project was finished in 2017. City officials expect the rest to finish this summer. That includes construction of a shared-use path that will extend from Riverstone Drive out to Northwest Boulevard. (WILSON CRISCIONE)

SPOKANE'S NORTH MONROE S T REET The highly anticipated construction project that will reduce North Monroe Street from five lanes to three — one in each direction and a turn lane — is set to start April 2.

In the same way that a similar project was handled on East Sprague, the entire road will be closed off in four-block sections at a time, because it is quicker than accommodating traffic through the work site, says Marlene Feist, a city spokeswoman.

Two contractors will take on the nearly $9 million project, funded with federal money. With one crew in the north and one in the south, each will tackle about eight blocks, both starting with their northernmost four blocks, then switching to the southernmost blocks of their stretch, Feist says.

Cross streets will stay open, enabling people to get to stores and locations along the stretch of Monroe under construction, which extends from Indiana Avenue to Kiernan Avenue. Knox, York, Fairview and Cora avenues will remain open to east-west traffic throughout the project, and all side streets on sections that aren’t being worked on will be open, with signs to help direct people, Feist says.

The work includes improving utility infrastructure, widening sidewalks, adding parking and generally making the corridor more pedestrian friendly. It is expected to be wrapped up by fall.

(SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL)

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SP OKANE'S OVERFLOW TANKS Spokane is putting in a lot of work to stop sewer water from overflowing into the Spokane River during storms.

In parts of the city, the system for stormwater — the stuff that runs off streets and buildings — is combined underground with the system for sewer water — the stuff flushed down toilets or drains. When there’s too much rain or snow in those areas, the overflow goes into the river.

So to get in line with state requirements and protect the river, the city’s been building massive pits, called Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) tanks, to hold the extra water when needed and then pump it to the wastewater treatment plant.

This year, work continues on six major projects, including a 2.2 million-gallon tank being installed near the downtown library and an even more massive 2.4 million-gallon tank being put in at First and Adams Street, both of which will likely be finished in mid-2019.

With each project, the city is trying to incorporate some additional public benefit — look for a plaza atop the tank near the library (pictured) and a small park on the tank at the west end of downtown, says Marlene Feist, a city spokeswoman.

Three related projects will also start this year, including installation of smaller tanks in Kendall Yards, pipes through Peaceful Valley and systems in West Central that will capture rainwater and help it infiltrate the ground naturally.

(SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL)

The demolition of an old Victorian-style home to build these townhomes and apartments raised major objections from the Browne’s Addition neighborhood and, ultimately, led to a historic preservation ordinance. DANIEL WALTERS PHOTO

“BETWEEN A ROCK AND A DENSE PLACE,” CONTINUED...

D OWN TOWN'S RIDPATH It took awhile — about 10 years, to be more exact — but we’re finally here. After years of changing hands, a fraudster who is now behind bars, a busted water pipe, legal snafus and a $1.75 million loan from the city followed by a lien that was quickly dismissed, renovations to the historic Ridpath Hotel are finally nearing completion.

Ridpath Club Apartments, as the new digs will be known, is already accepting applications to lease the completed units.

Residents will begin to move in next month.

When it’s all said and done, developer Ron Wells’ longsought-after vision will infuse downtown Spokane with 206 units. The majority of apartments are geared toward people who make between $20,000 and $30,000 per year.

Monthly rents for units of various sizes ranges from $495 to about $1,500. Most units will have restricted rents only available to people whose income is at or below a certain level. For a single person, for example, that level is $27,600, according to the Ridpath Apartments website.

The sizes of the Ridpath’s new apartments range from about 220 square feet for “micro apartments” and 300 square feet for studios. One-bedroom units average about 500 square feet, according to the Ridpath’s website.

The Ridpath Hotel tower’s opening in 1952 was described in the local press as a “notable event of importance throughout the whole Inland Empire.” Its construction cost around $3 million, according to historical documents. Wells’ renovations reportedly cost more than $20 million. (MITCH RYALS)

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testify to this. She watched what happened to Seattle in the ’80s and ’90s, as it became increasingly choked by traffic and density.

“They have great jobs, and great opportunity, but the quality of life is dreadful,” Kinnear says. “That’s why I moved.”

When she lived there, she says, the neighborhoods had little protection from the city’s development strategy, which placed dense development in the middle of some single-family neighborhoods.

“They did not develop transition zones. They would put a five-story apartment next to a single family home. No transitions whatsoever, no buffer nothing,” Kinnear says. “Boom, there it is. That was a big mistake. It meant that the neighborhood was angry.”

She’s not against density, she says. She just wants it to be done right.

NAYS AND NEIGHBORS

Yeah, looking back, Asher Ernst — pastor, small-time developer and former city plan-commission member — says he was naive. Yes, he tore down an old Browne’s Addition building when it turned out to be too expensive to rehab. Yes, the building’s Northwest contemporary architectural style was closer to the style of the neighborhood’s Museum of Arts and Culture than the century-old homes nearby.

But Ernst says he honest-to-goodness thought people in the Browne’s Addition neighborhood were going to be excited about his project — two townhomes and 13 units of apartment housing, all looking down on

Coeur d’Alene Park.

That didn’t happen.

Instead, it created a huge controversy, leading to a year-long demolition moratorium in the neighborhood and a historic preservation ordinance that could stymie future development.

“At the Neighborhood Council meeting we had one guy that compared us to Hitler for designing this,” Ernst says. “We just want to be friends with folks.” (Full disclosure: I’m a Browne’s Addition neighbor and a friend of Ernst’s.)

Browne’s Addition Neighborhood Council President Rick Biggerstaff doesn’t go as far as likening Ernst to Hitler.

But he says it’s the job of the Neighborhood Council to worry about possible consequences: What about the loss of green space that comes with the building’s large footprint and small lawns? What about the clash with the neighborhood architecture? It’s already hard to find on-street parking. It’s already a pain for snowplow drivers to navigate the narrow car-lined streets.

“There’s a point where it’s too dense,” Biggerstaff says. “When we become too dense, safety becomes an issue.”

The more cars on the street, he says, the more a street becomes a tempting target for car prowlers.

Ernst and Stuckart disagree with that analysis.

“Everything that my research has shown is that in the last 110 years in urban planning, the more people you have out and about with ‘eyes on the street,’ the less crime you have,” Stuckart says. Dense, walkable

UNDER CO NSTR U CTIO N neighborhoods tend to be safer.

The controversy over Ernst’s property handed neighbors a new tool to limit development: Thanks to an ordinance sponsored by Kinnear, if a majority of property owners vote to turn their neighborhood into a historic district, developers will need to abide by a slew of extra neighborhood-developed design regulations before demolishing and replacing a historic structure.

But Stuckart, who supported the ordinance, isn’t worried that the historic preservation ordinance will be used to suffocate growth.

“I’m more worried about whole groups of neighbors completely opposing any project,” Stuckart says.

There are 29 neighborhood councils in Spokane — each with tools to help shape, slow or stop development. They don’t have veto power. A 2013 ballot initiative from a group called Envision Spokane would have given neighborhoods the power to block zoning changes. But it was ruled illegal by the state Supreme Court.

But every council develops a neighborhood plan, which, over the long term, can influence the city’s overall zoning.

Whenever a developer wants to depart from that zoning map, neighbors can rally together to petition the city’s hearing examiner, planning director and the City Council to oppose the project.

Opposition happens on the outer edges: In 2016, after months of furious conflicts between the Indian Trail Neighborhood and a local developer, the City Council — including Stuckart — voted to reject plans to build 750 apartments in North Spokane.

The traffic impacts, the council concluded, would be just too much.

This year, traffic concerns also led the Eagle Ridge neighborhood in western Spokane to rise up against a developer’s proposal to build a new housing development of 240 homes.

And opposition happens near the inner core: Back in 2006, developer Mick McDowell wanted to build a 17-story condo tower above Peaceful Valley, the neighborhood just a walk down a flight of stairs from Browne’s Addition. Neighbors argued the building would cast a literal shadow over a local park.

Ten years later, McDowell once again introduced plans to build a condo tower overlooking Peaceful Valley. And, once again, the neighborhood opposed it.

Peaceful Valley Neighborhood Council President Bill Forman printed out a 3-foot-tall poster of the architectural renderings that he could display at council meetings: “YIKES!” the poster read “Does this fit in Peaceful Valley?”

Each project can lead to a host of complaints.

Standing in front of the vacant property on the South Hill with his wife and three kids, Lincoln Heights neighbor Drew Repp talks about the neighborhood’s concerns over the density of the Greenstone project. But, in particular, he’s worried about speeding motorists: He opposes the city’s current plans to turn Crestline Street, where his family lives, into an arterial. But if the city doesn’t do that, Greenstone’s proposed development would dump

most of the development’s traffic into residential neighborhood streets.

“If you don’t punch through, you have a much bigger problem,” Stuckart says.

Lars Gilberts, Spokane’s University District director, says that he sometimes hears concerns from neighborhoods about quality of life. He also hears people say, “We don’t like ‘apartment people.’”

“Didn’t you used to be an apartment person,” Gilberts says. “Didn’t your kids, the people you love or trust used to be apartment people?”

Taken together, Gilberts says, neighborhood opposition campaigns can create a “tragedy of the commons.”

“A bunch of well-meaning people can create a situation that’s not good for the whole community,” Gilberts says.

MAKING GOOD NEIGHBORS

At the Lincoln Heights Neighborhood Council meeting, some neighbors are pessimistic, wondering if the City Council will listen to them over a wealthy developer. Overholser is more confident.

“We’re the people. We have the power,” Overholser says. “We go to these meetings and raise hell. We can get people to listen.”

Greenstone developer Jim Frank says he seeks to be transparent, to work with neighbors early on in order to address most of their concerns.

“Not everybody is going to agree, and there’s a lot of people who fear change,” Frank says. “A lot of what we’re hearing comes out of that fear and misunderstanding of the unknown.”

Repp and other neighbors articulate a willingness to compromise, to tweak the design and density requirements to blunt the impact of the Greenstone project.

In the long term, Kinnear, Stuckart and other councilmembers point to a planning strategy aimed at creating more density while avoiding clashes with neighbors.

Create middle-density transition zones between the highest-density locations and single-family homes.

“We should take every business district and surround it with a block of multifamily,” Stuckart says.

Instead of plopping down a high-rise apartment block next to a quaint little bungalow, Kinnear suggests, you might place a few duplexes or tightly spaced townhomes in between.

That, however, still leaves the problem of traffic and parking.

“Let’s just hypothesize: If you don’t own a car, where we would you live in Spokane?” Kinnear says. “I can’t think of any place.”

The Central City Line, a high-frequency electric bus route from Browne’s Addition to Spokane Community College, is a crucial start, Kinnear says.

And in the meantime?

Stuckart, for his part, says he’s perfectly willing to be the bad guy, to sometimes tell the neighborhood that the development is going to happen, and if they don’t like it, tough.

“Yep, they’re parking in front of your house.

They’re city streets,” Stuckart says. “We all need to get more comfortable living with people.” n

“A BUNCH OF WELL-MEANING PEOPLE CAN CREATE A SITUATION THAT’S NOT GOOD FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.”

SPOKANE VALLEY'S BIGELOW GULCH On March 13, Spokane County broke ground on a major project at the Bigelow Gulch and Forker roads interchange, north of Spokane Valley, that commissioners say will improve safety and the region’s economy.

The project, costing $9.4 million, will straighten and widen part of Bigelow Gulch Road and Forker Road. Spokane County Commissioners say it will alleviate congestion for freight traveling between Spokane and neighboring counties. Commissioner Josh Kerns says some people are referring to the project as the “urban connector.” But for Kerns, safety has been a major concern. Since 1997, county officials say there have been 283 injury collisions along the stretch from North Spokane to Spokane Valley on Bigelow Gulch and five fatalities.

“This will not only help with what has become a major freight corridor for this region, it will also help remedy some major safety concerns,” Kerns says.

County Commissioner Al French says even when the long-awaited North Spokane Corridor is completed, the Bigelow Gulch corridor will still be a major corridor for freight.

“The economic impact that we expect to receive from this corridor is fantastic,” French says. “It is a major economic infrastructure element that will move goods, services and freight throughout this region.”

The projected end date is 2022. (WILSON CRISCIONE)

SP OKANE'S EAS T SPRAG UE You can feel the revitalization on East Sprague Avenue. Literally. Nearby construction shakes the office building that houses Access Unified Networks, where the company’s vice president, LaVerne Biel, works.

Biel, who is the president of the East Spokane Business Association, has worked in the area since 2006. Now, she says, the vibe is completely different.

“It’s kind of like they hit the refresh button. It definitely seems like a different place,” Biel says.

For years, East Sprague has had a reputation as a hub of crime and depravity. Murder. Prostitutes. Vandalism. Drugs. Now, the city and investors are pumping millions of dollars into the East Central district.

Last year, business owners and neighbors in the area voted to rebrand the area as the “Sprague Union District.” It appears to be working.

There are wider sidewalks, potted plants, street lights, new businesses and the clank and bang of hammers. Inlander readers this year voted Community Pint (in the old Jones Radiator bar) “Best New Nightspot,” and dozens of new affordable housing apartments have injected the area with residents.

Biel says that one of those buildings, One South Medila, is the development she’s most excited about.

“The minute it was open there was already waiting list for people to move in,” she says.

Also coming to the area is a new six-story building that will be home to a new bioscience hub with labs, offices and classrooms. The building is part of a multi-phase development known as the Catalyst Project and will sit at the south end of the University District Gateway Bridge connecting East Sprague with the University District.

Asked when the business association will feel satisfied that East Sprague’s revitalization is complete, Biel says she hopes it continues for 100 more years. They’ve established a Business Improvement District, which collects funds from the businesses to be used for maintenance and upkeep in the district. (MITCH RYALS)

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Leaving It To Chance Coeur d’Alene rock-painting community shares gifts of unexpected kindness all over town

BY CARRIE SCOZZARO

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elting snow reveals crocus and daffodils, welcome ripples of color increasing along with the temperature. Purple, yellow and vibrant green burst forth — the colors of Mardi Gras and Easter — but what is that flash of blue? Or orange? Or the rainbow buried in the spring-soggy grass?

If it’s small, hard and inanimate, it’s most likely a painted rock that’s purpose is fulfilled at least twice: first, when it is made and again when it’s found.

“It’s a kindness project, that’s all we do,” says Kelly Walters, who created the CdaRocks Facebook community with her sister Vicky Salinas in 2016, inspired by her adult daughter, who created a similar group on Whidbey Island, Washington.

The premise is simple: if you find a painted rock, take a photo of it and post it to the group (look for the

Some of the rocks left, and found, by the CdaRocks group. message: “Post a pic to FB Cda Rocks”). Re-hide the rock right away, later or not at all.

Some rocks never get posted, says Walters, who encourages members to look on the bright side. “Know that it’s there and that somebody wanted it and cherished it,” she says.

Although posting images of rocks or personal narrative about the experience is not required — not everyone who finds CdaRocks has access to social media — doing so is the glue by which this online community bonds and grows. Consider the woman who found a painted rock as she left the hospice facility where her father had recently passed away. After a year, she felt moved to rehide the rock so someone else could have and “give grace” as she felt she had been able to do. The rock became a touchstone for her transformation.

Then there’s the father whose young adult son died in an accident. His posts expressed his uplift while looking for rocks, making them and even finding some left at the roadside memorial to his son that he created.

The online images construct a shifting mosaic of member concerns: the death of a pet — sometimes referred to as “passing or crossing over the rainbow bridge” — or a relative, significant health issues and communitywide losses, like the murder of on-duty Coeur d’Alene Police officer Greg Moore, whose radio call number was K27.

“There have been numerous, numerous people, including my sisters and I, who consider this therapy,” says Walters, a remediation paraprofessional at a Coeur d’Alene-area elementary school. Part of that therapy, ...continued on next page

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“LEAVING IT TO CHANCE,” CONTINUED... explains Walters, is the sheer joy in making something, in being creative and expressive.

CdaRocks places few restrictions on content, yet politics, profanity and advertising are red flags to the groups’ four moderators. Thus there are images of hearts and other symbols, Pinterest-inspired patterns, landscapes, animals, characters — all made by people of wide-ranging ability and age.

Many rocks bear messages: Peace. Love. Faith. Believe. “Cancer Sucks” is pure vernacular, and nonetheless irrefutable. Other messages are more lyrical: “Love what you get and respect what you love,” “She was a rainbow but he was colorblind” and, quoting that inveterate dreamer, John Lennon, “We all shine on/like the moon and the stars and the sun.”

Although CdaRocks has no control over where members get unpainted rocks or hide painted ones, they encourage lawfulness and respect. They exhort members to ask permission, for WEEKEND example, before hiding C O U N T D OW N or collecting rocks from Get the scoop on this any property not their weekend’s events with own (hiding a rock in our newsletter. Sign up at a national park might Inlander.com/newsletter. be considered littering, while local, state and federal public land regulations do not allow the removal of natural material, including rocks). Popular painted rock hunting areas include parks — Riverstone, McEuen, City Park — and outdoor destinations like Tubbs Hill and Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes.

Most rock discoveries occur out-of-doors, yet some businesses have embraced the trend, including local cof-

A rock left in the hand of one of the figures in the “Early Explorers” sculpture in McEuen Park. fee stand Golden Glo, which has incorporated the leaving and giving of rocks into its online promotional presence.

Rocks have also been seen at chains like Rite-Aid and Wal-Mart.

Members sometimes ask for rocks to be painted and donated for themselves or the greater good, such as for players in last year’s North Idaho College Special Needs Basketball Extravaganza. CdaRocks is also looking for fundraisers to support, such as for muscular dystrophy or Alzheimer’s, says Walters, for which they’d marshal members’ painting skills and do a rock “drop.”

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Although CdaRocks is the oldest and largest (12,325 members and growing) of local groups, there are several additional “rock” groups in Coeur d’Alene, Sandpoint and Spokane. In 2016, CdaRocks member Brandy Foreman-Workman compiled a list of 316 rock-painting groups nationwide, while in 2017, Martha Stewart Magazine estimated 500 groups. The trend has spread to other countries and shows little sign of slowing.

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REMEMBERING SUDAN Spokane artist Daniel Lopez is paying tribute to the last male Northern white rhino in the world. Sudan passed away March 19 due to age-related complications. He was 45. Only two females of the subspecies remain. A week after Sudan’s death, Lopez took to the Garland District’s “Art Alley,” between Monroe and Post, to create a haunting black-and-white mural of the deceased rhino with the white silhouette of a caretaker leaning over the beast’s prone body. The mural can be seen in the alley behind Garland Printworks. “I did [Sudan] in black to point out that there is so much darkness in the fact that our human race doesn’t care, and the caretaker is in white, because we’re the hope that we need,” Lopez says.

“It’s not a happy moment — it’s not. I was just trying to be ultra poignant about that fact that it’s sad, and it’s a shame.” (CHEY SCOTT)

ON THIS WEEK’S PLAYLIST Some noteworthy new music arrives online and in stores March 30. To wit:  BEN HARPER WITH CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE, No Mercy In This Land. Guitar man Harper meets harmonica man Musselwhite. Blues ensue.  THE VACCINES, Combat Sports. Judging by the first single “I Can’t Quit,” expect some gloriously big-guitar rock once again from these Brits.  KACEY MUSGRAVES, Golden Hour. Don’t let her country roots turn you off one of the freshest voices in modern American music. (DAN NAILEN)

Tom, U Up?

BY DAN NAILEN

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here’s been a lot of talk among my actual friends and social media “friends” about leaving Facebook behind in favor of less data-breachy outlets. It’s hard to imagine people will want to spend time rebuilding their Facebook worlds on another platform, but I understand the impulse. We see less of our friends’ posts every day and more advertising — nevermind the whole accidental-toppling-of-our-democracy aspect of Mark Zuckerberg’s platform.

As I started seeing more “I’m logging off forever” Facebook posts, I evaluated whether one option might be a return to the start of my social media life, back before “social media” had a name. If I say goodbye to Facebook, might I once again say, “Hello, MySpace”?

THE BUZZ BIN Having not visited MySpace in at least a decade, well, let’s just say it was a little weird. My profile used to automatically play a favorite tune when visited (Sleater-Kinney’s “Jumpers”), but no more. The site has been dramatically redesigned, of course, and instead of a recognizable “profile picture,” there’s just an evolving series of stock photos. Oh look, birds! A drum set! A bunch of longhorns! What these have to do with me, I have no idea, unless you slather the birds and beef in BBQ sauce and drop those drums in a Texas roadhouse.

But I digress.

I joined MySpace probably around 2005, using an email address from four jobs ago, so naturally I can’t begin to access my own page. I looked for MySpace’s Tom Anderson — my first social media “friend,” along with everyone else who joined back then — to ask for help, but he was nowhere to be found.

What I did find at myspace.com/DanNailen, then, is an oddly preserved slice of life 13 years ago. Among my “Connections,” some are still dear friends, while others I can’t remember. There are stores and former employers now out of business and bands who have broken up. Most horrifying is evidence I once listened to some electronic music. Yikes.

The upside is rediscovering some still-accessible photos I’d forgotten. I had posted snapshots of SleaterKinney’s last pre-sabbatical show on there, and one of Tommy Lee maybe giving me the finger at a Sundance Film Festival party. There’s a shot of me and Joan Jett backstage at a Warped Tour, her smiling because she doesn’t know I just stole beers from her bus. And best of all: A bunch of pretty bad shots from a private Beastie Boys show that MySpace hosted at a Utah hotel.

The verdict: MySpace in 2018 might be a nice place to visit for the memories, but I wouldn’t want to live there again. n

SUMMER IS COMING. REALLY! Any summer that includes Cheap Trick is a better summer in my book, so I was pretty stoked to see this summer’s concert lineup from Northern Quest Resort & Casino. With fellow Rock and Roll Hall of Famers John Fogerty, ZZ Top and Joan Jett, there’s plenty to love for classic-rock fans. Not to mention country and pop.

Here’s how it looks: June 18: Little Big Town with Jameson Rodgers June 28: I Love the ’90s with Salt n Pepa, Vanilla Ice, Sir Mix-A-Lot, Color Me Badd, Young MC July 10: Incubus with Minus the Bear July 17: John Fogerty July 27: Brad Paisley with Brown & Grey July 29: ZZ Top with Robert Cray Aug. 3: Willie Nelson and Alison Krauss Aug. 9: Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias Aug. 10: Train with Pat McGee Aug. 15: Alabama with Temecula Road Aug. 19: Huey Lewis & the News with Richard Marx Sept. 6: Kane Brown with Granger Smith Sept. 13: The Australian Pink Floyd Show Sept. 18: Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and Cheap Trick Sept. 22: Rascal Flatts with Trent Harmon For ticket prices, on-sale dates and more, visit northernquest.com.

HERE COME THE HORNS Sandpoint’s bee-themed music venue, the Hive, played host to a pair of funky performances Saturday. The headliners, nine-piece funk group Turkuaz, blasted their way clear past midnight. But the opener? Seattle’s 45th St Brass band, accompanied by soul diva Annie Jantzer, kicked the night off with their own booty-shakin’ set full of horns and electrifying vocals. We’re not gonna say they stole the show, but damn that woman’s got pipes! The Hive, meanwhile, is one of the most impressive live music venues in the area and often attracts bands that skip Spokane. Big Something, Futurebirds and Leftover Salmon are next on the calendar. (MITCH RYALS)

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A new book reveals the Spokane River’s influence on the region

BY WILSON CRISCIONE

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hen Paul Lindholdt moved to Spokane in 1994 to take a job at Eastern Washington University, he discovered something was missing. He grew to appreciate the region as a kid visiting with his dad for hunting, camping and fishing trips. But as a scholar, he couldn’t find any comprehensive book on the Spokane River — the body of water that, as he writes, “anchors the city.”

So 24 years later, he decided to put together that book himself. The Spokane River, edited by Lindholdt, an EWU English professor, is an anthology on how the river has shaped the region and its people throughout history. Released March 19, the book features 28 contributors that include local authors, historians, archaeologists and members of the Spokane Tribe.

Lindholdt hopes the book will inform readers on the deep history of the river and the impact it’s had on all aspects of the region.

“I didn’t even realize that there’s so much to learn about it until I started in on this project and started imagining working on it,” Lindholdt says.

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he idea to create a book on the Spokane River came to Lindholdt two years ago. It goes along with his academic specialty, “bioregionalism,” a term for advocating that locals should be stewards of the biology of a region, in conjunction with its economy.

“I thought the avenue was wide open to do this book,” he says, “and it was long overdue.”

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It’s broken up into three parts.

The first part is largely nonfiction essays or profiles by local authors and reporters, including former Washington state poet laureate Tod Marshall, Spokesman-Review reporter Becky Kramer and novelist Jess Walter. Personal accounts of the river are mixed with the history.

The second part is called “Culture, History, Society,” and it’s based in the social sciences. Readers learn about the history of pollution in the river, willfully ignored by the city of Spokane for decades before anyone decided to do anything about it. And it delves into Native American history as it relates to the river, concluded by two poems from Native American writer Sherman Alexie.

The third section is devoted to the hard sciences: archaeology, biology and hydrology. Readers will learn about the effects of climate and water quality, understanding how it affects life in and around the river.

“The theme that ran through, and what

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I learned about it, is just how deep our history is here — and by ‘our’ I mean humankind,” Lindholdt says.

Through the process, Lindholdt learned how far back that history goes. For example, he learned that the confluence of Latah Creek and the Spokane River is the oldest place of inhabitation in present day Washington state. He learned how the decisions humans have made throughout history impacted salmon in the Spokane River and the way of life of the surrounding people.

He thinks the book will have broader appeal beyond the Inland Northwest because the history of the Spokane River has broader implications for environmental awareness in Washington state. It will show people how to take ownership of their local environment, he says.

It’s why Lindholdt is giving all royalties directly to the Spokane Riverkeeper, which protects the river from pollution. EWU and two local nonprofits funded the book, so Lindholdt figured he’d use the royalties to give back.

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All That Glitters Meet six new food and beverage purveyors in North Idaho’s Silver Valley, lured by opportunity and quality of life

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Wallace is worth a trip for both its food and scenic attractions.

recious metals may have created the Silver Valley, but the Earth’s treasures aren’t its only lure.

This mountainous swath of Idaho’s Panhandle along a stretch of Interstate 90 includes the small towns of Pinehurst, Smelterville, Kellogg, Wardner, Osburn, Silverton, Wallace and Mullan. A more recent glimmer of opportunity, coupled with a strong desire for a change of pace, has drawn several newcomers to the region’s culinary community.

New owners since January 2018 of Wallace’s 1313 CLUB - HISTORIC SALOON AND GRILL, Keith Dary and Heidi Lee tell a familiar story: Both have plenty of industry experience, but got burned out. Dary is an American

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Culinary Federation-certified chef with 30 years under his belt, mostly in country clubs, while Lee owned a food and travel media company. The couple, recently married, wanted out of northern Arizona, so while visiting Lee’s old stomping grounds in Eastern Washington last year, they contemplated relocating to the Northwest and starting a farm in Sandpoint, or a food truck.

When they discovered the 1313 Club was available, the couple relocated their business interests and home — they live above the restaurant — to Wallace. Aside from creating a space to play darts, the new owners have embraced the 127-year-old building as is.

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EXPLORE THE SILVER VALLEY’S HIDDEN TREASURES he Silver Valley’s big draw for

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Radio Brewing opened in Kellogg last spring, and offers a rustic-meets-vintage vibe, with craft beers named after old-time radio programs.

“ALL THAT GLITTERS,” CONTINUED... we’ll remain,” says Dary, who’s tweaked the comfort-oriented menu with dishes like braised short rib poutine ($10.95), meatloaf ($10.95) and chicken pot pie ($9.95).

Nearby, Wallace’s BLACKBOARD CAFÉ serves weekend breakfast and weekly lunch and dinner. Owners Rob and Luanne Wuerfel were passing through town when they, too, were charmed by Wallace, which they saw as a salve to their busy lives.

The couple renovated the cafe’s narrow space into a cozy eatery, which opened in March 2016, with cerulean-blue walls covered in old frames, mirrors and funky artwork, and lined with grey tufted upholstered booth seating and an old wooden bar.

Rob Wuerfel, who has more than 20 years experiences as an executive chef in high-end resort towns like Ketchum, Idaho, and Taos, New Mexico, has created a menu popular with locals and visitors alike for its upscale spin on classic comforts. Grilled cheese, for example, is Muenster, cheddar and Brie with tomatobacon jam ($9), while breakfast benedicts ($11-$12) span the globe from Cuban (pulled pork) and Italian (prosciutto) to Irish (corned beef and sauerkraut).

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earby, the quaint town of Kellogg turned out to be the perfect place for another new-to-town couple to open their craft brewery. Ashley Malcolm and Fred Mehaffie, whose initials (AM and FM) inspired their business’s name, opened RADIO BREWING in March 2017. The couple, formerly of Colorado, sought a location with easy access to over-the-road distribution and an established, yet not overly saturated, craft beer market.

Radio Brewing beers are named for popular old-time radio shows, like the Danger is a Beautiful Blonde (a reference to an episode of The Whistler), Dr. Sixgun Pale Ale and the luxurious Beyond Midnight Coffee Stout, the latter made with locally roasted coffee. The brewery’s food menu features scratch-made items and baked goods, including gyro sandwiches ($10), beer bratwurst on a pretzel bun ($7), Korean-style tacos ($6.50) and burgers and paninis ($10-$13). Save room for dessert of chocolate ganache cake and homemade ice cream ($7).

Although the brewery was the main push, Radio Brewing’s owners put considerable effort into their tap room, which is easily one of the grooviest in the region, featuring vintage radios incorporated into furnishings — like countertops made from vintage stand-up radios — to a floor of old record albums embedded in resin inside a gold-walled bathroom.

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Radio Brewing isn’t the only new place that may have escaped out-of-towners’ radar. Although it’s been around since 1927, THE HILLTOP in Kingston was an out-of-the-way roadhouse when Bobby Hendries stumbled upon it last year. Hendries, who was living in Seattle but working in North Idaho, discovered he knew the owners’ son. Intrigued, Hendries eventually relocated his parents and himself to the area, partnered with friend and nationally known author Dan Zadra to take over and renovate the roadhouse-type restaurant, which reopened in December 2017.

Try the weekend prime rib special ($24, $29) or fill up at the allyou-can-eat spaghetti feed ($12).

Also in Kingston, THE SNAKE PIT has changed hands again since Inlander readers voted it the “Best Rural Restaurant” in 2014. Like The Hilltop, the Snake Pit has a rich history: 135 years as a hotel, restaurant, cathouse and go-to for miners and loggers upon whose backs the region was built. New owners Tom Richards and Doug Johnson are pouring their energies into the landmark, which is open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner, with entrees like chicken-fried steak ($13.95, $16.95), barbecue ribs ($21.95) and a tasty buffalo burger ($12.95).

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t isn’t just restaurant owners who’ve been lured to the scenic Silver Valley. “The Idaho Tomato Lady’s” Susi Faville recently condensed her 2-acre Hayden farm into a half-acre space in Pinehurst now called PINE CREEK NURSERY, where she grows and sells a stunning array of fruit, vegetable, berry and flower starts especially adapted to shorter growing seasons like that of the Inland Northwest.

Faville’s nursery is one of a handful of farms in the region, including TERRATOPIA GARDENS AND GOATS and artisan cheese-maker KELLY CREEK FARMS, both in Pinehurst, as well as KILLARNEY FARMS in Rose Lake, the latter of which many would describe as a cornerstone of the regional farming economy and culture.

When the Silver Valley Farmers Market in Kellogg opens for the season on Mother’s Day weekend, Faville will be there, hoping to see other local farmers as well. (She’ll also continue participating in the Kootenai County Farmers Market in Coeur d’Alene.)

“You can really get a lot for your money in the Silver Valley,” says Faville, who prefers driving “over the hill” on I-90 to the stopand-go congestion of U.S. Highway 95.

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visitors is that it doesn’t pretend to be something it isn’t. The region embraces its rural, industrial history without being hokey or resortlike, yet its businesses and residents still make a concerted reach to out-oftowners.

Take a tour of one of the mines, for example, to get a gritty taste of what underground life was like (goldmine-idaho.com, silverminetour. org), or ride any stretch of the Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes’ 72-mile bicycle route (friendsofcdatrails.org) to appreciate nature’s awesomeness.

For an ideal valley day, choose one “big” thing to do — a picnic at Cataldo Mission, a play at Wallace’s Sixth Street Melodrama, ziplining with Silver Streak — then diddle around in town. The season will probably determine your itinerary. In winter, Silver Mountain (silvermt.com) has skiing, boarding, tubing, special events, etc., but don’t discount Lookout Ski Resort (skilookout.com) in Kellogg, which has been approved to nearly double in size. In the summer, the Coeur d’Alene River and chain lakes offer relaxed fishing, bird-watching and sightseeing, and are a boon for slowboaters and kayakers.

For festivals, you can’t beat Wallace’s year-round calendar of events like the Snowmobile and Snowbike Grand Prixs in February, Accordion Jubilee in August, Fall for History Tour in October and Bratfest in November.

The Silver Valley Chamber of Commerce is a one-stop-shop for events (silvervalleychamber.com), such as April’s Rod Run in Kellogg and the July Demolition Derby in Smelterville.

As far as other eats and drinks beyond the newcomers mentioned here, try burritos at Hill Street Depot in Kellogg, lunch and a frosty glass of Loft Honey at City Limits Brew Pub (also ask for a tour of their on-site brewery, North Idaho Mountain Brew) and burgers at Outlaw Bar & Grill in Mullan.

Or do what we do: Ask a local or just go explore. (CARRIE SCOZZARO)

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Long Live Logan A mainstay of the east Spokane neighborhood that’s home to Gonzaga University has been reborn as the Logan Tavern

BY CHEY SCOTT

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ust in time for the Gonzaga University men’s basketball team’s March Madness run, a fixture of the campus’s east Spokane neighborhood re-emerged as the Logan Tavern.

The building on the corner of Hamilton and Sharp became a neighborhood institution when it existed at the Bulldog Pub for more than six decades. Though the spot changed hands several times since the Bulldog’s closure in 2011, a trio of new owners are hoping to bring back the laid-back vibes they recall from time spent there during their 20s.

“We used to go to the Bulldog all the time when we were young — that was our jam, and we liked how it was dark and cheap and a fun place to hang out,” says Logan Tavern co-owner J.D. Winn.

The spot’s last tenant was Scotty’s Doghouse, which closed late last year and offered more of a danceclub environment to the neighborhood’s college-area residents. Winn and his partners, Nehemiah Zilar and Erik Morris, however, wanted to create an atmosphere that not only welcomes those younger patrons, but also Gonzaga alumni and nearby residents of any age.

The trio took ownership at the beginning of the year and made a quick turnaround of some light remodeling and menu planning before opening their doors on Feb. 28. Winn and Morris are both owners of a handful of Pita Pit franchise locations in Spokane and Pullman, and Zilar is a well-known face in the local bar scene, having previously tended bar at the Observatory downtown.

Zilar tapped his experience in craft cocktails to come up with a drink menu that would appeal to newly legal college students, as well as customers with a more refined taste for spirits. There are classics like the old fashioned ($7), manhattan ($8) and a gin gimlet ($7), along with a few less traditional concoctions: “The Under Grad” is whiskey with a pickle juice back ($5); there’s also the easy-drinking favorite hard iced tea ($6).

“I just made a list of things I would like to drink if I was just 21,” Zilar notes. “It’s a little more elevated, and we’ve been wanting to introduce the kids to, like, whiskey with pickle backs and Jager barrels, which is Jager[meister] and root beer.”

Any cocktail can be made “spicy” on request with a spritz of habanero-infused tequila to coat the inside of the glass, he adds.

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he kitchen side of Logan Tavern sticks to classic comfort food and pub staples — burgers, sandwiches, salads — with plenty of shareable appetizers and a variety of sauces for dipping.

“We really wanted to feature things that emphasize sharing and hanging out,” Winn says.

“We have fries with a big selection of sauces, and the nachos are ginormous, so it’s not your typical appetizers. That was all tied into the communal feel of everything.”

Head chef Eric McGraw comes to Logan Tavern from the Manito Country Club. When he was first going over the menu with the pub’s owners, he noticed they’d missed including anything with bacon.

To rectify that, there’s a “Pint o’ Bacon” ($6), which is an actual pint glass filled with four thick slices of double-layered bacon finished with a bourbon glaze. (There’s also a “Pint o’ Donuts” on the dessert side, served with sweetened cream cheese for dipping.)

Logan Tavern carries on a neighborhood legacy.

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McGraw’s house specialty, and an item that’s been incredibly popular with staff and customers so far, is the Chop-Chop Chicken sandwich ($10), featuring brined, chopped chicken breast with grilled onions, mayo, diced bacon and provolone on a toasted pretzel bun.

“The country club people were always begging him to make that off menu, so he was super excited to put that on the menu,” Zilar notes.

Despite some “savage” remarks from one younger patron implying that the Logan Tavern wouldn’t be able to compete with other neighborhood establishments due to its lack of a dance floor, customer reception has been “overwhelmingly good,” he adds.

“They’ll get to know us and the vibe we’re going for,” Zilar says. “It’s not like an unsupervised house party, it’s a place to hang out and have fun. And when people get to know our staff — we have quite the collection of amazing people working here.”

“It comes all full circle,” Winn adds. “I’m sure we spent many a drunk night saying ‘Imagine one day,’ and here we are in the bar we used to drink in.” n cheys@inlander.com Logan Tavern • 1305 N. Hamilton • Open Mon-Thu 11 am-midnight; Fri 11 am-2 am; Sat 10 am-2 am; Sun 10 am-midnight • facebook.com/TheLoganTavern • 474-0584

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VIRTUAL BOY Like the novel that inspired it, Ready Player One is a goofy, fast-paced, mostly empty barrage of pop culture nerdery

BY NATHAN WEINBENDER

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n the world of Ready Player One, minutiae is the ultimate weapon. The more nerdy pop culture facts you’ve got hardwired into your brain, the more powerful you can become.

It’s the future — 2045, to be exact — and our crumbling society has escaped headlong into a digital utopia known as the OASIS, part open-world environment, part virtual reality video game. It’s also the setting of history’s most elaborate scavenger hunt: The OASIS’ late programmer, a reclusive genius named James Halliday (Mark Rylance), has hidden a trio of Easter eggs within his creation, doling out clues that tacitly refer to the 1980s music, games, comic books and movies he loved.

Find all three hidden keys and you’ll be rewarded with a significant stock in the OASIS fortune.

That Willy Wonka-meets-Tron premise originated in Ernest Cline’s bestselling (and oft-derided) 2011 novel, and it’s been translated to the big screen by director Steven Spielberg, perhaps the only living filmmaker whose work has inspired as much fervent fandom as George Lucas. It’s pure geek fantasy, in which challenges are won not with brawn but with your knowledge of secret rooms in Atari games.

Our hero is typical of Spielberg’s ouvre, a soordinary-he’s-extraordinary teen orphan named Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan). He resides in the Stacks, towers of interconnected trailers that stretch up for hundreds of feet amidst piles of twisted metal and decaying trash, and spends days at a time within the OASIS, playing as a silver-haired daredevil named Parzival and exhaustively studying Halliday-related trivia.

Rival corporations have employed staffs of hundreds to try and crack Halliday’s puzzle, but nobody has come close. And then Wade has an a-ha moment and solves the first clue, and more gamers follow, including sniveling

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tech CEO Sorrento (Ben Mendelsohn) and the beautiful sequence inspired by Saturday Night Fever, or a moment in Art3mis (Olivia Cooke), a motorcycle-riding badass and which Parzival holds a boombox aloft like John Cusack inevitable love interest. in Say Anything and blasts Twisted Sister from it. Other Much of Ready Player One is set within the OASIS, tributes are more elaborate, but no less goofy: There’s an and the computer graphics and motion-capture effects, in-game upgrade called a Zemeckis Cube, which rewinds overseen by Industrial Light and Magic, are as expressive time and comes installed with Back to the Future musical as I’ve seen. Spielberg has a lot of fun with the elasticity cues, and a middle sequence that’s an extended riff on of his digital environs, and his camera — or its digital Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. equivalent — never stops moving: A first-act car race, That Kubrick bit is, I think, representative of the which includes such obstacles as a lumbering Tyrannowhole endeavor: It’s clever for a minute, but then it just saurus rex, a building-hopping King Kong and speeding keeps going. Although it’s always barreling toward the L trains, is pretty exhilarating and recalls that breathless finish line, the movie feels a bit baggy at 140 minutes, chase scene through Morocco in Spielberg’s animated and the energy runs out before the film does.

Tintin movie.

But this is unmistakably a Spielberg product, and The rest of the movie doesn’t quite measure up to his fingerprints are all over it. The trademarks of his that sequence, though, settling into regular cinematographer Janusz Kaminski a straightforward rebels-versusare everywhere (dig that harsh light that’s READY PLAYER ONE always streaming through the windows), bureaucracy narrative we’ve seen Rated PG-13 before. The human element of the and he adopts a visual language that recalls Directed by Steven Spielberg story is also frustratingly hollow: his collaborations with Spielberg from the Starring Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Wade is a seriously dull protagonist, early 2000s, namely Minority Report and Ben Mendelsohn, Mark Rylance but that’s almost by design, as if he’s A.I. Artificial Intelligence. And save for the a blank avatar we’re meant to project soundtrack of retro-pop hits (Prince, Hall ourselves onto. and Oates, New Order), Alan Silvestri’s score sounds an And then there are the rampant pop culture referencawful lot like vintage John Williams. es, which were all over the book and have been criticized The style does elevate the material a bit, although I by some as lazy name dropping. Characters frequently doubt the basic parts of Ready Player One could have ever (and shamelessly) plug the cult properties that define been assembled into a truly transcendent work of cinema. them — Akira, Buckaroo Banzai, The Dark Crystal, the ouvre It’s shiny escapism and nothing more, so its attempts at of John Hughes — and pay homage to long-forgotten culshameless sentimentalism (and it wouldn’t be a Spielberg tural ephemera. (Remember Madballs? Doesn’t matter, film without that) simply don’t work. because Ready Player One sure does.) It’s like being stuck Ready Player One isn’t the calamity it could have been, in a game of nerd Mad Libs. but it’s still mid-tier Spielberg, a glossy Saturday morning It doesn’t feel quite as clunky here as it did in cartoon on a blockbuster budget. It’s sort of fun as far as the novel, but try not to cringe at an awkward dance it goes. I wonder how much replay value it’ll have. n

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LIVES WELL LIVED

THE DEATH OF STALIN

LOVELESS

We should all know by now that you don’t mess with Taraji P. Henson. Here she plays a woman scorned, driven to revenge when she discovers her husband is cheating. Tyler Perry writes and directs. (NW) Rated R The latest political comedy from Armando Iannucci, creator of Veep, details the power struggles that develop amongst Joseph Stalin’s lackeys following the dictator’s 1953 death. The all-star cast includes Steve Buscemi, Andrea Riseborough and Jason Isaacs.

(NW) Rated R

GOD’S NOT DEAD: A LIGHT IN DARKNESS

God’s still not dead, but some raging atheists want you to think otherwise.

In this third entry in the Evangelical film series, a secular university tries ousting a Christian congregation from its campus after the church burns down. (NW) Rated PG

This documentary chronicles the extraordinary lives of 40 everyday people, ranging from 75 to 100 years old, and asks them about their secrets to longevity. At the Magic Lantern. (NW) Not Rated In this Russian nominee for Best Foreign Language Film, a divorcing couple are so wrapped up in their squabbling that they don’t even notice their neglected 12-year-old son has gone missing. Director Andrey Zvyagintsev specializes in suffocatingly sad character studies. (NW) Rated R

READY PLAYER ONE

Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of the bestselling novel is shiny escapism and nothing more, a Saturday morning cartoon on a blockbuster budget.

In the future, a teen orphan searches for a hidden fortune in a virtual reality world with a corrupt tech CEO on his tail. (NW) Rated PG-13

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BLACK PANTHER

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

BOMBSHELL: THE HEDY LAMARR STORY

A documentary about the life and loves of the 1940s actress, who was more than just a pretty face: She also co-invented a radio guidance system that would later be utilized in Wi-Fi

technology. At the Magic Lantern.

(NW) Not Rated

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 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

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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

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sive childhood through music. The title is lifted from the band’s signature song.

(NW) Rated PG

JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE

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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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

Bigger robots fight nastier monsters in this sequel to the 2013 Guillermo del Toro film, with a scrap merchant suiting up to fend off some Kaiju-Jaeger hybrids. A dull facsimile of its predecessor, which wasn’t all that original to begin with. (NW) Rated PG-13

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

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PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING

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UNSANE

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sion 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

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

THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI

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 performanc-

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es, 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

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

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

PETER RABBIT

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

PHANTOM THREAD

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

RED SPARROW

Jennifer Lawrence is a Russian ballerina-turned-assassin, hired to take down a CIA agent (Joel Edgerton) in posses-

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ATOMIC BLONDE (HBO NOW)

Charlize Theron kicks a whole lotta ass as an MI6 agent on a mission in Berlin to track down a list of double agents that could

potentially blow her cover. It’s too long and densely plotted for its own good, but it’s also effortlessly cool, stylish and set to a soundtrack of great ’80s pop hits. (NW) Rated R

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BOMBSHELL: THE HEDY LAMARR STORY

edy Lamarr’s incandescent beauty made her one of the world’s biggest movie stars in the 1930s and ’40s. It was also, as argued by the new documentary Bombshell, what eventually undid her. But the Austrian-born actress was more than just a smoldering screen siren: She was an independent film producer, a memoirist, a prolific seller of war bonds, a feminist icon and an unsung inventor.

That’s right: inventor. You can partially thank Hedy Lamarr for Wi-Fi. She and avant-garde composer George Antheil devised a telecommunication system that prevented German fleets from jamming the frequencies of American torpedoes, which the Navy successfully adopted during World War II. The creators never received proper credit or compensation, but it would later be used not only in wireless internet but Bluetooth and GPS technologies.

This is the kind of unlucky break that defined Lamarr’s life. She emerges from Bombshell as impetuous and neurotic, yes, but mostly misunderstood and underestimated. Her acting career burned brightly but

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PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING

acific Rim: Uprising repeats the formula introduced in Guillermo del Toro’s 2013 robots-fightingmonsters blockbuster, only it does everything much

worse.

The first film wasn’t terribly original — it fused old Japanese monster-movie action onto all the dramatic cliches of 1950s war pictures — and its main characters may as well have been cardboard standees. But it was at least driven by its maker’s mad vision and impeccable sense of visual wit; this sequel, from first-time feature director Steven S. DeKnight, feels like a dull facsimile.

Uprising picks up 10 years after the war between Jaegers (giant human-operated robots) and Kaiju (giant sea monsters) has ended. It stars the charismatic John Boyega as Stacker Pentecost (yes, that’s the character’s actual name, and yes, he’s the son of Idris Elba’s character from the first film), a scrap collector who — stop me if you’ve heard this one before — is recruited as a cocksure military

quickly, as did each of her six marriages. In her later years, she fell into legal and financial trouble and became something of a recluse until her death in 2000.

Bombshell is the debut of director Alexandra Dean, and she adopts a standard biographical documentary form: modern-day, talking head interviews interspersed with archival footage and photos. Some of the clips from Lamarr’s films (including Boom Town, White Cargo, Samson and Delilah and the notorious nudie Ecstasy) are illuminating, but they’re often pixelated and washed out, either because they’re taken from low-quality (and public domain) sources or aren’t shown in their proper aspect ratios.

Formal nitpicks aside, it’s impossible not to empathize with — and find a new appreciation for — Lamarr by the film’s end. Lamarr herself provides some narration, by way of the recently discovered tapes of a 1990 interview she did with Forbes when she was 75, and she’s as candid, self-effacing and whip-smart as you’d hope. (NOT RATED) — NATHAN WEINBENDER

commander but is haunted by the legacy of his father.

Enter a Chinese corporation that wants to implement Jaeger drones, therefore eliminating the need for onboard pilots (don’t look for any real world commentary), and some powerful Jaeger-Kaiju hybrids that emerge from the ocean and set their beady eyes on the magical Earth elements at the core of Mt. Fuji.

Of course, there are big, noisy fights, with lumbering pieces of machinery toppling entire cityscapes. Been there, done that. But what’s so unusual about Uprising is that it feels simultaneously endless and weirdly truncated: It ends abruptly and awkwardly, and not a moment too soon.

During one of those battles, Stacker takes a pratfall in his skyscraper-tall Jaeger suit and quips, “That was supposed to be epic, but it wasn’t.” Sometimes movies write their own reviews. (RATED PG-13) — NATHAN WEINBENDER

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he transition from high school to college can be rough, especially when you’re moving far from home, away from friends and family into the Great Unknown.

That was even more dramatically so for Sophie Allison when she left Nashville for New York University two years ago. But rather than self-medicating with booze or scampering back to her parents, she spent her time in New York City channeling the isolation and loneliness into stirring indie-pop tunes that now populate her debut album Clean, delivered under the moniker Soccer Mommy.

“I had a lot more free time and a lot more drive” to write, Allison says. “I do it best when I’m alone and get to be separated. It gave me the time to do that. I didn’t

BY DAN NAILEN like it at first. It takes some time to adjust to such a big city. But I enjoy having alone time. It’s good for me.”

The days of “alone time” are probably long gone since Soccer Mommy has become one of the most buzzed-about new artists in the country thanks to the 20-year-old Allison’s penchant for wrapping tales of aloof stoners (“Cool”), heartbreak (“Still Clean”) and anger (“Your Dog”) in sparse, pleasing pop hooks. The New York Times included her last year in its “Rock’s Not Dead, It’s Ruled by Women” feature story, and her album’s arrival on March 3 sparked a run through the South by Southwest Music Conference (SXSW) full of shows and media attention.

“It was exhausting,” Allison says of her SXSW experience. “Like, eight shows and a bunch of press stuff.

… I don’t always love doing it, but I don’t really mind, either. I don’t take it that seriously, just talking and doing interviews. It’s not as challenging as writing an album.”

The attention has been building since she first started posting bedroom recordings to Bandcamp in 2015 under the Soccer Mommy name. Those songs, primarily featuring just Allison and her guitar, came as a surprise to some of the friends she grew up with; Allison was part of Nashville’s teen punk scene, but as a fan, not as a performer. Even so, she’d been playing on her own since childhood, and found some inspiration in the “small but strong community of people” in the local scene when she was in high school.

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he’s back living in Nashville, having decided to leave school in New York to focus on making a career in music happen. That’s easier to do with a support system like her family and old friends around. She’s already gone on tours with the likes of Jay Som, Mitski and Slowdive, and this summer she’ll open a series of shows for Liz Phair in addition to playing festivals and headlining dates like the one in Spokane Tuesday.

When she’s on the road, she’ll have a slew of strong songs to take with her.

The 10 songs IF YOU LIKE SOCCER MOMMY, on Clean were produced by GIVE THESE ALBUMS A TRY: Gabe Wax (the Snail Mail, Habit EP War on Drugs, Mitski, Puberty 2 Deerhunter), Speedy Ortiz, Foil Deer and they flesh Jay Som, Everybody Works out Allison’s Liz Phair, Exile in Guyville Bandcamp stylings with a fuller sound that works on the road with her touring band.

“It definitely stepped up the sound a lot,” Allison says of recording in an actual studio instead of on her home recorder. “It didn’t sound overproduced, but it made it sound how I wanted it to sound.”

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Her instinct on sonic quality is as acute as her ear for a catchy hook, as Clean veers from lush orchestration to purposefully glitchy lo-fi belches in ways that utterly make sense.

Of course, with all the attention Allison is getting for her Soccer Mommy music comes some of the age-old sexism endemic to the music business. Allison says it’s still a “pretty regular thing” to deal with people who can’t fathom a self-possessed 20-yearold woman making her own music and directing her career.

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play this on the record even though I did,” Allison says. “Just assuming things like that, or treating me as an object based on my looks, that’s annoying. People you encounter working, assuming you’re not in the band when you show up. Little things.”

If Allison’s music continues to gain a foothold as it has early in her career, people won’t be making those kinds of mistakes for long. n Soccer Mommy with Madeline Kenney • Tue, April 3, at 8 pm • $8 advance/$10 at door • All ages • The Bartlett • 228 W. Sprague • thebartlettspokane.com • 747-2174

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Motor-mouthed rapper Mac Lethal became an unlikely viral sensation with his lightning-fast hip-hop delivery.

YouTube star Mac Lethal brings his lightning-fast raps and sharp sense of humor to Spokane

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f you go to YouTube and search for “Astounding Rapper Mac Lethal,” you’ll find a video of rapper Mac Lethal’s 2014 appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

Watch the clip. First, Ellen shows Lethal’s viral video hit from earlier that year, “Alphabet Insanity.” Then she introduces the Kansas City MC. Lethal walks out with a bemused grin, hugs the queen of daytime TV and shakes hands with guest Jason Bateman. A stagehand brings him a mug of something to sip from nervously, just in case he needs something to sip from nervously.

But nerves don’t come easy to Mac Lethal, who looks at the audience, thrusts two fists in the air, and yells out, “LOOK WHERE I AM RIGHT NOW!” That’s it, right there. That must be the moment when Lethal — a white underground rapper from a Midwestern town known in hip-hop circles for Tech N9ne and nothing else — realized that his unique ability to rap ridiculously fast might just be enough to take him further than he ever could’ve imagined.

The thing is, you don’t see too many Rhymesayers Entertainment recording artists or Scribble Jam rap battle champs on Ellen.

The Internet can do amazing things.

That’s been true for a long time, and Mac Lethal figured it out before a lot of rappers. Born David McCleary Sheldon, he made his name in freestyle battles before releasing his debut album, Men are from Mars, Pornstars are from Earth, in 2002. A few tours and mixtapes later,

he signed to Rhymesayers — a leading record label for independent hip-hop — and put out a follow-up, 11:11, in 2007. Both albums feature a reliably underground sound: left-of-center beats, jazz vibes, soul samples, clever rhymes, socio-political awareness. Neither really hints at the hyperspeed rap skills that would someday make Lethal a YouTube star.

Sorted by publication date (oldest to newest), Lethal’s YouTube channel tells a story about the intersection of creativity, technology and hustle (and probably boredom). At the top — posted seven, eight, nine years ago — are a number of straightforward videos set to rap songs, plus a few funny experiments, like a Miley Cyrus remix and a rap that summarizes the film Dazed and Confused.

Most of them have a few hundred thousand views; a few break into the millions.

Then in late 2011, Lethal posted a video called “Nerdy White Kid KILLS ‘Look at Me Now’ (Pancake Rap).” It features him standing at a stove, cooking pancakes and rapping at top speed over a beat from a Chris Brown hit.

It went viral overnight and now stands at 38 million views.

After that success, Lethal’s channel diversifies to include drunken rants, comedy bits, celebrity interviews and fast raps about Chick-fil-A and basketball shorts.

One video is called “Dude Remakes a Kanye West Song with Hair Products. Then KILLS It.” Tucked in there

somewhere is the alphabet rap that caught Ellen’s eye. It has 16 million views.

There’s “Rapping with Only Z Words,” “Rapping for 90 Seconds Straight … Without Breathing,” and “Rapping After Eating a Carolina Reaper Pepper.” And, posted nine months ago, “27 Styles of Rapping,” which finds Lethal blazing through several hip-hop styles (old school, G-Funk, hyphy and crunk among them) and impressions of famous artists like Eminem (he nails it) and Drake (not so much).

As of earlier this week, Lethal has amassed nearly 143 million views and more than 1.2 million subscribers on YouTube, and he has spawned his own army of reaction videos (in which people watch him rap and make comments, basically). And if this is all a little too “new media” for you, keep in mind that Lethal published a book, Texts from Bennett, in 2013, and he parlayed this stardom into a TV gig (he hosts Binge Thinking on MTV2).

If it sounds like Lethal has conquered the 21st-century music game, think again. Elsewhere on his channel, there’s a 40-minute recording of Lethal talking about his Ellen experience. “Of all the things in my career that have proven to be difficult, YouTube is probably one of the most difficult,” he says, comparing his statistics to some of the platform’s giants. “Remaining relevant and hot on YouTube is a really difficult thing.”

That’s no doubt true. But if you listen to the entire clip, you get a clear sense for Lethal’s comic timing, his thoughtfulness, his brash streak and his natural ability as a storyteller. It’s those qualities — not rapping after eating a hot pepper or whatever — that have fueled one of the most interesting careers in underground rap over the past 20 years, and will continue to do so whether or not Mac Lethal ever goes viral again. n Mac Lethal and Wax, with the Have-Nots, Knothead and more • Sun, April 1, at 7:30 pm • $20 • All ages • The Pin! • 412 W. Sprague • thepinevents.com • 624-0746

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n their self-titled 1973 album, Tower of Power asked: “What is hip?” — and they damn well knew their soulful, funky blend of horn-driven music was the answer. It still is for fans who have followed the band through lineup changes, if not stylistic ones. Originating out of Oakland, California, in 1968, the band’s polyglot sound served as an ideal soundtrack for turbulent times. Melding everything from sweet balladry to dance floor burners, Tower of Power made themselves the rare band as welcome at a rock festival as at a jazz nightclub. The band is celebrating 50 years on its current tour, so you can expect decades of favorites in the set list. And if you’re a superfan, consider the band’s Horn Clinic the afternoon of their headlining show, happening at SFCC Music Auditorium at 2 pm for just $10.

— DAN NAILEN Tower of Power • Tue, April 3, at 7:30 pm • $42-$75 • All ages • Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox • 1001 W. Sprague • foxtheaterspokane.org • 624-1200

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J BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn J THE BIG DIPPER, Casey Ryan, Danny Crimson, Hanna Rebecca BISTANGO MARTINI LOUNGE, KOSH BOOMERS CLASSIC ROCK BAR & GRILL, Gary and Dan’s Flashback J BOOTS BAKERY & LOUNGE, The Song Project J BUCER’S COFFEEHOUSE PUB, Open Jazz Jam with Erik Bowen CORBY’S BAR, Open Mic and Karaoke THE CORK & TAP, Truck Mills CRAVE, DJ Stoney Hawk CRUISERS, Open Jam Night J THE GILDED UNICORN, Dylan Hathaway HOLLYWOOD REVOLVER BAR, Foxtrot Epidemic, Better Daze, Skunktopus, Ghostdivorce THE JACKSON ST., Zaq Flanary and the Songsmith Series LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Daniel Hall THE LOCAL DELI, Keanu and Joey MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL, Open Mic with Kevin Dorin NIGHTHAWK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), PJ Destiny NORTHWEST MUSEUM OF ARTS & CULTURE, Ron Kieper Jazz POST FALLS BREWING COMPANY, Rusty Jackson THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos feat. Christan Raxter & Steve Ridler THE ROADHOUSE, Karaoke THE ROCK BAR & LOUNGE, The Rock Jam Series SLICE & BISCUIT, Bluegrass Jam ZOLA, Blake Braley

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manda Palmer rose to prominence in the early 2000s as the lead singer of the Dresden Dolls, a duo whose gothic theatricality was pitched somewhere between Cabaret and The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

As a solo artist, she has explored varied, sometimes contradictory styles — jazz fusion, folk, singer-songwriter, synth-pop, spoken word — and has also courted controversy: With her 2012 album Theatre is Evil, she relied on a Kickstarter campaign, which raised nearly $1.2 million (then a record for a musical project), and then enlisted volunteer musicians on that LP’s accompanying tour (she eventually paid them after significant pushback). She’s a genuinely divisive artist, politically outspoken, artistically adventurous and as wildly unpredictable as they come.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER An Evening with Amanda Palmer and special guest Jason Webley • Wed, April 4, at 8 pm • $29.50 • All ages • Knitting Factory • 919 W. Sprague • sp.knittingfactory.com • 244-3279

Friday, 03/30

219 LOUNGE, The Somethings J BABY BAR, Frenz, Melt, Whiskey Dick Mountain, Runaway Octopus J BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn BIGFOOT PUB, NightShift BLACK DIAMOND, DJ Sterling BOLO’S, Usual Suspects BOOMERS CLASSIC ROCK BAR & GRILL, J.W. Scattergun BRIDGE PRESS CELLARS, Ron Greene Single Release Party THE BULL HEAD, The Sidemen CEDAR ST. BRIDGE, Marty & Doug CHECKERBOARD BAR, Hedonizm, Idol Hands, Catalyst

CHINOOK STEAK, PASTA AND SPIRITS (CDA CASINO), Kicho CORBY’S BAR, Karaoke CRAVE, DJ Stoney Hawk CRUISERS, Karaoke with Gary CURLEY’S, Loose Gazoonz DRY FLY DISTILLERY, Michael & Keleren Millham FARMHOUSE KITCHEN AND SILO BAR, Tom D’Orazi and Friends FEDORA PUB & GRILLE, Bill Bozly FORZA COFFEE CO., Ashley Pyle HOLLYWOOD REVOLVER BAR, Wayward West, Indian Goat, Incidia IDAHO POUR AUTHORITY, Bare Grass IRON GOAT BREWING CO., Smackout Pack

IRON HORSE (CDA), The Ryan Larsen Band THE JACKSON ST., Into the Drift J KNITTING FACTORY, Dawn of Life, Quarter Monkey, Rylei Franks KOOTENAI RIVER BREWING CO., Truck Mills LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Mike Wagoner MICKDUFF’S BEER HALL, Harold’s IGA MOOSE LOUNGE, Mojo Box NASHVILLE NORTH, Ladies Night with Luke Jaxon and DJ Tom NIGHTHAWK LOUNGE (CDA CASINO), Got ‘90s?

NORTHERN QUEST, DJ Patrick J THE OBSERVATORY, Cliterati, Wretched F---, Stiff Fish

J ONE WORLD CAFE, Blue Funk Jailbreak PALOUSE BAR AND GRILL, Mike McCafferty PEND D’OREILLE WINERY, Jake Robin J THE PIN!, The Sword, King Buffalo REPUBLIC BREWING CO., Kory Quinn RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos RIPPLES RIVERSIDE GRILL, Dangerous Type SILVER MOUNTAIN SKI RESORT (NOAH’S), Son of Brad SLATE CREEK BREWING CO., Robby French and Tabitha Coldiron SOULFUL SOUPS & SPIRITS, Aspen Deck ZOLA, DragonFly

Saturday, 03/31

219 LOUNGE, The Beat Diggers ARBOR CREST, Sara Brown J BEVERLY’S, Robert Vaughn BLACK DIAMOND, DJ Kevin BOLO’S, Usual Suspects BOOMERS CLASSIC ROCK BAR & GRILL, J.W. Scattergun CEDAR STREET BRIDGE, Betsy Hammet CHINOOK STEAK, PASTA AND SPIRITS (CDA CASINO), Kicho COMMUNITY PINT, Derek Hardt CURLEY’S, Loose Gazoonz FLAME & CORK, Cole McEvoy GARLAND PUB, Last Call Band J HEARTWOOD CENTER, Grant Farm with Matt Mitchell IDAHO POUR AUTHORITY, Scott Taylor IRON HORSE (CDA), The Ryan Larsen Band THE JACKSON ST., Karaoke KELLY’S RESTAURANT & LOUNGE, Zach Cooper Band LAUGHING DOG BREWING, Devon Wade LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Schuyler Dornbirer

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DALEY’S CHEAP SHOTS, Jam Night with VooDoo Church GARLAND PUB, Last Call Band LINGER LONGER LOUNGE, Open Jam MARYHILL WINERY, Just Plain Darin O’DOHERTY’S, Live Irish Music

J J THE PIN!, Mac Lethal (see page 41) and Wax, The Have-Nots, Knothead and more RED ROOM LOUNGE, Brasstracks, S’natra, KALAJ ZOLA, Lazy Love

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J J THE BARTLETT, No Joy, Cathedral Pearls, Newman J CALYPSOS COFFEE & CREAMERY, Open Mic EICHARDT’S, Monday Night Jam with Truck Mills J HUMBLE BURGER, Bart Budwig, David Robert King, Son Locust RED ROOM LOUNGE, Open Mic with Lucas Brookbank Brown ZOLA, Perfect Mess

Tuesday, 04/3

219 LOUNGE, Karaoke with DJ Pat J J THE BARTLETT, Soccer Mommy (see page 39), Madeline Kenney GARLAND PUB & GRILL, Karaoke LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Turntable Tuesday J J MARTIN WOLDSON THEATER AT THE FOX, Tower of Power (see facing page) J ONE WORLD CAFE, Dear Rabbit, Adam Lane RAZZLE’S, Open Mic Jam RED ROOM LOUNGE, Storme THE RIDLER PIANO BAR, Open Mic/ Jam Night THE ROADHOUSE, Karaoke ZOLA, Dueling Cronkites

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J THE BARTLETT, The Hasslers, Charlie and the Rays, Misty Mountain Pony Club GENO’S, Open Mic w/Travis Goulding THE JACKSON ST., Karaoke J J KNITTING FACTORY, An Evening with Amanda Palmer (see facing page), feat. Jason Webley LEFTBANK WINE BAR, Carey Brazil LUCKY’S IRISH PUB, DJ D3VIN3 MOON TIME, Jerry Joseph and the Jackmormons J MOOTSY’S, Annex, Askevault, Itchy Kitty J NORTHERN QUEST RESORT & CASINO, Sara Evans J ONE WORLD CAFE, Terry Robb J THE PIN!, D-O.N.E., Mizere, Kurt Brodie POOLE’S PUBLIC HOUSE, The Cronkites RED ROOM LOUNGE, Blowin’ Kegs Jam Session RIDLER PIANO BAR, Dueling Pianos THE ROADHOUSE, Open Mic SLATE CREEK BREWING CO., KOSH THE THIRSTY DOG, Karaoke ZOLA, Whsk&Keys

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A couple weeks back, Inland Northwest native Kelsey Cook hit the stage of The Tonight Show for the first time, delivering a set of stand-up comedy that touched on her family, her hometown and her various medical maladies: “I’m allergic to latex. Found that one out in a fun way.” Now the Cheney High and WSU grad is coming to headline four shows in Spokane, another step in her burgeoning career that includes hosting a podcast called Self-Helpless and opening one of Jim Norton’s national tours. Just be forewarned: Don’t get into a foosball game with her after the show, she’s a champion on the table.

Seriously.

— DAN NAILEN Kelsey Cook • Thu, March 29, at 8 pm • free/women; $8/men • Fri, March 30, at 8 pm • $14/$22 • Sat, March 31, at 7 pm and 9:30 pm • $10-$24 • 21+ • Spokane Comedy Club • 315 W. Sprague • spokanecomedyclub.com • 318-9998

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Do you want an altruistic reason to boogie? Attend the fashion show and dance party by Global Neighborhood, a local nonprofit aiding refugees. A killer soundtrack from DJ Darrien Mack (pictured) as well as drinks and snacks from the Bartlett’s bar are on the menu. Local models will sport ensembles they’ve each selected from the racks of Global Neighborhood Thrift. After the models strut, the dance party is on. All proceeds go toward the nonprofit’s operating funds to pay for rent, utilities and employee salaries, allowing staff to continue employing refugees and helping them assimilate into life in a new country. To double the support, head to GN Thrift before the show and pick out an outfit there, too. Tickets are available online or at the door.

— ALLA DROKINA Dance Party & GN Fashion Show • Fri, March 30, at 7:30 pm • $10 • All ages • The Bartlett • 228 W. Sprague • thebartlettspokane. com • 747-2174

THEATER EARLY STARS

In the early 1900s, a group of women employed at the Harvard College Observatory worked as human “computers.” Though they weren’t allowed to even touch the observatory’s telescope, these women, including Henrietta Swan Leavitt, the protagonist of the play Silent Sky, were tasked with crunching huge amounts of astronomical data gathered by their male counterparts. Like the women of color mathematicians at NASA in the 1960s, the Harvard women were “hidden figures” of another period. Even so, their discoveries were critical to our understanding of the universe: Leavitt is credited with discovering a breakthrough in astronomical science that helped gauge distances through space. Silent Sky is the last theatrical production of WSU’s Performing Arts Department, which is being shuttered this year due to budget cuts. The March 31 matinee is also free (tickets still required) and includes a post-show dessert reception with director Mary Trotter, the cast and crew.

— CHEY SCOTT Silent Sky • March 30-31 and April 6-7 at 7:30 pm; also Sat at 2 pm • $8/students, seniors; $10/adults • Jones Theater at Daggy Hall, WSU Pullman • performingarts.wsu.edu

COMMUNITY WELCOMING ALL

Whether you identify as transgender, are close to someone who’s gender nonconforming or simply want to gain more perspective on this diverse group of people and its local members, head to Spokane’s Transgender Day of Visibility event as part of the international day celebrating transgender lives, held annually on March 31. Many local resource groups are on site to share and discuss their services, including Odyssey Youth Movement, Kaiser Permanente’s Gender Clinic and the Spokane Human Rights Commission. A panel of local transgender-identifying people will share their stories and insight into their lives, including Spokane Fire Department Capt. Maeve Griffith, the subject of a recent feature story by local journalist and author Shawn Vestal. Visit the link below to see bios for all presenters and the program of events.

— CHEY SCOTT Spokane Transgender Day of Visibility • Sat, March 31 from 2-4 pm • Free; donations welcome • Spokane Woman’s Club • 1428 W. Ninth Ave. • bit. ly/2DWVlaa

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Andy McKee is one of those musicians who makes you realize that an instrument you thought you knew can be reinvented. He’s a self-taught guitarist who rose to fame on YouTube, where he uploaded popular videos of his unique playing style: He strums and plucks strings at unusual angles, he taps the frets with great dexterity, he taps the body of the instrument for a percussive effect. You have to see it to believe it. McKee, who once toured as part of Prince’s backing band, will be playing the Fox this weekend, and he’s not the only one who will be showing off the goods: Several regional guitar makers will be on hand before the concert, displaying a collection of custommade string instruments.

— NATHAN WEINBENDER Fox Guitar Festival feat. Andy McKee • Sat, March 31, at 8 pm • $33-$38 • All ages • Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox • 1001 W. Sprague • foxtheaterspokane.org • 624-1200

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I SAW YOU LYFT RIDE, C SQUAD, AND A DOG CHASE You were my Lyft driver and we chased a dog for a few blocks while it avoided us. I should've invited you in for a drink with me, but I'm an awkward dork. Maybe next time?

EOD, MY ONE AND ONLY GUACAMOLE It has been a few years since we happened in the coffee shop. My heart spun out of control upon meeting you. You are still my everything. Given the opportunity, I would stand on the stacks at the Steam Plant and yell it to the world. I Love You! SAFEWAY ON FRANCIS It was Wednesday morning around 8:30 am at the Safeway on Francis, and I couldn't help but notice your beautiful eyes and incredible smile. We were both in the same line at the checkout.

I was buying doughnuts for my friends at a coffee shop and you were buying some sort of yogurt/cereal breakfast.

We talked for a minute and both congratulated each other on passing tests, I think you said yours was for a business class at Eastern. I'd love to take you out to coffee and get to know you a little better sometime.

ONCE AGAIN ;) First saw you at your work many years ago at Albertson's on 57th, years later we talked while

you worked at the Trading Company in the valley, then ran into you at South Hill Zip Trip. You mentioned you were going to Yokes soon comet then a few weeks ago saw you at MacKenzie River South Hill you left before I had a chance to say anything. Pretty sure you might know who I am :-) respond with an email that would be fantastic if possible GEORGIA FAN I saw you at Method in downtown this past Saturday. You were very handsome with a sun kissed tan and a Georgia Cap on. When you smiled at me, I melted and you made my day. Your smile is dangerous. Will you be there again Saturday? I can only hope.

CHEERS NAILED IT' WITH THAT SMILE I loved watching you laugh and smile uncontrollably while watching 'Nailed it' and enjoying nuggets with 'the sauce' .... your giggly chuckle makes my life and that smile is everything I ever dreamed of and more.

JEERS BAD COP To the woman working the front desk at one of the jails Saturday 3/31 at 8:10 pm. I was turning a lost wallet in. You picked up the phone and rudely said "what?!" Your literal response: "I don't care," then you hung up on me. Would you care if it was your wallet? What gives you to right to have such a crap attitude? You are the face of a jail, but you're a raging---! You have a terrible attitude, I can tell you are a terrible person, and you judge our loved ones who are incarcerated. Most of them are addicts, yet you don't probably treat them like garbage because you have zero compassion.

EMBRACING DEATH OF MIDDLE CLASS To the small business office manager

proudly brimming with contempt for public sector employee unions: strip away all the righteous indignation you expressed about government employ-

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You were my Lyft driver and we chased a dog for a few blocks while it avoided us. I should've invited you in for a drink with me, but I'm an awkward dork. Maybe next time?

ees being proud of having what USED to be basic employee fringe benefits (paid vacation, paid sick leave, overtime pay - benefits eviscerated by your 'Voodoo Economics' comp timeloving deity Ronnie Reagan's & "W" Bush's demonization of organized labor) and what's left is your hatred of those whose lives aren't as miserable as yours. You've swallowed hook, line & sinker the Repulsivecans' mythic dogma that munificent corporate overlords, large & small, will righteously trickle down upon us living wages & benefits if we merely worship faithfully at the altar of hypercapitalism predatory profiteering. Just maybe you might want to consider that the middle class is approaching extinction because people like yourself have embraced gullibility every time billionaires bankroll TV ads warning of apocalyptic consequences if we dare to impose progressive state income taxes on the wealthy. The very same progressive income tax system which could dramatically reduce or even eliminate burdensome property taxes (of which only a comparatively small portion pays for government employee benefits). Perhaps, too, you weren't aware that those 'cushy' unionized government jobs really aren't quite as luxuriant as you assume: due to

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Repulsivecan county commissioners' unwillingness to raise property taxes on the wealthiest real estate holders, virtually EVERY Spokane County gov-

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ernment employee (excluding sworn weapon-wielding law enforcement officers) is limited to part-time work - only 37 hours per week, even though they have union representation. That ought to be a national embarrassment for Spokane County residents.

we are finished because they are a 4 star restaurant and they have a lot of people who are waiting. Apparently the people waiting to be seated had waited 20 minutes. Doubt it. Anyways, they have lots my business until they get new owners.

GREEDY PARKING = NO DOWNTOWN TACO TRUCK Our one downtown taco truck has to relocate because a certain parking company increased the rates prohibitively. So long, Tacos. You were an icon and so many people miss you. And the clever STCU billboard (lower rates, more money for tacos) behind where the truck was parked now makes no sense. Where is your sense of community, parking company? You lost a loyal customer in that food truck and your parking lot lost its charm. BOO!!

DO YOU SPEAK DECENCY? In my workplace you asked me if I "spoke English" when I was walking by to assist my coworker, and did not hear a question you had asked. Other customers were in the area, as well as my coworkers, and they were just as appalled as I was. If this is how you spoke to me, I shudder to think of how you dare speak to people of color.

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HORRIBLE SERVICE Jeers to an eatery in east Spokane, horrible service with the 2nd waitress that I got. She asks me how much longer till my 3 year old son and I are finished with our breakfast because they needed to seat a bigger party. My son also likes to take the jelly packets and build with them.

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BE A DANCER TO BEAT CANCER Join the local band Sharky and the Fins for a fun night with 50s-60s dance music, an appetizer buffet, silent auction, and more fun. All proceeds benefit the American Childhood Cancer Organization of the Inland Northwest, specifically to provide day camps for children with cancer and their families March 30, 7-11 pm. $30.

Northern Quest, 100 N. Hayford. facebook.com/AmericanChildhoodCancerOrganizationInlandNorthwest (443-4162) DANCE PARTY & FASHION SHOW This Global Neighborhood fundraiser features music by DJ Darrien Mack and thrifted fashions modeled by 10 locals. Proceeds support the local nonprofit March 30, 7:30-11 pm. $10. The Bartlett, 228 W. Sprague. global-neighborhood.org MONTE CARLO NIGHT FUNDRAISER An event to benefit the ALS Service Organization to help support patients and caregivers with special needs and expenses.

March 30, 5:30-9:30 pm. $40-$50. Ferguson Bath, Kitchen & Lighting Gallery, 2304 N, Dollar Rd. alsso.org (467-8761) STEAK & BAKE FUNDRAISER The monthly fundraiser includes live music from Diminishing Faculties and a dinner menu of steak, salad, baked potato and garlic bread. Monthly on the last Friday from 5-7 pm. $10. VFW Post 1435, 212 S. David St. (535-9315) VANESSA BEHAN BENEFIT DAY Enjoy the parks attractions, including the ropes course and the Raptor Reef waterpark with half of all ticket proceeds supporting the local nonprofit. March 30, 6-9 pm. $16. Triple Play Family Fun Park, 175 W. Orchard Ave. 3play.com (208-762-7529) GARLAND PARKLET FUNDRAISER Parklets are temporary sidewalk extensions that provide more space and amenities for people using the street by converting a parking space or loading zone to public use. All sales during the fundraiser will fund the cost of a new parklet outside the shop. March 31, 10 am-3 pm. Garland Sandwich Shoppe, 3903 N. Madison St. bit.ly/2upQfDU (509-326-2405) GREEN BLUFF PIE AUCTION Celebrate Grange Month with a hot dog dinner, desserts and a pie auction. April 3, 5:30 pm.

Green Bluff Grange, 9809 Green Bluff Rd. greenbluffgrowers.com (979-2607)

COMEDY

2.0PEN MIC Local comedy night hosted

by Ken McComb. Thursdays, from 8-10 pm. Free. The District Bar, 916 W. First Ave. facebook.com/districtbarspokane/ GUFFAW YOURSELF! Open mic comedy night hosted by Casey Strain; Thursdays at 10 pm. Free. Neato Burrito, 827 W. First Ave. (509-847-1234) LATE LAUGHS An improv show featuring a mix of experiments with duos, teams, sketches and special guests. Events on the first and last Friday of the month at 10 pm. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.com STAND-UP COMEDY Live comedy featuring established and up-and-coming local comedians. Fridays at 8 pm. No cover. Red Dragon Chinese, 1406 W. Third Ave. reddragondelivery.com AFTER DARK A mature-rated version of the Blue Door’s monthly, Friday show; on the first and last Saturday of the month, at 10 pm. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.com

KATHLEEN MADIGAN: BOXED WINE AND BIGFOOT Over her 25 year career, Madigan has performed on nearly every standup television show ever made.

March 31, 8 pm. $35. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. bingcrosbytheater.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 SOCIAL HOUR COMEDY SHOWCASE Featuring comics from the Northwest and beyond, and hosted by Deece Casillas. Sundays, from 8-9:30 pm. Free.

The Ridler Piano Bar, 718 W. Riverside Ave. socialhourpod.com (509-822-7938) OPEN MIC A free open mic night every Wednesday, starting at 8 pm. Doors open at 7 pm. Free. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com BRO DADS STANDUP COMEDY Harry J Riley and Phil Kopczynski return to the Little Theater for a night of stand up comedy. Rated PG-13 April 5, 7:30-9:30 pm. $12. Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave. panida.org (208-255-7801)

COMMUNITY

THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE The museum hosts a weekly, rotating mix of programs including acoustical music by local artists, happy hour, gallery talks, Art @ Work exhibition openings, films, courses, lectures and more. Thursdays, from 5-8 pm. Cost varies, some events are free; others $10 or less. The MAC, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org TITANIC: THE ARTIFACT EXHIBITION This blockbuster exhibit takes visitors on a journey back in time to experience the legend of Titanic through more than 120 real 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 Ave. northwestmuseum.org WILD IDAHO RISING TIDE CELEBRATION The local climate activist collective celebrates its 7th anniversary with two events, in Moscow (1912 Center) on March 30 and in Sandpoint (Panida) on March 31, both from 7-11 pm. Events feature live music by John Firshi and Los Caipirinhos (3/30) and OWULL (3/31). $5 donation. wildidahorisingtide.org CANINES ON THE CATWALK The sixth annual local fashion show for pets and people features designs by Pawing Around Custom Pet Clothing, along with a pre-show vendor showcase at 5:30 pm.

March 31, 5:30-8:30 pm. $25. Riverside Place, 1108 W. Riverside. bit.ly/2tEVH5v SOUTH PERRY EASTER EGG HUNT The 8th annual event includes games, crafts, face painting and free pictures with the Easter Bunny. The Grant Elementary Drummers and Dancers perform at 10 am with egg hunts at 10:45 and 11:15 am.

March 31, 10 am-noon. Free. Grant Park, 1015 S. Arthur. bit.ly/2pKPD5Z SPOKANE LGBT SENIORS POTLUCK An opportunity to meet other LGBT seniors in the Spokane area. Please RSVP by Thu, March 29 to Ann at rasweeney@sisna. com. March 31, 12-3 pm. Free. Unitarian Universalist, 4340 W. Fort George Wright Dr. uuspokane.org (760-223-0161) TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY TDoV is a day to celebrate diversity and

learn more about a community that many may not be familiar with. The local event icludes a panel of transgender people sharing their stories and giving candid insight into their lives, as well as speakers from Kaiser Permanente’s Gender Clinic and Spokane’s Human Rights Commission. March 31, 2-4 pm. Free. Women’s Club, 1428 W. Ninth. bit.ly/2IocNrp KID’S SPRING BREAK COOKING CAMP “Around the World in Four Days” teaches kids how to cook tasty recipes, as well as safe knife skills, kitchen safety and cleanliness and more. Meets Mon-Thu, April 2-5, from 2-4 pm. Open to ages 8-12. $100. Second Harvest Food Bank, 1234 E. Front Ave. secondharvestkitchen.org SPRING BREAK LEGO DAYS Build with LEGO bricks all week. Start creating on Monday; library staff will save your creation so you can come back later in the week to finish it. All ages. April 2-6, from 4-5 pm. Free. North Spokane Library, 44 E. Hawthorne Rd. scld.org (893-8350) SPRING UP! DAY CAMP Explore the energy of spring through experiments with Slinkys, create electromagnets and analyze the springing growth of plants all around us. Offered April 2-6 from 9 am-4 pm. $25/day (at least three days’ attendance required). Girl Scouts of E. WA and N. ID, 1404 N. Ash St. (747-8091) CONNECTED IN A DIVIDED WORLD What keeps us together as a society, especially in America where diverse communities live, work and play together side-by-side? Venerable Thubten Chodron, founder and abbess of Sravasti Abbey, the Buddhist monastery near Newport, Washington, speaks on connectedness. April 3, 6:30-8 pm. Free and open to the public. North Idaho College, 1000 W. Garden Ave. sravastiabbey.org SLOVENIA: CULTURE, SPORTS, FOOD Mateja Lončar, a Slovenian national, discusses the history and culture of Slovenia, describing the country’s regions and touching on selected milestones in its recent history. April 3, 6:30 pm. Free. Shadle Library, 2111 W. Wellesley. (444-5390) SPOKANE’S GREAT FREE SPEECH FIGHT OF 1909 Author-historian Dale Raugust speaks on the the Free Speech Fight of 1909, which began on a downtown street corner after the Spokane City Council enacted a law in early 1909 banning speeches on downtown streets, as a way to limit labor agitation. The Industrial Workers of theissued a call for hundreds of workers and activists to converge on Spokane to “fill the jails” in a mass civil protest, resulting in 500 arrests and nearly bankrupting the city and prompting national labor law reform.

April 3, 2:30 pm. Free. Rockwood Retirement Community, 221 E. Rockwood Blvd. bit.ly/2Gp6J3Z (509-995-2264) SPOKANE CONTRA DANCE Spokane Folklore Society’s weekly dance, with the band Crooked Kilt playing, and caller Larry Simmons. No experience necessary, everyone is welcome. Beginner workshop at 7:15 pm. April 4, 7:30-9:30 pm. $5/$7. Woman’s Club of Spokane, 1428 W. Ninth. womansclubspokane.org WASHINGTON BARN HISTORY & HERITAGE BARN PROGRAM An evening lecture about Washington’s historic barns and the state’s award winning Heritage Barn Register Program. April 4, 6 pm.

Free. Colfax Library, 102 S. Main. whitco. lib.wa.us FREE DENTAL CARE FOR VETS Aspen Dental provides free dental care to Spokane-area veterans in its 42-foot-long mobile dental office staffed by local As-

pen Dental dentists and hygienists. All appointments must be scheduled in advance by calling 202-263-2585. April 5, 9 am-3 pm. Spokane Arena, 720 W. Mallon.

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GETTING GRACE Grace, a teenage girl dying of cancer crashes a funeral home to find out what will happen to her after she dies but ends up teaching the awkward funeral director how to celebrate life. Rated PG-13. Showing March 29-31; times vary. $5-$8. Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave. panida.org MET LIVE IN HD: COSI FAN TUTTE A winning cast comes together for Phelim McDermott’s clever vision of Mozart’s comedy about the sexes, set in a carnivalesque, funhouse environment inspired by 1950s Coney Island. March 31 at 9:45 am and April 9 at 6:30 pm. $15-$20. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main. kenworthy.org BOMBSHELL: THE HEDY LAMARR STORY Austrian actress Hedy Lamarr fled an oppressive marriage to create a name for herself as one of Hollywood’s leading ladies in the '40s. Behind the glamour and sex appeal was a talented and inquisitive inventor who created a radio system that helped combat Nazi U-Boats in WWII. Documentary film. April 5 and 7 at 7:30 pm, APril 6 at 5:30 pm. $5-$8. Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave. panida.org A DECADE-BY-DECADE LOOK AT MOTION PICTURES This once-monthly film series follows the history of film for the last 100 years, which correlates to the Museum’s founding in 1916. Each month a guest curator will introduce moviegoers to a film from each decade of the past 100 years, beginning with the 1910s.

Upcoming events April 5 and May 3, from 6:30-8 pm. $5. The MAC, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org (363-5324) MOVIE NIGHT: VIRUNGA The Oscarnominated documentary tells the true story of a group of brave individuals risking their lives to save the mountain gorillas in Africa’s oldest national park, amidst renewed civil war and the depletion of natural resources. April 5, 6 pm.

Free. Downtown Spokane Library, 906 W. Main Ave. spokanelibrary.org (444-5336) KYRS PRESENTS: THE HEMINGWAY SERIES A series of monthly screenings of classic films based on Ernest Hemingway’s writings. Second Tuesday of the month at 6:30 pm: April 10 (A Farewell to Arms), May 8 (For Whom the Bell Tolls), June 12 (Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man), July 12 (Under My Skin). $5/ show. Magic Lantern, 25 W. Main. magiclanternonmain.com

FOOD

SCOTCH & CIGARS Select a flight of whiskey, scotch or bourbon paired with a recommended cigar during an event on the outdoor patio. Thursdays, 6-10 pm. $15-$25. Prohibition Gastropub, 1914 N. Monroe. (474-9040) ABI’S ICE CREAM 2ND ANNIVERSARY Abi’s is celebrating its second year with a 50 percent off in store sale, balloons for the kids, new flavors and more. March 31, 2-5 pm. Free. Abi’s Ice Cream, 112 N. Fourth St., CdA. bit.ly/2IHzS8C THE HISTORY OF YUMMY CHOCOLATE! Food historian and college faculty member Monica Stenzel presents an informative course on the history of chocolate, from Aztec hot chocolate to American chocolate bunnies, followed by a sampling of chocolates or candies from Hal-

lett’s Chocolates. March 31, 11 am-12:30 pm. $22-$25. The MAC, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org (363-5324) JERKY MAKING BASICS Learn the steps to safely make your own jerky at home with Food Preservation Specialist Anna Kestell. March 31, 2-4 pm. Free. Hillyard Library, 4005 N. Cook. (444-5331) SIP & SAMPLE The market’s weekly afternoon tasting, featuring 1-2 wines and something to munch on. Saturdays from noon-4 pm. Petunias Marketplace, 2010 N. Madison St. petuniasmarket.com MICROWAVE MEALS IN A MUG Make microwave meals in minutes for any time of the day. Participants can decorate a mug to take home. Registration required.

Grades 4+. April 3, 2-4 pm. Free. Fairfield Library, 305 E. Main St. scld.org/springbreak-at-the-library/ (893-8320) MOM’S NIGHT OUT Join Attorney Randi Johnson from Lilac City Law and Jennifer Koefod, CLTC FIC, Financial Associate, for a fun night out. There is no lecture and no agenda, just a fun group of ladies, appetizers and wine (round one on the hosts). RSVP to attend. April 3, 5:30-7:30 pm. Free. Vino!, 222 S. Washington. (8381229) HERB GARDENING Master Gardener Mia Marcum-McCoy shares how to grow herbs that will attract pollinators to your garden, add flavor to your cooking, and save money on your grocery bill. April 5, 6:30-7:30 pm. Free. Moran Prairie Library, 6004 S. Regal St. scld.org (893-8340) LEONETTI CELLAR WINE TASTING Be one of the first to try the latest releases from Leonetti Cellar. Enjoy four, 2-oz samples of their sought-after varietals with artisan cheeses and house-made bread, and receive one free entry to win Riedel stemware. Additional tastings and drawing tickets available for purchase.

April 5, 4-7 pm. $30. Masselow’s, 100 N. Hayford. northernquest.com CDA FOOD & WINE FESTIVAL The twoday event offers guests the opportunity for hands-on cooking demos, wine sampling seminars, luncheons and dinners with views of Lake Coeur d’Alene. Indulge in multiple course meals with wine pairings, prepared by award-winning regional chefs. April 5 and 6; see site for detailed schedule and ticket packages. $35+. Coeur d’Alene Resort, 115 S. Second. cdafoodandwinefest.com SIP OF BEVERLY’S An introductory wine class and tasting event with Beverly’s Sommelier Trevor Treller. Interactive sessions include appetizers and featured wines at discounted bottle prices. First Saturday of the month, at 3 pm. $25.

Beverly’s, 115 S. Second. beverlyscda.com COMMUNITY COOKING CLASSES The Kitchen at Second Harvest provides nutrition information, scratch cooking skills, budgeting, and more. Hands-on classes teach low-income families how to prepare nutritious meals while making optimal use of limited resources. Typically meets Tue/Wed, 5:30-7 pm. Free. Second Harvest, 1234 E. Front. secondharvestkitchen.org

MUSIC

BITTERSWEET BACH: A GOOD FRIDAY CONTEMPLATION The Kantorei Choir and Collegium Orchestra of St John’s Cathedral perform three J.S. Bach Cantatas, interspersed with poetry and reflections led by Rev Kristi Philip. March 30, 7-8:30 pm. Free. St. John's Cathedral, 127 E. 12th Ave. stjohns-cathedral.org (838-4277)

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HEALTH

Oh, Rats!

Research supports the potential for cannabidiol in relapse prevention, neuroscientists say

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new study shows that the use of cannabidiol (CBD) could be the answer for alcohol and cocaine addictions.

The Scripps Research Institute found that recovering rats were less likely to relapse when given CBD. The study also found that after three days of CBD treatment, the animals were less likely to relapse five months later. Researchers credited CBD’s anxiety and stress-relief properties, as well as the supplement’s reduction of impulsive behavior.

In the study, published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology, the rats were given a daily treatment of CBD for a week to see whether the the treatment could reduce their intake of other substances, especially under stressful conditions. Research found that the CBD regimen also led to similar results for up to five months, even though CBD left the rats’ system within three days.

Friedbert Weiss, leader of the study’s investigative team, says that the results support the potential of CBD for relapse prevention.

“Drug addicts enter relapse vulnerability states for multiple reasons,” Weiss says in a press release. “Therefore, effects such as these observed with CBD that concurrently ameliorate several of these are likely to be more effective in preventing relapse than treatments targeting only a single state.”

CBD has long been heralded as an alternative pain relief

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medication for those looking for less addictive options than conventional pain killers. And as America’s opioid crisis only grows, patients and doctors are looking to move away from the highly addictive prescription opioids.

Recent studies have shown that CBD, through the neurotransmitter serotonin, can dissolve cravings and triggers formed through addictions and drug cycling. Preclinical research suggests that CBD can reduce drug-seeking behavior and diminish withdrawal symptoms for opioids similar to the study conducted on rats.

These results come as U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions sent an official memo to federal prosecutors urging them to seek the death penalty for large-scale drug traffickers. The memo highlights the opioid epidemic, but the federal law does not have any drug-specific limitations.

The rate of opioid prescriptions in the United States has quadrupled since 1999. More Americans died from drug overdoses in 2016 than the entirety of the Vietnam War. Of the 64,070 drug overdose deaths, 35,611 deaths were related to heroin or synthetic drugs like fentanyl. n

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My parents said they’d give my fiance and me money for a wedding or for a down payment on a home. They aren’t wealthy, so my fiance and I would have to fund about half of the wedding, or possibly more. He doesn’t care about a big wedding, and I agree that it would be fantastic to have money to put toward a home. Still, my friends are getting married and having these beautiful, lavish weddings, and I worry that I’d regret not having one, too. —Bridechilla

Let’s think this through. First, there’s “We blew our friends away with the wedding of the century!!!” And then: “But, strangely, none of them showed up to our housewarming in our new tent beneath the overpass.”

To understand your longing to get married in, say, the suburban Taj Mahal, with Beyonce as entertainment, it helps to understand that we are imperfectly rational.

Our emotions are our first responders, and those still driving us today are often a mismatch with our modern world. They evolved to solve mating and survival problems in ancestral times. Back then, humans were probably around the same small band of 25 or 50 people all the time. This was a harsh world, entirely lacking in 7-Elevens and online listings of couches to surf.

This meant that reputation and status mattered — in a life-or-death way. Take the drive for female status competition that’s gnawing at you. It has a long history in both human and nonhuman primates (monkeys, gorillas, etc.). Primatologist and anthropologist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy explains, “Access to resources — the key to successful gestation and lactation — and the ability to protect one’s family from members of one’s own species are so nearly correlated with status that female status has become very nearly an end in itself.”

Well, guess what: In our modern world, you have access to resources — at the grocery store you drive to in your climate-controlled comfortable car. If there’s a problem with lactation, you hit a number on your phone, and some nice nurse at your obstetrician’s office gets right on it. And — because you are not, say, a chimp — if you need to protect your family from members of your own species, you dial 911.

Understanding how starkly mismatched our evolved emotions can be with our modern lives may put your longing to join the wed-spend olympiad into perspective. Ironically, you and your fiance might do more to signal that you’re high-status through a sort of reverse conspicuous consumption — for example, loudly and proudly throwing a backyard wedding with a barbecue lunch buffet…scooped onto the finest 250-count disposable Chinet $14.99 can buy. (Yes, you two are so comfortable with your place in the social world that you can throw an aggressively unlavish wedding.)

Your guests will cry just the same as you say “I do” in a dress you picked up for $9 at Goodwill. Best of all, after your frugally fabulous nuptials, you can go straight off on your honeymoon — the two of you rather than the three of you: you, your husband, and the credit counselor.

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I’m a single woman struggling with maintaining boundaries. I find myself going along in the moment with things men do or want — saying “sure, that’s cool” even when it’s not. I’m pretty assertive in other areas, so it’s confusing that I’d be such a wimp with men. —Yes Woman Guys love a woman who says yes — until they’re done doing whatever she said yes to. It isn’t surprising that you’re inconsistently assertive. There’s this myth of the self as a single, stable entity — like one of those Easter Island statues (but with lip gloss and an iPhone). However, evolutionary psychologist Lee A. Kirkpatrick and his colleagues find that our self-evaluations (and the behavior that follows) evolved to be “domain-specific” — different in different areas of our lives.

“Situational variables” matter — like the value to us of a potential relationship. So you might march around like some warrior princess of the work world yet want a boyfriend so badly that you show guys you’re dating that there’s no amount of backward that’s too far for you to bend over.

The good news is, your emotions are not your factory foreman. You will not be fired and end up sleeping on cardboard in a doorway if you refuse to obey them. Reflect on possible boundary-challenging scenarios and preplan what you’ll say — and then just say it. State your limits, despite any inner squeals of protest from your fears (those jerks). Expect this to feel uncomfortable, but do it anyway. In time, you should see that it’s self-respect, not compliance, that earns you respect from others — leading them to want you for more than…um…temporary erection relief. 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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EVENTS | CALENDAR FOX GUITAR FESTIVAL FEAT. ANDY MCKEE McKee is among the world’s finest acoustic guitarists, transforming the steel string guitar into a virtual orchestra with his use of altered tunings, tapping, partial capos, percussive hits and a signature two-handed technique. March 31, 8 pm. $33-$38. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. foxtheaterspokane.com TOWER OF POWER For 50 years, Tower of Power has delivered their brand of funky rhythms and driving grooves to fans across the world. With a soaring horn section, soulful vocals and one of the tightest rhythm sections in the business, Tower of Power combines R&B classics, Funk-soul and jazz for intergenerational music lovers. April 3, 7:30 pm. $42-$75. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. foxtheaterspokane.com (624-1200) TOWER OF POWER HORN CLINIC The legendary funk and soul band is presenting a horn clinic preceding their Spokane concert. Hear the band demonstrate and discuss their signature style. Includes a Q&A and autographs.

April 3, 2-4 pm. $5-$10. SFCC, 3410 W. Fort George Wright Dr. foxtheaterspokane.com NORTHWEST OF NEW ORLEANS DAYTIME EXTRAVAGANZA This Wednesday afternoon concert features performers including Abbey Crawford, Max Daniels, Jace Fogelman, the Jazz Northwest Big Band and Hot Club of Spokane. April 4, 1 pm. $15. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. foxtheaterspokane.com 27TH ANNUAL NORTHWEST GUITAR FESTIVAL The festival highlights the region’s best young players in the centerpiece collegiate and youth classical guitar competitions, and includes classes, lectures, and recitals by regional and international concert artists. April 6, 8:30-7:30 pm; April 7, 9 am-7:30 pm; April 8, 9 am-4 pm. $135/festival pass; $55/day; $25/single event. Gonzaga University, 502 E. Boone. northwestguitarfestival.org (313-6733) FIRST FRIDAY: BUST IT LIKE A MULE The acclaimed dramatic live performance, featuring original music by Jenny Anne Mannan, Kevin Morgan and Jacob Mannan, has been called a “Southern Fried Prairie Home Companion.” April 6, 6:30 pm. Free. Downtown Spokane Library, 906 W. Main. spokanelibrary.org (444-5336)

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SPOKANE CHIEFS PLAYOFF GAMES The Spokane Chiefs and Portland Winterhawks face each other in the first round of the 2018 WHL Playoffs.

Events at the Spokane Arena on March 28, 29 and April 2 at 7:05 pm. $10-$23.

Spokane Arena, 720 W. Mallon. spokanearena.com 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 30-April 1. $15 (12 and under free). pacificnwqualifier.org BLOOMSDAY TRAINING CLINICS Get ready for Bloomsday 2018 at free training clinics, Saturday mornings from

March 17 to April 28. Free. Spokane Community College, 1810 N. Greene. providence.org/bloomsday FRUIT TREE CARE & PRUNING Learn the reasons for pruning fruit trees, the theory behind different cuts, and what tools you need to prune and care for fruit trees that grow well in the Inland NW. March 31, 10 am-noon. $10. Kootenai County Admin. Bldg, 451 N. Gov't Way. uidaho.edu/extension/county/ kootenai/garden SPRING BREAK SOCCER CAMP A week of skills, small-sided games and player development. All skill levels welcome; ages 5-14. Lunch and T-shirt included.

April 2-6 from 9 am-noon. $75. Plantes Ferry Sports Complex, 12308 E. Upriver Dr. spvjsa.org/camps BEGINNING BIRD WATCHING Learn the basics of bird watching and then take a walk at Refuge to see and identify regional species. Hosted by the Friends of Turnbull and Spokane Audubon Society. Offered April 7, May 5 and June 2, from 8:45-11 am. Register online. Free. Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge, 26010 S. Smith Rd. fotnwr.org

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DIAL M FOR MURDER This search for truth results in a scene of nearly unbearable suspense that will have audiences on the edge of their seats.

Through April 8; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $14-$29. Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard. spokanecivictheatre.com QUILTERS A play celebrating the lives of American pioneer women that blends a series of interrelated scenes into a rich mosaic of frontier life. Through April 8; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $23$25. Lake City Playhouse, 1320 E. Garden Ave. lakecityplayhouse.org FAR AWAY A staged reading of Caryl Churchill’s absurdist masterpiece about a world at war, performed by members of the Actors Buddhio. March 20-31 at 7:30 pm. March 30 and March 31. $10. South Perry Yoga, 915 S. Perry St. southperryoga.com (443-6241) SILENT SKY Based on the true story of astronomer Henrietta Leavitt, a Harvard Observatory “computer” at the turn of the 20th century, “Silent Sky” explores a woman’s place in society during a time of immense scientific discoveries, when women’s ideas were routinely dismissed, until men claimed credit for them. March 30-31 and April 6-7 at 7:30 pm; March 31 and April 7 at 2 pm. $8$10. Jones Theatre at Daggy Hall, WSU Pullman. performingarts.wsu.edu TRUE WEST Sibling rivalry takes center stage in this examination of family conflict that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1983. March 30-April 8; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $1015. The Forge Theater, 404 Sweet Ave. uidaho.edu/class/theatre BEHOLD JESUS: AN EASTER DRAMA Spokane Dream Center, a non-denominational Christian church, presents its 21st annual Easter performance, featuring a cast of more than 150 local performers. March 31 at 1 and 6:30 pm.

Free. INB Performing Arts Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. inbpac.com

ARTS

THE AMERICAN SCENE, 1932-1946 An exhibition featuring a selection of etchings, engravings, lithographs and other

works on paper from the permanent collection of the Jundt, on display in the Arcade Gallery. The temporary display features a sampling of American works on paper created during the era of the Great Depression and World War II. Through May 12; Mon-Sat from 10 am-4 pm. Free. Jundt Art Museum, 200 E. Desmet Ave. gonzaga.edu/jundt BARNS OF THE PALOUSE An exhibit featuring photographer George Bedirian’s collection of black and white images contrasted by color images from Ken Carper and Steve Van Vleet.

April 3-27; open daily, hours vary. Free.

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MATT YOUNG MEMOIR READING “Eat the Apple” is a raw look at war through the eyes of the common soldier. Young is a Marine Corps infantry veteran and teacher. March 29, 7-8:30 pm. Free.

Auntie’s, 402 W. Main. (838-0206) PIVOT OPEN MIC STORY SLAM Come tell your true, 5-minute story (no notes, please!) on the theme of BREAK, or just come to listen to local storytellers.

March 29, 7-8:30 pm. Free. The Bartlett, 228 W. Sprague Ave. bit.ly/2ui2C4U THE FUTURE OF CONSERVATION IN AMERICA Discuss conservation with Gary Machlis during a reading from his book “The Future of Conservation in America: A Chart for Rough Water.”

March 31, 7 pm. Free. Auntie’s, 402 W. Main. auntiesbooks.com BOOTSLAM Spokane Poetry Slam’s allages performance poetry competition with a $50 grand prize. First Sunday of the month; sign-ups at 7, slam at 7:30 pm. $5. Boots Bakery & Lounge, 24 W. Main. spokanepoetryslam.org AMERICAN INDIAN HERITAGE WEEK SPEAKER SERIES Talks include “Sovereignty: How It Relates To Our Community,” “Protecting chatqele’/Coeur d’ Alene: Past, Present, and Future,” and “The Place Where We Live: The Indigenous Columbia Plateau.” April 2-4 at 1 pm (talks listed in date order). Free.

North Idaho College, 1000 W. Garden Ave. nic.edu/events (208-769-3365) SAAM POETRY SLAM An event hosted by the U of I’s Women’s Center to raise voices, support survivors and inspire hope for a future without sexual assault. Free. April 3, 7 pm. Free. University of Idaho, 709 S Deakin St. uidaho. edu (208-885-6111) WORKSHOP: POWER 2 THE POETRY A workshop in writing and performing powerful poetry led by the poets of Power 2 the Poetry, a local movement promoting freedom of expression, providing a platform to underrepresented demographics in our community and growing awareness of social, cultural, and political issues. April 3, 7-9 pm. $10.

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Where to celebrate, hunt eggs and even snap a pic with the special bunny this Easter Set your clocks for 10 am on Saturday, March 31, for the annual EASTER EGG HUNT at McEuen Park sponsored by two local churches for children up to 5th grade. For hunters with keen night vision (or a good flashlight), check out the all-ages FLASHLIGHT EGG HUNT from 8-9 pm at Community United Methodist Church’s. Call 208-765-8800; cdaumc. org.

While everyone is still dressed in their Sunday best, get a PHOTO WITH THE EASTER BUNNY at the Silver Lake Mall, from Wednesday, March 28, through Saturday, March 31, from noon-4 pm and 6-7 pm. Prices starting from $25.

Call 208-762-2113; silverlakemall.com.

Hunting Easter eggs and posing for photos is hungry business and fortunately, the COEUR D’ALENE RESORT offers two brunch options for Easter Sunday diners: BEVERLY’S, from 9 am-3 pm ($47 adults, $24 ages 5-12) and DOCKSIDE, from 8 am-4 pm ($59.95 adults, $30.95 ages 5-12). Both menus feature roast meats and all the fixings,

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Have your brekkie on the water with an hour-and-a-half EASTER BRUNCH LAKE CRUISE departing at 11:30 am and noon. Tickets $50.75 adults; $46.75 ages 55-and-over; $30.75 ages 6-12.

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BISTRO ON SPRUCE is serving brunch from 9 am-2 pm with dishes like eggs benedict and asparagus salad. $27 adults; $15 ages 6-12. Call 208-6641774; bistroonspruce.com. And in Post Falls, HOTEL RED LION TEMPLINS ON THE RIVER offers a gorgeous riverside view for your Sunday brunch from 10 am to 1:30 pm. $28.95 adults, $25.95 ages 55-and-older, $14.95 ages 12 and under.

Call 208.773.1611; www.redlion.com/ templins/dining/mallards-restaurant.

Pile in the car and take a “Sunday drive” to Worley, where the COEUR D’ALENE CASINO AND RESORT HOTEL is hosting the biggest brunch you can imagine at

the High Mountain Buffet from 7 am to 2 pm with no reservations required ($19.99 adults, 12-and-under half price). Or time your arrival for dinner — lamb, roasted salmon, smoked ham — from 4-8 pm ($24.99 adults, 12-and-under half price). Call 800-523-2464; cdacasino.com for details.

And for a weekend adventure, check out SILVER MOUNTAIN’S SPRING CARNIVAL Saturday, March 31.

Spring Break kicks off at 11 am with a BBQ, toboggan relay and more. Play and stay, because Sunday means brunch at Noah’s, and two Easter egg hunts: one on the mountain and one at Silver Rapids. Call 866.344.2675; silvermt.com/Things-To-Do/Event-Calendar.

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Support Vanessa Beehan Crisis Nursery, while enjoying all Triple Play has to offer, from bumper cars, a ropes course, bowling, and laser tag to Raptor Reef Indoor Waterpark. For every ticket sold, Triple Play will donate 50 percent to Vanessa Beehan Crisis Nursery. Tickets $16; 6-9 pm; Triple Play Family Fun Park; visit 3play.com/specials-and-events for details.

Opening Day APRIL 5

A sure sign that spring has arrived — The Coeur d’Alene Golf Course and its impeccably manicured greens opens back up on April 5. To book your tee time, which includes the worldfamous floating green, visit golfcda.com or call 800-935-6283.

Food & Wine Festival APRIL 6-7

There’s so much to eat, and so little time, so make the most of the first annual Food & Wine Festival at the Coeur d’Alene Resort.

The weekend features tasting seminars, cooking classes, intimate luncheons and two unforgettable chef dinners. Tickets $35-$249; visit cdafoodandwinefest.com for a complete event schedule and locations.

For more events, things to do & places to stay, go to VisitCDA.org

COEUR D’ALENE

SPONSORED BY THE COEUR D’ALENE CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU

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Entertainment FELIX CAVALIERE’S RASCALS Event Center | 7 pm Tickets from $25 Felix Cavaliere and The Rascals are considered the best ‘blue-eyed soul’ group to come out of the 1960s. Don’t miss the amazing Felix Cavaliere and The Rascals!

THURSDAY, APRIL 5TH

SUNDAY, MAY 13TH

THURSDAY, MAY 24TH

FRIDAY, JULY 20TH

AMBROSIA WITH PETER BECKETT OF PLAYER

JOHN KAY & STEPPENWOLF

TRACE ADKINS

Event Center | 7 pm Tickets from $35

Event Center | 7 pm Tickets from $35

An innovator on Rock’s rugged side. John Kay and Steppenwolf brought us rock staples like “Born to be Wild” and “Magic Carpet Ride”, now they bring their distinctive sound to the event center to prove that Rock never softens.

Trace Adkins’ trademark baritone has powered countless hits to the top of the charts. The three-time GRAMMY-nominated member of the Grand Ole Opry will be stopping by on July 20th for the How Did We Get Here Tour!

Event Center | 7 pm Tickets from $15 Enjoy their biggest hits including “How Much I Feel”, “Biggest Part of Me”, “You’re the Only Woman”, “Baby, Come Back” and more.

A L L R E S E RV E D S E AT I N G | P U R C H A S E T I C K E T S AT C A S I N O O R A N Y T I C K E T S W E S T O U T L E T Hotel & ticket packages available call 1 800 523-2464 for details.

1 800 523-2464 | CDACASINO.COM | Worley, Idaho | 25 miles south of Coeur d’Alene